New York Republicans Endorse Hughes for President
In a heated meeting at Murray Hill s club, the New York county committee adopted resolutions to publicly back Charles E Hughes for the Republican presidential nomination. The group instructed delegates to Chicago to vote for Hughes until he is nominated or withdraws, while resisting efforts to weaken the Hughes camp amid internal party feuds and Washington pressure.
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Manhattan
Governor
New York
Charles KE. Hughew
Racavilt
Republican County
Chicago
Guy Hughes
Tre Committee
Hughes
Gov. Hughes
Taft
Congresman Parsons
Catub Tate
Shurman Parsons
Executive Committee
Cole
Ines Republan
Feeshkent Roonvelt
Watham Jalpin
Mmetrudek
Odell
Roosevelt
Hoerlia Wus
Parsong
Parsons
Ike Eawart Puutaush
Abe Gruber
Com
Iiites
Gow Hughes
Bevefde
Washington
Ontina
Gav Tughe
Stepetiican
Waile
Cietena
Mien Meo Parsons
Newcoma
Aru
Tly
Eve
Charley Eughes
Itlacns
Ue United States
Republican County Committee
Charles EK
Edward Lauterbach
Ita
Charles E. Hughes
Ohio
Cannon
Foraker
Charles Hughes
Abraham Gruber
Jab E Hughes
Harry Mack
Livening Post
Gus
New York State
Chicaga
Bracknett
Black
Bennet
New Yorker
Knot
Patt
Cortelou
Hughes Movement
Hanna
Louisiana
National Committee
McKinley
Philadelphia
Republican Party of
Oliver Denies Marriage in Divorce Trial
Special to The Washington, D C. January 2. William J. Quyer, a contractor sued for divorce and sixteen alimony, denied on the stand that he married the plaintiff Mrs Nannie Oliver. He testified he knew her from Augusta and left her three years ago after marrying in Knoxville, Tennessee. He admitted supporting her and trying to end the relationship, saying he could not get rid of a woman he had with him in Washington and New York.
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Washington
Atlanta
Williarm J. Quyer
Nannie Olver
Oliver
Augusta
Knoxville
Tenn
Planntif
New York
Briand backs triad marriages in response to Bourget play
Paris reports Aristide Briand the justice minister supports a gradual evolution of divorce allowing marriages for a specified period under legal safeguards. He argues people cannot know a partner's true character and it is untenable to force ill matched couples to endure a miserable life.
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Paris
Paul Bourget
Aristide Briand
Fire losses reach $1 million in Indianapolis warehouse blaze
A fire at the Henry Coburn & Co warehouse in Indianapolis caused about $1,000,000 in damage with $575,000 insured. More than 160 firms lost stored goods and Marion County voters machines valued at $100,000 were destroyed without insurance. Six firefighters were slightly hurt. J Hi. Small & Sons, Florists, Washington and New York.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Henry Coburn & Coarly
Marion County
Parliament Opens Amid Suffragist Protests and Royal Pageantry
London reports recount a dramatic opening of Parliament as suffragists wave Votes for Women posters near the royal procession while an intruder posing as Lord de Morley is ejected from the Lords chamber. King Edward, Queen Alexandra, and ministers attend ceremonies with new international notes in the throne speech emphasizing arbitration, African and Indian famine relief, and tensions with Japan and the United States.
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Washington Post
London
House of Lords
Wielal
Garter
Lord de Morley
Edward I
Edward
Alexanda
Buckingham Palace
Westminster
Queen Alexandra
Walea
Henry Campbell-Bannerman
Oscar
Sweden
Norway
India
Hague
Macedonia
United States
The
Newfoundland
Erien
Canada
House of Common
Ireland’s nationalists in clash over Ginnell case and Bills
Irish united, full of fight as leaders clash with the speaker over a inquiry into Laurence Ginnell’s contempt conviction. Hedmond signals a home rule motion for February 3 while Redmond and followers celebrate a reconciliation from a recent party meeting amid disappointment in the King's speech.
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Laurence Ginnell
Westmeath
John E. Hedmond
Redmond
Bank Suspect Among Thugs In Chicago Identification
Twenty underworld figures gathered in Chicago to identify John Hardy in a $7,000 theft from Home National Bank. Roswell Bangs, a Washington bank messenger, failed to identify Hardy alias Davis. Hardy, Rainier, and Erbstein faced preliminary exam as crowds watched hoping to solve the puzzle.
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Washington
Chicago
United States
Humphrey
Roswell Bangs
John Hardy
Liberty
Hardy
Davis
Jacob Rainier
Home National Bank
National Capital
Charles E. Erbstein
Krhatein
Bangs
Curb on Vivisection Aimed by New Albany Bill
In Albany New York the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals backs a bill urged by Assemblyman Warren Tee to regulate vivisection not ban it. The proposal requires licensed labs by the state health commissioner, bans prolonged suffering, and limits experiments to teaching in accredited colleges unless demonstrating unknown facts.
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Washington Post
Albany, NY
Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To Animals
Warren Tee
State Commissioner of Health
Evangelist Mellvray hosts women gossip circle in Little Falls
A convention at Rev Henry Mellvray's tabernacle drew about one hundred women from Mohawk Valley towns. Mellvray announced a Wednesday 4 PM circle at his bachelor apartment to let people, especially women, discuss neighbors without harm. Reporters were barred but Mellvray said sessions succeeded and would continue.
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Kington Fost Mica
Henry Mellsray
Tabernacle
Little Falls
Mohawk Valley
Mcllvray
Chester Gillette
Grace Brown
Meilvray
Evangeliat
Seendal
Mellvray
Stokeses In Costly Cabin Sail for Europe
Millionaire Socialist and his wife Rose Pastor Stokes sail on the Castle for a two month stay in the Mediterranean. They occupy stateroom WZ, the famous suite de luxe. He declares he will vote for the Socialist ticket and not for any large party candidate, while commenting on the Supreme Court’s impartiality.
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Europe
New York
Janes
F G. Phelps Stokes
Rose Pastor
Castle
Mediterranean
Mr. Stokes
Heywood
Suatch United Ats
Supreme Court of the United States
No Promise to Yarmouth Man Seeks Annulment Clarification
Special Cable reports from London that solicitors for East of Yarmouth deny the claim that the countess promised to leave her fortune to her husband’s family if she died without issue. In Nevada, Gov Sparka signs police bill making it law as Carson reports a rush for police positions.
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Washington Rue
London
Yarmouth
Alice Thaw
Pittsburg
Nevada
Carson
Nev
Sparka
Verdict Tallies 381,866 in Open Court Suit Against Companies
A New York jury awarded Thurlow Weed Barnes 381,866 in a suit against the American China Development Company, the largest verdict in such proceedings in the state. Barnes sought 900,000 claiming she secured concessions from the Chinese Government later resold for 6.5 million, including coal lands, banking privileges, and railway services. The defendants include Samuel Thomas, Marcellus Hartley, Olcott, Cross, Cary, Grant, Carnegie Steel, Cannon, Stillman, Ryan, Parsons, Brice, Morton, Platt, Schiff, Belmont, and other notable figures.
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New York
Supreme Court of New York
Thurlow Weed Barnes
American-China Development Company
Barnes
China
Samuel Thomas
Marcellus Hartley
Frederick P. Olcott
Richard J. Cross
Clarenee Cary
Hugh J. Grant
Carnegie Steel Company
Henry W. Cannon
James Stillman
Thomas JB. Ryan
Wiliam Barclay Parsons
Catherine Olivia Brice
Calvin 3. Brice
Grant B. Sebrey
George R. Sheldon
Edward J. Berwind
Anthony N. Brady
Levi P. Morton
Thomas
Departure postponed for Szecheny and Vanderbilt wedding entourage
At Harry Payne Whitney villa arrangements were announced for Count Laszlo Szechenyi and Countess Gladys to sail for Europe on February 7 aboard the Kaiserin Auguste Victoria. The party includes thirty servants and relatives such as William K. Vanderbilt, WS Hoyt, and Count Stephen Szechenyi. They plan to visit Paris Rome and a papal audience before sailing to Hungary, with extended plans to Newport Breakers and the Mediterranean.
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Paris
Rome
Pape
Roslyn, N
Harry Payne Whitney
Wheatly Hills
Laszlo Szechenyi
Gladys
Europe
Count Szecheny
Kaiserin Auguste Victoria
Cherbourg
Count Laszlo
Willam K Vanderbilt
WS Hoyt
Pans
Cherhours
Freech
Pope Pius
Hungary
Whitney Place
Newport York
The
Breakers
Mrs Vanderbilt
Divorce Ends Odd Romance Forced by Stepfather
Judge Kerr in Colorado Springs dissolved the marriage of Chandler Bartlett and Lulu Herman Bartlett, separated since their 1910 Philadelphia wedding. Bartlett, now in Vancouver, sued after Lulu, formerly Lala Herman of Latticton, fell in love with another man. The stepfather had forced the union and imposed a non sighting agreement, then Bartlett left for health reasons and never reunited with his wife.
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Warhington
Philadelphia
Judge Kerr
Colorado Springs
Colu
Chandler Clayton Bartlett
BA South Wilton Street
Vancouver
British Columbia
Lala Herman
Latticton
Cola
Bartlett
West
Littleton
Harry Bevan
Lulu Herman
Littieton
Klas
Tonsty Ii
Oil trust bond big enough
Chicago judges deny government bid to raise Standard Oil of Indiana bond from 8 million to over 29 million. The United States Circuit Court of Appeals held that the government failed to prove tangible company property valued above 6 million.
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Chicago
Grosscup, Baker, and Seaman
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Standard Oil Company of
Indiana
Band of Women Thieves Nabs Leaders in Lunlin Poland
Police uncover a robber gang composed entirely of women in Lunlin Russian Poland. Leaders are in custody after a long spree of highway robberies. The fragmentary police report hints at banking department thefts and a push for savings through a coal premium program, but details are unclear.
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Lunlin
Russian
Poland
Stockyards Champion Bull Fight Bedazzles Philadelphia Crowd
A large society crowd gathered at the Industrial Sporting Club to watch The Great Athos of France attempt to throw a bull from Philadelphia stockyards. The bull resisted, Athos failed to toss it, and police intervened to end the bout as the animal knocked him down.
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Washington Post
Philadelphia
van Rensselaers
Diongo Szachenyi
Industrial Sporting Club
Fifteenth
Wood Streets
van Renssaelers
Patio Taylor
Nut Centre
Athos
Psn
Rainbow heads to southern cruise from Cavite
Warships change base as Rainbow leaves Cavite for a month long cruise among southern group islands. Navy officials say the voyage is routine and for the crew’s outing. Meanwhile the protected cruiser Chicago arrived at Callao, Peru and proceeds to Annapolis to join the midshipmen fleet en route to the battleship fleet.
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Rainbow
Cavite
Phillippine Islands
Navy Department
Hemphill Ward
Chicago
Callao
Peru
Annapolis Naval Academy
Boy Millionaires EW Court
Juan Quintero, an eighteen year old Mexican boy, was arraigned in Harlem Police Court on the charge of taking a $150 diamond ring from Alfonso Canton. Guardians denied the theft, arguing the boys’ quarrel and noting the wealth of both families.
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New York
Juan Quintero
Harlem
Hischum
Alfonso Canton
Jose Alonzo
Canton
Mexico
Velez Alvarado
Broadway
Quintero
Homer
Verdict for the Thomases in New York Supreme Court
Philip Richards sued Edward P Thomas Orlando Thomas and Edwin M Post of the brokerage firm Thomas & Post for 271. He alleged they bought Union Pacific and Distillery stock for his account from March 11 to May 1901 and sold it without notice. Judge Coyne noted panic day May 9 last year and said the firm sold the stock in line with stock exchange rules. jury found for the Thomases.
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New York
Justce
Greenbaum
Supreme Court Today
Philip Richards
Edward P Thomas Orlando
Thomas
Edwin M. Post
Thomas & Post
Union Pacific
Edward P Coyne
Thomason
Roosevelt Rumor Circulation Fails To Grow
Circulating among Friends of Beth, the claim that Taft loses ground and Roosevelt might be stampeded onto the first ballot lacks credible support. Capitol chatter recalls Roosevelt’s repeated renunciation of a renomination, while Taft partisans argue unity can block Roosevelt. Crane’s stance on Taft’s campaign tempering and sympathy for Foraker shapes the vice presidential talk.
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Beth
Taft
Roosevelt
Capitol
Roosielt
China
Roosvelt
Republican Party
Massachusetts
Crane
Tafts
Rooker's Heirs Inheritance Granted By Court
Rochester court finalizes the probate of Capt Booker’s will appointing President Roosevelt as executor The Monroe County surrogate denied probate finding the captain mentally incompetent Thirteen heirs at law are identified among the $100000 estate to Galesburg Ti and other named locations
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Rochester
Galesburg
Roosevelt
Monroe County
Capt. Booker
Colored and Lily White factions split Louisiana politics under Roosevelt
Former Senator Kellogg verifies that the Lily White movement and allied white leaders have driven colored voters from Louisiana politics. Coleman notes Gulf states Republicans are divided as Roosevelt era policies weakened loyalty. The Post cites internal conflicts over Lily White seats, fundraising, and office control, with Louisiana's GOP factions described as decimated and split.
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South
Roosevelt
Onteiga
Jure
Viet
Soudiana
Proptinense
Jes Coleman
Louisions
Osim
Gulf States
Bork Winte
Clued
United States
Wiliam Pitt Kellogg
Louisiania
Lily Wiite
Lumbar Trust
Louisiana
Mississippi
Pearl Wight
Coleman
Republicm
Southern Republicana
Basoe
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Clomys Szechenyi
Anton Sigray
Paul Esterhazy
Stephen Prezedziecke
Amerika
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Kathleen
Alfred G Vanderbilt
Hamburg
Budapest
Reginald
Alfred Vanderbilt
Mr. Vanderbilt
Band OF Women Thieves
Dept. of
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U. S
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Treasury
Dimya Szechenyi
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