Judge Speer under fire in Savannah impeachment probe
Savannah January 31 report says Judge Mary Speer shows confidence as congressional inquiry nears end. Attorneys Felder Meldrim and Lawton testify to alleged high handed conduct and remote legal grounds used to justify actions. Volstead sympathy hints impeachment viewed as political attack.
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Savannah
Mary Speer
Congressional Committee
United States
Felder
W. A. Huff
Macon
Speer
Webb
A. R. Lawton
Central of Georgia Railway Company
Speers
Central of Georgia Railway and Banking Company
A. J Volstead
Minvega
Fitzhenry
Congressman Volstead
Gpeer
Morgan to Sell Art Treasures Is Report
New York January 31 A report says the Metropolitan Museum of Art may lose J P Morgan’s 60 million dollar art collection as Morgan seeks to dispose of his father’s objects. The rumor claims most pieces will go to private collectors with some donated to U S museums and the Met could acquire valued paintings. The collection would go on view at the Met in a few weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Metropolitan Museum
New York
Mr. Morgan
Morgan
Pullman Porters School Seized by Post Office Inspector
New York report details the closure of a correspondence school for Pullman porters by Inspector Mayhew and the arrest of the proprietor. It notes 1,800 would expect high pay, with course content described satirically as teaching how to close dust-filled windows and other rail car tricks.
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New York
Post Office
Mayhew
Chimes At Mrs Lyle's Estate Spark Nuisance Clash
New York January 31. Mrs Julia Gertrude Lyle must keep chimes quiet at night on her Tenafly estate while Vice Chancellor Lewis in Jersey City weighs if the bells are a nuisance and impair Mrs Alice Mary Bailey and other neighbors. Charles Buckley of Broadway joins the complaints and affidavits allege disruption. Mrs Bailey testified the chimes are not nice as the player mixes tunes like The Wearing of the Green and Bonnie Doon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Julia Gertrude Lyle
Tenafly
Lewis
Jersey City
Alice Mary Bailey
Joke Marriage Proves To Be the Real Thing
In Herber Springs Arkansas a party at the Hotel Horton sparked a joke about 450 weddings in a year. Barnum Davis challenged the women to marry him while Miss Lulynne Roberts of Searcy declined. A license and real minister later conducted a genuine ceremony.
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Herber Springs
Ark
Horton
Barnum Davis
Lulynne Roberts
Searcy
E. B. Brown
Husband Boss May Eject Wife Kin From Home
Springfield Massachusetts January 31 Judge Charles L Long reaffirmed a ruling that a husband may eject his wife’s relatives from the house. Hormidas G Labine in a separate support case argued it was too many brothers in law. The judge said the husband may remove anyone from his home and police may assist if needed.
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Springfield
Mass
Charles L. Long
Hormidas G. Labine
Long
Funeral halted as hearse driver arrested in Gary
In Gary Indiana the funeral procession stopped when Humane Officer W F MacPhearson arrested hearse driver R S Lawrence for cruelty to animals. Lawrence used a lame horse, another was obtained and the funeral continued.
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Gary, Ind
Andrew Dembosky
W. F. MacPhearson
R. S. Lawrence
Bankrupt Fraud Ring Allegedly Saved Over One Million
United States Attorney reports a conspiracy ring that cleaned up more than $1,000,000 through fraudulent bankruptcy within a year. Cases involve banks and mercantile firms duped by concealed assets, with one instance tied to a $500,000 claim. Officials seek harsher penalties and legal changes to curb such schemes.
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New York
United States
Marshall
Jacob Stein & Sons
Federal Grand Jury
Hershenstein
United Staes
Oak Park Town Claims Record Baby Births
Oak Park records show about five babies are born daily in a town of 20 000. Village historian Philander W Barclay notes more than 1 800 births per year, calling this a notable baby producing rate.
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Oak Park, III
Oak Park
United States
Philander W. Barclay
Money Rain Triggers Citywide Shuffle in Chicago
In Chicago a man, H. J. Hilligoss, 35, a longtime collector for George A. Ogle & Co., showered a crowd with $1, $5, $10 and $20 bills at South State and East Eighth Streets. Police halted the scene and took him to the station for mental evaluation before sending him on a train to Rushville, Ind. The incident drew a crowd of over forty and clogged traffic as Hilligoss claimed it was a million dollar proposition.
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H. J. Hilligoss
George A. Ogle & Co
South State
East Eighth Streets
Frank Wendell
Hilligoss
South Clark Street
Peterson
Rushville
Ind
Burglars' Textbook Found in Brooklyn School
In a Brooklyn raid investigators found a hand written manual titled How to file locks How to pick locks How to pick Yale locks How to avoid finger prints How to pry apart iron bars from windows How to prevent women from screaming The guide suggests choking a woman to subdue her and wearing tight gloves to prevent fingerprints It is described as a school for burglars with an index in pen and ink indicating the instructional nature of the materials
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New York
Brooklyn
Few Clothes Make Women Eat More
Philadelphia report from January 31 states Dr Alonzo E Taylor Rush professor of chemistry at the University of Pennsylvania argues 1914 styles force thinner clothing. He says women must consume about ten percent more food to maintain normal body heat due to reduced insulation.
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Philadelphia
Alonzo E.taylor
Rush
Medical School
University of Pennsylvania
Dr. Taylor
Father Returns Son As Army Deserter
Leavenworth Kansas January 31 E D Denison of Lenox Kansas enters Fort Leavenworth post headquarters to surrender his son a deserter The son left his company at Galveston last September The father declares no one can say he raised a traitor and the youth must square himself
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Leavenworth, Kans
E. D. Denison
Lenox
Kans
Fort Leavenworth
Galveston
Nations will send troops to 1916 Panama-Pacific encampment
Sixteen nations including Russia England Germany France Italy Belgium Denmark Holland Spain Portugal Norway Sweden Switzerland Austria Hungary and Australia have tentatively accepted an invitation to send troops to an international encampment at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition in 1916. The War Department is arranging a military tournament where soldiers from these nations will compete with American youths.
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San Francisco
Russia
England
Germany
France
Italy
Belgium
Denmark
Holland
Spain
Portugal
Norway
Sweden
Switzerland
Austria-Hungary
Australia
War Department
Not a Dead Image of Taft Tells Clerk in Philly
Former President Taft recounted an incident in Philadelphia when a drug store clerk told him he looked like the dead image of Taft. Taft replied he felt very much alive and asked not to emphasize the dead part.
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Taft
Philadelphia
Tubercular Turkey Discovered in Wisconsin Dinner Dish
MENOMINEE MICH Jan 31 Turkey livers from an Oconto Wisconsin woman showed queer spots during preparation for a New Year dinner. State laboratory tests revealed the turkey was tubercular.
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Menominee
Mich
Turkey
Oconto
Wis
State Laboratory
Moving pictures stir Mexican and Balkan wars in New York
Relatives of soldiers in the Mexican revolution and Balkan conflicts are moved by newsreel reels shown in New York. A Mexican peddler, watching footage from General Madero's headquarters, faints upon recognizing his lost brother amid the battle scenes as the film shows his homeland’s conflict.
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Madero
Mexico
Alfonso
Georgia Girl Wins Washington Story of Old South and War Footage
A Georgia girl wins in Washington as a tale of Mammy homegoing echoes the Old South. The article then shifts to Pancho Villa’s Mexican rebel forces with vivid battles and an officer saluting Villa. In Greece a Balkan war film shows a Greek regiments’ frontline, revealing a brother in the ranks and a man named Dimitri recognizing Constantine on screen.
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Raoul
Ojinaga
Dimitri Orfances
Constantine
Dimitri
Finnly
Salonica
Miss Henrietta Hughes Fulfills Dying Promise in Georgia
Washington notes miss Henrietta Hughes daughter of Danville representative fulfilled a pledge to return the body of her longtime nurse and guardian to Georgia for burial. She escorted the "mammy" home and arranged the funeral, earning broad respect for her loyalty and care.
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Henrietta Hughes
Danville
Washington
Washington Society
Representative Hughes
Henrietta
Hughes
Miss Hughes
Georgia
Miss Henrietta
Vacations Fund Created From Miss Semple Estate
The income from nearly half of her $100,000 estate will fund vacations for working women and for church music, established by Miss Mary Pattison Semple who died recently at over 80. A Pittsburg pioneer and noted philanthropist, her bequest supports those in need and church music by her heirs.
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Mary Pattison Semple
Semple
Pittsburg
Honest cabbie gets $1 reward for $1000 diamond pin
A tax icab driver in Cleveland earned a $1 reward for returning a diamond brooch worth $1,000 to its owner. The incident was reported on January 31 with note of his honesty and prompt action.
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Cleveland
Famous Tramp to Wed In Erie Marriage Rumor
A No 1 known as the Rambler and Professor Leo Livingstone plans to marry Miss Marie Troholski of Erie on February 3. He quit rambling several months ago, settled in Erie, and says he will buy first class tickets for his honeymoon, despite noting he spent only $6 in rail fares before.
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Livingstone
America
Atlantic
Pacific
Marie Troholski
Erie
A No. 1
Gov Cox Forgets Alimony Pays Back Support
Cleveland date January 31 Governor James M Cox of Ohio forwarded 550 dollars in back alimony to his divorced wife. The ex congressman sent two months 275 dollars monthly support in a lump due to busy schedule.
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Gov. Cox
James M. Cox
Ohio
Congress
Cox
Germany
Cleveland
Fearing Banks Man Loses 500 Dollars to Thief
SAVANNAH January 31 A nervous reaction to banks after the 1893 panic leads B Shensky to hide $500 in a sock. While he slept on the veranda a thief entered the home and rifled the house taking the money from a dresser drawer.
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Savannah
New York
B. Shensky
Loses Bride Bought On Installment Plan
SOUTH ST. PAUL, Jan. 31. Theodore Chickle sues for his 1%-year-old bride Juliana Gorga, claiming Paul Grulski, her uncle, spirited her away after a $100 payment promise. Chickle says he paid only $2 at the wedding and accuses Grulski of disappearance.
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South ST. Paul
Theodore Chickle
Paul Grulski
Juliana Gorga
Chickle
Grulski
Arms for Huerta Connected to Japanese Aid
Washington reports indicate Japan is supplying Huerta with cast-off arms and munitions while the U S contemplates lifting the arms embargo to aid the Constitutionalists. Wilson aims to replace Huerta with de la Barra and seeks a peaceful exit, with Carranza already approached by agents.
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Ton
Huerta
Wilson
United States
Japan
Argu
Mexico
Magdalena Bay
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Pullman Porters’ School
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Chicago
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Peddler
Gothamites
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Villa
Alfonso Madero
APAS
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de la Barra
John Lind
Pass Christian
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