Transatlantic radio telephone opens as 6 000 000 deals move
English voices meet New York through the first commercial transatlantic radio telephone service. From 8:44 a m to 6:30 p m New York London and 6300 miles of circuit handled over six million dollars in business with static interruptions near Houston and remarks by Walter S Gifford Adolph S Ochs and Geoffrey Dawson. A Prince of Wales visit dispatch and Victor Talk note accompany the milestone.
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London
New Toreana
Walter S. Gifford
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
G. Evelyn P. Murray
British General Post Office
High Seas
Western England
New England
Atlantic
Houston
New York
Associated Baron
We.co
Luemi
Adolph S. Ochs
The
New York Times
Geoffrey Dawson
London Times
Gifford
London. ‘Express
New . York Evening World
News . Dispatch
Associated Press
Canada
United States
Prince of Wales
Speyer & Co
J. & W. Seligman & Co
Central News, Ltd
Victor
Death of Georgia poet laureate Frank L Stanton
Frank L Stanton, Georgia poet laureate and author of Mighty Lak a Rose, Just A-Wearyin for You, and Li'l Feller, died after a long illness. He wrote a daily column Just From Georgia for nearly four decades in the Atlanta Constitution. He came to Atlanta in 1889 and is survived by a daughter Mrs. Percy A. McGahee and two sons Frank J Jr and Val Stanton. Funeral at his residence Sunday.
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Atlanta
Frank L. Stanton
Georgia
Atlanta Constitution
Stanton
Bescame
Lake Rose
Savannah
Smithville
Rome
the Constitution
Buxom Chambermaid to Wed Rich Ex-Banker Boss
In Winchester Hall Pt Chester Westchester County a 43 year old chambermaid is set to marry a 76 year old former banker described as a boss and second of four wives. The story notes the maid's age and the mansion setting as context for a wealth linked marriage.
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Boss
Winchester Hall
Chester
Westchester County
Landis to Rule on White Sox Scandal Fates
Chicago dispatch reports Kenesaw Mountain Landis set to announce Wednesday morning his decision on whether key 1919 World Series figures will be banished from baseball. Testimony recounts alleged payoffs for tossing the 1917 Labor Day series and ongoing claims of a wider pool among players.
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Kenesaw Mountain Landis
Risberg
Arnold “Chick
Gandil
White Sox
Tygers
Boston
Bill James
Detroit
Sox
RiSperg
James
Tyger
Ball Park
Bill Sents
aPuahda OW
Philadelphia
Landis
Chicago
Labor
Gandis
Collins
Schalk
Faber
Leibola
Kid Gleason
Savin’s Chateau Bride-To-Be From Farm To Mistress of Home
Frank W. Savin, NYSE banker and broker, prepares to wed Anna Mary Schletts, a chambermaid from a Czech farm, who will become mistress of his grand estate after fourteen years of service. She recalls the boss’s proposal and notes a dreamlike life ahead.
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Frank W. Savin
New York Stock Exchange
Anna Mary SchleTts
Czecho-Slovakia
Savin
Striide
New York World News Service
Man crashes into pole and flees with it
In Newburgh New York M W Bashford collided with an ornamental electric light pole causing it to topple into his car. He sped away with the pole lamps and all. Patrolmen Tyson and Mullarky chased in a commandeered taxicab and fired two pistol shots to stop him. Judge Overhiser reserved decision in police court.
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New York
World News Service
Newburgh
N. Y
W. Bashford
Tyson
Mullarky
Overhiser
Petition for Bus Line Proposed on Queen City Avenue
A petition to establish a bus service along Queen City avenue and nearby valleys was filed by Julius B. Ratterman on behalf of about 500 residents. Walter A. Draper of the Cincinnati Street Railway Company was informed, noting 1,500 people could be served and profits possible if a virgin route avoids street car competition. The company will study the request.
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Queen City Avenue
Street Railway Company
Price Hill
Westwood
Walter A. Draper
Cincinnati Street Railway Company
Julius B. Ratterman
Harrison Avenue
Four Die as New York Derrick Collapses
An eighty foot derrick at the Equitable Trust Building site on Broad Street collapsed, killing four workers including William Kraft and James Moniquur and injuring seven others. The accident near J. P. Morgan & Co. drew about 20 000 onlookers as injured were rushed to hospitals.
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New York
Equitable Trust
Broad Street
William Kraft
James Moniqur
Waqaten
J. P. Morgan & Co
Stock Exchange
Wall Street
Rioting in Hankow and Shanghai Strains China
A dispatch reports Chinese mobs attacking the British concession at Hankow with guards under fire and British and Chinese casualties. British and American women and children flee to Shanghai aboard merchant vessels as authorities struggle to restore order.
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Shanghai
Kiukiang
London
Westscharer Ser O
Hal Imies
Hankow
Yangtse
Westminster Gazette
China
Chaplin Sues Pictorial Review for Half Million Damages
Charles Chaplin filed in Federal Court for 500000 damages against Pictorial Review Company over Life of Chaplin articles. He seeks injunction against further installments by Jim Tully and cites false statements that harm his reputation and likeness usage without consent under New York law.
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Chaplin
Pictorial Review
New York
Charles Spencer Chaplin
Motion Picture Star
Pictorial Review Company
Jim Tully
Leopold and Loeb jury discharged in Chicago case
A Joliet jury could not reach a verdict after 24 hours and 30 ballots in the Leopold Loeb kidnapping and mutilation trial. Plaintiff Charles Ream seeks 100000 damages. attorneys say a retrial will be possible in the next term.
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Joliet, Ill
Nathan Leopold, Jr
Richard Loeb
Chicago
Frank L. Hooper
Davis K. Tone
Ream
Leopold
Loeb
Bobby Franks
Joliet
Charles Ream
McPherson Sees Distinct Earthquake Shake Residents
An earthquake of measurable intensity rattled dishes and beds in McPherson Kan at about 3 am. The quake shook the town waking many residents and toppled a keystone rock from the Citizens Bank Building window ledge. A similar quake was felt in McPherson about two years ago.
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Mcpherson
Kan
Temblor
McPherson Citizens Bank
Urge Action On U S Whisky Prompts Public Offering
Washington January 7 public offering of ten million dollars of preferred stock in the proposed medicinal liquor corporation was urged. The item notes government stance and potential impact on the whisky industry as discussions proceed.
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Washington
Medicinal Liquor Corporation
Andrews
Gen. Andrews
House
Ways and Means Committee
Coast Guard Crew Confesses to Rum Running Bribes
Coast Guard boat CG-126 crew members testified they aided rum runners and were kept in a dungeon at sea chained to stanchions and fed rotten meat. Captain Brown described midwinter confinement and a culture of bribes while enforcing rum row duties.
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New York
Coast Guard
CG-126
Cuttet
Nicholas Brown
Boston
Governme Fitness
Kelly-Costello International
Seneca
Brown
A. Bruce Bieciaski
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Story
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Aldine Hotel
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Sosa
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Jackson
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Derrick
Seven Worths Alciyent
Financial District
Coolidge
Diaz
Mexico
Charles Chaplin
Schaefer
Richard Ray
Stevens
Indianapolis
J. A. Leary
Observatory Road
Joseph B. Schaefer
Ninth and Vine Streets
Ray
White House
Nicaragua
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Inous
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President Coolidge
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Wey
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