Rescue Efforts Amid English Freighters In Mid Ocean
Two crippled British freighters Antinoe and Laristan battle a violent gale in mid Atlantic as liners President Roosevelt and Bremen struggle to aid. Six crew saved from Laristan. 54 still aboard. Tug Rein deer stands by at Halifax awaiting calm. Two rescuers lost aboard the President Roosevelt, Ernest Heitman and Uno Wirtanen.
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New York
Roosevelt
Bremen
Antinoe
Laristan
Egypt and Lavant Steamship Company
Queenstown
Swansea
Balboa
Canal Zone
Europe
President Roosvelt
United States
Ernest Heitman
Uno Wirtanen
Finland
J. H. Winchester & Co
Boston
Panama Canal
Seattle
Midami, Fi
Fifteen Year Old Saved From Electric Chair in Pennsylvania
William Co Cavalier, a Schuylkill County lad aged fifteen, was spared the electric chair as the State Board of Pardons commuted his death sentence to life imprisonment. Convicted of killing his grandmother with robbery as motive, Cavalier faced electrocution at Rockview Prison before Governor Pinchot approved the change.
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Harrisburg
William Co. Cavalier
Schuylkill County
State Board of Pardons
Rockview Penitentiary
Davis
Florida
Pinchot
Cavalier
Heart Massage Restores Life after Surgery
Earl F Hauserman of Cleveland survived a near fatal event during an appendectomy when Dr Theron M Jackson massaged the heart after it stopped beating. The surgeon then completed the operation and Hauserman began recovery.
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Cleveland, O
Earl F.hauserman
Cleveland
Hauserman
Theron M. Jackson
E. F. Hauserman Company
Wood Wanted on Check Charge in Palm Beach
Osborn C. Wood son of Major General Leonard Wood governor general of the Philippine Islands is sought in Palm Beach on alleged worthless checks. Detectives aided by a bank and the sheriff search for Wood who left a hotel for Havana after funds ran out. He had been in Palm Beach since Christmas Eve and recently worked selling real estate for a Tampa firm.
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Associated Press
West Palm Beach
Osborn C. Wood
Leonard Wood
Philippine Islands
Palm Beach
Havana
Cuba
Tampa
Fla
Wood
New York
Key West
Native of Cincinnati Wins Ambition in Detroit
Charles E. Allinger a wealthy Detroit real estate operator and clubman will graduate Thursday from Detroit Central High School. Born in Cincinnati, he left school as a youth after one year to work, later becoming secretary treasurer of the Charles A Strelinger Company. He resumed studies and completed the high school requirement at age 49.
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Detroit
Charles E. Allinger
Central High
Charles A Strelinger Company
Allinger
Cincinnati
Lynett Plan Rejected At Coal Strike Talks In Philadelphia
In Philadelphia the joint conference of miners and operators rejected the Lynett plan to settle the anthracite strike. Miners supported the plan while operators opposed it and demanded arbitration. The conference adjourned with no immediate program for tomorrow and daily sessions set from 1 30 to 6 o clock.
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Lynett
Philadelphia
New York
John L. Lewis
United Mineworkers
E. J. Lynett
Scranton Times
Alvan Markle
Hazelton
Washington Curse Charge Denied by Historic Letter
Newark, Jan 26 A letter from Park Holland, Paymaster in General Washingtons army, dated 1832, cites Washington quelling profanity at White Plains and at a dining table, recounting an officer who swore being rebuked and the troops abandoning profane habits. The document counters Rupert Hughes claim that Washington was a card player or purveyor of whisky.
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Newark
N. J
Rupert Hughes
George Washington
Clarence H. Lobdell
Park Holland
Washington
Jonas Holland
White Plains
Heath
New Hamsphire
Rum Ring Indicted in Global Prohibition Crackdown
A U.S. grand jury indicted sixty-one individuals including thirteen Coast Guard members for conspiracy and liquor law violations. William V. Dwyer, once a race track owner, heads a $25 million international bootlegging syndicate, alleged to have operated eighteen steamers from a New York base. Charges include bribery of officials and sending twelve men to their deaths aboard an unseaworthy ship.
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New York
Coast Guard
William V. Dwyer
Dwyer
John J. McCambridge
International
C. Paul Chartier
Canada
Len Itzkovitch
London
Walter L. van
Great Britain
Chartier
Nicholas Brown
Harris Dies at Capitol During Election Reform Hearing
State Senator John P. Harris of Pittsburgh died suddenly at the capitol from a heart attack while taking part in a legislative hearing on election reform bills he had introduced. He was 55. Public Service Commissioner Richard Martin collapsed in Governor Pinchot’s office but recovered hours later. he was a close Harris friend.
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Harrisburg
John P. Harris
Pittsburgh
Capitol
Richard Martin
Pinchot
Harris
Pioneer Pittsburgh theater man John P. Harris dies
John P. Harris a pioneer theater figure in Pittsburgh died while still connected with the Heidingsfeld Libson theater interests. He had theater ties in Dayton and Columbus and served as director of the Washington Trust Company of Pittsburgh and the Pittsburgh National League Baseball Club. He belonged to several clubs including the Friars Club and the Catholic Club of New York. He left a widow three daughters and two sons.
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John P. Harris
Pittsburgh
Heidingsfeld- Libson
Harris
Dayton
Columbus
Senator Harris
Washington Trust Company
National League Baseball Club
Friars Club
Catholic Club of
New York
Ex Kaiser Turns 67 Amid Doorn Castle Festivities
Doorn Holland Jan 26 guests arrive and preparations rise at Doorn Castle for the former Kaiser Wilhelm IIs 67th birthday celebrated tomorrow. Uncertain whether Crown Prince will attend as visas between Germany and Holland ease after February 1. Princess Victoria and Prince Wilhelm among arriving guests. Observers say the festivity signals hopes of a favorable settlement of the former royal see in Germany.
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Holland
Doorn Castle
Wilhelm
Germany
Kaiser
Prince
Joachihelm
Victoria
Prince Wilhelm
Prince Joachim
House of Hohenzollern
Italy and Britain settle Italian war debt agreement
London January 26 Great Britain and Italy reach a settlement on the Italian debt to Britain. Count Volpi and Mr. Churchill sign a funding agreement tomorrow with terms not yet released. Reports suggest an annuity of 4.5 million pounds for 62 years and Italy renounces interest on 22 million pounds in gold with the Bank of England.
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London
Great Britain
Italy
Count Volpi
Churchill
United States
Bank of England
Rome
Co operative Bill Passes House Paving Path for Marketing Division
The House approved the Haugen bill to create a co operative marketing division within the Department of Agriculture by a 357 to 3 vote and funded it with 225000 for the first year. Supporters say it will aid co operative organizations in crop marketing and information sharing with farmers. The same session saw debate on the agriculture department’s annual appropriation and highway spending.
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Washington
House
Senate
Congress
Haugen
Department of Agriculture
Tucker
Dem
Tydings
Andrew
Rep
Mass
Agriculture Department
Magee
N. Y
Gallaudet creditors to be paid from railroad asset
P W Gallaudet & Co of New York once failed in 1890 offers to settle all creditors or heirs. Max Stern as substitute assignee states 273,098 dollars in bank to pay after expenses from 1,400 Houston and Texas Central shares foreclosed by Southern Pacific. The railroad bought minority stock, including much held by Gallaudet, at 275 dollars per share. Creditors like Russell Sage and Westinghouse Jr receive payout. Consolidated Gas Co gets 6 dollars due for 35 years.
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Associated Press
New York
P. W.gallaudet & Co
Stock Exchange House
Max Stern
Houston & Texas Central Railroad
Southern Pacific
Southdorn Pacific
Gallaudet
P. W. Gallaudet & Co
Russell Sage
George Westinghouse, Jr
Consolidated Gas Company
Flyer's Helper Frozen to Death in New Orleans Test Flight
Charles Lanaux Jr. 21, aviator's helper, froze to death after a test flight forced down in marshes near the Mississippi River mouth. Henry Ransdell, pilot, said gasoline ran out. Lanaux was exhausted after an hour of being carried. Lanaux's parents live in Merida Yucatan. The New Orleans Air Line operates the air mail service between the city and river steamers.
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Associated Press
New Orleans
Charles Lanaux, Jr
Henry Ransdell
Mississippi River
Ransdell
Lanaux
Merida
Yucatan
The
New Orleans Air Line
Aurora Borealis Disrupts Telegraph Across Nation
The aurora borealis caused widespread telegraph interruptions from New York to San Francisco and New Orleans, with signals breaking every few seconds to several minutes. Veteran wire chiefs note the event penetrated deeper into the South than in 25 years, disrupting messages all day.
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Associated Press
New York
San Francisco
New Orleans
Texas
South
Aurora Borealis Disrupts Cincinnati Wire Service
The aurora display interrupted wire communications in Cincinnati and disrupted Western Union and Postal Telegraph offices, though local service was not seriously affected. Weather forecaster W C Devereaux described the phenomenon as electrical in origin, occurring high in the atmosphere and at times drawing power from lines.
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Cincinnati
Western Union
Postal Telegraph
W. C. Devereaux
United States
Old Sol Gets Gay Emits Electrons Enter Miss Aurora
New York dispatch reports a physicist reveals Aurora Borealis and telegraph wires link. sun emits a stream of electrons, causing the aurora in the polar sky and, at times, affecting earth circuits with celestial static and dancing currents.
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Sol
Earth
Rewarded in International Radio Test After Standing by Two Nights
American radio stations earned an unimpeded chance to broadcast across the seven seas after two sleepless nights aiding distressed ships. Signals from Buenos Aires and Lima were heard in New York and London, with reception strong but marred by static. Moscow also picked up The Star Spangled Banner from WGY Schenectady across 5000 miles amid poor conditions.
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Africa
Australia
America
South America
LOW
Buenos Aires
OAX
Lima
Peru
Denver
Cardiff
Wales
Asbury Park
Jersey City
Aberdeen
New Bedford
Mass
Baltimore
5WA
Moscow
Associated Press
United States
Russia
WGY
Raising athletic standards to keep students at University
Victor Heintz urged raising University of Cincinnati athletic standards to retain local students, advocating more athletic equipment and better physical education. A committee was appointed to study the issue, with John Pogue and Irvin Marks named. A Viner coupé belonging to Joseph Viner was stolen while attendees met.
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University of Cincinnati
Heintz
Association
John Pogue
Irvin Marks
R. T. Dickerson
Cincinnati
Anthony Bullock
Henry Urner
Joseph Viner
Literary Club
Convict Identified as Robert Scott at San Quentin
Robert Scott, Chicago murder suspect, was positively identified today by Floyd C. Carr of Chicago as the man held in the state prison here under the name John Redding. Carr picked Scott from a lineup of nineteen men and said he was the man. Prendergast considered appealing for parole to Chicago authorities.
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San Quentin
Cal
John Redding
Robert Scott
Chicago
Floyd C. Carr
Scott
Russell Scott
Carr
Richard D. Prendergast
State Attorney’s Office
Redding
Prendergast
State Parole Board
Senate approves Swanson World Court reservations
WashingtonJanuary 26 The Senate by near unanimous vote approved all reservations of policy in the Swanson resolution on American adherence to the World Court. Opponents doubt the reserves will bind the U S though later voting could defeat remaining declarations.
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Washington
Senate
Swanson
World Court
Tribunal
United States
League of Nations
Reed
Dem
Frazier
Rep
N. D
Robinson
Lenroot
Wis
Walsh
Mont
British Empire
League For
Irish Free State
British Foreign Office
Missouri
Shipstead
Blease Frazier
Harreld
Blease
Chicago Theaters Close as Stars Fall Ill
Two Chicago stage productions shut down in two days due to illness among male star comedians. Eddie Cantor left for a rest, while Al Jolson’s show closed after he developed pleurisy. Jolson will rejoin the tour in Florida or Indianapolis. Cantor likely rejoins in Indianapolis.
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Chicago
Eddie Cantor
Cantor
al Jolson
Jolson
Florida
Indianapolis
Belasco Presents New Play Lulu Belle in Philadelphia
David Belasco opened Lulu Belle by Edward Shelvin and Charles MacArthur at Broad Street Theater in Philadelphia. Lenore Ulric stars in the title role with a large ensemble cast noted as mostly negro. Four acts depict Harlem New York scenes.
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Belasco
Associated Press
Philadelphia
David Belasco
Lulu Belle
Edward Shelvin
Charles MacArthur
Broad Street Theater
Lenore Ulric
Harlem
New York
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