Washington Looms Large in Week’s Foreign Affairs
Washington rises as a center of interest while legislatures in many states convene. Taft hosted a New Year reception with 8,92 callers. Navy bids on two battleships fell under 6 million dollars. A bust of Vice President Sherman will grace the Capitol. Boxer fund agent International Banking Corporation owes the government about 160,000. Senator Hitchcock rails against arbitration treaties as a British trap. A Ways and Means subcommittee backs iron and steel tariff cuts and ore free. Senator Kern to read Washington’s farewell on Washington’s birthday.
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Washington
Courts of
Taft
Navy Department
Congress
Sherman
Capitol
Senate
International Banking Corporation
United States
Divorce suit filed in Cincinnati by Mrs Harrington Stallo
Personal Mrs Harrington Stallo filed suit in Cincinnati for divorce from Edmund K Stallo of New York. Governor elect George Hunt of Arizona says he wants no display of gold lace at his inauguration. President Schurman of Cornell announced a New Year's gift to the university from Jacob H Schiff of 100000 for German culture studies. Mrs W B Atwater who married her chauffeur after her first husband died has taken up aviation. Mrs John S Crosby, president of a woman's domestic organization and wife of a lawyer, was the first woman to be made a special deputy by Sheriff Harburger of New York.
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Harrington Stallo
Cincinnati
Edmund K. Stallo
New York
George Hunt
Arizona
Schurman
Cornell
University
Jacob H. Schiff
W. B. Atwater
Thomas C. Platt
John S. Crosby
Sheriff Harburger
Ward Declines Foul Rule Change and Pairings Noted
The article reports John M Ward denying support for a foul strike rule change. It mentions an anticipated match between Carl Morris and Al Palzer as a premier white hope fight. It also notes Cornell selecting Paul Jones as captain for next year and Edmund Blanc purchasing Hermis to replace Flying Fox in his French stud.
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John M. Ward
Carl Morris
al Palzer
White Hope
Cornell
Paul Jones
Edmund Blanc
Flying Fox
Hermis
Inaugurations and indictments across the nation
General tremors felt in Northern Illinois and Southern Wisconsin. James B. McEwan inaugurated mayor of Albany for a third time. Indictments of dynamiters in Los Angeles follow a dramatic labor leader confession. Mrs. John Kulp of Allentown stands accused of lacing pies to kill her husband and family. John B. Peaslee died at 70, founder of Arbor Day in schools. A Greater Boston consolidation petition circulates. Democratic rivals back favorite son moves for Wilson. Taft to attend New York Bar Association banquet January 20. Wall Street stock tipsters face possible indictments by federal authorities.
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Ilinois
Wisconsin
James B. McEwan
Albany
Los Angeles
John Kulp
Allentown
John B. Peaslee
Cincinnati
Boston
Watson
West Virginia
Woodrow Wilson
O'Gorman
New York
Taft
New York Bar Association
Waldorf-Astoria
United States Postal Authorities
Department of Justice
Wall Street
Notable Early 20th Century Headlines Roundup
A wide ranging digest lists deaths and public notices across the era. Dr. Algernon Coolidge dies in Boston at 82, aviator Atwood plans an Atlantic flight next April, and deputies are named in New York. Morse offers stock tips for telegrams, McManigal moved to a ranch prep for a trip, and Madison Square Garden optioned for July as national party moves stir. Court rulings, school vaccine exclusions in New York, Taft support by Georgia Republicans, a Leap Year wedding promise, and several public works and political notes fill the page.
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Algernon Coolidge
Thomas Jefferson
Boston
Atwood
Atlantic
John S. Crosby
Corneliy Swinnerton
Harburger
New York
Atlanta
C. W. Morse
Ortie McManigal
Madison Square Garden
New Jersey Supreme Court
Olean
N. Y
Board of Education
Georgia
Republican State Central Committee
Taft
Global unrest and notable deaths reported in 1911 era dispatches
Reports detail peasant deaths and wounded in Portugal uprising, Spanish revolutionists jailed in Jativa Valencia, Mongolia potential independence, Guayaquil restoration and seizure of routes, and obituaries including writer Mrs. Arthur Stannard. Also noted: Spanish budget figures, Knox greeting Managua talks, St Norbert monastery fire, and Moroccan Rif war death toll.
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Portugal
Jativa
Valencia
Spain
Mongolia
Militia Revenue Party
Guayaquil
Ecuador
Bucay
Arthur Stannard
John Strange Winter
London
Secrrtary of
Knox
Managua
Nicaragua
St. Norbert
Manitoba
Morocco
Africa
Santa Cruz Island
Forrest F. Dryden
Prudential Life Insurance Company
John Pastrana Gaica
Madrid
Asquith
Pankhurst Party
England
Paris Morning Papers
Equitable Building Fire Claims Six Lives in New York
A massive blaze at the Equitable Life building on Broadway caused at least six deaths and disrupted Wall Street. Fire crews faced brutal cold and high pressure as vaults and large stacks of securities were trapped by wreckage. Vaults held millions in bonds and cash. several notable estates and banks are listed among the buried assets.
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New York
Equitable Life Assurance Society
Broadway
Stock Exchange
Kenton
Equitable
Mercantile Safe Deposit Company
William Walsh
William Campion
Frank. J. Nieder
The
Mercantile
John Sazzi
Savarin
John Conti
Messina Fratti
Prial
Equitable Safety
Walsh
Lawyers’ Club
Manhattan
Fifty-ninth Street
Brooklyn
Brooklyn Bridge
Cedar Street
Big Fire Shuts Down Manhattan as Ice Numbs Streets
Fire blackout paralyzed a 9 block stretch of downtown New York with banks closed and transit delayed. The Equitable Society vault held no cash and 425 ten ants burned. securities valued at 15 million were tied up, while three safe deposit vaults outside the zone held 15 million in collateral.
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Equitable Society
New York
Equitable
Nathaniel A. Prentiss
Trinity Churchyard
New Briefs Highlight International, Legal and Labor News
The Great Northern Railroad ordered 36 000 tons of rails for 1912. Paris court grants divorce to Lina Cavalieri from Robert Winthrop Chanler. Wu Ting-fang urges Yuan to Shanghai for peace talks. 25 000 Belgian miners strike in Boranage, spreading. Central American Conference opens in Managua. New York theatres allow standing room. William H White finds ambergris worth 19200 dollars weighing 20 pounds. Daughters of William Ponsonby Furniss exempt from presumptive heirs. Adirondack Electric Power Corp sues New York for 2 500 000 over land and power rights for barge canal.
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Great Northern Railroad
Robert Winthrop Chanler
Paris
Lina Cavalieri
Wu Ting-fang
Yuan
Shanghai
Boranage
Belgium
Managua
Nicaragua
New York
William H. White
Brockton
Mass
New York Appellate Division
William Ponsonby
Furniss
Adirondack-Electric-Power-Conporation
Saratoga Springs
Saratoga County
Farmers Push in All Parts of New Jersey
Long column of reports from New Jersey noting diphtheria decline in Delanco, price shifts for eggs and sweet potatoes, school enrollments in Paulsboro, local committees plans for 4th of July, and various civic notices. Includes fire, health, and policing items from Bridgeton, Salem, Woodbury, and surrounding towns with multiple officers elected and incidents such as a deer killing fine and a jail term for Harvey Pettit.
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Telegraph and Cable
J. J. M. Welch
Kansas City
Middies Club
Annapolis
Ohio
Judson Harmon
Bryan
la Follette
Lansing
Mich
Osborn
Winthrop
Norfolk Navy Yard
Eugene N. Foss
Massachusetts
Jamaica Plain
State House
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Oakland
Equitable Building
Kefiron
Financial District
William Giblin
Giblin i
Giblin
Father McGean
Fire Department
Merentile Safe Deposit Company
Hazen
Chase National Bank
Clearing House
American Exchange Bank
Amrican Surety Co
E. E. Rittenhouse
Equitable Company
Equitable Trust Co
Mercantile Trust Co
Belmont
E. H. Harriman
Gould
Harriman
Thomas F. Ryan
August Belmont
Kuhn, Loeb & Co
Kountze Bros
Wm. A. Read & Co
State
Souther
Brussels
LST
Natid Lips
al Ixale
Virginia
Orange Co
Qorange Co
Bermuda
Ubl
Long Island
Dales
Tobacco
Connecticut
Havana
Rio
New Jersey
Delanco
Millville
Paulsboro
Paulsboro Public School
Gloucester County
Oliva Bramall
Bridgeboro
Harris
Salem Board of Health
Williamstown Grange
James D. Tweed
Edward C. Ritthie
H. S. Bateman
Bridgeton
Salem Firemen's Relief Association
Edwin Smalley, Sr
Henry V. Hall
Elwood Griscom
Albert Steiner
Clayton
Charles E. Markey
Dr. R. M. A. Davis
W. Leslie Swain
Warren T. Sparks
Harvey Still
Mount Holly
John Gibbs
R. Harnett
Oaklyn
Gibbs
Board of Excise Commissioners of
Lambertville
Scott Thorne
Twells
Woodbury
Bury
Hammonton
State Game and Fish Commission
Hammonton Lake
William Bradway
Port Norris
John Snagg
Mays Landing
Williamstown
R. Howell Tice
W. A. Wilson
Edward C. Ritchie
John Biddle
D. S. Sampson
Ocean City
Jersey
the Humane Fire Company, No. 1
Bordentown
James Tantum
Edward Holzbaur
William S. Ginglen
David Brown
Frank A. Brown
Neal Keeler
Woodbury Exempt Firemen’s Association
B W. Cloud
G. F. Reading
S. H. Ladd
Daniel H. Davis
G. E. Reading
Joseph B. Best
E. P. Heppard
Tuller
Cumberland
Harvey Pettit
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