Trains Collision on Williamsburg Bridge Kills One
A fogbound collision on the Williamsburg Bridge between two trains in New York City left one 16 year old girl dead and more than 50 injured. 1600 passengers faced chaos as men women and children scrambled from darkened cars after the eight car Brooklyn train struck the stalled wooden train. Motorman John Simmer faces homicide charges and rests in Bellevue Hospital.
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New York
East River
Brooklyn-Manhattan
Williamsburg Bridge
Brooklyn
John Simmer
Bellevue Hospital
Roars at Raw Deal to White Settlers
Senator Oddie took the issue of white settlers on Indian lands and their irrigation water rights to President Coolidge. He planned a congressional resolution to stay litigation with the Interior Department and call for a Senate investigation. In Portland the same day two men died and at least five were injured when a brick wall 80 feet long collapsed during wrecking work.
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Washington
Jan
Coolidge
Oddie
Nevada
White House
Congress
Interior Department
Senate
Portland
Dancer Fawn Gray Seeks Annulment Of Philadelphia Marriage
Baltimore court action seeks annulment of a two month marriage to Theodore MacFarland of Philadelphia. The dancer Gladys Marie Brown aged 20 alleges fraud duress and deceit while in a weakened mental state after a New York ceremony. MacFarland, 27, is named in the petition filed with guardian Walter J. Fleming.
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Baltimore
Fawn Gray
Harry K. Thaw
New York
Theodore MacFarland
Philadelphia
Thaw
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw
Chicago
Gladys Marie Brown
MacFarland
J. Charles Fagan
Walter J. Fleming
Miss Gray
Attorneys Argue Question Of Power Board Of Examiners In Expenditures
Attorney A N Whitlock representing the plaintiff in an injunction case against the board of examiners admitted that only the legislature can appropriate the proceeds of the 11 2 mill levy for educational institutions The dispute centers on whether the board can limit how the funds are spent and seeks a court ruling on that power.
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State Supreme Court
A. N. Whitlock
Missoula
Iners
Board of Examiners
Senate Delays World Court Vote as Blease Filibusters
In Washington on January 1, the senate teetered on a vote over the world court after opponents gained a breather. Senator Blease of South Carolina launched a lengthy speech while Senator Lenroot pressed to read the court statute. Vice President Dawes prepared a roll call as the filibuster began.
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Washington
Jan
Senate
Friends of the Court
Senator Blease
South Carolina
Dawes
Lenroot
Wisconsin
Blease
Chamber
Bank deposits show big increase over 1924
New York dispatch reports that 364 banks and trust companies held deposits of 15 million dollars or more at end 1925, totaling 22.049 billion, up from 21.240 billion in 1924 and 24.493 billion in 1920, a rise of about 1.5 billion in the year and 8.4 billion since 1920.
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New York
Financial Age
Teddy's Rough Riders to Film About Roosevelt's Regiment
Herman Hagedorn of the Roosevelt Memorial association started a southwestern trip to recruit veterans of the Rough Riders and collect material for a motion picture depicting Teddy’s fighting days. The project aims to bring authentic wartime accounts to the screen.
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New York
Rough Riders
Roosevelt
Herman Hagedorn
Roosevelt Memorial Association
Teddy
No De Luxe For Dogs Raquel Maller Refuses Leviathan Sail
Paris reports Mile. Raquel Maller the Spanish vaudeville and motion picture star declined to sail on the Leviathan because US lines would not record her eight dogs de luxe cabin accommodations. Captain Hartley promised care for the dogs. Rudolph Valentino will sail with his brother Guglelmo and family in a separate arrangement.
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Paris
United States
Raquel Maller
Hartley
Rudolph Valentino
Valentino
Guglelmo
Grace Vanderbilt Ill With Gall Bladder Inflammation
In New York Grace Vanderbilt wife of Brigadier General Cornelius Vanderbilt was reported ill at her Fifth Avenue home with gall bladder inflammation. She was described as slightly better by evening and her son Cornelius Vanderbilt Jr. arrived during the day.
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New York
Grace Vanderbilt
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Fifth Avenue
Cornelius Vanderbilt, Jr
Dance Charleston at revival meet in old Robey cafe
Three girls danced last night at the revival in the old Robey cafe now a mission. Miss Sarah Beisinger performed the Charleston to the satisfaction of the congregation. Malcolm Fitch, evangelist, said he found nothing in the Bible to ban dancing.
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Chicago
Robey Cafe
Sarah Beisinger
Malcolm Fitch
Dark Fog Envelops New York Harbor Delays Traffic
A dense fog around Ambrose Light slows ferries and freighters in New York and environs. Ships including Cristobal Ings Ascania Flora Fort Victoria Andania anchor or wait for landmarks, delaying schedules and hampering land and water traffic.
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New York
Ambrose
Vners Cristobal
Ings
Har- Ascania
Flora
Fort Victoria
Hor
Commission Inquiry Due Against Aluminum Company of America
The federal trade commission will begin hearings in Pittsburgh on February 15 on a monopolistic practices complaint against Aluminum Company of America in which Secretary Mellon holds stock. Hearings will be public and may span several months with further city visits planned.
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Washington
Federal Trade Commission
Pittsburgh
Aluminum Company of America
Mellon
Bill Cody's Famous Diamond Vanishes in Colorado
The six and half carat Cody diamond once held as security on a loan tied to Colonel William Cody disappeared. County official C. J. Loney reported the setting was found to contain blue white glass during an appraisal of Northern State Bank assets in Greeley.
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Northern State Bank
Franklin’s 220th Natal Day Observed in Philadelphia
Philadelphia observed the 220th birthday of Benjamin Franklin with ceremonies including an impersonation of Franklin meeting Miss Deborah Read. President Coolidge sent a wreath to be placed on Franklin’s grave.
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Philadelphia
Philadelphia Today
Benjamin Franklin
Poor Richard
Franklin
DeBorah Read
Coolidge
Clear Way for Trial of Osage Conspiracy
Oklahoma City Oklahoma January 18 The way was cleared for the trial of W K Hale alleged leader of the Osage death ring in federal court George Short state attorney general dismissed murder charges against Hale in Osage county district court after a conference with Roy Lewis US district attorney
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Oklahoma City
Ota
W. K. Hale
George Short
Hale
Osage County
Roy Lewis
United States
Gas blast in German factory kills nine injures thirty
A workman’s cigar ignited a gasoline tank in Moabit district causing a major disaster. Nine people died and 30 were injured as extensive property damage occurred.
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Berlin
Moabit
Oldest Nebraskan Rose Garvey Dies at 113
Mrs. Rose Garvey aged 113 and Nebraska's oldest inhabitant died at her farm near Albion on Sunday morning. Born in Ireland in 1810s, she and her husband came to America 63 years ago.
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Albion
Neb
Rose Garvey
Nebraska
Here
Missionary Held by Chinese Brigands Update
Miss Clifford Barratt a Baptist missionary captured by Chinese brigands in December remains in their custody. Relatives say she had not been harmed two weeks ago when she was allowed to send a letter to a fellow missionary.
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Greenwood
Clifford Barratt
Confession Ties Woman to Poisoning Eight Husbands
East Liverpool Ohio January 18 police report Mrs Laura E Christy confessed to poisoning her seventh husband John Ebert Newell West Virginia two months ago She is held on first degree murder charges for poisoning her eighth husband the Rev William O Christy He admitted administering poison to Ebert via a capsule substituted for medicine She says Mean to Her and names several earlier husbands including Jacob Barnhart Charles Graham and others dead or living in various states She also says she drugged Christy on a knife blade claiming it was soda
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Liverpool
Ohio
John Ebert
Newell
W. V
Laura E. Christy
William O Christy
Ebert
Christy
Jacob Barnhart
Charles Graham
East Liverpool
Graham
Barnhart
Frederick Harmon
Athens
N. Y
Christy, Ebert and
Jesse Sears
George Holt
Charles O'Neill
Cincinnati
Senate Filibuster Echoes Dawes Smile in Rules Debate
In Washington on January 18, Vice President Dawes smiled as a senator asserted the Senate can end filibusters under existing rules. The remark came during a heated debate as Senator Helhn of Alabama urged amendments to curb delaying tactics.
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Washington
Senate
Dawes
15th Century Prayerbook Sells At Santa Barbara Auction
A hand painted 15th century prayer book from the Sarah Bernhardt library sold for 950 dollars at a Santa Barbara antiques auction. Mrs. W. J. Horton of New York purchased it. The sale also offered a Ravanel estate Whistler portrait from the Cooper River area near Charleston, which did not sell.
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Santa Barbara
Calif
Library of the Hate
Sarah Bernhardt
W. J. Horton
New York
Whistler
Pennis
Ravanel
Cooper River
Charleston
S. C
Opposition to Gooding bill echoed by ICC
Washington officials report the Interstate Commerce Commission opposed the Gooding bill aimed at removing railroads from close competition with water carriers. Commissioner John J Esch led the dissent, joined by six colleagues, arguing the prohibition on higher rail rates for short hauls is unnecessary and could harm industry. Also opposing were Fred Farrar of Colorado Fuel and Iron, the Denver Chamber of Commerce, and E M Antrim of Tribune Publishing.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Senate Committee On Interstate Commerce
John J Esch
Esch
Fred Farrar
Colorado Fuel and Tron Company
Denver Chamber of Commerce
E. M. Antrim
Tribune Publishing Company of
Chicago
Independent Classified Ads Prove Efficient For Buyers and Sellers
A local housewife who used the Independent Classified Ads sold a furniture set immediately. She plans to advertise again, praising the prompt attention of ad-takers at 491-492 and urging others to use the service for buying selling renting and exchanges.
President Coolidge Addresses Women’s Industry Conference
In a letter read at the opening of the women's industrial conference, President Coolidge says women's employment is a social issue with national significance beyond labor. He stresses that society relies on industry management and that women as workers remain responsible as mothers and potential mothers.
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Washington
Coolidge
Department of
Isbor
New York Judge Orders Jury in Rambeau Manton Misconduct Case
Supreme Court Justice Lavy signed an order directing a jury to decide if actress Marjorie Rambeau and actor William K. Manton were guilty of misconduct at a New York hotel on August 20. Trial slated for February 9 as part of divorce proceedings filed by Manton’s wife Mrs. Mavel Manton seeking $100,000 for alleged alienation of affections.
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New York
Marjorie Rambeau
William K. Manton
Supreme Court
Lavy
Mavel Manton
Miss Rambeau
Manton
Crow delegation shows costly civility in Washington visit
Six Crow Indians from Montana arrived in Washington to confer with Indian Affairs officials. The expense so far totals $2,500, drawn from tribal funds, with an initial allotment of $1,200 rising to $1,800 and a further $700 added amid new financial needs.
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Washington
Redman
Montana
Bureau of Indiana Affairs
Aviation leaders back Guggenheim fund directors named
Ten prominent figures from aviation, engineering, law and finance join the Daniel Guggenheim fund as directors. Mr Guggenheim will donate 2 500 000 dollars over the next decade. Among those who accepted is Orville Wright of Daytop Okla.
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New York
Daniel Guggenheim
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