Grooks Top The City Says Bingham
Police Commissioner Bingham declares the grooks are on top and condemns a court system under political sway. He cites the Jenkins case and Kuhne's 30 day sentence as examples while urging swift remedies, backing officers who serve honestly.
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Bingham
Kuehne
Brooklyn
Supreme Court
Butts
TIMES
Justice Butts
Frank Jenkins
Williamsburg
Police Department
Jehosaphat
Kuhne
Kahne
Battleship Fleet Moves North of St Thomas
The battleship fleet sits 280 miles north by northwest of St Thomas at noon. The Missouri and Illinois left the fleet for medical reasons and to land crewmen, with rejoin planned tomorrow and February 1 pilot assignment pending. Capt E F Green travels from Los Angeles to Washington to pilot the fleet through the Strait of Magellan toward Punta Arenas.
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Connecticut
New York
Island
St. Thomas
Missouri
Jan
B. Northway
Illinois
C. H. Montgomery
Culebra
Porto Rico
Montgomery
Los Angeles
Cat
E. F. Green
United States Army Transport Service
United States
Strait of Magellan
Washington
Rio de Janeiro
Green
Punta Arenas
Evans
New Pacific Fleet Plan Revealed by British Admiralty
London reports a Pacific Squadron to form next May anchored at Esquimault. It will include six cruisers of the 9 800 ton class and the existing South Cruiser Squadron with three armored cruisers Cressy Euryalus Hague and protected cruiser Indefatigable. This signals a strategic shift in Britain’s naval posture amid American fleet moves.
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Pacific
Esquimault
Cressy
Euryalus
Hague
Harvard President urges Jews to strengthen physique
President Eliot told Harvard Jewish students to improve physical development and warned that Jews are inferior in stature. He urged outdoor activity, cited hardships, and noted the Menorah Society aims to aid Jewish students and spur similar groups at other New England colleges.
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New York Times
Cambridge
Mass
Eliot
Harvard
Menorah Society of
Menorah Society
Eilot
New England
Taft Returns From World Cruise Reaches Washington
Secretary of War William H. Taft ended a 128 day global journey visiting the Philippines and Japan where he met the Mikado. He declined to discuss politics and said the Japan visit was incidental while his main objective was reporting on Philippines conditions. He praised the Japanese for peace and discussed the fleet cruise as a routine naval exercise.
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William H. Taft
Grant
Washington
Philippines
Japan
Asia
Tskarskoe-Selo
Taft
Republican County Committee
Gov
Hughes
Pennsylvania Terminal
Jersey City
Charles
Clarence R. Edwards
Bureau of Insular Affairs
War Department
Quartermaster General
Joseph E. Johnston
Frederick Dent Grant
Department of the East
United States Army
Pennsylvania
United States
Pacific
The
Mikado
Pacific Ocean
America
Bustle Secret Stash: $3000 Lost by Self-Supporting Woman
A Denver woman reports losing $3000 sewn in a pad contained in her bustle. The money, saved over years, vanished after a small rip appeared at the top of the pad. She suspects theft or misplacement but has no clue where the loss occurred or who took it.
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West Forty-sixth Street
Hotel Plaza Covers Gold Leaf Cornices With Bronze Varnish
In deference to patron opinion the Hotel Plaza sacrifices 27000 dollars worth of gold leaf cornices that have shone for two months. Workmen began yesterday to coat the decorations with bronze varnish to hide their opulence from artistic eyes.
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Hotel Plaza
Shipping News Arrivals At Luise and Hamburg
Latest shipping notes show steamship Albano arriving at Hamburg on December 2 and steamship Luise at Gibraltar on December 10, with movement through December.
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Luise
Gibraltar
Albano
Hamburs
Professor Favors Dueling Sparked by College Life
Ann Arbor December 20 Prof. C Demuralt of Michigan electrical engineering defends dueling as a catalyst for quick perception action and determination. He notes winning a contract for a power heating and lighting station at New Fort Lyon Colorado near a Naval Hospital, attributing part of his success to college corps duels.
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New York Times
Ann Arbor
Midh
C. _ Demuralt
Electrical Engineering Department
University of Michigan
Demuralt
New Fort Lyon
Colorado
United States Naval Hospital
City Hall Loop to Close for Early Morning Subway Runs
The Battery tunnel opening prompts local trains not to City Hall between midnight and 7 am, with service diverted to South Ferry. The IRT obtained PSC permission, while a show cause order was issued to the subway for on board accident tools. A separate order urged better car overhauls for Coney Island and Brooklyn cars, with a hearing on surface car overhauls at 10 am.
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Battery Tunnel
Brooklyn
City Hall
South Ferry
City Hall Loop
Interborough Rapid Transit Company
Public Service Commission
Interborough
Coney Island and Brook Company
Metropolitan
End of Central American Peace Conference Marks Eight Conventions
Washington December speeches by Secretary Root President Luis Anderson and Ambassador Creel closed a month long Central American Peace Conference. Eight conventions were signed as Root chaired the session with remarks praising progress toward a unified Central American Republic. President Anderson stressed sturdier treaties and steadfast national aims.
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Washington
Root
Luis Anderson
Creel
Mexico
Delegston
Anderson
Ambassador Creel
United States of America
United Mexican States
Bronx Zoo Receives Ancient Spade-Foot Toad Rameses I
The Bronx Zoo houses a spade-foot toad named Rameses I a gift from Charles Van Zandt of a silver mine near Butte Montana and Edward King. Discovered seven months ago 200 feet below the Butte mine surface the toad appears blind aged hundreds of years and in suspended animation. Curator Ditmar keeps Rameses in a sealed jar on display as evidence of long dormancy and possible centuries of life.
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Bronx
Charles van Zandt
Butte
Mont
Edward King
Bronx Reporters’ Association
Rameses I
Mr. King
Rameses
Mr. van Zandt
Ditmar
Mistook Woman for Duck Aboard Barge Bulley
Mrs Mary Maigbug fell overboard while pinning laundry on deck. Captain Edward Thompson fired at a supposed duck at a hundred yards, nearly striking her. The rescue party saved the half frozen woman as her husband, Maigbug, remained unaware.
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New York Times
New Haven
Conn
Mary Malgbug
Bulley
Edward Thompson
Tie
Thompson
Maigbug
New York to Paris Auto Race Entered by Nine Paris Cars
Paris wires announce entrants for the New York to Paris race leaving Europe February 2 with start from Times Square February 15. Entries include Motobloc of France and Brixia Zust of Italy. An American car Hol Tan leads hopes, with others like Franklin Thomas under consideration.
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Paris
New York
Franklin
Thomas
Alaskan Service
Breguet
Senhor Carneiro de Cabella
Lisbon
Emmanuel Roth
Joseph Lowinger
Renault
Ssies
Luttgen
Roberts
Harry Fosdick
Corey
Barzini in New York Accompanying New York to Paris Race
Luigi Barzini, who rode with Prince Borghese in the Peking to Paris De Dion car contest, is in New York. He plans to accompany the New York to Paris racers and believes the machines and drivers can achieve the seemingly impossible feat this time. Barzini authored a book recounting Borghese’s journey with dramatic escapes.
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Luigi Barzini
Prince Borghese
Peking
Paris
Two Continents
de Dion
New York
Barzini
New US Survey Recounts Philippine Islands Total
Dr. C E Yeagle reports from San Francisco that US Coast and Geodetic Survey now lists 2600 Philippine islands, far more than Spanish charts indicated. The survey, beginning after American acquisition, reveals many navigational chart inaccuracies and will take a decade to complete.
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San Francisco
United States
Philippine Islands
United States Coast and Geodetic Survey
C. E. Yeagle
Coast Survey
Fathomer
Orient
China
Yeagle
Masons Ordered Silent Across New Jersey Lodges
Grand Master MacGregor has issued a silence order to all New Jersey Freemasons to curb discussions of political matters within lodges. Reports say prominent men have used lodges to discuss public affairs, prompting the move to enforce neutrality.
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New Jersey
New York Times
Trenton
N. J
MacGregor
Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons
Dill
Court of Errors and Appeals
Bailey May Leave Senate Amid Possible New Primary
Rumors from the Metropolitan Hotel in Washington say Texas Senator Bailey is considering resigning his Senate seat to enter another primary next summer. He has discussed the idea with several friends and Texas politicians, with opinions split on whether to stay or resign. An announcement seems likely within days.
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Washington
Metropolitan Hotel
Texas
South
Bailey
Senate
Bryan's Daughter Among Democratic Delegates
Denver report notes women voters of Colorado backing a movement to send two women as delegates to the Democratic National Convention. One confirmed delegate is Mrs. Ruth Bryan Leavitt, eldest daughter of William J. Bryan, who has led Denver as president for five years and heads the Jane Jefferson Club. she is now in Europe with her mother.
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Denver
Women Voters of
Colorado
Ruth Bryan Leavitt
William J. Bryan
Leavitt
Jane Jefferson Club
Europe
Mayor Johnson Welcomes Granddaughter Margaret Evelyen
In Cleveland the City Hall echoed with birth news as Signora Frederico Mariani Johnson gave birth to a daughter named Margaret Evelyen. Mayor Tom L. Johnson, the girl’s grandfather, praised the infant as the prettiest sight, while noting her eight pounds and the family’s ties to New York.
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New York Times
Cleveland
Signora Frederico Mariani
Johnson
Tom L. Johnson
Tom .L
Margaret Evelyen
Evelyn Chadwick
Bessie
New York
Euclid Avenue
Lady Duff Gordon Seeks Privacy at Hotel Plaza
Lady Duff Gordon sister of Mrs Elinor Glyn arrived yesterday at the Hotel Plaza and went to her room. Mrs Glyn asked that any newspaper people be referred to Burke's Peerage at the inquiry desk.
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Lady Duff Gordon
Elinor Glyn
Mrs. Glyn
Possible Van Dyck Portrait Found in Waesmunster Ruins
In Waesmunster a likely Van Dyck portrait was unearthed amid convent rubble from a demolished building. Purchased for 10 cents, the head remains intact while the rest is damaged. experts believe it can be restored. It may depict a sister of Van Dyck.
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Brussels
van Dyck
Waesmunster
Revenue Officer Slain Near Smith Town Moonshine Camp
In Winston Salem on December 20 United States Revenue officer J W Hendricks was shot dead while destroying a moonshine still in the Smith town settlement of Stokes County. The ambush victim is named. the assailant remains unknown. Three officers had left for Smithtown the day before, with Hendricks among them.
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Winston Salem
N. C
J. W. Hendricks
United States Revenue
Smithtown
Stokes County
Hendricks
Fourteenth Wife of James Vann Dead in Mount Hope
Martha Maria Vann, the fourteenth wife of James Nickolas Vann of Mount Hope, near Middletown, is buried beside his other wives. Vann, born April 22, 1807, is notable for having fourteen white wives though he is Black, and he has served as preacher, doctor, and aspiring lawyer though now frail.
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Middletown
N. Y
Martha Maria Vann
James Nichol
Vann
Mount Hope
Waif to Inherit Million in Illinois Estate
Harry Christopher, the boy once taken in by banker W E Borders and his wife at Marissa near St Louis, has been chosen to inherit nearly a million dollars. A petition to adopt him was filed in Belleville County Court by Borders and his wife, after he was found suitable and loyal.
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New York Times
ST. Louis
Harry Christopher
W. E. Borders
Marissa
Illinois
Belleville
Ill
Borders
Ruined Speculator Kills J. H. Oliphant in Broad Street Office
James H. Oliphant senior broker at Oliphant & Co. shot in his Broad Street, New York office by Dr. Charles A. Geiger a ruined speculator who then killed himself Geiger had sought to retrieve losses of about 75000 after Geiger demanded more margin and the two argued before the fatal confrontation.
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James H. Oliphant
Stock Exchange
James H. Oliphant & Co
Broad Street
Charles A. Geiger
Beaufort
S. C
Oliphant
Mr. Oliphant
Hudson Street Hospital
Dr. Geiger
Holland House
Fifth Avenue Bank
Oliphant Firm
New York
Atlanta
James H. Olphant & Co
James J. Oliphant
Floyd W. Mundy
Alfred L. Norris
J. Norris Oliphant
Mr Oliphant
Thosce
Hudson Street
Acritelis
Geiger
Anch
Thio.i
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Bronx Zoo Bullétin
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Times Square
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Motobloc Company
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Burke’s Peerage
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