Rockefeller Gift to General Education Board Sets New Record
John D. Rockefeller and John D. Rockefeller Jr. announce a gift of securities valued around 32 million dollars to the General Education Board by April 1, one third to endow and two thirds to be used per donor directions. The donation increases the board’s total trust fund to about 48 million dollars and signals a shift of influence over grant decisions toward the Rockefellers and the board’s leadership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John D. Rockefeller
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
General Education Board
Rockefellers
William Street
Rockefeller
Wallace Buttrick
New York
New York City
Ckefeller
University of Chicago
Mr. Rockefeller
Generalducation Board
Fishermen Rescued After Adrift in Freezing Boat Off Sandy Hook
Two fishermen Henry Morgan of Sheepshead Bay and Karry Kennedy of Canarsie were found half frozen in a small boat ten miles off Sandy Hook near daylight. They had been adrift since midnight after losing their oars while nets off Sea Gate. They were pried apart from the ice bound boat, warmed, and landed at Ulmer Park to return home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sandy Hook
Gracie
Capt
Hawkins
Henry Morgan
Sheepshead Bay
Karry Kennedy
Canarsie
Sea Gate
Morgan
Ulmer Park
Two Hour Strike Ties Up Baltimore & Ohio Tugboats
In New York Harbor all B&O tugboats were tied up for two hours as harbor workers including firemen oilers cooks and deckhands of the International Seamen Union Harbor Boatmen’s branch walked out after the company discharged Grievance Committee members demanding higher wages. After two hours officials offered arbitration and the strikers returned to work. this followed an earlier brief walkout over pay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
New York Harbor
Harbor Boatmen
International Seamen's Union
Japanese Anger Grows Over Privy Council Meeting
Tokyo reports a Tuesday Privy Council meeting discussed the amended imperial house law and a Washington dispatch. Some cite a careless source while others warn of a motive to strain U S Japan relations amid the San Francisco affair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokio
United States
Associated Press
San Francisco
Japan
Judge defers reform school for 12 year old Dell
Judge Higbee labeled a second Link In decided to send twelve year old Paul Dell to Sunday school weekly for two years and require daily school attendance instead of Reform School. Dell was arrested for stealing and used profane language before the Recorder.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Higbee
Paul Dell
Reform School
Dell
Bayonne Son Refuses Food at Mother's Coffin
Grieving George Rockhold 23 of 18 Silver Street Bayonne has refused meals since his mother Mrs. William Rockhold died suddenly Tuesday afternoon. He has remained at her coffin since Wednesday morning. Mrs Rockhold once possessed a fortune.
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William Rockhold
Silver Street
Bayonne
George Rockhold
Palm Limited train features and services listed
The notice outlines the Southern Palm Limited route from New York at 12 10 P M with state room, drawing room and electric equipment. It mentions offices on Broadway, the Bicepi Library and dining cars, and operation details for the Lu and States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florida
Augusts
Summerville
Charleston
Southern
S Palm Limited
N. Y
Aa. Y
Missing Philadelphia Woman Helen Anthony Vanishes in City
Miss Helen E. Anthony a 27 year old heiress from Gouverneur New York disappeared after leaving the Blenheim Apartments with her companion during a Tuesday morning shopping trip. She carried a bankbook a Realstate Trust bank box key a check and about 20 in cash. The case is being treated as a missing person with police involvement and inquiries into her whereabouts.
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New York Times
Philadelphia
Helen E. Anthony
Blenheim
Seventeenth
Chestnut Streets
Chestnut Street
Realstate Trust Company
Miss Anthony
Gouverneur
N. Y
Charles H. Anthony
West Chester
Drexel Institute
Miss Bibber
J. A. Bayard Kane
South Seventeenth Street
Opera
Gouverneur Brother Receives Notice Of Missing Woman
Charles H. Anthony, brother of the missing woman, said Dr James Kane of Philadelphia told him Tuesday that his sister is missing. He has acted to locate her but has found no trace. He doubts she is dead and suggests she may be visiting friends in Philadelphia Syracuse or near the city. Anthony is a Bank of Gouverneur director.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Gouverneur
N. Y
Charles H. Anthony
James Kane
Philadelphia
Anthony
Kane
Mr. Anthony
Syracuse
Bank of Gouverneur
Suppression of Milwaukee Church Times Episode
The Church Times official organ of the Episcopal Diocese of Milwaukee was suppressed for a month after a printer mixed profane jokes with church notices. February’s issue, a Bishop Nicholson tribute, carried risqué content and a race betting joke.
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New York Times
Milwaukee
Church Times
Episcopal Diocese of
Canon Co
B. B. Wright
Nicholson
Respite for Kelsey in Insurance Chief’s Demand
Gov. Hughes insists Otto Kelsey must resign as State Superintendent of Insurance. Friends secured a brief respite until Tuesday or Wednesday, while Hughes remains firm and could seek Senate removal on charges if needed.
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New York Times
Albany
Otto Kelsey
Gov. Hughes
Kelsey
Hughes
Senate
Free Ride Plan Eases Crowded Westchester Unionport School
The Board of Education issues daily tickets for school children to ride to Unionport schoolhouse to relieve overcrowding at Westchester and Classon Point. Over 300 children are designated to attend Unionport, with Principal Devlin issuing tickets for the next day. The plan has run two days and appears successful while costing about y.
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Board of Education
Westchester
Classon Point
Unionport
Devlin
Pinehurst Tour by Pennsylvania Railroad
A deluxe Pinehurst resort package departs February 15 from New York. The package priced at $32 includes hotel accommodations for two and three quarters days. Travel by Pennsylvania Railroad. Advance reservations required.
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Pinehurst
Pine Belt
North Carolina
Neaves
Pennsylvania Railroad
New York
Ambassador Reid and Bryces Pacifying Game
The London Globe mocks Ambassador Reid for his Olympian condescension toward Mr. Bryce at a Pilgrims' dinner. It notes American suspicions of his remarks and says Bryce faces a tough role as peace figure amid wary U S public and political bargains.
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London
Mr. Bryce
Choate
The
Globe
America
Bryce
Jacksons Reconcile After Divorce Threat
Buffalo February report says Attorney General William S. Jackson and wife reconcile after her plan to file for divorce following evidence found in Rochester. Peacemaker James J. Quackenbush, NY lawyer, arrived with his wife but stayed at the Iroquois Hotel until last night. Mrs. Jackson asserts there are no differences and no proceedings will follow. The couple has gone to Albany together.
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New York Times
Buffalo
William S. Jackson
Rochester
Iroquois
Jackson
Edward E. Coatsworth
Crown of Queens of Egypt Found in Thebes Tomb
Thebes offers a dramatic find by Theodore M. Davis as he uncovers Queen Meie's tomb with intact gold coffin inlayed with lapis lazuli and a solid gold imperial crown. The crown depicts a royal vulture holding signet rings as wings wrap around the head.
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Theodore M. Davis
Meie
Rameses IX
Moses
Mete
Thebes
Egypt
Divorce Suit to Annull Marriage of Sioux City Doctor
A district court in Sioux City Iowa hears a suit to annul the marriage of Dr George A Ricard to Countess Lolita Bellini della Prodesa The Countess daughter of Marshal Martinez Campos former Cuban Governor General and cousin of Count Boni de Castellano She ran away with an Italian Count who deserted her in New York They wed in Chicago six years ago Ricard sues claiming fraud alleging the Count of Bellini della Prodesa is alive and produced letters from him to his wife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux City
Iowa
George A. Ricard
Lolita Bellini Della Prodesa
Marshal Martinez Campos
Cuba
Boni de Castellano
Aris
Andalusia
New York
Ricard
Chicago
Ffermano
Bellini
Della Prodes
Italy
Doctor Chappell's Suicide At Baltimore Home
Dr William J Chappell once of New York killed himself at his Baltimore residence on Gilmor Street after an attempted gas suicide failed. His housekeeper Mrs Olivia Briggs found him near death with a cyanide bottle by the bed. Aged 49 he had a history of heavy drinking and was said to be a cocaine and morphine victim and recently divorced.
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New York Times
Baltimore
William J. Chappell
New York
Gilmor Street
Olivia Briggs
Dr. Chappell
May Force Extra Session In Santo Domingo Treaty Row
Democratic Senate leaders say Republicans must bear full blame if the Santo Domingo treaty extending current financial relations is ratified. If the minority blocks ratification, a special Senate session after March 4 would be needed to seek a two thirds vote, with Democrats not seeking to prolong a session but allowing an immediate vote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Santo Domingo
Black Jack Train Robber Escapes in New Mexico
Robert Mc Manus, reputed last survivor of the Black Jack band, escaped yesterday from Sheriff Bride of Guymon Oklahoma by leaping from a speeding train in New Mexico.
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Trinidad
Col
Robert McManus
Sheriff Bride
Guymon
Okla
New Mexico
Florida Trains Schedule From Penn and ACL Services
Florida Information Bureau at Broadway corner 80th Street reports extra train service at 2 10 PM 9 25 AM and 9 25 PM via Penn and Atlantic Coast Line rail lines.
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Florida
Penn
Atlantic Coast Line
Florida Information Bureau
B' Way
Cor
80Th Bt
Spanish Girl's Romance Ends in Philadelphia Wedding
Miss Anita Inez Cochran, a Spanish girl recently living in New York, wed Horace P. Conrad of Philadelphia on January 29. The ceremony was kept private with only close friends aware, and the couple reportedly met at a Bellevue Stratford dinner party.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Philadelphia
Camden
Anita Inez Cochran
New York
Horace P. Conrad
Castle Carmentinza
Madrid
Spain
Miss Cochran
Conrad
Anita de Acosta
West Forty-fifth Street
T. K. Conrad
North Seventeenth Street
Bachelors’ Barge Club
Troop A
Seaboard Firms Advertise Florida Train Offices
Fragmentary ad text lists Seaboard Fila Limited Florida train Seaboard office 1183 roadway and P R R offices with promotional lines for Gold & Black Label 1 8 8 Crown free of A R Ruis Hermape Jorez Spain.
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Pinehurst
Camden
Florida
Seaboard Fila. Ltd
Seaboard
Roadway
A. R. Ruis
Hermape
Jorez
Spain
Mrs Holman Collapses Over Thaw Testimony
In Pittsburg on February 7 Mrs Charles J Holman mother of Evelyn Nesbit Thaw collapsed upon learning her daughter's New York testimony by telephone. The shock left her seriously ill at home in Brookline as she heard details of the Paris visit and White studio story.
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New York Times
Pittsburg
Penn
Charles J. Holman
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw
New York
Brookline
Criminal Court
Mrs. Thaw
White
Bri
Yale Exiles Student For Mutilating Newspaper Files
Yale librarian Prof. J. T. Schwab announced a student detected in mutilating the Dwight Hall reading room newspaper files has been withdrawn from the university. The identity of the student was not released, marking Yale’s first such penalty after this offense.
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Dwight Hall
A Dreadnought Ad Seeks Young Gentleman
London reports a sensational classified advertisement describing a “Young Gentleman” with first class public school education, trained chemist and physicist, ready for dangerous work with no fear of death. The notice frames the applicant as fearless and self-reliant, embracing danger.
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NEW York Times
London
Topeka Merchant Crosby Dies Aboard Mallory Line Steamer
Wireless report says Warren M. Crosby a Topeka Kansas merchant aged 51 died aboard the Mallory Line steamer Denver while at sea. The Denver will dock today at the foot of Fulton Street East River. Crosby was a prominent Topeka figure.
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Warren M. Crosby
Topeka
Kan
Mallory Line
Denver
A. Hamer
New York and New Jersey Telephone Company
Willoughby Street
Brooklyn
Fulton Street
East River
Crosby
Ticket Speculators Held in Philadelphia Operation
Police acting on instructions from Director McKenty arrested seven men near the Academy of Music for selling opera tickets. Each suspect carried tickets and was trying to sell them to theatergoers. A hearing before Magistrate Eisenbrown resulted in five defendants held on 300 bail each.
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New York Times
Philadelphia
McKenty
Academy of Music
H. G. Molsom
South Eighth Street
Special Assembly elections called for March 12 in NYC and Brooklyn
Gov Hughes calls special elections to fill vacancies caused by the deaths of Assemblymen Stanley in the Fifteenth New York District and Donahue in the Fourteenth Kings District. Elections set for March 12 to allow independent candidates.
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Albany
Hughes
New York City
Brooklyn
Stanley
New York
Donahue
Kings
Residence of Marshall Field Jr. Auctioned in Chicago
The January 7 auction at 1019 Prairie Avenue sold the Field residence and the interests of Marshall Field III Milton and Gwendolyn plus Mrs Field dower rights to William G Beale for about 10,000. Court approval is required before final.
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New York Times
Chicago
Marshall Field, Jr
Prairie Avenue
Mershall
Ilenry
Gwendolyn
Special Train to Atlantic City for Lincoln's Birthday
Special train to Atlantic City from New York leaves Saturday February 9 at 1 25 P M via Pennsylvania Railroad with Broiler Buffet Parlor Smoking Car Parlor Cars and Coaches Other through trains run weekdays at 9 55 A M 2 55 P M and Sundays at 7 55 A M Returning the train from Atlantic City departs February 12 at 4 30 P M with a dining car Adv
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Atlantic City
Lincoln
New York
Pennsylvania Railroad
Florida Cub 2 10 P M 9 25 A M Cop Over OTT
Florida information note reports two times 2 10 P M and 9 25 A M for a transit or service schedule. It mentions Penn and Atlantic Center and notes the Florida Information Bureau located at Broadway corner 80th Avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florida
Penn
Atlantic Center
Florida Information Bureau
Evelyn Thaw Tells Her Story in Court Confession
Evelyn Thaw testifies about the life and alleged acts of her husband and her motivations to save him, revealing details in a court setting. The proceedings focus on her vow to protect her spouse amid the high profile trial.
Mrs. Therese Thaw Tells Her Life Story in Court
Mrs. Evelyn Nesbit Thaw testified in the Criminal Branch Supreme Court about her life with Stanford White and the events leading to his murder. She spoke calmly with little emotion as her husband Thaw sobbed in the courtroom, refusing to let memory override her composure while recounting poverty, displacement, and the Paris engagement that prompted his pursuit of marriage.
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Evelyn Nesbit Thaw
Supreme Court
Stanford White
White
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Frederick T. Gates
Hairman
George Foster Peabody
Dr. Wallace Buttrick
Stobert C. Ogden
J. D. Rockefeller, Jr
Albert Shaw
Starr J. Murphy
Edward “. Alderman
Harry Pratt Judson
E. Benjamin Andrews
Hollis B. Wriesell
Daniel ©. Gilman
Hish
Robert C. Ogden
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Miss Jeanes
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South Carolina
Georgia
Louisiana
Missouri
Kansas
Wisconsin
Indiana
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Beloit College
Beloit
Wis
Morningside College
Lafayette College
Easton
Wabash College
Crawfordsville
Ind
University of Wooster
Wooster
Alice
HITS
Reid
Whitelaw Reid
Mere
Coffin
Newport
Queen Mere
Masvero
Mr. Davis
Teye
Amenhotep III
Royuel Plood
Davis
Yua
Thun
Amenhotep
the Reef
Downtown
National Arts
Union League
Whist
Dr. Ricard
Marshal Campos
Physician
W. J. Chappell
Horace PB. Conrad
Mrs. Holman
YALE
New Haven
Conn
J. T. Schwab
Wireless
Topeka Merchant
Mallory
Marshall Field
England
Evelyn Thaw
Taniety
Delphin M. Delmas
Paris
Terly
Thaw
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