McCall Sworn In as New Public Service Chairman
Ex Justice Edward F. McCall becomes Chairman of the Public Service Commission succeeding Willcox. The Appellate Division weighs Shearn's bid for a temporary injunction against the dual subway contracts as McCall previews a swift review before Monday decision. Governor Sulzer urged McCall to take oath and join Albany talks as tensions over the dual system continue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward FE. McCall
Public Service Commission
Justice Davis
Commission
Willcox
McCall
Mr. Shearn
John J. Hopper
Shearn
Shearas
Court of Appeals
Gov. Sulzer
Albany
Mr. McCa
Marconi May End Contract With Government Over Wireless System
London February 7 The Marconi Company seeks to end the all red wireless contract despite government orders to honor it. Managing Director Godfrey Isaacs cites a £300,000 reserve tied up for nearly a year and asks the Postmaster General to reconsider. He notes legal advice from Sir Robert Finlay and warns the contract may be treated as ended if confirmation is not received by March 1.
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London
Marconi Company
Godfrey Isaacs
Robert Finlay
Birth of Atom Rumors Stun Scientific World in London
London reports from Feb 8 describe Sir William Ramsay and professors Collie and Patterson announcing alleged atomic birth. They claim transmutation of elements may occur via cathode rays and energy from radium and X ray bulbs. Collie and Ramsay say helium and neon can be produced from hydrogen or metals, opening a new era in science with potential commercial consequences.
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Ramsay
Collie
Patterson
New York Times
Sir William
Germany Accepts British Fleet Ratio Amid Naval Talks
Berlin reports a Budget Committee discussion on 1913 naval estimates includes Admiral von Tirpitz noting a possible Anglo German naval agreement. He cites Churchill's sixteen to ten ratio as acceptable, while Foreign Minister von Jagow outlines general Anglo German tensions amid secrecy.
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Germany
Great Britain
von Tirpitz
Winston Churchill
Herr von Jagow
Vossische Zeitung
Neueste Nachrichten
German Navy League
Sugar land deal in Cuba links Taft and financiers
A Havana report states $1.5 million is tied to a sugar land purchase of 40 000 acres at Sancti Spiritus. The plan includes a modern sugar mill and involves Charles P. Taft along with New York and Philadelphia financiers. Cresson and Morris of Philadelphia are also said to be interested.
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Charles P. Taft
New York Times
Havana
New York
Philadelphia
Sancti Spiritus
Cresson & Morris of
Doubts Rise Over Friedmann Tuberculosis Serum
Dr. Arthur C. H. Friedmann, brother of the serum's discoverer, doubts Dr. Austin B. Held of Pittsburgh received a sample from Europe. He says only Dr. F. Friedmann can confirm if Held obtained the treatment, as spurious bacilli may have been involved. Held testified to Public Health Service officials he had enough serum to treat a bone tuberculosis patient in Pittsburgh.
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Arthur C. H. Friedmann
F. F. Friedmann
Austin B. Held
Pittsburgh
Potsdam
Rotterdam
Friedmann
Europe
F. Friedmann
Held
Dr. Held
Milton H. Foster
Public Health Service
Woman Seeks New Brain At Rockefeller Institute
A 55 year old woman calling herself Miss Emily Jane approached the Rockefeller Institute on Sixty sixth Street and the East River yesterday seeking a brain transplant and a superior new character. Dr. Swift consulted then directed her to Bellevue Hospital where she claimed to be Emily Jane Clarke from Boston and named a Norfolk Virginia sister as next of kin.
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Emily Jane
Rockefeller Institute
East River
Swift
Boston
PREP TO FIGHT BIG STRIKE
Advices from Pennsylvania Railroad offices show firemen's strike ballot with a large majority voting to strike. Eastern railroads reject arbitrate offers and plan to operate under strike conditions, signaling possible schedule disruptions and unreliable passenger service across affected lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Railroad
Pennsylvania
Baltimore & Ohio
Philadelphia & Reading
Patten Illness Delays Indicted Cotton Pool Case
James A. Patten III of Chicago, under Sherman anti trust indictment, has been confined to his hotel room at the Plaza with a severe cold. Physicians report his condition good and expect a return to activity in a few days as Mrs. Patten arrived from Chicago. The trial may be set for early next month.
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James A. Patten
Chicago
Hotel Plaza
Mr. Patten
George Bolling Lee
J. H. Richards
Patten
Shipping News: Mauretania Arrives at Liverpool Feb 1
The Mauretania arrives in Liverpool on February 1, followed by the Floride at Havre on January 18, as listed in the latest shipping notices.
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Liverpool
Floride
Havre
Atlantic Coast Line Florida August Schedule
Daily electric lighted trains operated by South Railway of South, serving Florida and the Atlantic coast route. Contact 1218 Broadway for details on departures and routes.
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Atlantic
Florida
SOUTH
Safaun
R. R
Antediluvian Whiskey Ad From Luyttes Bros NY
Advertisement touts Antediluvian Whiskey as pure for drinking or medicine. Luyttes Bros. of New York promote the product as a superior tonic and beverage option.
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Luyttes Bros. N. Y
Pictorial History of Lincoln in The Sunday Times
Tomorrow's Sunday Times will include a pictorial history of Lincoln with 195 photographs and drawings, well captioned and printed on super-calendered paper. The 16 page feature will be stitched and offered by advance order as The Times often sells out early.
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Sunday Times
The
Times
Nations Near Understanding Between Germany and England
London reports on Admiral von Tirpitz speech to the Reichstag Budget Committee indicate improved relations as both nations seek European peace. The Daily News notes Germany no longer seeks naval confrontation and proposes a 10 to 16 fleet ratio with Britain, signaling a de facto understanding of naval armaments. The piece contrasts previous independence of German plans with a move toward cooperation.
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London
Reichstag Budget Committee
von Tirpitz
Germany
England
Daily News
Rockefeller Too Ill To Answer In Pujo Probe
William Rockefeller endured a brief private session before the Pujo Money Trust inquiry, collapsing from coughing and throat illness. Dr. Chappell warned the examination could threaten his life, while the stalwart financier attempted a short prepared statement and withdrew from further questioning.
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New York Times
Brunswick
William Rockefeller
Pujo Money Trust
National House of Representatives
Rockefeller
Money Trust Inquiry
Arsene P. Pujo
Samuel Untermyer
Duke Wins at Monte Carlo Polo Scramble
London dispatch reports the Duke of Westminster, after a quick exit from Monte Carlo rooms to catch a train, quipped about his luck saying he was over 1000 pounds to the good as polo expenses were warded off.
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London
Duke of Westminster
Monte Carlo
Mrs Belmont Sues for Separation From Husband Belmont
Ethel Lorraine Belmont, former Winter Garden chorus member, sues Raymond Belmont for desertion and non support. They wed in Jersey City on November 21 1912. She says she received only $50 on honeymoon and has had no support since November 29. He is at Garriot South Carolina on a hunting trip. A publication service order was signed by Supreme Court Justice Hendrick.
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Ethel Lorraine Belmont
Winter Garden
Raymond Belmont
August Belmont
West Fifty-fifth Street
Garriot
S.C
Supreme Court
Hendrick
Gov Sulzer in Town for Lotos Club Dinner
Gov. Sulzer arrived from Albany last night and checked into Waldorf Astoria. He attends the Lotos Club dinner this evening, accompanied only by his military aide.
Appellate Division demands specific complaints in divorce cases
The court sustained Mrs. Furthman’s appeal from a Supreme Court order denying a bill of particulars. The divorce complaint used blanket terms like divers men at divers places and times, leaving the accused uninformed of charges. The ruling holds charges must be specific so the defendant can meet them at trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Furthman
Supreme Court
Furthman
Park Row
Riverside Drive
Rats as a Justification to Break a City Apartment Lease
The Appellate Division expands lease break rights citing rats as a new just cause. Tenant advocate Carl Bonwit argued tenements house occupants cannot control building-wide conditions and should not pay rent for uninhabitable apartments.
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Carl Bonwit
Barnard Realty Company
Elevator accident claims Henry Schwitzer in New York building
Henry Schwitzer 45 chief examiner at the German American Fire Insurance Company fell into an elevator shaft at 1 Liberty Street on a Friday afternoon. He was found unconscious with a fractured skull and broken limbs. He died before hospital transfer. He lived with his wife and five children at 70 East Seventh Street Brooklyn.
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Henry Schwitzer
Liberty Street
Schwitzer
Friedman
Mr. Schwitzer
Bos
East Seventh Street
Brooklyn
Prussian Aviators Die in Gulf of Dan zig Crash
Two naval aviators Lieut Commander Walter Janetzki and machinist Dieckmann drowned when their aeroplane collapsed 150 yards above the Gulf of Danzig between Zoppot and Aldershorst. Rescue boats found no trace of the crew. It marks the first fatality among Putzig marine station members.
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Danzig
Prussia
Walter Janetzki
Dieckmann
Gulf of Danzig
Zoppot
Aldershorst
Putzig
Kalamazoo Man Recovers After Brain Dura Substitution
W A Smith of Kalamazoo underwent a rare operation at University Hospital in Ann Arbor. Doctors replaced a diseased brain portion with the dura, the outer membrane, from a dog's brain. If he recovers from the shock, physicians say he should not suffer further issues.
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Ann Arbor
Mich
W. A. Smith
Kalamazoo
University Hospital
Smith
Graft net ready to take Sweeney graft net ready to take
The piece describes a clash between District Attorney Whitman and Police Headquarters over an independent graft investigation led by Commissioner Waldo. It notes examinations before Justice Goff of Mrs. Walsh and John Hartigan and signaling possible indictments of Inspector Walsh, with plans to bring four witnesses before the Extraordinary Grand Jury.
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Whitman
Waldo
Thomas W. Walsh
Poice
John Hartigan
Sweeney
Justice Goff
Sa J
Walsh
Criminal Court
Newburger
Mr. Whitman
Inspector Sweeney
Capts, Hussey
Thompson
Sixth
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Ing
Subway
McAneny
Lotus Club
Karman McCall
Marconi
Marconi Transatlantic
Eee Somata
Sir William Ramsay
Lodge
Chandler
Chemical Society
Smithell
Royal Academy of Vienna
Academy
Prof. Jr
Norman Collie
Berlin
Miral von Tirpitz
Churchill
Budget Committee
Admiral von Tirpitz
Zeiger
Big Strike
James A. Patten III
Cotton Pool
Pictorial History OF
Lincoln
Cve
Bush Terminal
Seiya
Pujo
Untermyer
Dr. Chappell
Condi
Jekyl Island
Mr. Rockefeller
Walter F. Chappell
Chappell
Jeky Island Club
Georgia
Nassau
Miami
Sans Souci
D. H. McAlpin
Mr. Garver
Mr. Untermyer
Messrs. Garver and Cravatt
Frank R. Hanna
Pujo Committee
Mr. Hanna
Fiss
Edith Ferguson
Hanna
A. Maresdale McDermott
Washington
Harry Hoffman
Ingrs
J. Rockefeller
Cravatt
Somane
Duke
Westminster
R. Belmont
Sulzer
the Waldorf
Lotos Club
Appellate Division
Usher
Dillon
Curran
Mr. Whirlman
Ater
Pector Sweeney
Box
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