Rockefellers Sailed Away Amid Backdrop of Testimony Demand
Special to the New York Times reports William Rockefeller and his son left Jekyl Island with their wives aboard a yacht after three weeks on the Georgia coast. They stayed near the Rockefeller Winter home and hired rooms at the San Souci. The yacht’s name remains undisclosed, and local islanders will not reveal their destination, though Bermuda is suspected.
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New York Times
Brunswick
Pule Investigating Committee
New York
William Rockefeller
William ‘G. Rockefeller
Jekyl Island
Rockefellers
San Souci
Rockefeller Place
C. K. G. Billings
Bermuda
Pujo Warns Rockefeller on subpoena for testimony
Washington January 2 The Pujo Committee plans to use full House power to compel William Rockefeller to testify on the money trust investigation if a subpoena is served or a summons accepted. Leaders consider legal process necessary and discuss sending officers to his home or office for deposition with his counsel present.
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Washington
William Rockefeller
Pujo
House of Representatives
House
Jerry CC. South
New York
Champ Clark
Underwood
Henry
Rulea Committee
R Rockefeller
Rockefeller
Samuel Untermyer
Arma
Judge Elliott
New York City
James K. Jones
Law
Myx. Rockefeller
House of Representatives of the
United States
Wounds Karolyi in duel with Count Tisza in Budapest
In Budapest a duel between Count Stephan Tisza, president of the Hungarian lower house, and Count Michael Karolyi, opposition leader, left Karolyi badly wounded in the arm after an hour of sword play. Tisza, agile and older, prevailed. Karolyi was forced to retreat. Earlier, Tisza survived a prior assassination attempt amid ongoing clashes over universal suffrage and parliamentary expulsions.
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Count Tisza
Marconi
New York Times
Vienna
Budapest
Stephan Tisza
Michael Karolyi
National Club
Count Exarolyi
Count Karolyi
Julius Kovacs
Albert Apponyi
Francis Kossuth
Spanish Telegraph Invention Promises 1820 Words Per Minute
Madrid dispatch reports a new telegraph device by Senor Balsera of the Spanish Telegraph Department. The machine reportedly sends and receives 1820 words per minute, triple the Hughes unit, using a type wheel and a 14-letter per revolution output. The Spanish department has ordered twenty machines after testing.
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Trp
NEW York Times
London
Madrid
Pall Mall Gazette
Hughes
Sefior Balsera
Spanish Telegraph Department
Felker Elected Governor by New Hampshire Legislature
In a joint session the New Hampshire Legislature elected Samuel D. Felker of Rochester governor with 222 votes to 191 for Franklin Worcester, while 26 Progressives sided with Democrats. Britten elected Speaker after prior deadlock, with 217 votes. Fifteen Republicans abstained. Four Senate vacancies filled, giving Democrats a majority in the upper chamber.
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Concord
Ftl
New Hampshire
Samuel D. Felker
Rochester
Franklin Worcester
Hollis
House of Representatives
William J. Britten
Britten
Charlies A. Perkins
Guy H. Cutter
Cutter
Britton
Senate
Felker
Hill Raises Grain Yields With Phosphorus Experiments
Special to The Times reports J J Hill inviting Minneapolis leaders to view greenhouse trials in St Paul showing phosphorus boosts in wheat oats and barley. He claims soil lacking phosphorus limits Northwest yields and asserts Minnesota and North Dakota could double Department of Agriculture figures with his methods. Crane adds phosphorus is the essential plant food missing in the Northwest.
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New York Times
ST. Paul
Minn
J. J. Hill
Minneapolis
Northwest
Mill
Tull
To Panama Canal Through Florida Seaboard Service
The Seaboard Florida Ltd from New York to Key West departs daily at 10 30 AM starting January 6. Arrivals reach Palm Beach at 9 15 AM and Tampa at 6 00 PM the next day. Advertisement from Ing 1184 Broadway.
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Panama Canal
Florida
the Seaboard Florida Ltd
N. Y
Key Weat
Palm Beach
Tampa
Ing
Broadway
Dr Carrel Reveals Artificial Growth of Tissues Study
Dr Alexis Carrel of the Rockefeller Institute unveils a method to heal wounds and repair fractures in days using thyroid extract and organ pulp. Experiments with cultured tissues show dramatic growth, with embryonal extracts most active, suggesting artificial activation of tissue repair.
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Alexis Carrel
Rockefeller Institute For Medical Research
Journal of Experimental Medicine
Rockefeller Institute
Carrel
Dr. Carrel
Carrell
Jacques Loeb
Locke
New York Post Office Revenues Rise in 1912 Report
Postmaster Edward M. Morgan reports the New York Post Office's 1912 gross receipts reached 25,740,870.65 dollars, up 1,556,770 dollars and 684 percent from 1911. The department serves Manhattan only. other boroughs have separate postmasters. December shows a smaller rise than the year as a whole.
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New York
Edward M. Morgan
Manhattan
Bronx
Brooklyn
Queens
Richmond
Deerfoot Farm Sausages Ad Claim
An advertising blurb promotes Deerfoot Farm Sausages as made from tender meat and choice spices. It asserts readers have never tasted perfect sausage unless they try them, attributed to an A4 block note.
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Deerfoot Farm
New York Times Annual Financial Review 1912 1913 Outlook
The New York Times presents its annual financial review with analysis of 1912 results and 1913 prospects. It covers domestic and international business, and reports holdings in major corporations totaling nearly ten billion dollars in stock.
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NEW York Times Annual Financial Review
Prospect
Chatfield Under Fire as Brooklyn Bar Probes Judge
The Grievance Committee of the Brooklyn Bar Association opened an inquiry into alleged improper conduct by Federal District Judge Thomas Ives Chatfield. Complaints accuse him of discourtesy to counsel, delays, and biased rulings in multiple cases, including the Iron Clad Manufacturing receivership and a Nellie Bly related suit.
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Brooklyn Bar Association
Thomas Ives Chatfield
Bar Association
Senate
Chatfield
Brooklyn
Eugene V. Brewster
I. J. Hunt
John A. Garver
L. V. Lockwood
E.T. Rice
Charles A. Riegelmann
Cayouga Bar Association
Ray
United States District Court of
New York
Montague Street
Iron Clad Manufacturing Company
Elizabeth C. Seaman
Nellie Bly
Judge Chatfield
Charles A. Riegelman
Edward T. Rice
American Steel Barrel Company
Iron Clad Company
Edward B. Thomas
Suneve Court
United States
William 4. Youngs
Yale
Columbia Law School
70 Year Old Widow Adopts 19 Year Old Neighbor
Mrs Pauline Richers a 70 year old widow in St Louis has legally adopted William Fred Linders a 19 year old neighbor as her son and heir saying he is the nicest mannered boy in the neighborhood. She notes she will leave her money to him and jokes about marriage if she were younger. Willie declined to comment.
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New York Times
ST. Louis
Pauline Richers
William Fred Linders
Huusband
Cople
Willie
California. A Modern Eden
An advertisement touts a deluxe Golden State Limited rail trip via Rock Island Lines from Chicago to California. The copy highlights a silver sea, golden color, roses, tropical palms and promises a swift, luxurious journey in three days. Information credited to K. E. Palmer of New York.
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California
Chicago
St. Louis
Rock Island
K. E. Palmer
Broadway
New York
J R Keene Dies After Operation in New York Hospital
James R. Keene financier and turfman died at Miss Alston's private hospital at 26 West Sixty-first Street at 2 15 AM after an operation for stomach trouble yesterday. He had been in frail health since 1910 and had recently been moved there against his wishes as doctors warned of the critical condition. He had a long career on Wall Street including control of the Columbus and Hocking pool and survived by postponing retirement through years of high-stakes speculation.
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James R. Keene
Miss Alston's
West Sixty-first Street
Mr. Keene
James P. Tuttle
Clair Smith
Foxhal Keene
Cedarhurst
I.I
Keene
ST. Clair
Columbus & Hocking Pool
J. M. Fiske & Co
Lathrop, Flaskins & Co
Roberts, Hall & Criss
Alx
Italy
London
New York
Waldorf-Astoria
Frank Fissler
Foxhall- Keene
Carlton
Wall Street
Jay Gould
Shearing
Weene
Bin
Fie
Mr Keene
Tah
California
Fort Reading
Shasta County
Comstock Lode
Nevada
Czarevitch Gets New Private Tutor in Geneva
Geneva Jan 2 Prof Pierre Gillard of Yverdon named private tutor to the Czarevitch by the Czar from several candidates. The Czarevitch is reported well and will begin French studies after the Russian New Year fe tes. Gillard will travel to Russia next week.
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Geneva
Pierre Gillard
Yverdon
Czarevitch
M. Gillard
Russia
Wedemeyer Sails to New York in Poor Condition
Congress man Wedemeyer of Michigan who collapsed on the steamship en route to colon Panama and has been in Toboga Sanitarium sails to New York today on the Panama in charge of two nurses. His condition remains not improved. The Congressional delegation on the Isthmus is aboard.
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NEW York Times
Colon
Panama
Wedemeyer
Michigan
Toboga Sanitarium
New York
Isthmus
Train Engineer Survives After Steam Burst
Charles W. Williams, engine driver on the Western Express, was overcome by steam from a burst pipe and lay unconscious in the cab between Staatsburg and Hyde Park. He later recovered enough to stop the train and is now in critical condition at Vassar Hospital, with inspector Percy E. Robinson also affected. The incident occurred as the locomotive traveled about two miles with the damaged pipe.
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New York Times
Poughkeepsie
Charles W. Williams
Western Express
Williams
Vassar Hospital
Staatsburg
Hyde Park
Percy E. Robinson
Willams
President Taft Stuck in Mud During Washington Drive
President Taft and his brother Henry W. Taft rode from the White House through Potomac Park toward Virginia when their automobile bogged down in deep mud. After a ten minute struggle the car refused to move and the President walked back toward the White House with his brother while a farmer lent horses to pull the stranded vehicle free. The incident ends with Taft preferring walking to mud exploration.
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Washington
Jan
Taft
White House
Henry W. Taft
Potomac Park
Virginia
Robinson
Bold Thief Robs Erie Ticket Office on Broadway
A gray-clad young man walked into the Erie Railroad ticket office at 1278 Broadway shortly after six, compelled assistant agent Joseph Farrell to surrender the cash drawer, lifting $200.04. He ordered Farrell under the counter and fled, later notifying police at West Thirtieth Street Station.
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Erie Railroad
Broadway
Joseph Farrell
Farrell
Marrell
Weat Thirtieth Street
Jefferson Davis Dies At His Little Rock Home
United States Senator Jefferson Davis died suddenly at his Little Rock home at 1 o clock this morning from an apoplexy. A famed Arkansas figure, Davis had served as governor three times and as attorney general, clashing with James K. Jones during his rise and winning a Senate seat in 1907. The report notes his radical politics, a brief controversial tenure in the Senate, and past graft charges.
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Little Rock Ark
United States
Jfferson Davis
Jefferson Davis
United States Senate
Arkansas
Little Rock
Ark
Ile
Fifth Judicial District
Lil
Davis
James K. Jones
William J. Bryan
Jones
Senate
James W. Clarke
Mr. Davis
James H. Berry
Washington
Sulzer Declares Himself Democratic Leader of New York
Gov William Sulzer asserted independence from Tammany Hall and named two graft inquiry members John Carlisle and John Delaney while inviting challenges to his leadership. He said he would listen to Murphy and any other ally or foe, and he would invite all comers to fight him before the people.
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William Sulzer
Tammany Hall
Charles FP. Murphy
Sulzer
Murphy
Machine
John N. Carlisle
Watertown
Tammany
John H. Delaney
Brooklyn
Raymond B. Fosdick
Glynn
Stephen J. Stilwell
Thie Bronx
Senate Judiciary Committee
Joln F. Murtaugh
Elmira
Executive Chamber
One -Mons
Lnto
Charles F. Murphy
Tammany Leader
New York
Thea
Capitol Re
Suizer
Democratic Organization
New York County
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