New York Endures 90 MPH Gusts Scar City and Coast
A powerful late winter gale swept New York and nearby coastlines with gusts up to ninety miles per hour. The storm caused widespread damage along the Atlantic shore, toppled chimneys, overturned wagons and carts, and forced ships and tugs aground. Civilian injuries were reported as temperatures fell from 57 to 40 degrees with wind speeds easing by midnight.
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New York
Scarr
Mureau
Atlantic
Peecteeh
Henry I. Wilson
United States
North Dakota
Sandy Stook
Florida
Natal
Willam J. Maxwell
Oceanic
Lotsdam
Times
Gulf of Mexico
Waenigton
BD. C
Wiiy
Oelock
Wii
Clorses
Bacers
West Street
Golden Age
Governors Island
Yawl
J. L. Halenback
Newark Transportation Company
Robbins Reef
Bronx
J. Smith
McKenon
Smith
Mays Landing
N. J
Simon Hammel
Charles Godwin
el Harbor
Seneca
Trenton
Grace Protestant Episcopal Church
Hackensack
L. J. Baron Johnson
Robert Walker
Tong Island
St. Mary's Hospital
William J. Roome
East Fifty-seventh Street
Washington Street
Myrtle Avenue
Brooklyn
Mary Kiddie
Seventy-third Street
Bath Beach
Jewelry-store Robbery Fleeing Bandits In Shootout
Four auto thieves smashed a Chicago jeweler window and stole a tray of diamonds after a running gun battle with police. A patrolman was wounded as the thieves escaped, later abandoning a stolen car in a traffic jam.
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Chicago
Tate
Clark Street
Charles Hanson
Hanson
Strcken
Sticken
Nolice
Stieken
Mobile
Rives Resigns From Zion Church Vestry
Reginald W. Rives resigned from the vestry of Zion Church in Wappingers Falls. A note from rector Gerald A. Cunningham states Rives offered as reason that he no longer resides in New York and is severing corporate interests there. Earlier reports claimed his divorce and sisters withdrawing from the church amid financial strain.
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Reginald W. Rives
Zion Church
Appingers Falls
Gerald A. Cunningham
Cunningham
Wappingers Falls
Reginald W. Lives
Rives
New York
Chauffeur Donovan Fined Under Callan Law
Thomas J. Donovan of 40 West Forty-first Street was fined $25 in Special Sessions for drunken driving under the Callan law. When unable to pay, he faced ten days in the Tombs, a decision tied to a Supreme Court ruling cited by his counsel.
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Thomas J. Donovan
West Forty-first Street
Donovan
Zeller, Collins
Fleming
Salmon
Blease Revokes Notaries Across South Carolina
Gov. Blease announced a broad revocation of notary commissions across the state over alleged political opposition and gambling on the Democratic primary. He cited cases including A. J. Bethea, former private secretary to Gov. Ansel, and David H. Means, clerk of the Sinking Fund Commission. Banks urged restraint to avoid disrupting business.
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New York Times
Colembia
8. C
Blease
A. J. Bethea
Ansel
David H. Means
Sinking Fund Commission
Calls For 100000 Cents In Idaho Contempt Fines
One hundred thousand people are urged to donate a cent each to pay $500 fines and ten day jail terms imposed on R. Sheridan and C. Broxon publisher and editor of the Capital News. Rep Don Duning started the drive saying 100000 Americans should support freedom. The two men were punished by the Idaho Supreme Court for contempt in publishing criticism of Col Roosevelt over the ballot issue.
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Boise
Idaho
Sheridan
C. QO. Broxon
Capital News
Don Duning
Owyhee County
United States
Antediluvian 6 Whiskey Featured by Luyties Bros
Antediluvian 6 whiskey promotion noted by Luyties Bros of St. Louis with brief product mention and advertising text.
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Luyties Bros
ST. Ady
Sulzer Challenges Tammany in State Reform Battle
Gov Sulzer challenged Tammany Hall for control of state reform and asked the Legislature to back his plan to overhaul administrative departments. He cited support from upstate Democrats and noted Glynn’s independent stance while inviting any Democratic leader to publicly back or oppose his leadership claim.
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New York Times
Albany
Jan
Charles F. Murphy
Tammany
Sulzer
Martin II
Glynn
Senate
Bronx
Murphy
Tammany Hall
Stephen J. Stilwell
New York
Judiciary Committee
Zer Iy
Gov
Hughes Wand
Ilam
Dix
Tammany Bolieve
A.J. Murphy
United States
Gov. Dix
Gov. Sulzer
The Blemish on Trades Unionism
A vigorous Sunday Times Tomorrow article critiques a benevolent union group. It argues its constitution by-laws and leaders promote lawlessness and selfishness, labeling the organization a stain on trade unionism.
Governor Sulzer halts Brandt pardons and seals papers
Governor Sulzer paused publication of Folke E. Brandt clemency documents, ordered seals restored, and destroyed copies. He announced he would proceed slowly on pardon petitions, awaiting opinions from district attorneys and judges before acting.
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New York Times
Albany
Folke E. Brandt
Dannemora
Mortimer L. Schiff
Sulzer
Potter
Carmody
Brandt
Dix
Guy Sulzer
Lis
Mayor FitzGerald Bids Action Over Gasoline Price
Boston mayor says 235 cents retail and 17 cents wholesale per gallon is robbery. He orders a cost estimate for a city wholesale tank and plans to urge Congress to curb gasoline prices and Standard Oil. Ady note about Adamson's Balsam appears as filler.
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New York Times
Boston
Mass
Fitsggerald
Rourke
Public Works Department
Congress
Standard Oil Company
Graft Witness Attacked Over Testimony On Peddler Graft
Curran Committee heard that Harry J. Slaght secretary of the Mast Side Protective Association was assaulted in his office after bringing graft documents to show pushcart peddlers paid protection. Two ledgers and key papers were stolen while Slaght claimed he still possessed the files and would hand them to the committee. He avoided police after a prior negative incident at Police Headquarters. Buckner and the committee planned a Tuesday session as money limits threaten continued inquiry.
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Curran Committee
Harry J. Slaght
Mast Side Protective Association
Association
Avenue B
Samuel Goldberg
Slaght
Emory R. Buckner
Curran
Committee
Schmittberger
Schwartz
Buckner
Alderman Smith
Alderman Dowling
Tammary
Dowling
Capt. Ormsby
Waldo
Cahalane
Ffteenth
Ambitious Claimant Seeks Empire Amid London Appeal
A woman claimant in London asserts she is the hereditary Empress of Constantinople and Princess of the Aegean Isles. She appeals to Balkan Peace Conference delegates for restoration to the Byzantine throne and control of the Aegean territories, citing direct descent from Constantine the Great.
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New York Times
London
Eugenio Alaeologus
Constantinople
Aegean Isles
Constantine the Great
Constantine Palaeologus
John VII
Isles
Fifty Policemen Lose Heads in Rail Tale Recount
Viscount Hardinge at a Delhi Durbar lecture defended a controversial statement about police along Indian rail lines. He claimed, quoting a source, that during travel policemen would rest their heads on rails to hear trains, and that fifty had lost their heads on one occasion.
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New York Times
London
Viscount Hardinge
Delhi
Ilo
Russian Historian Optimistic on Russo American Passport Dispute
Prof Milyoukov renowned cadet leader arrives in Vienna for a month and expects a bill to end passport disabilities for foreigners. He says Russia will submit the measure to the Duma to restore friendly ties with America.
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New York Times
Vienna
Milyoukov
Duma
Balkans
Russia
America
MANY DIMES FOR MISS GOULD
The New York Railroad Y M C A plans a wedding gift for Miss Helen Gould. The Steve Pipe committee met at the Madison Avenue branch to coordinate subscriptions. No gifts over 10 cents, but universal participation across North American railroad men is sought. An Executive Committee leads the drive.
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New York Railroad Y. M. UC. A
Helen Gould
Steve Pipe
Madison Avenue
Forty-fifth Street
North America
New York Railroad
Family Renames Itself to Bell for Uniform Identity
The Belsky family Sigman Mary and children Bella and Wolfert of 232 West 114th Street received court approval from Supreme Court Justice Page to adopt the surname Bell. Kyman Belsky cited business practice and longstanding use of the name Bell as the reason, with wife and children agreeing to the change for uniformity.
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Belsky
Sigman
Mary Belsky
Bella
Wolfert
West 114Th Street
Supreme Court
Page
Bell
Kyman Belsky
Opossum Sent by Parcel Post to Beard in Flushing
Daniel Carter Beard, artist and author of Downe Avenue and Amity Street Flushing, received an opossum from Ernest Thompson Seton the naturalist yesterday by parcel post. It was the first package delivered in Flushing under the new system. The opossum came from Seton’s Cos Cob Connecticut home. Beard plans to host an opossum dinner for friends soon.
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Daniel Carter Beard
Downe Avenue
Amity Street
Flushing
Ernest Thompson Seton
Parcel Post
Mr. Seton
Cos Cob
Conn
Beard
Paris Plans $20 Million Parks From Fortifications
The Paris City Council approved by 67 to 8 a plan to acquire fortifications and adjacent military zones from the Government to convert into parks and recreation grounds. The project, the largest in city improvement since 1854, will cost about $20,000,000 with annual installments, plus $24,000,000 for razing and road and garden work and about $2,500,000 for a city railing. Some land will be sold for building purposes.
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Paris
Ciy
Baron Hausmann
Bois de Boulogne
Vincennes
Rockefeller Accepts Service for Pujo Subpoena
Attorneys for William Rockefeller accepted service of a subpoena to testify before the Pujo Committee on the money trust in Washington on January 13. Health concerns were cited, making his appearance unlikely, and the committee discussed an independent medical opinion if needed.
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William Rockefeller
J. W. Sterling
Wall Street
Rockefeler
Mr. Rockefeller
John A. Garver
Washington
Pujo
Mr. Garver
Mr. Untermyer
Rockefeller
Jir. Untermyer
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Erie County
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Executive Chamber
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Sunday Times
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Dan” Beard
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