Sulzer seeks aid of newspaper men in Albany corner
Gov. Sulzer meets with newspaper correspondents in the southwest corner of the Albany Executive Chamber, inviting press cooperation and declaring he will not bow to any boss. He promises frank talks, refuses fear of Murphy, and aims to restore press as a government organ with public confidence.
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Fire destroys $30,000 New Rochelle home in Rochelle Heights
Volunteered firefighters in evening dress battled a blaze that gutted Richard Furlong’s $30,000 residence in Rochelle Heights New Rochelle. A servant Annie Ryan was found unconscious, rescued by Mr Furlong who protected his family and carried her downstairs. Firemen faced exploding rifle cartridges but no injuries were reported.
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New York Times
New Rochelle
N. Y
Richard Furlong
Rochelle Heights
Annie Ryan
Rochelle Park
James Ross
Wilson backs Sulzer for New York Democratic leader
President-elect Woodrow Wilson endorses Governor Sulzer as the state leader of the New York Democratic Party. Sulzer says the Legislature will adjourn by April 1 and aims for a clean, short, efficient session while proceeding with a probe of state departments.
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Woodrow Wilson
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New York
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Watertown
John H. Delaney
Brooklyn
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Horse Cars Here to Go in New York
Attorney General Carmody won a court order forcing the Dry Dock East Broadway and Battery Railroad Company to abandon horse car service and switch to electric cars. Franchises on several streets were forfeited for failure to operate, with the Public Service Commission two years earlier urging revocation of unused tracks. President F W Whitridge said the order reflects an old matter and aligns with an informal abandonment of those routes.
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Carmody
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F. W. Whitridge
Dry Dock Road
Wilson as an Architect Inspects Princeton Hall
President elect Wilson toured Cuyler Hall site in Princeton noting his regrets at not becoming an architect. He discussed campus planning for fifty years, walked campus with reporters, and bought twine at a hardware store while joking about not needing “oratorical guns.” He planned rest and a Sunday five mile walk if weather allowed.
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New York Times
Princeton
N. J
Wilson
Cuyler- Hall
Cornelius C. Cuyler
Gov. Wilson
Fifteen Die At Sea In Chesapeake Bay Collision
The Julia Luckenbach sinks after a collision with the Indrakuala off Tangier Island. Six crew saved by the Indrakuala, fourteen believed dead, including Capt. H. A. Gilbert and his wife. The Pennsylvania rescues eight survivors who describe heroic actions by the rescuing crew and Chief Officer Frederick R. Hunt.
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Pennsylvania
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H. A. Gilbert
W.M. McDonald
Tangier Island
Julia Luckenbach
Tampa
Fla
Norfolk
Christopher Knugsen
Gilbert
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Lessner
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Frederick R. Hunt
Oak Street
George Little
England
William Brunn
Germany
George H. Doyle
New York
George T. Davis
Italy
William Hoffman
Theodore Loshner
Frank Botlik
Austria
Tangier
Potomac River
Hunt
Knugsen
Franconia Wireless-SS Bound from Naples to New York
The Franconia named in Cunard Line communications was 520 miles east of Sandy Hook at 9 PM yesterday, en route from Naples to New York and due at 11 AM on the sixth.
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Naples
New York
Sandy Hook
Cunard Line
Seaboard Florida Limited-Most Completely Appointed Train
Seaboard Florida Limited departs New York daily at 10 30 A M from Penn Station arriving Jacksonville 11 05 A M and Tampa 6 00 P M Palm Beach 9 15 P M next day No changes to St Augustine Ormond Daytona Miami Key West and other East Coast points Apply quickly for accommodations at Seaboard Air Line Ry 1184 Broadway near 28th gt Ady
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Snowstorms Hit New York and Central Park Drifts
Snow blankets the city causing traffic delays while Fifth Avenue families shelter in place. Central Park sees deep drifts as residents adjust daily routines. Theater listings include Years of Discretion at the Belasco and Rutherford and Ben at the Little Theatre.
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New York
Fifth Avenue
Central Park
Belasco Theatre
Beene
Rutherford
Leon Bourgeois
France
Sant. le
Davaria
Fire Insurances Methods Make Arson Truat Possible
A fragmented index of articles highlights topics from arson risk in fire insurance methods to World War Balkan suspense and education reforms. Notable items include Washington and Lincoln perspectives, antique trees, free education advocacy, and a wide range of cultural and business sections.
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Gaynor
Sussex
Amundaen
New York
Joan of Arc
Roosevelt assails Idaho court in telegram protest
Col Theodore Roosevelt condemns Idaho Supreme Court action that jailed The Capital News editors for publishing his message. He calls the verdict an outrage and urges Senate action to defend minority voters and free protest. The protest follows the court’s contempt ruling against editors.
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Caldwell
Idaho
Theodore Roosevelt
J. H. Gibson
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A. R. Cruzen
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Col. Roosevelt
Rockefeller Seen En Route to Honduras for Health
William Rockefeller arrived in Key West and told reporters he would seek health in Honduras with a physician present. He declined to discuss Pujo committee witness requests. The Halifax steamship sailed to Havana soon after, and a private yacht left for an unknown destination.
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New York Times
Key West
Fla
William Rockefeller
Rockefeller
Bermuda
Honduras
Pujo
Key
Rockefeller arrival rumor unsettles Havana press
Reportedly due tonight from Florida, William Rockefeller was to disembark in Havana aboard the Halifax incognito. A crowd of correspondents waited but found no one matching his description aboard the steamer.
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Havana
United States
Willam Rockefeller
Florida
Halifax
Pujo Committee weighs Rockefeller illness impact on testimony
The Pujo Committee discussed William Rockefeller’s health and the need for proof of illness before testifying on January 13. Officials consider independent medical opinion, with hearings extended to January 20 and a February report to the House on currency, banking laws, and stock exchanges.
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Washington
Pujo
Money Trust
William Rockefeller
Rockefeller
House
Clark
Samuel Untermyer
Equitable Life Assurance Society
J. P. Morgan
Morgan
Thomas Fortune Ryan
Equitable
Lawrence O. Murray
Murray
Aft
Astor mistook passerby for highway robber in Poughkeepsie
In Poughkeepsie on January 4 Vincent Astor mistook Robert Forbes traveling at night on Astor estate roads for a robber. Forbes, driving without a light, fled when asked to stop. Astor pursued by car to Rhinebeck while explaining the encounter to onlookers.
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New York Times
Poughkeepsie
Vincent Astor
Robert Forbes
Astor Estate
Forbes
Mr. Astor
Mr. Forbes
Rhinebeck
Mr.Astor
Ferncliff
Flat Rock
Mardi Gras Round Trip From New York Noted
Southern Railway offers $37.75 round trips from New York to New Orleans for Mardi Gras with three through trains each direction. Tickets go on sale January 27 to February 2. Pullman sleeping cars and dining car service available. New York office listed at 264 Fifth Ave.
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New York
Southern Railway
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Fifth Ave
Ady
Butler to be nominated for vice president by Republican ticket
Washington dispatch says Dr Nicholas Murray Butler of Columbia University will receive the votes that would have gone to James Sherman for vice president. The decision followed a White House conference on the eve of Ambassador Reid’s funeral with Senator Reed Smoot and other close friends of the President. Butler is praised as a worthy, reform minded New Yorker and friend of the President.
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Chicago
Washington
Inter Ocean
Nicholas Murray Butler
Columbia University
United States
James Schoolcraft Sherman
White House
Whitelaw Reid
Reed Smoot
Utah
Butler
Republican Party
Reublicans
Empire State
Dr. Buter
Tale of Astor's Farewell and a Mysterious Chair Fragment
The Florentia reports a strange tale from Montevideo about a deck chair fragment bearing farewell lines allegedly written by John Jacob Astor before the Titanic disaster. A steward is said to have seen the inscription as the Longscar passed, with the relic to be sent to the Astor family. The chair piece allegedly washed ashore off Africa, thousands of miles from the Titanic site.
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New York Times
Gulfport
Miss
Florentia
Longscar
Montevideo
Mallett
V Florentia
John Jacob Astor
Atlantic
England
Astor
United States
Africa
Arctic Explorer Hjalmar Johansen Ends Life After Polar Work
Captain Hjalmar Johansen, noted polar explorer and member of Amundsen's Antarctic push, died by his own hand in Christiania. Once Nansen's companion on Greenland crossing, he authored Nansen and I at 60 Degrees 14 Minutes and participated in Monaco and Bruce expeditions. Fridtjof Nansen called him brave and enterprising.
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Norway
Hjalmar Johansen
Roald Amundsen
Amundsen
South Pole
Johansen
Nansen
Greenland
Leavin
Fram
Prince of Monaco
William
Bruce
Fridtjof Nansen
Narrow escape in Great South Bay voyage from Nassau Street
Henry A. Rubino a Nassau Street lawyer and a party of friends were stranded when the auxiliary sloop Henrietta was driven by a gale. Distress signals went unanswered by Fire Island Life Saving Station. After a night ordeal they reached the Bright Waters Canal head.
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New York Times
Babylon
L. I
Henry A. Rubino
Nassau Street
New York
Great South Bay
Winwood
Emil Rubino
Montgomery
Newark
N. J
James Harnell
West Islip
Jack Cleary
Bright Waters Canal
Filipino boy offers service to Governor Marshall as a son
In Indianapolis on January 4 Gov Thomas Marshall received a letter from the Philippines signed by g Viterbo Villanueva Iloflo asking for a job under his auspices. The writer offers to serve as a son or in roles such as housekeeper gardener or servant and requests transportation.
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Indianapolis
Thomas R. Marshall
Philippines
G. Viterbo Villanueva
Iloflo
Taxicab aid in Chicago robbery chase ends with arrest
Mrs. Sadie Noonan of 545 North Clark Street joined a police pursuit of a jewelry store robbery at 657 North Clark Street after robbers fled in a car. In a taxi she witnessed gunfire and later was jailed for refusing to pay a $9 cab bill, with Judge Torrison ordering detention until payment.
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New York Times
Chicago
Sadie Noonan
North Clark Street
Chicago Avenue
Noonan
Chicago Avenue Court
Torrison
Luxurious trains from New York via Southern Railway
Luxurious trains from New York provide highest class service with steel and electric lighting. Leaves New York 13:08 daily via Southern Railway. Dining, compartment, drawing room, and sleeping cars offered. N Office 264 Fide Ave, co, 28th St. Ad)
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Aiken
Augusta
Florida
Asheville
New York
Southern Railway
Fide Ave
28Th St
Taft backs canal arbitration and urges settlement
President Taft at a Waldorf luncheon declares intent to submit the Panama Canal dispute with Great Britain to arbitration. He cautions Senate opposition risks peace progress and vows no doubt about future action when the issue reaches an impartial tribunal.
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International Peace Forum
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Great Britain
Astor
Waldorf-Astoria
United States
Henry Clews
Union
England
France
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