Secret meeting pledges support amid Ellison attack on police
William B. Ellison, counsel for police associations, was named by the Inspectors and Captains Association at a secret Terrace Garden meeting to represent them. Resolutions demand his dismissal of Commissioner Woods and accuse Ellison of criticism. Ellison declined to comment. About twenty-five officers sought Woods’s reassurance and alignment against Ellison, with contracts and resignations hinted at amid tense tensions in the NYC police department.
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William. B. Ellison
New York Times
Terrace Garden
Fifty-eighth Street
Third Avenue
Ellison
Hilison
Woods
Biltmore
Henry
John F. Dwyer
Richae O’comnor
William Fennelly
Henry Burfiend
New York
Et Association
Tinas
Filizon
Fedt
Ispense
Hunsel
Kilison
Suna
Police
Commissioner Woods
Moryisamia
Rew
Mrs Whitehouse to undergo appendicitis operation
Mrs. Whitehouse, a well known suffrage organizer among New York's wealthy women, will be operated on for appendicitis at her home 118 Sixth Street today after doctors Dr. George Roe Lockwood Jr and Dr. Peck advised the procedure. She is identified as Miss Vira Boarman wife of a New York Stock Exchange member.
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Norman
R. Whitehouse
New York
Pitty-sixth Street
George Roe Lockwood, Jr
Dr. Peck
Whitehouse
Fifth Avenue
Lockwood
Peck
Fire in Brooklyn building endangers Mrs Shuckman family
A small cellar fire beneath a grocery at 648 Hendrix Street Lavonia Avenue Brooklyn created dense smoke just before 6 p m. Mrs Rose Shuckman hurled her children from a third floor window to bystanders including Isidor Hochstein and Charles Heindon, who caught or aided several youngsters as flames forced her to leap. The mother fell and suffered injuries. the fate of the others is not specified.
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Nathan Roshkow
Hendrix Street
Lavonia Avenue
Brooklyn
Rose Shuckman
Charles Heindon
Isidor Hochstein
Max
Heindon
Lilian
Hochstein
Mrs. Shuckman
Alexander
Morris
Heinden
Lyle Chimes Restricted by New Jersey Vice Chancellor
Vice Chancellor Vivian M. Lewis ordered limits on the 2000 ton chimes at Mrs. Gertrude Lyle’s Tenafly estate in Jersey City. The Elijah theme may be played only quarter hourly three times daily at 8am noon and sunset with one hymn tune on weekdays and two on Sundays, ending distress from nearby residents.
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Vivian M. Lewis
Jersey City
Happyland
Tenafly
Gertrude Lyle
John ¥. Lyle
Lyle Tower
Stolen Car Across Street During Quick Cigar Lighting
Thomas Ferris of 1766 Washington Avenue Bronx reported a fast theft at West Thirtieth Street Station. He left his green six cylinder seven passenger Losier with license 119 NY. Ferris parked behind a yellow taxi on Thirty first Street near Broadway and Sixth Avenue at 10 pm, lit a cigar, and returned to find the car gone.
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Thirtieth Street
Thomas Ferris
Washington Avenue
Bronx
N. Y
Losier
Thirty-first Street
Broadway
Sixth Avenue
Ferris
Pauper Hid $820 in She Shoes at Orange Home
Orange New Jersey January reports that 70 year old Margaret Mulligan, kept $820 in bills inside her shoe while an inmate at the Orange City Home in Livingston since last August. A board bill of $88.10 was incurred for her care and she agreed to pay a hospital bill at Saint Marys Hospital, Orange, with the remainder to fund her care for life.
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New York Times
Orange
N. J
Orange City
Livingston
Margaret Mulligan
St. Mary's Hospital
Divine Providence
Senate Rene ws Patronage Fight Over Recess Appointments
Washington dispatch reports persistent Senate President clash over nominations. A sub committee will probe the constitutionality of recess appointments while Senate Republicans and Democrats clash on posts such as Mrs. Marjorie Bloom at Devil's Lake and Ewing Bland for Western Missouri marshal.
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New York Times
Washington
Senate
Committee On the Judiciary
Marjorie Bloom
Committee On
Devil's Lake
N. D
Ewing Bland
Kansas City
United States
Missouri
Reed
Judiciary
Culberson
Texas
Walsh
Montana
Brandegee
Connecticut
Borah
Idaho
Congress
Bloom
Aeene
North 1
John H. Bloom
Bland
Isque
Poin
Sunday Spars With Unitarian Critics In Philadelphia
Billy Sunday drew 75 listeners at three Philadelphia meetings as Unitarian clergy and lay leaders condemned his flippant evangelism and vulgar preaching. A Presbyterian minister alleged Unitarian influence from Harvard President Charles W. Eliot to counter Sunday's campaign.
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New York Times
Philadelphia
Billy Sunday
Oscar B. Hawes
Unitarian Church of
Germantown
Mister Devil
Tabernacle
Charlies W. Eliot
Harvard
New York Times Sets December Ad Record in 1914
The New York Times printed more advertising in December 1914 than any other morning or evening New York City newspaper, despite rejecting thousands of lines accepted by rival papers.
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The
New York Times
New York City
Bowdoin Millions To 16 Year Old Son Gets The Estate
Under the will of Temple Bowdoin the estate worth millions is left to his 16 year old son George Temple Bowdoin. He receives income until 21 and the principal at 30 if alive, with guardianship to his aunt Margaret Kingsford or to Morgan and Kingsford if she refuses. Contingent bequests to colleges charities and societies total substantial sums.
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Temple Bowdoin
Ind. P. Morgan & Co
George Temple Bowdoin
Groton School
Margaret Kingsford
J. P. Morgan
Daniel P. Kingsford
Morgan & Co
Drexel & Co
Philadelphia
Bowdoin
Irving B. Kingsford
Short Hills
N. J
New Hamburg
Irving Grinnell
Edith G. Bowdoin
Park Avenue
Meredith Howland
East Thirty-seventh Street
James & Bowdoin
Wall Street
Harry 5. Bowdoin
Sgate
London
John D
Wimborne
Dorset
England
Boys’ Club
City of New York
Bowdoin College
Hospital Book and Newspaper Society
Zion Church
Wappinger'’s
Columbia College
Children’s Aid Society
Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To Children
Hospital Saturday and Sunday Association
George Doin
Exburg
Underwriters Not Paying in War Claims
The London Times reports a New York letter stating German underwriters have not remitted cash since the war began and the insured cannot recover from their German backers after being asked to pay a general claim.
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New York Times
London
London Times
New York
Triplets’ Father Enlists In Royal Artillery
James Pedder, a bricklayer’s laborer, joined the Royal Field Artillery yesterday after weeks of hesitation tied to his wife’s delivery of triplet daughters named Rose Violet and Ivy. The King’s bounty has been received by the family.
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New York Times
London
James Pedder
Royal Field Artillery
Rose
Violet
Ivy
Papal Peace Proposal Looms as U.S. Envoy Sails
Vatican circles report the United States envoy to Rome will mainly seek a papal peace proposal after decisive gains for either side. France via the Belgian Legation backs the Pope's plan to swap wounded prisoners unfit for battle. Seaboard Florida Limited advertises through service to resort destinations.
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New York Times
Rome
London Morning Post
Vatican
United States
France
Legation
Dacia Gains American Registry for Cotton Trade Move
Hamburg-American Line steamer Dacia is bought by Edward N. Breitung and placed under American registry after a Commerce Department conference. An American crew and captain replace the German crew as the ship eyes Galveston Bremen service, with implications for London Declaration status and U S cotton exports.
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New York Times
Washington
Edward N. Breitung
Marquette
Mich
Michigan
Hooker
Department of Commerce
Port Arthur
Texas
Hamburg-American Line
George McDonald
New York
London
Europe
Mr. Breitung
Edward Breitung
Congress
Dacia
New Orleans
Galveston
Gulf Ports
Bremen
France
United States
Great Britain
South
Germany
Wilson
High Seas
Standard Oil Company
Drers Farm Sausages Advertised with Red Ink Label
An archived ad notes Drers Farm Sausages are wrapped in parchment and printed with red ink. It mentions Tatlore New York store at 172 Chambers Street and phone 3982 Cortlandt as contact details.
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Drers Farm
Tatlore
Government Will Certify Cargoes In Neutral Shipping Dispute
Washington reported that Britain would issue a friendly answer to the American note on shipping as the United States prepared to certify cargoes before departure. Officials said exporters would accompany shipments with affidavits of contents and the Treasury would verify manifests without ruling on contraband. The move aims to ease detentions and searches of American ships.
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Washington
Cecil Spring-Rice
State Department
Great Britain
Robert Lansing
Cecil
Sir Edward Grey
Ambassador Page
England
United States
Bryan
Redfield
Peters
Treasury Department
Treasury
Papas Tant of State
Urvy Department
Collector of Customs
Avannah
Sweden
Holland
Britain Consults France on British Reply to American Protest
London reports the timing of Britain's reply to the American shipping protest hinges on sending the note to France for approval. Officials say Paris will be consulted, with a friendly, possibly concise response later this week. An arbitration idea is seen as feasible though not essential.
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New York Times
London
France
Great Britain
America
England
Paris
Wilson
Italians Bombard Albanian Rebels in Durazzo Action
A Durazzo dispatch reports Wesad Pasha moving to trenches and seeking aid from the Italian Legation. The Italian battleship Sardegna and coast guard Misurata fired shells at rebels at 2:50 AM, with staff and Italian colony members boarding the warships for safety.
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Durazzo
Albania
Wesad Pasha
Legation
Sardegna
Misurata
Legationa
Formidable Sunk by Submarine Off Plymouth
Berlin January 4. German submarine reports torpedoing and sinking the British battleship Formidable in the English Channel off Plymouth. British destroyers pursued the submarine but it escaped. British officials say it is not known whether the Formidable was destroyed by a mine or a submarine. The location of the disaster is first officially stated by the German claim.
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Berlin
Sayville
S. L
Admiralty
Berin
English Channel
Plymouth
Formidable
Ree
Channel
British ships shell Dar es Salaam in East Africa action
British battleship Goliath and light cruiser engaged German East Africa forces at Dar es Salaam. The harbor vessels were disabled, casualties reported, fourteen Europeans and twenty natives taken prisoner, one British dead and twelve wounded. The port city, 40 miles south of Zanzibar, serves as a military hub with a large harbor and commercial interests. The Goliath and Chatham and Weymouth drove the German cruiser Konigebure ashore near Marlapenne.
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Natrobs
British East Africa
London
Goliath
Dar-es-Salaam
German East Africa
Dar-ea-Halaam
Germany
Maat Africa
Zanzibar
One Hundred
Grenadiers
North Lancashire Regiment
Kashmir Rifles
Chatham
Weymouth
Konigebure
Marlapenne
Steinbach Capture Report Shows French Take Alsace Village
London dispatch reports Steinbach in Upper Alsace seized by French after house to house fighting. Front line between the Oise and the sea remains calm amid weather enforced lull with artillery duels and minor infantry probes.
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London
Steinbach
Alsace
Berlin
Oise
Germans Draft Belgians into Army Reported
A telegram from Overpelt Belgium claims that all Belgians born 1914 1915 and 1916 were ordered to enroll at the town hall for German Army service today The Telegraaf questions the report as unprecedented and a Reuters note suggests possible misinterpretation by a junior German official
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New York Times
Amsterdam
London Daily Chronicle
Belgium
Telegraaf
Russia presses toward fortress as Austrian forces yield
Russian columns push toward a fortress while invading forces capture large Austrian numbers. Cracow is threatened as Romanian options loom with strategic moves reported from the front.
Poland Battles Continue in Rumors of Carpathian Invasion
London dispatch reports ongoing Russian advances from the Carpathians into Hungary and Bukovina as csereniwicz Russian gains are noted near Suczawa. Romanian involvement potentially accelerates, while West Galicia yields prisoners and guns as battles along the Polish rivers proceed with contested claims of heavy losses by Russian forces.
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Bukowina
Cszernewicz
Suczawa
Rumania
Russa
Transylvania
Romania
Galicia
Cracow
Poland
Bolimew
Lowicz
Warsaw
Petrograd
Russians Press Toward Cracow in East Front Violence
Berlin dispatch reports heavy Russian reinforcements from Kiev altering Galicia’s front. After defeats at Lodz and Limanowa the Russians renewed a southward push toward Neu Sandec, but Austrians redeployed to halt them. A stronger westward thrust toward Cracow and assaults on the Donajec line continue with costly Austrian defense.
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Berlin
London
Kiev
Ciallela
Leonard Adelm
Tageblatt
Lodz
Limanowa
Seys
Galicia
Vistula
Neu Sandec
Cracow
Hungary
Uzsek
Lemberg
Praemysi
Zeitung Am Mittag
Donajec River
Polish National Council Appeals For Unity In Rebirth
A Polish National Council manifesto circulated from Warsaw calls on Poles to unite for the nation’s revival. It cites sympathy with the Entente since the war began and links Germany’s defeat to Poland’s hoped for restoration and freedom. The message notes Russia’s declarations supporting Poland’s reunification.
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New York
Timmer
London
Lawrence Alma Tadema
Polish National Council
Warsaw
Germany
Russia
Poland
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Upport
Bilison
Sentimi
Commin
New Nent Association
Athbure Woods
Mrs. Whitehouse
Lyle
Committee OF Inquiry
Will of Morgan Partner
Leges and Charity
Seaboard Florida
N. V
Breitung
Savannah
Britain
East African
Pall Mall
Advt
Ress
Bolimiow
Carpathian
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