British Eyes Ango American Ties Amid Japan Debate
British officials ponder modify treaty with Japan as Canada and Australia face Japanese immigration pressures. Ambassador Pryce may travel to London to brief on Anglo American and Japanese relations with potential shifts in the alliance. Observers warn of delicate balance between Britain and Russia as policy edges toward change.
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Pryce
London
New York Times
Bruce
Cin le
Pup Ups
AES
Great Britain
Japper
Canada
Australia
United States
War Department
British Isles
England
North Sea
Esme
Russia
Japan
Takahira to hasten to Washington as ambassador
Baron Takahira Japanese minister to Italy has been notified of his appointment as Ambassador to the United States. He says he looks forward to Washington with friends and is confident in the friendship between Japan and the U.S. amid fleet tensions. He plans to sail late January or early February via London.
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Rome
Baron Takahira
Italy
Tokio
United States
Tomight
Japan
Washington
Pacific
Talkahira
Baron “Takahira
London
United State
Baron Kogoro Talkahira
New York
Portsmouth
Riflem en in California
A New York Times report from Los Angeles notes many local men sign membership blanks for the Southern California Rifles. The group aims to prepare defense of the coast in case of war, with members owning rifles revolvers and horses pledged for service.
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New York Times
Los Angeles
Southern California Rifles
Southern California
Quic kest Florida Route by Two Hours Reported
The Atlantic Coast Line Railroad advertises the N Y and Fla Special as the quickest Florida route, claiming a two hour advantage. Service details list departure at 2 10 P M from the office on Broadway at 30th Street.
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Florida
Atlantic Coast Line
R. R
N. Y
Fire patrolman John Fallon dies leaving family penniless
City fire patrolmen mourn comrade John Fallon who died in the line of duty at No 8 Station. They lack city recognition and any pension while firemen receive pensions from insurers. Fellow patrolmen urge banks to address the hardship on his widow and family.
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John Fallon
Board of Fire U Writers
Times Office
Wallon
No. 8
West Thirtieth Street
Greeting to Gov Hughes from People’s Institute
At a Sunday meeting the institute sent New Year greetings and pledged steadfast support to Gov Hughes and invited him to attend the tenth anniversary on March 1. Prof Charles Sprague Smith read a letter from the Governor who expressed appreciation for the institute’s message and said he would try to attend if possible. A dispatch from Albany said Hughes could not attend tonight’s meeting and would not be in the city until January.
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People’s Institute
Gov. Hughes
Charles Sprague Smith
Albany
Hughes for President Endorsed by Monroe County GOP
The Monroe County Republican General Committee in Rochester endorses Gov. Hughes for President and urges state Republicans to back his nomination. In Albany the Hughes League for New York City's Fifteenth Assembly District forms to promote Hughes and files incorporation papers naming directors John A. Freund A J Erwin B I Strauss WP Flanagan and N R Becker.
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Rochester
N. Y
Republican General Committee
Monroe County
Gov
H Hughes
Albany
Charles E. H Hughes
Fifteenth
New York City
Gov. Hughes
United States
John A. Freund
A J. Erwin
B. I. Strauss
Wp.flanagan
N. R. Becker
Reward Offered for Information in Attack on Alfred Wilson
The American Bank Note Company will pay a 1000 dollar reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of three men who beat Alfred Tl Wilson a pressman at the company last Thursday night. Wilson, 26, of 42nd Street and Fifth Avenue Brooklyn, is at Norwegian Hospital with concussion and remains in doubt about recovery. He fought three assailants until one struck him with a blackjack and he awoke in a drug store with a cop nearby. He is a non union worker who has received warnings at work.
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American Bank Note Company
Alfred Tl. Wilson
Wilson
Forty-Second Street
Fifth Avenue
Brooklyn
Buildings Department
E. C. Murphy
Frank Kediey
The
Interborough
Bugher
Fourteenth Street
Grand Central
Highteenth Street
Brooklyn Tunnel
Fourteenth
Avenue A
Manhattan
Nineteenth Street
Fourth Avenue
Evans Fleet Near Rio as Warships Head South
The Bremen reports a German cruiser fleet near Rio de Janeiro while U.S. naval plans focus on Pacific operations. Rear Admiral Henry M. Manney travels to the Pacific Coast to inspect navy yards and coal stations ahead of the fleet. The Evans fleet of sixteen battleships may travel to Puget Sound after San Francisco, per Navy Department statements.
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Rio Janeiro
Bremen
Washington
Henry M. Manney
Pacific Coast
St Diego
Cal
Navy Department
Evans
Puget
San Francisco
Train Schedule Hint Prompts Timetable Reference
Advertisement urges readers to check the New Jersey Central timetable on page 13 for hourly service to Philadelphia every hour on the hour. It promotes trying the schedule with a provocative question and directs to the page for details.
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Philadelphia
Adv
Seaboard Florida Advertises Freight Route
Seaboard Florida Limited promotes routing to Pinehurst Camden and Florida via a shortest path from 1,183 Broadway with advertising brief notes.
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Seaboard
Florida
cErgy Best
Pinehurst
Camden
Broadway
Adve
Taft Talks Labor Speech and New York Delegation
Secretary Taft spent a busy day in New York visiting his brother’s office on Wall Street and meeting friends while denying plans to discuss open or closed shop in his Cooper Union remarks. He discussed the Philippine railway subsidy issue with executives from the Visayan Railroad project and met Generals Grant and Mrs. Grant, then prepared for a Yale Alumni dinner in Essex County New Jersey.
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Taft
Henry W. Taft
Wall Street
Gb West Forty-eighth Street
Washington
Tries
Cooper Union
Ten Times
Cooper.Union
TIMES
Town
New York
Republican Organization
TA Times
Timothy 1
Woodruf
Herbert Parsons
Mr. Taft
Roosevelt
Kvell
Visayan
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Frederick D. Grant
Department of the East
U.S. A
Grant
Yale Alumni Association
Essex
N. J
Ast
Orange
John Franklin Fort
New Jersey
William. Lyon Phelps
Yale
Texas and California winter route promoted by rail ad
An OCR snippet notes a popular winter route with connections via Texas and California. It mentions New York offices at 271 Broadway and 1 200 Broadway, referencing railway or ticket advertising. The fragment lacks clear dates or names beyond rail lines and locations.
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Texas
California
Oeefn Ry., A . P
Ala
LL & N
New York
Broadway
Famous skater rescues two men through river ice
Stamford Connecticut January 11 1920 veteran skater John Fen nis saved Robert Carlin and Stoward Lewis from drowning after they broke through the ice on the Rippowam River Ennis 60 plus leapt to aid them and narrowly escaped himself He had previously saved others thirteen times in his career drawing both men to safety with a pole and help from bystanders
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New York Times
Stamford
Conn
John Fennis
United States
Joe Donahue
Edward P. Weston
Dan O'Leary
Buffalo
Robert Carlin
Stoward Lewis
Lewis
Carlin
Ennis
Fee
Three Dynamiting Arrests Linked to Di Giorgio Case
Baltimore authorities announce three arrests in the January dynamiting of Joseph Di Giorgio’s suburban residence. Antonio Lanasa Alfred Constantine Goffe and Coluro Monteleone face charges as investigators push to capture John Scallatta missing in Cleveland. Monteleone worked for Lanasa. Lanasa heads a fruit firm. Goffe claims Jamaica roots and British education.
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Baltimore
Joseph di Gorio
Polce
Antonio Lanasa
Alfred Constantine
Goffe
Colruro Monteleone
Lanasa
Humphrey
Cleveland
John Scallatta
DI Giorgio
Port Maria
Jamaica
England
Ife
M. Lanasa
Joseph Castelano
Monteleone
Police Headquarters
Ban on Women Smokers Shifts at Café Martin
An announcement at Café Martin signals a change in smoking policy for women. It states ladies may not smoke in public dining rooms, reserving a ladies smoking room, as pressure grows to curb public female smoking. James D B Martin now supports stopping promiscuous smoking and may revoke official privilege. A Broadway store promotes women’s smoking accessories as sanitary for advertisers.
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Café Martin
James DB. Martin
Havemeyer will mystery delays probate in New York
The will filing for Henry O. Havemeyer head of the American Sugar Refining Co was postponed again in the Surrogate Court. Citations to heirs to appear and prove the will were issued before filing and adjourned to January 15 with Horace Havemeyer Lucille Havemeyer and Adeline Frelinghuysen named as executors and Electra Havemeyer under guardianship. witnesses listed include Carnachan Kavanaugh and Wright.
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Henry O. Havemeyer
American Sugar Refining Company
Parsons, Closson & McIlvaine
Horace Havemeyer
William E. Carnachan
F. R. Kavanaugh
Albert Ss. Wright
Man Dies After Ninth Avenue Car Collision
Thomas J. Shucks age 47 from 441 West Fifty-seventh Street died at Roosevelt Hospital after being struck by a southbound Ninth Avenue car on Fifty seventh Street. He was manager of May Man 4on Publishing at 132 West Twenty-seventh Street. Motorman Edward Crthey was jailed on homicide charges.
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Thomas J. Shucks
West Fifty-seventh Street
Ninth Avenue
Fiftyseventh Street
Roosevelt Hospital
Mr. Shucks
May Man 4On Publishing Company
West Twenty-sevent Street
Edward Crthey
Paris Banker 70 Sues New York Brokers
A French banker files suit in New York against a prominent brokerage firm and NYSE members for fraud in selling him securities via misrepresentation. Donald Harper leads the case, noting regulatory gaps and risks to the French bond market as American issuers push into France.
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New York
New York Stock Exchange
Publc
France
Pennsylvania
New Haven & Hartford
Bourse
United States
Newsboys Attack Policing in Boston Strike
In Boston on January 11, about 200 newsboys assaulted three policemen, stripping badges and hats. The injuries sent one officer and a bystander to Emergency Hospital. The clash occurred before The Boston American office amid a union strike over paper pricing and handling. Three newsboys were arrested, with others seeking to assist them at the station.
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Boston
Kboston American
List
Union
Central Labor Union
Unions Halt Muncie Streetcar Service
In Muncie Indiana labor unions boycott the Indiana Union Traction Company. Riders face a 25 dollar fine and union expulsion for using cars. Merchants clerks ministers doctors lawyers homes and churches are pressured to withdraw patronage and sever relations. Cars run only to keep the franchise alive as business and streets sit empty.
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New York Times
Muncie
Ind
Indiana National Guard
Indiana Union Traction Company
Lable
Concrete stocks boom in Portland Cement future profits
A promotional prospectus promises immense profits in Portland Cement shares. Vincent & Co. of Kansas City offers a free book to investors, aiming for a million press impressions and highlighting gilt-edged, safe opportunities in the Portland Cement industry.
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Vincent & Co
SeasTitt
Kausaa City
Ady
Suit Over London Times Sale Faces Serious Litigation
London January 11 report states serious litigation is threatened over the sale of controlling interest in The Times. The sale to DC Arthur Learson and associates was announced January 6, drawing opposition from many with financial interests in the paper.
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London
Jar
The
London Times
Times
Arthur Learson
Vatican Installs Hnotypes in Papal Printing House
In Rome on January 11 the Vatican completed installing Hnotypes after electric lighting and heating updates. Cardinal Merry del Val helped place the machines and oversees them personally. The Pope plans to visit the printing house tomorrow to see the new types in operation.
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Rome
Vatican
Papal
Merry del Val
Bridge Terminal Changes Close Most Platforms at Park Row
Brooklyn Rapid Transit reports altered terminal operations at the Park Row Brooklyn Bridge shed to fit longer trains. All but one upper-floor platform were closed overnight, with only the south side outgoing platform open for shuttle trains until early tomorrow morning. Through trains will resume once shifts are completed.
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Brooklyn Bridge
Park Itew
Brooklyn Rapid Transit
Custer Memorial Site Bought Near Bronxville Hotel Gramatan
Elizabeth Lacon Custer widow of Gen George A Custer has bought sixteen lots on Palmer Avenue and Bronxville Road near the Hotel Gramatan in Bronxville to build a home for women in memory of her husband. She may delay construction for several years. Her choice of site follows years in the artistic Bronxville literary colony.
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Elizabeth Lacon Custer
George A. Custer
Gramatan
Bronxville
Palmer Avenue
Bronxville Road
Promoter Charles W. French Arrested in San Francisco
Charles W. French, promoter and incorporator of the Pacific Steel Company with an alleged capitalization of 100 million dollars, was jailed in City Prison on a charge of obtaining money under false pretenses. C H Gelbert, lawyer and former Union Hardware Company president, accuses French of taking 2000 dollars. French calls the arrest a business misunderstanding and expects quick resolution.
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San Francisco
Charles W. French
Pacific Steel Company
French
C.H. Gelgert
Union Hardware Company
Milk Teems With Bacteria Says Wesleyan Scientist
Prof H W Conn of Wesleyan University says city milk carries far more bacteria per cubic inch than a pint of sewage. He notes dirt and dust in milk create conditions ideal for bacterial growth and treats most of the bacteria as harmless, with some potentially aiding digestion.
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New York Times
Middletown
Conn
H. W. Conn
Wesleyan
New York
Fire tears through two stories at 2 Stuyvesant Place
A Staten Island blaze at 2 Stuyvesant Place, St George, destroyed the upper two floors of a large Colonial frame house. Firemen, including William J. Humphrey of Engine 205, were overcome by smoke. one was moved to Smith Infirmary. Twenty to thirty people were in the building when the fire started, likely from a kerosene lamp overturning. Two alarms were sounded before crews gained control.
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Smith Infirmary
Stuyvesant Place
St. George
William J. Humphrey
Engine Company No
Castleton
Frank Singer
New York Central to Cut Five Trains in City
Albany dispatch reports the New York Central time card effective Jan 19 will reduce five city entries. Trains Nos. 62 64 and 74 from the West along with the night and Northern expresses from New York City are eliminated due to insufficient travel demand.
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New York Central
New York Times
Albany
New York Central Railroad
New York City
Southern Ry. Announces Car Service to Resorts
Drawing room sleeping and dining car service offered to Columbia Aiken Augusta Summer Ville and Florida resorts via Southern Ry with stops at 271 and 1200 Broadway.
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Columbia
Aiken Augusta
Summerville
Florida
Southern
Ady
Parker Building Fire Halts Subway Service in Midtown
The Parker Building at Nineteenth Street and Fourth Avenue burned Friday night leaving three dead and forty injured. Fire officials cite defective hose and low water pressure as key factors, halting the line between Fourteenth Street and Grand Central at 11:20 PM and risking further delays as trains must be switched at affected points.
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Nineteenth Street
Fourth Avenue
Subway
Fourteenth Street
Grand Central Station
Parker Building
Binns
Croker
Pittsburg
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Cafe Martin
Havemeyer Will Mystery
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