Wilson Delivers Harsh Message to Chicago Business Leaders
Gov. Wilson’s Chicago speech to the Commercial Club upset the city’s business elite as he warned that the credit system must be opened to all and accused some of seeking monopoly. He aligned with progressive Democrats, telling leaders to clear themselves before the public and urging them to change motives.
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New York Times
United States
Washington
Gov. Wilson
Essov
Wilson
Ir. Wilson
Jie
Democratic Party
Staunton Va
Chicago
Gary
Ind
Wisconsin
William la Follette
Prominent Chicago Businessmen at Wilcott Speech Dinner
A who’s who of finance and industry gathered in Chicago after Woodrow Wilson’s speech. Names include Delano of the Wa bash Railroad and Barling of the Chicago Milwaukee St Paul line, along with Forgan, Felton, Morton, Swift, Upham, Spoor, and many more. Opinions varied among the attendees regarding the addressed proposals.
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Frederick A. Delano
Wabash Railroad
Albert J. Barling
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
Bernard A. Eckhard
B. A. Eckhard Milling Company
Rufus «. Dawes, Hanker
T.ogden Armour
Armour & Co
Edger A. Bancroft
International Harvester Comany
Edward J. Curry
Flrst Vics
American Car and Foundry Company
The
International Harvester Company
Harold F. McCormick
Charles H. Markham
Illinois Central Railroad Company
Arthur Meeker
Armour Atte
Darius F. Miller
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad
John J. Mitchell
Illinoia Trust & Savings Bank
Joy Morton
Joy Morton & Co
Inland Salt Trust
Mark Morton
Western Cold Storage Company
James A. Patten
George M. Reynolds
Continental & Commercial National Bank
Theodore W. Robinson
Illinois Steel Company
Byron L. Smith
Northern Trust Company
Bernard E. Sunny
Edgar A. Bancroft
Mr. Wilson
Rockefeller Surrenders to Pujo Inquiry in Miami Visit
William Rockefeller returned from Nassau and submitted to a private throat examination by Government specialist Dr. Charles W. Richardson to assess his ability to testify before the Pujo Committee. Rockefeller arrived on the steamer Miami and kept plans to depart for New York today. the exam result and report were to be transmitted to Washington.
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New York Times
Miami
Fla
William Rockefeller
Pure Money Trust
United States
Nassau
Pujo
Rockefeller Party
Charles W. Richardson
Washington
Richardson
Mr. Rockefeller
Pujo Committee
William
G. Rockefeller
Percy Rockefeller
Joseph
Royal Palm
Rockefeller
New York
Campaign to Incorporate Rockefeller Foundation in DC Moves Forward
Advocates have opened headquarters at the Rockefeller Sanitary Commission to push a charter bill for the Rockefeller Foundation in Washington. The House blocked action for lack of a quorum while amendments seek to satisfy objections over concentrating funding in a few hands. Jerome D. Greene, former Rockefeller Institute manager, leads the lobbying as trustees urge passage in this session.
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New York Times
Washington
Congress
Rockefeller Foundation
District of Columbia
Rockefeller Sanitary Commission
House of Representatives
Jerome D. Greene
New York
Rockefeller Institute of Medical Research
Greene
Resignation of Sydney Cross at St. Pauls Episcopal Church
In Westfield New Jersey Rev Sydney Cross resigned as rector of St Pauls Episcopal Church effective February 1 192? after charges were presented to wardens and vestrymen. Cross cited heavy literary work commitments and said Bishop Scarborough advised against the move. He had led the church for six years and been active in church publications and youth activities. Officials did not disclose details of the charges.
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Scarborough
Trenton
Cross
Cross & Hurlbut
Episcopal
Brooklyn
St. Paul's
St. Paul’s
Ross
President Grant Transatlantic Run Noted By Wireless
Marconi wireless reports SS President Grant traveling from Hamburg to New York 315 miles east of Sandy Hook at 10 PM, expected to arrive the 14th at 8:30 AM. Hamburg American Line operates the steamship. A stray line mentions Angostura and GOSTURA BITS before meals.
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Caronia
Liverpool
Marconi Wirelesss
Marconi
New York Times
Sipp Returns to Testify Hiding in New Jersey
Former Baltic Hotel keeper George A. Sipp and his family flee Philadelphia for New Jersey as District Attorney Whitman tightens cases against Policeman Eugene A. Fox and two police officials for extortion. Sipp plans to testify before a New York Grand Jury, with Assistant District Attorney Groehl and two detectives guarding him.
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Whitman
Jersey City
George A. Sipp
Baltic Hotel
Sipp
Howard
Eugene A. Fox
Police Department
New York
Mr. Whitman
New Jersey
Continental
Newark
Frederick K. Groehl
William H. Upton
Lenox Avenue
Grand Jury
Upton
Walton
Philadelphia
Mr. Groehl
Lipp
Mr. Ghoehl
Groehl
Dougherty
New York State
Newell
New York Police Department
New York Police
Fox
A Musical Anarchist Schoenberg Under Fire and Fanfare
James Huneker writes a lively Times article on Arnold Schoenberg, detailing German critics' ire and audiences' amusement, presenting a characteristic portrait of the composer and his controversial music.
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Arnold Schoenberg
James Huneker
Next Sunday
TIMES
Sulzer Intervenes In Yonkers Streetcar Strike
Albany January 12 Gov Sulzer urges the Public Service Commission to force Yonkers railroad to move its cars under Public Service law Section 56 the commission may impose a 5000 fine daily for noncompliance Attorney General Carmody supports prompt action to end the strike citing intolerable conditions in Yonkers where 90000 residents rely on street service. The plan follows lengthy questions about outside motormen and city ordinance rules and notes the potential for sympathy strikes by labor unions.
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New York Times
Albany
Sulzer
Yonkers
Public Service Commission
Public Service Law
Carmody
Gov. Sulzer
F. W. Whitridge
Curran
I. W. Stevens
Stevens
Federation of Labor and Building Trades Alliance
Frederick W. Whitridge
Yonkers Railroad
TIMES
East Eleventh Street
State Board of Mediation and Arbitration
Leslie Sutherland
Common Council
New York City
Allies Prepare to Resume War Over Armistice Ends
London reports British and allied ambassadors press Rechad Pasha for frontier concessions. Turkey seeks instructions as the four day countdown to renewed hostilities begins, with Adrianople aim and Salonika as key stakes. Montenegro Italy and Rumanians feature in broader Balkan crisis.
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London
Edward Grey
Rechad Pasha
Turkey
Adrianople
England
Hechad Pasha
Constantinople
Europe
Greece
Servia
Montenegro
Scutari
Aegean
Salonika
Rumania
Romania and Bulgaria resume talks amid possible settlement
London report says negotiations between Romania and Bulgaria have restarted with hopes of an early settlement. Dr Daneff and M Ionescu met Servian delegates while Bulgaria weighs territorial concessions and allied support, with no talk of military occupation or ultimatum from Bucharest.
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London
Rumania
Bulgaria
The
Times
Daneff
M. Ionescu
Monastir
Romania
Bucharest
Harriman nephew Harriman at Muldoon's sanitarium
J W Harriman nephew of the late E H Harriman was reported at William Muldoon's sanitarium near Muldoon's in White Plains New York. Muldoon refused to reveal duration of stay or condition or discuss the visitor's treatment.
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New York Times
White Plains
N. Y
William MuLdoon
Joseph W. Harriman
E. H. Harriman
London girl rival to Cornell Venus in Venus of Milo likeness
Miss Marjorie Watson a 20 year old London model is measured by artist Mrs Ethel Potter Bailey as nearly the Venus of Milo in proportion. Her height is 5 feet 5 ½ inches and her measurements include a 37 inch bust a 33 inch chest and a 38 inch hip with a weight of 133 pounds.
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London
Cornell
Melos
Marjorie Watson
West End
Ethel Potter Bailey
Division of Chinese Loan figures split among powers
A Pekin dispatch to The Daily Telegraph cites a Nationalist newspaper revealing the proposed six power loan of £25,000,000 with allocations: Crisp £5,000,000 British group £4,000,000 American £5,000,000 French £4,000,000 German £3,000,000 Japanese £2,000,000 Russian £2,000,000.
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London
Peking
Daily Telegraph
Messrs. Crisp
Hydrant Break Causes Lexington Ave Flood Near 23rd St
A high pressure hydrant on Lexington Avenue near Twenty third Street burst when a surface car derailed while switching tracks. Motorman Joseph Regan, 334 East Sixty sixth Street, operated the car. Water shot thirty feet into the air and was turned off after a halt of about half an hour by the Water Supply Department.
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Lexington Avenue
Twenty-third Street
Joseph Regan
East Sixty-sixth Street
Department of Water Supply
Four Hurt In Blazing Car on Madison Avenue
Four persons were injured when an eastbound car on Fifty-ninth Street caught fire near Madison Avenue yesterday afternoon. The blaze started from a defective fuse. passengers struggled to exit as the car filled with smoke. Mrs Agnes Ford of 254 West Seventy-fourth Street was pushed through a window. Firemen arrived after Patrick Sullivan the motorman and the conductor, with other passengers, helped extinguish the flames.
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Fifty-ninth Street
Madison Avenue
Agnes Ford
West Seventy-fourth Street
Patrick Sullivan
Blanche Bates Losses Fire Destroys Library
A barn near New Castle Ossining New York burned early today destroying a library bowling alley and garage in a fire officially blamed on unknown causes. Firefighters arrived too late. losses are estimated at 40000 dollars. Miss Blanche Bates and her chauffeur Sidney Yardley had cars destroyed and she is currently in Denver on honeymoon.
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New York Times
Ossining
N. Y
Blanche Bates
New Castle
George Creel
Bishop Berry Stricken With Vertigo During Services
Bishop Berry of the Methodist Episcopal Church collapsed briefly from vertigo while leading services at First Methodist Episcopal Church in Germantown Philadelphia. He was aided by Rev. Charles Burns and later moved to 60 West Upsal Street before returning to the Episcopal residence on Forty-eighth Street. He states his condition is not serious.
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New York Times
Philadelphia
Bishop Berry
Methodist Episcopal Church
First Methodist Episcopal Church of
Germantown
Charles Burns
Berry
Thomas R. Fort, Jr
West Upsal Street
Forty-eighth Street
Buffalo
Back Bay Aristocracy Blamed by Boston Mayor
Boston Mayor Fitzgerald attacked the Back Bay blue bloods, saying Boston’s history features great contributors but many of their descendants lack merit. He warned New England’s change requires new elements to share governing responsibility as railroad issues hurt Boston’s standing. An advertisement for Adamson's Cough Balsam ends the piece.
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New York Times
Boston
Fitzgerald
Backs Bay
Back Bay
New England
880 Saved From Vessel On Reef
A shipwreck incident left 880 people saved after their vessel ran aground on a reef as gale conditions battered the area for days. They were transferred by surf boats to other craft and brought ashore safely.
Uranium Steamship Runs Aground Near Chebucto Head
The Uranium, a 3319 ton liner built in Dumbarton, ran bow first onto a reef near Chebucto Head in thick fog. Captain Eustace and crew remained aboard as rescue boats evacuated 780 steerage passengers to the Lady Laurier and Bridgewater with tugs standing by for further aid.
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New York Times
Halifax
SSO
Uranium
Shoal Cove
Chebucto Head
Uranium Steamship Company
Rotterdam
New York
Moore
Lady Laurier
Eustace
Bridgewater
Quartermaster Moore
United States
Canada
Isleworth
Provence Arrives Twenty-Eight Hours Late After Storm Damage
The French liner Provence reached port from Havre twenty-eight hours late with 176 cabin and 321 steerage passengers and mails aboard. Deck damage included torn railings and twisted stanchions from heavy seas. Captain Mourand called it one of his worst voyages in forty years of service.
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Provence
Havre
Mourand
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