Liberal Victory in British Election With Burns Re elected
London reports Liberal gains in general elections with John Burns returning to Parliament by a comfortable margin. Unionists suffer net losses, while figures show Liberal dominance in London and the Midlands. Beresford and Falle win Portsmouth dockyard seats amid naval issues.
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London
Laborites
Scotland
Wales
Midlands
Birmingham
Walsall
Joseph Chamberlain
Metropolis
Fleet Street
The
Strand
L. G. Chiozza Money
North Paddington
Will Crooks
Woolwich
Sir H. Robson
North Kensington
John Gorst
A. J. Balfour
Randolph Churchill
Lord R. Cecil
G. Stewart Bowles
Philip Showden
Thomas Barclay
Blackburn
Claude Hay
Hoxton
Shoreditch
C. Addison
Hay
Addison
Haggerston
R. Guinness
H. G. Chancellor
A. Bonar Law
Walter Hume Long
William Bull
William
Hammersmith
Portsmouth
Lord Charles Beresford
B. G. Falle
Rockefeller Deputy Sheriffs Guard Pocantico Estate
Sheriff Sherp of White Plains deputized seven men to guard John D. Rockefeller's Pocantico Hills estate. Deputies include Paul G. Thebaud Theodore Langdon Van Norden Richard Harding Davis Moses Taylor Oliver Harriman George F. Leith J Campbell Thompson and M R Coles Mayhew W Bronson Albert C. Bostwick Clinton I Martin and Col Edward W Lyman Bill with Col Bill assigned to guard Road Rochelle Park.
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John D. Rockefeller
Sherp
White Plains
Pocantico Hills
Rockefeller
Mr. Rockefeller
Secret Service
Paul G. Thebaud
Mamaroneck Boulevard
Theodore Langdon van Norden
Lewisboro
New York
Richard Harding Davis
Moses Taylor
Mount Kisco
Oliver Harriman
Westchester Horse Show Association
Bill
Mist Yacht Abandoned Off Atlantic City Draws Crowds
The schooner Mist of the New York Yacht Club, owned by Howard Binney, was abandoned by its skipper and crew as heavy seas pushed it toward the ocean pier at Tennessee Avenue. Coast guards rescued the four sailors and a cook after the windlass failed, while owner Binney and guests were landed on the beach and later sheltered at the Hotel Traymore.
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New York Times
Atlantic City
N. J
New York Yacht Club
Howard Binney
Rector Street
New York
Tennessee Avenue
Coast Guards
Binney
W. L
Lambert Parker
Long
Farson Son Tries for Chicago Dash to Reach Dying Father
John Farson Jr arrives in Chicago from New York on a special train aimed at beating a heart disease fate of his father John Farson Sr. The run, a costly 1909 style sprint, battles dense fog and delays, costing $3075 with a hoped speed gain and a possible record.
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Chicago
John Farson, Jr
New York
John Farson
Farson
Oak Park
Farson Son & Co
Broad Street
W. C. Brown
New York Central
Grand Central Station
Buffalo
Albany
Mohawk Valley
Ohio
Elkhart
J. W. Huaner Yager
R. J. Nelson
W. H. Whitworth
Englewood
la Salle Street
William Farson
Cleveland
Farson, Leach & Co
Farson, Son & Co
Dearborn Stree
First National Bank
Railway Exchange
Frank A. Vanderlip
National City Bank
Vanderlip
Here
Lake Shore & Ae Southern
Pennsylvania Railroad
Fire destroys Hollingsworth Apartments in West Philadelphia
A five story Hollingsworth building at 4313 15 Walnut Street burned from the basement rear today killing one visitor from Baltimore, injuring three, and leaving three missing including paralytic Mrs S L Carpenter. Elevator boy and others aided some evacuees as residents fled via a rear fire escape. Mrs Frances Evans died from shock after rescue.
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Philadelphia
Hollingsworth
Walnut Street
Frances Evans
Baltimore
A.S. King
Mrs Cook Went To Europe In Disappearance Tale
Walter Lounsdale, Dr. Cook's secretary, says Mrs Stebbins is mistaken about Mrs Cook not leaving America. He cites a telegram from Gibraltar dated December 23 and Dr Cook's notebook mailed from Gibraltar in Mrs Cook's handwriting with her wax Segoe print. He concedes telegram doubts but doubts the cover was fake.
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New York Times
Copenhagen
Stebbins
New York
Frederick A. Cook
America
Walter Lounsdale
Fairfield Arrests In Well Attack Case
Deputy sheriffs brought Joseph Marok and Barront Laski from Springfield Mass to Fairfield Conn where they faced a judge on charges of assault with intent to murder and robbery. Annie Marok, three days married, lies in a Bridgeport hospital with severe frostbite and possible amputation. A marriage certificate found on Laski links Marek to Annie Mackill, wed last Thursday in Hartford.
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Burr and
Richards
Joseph Marok
Barront Laski
Springfield
Mass
Marek
Ferris Farm
Criminal Superior Court
Marok
Bridgeport
Annie Marok
Laski
Annie Mackill
Hartford, Conn
Dennis J. Murphy
Anchor Line seeks tenders for new passenger steamer
Glasgow January 17 Anchor Line Steamship Company calls for tenders to build a large passenger steamer to complete a quartet for New York traffic Other fleet additions are expected soon Great Bear spring water offered by the case in six glass stoppered bottles
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Glasgow
Anchor Line Steamship Company
New York
Great Bear
Times Preview: Orders for Next Sunday's Features
The notice urges readers to place orders with news dealers today to ensure access to the many notable features planned for next Sunday’s Times.
Druggist's error costs man's life in Harlem tragedy
Philomene Stanstella of Mount Vernon died at Mount Vernon Hospital after ingesting carbolic acid mistaken for a harmless internal remedy. A few minutes sooner a druggist's mislabeling might have saved him. police arrest druggist Francisco La Scalea as coroner orders case.
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Philomene Stanstella
North
Bond Street
Mount Vernon
Stansiella
Italy
Francisco Giovanelli
East 106Th Street
Francisco la Scalea
106Th Street
Second Avenue
la Scalea
Dr. Giovanelli
Harlem
Giovanelli
Stanstella
Pasquale Papa
Fourth Avenue
Papa
Boedecker
Feinberg
Railway President Hart Injured In Taxi Crash
Nicholas Monsarrat of Columbus Ohio president of the Hocking Valley Railway Company was in a taxi that skidded at Sixth Avenue and Forty-Sixth Street yesterday at 2 PM. He was cut by flying glass and treated at Flower Hospital before going to the Hotel Plaza. The 70 year old suffered a cheek wound and a cut artery behind the left ear. Sidney Colins the chauffeur said the front wheels skidded on a slippery street while turning from northbound car tracks.
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Nicholas Monsarrat
Columbus
Ohio
Hocking Valley Railway Company
Sixth Avenue
Forty-Sixth Street
Flower Hospital
Sidney Colins
Mr. Monsarrat
Settlement awards Mrs Ladenburg $605000 for late husband’s firm interest
Under a court approved settlement Mrs Adolf Ladenburg widow of the firm's senior member received 605000 for her husband's share in Ladenburg Thalman Co bankers. She sued for an accounting of her husband's interest. the estate valued at about 10000000 includes one daughter.
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Adolf Ladenburg
Ladenburg, Thalman & Co
Ladenburg
Enburg
City Wins Multimillion Lakefront Property Suit
Cleveland officials secure possession of lake-front land in the downtown area after Circuit Court decision upholding lower court ruling. The dispute centers on about 20 to 380 million dollars in property allegedly sold to railways, with the case to proceed to the Supreme Court.
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Higher Court
Railways
Cleveland Lake Front
Cleveland
Ohio
Circuit Court
Ee See
Seaboard Florida Limited Club Car Sale
Elided OCR reads a trade notice involving Seaboard Florida Limited and a club car sale or lease. Details are unclear but indicate a corporate transaction or asset disposition with the names Seaboard Florida Limited and a club car.
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Ae Seaboard Florida Limited
Milholland Arrest Sparks City Waistwear Strike Row
Inez Milholland and Lieut Henry Torney confronted police as fourteen shirtwaist workers were arrested after clashes near a Waverley Place factory. Mayor Gaynor declined arbitration without双方 consent while promising to study the dispute.
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Inez Milholland
Vassar
New York University
Henry W. Torney
United States Army
Waverley Plate
Dominick Henry
R Street
Milholland
Barlow
Miss Milholland
Capt. Henry
Lena Rabinowitz
Fifth Street
Underhill
Daly
Annie Finkelstein
Essex Street
Mercer Street
Lieut
Troney
Henry
Goodwin
John Milholland
Torney
Essex County
N. Y
Kernochan
Nelson
Frederick L. Taylor
Grace
Angelica Serra
Sackett Street
Brooklyn
Angelica
Blackwell’s Island
Serra
Raymond Robins
Theational Women’s Trade Union League
Philadelphia
League
Waistmakers
American Federation of Labor Unions
Lodge No. 51
Virginia
Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel, and Tin Workers
Claren Mackay
Rose Pastor Sto
Aries
Death of Young Pastor Axtel At Sewickley
The Rev. Paul Axtel, 28, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of Sewickley near Pittsburgh, was found dead by suicide. Friends say he suffered long insanity and had taken a temporary leave of absence a month earlier. He formerly served at Central Presbyterian Church in New York and came to Pittsburgh in December 1907. He was son of Rev. J S Axtel of Lebanon near McKeanport and had been staying with him the past week.
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New York Times
Pittsburg
Paul Axtel
First Presbyteria
Sewickley
Axter
Central Presbyterian Church
New York
New Comet Seen Bright in Night Sky
Cambridge Massachusetts January 17 a new comet discovered early today by an astronomer in South Africa is reported bright and naked eye visible in a Kiel Germany Kiel observatory cablegram to Harvard College observatory. The Johannesburg report lists right ascension 19 hours 50 minutes 28 seconds and declination minus 25 degrees 9 minutes seconds with an hourly motion in right ascension.
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Cambridge,Masé
South Africa
Harvard College Observatory
Kiel
Germany
Johannesburg
Schermerhorn Confesses to Murder in Mail Brook Case
Frank Schermerhorn admitted at Vassar Hospital in the presence of his mother that he alone killed governess Sarah Brymer at the Compton home in Mail Brook last Thursday. He said he drank heavily, did not intend murder, but aimed to frighten, and claimed to have burned silverware while denying others’ involvement. His statements followed a wavering earlier offer to confess, with authorities planning to present the case to the April Grand Jury.
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Poughkeepsie
Frank Schermerhorn
Vassar Hospital
Fred Hornbeck
Sarah Brymer
Compton
Mailbrook
Schermerhorn
Mary Dutcher
McCabe
Dances in Daring Costume by Lady Constance on Stage
Lady Constance Stewart Richardson appears at the Palace Theatre in London in a Greek short tunic that reveals flesh tones. She dances to music by Grieg Tschaikowski and Waldteufel. her performance, encored after Bonne Bouche Polka, draws large crowds and floral tributes.
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NEW York Times
London
Constance Stewart Richardson
Palace Theatre
Grieg
Tschaikowski
Waldteufel
New York
Constance
Czarina suffers acute attack amid court unease
From St Petersburg the absence of medical bulletins regarding the Czarina raises fears of danger while private reports in court circles corroborate alarming signs. An hysteric episode and prolonged unconsciousness prompted rapid medical aid from Drs Rosenbach Bekhtereff and Botkin, with Bekhtereff a noted mental health expert continuing care.
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New York
Petersburg
Czarina
Rosenbach
Bekhtereff
Botkin
Doctor Speaks on Justifiable Euthanasia for Incurables
Dr Edward Anthony Spitzka in Philadelphia argues that in rare cases it may be justifiable for doctors to end a patient’s suffering from incurable injury or disease. He cites a hopeless locomotive crash victim and a cancer patient as examples and questions whether such acts would be right. He also suggests suicide might be justifiable in extreme, unrelieved agony cases.
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New York Times
Philadelphia
Edward Anthony Spitzka
Countess Cassini Debuts on Paris Stage
Paris January 17 Countess Cassini niece of the former American ambassador in Washington made her debut in a concert at the Theatre Femina this afternoon. She sang in Italian German and French before a fashionable audience including Countess Imms.
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Paris
Coor Cassini
Washington
Femina
Count i ™ m
Will provides $2,000,000 for Chicago home for children
Chicago January 17 news reports a will by Henry Curtiss Elliott, a mine owner who died in an Alaskan snowstorm. The will provides two million dollars for a home for friendless children in Chicago. Attorneys for the estate are said to be handling probate.
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Chicago
Henry Curtiss Elliott
Alaska
Ballinger Accused of Misuse of Funds and Favoritism
Rep Hitchcock charges Richard Ballinger then Interior Secretary used public funds for private travel and created a job for a cousin at a $2,000 salary by shifting clerks, with other alleged overpayments and improper staffing at the Land Office. Ballinger denies the charges as ridiculous and vows cooperation with investigations.
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New York Times
Washington
Richard Ballinger
Hitchcock
Nebraska
House
Ballinger-Pinchot
Ballinger
Wright
Jack Ballinger
Thal
Hitch
Roosevelt
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