Prison Riot Kills Seven at Oklahoma Penitentiary
In a dramatic prison riot at the State Penitentiary in McAlester Oklahoma on January 19 convicts Tom Lane China Reed and Dave Koontz seized keys used Miss Foster and Rice as shields killed Deputy Warden Oates cell sergeant Godfrey Judge Thomas and another official and were shot dead while escaping toward the prison farm A buggy pursuit with guards and bloodhounds followed as the convicts fled with Miss Foster and Rice wounded and treasures of gunfire echoing through the facility.
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New York Times
Mcalester
Okla
John R. Thomas
Illinois
Indian Territory
Oates
Godfrey
H. H. Drover
Tom Lane
China” Reed
Dave Koontz
Mary Feater
Jack Martin
Frank H. Rice
Judge Thomas
Miss Foster
Frank Rice
F. ©. Godfrey
Thomas
Rice
Koontz
Shields
Lane
Reed
Penitentiary Farm
Inon
Paris Fashions Show Deep Decollete Atop Cold Wardrobe
Paris fashion reports reveal gowns with unprecedented décolletage in front sides and back. Morning dresses grow more revealing while leg muffs for warmth appear, a fur lined silk legging drawn over shoes and removed with cloaks amid Paris cold spell.
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Paris
Mayor Photographed With Movie Star on City Hall Steps
A young actress sought a City Hall photo with Mayor Mitchel but was told he was busy. Later a well dressed man introduced his sister who wished to greet the mayor, and the mayor shook hands as a moving picture operator captured the moment, deeming it a successful shot.
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Mitchel
Carl
Ellis
Grace Holly
Monroe F. Ellis
Dying man accuses girl in fatal thumb wound
Frederick Richardson a paper hanger of Lambertson Street Trenton died of blood poisoning from a thumb cut. He said Evelyn Vandergrift of Emory Avenue inflicted the wound while he tried to reclaim a ring given to her. Detectives took Vandergrift to his bedside. she denies the claim and was jailed until Grand Jury action.
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New York Times
Trenton
N. J
Frederick Richardson
Lamberton Street
Evelyn Vandergrift
Emory Avenue
Richardson
Miss Vandergrift
Lamar Again Stirs Wall Street in Senate Bear Raid Probe
Washington reports show the Senate Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee ended a bid to investigate the Steel Trust after exposing David Lamar's ongoing interest in Wall Street affairs. The panel dropped Senator Lane’s resolution and did not pursue W. H. Green of Creighton Neb. or other witnesses amid lack of proof.
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New York Times
Washington
Senate Committee On Interstate and Foreign Commerce
David Lamar
Wall Street
United States Steel Corporation
Lane
Oregon
Steel Trust
Lamar
New York
Palmer
Pennsylvania
Jiordan
Merman Schulters
Henry B. Martin
Anti-Trust League
Stanley
White House
Bryan
Senator Lane
W. H. Green
Creighton
Neb
Ike
Green
Wilson May Favor Freight Advance
President Wilson signaled support for a 5 percent freight rate hike sought by Eastern railroad lines, arguing the tariff would aid business. A report based on Interstae Commerce Commission data shows sharp drops in net operating revenue, especially in the Eastern district, with looming impact into 1914 if trends persist.
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New York Times
Washington
Wilson
Interstate Commerce Commission
Commission
Ohio and
Potomac Rivers
Mississippi
Southern Rail Way Ad Promises Superior Train Service
Advertises seven daily trains from New York with latext steel electric Merited Pullman equipment. Notes offices in New York at 264 Fifth Ave and 20th Street. Mentions connections to Aiken Augusta Florida Atlanta Birmingham New Orleans.
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Aiken
Augusta
Florida
Atlanta
Birmingham
New Orleans
Southern Railway
New York
Steel Electric
Fifth
20Th St
Your Grocer's Adds Yuban For Arbuckle Firm Members
Announcement notes Yuban coffee reserved at Your Grocer's for Arbuckle firm members, a policy stated as heretofore exclusive to Arbuckle. The ad references brand access and membership usage.
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Arbuckle
Pure Food Laws Vary Widely Across States
The Times previews next Sunday's feature detailing how differing state statutes create a muddled national landscape for pure food laws. Also coming in the Pictorial Section is a page of debutantes in picturesque Junior League dance costumes.
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TIMES
Burglary Ring Busted as Textbook of Thieves Found
Detectives Carroll and Van Gullizer trap a Brooklyn burglary gang after a raid on 93 Grove Street reveals a leather bound manual with 500 pawn tickets and step by step methods. Suspects include Carmine Youran 745 Park Avenue William Calanto 92 Starr Street and Frank Vettor 575 Clover Street. heroin found on one.
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Manhattan Avenue
Brooklyn
Carroll
van Gullizer
Ten Eyck Street
Grove Street
Burstars
Carmine Yoursan
Park Avenue
Carrol
William Calanto
Starr Street
Frank Vettor
Clover Street
Youran
Vettor
Charles Abel
Boreum Street
Edward Reimer
Central Avenue
Olice
Gates Avenue
Sarah Greenberg
Leonard Street
Bertha Asther
Carroll and
Ford workers mob for new eight hour day jobs
In Detroit on January 10 a crowd of 6000 job seekers mobbed Ford agents as they began distributing 5000 additional jobs under the new eight hour day. Only six positions were filled while management faced staffing shortages at full capacity. Police assisted as two tickets were handed out and four more hires followed before offices opened. The event marked the first day of profit sharing distributing $27556 among 88 employees. Kryptok Toric eyeglasses advertised at Spencer's.
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Detroit
Ford Motor Company
Freeing Paul Carl in Ellis shooting in Somerville NJ
Reports say Paul Carl from Stroudsburg will be released within 48 hours after admitting to a crime he did not commit. Evidence shows Carl was in New York at the time, while defense attorney Stanton A Moore criticizes detectives and prosecutors for coercive methods.
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New York Times
Somerville
N. J
Paul Carl
Stroudsburg
Penn
Monroe F. Ellis
Ellis
Basking Ridge
Carl
Mr. Elis
Pope
Stanton A. Moore
Liberty Street
New York
Moore
Gov
Fielder
John A. Roebling
Totten
Dahlstrom Metallic Door Company
Broadway
New Jersey
Moseachinetts Contracting
Philadelphia
Camden
Suffragette Upheaval Follows Buckingham Palace Warning
Militants in London demand audience with the King and vow more action after a meeting reopened the equal suffrage campaign. Mrs. Dacre Fox warned the King must see them or face consequence and a deputation headed for Buckingham Palace. In Edinburgh a suffragette hurled flour at Thomas McKinnon Wood during a school inauguration event.
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Edinburgh
Thomas McKinnon Wood
Scotland
Edinburgh High School
Fight Over Peru Oil Fields At Lima Negotiations
In Lima on January 19 the Pearsons with Lloyd George Jr and Robert Anderson meet G H Mayer of Standard Oil of California as proposals are heard. No public result announced.
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NEW York Times
Lima
Lloyd George, Jr
Robert Anderson
Pearsons
G. H. Mayer
Standard Oil Company of California
Great Bear Spring Water Price Ad
Advertisement notes a price of five cents per case of six glass-stoppered bottles for Great Bear Spring Water.
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Great Bear
Worldwide Plea for Mexican Peace Moves Initiated
A Madrid based movement led by Union Hispano Americana seeks to pressure Huerta and Carranza into an armistice and neutral ground talks. Letters from Prof La Fontaine of the International Peace Bureau urge a ceasefire and conference, with telegrams to follow from eminent signers.
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Marconi
New York Times
London
the Times
Mexico
Union Hispano- Americana
Madrid
Huerta
Carranza
International Peace Bureau
Berne
Inter- Parliamentary Union
la Fontaine
Rumors Fly Over Huerta Exit and Gamboa Presidency
In Mexico City rumors place Federico Gamboa as Huerta’s potential successor with Huerta possibly leading a new army division. Observers doubt any bid would be accepted without Washington and European backing while government moves aim to blunt rebel southward movement near San Luis Potosi. The Supreme Court rules on oil land disputes involving Americans as Nelson O'Shaughnessy wires State Department for speed.
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New York Times
Mexico City
Huerta
Federico Gamboa
San Luis’ Potosi
Gamboa
Washington
John Lind
Vera Cruz
Coleman-Cowdray
Lord Cowdray
Thomas Coleman
Petreros
Candelaria
Nelson O'Shaughnessy
State Department
Antonio Rojas
All Deerfoot Farm Sausages Made at Southboro Farm
All Deerfoot Farm Sausages are produced at the farm in Southboro Mase. The products owe success to quality materials and clean preparation. For New York shoppers the New York store at 3172 Chambers St offers contact via Tel 6982 Cortlandt Ady.
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Southboro
Mase
Chambers St
Cortlandt
Ady
Lord Strathcona Sinking Reported by Physicians
London Jan 19 The report from physicians says Lord Strathcona and Mount Royal High Commissioner for Canada was slowly sinking at 5 1 tonight after several days of serious illness.
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London
Lord Strathcona
Mount Royal
Canada
Miss Wilson Speaks for Social Centre School Movement
Miss Margaret Woodrow Wilson addressed a civic improvement meeting in Washington urging that school houses be opened to the public as social centres. She called the movement the fundamental principle of democracy and said ideas come from gathering with others. Representative Robert Crosser of Ohio and Senator Nollis of New Hampshire spoke in support.
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Washington
Margaret Woodrow Wilson
Social Centre
Robert Crosser
Ohio
Senator Nollis
New Hampshire
Coles Declared Mayor After Recount In Middletown
In Middletown Conn Frank Coles Republican was declared elected mayor over Wesleyan professor W C Fischer after a recount reversed an initial Fischer lead. Fischer fell ill at closing, hospitalized with high fever and possible pneumonia. Jurisdiction noted the largest city vote on record and talk of Fischer running for governor next.
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Noeda
New York Times
Middletown
Conn
Frank * Coles
W. C. Fischer
Fischer
Coles
James A. Lawton
T. P. Walsh
Economist Stephen Williams Ends Life in West 140th St Apartment
Stephen Williams, a retired economist and former business reorganizer, killed himself last evening in his Drayton Arms apartment at 603 West 140th Street. He lived there with his wife who was in the apartment at 10 o'clock. Williams, aged years, had recently suffered heavy financial losses and illness.
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Stephen ©. Williams
Drayton Arms
West 140Th Street
Mr. Williams
Blake Alimony Settled in Supreme Court Case
Supreme Court Justice Newburger affirmed Referee Wilbur Larramore’s report granting Mrs. Catharine Ketcham Blake a separation from Dr. Joseph Blake. The agreement provides roughly 10000 dollars annually plus about 5000 dollars for living expenses while the suit ends, with the couple’s lawyers noting the payments are secured for the minor Frances. The older son Joseph A. Blake Jr. is of age and not part of the settlement.
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Supreme Court
Newburger
Wilbur Larramore
Catharine Ketcham Blake
Joseph Blake
Francis
Joseph A. Blake, Jr
Prisoner Wore Evidence In Theft Case
Samuel Herman, arrested for clothing theft on Oct 11 from a Duane Street shop, faced bail set at 1500 dollars in Tombs Court. Detective Thomas quipped the trousers he wore were the evidence, prompting magistrate Murphy to order the garments retained in custody and Herman remanded.
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Samuel Herman
Duane Street
Tombs Court
Murphy
Albert Thomas
Thomas
Herman
Fire alarms at Miss Barrymore's home after basement blaze
Patrolman Downing spotted smoke from a fourth story window at 17 East Forty-fourth Street and entered the burning building. He rescued caretaker Mrs. E H Wood and her year old baby from three smoke filled floors before firefighters extinguished a basement fire with only slight damage. The residence also houses S R Colt and notes Russell G Colt’s marriage to Miss Barrymore.
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Downing
Ethel Barrymore
East Forty-fourth Street
E. H Wood
All Together Pouch Hol 1s Pipe and Tobacco Ad
Local retailer Schulte's Stores advertises All Together Pouch Hol 1s pipe and tobacco products with emphasis on stock availability and in store display. The brief notice notes items as part of a general tobacco shelf assortment.
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Schulte’s
Delaware & Hudson Strike Settled Reinstates Lynch and Slade
Albany Jan 19 1914 the Delaware & Hudson Railway ended a 600 mile tie up as the company surrendered and agreed to reinstate Engineer Lynch and Conductor Slade. About 5 000 workers had walked out crippling the system and prompting mediation by G W W Hanger who helped secure a peace with no arbitration.
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New York Times
Albany
Delaware & Fludson
James A. Lynch
BF. A. Slade
At & O'Clock
Clifford S. Sims
Delaware & Hudson Company
Slade
Lynch
Liais
Geo. M. Parker
KR. C
Martin Degnan
R. T
G. A. Johnson
M. C. Carey
G. W. W. Hanger
Federal Board of Mediation and Conclation
Mr. Hanser
Hanger
Sims
Slade and Lynch
Delaware & Hudson
Newlands
New York
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Handa
Convict Koonts
Marconi Transatlantic
Daily Mail
Ring
Senate
MOB Ford Works
The
Kryptok Toric
Spencer's
Maiden Lane
Adv
Ellis Shooting
King
John Burns
Peru
Pearson
Standard Oil
Car
ranza—Peace Societies
Miss Wilson
Prof. Fischer
Economist
S. C. Williams
Blake
Miss Barrymore
Lynch — Trains
U. S
Mr. Hanger
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