Palmer Plans State graft probe amid Hooker inquiry backlash
Albany Jan 20 Palmer and other Democratic leaders push for a broad legislative investigation into graft under state government. They cite Hooker charges and alleged payoffs including hospital site selection and extra-list salaries, aiming to expose ties between officials and supplier firms, with potential disclosures from Sing Sing printing contracts.
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New York Times
Albany
State Bar Association
Supreme Court
Warren B.hooker
George M. Palmer
Hooker
Palmer
Leslie J. Tompkins
Manhattan
Charles H. Fuller
Kings
Tompkins
New York University
Fuller
Jacob D. Remsen
Isaac V. Baker
Rock
Vermont Line
Washington County
State Hospital
T. ©. Platt
Fear Hooker
Justice Hooker
Maurice Hooker
Fredonia
Higgins
Frank P. Ball
Ball
Senate
Sing Sing
Department of Prisons
Fight for Pure Judiciary Voices in Jamestown
In Jamestown New York on January 20 1913 a speaker urged Chautauqua County residents who helped elevate Warren B Hooker to the Supreme Court bench and pressed for an investigation leading to charges to the State Bar Association to continue the campaign for a pure judiciary.
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New York Times
Jamestown
N. Y
Chautauqua County
Warren B. Hooker
Supreme Court
State Bar Association
Index to departments and page references
An index lists department names and their page numbers including Commercial World on page 10 Amusements on page 9 Arrivals at Hotels and Out-of-Town Buyers on page 7 Business Troubles on page 11 Court Calendars on page 10 Marine Intelligence and Foreign Mails on page 10 New Corporations on page 10 Real Estate on page 14 Society on page 9 United Service on page 7 Weather Report on page 9 Yesterday's Fires on page 2.
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United Service
Weather Report
Quickest Line to Cleveland Train Schedule Fragment
Rail notes show a daily 7 18 extension move and a 8 00 P M Indi anapolis to St Louis leg. Text is fragmentary with unreadable timings and destinations.
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Cleveland
M. Dbncinna
Indienapolis
St. Lou
Jamestown Bar Association Chief Backed By President Stevens
Frank W. Stevens, president of the Jamestown Bar Association, expressed preference for the charges and supported the action.
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Frank W. Stevens
The
Jamestown Bar Association
Albany Fight Over Notary Law Sparks Constitutional Clash
Albany January 20 Minority Leader Palmer blasted that a bill by Kings Assemblyman Thanet to legalize James C Sheldon notary status while a legislator violates the Constitution. Palmer said the measure seeks to legalize clearly illegal acts. Sheldon retorted What’s the Constitution between friends.
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New York Times
Albany
Thanet of Kings
James C. Sheldon
Cattaraugus
Palmer
Mr. Palmer
Mr. Sheldon
Howard Goulds Coup Spurs Wabash Move In Pittsburgh
Howard Gould spends a busy day in Pittsburgh with Wabash officials to stop work on a switch at Bridgeville. He secures an injunction to halt Pennsylvania Railway activity and orders fast action with a special car and engine to Bridgeville, signaling a future high position with the Wabash.
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New York Times
Pittsburg
Howard Gould
West Side Belt Line
Gould
Bridgeville
Pennsylvania
Mr. Gould
Panhandle
Percy Tyler
Neeper
Fire hits Bronson varnish works in the Bronx
Mayhew W. Bronson, head of the Larchmont fire department, aided New York firefighters at a blaze in his varnish factory on One Hundred and Forty-first Street and Walnut Avenue. He alerted via a box, helped with hoses, and stayed to direct crews as the fire grew, causing about $5000 in damage. two Italian workers were questioned after giving conflicting statements.
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Mayhew W. Bronson
Millionaire Fire Department
Larchmont
New York
One
Forty-first Street
Walnut Avenue
Bronx
Mr. Bronson
MGR DOANE DIES SUDDENLY AT 75 IN NEWARK
George Hobart Doane longtime St Patrick's Cathedral Newark priest died suddenly at the parish house aged seventy five after three months of indigestion. Born in Boston in 1830 he was son of Bishop George Washington Doane and brother of Bishop William C Doane. He studied medicine before turning to priesthood, served as Vicar General acting Bishop of the diocese and wartime chaplain, and was a noted arts collector.
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New York Times
Newark
Mgr
George Hobart Doane
St. Patrick’s
Mer. Doane
Boston
George Washington Doane
Trinity Episcopal Church
Episcopal
New Jersey
William C. Doane
Albany
Jefferson College
Era
Grace Church
Mgr. Doane
St. Sulpice
Paris
Rome
Corrigan
Bull Run
Newark Free Public Lirary
Secret formula sale challenge at Omega Steel hearing
In New Haven and Supreme Court charges against Omega Steel receiver Charles Hudson are set for adjourned hearing next Friday. Stockholders allege the $500 bid for the secret steelmaking formula is a key company asset and contend Hudson seeks to retain control by selling to an unnamed third party. Judson's counsel declined to name the buyer, arguing the receiver acts in good faith.
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New Haven
Conn
Supreme Court
Charles Hudson
Omega Steel Company
Judson
Williams Plans Leadership Resignation After Army Billrow
John Sharp Williams tried to call a Democratic caucus to resign the minority leadership but Democrats withdrew their signatures. The move followed a split over an Army Appropriation amendment restricting pensions for retired officers serving a State, which passed 201 to 50 despite most Democrats opposing. Williams expressed disgust at Democratic unity or lack thereof as the caucus fizzled.
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New York Times
Washington
John Sharp Williams
Williams
Democratic Party
Congress
Miles
Military Affairs Committee
Massachusetts
Gen
Metropolitan Hotel
Lobster Pinch Fatal Claims Cook's Death
Otto Zimmerman a cook at Pabst's restaurant in New York died from blood poisoning after a lobster pinched his right hand while he attempted to put it into boiling water. He was found dead at Harlem Morgue yesterday the autopsy confirmed the cause. He lived at 569 East One Hundred Fifty-fifth Street and died on Wednesday.
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Otto Zimmerman
East One Hundred and Fifty-fifth Street
Harlem
Zimmerman
Pabst
Fifty-ninth Street
Eighth Avenue
HIGGINS ON CIVIL SERVICE POLICY
Albany reports Gov. Higgins met with the State Civil Service Commission to outline his approach to civil service. He said the law should be effectively and uniformly enforced, with discretion given to classification decisions and municipal commissions tasked with proper performance.
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Albany
State Civil Service Commission
Higgins
Testimony on Inga Hanson Defense By Rose Scent Evidence
Nurse Mrs White testified in Chicago on January 20 that Inga Hanson did not eat for a month and that she survived by breathing the odor of roses. She described crushing roses and inhaling the fragrance to stay braced, while keeping rose leaves around the bed.
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New York Times
Chicago
Inga Hanson
Lawson Predicts Peaceful Revolt Over Trusts in February
Boston dispatch reports Thomas W. Lawson says trusts will trigger a peaceful legal revolt by Americans in February. He claims to publish the prediction in Everybody's Magazine and asks readers to support by sending funds, noting his costs. He signs as Thos W Lawson at 87 Collectn. p. r. 12:10 a m.
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Times
New York
Boston
Mass
Everybody’s Magazine
Jimmy
Thos
W. Lawson
Rail service names and timing amid transit notes
Fragmentary notice lists trains and schedules including Fla. Speciel and Fla. & West Tadlan Ltd. with times 2 10 P M and 9 25 A M and references to Atlantic Coast Line and Broadway addresses. appears as a transit snippet without full context or complete details.
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Fla. Speciel
Fla. & West Tadlan Ltd
Een & & Atlantic Coast Line
Grace Church Buys Fleischmann Corner Property
The Grace Church corporation purchased the Fleischmanns bakery site once known as the bread line corner. The deal closed 24 hours after listing, with Grace Church paying with regular funds to invest and guard Broadway light and view. Future use uncertain, may suit church work or compatible structure.
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Grace Church Corporation
William H. Burgess
Fleischmann
Church
Broadway
Tenth Street
Grace Church
Memorial House
Fourth Avenue
William Rhinelander Stewart
John N. Golding
Take The Times Building Thefts Suspected
Sergt Fitzpatrick receives summons after Times Square patrol, as Policeman Kramer reports men attempting to steal steel from the Times Building. George Gardiner and Joseph Brown reportedly loaded 250 pound girders into a wagon and moved them to Eighth Avenue and Forty third Street before being held.
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Sergt. Fitzpatrick
West Fortyseventh Street
Kramer
Times Square
Times
Eighth Avenue
Fortythird Street
George Gardiner
Joseph Brown
Ex-Chinese Minister Wu Ting Fang in English Exile
Baltimore report states Wu Ting Fang, former Chinese minister in Washington, is banished and living in England not China. His second cousin Miss Wu Fang Ming, also an exile with a price on her head, claims Wu Ting Fang is safe in England and fears Chinese agents.
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New York Times
Baltimore
Wu-Ting Fang
Washington
China
England
Wu-Fang Ming
Miss Wu
Wu-Ting-Fang
American SLAIN IN MEXICO mining engineer J K Mackenzie killed by Indians
News from Mexico reports J K Mackenzie of Chicago a prominent mining engineer killed by Indians in Sonora five miles from Hermosillo while inspecting mines for Eastern capitalists. His wife is visiting Washington. Mackenzie worked in Chicago with Potter related to Secretary Morton who has shown interest in the case.
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J. K. MacKenzie
Washington
Mexico
Chicago
Sonora
Hermosillo
MacKenzie
Potter
Morton
Vanishing Highland Division Track At Storm Lake
Danbury Connecticut January 20. For the sixth time since completion a section about sixty feet long of the Highland Division track of the New York New Haven and Hartford Railroad at Storm Lake New York disappeared into the lake. Engineers believed a firm foundation was secured before today. Thousands of carloads of rock and earth were dumped into the place. As the embankment sank a small island appeared in the lake center away from the railroad then vanished. The disappearance is attributed to pressure of earth on lake mud.
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Danbury, Conn
Highland Division
New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad
Storm Lake
N. Y
Pinehurst Escape in Mild Bracing Climate
A brief travel note extols Pinehurst as a mild bracing retreat within a one night journey from New York. It suggests reaching the destination by Pullmans of the Southern Ry or Sea board Air Line for an advance advertisement style escape.
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Pinehurst
New York
Pullmans
Southern
Seaboard Air Line
Czar Menace by Revolution Strikes Rattle St Petersburg
The January uprising in Russia's capital saw thousands of workers parading, factories shut, and newspapers silenced as authorities bolster garrisons with troops. Father Gopon leads protests while calls for imperial response grow. concessions on labor conditions are sought amid fears of wider revolt.
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St. Petersburg
Father Gopon
Moscow
Kieff
Kharkoff
Kishineff
Alexandrovsky Machine Works
Steiglitz- Thornton
State Distillery
Keller and Beckman Distilleries
Russo-American Rubber Factory
Yukoff Soap Works
State Playing Card Factory
Vargouine Paper Mills
Atlas Machine Works
Wolf & Max's Printing Works
Imperial Glass Works
Arsenal
Striker Leader Gopon Skips Command After Reprimand
From St. Petersburg reports Father Gopon, head of the strike, refused a ministerial reprimand claiming ill health and workload. He says he organized the workmen under a Socialist label, then dropped the disguise after Interior minister de Plehve’s death and predicts a large demonstration with potential bloodshed. Nobles from Minsk petition Interior Minister Sviatopolk-Mirsky on his behalf.
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London
St. Petersburg
Father Gopon
de Plehve
To-Morrow
Droatsky
Sokolinsky
Diabanski
Kirsakoff
Shamansky
Minsk
Minister of the Interior
Sviatopolk-Mirsky
Equal Rights Question Replied by Minister
A note from the Minister states that the question of equal rights for all nationalities and classes in the empire has already been decided. No further action is indicated.
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Russia
Treason in the Czar's Army Exploding Neva Incident
The Times reports the Neva incident as a revolt hint rather than an accident. The military correspondent cites mobilized troops as having committed severe excesses beyond prior limits and notes artillery involvement as a key warning sign of mutiny. The described projectile is a tin cylinder with a leather handle containing 102 zinc balls weighing under two ounces each.
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THE
New York Times
London
the Times
Neva
Winter Palace gun incident stirs speculation amid strike fever
Reports on the January event at the Winter Palace describe a pistol shot or shell misfire that wounded palace surroundings. Grand Duke Sergius reports a grape charge misused by two men, one loading the gun and the other training it, with balls ricocheting around the imperial pavilion and statue of Alexander I. A special commission investigates. U.S. reports of Capt. Davidoff's death are unfounded.
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ST. Petersburg
Winter Palace
Sergus Michaelovitch
Sergius
Imperial
Alexander I
Khitrovo
Guards
United States
Capt
Davidoff
Strikers Appeal to the Czar in St. Petersburg
Readable excerpts show workers and families pleading before the Emperor for relief from poverty and repression. They demand investigation of their case, eight hour workday rights, and an end to brutal treatment, risking death rather than continued suffering. The petition calls for lifting limits on the people, freeing them from oppressive officialdom.
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Putiloff Iron Works
Ministry of Finance
George Gopon
Izvoschiks
Poltava
Gopon
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Associated Press
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