Philanthropic plan flags radium hospitals in cancer fight
Washington dispatch reports Henry Phipps of Pittsburgh may back twenty cancer hospitals funded with radium and a $15 million endowment. Joseph M. Flannery told the House Mines and Mining Committee that a wealthy, unnamed friend envisages the project and would supply five grams of radium per institute. Radium prices and supply shape debate as Congress weighs mineral land policies and a post office rider fight.
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New York Times
Washington
Henry Phipps
Pittsburgh
Phipps
House Committee On Mines and Mining
Joseph M. Flannery
Standard Chemical Company of
Flannery
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore
Fhipps
Andrew Carnegie
Carnegie
Carnegie Steel Company
Fifth Avenue
New York
Committee On Mines and Mining
Lane
Representative Austin
Tennessee
Austin
Missouri
Howard A. Kelly
House Mines Committee
Federal Bureau of Mines
Foster-Ferris
Standard Chemical Company
Paradox Valley
Colorado
Cyclone Strikes Harlem district causing flying debris
A brief northwest wind cyclone hit Seventh Avenue at 125th Street with glass shattering and dust clouds. A pair of trousers was swept from a shop and carried to near a second story level before being caught by a policeman. Maple Leaf Dairy Lunch window shattered and people sought shelter. A wagon overturned at Mail Street and Broadway, sending John Cortse to Hudson Hospital. Weather notes report 44 degrees high and 22 low with colder weather expected tomorrow.
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125Th Street
Maple Leaf Dairy Lunch
124Th Street
Mail Street
Broadway
John Cortse
Hudson Hospital
Rescue of three from dory off Fort Schuyler by Fidelity
Two men and a woman were rescued from a water-logged dory near Fort Schuyler. Captains Sidney and Groves, aboard barges Lusitania and Laura laden with coal, were saved after rowing eight miles to Classon's Point for provisions. High wind and extreme cold left them unable to help themselves.
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Fidelity
Charities Department
Michael Hees
Davit
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Lusitania
Groves
Laura
Raymond
Ford Girls Get More Pay Under Ford Plan
Detroit January 21 The first payday under Ford Motor Company profit sharing shows women employees receive wages on par with men. Some wages doubled and all nearly doubled with no $5 minimum. About 650 women and girls work at the plant in light factory jobs and office stenography.
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New York Times
Detroit
Ford Motor Company
Henry Ford
Ford
Gilman Auto Fire After Streetside Explosion
Mrs Isaac Gilman and her daughter had just left a limousine on Forty fourth Street when an explosion and blaze erupted in the car near Delmonico s. The chauffeur escaped unhurt though his clothing burned slightly as nearby engines and other vehicles moved away from danger.
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Isaac Gilman
West
Gilman
Kuhn-Loeb Secures All New State Bonds
Kuhn Loeb announces the sale of state bonds attracting 467 bids totaling 288 million dollars. The issue is grossly oversubscribed and the firm says the strong demand will stimulate investment buying.
Panama Canal bonds set record bid by Kuhn Loeb
Albany Jan 21 1914 Controller Lohmer completed the largest US state bond sale awarding 51 million in canal and highway bonds to a Kuhn Loeb Read & Co syndicate at 106 077 premium 3 099 million non taxable gold payable in fifty years at 4 percent interest total bids 467 for 288 million first and only all or none bid highest.
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New York Times
Albany
Lohmer
Kuhn, Loeb & Co
William A. Read & Co
New York City
Kuhn-Loeb-Read
Executive Chamber
Glynn
Martin H. Glynn
Wall Street
Gilbert Eliott & Co
Guaranty Trust Company
Forbes, Harris & Co
Lee, Higginson & Co. Potter, Choate & Prentice, White, Weld & Co
J. P. Morgan & Co
Morgan
Safety at Sea and the Law
Steamship expert Paul Gottheil praises the London Congress work and pending Washington proposals, warning of dangers ahead. A striking photograph of the Cobequid rescue near Nova Scotia will appear in next Sunday's Times Pictorial Section.
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Paul Gottheil
Washington
Nova Scotia
Hoboken Recorder Trial Uses Silver Palate Treatment on Smokers
Recorder John J. McGovern led an experiment at City Hall Hoboken where doctors applied nitrate of silver to the palates of about fifty men and boys seeking to quit smoking. The procedure caused coughing and facial discomfort but was presented as a potential cure with prescriptions and gentian chewing to curb the habit. The Recorder aims to expand the program to schools if successful, citing a high rate of juvenile cigarette addiction.
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Hoboken
The
Recorder
Joseph Longhnan
John Grennelli
Board of Education
Cerman
Anti-Cigarette League
Chicago
Goelet Divorce Filing Seeks Custody of Children
Mrs. Robert Goelet, formerly Elsie Whelen of Philadelphia, files for divorce from Robert Goelet in Newport alleging extreme cruelty. She seeks alimony and custody of Ogden 6 and Peter 3, with hearing set for February 18. case handled by Tillinghast Collins for Samuel Untermyer.
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New York Times
Newport
R. I
Robert Goelet
New York
Goelet
White House
Rhode Island Avenue
Ogden Goelet
Elsie Whelen
Philadelphia
Henry Clews, Jr
Bailey's Beach
Alexander Michaelovitch
Russia
Joan Astor
Waterbury House Afire in East Thirty Eighth Street Town Home
Smoke from the top floor of Lawrence Waterbury’s townhouse at 182 East Thirty eighth Street drew a quick Fire Department response after a passerby alerted police. A chimney fire in the housekeeper’s rooms was extinguished as Waterbury, soon to captain America’s polo team, watched fire crews rip up walls then resumed preparing for dinner out.
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Lawrence Waterbury
East
MacDonald
Mr. Waterbury
America
Modjeski Seeks Divorce in Portland From Felicie Modjeski
Ralph Modjeski, Chicago civil engineer famed for major bridges, files for divorce in Portland charging desertion. He notes he married Felicie Modjeski in New York in 1885, mentions her trips to Poland and departure to Europe in 1910, with her return in 1912 and their subsequent estrangement.
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Portland
Ore
Ralph Modjeski
Chicago
Modjeski
Mme. Modjeska
Felicie Modjeski
New York
America
Poland
Europe
Culom Predicts Lincoln Memorial Contract Signing
Washington January 21 ex Senator Shelby M Cullom of Illinois, age 84, said he expects the Lincoln memorial project to be completed and the contract signed before his death. His physicians give little hope, though his mind remains clear at times, amid a years long fight over marble selection and memorial funding.
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New York Times
Washington
Abraham Lincoln
Shelby M. Cullom
Illinois
Lincoln Memorial
Culham
Congress
Memorial Commission
Senate
Writer Anna Forsyth Named Aurora Policewoman in Exam
Special to The New York Times from Chicago reports Anna Forsyth, writer for Chicago and New York papers and author of Seven Times a Servant, appointed Aurora policewoman after ranking highest in a competitive exam. A church society recently spurred an “Aurora after dark” inquiry, and a sensational hay report boosted demand for a policewoman.
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New York Times
Chicago
Anna Forssyth
New York
Aurora
Hay
Suffrage Speech Delays Vote In Senate
Senator Ashurst of Arizona urged a constitutional amendment for woman suffrage but the moment to vote passed after a long speech. Senator Gallinger and Radical Republicans backed the measure and urged a vote, yet the Alaska Railway bill was then taken up, delaying further action.
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New York Times
Washington
Ashurst
Arizona
Senate
Gallinger
New Trampshire
Myer Nomination Bitterly Opposed by Burke
Otto R Myer faced sharp Republican and Democratic scrutiny as his Senate confirmation for Receiver of Public Moneys at Dickinson North Dakota drew opposition from John Burke Treasury Secretary and ex governor. Burke testified Myer’s hotel liquor violations persisted after he left the trade.
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Washington
Otto R. Myer
Dickinson
N. D
Senate
John Burke
United States
Wilson
Burke
North Dakota
Myer
Man Rolled In Snowball In Mass Train Yard
Peabody Massachusetts January 21 1930s Alexnader McGregor an elderly man was rolled through wet snow in front of a locomotive for 150 feet and found inside a snowball about eight feet in diameter. He was seriously injured when help arrived.
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Peabody
Mass
Alexander McGregor
Tie
MARCONI LINE SHIP POSITION REPORTED NEAR ATLANTIC
Copenhagen to New York ship Liss 8s8 Oscar M of Scan Dinavian American Line was 520 miles east at noon due Did forenoon. Louis Martin a leading French restaurant on Broadway at 60th Street advances.
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Marconil Wireliss
Oscar M
Copenhagen
New York
Louis Martin
Broadway
60Th St
Troubles of the Goelets in divorce case at issue
Samuel Untermyer, representing Mrs. Goelet, attended the Irving Place Theatre for the American premiere of Schnitzler's Professor Bernhardi as divorce papers in Rhode Island move forward. The complaint cites extreme cruelty and alleged misbehavior. Mr. Goelet remains unaware of service, with papers to be served in New York as potential details unfold.
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Harvard
Church of St. Mary
Wayne
Philadelphia
Alice Roosevelt
Frances Griscom
Adelaide Jordan
Esther White Harrison
Pauline Biddle
Edith Bruen
Marion Haven
Nora Iselin
Ogden Mills
Rhode Island
Goelet
Knickerbocker Club
New York
Newark
Mr. Goelet
Higden Goelet
Jail Doctor Faces Ethical Crossroads In Brain Surgery Case
Cook County jail physician Dr. Thomas Hogan chooses to operate on Andrew Oleson to save his life after Oleson shot his wife and then self inflicted a head wound. The procedure risks destroying his mind but could prevent his death. If he survives, Oleson may face trial for murder.
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Chicago
Cook County
Andrew Oleson
Oleson
Thomas Hogan
Hogan
Verdict Finds Husband Guilty for Alienation of Affections
Mrs. Rosa Parella sued Julia Garrity for $5,000 in the New York Supreme Court. The jury initially found the husband guilty of misconduct and awarded $4, which Justice Gavegan called impossible and corrected after the defendant did not appear.
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Julia Garrity
Justice Gavegan
Supreme Court
Gavegan
Nutt Aims to Break Transcontinental Record for Ill Mother
H G Nutt general manager of the Salt Lake Railroad left for Brookline Mass to reach his dying mother. He travels in a private car attached to a fast transcontinental train and wired ahead to speed every change. Taxicabs await him in Chicago and New York and a high speed car will convey him to Brookline.
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Los Angeles
Brookline
Mass
Boston
H. G. Nutt
Salt Lake Railroad
Navy shifts Admiral Howard from Asiatic to Pacific fleet
Secretary Daniels canceled the order appointing Rear Admiral Thomas Howard to command the Asiatic fleet and reassigned him to the Pacific. Admiral Howard welcomed the move arguing it spares him possible friction with Filipinos over a controversial dinner incident. An order relieving Rear Admiral Walter Cowles and appointing him to the Asiatic fleet followed. President Wilson’s stance on the change was seen as bolstering his popularity in the Philippines.
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Spenal
New York Times
Washington
Daniels
Thomas
Howard
Philippines
Wilson
Pacific
Asiatic
Walter (. Cowles
Missing 17 year old girl Rose Lipson
Seventeen year old Rose Lipson of 74 Canal Street Stapleton is missing after fleeing home Monday night with a dress suitcase of clothing. Her father did not hear from her until Tuesday morning and a general alarm was requested last night. Friends say she may have gone toward Porta Plea.
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Rose Lipson
Canal Street
Stapleton
Poties
Eirl
Porta Pleo
Sulzer Reveals Graft Tales in Grand Jury Probe
Former Governor Sulzer testified under subpoena in the Whitman John Doe inquiry, waiving immunity and detailing graft in state contracts. He named Murphy and Stewart among others, described an “Invisible Government” influence, and explained a telegram to the Canal Board about bid actions.
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Whitman
John Doe
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Tammany Hall
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Clark
Embree
Supreme Court
Murphy
Stewart
Gorman
James Stewert
George Gordon Batt
Whittman
Salter
Western
Juimea
Stewart & T‘o
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TSA
Sulzers
James F. Gaffner
Mr. Whitroan
George H. McGuire
Deeds
McGuire
Canal Board
Stewart & Co
Mellutre
Charles I. Murphy
John JH. Delaney
Delaney
Morning Telegraph
Trme
Broadway
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