Four of Wilson's trust bills outlined in full text
The full texts of four of the five anti trust bills known as the Five Brothers were released by Chairman Clayton. They cover an Interstate Trade Commission, Interlocking Directorates, Sherman Law Definitions, and Trade Relations. A fifth bill concerns railway securities.
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New York Times
Washington
Wilson
Clayton
House Judiciary Committee
New
Interstate Trade Commission
Five Brothers
Tassis Ft
Adamson
Interstate Commerce Commission
F. G. Newlands
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Newlands
Henry L. Clayton
House of Representatives
House Interstate Commerce Committee
W. C. Adamson
Georgia
House
Interstate Commerce Committee
Judiciary Committee
Federal
Federal Reserve Banking System
Federal Reserve Banking Law
Iit
Atlantic Coast Line Ad Promises Air Freelectric Pullmans
Cuba Florida Charleston Augusta service advertises four daily trains with air freelectric lighted Pullmans and convenient schedules from 1218 Broadway.
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Cuba
Florida
Charleston
Augusta
Atlantic Coast Line
Officer Kills Music: Ans. Tragedy Near St Petersburg
Police report a fatal shooting at a night resort outside St Petersburg after Imperial Guard officers asked for the bill. Kolzakoff killed the choir master Sasha Stepanova in the dressing room and wounded others before a guitar player died at a hospital. Sasha later reportedly went insane.
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ST. Petersburg
Imperial Guard
Kolzakoff
Dediulin
Sasha Stepanova
Sasha
Kolzugather
Keff
Masalsky
Yuan appoints Rockhill as Chinese official
Vienna Jan 22 A St Petersburg report says Yuan Shih kai has won over former American minister W W Rockhill to accept a high post in the Chinese civil service. Rockhill, an old Yuan friend, is viewed as antagonistic to Russia and sailed from New York about two months ago. He planned to go to Mongolia and Central China to study conditions for the Asiatic Institute.
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Vienna
St. Petersburg
Peking
Foreign Office
Yuan Shih-kai
China
W. W. Rockhill
Mr. Rockhill
New York
Mongolia
Asiatic Institute of
Empress Eugénie Pays Off Old Debt on Champs Elysées
A Paris Chronicle reports a mourning lady about to give alms to a ragged old beggar when a policeman accuses her of begging. She explains they are settling an old account and hands the man 100 francs, then continues toward the Garden of the Tuileries with a small smile.
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Marconi
New York Times
London
Paris
Daily Telegraph
Champs Elysées
Eugénie
Garden of the Tuileries
Sleuths in Autos Trail Thieves Across City Night
Inspector Faurot led a 16 detective unit disguised as roughs leaving West Lond Street Station at 10 50 pm and returning at 1 20 am without capturing any suspects. The team used four mystery cars not from the police garage and headed toward the Bronx on a bid to trap auto thieves and fences connected with recent thefts in Lakewood Baltimore and this city.
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Inspector Faurot
West Lond Street
Police Department
Faurot
Lakewood
Baltimore
Amsterdam Avenue
Washington Bridge
Bronx
West 15d Street
New York Train Tickets On Sale With Dining Car Service
Advert shows tickets for round trips to New York via express mail routes. Sales open February 16 with trains each direction and sleeping cars. Dining car service, address 264 Fifth Avenue at corner 76th Street for details.
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New York
N. Y
Aye Ifee
Fifth Avenue
76Th Street
Wireless on Lackawanna train proves fast one to Times
The Delaware Lackawanna and Western Railway ran a special Civil Engineers train from Hoboken to Nicholson and back with reception of wireless telegraph messages by a Marconi operator. Messages were sent to The New York Times in six minutes from the moving train at about 64 to 75 mph. The run included inspection of the Tunhannock Viaduct and Clark Summit Hallstead cut off, with projected savings of 3.6 miles and $12 million cost. The demonstration confirms wireless utility for commercial messages and shows multiple new stations planned along the line.
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Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad
American Society of Civil Engineers
Hoboken
Nicholson
Penn
Broadway
Twenty-third
George A. Cullen
Lackawanna Road
NEW York Times
New York
Lackawanna Civil Engineers Special
Scranton
Cullen
Woolworth
Times Office
Marconi
The
Lackawanna
S. C.S
Phoebe Snow
Hunter McDonald
Pas
Sengers
Scranton Times
Ir. Truesdale
Lackawanna & Western Railroad Company
Mr. McDonald
Lackawanna Railroad
Clark's Summit
Halstead
William the Delaware
McDonald
Truesdale
David Sarnoff
Marconi Wireless Telegraph Company
Lake Hopatcong
N. J
Buffalo
Tunhannock
Clark’s Summit-Hallstead
How Experts Disagree Over Best Short Story
A Times feature surveys twenty four noted fiction writers and their opinions on the best short story in English. The piece captures sharp divisions among opinions about style, form, and what constitutes literary excellence.
Escapades of Chancellor’s Son Shake German Court
Berlin dispatch reports the Imperial Chancellor’s gloom tied to his eldest son’s financial escapades. A 50,000 mark bill signed by Prince Joachim prompted a cautious payment attempt, with the Chancellor seeking verification and telegraphing the Kaiser for permission to explain in Donaueschingen.
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Berlin
Hierr von Bethmann-Hollweg
Reichstag
Dresdner Bank
Indersen
Prince Joachim
Strassburg
Princhim
von Bethmann-Hollweg
Donaueschingen
Alsace-Lorraine
Paris
Germany
May Yet Control Weather in London Lecture
Sir Oliver Lodge told the Institute of Electrical Engineers that weather might be influenced by electricity. He proposed using electric discharge to clouds to induce rain or clear skies, suggesting a kite could reach the clouds to deliver charges and trigger droplet coalescence.
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London
Institute of Electrical Engineers
Oliver Lodge
Majestic Delayed by Strong Seas East of Sandy Hook
The Majestic of the White Star Line sent a wireless update stating it is 562 miles east of Sandy Hook at 11 16 AM and will reach port tomorrow morning after delays from strong westerly gates and mountainous head seas. Passengers include Mr and Mrs Francia B Sayre, son in law and daughter of President Wilson.
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White Star Line
Majestic
Sandy Hook
Cherbourg
Francia B. Sayre
Wilson
Age
Contest over land held by President Wilson in California
In January 1916 a protracted land dispute in the Coachella Valley pits President Woodrow Wilson against Homer L. Goddard over sixty acres deeded to the President by his wife. The case hinges on publication failures and alleged conspiracy involving local papers as witnesses in a complex chain of transfers and sales dating back to 1900.
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Coachella Valley
California
President Wilson
United States Land Office
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John T. King
Margaret Axson Elliott
Woodrow Wilson
Edward Elliott
Princeton University
Berkeley
Cal
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Wilson
King
Maud Compton Hensie
John L. Compton
Homer JL. Goddard
Los Angeles High School
Hensie
Salton Sea
State of California
Axson Elliott
Heavers
Government Land Office
Compton
News
Hansie
India
Thermal
Up-State Democrats Plan Move Against Murphy Regime
Albany January report details a planned statewide drive by up-State Democrats to oust Charles Murphy and reform the party structure. Leaders like Thomas Mott Osborne and James Smith press for a new chairmanship with William Osborn and seek Gov Glynn support to force resignations and a party realignment.
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New York Times
Albany
Tammany
Charles I. Murphy
Democratic State Committee
Buffalo
Murphy
Whitman
New York
Gov. Glynn
Thomas Mott Osborne
Auburn
Osborne
James Smith
Smith
Mr. Osborne
Capitol
Murphy Democrats
George M. Palmer
Democratic State League
Cleveland
Conners
League
Pantel F. Cohalan
Supreme Court
William Temple Emmet
Alton B. Parker
Morgan J. O'Brien
Cioverner
Mr. Smith
Louis P. Fuhrian
Wiliam Fr. Fitzpatrick
Witupatrick
Gov. Clyvnn
Tai
Bryan Aims at Senate Seat Stirs Democratic Talk
Washington January 22 Democrats in the Capitol discussed Secretary Bryan’s remark at a Democratic dinner that it had been his ambition since boyhood to sit in the United States Senate. He said his career had been built on a hope to reach the Senate.
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Washington
Capitol
Bryan
United States Senate
Senate
House Democrats Back Inquiry Into Mine Strikes
Washington Jan 22 Democrats vote 149 to 1 to have the House investigate strikes at Colorado coal mines and Michigan copper mines. The probe will be carried out by the House Committee on Mines and Mining chaired by Representative Foster of Illinois.
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Washington
Colorado
Michigan
House Democrats
House Committee On Mines and Mining
Foster
Illinois
Seven Times Denison Misses Secretary Post Again
San Francisco report details Winfred T. Denison awaiting telegrams about a Washington confirmation for President Wilson’s nomination as Secretary of the Interior for the Philippines. Denison repeats the ritual of reserving a stateroom, sending his trunk to the dock, and waiting in vain for sailing clearance. The sequence ends with another hotel room rent payment and no confirmation.
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San Francisco
Winfred T. Denison
Kongkong
Mr. Denison
Hner
Siberia
Washington
Wilson
The
Philippines
Senate
Through Hunting Now Hunter Wins Miss Flynn
In Trenton New Jersey on January 22 George W Curtin a restatement keeper mistook a hunting license for a marriage license. Reverend L D J Durgan of St Marys Bordentown corrected the error and the couple Mr and Mrs Curtin left for a honeymoon in Washington after the mix up was resolved by his brother Frank who obtained the proper form.
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New York Times
Trenton
N. J
George W. Curtin
LD. J. Durgan
St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church
Bordentown
Curtin
Josephine B. Flynn
Frank
Bryan Kind to Spain
Washington reports a plan to cancel the Maine memorial at Arlington on Feb 16 amid improving US Spain ties. Secretary Bryan opposed the move but relented. ceremonies will proceed with Navy Secretary Daniels delivering the principal address and other veteran and officer speakers.
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Washington
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Havana
Bryan
United States
Spain
Maine
Navy
Daniels
Grand Army of the Republic
Spanish War Veterans’ Association
President Will Not Consider Political Candidates for Fed Board
Washington dispatch reports President warns active campaigners for the new Federal Reserve Board will not receive consideration. He seeks efficient, satisfactory picks and hopes to appoint the board by month’s end, likening the task to forming a new Supreme Court.
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New York Times
Washington
Federal Reserve Board
Wil
Supreme Court
Congress
Sen
Man Commits Suicide in Penn Station Restroom
A man about years old shot himself in the men’s lavatory at Pennsylvania Station last night. He died before doctor arrival, his body taken to West Thirty-seventh Street Police Station. A pencil note expressed despair and intent to end life. No identification found. pockets held 47 cents, clippings, a whisky flask, and a magazine with a marked death article.
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Pennsylvania Station
Brewster
Pennsylvanian Railroad
West Thirty-seventh Street
Philadelphia
Ford Wages Campaign Aims to Keep Money in U S
The Ford Motor Company will not hire foreigners who send their savings to their homeland. Ford agents question workers about how they use money as part of the $5 daily plan. Secretary Klingensmith says the policy will not discriminate by nationality but will favor those who keep funds in the United States, especially Detroit.
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Spedal
New York Times
Detroit
Ford Motor Company
Old Country
Ford
United States
Klingensmith
Goelet to Fight for Sons in Divorce Case
Newport reports indicate Robert Goelet will contest his wife Elsie Whelan Goelet’s divorce and seek custody of their two sons. He is believed attached to the children and the suit may hinge on custody. Mrs Goelet reportedly plans to return from Europe, while Mrs Craig Biddle may join her sister.
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New York Times
Newport
Robert Goelet
Misa Elsie Whelan
Philadelphia
Ogden Troelet
Europe
Craig Biddle
France
Mrs Goelet Arrives in Daytona for Winter Stay
Mrs. Rob ert Goelet and her children reached Daytona from New York this afternoon and will lodge at the Winter home of C M Wilder at Daytona Beach likely staying through April 1. She declined to discuss details beyond saying she is pleased with the place.
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New York Times
Daytona
Fla
Robert Goelet
New York
Mirs. Goelet
M. Wilder
Daytona Beach
Graft system totters as indictments spread
The state graft probe expands with 26 indictments in Suffolk County on a highway graft inquiry led by John A. Hennessy. Bart Dunn of Dunbar Co and Spencer J. Stewart among the accused. Cortland sees indictments for William H. Kelley and Fay Parsons. Sulzer testifies before a grand jury while Murphy and Delaney denounce him as a liar.
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Senator O'Gorman
New York
Cortland
William H. Kelley
Democratic State Committee
Fay ©. Parsons
Cortland County
Democratic Committee
Suffolk County
John A. Hennessy
Bart Dunn
Tammany
Spencer J. Stewart
Charles F. Murphy
John If Delaney
Sulver
Murphy
Sulzer
Sulzer testimony ties conspiracy to graft probe and Gaffney case
The Grand Jury weighs Sulzer's claim that a May 1914 conspiracy at Celmonico's tied to the broad graft investigation. He links James E. Gaffney's alleged $155,000 attempt to shake down contractor James Stewart to Murphy and O Gorman involvement.
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Céelmonico’s
Supreme Court
Grand Jury
James E. Gaffney
James ©. Stewart
Whitman
Sulzer
Murphy
United States
O'Gorman
Jim Gaffney
Gaffney
James Co. Stewart
John H. Delaney
Suizer
Wagner
Frawley
Lanner
Rampsberger
New York
Senator O’ Gorman
Gaffney- Stewart
the Waldorf
Washington
Brand Jury
Gorman
Traffney
Sil
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Mine Workers
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William T. Truesdale
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W. C. Osborn
F. D. Roosevelt
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60Th St.— Ady
Denison
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Riverhead
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