Ford Appeals to Industrial Commission on Ford Plan Profits
Henry Ford testified before the Federal Commission on Industrial Relations in Detroit about his profit sharing plan. He claimed a 15 to 20 percent gain in worker efficiency and higher earnings, with incentives tied to hours and wages, while outlining eligibility and payout structures for different employee classes.
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Henry Ford
Detroit
Federal Commission On Industrial Relations
Ford
Ford Company
Quesne
Missing executor and $250000 from Mrs Quincey estate
Surrogate Court papers show Charles E. Quincey Jr seeks letters of administration as Dowd Willis Bruce, the estate’s sole executor, and $250,000-plus estate has dwindled to about $300. Dowd is missing after evasive actions across Washington, Atlantic City, and Philadelphia. a 1913 writ of attachment failed to locate him. TheWill’s trustee, Rev. D. Morgan, was directed to pay $25,000 yearly to the son, with no payments made.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florence Belle Quincey
Charles E. Quincey, Jr
Broadway
Charlies E. Quincey
Willis Bruce Dowd
Tammany
Dowd
Young Quincey
John Theall
Wall Street
Quincey
Theall
Washi D. C
Wilson
Atlantic City
Indelphia
Charles E. Quincey Jr
Cohalan
Sute
Supreme Court
William Cocher
Tate
Tennessee
Beecher
Steen Quincey
Deputies Face Murder Charge Over Roosevelt Plant Shooting
Twenty eight deputy sheriffs were arrested in Roosevelt New Jersey on murder in the first degree charges for firing on striking fertilizer workers. Two workers died and 160 deputies were present at the scene as prosecutors planned grand jury action. Federal investigators with the Industrial Relations Commission reported being turned away at the Liebig plant gate. Local officials called for a cleanup of guards and an inquiry into the shooting.
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Roosevelt
N. J
Lawlor
New Brunswick
Houghton
Florance
Middlesex County
Perth Amboy
Woodville
Williams & Clark
Liebig & Co
American Agricultural Chemical Company
Recorder Lawlor
New Jersey
New York
Middlesex County Grand Jury
Trenton
Gov. Fielder
Attorney General
Mr. Fiorance
Patrick F. Gill
Daniel T. O'Regan
Federal Industrial Relations Commission
Liebig
Mr. O'Regan
Geerd
O'Regan
Walsh
Commission
Patty
Alesandro
Alexian Brothers
Elizabeth
Joseph A. Hermann Ofvelt
Zeppelin Rumor Suppressed in Norfolk County and Channel
London reports of a fresh Zeppelin raid into Norfolk County proved unconfirmed after inquiries. Cromer police found the aircraft rumor unsubstantiated while Dover Deal and Folkestone authorities said the Channel sighting story had no truth. Scotland Yard concluded there was no evidence of an attack.
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New York Time
London
Norfolk County
Cromer
Fleet Street
Daily Mail
Dover
Deal
Folkestone
Scotland Yard
The
Daily Chronicle
King’s Lynn
Norfolk
Zeppelina
Dacia To Sail With Cotton Cargo From Galveston
Galveston Texas January 22 The steamship Dacia will sail for Rotterdam via Norfolk at daylight tomorrow. Cargo of 11 000 square bales of cotton valued at 880 000 dollars is to be reshipped to Bremen. Hatches sealed by the Collector of the Port. Freight rate five 50 a bale. Captain George McDonald commands a crew of 31 all Americans. Britain may consider the vessel a prize of war.
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Galveston
Texas
Rotterdam
Norfolk
Bremen
George McDonald
Great Britain
Alsace fighting grows violent near St Mihiel and coast
London reports violent fighting in Hartmanns Weiler northeast of Thann toward Colmar as French and German forces clash. Paris notes great ferocity with some German positions reportedly held, while Near St Mihiel French claim gains and German trenches loosened. Dutch reports say heavy shelling near Nieuport and Sluis amid rain and floods.
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London
Hartmanns-Weiler
Thann
Colmar
Paris
Berlin
War Office
Dannemarie
Altkitachments
Pré@tre
Bertin
St. Mihiel
Toe loss valued at one thousand dollars in Brooklyn suits
Two juries in Justice Blackmar's court awarded damages for toe and finger losses. George W. Rothenhausen won a finger verdict against Art Chandelier and Bronze Co of Manhattan. Nancy Ericson sued Audley Clarke Co for injuries after a bicycle collision on Fifteenth Street and Eighth Avenue in July 1918. the finger belonged to a map and the toe to a 17 year old girl. The jury awarded Ericson one thousand dollars.
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Justice Blackmar
Supreme Court
Brooklyn
George W. Rothenhausen
Art Chandelier and Bronze Company
Manhattan
Nancy Ericson
Audley Clarke Company
Church gains in 1914 communicants and baptisms
The Living Church census shows 1,016,000 communicants in 1914, with 67,8 baptisms and 465,261 Sunday school pupils. No. of marriages reached 27,137 and burials 48,079. total church contributions were $19,736,578, marking a 2.8 percent rise in communicants.
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Spedal
New York Times
Milwaukee
Wis
Gerry
Snall
Miss Harriman Loses Prize Purse on Fifth Avenue
Miss Carol Harriman daughter of the late E H Harriman lost a gold and platinum purse on Fifth Avenue yesterday afternoon. The purse is set with sapphires and contains a smaller gold purse engraved with Harriman and Morgan Harjes Co Paris. A reward is offered for its return to Miss Harriman at 1 East Sixty ninth Street in today’s Times.
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Carol Harriman
E. H. Harriman
Fifth Avenue
Morgan, Harjes & Co
Paris
Miss Harriman
East Sixty-ninth Street
TIMES
Georgia lynching shocks Arlington community
On January 22 in Arlington Georgia Peter Morris a Black man charged with murdering a farmer was taken from the Harry County Sheriff and lynched by an mob, erasing due process in a violent act.
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Arlington
Peter Morris
Harry County
Snow Disrupts Theatre Crowds and Travel
The Weather Bureau warned of a storm that began in Indiana and moved toward the coast. Snow fell heavily delaying theatre crowds and making walking difficult as rain or snow was expected to follow with temperatures around 28 degrees at midnight.
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Weather Bureau
New York
Hatteras
New England
Indiana
Thaw Arrives in New York for Matteawan Case Trial
Ex District Attorney Jerome and Sheriff Hornbeck depart for Concord New Hampshire with warrants as Harry K Thaw heads to Grand Central on the Merchants Limited to face extradition. Thaw’s mother Mary Thaw accuses Jerome and calls for his release on bail next Friday.
Thaw to Be Taken to New York on Liberty Fight
Special to The New York Times Manchester New Hampshire January Harry Kendall Thaw plans to go to New York City tomorrow night to begin another bid for liberty. Officials expect to hand him to New York State authorities in Concord by around 11 am and he will ride to Boston to board the 4 00 express to New York. Thaw has been isolated in Manchester and speaks of confidence in Sheriff Drew and Deputy Stevens while noting his periodic conversations with newspaper men. Supporters in New Hampshire anticipate a farewell demonstration as Thaw’s journey to Boston and onward to New York is arranged.
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Ford
W. Perkins
United States Steel Corporation
Samuel Gompers
Walter Drew
National Erectors’ Association
Gompers
Drew
Walsh
Mr. Ford
Commission
Ford Motor Company
New York Times
Manchester
N. H
Harry Kendall Thaw
New York City
New York State
Concord
Boston
William Travers Jerome
New York
Drew and Mr. Stevens
Coos County
Stevens
New Hampshire
White Mountains
Mount Washington
Thaw
Seaboard Florida Limited Advertisement Snippet
Seaboard Florida Limited timetable fragment lists 2 08 PM departure to Florida via Savannah Columbia and Camden with best equities noted in the ad.
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Seaboard Florida
Florida
Savannah
Columbia
Camden
Police Power Debate Shrinks Mayor Role in New York
Ex police officials and civic groups pressed for police control by the five borough district attorneys or the Appellate Division, arguing the present system under the mayor breeds politics. Dooley urged longer tenure for the commissioner and criticized backroom saloon limits as hampering police work. The committee plans another session next Wednesday.
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Robert E. Dooley
Coney Island
Five Boroughs
Supreme Court
Dooley
Hiotel Martinique
Rosenthal
Mitchel
Gaynor Bee
Brooklyn
Charles Dillon
District Attorney's Office
Greenwich Village
Bernard Gostegner
Simutlr
Dennis Ward
Theoard
Board of Education
Department of Health
Gary Mill to Reopen Amid Job Expansion in Gary
The Gary rail mill in Gary Indiana, closed for three months, will reopen February 4. The Illnois Steel Company announces the plant will add 1,500 workers to the current 3,000, with other departments hiring in the coming weeks.
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Kinois Steel Company
Gary
Ind
Illnota Steel Company
Women Wear Field Gray in New Spring Styles
German tailors and dressmakers met at Frankfort to decide on the new Spring fashions. They decree field gray the prevailing color and a military style cut. Footwear features heavy brown military leather and hats follow military patterns.
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NEW York Times
Copenhagen
London Daily News
Frankfort
German Press Hails Raid On English Towns
Berlin based reports quote German papers praising the East Coast raid as a response to Britain's naval block and commerce disruption. They claim airships will strike English harbors and warehouses while defending actions justify bombardment under wartime norms. Admiral von Tirpitz defends the Scarborough raid by citing ship damage and opposing shore fire.
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New York
Rotterdam
Gase
England
Berlin
Germany
Hamburger Fremdenblatt
Hamburger Nachrichten
France
Russia
the Hague
Scarborough
von Tirpitz
Dutch Probe Zeppelin Flight Over Netherlands
The Netherlands government directs its minister to Germany to investigate reports that a Zeppelin violated Dutch neutrality. A Friesland telegram says a Zeppelin over the province January 19 appeared to lose its way, cruising for about thirty minutes before its route continued.
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Hague
London
Netherlands
Germany
Friesland
Million British in France by March plans
A Times report from London estimates Britain will deploy about one million troops to the western front by March. It states that by year end Britain had 500 000 in France with 30 000 Indian troops and a further 80 000 new army, 120 000 territorials, and notes some overseas deployment.
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France
Belgium
London
Britain
Africa
Egypt
England
Allies Discuss Multi-Billion Franc Loan Plan In Paris
In Paris a Paris conference with British Chancellor Lloyd George and French Russian ministers planned a joint loan of up to 1 1 1 billion francs at 3 1 2 percent. In Berlin the Turkish Parliament authorized mobilization credits of 190 million dollars and floated 25 million at 6 percent.
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Paris
David Lloyd George
Alexandre Ribot
P. Bark
Finance Time
Berlin
London
Constantinople
Tageblatt
Enver Pasha Orders Enemies Shot Amid Turkish Mutiny
Dispatch from Petrograd reports a mutiny in the Turkish Army with Enver Pasha ordering executions of several enemies including seventeen officers who had distinguished themselves in the Balkan War. The Constantinople peace party led by the sultan’s heir faces opposition from Von der Goltz Pasha who orders arrests.
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New York ‘Times
Petrograd
London Daily News
Odessa
Enver Pasha
Peace Party
Constantinople
Yussuf Ed Din
von der Goltz Pasha
Will Win Long War Says Von Moltke
Berlin dispatch reports Lieut. Gen. Count von Moltke, former Army Chief, predicting a prolonged war. He cites Emperor Wilhelm II's heavy burden to pledge blood and insists German victories in Poland and collapsing Russian ro nasses justify sustained conflict and ultimate victory.
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von Moltke
Berlin
Amsterdam
London
Count von Moltke
Emperor Wiilliam
Poland
All Together Round Rubber Pipe and Tobacco Ad
Local ad from Schulte Stores promotes the All Together Round Rubber pipe and tobacco item with brief storefront mention. The short promotional snippet emphasizes availability at the Schulte Stores.
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Schulte
German HQ Forced From Altkirch Flooded Valleys
In Alsace region floodwaters flood the valleys near Altkirch and Thann. German headquarters in a business building moved to heights. French troops near Thann hold a strong position and shell Germans through the day. Prince Elic Friedrich arrives at Millhausen with a large suite and stays at the Koechlin villa. Heavy artillery fighting reported around Cernay and Thann as frozen ground worsens shell wounds.
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Geneva
Paris
Altkirch Sundgau
Coun
Suisse
Ili
Larg
Altkirch
Thann
Elic Friedrich
William
Millhausen
Koechlin
America
Berne
Farie
Cernay
Alsace
Kaiser Relative Captive Put in Camp in France
Paris reports Cavalry Captain Uhde, a relative of the Kaiser, has been sent to a concentration camp on espionage charges. Papers in the case are with the general commanding the fifteenth Corps. Uhde owns a villa at Almanare near Hyéres and is accused of spying on French fleet movements at Toulon. His privileges end as he is detained with fellow Germans.
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New York Times
Paris
The
Petit Journal
Uhde
Fifteenth Corps
Almanare
Hyéres
Toulon
Prisoners’ Freedoms in Dragulanan Sparks French Alarm
The Intransigeant reports German officers held as prisoners in Dragulanan southern France are allowed free movement on parole and behave insolently. They allegedly walk the streets, and recently entered a shop selling postcards depicting German atrocities, insulted the proprietor, and demanded removal of the cards from the window. The paper questions whether Draguignan’s district remains French or has become a German prize.
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New York Times
Paris
Dragulanan
France
Draguignan
Pacifist dies of wounds in Paris hospital
Paris dispatch reports the death in a German hospital of Jean Baptiste Semanez former mayor of St Gervais. He and Jayes were active peace advocates in the socialist movement capitalizing on anti war sentiment amid postwar tensions.
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NEW York Times
Paris
Jean Baptiste Semanez
St. Gervais
Jayes
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W.B. Dowd
Sunday Times
the Times
Man Walsh
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Ger
Mans
LE Pretre
Belgian
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Farmer
Grand Central Station
Cord, N. H
Jerome
Slayer
Harry K. Thaw
Merchants’ Limited
New Haven Road
Matteawan
United States Supreme Court
Fred ©. Hornbeck
Dutchess County
Mary Copley Thaw
Pittsburgh
Stanford White
Mansea
Jusce ‘Davis
Ures
Gary Mill
Zeppelin
Holland
Kaiser
Pacifist
Socialist
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