Rockefeller Jr Testifies on Colorado Labor Policy at Hearing
John D. Rockefeller Jr spoke for five hours to the Federal Commission on Industrial Relations at City Hall. The hostile audience included I W W and Socialists as he defended his role as Director and argued labor issues were the responsibility of executive officials, not directors. He detailed stock and company figures but avoided social policy questions, stressing prudent management and the duties of Colorado Fuel and Iron Company executives.
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John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Federal Commission On Industrial Relations
Council Chamber
Colorado
Colorade Fuel and Iron Company
Rockefeller
Colorado Company
Fuel and Iron Company
Waeilsh
New York
Denver
Walsh
Sherewith
Whitman Asked to Oust Mitchel and Woods in Sunday Law Clash
A petition from the Anti-Saloon League to Gov. Whitman urged removal of Mayor Mitchel and Police Commissioner Woods for failing to enforce Sunday liquor laws. It also calls for a Police Department investigation after inspectors found 721 saloons open last Sunday. The governor acknowledged receipt but declined to act tonight.
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New York,Times
Albany
Mitchel
Woods
Whitman
Anti-Saloon League
The
League
William H. Anderson
Mrs Castle Missing From Watch Your Step Performance
Reports claimed Mrs Vernon Castle would not appear with husband again. The New Amsterdam Theatre showed Mae Murray in the tonight’s performance and a convalescent Mrs Castle was not seen at 120 Lexington Avenue home queries. Mr Castle dismissed the rumors as silly.
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Vernon Castle
New Amsterdam
Mae Murray
Castles
Lex
Foreclosure Bid Set for Four States Coal Properties
The New York Times reports Pittsburgh officers seek foreclosure and sale of fourteen million dollars in Four States Coal and Coke Company properties and its Pittsburgh Buffalo subsidiary after a meeting of stockholders. Bank officials are accused of blocking reorganization plans while preferred stockholders’ committee raises objections. Several lenders hold loans secured by the coal company stock.
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New York Times
Pittsburgh
Four States Coal and Coke Company
burgh-Buffalo Company
Harrison Nesbit
J. D. Aye
Pitts
Bank of Pittsburgh
Stoner
Vely
Severa Ures
Coal Company
Election Day at Sing Sing Casts Inmate Ballots
One thousand five hundred Sing Sing inmates voted today for executive members of the Golden Rule Brotherhood and for five trial judges to interpret prison rules. Voting ran from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Delegates from prison industries collected ballots and will tally tomorrow. Warden Osborn's custom kept candidate names private.
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Ossining
N. Y
Sing Sing
Golden Rule Brotherhood
Osborne
Camino Escapes Rocks Off Halifax In Save Effort
The disabled American steamer Camino, seven miles off Chebucto Head, faced possible drift onto rocks as heavy seas and broken hawsers hampered rescues. Wind shifted southwest, Camino reached anchorage and is believed out of danger. Three rescue steamers remain nearby with rock ets and lines. Camino carries relief supplies from California for the Belgians.
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Spedal
New York Times
Halifax
Chebucto Head
Camino
California
Beloit Hypnosis Claims Restored Sight in Student
Beloit Wisconsin January report says Prof Karl T Waugh of Beloit College psychology and philosophy department hypnotized Fay H Chase a River Forest IL sophomore. Ten minutes of tuning fork suggestion left her with sight returning from total blindness, first red glare then room details, snow and trees outside, and stair descent observed.
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New York Times
Beloit
Wis
Karl T. Waugh
Beloit College Psychology and Philosophy
Fay H. Chase
River Forest
Minsky Walone
Transcontinental telephone link celebrated by Bell and Watson
Historic 4 750 mile long distance call linked New York San Francisco with Bell in New York and Watson in San Francisco. The event included messages between Presidents Wilson and Moore and mayors of New York and San Francisco as observers. Bell and Watson demonstrated the first continent spanning voice transmission and recalled their 1876 Boston Cambridge test.
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Alexander Graham Bell
Thomas A. Watson
Cambridge
Boston
New York
San Francisco
Dr. Bell
Mr. Watson
Washington
Jekyl Island
Wilson
Moore
Theodore N. Vail
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Jeky Island
Mr. Vail
New
Vaill
Dey Street
Madras
Isco
John J. Carty
Mr.atson
York
Jekyl
Islad
San
Francisco
Watson
Bell
Mr. Bell
Mitchel
Roth
Mayor
Bay
Perama
McAneny
Board of Aldermen
Prendergast
State Loses Big Tax On Wendel Estate Inheritance Case
The late John Gottloib Wendel, owner of Manhattan real estate valued at 80 to 100 million dollars, transferred most of his property to his four sisters before dying on November 20, 1914. The transfer could erase an inheritance tax approaching four million dollars if the full estate remained untaxed. The State Controller’s office and Wendel’s lawyers debate how much property was shifted and when, with death and illness cited as context. The sisters named are Miss Mary E. A. Wendel, Miss Georgiana G. R. Wendel, Miss Ella V. von E. Wendel, and Mrs. Rebecca A. D. Wendel Swope.
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John Gottloib Wendel
Manhattan
Betveen
Wendel
Thompson, Ross & Warren
Broadway
Francis A. Winslow
Boardman
Winslow
Wentel
Wenel
Westchester
Ella V.von E. Wendel
Rebecca A.D. Wendel
John Jacob Astor
Santa Pos
Cal
Mary. E. A. Wendel
Georgiana G. R. Wendel
Ella V. von E. Wendel
Rebecca A. D. Wendel Swope
Yacht Idler Sinks. 15 Believed Lost After Gale
The schooner Idler owned by J. P. Jefferson of Warren Pennsylvania sank after being driven on the Diamond Shoals near Cape Hatteras. Lifesavers witnessed the break up as heavy seas prevented aid. Capt Robert H Harding and fourteen crew members are feared lost. The Sem inole cutter reached the wreck too late. Jefferson and companions await in Havana. The cruise planned would take in the West Indies Central America and the South Pacific. The 117 foot six inch vessel built in 1901 weighed 89 tons and carried a 100 horsepower motor.
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J. P. Jefferson
Warren
Penn
Diamond Shoals
Cape Hatteras
Marconi Company
Robert H. Harding
United States Revenue Cutter
Seminole
Jefferson
Southern Pacific
Havana
Cuba
Harding
West Indies
Central America
Panama Canal
South Pacific
Robert Lous Stevenson
T. Sloane
The
New
Henry York Yacht Club
Auto Hits Elderly Couple on City Sidewalk
William M. Abbott 76 and Mrs Nordgreen were struck when Kile truck swerved to avoid another car and crippled onto the sidewalk at Eighth Avenue and Twenty-second Street. Abbott suffered a fractured skull and internal injuries. Nordgreen's right leg was broken. both expected not to recover. Chauffeur Henry W. Simms was detained despite his explanation. Abbott lived at the Allaire with wife and niece Miss Winifred Schultz. Schultz reported a $175 gold watch and chain missing after the crash.
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Eighth Avenue
Twenty-second Street
Knec
William M. Abbott
Allaire
Westenty-first
West Twenty-first Street
Miss Schultz
West Twentieth Street
Nordgreen
Saugate
Crew Starved Six Days After Shipwreck Rescue
The British bark Michel Berinton crew of ten and Captain Waldemar and his relatives endured six days without food or water after a wreck on January 9. A wave split the ship on January 12 before the Manzanillo arrived at Santiago Cuba with survivors. They were taken to a hospital under British Consul care. condition serious but improving.
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New York Times
Santiago
Cuba
Ward
Manzanillo
Michel V. Berinton
Mobile
Genoa
Waldemar
Wealthy Pasadena youth enlists in the Navy
Donald Murphy aged 19 son of A M Murphy of Pasadena, enlists for three years in the U S Navy. He and his parents visited the Mare Island recruiting office in Los Angeles before his enlistment after passing the required physical and mental exams. He is a recent graduate of Denma High School.
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New York Times
Los Angeles
Cal
Donald Murphy
A. M. Murphy
Pasadena
Mare Island
San Francisco
Navy
Youngs Murphy
Naval Recruiting Office
Spring’ Street
Mobil
Santa Fé Statidny
Murphy
Dena High School
Black Hand threat ends with shooting at Italian tailor
Andrew Postiglione a West 153rd Street tailor is ambushed near Trinity Cemetery after receiving Black Hand letters for a year. He fired at his pursuers from the cemetery shelter, was hit by a grazing bullet, then revived at Washington Heights Hospital. Police detained him for carrying a revolver without a permit.
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Broadway
Weidig
West 152d Street
Trinity Cemetery
McCarton and
Donohue
Andrew Postiglione
West Lsd Street
Brooklyn
Ld Street
Lexington Avenue
Postiglione
Steam roller in state assembly targets two Democrat offices
Albany January 29. The Assembly passed Thorn’s bill to abolish the Department of Efficiency and Economy, and Hinman’s bill to oust Fire Marshal Thomas Ahearn, both Democrats. Votes 06 to 36 and 39 to 38. Bills now go to the Senate as Republicans push a broad reorganizational agenda in a week seen as a step in their program.
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New York Times
Albany
Assembly
Thorn
Erie
Department of
Delaney
Hinman
Thomas Ahearn
John Cox
Schoharie
Senate
Board of Claims
Gov
Whitman
Claims Division
Supreme Court
Morrow
Smith
Department of Efficiency and Economy
Anca
Pratt
Assembly- Smith
Combe Prison
Assemblyman
Kerrigan
New York
John H. Delaney
Sulzer
Ahearn
New_York City
John F. Ahearn
Hughes
Borough of
Manhattan
John Ahearn
Tammany
Fourth Assembly
Miss Mary Custis Lee Meets President Wilson
Miss Mary Custis Lee daughter of General Lee met President Wilson in Washington on January 25 marking her first handshake with a Democratic president. She traveled abroad for years and spent much of Cleveland’s two terms in Europe. Secretary Tumulty presented two bouquets to the Confederate leader’s daughter as Wilson expressed pleasure.
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New York Times
Washington
Mary Custis Lee
Robert E. Lee
Wilson
Miss Lee
Europe
Grover Cleveland
Tumulty
Mise Lee
Sixth Death on San Diego Fire on U S S San Diego
Darrell L. Varnardo of Port Arthur Texas a fireman died today from burns suffered last week in the fireroom explosion aboard the U S S San Diego The casualty list stands at six dead and seven injured A board of inquiry investigates the accident Varnardo’s body will be sent to Mare Island Navy Yard by the first ship north.
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U. S
San Diego
LA Paz
Mex
Cal
Darrell L. Varnardo
Port Arthur
Texas
Varnardo
Mare Island Navy Yard
Italy hears Kaiser would shelve ally
Rome January 25 reports circulated that Prince Bilow German ambassador seeks to placate Italy by sacrificing Austria while Germans share Austria's unpopularity in Italy. Radical Party votes that Italy must join the European conflict to protect its interests, denying a drift toward neutrality and Giolitti's possible return. Milan congress radicals and Padua groups call for intervention and denunciation of the Triple Alliance.
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NEW York Times
Rome
London Morning Post
Prince Bilow
Italy
Austria
Germany
Trentino
Committee of the
Radical Party
Giolitti
Stampa
Radicala
Padua
Milan
Rich German Merchant Held for Treason in Germany
Stockholm dispatch reports Senator Possehl head of JL Possell & Co arrested in Germany on high treason charges for trading with the enemy and awaiting court martial at Leipzig. He is a leading magnate and member of the Herrenhaus and close to the Emperor. The NYT earlier published a Berlin speech from 1912 suggesting Germany would attack England if not for financiers' advice.
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New York Time
Stockholm
London Morning Post
Possehl
JL. Possell & Co
Germany
Leipsic
Herr Possehl
The
Herrenhaus
New York Times
Berlin
England
B. Posseh
Libeck
Gen. Keim
Real T of Iron and Steel Association
German Krupp Gun Promises Long Range Coastline Reach
A German artillery expert reports in the Artileristische Monats Heft on a new 11 inch naval gun by Krupps. The weapon reportedly weighs about 20 kilograms projectiles and achieves a muzzle velocity near 40 meters per second with a range around 42 kilometers. The analysis claims potential to threaten the English coast from Calais if deployed.
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Berlin
London
Artileristische Monats Hefte
London Times
Dover
Calais
400 German Autos Wrecked by British
Amsterdam dispatch reports a British air raid on Essen destroyed 400 German war automobiles in a repair shop, a blow forcing Germany to seize a private auto factory. At Aix la Chapelle, many Dutch workers have found employment.
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Amsterdam
London
Essen
Handelsblad
Whch
Aix-la-Chapelle
Kaiser Cheers Hamburg on War Effort Anniversary
Hamburg Chamber of Commerce marked its 240th founding anniversary with a telegram from Emperor William praising Hamburgs resilience. He pledged unity with the German Empire, urging sacrifice and determination in the economic and military fronts, expressing confidence in victory with divine aid.
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New York Time
London
Hamburg Chamber of Commerce
William
Hamburg
British Cruiser Sunk Says Berlin as Victory Hailed
Berlin reports a British battle cruiser sunk after a three hour fight in the North Sea near Heligoland. German officials say Seydlitz Derfflinger and Blucher engaged five British ships, with Blucher damaged and others returning to port. Berlin papers claim British retreat due to vessel damage and expect larger British losses.
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Sayville
L. 1
North Sea
Heligoland
Germany
Blacher
Seydlitz
Derfflinger
Blicher
von Behncke
Berlin
German naval clash in North Sea sinks Biddher and British cruiser
Meagre reports from Berlin via Rome say torpedoes likely sank the German armored cruiser Biddher and a British cruiser in a North Sea engagement. Read Admiral Hipper led the German squadron while Capt. Erdmann commanded the Blicher. Submarines did not take part and weather was clear.
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Berlin
Rome
North Sea
Biddher
Shell
Admiral Hipper
Erdmann
Blicher
Berlin in a Fury Over Beatty Victory News
Dispatch from Copenhagen reports Berlin rages at Admiral Beatty's North Sea victory. German papers hoped for a victory to honor the Kaiser's birthday, while London hailed Britain's success, sparking demoralization and fury in Berlin.
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Ransatlantic
New York Times
Copenhagen
London Daily News
Berlin
North Sea
von Behncke
Admiral Beatty
England
English
London
German cruiser captain among survivors at Leith
The Daily Mail reports the captain of the German cruiser Hideher survived and landed at Leith. Special prayers for the navy were offered in Edinburgh churches after a government official telephoned for prayers. The Lord Provost sent messages to churches by telephone and police to summon congregations.
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NEW York Times
London
Daily Mail
Hideher
Leith
Navy
Edinburgh
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