Rockefeller Plan to Combat White Slave Traffic Emerges
The Bureau of Social Hygiene, formed two years ago from grand jury work, seeks long term study of the social evil. Its founder, John D. Rockefeller Jr., announces its aims, members, and nonfinancial backing, and experts begin investigations into conditions and methods domestically and abroad.
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Bureau of Social Hygiene
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New York
New York City
Underworld
Cabinet to Decide on Franchise Bill Dilemma
London January 26. The Cabinet Council meets tomorrow to resolve how to handle the Speaker’s ruling on the Franchise bill. If amendments materially alter the bill the measure may be withdrawn and a new one presented. Suffragists demand a vote. some Liberals fear a revolution in reform. ministers warn against resignations. fear of militant suffragette action looms. Scotland Yard braces to protect ministers.
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London
Cabinet Council
Andrew Bonar Law
Scotland Yard
Pretty Musician Leaps To Death In Gas Suicide
In New London Connecticut on January 26 Miss Berenice E. Leach aged a young woman from St. Albans Vermont died by gas inhalation after pinning a note to her breast declaring she was tired of life. She lived at the Leach home on Maine Street and worked as a stenographer for architect James Duffy. Her death follows last night’s meeting at the station with a New York broker who was visiting the city. authorities recovered a letter and will send her body to Chelsea for burial.
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New London
Conn
Berenice E. Leach
Miss Leach
St. Albans
James Duffy
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Maine Street
Norwich
New York
Chelsea
Pittsburgh Congregation Raises 27755 for Hebrew College in Ten Minutes
The Rodeph Shalom Synagogue in Pittsburgh collected 27755 dollars in ten minutes after Rabbi J Leonard Levy spoke on the Union of American Hebrew Congregations biennial meeting. Levy, chair of the college outreach, urged funds to sustain Hebrew Union College in Cincinnati. Including Cincinnati pledges, Pittsburgh and affiliates have committed 85755 for the college and its mission.
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Rodeph Shalom Synagogue
Hebrew Union College
Cincinnati
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Union of American Hebrew Congregations
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Allies Move to End Peace Conference
Balkan delegates break off peace talks with Turkey amid Constantinople’s new government stance. A note to the Turkish Embassy seeks to denounce the armistice within days if no reply arrives, signaling possible renewed Balkan war and wider pressure limits.
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Park Aids Injured Florida Guide After Medical Miracle
H J Park of Park & Tilford financed and organized care for Jamey Pine, a Florida guide and trapper, after a beam fractured his skull in a houseboat accident. Pine received two delicate operations at Johns Hopkins Hospital from Dr William Halstead, regaining nerve function and near full paralysis recovery after pioneering nerve repair and electrical massage therapy. Pine plans to leave the hospital next week with Park’s support for his wife and four Miami children.
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Baltimore
Jamey Pine
Florida
H. J. Park
Park & Tilford
New York
Pine
Mr. Park
William Halstead
Park
Miami
Halstead
James Huneker Reviews Hauptmann Sudermann and Schnitzler
Critic James Huneker pens a lively Times column previewing his forthcoming piece on Hauptmann Sudermann and Schnitzler. The essay promises characteristic wit and will heighten reader interest for next Sunday’s issue.
Coup D Etat A Swift Affair In Constantinople
A dispatch from Constantinople recalls a coup d etat described as swift and unprepared for. Djemal Bey led on horseback with five officers as a red and white Koran‑bannered group surged into the Porte demanding entry. Enver Bey Halil Bey followed and the scene included about fifty demonstrators and a later crowd of about a hundred with a banner and praying Iemdjas.
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London
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the Times
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Porte
Fedal
Committee of Union
Adrianople
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Frenzied Jersey City dog bites ten children and more
A yellow mongrel in Hudson City Jersey City attacked on Hancock Avenue and South Street injuring ten children and a grown woman. Mounted officer Kelly shot the beast after a three mile chase. nine injured taken to Christ and City Hospitals with one to Pasteur Institute in New York.
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Palisade Avenue
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Edna Pant
Sickles Under Guard as Sheriff Plans Civil Arrest at Fifth Avenue Home
Sheriff Julius Harburger seeks to arrest Gen. Daniel E. Sickles on a civil order issued in Albany. A patrol wagon and police guards stand near Sickles's Fifth Avenue home as crowds watch from the street. Deputy Attorney General Franklin Kennedy is prepared to represent the state. The case centers on a $22,476 misappropriation from the State Monument Commission.
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William Lohmer
Sohmer
Franklin Kennedy
Carmody
Belmont
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Church Choir Walkout Shuts Whole Service in N J
Eighteen students served as strikebreakers at two St. Michael’s Episcopal Church services in Trenton New Jersey as thirty five choir members walked out with choirmaster and organist The strikers employed picket duty and left many seats empty The dispute centered on rector interference with choir and choirmaster Remarks from vestrymen and Judge G D W Vroom questioned the vestry position and mocked the idea of a fully quitting choir as absurd.
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Coast steel plant plan eyed by Pacific Coast bankers
Oakleigh Thorne and Gen. Thomas H. Hubbard are linked to a Pacific Coast steel project reported from Tacoma. The Pacific Steel Company is formed by C. W. French J. Frank Watson Gen. Gillette and Gen. James Ashton with other financiers. The plan aims to channel foreign capital into coast industries and secure ore coal resources with a Tacoma site transferred to Chester Thorne as trustee.
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New York Times
Tacoma
Oakleigh Thorne
Thomas H. Hubbard
Pacific Coast
Pacific Steel Company
C. W. French
San Diego
J. Frank Watson
Portland
Gillette
California
James Ashton
J. O. Storey
Harrison Grey Otis
Los Angeles
French
A. O. Howard
Ergsign
Ae. Bush
Brooklyn
Gen. Ashton
Coronado
Chester Thorne
New York and
Eagles
Mexico
British Columbia
Orient
Paris Doctor Dies From XRay Burns
Dr. Paulin Méry former Deputy for Paris died at 53 from burns on his right hand suffered during X ray work. He continued practice despite injuries but eight days earlier he underwent a severe operation in his own operating room and did not recover.
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New York Times
Paris
Burns
Paulin Méry
Wood Narrow Escape In Hunting Field
Special Cable reports Field Marshal Sir Evelyn Wood near his seventy fifth birthday had a narrow hunting mishap when his horse jumped a fence and was impaled on a stake. He remained in the saddle and, finding the horse beyond help, borrowed a gun and shot the animal.
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NEW York Times
London
Sir Evelyn Wood
Sir Evelyn
Lilacs Budding in Albany Amid River Excursion
More than 500 Trojans rode the Steamer Rensselaer to Albany for a mid winter river outing and returned to Troy by trolley. Lilacs and other early shrubs were in bud and early bulbs were breaking through the ground in the area.
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Troy
Harvard Drops Bryce Works for Wilson Era Study
Harvard University will replace James Bryce works with readings on President elect Woodrow Wilson in the Governmental course. The enrollment nears 400 as the faculty shifts focus to the new administration.
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New York Times
Boston
Woodrow Wilson
United States
Harvard
James Bryce
Arson Charge Arraigns Morris Gorenstein in Harlem Court
Morris Gorenstein a painter of 1827 Second Avenue was arraigned before Magistrate Krotel in Harlem Court on a second degree arson charge. He was held in 15000 for examination Tuesday following arrest by Patrolman George Conway on a complaint by Wade and Sheehan. The charge stems from a Dec 28 1910 fire at his dwelling 230 East Ninety fifth Street connected to Isadore Steinkreutzer and tied to Izzy the Painter's confession.
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Newport Gamblers Raided In Early Morning Sweep
Newport police raided the North End Athletic Club and a colored craps resort between midnight and 1 am, arresting nineteen men who faced bonds of 100 dollars each for playing cards on the Sabbath. The craps shooters pleaded guilty and paid seven dollars each. Mayor McLeod vows to curb gambling ahead of his election.
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New York Times
Newport
North End Athletic Club
William McLeod
Body of Italian woman found shot in Colonie field
The body of Mrs. Antonio Spano of Watervliet was found in a Colonie field with bullets in the brain stomach and thigh. A revolver lay nearby. Spano, missing since last night after he and his wife walked from Watervliet, had traveled from New York last month.
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Memphis News-Scimitar Sold to Frank Munsey for $500,000
Gilbert D L Raine, editor and sole owner of The Memphis News-Scimitar, reportedly sold his holdings to Frank Munsey of New York. The $500,000 cash price included assumption of bonded debt, with Raine agreeing not to reenter local newspaper work.
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Memphis
Gilbert DL. Raine
Memphis News-Scimitar
Associated Press
Frank Munsey
New York
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Eggshell Within Shell Found in New London Nest
J Clarence Bingham of Quaker Hill found an oversized egg in a nest and blew it out to save the shell. After shelling the large exterior, he discovered a second egg inside that was of ordinary size, prompting questions on how to remove its contents without spoiling the shell.
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New London
Booklet on Bottled Water From Service Cup Co.
An attractive booklet about bottled water is available by addressing the Service Cup Co. at Bush Terminal.
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Bush Terminal
Wilson Hosts Social Workers at Hoboken in Quiet Conference
Gov. Woodrow Wilson met with social welfare advocates at Mrs. Caroline B. Alexander’s Hoboken home to hear demands linked to Roosevelt’s platform. He urged state-led child labor regulation and national info gathering, stressing sanitation and health board aims while signaling cautious alignment with reformers.
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Hoboken
Woodrow Wilson
Social Welfare
Col. Roosevelt
Bull Moose
Gov. Wilson
Democratic Party
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