Wilson Aims to Reassure Japan Amid Mexican Crisis
President Wilson stressed friendly ties with Japan in private talks and signaled no change in policy toward Mexico. Navy Secretary Daniels announced approval of two new dreadnoughts eight destroyers and three submarines while urging newspapers to avoid discussing foreign relations.
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New York Times
Washington
Wilson
Japan
Josephus Daniels
Navy
House Committee On Naval Affairs
White House
United States
Mexico
Great Britain
Colombia
Bryan
Sacramento
Gov. Johnson
California
Guthrie
Tokio
State Department
Huerta
Senate Committee On Foreign Relations
Russia
Wilson and Kaiser exchange birthday and wireless greetings
Presidents Wilson and William II exchanged cordial wireless and cable greetings marking Kaiser’s birthday and the first direct transatlantic wireless dispatch from Germany to the United States. Officials noted potential shifts in trade and arms embargo policies as the White House weighs wartime restrictions.
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New York Times
Washington
Wilson
Emperor William
Germany
United States
Times
E. E. Mayer
Tuckerton
N. J
A Sr
Berti
Eivese
Woodrow Wilson
Genius of 66 Found in German Art World
Berlin reports Karl Hagemeister a 66 year old landscape painter embraced as a newly discovered genius. The Prussian Royal Academy recommends the Kaiser grant him the title Professor. Hagemeister, son of a vegetable grower, says his success follows decades of obscurity and his untrained, God given style.
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Marcon
New York Times
Berlin
Karl Hagemeister
Royal Academy
Hagemeister
Vault Worker Rescued After Lockout Inside Gold Vault
William Taylor, a United States Mint employee in Philadelphia, was sealed inside a large gold vault when a time lock trapped him. Mechanics drilled through the steel door after hours and passed him a paper with the combination. He was rescued near collapse as air returned.
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New York Times
Philadelphia
William Taylor
United States Mint
Taylor
Cleveland to raise fare with transfer cent kept
The Cleveland Railway Company is expected to raise fare from three to four cents on March 1 while retaining the extra cent for transfers. Experts see the transfer charge likely lasting about eighteen months. A tentative five year plan would cover a 1,080,624.52 dollar overdraft from scrapped power plant and old cars, with revenue growth over 750,000 annually to repay the deficit. Stanley declined a salary increase, Witt pressed a longer charge-off period.
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New York Times
Cleveland
Cleveland Railway Company
Witt
Stanley
Mardi Gras Round Trip From New York On Southern Railway
Round trip from New York to New Orleans priced at 37.75 with three daily through trains each direction. Pullman sleeping cars and dining car service available. Tickets go on sale February 16 through 22. New York office at 264 Fifth Avenue corner of 28th Street.
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Mardi Gras
New Orleans
New York
Southern Railway
Pullman
N. Y
Fifth Avenue
Corner 28Th Street
Goethals Bills Go To Albany As Washington Refunds pensions
General Goethals carries a bill to Albany while Washington agrees to refund pension payments. The move aims to secure ongoing support and funding terms for veterans during wartime.
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Goethals Bills
Albany
Goethals to Stay with Canal
Cable correspondence from 1914 shows Col. George W. Goethals stating he does not desire retirement while the President needs his services as Governor and the Panama garrison responding that he will not retire so long as his services are needed.
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Washington
George W. Goethals
Culebra
Canal Zone
Panama
Secretary of War
Goethals police bill sent to Albany for reform of force
Mayor Mitchel touts five measures to curb court reviews of police dismissals and raise discipline authority to the Police Commissioner. The package includes reinstatement limits, new rehearing rights for officers and firemen, and pension repayment rules. It also sheds light on promotion exam timing for sergeants and lieutenants.
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Goethals
Albany
Mitchel
Col. Goethals
New York
Bureau of Buildings
Predict C R Crane Will Go To Russia
Washington Jan 20 Mr and Mrs Charles R Crane of Chicago dined at the White House amid talk that Crane may become Ambassador to Russia before the Wilson era ends. His career path appears linked to renewing treaty relations and a nearby accession after Ambassador Pindell’s short tenure.
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New York Times
Washington
Charles R. Crane
Chicago
White House
Crane
Russia
Wilson
Henry M. Pindell
Peoria
Ill
J. Hamilton Lewis
Mr. Pindell
St. Petersburg
Pindell
Bomb Thrower Convicted in Calderoni Bomb Case
Angelino Sylvestro, 23, of New York, plus members of the Joe Fay gang, faced trial in General Sessions for placing a bomb outside Carmelo Calderoni’s East Houston Street apartment on August 30. The jury returned a guilty verdict after an evening session led by Judge Rosalsky with Assistant District Attorney Robert E. Manley prosecuting.
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Angelino Sylvestro
Joe Fay
Rosalsky
Carmelo Calderoni
East
Houston Street
Robert E. Manley
Alfred Lehman
Schmitty
James E. Brande
Charlie Lem
Lehman
Manley
Mr. Manley
Rescue off Warrior Yacht After Refusal Of Abandon Ship Aid
Wireless dispatch from the yacht Warrior reported by New Orleans relay says Rescue tug Relief arrived at 6 PM. The vessel rested on a mud bottom but was not in immediate danger with good prospects to refloat. All crew refused to abandon ship when rescue offer was made by the steamer Almirante. Position three miles northwest half west of Rio Magdalena Lighthouse. The Tagus Trent and Aliemania were in contact with United Fruit at Santa Marta.
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Colon
Almirante
Frederick W. Vanderbilt
Duke and Duchess of Manchester
Lord Falconer
Mr. Vanderbilt
Warrior
Colombia
Wilford
Fratera
United Fruit Company
Santa Marta
Kingston
Frutera
Vanderbilt
Tagus
Trent
Aliemania
United Fruit
Rio Magdalena
Heatwave Grips Pittsburgh Mills Sets Local Record
Pittsburgh reports a summerlike warmth with a 76 degree high at the government kiosk and 72 degrees at the Oliver Building. Mills endured profuse prostrations as residents dressed for spring in January amid the unprecedented warmth.
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New York Times
Pittsburgh
Penn
Oliver
Train Schedule From New York to Pittsfield
The Williamstown Express departs New York at 8 30 P M and runs to Pittsfield starting February second every day. The service details emphasize a late evening departure and the single destination stop.
Lamar A Senate Topic Delays Vote On Trade Rebating Inquiry
Senator Bacon of Georgia, chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee, says David Lamar known as the wolf of Wall Street is not a Lamar of Georgia. The Lane resolution on steel rebating moves little as computation of names and aliases is discussed. a vote is postponed. Lily drinking cups ad appears at page end.
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New York Times
Washington
Bacon
Georgia
Committee On Foreign Relations
Senate
David Lamar
the Wolf
Steel Trust
Interstate Commerce Committee
Department of Justice
Interstate Commerce Commission
Wall Street
Newlands
Lamar
Government Sues Haviland & Co Over Limoges China Duty
The Government filed a suit in Federal District Court through District Attorney Marshall against Theodore Haviland & Co., importers of china at 200 Fifth Avenue, seeking 1 220 849 for allegedly unpaid duty on Limoges china from 1910 to 1912. The case centers on misdeclared shipments and disputed valuation in a broader quarrel over two grades of Limoges ware and related European price comparisons.
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Federal District Court
Marshall
Theodore Haviland & Co
China
Fifth Avenue
Limoges
France
Coast Line Florida Special Train Schedule Ad
Coast Line advertises the Florida Special as the 27th season service with daily eight other limited trains at 12 38 noon and 9 15 A M 3 34 and 8 30 P M from 1218 Broadway phone Madison Square 1400.
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Coast Line
Florida
Murphy's Friends Press Change in Democratic Leadership
At the National Democratic Club in New York City plans were discussed to reorganize the party leadership with Judge Edward F. O'Dwyer leading a push against Murphy. Several Murphy allies attended including State Senator James W. Foley, and a motion to back Murphy’s retirement was anticipated at the next meeting. A seven member committee was proposed to organize and guide voters under the primary law.
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National Democratic Club
Fifth Avenue
Edward F. O'Dwyer
Charles F. Murphy
Tammany Hall
Murphy
Judge O'Dwyer
Thomas L. Fellner
Henry Herberman
Walter F. Burns
Herman A. Metz
Theodore W. Myers
John Godfrey Saxe
Indict Georgia Prison Officials Over Brutal Abuse Claims
Grand Jury hears eight inmates recount abuse at Atlanta and Fulton County facilities. Foreman Clyde Thompson and other officials face indictments after prisoners allege stripping flogging and wall chaining without medical care. One witness says Thompson shot a chained convict for refusing a flogging. Brannen recalls being stripped and flogged after calling the act murder. Jurors reportedly wept during testimony.
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New York Times
Atlanta
Grand
Clyde Thompson
Fulton County
Thompson
James Brannen
Girls Flare Bear With Flashlights At Mount Eve School
Miss Margaret Connelly and Miss Laura Fitzgerald, teachers from Goshen New York, encountered a bear near Mount Eve schoolhouse at daybreak. The bear lurked until sunrise before wandering into the woods. M F Connelly notified Warwick town authorities requesting the animal be hunted.
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New York Times
Goshen
N. Y
Margaret Connelly
Laura Fitzgerald
Mount Eve
M. F. Connelly
Misa Connelly
Warwick
Murphy target in graft hunt tracks canal board plot
Charles F. Murphy head of Tamany Hall faces indictment focus as District Attorney Whitman probes graft. James C. Stewart, a state contractor, tells Grand Jury of a $133 hold up by James E. Gaffney. Canal Board members May Kennedy Lazansky Peck and Bensel testify on contract votes and inflated estimates. Governor Glynn may be called to aid in clarifying the tangle.
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Charles F. Murphy
Tammany Trall
Whitman
Murphy
James C. Stewart
Stewart
James E. Gaffney
Gaffney
Canal Board
James Stewart & Co
Mitchell May
John J. Kennedy
Edward Lazansky
Public Works
Dunccan W. Peck
John A. Bensel
Chand
Janes C. Stewart
James FE. Gaffney
Tammany Baymen
Delmonico’s
Galiney
Tammany Hall
Grand Jury Jupon
Duncan W. Peck
Feck
P. McGovern & Co
Tammany
Mos
Conway
Bensel
Hunte
Miss Lucy Spellman III Returns to Tarrytown
Miss Lucy Spellman sister of Mrs John D Rockefeller returns from Cleveland in the company of a doctor and nurse. John D Rockefeller Jr meets his aunt at the station as she is carried to an ambulance. She has been ill and was brought to Pocantico Hills seeking the Hudson air.
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Tarrytown
N. Y
Lucy Spellman
John D. Rockefeller
Cleveland
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
From Assembly to Jail Harold Friedman Arrested in Bayonne
Harold J Friedman a 1911 Twenty-ninth District Assembly member from Manhattan was jailed in Bayonne N J for passing a worthless 160 dollar check on Frank Walker an auctioneer on Broadway Brooklyn. Mara of Bayonne held him for thirty days pending extradition. His father Henry C Friedman a retired broker visited him at the County Jail.
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Harold Julius Friedman
Twenty-ninth
Manhattan
Bayonne
N. J
Frank Walker
Oos Broadway
Brooklyn
Mara
Friedman
Henry C. Friedman
East Ninety-second Street
Liner United States Breaks Down Near Scotland
The Scandinavian American liner United States burst a low pressure cylinder en route to New York, forcing a Glasgow return for repairs. With 234 passengers aboard, she was 200 miles west of Scotland when the breakdown occurred. Passengers will be moved to the Anchor Line Cameronia in Glasgow and travel to New York. The Oscar H.S. of the same line also arrived late after its starboard engine failed 500 miles from Sandy Hook.
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Copenhagen
United States
New York
Glasgow
Scotland
Cameronia
Oscar HS
SOO Milles
Sandy Hook
Alltogether Pouch for Pipe and Tobacco
The Alltogether Pouch is advertised at Schulte's Stores for storing pipe and tobacco. The brief note highlights its purpose and the retail availability at the shop.
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Schulte’s
Ady
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