04 Jan 1915
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Newspaper
New York Tribune
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1915
Page
1
The article presents Adams as a fearless critic who will expose frauds in business practices. The Tribune pledges freedom to publish truthfully, promising a rare outspokenness aimed at informing the public rather than advertisers.
Samuel Hopkins Adams argues that advertising often inflates value and pushes fake bargains across stores, urging readers to beware of misleading claims and inflated discounts. He cites department stores, across-the-board exaggeration, and the pressure on truth in advertising, calling for vigilant consumer education and fair practice.
Savannah reports Edwin Gould plans a swift aerial voyage from Jekyl Island to the mainland using a French-type airship with Gould as pilot. Details show a baseball park landing site at Hranswrick Kini beer loaned for a possible touchpoint and Groh overseeing arrangements. Gould intends daily trips from Jekyl, visiting Brass Werk and other listed points with colony members joining many outings.
Burglars looted the George E. Vietor residence on Canfield Road last night, taking silverware valued at about $9,000. The raid was discovered by a maid in the morning. Mr and Mrs Vietor and servants were inside but awakened too late. Entry details remain unknown and no broken windows or doors were found.
Mrs A B Cooper of Nutley New Jersey, after telling of her missing fifteen year old son in Paterson, jumped 150 feet from the Falls of the Passaic River and was crushed on the rocks. Her son Andrew H Cooper appeared at police headquarters to claim her effects. The coroner and detectives processed the scene as despondency over her son’s hospitalization was suspected.
A former banker railroad man and newspaper proprietor, held at St Gillon Prison in Brussels for financial irregularities, escaped. Nestor Wilmart, once involved in Ghent Terneusen Railway overissues, was sentenced in Basel to ten years plus 800 francs fine. He vanished in 1914, later arrested in Metz, France, after a global search.
An order completed creates a home with seventy telephones and private lines on a Rockefeller property. Thirty three phones interconnect around the golf course with guards at key points to ensure rapid contact and control of communication.
Commissioner Wallstein calls for immediate abolition of the coroner system in New York City. He proposes a medical examiner appointed by the mayor, cites corruption and ignorance among coroners, and urges legislative steps to replace the office with a professional medical examiner system.
In Brownsville at Belmont Avenue and Osborn Street a man found fifteen dollars in small bills. When two others fought for it, a struggle broke out and Max Jacobs’s clothes were damaged as he kept hold of the money. Police arrived as a melee continued and eventually took Jacobs away. Report says the finder’s reward, if unclaimed after years, may go to a police fund.
London datelined report reprints Rome New Year message from the Pope, lamenting war and urging governments in belligerent nations to seek Christian charity. He prays for a common Redeemer to inspire peace and lightening the grievous consequences for prisoners and their destitute families. Signed Peter Cardinal Gasparri, Secretary of State.
London dispatches report that Greece Greece Servia and Romania are preparing for potential hostilities as talks over Bulgarian neutrality stall. Greece debates Macedonia claims and halts cereal and arms exports while Turkey expels neutral nationals from the Dardanelles and Italy sends a battleship to protect interests as Albanian unrest spreads.
Survivors recount Formidable sinking with Captain Loxley on the bridge as a loud explosion triggered rapid watertight closure and stern orders. All 780 crew men formed on deck except about a hundred below awaiting orders. He urged the crew to stay steady and brave, promising life remains in the old ship yet.
Rome reports the Russian ambassador to Italy M Kroupenski denied claims that Russia seeks peace on Russia’s terms. He said Russia will not consider peace until its allies accept conditions they deem guarantees of lasting peace.
Marshal von Hindenburg thanks European and American friends for their New Year wines sent to him in Poland. He cannot respond personally, the press is asked to convey his heartfelt gratitude.
Russians repulse German attacks across Poland as Field Marshal von Hindenburg shifts plans toward Warsaw. German forces suffer heavy losses near Kielce and Gorlice while Russians advance in Galicia, capturing positions and taking prisoners. Rumors of Romanian alignment emerge as battles unfold along the Vistula and in Bukovina.
London reports heavy rain has halted large scale operations on the western front. Artillery duels and costly infantry actions persist from the sea to the Swiss border. The French gain slight ground between Albert and Roye and east of Rheims, Verdun area, with slow attempts on St Mihiel and some Alsace gains offset by a repulse northwest of St Menenould.
Official war bulletin details bombardments in Zonnebeke and surrounding fronts with claims of territorial gains near La Boisselle and Perthes les Hurlus. Mentions artillery duels near Craonne Verdun and Meuse, with progress in the Forests of Bouchon and Le Pretre and occupation of a trench in Vosges.
A fragmentary wartime notice from The Daily Griable reports a Whitby baby christened Shrapnel in memory of bombardments at Argonne. German forces, cruising off Belgium, advanced briefly near St Menehould as artillery exchanges and a French infantry counterattack occurred with notable French losses.
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