Laufer sails for Tibet to study people for Field Museum
Berthold Laufer explorer and curator at Chicago’s Field Museum sails today to seek the so called pope of Tibet and spend three years in Tibet and Northwestern China. He aims to study people customs and life and collect data and exhibits for the Field Museum. He recently resigned from Columbia University as lecturer on Chinese and Asiatic anthropology.
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Feild Museum of National History
Chicago
Grand Dalsi Lama
Tibet
China
Laufer
Columbia University
Explorer Dr Laufer Plans Tibetan Inquiries Despite Barriers
Dr. Laufer reveals aims to enter Tibet to study remote regions and meet the grand dalai lama, facing opposition from British Russians and Chinese. He also intends to visit Bhutan and other parts of the Chinese Empire before sailing to England and Germany for gear. The dalai lama is described as the ocean priest, with Tibet’s lama pope believed to undergo reincarnation.
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Bhutan
India
Laufer
Dr. Laufer
Grand Dalai Lama
Dalai Lama
Ocean
Lama
Mongolia
Tesho Lama
England
Germany
Potala
Lhasa
Mob Nearly Attacks Officer During Brooklyn Knife Attack
Felice Amanto of 49% Balthc street Brooklyn barely escaped a mob after slashing his wife in front of their home. Patrolman W H McCauley detained him with a revolver as a crowd surged. The wife identified Amante and an ambulance carried her to Sener Hospital amid continued mob pressure.
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Balthc Street
Brooklyn
Amanto
W. H. McCauley
Bergen Street
McCauley
Amante
Sener Hospital
Three creditors paid in full from insolvent brokerage sale
Supreme Court Justice Giegerich ordered the sale of securities pledged as collateral for Mills Brothers & Co. on a note for 335,000. Proceeds were divided among three customers Henck Townsend and Mrs Adelaide Thaw Beach in proportion to their interests as of August 22, 1997. The market value of pledged securities totaled about 42,996 with 9227.50 from Beach's shares.
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Supreme Court
Edward Harding
Mills Brothers & Co
Colonial Bank
New York
Mergin
United States Steel Common
Adelaide Thaw Beach
Justice Giegerich
Beach
Henck and Townsend
Tobacco Inquiry Resumes Against American Tobacco Trust
The inquiry before Special Examiner Shields resumes over restraint of trade by American Tobacco Company and allied firms. Witnesses include John Conley of Conley Fold Company noting high tin and pig lead prices and a 15 percent cash dividend last year. Karl Jungbluth of MacAndrews & Forbes cites 6 percent preferred and 15 percent common dividends. surplus now over 99. Government focus rests on licorice paste trust formation and past trial outcomes.
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Special Examiner
Shields
John Conley
Conley Fold Company
Conley
Conley Company
Karl Jurkplath
MacAndrews & Forbes Company
United States
Jungbluth
Roelofs speaks on wife and burial mysteries
Richard Roelofs, Cripple Creek mine manager, says the incident may be his former wife who died in New York, though he is unsure. The woman known as Mrs. John Van Ness Roberts also used alias Mabel Tinley and Louise Vermeule, with funeral in Philadelphia and body moved from Calvary Cemetery to Philadelphia per Union Trust Company.
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Col
New York
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Cresson
Raven Hill
Roelofs
Colorado
Ripple Creek
John van Ness Roberts
Rocloff
Church of the Holy Name
9Th Street
Amsterdam Avenue
J. J. Kane
Union Trust Company
Philadelphia
Mabel Tinley
Armenian General Mourad Boyadjian Arrives to Organize Diaspora
General Mourad Boyadjian, head of the Munchakists Armenian Revolutionary Party, arrived from Paris on the La Gascogne. He plans to organize Armenians in the United States into a fighting force for liberty, distancing his group from the Hunchakists noted for crimes. His tour includes a mass meeting in New York and a United States itinerary before visiting Bulgaria and other nations.
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Zeki Pacha
Mourad
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Park Avenue
Central Committee
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New York
Burglars Attack Mrs. Law. One Caught After Chase
Mrs. William Law and her two children fought off two burglars at 177 West SSth Street during dinner. One man was arrested after a half mile chase. the other escaped with jewelry valued at about $2,000. Items missing included a $450 diamond studded gold watch, two $500 diamond pins, and an $800 diamond horseshoe pin. The captured burglar identified himself as Louis Wallinger of 206 East 10th Street.
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No. 177 West Ssth Street
Mean
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Mary
David L. Rauch
Wittman
Dr. Rauch
Ellsworth Reynolds
Provident Savings Life Society to tackle Elliott resignation
At the January 16 directors meeting the Provident Savings Life Assurance Society will consider President Elliott's resignation and possible acceptance. A State Insurance Department report showing a $440,000 deficit may prompt action. Possible successors include John J. Coyle, a Philadelphia syndicate group, or Henry Moir the actuary, with Coyle likely to serve briefly if elected before April when Philadelphia directors' terms end.
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Elliott
State Insurance Department
Henry Moir
Coyle
Philadelphians
Rent Strikers Lose Ground as Evictions Rush in Madison Court
Justice Sanders in 13th District Municipal Court signs immediate eviction orders in undefended cases, issuing more than eight hundred without hearings. Three defenses appear, tenants distressed as uprooting proceeds amid rent strike pressure. Magistrate Roesch also enforces the law, while crowds gather. strike HQ at Grand Street remains active and tensions rise.
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13Th District
Madison Street
Grand Street
Joseph Caplan
J. G. Phelps Stokes
Essex Market Court
Isaac Plager
Cherry Street
Breen
Rutgers Square
Seligman Advocates Rail Road Reforms and Mergers
Edwin R A Seligman professor at Columbia urged repeal of the ICC Act 1887 Sherman act 1890 and 1906 ICC measures limiting rail mergers He said competition among steam roads is a thing of the past and urged a fair chance for railroads He noted European salaries for directors and praised a uniform accounting rule as a key reform while warning rebating may reemerge
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Columbia University
College of the City of
New York
Interstate Commerce Commission
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Theodore Roosevelt
United States of America
Harriman
Europe
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Roosevelt
Hamilton Bank Opening Delayed on West 125th Street
The Hamilton Bank on West 125th Street postponed its reopening again amid clerical work and ongoing closing duties. Depositors faced disappointment as a Friday resumption hope faded, with Frank L. Grant unable to specify a date until Frank White completes receiver duties.
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Frank L. Grant
Mr. Grant
Frank White
Erie Locomotives Repaired Under New Contracts
The Erie Railroad announced a contract with American Locomotive Company to repair one locomotive daily starting January 15. A prior deal with Baldwin Locomotive Works began December 1, with about ten locomotives per week repaired. December’s report listed sixty machines fixed, aiming to complete all by sixty to ninety days.
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American Locomotive Company
Baldwin Locomotive Works
Baldwin
Erie
Nathan Separated in Suit Against Richard Nathan
Richard Nathan, a Brooklyn merchant and former Republican leader, is sued for separation by his wife Lillian F. Nathan before Justice Maddox in the Supreme Court Special Term. Ira L. Bamberger, counsel for Nathan, sought alimony. the couple married about three years and have a five month old girl. Justice Maddox criticized the grounds and advised reconference. alimony decision reserved.
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Ernst Nathan
Brooklyn
Lillian F. Nathan
Justice Maddox
Supreme Court
Ira Leo Bamberger
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Maddox
New Harlem Bridge Opens After Eight Years of Planning
A new bridge over the Harlem River connecting 207th Street Manhattan to 184th Street and Sedgwick Avenue Bronx opened officially yesterday. The eight year effort began with 19 plans abandoned and eight more made in 1888. Granite approaches mark the structure with its central span in three sections.
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207Th Street
Manhattan
184Th Street
Sedgwick Avenue
Bronx
Trial of Jersey City pastor on heresy charges continues
The Rev. Joan A. Brauer of Grace English Lutheran Church faced a synod committee in Jersey City on charges tied to church factional strife and alleged denial of Christ’s divinity. Brauer denied the accusation and the trial was continued before Rev. Dr. Eckert, Rev. Pr. Schwaeg, and Rev. Dr. Guschke.
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Grace English Lutheran Church
Summit Avenue
Jersey City
Synod
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Pr. Schwaeg
Hawthorne College
Guschke
West Hoboken
Christ
Bill Aims at Unwritten Law in Virginia Legislature
Delegate Alden Bell of Culpeper pushes a bill in the current Virginia Legislature to allow introducing evidence in unwritten law cases to disprove assault. The measure follows the Strother-Bywaters and Loving-Estes tragedies. Current law tends to let a man who kills in response to information of assault go free regardless of truth.
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Alden Bell
Culpeper
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Loving-Estes
Virginia
Commission to Examine Rhoades Mental State Named
Justice Greenbaum appointed Daniel P. Hayes Dr Gustave Scholer and John Graham as a commission to pass on the mental condition of John Van A Rhoades who was recently committed to a private sanatorium Drake holder of the petition stated the wife resides with her mother Mrs Julian Ralph in Brooklyn
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Supreme Court
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Gustave Scholer
John Graham
John van A. Rhoades
Craig F. R. Drake
Rhoades
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Brooklyn
Hospital Attorneys Resign In New York State
Albany reports the resignations of J B Swezey as attorney for Middletown State Hospital and John A Barhite as attorney for Rochester Hospital were accepted by the State Commission in Lunacy. Swezey, elected surrogate of Orange County last fall, and Barhite, elected special county judge of Monroe County, leave their posts. James G Greene of Rochester will replace Barhite. Swezey’s successor is not yet named. Each position pays an annual salary of 1200 dollars.
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Heinze Appeals to President for Remission of Fines
Helene Mont January 6. Counsel for F Augustus Heinze seeks a stay on a 20000 contempt fine and 1000 fines on two superintendents to appeal to President Roosevelt for remission. Judge Hunt ruled only the President can remit.
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Judge Holt Delays Receiver Appointment for Heinze & Co
Judge Holt in the United States District Court resumed the adjourned bid for a receiver of Heinze & Co amid an involuntary bankruptcy petition filed at the start of the market turmoil. He ordered opposing counsel to name a referee to decide all issues, with Judge Holt to appoint the referee within two weeks.
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Earthquake Sinks Strasburg Insurance Firm in San Francisco
The Rhine and Moselle Fire Insurance Company of Strasburg collapses after the quake with assets around $5,000 and liabilities near $4,000,060. It had insured a large share of San Francisco properties and did not pursue claims against Helvetia Swiss Fire Insurance.
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