Rogers Arrested as Child Slayer in Murder Case
Ida Walters Rogers faces murder charges after the death of her two children. Prosecutors expect an indictment Tuesday as defense counsel and doctors describe her fight for life in hospital. Witnesses recount a tense scene and the accused’s statement of intent to endure the electric chair if necessary.
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Qrdilren
Larrys Eiton
Caroline Gidsap Rogers
Emory Lfuiser
Sesterday
Wall Jacobs
Tintan Levy
Broadway
Ida Walters
Levy
Finner
Mague
Governor issues blanket pardon for fifteen hundred convicts
The governor granted clemency to about 1,500 men and women previously found guilty of state offenses. The action, signed in red ink, expands paroles and commutations already granted since taking office four years ago. Thirty-four additional convicts in prisons or on public works received clemency, with eighteen pardoned, ten paroled, and six given sentence commutations.
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Columbian
Crash Cripples Liner Bayamo Heading for Genoa
The steamer Bayamo outbound for Genoa was in a collision outside Sandy Nook with an unidentified mud scow. It sent wireless word that water was in a hold but is not in danger. the ship will lighter its cargo. The Bayamo, once Cuban, recently transferred to American registry.
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Hayamo
Bayan
New York and Cuba Mail Steamship Company
Washington, Jan
United States
Great Britain
Bryan
Washington
London
Rte
Hayward Begins Cleary Probe in Murder Case
Governor Whitman’s personal counsel William Hayward opened an inquiry into the Cleary murder acquittal case. He met Justice Morsehauser and plans to outline investigative lines tomorrow. Newman, leading action for the murdered son, targets District Attorney Gagan and others for alleged political influence and trial irregularities.
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Whitman
Lefty
Thomas Democratic
Cleary
Hayward
Haverstraw
Fred ‘Newman
Newman
Che
Sheri Serven
Gagan
Comesky
Rockland County
Cleaty
Anna
Yenne Newman
Virginia Warrant on Bryan Sparks Game Law Dispute
Fairfax County game warden Dan Cockrell vows to press a Virginia game law warrant against Bryan for hunting rabbits in snow covered ground. He claims officials ignore violations by prominent community leaders as he seeks enforcement and revenue from penalties. A Baltimore to Rotterdam relief ship sails with Maryland food for Belgium.
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H. C. Cockrell
Fairfax County
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Commonwealth
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Cockrell
Bryen
Virginia
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Cockrel
Sean
Hale
Subway car steel plan sparks talk of delays and safety
The Interborough Rapid Transit Company faces delays as it shifts to all steel subway cars by May 1 after orders from American Car and Foundry and Brooklyn Rapid Transit. Critics warn wooden cars were safer but the company expects to reinforce elevated lines to allow steel cars on Second and Third avenues. Public Service Commission scrutiny and district attorney probes add to the tense debate.
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Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company
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Public Service Commission
Wlater
Interborough
Public Service
Mn Wi
Frank Hedley
Hunterborough
Perkins
Hedley
Keegan
Keeran
Patriot Attor
Ray Perkins
Taft and Roosevelt Encounter Aboard Train
Reported scene between Taft and Roosevelt on a New Haven to city train. They traveled in separate cars and, after leaving the Jack Hay station tent, Ben Taft or Taft warned a photographer not to pose with Roosevelt. No clear meeting occurred.
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Anid
Jack Hay
Connel
Von der Tann Sunk Rumor Reaches City Coast of Brazil
A reported sighting claims the German battle cruiser Von der Tann was sunk off Brazil while attempting to join Admiral von Spee's squadron. No independent ports confirm the loss, and details estimate the ship at 18,500 tons with 50 crew, armed with 8 and 16 inch guns.
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Mentio
U S JUMPS IN TO AID UNEMPLOYED
A nationwide employment bureau will be launched by the Department of Labor with aid from the Immigration Bureau and the Department of Agriculture. Post offices will accept job applications, with forms forwarded to the Labor Department. The program will coordinate harvest and other work needs with local workers, using the postal system as a distribution and reply conduit.
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United States
Department of Labor
Wilson
Ameri
Caminetti
Immigration Bureau
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Jablers
Employment Bureau
Distributie
Immigration Service
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Postal Service Actking
Salem
M. Jost Jone
Tabor Department
Deta Ina
Gardiner Ends Life In Garden City Family Names Cause
Kennard Gardiner twenty one died by his own hand in Garden City after a party at Cathedral avenue. He was son of Clement B. Gardiner head of Gardiner Lucas Co. He vanished Monday morning and a Cleveland telegram reported he had taken potassium. He was an engineering student and a member of the City Golf and Tennis Club. His parents left for Cleveland to learn the cause.
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Garden City
Clement BE
Gardiner
Gardiner-Lucas Company
Waters, Place
Cleveland
Cathedral Av
den City Golf and Tennis Clube
Hey
Worship atop 30 story chapel would mark 1916 Methodist milestone
Plans by McKenzie Voor heer Gmelin propose placing a thirty story church atop the old John Street site to celebrate the 150th anniversary of American Methodism in 1916. The cruciform design echoes Sainte Chapelle Paris with illumination symbolizing spiritual dominion. The project would cost about 2 million dollars and fund mission work and church expansion.
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McKenzie, Voorheer & Gmelin
America
Joft
William
John Street
Ikit
Wesley
Sainte-Chapell
Paris
Wheat pits wreck Stringer family brokerage firm
A New York Stock Exchange report reveals that Franklin Stringer, 27, and his firm Stringer & Co failed after heavy wheat speculation. William Porter found Stringer dead in his private office, a life insurance policy misused in the act. The firm, once tied to Mexican ventures and Crescent Athletic Club friends, suspended as market pressures and a July stock halt worsened.
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Guatajuato Development Company
William St
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Aftont
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A. Decker
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Ite
Fevrine
Soma
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Reading
Chicago
Decker
Stringers
Jewell & Stringer
American Bridge Company
Commercial High School
Brooklyn
William C. van Antwerp
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Stock Exchange
Eloixe Wilson Tait
Edward Wilson Tait
Bridgeport, Conn
Russians Pour Through Passes Into Hungary
Petrograd reports unspecified gains on multiple fronts with Russians reaching the Transylvanian border and pushing toward Maramaros. Austrians evacuate Bukovina opening routes toward Hungary while Germans launch a separate East Prussia push. weather mud and snow relief hinder operations. Official bulletins claim no major changes with minor engagements, prisoners and machine guns captured along the Carpathians.
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Lula
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Galicia
Turkish Bandits Threaten Greek Transitions in Europe
London reports mark a crisis between Greece and Turkey over alleged Greek persecutions in Avia Minor. British and American diplomacy tangle over neutral shipping, with Romania mobilising and Switzerland eyed for Romanian interests as Europe braces for broader conflict.
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Million Birthday Cards for Kaiser
Amsterdam dispatch reports the Prussian Ministry of State urging restraint on public festivities on Kaiser Wilhelm II’s upcoming birthday January 27. A Vienna press note says Germans plan to mass produce one million postcards bearing the Emperor’s portrait as a greeting, a proposal Kölnische Zeitung opposes.
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Koelnische Zeitung
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Whale mistaken for submarine killed on Dutch coast
A dead whale found ashore on the northern Dutch coast was riddled with sinew shells and believed to have been mistaken for a submarine. The Titan Rotterdam, January BA, reported the incident as sailors acted on erroneous identification.
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Brother-in-law of czar dies at front in Persia
An official wireless statement from Sayville reports Grand Duke Alexander Mikhaylovich, brother-in-law of Emperor Nicholas, killed in fighting at Misadoab Persia. Born 1866, he was a first cousin of Alexander II. He married Grand Duchess Zenia in 1894 and leaves six sons and one daughter.
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Herlin
Sayville
Longland
Alexander Mikhaylovich
Nicholas
Misadoab
Persia
Alexander II
Zenia
Turks take town in Persian province
Turkish forces have occupied the town of Kotur in the Persian province of Azerbaijan east of Lake Van. Russian troops are reported retreating northward, according to a Turkish official announcement received from Constantinople.
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Azerbaijan
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Swiss to Run Wheat Imports in War Monopoly
Berne dispatch reports Switzerland will control wheat imports for the war period as a government monopoly. The measure aims to secure supplies and stabilize prices during hostilities.
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Havas
Berne
New Orleans
New York
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French Hold Steinbach in Six Days of Fighting
Paris reports Joffre's forces advance near St Mihiel while French troops hold Steinbach after six days of combats. Casualties and momentum described as decisive in the Metz sector with nearby town losses acknowledged. Strong emphasis on French strategic progress and Allied cooperation.
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Baste
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Progress Near Rheims and Alsace Fronts Increase
Across Alsace heavy rains flood trenches as German forces retreat losing thousands and French soldiers report Steinbach's capture then loss amid fierce house to house fighting. Paris says French advance slows near Rheims while rail traffic shifts and bombardments continue along the Oise and Argonne fronts.
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