Aldrich Plans Central Bank Redesign for Nation
Senator Aldrich will introduce a plan for a modified central bank modeled on the Bank of England. It aims to provide business credit and currency stability without competing with banks, seeking business community input and aligning with the Monetary Commission's conclusions. A fifteen district directorate would guide the central mechanism and two key provisions include limiting political influence and retiring national bank notes while refunding debt with bonds.
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Ifrom
Washington
Aldrich
Senate
Congress
Rhode Islad
Commission
Bank of England
Secretary of the Treasury
Rhode Island
Monetary Commission
Rinde
Elend
Finance Committee
Balfour on Tariff Reform Aims to Benefit Britain and Empire
Ex-Premier Arthur Balfour argues tariff reform would empower Britain in negotiations with protected states, steady domestic employment, and bind the empire into a commercial union capable of standing against the world. He does not clarify Unionist stance on referendum timing or future policy.
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Lay
Rrpine
London
Arthur J. Balfour
House of Commons
Canada
Balfour
Great Britain
Mr. Balfour
Unionist
Famine in China Worsens with Daily Starvation Report
In Peking on January 11 the famine deepens as about a thousand people starve daily with many found collapsed on roadsides. United States Minister William J. Calhoun urged Americans to send more aid subscriptions to help the sufferers.
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Peking
China
William J. Calhoun
United States
Hot January Day Sets Records in St Louis and Nearby
In St Louis January records were shattered as the thermometer hit 74.4 degrees this afternoon before dropping to 31 tonight. Fort Smith reached 79, Ardmore 85, and Tulsa 80 before a sharp 52 degree fall within eight hours. The day marked the thirteenth anniversary of the cyclone that killed fifty-one in St Louis, heightening unease among residents.
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Tevexrapin
Istbutie
St Louis
Weather Bureau
Fort Smith
Ark
Oklo
Tulsa
Okla
Oklahoma
Democrats Fear Hoodoo Over Seventeenth Ways and Means Plan
Washington dispatch reports Democratic leaders feared the number thirteen on the Ways and Means Committee. They moved from naming twelve Democrats to fourteen after Georgia and Western states argued for Brantley of Georgia or Hammond of Minnesota. The fear of thirteen led to adding Brantley to avoid bad luck.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Ways and Means Committee
House
Georgia
W. G. Brantley
W. S Hammond
Minnesota
Ollie Jones
Hammond
Underwood
Slabama
Jam
Champ Clark
Ollie
Brantley
St. Louis
Add
Wireless saved Captain after voyage medical crisis
Captain Arthur McGiray of the Herman Fraser survived pramatie poisoning after a three day ordeal at sea aided by wireless. He sent a distress message to land from off Key West, and the Merida at Progreso relayed a physician's prescription by wireless. The treatment saved his life, authorities say.
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Arthur McGiray
Herman Fraser
Sabine Pass
Ratus
Key West
Fla
Naval Station
Merida
Progreso
Yucaton
McGray
Rochester Bars Long Hatpins Ordinance Passed
Rochester's Common Council enacted an ordinance prohibiting hats with harping protruding beyond the crown by more than one half inch. The measure targets safety and appearance in public spaces, reflecting municipal rulemaking approved last night.
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Rochester
Murphy for Sheehan turns down Shepard in Albany caucus stakes
Well informed circles in New York City foresee William F. Sheehan as the Democratic nominee for U S Senator at the Albany caucus Monday night though Tammany leader Charles F Murphy faced pressure to support Edward M Shepard Mayor Gaynor has declared for Shepard but Murphy's bloc appears split, with McCooey and Kings County leaders traveling to Albany to push for a decision while Sheehan's backers prep for a possible upstate compromise.
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Wiliam F. Sheehan
United States
Albany
Sheehan
Charles F Murphy
Tammany
Upstate
Murphy
Gaynor
Edward M. Shepard
Tammany Hall
Shepard
Daniel F. Cohalan
John H. McCooey
Kings County
Joseph Cassidy
Queens
New York City
John H. McConey
Brooklyn
McConey
Alebany
Fleht
McCoory
McCone
King
Mac Looney
Howe
Oor
McCooey
Mysterious Child Poisoning Probe In Albany Swamp
Albany police search for a kidnapper after a five year old boy is found dead in a swamp near the city line. A half empty carbolic acid bottle and a bag of chocolate drops suggest luring the child with candy and force feeding poison. The body shows signs of poisoning and freezing. autopsy pending. The boy’s identity remains unknown though dress and wealth hints are noted. Investigators question local residents and store clerks about the bottle and possible purchaser.
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Albany
Harry Spank- Hand
Fauntleroy
Brough
Vote selling probe yields fifty seven indictments in Ohio
West Union Ohio January postmaster W Carey Watts and rural carrier Hiram Purtee faced the grand jury probing vote selling. Nelson Grooms confessed selling his vote and brought his sons Homer and Harvey to court. Grooms was fined five dollars and costs and disfranchised for five years.
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West Union
Ohio
Jan
Carey A. Watts
Peebles
Hiram. Purtee
Nelson Grooms
Homer
Harvey
Rich Loot in Cellar: Detectives Nab Schultz Ring
Detectives found about fifteen thousand dollars worth of jewelry in a cellar at 832 Dawson Street Bronx. Herman Schultz and five associates, arrested Sunday at 871 Longwood Avenue, allegedly stored stolen items there. Schultz, once janitor at 582 Dawson, faces charges of receiving stolen goods with bail set at five thousand dollars.
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To Morrisa
Dawson Street
Bronx
Herman Schultz
Longwood
Schultz
Longwood Avenua
Celar
Backdraft Injures Fire Crew At 108 110 Thane Street
Deputy Chief Rinns Battalion Chief Daven Captain Big John Sullivan and several firemen were burned and bruised after a backdraft while awaiting fire suppression at the Wholesale Typewriter Company loft. The blaze climbed from the third floor to the roof, with damage estimated near 100000 dollars.
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Thane Street
Rinns
Daven
Big John" Sullivan
Sullivan
Binal
Tighe
Storms Delay Flights and Ravage Aviation Field
Wind and rain caused a second postponement of flying today and wrought havoc on the aviation field. Large rents ripped canvas hangars, rain entered aeroplanes, and a wireless tower collapsed tearing through the roof of a fire engine shed, injuring a workman and a horse.
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San Francisco
Chauffeur Gets 60 Days for Fatal Park Collision
Philadelphia man Edward H. Robinson, a chauffeur, was sentenced to sixty days in prison after pleading guilty to involuntary manslaughter for striking and killing Charles W. Furbush, a cab driver in Fairmount Park. The late night accident left Robinson unable to explain the incident and he fled the scene before being arrested in New York.
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Philadelphia
Edward H. Robinson
Charles W. Furbush
Fairmount Park
Robinson
New York
Wrs
Thought Raid a Funeral Flynn Quietly Seizes Gamblers
William J Flynn second deputy police commissioner led ten plainclothes officers in a quiet raid on a suspected gambling house at No 34 East 2th street. The operation, conducted like a funeral, involved nine warrants from Chief Magistrate McAdoo. nine men named in the warrants were arrested on gambling charges after officers reportedly found gambling paraphernalia on the premises. Seventy five men were present on the second floor when the raid occurred around 4 o clock. nine arrestees were taken to headquarters.
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Flynn
Wiliam J. Flynn
East 2Th Street
McAdoo
Collins
East 20Th Street
Pignan
Simon
Minister Rebuked In Court Over Unreported Bigamy
Justice Blanchard in a Supreme Court session rebuked Rev Stedwell Applegate of Asbury Park for failing to report an alleged bigamous marriage after learning of a wife other than the plaintiff. The minister defended his inaction amid questions of public duty and church obligation. A separate ad for Dewey & Sons Co. Port wine follows.
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Justice Minenara
Supreme Court
Stedwell Applegate
Asbury Park
Lena Bennett Auathet Foward Hennett Mc Applegate
Bennett
Blanchard
Witnews
Asked $15 000 Get $1 From Jury in Covington Case
A jury awarded Mrs. Walter Helwig of Covington Kentucky one dollar in a fifteen thousand dollar damages suit against the William Glenny Glass Company. Helwig lost tips of two fingers when her hand was caught in a machine. Attorneys question a law allegedly requiring the plaintiff to pay costs if damages are under five dollars and note a county clerk inquiry to see if the statute remains in force.
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Telegraph
Tribune
Cincinnati
Walter Helwig
Covington
William Glenny Glass Company
Oo Ing & Mune
Ion Hulle
Renewa
East River
Brooklyn
Ely Ham
Thas
Mt ‘Pheelty
California Angers Japan in Pacific Coast Attitude Letter
San Francisco dispatches to a Tokyo paper denounce California legislators for an uncompromising anti Japanese stance. Editorials express surprise and regret as Japan maintains a two year self imposed emigration restriction. Discrimination by Californians is blamed for spreading anti American prejudice among other nationalities. Washington's administration is trusted to understand Japan's good faith.
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Tokio
San Francisco
California
Japan
America
Mayor challenges Interborough subway plan and city control
Mayor Gaynor declares the Interborough Rapid Transit proposal flawed and argues city built and city controlled subways are required by law. He states the Public Service Commission should proceed with contracts while criticizing majority reports as misleading and defends city ownership and funding of future lines.
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Board of Estimate
Intersborough Rapid Transit Company
Prendergast
Mitchel
Board of Aldermen
Public Service Commission Io
Lourd
Interborough
McAneny
PreGents Miller
Cromwell
Board of Estimate and
Brooklyn
Weirawau
Wolvamen
Intersborough
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Charles F. Murphy
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Dewey & Sona Co
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CITY
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Uby
Iva
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