Attack on Cortelyou Demands Treasury Probe
Senate Democrats push to investigate Secretary Cortelyou and the Treasury handling of deposits and Panama bond sales. The debate centers on law requiring annual reports, bond bidding fairness, and bank profits from government securities. Tillman reads correspondence while awaiting Cortelyou’s forthcoming data.
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Secretary of the Treasury
Cortelyou
Aldrich
Bailey
Tillman
Treasury
Treasury Department
Culberson
Committee On Finance
Tha
George H. Kroebers
Wilmington
Del
Panama
J. H. Edwards
Kloebers
Augusta
New York
Critics fault Fowler bill as risky to government bonds
Washington dispatch reports Senate Finance Committee members debated the Fowler bill. Critics say it would destroy government bonds as circulation basis, force securities onto the market, raise borrowing costs, and threaten Panama Canal financing. They cite New York City and gilt edged securities paying high yields, with inflation and speculation feared. The measure envisions unlimited circulation with a Treasury reserve of five percent.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Senate Committee On Finance
New York City
Panama Canal
Fowler
Treasury
Cyclone Ravages Macao Port City in China
Lisbon reports the Secolo records a cyclone hitting Macao, a Portuguese port near Canton. Macao, on the peninsula at the Canton River entrance, has about sixty thousand people. It is a bishop's see with late 16th century Portuguese settlement and recently acquired full title.
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Lisbon
Secolo
Macao
China
Canton
Blackmar Confirmed for Brooklyn Justice Post
Albany reported that January 13 the New York Senate confirmed Abel E. Blackmar of Brooklyn as a justice of the Supreme Court in the 2d District to succeed Willard Bartlett on the Court of Appeals. The vote had no Republican opposition and included Democratic support. A minority report criticizing the action triggered a counterattack by Senator McCarren.
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Tribune
Albany
Senate
Hughes
Abel E. Blackmar
Brooklyn
Supreme Court
Willard Bartlett
Court of Appeals
Blackmar
Fuller
Judiciary Committee
McCarren
President to push new employers' liability law
The President plans to send a special message to Congress urging enactment of another employers' liability law to replace the one deemed unconstitutional by the Supreme Court. Key figures are Senators La Follette and Knox, with the President favoring a middle ground between them. The timing targets the end of this week or early next.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Congress
Supreme Court of the United States
Knox
House
la Follette
Supreme Court
Wisconsin
Senator la Follette
Mining Camp El Oro Destroyed In Fire
A telegram report from Mexico City says the El Oro gold mining camp in Sonora is burning with principal hotels and major business buildings reduced to ashes. The town is said to be entirely threatened and communication with El Oro is currently interrupted with no further details available.
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Mexico City
el Oro
Republic
Port Chester Rail Line to be Pushed After Legal Hurdles
Albany reports William C. Trull counsel for the New York & Port Chester Railroad says construction and operation will resume once legal complications are cleared. He notes non-operating railroads faced reporting rules under old law and details the merger with Boston & Westchester and absorption by New Haven Hartford interests. Allan Wardwell, for NYNH&H, spoke for allied interests.
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The
Tribune
Albany
New York & Port Chester
William C. Trull
Upstate Public Service Commission
Trull
Boston & Westchester
New York, New Haven & Hartford
Port Chester
Allan Wardwell
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
Dowry Tax Proposal Aims to Tax Marital Transfers
The bill by Rep. Adolph J. Sabath would tax dowries gifts settlements or property advances tied to US citizens marrying foreigners. A percent tax would apply and Treasury rules would be issued. Sabath cites foreign wealth transfers and dowry losses totaling about 90 million over ten years. Rep. Hull proposes an amendment to tax the dowry on divorce or desertion.
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Washington
Congress
Europe
Adolph J. Sabath
Chicago
United States
Secretary of the Treasury
Sabath
Hull
Iowa
Battleships Reach Rio with Warm Welcome and Ill Admiral
American battleships anchored off Rio de Janeiro after a three thousand mile voyage from Trinidad. Crowds gathered along the water front to watch launches and the fleet. Rear Admiral Evans, ill with rheumatism, may miss fetes. admirals Emory, Thomas and Sperry, with ship captains, met Brazilian officials including Admiral Alencar. The party visited Petropolis for a reception hosted by President Penna’s diplomatic corps. Supply ships Culgoa and Glacier trailed the fleet into Rio delayed by distance.
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Trinidad
Rio
Mount Corcovado
Evans
Emory
Thomas
Sperry
Marine
Alencarr
Journal of Commerce
New York
United States
Hague
Theatre disaster tragedy leaves hundreds dead and injured
A moving picture machine exploded at Rhoades Opera House in Boyertown Pennsylvania triggering a fire and deadly panic. About three hundred fifty people were present and at least one hundred are dead with seventy five injured many women and children perished or suffocated as families were wiped out. The entertainment titled The Reformation was a benefit event.
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Tribune
Boyertown
Penn
Rhoades Opera House
Iroquois Theatre
Chicago
Mr. Bluebeard
Eddie Foy
United States
Conways Brooklyn
Kate Claxton
H. S. Murdoch
Claude Burroughs
Vienna
Iso l
Ring Theatre
Brooklyn
Comédie Francaise
Paris
Mile
Henriot
Abbey’s Park Theatre
England
Barnsley
Seven Hundred Flee Flames In Village Opera Disaster
In Boyertown Pennsylvania a crowded St John’s Lutheran Sunday School benefit at the opera house ended when a tank exploded and coal oil footlights were overturned. The blaze trapped seven hundred, injuring many and killing several as crowds panicked. Nurses and doctors were rushed from Reading and Pottstown, with makeshift hospitals set up nearby.
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Associated Press
Boyertown
Penn
Opera House
St. John’s Lutheran Sunday School
Iroquois fire recalled and earlier theatre disasters noted
The Iroquois Theatre fire in Chicago on December 30, 1908, killed over six hundred as gas, crowd crushes, and a failing asbestos curtain worsened the chaos. Earlier fires in Brooklyn, Vienna, and Paris are cited with similar panics and unsafe precautions.
Torpedo Boats Leave Pernambuco for Rio de Janeiro
The torpedo boat flotilla sailed from Pernambuco for Rio de Janeiro. Officers of the flotilla received cordial attention from shore authorities during their stay. Edward Grey, a sailor on the Lawrence, was accidentally drowned on Saturday and buried yesterday.
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Pernambuco
Brazil
Rio de Janeiro
Edward Grey
Taft Wins Back Erie Indorsement In Ohio
In Sandusky Ohio on January 13 Taft followers reenacted the previous purge and restored the Taft endorsement and officers. The Erie County Republican Central Committee ousted chairman Carl D Clars and secretary Joseph Gibbs a week earlier with proxies. Sixteen members attended today's session with one proxy.
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Tribune
Sandusky
Ohio
Foraker
Erie County Republican Central Committee
Taft
Carl D. Clars
Joseph Gibbs
Austrian Chauffeur Seeks 250000 for Alienation
Richard Goebel, a young Austrian who eloped with Marion Dougherty in Europe, sues Webster and Anna Dougherty for 250000 for alienation of affections. He claims his wife was deprived of access from June 6 in Dresden and he has since been unable to contact her. Goebel, from an excellent family, has worked as a chauffeur in Philadelphia.
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Philadelphia
Richard Goebel
Marion
Webster Dougherty
Europe
Mr. Dougherty
Anna Wilcox Dougherty
Mrs W Gould Brokaw ILI Archdale Typhoid Sickness
Advices from Archdale report W Gould Brokaw confined at hunting preserve by typhoid fever and ill himself after the doctor’s arrival. Mrs Brokaw also stricken and trained nurses have been ordered to Archdale where Dr S Westray Battle has been for a week.
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The
Tribune
High Point
N. Y
Archdale
W. Gould Brokaw
Battle
Glendoon Beats Travel Time From Capetown to New York
The British steamship Glendoon captained by Reedinson arrived in port after a record voyage from Capetown to New York covering about ten thousand miles in thirty six days. The vessel left New York September 13 and returned to Capetown, completing the round trip in 122 days.
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Glendoon
Reedinson
Capetown
Africa
New York
Record Tobacco Sales Break All Time Kentucky High
Six hundred thousand pounds of white burney tobacco sold on Lexington floor. Record sales draw wagons from across the tobacco district since Saturday. Guards with a Gatling gun and soldiers protect warehouses and nearby towns against night riders.
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Lexington
Bill Would Prevent Women Smoking
Alvany Jan 13 Assemblyman McCue introduced a bill making it a misdemeanor to allow women to smoke in hotels restaurants or saloons. The measure carries a $16 fine or six months imprisonment or both for violators.
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The
Tribune
Alvany
McCue
Panic Averts Stampede at Nixon Theatre
A smoke-filled floor at the Nixon Theatre in Pittsburg caused a near panic during a Henry Miller and Margaret Anglin performance. House detective Frank Morgan acted quickly to calm the crowd and prevent a rush for exits.
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House
Quells
Nixon Theatre
Pittsburg
Henry Miller
Margaret Anglin
Frank Morgan
Paris art collector M Grouit dies. Louvre likely heir
Paris reports M Grouit owner of a vast art collection valued at around 4 million dollars died tonight. His gallery includes Turner Constable and Gainsborough works and fine 18th century French pieces such as Watteau. It is stated the bulk of the collection will be bequeathed to the Louvre.
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Paris
M. Grouit
Turner
Constable
Gainsborough
Watteau
Louvre
Dutch Troops Drive Rebels From Flores Stronghold
Dispatches report Dutch forces stormed the rebel stronghold on Flores in the Malay Archipelago after a severe fight. About 130 natives were killed and most chiefs surrendered while Dutch losses were insignificant.
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Hague
Flores
Malay Archipelago
Hughes League Forms to Back Governor Hughes for President
A New York State Hughes League organized with Ex Senator Edgar T. Brackett as president and a large slate of Republican leaders from across the state. The group seeks to mobilize support for Governor Charles B. Hughes, arguing his strength in New York guarantees national victory and pledging no personal rewards, just party welfare.
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Edgar T. Brackett
Saratoga
Bristol Building
Fifth Ave
Nus
League
Troy
Senatom Tully
Corning
New York
Edward F. Cragin
Hughes
Kings County Republican Committee
New York County Committee
Woodruff
Kings
Parsons
Harry W. Mack
New York State
Charles B. Hughes
State League
Republican Party
McKinley
Roosevelt
United States
Congress
Charles E. Hughes
Democracy
Hearst
Bryan
Hughes League of the United States
Republic
Saratoga County
John A. Sleicher
Albany County
Harvey D. Hinman
Broome
William C. Warren
Erie County
Luther W. Mott
Oswego
Darwin R. James, Jr
Kings County
George W. Aldridge
Monroe County
Edward Lauterbach
M. E. Tremain
New York County
John F. Montignani
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William P. Ellis
James D. Warren
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Essex County
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Genesee County
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