14 Jan 1914
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Newspaper
New York Tribune
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1914
Page
1
McLean pleads to escape prison after being found guilty. He admits taking company cash while a friend of Murphy refuses to reveal names of those who received funds.
Grand jury indicts Fowler as Whitman could appeal if court lacks jurisdiction. McLean of Newark and Paice a Dem supporter testify to campaign contributions, with possible imprisonment up to one year or both. Justice Davis weighs clemency amid graft probe context.
A garbled digest mentions elections and policy themes, including Democrats, price plans, waterways, aviation suits, and protests. Disjoint items reference Japan tidal events, martial law in the south, and France tax discussions, with scattered names and places.
The New Jersey Assembly considers a bill by Representative Bramegan to allow women to serve in regular police forces. He aims to pass a constitution amendment granting woman suffrage and says supporters are ready to back the bill in the House. Women police officers would patrol urban streets if municipalities adopt the measure.
Howard Mann, accused robber of a cigar store on Third Avenue last Thursday, wore corsets for warmth. Officers found certificates and pipes on him and at his East 126th Street home, as he claimed the undergarments were for warmth while being detained.
Beatrice Gite, longtime painter Miss Purn hamm, filed for divorce from John Otto after a two year marriage begun on Independence Peak in Monument Canon. The desertion suit appears uncontested as Otto plans to reveal startling claims. The court in Grand Junction is expected to grant a decree soon.
A surgeon at Guy's Hospital reports an astonishing operation for tuberculosis in a child in the final stages of a severe joint disease. By removing most of the larger intestine and linking the remainder to the small intestine, the body revitalized its internal functions within a week and the patient soon appeared in perfect health. The result is hailed as epoch-making.
Pilar Guerrero, Spain's famed actress from Seville, walked barefoot over four miles from her home to the church to honor a vow to the Virgin. A large crowd followed as young cavaliers spread coats on the ground for her path.
Descriptions from Nagasaki report Sakurajima volcano erupting violently, lava flows bury villages, ash blankets Kagoshima city, and a tidal wave adds to the crisis. Thousands affected as residents flee by boat, while authorities and relief services mobilize for an extensive aid operation.
Mayville New York Earward Beardsley shoots W Pate Overseer of the Poor of Chautauqua County injuring him critically. Beardsley barricades the house with rifle and shotgun as deputies guard the scene. Beardsley wife nine children and sister remain inside. Sheriff and under sheriff Putnam aided by a force plan to dislodge him tomorrow.
Vanderbilt is reported to have shattered a North Carolina corn record with a yield valued at $7241 per acre. The article notes the crop originated as an experimental project by the agricultural department at Biltmore, later becoming self supporting and then profitable.
Albany report by Dr HH Gaylord to Governor Glynn states salmon in state hatcheries and US culture stations show goitre germs. Wild fish less affected. Transmission to dogs and rats noted. humans drinking hatchery water could contract goitre if trout propagation continues. Study urged to find safe fish culture methods. Atlantic Coast Line train schedule promotion included.
Controller Prendergast may withhold pay to John J. Murphy nephew of Charles F. Murphy longtime Tamany Hall figure. Murphy listed as Judiciary clerk since January 1, 1907 though little work appears to have been performed. An investigation questioned the payroll and a possible court appeal to force payment looms.
The Poultry Workers union announced that over 1300 tons of kosher poultry are tied up due to a butcher strike. By week’s end the total could reach almost 10 million pounds. One thousand kosher meat butchers plan to strike today. They demand union-mem ber rabbis, a weekly wage of 11, shorter hours, and union recognition.
Three firemen burned fatally and one remains missing after a blaze in Boston's Roxbury center. Hundreds flee into the streets in night clothing as crews battle a dangerous early morning fire amid record cold.
An eye catching report describes the icy gale sweeping east as a liner runs aground with 120 aboard near Grand Manan. A chauffeur dies in a woman's auto incident, rescuers from a dozen vessels race to pull someone from the river as a chaotic scene unfolds.
The Cobequid, a 102 crewed steamship with passengers from the Caribbean to Bermuda, struck a ledge off Brier Island in a gale near Grand Manan. Rescue efforts by Canadian and U S ships were planned as reports indicated the engine room flooded and the vessel taking on water before dawn.
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