Insurgent Coalition Poised to Control House Ahead of Taft Era
The Tribune reports insurgents in the House could command a three vote majority even with vacant Democratic seats. They pledge to back President Taft and Ballinger Pinchot inquiry, while Speaker Cannon faces pressure from both insurgents and Democrats. Key figures named include Hayes, Pickett, Haugen, Good Kendall Woods Hubbard Madison Murfock Gardner Lovering Davis Lindberg Steed Miller Steenerson Hinshaw Norris Kinkaid Grenna Poindexter Cooper NelIm Kopp Cary Morse Lenroot Fowler Hanna Esch Parsons Johnson Hollingsworth Ames Hamilton Fish Hill.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
House of Representatives
Cannon
Taft
House
Hayes
California
Pickett
Haugen
Good
Kendall
Woods
Hubbard
Madison and Murfock
Kansas
Gardner and Lovering
Massachusetts
Davis
Lindberg
Val Stead
Miller
Steenerson
Minnesota
Hinshaw
Norris and Kinkaid
Nebraska
Grenna
North Dakota
Poindexter
Cooper
Nel
Hanna
Esch
Wisconsin
Parsons
New York
Johnson and Hollingsworth
Ohio
Butler Ames
Hamilton Fish
Ebenezer J. Hill
Connecticut
Representative Clark
Representative Fitzgerald
Clark
Louisiana
Frank Clark
Florida
Iit Yal
Rockefeller braves snow to reach Fifth Avenue Church
John D. Rockefeller travelled in heavy snow over twenty eight miles of difficult roads from Pocantico Hills to attend the morning service at the Fifth Avenue Baptist Church in New York. His chauffeur called the trip nearly impossible at times but the financier reached late and declared the journey enjoyable despite the drifts.
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Fifth Avenue Baptist Church
46Th Street
Fifth Avenue
Mr. Rockefeller
Pocantico Hills
Tarrytown
Rockefeller
New York
North Pole
Church
Rockefeller Nurse Nora Williams Dies at 103
Nora Williams, longtime nurse for John D. Rockefeller and W. C. Rudd, dies in Cleveland at 103. Welsh emigrant who began nursing in malaria era Cleveland, later cared for John D. Rockefeller Jr. and lived with Mrs. Samuel H. Crowl. known for blunt wit and loyalty to her employers.
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the Tribune
Cleveland
Nora Williams
John D. Rockefeller
W. C. Rudd
Mr. Rockefeller
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Euclid Avenue
Rockefellers
Samuel H. Crowl
Nora
Two Boys Caught After Dollar Store Robbery In Meadville
Walter Buttray son of Rev. Alonzo P. Buttray and Norman Blakeslee two youths aged twenty and eighteen attempted a masked hold up at a Geneva general store. Brooks the storekeeper handed over $30 before the pair fled. A farmer posse tracked them along tracks and a swamp to a farmyard where they were captured and the money recovered.
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Meadville
Penn
Walter Buttray
Alonzo P. Buttray
Norman Blakeslee
Geneva
Brooks
Bride survives brutal assault and well plunge in Connecticut
Annie Brooks, newly married in Chicopee, mass, was knocked unconscious by her husband and a companion in Bridgeport then dumped in a well at Ferris Farm. She climbed out via an iron pipe, was found with frozen feet and faces possible amputation. Suspects fled to Springfield after fleeing Bridgeport with $700 in her trunk.
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Fairfield
Conn
Annie Brooks
Chicopee
Mass
Bridgeport
William Ferris
Springfield
Harvard and Yale Steamers to Undergo Remodeling
Boston January 16 Harvard and Yale steamers planned for daily New York trips from about May 1 will be sent to the city for remodeling. They will be devoted to passenger traffic with enhanced accommodations by adding state rooms in freight areas and converting the two vessels into oil burners.
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Boston
Harvard
Yale
New York
Greater New York Adopts $725000 Foreign Mission Drive
A mass Hippodrome gathering in New York approves boosting foreign mission contributions from $400000 to at least $725000 this year. Speakers urge missions as investments and call New York to lead a global outreach with faith, commerce, and new centers of spiritual influence. The event closes with Bishop Darlington’s benediction and remarks from Dr. MacDonald and Mr. Eddy.
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New York
North American
Greater New York
Darlington
William Jay Schieffelin
Thomas B. Neely
Robinson
India
George Alexander
Wallace McMillan
Silas McBee
Alfred E. Marling
J. J. Janeway
William Fellowes Morgan
Gilbert Colgate
George Heber Jones
Corea
George S. Eddy
J. Campbell White
J. A. MacDonald
Toronto
Canada
Globe
Stephen Baker
Schieffelin
MacDonald
America
United States
Asia
Africa
South America
Mr. Eddy
Jowett Declines New York Pastorate Offer
Birmingham leads with Rev. John Henry Jowett declining the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church post in New York after a morning announcement amid applause. The committee then prepares to call Dr. G Campbell Morgan of Westminster Congregational Chapel London as potential successor. Morgan, 46, known for Moody’s Northfield revival work, has led London’s church for six years and features a big congregation.
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China
Americas
India
John F. Goucher
Woman's College
Baltimore
Birmingham
England
John Henry Jowett
Carr's Lane Congregational Church
Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church
New York
Jowett
London
G Campbell Morgan
Westminster Congregational Chapel
Dr. Morgan
Dwight L. Moody
Northfield
Moody
Morgan
Citizens National Bank of Evansville Delays Opening
The Citizens National Bank in Evansville Indiana will not open for business tomorrow after a directors meeting. A notice posted tonight said the bank was closed but depositors are expected to be paid in full.
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Evansville
Ind
Citizens National Bank
Seaboard Florida Limited Advertised Train Service
The Seaboard Florida Limited offers the only club car train to Florida with electric lighter service. It features all Pullmans and runs via P. R. RR. and Seaboard Air Line. Office location is 1183 Broadway.
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Seaboard Florida Limited
Florida
P. R. RR
Seaboard Air Line
Does She Love You This Leap Year Test
Philadelphia Jan 16. A sensational lab test at the University of Pennsylvania Psycho logical Clinic uses a phthymograph to measure a woman's emotional response when hearing a man's name. If the ink line rises optimism grows. if it sinks, the suitor should proceed with caution.
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the Tribune
Philadelphia
Psychological Clinic
University of Pennsylvania
Lightner Witmer
Psychology
George
Reginald
Downtown Fire Lights Up Nassau Street Laundry
A blaze on the roof of a laundry at the Equitable Trust Building Nos 19 and 21 Nassau street last night drew a crowd from the Brooklyn Bridge as dusk fell. Firemen connected to the standpipe, reached the roof by elevator, and extinguished the fire. Deputy Chief Guerin blamed defective wiring and put damage at $6000.
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Equitable Trust Company
Nassau Street
Brooklyn Bridge
Financial District
Guerin
Grand Jury to Probe People’s Mutual Life Affair
Albany reports grand jury action in Onondaga County as the State Insurance Department moves to take over the People’s Mutual Life Insurance Association and League of Syracuse with $3,000,000 assets. Eight of nine directors face judgment for receiving payments amid a December transfer of control.
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Onondaga County
State Insurance Department
People’s Mutual Life Insurance Association
League of Syracuse
Hotchkiss
John Tevis
Louisville
White
Charles F. Wayte
E. O. Kinne
J. E. B. Santee
H. H. Mondon
I. C. Reed
Slayter Lavenack
E. E. de Barr
W. Hi. Peck
Syracuse
People’s Mutual Life Insurance
John Doe
John’ Tevis
H. G. Hunt
Toronto
Edgar Madden
New York
Rudolph Appel
White Fiains
Edward L. Vezina
Association
Mr. Tevis
William R. Travers
Farmers’ Bank of Canada
Travers
Syracuse Bank Chief Dies After Illness
E R B Judson president of the First National Bank of Syracuse died from pleural pneumonia contracted from a cold after returning from the New York automobile show. Born December 21 184 in Onondaga County, he led the bank since 1902 after his father’s death who headed the bank for almost four decades.
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Syracuse
E. RB. Judson
First National Bank
New York
Anti-Tuberculosis League Pushes Short Skirts in Schools
In Pittsburg on January 16 the Anti-Tuberculosis League urged city superintendents of large schools to require teachers to wear skirts no longer than shoe tops. They proposed ordinances to ban long skirts, arguing dust from long skirts spreads tuberculosis in classrooms. Miss Charlotte Miller led the explanation, noting teachers resist heavily oiled floors that rub skirts.
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The
Tribune
Pittsburg
Anti-Tuberculosis League
Charlotte Miller
League
The 24 Hour St Louis Train Service Ad
The 24 hour St Louis offers the best train to the Southwest leaving New York at 6 25 p m today and arriving in St Louis at 6 25 p m tomorrow. Through sleeping cars to Cincinnati and Cleveland. Pennsylvania Railroad contact 1032 Madison Square.
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ST. Louis
New York
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Pennsylvania Railroad
Harward Doctor Urges Abolishing Charity for Old Impaired
Dr William T Porter Harvard physiology professor calls for ending municipal aid to aged and disabled as wasteful. He argues sanatoriums should admit only the most promising cases and that unpromising patients should be allowed to die, noting his view stems from experimental naturalist rather than humanitarian principles.
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Boston
William T. Porter
Harvard
Harvard Medical School
Porter
Dynamite ends life of William Bennett in New London
In New London on Evergreen avenue at 3 30 pm William Bennett placed dynamite against his chest and blew off half his body in a failed murder suicide attempt aimed at his wife. He had a history of confinement in sanitariums and had fired on his wife last Friday, injuring only her corset steels. The blast wrecked the room shattering windows and destroying furniture.
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Third Avenue Elevated
Robert Willoughby
Manhattan Street
No. 195
Broadway
Bright
Willoughby
Maryland
the Tribune
New London
Conn
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Pequot
William Bennett
Bennett
Inventor Pedder Dies Poor After Early Wealth
John Pedder once apprenticed with Andrew Carnegie and helped perfect the hardening process for armor plate. He later died at home in Pittsburgh largely poor, having worked in Singer Nimick mills and met Dr. John A. Brashear in youth. Carnegie funded his patent.
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Tribune
Pittsburg
Jan
John Pedder
Andrew Carnegie
Pedder
Singer & Nimick Mills
West End
John A. Brashear
Carnegie
Fight for Panama Exposition Reopens in California
In Los Angeles on January 16 1913 San Francisco and San Diego delegates failed again to settle claims for a pan American exposition planned for 1915. SF representatives M H de Young Louis Sloss and Charles C Moore split over approaches risking a protracted dispute. If both sides push their plans two international expositions could open the Panama Canal in California. Lyman J Gage also attended from San Diego.
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Los Angeles
San Francisco
San Diego
M. H. de Young
Louis Sloss
Charles C. Moore
California
Panama Canal
Lyman J. Gage
the Treasury
Ex-Ambassador White and partners seek control of The Baltimore Sun
Henry White and his brother Julian Leroy White, with Charles H. Grasty, aim to buy a controlling stake in The Baltimore Sun founded by A. S. Abell. Friction among heirs cited, price reportedly over 2 million dollars. building and site valued above 1 million.
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Tribune
Baltimore
Henry White
France
Julian Leroy White
Charles H. Grasty
Baltimore Sun
A. S. Abell
Abell
Grasty
The
Evening News
Frank A. Munsey
Governor Hughes Will Not Seek Re election
The Tribune reports Governor Hughes will retire from gubernatorial politics and return to his law practice. It notes his finances, family, and the burden of living costs, while outlining Republican party needs to nominate a candidate aligned with his policies to carry the ticket next fall.
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Tribune
Albany
Timothy L. Woodruff
William Barnes, Jr
Theodore Roosevelt
Mr. Roosevelt
Secret Service Destroys San Francisco Coin Ring
Secret Service agents seized a coin counterfeiting outfit in San Francisco, described as a well barricaded mint. Officers forced entry with axes. Three men arrested identified themselves as Michael Angelo, Samuel Di Cola, and Samuel Arman.
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Jan
Secret Service
Michael Angelo
Samuel di Cola
Samuel Arman
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