Burglary at Berner Brokerage Seizes 27000 In Jewels
Gems and cash valued at $27,000 were stolen Monday night or early yesterday from the third floor office of Charles E. Berner & Co stock brokerage in the United States Realty Building at 115 Broadway. The loot includes $12,000 cash and $15,000 in jewels, largely belonging to Charles E. Berner, his son Charles W. Berner, and their wives. Police call the thief the Clerical Cracksman, an elusive figure who poses as a quiet accountant while cracking safes. Continued investigation details outline a complex, difficult-to-trace burglary with no suspect identified.
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Charles E. Berner & Co
United States Realty
Broadway
New York City
Mra
Ko Ho Harriman
Farmers’ Loan and Trust Company
Berner
Charles E. Berner
Charles W. Berner
William Deorey
First Branch Detective Bureau
William Sheldon & Co
Union Central Life Insurance Company
Woolworth
Vinals
Tce
Tribune
George Roettger
Edward Chappell
Family Pearl Worth Thousands Found After New Year Dinner
John N. Roach of Poughkeepsie discovered a pearl in his New Year dinner. Tiffany & Co. valued it at 800 dollars with his teeth marks, at least 1,000 after polishing. The pearl is tied to the Roach family, linked to Miss Kimmeline Roach of Cape Cod, with Commodore Stephen W. Roach in Harrison cited as a connection.
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John N. Roxeh, Sr
Foughkeepsie
Tiffany & Co
Mr. Roach
Clover
Mieskimmeline Roach
Cape Cod
Stephen W. Roach
Harrison, N.Y
John N. Roach
Osborne Goes To Jail In Naval Prison Inquiry
Thomas Mott Osborne former Sing Sing warden began a ten day prison term as part of a naval prison inquiry requested by Secretary Daniels. Disguised as a prisoner he boarded the prison ship Southern then will transfer to the naval prison to live the life of a inmate. Also aboard were professor John McCormick and Harry Bolinsky who used aliases John Austin and stayed under observation by master at arms.
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Tribus
Portsmouth
N. H
Thomas Mott Osborne
Sing Sing
Naval Prison
Osborne
John McCormick
Bowdoin Coland
Harry Bolinsky
McCormick
John Austin
Boatawain Hill
T. N
Girl killed as father leaps to save her life
Beatrice Chalk, three, died in her father Hennett Chalk's arms after he leaped from a moving elevator to shield her at their Auburn Avenue home. Chalk, badly bruised, reached safety with his wife Sophie and other child Blanche. Elevator operator Albert Tamblyn stood nearby as the car rose briefly before stopping. The infant’s skull was likely fractured, and Chalk returned upstairs. In a separate report, Howard J. Smith and Hans Pries drowned in Skaneateles Lake while tuning a fast motorcycle iceboat owned by George Hincock, son of a Court of Appeals justice.
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Hennett Chalk
Beatrice
Sophie
Blanche
Au- Gunn Avenue
Albert Tamblyn
Ced
Chalk
Chalkie
Crown
Auburn
N.Y. Dan
George Hincock
Justice Hisck
The
Court of Appeals
Howard J. Smith
Skaneateles
Hans Pries
Skaneateles Lake
Aeemy
Admiral Dewey Dies At Capital
Washington January 16 Admiral Dewey the nations Spanish war hero and world’s top naval figure died at his home in his eightieth year He had been unconscious since yesterday and family at bedside Mrs Dewey and his son George were with him The cause was general breakdown from arteriosclerosis He will be buried at Arlington and the funeral will be arranged with President Wilson and Secretary Daniels officiating
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Admiral Dewey
Navy Department
Arlington National Cemetery
White House
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Dewey
Mnich
Daniels
Department
Navy
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Draper
Cable
the Tribune
London
Britain
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Milner and Curzon
Nivelle
Haig
Great War Council
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Sir Douglas Haig
France
Wiltons
Brixtain
Lloyds
Lloyd Georgy
McKenna
Rureiman
Antis
Milner
Carton
Henderson
Bonar Law
Supreme Command
Ihs
Dewey Hero of Manila Fought in Two Wars
A fragment from a column praising Admiral Dewey as a hero of Manila and a veteran of two wars. The text hints at a future memorial mentioning words spoken by his antlers in battle and alludes to continuation on a later page.
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Dewey
Manila
Unitedates
Five Privates To Be Tried In Bronx Court Martial
Lieutenant Frank A. Spencer and Captain Wilbur T. Wright, both of Battery E, 2d Field Artillery, will be tried before a court martial for ordering five prisoners spread-eagled in the regimental armory in The Bronx. General Leonard Wood ordered the trial under Article 62 of the Articles of War after a report by Colonel Thomas Q. Donaldson. The punishment followed a refused meal claim by the POWs. Captain O. Hope to sign the charge. trial location and date to be set, possible Fort Totten delay.
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Frank A. Spencer
2D Field Artillery
Bronx
Wilbur T. Wright
Leonard Wood
Department of the Host
Wood
Thomas Q. Donaldson
Governor's Island
Spencer
Max Kellerman
Ralph and Earl Pingree
Elmer St. George
James Foley
Wingate
War Department
George A. Wingate
2D Artillery
O. Hope
Fort Totten
Hope
Wright
E. A. Pearce
Senators reject Wilson plan to block strikes in Senate
The Senate Interstate Commerce Committee vote 7 to 3 defeats prohibiting strikes or lockouts during railroad investigations. Democrats Ellison Smith and Underwood sided with Republicans, arguing workers’ right to strike should be preserved. A possible extra session looms if the president’s program stalls, with compulsory service feared by labor allies.
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Triibuce Bureau
Washington
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Republic
Ellison D. Smith
South Carolina
Underwood
Alabama
Wilson
Congress
Committee
Senate
House
Deutschland Sails for American Port Amid Convoyed Submarines
Bremen reports indicate Deutschland is prepared to sail today for New York with convoy protection. The Bremen, safe in port, has traveled the Mediterranean and Gulf of Bothnia routes, per Avis.
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Bremen
Deutschland
Copenhagen
Avis
New
Mediterranean
Gulf
Bothnia
Medical Society Votes to Expel Dr Dixon
The Kings County Medical Society voted 165 to 11 to expel eye specialist Dr Thomas Dixon of 373 Fulton Street Brooklyn after he advertised in a telephone directory and issued a pamphlet. The meeting at 191 Bedford Avenue was held behind closed doors as Dixon pleaded his case amid prior accusations of unethical conduct.
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Kings County Medical Society
Thomas Dixon
Fulton Street
Brooklyn
Bedford Avenue
Dixon
County Medical Organisation
Mrs Visconti Found Served With Subpoena
Ruth Thomason Visconti, a missing witness in the leak investigation, was found at her Washington apartment and subpoenaed by a House deputy sergeant at arms to appear before the Rules Committee. Reports say she accused Thomas W. Lawson of bringing names of Secretary Tumulty and White House newspaperman W. W. Price into the leak hearing.
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Washington
Ruth Thomason Visconti
House
Visconti
Thomas W. Lawson
Tumulty
W. W. Price
White House
McAdoo
Lawson
Paul M. Warburg
Federal Reserve Board
MeAd
Samue Untermyer
Rules Committee
Ruth Thomanon Visconti
Joseph P. Tumulty
Indy
German coup near in Greece sparks new crisis
London reports serious trouble in Greece as Germany pursues a decisive move against the Entente. Falkenhayn is believed in Greece to confer with King Constantine while Greece builds a wireless station at Larissa and communications with Berlin in code. Royalist forces and Venizelist troops face tensions as Salonica troops are reinforced and a Macedonian campaign looms.
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Greece
Germany
Falken~hayn
Constantine
Larissa
Berlin
Havas
von Falkenhusn
Baron von Falkenhausen
Salonica
Kalken
Hayn
Elnysonie
Larinia
Peloponnesus
Meloponnesua
Bor
von Falkenhayn
Falkenhayn
Sarrail
Constantinople
Asia Minor
Turkey
Greek Peace Plea Says Allies Starve Nation
Greek government through Charles Vouros submitted a note to the State Department praising President Wilson’s peace effort. It highlights Greece’s sufferings, its neutral stance amid war, and its demand for respect for the rights and sovereignty of all states while urging humanitarian actions to ease famine and protect civilians.
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Washington
State Department
Charles Vouros
Wilson
Greece
Muat
Morgan and Vanderlip Called in Leak Inquiry
Special Examiner urged, Untermyer not wanted. Washington dispatch says House Rules Committee subpoenas financiers J Pierpont Morgan Frank A Vanderlip Henry P Davison J S Bache Sol Wexler to testify on Lawson charges. Committee seeks bankers opinions on December stock market moves.
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Morgan
Vanderlip
Untermyer
Tribune Bureau
Washington
Wall Street
Lawson
House Rules Committee
J. Pierpont Morgan
J. P. Morgan & Co
Frank A. Vanderlip
National City
Henry P. Davison
J. S. Bache
J. S. Bache & Co
Sol Wexler
New Orleans
New York
German Raider Halts A id Ship
The German raider Moldavia stopped the Belgian merchantman Samland about 400 miles off the Tri coast and allowed her to proceed to Rotterdam with supplies for the American Relief Commission in Belgium. Marines boarded the Samland, inspected papers, and confiscated wireless gear while warning the crew not to send help, as the ship carried aid rather than military cargo. The incident follows a string of warnings about the raider’s presence and underscores tensions in shipping routes during wartime.
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Moldavia
Samland
Trish
Rotterdam
Belgium
Pier F. Hoboken
New York
Itm
James H. Wadsworth
Semland
koUteser
Saraland
Wadsworth
Leutenane
Leutenants
American Relief Commission
James Hoover
Ita
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