McAdoo targets poolrooms amid gambling raids and charges
Titus files charges against Captain Tighe for not closing a poolroom as McAdoo leads a crusade against the cadet system. Subpenas were torn up before the Police Commissioner who sought to question suspects caught in the poolroom. District Attorney McClellan says more gambling raids were seized and backs McAdoo despite public opposition to poolroom closures.
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Simon C. Noot
Issioner McAdoo
Tighe
McAdoo
China’s Territory Safe Assurances From Powers
Washington January 19 Secretary Hay secured positive assurances from the powers that no attempt will be made to disrupt China’s territorial integrity. A circulated note prompted disavowals from France and others affirming preservation of China’s administrative entity and borders. Count Cassini presented Russia’s reply reiterating complaints but backing the line of maintaining China’s territorial integrity. Other powers had not yet replied.
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Washington
Hay
China
East
State Department
Paris
Count Cassini
Strike Still Delayed In Philadelphia Talks
Philadelphia January 19 The Pennsylvania Railroad Company and the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen remain in a tense stalemate as grand master P H Morrissey and Vice-Grand Master Lee rush to Philadelphia for a last effort at an amicable settlement amid acute differences delaying the strike action.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
P. H. Morrissey
The
Brotherhood
Lee
Court threats loom as Noot pursues cadet gang case
A Tribune report details threats aimed at lawyer Noot backed by Seligman and others as he prosecutes the "cadet" gang in East Fourteenth Street and at the Centre Street court scene. Mollie Betts and Phil Betts face sentences amid testimonies about prostitution and crime networks described by witnesses and police informants.
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Aps
Mfe
Tee Noot
Isaac N. Seligman
Jacob Pit
Criminal Courts
Broadway
Centre-st. Court
Barlow
Noot
Eaet
Erand
Tribune
Phil Betts
Magis BM Betlow
Mole” Betts
Mr. Noot
Otto E. Droege
Betts
Barver
Fine
Best Fourteenth-st
Harvey's
Men Defy McAdoo Subpoenas In Poolroom Row
McAdoo faced Tammany politicians and poolsellers as he carried on poolroom activity yesterday. He issued one hundred subpoenas summoning pool patrons to Police Headquarters, signaling a bid to use subpoenas against the pool trade. Continued on 1st page.
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Mer McAdoo
Tammany
Slot Machines at Fulton Street Station Spark Arrest
Interborough Rapid Transit operated Fulton Street station without consent while slot machines were installed. Chief Engineer Rice ordered removal. division engineer Clark was briefly arrested but released. Machines were removed, and a formal report sent to Commission President Orr. Advertising signs remain under discussion amid agency tensions. Calvin Tomkins of Municipal Art Society urged curb on tunnel ads linked to McAdoo project.
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Interborough Rapid Transit Company
Fulton-st
Rapid Transit Commission
Rice
Interborough
Grout
Fulton St
Mr. Rice
George Hallett Clark
Clark
Mr. Bryan
Mr. Clark
Orr
Commission
Mr. Belmont
Chicago
Ward & Gow
Calvin Tomkins
Municipal Art Society
William G. McAdoo
New Jersey
Sixth-ave
Controller Grout
Tomkins
McAdoo
Art Society
Guthrie Home Servant Held At Gunpoint In Park Avenue Incident
Mrs. William D. Guthrie and household workers were confined to rooms for about thirty minutes as a servant brandished a revolver at 28 Park Ave. The man drank wine, fled to a top floor, then paced the house before a note sent to police led to his arrest at the front door. He was not pressed for charges and was ordered to leave.
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William D. Guthrie
Park Ave
Czar Survives Assassination by Grapeshot in St Petersburg
In St Petersburg on January 19, during the blessing of the waters ceremony, grapeshot from a nearby battery narrowly missed Emperor Nicholas II and his retinue, injuring a policeman and shattering windows. Officials say a loaded shell may have been left in a guard gun, raising questions of accident or premeditated plot while diplomats and royalty gathered in the Winter Palace. The procession resumed, diplomats gathered again, and patrols tightened as inquiry continues.
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St. Petersburg
Neva
St. Peter and
St. Pauui
Diplomatic Corps
McCormick
Eddy
Bliss
Army
Navy
Witni
Ging.ciy <Partacte Sdivu
Winter Palace
1St Horse Artillery
Guard
Palace
Nicholas Hall
Marshal's Hall
London Fears 4 Plot In Russia Revolt Start
London papers and their St Petersburg correspondents warn of a nearing Russian revolution a premeditated attack on Emperor Nicholas and a strike seen as political not industrial they claim St Petersburg manufacturers will reject striker demands Father Gopon a leader of the movement reportedly plans a Sunday march with one hundred thousand strikers to the Winter Palace to present a petition for political rights
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London
St. Petersburg
Russia
Nicholas
Father Gopon
Winter Palace
Fear Strike May Spread In St. Petersburg
News from St. Petersburg reports growing unease over a strike, with indications of a general sympathetic wave. Efforts are underway to call out hundreds of thousands of factory workers including the employer of the Russian Westinghouse Company.
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St. Petersburg
Westinghouse Company
Three Men Shot Dead in Franklin County Tragedy
Roanoke reporters describe a fatal fray twenty miles south of Roanoke in Franklin County. James Abshire and his son fatally fought L. A. Pradd and a man named Holley at Drury Hanes's home. In the first round two Abshires and Pradd were wounded, then an Abshire allegedly reloaded and killed Pradd, leaving Holley in jail after escaping.
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Roanoke
Franklin County
James Abshire
L. A. Pradd
Holley
Drury Hanes
Abeaires
Pradd
Abshires
Day of Prayer Holiday Declared in Denver
Denver officials announce tomorrow a four hour Day of Prayer with 11 30 to 2 00 closures across public buildings and hundreds of stores. Dr Arthur Chapman and Rev Christian Reisner urged Mayor Speer to proclaim the holiday and attendance at special services.
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the Tribune
Denver
Artthur Chapman
Christian F. Reisner
Speer
Pope Secures Reprieve for Montreal Murderer Giacomi
Montreal January 19. Act of the Pope and the King of Italy avert execution for Antonio Giacomi a reprieve delays the hanging to January 27. The Italian Colony of Montreal had pressed for clemency with Ottawa and London authorities weighing justice and mercy. The reprieve followed communications from the Pope the Italian King and King Edward.
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Tribune
Montreal
Italy
Antonio Giacomi
Ottawa
Giacomi
Dominion
Edward
Second Black Hand Letter Threatens Italian Merchant
A second letter purporting to be from the Black Hand warns Westport, Connecticut merchant R. Ferrara that his shop will be blown up with dynamite after he allegedly violated the group’s confidence. Ferrara had earlier left 500 dollars at a Stamford spot in response to a prior threat, and strangers near his store have aroused suspicion amid fear for his safety and family.
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Westport
Conn
R. Ferrara
Stamford
Perrara
Ferrara
Falls Dead Moving a Coffin
Mineola Long Island Jan 19 William Powell station agent of the Long Island Railroad here died after staggering while helping to move a coffin from a freight car The death is attributed to heart disease He was married only ten days ago
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Mineola
Long Island
Wiliam Powell
Long Island Railroad
Sympathy For Strikers Rises In German Coal Strike
Berlin reports 240000 strikers in the coal region with few changes on scene. Minor clashes occur as strike breakers are dispersed. sentiment favors the strikers while Mine Owners refuse to negotiate. Government commission seeks written complaints. Reichstag session and a Socialist interpellation loom. Cardinal Fischer donates 250 to strikers, Vorwärts 6125. Saar coal owners refuse shipments to strike area as more mines idle.
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Berlin
Vorwirts
Tageblatt
Reichstag
Cardinal Fischer
Cologne
Vorwiirts
Saarbrucken
Release of English Socialist William H Bishop Ordered
The Ellis Island special board ordered the deportation of William H Bishop yesterday from Washington, but released him on the board’s receipt of his appeal and Commissioner Williams’s recommendation. Bishop left on the 2:30 boat, planning to work and settle in Pittsburg, denied being an anarchist, and said detention stemmed from misleading questions. He asserted he would seek American citizenship and praised his Island treatment.
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William H. Bishop
Board of
Ellis Island
Washington
Bishop
Williams
Pittsburg
Island
Pinehurst Outdoor Life Ad for Rail Travel
Splendid outdoor life and sports in a genial climate at Pinehurst. Only one night out from New York on Seaboard Air Line or Southern Ry. Ad for travel and leisure opportunity.
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Pinehurst
New York
Seaboard Air Line
Southarn Ry
Strike Fears Loom As Rail Unions Confront Management
Negotiations stretched into the night with the board of adjustment and Mr. Morrissey seeking a path to avert a strike. No vote was taken, and future talks with General Manager Atterbury were planned for tomorrow as officers warned that a walkout could halt freight across multiple divisions from Pittsburgh to Jersey City and beyond.
Want a New Vote on Strike Question in Railroad Brotherhood
Pittsburg reports members of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen in the Pittsburg Division weighing a new vote on striking. They argue conciliatory railroad proposals were not known at the last vote. Local lodges met, and Grand Master P H Morrissey visited briefly, missing connections between Cleveland and Philadelphia. The move hinges on Philadelphia tensions.
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Board of Adjustment
Mr. Morrissey
Mr. Lee
Grand Master
Cleveland
Atterbury
Pennsylvania Railroad
R. L. Cohen
Lee
Mr. Atterbury
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Grand Master of the Brotherhood
Attterbury
Morrissey
This City
Pittsburg
Harhsburg
Altoona
Pitcairn
United Railways of
New Jersey
Jersey City
New
Terrine
Brotherhood of Railway
Philadelphia
P. H. Morrissey
The
Brotherhood of Trainmen
Pinehurst Special Train Service Notice
Pinehurst announces a special daily route modification for New York service via P. R. 2 and Southern Ry. The note mentions departure to New York and Pinehurst connections, with limited details on schedule and routing.
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New-York
Pinehurst
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