McAdoo Puts Case For Independent Subway System
McAdoo argues for immediate city work on an independent 105 mile subway network with private capital and a 10 year takeover option. He contrasts this with an Interborough plan, detailing costs, extensions, and potential profits while urging the Public Service Commission to decide on an independent system.
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Upper West
Lwer
Willem G. McAdoo
Pronderpest
Mitchel
Alérinelt
Nater
Plymouth Church
Brooklyn
Com- Baking
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Ipams Operete
Triborough
Ted
Commissis
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Trinity Church
Yar
Wall Street
East River
Monague Street
Willoughby Street
Agbin
Imlespaterm
McAdna
Williamsburg
Broadway
Fourth Avenue
Graton Island
YeAtoo Catiirates
Williamshire
Ptown
Ham
McAdina
Matson & Manhattan Railroad
Public Service Commission
McAdoo
Elty
Interber Company
Public Service Mission
Argu
Fifty thousand offered for Liszt organ in London
A London paper reports that an American millionaire has offered £10,000 for Liszt's famous organ, bought recently at Weimar by I. A. Smith of Leeds. Rome Budapest and Dresden museums had prior offers, the British Museum inquired, but the deal faltered. The organ, built in the United States, was used by Wagner and Schumann.
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Ley Vapie
Nerriou
London
The
Daily News
Liszt
Weimar
1. A. Smith
Leeds
Rome
Budapest
Dresden
Lisat
United States
Wagner
Schumann
Two Joliet Girls Die After Fire at Lemont Jail
Stella Maxwell aged 22 and Freda Kampa 17 died in Joliet hospital from burns suffered in a fire set by themselves in the Lemont jail last night. They had been arrested on charges of stealing furs in Lemont and had traveled from their homes to attend a dance. Relatives call for an investigation claiming the jailer was absent and access before the blaze was blocked. Firemen finally forced an entrance to rescue them.
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Ernest
Tremune
Chicago
Stella Maxwell
Freda Kampa
Joliet
Lemont
Donahoe to Washington Seeks Protective Tariff Policy
Michael Tona Donahoe a Democratic Congressman-elect from Pennsylvania vows to push for a strong protective tariff. He plans to rally fellow Democrats to avoid tariff tinkering at the next session and says his position reflects his district’s support for protection. He supports a permanent tariff commission and schedule-based revision if needed.
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Philadelphia
Dan
Michael Tonahoe
Sith
Pennsylvania
Washington
Donahoe
Samuel 4
Fandall T
Congress
Millionaire Found Dead In Richmond After Domestic Strife
The body of Env Whytehail, a Scotch millionaire and stock owner in Hamburg street railways, was found at a Richmond home. He had married 25 years ago and had three children. A will disinherits his wife Sophie F. and his two children, Benjamin BR and Maud Sr., each with $1. He had exiled himself after a family dispute 15 years ago. The death followed a sudden physical collapse after arriving from New York.
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Beeppee
Tom Richmond
Richmond
Env Whytehail
Hamburg
Germany
New York
Sophie F
Benjamin BR
Maud Sr
Paul
Chicago
Frank Billings
Isaac Adler
Bright
Dr. Wells
Teelf
Dreadnoughts For Portugal Purchase Favored
London dispatch reports Lisbon commission tasked with navy reorganization recommends immediate purchase of three dreadnoughts from England to bolster Portugal’s fleet. The decision highlights ongoing efforts to modernize naval strength amid regional tensions.
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Commission
England
London
Lisbon
British Naval Manoeuvres Off Spanish Coast Begin Tomorrow
London reports large scale naval manoeuvres starting tomorrow off the Spanish coast. Twelve armoured ships will be engaged, with twenty other ships and fourteen cruisers in action. The fleet will be divided into the red fleet under Sir William May and the hive fleet under Sir Edmund Por operating from Vie.
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London
Sma. Annem
William May
Bay of Avon
Edmund Por
Vie
Discoverer Vespucci and Australia connections debated
Melbourne curator Bethe erich notes crowning proofs that Amerigo Vespucci discovered Australia and sailed from Spain in May. He cites expeditions ending in South America and a claim landing near Cape Caraveral, Florida, suggesting Vespucci preceded Columbus in reaching lands now part of the Americas. The fragment references a Great Gear Spring Water advertisement amid the garbled text.
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Melbourne
Auserana
Den
Betheerich
Federal Paramentary Library
Trims
Amerigo Vespucci
Austratia
Amerigo Vespucel
Spain
South America
Ully
Verpucel
Cape Careveral
Florida
Americ
Emerson Files Divorce Suit Amid Rumors of Strife
Baltimore dispatch reports Captain Isaac F. Emerson, noted medicine maker and yachtsman, has secretly filed for divorce from Mrs. Emerson on statutory grounds. The papers were delivered to a Circuit Court judge. Mrs. Emerson denies wrongdoing and cites no grounds yet publicly, while counsel disputes claims and urges waiting for full facts to emerge. The couple have long lived apart at times, with public rumors of strain dating back to the Waldorf scene in November.
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Baltimore
Jan
Isaac F.emerson
Margaret
Acton
Mr. Basshor
Mrs. Emerson
William Sheppard
Ryan
Emerson
Mr. Emerson
New York
Waldorf-Astoria
Arcadia
South Carolina
the Waldorf
Smith Hollins McKim
James McVickar
40Th Street
Captain Emerson
Hin
Philadephia
Emersons
North Carolina
Miss Askew
Millbrook
Raleigh
Flere
Mr. Dunn
McVickar
Mra White
Atlanta
Chapel Hill
Dunn
Tables of Ahab Found by Cable to The Tribune
London Jan 19 report from Berlin via The Daily Telegraph describes professor Reisner excavations in Samaria yielding about a hundred clay tables with old Hebraic inscriptions. The find is believed to contain part of King Ahab archives including a letter from Assyrian king and palace inventory. The tablets, written in black ink, support Old Testament history in parts critics have doubted.
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London
Berlin
The
Daily Telegraph
Reisner
Samaria
Ahab
Filijah
Palestine
Christ
Assyria
Yahuda
Assurbanipal
Salmanesser II
Fleas Blamed for Connecticut Infantile Paralysis Spread
In Middletown and Meriden, Professor Herbert W. Conn of Wesleyan University and state bacteriologist argues fleas carried by dogs, cats, or other domestic animals spread infantile paralysis. He believes infected fleas from initial cases spread the disease to children, more likely than other theories.
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Middletown
Conn
Meriden
Herbert W. Conn
Wesleyan University
State Board of Health
Connecticut
Cow Wrecks a Train
A Rock Island passenger train between Hartford Arkansas and Monroe Oklahoma wrecked after striking a cow. Thirty persons injured four fatally as the engine hit the cow and damaged all coaches except a Pullman. The wreck occurred in a desolate area and help arrived hours later. a special train carried the injured to McAlester Oklahoma. The cow was killed.
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Fort Smith
Ark
Rock Island
Hartford
Monroe
Okla
Little Rock
Oklahoma City
Rome
Ester
Quebec Bars Chinese Eggs From Hankow Shipment
A shipment of eggs from Hankow China valued at 100000 dollars was ordered out of Quebec province by the Board of Control for being unfit for food. The consignment had been shipped through New York to Montreal and was seized amid health concerns.
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Montreal
Hankow
China
Board of Control
Thenemist
York
Paul Morton Dies Suddenly After Gradual Decline Rejected by Doctor
The article notes Paul Morton died suddenly after a period of health decline and a physician at Equitable had reportedly rejected his case. A brother recalls the gradual illness and the events in the weeks leading to death.
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Equitable
Paul Morton dies in New York hotel stroke at 645 o'clock
Paul Morton president of the Equitable Life Assurance Society and former Secretary of the Navy died at the Hotel Seymour in New York from cerebral thrombosis. He collapsed on the fifth floor while meeting a lawyer, with doctors and family arriving soon after. The coroner ruled natural causes after investigation.
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The
Equitable Life Assurance Society
Sudde
Seymour
West 41Th Street
Navy
Mr. Roosevelt
Morton
Fifth Avenue
Henry P. Pearson
West 4Th Street
Charles C. Barrows
N East 16Th Street
Jor
Feinberg
Phillip J. O'Hanlon
Pee Anaes Oe
More
DP. de
Tay Jay Morton
Paul
Chicago
Equitable
Board of Directors
Metropolitan Club
Wella
Am Aminer
Tillman the Slayer Nearing Death in Appalachian Hut
James H. Tillman once Lieutenant Governor and slayer of Narcisso Gonzales lungs failing from tuberculosis in a small hut at Teremraplor. He is penniless and alone, cared for by an old nurse after drifting from family and friends. Tillman, nephew of Senator B R Tilman, previously lived in a tent near Asheville seeking cure.
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Teremraplor
Fegefield
Asheville
United States
B. R.tilman
Barrios Arrested in New Orleans for Drunkenness
Mme Barrios widow of a former Guatemalan president is jailed for public drunkenness in New Orleans. She sparked attention by applying for almshouse admission while receiving a Guatemala pension and has troubled Guatemalan officials who accuse her of wasting funds. The former first lady appears frail and nearly blind.
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New Orleans
Mme. Barrios
Guatemala
Mme. Barries
Viscount Chelsea Engaged to Miss Coxon in London
Society startled by Viscount Chelsea declaring engagement to Miss Marie Coxon a 21 year old niece of Lady Jardine in London. The Earl Cadogan heir inherits the Cadogan title and an annual income after the death of his young nephew. The Cadogan fortunes linked to recent Earl Cadogan marriage to Floren Palagi.
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Earl of Cadogan
Jardine
London
Viscount Chelsea
Marie Coxon
Helen Bust
Cadogan
Earl Cadogan
Iintess Palagi
Floren
Parisiana abandons voyage off Melbourne after fire
The British steamer Parisiana, en route from New York to Melbourne, was abandoned after a fire. Transport Heltist arrived at Albany with news of the disaster. Parisiana carried cargo for Portnes, Withy & Co of Glasgow and was built in 194 at Newcastle.
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Australia
New York
Fiee
Albany
West Australia
Buenos Ayres
Partehann
Purtnes, Withy & Co
Glasgow
Newcastle
Tenor Slapped Chest Drives Pin Into Breastbone
In Detroit on a Sunday evening Richard Barn of Vinewood Avenue, nineteen, weakened by a failed attempt to hit a high note, forced a pin into his breast in a hospital hallway. Lara, the tenor in a family chorus, caused him to falter as he struck his chest to clear bronchial passages. The pin remained lodged in his chest as doctors prepare another attempt to remove it. The incident followed by Beth Barn’s mother who tried to withdraw the pin.
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Murphy
Executive Chamber
Dix
Conta Jeut
Fea Us
Tammany Hall
Walker
Detroit
Jan
Richard Barn
Vinewood Avenue
St Mary's Hospital
Lara
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