Petition Calls Dewey Removal Over Jewish Exclusion Claims
Prominent New York Jews petition University of the State of New York demanding the removal of Melvil Dewey as State Librarian, alleging his Lake Placid Company actions exclude Jews while he draws state salary. The petition, backed by Louis Marshall and others, cites club operations and biased circulars linking Dewey to discriminatory practices and urges action to prevent public officials from endorsing sectarian prejudice.
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Melvil Dewey
e Re+s
University of the State New York
Albany
Whitelaw Reid
Lake Piacié Company
Lake Placid Company
Dewey
Louis Marshall
Jacob H. Schiff
Adolph Lewisohn
Daniel Guggenheim
Isador Straus
Henry R. Ickelheimer
Nathan Bijur
Cyrus L. Sulzberger
Edgar J. Nathan
Adolph &. Ochs
Abraham Abraham
Library Committee For
A Val
Melviney
Aia Geetey
Lake Placid Company. & Corporation
Lake Placid Hotel Company
Incorton
Essex
Franklin
Not Sena
Lake Fi Company
Lake Dia Club
Beaco
Eld
Dewe
Fioecid Company
Melvin Dewey
State of
New-York
Edfefly
Adolph Lewisorn
Aniel Guggenheim
Dor Straus
Lathan Bijur
Yrus L. Sulzberger
Ldgar J. Nathan
Adolph 8. Ochs
P. R. R. Strike Delayed Amid Talks in Philadelphia
The Pennsylvania Railroad freight trainmen strike on lines east of Pittsburgh and Erie is delayed as Grand Master Morrissey joins First Vice-Grand Master Lee in Philadelphia for a continued conference with General Manager Atterbury and the board of adjustment. A compromise is sought with no new proposals, aiming to avert a broader walkout.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Pittsburg
Erie
P. H. Morrissey
Brotherhood of Railroad
Lee
Morrissey
Cleveland
Atterbury
Pennsylvania Railroad
Board of Adjustment
R. L. Cohen
Revolt in Colombia as Reyes Faces Revolutionary Bid
Reports from New Orleans describe a Colombian uprising led by about a thousand revolutionaries demanding President Reyes quit. Reyes crushed the attempt in a brief battle, banishing leaders under death threat, and his leniency boosts his support amid ongoing border tensions with Venezuela.
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the Tribune
New Orleans
Preston
Colombia
Venezuela
Cr. W. Brown
United States-Colombia Trading Company
Reyes
Bogota
Wu Tingfang in England, exiled Chinese reformer claims
Miss Wu Foong Ming, Wu Tingfang’s cousin and reformer, says the former Chinese minister is living in exile in England not China. She reports a price on her head and fears Chinese agents tracking her, while seeking police protection at her hotel.
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the Tribune
Baltimore
Wu-Ting-fang
Washington
China
England
Wu Foong Ming
Miss Wu
Wu-Tingfang
Automobile trip to Bowery and Chinatown by police and officials
Deputy Police Commissioner Lindsley and Deputy Assistant District Attorney Kernochan led a party in a large automobile to the Bowery and Chinatown areas visiting several spots of interest. The group, joined by Mrs. Elisha Dyer Jr and two others, later stopped at Tenderloin station with Detective Sergeant O Connor.
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Lindsley
Kernochan
Elisha Dyer, Jr
Miss Williams
Lobster Pinch Kills Chef From Blood Poisoning
Otto Zimmerman a 36 year old chef of 569 East 155th Street died of blood poisoning after a lobster pinch at Pabst's restaurant in New York. He was boiling lobsters when a finger was caught and cut, swelling developed days later and he died Wednesday at Harlem Morgue after treatment by his family physician.
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Otto Zimmerman
155Th St
Harlem
Zimmerman
Pabst
59Th-St
58Th-Ave
Iis
Rockefeller Kin Uncle Norman Rockefeller Dies at 92
Rochester记 reports Norman Rockefeller of Phelps died aged ninety two. He was a prosperous farmer and uncle of John D. Rockefeller, born in Barrington Columbia County. William Rockefeller, John D. Rockefeller’s father, is the last surviving member of this generation.
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Rochester
Jan
Norman Rockefeller
Phelps
John D. Rockefeller
Barrington
Columbia County
William
New York Central Announces Fine Service Train Schedule
Leave New York at 5 32 P M arrive Cleveland 7 15 next morning Cincinnati 1 30 P M Indianapolis 3 00 P M Bt Ne BY p m by New York Central Fine Service No excess fare Adyt.
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New York
Cleveland
Cincinnati
Indianapolis
New York Central Fine Service
Radium in the sun explained as universal activity
Professor Monroe B. Snyder of the Philadelphia Observatory reports a preliminary paper on radium in the sun’s photosphere. He argues it could overturn isothermal laws, nebular theories, and Kirschoff’s radiation law, explaining heat, sun spots, and stellar outbursts as critical radio activity influencing the universe.
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Philadelphia
Monroe B. Snyder
Philadelphia Observatory
Oat Society
Snyder
Kirschoff
Orion
Soddy
Celestial Problems Solved
Professor Monroe B Snyder of the Philadelphia Observatory presents a preliminary paper on Universal Celestial Radio-Activity to the American Philosophical Society. He explains radio-activity as transmutation with light emissions, cites Ramsay Rutherford Soddy work, and links radium emanation to coronium observed in 1869 eclipse. Continued on second page.
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Associated Press
Philadelphia
Monroe B. Snyder
Philadelphia Observatory
American Philosophical Society
William Ramsay
Rutherford
Soddy
Dorn
Sir William Ramsay
Snyder
Hartmann
Astrophysical Observatory
Potsdam
Young and
Harkness
New York River Commission Eyes Adirondack Water Storage
Albany January 20 The New State River Improvement Commission will study storing Sacondaga Racquette and Black rivers water to capture about 10 billion gallons. Dams on Sacondaga would raise Piseco Lake water 5 to 10 feet creating flood control and energy for Hudson plants with costs borne by beneficiaries.
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THE
Tribune
Albany
Adirondacks
State River Improvement Commission
Wallace C. Johnson
Niagara Falls
Upper
Hudson
Troy
Sacondaga
Hadley
Griffin
Piseco Lake
International Paper Company
Palmer’s Falls
Hudson River Power Company
Glens Falls
Finch Pruyn Company
Sandy Hill
Fort Edward
Schuylerville
Hudson River Paper Company
Mechanicsville
Improvement Commission
Indian Lake
William McEchron
Grace Church Buys Site Opposite Wanamaker's
Grace Church through John N. Golding acquires the northeast corner parcel at 10th Street and Broadway adjacent to church property. Fleischmann bakery and cafe, a longtime feeder of the poor with a bread line, remains nearby under the bakery’s lease. The purchase lands about 30,128 square feet for roughly $400,000.
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Grace Church
William R. Huntington
John N. Golding
10Th St
Broadway
Fleischmann
Wanamaker's
Louiis Fleischmann
Fleischmann Vienna Model Bakery, Incorporated
Iiam HH. Burgess
Special Train Service Across Florida and Atlantic Coast Line
In bold service via street and Atlantic Coast Line, a special run to B'way New York is advertised at 2 10 P M with emphasis on Florida and West Indian sea routes.
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Fila
Fla
West Indian Sea
St & Atlantic Coast Line
Él B’way
Russia Faces Widening Strike Demands Ahead of Assembly
Russian strikers petition the Czar, seeking a national assembly rather than immediate relief. The strike spreads rapidly with over 100,000 workers in the capital leaving work, marching, and closing shops. A mass meeting is planned before the Winter Palace on Sunday despite authorities plans to suppress the agitation.
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Czar
National Assembly
Winter Palace
Tsarskoe Selo
St. Petersburg
Gopon
autocrats policy threatens russia capital strike turmoil
Thousands of St Petersburg workers paraded in a tense city amid walkouts and power outages as authorities Augment troops and vow to curb rioting. Labor leaders and employers discuss concessions while a planned demonstration before Emperor Nicholas is blocked. Father Gopon is reportedly taken into custody as protests widen.
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Bowery
Messrs. Lindsley and Kernochan
J. D. Rockefeller
Prof. Snyder
River Improvement Commission
Florida
Russia
Workmen's
Ation
Nicholas
Moscow
Kieff
Kharkoff
Kishineff
Putiloff Iron Works
Mands
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