Bailey's Greenback Measure Faces Democratic Debate
Washington January 21 The Bailey greenback plan for 500 million in Treasury notes would be issued in emergencies to national banks backed by bonds as collateral. Democrats debate unity on the measure with Finance Committee adjourning after hearing Treasurer Treat, amid questions of political timing and support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tribune Bureau
Washington
Bailey
Texas
Treasury
Finance Committee
Teliaferro
United States
Charles H. Treat
Committee On Finance
Taft Modifies Riding Test Rules For Civil Duty Officers
Washington reports President approves relief from riding tests for permanent staff officers in civil duties not expected to join field operations. Colonels Marshall and Adams and Lt Col Russell may be excused upon request, though the government risks losing their river and harbor project work. Action follows a conference between the President and Secretary of War.
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Washington
Taft
Marshall
Adams
Russell
Engineer Corps
New York
Secretary of War
Increase in railroad slaughter shocks nation
The Interstate Commerce Commission reports July through September 197 period casualties total 22 993 with 1 239 killed and 21 754 injured. Compared to 196 period, deaths up 1 357 and injuries up 2 666. Major incident involved a collision of eastbound passenger and westbound freight trains due to dispatch error.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Des Moines to Head Harbor Crusier for Hayti Crisis
Washington dispatch reports the cruiser Des Moines will sail from Boston via New York to Port au Prince around February 1 to protect American interests in Haiti. The Eagle will guard areas near St. Marc until the Des Moines arrives. Captain J M Potts commands the Des Moines.
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Washington
Hayti
Des Moines
Eagle
Marvell
St. Mare
St. Marc
Port Au Prince
Boston
New York
Worfolk
Harti
J. M. Potts Povery
State Department
United States
Haiti
Nord
State
Treasury Departments
Giordani
Secret Service
Hayt
Verdict in Clapp Will Contests Domicile Ruling
A Probate Court jury in Washington finds Captain John M. Clapp died domiciled in the District of Columbia. The millionaire oil operator’s estate valued over two million dollars is to be administered there if the verdict stands, amid questions raised by his Pittsburgh-born daughter Frances C. Hall who sought to thwart the trust by New York domicile.
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Washington
Fto Gay
John M. Clapp
Lakewood
N. Y
District of Columbia
Clapp
Frances C. Hall
Pittsburg
New York
Rear Admiral Capps Defends Navy Ship Building Plans
Washington January 21 Rear Admiral Washington Lee Capps head of the bureau of construction and repair testified before the House naval affairs subcommittee. He defended the navy against McClure's charges and explained freeboard and battle ship design aims. He described improvements to ammunition hoists and asked for 750000 dollars for fitting larger ships.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Jan
Washington Lee Capps
Bureau of Construction and Repair
House Subcommittee On Naval Affairs
Navy
Reuterdahl
Admiral Capps
Bills Aim to Mark Graves of U.S. Presidents
Washington, Jan. 21 Congressman William Ashbrook of Ohio introduced two bills to fund and oversee marking graves of U.S. Presidents. One bill would appoint a special committee or have the Library Committee investigate burial places to identify those to be more patriotically marked. The second proposes a $25,000 appropriation for a monument and grave improvements for President Tyler in Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond. The measures were referred to the Library Committee.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
United States
William Ashbrook
Ohio
Library Committee
House
Tyler
Hollywood Cemetery
Richmond
The Church and Prohibition at Model License League
Rev. William J. Wasson of Riverhead Long Island urged nonextremist church members to join the liquor debate on rational terms in Louisville. He argued moderation is a matter of individual conscience and accused prohibitionists of puritan excess and exploiting the church.
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Louisville
Model License League
William J. Wasson
Riverhead
Long Island
Wasson
Naturalization Amendments Backed by House Panel
Washington January 21 House Committee on Immigration and Naturalization voted to report amendments to the naturalization law. The proposed changes include doubling court clerk fees to cover labor and allowing appeals by both government and petitioner from naturalization decisions. The panel notes state courts have limited capacity, overloading federal courts with applications, particularly in New York.
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Washington
House Committee On Immigration and Naturalization
New York
United States
Labor Men and Detectives in AFL Session
Washington January 21 at the AFL executive council meeting a motion urged Gompers to discuss in the union press the issue of secret detective agencies used by employers’ associations. A committee was named to study old age pensions and a plan for steam boat inspection rules to ensure safety with limits on daily navigation. Annie Fitzgerald of Chicago was appointed an organizer, a first for the position. The council also seeks fraternal farm relations, study child labor laws, and push a federal law regulating convict labor.
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Washington
Executive Council
The
American Federation of Labor
Gompers
Employers’ Association
O'Connell
Morrison
Annie Fitzgerald
Chicago
Legislative Committee
Federal Congress
Deficiency Bill Agreed Upon by House Subcommittee
Washington report states the urgent deficiency appropriation bill totaling 24 million dollars was approved today by the House Appropriations sub committee on deficiencies and will be sent to the full House tomorrow for action.
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Washington
House Committee On Appropriations
House
Lawsuit Seeks 900000 From Chinese Railway Syndicate
Thurlow Weed Barnes sues the American China Development Company and other members of the Chinese Railway Syndicate for 900000, claiming he secured concessions and rights in China for their railway project from 1898. He alleges services earned 750009 plus 150000 for other rights. defendants deny individual liability.
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Thurlow Weed Barnes
American China Development Company
T- Sandford Beaty
Chinese Railway Syndicate
China
Justice Davis
Supreme Court
Hugh J. Grant
Carnegie Steel Company
James Stillman
Thomas F. Ryan
William Barclay Parsons
Olivia Brice
Calvin S. Brice
Grant B. Schley
George R. Sheldon
Edwin J. Berwind
Anthony N. Brady
Marcellus Hartley
Levi P. Morton
Jacob H. Schiff
Thomas C. Platt
Tom L. Johnson
August Belmont
Barnes
China Railways and Concessions Project
American Development Company
Chinese Railways and Concessions Project
Imperial Government of China
Hankow
Canton
Peking
China Railways Or Concessions Company
Salt Bag Insults Lead to Sanity Observation
In Greenwich Village Mrs Mary Kleinders of No 15 Bank Street was sent to Bellevue Hospital for five days observation after tossing salt bags with insulting notes at her neighbor Mrs Margaret Page of No 78 Perry Street. Page said the bags carried a bad charm claim and Kleinders faces a divorce suit naming Page as co respondent.
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Greenwich Village
Cornell
Jefferson Market Court
Mary Kleinders
No. 15
Bank Street
Bellevue Hospital
Margaret Page
Passerby Arrests Two For Murder In Brooklyn
Natale Vivano and Frank Marino were arrested by James J. Armond after a shooting that left Sadarto Saladino dead. Saladino’s body lay in a vacant lot at 49th Street and Thirteenth Avenue. A revolver with three empty cartridges was found nearby. The men claimed Saladino killed himself after firing at them and they fled.
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Sadarto Saladino
40Th Street
Brooklyn
Natale Vivano
Frank Marino
Parkville
James J. Armond
Thirteenth Avenue
Armond
Murphy
Saladino
49Th Street
James Kelly
Phenix Insurance Reports Surplus and Assets in Brooklyn
The fifty fifth annual statement of the Phenix Insurance Company of Brooklyn shows a net surplus of 923451 73 and a surplus to policyholders of 2425461. Assets include nearly one million in cash 58000 real estate 349100 loans on bond and mortgage 25000 loans secured by collateral 1530810 interest and rents due and accrued 9594964 premiums in course of collection 1085005 reinsurance due from other companies on paid losses and 4512169 in stocks and bonds.
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Phenix Insurance Company
Brooklyn
Geographical Society Elects Officers After Navajo Lecture
The American Geographical Society held its annual meeting before a lecture by Frederick Monsen on The Land of the Navajo. Archer Huntington was named president, with James D. Hagen and John Greenough as vice presidents and other officers elected. New fellows Adolph J. Bernheimer Henry Phipps Bayard Tuckerman and Charles G. Rockwood added. Membership stood at 1219 on December 21 with 4567 books added to the library. Monsen noted his fifteenth visit to Navajo pueblos and shared color views of the region and its people.
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The
American Geographical Society
Frederick Monsen
Archer Huntington
James D. Hagen
John Greenough
Henry Parish, Jr
Archibald D. Russell
Henry Holt
Fordham Morris
Herman C. von Post
Johns. Barnes
Adolph J. Bernheimer
Henry Phipps
Bayard Tuckerman
Charles G. Rockwood
Mgr. Monson
Colonel Colt Retires as Industrial Trust President
Colonel Samuel Pomeroy Colt declined re election at the Industrial Trust Company annual meeting. Cyrus P. Brown was chosen to succeed him, with Waldo E. Smith elected treasurer. Colt cited ill health as the reason for retirement.
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Providence
Samuel Pomeroy Colt
Industrial Trust Company
Cyrus P. Brown
Colonel Colt
Trust Company
Brown
Waldo E. Smith
Colt
Szechenyi case dropped as photographer withdraws
A Yorkville court crowded with onlookers saw Count Laszlo Szechenyi summoned on an assault complaint by Edmund J. Reily. Reily appeared with lawyer Maurice Cukor but sent a note that he abandoned the action. Magistrate Finn allowed the case to drop and quipped wishes for a happy honeymoon to Cukor.
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Yorkville
Laszlo Szechenyi
Edmund J. Reily
Maurice Cukor
Reily
Cukor
Finn
Mr. Cukor
Dolson Named Counsel for Brooklyn Bank Receivers
Albany Jan 21 Charles A Dolson of Buffalo former Deputy Attorney General was designated by Supreme Court Justice Betts as counsel to Bruyn Hasbrouck and Charles M Higgins receivers for the Brooklyn Bank which closed during financial disturbances. The ruling fixes Dolsons fee rate with limits and permits an appeal by Higgins after noting opposing views from ex Governor Hill and others.
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Albany
Charles A. Dolson
Buffalo
Supreme Court
Betts
Bruyn Hasbrouck
Charles M. Higgins
Brooklyn Bank
John B. Stanchfield
Hasbrouck
Dolson
David B. Hill
Higgins
Hill
Mr. Dolson
Justice Betts
Mr. Hasbrouck
Mr. Higgins
Jackson
Negro Sailor Archibald Udall Laid to Rest at All Saints
Captain Archibald Udall, an elderly Black mariner, was buried in the All Saints cemetery at Great Neck after being saved from Potter's Field by wealthy friends. He died at the Jones Institute near Jericho two years ago while at Wolves Hollow charity home. Reverend Kirkland Huske officiated, noting his long life from before abolition. Udall, born in the state, served on Richard Udall's schooner and later lived at a Manhassett farm. his riches vanished, ending in charity.
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Archibald Udall
All Saints’ Episcopal Church
Great Neck
Potter's Field
Jones Institute
Wolves’ Hollow
Jericho
Kirkland Huske
All Saints
Udall
Richard Udall
Archibald
Manhassett
Outrages in the Philippines Prompt War Department Explanation
Washington reports a Massachusetts congressman introduces a resolution asking the Secretary of War to explain alleged outrages in the Philippines. The measure cites the Manila Opinion and seeks official information on a May incident near Marasch Manjuia Magtacay and actions against captives, with plans for punishment and accountability.
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Washington
McCall
Massachusetts
Secretary of War
Philippines
House
Manila
Isia
Ladrones
Walter A. Smith
Constabulary of
Negros
Bringlef
Marasch
Manjuia
Magtacay
Mohler
Shonts Wardrobe Scan Prompts Customs Review of Duties
A report on Mrs. Theodore P. Shonts and her daughters’ trunks from Europe prompts a Customs inquiry into unpaid 6 percent duties on gowns hats and shoes. Three collectors searched the Shonts home and efforts will be reported to the Treasury Secretary with no presumed punishment or bias. A discharged housekeeper gave an inventory and accused potential free import, while Mr Shonts indicated officials visited at his invitation and inspectors spent four hours examining the trunks.
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Theodore P. Shonts
Marguerite
Theodora Shonts
Europe
Shonts
East 6Th Street
E. §. Fowler
Secretary of the Treasury
Treasury
Interborough Rapid Transit Company
Priest bans Nearer My God to Thee hymn in church
Baltimore January 21 Rev Thomas ODonaghue rector of Immaculate Conception Catholic Church announces to his parish that Nearer My God to Thee will never be sung in the church. Cardinal Gibbons has issued Rome’s order that no non Catholic hymns be sung.
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the Tribune
Baltimore
Thomas O’donaghue
Immaculate Conception Catholic Church
Cardinal Gibbons
Rome
Idaho State Bank Closed in Boise Amid Suspension
Boise Idaho January 21 The Capital State Bank of Idaho Limited failed to open today as directors placed the bank under temporary suspension following heavy withdrawal activity. The bank held a $200000 capital, $100000 reserve, and deposits totaling $1076722 as of December 22.
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Boise
Idaho
Capital State Bank of Idaho (Limited
British ship Hertfield sighted by deserting Tyrea crew
A sailor from the Norwegian steamship Tyrea reports that the missing British ship Hertfield was seen Wednesday last forty miles inside the Straits east of Cape Flattery. The Hertfield was listed on her beam ends with her forward ensign signifying distress as wind shifted to northeast and drove her to sea.
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Geattle
Tyrea
Bellingham
Australia
Hertfield
Straits
Cape Flattery
Fort Franklin Fort inaugurated New Jersey governor in 1895
John Franklin Fort was inaugurated as Governor of New Jersey at noon in the Taylor Opera House. Chief Justice Gummere administered the oath, and Fort outlined reforms including abolishing costly state boards, civil service expansion, corporate law reform, stricter excise and automobile laws, judicial simplification, and limits on salaries with potential municipal officer removal power.
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Trenton
John Franklin Fort
New Jersey
Taylor Opera House
State House
Opera House
Stokes
Mr. Fort
Hillery
State Senate
William S. Gummere
Supreme Court
Fort
Governor Guild Reply To Unemployed Demands Declares Opposition Fails
Boston January 21. A formal statement from Governor Curtis Guild Jr responding to a large unemployed protest outlines that many demands show ignorance of conditions and laws. It notes free employment offices already operate in major cities handling 1000 to 2000 placements monthly without charge and urges public support for this work. It cites a general improvement in conditions over twenty year averages and reports reduced aid applications in Boston. The statement questions the unemployed agitator’s residency and labor union eligibility while noting his socialist pose and lack of wage earning status.
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Boston
Curtis Guild, Jr
State House
Commonwealth
Springfield
Fall River
State Board of Charity
Europe
Governor Glenn Proposes 20 Cents Per Mile Rail Rate Plan
North Carolina lawmakers meet in special session to adopt Governor Glenns rail rate reform. He backs a 2½ cent flat fare with 2000 mile passes for firms and 1000 mile passes for individuals, plus 6 mile family passes at 2 cents. Freight rate relief for small lines and added judges are also urged. Conductors press for a cent rate. Seaboard Air Line seeks 2.5 cent rate amid receivership concerns.
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Raleigh
N. C
North Carolina
Glenn
Corporation Commission
Attack on Ex Governor Warfield in Maryland Senate
Annapolis January 21 General Joseph B Seth president of the Maryland Senate left his desk during the session and attacked ex Governor Edwin Warfield accusing corruption and misuse of public money Governor Warfield had claimed that useless employees were added to the legislative rolls two years ago Seth was stirred by insinuations of dishonesty in Warfield s statements
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Tribune
Annapolis
Joseph B. Seth
Maryland Senate
Edwin Warfield
Seth
Warfield
Obituary: Anthony P. Smith of A. P. Smits Manufacturing Dies
Anthony P. Smith president of the A. P. Smiths Manufacturing Company died at his Newark home on Read Street. Born in Dublin sixty one years ago, he moved to Newark as a boy, learned patternmaking, and worked at New Jersey Zinc Works. He later supervised the water department, invented a pipe tapping machine, and formed his company a decade ago with a Brill Street plant. A Civil War veteran, he belonged to the American Waterworks Association and the American Engineers' Society. Survived by two sons and two daughters, including a daughter married to Commissioner Thomas F. Halpin.
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Anthony P. Smith
A. P. Smits Manufacturing Company
Read Street
Newark
Mr. Smith
Dublin
Ireland
New Jersey Zinc Works
Water Department
Thomas G. Greenleaf Dies at 81 in New Jersey
Thomas G. Greenleaf, formerly controller of Sailor's Snug Harbor on Staten Island, died last evening at his Plaindeld New Jersey home in his eighty second year. He began in insurance at nineteen and, after succeeding his father Joseph Greenleaf, held the controller post until three years ago. He leaves a wife, one son and two daughters. Funeral is tomorrow with burial at Greenwood Cemetery.
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Thomas G. Greenleaf
Sailor's Snug Harbor
Staten Island
Plaindeld
N. J
Mr. Greenleaf
New York City
Joseph Greenleaf
Sailors’ Home
Greenleaf
Old First Church
Fifth Avenue
11Th Street
Greenwood Cemetery
Sued by Negro Son-in-Law Over Secret Marriage
James F Hud son, a negro, sues J T Sullivan a Brooklyn contractor for 50 damages claiming alienation of his wife Misa Gertrude Sullivan has been secretly married to him on November 2. The Sullivans seek annulment arguing Hud has a common law wife and child. The bride is eighteen and active in St Clement's Church. The ceremony was by Rev J S Sands at St John's AME.
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J. T. Sullivan
Herkimer Street
Brooklyn
James F. Hudson
Misa Gertrude Sullivan
Hudson
J. P. Lamerdin
Broadway
Supreme Court
Sullivans
Wold
St. Clement's Church
Liberty
Pennsylvania Avenues
Sullivan
J. S. Sands
St. John’s African Methodist Church
Howard Avenue
Sutton Turns the Tables in Sixth Billiards Clash
George B. Sutton of Chicago defeated George F. Siosson in a 13.2 balkline billiards match at Siosson’s academy by 3 to 419 to draw the series even at three games apiece. Siosson led early but Sutton surged with 119 in the nineteenth inning. Ora Morningstar practiced for a championship match, posting a 4 to 2 win over Maurice Daly after beating H Hendrick 0 to 160 in the afternoon.
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George B. Sutton
Chicago
George F. Siosson
Academy
Siosson
Sutton
Slosson
Ora Morningstar
Daly's Academy
H. Hendrick
Maurice Daly
Still tied in six day race at Convention Hall
In Kansas City five leading teams held first place at 5 30 p m with 21 miles covered per hour pace over 21 miles in the six day bicycle race Monroe and Morgan rode without partners but formed a team under race rules and joined one lap behind the leaders at Convention Hall Kansas City Missouri January 21 1912
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Kansas City
Convention Hall
Monroe
Morgan
Lecture at Auto Club by J Dunbar Wright
J Dunbar Wright delivered an illustrated talk at the Automobile Club of America on scenes from Egypt to Japan. More than two hundred members attended. Colgate Hoyt, club president, introduced him and announced plans for the annual banquet at the clubhouse on Saturday.
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J. Dunbar Wright
Automobile Club of America
Egypt
Japan
Colgate Hoyt
Mr. Wright
Clu
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Stanchfield
Captain Udall
Mr. McCall
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Hartfield
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Phage
H. N. Allen
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86Th St
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59Th St
Fifth Ave
New Netherland Hotel
St. Regis
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Pwar
4Th St
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Imperial
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