Socialists Lose Ground in Germany General Election
Berlin reports a sweeping government victory in the Reichstag election with Liberal Radical and Conservative gains. Socialists suffer a major defeat, losing about sixteen to eighteen seats, with reverses in Breslau Halle Magdeburg Leipzig Königsberg and Bremen. Reballots are expected in many constituencies, delaying full results.
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Berlin
Prince von Billow
Ihs
Breslau
Halle
Magdeburg
Leipsic
Könnigsberg
Imperial Palace
Spree
Mne
Unter den Linden
Frederick William
Orlock
Altona
Frohce
Ieipair
Esslingen
Königsberg
Leipeic
Herr Haase
Kinigsberg
Prince Hatzfeldt
Conervative
Breslau East
Herr Bernstein
Reichstag
Breslau West
Herr Kaenpf
Miller
Fulda
Riven
Gruber
Erzberger
Gmiind
Gépyingen
Bremen
Dortmund
Frankfort-on the-Main
Lokal A
Meiger
Saxony
Lubeck
Hamburg
Herr Bebel
Tageblatt
Subway Loop Assured Four-Track Bridge Link
The Board of Estimate approved a Manhattan four-track loop linking the Brooklyn and Williamsburg bridges at a projected cost near five million dollars and a separate four-track line through Lafayette Avenue to Broadway in Brooklyn costing under two million per mile. Mayor McClellan and engineers say the city will control the system, with two and a half years to completion, enabling cross-bridge car operation and potential interborough use.
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Board of Estimate
Manhattan
Brooklyn
Williamsburg
Lafayette Avenue
Broadway
McClellan
Lewis
Board of Estimate and Apportionment
Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company
Interborough Company
Winter
Brooklyn Rapid Transit
Belmont
Brooklyn Bridge
Manhattan Terminal
Centre
Delancey Streets
Boston Subway
Staatz-Zeitung
Bridge Department
Lafayette
Flatbush Avenues
Rapid Transit Commission
William Or
Nassau Street
Park Row
Centre Street
Delancey
Clinton Street
Williamsburg Bridge
Cadet Richard Coffman Demoted For Masquerade
Annapolis reports Midshipman Richard Coffman son of De Witt Coffman faced fifty demerits and a reduction from cadet ensign to private for masquerading as a girl at a recent hop. The charge cited unbecoming an officer and a gentleman.
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the Tribune
Annapolis
Richard Coffman
de Witt Coffman
Ice From Greenwoods Reservoir Faces Pollution Doubt
Winsted Connecticut January reports that Greenwoods Ice Company ships 700 carloads of ice to the American Ice Company in New York City, harvested from a reservoir receiving most of Winsted's sewage. Health officials cannot determine purity of distant sources, though tests show no serious pollution yet.
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Tribune
Winsted
Conn
Greenwoods Ice Company
Hartford
Arnold
Trout Brook Ice Company
New Hartford
American Ice Company
New York City
Greenwoods Reservoir
Ice Company
Walter Bensel
Health Department
May Race With Spain Interclubs Eye International Cup
Chairman Howard of the Eastern Yacht Club says King of Spain offered a special cup for races between American and Spanish Sonderklasse boats built to the same rules. The King urged American boats to Spain for an international race in San Sebastian and would present the prizes. He suggested sending Kiel boats to Spain for the matches.
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the Tribune
Boston
Howard
Eastern Yacht Club
Sonderklasse
Kiel
Spain
San Sebastian
Rockefeller Increases Men’s Pay At New Jersey Estate
Workmen at John D. Rockefeller’s Lakewood home receive a 10 percent wage hike effective January 1. More than forty laborers work on road building tree planting and golf course repairs on a six hundred acre estate where he has planted over a thousand evergreen trees and personally supervised three miles of new roads. Road making is cited as one of his hobbies.
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Lakewood
N. J
John D. Rockefeller
Rockefeller
Rockefeller's Wig Held Up By Customs In Cleveland
A wig ordered in Paris by John D. Rockefeller during his European trip last summer is detained at Cleveland customs while officials determine its value. The item arrived in New York from Havre and was sent to Cleveland billed at five francs.
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the Tribune
Cleveland
Paris
John D. Rockefeller
New York
Havre
Ad Spec Adverts Mention Brand Price Note
A short vintage advertisement notes a slightly higher price for a cure and asserts a persistent aim in treatment. The snippet also mentions Bacon insisting on a particular brand within the promotional copy.
Sudden Deep Freeze Hits City’s Horse Traffic
A drastic temperature drop coated pavements in ice causing chaos for horses and drivers. The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals rushed eight ambulances and a dozen sand wagons through Manhattan, treating over six hundred slipping horses, twenty jailed to hospitals. Eight horses fell per hour on Bowling Green grades while Fifth Avenue and 23rd Street congestion trapped teams. Boreas sent zero to the mercury then lifted to 22 above, then to 30 above as rain slicked streets and foggy harbor added to the day’s turmoil.
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Society For the Prevention of Cruelty
Manhattan
Bowling Green
Fifth Avenue
23D Street
Boreas
Havana Report Hails Leprosy Cure by Doctor Duque
A government commission reports Dr. Matias Duque of the Hospital for Contagious Diseases may have found a cure for leprosy. Two treated lepers show no exterior signs and are gaining weight. Other cases improve under his red mangrove tree treatment.
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Havana
Matias Duque
Duque
Man kills Black Hand killer after demand refusal
Nicola Marra of 139 Mulberry street was attacked at 49th street and First avenue by a man who slashed his neck with a razor. Marra fired three shots, killing the assailant. The incident sparked panic in an Italian district prompting East 51st Street police reserve callout.
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Nicola Marra
Mulberry Street
Marra
49Th Street
First Avenue
East 51St Street
Big Fire Destroys Toulon Government Depots
A large fire in Toulon destroyed the government provision depots, with damage estimated at $200,000. Twenty firefighters were injured, and a colonial infantry regiment assisted the efforts. Ten soldiers were later arrested for pilfering from the burned buildings.
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Toulon
Ex-Governor Higgins in Stable Condition
Olean New York January 25 Dr Hibbard reported after a 10 o clock visit that ex Governor Higgins had not lost ground since morning though he had a poor night. A nurse said he would not be seen again until tomorrow unless summoned. At 4 pm the family called his condition rather discouraging.
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Olean
N. Y
Hibbard
Higgins
Thaw
United States Steel Buys 2500 Acres in Gary for 3 Million
United States Steel Corporation completes a 3 million dollar purchase of 2500 acres in Gary forming part of the Packer tract. The land sits along the Calumet River with plans for railroad and town development and a potential Belt road and harbor funded by Congress. Also notes high land values with Schutz Brewing paying 12000 for a 50 foot lot outside the prohibition district.
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Tribune
Chicago
United States Steel Corporation
Gary
Packer
Steel Corporation
Armour & Co
Swift & Co
Morris & Co
Calumet River
Indiana Harbor Railroad
Congress
Schutz Brewing Company
Broadway
Prohibition
Snow ploughs buried as blizzard halts Dakota lines
Nineteen locomotives and snow ploughs lie buried between Doyone and Mapes as blizzard cuts close to fourteen miles of track. Coal shortages idle engines, crews near starvation, supplies delivered by snowshoes. The Oriental Transcontinental Limited finally departs for the Pacific Coast amid cold.
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the Tribune
Lakota
N. D
Doyone
Mapes
Pacific Coast
Fast Line To St. John's From Ireland At Twenty-Two Knots
English investors secure Newfoundland government contract for a fast transatlantic steamship service between an Irish port and St. John's. Ships will reach 22 knots with a yearly subsidy of 75,000 dollars. bill to confirm the pact to be introduced when the colonial legislature convenes February 7.
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St. John’s
N. F
Government of
Newfoundland
Quake Felt Across Middletown Area
Four distinct earth tremors startled residents in Middletown New York and surrounding areas today. Initial reports linked the quakes to blasting but no nearby explosive work was confirmed. Tremors were reported within a fifteen mile radius in Orange and Sullivan counties.
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Middletown
N. Y
Orange
Sullivan
Great Bear Spring Water Adyt Advertising Claim
An old advertisement copy touts Great Bear Spring Water for purity and fame. The brief says its purity has made it famous.
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Great Bear
Adyt
Canal Bid Rejected May Force Government Build Itself
The U S government weighs abandoning contractor help for the Panama Canal The Cabinet and President discuss new bids after rejecting Oliver Bangs 6 percent offer The government seeks a trustworthy financier with minimal risk and bond of 2 million dollars to protect against loss and may award to a new bidder or build itself.
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Shonts
Canal Commission
Oliver & Bangs
Association of
MacArthur-Gillespie Company
Oliver
North American Dredging Company
Los Angeles
Canal bid clash leaves Bangs rejected in Panama deal
Washington January 25 The White House ends talks by rejecting the bid of Oliver and Bangs for Panama Canal work due to Anson M Bangs credentials. MacArthur Gillespie of New York eyes a possible merger with Oliver to submit a joint proposal or a new compromise with the canal commission.
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Associated Press
Washington
White House
Oliver & Bangs
Panama Canal
Anson M. Bangs
New York City
MacArthur-Gillespie Company
New York
Oliver
MacArthur-Gillespie Syndicate
Roosevelt
Taft
Canal Commission
Commission
Federal Construction Company
John F. Donovan
James H
After All Ushers the Scotch Highball Ad
An advertisement extols a Scotch that made the highball famous, highlighting its appeal and heritage.
Jury Box Filling Up for Thaw Trial
Seven jurors chosen for the Thaw trial of Harry Kendall Thaw for the Stanford White murder. Foreman and six others sworn in as jurors after a morning of questioning. Court adjourns until Monday as families and officials show strain and aloofness mark the proceedings.
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Harry Kendall Thaw
Stanford White
Fitzgerald
Harold R. Faire
Manhattan Avenue
Thaw
Malcolm S. Fraser
West 128Th Street
Talesment
White
New Orleans Mardi Gras Tour Leaves New York By Special Train
A special Pullman tour train departs New York for New Orleans to join Mardi Gras festivities. The package covers all expenses including meals and hotel accommodations, with rates to be announced.
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New Orleans
New York
Pennsylvania Railroad
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Germany
Upper Bavaria
Centre Party
Chancellor von Billow
Wilhelmstrasse
Estimate Board
Connecticut
Dr. Bensel
King Alfonso
Lakewood Estate
MR. Rockefeller
Black Hand Man
A. R. Ruiz & Hermanos
Jerez
U. 8. Steel
St. Paul
Great Northern Pacific
Soo
North Dakota
Devil's Lake
ST. John's
Orange County
Bangs
Tribunl Bureau
MR. Bangs
Gaynor
Usher’s
Advt
Deming B. Smith
West With Street
George Pfaff
George H. Fecke
West 135Th Street
Arthur S. Campbell
Tendent
West End Avenue
Henry C. Harney
Brook Avenue
Mars Red
Molleneux
Nan Patterson
Patricks
Terezanova
William Thaw
Evelyn Thaw
May Mackenzie
George Lauder Carnegie
Countess OF Yarmouth
Countess of
Yarmouth
Miss Mackenzie
Carnegie
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