Manning Elected New York Bishop at Synod Hall
Dr. William T. Manning of Trinity was elected Bishop of the Protestant Episcopal Church in New York, succeeding the late Charles Sumner Burch. The election followed three ballots at St. John the Divine, with Manning surpassing Rev. Dr. Slattery and Rev. Dr. Thomas after Dr. Stires withdrew, amid Hearst editorials and clerical campaigning.
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William T. Manning
Trinity
Charles Sumner Burch
Synod Hall
St. John the Divine
Manning
Charles L. Slattery
Grace Church
Nathaniel S. Thoma
Wyoming
Ernest . Stires
St. Thomas's Church
Waring
T Wn
Hearst
Inerica
Stires
Slattey
Thomas
Jes
Dr. Manning
Dr. Slattery
Dr. Stires
Dr. Slat
Dr. Is
New York American
Ma Finsag
Bott
New York
Man
Gilerates
Hearst News
W L. Baylies
John Rete
At. Aes Church
Anotea
Robbers Foiled in Bid to Dig Up Senator Kean
In Elizabeth N J cemetery near Keans grave at 4 am would be body snatchers. Police frightened the intruders from Evergreen plot. Investigators found marks of frozen soil and disturbed earth. Bart Kean president of Nar Geiss Black brocher notes lack of motive beyond vile desecration. Republic National figure and Terlor & Co banking firm named in discussions.
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Elizabeth
Sen
Bart
Jnst
Work Me
Wadiere Ce
JH Keen
Nar Geiss Baek Tapee
Koan
Anid Thane Ae
Ennanth
Gagrier
Republicam National
Terlor & Co
New York
de- S
Investigators Clear Schwab Of All Charges
The House Committee on Shipping Board declared after hearings that Charles M. Schwab did not receive money from the government for personal expenses while directing the Emergency Fleet Corporation. The statement, issued with chairman Walsh’s approval, said the charge was not proven and not true. Schwab expressed gratitude for the exoneration and the committee’s fairness.
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Washington
Walsh
House
Shipping Board
Charles M. Schwab
Emergency Fleet Corporation
Steele
Pennsylvania
New York
Congress
Wash
Seled Committee On Shipping Board
Nent
Bergdoll Kidnap Plot Near Eberbach During Wedding Outing
Berlin report details an attempted abduction of Grover Bergdoll and chauffeur Isaac Stecher by five men from Speyer, including two American intelligence officers and one sergeant. Shots were fired at Bergdoll’s party near an Eberbach railway station. police arrested some suspects as villagers defended the bride’s party. A large touring car carried the Americans and Germans seeking Bergdoll, with a promised 50,000 marks reward. The incident drew no comment from Secretary Baker.
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Berlin
Bherbsch
Grover Gleveland Bergdoll
Craser
Btecher
Isaac Stecher
Bergdoll
Eberbacher Zeitung
Bergdolf
Eberbach
Bergdell
Tim
Speyer
Stecher
Baden
Tageblatt
Karlsruhe
Bergdol
Grover Bergdoll
Isaae Stecher
Hergdoll
Mysterious Shocks Rock Towns In New Jersey and Pennsylvania
A strong earth shock rattled Southern New Jersey and Eastern Pennsylvania at 8 45 p m causing panic and gasps of explosion theories. Reports from Trenton Riverside and Riverton say the shock was loud and brief with furniture moved and walls shaken. The weather bureau received many calls but could not confirm a cause. Authorities investigated an explosive plant within fifty miles but yielded no findings.
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New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Pennsylvana
John Ax Miller
Swarthmore College
Swarthmore
Merion
Trenton
Vincenttown
Pemberton
Glencenter
Camden
N. J
Hammonton
Mington
Del
Weather Bureau
Bnt
Riverside
Itlverton
Finns Recommend Nobel Prize for U S Red Cross
HELSINGFORS Jan 26 The Finnish government will urge the Nobel Peace Prize committee to award the prize to the American Red Cross citing its actions that relieved wartime suffering aided humanity and promoted solidarity among nations.
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Helsingfors
American Red Cross
Mrs Vanderbilt Weds Sydney J Colford Jr at 405 Park Avenue
Society notes the yesterday afternoon marriage of Mrs Neilson Vanderbilt to Sydney J Colford Jr at the bride’s Park Avenue home. The simple ceremony was performed by Justice Henry B Hotch kiss. They obtained a license at the Municipal Building and had no attendants.
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Neilson Vanderbilt
Sydney J. Colford Jr
Park Avenue
Henry B. Hotchkiss
Supreme Court of
State of New York
Cathleen Vanderbilt
Colford
Mrs. Colford
Freddie Gebhard
Mr. Vanderbilt
Alfred G. Vanderbil
Harry Payne Whitney
Laszlo Szecheny
Mr. Colford
Clara Knight
Edward C. Knight
Philadelphia
Newport
Convict Escapes From Guard While Returning to Sing Sing
Francis Burke, under guard to visit a dying child in New York, slipped away from keeper Francis O Neill after leaving home on West Twenty six Street. Lawes ordered searches by police and six Sing Sing keepers, with O Neill to be charged, as Burke headed toward Ossining with a Grand Central train due. The escape was reported to Warden Lawes at 1 a.m. after Burke vanished hours earlier.
Sweden Extends Suffrage to All Citizens in Parliament
Sweden's two parliamentary houses ratified constitutional amendments granting voting rights to men and women regardless of tax payments. Women may sit in either chamber, with a single nationwide election day and the Rikadas electing officials. previously the King appointed top Rikadne posts.
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Stockholm
Rikadas
Rikadne
Missing Witness Signals Wider Police graft probe
A key witness reported missing, prompting Whitman and assistants to pursue indictments of three police sergeants. The investigation, led by ex Governor Whitman and special counsel, targets police graft, the Dock and Street Cleaning departments, and an official in the Potter Department. Evidence and leads are accumulating, with a possible second grand jury and more officials to be summoned as the probe expands beyond the Police Department.
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Charles $. Whitman
Whitman
James E. Smith
William Chilvers
Eg Man
Arthur M. King
Meier Steinbrink
jEstimate
Grand Jury
New Orleans
Frederick J. Grohl
Dock Department
Samuel Untermyer
Lockwood Regislative Committee
D Rief
Edward Swann
Smith
Chilvers
Potter Department
Royal H. Weller
Cleveland Grays Armory Destroyed By Major Fire
The Cleveland Grays, oldest military group in the city, are homeless after an early morning fire that officials value at about 500 000 dollars. Colonel L S Connelly, the commanding officer, and the directors believe radical plotters started the blaze. The loss leaves the Grays without a home for the second time in 29 years.
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Cleveland
Cleveland Grays
L. S. Connelly
Grays
Sassar Rath “Pronmasree
Rouiewent Ly Ealliiyan
Lockwood Beaten as Aid Abandons Case for Powers
Albany January 26 Assemblyman Thomas A McWhinney Nassau County vice chairman of the Lockwood committee shifts against the unamended resolution that would give broader powers to investigate money lenders, while Senator Lockwood defends the report. The vote defeats the original measure and passes the amended form amid GOP splits and lobbying by insurers and savings banks. McWhinney warns of organized efforts to divert the inquiry from housing to banks and insurance.
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Albany
Thomas A. McWhinney
Nassau County
Lockwood Committee
Charles C. Lockwood
Lockwood
New York City
McWhinney
Aronson
di Pirro
Jesse
Rayner
Miss Smith
Manhattans Wells
Dougherty
Mullen
Brooklyn
Halpern
Queens
Clayton
Carroll Caulfield
Crews
Cruss
Gempler
Giaccone
J. G. Moore
Moses
Warren
Steinberg
Fox
Hawkins
Liberman
Reiss
Wallace
Manhattan
Neary and Pette
Donahue
Assembly
Ways and Means Committee
Adler
McWhinne
Nation-Wide Lockwood Inquiry Is Demanded
NEW ORLEANS Jan. 26 Resolutions calling for a continuation of the nation wide probe of building material prices begun by the Lockwood committee in New York were posted at today s session of the Associated Contractors of America The resolutions introduced by R R L Rhinehardt vice president and secretary of a large contracting firm of St Louis also request state legislatures in the thirty seven states represented by the association to conduct sweeping investigations into the prices asked by building material manufacturers doing business in their states with a view to punishment of any guilty of conspiring to keep prices up.
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New Orleans
Lockwood Committee
New York
Associated Contractors of America
R.R. L. Rhinehardt
St. Louis
Association
Hylan decries Miller transit plan as illegal
Mayor Hylan condemned Governor Miller's transit proposals as unconstitutional and warned that a state board would infringe New York City's rights. He argued the 5 cent fare could be voided and pointed to Interborough and Manhattan Railway contracts as strained. He urged buses as the true solution and cited pending court decisions.
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Hylan
Miller
Interborough
Manhattan Railway Company
Board of Estimate
Are Shot With Vaccine Over Shrimp Scare at Mitchel Field
A wild outbreak tale describes Cy Young allegedly contracting a shrimp caused illness leading to mass vaccination at Mitchel Field Nassau County officials and army medical staff clash over whether Cy has smallpox German measles or nothing at all. The tale blends confusion about symptoms and a chaotic vaccination campaign amid military life and local alarm.
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Cy” Young
Mitchel Field
Garden Cuy
L. I. Dered
Nassau County
Fifth
Mitchel
Cys
Mike
Governor says rivals split over traction plan and fares
Albany report shows Governor Miller framing critics as political players or ignorant of law while denying upstate favoritism for a three head Public Service Commission. He says only the commission can fix fares and that city consent is not required under a unified state controlled system.
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Albany
Miller
New York City
Public Service Commission
Ragraph
Legistors
Interborough
Board of Estimate
Escential
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Dr.Burch
Roth
Manning Tequert
Harry P. Nichols
Sen. Kean
Brester
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Rev
William I. Manning
Schwab
U. S
G. Bergdoll
Germany
U. S. Army
Gun
Baker
Tribune
Solliers
Rhine
Grover C. Bergdoll
Igpateh
Mrs. Vanderbilt
S. J. Colford
Justice Henry 8. Hotchkiss
Sweden
Adar
Arkansas
Loscrola
Nollena
Craig Plantation
Reds
Aid
Mlegal
Traction Board
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