Roosevelt Orders Navy Reorganization Commission Appointed
President Roosevelt names an eight member commission headed by Paul Morton to study the Navy Department structure and war readiness. The move follows Secretary Newberry's order and aims to fix bureau coordination, military advisory needs, and fiscal accountability while preserving a strong wartime planning focus.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Roosevelt
Navy Department
Newberry
Senate
Navy Yards
Paul Morton
Navy
Justice Moody
A. G. Dayton
House Naval Affairs Committee
B. Luce
A. T. Mahan
William M. Folger
Robley D. Evans
William S. Cowles
Secretary of the Navy
Royal Blue Tours to Washington by multiple rail lines
Personally conducted Lincoln's Birthday February 11 and Washington's Birthday February tours from New York for $12 covering all expenses for three days via Baltimore & Ohio Jersey Central and Reading. Other tours on March 11 25 April 15 May possible. Secure full details from ticket agents ped McCarty A G P A 434 1300 Broadway.
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Royal Blue
Washington
Baltimore & Ohio
Jersey Central
Readingsehen
Lincoln
Ped McCarty
Tract Saved to State in Adirondacks Condemnation
Albany reports that 40000 acres of a 60000 acre hardwood tract in Herkimer County Adirondacks were condemned by the State Land Board to prevent timber destruction. Robert J. Gaffney of Bradford had secured an option and a planned $1,000,000 company, railroad from Old Forge, and a wood chemical plant. Papers served Monday.
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Albany
Robert J. Gaffney
Bradford
Penn
Herkimer County
Adirondacks
James S. Whipple
Forest, Fish and Game Commission
State Land Board
Whipple
Old Forge
Beaver River
Adirondack
Commissioner Whipple
Mary Fisher
Land Board
Eleven Detained in Raid on Gambling Parlor
Captain Herlihy of the 5th street station led four detectives in a raid on a seven story brick building at Second avenue and 9th street last night seizing eleven prisoners a roulette wheel poker chips and other gambling evidence. Tenants had complained for weeks about the parlor and warned they would appeal to Inspector Russell if the place was not shut down.
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Herlihy
5Th Street
Second Avenue
9Th Street
Russell
Glazier Found Guilty in State Funds Misuse Case
Ex State Treasurer Frank P Glazier was found guilty of misappropriating state funds after the December 197 incident that led to the Chelsea Savings Bank closure. About $685000 in state funds were involved and an appeal was taken. Judge Wiest instructed jurors to disregard politics as a cause and focus on the evidence.
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Lansing
Mich
Frank P. Glazier
Chelsea Savings Bank
Glazier
Wiest
August Belmont Under Knife In Memorial Hospital
August Belmont underwent an operation for chronic appendicitis at Memorial Hospital on Central Park West. Surgeons Dr. W. B. Coley and Dr. W. A. Downes reported yesterday's procedure highly successful, with recovery expected in about two weeks, noting a prior operation on October 5, 185 for a double hernia linked to a polo injury. Dr. W. M. Polk attended.
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Coley
W. M. Polk
Belmont
Royal British Radium Institute to be established in London
London January 27 The Royal British Radium Institute will be set up by royal charter under King Edward I will fund a research body with a medical department to apply radium cures A gift from Sir Ernest Cassel backs the effort The council includes Sir Frederick Treves Sir W Ramsay Sir J J Thomson and Henry Morris A syndicate will extract radium from pitchblende at an old copper mine reopened at St Ives Cornwall reportedly the only source outside Austria
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London
Edward
Royal British Radium Institute
Ernest Cassel
Frederick Treves
W. Ramsay
J. J. Thomson
Henry Morris
St. Ives
Cornwall
Austria
Panic Averted at Powers Theatre Fire Next Door
Fire nearby filled Powers's Theatre with smoke but owner Harry Powers and star Robert Edeson urged the show to continue. Powers announced the blaze was in an adjacent building and sought calm. J. L. Caulfield, treasurer, controlled entrances as a woman fought through, breaking his hat.
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the Tribune
Chicago
Powers
Harry J. Powers
Playhouse
Robert Edeson
J. L. Caulfield
Call Lincoln Dinner Booze Banquet Protest
The National Prohibition party denounces a Springfield Illinois February 12 banquet linked to Abraham Lincoln's centennial as wine friendly. It cites an 1860 Springfield home speech to argue Lincoln opposed liquor, labeling the meal a violation of his principles.
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National Prohibition Party
Springfield
City streetcars to get fenders and wheel guards
Public Service Commission orders hearings for February 4 and 5 to decide if New York City surface cars should all have two automatic wheel guards and projecting fenders. Brooklyn Queens and Richmond lines to add fenders. Bronx cars to have none or folded fenders in congested streets. Estimated cost under 300000 with potential big savings on injuries and lawsuits.
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Schenectady
Pittsburg
Public Service Commission
New York City
Commission
A. W. McLimont
D. L. Turner
Transit Inspection Bureau
George F. Daggett
Bronx
Queens
Richmond
Brooklyn
Metropolitan
Manhattan
Third Avenue
Maitbie
Fulton Street
Putnam Avenue
Court Street
Atlantic Avenue
Boerum Place
Adams Street
Livingston Street
Washington Street
Sands Street
Smith Street
Williamsburg Bridge
Havemeyer Street
Broadway
Dr Bull to seek southern cure as air aid eyed
Dr William T Bull to travel to Savannah by train with likely Mrs Bull and several doctors and a nurse. The trip follows improved health and substantial weight loss after cancer reports stirred false hopes. A signed statement from Dr Francis Delafield and colleagues denies a cure by serum and notes the original tumor remains.
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William T. Bull
Hotel Plaza
Savannah
Bull
John B. Walker
East 33d Street
Joseph A. Blake
Francis Delafield
Blake
Nathaniel B. Potter
Dr. Bull
Senator Bristow After Harriman Speech Calls for Imprisonment
Topeka Jan 27 United States Senator elect Joseph L Bristow declared in a prepared address that George J Gould E H Harriman and James Stillman should be imprisoned for their role in alleged looting of the Chicago and Alton Railroad Company by increasing its bonded debt and stock He said he would use his Senate powers to push laws to punish these men and pursue accountability.
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Topeka
Kan
Joseph L. Bristow
United States
Kansas
George J. Gould
E. H. Harriman
James Stillman
Chicago & Alton Railroad Company
United States Senate
Infant Chinese Emperor Reported Suffering From Smallpox
London dispatch from Peking via The Times correspondent states the infant Chinese Emperor is afflicted with confluent smallpox. An advertisement for Huans Restaurant at Park Row building promises luncheon dinner and music in downtown, noting the venue.
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London
Cabling
Peking
the Times
Huan’s
Park Row 8
LDG
Cassidy committee likely to oppose transit amendment
Albany report indicates the Cassidy committee investigating New York City finances will probably oppose reviving the constitutional amendment exempting debt limits for transit, water, and docks. Assemblyman Merritt extended the committee’s life to March 1 and seeks $25,000 more funding. The political maneuvering joints Assemblyman Lee and Controller Metz among others as traction interests face criticism for dragging the issue.
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Tribune
Albany
Cassidy Committee
New York City
Merritt
Public Service Commission
1St District
Metz
Warren I. Lee
Brooklyn
Cassidy
J. C. Hammitt
Citizens Union
Lee
Controller Metz
Charles A. Collin
Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company
Messrs. Bedell
Collin
Edgar J. Levey
Ivins
Assemblyman Bennet
New York
Fourth Avenue
New Yorker Jumps From Steamer Off Virginia Coast
James T. Scheuer fifty six, formerly with Asiel & Co. of Broadway, leapt to death last night from the steamer Princess Anne of the Old Dominion Line bound from New York to Norfolk. His secretary W H Dawes occupied an adjoining state room.
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Norfolk
J James T. Scheuer
Stock Exchange
Asiel & Co
Broadway
New York
Princess Anne
Old Dominion Steamship Line
Scheuer
W. H. Dawes
P C and Searcher for Husbands
An accident inspector, noting a streetcar crash, receives a call from a worried wife seeking word on delays in the subway or elevated lines. Her concern centers on her husband John's lateness, prompting a humorous glimpse of domestic life and a nonspecific public service angle. The ad for Dewey's Pure Grape Juice follows.
Roosevelt Calls Congress to Remove Maine Wreck
President Roosevelt today sent a message to Congress endorsing Governor Magoon’s call for an appropriation to remove the wreck of the battleship Maine from Havana Harbor. He argues the hazard to navigation is clear and removal is wise, urging timely action.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Magoon
Maine
Havana Harbor
Cuba
Havana
Engineer Struck by Overhead Bridge in Morristown
William Hughes, veteran Lackawanna engineer, was knocked unconscious when his head struck a stone abutment near Homer Davenport's farm three miles from Morristown. Firemen pulled him back into the cab. he regained consciousness and finished the trip to Scranton on Train No. 2.
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The
Tribune
Morristown
William Hughes
Lackawanna Railroad
Hughes
Homer Davenport
Scranton
Lackawanna
Chicago
A New Philharmonic Formation Attracts Major Subscriptions
Mrs George R Sheldon and Mrs Samuel Untermyer plus other women have raised funds for a reorganized Philharmonic Society with greater permanency. J P Morgan subscribed 5000 dollars. Gustav Mahler is contracted as conductor for two years at an alleged 25000 dollars per year. Richard Arnold will lead business management, having long served as vice-president and concert master of the old group.
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George R. Sheldon
Samuel Untermyer
Philharmonic Society
J. P. Morgan
Gustav Mahler
New Philharmonic
Richard Arnold
Four-Minute Snow Cyclone Hits Manhattan Streets
A sudden snow cyclone from the southwest struck Manhattan shortly before 10 pm. It churned Upper Bay foam and toppled items along the Battery sea wall. Pedestrians were knocked over, benches blown away, and debris littered streets as Harlem saw nickel-sized snowflakes in a four minute flurry.
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Manhattan
Upper Bay
the Battery
Harlem
Death Follows Auto Accident in New York
Vera D Ross of 14 East 35th Street died at New York Hospital after being struck at 31st Street and Broadway. She was engaged to Julius Sternheim who is in Berlin and proposed a wedding in a few months. Sternheim sent a cable to Goldman Sachs to cover funeral costs. The car was owned by William Search. chauffeur Mark Anthony was held on $3000 bail.
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Vera D. Ross
East 35Th Street
31St Street
Broadway
New York Hospital
Miss Ross
Julius Sternheim
Berlin
Sternheim
Goldman, Sachs & Co
No. 4
Exchange Place
Rector Alleyn Asked to Resign for Boxing Trend
The Rev Francis E Alleyn rector of St Edmunds Episcopal Church agreed to resign after vestry accepted his proposal. He had arrived from St Louis a year ago and, while sharing sea tales from his days as a British naval lieutenant, urged contributions for boxing gloves for the youths amid boxing bouts at Guild Hall and other deviations from orthodoxy.
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the Tribune
Milwaukee
Guild Hall
Francis E. Alleyn
St. Edmunds’ Episcopal Church
Alleyn
St. Louis
Back to wed fiancée of forty years for artist Henry Bisbing
Henry Singlewood Bisbing American painter of animals and landscapes arrived on the Kroonland en route to Philadelphia to marry Miss Amelia Coryell Bisbing his first cousin. He left Paris where he lived since 1883 and plans to settle on Long Island Sound in Connecticut after the ceremony.
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Henry Singlewood Bisbing
Paris
Kroonland
Philadelphia
Amelia Coryell Bisbing
Bisbinge
Bisbing
Connecticut
Long Island Sound
Taft Improving After Yale Prom Rest
Robert A. Taft of Yale's junior class and son of the President-elect showed improvement at Yale Infirmary today. Officials say he is not ill but sought rest after attending the Yale prom. He is expected to leave the infirmary in a day or two.
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New Haven
Yale
Robert A.* Taft
Going South This Winter by the Savannah Line Ad
Winter travelers are advised to choose the Savannah Line for a comfortable trip south. Large new ships offer better service and accommodations. Office location listed at 317 Broadway for bookings and information.
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Savannah
Broadway
Advt
Root and Bryce Sign the Fishery Treaty
Washington and St. Johns reports state the Newfoundland fisheries treaty was signed by Secretary of State and the British Ambassador, while Newfoundland Premier Sir Robert Bond may oppose the Washington draft. Bryce sent counter proposals to Root as papers note Bond’s government faces opposition.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Secretary of State
Reot
Senate
Department of State
Newfoundland
Foreign Relations Committee
Root
Bryce
Robert Bond
Kent
Canadian
New England
St. John’s, N. F
Seek a Russian Treaty with American Jews in Mind
Washington January report on negotiations to abrogate the 1833 Russia treaty if Moscow grants American Jews the same rights as other citizens. Ambassadors in St Peters burg seek a pact to treat American Jews equally and ease return of naturalized Russians. Officials foresee delicate talks with possible gains for future Secretary Knox.
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Washington
Rudevitz
Russia
St. Petersburg
Department of State
Knox
Root at Albany to Meet State Leaders
Elihu Root arriving from Washington aims to confer with New York political and legislative leaders about subjects he will handle as United States Senator. He plans to visit Governor Hughes but they likely will not meet. He declines comment on direct primary nominations and will stay until Friday, possibly addressing the Legislature midday tomorrow.
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Albany
Elihu Root
United States
Washington
New York State
Prince Weds Government Employee in Canton China
Washington reports Miss Georgia L. Jeffrey of Juneau Wisconsin formerly a Treasury clerk married in Canton several weeks ago to Prince Alfred Ahrenhein Gargar in Russia whom she met while traveling from San Francisco. She has a married sister in this city.
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Washington
Canton
China
Georgia L. Jeffrey
Juneau
Wis
Treasury Department
Philippines
Prince Alfred Ahrenhein Gargarin
Russia
San Francisco
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Reorganization Board For the Navy
Mr. Newberry
Bureau of Steam Engineering
Hutch S. Cone
Atlantic Fleet
Feet
Bureau of Yards and Docks
Bureau of Equipment
Michigan
August Belmont
Blaze
Prohibition Party
Fenders
P. S.C
Mrs. Bull
Newport
Senator Bristow
Harriman
NEW Yorker
J. T. Scheuer
P&c
Searcher
Manhat
John
DEWEY
H. T. Dewey & Sons Co
Fulton St
Whips Bay
Athletic
Milwaukee Parish
Henry Singlewood Risbing
Robert A. Taft
Get Convention
Ameri
Prince
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