United States enters era of idealism says Bryan
Secretary Bryan at Calvert Hall dinner lauds President Wilson for leading a new age of ideals. He says the country must no longer be a tool of interests and cites Wilson's efforts as central to the coming change. The event honored Senator Myers of Montana and drew many Democratic leaders.
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Associated Press
Washington
United States
Bryan
Calvert Hall
Lord Baltimore
Wilson
Myers
Montana
Democratic Party
Navy reshuffles command after Carabao banquet tensions
Secretary Daniels cancels the plan to send Rear Admiral Thomas B. Howard to command the Asiatic fleet. Howard will instead relieve Rear Admiral W. C. Cowles off the Pacific Mexican coast, while Cowles moves to lead the Asiatic fleet. The change follows the Carabao dinner controversy and related reprimands.
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Associated Press
Washington
Navy Department
Daniels
Thomas B. Howard
Reginald F. Nicholson
Howard
W. C. Cowles
Pacific
Cowles
Army
Navy
Wilson
Military Society
Philippines
How
Jail Dansante and Diner Dansante Inmate Orchestra
A county jail hosts a novelty ensemble called the jail dansante where over sixty prisoners perform dance music at meals. The orchestra includes violin guitar harp flute and bass violin with inmates performing steps like slow drag banana slip rabbit jump and stop two step while awaiting word on a tango arrest.
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Cawthon Vineyard
Battle House Grand Cafe
Sulzer recounts grafting scheme before New York grand jury
Former governor William Sulzer testified at a John Doe inquiry about state highway graft in New York. He recalled Senator O Gorman warning that James B. Gaffney was Murphy’s chief bag man who pressured to hold up James E. Stewart for over 100000, and described Murphy’s threats over Gaffney’s appointment as state highway commissioner. The inquiry resumes tomorrow.
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Associated Press
New York
William Sulzer
John Doe
United States
O’gorman
James B. Gaffney
Murphy
Stewart
O’gurman
James Stewart
Gaffney
Charles Murphy
Tammany Hall
O Gorman Defers Comment On Sulzer Testimony
Senator O Gorman at his New York home declined to comment on Sulzer testimony in the John Doe inquiry into highway graft. He said he would review official minutes and may be recalled to testify. Sulzer claimed O Gorman advised against appointing James E. Gaffney as highways commissioner and labeled him Murphy’s bagman.
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Associated Press
New York
O’gorman
William Sulzer
John Doe
Pascagoula Bank Elects New Officers
Special to The Item from Pascagoula Miss January 22 1914 the People's Bank of Pascagoula elected H Herring B D Valverde Chas E Chidsey W D Hughes J D Crane all of Pascagoula and Jos B Garrard of Ocean Springs to the board for 1914 The board organized with H Herring as president Jos B Garrard as vice president Chas E Chidsey as secretary and E A Colle as cashier.
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Pascagoula
Miss
People’s Bank of
Haskin Letters Now in The Item
Frederick J Haskin becomes the territorys leading columnist with daily letters on live subjects. His writings on American government and the Panama Canal have large circulation. The Item publishes his daily letters exclusively in this region.
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Haskin
Frederick .J Haskin
United States
Panama Canal
Malignant Typhus Case Reported on Belvedere
New York health officer Joseph J. O Connell reports a new typhus fever case among detained Belvedere passengers bringing the port total to three from that ship and five at the port overall. The new case is described as a closer approach to malignant typhus than earlier instances.
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Associated Press
New York
Joseph J. O’connell
Belvedere
Roma
O’connell
Warehouse Fire Destroys Cotton Belonging to Trout Firm
A major blaze in Memphis destroyed or damaged nearly 4,000 bales of cotton in the E. W. Trout & Co. warehouse. The loss is estimated between $200,000 and $300,000. Firemen Captain H. Eilert and two others were slightly injured. origin of the fire is undetermined.
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Associated Press
Memphis
Tenn
E. W. Trout & Co
8. Eilert
Congressional actions and nominations update
The Foreign Relations Committee favored Henry M. Pindell of Peoria Illinois for ambassador to Russia while Col W C Gorgas received a favorable report for surgeon general of the Army. The Alaska Railroad bill faced debate with Sen Pittman speaking as the House resumed postoffice appropriations and immigration hearings were deferred. Chairs of judiciary and interstate commerce worked on cooperation for administrator bills with ongoing mine committee hearings.
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Henry M. Pindell
Pecria
Russia
Col
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Pittman
Immigration Committee
Judiciary
Interstate Commerce
Mine Committee
Three Herring Cargoes In Good Cold Storage
Three fishing schooners loaded with herring for American ports have been frozen in the Bay of Islands by ice floes from the Gulf of St. Lawrence and probably will not reach their destinations.
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Curling
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Bay of Islands
Gulf of St. Lawrence
Allegations of Partiality Against Judge Speer Heard
J M Barnes a Thomson postmaster and former U S marshal testified before a congressional committee on Judge Emory Speer. He alleged Speer influenced grand juries in Greene and Gaynor and kept court staff in a constant state of vigilance.
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Associated Press
Magon
J. M. Barnes
Thomson, Ga
United States
Emory Speer
Congressional Committee
Disastrous Fire Destroys Mabel Virginia Steamer
In Norfolk on January 22 a fire started by a lighted match set alight a deck load of bale hay on the steamer Mabel Virginia and damaged the People's Navigation Company pier and warehouse. About 50 000 dollars in losses occurred as the vessel carrying 300 bales of hay and 00 barrels of flour burned and sank after its superstructure burned away while a high wind aided the blaze. The Mabel Virginia operated in coastwise trade between Norfolk and North Carolina ports.
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Associated Press
Norfolk
Mabel
Irginia
People’s Navigation Company
Mabel Virginia
Lere
North Carolina
Wealth Fight Over Vanderbilt Kin Sees Fraud Claims Rise
Four cousins of Mrs. William K. Vanderbilt Jr file fraud and conspiracy charges in a supreme court action to recover four forty seconds of the Mrs Caroline D Fair estate. The suit stems from alleged false slander of Mrs Fair that led to signing away rights worth millions for 150000. The Fair estate trace back to a 1902 France automobile death.
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New York
aJn
Appellate Division
Supreme Court
William K. Vanderbilt, Jr
Caroline D. Fair
France
Sleeping Miners Killings Stir Copper Strike Trade
Houghton Michigan dispatch reports a coroner's jury failing to assign responsibility for the Dec 7 deaths of Thomas Dally and brothers Henry and Arthur Jane, all British subjects, shot in their beds at Painesdale amid the copper miners strike. Investigations continue into who killed the sleeping miners before week’s end.
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Associated Press
Houghton, Mich
Thomas Dally
Henry
Arthur Jane
Painesdale
Investigators Probe Hold Up of W Rodda on Train
Indianapolis Jan 22 The United Mine Workers international officers were ordered to investigate the assault on W Rodda president of a Frostburg Md local It was claimed a forged telegram lured him onto a Baltimore and Ohio train to Indianapolis where he was seized from behind while playing cards and robbed of seal and membership books
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Indianapolis
Ind
United Mine Workers
W. Rodda
Baltimore and Ohio
Rodda
Frostburg
Ep Iscopal Synod at Muskogee Nears End
In Muskogee Oklahoma the closing session of the provisional Episcopal synod focused on church mission and women's work. Bishop Sheldon M Griswold of Saline Kansas led the morning program while Bishop Edward A Temple of Amarillo Texas took the afternoon. A missionary meeting in Grace church tonight will feature Rev A E Eckel of St Joseph Missouri delivering a final board of strategy report.
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Associated Press
Muskogee
Okla
Provisional Synod of the Episcopal Church
Sheldon M. Griswold
Saline, Kas
Edward A. Temple
Amarillo
Tex
Grace Church
A. E. Eckel
St. Joseph, Mo
Board of Strategy
Alaska Railway Bill Heads To Senate Vote
The Alaska government railway bill moves to a Senate roll call after two weeks of debate. Four Republicans support it with the administration while two Democrats William and Bankhead oppose. debate centers on government ownership and possible private leasing terms.
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Associated Press
Washington
Senate
Pittman
Dillingham
Chamberlain
Pacific
Alaska
Pacific Coast
Bankhead
Bill
Jones
Borah
Wexter Nyor
Norris
Williams
Cape Haitien Falls to Rebels in Haiti Uprising
An undated radiogram reports Cape Haitien seized by Haitian rebels on the northern coast. President Oreste convenes an extraordinary congress session to push a drastic program to crush the revolt. The gunboat Nashville heads for Cape Haitien from Port au Prince to reinforce the base.
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Washington
State Department
Cape Haitien
Haiti
Oreste
Congress
Nashville
Port Au Prince
Mobile Steel Company Doubles Its Stock
A certificate shows Mobile Steel Company increases capital stock from 25 000 to 50 000 filed in probate court. Incorporated last July with Walter E. Voigt as president A G Krenck vice president W Evans secretary. The firm manufactures steel iron tin and copper products.
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Walter E. Voigt
New York City
A. G. Krenck
Madison
Wis
W. ©. Evans
Mobile
Frisco man kills former wife and self in hotel dining room
In Honolulu a man named Woodward shot and killed his former wife Margaret Phypers Stewart at the Seaside hotel and then killed himself in front of diners. The woman had married Charles A. Stewart of San Francisco and arrived from there recently.
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Honolulu
Woodward
Sonoma
San Francisco
Charles A. Stewart
Margaret Phypers
Mrs. Stewart
A. W. Wagner
Striking Cargo Mystery on Fjell Voyage to Mexico
A Norwegian steamer Fjell carried seven trunks that allegedly contained three million five hundred thousand dollars, sent by the Bank of England to Mexico City. Two Bank of England representatives, Gibbs and Boulvin, traveled as passengers with the money. the ship returned to Mobile with only a portion of the baggage, sparking intrigue over the missing trunks and funds.
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Fijell
Mobile
Puerto Cortez
Veara Cruz
Mexico
Bank of England
Mexico City
The
of England
Tim
Huerta
England
Eric D. Gibbs
Hen J. Boulvin
X. City
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Gibbs
Veraourney
City of Mexico
Students Earn College Fees From Work At University
The University of Ohio emplay bureau reports 1,311 students employed earning from $2 to $25 daily. Most positions were waiters, ste readers, salesmen, and janitors with men predominating. Tutors averaged $1.25 an hour, sometimes over $2, and musicians fared best with engagements in local theatres and events.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Trax
University of Oh
Emplay Bureau
Bette
Favorable Report on Pindell Ordered
Washington today January 22 the inflation of H M Reed to be sent to Russia was favorably reported by the late foreign relations committee.
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Associated Press
Washington
H. M. Reo Be Aheinae
Russia
Prosperity Signal Reported in Massachusetts Mills
A 2 percent rise in output and 2000 mill operatives at Grosvenordale Mills in Webster Massachusetts was announced as a sign of growing prosperity.
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Associated Press
Webster
Mass
Jane
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