Taft’s New York visit recalls Phipps face at Cornell dinner
President Taft, dining with Henry Phipps, initially failed to recall the Pittsburgh steel magnate’s face, prompting laughter as Phipps apologized saying he did not recognize the President. Taft then greeted him warmly and continued with a busy itinerary including dinners for former Cornell president Andrew D White and Ohio Society, before staying the night in New York.
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New York City
United States
Philippines
Ameri
New York
Andrew* D. White
Cornell
Henry Whipps
Pittsburgh Steel
Phipps
Mr Phipps
Meyer
Hitchcock
John Wanamaker
Philadelphia
Henry W. Taft
Forty Eighth Street
Andrew D White
Dr. White
White
Ohio Society
Ohio
Brent
Buckeye
Astor
Duchess County
Public bequests in Hood will filed for probate
Will of Mrs Margaret E Hood died Sunday valued at $300000. Gifts include $30000 to Woman's College of Frederick Hood College within a year, $5000 to Home for the Aged, Frederick, $15000 to Frederick City Hospital, $7000 to public library fund, $6000 to Evangelical Reformed Church for the poor, $8000 to Franklin and Marshall College. Also mentions Daniel School Observatory and travel fare notices for New Orleans and Pensacola with Mardi Gras travel dates and ticket details.
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Burr Arts
Market Street
Frederick
Evangelical Reformed Church
Franklin and Marshall College
Daniel School
Oleo Inquiry Held Up In Federal Fraud Probe
Chicago January 18 The federal probe into oleomargarine frauds by top national manufacturers stalls awaiting Treasury Secretary MacVeagh's decision after a compromise settlement urged by IRS Chief Cabell. DA Wilkerson returned from Washington stating no conflict among department heads or Judge Landis.
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Landla
RB. E. Cabell
Internal Revenue Department
Washington
Wickersham
Government Department
Landis
Oysters yield $400 pearls in Brooklyn restaurant
Henry Smith of Catonavenue Flatbush found two pearls while eating oysters at a West Street eatery and sold them for $400. A wholesale produce merchant and noted trotting horse owner, he plans to spend $60 on dental work and invest $350 in a new trotting horse named West Street Earl.
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Henry Smith
Ay Catonavenue
Flatbush
West Street
Smith
105Th Street
Brooklyn
Post
Earl
Deacon White Dies A Storied Wall Street Figure
New York dispatch reports Stephen Van H. White known as Deacon White a Wall Street broker and Plymouth Church treasurer died aged in New York His motto my word is as good as my bond defined his public persona after four major fortunes loss of over a million each and a lifetime of financial flurries He was a friend of Henry Ward Beecher and hailed from Quaker stock with a grandfather origin in North Carolina and Knox College graduate who later donated to his alma mater.
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Henry Ward Beecher
Plymouth Church
New York
Stephen van Cullen White
Wall Street
White
Brooklyn
Mr. White
North Corona
North Carolina
Chatham County
Minoia
Deacon” White
Knox College
Galesburg
Chicago Fire
Exiled, Gets $3,500 Verdict in Virginia Suit
Samuel L. Burton, a former Onancock resident now in Baltimore, won 3500 in a federal suit alleging conspiracy to drive him from Onancock. The jury held the mayor, town sergeant, county sheriff, a citizen, and the county constable liable. the town itself was cleared. A new-trial motion is set for next Tuesday before Judge Waddill.
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Norfolk
United States District Court
Samuel L. Burton
Baltimore
Waddill
Burton
Onaneock
Straus sails to fund 21 soup kitchens in Jerusalem
Nathan Straus departs for the Holy Land with Mrs Straus to establish 21 soup kitchens in Jerusalem and to aid distressed Jews. He abandons plans for milk stations and pledges full focus on relief efforts. two physicians and four nurses accompany them. The trip follows his statement on poverty in Palestine as reason to act.
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Nathan Straus
Holy Land
Jerusalem
Palestine
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Mr. Straus
Cabal for a Road Calls for Quick Action
Washington meeting of the Committee of One Hundred on Washington development denounces a plan to replace a Lincoln memorial site on the Mall with a Gettysburg road. Senator Root and Rep Slayden lead charges that traffic corridors foul the monument and threaten real estate interests. The group urges immediate lobbying to secure the Mall project and Rock Creek valley reforms.
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Texas
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Russia Warns Turks Council Ready to Say No to Adrianople
New Delhi dispatch reports Turkey insists on retaining Adrianople for strategic and religious reasons, listing four main justifications. The note proposes preserving the city conditions, while the Aegean islands near the coast would remain under dispute, and war readiness tightens as Balkan allies plan a possible ultimatum.
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Syra
Cyclades
Beirut
London
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Belgrade
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Czar Demands Peace From Balkany Crisis
A sensational report from St. Petersburg dated January 18 claims Czar Nicholas at the imperial grand ball showed a strong desire for peace in the Balkans. The Turkish Ambassador was reportedly pressed to concede terms, with the czar warning that force may be used later if quiet diplomacy fails.
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St. Petersburg
Nicholas
Balkany
Hugelene
Dar
Eve
Wilson Says Cabinet Decisions Delayed Until Final Slate Ready
President-elect Wilson reiterated he has made no cabinet personnel decisions or conscious consultations with candidates. He expects little delay in obtaining acceptances, plans to finalize a complete slate before contacting nominees, and will focus on corporate bills in the New Jersey legislature next week. He spent Saturday at home in Princeton and said he enjoyed taking a day off.
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N. J
Wilson
New York
J. Warren Davis
Tadga Bennett van Syckel
Edwin Walker
Lamp Beacons Death in Exploding Window Light
Salt Lake City Utah Jan 1 R Toby Miller lies dying in hospital after a lamp he kept burning to guide a sweetheart to a home he prepared for her years ago exploded. The lamp in a window beckoned a Swedish girl who had perished at sea though never ceased to exist for him. The blaze left Miller badly burned as he attempted to extinguish it.
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Salt Lake City
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Miller
Sweden
Annem
Greeks Rout Fleet in Dardanelles Engagement
Greek and Turkish fleets clashed miles south of the Dardanelles. After a three hour fight, Ottoman ships fled toward the straits in disorder. The Greek Averoff sustained minor damage. one Greek sailor was wounded as Greek forces pursued the Turkish squadron toward Lemnos.
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Spetsel
Pears
Tenedos
Geiest
Mirltich
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Countduriotis
Lemnos
Tornado Rips Two Cities With High Wind Speeds
Special to The Washington Post from Pittsburgh and Wheeling reports a cyclone like windstorm causing thousands of dollars in damage. Winds reached 74 miles per hour, injuring two people, including Sadie Monson who was hurled by the wind and fractured an arm. The steamboat F Tyler was driven across the Monongahela River after being ripped from its moorings. In Wheeling a tornado of about twenty minutes damaged homes and knocked down wires, with several injuries.
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Pittsburgh
Weather Bureau
Sadie Monson
William Wilson
F. Tyler
Monongsheia
Wheeling
W. Va
Air Lime indicted on thirteen counts in coal delivery scheme
Macon Georgia January 18 The Air Lime company was indicted by a United States grand jury on thirteen counts for alleged interstate violation. It was charged the railroad arranged coal deliveries from Oliver Springs and Sliceville Tennessee to Helena Georgia at 135 per ton, about 100 bm above the legal rate.
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Air Lime
United States Grand Jury
Oliver Springs
Sliceville
Tenn
Helena
Clergyman Tries Suicide at New Jersey Hotel
Rev Dr Richard W Merington pastor of St Peters Episcopal Church Egeex Falls New Jersey attempted death by self harm in a Hotel Athens room by cutting his wrist. He was found unconscious and taken to Bellevue Hospital where he remained under arrest with little hope of recovery. He is brother of playwright Margaret Merington.
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Richard W. Merington
St. Peter’s Episcopal Church
Egeex Falls
N. J
Athens
Bellevue Hospital
Morington
Margaret Merington
Captain Letterblair
E. H. Sothern
Corpse Asks For A Meal In New York Area
Corning New York January 18 an undertaker was steps to embalm when Harry Brigham of Ulysses Pa rose from bed and asked for breakfast after eating he felt better than in days Brigham who had been ill was found dead by his family who after two hours could not rouse him and called the undertaker
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N. Y
Harry Brigham
Ulysses Pe
Brigham
Naval policy sparks cross border clash in parliament
Maj Samuel Simpson Sharpe of North Ontario attacked the U S Navy in a House of Commons speech supporting Canada’s naval policy. He cited a Montreal authority and described U S sailors as destitute and degenerate, prompting anger from Americans and Canadians and promising further debate in parliament Monday.
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Ontario
Washington Post
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Borden
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Laurier Ee
Frederick W. Wallace
Montreal
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Canada
Dominion
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Mankee
Moyer Fromm
Lee Jackson Day Dinner Attended by 90 Confederate Veterans
In Lexington Virginia on January 18 the Lee Jackson Day events included a reunion dinner for the Confederate Veterans of Rock Bridge hosted by the Sons of Confederate Veterans. Ninety nine veterans and seven sons attended. Toastmaster G D Letcher welcomed guests as W C Stuart spoke for the Lee Stackson camp. Speeches recalled army life by Gen Scott Shipp and others. Nineteen veterans were noted as having died since the last Lee Jackson Day. seven crosses of honor were awarded by the Daughters of the Confederacy.
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Washington Post
Eae-Jackson
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Jutge & H. Letcher
W. T. Poague
EB. Moore
M. Wade
T. al. Smiley
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Washington and Lee University
Gen. Lee
Inaugural Plans Waver as Wilson Team Debates Ball
Washington news outlines how Watt ing on Eustis plans remains in abeyance with a final decision due at the General Committee meeting. A likely decision to oppose West Point cadets’ trip and the fundraising total for the inaugural fund neared 88,000 dollars. Leaders consider visiting Trenton to learn President elect Wilson’s wishes.
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West Point
Trenton
Eustis
Hamilton
Gov
Wren
Wilson and Marshall Southern League
New Willard
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