Baker testifies on stock issues and bank assets before committee
George F. Baker chairman of the First National Bank of New York admits sharing large stock issues with Morgan & Co. He cites bank holdings of 74 million investment funds, 43.5 million in securities, and 110 million in deposits. Directors span 37 corporations with JP Morgan & Co. ties.
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Washington
George F. Baker
First National Bank of New York
Untermeyer
Baker's Bank
First National
J. P. Morgan & Co
First National Bank
Baker
Datermeyer
Nowers
Laker
Fisher A. Baker
Joan €. Spooner
Untermeyer Wenter
First
Conmany
First Securities Company
Boiler Blown Up Kills Eleven on James T Staples
Eleven men died and sixteen were injured when a boiler exploded on the steamer James T Staples on the Tombigbee river at Mobile Alabama. The dead include Capt C Tom Bartee and Chief Engineer Bill Harvie among others. Local officials report two women among the injured and suspect dynamite as a possible cause after two smaller blasts prior to the explosion.
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Mobile
Ala
James T. Staples
Tombigbee River
C. Tom Bartee
Bill Harvie
John Kopf
We WcKee
Henry Moulton
M. Herrington
Henry Hoskins
Tow Robbins
Richard Sewall
M. Gardner
Green Vermuilte
Electoral College Sets Feb 12 Canvass for Wilson Victory
Washington and state capitals prepare for formal electors meetings to cast ballots for president and vice president. Canvass to begin February 12 with a joint Senate and House session to tally the votes. Dispatches will arrive to the president pro term for final declaration of the new administration.
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Woodrow Wilson
Wilson
Marshall
Lincoln
Washington
Senate
House
Tallest Woman Dead At 8 Feet 4 Inches Tall
Sara Mies 8 feet 4 inches tall died at her home near Gorin Missouri. She began growing at 18 and never stopped, appearing first at a Memphis Missouri county fair. She toured with Tommy Barnum and later traveled with her own management visiting many countries. She was about 40 and left a large fortune. Her parents were disabled.
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Miss Ewing
Memphis
Pp. T. Barnum
Herna
Bren
Castro Denied Writ in Venezuela Exile Case
Cipriano Castro former president of Venezuela faced a federal court fight over immigration detention in New York. Judge Holt considered but held in abeyance the habeas corpus petition while determining authority to grant bail pending immigration review of Castro’s right to remain in the United States.
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New York
Cipriano Castro
Venezuela
Holt
Castro
Women Break Out Of Jail In Ogden Prison Escape
Mrs Mary McGill and Miss Wilson, two prisoners in the Ogden city jail, escaped after eluding guards. They descended from a second story window by a rope from bed clothing. McGill was serving 120 days for aiding her husband in dragging and robbing a man, Wilson had served 18 days on a 2 day sentence for vagrancy.
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Ogden
Utah
Mary McGill
Miss Wilson
Crowe Ejected From Dubuque After Drunken Disorder
Pat Crowe the kidnaper of Edie Cudahy faced police court in Dubuque Iowa and was charged with drunken disorderly conduct. He was ordered out of town following the hearing.
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Pat Crowe
Dubuque
Edie Cudahy
Financial Wizard Sent to Prisor for Theft Conviction
Joseph G Robin pleaded guilty to stealing 27000 from Washington Savings bank and was sentenced to one year on Stack Wel Island. He was kept in the Tombs indefinitely to testify in civil suits tied to the Northern bank collapse while gaining clemency for aiding district attorney in securing settlements from Cummins Reichman and former City Chamberlain Hyde.
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New York
Jan
Joseph G. Robin
Toted Haandler
Washington Savings Bank
Robin
William A. Cummins
Joseph G. Reichman
Charles H. Hyde
Northern Bank
Charles W. Morse
Newthero
Unable to Care for Themselves Draws Sharp Criticism
The report notes that self care failures led to strong criticism from officials and observers, highlighting concerns over support systems and responsibility. No names or places are given in the fragment.
Rockefeller Returns as Money Trust Subpoena Effort Continues
Nassau January 11 William Rockefeller left for Miami aboard the steamer Miami to avoid a subpoena in the money trust investigation. His physician had affidavited a throat condition so serious that travel could be fatal and authorities sought to compel Rockefeller’s examination by specialists to verify the report.
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Nassau
New Providence
Rlliam Rockefeller
Miami
House Money Trust Investigat
Rockefeller
Burning Cows His Passion in Indiana Fires
Evansville Indiana January 11 Walter Bruner forty six confessed to police that he burned dairy barns of Fear Milk companies. Police investigations showed fires at night at workplaces Bruner had worked at destroying barns and animals. He said his motive was to hear cows bellow in fright, calling it music.
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Evansville
Ind
Walter Bruner
Bruner
Tuan Zumstein
Bruzier
Flood Hits Pittsburgh Region As 8000 Homeless
Damage from the Allegheny Monongahela and Ohio floods is estimated at 1.9 million dollars. The Point bridge gauge hit 21.9 feet, marking a drop of nearly ten feet in 24 hours as Wheeling West Virginia reports 8000 people displaced from their homes.
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Pittsburg
Allegheny
Monongahela
Ohio River
Point Bridge
Wheeling
W. Va
Pastor Ousted by Synod in English Lutheran Case
Peoria Jan 11 The Northern Minor reports the English Evangelical Lutheran Synod found Dr Charles Raymond pastor of the English Lutheran church guilty in a church case. He was suspended and his ordination papers ordered returned to the synod.
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Peoria
English Evangelical Lutheran Synod
Charles ©. Raymond
English Lutheran Church
Bet $25 Challenge Ends With Police Stop
In Sterling Alabama on January 11 a man named George Black, a wealthy farmer, bet $25 he could spend $1400 in ten hours. police halted him while he was nearing his third hundred dollars.
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George Black
Holy City Adrianople Stands at Center of Peage Talks
London dispatch reports that Turkey resists ceding Adrianople as allies push to include the holy city in Bulgarian territory. Ambassadors meet in Constantinople with no decision and threaten possible demonstrations, while Romania and Austria back competing claims amid Balkan tension. Roald Amundsen arrives in New York for an extended visit, greeted by Scandinavian-Americans.
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London
Neace
Balkans
Adrianople
Europe
Turkey
Bulgaria
Alsace-Lorraine
Austria
Roumania
Adrianoplé
Algaria
Constantinople
Porte
Reign Ofice
Amundaen
U.S
New York
Amund
Aen
South Pols
St. Paul
French Diplomat Ends Life in Chicago Hotel
Ernest Boden, head of Gabeel Germany and a French diplomat, killed himself in an exclusive Blackstone hotel on Michigan Boulevard Chicago. The incident occurred January 11 and shocked officials. Boden served as a high ranking envoy and faced unspecified pressures preceding his death. The city police opened an inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the suicide.
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Chicago
Ernest Boden
Helm
Gabeel
Germany
Blackstone
Michigan Boulevard
Women plan 10 lobby for votes as Asquith blocks measure
London January 11. The franchise reform bill soon to be debated in Parliament sees actresses and supporters outline peaceful methods to press for women’s suffrage. Eight women plan to attend and press lawmakers while militants threaten a more tumultuous show.
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London
House of Commons
Actresses Franchise League
Frage
Labor Party
David Liogd-George
Bogland
Gas Case Up To Congress Seeks Probe Of Judges
Rep Borland of Missouri introduced house resolutions calling for a congressional investigation into Judges John C. Pollock and A S Van Valkenburgh. Kan mayor and council forwarded allegations that the two judges conspired with a Kansas natural gas company after a Kansas City ruling allowed a price increase. The order lets the company charge 31 cents per thousand feet despite a franchise rule.
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Washington
Borland
Missouri
House
Congressional
John C. Pollock
Kansas District Court
A. S. van Valkenburgh
District Court of Missouri
Kanana City
Kansas Natural Gas Company
Kansas City
Kansas Natural Gas’ Company
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Gorin
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Ball
Henry
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Schpoena
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