Saratoga Springs Faces Push to Probe Water Sources
Saratoga spring owners and residents urge immediate government investigation of local waters as Robert C. Morris testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee. Citizens argue carbonic gas pumping harms springs and demand legislative action to save Saratoga’s mineral waters.
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New York Times
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N. Y
Robert C. Morris
Senate Judiciary Committee
Willard Lester
Citizens Committee
Morrms
Carbonic Gas
William G. Fox
Seltzer and Other
Morris
Mr.Morris
Pure Food Commission
Frank H. Hathorn
Hathorn Spring
Citizens’ Committee
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Saratonga
Jean
Trom
Sas
Praises Pope Picture From The Times Easter Feature
Mgr Michael J Lavelle rector of St Patrick s Cathedral viewed a proof of the autograph photograph of the Pope to appear in The Times Easter Pictorial Section. He called the likeness striking and the reproduction excellent noting the Easter benediction inscribed by Pope Pius less than a month earlier.
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St. Patrick’s Cathedral
Times
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Pope Pius
New York Senate Passes Eight Banking Reform Bills
In Albany on April 16 the Senate approved eight banking reform bills urged by State Superintendent of Banks Clark Williams. The measures tighten control over insolvent banks, raise trust company capital to 100000 per branch, and require monthly director meetings and public reporting. The bills set reserve requirements for Manhattan and statewide banks, plus stricter disclosure of banking activity. They now go to the Governor for signature.
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Clark Williams
Grady
Friends of the
Trust Companies
Manhattan
Reserve of State
Priest Curry reiterates critique of settlement work
The Rev John B Curry defended his remarks on charity and settlement workers saying he raised three points proselytization of Catholic children, pauperization eroding family responsibility, and misrepresentation against good New Yorkers. He refused to withdraw his position and cited supportive letters as he urged attention to all aspects of the issue.
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John B Curry
Jacob A. Riis
Father Curry
New York
Cherry Hill
Additional Bermel Charges Filed Against Governor in New York
Albany April 16 new charges were filed with Gov Hughes against President Joseph Bermel alleging perjury incompetence neglect waste and violation of the law The Kissena Park scandal is cited with claims Bermel induced Weiz to perjure himself and to falsify papers before the Grand Jury The petition asks Bermel be removed from office.
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New York Times
Albany
Gov. Hughes
Joseph .Bermel
Thomas F Pettit
Christian G. Anderson
Permel
Kissena Park
Grand Jury
Weiz
Grand
Grand Baro Riestl Press
Bermel
Jerome Case Testimony Set Ahead in Albany
Governor Hughes named Richard L. Hand of Elizabethtown to hear testimony on the District Attorney Jerome charges. Hand replaces ex Judge Charles Andrews who resigned after deciding the trial would extend into the summer.
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Spencial
New York Times
Albany
Jerome
William TF. King
New York
Richard L. Hand
Elizabethtown
Hughes
Hand
Charles Andrews
Man May Change His Party in Primary Election Case
The Appellate Division rules voters may switch party enrollment for primaries. James L. Watson sought to bar Stephen J. Duffy from voting in the Republican primary in the Fifteenth Assembly District. Duffy, a longtime enrollee in both parties, argued his history does not justify removing his name from the Republican roll. Two opinions accompany the decision, one by Justice Scott and another by Justice Ingraham noting timing issues in party changes.
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Supreme Court
James L. Watson
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Fifteenth Assembly District
Harry W. Mack
Stephen J. Duffy
Duffy
West Sixty-eighth Street
Fifteenth Assembly
Watson
Appellate Division
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Patterson
Laughlin
Houghton
Ingraham
King's Application To Withdraw Referee Questions Granted
Cyrus S. King asked the Supreme Court to withdraw lien questions on his father Charles G. King estate. Justice Dowling granted the request after it was disclosed May Thompson claiming widow Mayrae was not the elder King’s widow.
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Supreme Court
Justice Dowling
Charles G. G. King
West Twenty-fourth Street
May Thompson
Mayrae
King
House Votes for Right Submarines in Naval Bill
The U S House passed the Naval Appropriation bill with few changes dropping a subsurface torpedo boat destroyer provision. Debate centered on eight new submarines and Mare Island yard claims with Lilley and Knowland trading sharp remarks as Williams defended free wood pulp and naval intelligence.
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New York Times
Washington
House
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Knowland
California
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Mare Island
Electric Boat Company
Landis
Roberts
Connecticut
John Sharp Williams
Hobson
Serena Payne
John Dalzell
Payne
Williams
Richmond P. Hobson
Postal Savings Banks Bill Heads to Debate in Senate
The Postal Savings Banks bill moves from committee to the floor with Senator Carter set to press for early action. Independent banks may oppose the reform while the Postmaster General could launch the system in key money order offices. Depositors must be at least ten years old, with one dollar opening deposits and 10 cent increments thereafter. Monthly deposits capped at 200 dollars and individual deposits at 1900 dollars, earning interest only on half of that amount.
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New York Times
Washington
Postal Savings Banks
Carter
Postel Savings Banks
Crow Chief Surrenders War Bonnet to Senator Clapp
Chief Plenty Coos of the Crow Indians presents an eagle feather war bonnet to Senator Clapp in Washington to bury the hatchet and pledge peace with the white man. Senator Owen of Oklahoma, partly Indian, adjusts the bonnet and speaks in Crow to the visiting tribe.
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New York Times
Washington
Clapp
Plenty Coos
Montana
Committee On
Coos
Owen
Oklahoma
New York Maritime Exchange Seeks Pardon for Captain Van Schaick
A committee from the New York Maritime Exchange urged the President to grant a pardon for Captain W S Van Schaick, pilot of the ill fated General Slocum. The President referred the request to the Attorney General for a report on the case.
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Washington
New York Maritime Exchange
W.S. van Schaick
General Slocum
Harvard President Backs Limiting Intercollegiate Football Contests
Harvard President Eliot urges reducing intercollegiate events to two per sport per season and requires colleges to agree to limit contests. He argues excessive athleticism harms character and lifelong fitness, noting football’s limited long term benefit and advocating more home competition.
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New York Times
Cambridge
Mass
Eliot
Harvard University
Smaaller
Memorial planned for Dr Truman Backus at Packer Institute
Brooklyn notes report a memorial for Dr Truman Backus former president of the Packer Collegiate Institute. In Manhattan John Macley 36 shot himself on Fifty Seventh Street Brooklyn after a day spent wandering near Wyckoff and Fifty Seventh Streets. Harriet T Du Pont seeks divorce from Joann Tyler Du Pont Jr alleging neglect and limited support while he pursues real estate deals on Fifth Avenue.
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Hesper Club
Second Avenue
Sixth
Seventh Streets
Harlem
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Brave
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Soas
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College
John Macley
Wrl Yhester Street
Manhattan
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Fifth Avenue
Joann Tyler du Pont, Jr
Justice Crane
Supreme Court
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