Public Service Commission Plans Midtown transfer zones
The Public Service Commission proposes a zone system for Manhattan to ease Fifty-ninth Street transfers. Through rates would let riders move between dividing lines at Thirty-fourth and 116th Streets for the same fare, reducing middle-town costs. Secretary Travis H. Whitney defends orders against Crimmins criticisms, citing car overhauls, service standards, and night-storage issues that affect residents.
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Public Service Commission
Metropolitan Street Railway Company
Central Park, North and East River Railroad Company
Borough of
Manhattan
Thirtyfourth Street
116Th Street
Metropolitan Company
Thirty-fourth Street
Fifty-ninth Street
Travis H. Whitney
John D. Crimmins
Whitney
Mr. Crimmins
Third Avenue
Cief
Seventh Avenues
144Th
145Th Streets
145Th Street
Macomb
Dambridge
Public Service Commission Denies Rehearing on Brighton Beach Service
The Public Service Commission denies a rehearing for the Brooklyn Union Elevated Railroad to boost Brighton Beach division service. Commissioner McCarroll cites lack of sufficient cause and notes winter will require maintaining increased service. He urges early application for more trackage to connect northern four track work with Brooklyn ferries or subway routes. The commission may act on this in early fall.
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Public Service Commissions
Public Service Commission
Brooklyn Union Elevated Railroad
Brighton Beach
McCarroll
Brooklyn
Brighton
Manhattan
Brooklyn Bridge
Subway
Camden Tunnel Favored by City and Public
The movement to build a Delaware River tunnel linking Philadelphia and Camden gains public support. Financiers see easy funding, engineers call the project feasible, and Chief Engineer George S. Webster calls it a necessity. Intercity Link Railway Co holds charters but faces legal delays over damages.
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New York Times
Philadelphia
Delaware River
Camden
Hudson
East Rivers
New York
George S. Webster
Philadelphia Bureau of Surveys
Market Street
Pennsylvania
East River
Intercity Link Railway Company
New Jersey
Clarence Wolf
Judge Milks Cow in Queens County Farmyard Encounter
Lawyer Stephen J. Voris visits County Judge Humphrey of Queens County seeking a matter before him. The judge milks a cow at his home, welcomes the attorney, and they briefly converse as the milking and discussion proceed. The scene ends with the judge offering milk and a light remark about their tasks.
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Humphrey
Queens County
Stephen J. Voris
Jamaica
Voris
Panama
Debate on the United States Constitution at Franco-British Exhibition
At the Franco-British Exhibition a session closed with a discussion on the U S Constitution. Prof Albert Venn Dicey argued that the United States combines noble citizens with a system better governed than many European states yet paradoxically not democratically run, while Yves Guyot praised its advantages and rigidity.
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London
Congress
United States
Albert Venn Dicey
Oxford
Manyef
Bette
Europe
Paris
Berlin
Washington
Dicey
England
Yves Guyot
America
Dying Man's Death Probed After Hospital Transfers
Coroner Harburger announced an inquiry into the death of John Bond a stationary fireman aged about 60 after multiple hospital transfers. Bond injured July 16 in a fall at 172 Washington Street and later moved from Hudson Street to Bellevue and finally Metropolitan Hospital where he died yesterday on Blackwell Island.
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Harburger
John Bond
Cottage Place
Bayonne
N. J
Metropolitan Hospital
Blackwell's Island
Bona
Washington Street
Hudson Street Hospital
McRo
Bond
Alexander Hewitt
Work Street
Jersey City
Ella
Edward Hewitt
John McNulty
Policeman Helps Starving Brooklyn Family Find Shelter
Patrolman William J. McMillen found Patrick Ryan and his wife and three children destitute under a ball ground stand. The officer arranged shelter, food, and medical aid. Mrs Ryan was taken to Long Island College Hospital with pleurisy. children placed with the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children and later before a judge for a hearing.
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William J. McMillen
Hamilton Avenue
Brooklyn
Visitation Oval
Lorraine and
Henry Streets
Patrick Ryan
McMillen
Ryan
Red Hook Park
Aitkin
Long Island College Hospital
Patrick
Mary
Cornelius
Society For the Prevention of Cruelty
Schermerhorn Street
George J. O’keefe
Children’s Court of the Second District
Charity Department
Higgins
Lorraine Street
Erie Basin
Margaret Ryan
East Orange Mayor Rejects Sunday Closing Arrest Halt
Acting City Attorney McBride urged Mayor Cardwell to issue instructions to police to skip arrests for Sunday closing violations. The Mayor refused, meaning arrests will proceed if dealers open. Recorder Fort plans to suspend sentences in all cases. McBride warned of further suits against the city if arrests occur.
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David A. McBride
East Orange
William Cardwell
Recorder Fort
Undertaker Thomas Crawford Jr Dies En Route to Client’s Funeral
Thomas Crawford Jr a noted Tren ton undertaker died in a taxicab while en route to a client’s funeral in Trenton yesterday. He had conducted two funerals that day. His son saw him appear ill, fetched water, and returned to find him dead from heart disease.
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Thomas Crawford, Jr
Trenton
Byer Case Cleared for Supreme Court Review in New Jersey
Supreme Court Justice Reed in Trenton yesterday allowed a writ of certiorari to review Isaac Byer’s case. Byer, a Trenton saloon keeper, was fined $1,900 by the Police Judge for selling on Sunday, prompting a challenge to the Police Justice’s jurisdiction.
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Supreme Court
Reed
Trenton
Isaac Byer
High Court of the State
Local Tax Board President Resigns Amid Friction
John P. Dullard, president of the Local Tax Board and state tax expert, resigned yesterday and called a meeting to elect a successor for tomorrow. He cited political friction on the board and said he does not want to shoulder the responsibility ahead of possible unequal taxation concerns raised by Mr Stern.
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John P. Dullard
Trenton
Dullard
Stern
Wrights Airship To Try Speed Test On Monday
The airship team led by Capt. Baldwin faced propeller blade angle issues observed by observers including August Post and Roy Knabenshue. Engineers say blades must adapt to headway to reach higher speeds. a sharper angle at speed is needed. If weather allows and Curtiss approves, an official flight and two hour endurance test will occur Monday, with A. M. Herring seeking extended time for his aircraft project.
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Signal Corps
August Post
The
Aero Club
Col
Baron de Bode
Roy Knabenshue
Capt
Baldwin
Curtiss
A. M. Herring
New York
Zeppelin Explains Accident and Outlook for Balloons
Count Zeppelin attributes the crash of his airship to motor defects and inexperience in steering during the endurance trip from Lake Constance. He absolves his mechanics and says lessons learned may advance balloon transportation. a relative cites atmospheric electricity as a possible cause with sparks observed at Echterdingen.
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Friedrichshafen
Count Zeppelin
Lake Constance
Mayence
Echterdingen
Kaiser Aids Zeppelin With 2500 Gift in Berlin
Emperor William donated 2500 marks to Count Zeppelin to fund another airship. In Berlin Tiergarten he met Herr Rathenau General Manager of General Electric Company and spoke of Zeppelin catastrophe and widespread contributions across the empire. He noted a Norwegian balloon anchoring device from a recent journey.
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Berlin
William
Count Zeppelin
Tiergarten
Herr Rathenau
General Electric Company
Norway
Balloon flight ends safely seventy miles south of Canton
J H Wade Jr and A H Morgan of Cleveland traveled with Walter Monroe on the Sky Pilot in a 52 mile balloon flight from Canton under the Aero Club of Ohio. The balloon launched at 12 35 with threatening weather and landed safely at Stillwell fifty two miles south.
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Canton
Ohio
J. H. Wade, Jr
A. H. Morgan
Cleveland
Walter Monroe
Aero Club of Ohio
Stillwell
Here
Elopement Sparks Questions In Brooklyn Love Match
Edwin L. Thomas and Carrie L. Devlin eloped after a Thursday night runaway from Blue Point Long Island to Newark where a Justice of the Peace wed them. Parents weigh romance and future as the couple heads to an undisclosed honeymoon retreat.
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Edwin L. Thomas
Decatur Street
Brooklyn
Carrie L. Devlin
Jefferson Bank
Trinity Baptist Church
William H. Devlin
Blue Point
L. IL
Miss Devlin
Mr. Devlin
Mr. Thomas
Atlantic City
Patchogue
Thomas
Provident Life Policyholders Seek Board Seats
State officials move to reopen inquiry into Provident Savings Life Assurance at 35 Nassau Street. Chief Examiner Hadley to lead new probe into officers and books amid efforts by policy holders to block Inter-Southern sale and place three holders on the board.
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Otto T. Kelsey
Provident Savings Life Assurance Society
Nassau Street
Nelson B. Hadley
Hadley
Kelsey
Provident Life
Supt. Kelsey
Inter-Southern
State Insurance Department
Albany
Kentucky
Woodruff
Mr. Woodruff
Rittenhouse of
Colorado
Sullivan & Cromwell
Fourth National Bank
J. G. Webb
Provident
J. W. Norman
Day
Louisville
Webb
Rittenhouse
the Provident Life
Telecam
Insurance
Essey
New York
Semiramis
West 110Th Street
Close Elections in Cuba as Votes Narrow Race
Voters tally slow across 82 municipalities amid party shifts. Conservatives win Governors in Santa Clara Matanzas and Pinar del Rio, Miguelistas dominate Oriente and Camaguey, Zayistas in Havana with Miguelistas leading mayoral contests. Robert Bacon tours, heads to Santiago and then Porto Rico.
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Wavana
Santa Clara
Matanzas
Pinar del Rio
Oriente
Camaguey
Havana
Fredo Zayas
Jose Miguel Gomez
Miguelistas
Mario Menocal
Veterans’ Association
Domingo Lesuona
Robert Bacon
Magoon
Santiago
Porto Rico
Managerial Opportunity to Organize National Agency Force
A strong corporation seeks an experienced man to organize and manage a national agency force for a large securities offering through direct sale. Communications treated confidentially. Provide full personal particulars in writing. interviews by application only. Address Manager Box C 62 Times.
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United States
Alaskan Wireless Station Planned for Prince William Sound
The Navy Department will establish a wireless station in Prince William Sound Alaska with site selection imminent. It will connect Fort Gibbon and the North Head Washington naval station linking Pacific Coast wireless to the Alaska military wireless telegraph system.
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Washington
Prince William Sound
Alaska
Navy Department
Fort Gibbon
Naval
North Head
Wash
Pacific
Alaska Military Wireless Telegraph
Arkansas counsels tally railroad rates in bid to uphold two-cent freight rule
In Little Rock attorneys for the Railroad Commission of Arkansas begin compiling state rates showing actual railroad expenses and receipts for freight and passenger traffic. The data will support a fight against the injunction sought by Arkansas railroads to nullify the two-cent rate. hearing before Judge Van Deventer in St Paul on August 31 with Senator James P. Clark leading Arkansas' side.
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Little Rock
Ark
Railroad Commission of Arkansas
Vandeventer
St. Paul
James P. Clark
Attornions
Arkansas
Round Up of motorists on Long Island speeds
Nassau County deputies set up along an eight mile Merrick Road stretch and arrested seven speeders in Freeport. All pleaded guilty and paid fines. The names include Harry Thompson 21 mph $10 Robert Hanna 18 mph $10 George B Rice 25 mph $15 Samuel Rogers 20 mph $30 William Snow 20 mph $10 and David Murphy and Carpenter both of Massapequa $15 each.
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New York Times
Freeport
L. I
Nassau County
Harry Thompson
Robert Hanna
George B. Rice
Samuel Rogers
William Snow
All
Santa
David Murphy
Carpenter
Massapequa
Sting of Fly Causes Woman's Death in Chester County
Mrs Mary F Thornbury aged 66 died at her home in Marshaltons near West Chester after a fly sting. Her arm became inflamed and blood poisoning followed the bite. Mrs E Proec tor of Philadelphia reported the illness had been prolonged by surgical treatment.
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New York Times
Philadelphia
Mary F. Thornbury
Marshaltons
West Chester
E. Proector
Thornbury
Hornbury
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Hackensack
Lewis M. Stein
Raselle Park
Eggman
Pennsylvania Railroad
South Elizabeth
Wright
Zeppelin
Kaiser Aids
Emperor
Stillwell, Ohio
Mr. Kelsey
Cusa
Saks & Company
Broadway
34Th Street
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