New Haven Road Signals Subway Bid For Downtown Line
Charles S. Mellen told the Public Service Commission that the New York New Haven and Hartford plans a rapid transit subway on the east side of New York City if it cannot move suburban traffic downtown without changes. He described potential ties to the Broadway Lexington Avenue route and discussed interborough through-service and capital plans, asserting the company will build once franchises and court rulings clear.
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Charles S. Mellen
New York, New Haven, & Hartford Railroad Company
Public Service Commission
New Haven
Mellen
Lexington Avenue
New York
Westchester
Port Chester
Grand Central Station
City of
Mr. Mellen
Mount Vernon
New York State
New Haven Road
Subway
Harlem River
Bronx
Third Avenue
Eustis
New Rochelle
Elevated
Westchester County
Larchmont
Battery
Mr. Meilen
New York City
Interborough
Commission
Mundji Bey confronts Mehmed Bey at Turkish Legation
Mundji Bey, Turkey's new Washington envoy, formally dismissed Mehmed Bey from his post after a morning snub. He then established a new Turkish Legation in Highlands and served as Chargé d Affaires while awaiting full appointment. He plans to move his family to Washington next month and return to Constantinople to start a Liberal Party newspaper.
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New York Times
Washington
Mundji Bey
Turkey
Mehmed Ali Bey
United States
Mundji
Legation
Mehmed
New York
State Department
Adee
Mundi Bey
Highlands
Mehmed Bey
Constantinople
Ors
Liberal Party
Budweiser Ad Claims World’s Most Popular Beer
An advertisement asserts Budweiser is the most popular beer worldwide, noting high dealer costs yet greater sales than any other bottled beer and arguing widespread recognition of its superiority.
Girl Heroine Saves Man in Desert Ordeal
Miss Lot Davis postmistress at Skidoo crawled across burning desert sands to reach civilization after Harold Brotty assistant superintendent of the Skidoo Mine and a party became stranded. They spent five days crossing between San Bernardino and Skidoo with little food or water. Braly was found unconscious beside the auto. Miss Davis revived only after a day.
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New York Times
Los Angeles
Harold Brotty
Skidoo
San Bernardino
Lottie Davis
Braly
Miss Davis
Wild Rose
Lovingly Hopeless, Bronxville Wife Dies by Poison
Mrs. Julia Korony Frese, 33, a Bronxville resident, died after inhaling chloroform in her room following estrangement from husband Gustave Frese. Coroner reports she wore a rubber cap with saturated cotton, pressed to her face to ensure inhalation. A note to her stepmother Carrie announced her unrest and plea for rest, while stating Gustave should be forgiven.
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Julia Korony Frese
Bronxville
Westchester County
Gustave Frese
Mr. Frese
Ulrich Wiesendanger
Yonkers
Mrs. Frese
Carrie Korony
West Fifteenth Street
New York City
Chef Arrested as Gambler in West Sixty-Eighth Street raid
M. B. Moxley of Bretton Hall and 1 716 Kelly Street Pittsburg Penn and secretary of Hamilton Realty Company accused Moses Phillips a 70 year old chef of a common gambling crime. Capt Reidy raided a West Sev enty third Street house finding a faro layout in a suitcase and seizing it.
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M. B. Moxley
Bretton Hall
Eighty-fifth Street
Broadway
Kelly Street
Pittsburg
Penn
Hamilton Realty Company
Moses Phillips
Phillips
Moxley
Reidy
West Sixty-eighth Street
Pittsburg Gambler Arrested In Conspiracy Case
William Dunn of New York, labeled a gambler by police, was arrested in Pittsburg and held on a conspiracy charge to fleece local men with crooked fare games in New York. A man identified as Frank Sperling, claiming wealth, prompted the arrest after reporting his own prior robbery case and contributing 3500. Dunn sought a ten day continuation as bail was set high.
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New York Times
Pittsburg
Penn
William Dunn
New York
Frank Sperling
Dunn
Sperling
Saranac Hotel Lease To United States Restaurant & Realty
Reported good authority that Henry C. Phipps leased the Saranac Hotel property in Times Square for twenty one years at 75000 dollars yearly to United States Restaurant & Realty Company. The vast Broadway Seventh Avenue site totals about 13500 square feet and may spawn an eight story dining complex with a chain concept.
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Henry C. Phipps
Saranac Hotel
Times Square
United States Restaurant & Realty Company
Saranac
Broadway
Seventh Avenue
Frederick Meyer
Walter Rich
Murray
New York
Pacific Coast
Ditrichstein War of Wits With Stamford Physician
Stamford surgeon Major Schavoir writes a sharp letter after Leo Ditrichstein recounts a garage dispute. Ditrichstein demands a duel saying pistols, while the Major hints at ripe eggs as a delaying tactic. No bloodshed expected. both men are noted fencers though Ditrichstein is unavailable.
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New York Times
Stamford
Conn
Frederick Schaveir
Leo Ditrichstein
Ditrichstein
Major Schavoir
Stamford Automobile Club
Magistrate Higginbotham Fights with Dinwiddie at Court
In Bedford Avenue Court Williamsburg a clash occurred after a hearing for four prisoners from the First Assembly of Christ Church Society raid. Magistrate Higginbotham exchanged blows with Howard Dinwiddie outside the court and later held him on $1500 bail for examination. The four prisoners named were Elizabeth Robinson Isabel Clarke H D Dunham and David Weckenstein.
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Higginbotham
Bedford Avenue
Williamsburg
Disciples of
First Assembly of Christ Church Society
Willoughby and
Tompkins Avenues
Howard Dinwiddie
Dinwiddie
Elizabeth Robinson
Isabel Clarke
H. D. Dunham
David Weckenstein
Mrs. Louise Collier Arrested at Jersey City Station
Mrs Louise Allan Collier wife of actor William Collier was arrested on arrival of an express from Atlantic City on a board bill claim. The Grand Atlantic Hotel seeks $42 with a warrant held by Chief Woodruff of Atlantic City. Bond for $500 was posted by Thomas Fallon and she returned to Manhattan.
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Louise Allan Collier
William Collier
Jersey City
Atlantic City
Woodruff
Seaside Resort
Monahan
Collier
Grand Atlantic Hotel
Sheriff vows to enforce anti gambling laws at Empire meet
Westchester Sheriff C M Lane says Yonkers police should enforce the anti gambling law at Empire City Raceway. If local police fail to act or cannot cope he will send deputies to ensure compliance. He notes he does not approve of meddling in local affairs when police are sufficient. He has not decided what constitutes a violation. cat pre conve te phone ambus for red taxicabs adyv in New York.
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New York Times
White
Plains
N. Y
C. M. Lane
Westchester County
Empire City
Empire Tracks
Yonkers
Yonkers Street
Jealous machinist shoots wife and rival at Bronx home
Leonard Bendell a Putnam Division machinist fires four shots in his home at 1019 Ogden Avenue Bronx wounding Walter Rich and his wife who shielded him The wife is saved by surgery while Rich is near death The suspect is in police custody after the confrontation with Officer Murphy and doctors at Fordham Hospital.
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Murphy
Highbridge
Ogden Avenue
Bronx
Leonard Bendell
Putnam
New York Central
Bendell
Walter Rich
Rich
Dr. Sail
Fordham Hospital
Mrs. Bendell
Sight seeing wagon halted in Pelham for speed
A Pelham police stop detained a sightseeing wagon from Manhattan with thirty excursionists after a 30 mph overtake by Frederick Snell of 1773 Webster Avenue Bronx. Chief Marks stopped the car, Snell was fined 25 dollars, and the group waited two hours for their case.
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New York Times
Pelham
N. Y
Manhattan
Frederick Snell
Webster Avenue
Bronx
Marks
Snell
Priests Help Rescue Tenants In Five Story Fire
Fire on the top floors of 142 East Twenty eighth Street forced residents to flee. Father Kane and Father Donahue of St. Stephen's Church led women to safety while ex policeman John McDonough rescued two women nearby. Fire Chief John Howe was away. family assisted others affected by smoke.
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East Twenty-eighth Street
Kane and
Donahue
St. Stephen’s ‘Church
Merce
Mary O’neal
John MecDonough
East Twentieth Street
Elizabeth leDermott
Kate Caddington
East
Twenty-eighth Street
Fire Battalion
John Howe
Wegefarth Sues Isman Over William Penn Theatre Debt
Rebecca Wegefarth widow and executrix sues Felix Isman for 73000 after the William Penn Theatre sale at 80000 to Isman, mortgage 20000, claiming failure to complete purchase. The unfinished theatre cost about 300000 and needs about 60000 to finish.
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New York Times
Philadelphia
Penn
Rebecca Wegefarth
Gustavus E. Wegefarth
Felix Isman
Isman
William Penn Theatre
Caruso Wife Reported Elopement From Philadelphia
Friends in Philadelphia received Il Piccolo from Trieste claiming Signora Caruso, wife of Enrico Caruso, fled to England with a man described as a house friend. The article says Caruso is heartbroken yet willing to forgive and take her back if she returns home.
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New York Times
Philadelphia
Penn
Caruso
Il Piccolo
Trieste
Austria
Signora Caruso
Enrico Caruso
England
Signor Caruso
Black Hand Slays Cyclist in Flatbush Attack
A cyclist on Lenox Road near Nostrand Avenue was ambushed by three to four men who dragged him from his bike, stabbed him repeatedly, and fired, dying at the scene. Investigators link him to Pietro Barilla, wealthy Woodhaven saloon keeper, and note a possible Black Hand warning. Police hunted suspects without result as they connect the murder to a prior Italian dismemberment case near Christmas.
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Lenox Road
Nostrand Avenue
Flatbush
Father Ludécke
Grant Street
Pietro Barilla
Woodhaven
Judge Rules Fraud in Durkee Bond Case Against Gould and Harriman
The United States Court of Appeals reprimanded George Gould E H Harriman and other Union Pacific officials in a suit over 27 299 000 in bonds claimed by Charlies Durkee estate administrators. The court called the action a fraud and found the plaintiffs had defrauded Durkee of 50 000.
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ST. Louis
George Gould
E. H. Harriman
Union Pacific Railroad Company
United States Court of Appeals
Union Pacific Railroad
Charlies Durkee
Wisconsin
Durkee
Threat to Boston Mayor Over Lodging House Commission
Boston August 12 Mayor Hibbard received a letter threatening bodily harm unless he abolishes the Lodging House Commission at once. He refused to dissolve it despite city council resolutions. He learned that all commission members also received the same threats.
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New York Times
Boston
Hibbard
Lodging House Commission
Excursion Boat Majestic Stalled by Fog on Passaic River
The Majestic, operating Newark to Coney Island, failed to ascend the Passaic River due to fog on Tuesday night. About 300 passengers, including women and children, anchored near the Hudson County shore by the Plank Road bridge and later walked to Plank Road trolley cars. The vessel docked at 6:20 A.M.
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Majestic
Newark
Coney Island
Passaic River
Hudson County
Plank Road Bridge
Musician Drowns in Atlantic City Surf
Vincent Callimo a first clarinet with Vascella's band in New York drowned in the surf at Atlantic City. T. Candade, a fellow musician, nearly lost his life while attempting a rescue. Callimo, 21, presumably cramps while bathing. Candado and lifeguards brought to shore. body not recovered.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Vincent Callimo
New York
Vascella
T. Candade
Callimo
Candodo
Callime
Candado
Man skips hotel money after $500 found
Constantine Mykolayoych arrived in Hoboken from Wilmington and checked into Meyer's Hotel. After paying his bill he was told $500 found under his pillow by a maid and reported to the clerk. He went to the Kronprinz Wilhelm pier and sailed away, leaving the money unclaimed. Hoboken police hold the notes.
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Constantine Mykolayoych
Hoboken
Wilmington
Del
Meyer
Charles Ritter
Constantine
Wall Street Opposes Hughes in New York Nomination Fight
Republican bosses face pressure from Wall Street interests in New York to deny Gov. Hughes renomination. Financiers dislike Hughes policies and fear harming their corporate interests, prompting talk of Joseph H. Choate as a possible candidate while Roosevelt's stance looms as a decisive factor in the convention.
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Hughes
Wall Street
Wout
Gov. Hughes
Leagt
Odell
W&ll
Joseph H. Choate
Choate
Woodruff
State Root
Republican State Committee
Robt
Committee On Permanent Organization
Roosevelt
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Robinson Sect
WM. Collier
Empire
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