New Haven May Enter Manhattan Subway War
Rumors say Charles Mellen of the New York New Haven Hartford may build a Manhattan subway linking to the Harlem corridor and a proposed terminal on the Park and Lexington Ave site. A combined tunnel would allow through service from Boston to Maine, reshaping regional transit dynamics.
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German chemists reveal welding steel pipes and power gas from coal
Consular Agent John B. Brewer reports a German firm has developed rapid welding for large steel pipes, a new hydrogen water-gas system, and a tar free producer gas from bituminous coal. The firm also claims porous iron briquets from dustlike ores and plans to distribute heat citywide from a central plant. The Navy and British firms reportedly adopt the welding method.
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Wiesbaden
Consul Brewer
Department of Commerce and Labor
Mannesmann
Glasgow
Mesaba
New Haven Leader Asked to Detail Subway Plans
President Mel Jen of the New Haven Road was pressed for details on a proposed New York subway. He said the plans here are not in shape to warrant any such statement.
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Mel Jen
New Haven Road
New York
Labor unions protest transfers from Metropolitan Street Railway
Resolutions criticizing the receivers for abolishing transfers between their lines and the V Fifty-ninth Street crosstown line will be introduced at a Central Federated Union and AFL meeting at the University Settlement Building. Herman Robinson of the AFL will speak before the Public Service Commission on the transfer issue and the Lacombe ruling. A joint fare-rate meeting between receivers and Central Park North & East River officials is expected Wednesday to explore a single fare.
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Metropolitan Street Railway Company
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Lacombe
Central Park, North & East River Railroad Company
Bomb wrecks two shops on Hamilton Avenue Brooklyn
A bomb exploded in the hallway of 186 Hamilton Avenue Brooklyn destroying Leopold Pacelli fruit shop and adjacent cigar store owned by Joseph Walmer. Damages reach 500 dollars. 13 year old Carl Pacelli injured by glass. Salvatore Vanonio narrowly escaped. Black Hand threats previous year noted. no arrests yet.
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Black Hand Society
Judge Dike to Take Europe Trip During Court Break
Judge Norman S. Dike of Brooklyn County Court travels abroad for study of criminal procedure, sailing Thursday for Europe. While absent, Judges Bert Jay Humphrey and Edgar Jackson will handle duties, with Humphrey chairing start of coverage and Jackson following. Judge Fawcett plans city visit on September 14 to swear in the September Grand Jury after recuperating at Cedarhurst, L I.
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Nassau
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Robbers Jump Man From Bridge On Catskill Street
Two men stopped George Fredericks as he crossed the lower town bridge in Catskill New York and threw him into the water after he refused to give money. The steamer Ursula watchman heard the splash and rescued the exhausted man from drowning.
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Saloon Owner John P Bradley Sought After Shooting Attempt
Police issued a general alarm for John P Bradley of 258 Seventy fourth Street Brooklyn owner of a saloon at 520 Lenox Avenue Manhattan. Bradley allegedly attempted to shoot his wife in the saloon yesterday. Mrs Bradley is a niece of brewer James Everard.
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Cowboy Baronets Steerage Mystery Causes Queenstown Stir
A Cunard Lucania steerage passenger known as Mr Brown is identified as Sir Genielle Cave Brown Cave "the Cowboy Baronet." He flaunted a crest card, wore a padlocked bracelet, and mingled with fellow travelers while aboard. He claims English birth, West origins, and estates across Derbyshire Warwickshire and Leicestershire, saying he seeks homes rather than notoriety.
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Ife
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Warwickshire
High Office for Negro at U S Justice
Report from Washington says W H Lewis a Boston Assistant United States Attorney is slated for Assistant Attorney General to fill the Codley vacancy. Officials in town consider it authenticated though no confirmation. Lewis, Harvard graduate and former football player, would head the U S legal machinery this summer if appointed.
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New York Times
Washington
Department of Justice
W. H. Lewis
United States
Boston
Saiid
Alford W. Codley
Roosevelt
Russell
Lewis
Harvard
Bank Tax Hearing Set for Tuesday Protest Day
New York banks inform stockholders of a Department of Taxes and Assessment notice designating Tuesday August 18 as a hearing day for protests over the 1 percent tax on capital surplus and undivided profits. Corporation lawyers argue absence of such opportunity could lead to a suit against the city to recover the taxes.
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New York
Department of Taxes and Assessment
Consolidated Cotton Duck Cuts Preferred Dividend
The Consolidated Cotton Duck Company reduced its preferred stock dividend to 2 percent per annum, declaring a semi annual 2 percent payable October 1 to holders of record September 21. The prior semi annual dividend was 3 percent. The cut, explained by a company statement, reflects weak general industrial conditions.
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Consolidated Cotton Duck Company
Weather forecast for cotton and grain states Sunday and Monday
The United States Weather Bureau issues a forecast for the cotton and grain states. Local showers are expected in North Carolina Sunday with cooler western portions Monday showing fair conditions. South Carolina sees generally fair weather Sunday and Monday with light southerly winds. Georgia Western Florida Alabama and Mississippi expect partly cloudy skies with possible showers. Louisiana mostly fair with isolated showers in the southeast. Oklahoma Kansas Utah forecast fair days. Arkansas and Tennessee generally fair. Indiana Illinois southern areas fair with northern local showers. Michigan Wisconsin expect showers Sunday and possibly Monday with light to fresh winds. Minnesota local showers Sunday and Monday with variable winds. Iowa fair Sunday after eastern showers, Monday fair. Missouri generally fair. North Dakota fair and warmer Sunday and Monday. South Dakota Nebraska generally fair Sunday and Monday.
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United States Weather Bureau
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Railroad executive named Lake Superior GM
W C Franz, formerly general manager of the Kanawha and West Virginia Railway, is appointed general manager of the Lake Superior Corporation and its subsidiaries. The City Trust Company of Boston raises its dividend rate from 8 to 12 percent, declaring a quarterly 3 percent dividend payable August 15. former disbursements were 8 percent with 4 percent semiannual.
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Kanawha & West Virginia Railway Company
Lake Superior Corporation
City Trust Company of
Boston
Baling
Telegraphers Won't Strike Washington Agreement Reached
Terms of a settlement between the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific Railroad and the Order of Railway Telegraphers were announced to avert a strike over nine hour work rules. The pact, mediated by Knapp of the Interstate Commerce Commission and Neill of the Bureau of Labor, sets nine hours of total service within specified spreads for two or three telegraphers and lists adjusted monthly salaries for Chicago and Topeka telegraphers.
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Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad Company
Knapp
Inter-State Commerce, Commission
Neill
Bureau of Labor
Board of Mediation
Superintendent of Telegraph
Chicago
Topeka
Last Offer to Strikers in Canadian Pacific Dispute
Across Canada notices warn that on Tuesday, Aug 18, the Canadian Pacific Railway will begin filling facades in shops roundhouses and car departments at noon. Seniority for engaged workers starts from the date they resume work. Forty five U.S. strikebreakers arrived and were taken to West Toronto.
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Ontario
Canadian Pacific
United States
Montreal
Quebec
Canadian Pacific Railway Company
England
Five miners arrested on murder warrants in Birmingham case
Deputies in the mining fields arrested five striking union miners on warrants charging murder. The warrants were sworn by Charity Keller, whose husband has been missing for days, and whose description matches a negro found dead in the woods recently.
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Birmingham
Ala
Charity Keller
Labor Day Parade Promised as Largest in City History
The Labor Day Committee of the Central Federated Union announces the September parade will be one of the largest ever held in the city. Chairman Herman Robinson says nearly all union memberships will be in line and several unions that did not parade last year will participate, with overall participation up from the previous year.
Count’s Friend von Arkovy Found Unconscious in Apartment
Richard von Arkory described as Hungarian nobleman and friend of Count Laszlo Széchényi was found with a gas tube in his mouth at 73 West Eighty eighth Street. He was rushed to J Hood Wright Hospital with possible fatal injuries. four letters addressed to Mrs. Caze, the police, the Hungarian Consul, and his mother were found. He worked as a salesman for a patent bottle firm and also dealt in life insurance.
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Laszlo Széchényi
Gladys Moore Vanderbilt
Paul Caze
von Arkovy
J. Hood Wright Hospital
Jan Boat Strikes Log Sinking After Free For All Race
In Frontenac New York on August 15 the Jan owned by George MHas brouck New York struck a floating log during the first round of a motorboat free-for-all. The boat was leaking from two holes and sank after reaching Bluff Island. The Pirate owned by Clarence Peacock Pittsburgh won the 21 mile race in 4 4 7 minutes 85 seconds with Pawnee second. The Japansky led but was disqualified for time limit. The Onion Vingt Trois P. D Q and Damphino also placed as the day drew a large crowd of society folk.
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New York Times
Frontenac
N. Y
Jan
George Mhasbrouck
New York
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Thousand Islands
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Clarence Peacock
Pittsburg
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J. Z. Gillespie
Japansky
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Yonkers
Onion
Ira Kip
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Damphino
Newark to Sea Girt Long Distance Relay Set
A fifty mile event runs Thursday September 10 from Newark to Sea Girt. Seventy five miles total with fifteen men per club covering five miles each. Three hundred top New Jersey distance runners are training. Open to amateurs and New Jersey runners only, sanctioned by the American Athletic Union.
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Sea Girt
New Jersey
American Athletic Union
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