New Manhattan Bridge Cables Complete World Record
Mayor McClellan joined engineers and workers as the last strand of the Manhattan Bridge cables was spun from the tower at Adams Street. The 21 000 miles of wire were completed in four months, a new feat for suspension bridge construction, with completion of the steel superstructure expected by December and the project to surpass the Williamsburg Bridge in size.
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Brooklyn
McClellan
Manhattan
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Steverison
Tee
Bridge Department
Frank B. Robinstint
Carbon Steel Company
Glyndon Contracting Company
Manhattan Tower
Stevenson P
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Manhattan Bridge
Williamsburg
Capt. Gabe and Josh Edwards Capture 30-Foot Whale
Amagansett New York December report details Capt. Gabe and Josh Edwards chasing a 30-foot whale off Amagansett Life Saving Station. The whale sounded, then surfaced and was harpooned. the carcass towed ashore after 5 PM. Blubber will be boiled down in kettles the next day, marking the first capture since February.
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New York Times
Amagansett, L. IL
Gabe
Josh Edwards
Amagansett Life Saving Station
Amagansett Station
Bailey Found Guilty in Grand Larceny Trial
Albert W. Bailey former Secretary of the Export Shipping Company was found guilty of grand larceny in the Criminal Branch of the Supreme Court. He faced a charge over stolen merchandise valued at large sums tied to drafts from the Keystone Company. The defense claimed he was just a clerk and unaware of fraud. He was remanded to the Tombs for sentencing. Archbishop Farley and Controller Metz spoke at a Catholic Charities event praising the Bureau for Dependent Children which has aided thousands of children and visits in ten years.
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Albert W. Bailey
Export Shipping Company
Broadway
Davis
Supreme Court
Statney
Francis G. Bailey
Goldsboro
Ldsboro
Honduras
Francis W. Bailey
Bailey
Keystone Company
General Company
Townsville
Australia
Efense
Nott
Farley
Archbishop Farley
Metz Re
the Bureau For
Nited Charits
Bureau
Archop
Kings County Gop to Push Direct Primary Nominations
A Kings County Republican special committee will decide if Republican legislators should again propose the Direct Primary Nominations bill next session. The committee favors Senator Travis and Assemblyman Greene reintroducing it, while Brooklyn leaders back Governor Brownstein in pushing a mandatory direct nominations law.
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Jacob H. Brenner
Kings County
Republican Committee
Travis
Greene
Postmaster Roberts
Brooklyn
Woodruff
Kings County Republican Committee
Blackborne Lace Sale At American Art Galleries
Vitali Benguiat conducts a sale of Blackborne lace items at the American Art Galleries starting yesterday with prices from $2. The two day event features 600 pieces in one lot from the Blackborne family line, valued at about 40000 dollars, hoped to join museum collections including the Metropolitan. Yesterday’s sale realized 1350 dollars.
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Vitali Benguiat
Metropolitan Art Museum
Metropolitan
Washington
Boston
Libel suit ends with $4,000 verdict for Amory
Supreme Court Justice Ford opened the seal21 verdict in the libel case Col William N Amory v Herbert H Vreeland finding Amory owed $4,000 The case marks the fourth trial with prior rulings including a mistrial a hung jury and a reversed $10,000 verdict Col Franklin Bartlett defended Vreeland and Henry M Earle represented Amory
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Supreme Courts
Ford
Col
William N. Amory
Herbert H. Vreeland
Metropolitan Street Railway Company
Col. Amory
Mr. Vreeland
Franklin Bartlett
Henry M. Earle
Dr Scripture Denies German Recall of Kaiser Phonograph Records
Berlin and Washington reports claim Germany sought to destroy Kaiser voice records. Dr E W Scripture of Yale, Smithsonian, and Yale preservation notes five sets of recordings, one at Smithsonian, one at Congress Library, one at Yale, with two kept by the Kaiser. He explains the purpose to study vocal tones and denies knowledge of any demand to return the records.
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Berlin
Washington
Kaiser
E. W. Scripture
Madison Avenue
Scripture
Yale University
Smithsonian Institution
Congressional Library
Century Magazine
Hazing Rumors Linked to Navy Sailor's Demise
Mrs. John Koslowski alleges her husband, a Navy veteran driven to mental instability by hazing, was taken from a Pennsylvania Railroad train in Trenton after vowing to seek President Roosevelt's aid. He had served aboard the Alabama and was discharged in San Francisco in poor health.
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John Koslowski
Pennsylvania
Trenton
Washington
Roosevelt
United States Navy
Koslowski
Navy
Alabama
San Francisco
Newark
Noted Passengers on Koenigin Luise Arrivals
Passengers on the North German Lloyd liner Koenigin Luise arriving from the Mediterranean include Mer Donato Sbaretti Apostolic Delegate to Canada Right Rev George W Mundelein of Brooklyn and Count George von Wedel of the German Embassy Washington Count Wedel arrives as First Secretary to the German Embassy succeeding Count von Hatzfeldt who was Minister at Cairo He was formerly with the legation in Rome The Countess accompanied him.
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Mer. Donato Sbaretti
Canada
George W. Mundelein
Brooklyn
Count George von Wedel
Washington
Mediterranean
Count Wedel
Count von Hatzfeldt
Cairo
Rome
Marathon roller skating race at Clermont Rink
Twenty two skaters competed in a Marathon at Clermont Rink Brooklyn last night covering 445 laps to match the length of a six day event. Spills occurred on sharp turns as entrants including James Sullivan William Doxley Frank Fallar James Ferguson James Shay Edward Neal H Smith J S Burton W Burka C Rowe Charles Beck Fred Schmidt Max Weber D Doran S Firitta Joseph Rohr E F Beck Frank Taglin William Tindwall Joseph Parker Frank Schaeffer William Cowan took part.
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Clermont
Brooklyn
James Sullivan
William Doxley
Frank Fallar
James Ferguson
James Shay
Edward Neal
H. Smith
New Jersey Anti Saloon League denounces bishops law
Roland Monroe of Essex County at the first session in Trenton declares the Bishops law a farce due to packed juries and subservient prosecutors and judges. He says liquor interests control justice and urges driving the saloon from New Jersey. Alexander Cairis says prohibition will push drastic new laws in the Legislature.
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New York Times
Trenton
N. J
Roland Monroe
Essex County
New Jersey Anti-Saloon League
Monroe
State Excise Board
Atlantic City
Atlantic County
New Jersey
Alexander Cairis
Anti-Saloon League
Jersey Justice Arrested for Failing to Turn in Fines
Conrad Walsvogel a Justice of the Peace from Ancora was arrested in Trenton and held on 300 bail for Camden County Grand Jury after state motor vehicle officials charged he did not forward fines from four Philadelphia residents fined last fall. The statute punishes failing to remit fines within thirty days.
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New York Times
Trenton
N. J
Conrad Walsvogel
Ancora
Mayor seeks more investigations by Commissioners of Accounts
Mayor McClellan stated he wishes for more than two Commissioners of Accounts to allow multiple investigations at once. He noted there are only two commissioners handling four active probes and argued that every department should undergo periodic scrutiny.
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McClellan
Thomas Parkes Takes Hotel Hargraves Lease
Thomas Parkes of the Grand View Hotel Lake Fladd New York has leased the Hotel Hargraves on West Seventy second Street for twenty one years at an annual rent of 175000 or 38675000 for the lease life the hotel will be gemoiuetes for transient and permanent guests.
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Thomas Parkes
Hargraves
Grand View Hotel
Lake Fladd
N. Y
West Seventy-second Street
Gemoiuetes
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