City Orders End to Discriminatory Electric Rates on New Year
Public Service Commission decrees all electric light and power firms may not grant special or discriminatory rates or rebates. Firms must file and post all rate schedules thirty days before effective, with emergency exceptions. Inquiry by Commissioner Milo R. Marble finds companies had offered special contracts and lower rates, prompting reforms to standardize contracts and curb abuses while maintaining company leeway in rate design.
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Public Service Commission
Commission
Electric Light
Milo R. Marble
Anyerson
New York
Malth‘e
Manhattan
Brooklyn
New York Edison Company
United Copany
Tha
Rgan
Esperanto controversy erupts over language's merits
Debate heats as ex president Max Talmey of the New York Esperanto Society dismisses Esperanto as a philological joke. Councilor Henry D. King defends Esperanto as a practical international auxiliary language with quick learning and broad familiarity. Dr. Talmey counters that many claimants exist but few speak it. he criticizes the grammar and plans a critical article in a Western magazine.
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Max Talmey
New York
Esperanto Society
Esperanto Bulletin
Sretary
Edwin C. Reeds
North American
Esperanto Association
Dr. Talmey
Ilo Society
Girls Outwit Bridge Guard at Vernon Avenue
Irish guard Terence O'Brien at the Vernon Avenue tower of the Queensboro Bridge faced a crowd of Ravenswood girls returning from church. The storming party distracted him while several girls slipped past with a pass to cross into Manhattan, revealing their plan to be the first across the bridge.
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Terence’ O’brien
Horatius
Vernon Avenue
Queensboro Bridge
O'Brien
County Mayo
Ireland
Long Island City
Ravenswood
New Bridge
O’brien
Long Island
Manhattan
Hattan
Van Cleave Reopens Fight to Amend the Injunction Law
James W. Van Cleave, head of the National Association of Manufacturers, urges renewal in Congress of anti injunction measures and warns against amending the Sherman act. He argues repeal would strip federal protection in interstate commerce and risk labor boycotts. He backs Taft and calls for vigilance against tyrannical employers and labor unions alike. Delegates plan mass meetings to press the issue.
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James W. van Cleave
National Association of Manufacturers
American Industries
Gompers
Congress
Mr. van Cleave
National Council For
Industrial Defense
Washington
van Cleave
Judiciary Committee
House
Senate
United States Supreme Court
Labor Trust
Taft
White House
America
Gompers Drops Boycott Sparks Union Meeting
Central Federated Union debated Judge Wrights contempt ruling against Gompers Mitchell and Morrison in the Buck Stove case. They declared them innocent, denounced injunctions in labor cases, and set mass meetings in multiple languages. A letter from Gompers said the We don t patronize list would end pending Sherman law reforms.
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Central Federated Union
Wright
Supreme Court of the District of Columbia
Gompers
Mitchell
Morrison
American Federation of Labor
Buck Stove and Range Company
United States Supreme Court
Loewe Hat
Congress
Organized Labor
Labor Nation
United States
Ous
Nis Coun
Pledge LIVES to Gompers Central Labor Union Resolution
In St Louis and Philadelphia on December 27 unions pledge to defend free speech and protest Judge Wrights decision convicting Gompers Mitchell and Morrison. The Central Trades and Labor Union votes 185 to 8 to support liberty rights and resist judicial overreach while a boycott clause is dropped in Philadelphia.
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New York Times
ST. Louis
Central Trades and Labor Union
Samuel Gompers
John Mitchell
Frank Morrison
Wright
Abraham Lincoln
Dred Scott
Theodore Roosevelt
United States
Standard Oil
Congress
Roosevelt
More Cab Stables Open as Strike Continues
The Livery Stable Keepers Association reports further cab stables reopening yesterday with a mix of old and new drivers. All New York Cab Company stables except one are now operating, and the last is due to open today. Ivory stable keepers claim police protection and expect no repeat of past assaults on strikebreakers. W. H. Search of the Search Stable Company notes 800 carefully chosen men are in reserve to start work this week.
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New York Cab Company
W. H. Search
Search Stable Company
Labor Unions Push Borough School Commissioner Appointments
At James Holland's suggestion the Central Federated Union asked four borough labor bodies to name committees to urge Mayor McClellan to appoint a School Commissioner from labor ranks in each borough.
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James Holland
Firemen’s Union
Board of Education
Central Federated Union
McClellan
Skipper's Christmas Dinner On Bridge After Voyage
The American liner New York from Southampton arrived yesterday and Captain Roberts skipped Christmas dinner in the saloon due to rough weather. He dined on coffee and sandwiches on the bridge. Four year old William Hanbury crossed solo, landed with gifts, and met his mother on the pier after three years apart. He fled from her to the stewardess, then to a cab and home on West Eighty Speak De Street. Passengers include Mrs. Har Soes and Mr. and Mrs. Janesner Perry among others.
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New York
Southampton
Roberts
William Hanbury
William
Bury
West Eightyepeke de Street
Har Soes
Janesner
Perry
L. H.valette
M. Hayes
Stops A Jewel Robbery In New Rochelle
Police officer Arthur Sutton halted two burglars from breaking into a jewelry store in New Rochelle on December 27. The alert action prevented a crime, with details sparse but states the suspects were thwarted.
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New York Times
New Rochelle
Arthur Sutton
Alenee -Woodlta
Secon Bk
Graft Fund Shared by Man in Prison
Pittsburg girding graft case centers on Councilman William A. Martin jailed in Riverside Penitentiary for a $70,000 railways graft. He allegedly received price of silence while others, including President Brand and Rabbi Levy, push Roosevelt inquiry. Bank issues loom as three reports corroborate prison hotel conversations amid city deposits and legal action.
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New York Times
Pittsburg
Penn
Voters’ League
William A. Martin
Pittbury
Riverside Penitentiary
Martin
Brand of
Councils
William Brand
Wilson
Fort Pitt
John Klein
Cincinnati
Roosevelt
J. Leonard Levy
Hebrew Synagogue
Levy
Willis McCook
Equitable Life Assurance Society
Washington
United States
Aix
Ison
Klein
Urges Industrial Training From National Society Report
A preliminary report by ten business and education leaders urges industrial improvement and trade schools and a National Department with a Cabinet Secretary of Education. It notes Europe’s example, advocates articulation with public grammar schools, and envisions local, youth and adult training schools serving local industries and raising vocational efficiency.
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National Society For the Promotion of
Atlanta
Germany
United States
Three Montgomer y men held on concealed weapon charges
Dominico Palmero Vincenzo Tozzo and Vincenzo Grecco of Montgomery were each held on $500 bail by Magistrate Droege in Essex Market Court yesterday for carrying concealed weapons. An automobile owned by D G Davis of 477 Linwood Avenue Buffalo struck Fireman James Fagan at Eighth Avenue and Forty-eighth Street. Fagan was taken to hospital.
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Dominico Palmero
Vincenzo Tozzo
Vincenzo
Grecco
Montgomiery
Droege
Essex Market
JENKINS HAINS MAY TESTIFY 0 DAY
Defense lawyers work at John McIntyre home to mount an aggressive defense for Jenkins Hains on trial for complicity in William Annis murder. Hains may testify this afternoon and Capt Peter C. Hains could be called as a witness. Mental state and insanity questions loom as trial extends into the new year.
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Thornton Jerkins Hains
William E. Annis
Hains
John F. McIntyre
Lexington Avenue
Darrin
McIntyre
Joseph A. Shay
Annis
Peter C. Hains
Gen. Hains
Hai
Jenkins Hains
T. Jenkins Hains
Queens County
Island City
Oftele
Essex Market Police Court Described As Disgraceful
Magistrate Droege adjourned the Essex Market Police Court to air out a room filled with coal gas and dust from broken drums and corroded flues. He lamented the court’s conditions, noting the furnace fumes cause headaches and that city funds go to other projects while this congested district lacks a decent court. The Children's Society room also houses noxious fumes, forcing brief visits for pedigrees.
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Droege
Essex Market
Borough of
Richmond
Mos
Children’s Society
Retired Merchant Attempts Death by Gas at Home
Louis Tobias a retired merchant living at 124 West 139th Street attempted to kill himself with gas yesterday afternoon at his residence. He was found by his wife and rushed unconscious to Harlem Hospital where his condition was reported as very serious.
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Louis Tobias
West 139Th Street
Harlem Hospital
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Eon Rock
Herman Robinson
Boycett
Healey
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Philadelphia
Central Labor Union
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George Ulrich
Cigarmakers’ Union
Justice Wright
Ulrich
Edward Keenan
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New. Rochelle
Educational Society Report
Department of Education
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