Skyscraper Fire Sparks Debate Over Water Pressure And Fireproofing
Architects and officials debated fire safety after a devastating blaze in a New York skyscraper. William Birkmire warned of water pressure gaps while Paul Starrett defended fireproof construction, calling modern skyscrapers among the safest. John O'Brien said high-pressure service will test March 1 with $500,000 needed for hoses.
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Paul Starrett
George A. Fuller Company
Eili
Baltimore
New York
TIMES
Singer
Flatiron
Pierre
le Brun
N. le Brun & Sons
Arcitects
Metropolitan Life Insurance Tower
Fourth Avenue
John O'Brien
Warring Pastor Resigns as Presbyterians Seek Harmony
The Rev J Edwin Triplett resigns from Bedford Park Presbyterian Church amid factional church strife in the Bronx. Arbitrators from two sides secure his exit and set terms including the resignation of elder A E Miller and the dropping of criminal libel proceedings. Triplett’s departure will be presented to the New York Presbytery for acceptance to restore unity.
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J. Edwin Triplett
Bedford Park Presbyterian Church
Bainbridge Avenue
200Th Street
Bronx
HW. S. Rambo
David G. Wylie
Scotch Presbyterian Church
Mr. Triplett
Miller
Triplett
New York Presbytery
Henry Sloane Coffin
Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church
Jesse Forbes
Adams Memorial
William Thompson
New York
Visit Berlin through Burton Holmes travelogue at Carnegie Hall
Burton Holmes presented a Berlin travelogue at Carnegie Hall, tracing a voyage from Hamburg to Berlin with motion pictures of daily life, royalty, military pageantry, and Kaiser's activities. The program included scenes of the Spreewald and German fleet target practice and was to be repeated at the Lyceum Theatre this afternoon.
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Burton Holmes
Carnegie Hall
Berlin
Imperial City
Holmes
Cornell
Stettin
Hamburg
Spreewald
Lyceum
Cloakmakers Burned Out in Dual City Fires
Acting Fire Chief Binns and units battled a four alarm blaze at Ninety third Street and First Avenue, causing $500,000 in damage. Shortly after, a second fire at 45 47 49 51 West Twenty first Street, home to the Flemish Art Gallery and cloak firms, began on the fourth floor and prompted a third alarm. Water damage hit cloak stocks as heavily as the flames. the eight story building was confined to the fourth floor. Shares of loss were $25,000 for Samuel Post Alter son Kusner and Schafron Brothers, cloak and suit makers.
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Binns
Ninetythird Street
First Avenue
Twenty-first Street
Sixth Avenue
West Twenty-first Street
Flemish Art Gallery
Oss
Samuel Post
Alterson & Kusner
Schafron Brothers
Cloak and Suit Makers
Yale Alumni Banquet to Feature Taft Speaker in Essex County
Secretary of ar Taft will be the chief speaker at the twenty fifth annual banquet of the Yale Alumni Association of Essex County in the Women s Club house East Orange New Jersey on January 24. Speeches will also be made by Gov. J Franklin Fort and Prof. William Lyons Phelps.
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Ar Taft
Yale Alumni Association
Essex County
Women's
East Orange
N. J
J. Franklin Fort
William Lyons Phelps
Will dispute shows Snell estate heirs and letters
In Clinton Illinois, James McNamara defends his wife Mabelle Snell McNamara against claims in Col Thomas Snell will case. Court exhibits include Hamilton family letters mixing church affairs with finances, while Col Snell left 2 million to Maybelle Snell of Kansas City and small sums to his son and grandchildren.
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New York Times
Clinton
Ill
James McNamara
Mabelle Snell McNamara
Kansas City
Col
Thomas Snell
McNamara
Col. Snell
Eelna
Maybelle Snell
Kanvt City
E. A
Kill of Black Hand agent in Florence mining town
In Florence a Black Hand collector Frank Leo was killed after a confrontation with Joe Cruzzo who had been funding the organization. Cruzzo shot Leo twice tearing his cheek, stomach wound, and heart, then fled toward Punxsutawney.
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New York Times
Punxsutawney
Penn
Florence
Frank Leo
Black Hand
Joe Cruzzo
Leo
Cruzzo
Seek Building Trades Harmony in Local Union Turmoil
The Central Federated Union asked President Gompers of the AFL to send an executive council sub-committee to this city to resolve tangles among building trades unions. Delegates urged a special meeting to settle jurisdiction disputes and restore harmony.
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Central Federated Union
Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Executive Council
Building Trades
Many grade crossings removed in busy railroad corridors
Statistics from the Pennsylvania Railroad Company show that since January 1, 1902, 568 grade crossings have been eliminated on the lines of heaviest traffic between New York and Washington and Philadelphia and Pittsburg. Remaining crossings are few and mostly on unfrequented routes across 571 miles of track.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
New York
Washington
Pittsburg
Boy Bandits Roam Newark Robbery Target Engineer
Four masked youths addressed as Black Mike and Devil Dick assaulted Adam Wieder in Newark Saturday night. They overpowered him and stole his watch chain gold locket and all pocket change. his week's pay remained untouched. Wieder reported the robbery to police after recovery.
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Newark
Black Mike
Devil Dick
Adam Wieder
N. J
Wieder
Death From Headache Powder Overdose in Newark
Charles J. Dollman, 39, of 67 East Park Street Newark, died after taking several headache powders. He endured headaches all Saturday and was found comatose yesterday morning. He was rushed to City Hospital where his heart overstimulation caused death.
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Charles J. Dollman
Park Street
Newark
N. J
City Hospital
Two Barbers Arrested For Sunday Law Violation
Louis Leder and Joseph Clifford and their employees were arrested in Rockville Centre for breaking the Sunday law. Complainants are Glenn C. Pettit and Deacon Hendrick B. Ryder. Barbers kept shaving customers despite the arrests and will test the case in court.
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Rockville Centre
L. I
Louis Leder
Joseph Clifford
Glenn C. Pettit
Hendrick B. Ryder
Sleepwalker Gallern Dares New Feats In Sartorial Slumber
Montclair New Jersey resident Arthur Gallern, famed as a sleepwalking champion, awoke yesterday morning dressed and wandered out of his home. He later visited a barber shop and rode a trolley while asleep, paying no fare and offering no greetings. Authorities note prior sleepwalking episodes, though none sent him outside before.
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New York Times
Montclair
N. J
Arthur Gallern
Gallern
Gays Gallern
Gallem
Guest Burned to Death in Catskill Hotel Fire
In Catskill New York on January 12 Irenus Rolson, a guest at the Smith Hotel, caught fire in the office. Clerk Martin F Smith wrapped him in matting and rolled him in snow, but Rolson died hours later. Investigators suspect smoking in bed. the blaze spread through clothing as he traversed halls and stairs.
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New York Times
Catskill
N. Y
Martin F. Smith
Smith Hotel
Irenus Rolson
Young Smith
Rolfson
Battleship Fleet at Rio Janeiro Reported
Dispatches say the torpedo flotilla arrived January 10 and sparked disorders among sailors and police during shore leave. Dozens injured, twenty sailors arrested for drunkenness. Lieut. Commander Cone met peace authorities to curb further trouble. Edward Gray drowned after falling from the torpedo boat Lawrence.
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Pernam' °O
Cone
Edward Gray
Lawrence
Wireless shows Arm of Gunther to Atlantic Fleet
Chief Officer Hoepfner aboard the Gunther rigged a wireless set after the liner’s system failed near Barbados. He contacted the Atlantic Fleet from the fore peak, sending parting messages to relatives aboard American ships as the fleet sailed from Trinidad.
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Pacific
Hoepfner
Gunther
South America
Barbados
Hamburg- American Line
Trinidad
Henkel Trachen
Hoeptner
Fears' Magellan Route
Claude H. Wetmore a St. Louis broker and author proposes sending the American battleship fleet around Cape Horn. He warns Japanese tactics in the war with Russia and says mines in the Straits of Magellan could deal a damaging blow to the United States.
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New York Times
ST. Louis
Roosevelt
Cape Horn
Straits of Magellan
Russia
United States
PLAN SUBMARINE DRILLS OFF NEWPORT COAST
Commander Marsh outlines two flotillas for spring to summer Atlantic coast drills. A cruiser flagship leads about thirty surface torpedo boats and submarines including Octopus Viper Tarantoula and Cuttlefish in the second flotilla. The first flotilla features Porpoise Shark Plunger, and the Adder Moccasin Holland in the mix.
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New York Times
Newport
R. I
Co. CG. Marsh
Atlantic
Holland
Sao
Wilson to sail to Bermuda for rest this winter
President Woodrow Wilson of Princeton University will sail on Saturday aboard the Bermudian to remain away until March. He reached Bermuda around this time annually and has recovered from a recent neuritis in his right shoulder.
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Woodrow Wilson
Princeton University
Bermuda
Bermudian
Prof. Wilson
January Dividends Appeal By New York Association
The New York Association for Improving the Condition of the Poor requests donations to aid food, clothing, rent, and relief for families in distress. It notes over 2000 affected households and offers to report on fund usage. Signed by R. S. Minturn, treasurer, and R. Fulton Cutting, president, 1908.
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R. S. Minturn
Treas
East 22d
St. R. Fulton Cutting
Pres. N.Y
Itala Car Entry in Paris Autorage
The Itala car, famed for winning the Peking to Paris race, is entered in the New York to Paris contest in Paris. Fournier says the race is feasible with the Itala redesigned to strengthen stressed parts. The article details the Itala’s 35–40 hp engine, four-speed gear, girder steel chassis, twin benzine tanks, and special ignition.
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New York
Paris
Peking
Luigi Barzini
Princes Borghese
Itala
Prince Borghese
the Times
Robbery at Havemeyer Pier Ends in Arrests on Broadway
Henry Reinberg a ship's carpenter on the Joseph Duprechim Fordnack was followed from a saloon to the elevated station at Broadway and robbed of $50. Police Cummings and Cantwell arrested seven men including Charles Price Stanley Scholsky Eugene O Neill Neil Fleming Joseph Schabuto Max Meyer and John Korak who were held on $2000 bail each.
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Henry Reinberg
Joseph Duprechim Fordnack
Havemeyer
South Fifth Street
Williamsburg
Broadway
Reinberg
Cummings and
Cantwell
Bedford Avenue
Charles Price
Hope Street
Stanley Scholsky
Wythe Avenue
Eugene O'Neill
South Sixth Street
Neil Fleming
Joseph Schabuto
Max Meyer
South Second Street
John Kora¢k
North Fifth Street
Clue to Hotel Martinique Robbery Thieves Surface
Detectives investigating the Martinique Hotel burglary link a pair of leather gloves found in the rooms to suspects familiar with the hotel. The crime reportedly used a fire escape window entry, and Mrs. Lewis’s jewelry list includes two diamond crosses a heart locket a diamond and sapphire ring opal ring and other items. The hotel manager says the jewels were torn from cases by experienced thieves using jimmies.
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H. M. Lewis
Martinique
Broadway
Third Street
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