Municipal ownership failures cited in Grant pamphlet
A pamphlet titled A Danger Signal issued by the Municipal Ownership Publishing Bureau, authored by Arthur Hastings Grant, lists cities that tried municipal ownership of utilities and shows many later sold or leased plants to private operators amid losses and poor service. The report cites Alexandria Ballard Berkeley Beverly Bowling Green Brunswick Buena Vista Churubusco Dunkirk East Portland Elgin Emmaus Findlay Hamilton and Philadelphia among others with costly outcomes and widespread shifts back to private operation.
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Municipal Ownership Publishing Bureau
Arthur Hastings Grant
Grant
Alexandria
Ballard
Washington
Berkeley
Cal
Berkeley Electric Lighting Company
Beverly
Ohio
Bowling Green
Brunswick
Buena Vista
Christianburg
Churubusco
Ind
Dunkirk
Iia
East
Portland
Ore
Elgin
Ill
Emaus
Penn
Findlay
Gravesend
Greater New York
Hamilton
Philadelphia
United Gas Improvement Company
Two Falls Kill Aged Boy In Scaffold Accident
A 65 foot scaffold failure at Piel Brothers' brewery on Liberty Avenue left George Beaver five years old dead after plunging to the sidewalk. Hugo Scharschmidt thirty four clung to a rope and swung above a crowd before also falling. he survived with minor injuries after landing on a window casing.
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George Beaver
Hinsdale Avenue
Hugo Scharschmidt
Alabama Avenue
Piel Brothers’ Brewery
Liberty Avenue
Georgia
Sheffield Avenues
Beaver
Scharschmidt
Decision for Union Men Defeats Contempt Attempt in Denver
District Judge Allen rules in Thompson Marble Co. v Gompers et al that Gompers John Mitchell John B Lenon and James Duncan need not depose in a civil suit. The ruling blocks contempt claims and supports a boycott damages case against union leaders, who left Denver to avoid deposition.
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Denver
Allen
Thompson Marble Company
Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Denver Building Trades Council
Trades Unionists
George C. Manley
Marble Company
Crazy Cat Bites Four In Brooklyn Street Rampage
A crazed gray and white cat bit four people and attacked others near Gates Avenue Police Station and Throop Avenue in Brooklyn. Police chased the animal through shops and streets before Patrolman Archibald killed it. Bite victims were advised on Pasteur treatment at Kingston Hospital.
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Gates Avenue
Charlton
August Schmidt
Robert Gasan
Gasan
Archibald
Ettinger
Throop Avenue
August Roth
Mr. Roth
Monroe Street
Walter Ross
Esther Jang
Sumner Avenue
Throop
Archibrald
Kingston Hospital
Atlantic City Horse Show Opens With 400 Entries
The tenth annual Atlantic City Horse Show starts this week at the Inlet grounds with over 400 entries, far above last year. Exhibits promise high quality and many first-time show ring entrants, with a varied afternoon program from 2 30 featuring roads, carriage horses, four in hands, saddlebred, and jumpers. Notable exhibitors include Vanderbilt, Henry W Shoemaker, George Watson, Mrs Elliott, Harry Holloway, and Miss Martha R Harkness among others from New York Philadelphia Baltimore Westchester Farm and Julian Morris of Virginia with the City Troop of Atlantic City to perform frictionless exhibition.
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Atlantic City
Association
Inlet
Vanderbilt
New York
Henry W. Shoemaker
George Watson
William Carr
Harvey S.laden
Mrs. Elliott
Charles Holloway
E. H
Dan Patch Aims for New World Record On Ideal Conditions
Dan Patch will travel minimally this season and race only when perfect weather track and horse align. The pacing king will contest a single supreme effort to lower his 1:55 record, traveling with M. W. Savage's Grand Circuit stable for optimal conditions.
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Dan Patch
M. W. Savage
Patch
Motorcycle Run Ends With Enthusiasm and Record Pacing
The New York Chicago motorcycle contest closed amid great enthusiasm as pacemakers kept the seven hour schedule. The winning loving cup went to Kellogg Holden Barrows, with Woodworth Trumpour Lyon close behind. Kellogg also claimed the multi cylinder gold medal. A separate drowning incident at Belle Harbor injured bystanders as Antoine Kurze, 21, sank after cramps and was not recovered.
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Chicago
South Bend
Stanley T. Kellogg
George N. Holden
Bert S. Barrows
J. S. Woodworth
N. C. Trumpour
Arthur
G. Lyon
Stanley Kellogg
Co. 8
Hinckley
George W. Lyon
Belle Harbor
Rockaway Beach
Antoine Kurze
Suydam Street
Brooklyn
Not Enough Hotels In New York Say Industry Men
Hotel executives argue there are not too many first class hotels in New York despite closures of some older houses. They cite Madison Avenue plans, location factors, and demand from global travelers as reasons for continued growth and value in top tier properties.
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Gotham
Mr. Ritz
Ritz-Carlton
New York
Plaza
St. Regis
Belmont
Knickerbocker
Astor
Fifth Avenue
Evgerett House
Smeelahr House
Madison Avenue
Forty-sixth
Forty-e Seventh
New York Central
Fred Sterry
The
William C. Muschenheim
Hotel
Europe
R. M. Haan
Cuba Seeks Immigration With Minister's European Tour
Cuban Minister Gonzalo de Quesada sails aboard the Konig Albert to visit Italy Spain and Germany to study emigration patterns and attract workers to Cuba. He will evaluate nationalities for suitability in Cuban development as labor needs rise. Joining him on the voyage of the St Paul are James Brown Richardson and Jesse C. Owen among others.
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Mediterranean
Gonzalo de Quesada
United States
Italy
Spain
Germany
Cuba
St. Paul
S Brown. Richardson
State of New
Sec
Jesse C. Owen
Lowville
Motoring in Palestine Opens New Travel Route
The Gliddens of Boston toured Palestine by car and proved roads once deemed impracticable. U.S. Consul in Jerusalem Thomas R Wallace notes growing interest in Palestine automobiling and urges a light strong car with good clearance. He also cites need for Turkish permission and potential repair facilities. Consul General Walter Hamm reports April 1913 motor accident figures in Britain, suggesting stricter traffic laws may follow.
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Charles J. Glidden
Boston
Palestine
Europe
Thomas R.wallace
United States
Jerusalem
Walter C. Hamm
Hull
England
State Department
Great Britain
Diplomat Li Ching Hsu Arrives in Mexico City on Arabic
Chinese Chargé dAffaires Li Ching Hsu and family docked in Mexico City aboard the White Star liner Arabic. Wife and three sons dressed in silk garments attracted attention on deck. Li Ching Hsu formerly served in Washington and Lima, now touring world routes. Also aboard the Arabic was the body of William Thurston Gilbert of New York, with Miss Ellen Gilbert accompanying.
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Li Ching Hsu
Mexico
Tsai
Ching Hsus
Li-Ching Hsu
Washington
Lima
Peru
Pacific
China
Mexico City
William Thurston Gilbert
New York
Savoy Hotel
London
Ellen Gilbert
A. L. Bouton
W. Wallace Chalmers
W. H. Cooper
John Delany
Herbert Marples
X. W. Obalski
R. P. Sanford
Rhoda M. Reed
F. J. Rutherford
Norman Paceet
W. I. Wellwood
New York Leads World in Dress Says French Commissioner
Commissioner Georges Sellier on a clothing inspection tour in New York praised the American industry for combining ease and artistic fit. He noted Paris uses similar machines but favors tighter fits and eye appeal over comfort. Sellier and his wife, staying at the Hotel Brevoort, expect to finish their study soon.
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Georges Sellier
New York
Paris
Germs in cracked dishes linked to appendicitis warns public
Government chemists report millions of germs lurk in cracks of mugs plates and saucers from Washington lunchrooms and hotels. They identify 23 species with counts up to 14 550 000 per square inch and warn bacillus coli may cause inflammatory diseases including appendicitis. Public sanitation urged.
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George W. Stiles
Lundrooms
Stiles
Hygienic Warnings On Icebox Conditions And Food Safety
The article criticizes icebox and refrigerator storage in hot weather noting sanitary risks and contamination from poorly kept storage areas. It urges avoiding cracked dishes and strict hygiene to protect food and prevent health threats in city lunchrooms. Dr. Wiley regrets tests not being harsher, suggesting stronger measures could drive health risks from lunchrooms.
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Wiley
Woman attempts to cremate husband and herself in Michigan
In Mount Clemens Michigan Mrs. Philip Mitchell a middle aged woman said to be insane for some time tried to burn herself and her husband in their home. She is dying and her husband Philip Mitchell has painful burns but is not in serious danger. She poured lamp fuel on her sleeping husband then saturated her nightdress and set it alight or jumped into bed beside him. He woke, leaped up and smothered the flames with a rug. The woman is badly burned.
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Mount Clemens
Mich
Philip Mitchell
Mitchell
Public Service Commission Order Limits Kingsbridge Express to Saturdays
A transmission error suggested the Interborough Rapid Transit Company could suspend Kingsbridge express service daily, but the order actually restricts the suspension to Saturday afternoons between Ninety-sixth and 187th Streets, not weekday operation.
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Public Service Commission
Interborough Rapid Transit Company
Kingsbridge
Ninety-sixth
187Th Streets
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