Jerome Renominating Jerome May Reach July Ambition
District Attorney Jerome awaits timing for a renomination while restraining eager friends and weighing invitations. He may announce after Cooper Union defense. Tammany backing appears likeliest, with Whitman favored by Parsons and Woodruff poised to press. Independent fusion talks loom ahead of a mid June ratification.
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Democratic Organization of the
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Tammany
Tammany Hall
James W. Osborne
Flammer
Jammer
Herbert Parsons
Charles S. Whitman
Timothy L. Woodruff
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Lawyer Isaac Moss Reported Missing After Ship Voyage
Friends of Isaac Moss of Moss and Feiner at 35 Nassau Street knew only that he disappeared from the Prinzess Alice, a North German Lloyd liner bound for Europe last Friday. Efforts aim to contact the ship via Marconi stations. Mrs. Moss lay ill yesterday at the couple’s Van Cortlandt Apartments residence.
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Lawyer Braun Sentenced to Reformatory in New Jersey
Rudolph A. Braun a Newark lawyer and former New Jersey Assembly member was sentenced by Judge Ten Eyck in Newark to an indefinite term in Rahway State Reformatory for embezzling client funds. The offense carries a maximum thirty year penalty and Brauns parole eligibility begins after thirteen months.
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Mayoral informal ballot marks city subway preference in Harlem crowd
At an open air Harlem mass meeting the Municipal Democracy distributed informal mayoral ballots among about a thousand supporters. The ballots listed major candidates and asked voters to show if they favored city built subways operated by a public agency or private firms. Early returns favored city constructed subways. speakers denounced District Attorney Jerome and the current city administration.
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Nicholas Murray Butler
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William M. Ivins
Seth Ow
Charles S. Whitman
William R. Willcox
Bird S. Coler
William B. Ellison
William J. Gaynor
John T. Cronin
J. J. Murphy
Citizens’ Union
Frederick Leubuscher
Jerome
FAVORS MADOO FRANCHISE FOR HUDSON & MANHATTAN EXTENSION
The Board of Estimate special committee again backs granting a franchise to the Hudson and Manhattan Railway to extend tunnels from Thirty third Street and Sixth Avenue to Grand Central Station. Interborough objections persist about Steinway Tunnel impacts and the Lexington Avenue line. Public hearings question secrecy and future expansions as officials discuss costs and potential routes.
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Moving Platform Backers In Transit Securities Bid
Strong interests disclosed behind the Continuous Transit Securities Company an applicant before the Public Service Commission to build moving platforms in New York City Edward P Ripley president of the Atchison Topeka Santa Fe Railroad and other notable financiers are named as likely directors Max E Schmidt of 45 Broadway heads the company and controls the patents Ripley declares personal share ownership and support for the plan arguing it could ease congestion in New York streets and handle large crowds if privately financed the experiment could be worth trying with no public loss if it fails
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Moses Taylor Pyne
Stuyvesant Fish
Stephen S. Palmer
New Jersey Zinc Company
August Heckscher
Commonwealth Real Estate Company
Albert R. Gallatin
John F. O'Rourke
O’rourke Enee Construction Company
Max E. Schmidt
45 Broadway
Moving Platform
TI Am
Ripley
New York
Directors Discuss Interim Plan for Interborough Subway Extensions
The Interborough Rapid Transit Company board held a dividend meeting yesterday and informally reviewed a plan to be submitted soon to the Public Service Commission for extensions to the Interborough Subway under recent Rapid Transit act amendments. The plan should be ready in a week to ten days, though some engineering and financial details remain unsettled.
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Five Millionaire Firemen Hurt in Bryn Mawr Barn Fire
Five members of the Millionaire Fire Company were seriously injured today while battling a large barn fire owned by Dr. E. W. Powell at Bryn Mawr. The men were taken to a hospital and all are expected to recover. The barn was destroyed and several wealthy men belong to the volunteer company.
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Fires and Listings Reported Across City Blocks
Yesterday’s fires and losses include multiple addresses such as 200 Greenwich St 12:50 and 11 Delancey St. Casualties or specific causes are unclear. Other listings note properties at 103 Madison Ave 1500 4:50 and Pier 60 East River with Baltimore Ohio BEPAUPOAGOMCG references.
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Madison Av
Morris Aldisa
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Eldridge St
Tuckie Lerner
East Sith St
Newheimsel
Central Power
Harlem Democratic Club Vote Ends Hopper Run for Power
Ex Tammany figure Isaac A Hopper fell to William J Wright as Harlem voters backed the Cayuga Club and an effort to reunite factions. Police aided amid a disputed election at 106 West 126th Street with 64 to 29 result.
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Tammany
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Harlem
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Hopper
Tammany Hall
Cayuga Club
Leahy
Democratic Club
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West 126Th Street
West 125Th Street
Thompson
Trolley Lines Recover From Deficit At Q1 1909
The Metropolitan Street Railway receivers report for the first quarter of 1909 shows gross earnings of 2,927,503, down from 3,360,345 in 1908, but expenses drop to 2,036,103 and fixed charges to 975,247, turning a prior quarter deficit into a 24,044 surplus. Third Avenue system gross 1,360,702, up 187,895. expenses 1,109,860, up 171,428. third line income 417,693, up 68,960. Receiver Whitridge pays 240,235 in fixed charges, reducing last year’s burden. nine‑month total surplus reaches 928,230.
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Treasure Ship Obstruction Found Near Fort Mifflin
Government officials in Chester Pennsylvania report an obstruction in the Delaware River near Fort Mifflin that may be a wrecked 1812 treasure ship. A Cataract pump sample yielded helmets and war gear, suggesting a boat of the English government carrying gold to pay troops at the time. Hell Gate dredging plans to move the boat to Fort Mifflin for examination.
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Murder on Rockefeller estate docks in Sleepy Hollow
Slavic milkwoman Mrs A Tophit reports a murder Sunday night near the Duck Farm entrance on John D Rockefeller’s estate in Sleepy Hollow. A man lay dead with head wounds and a heart stab. the body later gone. police investigate with undertaker checks and sightings of a knife nearby.
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Muskat
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Mob Wrecks a Bakeshop in Market Street Rampage
A several hundred strong mob of striking bakers attacked the bakery of David Posen at Market and Madison last night, smashing plate glass and scattering the crowd. Police and officers dispersed the rioters, arresting four. A Women’s Trade Union League probe found twelve non union bakeries sanitary violations, including a child in a bread tray and unsafe conditions.
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Thief in College Girls Searched as Pocketbook Disappears
Adelphi College in Brooklyn is rocked by a search of several female students after a pocketbook with a marked dollar bill vanished. Professor spied through a keyhole but no theft was proven. 600 students and parents demand explanation amid anger at faculty actions.
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St. James Place
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George Washington Steamer Completes Successful Trial Run
North German Lloyd announces that the steamship George Washington completed its trial trip off Bremen. The vessel maintained about 20 knots average speed with 21,500 horsepower at a 26 and a half foot mean draught. Attending the run were Dr. David J. Hill the American Ambassador to Germany and embassy staff.
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Athinas Arrives From Piraeus On Maiden Voyage
City notices record the Greek steamship Athinas commanded by Theofilatos arriving from Piraeus on its maiden voyage. Plans filed for a five story basement school for St. Gabriel’s Church on Thirty sixth Street and Second Avenue. Sheriff attaches $1 050 against Frederick W Menzies, now in Scotland, at a storage warehouse. Funds raised for Police Lieutenant John B Goldhammer’s widow and children total four thousand dollars after paying his mortgage.
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Fire destroys millinery building in Philadelphia
A five story Schmoele & Co. millinery building burned in Philadelphia, spreading to the Beneficial Building next door where only the roof burned. Estimated loss is $200,000. The Beneficial Saving Fund structure was saved.
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