Williams Attacks Interborough Plans Over City Transit
Col. Williams reviews a decade of traction history and attacks the Interborough Rapid Transit Company IRT, arguing the plan harms Brooklyn and would cost the city millions. He cites past investigations that cleared the Brooklyn Rapid Transit and urges the city to adopt a contract with his company.
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Manhattan
Col. Williams
Interborough
The
Interborough Company
Brooklyn
Steers Shifts Position on Brooklyn Subway Plans
Borough President Steers of Brooklyn alters stance after confirming and denying parts of an interview in The Brooklyn Eagle. He argues that after Interborough amendments the BRT and Interborough plans are on equal footing for Brooklyn and says his forthcoming vote will favor the option best for the borough. He criticizes Col Williams and notes the nine votes needed to approve either plan.
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Steers
Brooklyn
Broklyn Eagle
Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company
Col
T. S. Williams
Interborough
Brooklyn Eagle
Mr. Steers
Board of Estimate
Gaynor
Gresser
Miller
Cromwell
B. Ft. T
Col. Williams
Ol. Williams
New York
Edwin W. Winter
Winter
TIMES
Eagle
Flatbush
Public Service Commission
Brooklyn Mayor and Borough President pressed over B R T
The Brooklyn leadership faces pressure over the B R T as critics claim decades of ridicule and now claim current progress relies on predecessors. The Times cites interview corrections by IL Steers and the Brooklyn Borough President, who distances himself from recent amendments and reiterates past positions.
Mystery Woman in Gas Incident at West Eighty-First Street
A well dressed 20 year old woman rented a furnished room at 104 West Eighty-first Street. After an hour she left then returned and gas escaped from three jets. She was revived at J Hood Wright Hospital and is expected to recover. She gave the name Clara Lynch but police doubt it. She left no identifying items and had two photos with a facially removed image plus a torn department store receipt. Her occupation as a cook is unverified.
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West Eighty-first Street
New York
John Mattson
Frank Fleischman
Gogler
West Sixty Eighth Street
J. Hood Wright Hospital
Clara Lynch
Brooklyn
Judge Malone Warns Grand Juries on Crime Wave Critique
Judge Malone addresses two June Grand Juries warning against outside influence and urging impartial judgment amid public crime concerns. He calls the community industrious and moral, notes occasional miscarriages, and names George Wills and Stuart Jansen Wendell as jury foremen.
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Sodom
Gomorrah
Cisy
Grand Jury
George Wills
West Highty-first Street
Stuart Jansen Wendell
East Thirty-eighth Street
Support for congestion plan gains broad organizational backing
The Mayor's Congestion Commission proposal to cut building taxes to half the land tax won endorsement from groups totaling over 150000 members. They urge committees to report the measures so they can be debated in the Senate and Assembly. Support comes from the Federation of Churches in New York City City Club People's Institute and others.
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Senate
Assembly
Federation of Churches In
New York City
The
City Club
People's Institute
New York State League of Savings and Loan Associations
People’s Forum
Association of Neighborhood Workers of New York and Vicinity
East Flatbush Taxpayers’ Association
Labor
Better Business Council Sales Organization
A brief listing notes the Better Business Council Sales Organization located at 114 East 28th Street. The item records a group or office name and street address in a concise notice format.
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Business Council
Dix 10 Force Vote On Income Tax
Albany June 5 The New York Times reports Gov Dix pushes for an Assembly vote to ratify the federal income tax amendment. Assembly Judiciary Chair Levy opposes endorsing the amendment unless wording changes. Democratic leaders warn Dix may summon an extraordinary session if the vote is blocked. Senate already ratified the measure weeks ago.
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The
New York Times
Albany
Gov. Dix
A. J. Levy
Assembly Judiciary Committee
Assembly
Levy
Congress
Dix
Rochester
Gaynor
Frisbie
Senate
Cram Confirmation Delayed as Senate Absences Grow
Albany June 5 six Democratic Senators absent delaying Finance Committee vote on J Sergeant Cram for Public Service Commissioner to succeed Bassett. Roosevelt signaled no opposition while minorities plan caucus. protests from residents and officials mount over subway contracts and policy. Gov Dix defends nomination amid letters urging withdrawal and public concerns.
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New York Times
Albany
Senate Finance Committee
J. Sergeant Cram
Edward M. Bassett
Cram
New York
Griffin
Bronx
Finance Committee
New York City
Dix
John D. Crimmins
William Walton
Kings
McAneny
Manhattan
State balances in banks show declines in funds
The June 1 statement by State Treasurer Kennedy reports general fund credits of 4,580,409 and canal funds of 42,843 to military funds. General fund and canal fund balances both fall from May 1 by 1,215,150 and 1,488,774 respectively. New York City hosts 57 general fund and 66 canal fund depositories, with some Manhattan banks posting higher deposits despite smaller segregated sums.
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New York Times
Albany
Kennedy
New York City
General Fund
Canal Fund
Manhattan
Fire drills for employes in Albany bill
The Assembly passed the Herrick bill to safeguard buildings used for manufacturing and business. It targets first class cities and requires regular fire drills in large workplaces. The measure has Public Safety Committee backing, formerly led by Henry L. Stimpson.
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New York Times
Albany
Committee On Public Safety
Henry L. Stimson
Secretary of War
Merit System Upheld in Ex cise Agent Case
Albany June 5 The State Civil Service Commission denied the request by W W Farley State Commissioner of Excise to change a Special Excise Agent from merit to exempt class. The decision preserves the existing merit classification and procedures.
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New York Times
Albany
W. W. Farley
State Commissioner of Excise
State Civil Service Commission
Farley Faces Civil Service Challenge Over Appointments
The Civil Service Reform Association opposed the application as Farley filed letters from Republican leaders to show politics tainted the liquor tax unit. About sixty special agents hunted liquor tax violators. Farley dismissed twenty or more without hearings, arguing the job was confidential under the liquor tax law. The Civil Service Commission ruling requires appointments to be made from a competitive list.
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Civil Service Reform Association
Farley
Commission
Dix
Civil Service Commission
Civil Service Reform Association criticizes political influence in excise appointments
The Civil Service Reform Association, via Secretary Elliot H. Goodwin, opposes using political backing to appoint special excise agents and warns that shifting such posts to exempt status would worsen abuses. It calls for removing agents for neglect and cautions against replacing all incumbents with party adherents.
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Civil Service Reform Association
Elliot H. Goodwin
State Excise
William W. Farley
Special Excise
Farley
State Civil Service Commission
Oy. Goodwin
Association
Cohalan Takes His Seat as New Supreme Court Justice
Daniel F. Cohalan was sworn into Part III of the New York Supreme Court after being named to fill the vacancy created by Justice O Gorman’s election to the U S Senate. Family friends and officials attended his first session as Justice. The day included congratulations from Middletown officials and a gift from the Irish American Athletic Club. Separately Justice Gerard signed an order to dismiss Julia Smith’s taxpayer suit related to a notorious $48,000 check controversy involving Mayor Gaynor and Eyde. Alfred Epstein, who once forged a client’s name, signed the dismissal consent. Justice McCall delayed Epstein’s sentence in a separate proceeding.
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Daniel F. Cohalan
Supreme Court
Gov. Dix
Justice O'Gorman
United States Senate
Justice Cohalan
John Fr. Cohalan
James J. Frawley
Philip F
Gerard
Julia Smith
Gaynor
Eyde
William R. Hearst
Alfred Epstein
Julia Staith
McCall
Epstein
Charter Committee Seeks Changes in City Governance
The Board of Estimate committee chaired by Prendergast McAneny and Mitchel sent its report to the Joint Cities Committee. It favors transferring Bureau of Municipal Investigating and Statistics to the Board of Estimate, granting sworn testimony powers, and centralizing city business regulation. It also proposes establishing Bureau of Standards and Specifications, a Franchise Bureau, and tighter use of contingent funds for Police investigations.
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Board of Estimate
Prendergast
McAneny
Mitchel
Aldermen
Joint Cities Committee
Joint Committee
Board of Estimate Committee
Bureau of Municipal Investigating and Statistics
Stoep
Bureau of Standards and Specifications
Bureau of Franchises
Law Department
Police Department
Watchman Murder Case Tied to Gopher Gang Arrest
Police say Patrick Joyce was murdered after a May 1 fall at the Consolidated Gas power house. Timothy Curtis of 430 West Thirty fifth Street is jailed in Jersey City and charged with homicide after admitting the beating. DA Whitman seeks extradition. Joyce’s son Thomas aided the investigation. detectives traced a sister’s letter to Curtis’s Jersey City address.
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Patrick Joyce
Consolidated Gas Company
West Thirty-fifth Street
Bellevue
Thomas Joyce
West Forty-fifth Street
Timothy Curtis
West
West Thirtyseventh Street
Curtis
Jersey City
Republicans Carry Portland Defeat for Mayor in City Polls
Portland election returns show Mayor Joseph Simon, Independent Republican, defeated for re election by A. G. Bushlight, regular Republican, as partial results from the June municipal vote come in from Portland Oregon.
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Portland
Ore
Fortland
Joseph Simon
A. G. Bushlight
United Ieee
Lost wife on a train prompts Toronto search
Francis Dubois seeks wife Marguerite Dubois missing after a Toronto to New York trip. Trunks found unclaimed at Grand Central Station. police pursue her whereabouts while Dubois describes a man who may have taken her grip. He fears her being a foreigner unfamiliar with the city.
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Francis Dubois
Porcupine
Ont
Marguerite Dubois
Grand Central Station
Toronto
New York
Copenhagen
Dubois
Police
Mrs. Dubois
Mr. Dubois
Abingdon Square
Rothschild Interests Enter California Oil Fight
Alfred G. Wilkes reports from Los Angeles that the California Amalgamated Oil Company Limited is backed by Rothschild interests, taking a foothold in America to challenge Standard Oil after a disputed territorial agreement. He says the entire California Amalgamated board is English, tied to Rothschilds, signaling a prolonged battle in Midway fields.
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New York Times
Los Angeles
Cal
Alfred G. Wilkes
London
California
Rothschild Group
Standard Oil
Rothschild
America
Rothschilds
Midway
Wilkes
Mr. Wilkes
Boy Scouts Battle Flies In Cleveland Campaign
Cleveland Boy Scouts declare war on flies as part of a city wide health drive. The Cleveland Board of Health enlists school children in a campaign against flies and mosquitoes using literature on health risks.
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New York Times
Cleveland
Boy Scouts
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Canada
Cleveland Corps
Cleveland Board of Health
Hoard of Health
Fighting City Bath House At Coney Island
Supreme Court Justice Marean in Brooklyn heard arguments in an injunction to stop the city from completing the municipal bath house at Coney Island. Private bath house proprietors are said to back the suit contending the city cannot place a bath house on the public beach. Decision was reserved. the city expects the bathing pavilion ready by mid next month.
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Supreme Court
Marean
Brooklyn
Coney Island
Dcision
Corporation Counsel
Woman's Republican Association to hold luncheon meeting
The Woman's Republican Association of the State of New York will hold its annual meeting and luncheon at the Claremont today. A reception precedes the meal and prominent speakers are promised. Elections of officers will take place in the morning.
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Woman’s Republican Association
Woman's Republican Association of
State of New York
Claremont
Madero Parade Plans Amid Eleven Riot Deaths in Mexico City
Nine rioters slain in the Mexican capital as officials and clubs organize a grand welcome for Francisco Madero. A military escort and army representation may line the procession with clubs, workers, and athletes marching. Decoration and security measures mark National holiday activities as rail traffic resumes toward normal.
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Madero
War Department
San Francisco
el Paso
Gen Pryce Plans Armies to Hold Lower California
Gen C Rhys Pryce, head of the Socialist Insurrectos in Lower California, left Los Angeles after days of talks with the Mexican Liberal Junta. He said he would return to command the Tijuana force and set up arms in the peninsula. Pryce claimed telegraph to Madero for support and warned of a hard struggle if opposed. James reports 200 men, two field pieces, 20,000 rounds en route to Tijuana by ship from Los Angeles. Juarez reports 1300 Federal troops under Gen Luque training at Chihuahua to aid Madero against the rebellion.
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Los Angeles
C. Rhys Pryce
Socialist Insurrectos
Lower California
Liberal Junta
Tijuana
Pryce
Arg Aes
Madero
Peninsula
Louis James
Lower
California
James
United States
Juarez
Luque
Chihuahua
Mexican Cientificos to Meet in New York for Campaign
Report says leaders of the Mexican Cientifico party plan a New York City meeting within two weeks to form a new party and organize a presidential campaign. Rosendo Pineda and Luis Del Toro registered under assumed names in San Antonio, then disappeared. Del Toro later resumed his real name.
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San Antonio
Mexican Cientifico Party
New York City
Mexico
Rosendo Pineda
Luis del Toro
del Toro
Pineda
José Yves Limantour
Guillermo Landa Y Escandon
New York
Miguel
Pablo Macedo
Zama Conda Relinquishes Mexican Ambassador Post in Washington
Senior Zamacona explains his departure from the Washington embassy due to his wife’s illness. He will return to Europe and assume the role of financial agent in London after Secretary Ernesto Madero advised the appointment. No official successor named. Gilberto Crespo y Martinez is reported as a highly regarded possible appointee.
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Zamacona
de la Barra
Europe
Sefiora de Zamacona
London
Sefer Ernesto Madero
the Treasury
Iar
Washington Society
Gilberto Crespo Y Martinez
Mexico
Limantour Visits St. Louis and Plans Restful Europe Trip
José Yves Limantour, returning to St. Louis after aiding peace in Mexico, said his work there is done and declined to discuss politics. He planned a two month Europe trip after a tour through Canada toward New York, then a ship to France.
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New York Times
ST. Louis
Mexico City
Mexico
José Yves Limantour
Europe
Canada
New York
France
Child Dies Amid Police Quieting Diphtheria Crisis
Five year old Phyllis Rohr of Hillside and Bergen Avenues Jamaica died after a diphtheria illness. Police enforced silence to keep automobiles away from the home during the crisis, but the girl’s illness remained severe and the end came despite precautions.
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Phyllis
Oswald Rohr
Hillside
Bergen Avenues
Jamaica
Parsons Faces City Club Findings on Park Architect
The City Club forwarded Commissioner Fosdick’s report on Samuel Parsons Jr. to the Commissioner of Accounts. A. H. Spencer, chair of the Club’s Park Committee, agrees with Fosdick that Parsons’s competency and vigor to head the landscape office are insufficient, though no direct proof of improper commissions or profits is found. Spencer urges a stronger, broader-minded successor for the park department.
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Comemissioner of
Fosdick
A. H. Spencer
Parka
Samuel Parsons, Jr
Fosedick
Spencer
Parsons
Mr. Parsons
Park Department
Mr. Spencer
Magistrate Warns Speculators Over Theater Ticket Sales
In Men’s Night Court Magistrate Herman denounced ticket sellers who overcharge patrons. Abe Adler, 30, of 48 West Thirtieth Street, faced a violation charge after police said he offered to guide people to tickets near Broadway and Thirty-ninth Street. Adler was fined $3.
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Herman
Abe Adler
West Thirtieth Street
Adler
Broadway
Thirty-ninth Street
Byrne
Townsend Becomes President of Chicago Stock Exchange
James J Townsend, head of a brokerage firm on La Salle Street, was elected President of the Stock Exchange today. His career began as a Chicago blacksmith's helper, later entering finance after a patron helped him secure a broker’s position. He is now worth several millions.
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New York Times
Chicago
James J. Townsend
la Salle Street
Stock Exchange
Townsend
Pacific Bank of New York to Open Madison Ave Branch
State Superintendent Van Tuyl approved Pacific Bank of New York to establish a branch at Madison Avenue and Twenty-eighth Street in Albany. Former State Superintendent O H Cheney was elected Vice President of the bank.
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Albany
van Tuyl
Pacific Bank of New York
Madison Avenue
Twenty-eighth Street
O. H. Cheney
City Brevities Openings and committee selections announced
The Astor Roof Garden and Belvedere Restaurant may open at 6 tonight if weather holds. The Hotel Majestic Roof Garden will open tomorrow night for dinner. A. Baum Porter, broker at 20 Broad Street, named secretary to First Deputy Police Commissioner McKay and resident of 604 Park Avenue, also serves as Adjutant of the Twelfth Regiment N. G. N. Y. The Bronx Fourth of July Committee chose Lane Fourth of July sites including McKiney Square 169th Street and Boston Road St. Marys Park 143d Street and St. Anns Avenue Bryant Hall 180th Street and Boston Road Henry T Mulvaneys City Island home Intervale and Van Ness Avenues Unionport and Westchester Avenue for events with gaymen music and fireworks.
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Hotel Majestic
A. Baum Porter
Broad Street
McKay
McKiney Square
169Th Street
Boston Road
St. Mary's Park
143D Street
St. Ann's Avenue
Bryant Hall
180Th Street
Henry T. Mulvaney
City Island
Intervale
van Ness Avenues
Unionport
Westchester Avenue
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Cohalan Takes His Seat
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Hahne & Co
Newark
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Connecticut Mutual Life Ins. CO
T. E. Lane
Gen. Ag
J. W. Williams
Columbus
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City Club Committee
J. T. Townsend
Chicago Board
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