Utilities Law Could Cut Rates and Improve Transit
The Public Utilities Law to take effect July 1 promises lower fares such as a five cent trip to Coney Island and cheaper gas and electricity. The Public Service Commission gains power to set fair rates, order through routes, boost surface and subway service, and halt stalled projects while enforcing penalties for noncompliance.
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Bryan Talks Politics Between Chicago Rains
William Jennings Bryan visited Chicago for a Press Club luncheon and urged that President Roosevelt’s efforts falter without party support. He predicted no strong third party, stressing trusts tariffs and railroads as the era’s key issues while noting Hearst’s Independence League's limited role.
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Rogers Insanity Plea In Middletown Murder Case
Charles H. Rogers of Middletown was charged with the murder of Willis C Olney and Alice Ingerick and Fred R Olney. He appeared before Justice Arthur Tompkins at Goshen. The defense pleaded Rogers was insane at the time of the crime. Two experts will examine him ahead of an October Supreme Court trial with Justice Tompkins presiding.
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Fred R. Olney
Alice Ingerick
Arthur
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Nyack
Supreme Court
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Taylor, Royce & Royce
Rogers
Royce
Justice Tompkins
Faith in Mrs Eddy Moves First Church Leaders
First Church of Christ Scientist leaders in Boston at their annual meeting framed a message to Mary Baker G. Eddy. They praise her holy example during her trial and pledge to follow her as she follows the Master, expressing renewed faith and courage amid the litigation.
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First Church of Christ Scientist
Mother Church
Mary Baker G. Eddy
City College Alumni Dine at New Clubhouse
About 300 City College alumni and current and former instructors gathered at the new City College Clubhouse at 208 Central Park South for a housewarming reception. A campaign attracted older graduates, and the event included a buffet luncheon and late-night dining. Notable attendees included Dr. B. M. Briggs, Prof. Adolph Werner, Dr. Robert Abbe, John Wellson Jr., John Lieberman, Prof. Alfred G. Compton, William C. Hagen, Henry Tremain, and Ed Sweezy. More than fifty new members joined the club that night.
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Thearge
B.M. Briggs
Adolph Werner
Robert Abbe
John Wellson, Jr
John Lieberman
Alfred G. Compton
William C. Hagen
Henry Tremain
Ed Sweezy
Fourteenth Leaves Camp for Brooklyn After Rain
The Fourteenth Regiment breaks camp at Peekskill on June 8 and moves to Brooklyn. Brigadier General Smith receives farewell from regimental staff. Signal Corps units from New York City and Fort Wood join, with Major Leigh remaining at camp. Batteries under canvas at Ossining will arrive tomorrow.
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Peekskill
N. Y
Brooklyn
Smith
Signal Corps
New York
Oscar Erlandsen
Elliot Bigelow, Jr
United States Army
Fort Wood
G. C. Burnell
Frederick T. Leigh
N. Charles F. Roe
Ossining
Aged Couple Killed by Train At Buckhorn Maryland
Cumberland Md June 8 The deaths of an elderly couple occurred at Buckhorn near Terra Alta W Virginia. Mrs Hannah Pyles 75 was struck and cut by a passenger train and minutes later her husband Charles Pyles 74 was killed by a freight engine at the same spot.
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Baltimore & Ohio
Buckhorn
Terra Alta
W. Va
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Charles Pyles
Germany Seeks Trade With U S and Tariff Relaxation
George G. Atwood of the American Association of Commerce and Trade in Berlin pushes closer U S German commerce. He urges tariff relief on chinaware textiles and sugar in exchange for German concessions on canned goods and machinery. He notes strong German demand for American meats and shoes and points to limited American auto interest in Germany.
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Submarine Octopus Completes 205-Foot Depth Test
The Octopus under Capt. P. Momm was towed six miles northeast of Boston Lightship and submerged to 205 feet for a forty minute sea test. Upon surfacing, F. Ryan and officials on the Sterling inspected the hull, finding no leaks and all plates intact.
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Old Washington Heights Character and His Guard Dog
Police officer Doran confronts John Low a longtime Heights character drunk on 180th Street and St Nicholas Avenue. Low’s fox terrier Jim guards him at the station, bites at the officer, and is later confined with Low in the cell as the dog whines and stays by his master’s feet smiling.
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180Th Street
St. Nicholas Avenue
John. Low
Low
Washington Heights
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Ana
Bank of Savings
Station House
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Lee
$16,000 Shortage Haunts Hippodrome Cashier McGuire
Detectives pursue Edward J. McGuire, Hippodrome cashier who vanished June 1 with an alleged $16,000 shortage. Auditors say May records show missing cash, with investigation into whether funds were diverted at the race track. Shubert & Anderson deny losses to employees and pursue legal action as officials seek McGuire.
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American Audit Company
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Shubert & Anderson
Brevoort Place
Brooklyn
William McGuire
Manhattan
Philadelphia
James Allison
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Hippodrome Company
America Audit Company
Shubert-Anderson Company
Railway Liable for Insult Under Common Carrier Rule
The Appellate Term of the Supreme Court ruled unanimously that a common carrier is liable for injury to a passenger's feelings caused by an employee's insult. Abraham Danziger sued Interborough Rapid Transit Co. after a guard taunted him and an assault occurred on the Third Avenue elevated line. A $750 verdict was sustained.
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Interborough Rapid Transit Company
Danziger
Third Avenue
Ninety-ninth Street
16Th Street
Justice Goldersleeve
Gildersleeve
Rumor of McCarren Buy of Daily News Declared False
A circulating rumor that Senator Patrick H. McCarren of Brooklyn bought a controlling stake in Benjamin Wood’s Daily News and named Patrick J. Daly as co owner and general manager was denied. McCarren and Frank A. Bailey said they had no involvement or interest in the paper and no Daly relation exists. The paper’s ownership has shifted since Wood’s death with several intervening owners.
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Daily News
Patrick H. McCarren
Brooklyn
Benjamin Wood
Patrick J. Daly
McCarren
Frank A. Bailey
Quinn
the News
Daly
Talks Fourteen Tongues. Deaf Boy Uses Sign Language At Police Station
Lieut. Thor of the Liberty Avenue Police Station in Brooklyn is famed as a linguist able to converse with people and things in many languages. A deaf and dumb boy, brought to the station, could not be understood by words or “baby talk” until Thor signaled with his fingers and identified the boy as Ralph De Paul of 1466 Myrtle Avenue.
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Liberty
Avenue
Brooklyn
New York Bay
Liberty Avenue
Ralph de Paul
Myrtle Avenue
Auto Crushing Schoolboy Ends In Urgent Care
Brooklyn man Frank Hayward driving a large car to operate on his ill wife collided with 15 year old George Morris as he rode home from school in Patchogue. Morris suffered a fractured skull multiple broken ribs a broken arm and internal injuries. The boy was taken to his parents home and may die.
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Brooklyn
George Morris
Haywards
Patchogue
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