Governors View Hudson River Bridge Sites Aboard Privateer
Gov. Hughes of New York and Gov. Fort of New Jersey toured Hudson River bridge sites aboard the Privateer with Inter-State Bridge Commission engineers. They discussed Fifty seventh Street or 179th Street options, with Fort favoring Fifty seventh Street and Hughes seeking broader regional benefits. The commission weighs costs of about 30 million and 10 million respectively and plans further borings and investigations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. A.C. Smith
Charles H. Hughes
New York
Franklin Fort
New Jersey
Hudson River
Fifty-seventh Street
179Th Street
Henry W. Hodge
Inter-State Bridge Commission
Gov. Hughes
Hodge
Hudson
McDougall Hawkes
West Fiftyseventh Street
Manhattan
Seventh Street
West New York
Weehawken
Fort Lee
110Th Street
Columbia College
St. John’s Cathedral
Bridge Commission
Robert A. C. Smith
Smith
East Twentythird Street
New York State
Gov. Fort
Privateer’s Bridge
Fifty Seventh Street
Tenth Avenue
Weehawken Ferry
New York City
Fort Washington Point
Rhine
Italy
Fort
Essex
Bergen
W. Bloomingdale
George R. Dyer
A. J. Shamberg
James W. Stevenson
Anthony R. Kuser
Frederick N. Eberhard
Frank R. Long
Victor L. Mason
Elias D. Smith
Hawkes
Europe
Gov
White
McClellan
Dickinson
Metz
Harry V. Osborne
Essex County
N. J
Queens Borough Celebrates Bridge Opening Day
The Queensboro Bridge celebration fills the day with parades, fireworks, and entertainment. Gov. Hughes and city officials speak at the Long Island end grandstand as tens of thousands enjoy the festivities and a five to seven hour parade along Fifth Avenue.
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Queens
Queensboro Bridge
Interborough Link
Long Island
Gov. Hughes
McGowan
Ahearn and Gresser
Manhattan
War Dickinson
Thirtyfourth Street
Fifth Avenue
Fifty-seventh Street
Fifty-seventh
Second Avenue
Bridge
Fiftyninth Street
Thirty-fourth Street
Long Island City
Brooklyn Bridge
Williamsburg Bridge
Policeman Shown to Be Duplicitous Suitor in Elmhurst Romance
Miss Catherine Batterson, 19, learned her fiancé Albert Herbert was a phony New York policeman named Nathaniel Herbert. Her mother exposed him after a relative of Herbert confirmed the impostor’s crime and his existing marriage. Herbert reportedly confessed to the Battersons and planned to wed, then depart for the West. The case likely goes to Commissioner Bingham.
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Catherine Batterson
William E. Batterson
Elmhurst
L. I
Albert Herbert
New York
Nathaniel Herbert
al” Herbert
Catherine
Bouton
Herbert
Mr. Batterson
Mr. Bouton
Battersons
East Thirty-fifth Street
Bingham
Threw Girls From An Auto in Brooklyn
Kitty Gleason and Marion Doyle were found bruised behind Myrtle Avenue and Bridge Street after being forced from an automobile by a stranger. They identified a physician’s licensed car in Greene Avenue as the suspect vehicle, but the driver remained at large as police search for the chauffeur continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kitty Gleason
Sands Street
Marion Doyle
Schermerhorn Street
Brooklyn
Myrtle Avenue
Bridge Street
Adams Street
Greene Avenue
Chinese Minister Wu Ting Fang Visits Panama En Route South
Wu Ting Fang the Chinese minister to Washington arrives in Panama from New York and plans to tour the canal courtesy of Col. Goethals. He is en route to Peru where he is also accredited and will depart June 15 for the south after greeting President Ubaldia.
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Panama
Wu Ting-Fang
Washington
New York
Peru
Ubaldia
Col. Goethals
Jockey Johnny Taral Weds Miss Edna May Albert in City Hall
Jockey Johnny Taral and Miss Edna May Albert of 55 West 109th Street married at City Hall yesterday by Alderman Smith. The ceremony followed their license acquisition at the City Clerk's office within ten minutes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnny” Taral
Edna May Albert
West 109Th Street
Smith
City Clerk’s Office
Divorce Fraud Hearing for Guggenheim Suit Opens October
In Chicago Supreme Court Judge Honoré set October 4 for the hearing on whether the divorce between Grace B. Guggenheim and William B. Guggenheim was obtained by fraud. The delay was attributed to the absence of counsel during the earlier session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Grace B. Guggenheim
William B. Guggenheim
Honoré
Oldest Lodging House Worker Dies at Bellevue Hospital
James Mills, the lodging house’s longest serving and heaviest employee, died yesterday at Bellevue Hospital from heart trouble complicated by nephritis. He had worked there since the first lodging house opened on a boat at East Twenty-sixth Street in 1900 and weighed 510 pounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Mills
Municipal Lodging House
Bellevue Hospital
Mills
East Twenty-sixth Street
Yesterday's Fires Causes and Suspected Triflings
A list of late afternoon and evening fire incidents notes multiple trifling and slight damage reports at addresses including 50 403 E 17th Street and 327 10th Avenue. Names such as Samuel Leidner Thomas Moore Julius Schaffnick Abraham Levinson and others appear with minor monetary figures and vehicle club involvement. The Automobile Club of America also appears with trifling damage noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. M. Loss
Samuel Leidner
Thomas Moore
Julius Schaffnick
John St
John St. M. E
Abraham Levinson
Mott
Deserted husband recovers wife’s jewels after French elopement
John W. Hunt, hotel man of Savannah Detroit and Los Angeles, returned alone on the Mauretania after his 29 year old wife eloped with a Russian in Chantilly. He recovered nearly all of the $15 000 in gems except a few items of little value and denied seeking divorce. Florence Allen of St Paul accompanied them on the European tour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
John W. Hunt
Savannah
Detroit
Mr. Hunt
Italy
France
Hunt
Florence Allen
St. Paul
Mrs. Hunt
Europe
Miss Allen
Henriette Babcock
Chantilly
America
Mauretania
Angelus
Los Angeles
Dallas
Texas
Graduates Honored At Columbia Grammar School Exercises
The Columbia Grammar School held its 145th year exercises in the assembly room of the new building at 5 9 West Ninety-third Street. Twenty-one Sixth Form members graduated with Joseph Henry Hewetson Jr and Alfred L Wise receiving highest honors for classical and scientific departments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia Grammar School
West Ninety-third Street
Joseph Henry Hewetson, Jr
Alfred L. Wise
Lehigh Valley Railroad Completes 150 Surprise Signal Tests
Lehigh Valley Railroad officials completed 150 surprise tests of automatic block signals to check system efficiency and reduce accident risk. The line is equipped with automatic electric block signals and tests are conducted at frequent intervals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lehigh Valley Railroad
Lehigh
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Hughes
Hudson Bridge
57Th Street
Two States
Queensboro
Miss Batterson
Minister WU
Canal
Taral
Guggenheim
Bloomingdale
Queens County
Bloomingdales
Long Island Homes
Grammar School
Munsing Union Underwear
Clotisiers
Broadway
N. Chambers St
125Th Street
Cor
Union Square
14Th St
N. B.way
Cortlandt, N. Greenwich
Remington
Remington Typewriter Company (Incorporated
New York and Everywhere
H. Macy & Co
Macy’s
Merimee
Thiers
Larned
Scott
Morocco
Shakespeare
Cambridge Pickering
Lowell
Walt Whitman
Camden
Samuel Richardson
Burton
Ellis
Nature Library
Ruskin
Balzac
Motley
Harper
Jeatile
Seattle Exposition
Colorado Rockies
Switzerland of America
Grand Canyon
Arizona
World’s Scenic Wonder
Coronado Beach
Tent-City By-The-Sea
Yosemite
High Sierras
California
Colorado
Elks and
Geo. C. Dillard
Gen. Agt
A. T
S. F. Ry
Sant
GB. Akman & CO
34Th Street
35Th Street
5Th Avenue
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