Investigating Sulzer Powers Senate to Probe Veto Patronage
Albany June 11 A legislative inquiry into Gov. Sulzer’s administration will follow an extraordinary session to examine veto use and patronage to aid the Direct Nominations bill. The seven member committee includes Sen. James J. Frawley as chairman and Senators Lanner Ramsperger Brown, plus Assemblyman Yard Butts and Smith.
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Albany
James J. Frawley
Martin Glynn
Senate
Alfred E. Smith
Assembly
New York
Felix J. Lanner
Kings
Ramuel J. Ramsperger
Erie
Elon Kh. Brown
Jefferson
Assemblymet Wilson WH. Yard
Westchester
LaVern P. Butts
Otsego
Myron Smith
Dutchess
Brown
Assemblyman Smith
Sulzer
Glynn
Capitol
Gov. Sulzer
State Highway Department
James _Emerson
Warren
Feaders
Rochester
Longshoreman Rescues Two Boys From the River
Herman Bambrick a 226 West Seventeenth Street longshoreman jumped from a coal barge into the Last River at Gansevoort Street to save two boys. One boy cramping, the other exhausted, were pulled aboard after Bambrick supported both and clung to a rope. One boy thanked him and ran home, the other taken to St Vincent's Hospital. The rescued boys were Milton Halwittel 18 Jane Street and Mickey Morris 12 who refused to give his address.
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Herman Bambrick
West Seventeenth Street
Gansevoort Street
Bambrick
St. Vincent’s Hospital
Milton Halwittel
Jane Street
Mickey” Morris
Milton
City Bureau to Weigh Gems for Public Use
The Mayor s Bureau of Weights and Measures will start weighing gems on July 1 using the international 200 milligram carat. It will handle stones from 1/100 to 500 carats, at 244 Westert Street, to protect buyers from dealer tricks. The service includes certifying weights for jewelers and weighing disputed stones while not assessing value.
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Bureau of Weights
John L. Walsh
Bureau
Westert Street
New York
Sudden Walking Gift Grips Jamaica Boy
Four year old Thomas William Brown Jr suddenly walks for the first time after a thunderstorm near his father’s Jamaica grocer shop at South and Allen Streets. The miracle occurred while his mother and brothers sought safety during the storm and baffled the family physician.
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Thomas William Brown, Jr
South and
Allen Streets
Jamaica
Robbery and assault shock 385 West Third Street family
Mrs G Duncan finds her twelve year old daughter tied and gagged in the apartment after two men entered the living room area. The girl is dazed from a blow on the head and describes the intruders who ransacked drawers. Neighbors assist as police investigate.
Fire Extinguished On Munson Line Steamer Olinda
The Olinda steamship’s hold No 1 fire is out and the vessel, thirteen miles from Charleston lightship tonight, is expected to reach Charleston tomorrow morning.
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Munson Line
Charleston
Olinda
Gaynor Willing to Run Again Amid Fusion Push
Mayor Gaynor nears a renomination plan as fusion forces mobilize with the Business Men's Committee of One Thousand backing petitions to place his name on the fall ballot. Independent groups, including Municipal Democracy, may join in alliance if Tammany resists.
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Gaynor
Forty-second Street
Nifth Avenue
Tammany Hall
Whitman
Tammany
Business Men's Committee
Fifth Avenue
Fred C. Leupuscher
Murphy Is
Cooper Union
Municipal Democracy
Committee of One Thousand
William Lustgarten
Business Men's Committee of One Thousand
Democratic City Committee
Wlustgarten
One Hundred Books for Summer Feature
The Review of Books will publish an alphabetically arranged list of one hundred summer books next Sunday's Times. The compilation aims to guide readers across classes with careful selections.
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Review of Books
Next Sunday
TIMES
Carter Seeks Audience as Sugar Lobby Charge Unfolds
Ex Governor George R. Carter of Hawaii failed to meet with President Wilson in Washington after being denied an audience by Secretary Tumulty. He testified to a Senate Lobby Committee that sugar growers spent about 100000 on propaganda to keep sugar off the free list, while Hawaiian and Louisiana witnesses defended their lobbying efforts and expressed frustration at alleged misrepresentation by the administration.
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New York Times
Washington
George KR. Carter
Hawaii
Wilson
White House
Carter
Senate Committee
Tumulty
Broussard
Louisiana
Senate
F . Irwin
Hilo
Irwin
Baltimore
Underwood
House
Ways and Means
Doangy
Jules Godchaux
Raceland
Godchaux
Democratic Party
Reed
Congress
Senator Nelson
Nelson
Minnesota
Wedding Beside Coffin As Daughter Marries
In East Orange New Jersey on June 11 Miss Alice O Hazzard and Carl J Ballard were married at 172 Sanford Street beside the coffin of Mrs Hazzard who died Monday after eight years of illness. The ceremony followed the dying wish of the bride's mother with Rev F Creswick Todd officiating. The funeral is set for tomorrow morning.
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East Orange
N. J
Alice O. Hazzard
Carl J. Ballard
Arlington
F. Creswick Todd
Episcopal Church of
Mr. Todd
Mrs. Hazzard
Civic League backs Whitman for mayoral bid
Twenty one members of the Young Men's Civic League pledged support to District Attorney Whitman and the league's 20 000 members across Manhattan the Bronx Queens Richmond and Kings for his mayoral run. Spokesman Nathan B Jacoby announced the league’s headquarters at West Forty second Street and Whitman affirmed his willingness if a properly organized citizens group extended the nomination. He noted time constraints but praised the Police Department and promised clearance of graft concerns under proper administration.
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Young Men's Civic League
Whitman
League
Young Men’s Civic League
Mranhattan
Bronx
Richmond
Queens
Kings
Nathan
Jacoby
Exporters’ Alliance
Luv
West Forty-second Street
Tammany Halil
District Attorney's Office
Gaynor Plans Early Afternoons and Europe Trip Hints
Mayor Gaynor suggested a European trip and a change in his daily schedule. He said he would leave the office by five o'clock each afternoon for the next few weeks, then perhaps wait until six. He remarked he was uneasy about something and hinted at travel plans.
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Gaynor
Europe
New York Officials Named to Palisades Inquiry
Gov Sulzer appoints John A Hennessy Executive Auditor Henry L Stoddard and Ernest Harvier as Special Commissioners to probe Palisades Inter State Commissioners. Inquiry cites differences with Rockland County riverfront property owners and alleged influence schemes and potential state costs.
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Albany
Sulzer
John A. Hennessy
Henry L. Stoddard
Ernest Harvier
New York
Palisades Inter-State Commissioners
Palisades Commission
Rockland County
Seber
Tee
Cage submarine tops 36 hour submerged record at Long Beach
Los Angeles June 11 Cage submarine boat rose from the bottom of Long Beach Harbor after 36 hours submerged, beating the 24 hour mark set by the Octopus in 1907. Inventor Cage led six men ashore while General Manager Guy Hoppengarner relayed word to President Wilson and Secretary Daniels.
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New York Times
Los Angeles
Long Beach Harbor
Octopus
Mr. Cage
Guy Hoppengarner
Submarine Company
Man seeks Paris wager run with world tour in ten years
Louis Grandjean, penniless wanderer with a knapsack, sought help from Patrolman Barnbold after declaring he could reach Paris by July 15 to collect a $10 000 wager from the Jockey Club if he visited every country in ten years. He hoped to be deported as an undesirable if immigration officials refused. He has traveled widely since 1908 and is now in New York waiting for a path to Paris.
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Grandjean
Hhman
Louis Grandjean
Barnbold
Forty-first Street
Broadway
Paris
Jockey Club
Havre
Krotel
New York
McClellan
Canada
Japan
Australia
Philippines
Panama
South America
Widener Buys Mint Arcade in Philadelphia
P B Widener closes a contra for the Mint Arcade at Juniper and Chestnut Streets totaling near 4 million dollars. The site of the old Mint, 152 by 200 feet, bounds Wanamaker and the Franklin building. Purchasers plan a mixed use office and retail building costing about 2 million, with total investment near 6 million.
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New York Times
Philadelphia
P. B. Widener
Mint Realty Company
Mint Arcade
Juniper and
Chestnut Streets
Mint
George H. Earle, Jr
Earle
Pennsylvania Company
Chestnut Street
South Penn Square
Wanamaker
Franklin
City Bank Cuts Call Rate as Money Flood Clears
National City Bank, after holding a 3 percent call rate, issued loans as low as 2 percent on the Stock Exchange. The move, aimed at reducing idle cash and easing surplus reserves, signals a potential shift toward higher time money and could pressure other lenders to follow.
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Stock Exchange
National City Bank
Wall Street
Financial
New York
More Money for Subways From Unused City Funds
City controller reports 2.383 million dollars available from unexpected sources to fund subway expenditures. Premiums totaling 1.739 million were realized on sale of 53 million dollars in city bonds for Subway Contract 1, unused previously. An unexpended balance of 644 thousand from changes on Interborough Subway at Ninety-sixth Street was turned over to general funds. The Public Service Commission approved transferring 152,764 from Fulton Street and Flatbush Avenue changes to general work on Subway Contract 2 and proposed 1 million to buy subway real estate, half for the project below Brooklyn Bridge to Atlantic Avenue.
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Prendergast
Brooklyn Bridge
Interborough
Ninety-sixth Street
Public Service Commission
Board of Estimate
Fulton Street
Flatbush Avenue
Brooklyn
Subway
Atlantic Avenue
Bankers say no need for emergency currency amid abundant funds
Bankers reached last night said there is no shortage of currency in the country and no reason for emergency notes. They noted rising New York reserves, gold shipments overseas, and a call money market at 14 percent indicating ample liquidity rather than scarcity.
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McAdoo
Wall Street
New York
Corresponsent M. P. Quits Over Divorce Case
London June 11 Eliot Crawshay Williams resigns from his Liberal MP seat for Leicester after being named as a corespondent in a divorce petition filed by Hibert Carr Gomm. In a farewell letter he notes that personal circumstances could affect political activity and steps down to avoid forcing service on a constituency that may no longer desire it.
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Crawshay Williams
Carr Gomm
Marconi Transatlantic
New York Times
London
Eliot Crawshay Williams
Leicester
Hibert Carr Gomm
Williams
Girl Heads Corporation in Jacksonville
Miss Okle ter daughter of E O Painter who died in the St Johns River May 22 was elected today by stockholders to succeed her father as president of the fertilizer company bearing his name. Painter carried 1178000 life insurance. A Johns Hopkins chemist is examining his vital organs to determine whether death was due to drowning or poison.
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Jacksonville
Okleter
E. O. Painter
St. John’s River
Painter
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Broom Lessons For Men In Chicago Street Cleaning
Chicago officials propose a male broom school to teach the single correct method for sweeping streets. The Technical Board of the Bureau of Streets argues there are twenty nine broom techniques and urges standardized tools, training, and duck uniforms for sweeps to create a spotless city.
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Chicago
Technical Board
Bureau of Streets
Dirigible Wreck Delays Exhibition at Palisade Park
Frank Goodale’s dirigible exhibition over Palisade Park ended in a crash when the engine failed and the cigar shaped craft dove stern first toward the cliff. Spectators watched as the bow hit the ground and Goodale became entangled in twisted rods before rescue teams reached him.
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Frank Goodale
Palisade Park
Goodale
$15 000 Cow Barn De Luxe At Erie President's Wisconsin Home
Milwaukee June 11 A $15 000 cow barn finished in white enamel and fire proofing is the hobby of President Frederick D Underwood of the Erie Railroad at his Wauwatosa summer home The barn houses nine imported cows with electric lights at each manger a Sosay water tank at each stall and a brick asbestos roof interior work in white bronze decorations with a bronze plate at each stall.
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New York Times
Milwaukee
Frederick D. Underwood
Erie Railroad
Wauwatosa
Wis
Treasury explores emergency notes to ease financial strain
McAdoo states the Treasury can issue emergency currency up to 500 million under the Aldrich Vreeland act if banks or currency associations apply and qualify. No applications have been received yet. notes are printed and ready. The move aims to reassure bankers and the public that the Wilson administration will act to restore stability if needed.
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New York Times
Washington
Aldrich-Vreeland
Treasury
McAdoo
Vane
Aldrichfreeland
Currency Association
Ac Secretary of the Treasury
Ing
Georetary
Aldrich Vreeland
Treasury Department
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Supreme Court
Cohalan
Judiciary Committee
Senate Finance Committee
Assembly Committee On Ways and Means
Fusion
S Civic League
Palisades Inquiry
Widener
City Bank
Long
Corespondent M. P
Girl Heads Corporation
F. D. Underwood
Aldrich-Vreeland Act
Secretay McAdoo
McReynolds
York
Franklin MacVeaghs
Nelson W. Aldrich
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