Trustees Try To Bypass Civil Service In Ray Brook Case
In Albany a bill proposed by Assemblyman James Shea would amend the Ray Brook Sanitarium law reducing required medical experience from six to five years. Trustees favor Albert Garvin of Joliet for superintendent, though three top exam candidates from Civil Service are bypassed. critics warn of favoritism and civil service subversion.
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New York Times
Albany
James Shea
Essex County
Assembly
Finance Committee
Senate
Friends of Civil Service
Ray Brook
Adirondacks
Albert Henry Garvin
Joliet, Til
Melvin P. Burnham
Garvin
Samuel B. Ward
Civil Service Commission
Board of Trustees
Ray Brook Sanitarium
Sidney D. Wilgus
Bergen Street
Brooklyn
State Board of Alienists
Victor E. Watkins
United States Army
Plattsburg Barracks
Fort Greble
Rhode Island
Ethan A. Nevin
State Hospital
Ogdensburg
The
Shea Bil
Civil Service Commissioners
Vespucci Related Decretals Book to Be Sold in Public Sale
A 1491 Venice edition Decretals of Gregory IX from Fra Georgio Antonio Vespucci’s library, autographed 1491 Jul 15, may sell soon in America. The rare item ties to Amerigo Vespucci’s uncle, who taught Parisian pupils and died in 1614. An Rafael drawing of Jacob’s journey, attributed to the master for the Vatican loggia, accompanies the sale.
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Vespucci
America
Georgio Antonio Vespucci
Amerigo Vespucci
Gregory IX
Venice
Georgij Antonio Vespucci
Weci
Florence
Order of St. Dominic
Piero Soderini
Amerigo
Fra Vespucci
Fiesole
Raphael
Urbino
Jacob
Canaan
Vatican Loggia
Passavant
Raphael d’Urbin Et
Son Pére Giovanni Santi
Rphael
Giulio Romano
Molza
Modena
Vespuc
Liners Race to New York In Dramatic Wireless Contest
The French liner Touraine from Havre and the American liner St. Louis from Southampton raced to New York arriving within hours of each other. The St. Louis won by two hours after catching up Thursday afternoon as stokers fed coal for top speed. Passengers traded wireless jokes and wagers as the ships closed the distance before Quarantine.
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Touraine
Havre
St. Louis
Southampton
Talbot R. Chambers
C. H. Bennett
Col
Charles E. Felton
R. L'Estrange Hadfield
W. Drummond Page
W. Herbert Creswell
Henry Wilmot Spencer
B. F. Wyler
Thaw Case: Bartlett Denies Insanity Claim
Col Franklin Bartlett, counsel for Mrs William Thaw, says he and Thaw’s mother believe Harry K Thaw is mentally normal and improperly confined at Mattewan Asylum. He notes no immediate plan for release and refutes reports of family funding disagreements over Evelyn Nesbit Thaw.
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Franklin Bartlett
William Thaw
Harry K. Thaw
Stanford White
Thaw
Col. Bartlett
Muatteawan Asylum
Hvelyn
Nesbit Thaw
Woman Driver, Chauffeur Arrested After Fatal Harlem Accident
Mrs. John H. Parker fled with her chauffeur William Green after striking youth Carlos Bengo at 114th Street and St. Nicholas Avenue. Green faced homicide charges after Bengo died en route to Harlem Hospital. Parker denied intent to escape, saying she sought to avoid a hostile crowd.
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John H. Parker
East Sixty-secord Street
114Th Street
St. Nicholas Avenue
William Green
Carlos Bengo
East 115Th Street
Harlem Hospital
Green
Canton Will Disputed by Gen Canton in Probate Fight
Surrogate Beckett refused to admit the will of Mrs. Susan M Canton to probate. The testator left a $15 000 estate to niece Miss Emilie Randall and nephew John Hepenstall, actions prompted by alleged undue influence and a late night signing with Gen Canton asleep nearby. The case cites signs of mental decay, missing bank book, and questions over the will’s execution hours before death.
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Beckett
Susan M. Canton
Thomas M. Canton
John Hepenstall
Emilie Randall
Canton
South Carolina
New York
East Sixteenth Street
Gen. Canton
Miss Randall
Hepenstall
Surrogate Beckett
Brief inquest notes on a hastily executed will
The record describes a contested deathbed signing witnessed by subscribing witnesses. It states the event occurred in ten minutes, with the decedent present only while her body lay in bed as a signature was placed on the will. A trained nurse then escorted others from the room fearing dissolution.
Desperate Locksmith Poctor Fails In River Suicide Attempts
Anton Poctor a locksmith of 328 East Seventy fourth Street weighed down with stones jumped into the North River at West Twenty fifth Street twice yesterday in a suicide bid. He was pulled from the water both times and later taken to New York Hospital as a prisoner. Two boatmen and police items describe the dramatic rescues and his stubborn reemergence.
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Anton Poctor
East Seventy-fourth
West Twenty-fifith Street
New York Hospital
Pector
Lee Olsen
Charles Anderson
Poctor
Olsen
Anderson
Government Raises Duty on Certain Precious Stones
A Board of United States General Appraisers will hear a case on the Dingley Tariff classification of stones like garnet onyx rock crystal and agate. The Treasury proposes a 50 percent duty on cut stones as manufactures of garnet and rock crystal. Comstock & Washburn represent importers. John A. Kemp of Customs will represent the Government.
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Board of
United States General Appraisers
Treasury Department
Comstock & Washburn
John A. Kemp
Customs
Death by self strangulation at Kings County Hospital
Catherine McCue a Navy Yard Brooklyn employee died by suicide in the observation ward of Kings County Hospital after being placed in a straitjacket. Coroner's inquiry found nurses and attendants blameless. The violent patient was found with head bent and a headcloth tightened about her neck while half out of bed.
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Catherine McCue
Navy Yard
Brooklyn
Kings County Hospital
Magely
Old-School Lawyer Commended by Court
Surrogate Beckett upheld the 1864 will of George T. Leaird, estate over $1,000,000, noting the testator left mostly to cousin William Wood. The will, drawn and witnessed by Joseph B. Nones, was examined after cousins alleged undue influence. the court found no unsound mind or improper influence.
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Beckett
George T. Leaird
William Wood
Leaird
Joseph B. Nones
Nones
Jones
Japanese Merchants Begin World Tour From Yokohama
Sixty prominent Japanese business men sail from Yokohama on the Mongolia to tour the world in ninety days. They will land in San Francisco April 3, then travel to New York via Salt Lake City Chicago Niagara Falls Montreal Boston and Washington. They leave for Europe April 23 on Cedric visiting London Paris Vienna and Berlin then return via the Trans Siberian Railroad.
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Asahi Shimbun
Tokio
Osaka
Yokohama
Pacific Mail Company
Mongolia
San Francisco
New York
Salt Lake City
Chicago
Niagara Falls
Montreal
Boston
Washington
Europe
Cedric
London
Paris
Vienna
Berlin
Japan
The
Asahi
Fashionable Embroidered Garments Offered At Reduced Prices
Motoring department notes a sale of trousseaux in silk embroidered net and batiste embroideries in white and color, plus a wide range of filet laces. Embroidered robes and blouses unmade, to be made in duchesse, point d applique, valenciennes and liere edges, advertised well below prevailing prices, including a limited number of French and Swiss Appenzell items.
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Shea
Dr. Garvin
A. Jaeckel & Co
Fifth Avenue
Gregory
Dead Hand
John
Tate
Joseph B. Jones
Court
Tokio Newspaper
Huizit An
Modistes
Oppenheim
Ilins
34Th Street—West
Lillinery Department
Adies
Tussah
B. Akman & CO
34Th Street
35Th Street
5Th’ Avenue
Voile
B.altman & CO
Black Russia
Trousseaux
Batiste
Duchesse
Point
Appenzell
Wk. Akman & CO
Sth Avenue
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