Fish Would Extend Federal Control of Rail Rates Discussed
Stuyvesant Fish former president of the Illinois Central argues at the Economic Club in Boston that the Interstate Commerce Commission should not fix railroad rates and that regulation should span inter and intra state commerce. He calls for a purely administrative federal body with courts handling disputes and final congressional decisions on rate cases.
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New York Times
Boston
Economic Club
Stuyvesant Fish
Illinois Central Railroad
Fish
Inter-State Commerce Commission
Congress
Mr. Fish
Hepburn
Hamilton
Madison
Jay
Jefferson
Gs Nool
England
Brice Ordered Sent To Jail In Contempt ruling
Capt Stewart M Brice son of ex Senator Calvin S Brice was found in contempt by Supreme Court Justice Leventritt for failing to pay a 2271 judgment to Christian Mullenkamp. Sheriff Foley ordered to take Brice to ganciow Street Jail until paid. Brice refused to respond to December court order while at 200 West 107th Street.
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Stewart M. Brice
United States
Calvin S. Brice
Supreme Court
Leventritt
Christian F. A. Mullenkamp
Foley
Brice
Ganciow Street
Mullehkamp
Oe Aamning
West 107Th Street
Duty at Annapolis detailed for Arthur MacArthur Jr
Arthur MacArthur Jr. of the U S Navy is detailed to the Board of Visitors for the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis this year and will appear before the board on Monday June 1. New York members include Gen Horace Porter and Macgrane Coxe of Southfield Orange County.
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Annapolis
Arthur MacArthur, Jr
United States Naval Academy
New York
Gen
Horace Porter
Macgrane Coxe
Southfield
Orange County
Fire Panic After Explosions Hit Brooklyn Apartment
A trio of blasts shook a three story Brooklyn building at Lincoln and St Francis Places then a blaze and smoke filled the cellar. Janitor Pietro Pino said the Black Hand targeted him with extortion letters and police suspect gas meter explosions set a fire that caused about 3500 dollars in damage.
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Lincoln and
St. Francis Places
Brooklyn
Pietro Pino
Pino
St. John’s Place
Twelfth Night Club Hosts Emma Thursby Reception
The Twelfth Night Club held a reception yesterday afternoon for Emma Thursby with members from various clubs in attendance. Club presidents from the Society for Political Study and the William Lloyd Garrison Association joined later, as guests mingled with prominent club and professional women.
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Twelfth Night Club
Emma Thursby
Society For Political Study
William Lloyd Garrison Association
Edward A. Kidder
Miss Thursby
Alice Fischer Harcourt
Percy Haswell
Herbert Lincoln Aldrich
Charlotte Wilbour
Lillie Dev
Haffen Realty Inquiry Reveals Conflicting Testimony
In a continuing inquiry at City Hall, witnesses contradicted Bronx Borough President's earlier statements about Haffen. Joseph Lieberta testified that Haffen owned shares in Sound View Realty, while Haffen denied it. Lieberta said Haffen, his brother, and Martin Geiszler held stock. Michael Cunningham described rapid job transfers after reporting against the contractor and said reports were sent to the Borough President personally.
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Commissioners of Accounts
Heffen
City Hall
Bronx
Joseph A. Lieberta
Sound View Realty Company
Haffen
John M. Haffen
Highwys
Martin Geiszler
Michael Cunningham
Inspector of Highways
Mr. Cunningham
Monk Vincenzo Bonanno Murder Case Shrouded in Mystery
The murdered former Franciscan monk Vincenzo Bonanno was found with a mutilated body in an empty first floor apartment at 285 Twenty-ninth Street. Coroner and police say asphyxia from strangling caused death. investigators doubt robbery and pursue a grudge motive.
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Vincenzo Bonanno
Fast Twenty-ninth Street
Lieut
Petrosino
O’hanlom
Shrady
O'Hanlon
Tunnel Exploit Myth About Calanares Tannazio
Calanares Tannazio claimed to have walked from Christopher Street station through the Hudson tunnels to Hoboken, but reports say he had only a minor scalp scratch. He reportedly ran through an unfinished tunnel spur linking Jersey City with Hoboken rather than a completed Morton Street tunnel.
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Calanares Tannazio
East Seventeenth Street
Christopher Street
Manhattan
Hudson Tunnels
Hoboken
Tamnazio
Morton Street
Jersey City
Public Service Commission orders more cars for Second Avenue line
The Public Service Commission issued a final order increasing service on the Second Avenue elevated line. Interborough Rapid Transit must run 77 more southbound cars 7 9 A.M and 88 more northbound cars 3 7 P.M and 3 more southbound cars 9 10 P.M. The Third Avenue Company under Receiver Whitridge gets a 30 day extension to overhaul Summer cars, now due by May 31.
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Public Service Commission
Interborough Rapid Transit Company
Second Avenue
Third Avenue Company
BF. W. Whitridge
Vreeland Testifies Again Before Grand Jury
In the continuation of the Metropolitan Street Railway investigation H. H. Vreeland was the sole witness called before the special grand jury yesterday afternoon.
Bonner Estate Valued at Fifty Thousand dollars
Probate filing in the Surrogates' Office lists the Bonner estate at about 50 000 dollars with real and personal property. Widow Mary E Bonner and four sons two daughters are named beneficiaries.
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Bonner
Macwill
Hugh Bonner
Mary BE. Bonner
Vaudeville Agent Ordered to Pay Alimony
Joshua Lowe, vaudeville booking agent, must pay wife Deborah Frances Lowe $15 weekly alimony and a $50 counsel fee as Justice Hendrick orders pending divorce trial.
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Joshua Lowe
Supreme Court
Hendrick
Deborah Frances Lowe
Flivorce
Worry Over Schools Labeled Hysteria Over Unsafe Brooklyn Buildings
City officials push back on claims of unsafe public schools in New York. Superintendent Maxwell says all reported unsafe rooms are closed and safeties are in place while Battalion Chiefs detail conditions in several schools. Early Brooklyn closures stem from public fear. repairs and new fire escapes awaited continuation.
Queens School Frames Closed as Fire Trap
An old frame building on Crescent Street in Astoria used as an annex to Public School 6 was closed yesterday by Queens District Superintendent Franklin after being deemed unsafe. More than 100 children across three classes attended the school.
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Crescent Street
Astoria
Franklin
Queens
City Aldermen Approve Building for Washington Irving H S
At yesterday's meeting Aldermen appropriated $600 000 for a new building for Washington Irving High School. Alderman Mulligan introduced a resolution criticizing 11 000 000 spent by the Board of Water Supply and proposed a committee to investigate city departments. Deputy Police Commissioner Baker was authorized to buy an automobile without bidding after prior rejection amid confusion over Commissioner Bingham.
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Washington Irving High School
Mulligan
Board of Water Supply
Baker
Brooklyn
Bingham
Temporary administrator appointed in $600,000 Whore estate
The Title Guarantee and Trust Company was appointed by Surrogate Beckett yesterday as temporary administrator of the $600,000 estate of Dr. Clark Whore who died recently after being adjudged insane.
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Title Guarantee and Trust Company
Beckett
Dr. Clark Whore
Magistrate Wahle Testifies Before Grand Jury Again
Magistrate Charles G. Wahle appeared as a witness before the Grand Jury yesterday. Assistant District Attorney Pmythe declined to discuss the magistrate's appearance beyond noting it stemmed from facts in the District Attorney’s possession.
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Wahle
Charles G. EB. Wahle
Pmythe
Olive in Cocktail Central to Mackenzie Divorce Case
Mrs. Carrie Mackenzie testified in Supreme Court that an olive in a cocktail at a West Sixty seventh Street café was drugged, part of a plan to entrap her. The episode allegedly occurred October 9 with companions including Mrs. Bell, Gilmore, and Staples, leading to a hotel stay and alleged misconduct. the conspiracy count was dismissed as separate action.
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Carrie Mackenzie
West Sixtyseventh Street
James C. Mackenzie
Supreme Court
Platzek
Sixty-seventh Street
van Buren Hotel
East Twenty-sixth Street
Staples
Dr. Mackenzie
van Buren
Mackenzie
Mary Frazer Mackenzie
Justice Platzek
Fight over Lamar estate ends in denial of change
Duchess d Auxy of Brooklyn asked Supreme Court Justice Hendrick to remove Morton Trust Company as trustee of her late father G P Lamar estate. The move, opposed by Robert and James Soutter and the trust company, aimed to appoint Frederick H Jacobs Jr. Jacobs is 21 and the Duchess plans a marriage involving her minor daughter.
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d’Auxy
Brooklyn
Supreme Court
Hendrick
Charles Caldwell
Morton Trust Company
Robert
James T. Soutter
Trust Company
Robert Soutter
Timothy H. Porter
West Twenty-first Street
Manhattan
G.P. Lamar
COM Pane
Frederick H. Jacobs, Jr
Robert Soutte
Jacobs
Coroner to Close Baker Death Inquest Today
Coroner De Mund is expected to end the investigation into Walter Farnsworth Baker of Boston who died at Frank H. Hurds home in Bogota New Jersey after a car ride from Browne's Chop House Manhattan on October 26. The inquest resumes this afternoon in Hackensack with undertaker Willim F. Ricardo and Dr. G Howard McFadden listed to attend.
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de Mund
Walter Farnsworth Baker
Boston
Frank H. Hurd
Bogota
N. J
Browne
Chop House
Manhattan
Hackensack
Willim F. Ricardo
Baker
G. Howard .McFadden
Orchestrated romance ends as Chalmers jailed for larceny
Actress Hazel May Hall's marriage to Edwin T. Chalmers ends with Supreme Court annulment after he is found to have stolen jewelry from Mr. and Mrs. Kohl. Chalmers, who posed as the son of a wealthy Holland House patron, was sent to Elmira Reformatory for four years after a grand larceny charge.
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Hazel May Chalmers
Hazel May Hall
Edwin T. Chalmers
Supreme Court
Blanchard
Hall
Chalmers
Holland House
Miss Hall
Holland Houses
Mr. Kohl
Elimra Reformatory
Attempted Fire at East Sixty Third Street Tenement
An arson attempt damaged a four and five story tenement at 884 East Sixty third Street. Rags soaked in kerosene lit in hallways caused panic as tenants fled in nightclothes. Officer Barry and two Italian helpers smothered the blaze. the building was owned by John Sefozze.
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East Sixty-third Street
Oliceman
Barry
John Sbozusse
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