Bank collapse roils Italian colony in Brooklyn theft probe
In morning chaos a crowd of Italians stormed a real estate office adjacent to a bank. Constantine and policemen repelled them as $50,000 in cash went missing. Investigators say Pasquale Pati’s finances unravel from lavish spendings and mortgaged properties.
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Itialians
Constantine
Pati
José Sparanza
Pasquale Fati
Salvadore
John Pilmick
Thompson Street
Palmeri
Ocean Parkway
Brooklyn
Alligator at Bronx Zoo Consults Over Eating Problem
Bronx Zoo headkeeper Snyder calls a 3 PM meeting of keepers in the Reptiles House to discuss Mose the twelve foot alligator who has not eaten for four months. Mose was separated from crocodiles after temper bursts linked to Cleopatra the sixteen year old croc. Cleopatra remains in her home and Mose stalls on meals.
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Snyder
Bronx Zoo
Reptiles House
Mose
Cleopatra
Cleo
Waldo's Water Police Nab Italian with Gun at Site
Capt. Rhinelander Waldo has armed officers patrolling the new waterworks area. An Italian was found with a large gun in his hip pocket and fined 50 dollars or six months. his friends paid the fine. A second Italian fled with an eight inch stiletto when spotted shaving, and is now reportedly growing whiskers.
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Rhinelander Waldo
Peekskill
Justice Oldfield
Democrats to Aid Roosevelts Bills With Free Printing Paper
Special to The New York Times Washington March 26 Democrats in the House show near unanimity in backing most President Wilsons measures with minority leader John Sharp Williams criticizing a few points He supports publication of campaign contributions child labor bans in DC and territories an employers liability law federal liability for government workers a ban on injunctions without notice and a tariff on wood pulp and printing paper Williams also opposes penalizing boycotts expanding federal power to name receivers and creating a permanent waterways commission with a public works board to control waterways and buildings
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New York Times
Washington
House
John Sharp Williams
Territories
Supreme Court
Williams
Permanent Waterways Commission
District of Columbia
Mr.Williams
Board of Public Works
Hill's Unfitness Mystery Stirs Berlin Diplomatic Circles
The Berlin diplomatic corps weighs conjectures on Kaiser Wilhelm's alleged belief in Dr. Hill's unfitness as Tower contemplates leaving Berlin. Some think Tower may reconsider departure after Kaiser notes deep regret, others fear Hill's smaller fortune could lower the embassy's standing.
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Washington
Mr Tower
Berlin
Dr. Hill
Tower
United States
Court Likes Mrs Tower As Berlin Social Leader
Baltimore lawyer judges and Hopkins official discuss Mrs Charlemagne Tower as a prominent social figure in Berlin. They credit her with improving relations between the American and German societies and influencing the Emperor's views on ambassadorial appointments.
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Baltimore
Charlemagne Tower
Berlin
Hill
Ambassador Tower
Henry Stockbridge
Supreme Bench of
Henry Wood
Hopkins University
Tower
Wood
Changes in Aldrich Bill Move Amid Banking Amendments
Washington March 26 Amendments lift government deposit interest to at least 1 percent and add Philippines bonds and Manila city securities to emergency currency bases. The finance committee consolidates bank reserve provisions requiring four fifths of deposits kept by banks with two thirds cash and one fifth with reserve banks. Debates accuse the bill of favoring big New York and Philadelphia bankers as bankers associations denounce the measure.
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New York Times
Washington
Aldrich
Philippines
Manila
Nelson and
Johnston
Committee On Finance
Culberson
New York
Philadelphia
Depew
New York State Bankers’ Association
Seven Filipinos for West Point Appointment Bill
The House Military Committee reported favorably a bill allowing seven Filipinos to be appointed to West Point. The measure also makes Filipinos eligible for the rank of Captain in the Filipino Scouts, enabling American officers now in command to be reassigned to home stations.
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West Point
New York Times
Washington
House Military Committee
Tower Feud Threatens Berlin Appointment Crisis
Washington reports show Ambassador Tower at odds with State Department over Dr. David Hill’s Berlin posting. Officials fear a public feud with Secretary Root could force Tower’s withdrawal and stall relations with Germany amid Emperor William’s possible opposition.
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Washington
Charlemagne Tower
David Jayne Hill
Ambassador Tower
Hill
Root
Tower
Berlin
State Department
Germany
Mr. Root
Mr. Tower
Dr. Hill
William
Diplomatic Rumors Swirl Over Ambassador Pick and Hill Issue
Officials in Washington discuss unnamed possibilities about President selecting his own diplomats and potential reactions if Dr Hill is refused. Baron Speck von Sternburg seeks clarity from Berlin while the Foreign Office denies any indication of Hill’s rejection. The situation remains unsettled with no official answer yet.
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Dr. Hill
Germany
Washington
Baron Speck von Sternburg
Root
Foreign Office
Berlin
Dr Hill Questions German Ambassador Appointment
Paris reports uncertainty over German refusal to receive David Jayne Hill as ambassador. Berlin telegram denies any official action. Hill, unsettled by the confusion, cites no clear grounds for objection and recalls Prince Henry’s Washington visit and the photograph he received as thanks.
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Paris
Washington
Berlin
David Jayne Hill
Hill
Hague
Prince Henry
Prince
Race Leader Heads for Alaska in Deserted Path Tale
The race leader travels toward Alaska when the De Dion team encounters deep mud near Spring Valley. A human pilot guides the car after the dog balks, the vehicle sinks, overturns, and a night-long rescue with jacks and fire fixes the machine. Snow threatened as the party pressed toward Evanston and Ogden.
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Spring Valley
Evanston
Protos Breaks Shaft in Rock Springs Dash
The German car in the New York to Paris race, the Protos, breaks a driving shaft near Thayer Junction five miles west of Rock Springs Wyoming delaying the team for four days. Lieut. Koeppen will send the broken shaft to Ogden for repairs and hopes to resume the race by Sunday. The Protos team, handicapped by missing spare parts, remains optimistic about overtaking rivals and possibly reaching Alaska.
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New York Times
Point. OF Rocks
Wyoming
New York
Paris
Protos
Thayer Junction
Lieut. Koeppen
Thayer
Ogden
Union Pacific
Seattle
Koepren
United States
de Dion
Zust
Alaska
Starving man found near Hackensack with doubtful recovery
John Ramsey, formerly of 985 Seventh Street Jersey City, was found starving in the H Kensack Meadows yesterday after a week without food. He was taken to Jersey City Hospital where doctors fear for his recovery.
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John Ramsey
Seventh Street
Jersey City
H. Kensack Meadows
Jersey City Hospital
Brooklyn Bridge suicide adds to toll as rescue ends in tragedy
Edwin J. Ditmars of 52514 Sixth Avenue Brooklyn leaped from the Brooklyn Bridge after a trolley ride, fell into the river near tug Charles P. Kuper, was pulled aboard unconscious, and died despite police and ambulance efforts. His alleged motive involved unrequited love for Miss Lillian Weller, whose initials and photographs were found on him.
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Brooklyn Bridge
Edwin J. Ditmars
Sixth Avenue
Brooklyn
James G. Ditmars
Young Ditmars
Manhattan Terminal
Charles P. Kuper
Herbert Russel
Ditmars
Dock Street
Martha
Bridge
Washington Street
Anderson
Brooklyn Hospital
Murtha
Litmars
Lillian L. Weller
Thirteenth Street
Ess
Miss Waller
Death by Own Action At Grand Union Hotel
Albert Hornbeck, longtime captain on the Ramsdell Line ferries between Newburg and Fishkill New York, checked into the Grand Union Hotel yesterday afternoon. At 3:15 PM a maid heard a pistol shot and a porter found him dead in his fourth floor room, having shot himself in the head.
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Albert Hornbeck
Ramsdell
Newburg
Fishkill
N. Y
Grand Union Hotel
Mr. Hornbeck
T Che Porter
Albert Hornbeck Despondent Sailor Leaves for New York
Albert Hornbeck, retired captain of the Ramsdell ferry line and a Weston Transfer Company clerk, left Newrosburg for a day trip to New York amid mental distress. He is survived by a widow and two children, with brothers Hermen, Lewis, and William in town and sisters Mrs Weston and Mrs Dickey at Murray Hill Hotel in New York.
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New York Times
Newrburg
N. Y
Albert Hornbeck
Ramsdell Ferry
Weston Transfer Company
New York
Hermen, Lewis
William H. Hornbeck
Wilbur FT. Weston
Joseph M. Dickey
Murray Hill Hotel
Hornbeck
Daniel G. Cameron
Firemen's Memorial Fund total reaches twenty eight thousand two hundred
Subscriptions yesterday brought the Firemen's Memorial Fund to 28 255. The Hudson River region trips resume service for Catskill Coxsackie and nearby points. The New York Haverford Association held its annual dinner at Hotel Manhattan with James W Cromwell as toastmaster and speakers Frederick Strawbridge Isaac Sharpless E W Brown and James W Wood. Charles Katz of Brooklyn was held in 5000 bail on counterfeit trading stamps charges. H H Vreeland testified before the Metropolitan affairs grand jury. An alumni invitation is issued for the Church of the Immaculate Conception school. A temporary alumni group was formed last Wednesday.
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Catskill
Coxsackie
Hudson River
New York Haverford Association
Manhattan
James W. Cromwell
Frederick Strawbridge
Isaac Sharpless
Haverford
E. W. Brown
Yale
Church of the Immaculate Conception
Mgr. Murphy
East Fourteenth Street
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