McAneny committee leans to BRT subway offer in transit row
After talks with Interborough and BRT, the McAneny committee signals support for the city accepting the BRT subway offer. Key votes from McAneny, Cromwell, Prendergast, Mitchel, and Brooklyn’s Steers expected to tilt the Board of Estimate toward the BRT plan, with final decisions due next week.
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Public Service Commission
McAneny Committee
Board of Estimate
Interborough Rapid Transit Company
Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company
McAneny
B. R. T. Subway
Cromwell
Richmond
Co Tee
Miller
Bronx
Interborough
Westchester Avenue
White Plains Road
Bronx River
Prender- Gast
Mitchel
Aldermen
Steers
Brooklyn
Commission
Willcox
Interborough Company
Shorris
Belmont and
Freedman
Fourth Avenue
Mayor Gaynor Contemplates Veto Over New License Review Bill
At a hearing on a bill granting courts power to review Police Commissioner theater license decisions Mayor Gaynor considered a bet with Marc Klaw over the measure. Klaw and colleagues argued such power could cause injustice, citing the Grand Opera House case in Brooklyn. The mayor questioned the need for judicial stays and urged private protection of interests while hinting at a veto after further consideration.
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Gaynor
Marc Klaw
Mr. Klaw
Henry B. Harris
Joseph Brooks
Frank McKee
Grand Opera House
Brooklyn
Elm Street
Supreme Court
Rescued at Falls Brink Near Niagara
Mrs. Elizabeth Hartley of Buffalo, 60, dangled above Niagara Falls after entering the river sixty feet above. State reservation police Con stable Thomas Harrington fought to save her, hooking her dress with a pike pole as others aided. She was dragged ashore and later deemed not to survive. There was a note found with flowers on the river bank and Hartley had been released on parole earlier that day.
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Niagara Falls
N. Y
Elizabeth Hartley
Buffalo
Thomas Harrington
State Reservation Police
Harrington
Hartley
State Hospital
Peace greeting seals feud at Republican clubs
Samuel S. Koenig newly elected President of the Republican County Committee and Samuel Strasbourger, once a strong opponent, bury the hatchet at a club installation. Strasbourger becomes President of the Central Republican Club in the Thirty first Assembly District where John E B Lyon leads. Koenig calls the feud a friendly difference and advocates strong organization, noting the Sixth and Thirty first districts supported Stimson last year. Strasbourger pledges to deliver the club the best clubhouse in the city.
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Samuel S. Koenig
Republican County Committee
Samuel Strasbourger
Strasbourger
Central Republican Club
Thirty-first Assembly
John EB. Lyon
Koenig
Old Guard
Stimson
Deported German Girl Lost in Jamaica Bay Swamps
Magdelena Beck a German girl aged 18 who lived at 18 Pellington Place Brooklyn wandered into the Jamaica Bay marshes while walking on April 1 she cried out as rescuers pursued her for two miles then appeared in a hallucinatory state. She was taken to Kings Park asylum and later deported.
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Magdelena Beck
Pellington Place
Brooklyn
Jamaica Bay
Kings Park
L. I
Roosevelt to Attend Chicago Child Welfare Exhibit
Theodore Roosevelt plans to be a guest at the Chicago Child Welfare Exhibit during its two week run. A placard in the health section notes that larger families see higher child death rates, citing Dr. Alice Hamilton’s figures from 1,600 Chicago families.
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Chicago
Theodore Rosevelt
Alice Hamilton
Young Men Capture Army and Navy Club Leadership
The Army and Navy Club faced a split as younger members ousted the G. A. R. faction electing eight new governors. They push for modern methods and clubhouse expansion despite older members opposing changes. Names of officers and insurgent nominees reflect tensions between regular Army, Navy, National Guard, and G. A. R. presence. Election results were announced with June officer installation anticipated.
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Army and Navy Club
Washington Post
National Guard
New York
Forty-third
Forty-fourth Street
United States Army and Navy Service Club
Army
Navy
United States Volunteers
James T. Smith
Moses Harris
U. S. Ae
Oliver B. Bridgman
N.G
A. Noel Blakeman
Charles Curie, Jr
N.Y
Henry L. Swords
William H. Ledbetter
John A. Hull
U.S.A
Blakeman
Oliver BR. Bridgman
Rene A. de Russy
U. S.V
Henry F. Quackenhof
N. G
N. Y
Manning K. Eyre
George K. Wilson
U.S. A
Divorce for Mrs Sheffield in New Haven
A divorce was granted to Mrs. George Sheffield of Eastern Point New London. She inherited most of the Sanford fortune and was awarded custody of the children. Her former husband Victor Thorne, of a prominent New York family, was once her spouse before she married Sheffield.
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New York Times
New Haven
Conn
George En
Eastern Point
New London
Sheffield
New York Stock Exchange
Sheffield & McCullough
George St. John Sheffield
Yale
Joseph Easle Sheffield
Case Sheffield Scientific School
Samuel Sanford
Yale School
Usic
Henry Sanford
Adams Express Company
Sanford
Victor Thorne
New York
George Sheffield
Thornes
Fire Panic Forces 300 Pupils From St Francis School
A small basement fire at St Francis's Parochial School near the Church of Our Lady of Pity caused about 300 pupils to flee in panic. Sisters and teachers restrained them as the blaze grew, about sixty students on the second floor climbed to a roof, two sisters fainted but recovered, Father Francis and workers put out the rubbish fire with no injuries among the children.
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St. Francis’s Parochial School
Church of Our Lady of Pity
East 151St Street
Pellmell
Francis
British Official Flags Slow Egyptian Self Government
Sir Eldon Gorst reports that efforts to develop self government in Egypt have been disappointing. He states the Legislative Council and General Assembly have become instruments of nationalist agitation against the occupation and are trying to render government business impossible.
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London
Eldon Gorst
Egypt
Legislative Council
General Assembly
Florida Atlanta Birmingham Special Train Schedule
Florida Cuba Special runs 12 38 P M from Penna Station via Seaboard Air Line Ry to Atlanta and Birmingham with through electric lighted steel sleepers. From 1184 Broadway Manhattan and Madison Avenue, phone 5614.
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Florida
Atlanta
Birmingham
Cuba
Penna
Sta
Seaboard Air Line
Ina
Fhone
Adyv
Madero Explains Motive of Revolt In Exclusive Talk
The revolutionary leader and his brother, the war treasury head, discuss the causes behind the uprising in an important interview. The Times previews the upcoming Sunday feature with detailed insights into the Mexican conflict and its key figures.
Driver in Rampage After Child Hit by Car
A horse car struck sixteen month old Bernard Winegold at 176 Madison Street. Rioters overturned the car then rushed a drug store where the child was taken. Policeman Carbonell, with Hines and Munchinsky, protected the scene until medics arrived. The crowd hurled bricks as officers moved the body to the station. The car was wrecked.
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Bernard Winegold
Madison Street
Frederick Hines
Mrs. Winegold
Fines
Hines
Max Munchinsky
Carbonell
Munchinsky
Pike and
Madison Streets
Governeur Hospital
Eberle
Mayor criticizes opponents at Civil Service Reform dinner
Mayor Gaynor defended his administration at the Civil Service Reform Association dinner in New York, praising reform and denying political firings. He joked about critics, discussed weights and measures, and defended moving picture shows while asserting his commitment to civil service principles.
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Gaynor
Civil Service Reform Association
Hotel Savoy
Controller Prendergast
Bureau of Weights and Measures
New York
Edward M. Shepard
Association
E. H. Goodwin
St. Clair McKelway
Osborne May Resign as Forest Commissioner
Albany May 10. Reports say Thomas Mott Osborne of Auburn will resign as Forest Fish and Game Commissioner after illness at his home. Governor Dix would not confirm but said he has received communications from Osborne since leaving Albany three weeks ago.
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New York Times
Albany
Capitol
Thomas Mott Osborne
Auburn
Dix
Osborne
Osborne urged to resign as Forest Commissioner
A Albany rumor states Thomas M. Osborne will resign as Forest Fish and Game Commissioner. He is ill with a grip and confined to bed at his Auburn home with a nurse present. Osborne has not commented while reporters note doctors advised resignation for his recovery and predict the Albany report may be true.
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New York Times
Auburn
Albany
Thomas M. Osborne
Osborne
News of the World subscription offer
Advertising notice urging readers to arrange The Times delivery to country addresses or by mail. Mentions daily and Sunday editions at 76 cents per month and directs to the Publication Office.
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News OF the World
Times
Adv
Maillard's Vanilla Chocolate Bonbons Adored
An advertisement extols Maillard's Vanilla Chocolate as peerless for cooking or as a bonbon, claiming its unmatched quality and lack of equal.
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Maillard
Adv
J J Astor Fined For Driving Too Fast Near London
John Jacob Astor was fined 40 shillings and costs at Croydon today for driving a motor car in excess of the ten mile speed limit. The case was reported by a special cable to The New York Times.
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NEW York Times
London
John Jacob Astor
Croydon
Tax Art Exports Proposed By British Fund Leader
Sir Edgar Vincent urged a 10 percent export tax on old masters at a National Art Collections Fund meeting in London. He argued that annual outflow of paintings to America totals 5 to 10 million dollars, and duties could retain several great works for the nation.
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NEW York Times
London
Edgar Vincent
National Art Collections Fund Today
America
Duel claims life of German officers near Berlin
At dawn in a forest near Berlin, Baron Oswald von Richthofen a reserve officer killed Wilhelm von Gaffron a retired officer after a quarrel over money. Richthofen is son of the late Secretary of Foreign Affairs.
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Berlin
Gay
Oswald von Richthofen
Foreign Affairs
Wilhelm von Gaffron
Taft Offered Summer Home Site in Minnesota
A letter from P. W. Tibbetts village president of Wayzata Minnesota proposes a site for a presidential summer home on Lake Minnetonka. Taft already holds a two year lease on a Beverly Massachusetts cottage.
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Washington
White House
P. W. Tibbetts
Wayseata
Rockefeler Disturbed Over Traffic Sign Near Rockefeller Home
Sleepy Hollow residents appeal to North Tarrytown Trustees to remove a Bedford Road Webber Avenue traffic sign near John D. Rockefeller's house. Webber Avenue is poorly lit while Bedford Road remains illuminated. trustees granted Rockefeller permission to divert traffic to ease his sleep.
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New York Times
Tarrytown
N. Y
Sleepy Hollow
Pocantico Hills
Mr. Rockefeller
Woman Cartoonist Thrown From Horse in New Rochelle
Nell Brinkley, prominent cartoonist, escaped serious injury after being struck by a car on Main Street near City Hall. The incident, during shopping hours, left her bruised and shaken as she was helped by her riding instructor and bystanders before riding home.
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New Rochelle
Nell Brinckley
Main Street
City Hall
Lucille Seed
Pelham Heights
Miss Brinkley
Elm Street
Theresa L. Clark
Miss Seed
Miles A. Seed
Eleanor Seed
Miss Brinkly
Estrada a fugitive in Nicaragua crisis unfolds
A Granada proclamation reports ex president Juan Estrada resigned the presidency then attempted to board a southbound steamer from Curinto as Gen. Luis Mena is reportedly freed. Telecommunication with Managua is cut as Granada reads that a Constituent Assembly may choose Mena to succeed Estrada.
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San Juan del Sur
Nicaragua
Granada
Estrada
Luis Mena
Mena
Adolfo Diaz
Baby Thrown From Train Near Albany Mystery
The body of a girl baby was found near the West Shore Railroad two miles south of Selkirk Station, ten miles from Albany. A cloth knot around the neck and burned clothing suggest strangulation and arson by the mother. The coroner took the body to Albany morgue to establish identity and parentage.
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New York Times
Albany
West Shore Railroad
Selkirk
Armstrong
Juarez Falls as Navarro Surrenders and Prisoner Taken
Insurrectos capture General Navarro and seize 500 prisoners, vast ammunition, and five artillery pieces. Colonel Tambouriel is killed. A federal leader who derided the rebel attack dies in the final stand.
Madero Declares Juarez as Capital in Mexican Revolt
Rebel forces under Gen. Francisco I. Madero Jr. paroled Gen. Navarro and seizure of Juarez strengthens the Maderist bid to topple Porfirio Diaz. Orozco and Garibaldi drive Federals from the Guadaloupe church and surrounding blocks as rebels seize artillery, ammunition, and key government buildings.
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New York Times
Juarez
Mexico
Francisco I. Madero, Jr
Mexico City
Porfirio Diaz
Guadaloupe
Navarru
Rahago
Col. Blanco
Orozco
Garibaldi
Blanco
Custom House
Commercio Street
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