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Newspaper

New York Times

Location

New York, New York, United States of America

Date

May 12, 1911

Page

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Plan Compromise on Subway Bids Faces Proposals

Interest groups push a compromise between Interborough and Brooklyn Rapid Transit to divide Manhattan and Brooklyn territories. The plan would assign Huron Street to Interborough and Queens to BRT, with Corona and Astoria links possibly included. McAneny Committee on the Board of Estimate signals openness as Borough President Steers backs BRT.

Interborough Rapid Transit Company Interborough Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company Manhattan Brooklyn Huronx Queens Corona Astoria McAneny Committee Board of Estimate Prookln Rapid Transit Company Miller Bronx McAneny Brooklyn Eagle Steers Brooklyn Rapid Transit Brookish Rapid Transit Interboroug

Shonts Defends Interborough Subway Plan Over Brooklyn Offer

T P Shonts president of the Interborough Rapid Transit Company argues the subway plan benefits the city more than Brooklyn Rapid Transit. He contends BRT would require city risk and liens on earnings while Interborough offers to fund construction with city cost sharing and absorb deficits if needed. Page 3 continuation promised.

T. P. Shonts Interborough Rapid Transit Company Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company Brooklyn Rapid Transit Brooklyn Queens Interborough Manhattan Interborough Company Faso

Carpenter rescued from church roof fall in New York

Joseph Shanahan, a carpenter, fractured his leg in three places when a scaffold gave way on a church roof at St Thomas Episcopal Church near Fifty third Street and Fifth Avenue. Dr Botsford climbed a seventy five foot ladder to reach him and he was lowered to the street on a wide plank tied with ropes. Shanahan was later taken to Flower Hospital for treatment and was expected to recover.

Joseph Shanahan West 144Th Street St. Thomas's Episcopal Church Fiftythird Street Fifth Avenue Botsford Flower Hospital Shanahan Bot Laban

Carnegie Grants 375000 for City Library School

At a Directors meeting a Carnegie trust offer of 700 a year for five years was accepted to create a library school. Dr. John S. Billings said the program aims to train men and women for library work and should be well patronized. The Executive Committee will draft plans after the new library opens May 13.

Public Library Andrew Carnegie Air. Carnegie Johns. Billings Carnegie

Islip Mini ster’s Wife Killed in Auto Crash Near Kings Park

Mrs. Danielee Overton wife of the Islip Presbyterian minister died in an automobile accident near Kings Park. John King a lumber merchant his wife and Mrs John Doxsee escaped serious injuries. The car turned turtle after striking a road rut and Mrs Overton was instantly killed with a broken neck. The Kings and Doxsee households suffered only minor injuries.

Islip Danielee Overton Kings Park Overton John King John (. Doxsee King Brooklyn

Van Tuyl to be State Superintendent of Banks

Albany May 11 The nomination of George Van Tuyl Jr Albany to be State Superintendent of Banks to succeed Orion H Cheney will be confirmed by the Senate on Monday night. The Senate Finance Committee voted to report favorably the nomination. The committee also plans to report favorably James A Holden Glens Falls as State Historian replacing Victor H Paltsits New York. Governor Dix said Van Tuyls politics do not matter and that the post should stay nonpartisan.

Ito New York Limes Albany George van Tuyl, Jr Orion Hi. Cheney Senate Senate Finance Committee James A. Holden Glens Falls Victor H. Palts

Mitchel's Place Robbed in Somers Estate Lodge

White Plains May 11 Sheriff Scerp asked to hunt burglars who entered the hunting lodge on John Purroy Mitchel's Somers country estate and carried away movable goods. Tracks show a carriage. The estate had no caretaker after a prior fatal shooting claim by Richard Davenport. Police suspect a gang of yeggmen traveling the Catskill Aqueduct.

New York Times White Plains N. Y Scerp Westchester County John Purroy Mitchel New York Board of Aldermen Somers Richard G. Davenport Thomas Heffernan Davenport Catskill

Sure of Mrs Sage's 500000

The ninety fifth annual American Bible Society meeting at the Bible House reported securing 500000 subscriptions to satisfy Mrs. Russell Sage's conditional gift of 500000. The late John S Kennedy also bequeathed 500000. Trust funds total 2118548, with growth expected as only 94500 of Sage gift subscriptions have been paid.

The American Bible Society Bible House William S. Haven Russell Sage John S. Kennedy

Champagne Ad Featuring Moet & Chandon Imperial Crown

An advertisement touts Moet & Chandon Imperial Crown and White Seal Very Dry as choice, finely matured and superior quality for clubs hotels restaurants cafes and dealers. It targets upscale venues and discriminating buyers.

Moét & Chandon A. A

Doctor Found Shot in Riverside Flat

Dr. W. R. C. Latson, skin specialist and writer, was found dead in his ground floor library at 660 Riverside Drive near 143rd Street. A note lay beside him. police and a coroner termed it death by his own hand after a nurse from Miss Gordon’s visit earlier that night.

W. R. C.latson Riverside Drive 143D Street West 125Th Street Dr. Larson Edward Kapaber Louis Kapaber Kapaber Miss Gordon 151St Street Larson Kanaber Young Wapaber Kapaher Louis Kanaber Dr. Tatson Newman Latsen Neamin Dr. Latsen Dr. Smith J. Hood Wright Hospital Young Rap Ber Feinberg Health and Culture Alta Marhelka Broadway Miss Marhelka Psychology of Beatrice Cochrane Knouitz Robert Seaman Nelly Bly Latson Brooklyn Manhattan

Dewey’s Ever-Flowing Wine Bottle Display

A Dewey & Sons Co. display showcases a perpetual wine bottle in their window at 188 Fulton Street New York, inviting public attention to the novelty and the firm’s offerings.

DEWEY Dewey & Sons CO Fulton 8T

Madero Interviewed on Mexican Revolution by Rebel Leaders

The Times presents an in depth explanation of causes and progress of the Mexican revolt as shared by Francisco I. Madero and his brother Gustavo, who leads the revolt’s financial efforts, to inform American readers.

Times

Hyde faces new indictment in Carnegie Trust case

A superseding indictment was returned against Charles H. Hyde former City Chamberlain on bribery charges as a two ton safe owned by William J. Cummins was opened in the Grand Jury room. District Attorney Whitman and Justice Davis offered no comment.

Grand Charles H. Hyde Justice Davis Criminal Branch Supreme Court Justie Davis William J. Cummins Carnegie Frust Company Samuel Untermyer Slyde Mr. Hyde Stephen C. Baldwin Brooklyn Carnegie Trust Company Joseph B. Reichmann Carnegie Trust Mr. Tivde Joseph G. Robin Northern Bank John W. Smith Hyde Cummins Payson Merrill Martin J. Condon Charles A. Moore, Jr District Attorney's Office George W. Egbert Criminal Courts Grand Jury Room Justice Banking Department Clark Mr. Cummins Merrill

Parsons Dismissed by Park Board Amid Contested Action

Samuel Parsons Jr long‑time landscape architect for the city park system was dismissed by a Park Board vote of 4 to 1 after a special session. Parsons’ counsel argued he had not seen the full Fosdick accounts and questioned evidence while Board members debated due process and the sufficiency of charges.

Samuel Parsons, Jr Park Board Stover Manhattan Higgins Bronx Kennedy Brooklyn Parsons A. L D. Parker Sir ST En Commissioner of Accounts Parsons Ie Department of Parks Fosdick Mr. Stover Mr. Parker E. W. Hilgard University of California Hoff Stever Prof. Hilgard Washington Parker Prof. Whitney Gutzon Borglum

Dying After Fist Fight Between Cousins

Joseph l Terazza and Joseph Saporano, both eighteen, fought in a Broadway Canal Street basement with friends over a weeks old grievance. Saporano was knocked out, revived, then home. He later collapsed with a fractured skull and brain hemorrhages at St. Vincent's Hospital. Terazza was jailed as Saporano’s condition worsened.

Joseph l Terazza Monroe Street Joseph Saporano Thompson Street Broadway Canal Street Saporano St. Vincent's Hospital Terazza Macdougal Street

Speaker Champ Clark Confined by Severe Cold

Washington May 11 Speaker Champ Clark is bedridden with a severe cold though doctors say his condition is not serious and he may preside when the House meets tomorrow. He had suffered from a cold for days before a sudden acute lumbago attack.

Washington Champ Clark Clark

They Who Stuck To Sheehan Dinner For Loyal Legislators

William F. Sheehan hosted a private dinner at the Manhattan Club for legislators who backed him during the United States Senatorship fight. He said attendance would be small and there would be no speaking. The event drew most Tammany lawmakers who supported him and a few others.

William F. Sheehan Manhattan Club United States

Green Spot in Times Square to Become Small Garden

Times Square visitors watch a triangular plot bounded by Seventh Avenue Broadway and Forty-seventh Forty-sixth Streets fenced off for a city garden. Workers dig up pavement and the ventilator skylight will stay while grass flowers grow around it. Benches may be added for tired actors.

Times Square Seventh Avenue Broadway Forty-seventh Forty-sixth Streets

Green Private Car Stuns with Quiet Luxury

E H R Green son of Hetty Green and head of the Texas Midland Railroad received a private car built in Terrell Texas. The car features a green exterior green interior with gold trim and green carpet. He ordered no gaudy or loud decorations and asked for understated elegance.

Hetty Green Texas Nee York Times Dallas Tex E. H.R. Green New York Texas Midland Railroad Terrell

Tufts Plans $1,000 Endowment to Raise Professors’ Pay

Tufts College President Frederick W. Hamilton says rising living costs push top instructors to other fields. College seeks a $1,000 endowment with income dedicated to increasing faculty salaries.

Medford Mass Frederick W. Hamilton Tufts College

Kidnappers Kill Child Elsie Paroubek in Chicago

A $1,000 reward, including $200 from Governor Deneen, is offered for the arrest and conviction of Elsie Paroubek's murderer. Coroner Hoffman suggests suffocation may have been the method. Police watch Gypsies along the canal suspected of involvement.

Chicago

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Madero Named Cabinet Amid Mexico City Rebel Rise

A force of 1500 armed rebels near Mexico City looms as popular sentiment tilts toward uprising. Diaz refuses to retire while Madero forms a provisional cabinet and peace talks resume with government go-betweens. Navarro to be tried by court martial. foreign diplomats allowed to arm. Rebel advances reported in Puebla and Chiapas.

Gen. Diaz Gen. Madero Provisional Government of Mexico Juarez Minister de la Barra Mexico City Navarro Washington Puebla Chiapas Cananea

Audacious Revolution Coup in Mexico City Seizes Cars

May 11 reports reveal revolutionists seizing three motor cars on Avenue Juarez, arming them with rifles and ammo then driving to Puebla. A 1,500 man fighting organization is described, with plans to defend foreign quarters as Diaz's stance stirs speculation of a broader uprising.

Mexico City Juarez Puebla Diaz

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