Williams Denounces Interborough Compromise Bid
Col T S Williams president of the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company rejects a proposed division of subway territory as a ploy to delay and confuse transit plans. He states Mayor Gaynor's commissioner brought the plan after talks with Interborough officials and warns the city cannot accept any compromise while supporting a unified rate system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Col. T. S. Williams
Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company
William G. Morrissey
Brooklyn Board of Real Estate Brokers
Mr. Morrissey
Ikingsley Martin
Gaynor
Interborough
Col. Williams
Interborough Company
Brooklyn Rapid Transit Comany
Academy of Music
Broadway
City Hall Park
Public Service Commission
Shonts
Interborough Rapid Transit Company
Board of Estimate
McAdoo
Nterborough
Brooklyn Rapid Transit
T. S. Williams
Bar Association
Col Williams
Walter G. Oakman
McAneny
Eee
Menit
Interborough Pooreeramence
Paris enjoys taxi strike as horse cabs revive in May
Paris experiences a 24 hour taxi strike over petrol duty. Horse-drawn cabs suffice and public mood shifts against modern taxis. Americans hire private cars from sportsmen outside hotels. Taxi service to resume tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tos
New York Times
Paris
Automobile Club
Boy Falls From Elevated Train Window in Fifty Fifth Street Standoff
A three year old, Paul K Kloss, toppled from an open window of a southbound Sixth Avenue elevated car at 125th Street. Police officer Trainor retrieved him after he landed on the boardwalk between Sixth and Ninth Avenue stations. The boy was unhurt and calm as passengers cheered. Miss Barbara Kloss, his aunt, held him beside the car until downtown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sixth Avenue
125Th Street
Barbara Kloss
Eighth Avenue
Paul K Kloss
Miss Kloss
Trainor
West Forty-seventh Street
Sixth
Ninth Avenue
Jie
Angouleme San Sebastian Air Race Opens Fueled By Crowd
Angouléme hosts the Paris Madrid aviation race stage to San Sebastian with aviators Vedrine Gibert and Garros completing the first leg of 279 miles by yesterday. Garros and Gibert followed Vedrine in rapid pursuance as Frey’s plane suffered damage at Etampes. Garros departed Angouléme at 1:13 this morning and Gibert six minutes later, while Vedrine waited in haze before taking off at 6:55 and crossing the line at 7:10.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Angouleme
Angouléme
San Sebastian
Vedrine
Gibert
Garros
Frey
Etampes
Vedrine reaches San Sebastian after Paris to Madrid stage
Vedrine arrived at 10:50 A M in San Sebastian after completing the second leg of the Paris to Madrid flight. He landed amid cheers after a wing graze near Fuenterrabia and continued to the Spanish coast. Garros also reached San Sebastian at 11:40 A M, while Gibert faced fog and a delayed startup. A Paris bulletin reported Premier Monis improving after the opening race disaster where Minister Berteaux was killed.
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San Sebastian
Vedrine
Paris
Garros
Fuenterrabia
Gibert
Angouléme
Biarritz
Monis
Madrid
M. Train
M. Berteaux
Seamen Await Strike Order Across UK Ports
Notices posted at ports warn seamen and firemen to be ready to strike on signal. Union reps say world wide strike could begin any day, while steamship companies doubt it will occur. John H. Thomas doubts a strike. Matthew Tearle insists it will happen unless demands are met.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
United Kingdom
Sailors and Firemen’s Union of
Great Britain
John H. Thomas
International Mercantile Marine Company
Matthew Tearle
The
Sailors and Firemen’s Union of Great Britain
Shipping Federation of Great Britain
Arrived Rotterdam May 10 Planatic Incomplete Entry
Fragmentary item notes arrival of the SS Rotterdam on May 10 at Rotterdam with a garbled phrase about a planatic invisible Bisight ne las ners and distant vision and a reference to Spencer's 7esiden Lane Ve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rotterdam
Spencer's
Laurier at Pilgrims dinner stirs talk of Anglo American alliance
Sir Wilfrid Laurier told an English audience that annexation of Canada by the United States is unthinkable and praised the two nations living side by side. He urged a future alliance of lands springing from England and stressed mutual respect and peaceful borders across North America.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Pilgrims Society
Wilfrid Laurier
Canada
Wilfrid
England
United States
Great Britain
North American
United Kingdom
Dominion
George V
Diogenes
Alexander
Oth
Lord Roberts
Lord Halsbury
Edward Grey
Washington
Hesey
Edward
John L. Griffiths
Taft
America
The
Peas
Augustin Birrell
Ireland
Lord Alverstone
Lewis Harcourt
Dukes of Wellington
Devonshire
Marlborough
Ernest Shackleton
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Society
Harry Britne
Garibaldi’s Mexican Tale From Italian Patriot
Garibaldi described as a picturesque soldier of the era, famed Italian patriot, shares adventures in a forthcoming feature in the Times next Sunday. The piece promises insightful recollections of his exploits and the Italian struggle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Une
Mexico
Times
Negro killer mob lynches Gallatin judge and cook
Special to The New York Times Nashville Tenn May 23 mob violence ends in the death of Judge David Barry of Gallatin and his cook Minnie Draper. Jim Sweat an ex convict shoots Barry and Draper then escapes, is captured after a two hour standoff and hanged by a mob. Judge Barry aged 56, a Sumner County leader, leaves a wife Adelaide Wynne and two children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Nashville
Tenn
David Barry
Gallatin
Jim Sweat
W. L. Cook
Criminal Court
Barry
Sweat
Judge Barry
Eeruee
State Penitentiary
Gov. Patterson
Citie
Judge Arry
Sumner County
D. F. Barry
First National Bank of Gallatin
Adelaide Wynne
Dayton
Ala
Alfred R. Wynne
Castalian Springs
Neturner
Patterson
Central Hudson A Wreck Near West Point
The steamer Central Hudson grounded opposite West Point and is feared doomed as water floods the hold. Rocks under her hull cause leaks during freeing attempts, four pumps work continuously, and Merritt-Chapman wrecking crew prepares to drag her off. The grounding occurred Monday at 6 o'clock between Duck Island and Gees Point Lighthouse while avoiding a tow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Newburg
N. Y
Central Hudson
West Point
Merritt-Chapman
New York
Midway
Duck Island
Gees Point
Third of Cain's Victims Dies in Affray
Albert Lindblom a 31 year old driver of 910 Columbus Avenue died yesterday at J Hood Wright Hospital becoming the third victim of the running fight on May 27 in upper Columbus Avenue. Cain remains alive in Bellevue Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Lindblom
Columbus Avenue
John Cain
J. Hood Wright Hospital
Cain
Bellevue Hospital
Ady advises Angostura bitters in drinks at soda fountains
A quoted note from Ady promotes asking for Angostura bitters in fountain beverages claiming it makes them delicious. The tip targets soda fountain patrons and urges flavorful customization.
Divorce in Three Minutes Shocks St. Louis Court
Mrs. Paul Brown Jr a social leader won a divorce from Paul Brown in three minutes before Judge Wurdemann of the Circuit Court of St Louis County on May 23 in St Louis Missouri.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis
Paul Brown, Jr
Paul Brown
Wurdemann
Circuit Court
St. Louis County
Dewey's Pure Grape Juice Advertises Nourishment
Purified blood nourishing beverage by Dewey & Sons Co at 138 Fulton St New York. Berkshire Inn at Great Barrington Mass announces opening date May 26 with available Avy 7 details.
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DEWEY
Ap Dewey & Sons CO
Fulton St
Berkshire Inn
Great Barrington
Mass
Woman Rescues Housekeeper as burglars break in
Mrs Ida Rose, a housekeeper for Dr D Bryson Delavan, fights off two burglars who entered the rear of a first floor room at 1 East Thirty third Street. Detectives Kenny Van Wagner and Bowersmith capture one man as another escapes through the front door. Additional break in reported at 94 East Thirty third Street. The injured woman received medical aid and was taken to a hospital. The suspect refused to name his partner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ida Rose
D. Bryson Delavan
East Thirty-third Street
Rose
Mrs. Rose
Thirtythird Street
Fifth Avenue
Delavan
Dr. Delavan
Henry G. Bugbee
East Fortyfirst Street
Edith M. Sedgwick
Mrs. Sedgwick
Thirtieth Street
Frank Lang
Seventh Avenue Mills Hotel
Talks Chinese to House in a Minute Long Phrase
Representative W D Stephens told the House a Chinaman in a Los Angeles Police Court was asked when he last saw the dog. Interpreters rendered a long stream of Chinese that lasted a full minute causing laughter. The record tomorrow will note a Chinese sentence occupying one minute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House of Representatives
Congressional Record
W. D. Stephens
California
House
Los Angeles
Olmsted
Mr. Stephens
Dooley Named to Replace Rogers as House File Clerk
Joseph C. Rogers of Philadelphia left duty to back Reyburn’s congressional bid. Peter Dooley of New York City’s Fifteenth District, a Tammany operative, became the new House file clerk earning $3,250 a year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Washington
Joseph C. Rogers
Seventh Ward
Philadelphia
House
Reyburn
Congress
Trimble
Rogers
Florida-Atlanta-Birmingham Rail Special Timetable Note
Florida Atlanta Birmingham service details list departure times 12 38 P M and 2 08 P M from Penn Station via Seaboard Air Line Ry. Through electric lighted steel sleepers Ing 1184 Broadway. Phone 5644 Madison
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Florida
Atlanta
Birmingham
Cuba
Atlanta- Birmingham
Penna
Sta
Seaboard Air Line Ry
Harlem Tenements Burn In Morningside Heights Fire
Fire started in Ross Lumber Yards at 115th Street and Manhattan Avenue and spread to seven tenements on 116th and 115th Streets. Residents fled into the street as embers and a gasoline storehouse explosion fed the blaze. Acting Chief Kenton arrived. by 4 a.m. lumber yard fire still blazed while tenement fire was under control. over 100 tenants displaced but no injuries reported.
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Morningside Heights
Ross Lumber
115Th Street
Manhattan Avenue
116Th Street
Kenton
116Th
115Th Streets
Huston Sentenced in Capitol Conspiracy Case
The State Supreme Court affirmed the lower court in Joseph M. Huston of Philadelphia, architect of the new State Capitol building, sentencing him to not less than six months nor more than two years for conspiring with State officials to defraud the State. He will begin serving his term.
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Harrisburg
Penn
State Supreme Court
Joseph M. Huston
Philadelphia
State Capitol
Huston
Shaker Colony to Close as Ohio Estate Liquidated
The Mount Lebanon Ministry and two women from Mount Lebanon depart Pittsfield to Union Village Ohio to settle finances of the Shaker colony there. The Ohio estate, valued at 400000 to 1000000 dollars, includes 4000 acres of prime farmland to be sold.
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Pittsfield
Mass
Mount Lebanon
Union Village
Ohio
Eldresses
Harriet Bullard
Catherine Allen
N. Y
Ohio Colony
Excavations in England Shift From Bacon Theory to Roman Bridge
In Chepstow England on May 23 the Owen expedition to find Shakespearian authorship manuscripts in the River Wye mud was abandoned after timbers surfaced proving they were Roman bridge foundations. Excavations will resume at another site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chepstow
England
Orville Owen
Detroit
Bacon
Alaskans Plan Private Coal Mine Expedition
About 140 Cordova residents left for the Bering River coal fields near Katalla to mine coal for Cordova and other Alaska towns. They organized a subscription drive to fund the expedition and intend to locate a mine and acquire claims to work immediately without waiting for government action.
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Cordova
Alaska
Bering River
Katalla
Here
Cecal
Science Churches Secede From Mother Church
A resolution passed by 93 to 3 at the Fourth Church of Christ, Scientist in Minneapolis withdraws from the Mother Church in Boston citing Board of Directors authority since Mrs Eddy’s death and approval of Abbot Smith teaching. The church plans to become a Christian Science Reformed Church. Similar action reported at the Second Church of Christ, Scientist in Duluth with one dissent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis
Minn
A. E. Smith
Fourth Church of Christ, Scientist
Associated Press
Boston
Abbot Smith
Senator OGorman Named Head Of Mental-Condition Commission
Judge Warren W. Foster in General Sessions named United States Senator James A. O Gorman chairman of a commission to assess the mental condition of Joseph F Fletcher, indicted for felonious assault. Other members are Dr J Ralph Jacoby and Joseph Cabus. Fletcher's lawyer said he could not speak. a Temps physician reported advanced alcoholic insanity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren W. Foster
United States
James A. O'Gorman
Joseph F. Fletcher
J. Ralph Jacoby
West Seventy-second Street
Joseph Cabus
Eighth Avenue
O'Gorman
Supreme Court
O'Gorman, Battle & Marshall
Fletcher
Edward J. Keene
Edward Carpel
Foster
Dr. McGuire
Temps
Special trains to Atlantic City on Memorial Day
Special trains depart Atlantic City on Tuesday May 30 from Pennsylvanian Railroad at 4 00 and 6 30 PM with parlor dining and coach cars. Through trains from New York Penn Station run weekdays 10 12 AM 3 04 PM Saturdays 1 20 PM and Sundays 8 12 PM.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic City
Pennsylvania Railroad
New York
Pennsylvania Station
Ady
Waldo Installed as Police Chief After Cropsey Resigns
Rhinelander Waldo, Fire Commissioner since 1916, was named Police Commissioner by Mayor Gaynor after James Cropsey resigned amid civil service and graft allegations. Cropsey’s last act was to dismiss Inspector John J. O'Brien tied to the Coney Island case. Croker or O Keeffe discussed as possible successors. Waldo urged reform and to end favoritism in promotions.
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Cropsey
Croker
O’keeffe
Rhinelander Waldo
Gaynor
James C. Cropsey
President Creelman
Municipal Civil Service Commission
Civil Service Commission
Waldo
John J. O’brien
O’brien
Coney Island
Creelman
TIMES
Ion
Rey
the Civil Service Board
Fire
Arid
Isq
O'Keeffe
Wildo
Edward F. Croker
Wig
O'Keefe
United States Secret Service
New York City
Sai
Police Department
O'Brien
Walsh
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Cel
Williams
Bay of 3
Laurier
Knollys
Garibaldi
Negro
Judge
Ored Cook
Tennessee
Get
Dr. D. Bryson Delavan
Him
Stephens
Peter Dooley
Tammany Man
Harlem
Pennsylvania
Shaker Colony
Owen
Science Churches
Duluth
Mother Church
O’gorman
Inspector O'Brien
Headquarters
Peciice
Winfield S. Sheehan
W. L. Kinley
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