Lighting rate cuts aim to crush private plants in New York
A joint meeting of the International and National Associations of Steam Engineers alleges New York Edison discriminates in rates to drive small electric lighting plants from business. They claim municipal plants were closed and Edison supplies city power at high cost, boosting consumer bills. They plan 50,000 circulars to demand PSC relief and threaten legislative action if unresolved.
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New York Edison Company
International
National Associations of Steam Engineers
Irish-American Athletic Club
East Fifty-ninth Street
Public Service Commission
Edison Company
Sto
Public Service
Engineers’ Association
Consolidated Gas Company
Edison
Michael Murphy
International Association of Steam Engineers
Tombs Court
Charities Department
Bridge Department
Police
Howe
Departmeaa
Tossa Court
International Steam Engineers
Denver
National Association F
Rochester
Bone
New Aluminum Alloy Duralumin Seen as Strong Light Metal
London dispatch reports Duralumin, a new aluminum alloy by H B Weeks of Vickers and Maxim Works, Barrow. It is slightly heavier than pure aluminum yet as strong as steel and far less prone to corrosion. Commercial production is planned in Birmingham with worldwide patents, aiming for October start.
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NEW York Times
London
H. B. Weeks
Vicker’s Sons
Maxim's Works
Barrow
Birmingham
Weeks
Titian-Haired Miss Allen Denies Lawson Tale Of Standard Oil
London dispatch reports an American named Marie Allen living at a Piccadilly hotel denies being the “Standard Oil siren” alleged by Thomas W. Lawson. She says she knows nothing of the men named in cables and claims ignorance of Standard Oil versus corned beef. Her mother is said to live in Boston.
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NEW York Times
London
Thomas W. Lawson
Standard Oil Company
England
Piccadilly
Marie Allen
Marie Allen Reynolds
Miss Allen
Cabled
Yacht Strangely Sinks Off Brooklyn Coast
The Southern Cross, a fifty foot yacht valued at $25,000 and owned by George Mees of Park Slope Brooklyn, sank in thirty feet of water off Sixtieth Street after tying to a buoy near Excelsior Yacht Club. Neighbors and club steward Oscar attempted to tow it ashore but it sank within thirty minutes. a salvage attempt was planned. No motive or cause given, Mees absent at the time.
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Southern Cross
George Mees
Park Slope
Brooklyn
Sixtieth Street
Excelsior Yacht Club
Oscar
Yacht Club
Mr. Mees
Louis D. Brandeis
Boston
Louis Marshall
Julius Henry Cohen
Marshall
Cohen
Brandeis
As Io
Mob Hangs Negro Couple Over Deputy Sheriff Shooting
Graceville Florida September 2. Bodies found hanging from a trestle outside town identified as Ed Christian and Hattie Bowman. They had been seized by a mob from the jail after an arrest related to a deputy sheriff's shooting. Coroner’s verdict cites death by unknown parties. Deputy Burns is reported in critical condition. Christian earlier escaped after a warrant for theft.
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Graceville
Fla
Ed Christian
Allen Burns
Hattie Bowman
Christian
Burns
Bowman
Dothan
Ala
Not Time Enough to Dance at Bayonne High School
At a Bayonne Board of Education meeting voters argued to shift dismissal to 2 30 pm to allow more time for music and dancing before 3 15 pm. Trustee Charles E Pickett proposed 6 to 9 am piano practice, an amendment to an earlier dismissal was defeated. Labor Day events noted with Str Hendrick Hudson Kingston Point aggregate returns and Bee advs.
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Bayonne
Hendrick Hudson
Kingston Point
Bee
Mini Cure For Loss Of Appetite In Water Trial
Brief note suggests half a teaspoon Horsford's Acid Phosphate stirred in water to restore appetite strength and vitality. Contains concise medicinal claim with no further context or dosage details.
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Horsford
New York Census Reveals Notable Details Ahead of Sunday Times
The census returns for New York contain many significant facts beyond the large total expected to attract global attention. Read more in Tomorrow's Sunday Times for a detailed feature.
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New York
Sunday Times
Grahame-White Makes First U S Flight At Harvard Meet
Claude Grahame-White of England aboard a Blériot monoplane achieved the first flight in the United States for the Harvard Boston aero meet opening tomorrow at Atlantic. His six minute flight reached about 1,000 feet, circling the harbor before landing. Cromwell Dixon flew a dirigible but wind halted his attempt to deliver an invitation to the governor.
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Boston
Claude Grahame- White
England
Cromwell Dixon
Columbus
Ohio
Atlantic
Dixon
Draper
Fitzgerald
Grahame- White
Boston Light
White
Dorchester
Clifford B. Harmon
New York
Grahame White
William H. Hillard
Foreign pilots urged for Belmont aviation meet draw
Chairman J C McCoy of the International Aviation meet committee at Belmont Park seeks at least six European entrants for the October 20 through 30 event. France and England have named reps for the trophy contest with Glenn H Curtiss as U S nominee.
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J. C. McCoy
Belmont Park Race Track
McCoy
France
England
Glenn H. Curtiss
United States
Woman aviator Helene Dutrieu sets new distance and height mark
Miss Helene Dutrieu, the French airwoman, established a new record for women pilots by flying with a passenger from Ostend to Bruges and back, about twenty eight miles, circling Bruges at 1,300 feet above the belfry of Les Halles.
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Ostend
Belgium
Helene Dutrieu
Dutrieu
Bruges
Les Halles
Veering Flight From Paris Reaches Poitiers and Angouleme
M Bielo vucci on a Voisin biplane travels from Paris to Bordeaux. He lands in Poitiers at noon after 90 miles in 2 hours 35 minutes. Later arrives in Angouleme from Poitiers in 64 miles in 1 hour and W minutes and plans to continue toward Bordeaux tomorrow morning.
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Poitiers
France
M. Bielovucci
Paris
Bordeaux
Orleans
Angouleme
Swift Flight With Two Passengers Sets Speed Record
Douai France Sept 2 A military aeroplane piloted by Louis Breget and carrying Capt Madiot who made observations flew from Douai to Arras and back today The rate of flight was about fifty six miles an hour a new speed record with a passenger
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Douai
France
Louis Breget
Madiot
Arras
Gowns undeclared to outwit husband on Lusitania
Mrs. Broesel of Lake George, wife of a Jefferson Bank executive and Boessneck, Broesel & Co. owner, faced customs scrutiny after failing to declare expensive gowns, a cloak, and laces from Europe aboard the Lusitania. Trunks and maid’s trunk sent to Public Stores for re examination. labels from Paris houses Redfern Du May Linkel found. Mrs. Broesel admitted purchases and agreed to declare about 250 more dollars. Also aboard: Mrs. C. H. Hopkins and Mrs. Yetta Scheer with jewelry questions and a false bottom trunk respectively.
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Herman Broesel
Lake George
Jefferson Bank
Boessneck, Broesel & Co
Broome Street
Custom House
Smyth
Europe
Broesel
Lusitania
Hopkins
Patricia
Hamburg
Yetta Scheer
East Houston Street
Editor Shot as Satirical Weekly Publishes First Issue
In Havana on September 2 Juan Amer editor of the satirical weekly Chantecler was shot and killed by José Pennino a Liberal candidate for City Councilman. The motive cited is a scurrilous article about a society woman to whom Pennino is attentive. Pennino was arrested.
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Havana
Juan Amer
Chantecler
José Pennino
Pennino
Rockefeller Matriarch Ill Again At Forest Hill
Mrs John D Rockefeller III in Cleveland is reportedly gravely ill at Forest Hill with a cold. Her daughter Alta Rockefeller Prentice has been summoned from New York City as the family worries over her fragile health following illnesses last autumn in Augusta and later convalescence at Tarrytown and Forest Hill.
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New York Times
Cleveland
Ohio
John D. Rockefeller
Augusta
Forest Hill
Alta Rockefeller Prentice
New York City
Park Row Cave-In Halts Traffic At Municipal Building Site
A cave-in on the Park Row side of the new Municipal Building undermined soil for about thirty feet and caused a fifty foot ground collapse beneath Third Avenue trolley tracks. Traffic was blocked from William Street to the bridge. Supt Fairbanks of the Foundation Company oversaw immediate repairs and blamed heavy traffic on the Park Row side.
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Park Row
Municipal Building
Third Avenue
William Street
Chambers Street
Chatham Square
Supt. Fairbanks
The
Foundation Company
Harriman Lines Retrench Ordered by Rail Chiefs
OGDEN Utah Sept 2 On an order from Julius Kruttschnitt director of maintenance of way Harriman system local officers of the Union Pacific Oregon Short Line and Southern Pacific Railroads have ordered all improvement work stopped and rigid retrenchments inaugurated.
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Ogden
Utah
Julius Kruttschnitt
Harriman
Union Pacific
Oregon Short Line
Southern Pacific
$50,000,000 CO. CHARTER FOR WILMINGTON COMPANY
The City Service Company of New York with a capital of 50 million dollars was chartered under Delaware laws at Dover. It is empowered to distribute light heat and power. Incorporators are Selm Panderson James M. Satterfield and Arley B. Magee. Backed by New York opticians, details remain undisclosed.
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Public Service Commission
Consolidated Gas Company
Astoria
New York Times
Wilmington
Del
City Service Company of
New York
Delaware
Dover
Anselm Panderson
James M. Satterfield
Arley B. Magee
Chicago customs up in August in record tolls
Duties paid into Chicago customs for August totaled 1 260 721 90 dollars, the largest monthly collection in the office history, surpassing the prior record by about 100 000 dollars. Collector Ames attributes the rise to liquor importers rushing to pay duties before treaty expirations with France Spain and Italy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Customs Collector
Ames
France
Spain
Italy
Parson Held For Theft In Durham Church Funds
The Rev Chester H Sweet former pastor of Durham Congregational Church was arraigned on misappropriation charges of church and society funds and held for Superior Court after posting bond. The 2 year old minister, married, was arrested in New Haven and brought to Durham for the hearing. He had come from Boston and served about a year at the Durham church, leaving abruptly last February.
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Durham
N. C
Chester H. Sweet
Superior
Sweet
New Haven
Boston
Guggenheim resigns from Sydenham Hospital board
Isaac Guggenheim quits the Sydenham Hospital board at 341 East 111th Street after decades as a generous patron estimated at 100 900. His departure follows fellow directors failing to raise 4000 toward a 19 000 deficit, despite his pledge of 15000. Others named include Joseph P. Day Otto Rosalsky Walter Moore and William Fletcher. The superintendent Evan Egghr has left, though not linked to the resignation.
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Isaac Guggenheim
Sydenham Hospital
East 111Th Street
Guggenheim
Mr. Guggenheim
Lkely
Robert Kunitzer
Evan Egghtr
Joseph P. Day
Otto Rosalsky
Walter Moore
William Fletcher
William Bratter
New Beashore Time Table Adopted for Road Routes
The Pennsylvania Railroad will implement a new time-table on Tuesday September 6 for the routes between New York and Long Branch, Asbury Park and Pt Pleasant. The advertisement notes the changes apply to the journey between these points.
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New Beashore
Pennsylvania Railroad
New York
Long Branch
Asbury Park
Pt. Pleasant
Barnes Attacks Roosevelt in Open Fight at Saratoga
Albany Republican boss William Barnes Jr declares the Old Guard must resist Roosevelt’s rise as the party gears for the Saratoga convention on Sept 27. The piece details internal strife, direct primary debates, and warnings that Roosevelt’s momentum could threaten business and national unity.
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Ob Guard
Theodore Roosevelt
Republican Organi
Roosevelt
Saratoga
William Barnes, Jr
Albany
Old Guard
Col. Roosevelt
Lloyd C. Griscom
Republican County Committee
Barnes
Mr. Barnes
Timothy L. Woodruff
New York
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Ublic
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West Thirtyfourth Street
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Boston Harbor
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Harvard
Ernor
Massachusetts
Dirigible
Charles Heitman
Aero Club
Harvard Aeronautic Society
Augustus Post
Sheepshead Bay
Lieut. Fickel
Twenty-ninth Regiment
Department of the East
Miss Dutrieu
Trunks
J. D. Rockefeller III
New City Building
Harriman Lines
Chicago Customs
Parson
C. H. Sweet
Congregational Church
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