Indict Doyle for Deaths in Maiden Lane Fire of 1920
Dr William F Doyle chief of the New York Fire Department Bureau of Fire Prevention and two staffers were indicted by the Whitman extraordinary grand jury over the Maiden Lane 1920 fire that killed six. Also charged is Robert A Powers owner of the building at 16 and 4 Maiden Lane. Indictments argue culpable negligence in failing to ensure fire escapes and proper remedies. All defendants except Powers surrendered and pled not guilty, bail set at 5000 each.
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William F. Doyle
Bureau of Fire Prevention
New York Fire Department
Whitman
Dr. Doyle
William H. Swartout
Thomas ¥. Lantry
Vire
Robert A. Powers
Malden Lane
Slige
Powers
Criminl Courts
Whitman Grand Jury
Maiden Lane
Weison
Ion
Neview
Fire Department
Supreme Court
Charles S. Whitan
Crand
Aie
Liberty Mao
Hite Department
Robbery Assault on Bradley Beach Shocks Asbury Park
Mrs James J MacNamee, wife of a publicity director, was attacked on Bradley Beach by a man described as of gigantic stature. He struck her to the ground, robbed her of $10 and several checks, and fled toward a cottage at 80 McCabe Avenue. Mrs MacNamee sustained injuries and was taken for medical care. police issued a lookout for the suspect.
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James J. MacNamee
Bradley Beach
Asbury Park
James J.eet
Miller Agrees to Hylan Probe And Senate Act Tuesday
Albany reports that the Senate Finance Committee will next Tuesday report a resolution for a legislative investigation of the Hearst Hylan Tammany regime. The probe aims to show NYC administration corruption and inefficiency and justify charter revision. Initial targets include the First Department and the office of District Attorney Swann amid indictments of State Comptroller Wendell and former Comptroller Travis.
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Albany
Senate Finance Committee
Tribune
New York City
Inv
Ment
Swann
James al Wendell
Eugene M
Officials Clash on Action Co operation Is Pledged
Comptroller Craig struggled to finance city obligations with 47 million short term notes and sought Albany support to pass tax and Chamberlain reforms. He said about 45 million of notes were sold at 6 percent, with 141 million taxes due July 1. bankers criticized the financing approach. A separate dispatch notes railroad workers asking President Harding for a labor railroad conference to resolve disputes and push cooperation.
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Craig
Albany
Hally
Miller
Chemberlain
Philip Berolzheimer
Bedlaving
Comptroller
Long
Stillman Card In Motorist Hitrobert Youth Incident
Nineteen year old Raymond Roth of Franklin Square was struck a glancing blow near his home. The driver, who left his card reading James A. Stillman, assisted the injured youth, sent Dr. Bohrman, and personally visited Roth’s home to ensure care. Roth and family say no complaint was made.
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Raymond Roth
Franklin Square
L. 1
James A. Stillman
Sunda
Million Men Quit British Coal Mines Strike Crisis Deepens UK
A million miners in the United Kingdom walk out for the second time in six months. King George proclaims an emergency under the 1920 act as government moves to safeguard food, fuel, and transport. Rationing is ordered. reports say pits are being evacuated though some enginemen may defy unions in Scotland and the north. Union leaders and government held talks with little sign of settlement as fears mount over wage cuts and wider labor disruption.
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Tribune
New York Tribune
London
United Kingdom
King George
En Pamps
Mies
Scotland
Northumberland
Yorkshire
Mon
Java
Sir Rober Stevenson Horne
Board of Trade
Labor
Triple Alliance
Minera
National Union of Railwaymen
Viviani and Lodge Confer on War Debt and Moral Aid
At a Washington dinner, René Viviani discussed France’s reparations issues with Senator Lodge and U S officials. Viviani stressed France would pay its debts and sought only moral support from the United States, denying any request for material aid.
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Washington
France
Germany
René Viviani
French Republic
Senator Lodge
Foreign Relations Committee
Jusserand
M. Viviani
George W. Wickersham
United States
Lodge
Hoover
Mellon
Coolidge
Moses
New Hampshire
Capper
Kansas
Pomerene
Ohio
M. Viviant
America
Holshevik
Hughes
Mrance
Rhine
Easter rabbits multiply in Powell yard in Flushing
In Flushing Queens the Powell boys discover their backyard hosts twenty eight rabbits after neighbors drop two more over the fence. Charles A Powell, chief engineer of Queens, had agreed to one rabbit, a lady, but the brood has grown to twenty eight. The boys plan care with cabbage leaves and jokes about asking Ellis Parker Butler for advice on multiplying pets.
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Buddy
Sam
Tip
Flushing
Powell
Mr. Powell
Charles A. Powell
Borough of
Queens
Sanford Avenue
Broadway
Fowell
Father
Powell Boys
Ellis Parker Butler
Butler
Girl 8 Dies Saving Sister From Auto in Brooklyn
Florence Karp eight-year-old pushed her younger sister Sarah from an oncoming car in front of 48 Manhattan Avenue Brooklyn. She was struck and killed. A crowd surrounded the car. Anna Weinstein and Irving Schwartzman were inside. Witnesses told investigators Schwartzman argued with Weinstein who was driving. The district attorney advised that both be placed under arrest.
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Llorence Karp
Sarah
Manhattan Avenue
Brooklyn
Florence
Anna Weinstein
McKibben Street
Irving Schwartzman
Reuben A Wilson
Schwartzman
Weinstein
Man Without a Country Lands in Canada
Eamonde, detained four months aboard the Makura under harsh conditions likened to The Man Without Country, was allowed to land in Vancouver B C on March 8 and agreed to return to England immediately. Australian authorities refused him landing, effectively keeping him aboard until further action.
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Vancouver
B. C
T. Grattan Esmonde
Eamonde
England
German Offer to Take Over Allied Debts Reported
London reports that Germany recently signaled to the United States its full recognition of reparations obligations and readiness to discuss assuming a portion of the Allied debts to the United States if all parties consent, according to a Reuter dispatch from Berlin.
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U.S
London
Germany
United States
Reuter
Berlin
Germans Free Americans in Bergdoll Case
MARTEH 31 Carl Neuf and Frank Zimmer were released from imprisonment in Mosbach Germany. The Baden government remitted their sentences for attempting to arrest Grover Cleveland Bergdoll the draft evader. Release follows requests by the German federal government and relies on good behavior. The men head to Coblenz then likely void of German authority. News from Washington says Brigadier General Henry T Allen secured the action with War and State Department support. Weeks declined to detail methods. The case ties to efforts to regain Bergdoll and related passport issues involving British and Canadian authorities.
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Mosbach
Germany
Marteh
Associated Press
Carl Neuf
Frank Zimmer
Neuf
Zimmer
Cobring
Baden
Henry T. Allen
Berlin
the Tribune
Washington
Weeks
United States
Goblenz
Coblens
Allen
American War Department
State Department
Philadelphia
Hergdell
Sinn Fein Attack Kills Five Police in Cork Barracks
Five Irish constables killed and fourteen missing after Sinn Féin assault on Ross Carbery barracks County Cork. Explosives blew the front wall, followed by bombs and rifle fire as police retreated room to room. flames trapped survivors. Elsewhere, one sergeant killed in Limerick fighting. another police officer slightly wounded.
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the Tribune
New York ‘Tribune Inc
London
Sinn Féin
Ross Carbery
County Cork
Clonakilty
Crown
Sinn Péviers
Ballyhahill
County Limerick
Tebel
Rumor of Charles Restoration Stirs Europe
Reports from Vienna indicate former Emperor Charles plans to return to Switzerland amid Austrian, Hungarian and Little Entente tensions. Military mobilizations and martial law spread as Prague and Belgrade coordinate countermeasures against Charles’s attempted throne restoration.
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Switzerland
Vienna
Associated Press
Charles
Hungary
Hun Tian
Budapest
Little Entente
Rumania Jugo-Slavia
Czecho-Slovakia
Tne
Signor Men 2Oni
Italy
Trugo-Slovea
Slovakia
Prague
Sanguinary Red Reprisal In Cronstadt Reported
Three Cronstadt escapees described brutal executions as Communists killed alternating men and every fourth woman. Refugees fear for families left behind and consider fleeing to Tamboy province to join anti Bolshevik forces led by Antonoff, Petrichenko’s rival.
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Iniana
Associated Press
Cronstadt
Witniah Frontier
Tamboy
Antonoff
Petrichenko
Cronorac
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