Brooklyn Bridge Experts Declare Structure Strong for Six Car Trains
UK engineers report the Brooklyn Bridge in excellent condition capable of carrying six car motor trains when needed. Towers remain in first class shape, with noted contraction expansion effects and plans to replace the floor system as work progresses.
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Brooklyn Bridge
Bridge Loop
Bridge Department
C. M. Ingersoll
W- H. Burr
Leon Moisseiff
Burr
Mr. Moisseiff
Quebec Bridge
Brooklyn
Officers for Jenkins Trust reorganized Brooklyn firm
Almed Reed Larson announced officers for the Jenkins Trust Company of Brooklyn reorganization. President Harold A. Davidson and vice presidents H B Scharmann and Davies Irwin lead a slate with secretary Harry Ferguson and treasurer Joseph Lengtin. Directors include Scharmann, Jackman, Feltman, Eppig, O Keefe, Barry, Kister, Hirsch, Murphy, Smith, Levi, and others with vacancies. Justice Townsend said he did not know trial timing for the Jenkinses.
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Almed Reed Larson
Jenkins Trust Company of
Brooklyn
Harold A. Davidson
H. B. Scharmann
Davies
Irwin
Harry R. Ferguson
Joseph Lengtin
The
Beaver National Bank
Merry F. Adams
A. ©. Scharmann
S. E. Jackman
Charles J. Feltman
F. B. Smail
Theodore C. Eppig
Arthur J. O'Keefe
Jen MoNer
John T. Barry
Frederick W. Kister
Tingo Hirsh
J. KR. Murphy
George H. Smith
A. J. Levi
H. R. Ferguson
L. BH. Irwin
Charles H. Robinson
Guardian Trust Company
J. W. Ridgway
E. Whelmund
N. A. Stemmerman
H. F. Scharmann
Justice Townsend
Lorain Steel Company Sues Union Railway System Receiver Appointed
Judge La Combe in the United States Circuit Court made permanent yesterday the appointment of Frederick W. Whitridge as receiver for the Union Railway System in The Bronx and Westchester County. Whitridge also serves as receiver for the Third Avenue line.
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Lorain Steel Company
Pennexivenie
Union Railway System
Bronx
Westchester County
Laccombe
United States Circuit Court
Frederick W. Whitridge
Mr. Whitridge
Third Avenue
Subways Bonds Exemption Move Reaches Albany
Controller Metz and aides push a constitutional amendment to exempt subway bonds from debt limit review. The advisory group shaped the measure to curb alleged reckless financing, aiming to free about 1250000 by 1910 for subways and docks if approved.
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Albany
Metz
Page
Finance Department
Edgar J. Levey
Alfred R. Page
Lawson Purdy
Tax Board
Marters Advisory Commission
George S. Coleman
Public Service Commission
Gould's Answer in Separation Suit Names Actor Dustin Farnum
Howard Gould files answer to Katherine Gould's separation suit in Supreme Court. He cites Katherine's alleged conduct with Dustin Farnum during 1905 tours and in New York areas, plus episodes of drinking and improper behavior at Sherry's Martin's Casino Theatre and home. Mrs Gould's lawyer seeks jury, opposing by Gould. Justice Dowling reserved decision.
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Howard Gould
Katherine Clemmons Gould
Supreme Court
Gould
Dustin Farnum
Sherry’s
Martin's
Casino Theatre
New Amsterdam Theatre
Archibald R. Watson
Justice Dowling
Fireman saves mother in grand first assignment
Michael Conway a three month veteran of Hook and Ladder Company 1 carried his mother and father and seven siblings from a fourth floor of a Pearl street tenement. Julia Isola died after leaping from a window. Hannah Hanlon and Martha Morgan were seriously injured while nine firemen and two gas company workers were overcome by gas.
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Michael Conway
Hook and Ladder Company 1
Pearl Street
the Tribune
Julia Isola
House of Relief
Hudson Street
Hannah Hanlon
Martha Morgan
Conwlidated Gas Company
Conway
Duane Street
Engine 7
Craven Resigns Naval Militia Post Amid Health
Governor Hughes accepted Maccdonough Craven’s resignation as commander of the 1st Battalion naval militia yesterday. Craven had held the post since the resignation of Commander W B Franklin and rejoined as Street Cleaning Department Commissioner due to ill health. Lieutenant Barnard will temporarily fill the vacancy. both Craven and Franklin served as volunteers in the Spanish American War.
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Maccdonough Craven
Hughes
Naval Militia
W. B. Franklin
Craven
United States
Justin
Barnard
Fights Off Police Five Hours in Montreal
John Smith, a book agent, held off Montreal police and fire crews for five hours at 34 Mance street. Constable Shea was killed and Constable Focoult and Chief Detective Carpenter were wounded before Smith was shot and found with three wounds. Officers fired fifty revolvers. Smith believed to be using an alias.
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Montreal
Que
John Smith
Carpenter
Focoult
Shea
Mance Street
Smith
Patrolmen Reinstated After Hazing Scandal At Oak Street
Three Oak Street patrolmen who were dismissed for hazing Stephen S. Welsh and one later discharged for cowardice were restored to duty by Commissioner Bingham following Appellate Division action. Patrolman Eugene Clinton may retire on pension. Christopher T. Fitzgerald and Frederick W. Unger are expected to remain on duty. Two platoons were reassigned when dismissal occurred.
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Oak Street
Stephen S. Welsh
Bingham
Appellate Division
Eugene Clinton
Christopher T. Fitzgerald
Frederick W. Unger
Missing Philadelphia iron works superintendent John McMullen
Police issued a general alarm for John McMullen a Philadelphia iron works superintendent who disappeared after arriving in the country from abroad on March 23. He telegraphed plans to visit Philadelphia soon, and his absence prompted inquiries by friends in Hamilton Ontario. His Philadelphia address is 3932 North 5th Street and he is 37 years old.
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John McMullen
Philadelphia
McMullen
Hamilton
Ont
North 5Th Street
Collision Blocks Bronx Subways In Morning Fog
A rear end collision of two empty eight car express trains at 14th Street and Boston Road in the Bronx blocked both tracks for nearly an hour. Motorman John Lippencott of 359 East 1st Street sustained a broken leg and internal injuries and was taken to Fordham Hospital. Officials blamed slippery rails and limited visibility from fog and a sharp turnout.
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Bronx
14Th Street
Boston Road
John Lippencott
East 1Ist Street
Fordham Hospital
Lippencott
How to Tell About Quitting Coffee Habits
The passage urges recognizing coffee dependence and the dreary days it brings. It challenges the reader to envision a healthier path by breaking the daily habit and beginning a new, healthful routine starting today.
More Than Ever Increased Capacity For Mental Labor
An Illinois woman reports stopping coffee and using Postum Cereal greatly boosts kidney and bowel action, steadies nerves, reduces despondency, and increases physical and mental strength. She resumes hard mental work with less fatigue and credits Postum for brain power gains. The ad cites four reasons named by Postum, Battle Creek, Michigan. Read The Road to Wellville booklet in packages.
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Postum
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
Antitoxin dispute ends Weber tenure at White Plains home
Dr. Edward W. Weber, two years house physician at the Westchester Temporary Home in White Plains, is dismissed by the board amid a clash over antitoxin for diphtheria cases. He alleges superintendent Mary Jordan refused standard treatment, favoring homeopathic methods, while managers consider funding to keep each child at $350 weekly.
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Edward W. Weber
Westchester
White Plains
Weber
Mary Jordan
Richard M. Hee
Board of Managers of the Home
Overtime billing questioned in city works probe
Bernard Fitzpatrick an examining inspector for the Commissioners of Accounts testified at the Haffen inquiry about monitoring sewer and highway gangs. Using stop watches he contradicted inspectors by showing days when three hours overtime was credited though workers stopped before quitting time. He cited a laborer piping time and another underpaying actual work. William Keyes and Peter Stumpf gave evidence on highways staffing and Hunt's Point park plans with an estimated fifteen thousand visitors each Sunday in summer.
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Bernard Fitzpatrick
Commissioners of Accounts
Haffen
Bureau of Sewers and Highways
Fitzpatrick
William H. Keyes
Bureau of Highways
Peter J. Stumpf
Referee Appointed to Speed Thaw Nesbit Annulment Case
Justice Hendrick of the Supreme Court named Robert E. Deyo as referee to hear testimony in Evelyn Nesbit Thaw versus Harry K. Thaw. The move aims to accelerate the annulment suit, which alleges Thaw's insanity at marriage. Most interested parties seek an early decree before Nesbit’s Europe trip.
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Justice Hendrick
Supreme Court
Robert E. Deyo
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw
Harry K. Thaw
Europe
Gardner Charged With Grand Larceny in Bond Scheme
Charles A Gardner a broker at 65 West 139th Street was arraigned in Tombs police court on grand larceny charges. He is held on $2900 bail and accused of taking Blue Ridge Enamel Brick Company negotiable bonds for personal use. Police allege a note from a $5000 issue was sold for $140. The arrest followed a confession by James M Whepley of Broad Street who faces a similar case.
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Charles A Gardner
West 139Th Street
Steinert
Tombs
Blue Ridge Enamel Brick Company
Newark
Gardner
Broad Street
James M. Whepley
Westinghouse Plan Aims Cash Financing With Stock Swap
The merchandise creditors' committee proposes terminating receivership without new mortgage. It allocates about 4 million in merchandise debt to par stock, bank debt partly to convertible bonds and five year notes, preserves existing bonds and notes, and has stockholders subscribe 6 million in new assenting stock. The plan envisions 33.4 million working capital and five year fixed charges a year lower than the mortgage plan, with George Westinghouse praising the plan and urging stockholders to act.
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Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company
James Marvie
Westinghouse Company
George Westinghouse
Westinghouse
Ice Trust Probe Moves to May Grand Jury
Justice Goff signed an order for a May grand jury to probe the Ice Trust a second time this year. The inquiry will be directed by the Attorney General's office under James W. Osborne with new witnesses and evidence. Deputy AG Dickheiser said witnesses would be brought from Maine as part of a renewed case led by Attorney General Jackson.
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Ice Trust
Justice Goff
Attorney General
James W. Osborne
Jackson
Osborne
Dickheiser
Maine
Hughes
Jerome
Fire auto slams into shop injures woman and child
Fireman James De Mell driving Deputy Chief Lallys car on Myrtle avenue Brooklyn yesterday when the front axle broke. The auto skidded striking Mrs R E Burchell and likely fatally injuring her three year old daughter Rose before crashing into a butcher shop. Rose is at home with a scalp wound and brain concussion. The shop was wrecked. The fireman escaped unharmed.
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James de Mell
Thomas’ Lally
Myrtle Avenue
Brooklyn
R. E. Burchell
Rose
Rose Burchell
Surprised Presbyterians at Army Navy Night
Commodore Wadhams retired U S N challenged the Presbyterians at their Army and Navy Night at the Savoy praising Roosevelt’s navy buildup. He condemned clergy for signing a petition to Hale opposing four battleships and warned that New York would lack a Presbyterian church without battleships.
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Commodore Wadhams
Presbyterian Union
Hotel Savoy
Roosevelt
Charles E. Jefferson
Broadway Tabernacle
Hale
New York City
Public school lectures on child health at PS 21
The Board of Education plans a series of public lectures focusing on children’s health. At Public School 21, 222 Mott Street, Miss Edith Howe speaks tonight to parents and adults on The Baby's Right to Health.
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Hagg Side
Board of Education
Department of Public Lectures
Mott Street
Edith Howe
Ride-a-wee Home for Friendless Animals Benefit Returns
City brief notes a post Easter benefit by Ride-a-wee Home for Friendless Animals to raise funds for summer work. Mentions expected mail from Hong Kong, Shanghai, Yokohama and Honolulu arriving tomorrow afternoon. Also reports R H Brennan of North American Music Company on West 57th Street pleading guilty to a defrauding scheme before Judge Chatfield after being indicted last month.
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Hong Kong
Shanghai
Yokohama
Honolulu
R. H. Brennan
North American Music Company
West
Th Street
United States
Chatfield
Suit Against Harriman Quashed by Circuit Court
Judge Hough granted Maxwell Evarts's motion to vacate service of a subponea on Edward Harriman in the Walker suit. The case is thrown out for lack of property in this district and Walker sought damages over 5,000 for alleged breach related to financing and constructing the Port land, Nehalem & Tillamook Railroad in Oregon.
Congestion Solutions Advocated at Brooklyn Exhibit
More than two thousand Brooklyn residents crowded into Historical Hall to hear a Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences congestion exhibit discussion. Speakers included Coler, Hillis, Simkhovitch, Marsh, White, and others who urged expanded transportation, better tenement education, and extensive playgrounds to address urban crowding.
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Historical Hall
Clinton and
Miercepont Streets
Brooklyn
Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences
No. 14
Montagu Street
Frederick Bb. Pratt
Keorough
Coler
Contradle
Metz
Newell Dwight Hillis
Vladimir G. Simkhovitch
Theeneral
Benjamin Marsh
Alfred T. White
Dr. Hillis
Contrelor Metz
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Jenkins Trust
Counsel For Depositors
Union Railway
I. Gould
Fireman
Mother
Fusillade
Job
R. E. Deyo
Charles H. Gardner
Blue Ridge Company
Westinghouse Plan
Fire Auto
City News
Harriman
H. M. Walker
Metz, Coler
Thomas F. Freel
Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To
Woman's Municipal League
East
New Jersey
Marlborough
Bienheim
Capmany
Reading
Atlantic City
Amer Rooms & Sons
Traymore
Gatlantic City
N. J
Traymore Hotel Company
CHAS
Marquette
D. S&s
Morton . J
Virginia Ave
Beach
Atlantic
N. R. Halnes
Haddon Hall
Spu
Chalfonte
Leeds Company
Monticeils
Ea Beach
Eico Waths
Hotel Dennis
N. J Sy
Buzby
Seaside House
Ocean Front
BF Cook & Son
Lakewood
New Yor City
New York
James N. Kerry
Laurel House
Alvord
F. B. Alvogs
Arch Station
East Orange
New Fork
Hotel Gramatan
Bronxville
Harlem Dix
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Long Island
JF. Lannin
Briarcliff Lodge
Briarcliff Manor
City
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D. B. Plumer ” Alera
Virginis
Virginia
Greeper M. W
Pulao
Broadway
Fred
AI Phin
America
Jaydon Browne
City Hotels
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Wellington
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J. F. Champlin
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