Governor on Subways Pushes Travis Lee Amendment
Albany April 12 Governor Hughes urged the Travis Lee constitutional amendment to fund New York City subways. Senators attacked the move as interference with legislative process, while others defended the Governor’s right to speak. The measure would exempt water bonds and is on calendars for second reading. passage by two successive legislatures is required before public submission.
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Albany
Hughes
Senate
Travis-Lee
New York City
Raines
McCarren
Senator McCarren
Wagner
Mahellan
Smateor Newcomb
New York
Contina
Anxiety in Holland Heralds Impending Heir Question
The Hague reports widespread anxiety over the expected birth of a Holland heir amid rumors about Queen Wilhelmina’s health. Officials say the Queen is healthy and spirits are high, with doctors satisfied, though Minister Nilessen notes birth is not imminent and cautious public concern remains due to premature preparations.
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Holland
Wilhelmina
M. Nilessen
Chester Seems Winner In 24 Hour Scout Cruiser Test
Newport R I April 12 The Chester led by about eight miles at halftime in the 24 hour full speed scout cruiser run and appeared certain to win when the Birmingham retired with engine trouble. The Chester and Salem continued the high speed trial after Birmingham headed to New York from Block Island at 10 45 this forenoon. The Chester uses English turbine engines built in the US while the Salem uses American turbines and the Birmingham has modern reciprocating engines.
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R. IL
Chester
Birmingham
New York
Salem
Block Island
Denounces Yerkes Suit Amid Receivership Fight
Clarence A. Knight, counsel for Mrs. Charles T. Yerkes, arrives from New York and denounces the receivership proceedings as judicial tyranny and a conspiracy. He says the action seeks to seize the Yerkes home and possessions without proper notice and was begun to force a sale contrary to Mrs. Yerkes’s wishes.
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Tribune
Chicago
Clarence A. Knight
Charles T. Yerkes
New York
Yerkes
Mr. Knight
Harlem boxers nabbed at Olympic Athletic Club raid
Inspector Thompson and Captain Carson led a 20-man police cordon to the Olympic Athletic Club on Manhattan street. On the second floor, eight hundred Harlem sports awaited bouts. Police halted the evening, arresting pugs, a referee, seconds, and manager Edward McMahon after a staged two-minute spar ring test.
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Captain Carson
West 125Th Street
Olympic Athletic Club
Manhattan Street
Harlem
Edward McMahon
Henry Tone
John Glover
No. 129 West 124Th Street
James Farmer
West 153d Street
Carson
Pugs
McMahon
Fall from ninth floor ends Mrs. Hamilton life
Mrs. Anita D. Hamilton thirty eight killed by her own action at Coroner apartments No 57 West 6th street late yesterday. Coroner Harburger said she had broodings and deepening melancholia after a prior death by own action in the house. Nurse Ann Driscoll and Mrs. Ellen Von Gerichten witnessed the setup and found the body in the area way. They knew her husband only as a banker with no confirmed business details. The husband reportedly suffered a nervous breakdown and left the city for a rest two days earlier.
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Anita D. Hamilton
Harburger
Coroner Apartments
West 6Ath Street
Ann Driscoll
Ellen M. von Gerichten
Jake” von Gerichten
Byrnes
Four Fight in Singer Building Over Divorce Papers
A fifth floor brawl at the Singer Building drew in Edward W. Irwin, Dr. James T. Hardy, and George K. Hardy. Irwin and Harold F. Parish were arrested after a violent exchange with iron bars. Magistrate Kernochan sent the case to Special Sessions with bail set at 590 each. Irwin had earlier filed for absolute divorce from Jeanette T. H. Irwin amid reenactments of a Staten Island Inn incident and a disputed letter.
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Edward W. Irwin
Pneumatic Appliance Company
James T. Hardy
West 71St Street
George K. Hardy
Clinton Street
Brooklyn
Irwin
Quinn
Church Street
Hardy
Harold F. Parish
Hardy Brothers
Hardys
Parish
Dr. Hardy
Kernochan
Jeanette T. H. Irwin
Atlantic Inn
Grant City
Staten Island
Bloody family tragedy from Tyrone Penn
Gerald Lower, youngest son of Edward Lower, died after a mouth wound from a tin toy bled uncontrollably. Ralph, two, fell and bled to death from a facial cut. Jessie, four, cut her head on a wooden block and bled to death. Doctors report a hereditary blood coagulation disorder in the Lower family, with four other relatives dying similarly.
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Tyrone
Penn
Gerald
Edward Lower
Ralph
Jessie
Japanese pastor to wed New York missionary in Los Angeles
Rev Joseph Kenichi Inazawa pastor of the Presbyterian Japanese mission in Los Angeles plans to marry Kate Goodman a New York City trained missionary. Inazawa 45 has spent twenty years in Pacific Coast missions. Goodman a University of Chicago graduate began Japanese mission work after college and settled in Los Angeles after meeting Inazawa.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Joseph Kenichi Inazawa
Kate Goodman
New York City
Imazawa
Inazawa
Pacific
Goodman
New York
University of Chicago
Japan
Wives to Draw Wages of Drunks
McKeesport mayor and police magistrate Harry S. Arthur ordered that any man found drunk and brought before him must sign papers allowing his wife to draw his salary for one year from the date. A six month workhouse sentence is the alternative. If no wife exists, next of kin will draw the wages to shame drunks into sobriety.
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the Tribune
McKeesport
Penn
Harry S. Arthur
MccKeesport
Changes by Finance Committee on Duty Waiver Bill
The Tribune reports changes made by the finance committee. The bill effectively waives the duty on certain goods, with specifics unclear in the fragmented copy. The action signals a shift in fiscal policy and potential relief for affected sectors.
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Finance Committee
Most Audacious Robbery At No 6 West 29th Street
Detectives describe a bold burglary at a four story building on West 29th Street. Thieves looted Clarence Davis on the third floor of $100 in cash and Henry Maerlander's stock below worth $14,000, using rope and drilled floors to enter. The men likely knew the premises and escaped via an automobile spotted at Fifth Avenue and 20th Street. No suspects yet.
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Tenderloin Station
West 29Th Street
Clarence Davis
Henry Maerlander
Davis
Maerlander
Fifth Avenue
20Th Street
Dr. Lloyd Recants and Rejoins Episcopal Church
Former rector F. E. J. Lloyd who had left Anglicanism for Catholicism recants and returns to the Episcopal Church as a lay member after Easter rites at Grace Church Chicago. He and his family had joined St. Mary’s Church in 1907 and toured Catholic societies. A separate account from Pittsburgh notes his 1905 unfrocking at Trinity Church Uniontown by Bishop Cortlandt Whitehead with liturgical prayers.
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the Tribune
Chicago
F. E. J. Lloyd
Episcopal Church
E. V. Shayler
Grace Church
Anderson
The
Tribune
Pittsburg
Trinity Protestant Episcopal
Whitehead
Dr. Lloyd
Uniontown
Lloyd
St. Mark’s Church
Cleveland
Aphasia Victim Missing Again in Milwaukee
William Childs, once of Brooklyn and recently identified in Milwaukee, has vanished from County Hospital. He wandered for six years with aphasia before regaining equilibrium after hearing a camera click on March 13. Fear remains that he may be exposed and at risk.
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Tribune
Milwaukee
William Childs
Brooklyn
Childs
Milwaukee Hospital
County Poor Office
Strawberry Crop Nearly Ruined After Frost
A heavy frost in Norfolk County and the Eastern Shore trucking belts damaged early beans potatoes and strawberries. Those that survived Friday night were destroyed almost entirely leaving two-thirds of the strawberry crop ruined if no further frosts occur.
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Norfolk, Va
Norfolk County
Eastern Shore
No Cunard Dividend Report Shows Small Profit
London April 12 Cunard Steamship Company reports a profit of 1 475 180 but not enough to cover depreciation and expenses. The dist urban US trade and a drop in westbound third class traffic cut passenger numbers. The company draws on reserves and pays 650 000 to the redemption fund while planning a tentative Mediterranean third class traffic agreement.
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London
Cunard Steamship Company
German Steamship Lines
United States
Insurance
Reserve
Lusitania
Mauretania
Women Diner Arrests After Victoria Hotel Dining Incident
Two women Mrs. Susana Feiber and Mrs. Alice Weston were arrested after singing loudly and arguing about women’s rights during a crowded dinner at the Victoria Hotel restaurant. They fought a patrolman on Broadway and were jailed after failing to pay fines. Feiber fined ten dollars, Weston five, both remanded to cells.
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Victoria Hotel
New
West 26Th Street
Susana Feiber
West 113Th Street
Alice Weston
West End Avenue
John Bryan
Victoria
Herrman
Bryan
Baldwin's Physician Asks 100000 In Baldwin Estate
Dr John W Trueworthy, longtime friend and medical adviser to the late Mr Baldwin, asked for a 100000 bill after twenty nine days at the bedside. He says the charge covers deathbed attendance and a year of services not yet settled. He notes that heirs and physician may reach a satisfactory agreement amid reports lawyers may receive 500000 in fees.
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Tribune
Los Angeles
Trueworthy
Baldwin
Calhoun Bribery Case Seeks Thirteenth Juror In San Francisco
In San Francisco on April 12 a thirteenth juror was temporarily assigned to Patrick Calhoun, president of United Railroads, who faces charges of attempting to bribe a former supervisor. Eleven jurors have been sworn in. Judge Lawler rulings allow a thirteenth juror to be chosen to prevent trial failure due to death or sickness.
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San Francisco
Patrick Calhoun
United Railroads
Lawler
Senate Tariff Bill Revision Downward and Debated
The Senate Finance Committee proposed a revised tariff bill that lowers duties on necessities and eliminates the inheritance tax. Senator Aldrich will open floor debate Thursday with a revenue briefing, while Democrats criticize the process. The measure cuts most rates below the Dingley act and removes the inheritance tax, aiming to place the burden on wealthier payers and luxuries.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Aldrich
Senate
Finance Committee
Tribune
Taft
Daniel
Bailey
Culberson
Treasury Department
Rhode Island
Conference Committee
Ways and Means
New York
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