Easter Day crowds fill city churches in garish Fifth Avenue scenes
Easter services draw thousands across Manhattan with Rockefeller and family at Fifth Avenue Baptist. Dr Aked argues Resurrection evidence matches Napoleon in strength. Dr Dix notes Easter faith hinges on Christ's rising. Archbishop Farley and others preside as believers fill St Patrick's and Trinity services.
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All the Nations
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St. Thomas's Episcopal
Old Trinity
Madison Square Presbyterian
St. Patrick's Cathedral
John D. Rockefeller
Harold McCormick
Fifth Avenue Baptist Church
DR. Aked
Aked
Napoleon Bonaparte
St. Patrick’s Cathedral
Farley
Father Bbealy
Neilel
Hughes Denounces Gambling as Nonpartisan Issue
Governor Hughes told Brooklyn audiences the racetrack gambling fight is not a party issue. He urged strict enforcement of the law, attacked the Percy Gray law, and asserted the will of the people to end gambling, citing historical legal battles and constitutional aims.
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Hughes
Court of Appeals
Grand Street Millinery Fair Draws Crowds and Local Stands
The two day event on Grand Street attracted many shoppers with vendors lining the block. Public Library activity and Central area involvement framed the scene as crowds estimated in the thousands moved between stalls between 2 and 4 o clock. Local officials and residents, including Mayor of Avenue C, were seen amid the bustle.
Burglars Loot Bloomingdale Home on West 69th Street
Two men broke into Emanuel Bloomingdale’s residence at 42 West 69th Street and robbed jewelry valued over 1000 dollars. Marian Bloomingdale, home with friends, alerted others after seeing thieves. no one injured. Mr. Bloomingdale, an Equitable Life director, was away.
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Emanuel Bloomingdale
West 69Th Street
Guns wake Montevideo as Argentine squadron fires heavy shots
A Buenos Aires dispatch reports an Argentine squadron near Buceo Montevideo fired 200 shots with heavy guns and scanned shores with searchlights sparking alarm. Friction over Plate River waters and ship salutes signals tense relations between Uruguay and Argentina. The Argentine prime minister claimed all Plate River waters belong to Argentina.
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Buceo
Montevideo
Uruguay
Argentine Republic
Plate River
Argentine
Public Service Commission orders seats for all riders on three NYC lines
The Public Service Commission requires New York City Railway Company receivers to run enough cars on the 23d Street Crosstown, Lexington Avenue and Grand Street lines to seat 10 percent more passengers than may board in any 15 minute period. The plan, overseen by Commissioner Maltbie, aims to reduce straphanging but may be constrained by practical limits and weather. The order, in effect for two years, also discontinues service between West 23rd Street ferries and Grand Central, with inspectors counting riders to determine car needs.
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Public Service Commission
New York City Railway Company
Fourth Avenue
Maltbie
New York
West 23d Street
Grand Central Station
2D Street
Lexington Avenue
Grand Street
Sixth Avenue
2Nd Street
Public Service Commissions
Italian Fleet to Show Force in Asia Minor Demonstration
Rome reports a nineteen ship Italian squadron under Admiral Grenet may sail for Asia Minor to demonstrate in Turkish waters. The force includes the Regina Elena and five hundred large guns, with seven thousand personnel. The move aims to defend Italian post office rights and dignity without signaling territorial conquest.
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F. Grenet
Asia Minor
Regina Elena
Duke of the Abruzzi
Turkey
Tripoli
Italy
Ialian
Balkan
Albania
Macedonia
Paris Crowned Prince Hélie de Sagan Returns Alone
Paris reports Prince Hélie de Sagan arrived at Cherbourg and disembarked from the St. Paul. He traveled to Paris by automobile after stopping at Evreux to avoid publicity. He refused interviews about a rumored marriage to Mme. Anna Gould and hinted at plans to travel to Italy. French papers mock the affair and hope the international farce ends.
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Paris
Prince Hélie de Sagan
Cherbourg
St. Paul
Evreux
Men
Cri de Paria
Mme
Anna Gould
Italy
de Lagan-trould
United States
Texas flood may cost millions entries
Texas flood threatens millions in damages as upper Colorado River tributaries surge past thirty year highs. Four inches of rain fall in upper basins with more rain expected. towns along Concho Llano Pecan and San Saba rivers evacuate residents and floodplains. sugar plantations along Brazos and Colorado valleys face inundation. Brazos River hits thirty five feet in Waco prompting mass evacuations and block losses.
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The
Tribune
Austin
Tex
Colorado River
Concho
Llano
Pecan
San Saba
Colorado
Gulf
Brownwood
Coleman
Ballinger
Brazos
Waco, Tex
Brazos River
Wireless motor truck shown by Omaha engineer
Dr. Frederick H. Millener of Union Pacific shops displayed a wireless electric track that has been in use for weeks. The system starts and stops from a wireless central station, demonstrating wireless electrical transmission to an electric motor.
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Omaha
Frederick H. Millener
Union Pacific
Pittsboro and Lake Erie Railroad Works to Publish Rates
The Pittsboro & Lake Erie Railroad, part of the Vanderbilt system, aims to publish all rates from every station to every point in the United States as ordered by the Interstate Commerce Commission. Five clerks have been assigned to the task, projected to take five years with full cooperation from other railroads.
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The
Tribune
Pillsburg
Pittsboro & Lake Erie Railroad
Vanderbilt System
Interstate Commercce Commission
United States
Surprise Italian Naval Move Shocks Russia
The Italian naval demonstration against Turkey announced late last night surprised Russian officials and the diplomatic corps. Diplomats view the action as significant amid Emperor William’s Mediterranean visit and foresee possible broader impact on relations and future Italian policy toward Turkey.
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St. Petersburg
Turkey
Italy
William
Germany
Mediterranean
Princeton Students In Fatal Car Crash In Trenton
Three Princeton students and three women were in a car that skidded on a slippery asphalt street in Trenton. Charles Balliguin died from a fractured skull. Corwin Nichols and others were arrested but bailed for a hearing tomorrow. The car, a graduation gift, struck a house as witnesses noted no excessive speed.
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Tribune
Trenton
N. J
Princeton
Charles Balliguin
Corwin Nichols
Pierson W. Yard
Balliguin
Nichols
Clinton C. Nichols
First National Bank of
Wilmington
Ohio
Winfred Adams
Corinth
Miss
Walter C. Horton
Roanoke
Annie Daniel
Mabel Fisher
Kate Dowling
Henry B. Fine
University
Trolley Car Rams Automobile in Queens Collision
A touring car driven by Emil Dillard and owned by C E Rushmore collided with a Flushing trolley at Borden and West avenues Queens yesterday afternoon. Mrs Rushmore, in the car, escaped serious injury as the car suffered mud guard damage while the trolley controller box was damaged and traffic paused about twenty minutes.
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Emil Dillard
C. E. Rushmore
Wall Street
East 38Th Street
Flushing
Borden and
West Avenues
Queens
Trafic
Rushmore
Fleeing Auto Pursued by 500 Men and Women in The Bronx
Chauffeur Raymond Hartt of 156 West 5th Street tried to escape with five hundred followers at Indih Street and Washington Avenue. Two boys were knocked down. George McGowan, 11, was seriously injured and taken to the Bronx Sanatorium. The car had four escapees, while eight year old Charles Simms was also struck as bystanders gathered. Hartt was captured by a policeman and the chauffeur was jailed.
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Raymond Hartt
West Sith Street
Indih Street
Washington Avenue
Bronx
George McGowan
Brook Avenue
McGowan
Charles Simms
Magistrate Finn Gambled at Racetrack Before Ruling
Magistrate Dan Finn of the Tombs court admitted he had gambled at the racetrack the day before. Fifty Chinese defendants arrested in Mott and Pell streets raids faced arraignment. twenty-six were charged with dominos and twenty-four with fantast. The magistrate discharged all, citing insufficient evidence to detain them.
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Dan" Finn
Tombs Court
Mott and Pell
Curry
Pin
Maher
Lifesavers Rescue Passengers From Ship Near Hereford Inlet
In Atlantic City on April 1 the launch Harry M of Wildwood ran aground near Hereford Inlet with twenty passengers mostly women. Lifesaving crews evacuated the craft with some passengers landed at the station and others carried to Stone Harbor. The wreck was freed at high tide tonight. Earlier the same crew rescued four men from a fishing boat about a mile away.
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The
Tribune
Atlantic City
Harry M
Wildwood
Hereford Inlet
Stone Harbor
Wealthy Greene county farmer John Post dies at 98
John Post a prominent retired farmer of Greene county died at his home in Catskill on April 1 at age 98. He spent his entire life within four miles of his birthplace and was among the county's wealthiest residents.
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Catskill
N. Y
John Post
Greene County
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