Hylan Accused in Meter Trade Graft Case at Hearing
The Lockwood committee hearing reveals Mayor Hylan, Alderman Kenneally and Tammany leader Collins charged with backing a graft taking water meter monopoly. Ainsworth seeks dissolution of price fixing groups as Untermyer warns exchanges may be dissolved. Details show blocked independent meters despite engineers approving cheaper options.
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Hylan
William P. Kenneally
Board of Aldermen
William T. Collins
Tammany
Lockwood Committee On Housing
Kenneally
Collins
Samuel Untermyer
Lockwood Committee
Albert Ainsworth
Kenceally
Department of Water Supply, Gas and Electricity
Ainsworth
Himwis
Building Trades Council
Robert P Brindell
Isbor
Insworth
Untermyer
Badger’ Meter Manufacturing Company
Water Meter | Achange
William & Sent
Badger Company
Robert S. Allyn
Brooklyn
Merritt H. Smith
John Glennon
Cettr
Court Street
Thomson Water Meter Company
Water Meter Exchange
Hodger
United States
New York
Gammon Meter Company
Exchange
Pli
Fetti
Charges Fly Over Missing False Teeth at Essex Market
Mrs Julia Brown of West Thirty sixth Street accused host John Mayorowite of stealing her false teeth after a guest stay. Mayorowite offered X ray proof to show if she swallowed them. Brown refused, and the magistrate released Mayorowite. He advised Brown to sue in civil court.
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Julia Brown
Thirty-sixth Street
John Mayorowite
Tt Street
Douras
Essex
Mayorowite
Brown
Mrs. Brown
Mayorowitz
Mouras
Schwab Declines German Bribe to Break Kitchener Contracts
Darwin P. Kingsley recounted at a New York Chamber of Commerce reception that Germany offered Charles M. Schwab $100 million to break submarine contracts with Lord Kitchener and Great Britain countered with a $150 million offer. Schwab refused, stating that neither Germany nor England could buy him from his faith with Kitchener, and later served the United States in World War I.
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Germany
Charles M. Schwab
Lord Kitchener
Great Britain
Schwab
Darwin P. Kingsley
Chamber of Commerce
State of
New York
Kingsley
Chamber
United States
England
Kitchener
U.S
State of New York
Republic
Ant
Odell Dies in Chair For Murder of Kneip
James Louis Odell of Rochester was executed at Sing Sing for the January 7, 1920, murder of Edward A. Kneip. Odell entered the death chamber at 11 03 p m and died at 11 14 p m His wife Pearl Beaver Odell already serving a life sentence at Auburn for complicity accompanied by their five month old daughter. Odell and wife claimed Kneip wronged Mrs Odell before their marriage and tried to blackmail her Odell declined a final meal preferring prison fare. Governor Miller had refused a last appeals stay.
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Rochester
Ossining
James Louis Odell
Sing Sing
Edward A. Kneip
Odell
Pearl Beaver Odell
Auburn Prison
Kneip
Miller
Lewis H. Lawes
Meyer Is Slated For Chairmanship Of Inquiry Panel
The joint legislative committee to probe the Hearst Hylan Tammany administration will be formed at noon today at the Murray Hill Hotel by Senator Clayton R. Lusk and Speaker J Edmund Machold. Senator Schuyler M Meyer is likely to be named chairman. The panel will study graft in city government and offices including the Police Department and District Attorney Swann, with counsel to be Blon R Brown and assistants Wallstein and Berger.
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Hearst- Hylan-Tammany Administration
Murray Hill Hotel
Clayton R. Lusk
J. Edmund Machold
Schuyler M. Meyer
Meyer
Theodore Douglas Robinson
Joseph Steinberg
New York City
Jacob A.livingston
Brooklyn
Senator Lusk
Speaker Machold
State Capitol
Lusk
Machold
Herkimer
William T. Simpson
Kings
C. Ernest Smith
Staten Island
Ward V
Manhattan
George N. Jesse
Sol Allmen
Walter F. Clayton
Joseph B. McKee
The
Bronx
John J. O'Connor
House
Simon L. Adler
Rochester
Charles D. Donohue
Blon R. Brown
Senate
Leonard M. Wallstein
Samuel Berger
Lockwood Committee
Muehold
Police Department
Swann
Dock Department
Hearst- Hylan-Tammany
Charter Revision Commission
Miller
Livingston
Alvah Burlingame Jr
Suboena
Officials Plainly Are Disappointed By Carter Field
Washington April 28 Lloyd George declared Germany’s latest reparations proposals unsatisfactory ending informal negotiations and dimming hopes of preventing French troops from marching into the Ruhr. Administration spokesmen said there was no plan to reopen talks, while Allied envoys urged Hughes to carry German proposals to their governments. The mood at the State Department reflected mounting disappointment as three Allied representatives pressed Hughes that the German offers were unacceptable.
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Washington
Lloyd George
Ruhr
Tribune
House of Commons
Hughes-Simons
Germany
Berlin
State Department
Hughes
United States
Harding
Minches
Auckland Geddes
Baron de Marchienne
Prince de Chalais
Jusserand
Bernard M. Baruch
The
House
Mondell
Tom Connally
Texas
New York Tribune
London
Allied Conference
Westphalia
Strike Ties Up Cuban Roads
The Cuban Railway trainmen strike became general yesterday, halting transport across the eastern half of the island as reports from Camaguey and other rail centers arrive.
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Havana
Camaguey
Arguing Men Vanish From Harlem River Bridge
Frank and Jeff argue on Lenox Avenue Bridge at Harlem River then slip into the water. Witness Isidor Oppenberg and peers recall the hang, the splash, and a silence as police and guards search the river. The stage ends with a ghostly, empty house and a marred curtain.
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Harlem
Frank
Jeff
Lenox’ S Avenue
Harlem River
Isidor Oppenberg
West 141St Street
Jem
Frank Frank
Harry Purcell
Sider Openberg
Harry Greenberg
West 135Th Street
Franks
Jeffs
Rons
Germany Ready to Modify Proposal If Request Comes From Washington
Berlin reports a semi official note saying Germany would amend reparations proposals if Washington asks. Observers see Loyd d Abernons departure for London and likely Supreme Council talks as hopeful signs. Germans reportedly await Harding’s possible decisions or interpretations and expect Allied guidance on unacceptable points.
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Germany
Washington
Berlin
Associated Press
Loyd d’Abernon
London
Supreme Council
Harding
Germany's Last Chance Gone Warns Briand
In Washington and Paris reports say Briand warned Germany cannot escape Allied penalties. French Premier stressed security via disarmament and reparations, saying Germany must meet Versailles terms or risk renewed military action. He cited France's frontier with Germany and Germany's defaulted debts tied to Ruhr assets.
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Ralph Courtney Sprciat
Tribune
Conwright
New York
Tribune Inc
Paris
Pramiey Briand
Germany
Berlin
Tate
Washington
Many
France
M. Briand
Briand
Ruh
Ruhr
Westphalia
Mule in Well Floated Out With Fire Hose
A Missouri mule wandered from home then fell into a cistern at the Baltimore County almshouse where a platform broke. Firefighters connected a hose and flooded the well for three hours to free the animal, which remained angry afterward.
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Missouri
Special Dispatch
The
Tribune
Baltimore
Elisha Parks
Baltimore County Falmshouse
Almshouse
Fire Department
Cookeysville
Riga denies Haywood arrival in Latvia
The Latvian government disclaims knowledge of William D. Haywood of the Industrial Workers of the World arriving in Riga saying he travels from the United States to Moscow by Latvia. Edward J. Brennan of the Justice Department and Haywood's lawyer Otto Christiansen say they believe he is still in Russia and do not know his location.
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U. S. S. Prvania
Hampton Roads
United States
Harding
Navy
Donby
Robert E. Coontz
Riga
Ohe
William D. Haywood
Industrial Workers of the World
Moscow
Latvia
Speriat Diapateh
the Tribune
Chicago
Edward J. Brennan
Federal Department of Justice Office
Otto Christiansen
Haywood
Russia
Belgium Joins in Approving Seizure
Belgium aligns with Allies as Premier Lloyd George rejects Germany's reparations terms as unsatisfactory. British officials discuss occupation of Westphalia and the Ruhr, while Allied experts review proposals for a possible settlement before a decision next week. Belgium's Foreign and Finance ministers participate in Allied talks, with France and the United States shaping responses.
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London
Lloyd
Lloyd George
Supreme Council
Reuter
Germany
Chelea
Great Britain
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