Hudson and Manhattan Railroad Faces Interstate Commission Question
The Hudson and Manhattan Railroad Company seeks clarity on whether Public Service Commission or Interstate Commerce Commission governs its operations from Hoboken to Sixth Avenue. It favors PSC oversight but proposes a preliminary ruling to avoid complications after PSC orders requiring reports of accidents and stockholder details.
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York
New Jersey
Hudson & Mann Railroad Company
Pacadeo Tunnels Company
Public Commission
Interstate Commerce Commission
Public Service Commission
Hoboken
North River
Morton Street
Christopher Street
Sixth Avenue
Gnch
Battle With Burglars Involving Macdougal St Officers
Three policemen from Macdougal street station chased five alleged burglars after a running gunfight in a King Hudson Chariton streets area. Charles Wanamaker, 241 West 12th Street, was struck by a fracture at St Vincent's Hospital after a struggle and is among those charged. Patrolmen McAdam Carroll and Fitzpatrick pursued. two burglars were caught, others escaped. Wanamaker, Dempsey of 10 King Street, and John Bulkeley of Bedford Street identified.
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Macdougal Street
King, Hudson and Chariton Streets
Charles Wanamaker
No. 241
West 12Th Street
St. Vincent’s Hospital
McAdam
King and Hudson Streets
Wanamaker
Charlton Street
Carroll
Fitzpatrick
Bernard Dempsey
King Street
John Bulkeley
Bedford Street
Soldiers Must Swim and Climb in Army Meets
Washington reports on compulsory swimming and wall scaling in army contests. General Leonard Wood introduced these drills in the Philippines to prepare enlisted men and sailors for combat, making swimming a key athletic event and linking it to battlefield practicality. The swimming distance is about fifty yards with landings near a wood, reflecting combat scenarios.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Leonard Wood
Philippines
Army
Marine Corps
Navy
Manila
Interstate authority sparks clash over railroad reports
The Public Service Commission argues it can compel McAdoo Company to provide information even as McAdoo cites Interstate Commerce Commission limits. Attorneys contend state police powers over safety, franchise compliance, and infrastructure permit such reporting without violating federal commerce rules.
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Intergate Commerce Commission
New York Central
Hudson River Railgoat Company
New York, New Haven & Hartfor Railroad Company
Baltimore & Ohio
Staten Island
Lone Island Railroad Company
Public Service Commission
McAdoo Company
George S. Coleman
Coleman
Interstate Commerce Commission
Rapid Transit Board
Newark City
Morton Street
Sixth Avenue
Federe
Br Coleman
United States Supremeoart 2S
Mr. Coleman
Congress
Wenferine
Commission
Carpet beating complaint leads to arrest in Yorkville
Henry of Mercer street 323 East 16th woke to carpet beating. Policeman Mitchell directed him to arrest owner Joseph Bau MB and janitor Palmer. They were arraigned before a Yorkville magistrate. Captain Henry urged a complaint. officer refused. Magistrate fined Ball. janitor discharged.
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In Henry
Mercer Street
East 16Th Street
Mitchell
Joseph Bau MB
Palmer
Yorkville Court
Henry
Ball
Burglary Suspects Held After Varick Street Saloon Break-In
Burglary and attempted felonious assault charges filed against two men held in $2,500 bail each by Magistrate Droese. They allegedly entered P. O'Donohue's saloon at 169 Varick Street, lifted the cash register, and stole cigars and whiskey.
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Droese
P. O’donohue
Varick Street
Plans for More and Better Parks in City
The Allied Parks Association reports two proposals to overhaul park administration. One calls for a five member commission appointed by the Mayor with $5,100 salaries. The other suggests eleven commissioners incl. the Mayor, from arts and civic bodies, serving unpaid with $10 meeting honoraria, up to $5,000 yearly. The plan aims to acquire, develop, and manage parks and playgrounds and to appoint borough superintendents, with budget boosts and broader park definitions.
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Allied Parks Association
Eugene A. Philbin
Charter Revision Commission
Metropolitan Museum of Art
New York Public Library
Brooklyn Institute
Chamber of Commerce
Borough of
Richmond
United Civic Association
Queens
North Side Board of Trade
Brooklyn
Bronx
Board of Estimate
Department of Docks
Street tragedies and court actions headline city evening news
A man to die likely after being struck on Amsterdam avenue. a nine year old dies from a gunshot in Jeffersonville, N Y while enroute to the city. Taxicab driver Williams faces $1500 bail for speeding and assault on a traffic squad officer. A vender is discharged for obstructing the sidewalk. Saloon keeper Bonioski is jailed on larceny and assault charges. A mother with an infant dead at 34 East 49th street seeks burial funds, body taken to morgue. Motorman Finn held on homicide charges after a boy is killed on Lorimer street line. bail set at $2000 pending coroner results.
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Amsterdam Avenue
12Th Street
Marcus Bonisill
West 125Th Street
J. Hood Wright Hospital
Cornelius Lynch
No. 109
East §&Th Street
Bellevue Hospital
Jeffersonville
N. Y
New York Central
Charles Williams
West Side Court
Corrigan
John Geideman
Williams
Essex Market Court
Wabble
Andrew Henderson
Prince’s Bay
Staten Island
Andrew Bonioski
Greenwich Street
Church Street
Kernochan
Rose Kopda
No. 34
East 49Th Street
A. Freedman
East 5Th Street
William Finn
Dean Street
Brooklyn
Lorimer Street
Chapin Challis
Greenpoint Avenue
O'Reilly
Manhattan Avenue Court
Williamsburg
Finn
Cassidy
Youngster Bitten by Dog at Williamsburg Home
Eight year old Isedor Silberg of 8 Hopkins Street Williamsburg was bitten by a stray dog Saturday night. The wound on his left arm will prompt his treatment at the Pasteur Institute today.
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Isedor Silberg
Iis
Hopkins Street
Williamsburg
Pasteur Institute
Progress of the Fleet Near New Zealand
The American battleship fleet neared Sydney after leaving Auckland as dawn broke with light winds and clear skies. Reports say two negro firemen quarrelled aboard a battleship, one fatally stabbing the other with a razor. The assailant is to be taken to the United States for trial.
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Auckland
Sydney
Cape Maria van Diemen
North Island
United States
Battleship New Hampshire shows speed in test run
The New Hampshire returned to Brooklyn after a Quebec visit where it led Adm. W. S. Cowles at the celebration. En route, Captain Winslow tested the ship from Portsmouth to Nantucket Shoals Lightship covering 170 miles at about 17.25 knots, using two thirds speed. Contractors had guaranteed 18 knots at full speed. Winslow believes 19 knots is possible. The Georgia has logged 19.26 knots, with New Jersey at 19.18 and Nebraska at 19.6.
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New Hampshire
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Quebec
W. S. Cowles
United States
Brooklyn
Winslow
Portsmouth
Nantucket Shoals
Georgia
New Jersey
Nebraska
Colorado Backed From Grounding Off Lip Lip Point
The armored cruiser Colorado freed from a Puget Sound beach after grounding seven hours earlier near Lip Lip Point. Captain Underwood reports only minor damage, including sprung starboard bow bolts, with slight water entry but no fear of needing hull repairs before the evening tide.
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Seattle
Colorado
Lip Lip Point
Puget Sound
Underwood
End of Wire Pulling in Navy Officer Assignments
Navy Department cracks down on political influence to obtain berths for class of 1908 midshipmen. A midshipman faced a stern rebuke and was ordered to report to a undesirable ship after admitting congressmen had pressed for his assignment. The episode pushed officers to avoid outside influence.
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Navy Department
Annapolis
Department
Gambling paraphernalia shown in West Side court arraignments
In a West Side court, police presented poker chips green cloth and other gambling paraphernalia as evidence in cases of arrested gambling house suspects. George W Forbes and son Charles had cases postponed and several defendants faced warrants under aliases linked to betting operations.
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West Side Court
Corrigan
George W. Forbes
Charles
West 47Th Street
Captain Daly
Bathe
John Doortender
John
John Moneytaker
Edward
Joseph
Henry
George
Charlies Forbes
George Forbes
Julius Stern
Schwartz
George Bell
West 46Th Street
British envoy Cartwright named Ambassador to Vienna
London reports Fairfax L. Cartwright the British Minister at Munich is appointed British Ambassador at Vienna, in a diplomatic move signaling ongoing reshuffling within the foreign service.
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London
Fairfax L. Cartwright
Munich
Vienna
Naval militia praised after Gardiner's Bay cruise
Captain Robert P. Forshew praised New York naval militia for an enviable record during week long maneuvers at Gardiner's Bay Long Island. More than 375 militiamen from six states, led by Brooklyn Buffalo and Manhattan detachments, competed in gunnery and signaling with New York winning all contests.
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Robert P. Forshew
Gardiner’s Bay
Long Island
Prairie
Naval Militia
New York
Forshew
Newberry
Navy Department
Marsh
Ackerman
Brooklyn
Manhattan
John P. Barnard
Buffalo
New London
Tompkinsvile
Staten Island
Barnard
United States
Wasp
9Th Street
North River
Body found bound in trunk near Belmar. man shot
Camden County detectives investigated a baffling murder after picnickers found an unidentified man, tied in an old trunk by ropes, with gunshot wounds and strangulation near Belmar. The trunk, packed with newspapers from 1907, suggested months of concealment.
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the Tribune
Camden
N. J
Camden County
Belmar
Smith
Carroll
Bell's
Charles Myers
Yarrow
McCarter to Prosecute Whitmore in Second Trial
New Jersey Attorney General Robert H. McCarter will prosecute Theodore S. Whitmore, the Brooklyn motorman, in a second Hudson County Court trial for the murder of his wife Lena. The first trial ended with a hung jury after a 3 to 9 split. the nude body was found in Lampblack Swamp on December 2, 1907. The case is set for October.
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Bella
New York
Herbert van Dyke
Nassau Street
Szepesvaralja
Hungary
Austria
Judge Advocate General
United States
Robert H. McCarter
New Jersey
Theodore S. Whitmore
Brooklyn
Hudson County Court of Oyer and Tereminer
Lena
Lampblack
Man Knocked Down by Auto on Firth Avenue
Greek immigrant John Sitastas suffered a fractured shoulder blade and other injuries after being struck by a southbound car at Firth Avenue and Sixth Street. Police say he dodged across and stepped in front of a vehicle owned by Thomas J. Bradley. driver Robert Smith, of Sixth Avenue, is detained on an assault charge.
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John Sitastas
Th Street
Sixth Avenue
Flower Hospital
Firth Avenue
Ty Street
Thomas J. Bradley
West 46Th Street
Robert Smith
Smith
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Army and Navy News
Charles G. Mettler
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Fourth Field Artillery
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War Department
Department of Justice
Cuba
Army of Cuban Pacification
Santiago
Sanitary Department
City News
THE
Chicago
Philadelphia
Boston
Paris
Berlin
New York City
New York Telephone Company
N. J. Telephone Company
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Bremerton
Navy Yard
Crane
Eaton, Crane & Pike Company
Captain Forshew
Mr. Newberry
Jersey
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Whitmore
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