Queensboro Bridge Costly Flawed Expansion Debate
A critical look at the Queensboro or Blackwell's Island bridge reveals massive overruns and no gain in capacity. Estimates show costs climbing toward 25 million dollars with only four thousand pounds per linear foot capacity, far below original plans. experts say waste and mismanagement burden taxpayers.
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Queensboro
Bridge Department
Queens
Messrs. Boler & Hodge
Board of Estimate
Man dies after train crushes him at Bay 25th station
Leo Gell a 40 year old shoe salesman from 2080 Bath avenue Bath Beach fell between elevated trains at Bay 25th street station. The forward car passed over his body leaving a crowd on the platform. Motorman John Myers was charged with homicide after nearly an hour to recover the body. Gell lived with a niece and was unmarried.
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Leo Gell
Bath Avenue
Bath Beach
Brooklyn Rapid Transit
Bay 25Th Street
John Myers
Geli
Illumination Jubilee Attracts Massive Vienna Crowd
A stampede in front of the Hofburg during Vienna’s diamond jubilee celebrations leaves four dead and 140 seriously injured with hundreds more hurt or trampled. About 1.5 million people filled the streets as electric lights outlined city landmarks and the Emperor declared a partial amnesty while bestowing honors.
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Vienna
Francis Joseph
Hofburg
Holzl
Baron von Aehrenthal
Atlanta White Primary Clash Shadows Morning Vote
Atlanta braces for a heated white primary as regular nominee James G. Woodward contests against banker Robert Maddox. A large daylight parade in rain showcased both sides with torchlight processions and bloc support, while closing near-beer saloons heightens the tense political atmosphere.
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the Tribune
Atlanta
James G. Woodward
Robert Maddox
Maddox
Woodwardises
Woodward
Wedded Ahead of Time in Denver Marriage Pact
Miss Betty Shearn, daughter of Texas landowner John Shearn, wed Yale football star Tad Jones in New York ten days early. Telegrams confirm the ceremony, breaking the December 10 date. Denver social circles note fellow brides in the pact include Mrs Nagle, Gladys Chesman, and Nell Singleton.
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The
Tribune
Denver
Betty Shearn
John Shearn
New York
Tad” Jones
Yale
Mrs. Nagle
Gerald Hughes
United States
Colorado
Gladys Chesman
John Evans
Nell Singleton
James Newton
Swarthmore College Goes Non-Sectarian at Annual Meeting
Philadelphia December 1 stockholders at Swarthmore College voted unanimously to abolish a rule that made the school largely a Friends' institution. The move ends sectarian control and marks Swarthmore as non-sectarian a change rooted in its Baltimore Yearly Meeting origins and the college's early establishment.
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Philadelphia
Swarthmore College
Baltimore
Trad
Dinner for Mr Morgan at Tavern Club in Boston
The Tavern Club hosted a quiet dinner for J Pierpont Morgan in Boston last night. Mrs Morgan reportedly arrived unheralded while Morgan's local intimate friends were surprised by the visiting financier. Gordon Abbott presided as club president with no further details released.
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Tribune
Boston
Tavern Club
J. Pierpont Morgan
New York
Far East policy notes called a transaction between trusted friends
The United States and Japan made public their Pacific policy notes, dated November 30, affirming no aggressive aims and a status quo plus equal opportunity for commerce in China. Amb Takahira called it a reaffirmation of past declarations, a transaction between trusted friends, with mutual confidence from both governments.
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Washington
United States
Japan
Far East
Root
Takahira
State Department
Mr. Takahira
Pacific
Pacific Ocean
China
K. Takahira
Flihu Root
Department of State
Navy reorganization under Newberry begins at the Navy Dept
Washington December 1 Secretary Newberry launches a reorganizational plan enlarging the Navy General Board to serve as a working general staff level, aiming for broader military study and closer ties to construction and repair. He notes plans are experimental and subject to refinement or reversal if flaws appear.
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Navy
General Staff
Army
Senate
Hale
Committee On Naval Affairs
Congress
Newberry
Navy General Board
Naval War College
Bureau of Navigation
Royal R. Ingersoll
Sidney A. Staunton
Joseph L. Jayne
Evans
Clarence S. Williams
Frank K. Hill
Henry V. Butler
Dewey
Secretary of the Navy
Converse
Navy Department
Metcalf
Carol Newberry
Admiral Dewey
Washington
California
Los Angeles
Walter A. Dane
New Hampshire
Tokyo welcomes policy notes on Far East stance
Tokio on December 2 published the exchanged notes between Secretary Root and Ambassador Wakahira outlining the American Japanese declaration of policy in the Far East. The text received warm welcome from observers across the city.
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Tokio
Root
Wakahira
Far East
Record price for tobacco in Lexington market
Telegraph from Lexington Kentucky reports the 1908 burley tobacco on the open market brought up to 3 a hundred pounds at local breaks. Independent growers sold about 100000 pounds during the day at prices ranging from 5 to Me.
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the Tribune
Lexington
Troops Ride Down Mobs in Prague Riot Clash
Prague reports grave race riots between Czechs and Germans with martial law looming. Twenty gendarmes and police injured, crowds attacked soldiers, sabres drawn, imperial flags burned, and the British Consul Captain Forbes mauled after being mistaken for a German. Troops occupy city streets as rioting spills into suburbs.
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A. W W. Forbes
Pope's Doctors Anxious Over Pope Health
Rome reports the pope's physicians say the cold is following a normal course but express anxiety due to his weakness as of December 1.
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Rome
Revolt in Salvador Suppressed by Martial Law
A plot to overthrow President Figueroa was discovered and crushed in El Salvador. Martial law was proclaimed after the rebellion began in Sonsonate department. Many opposition figures were imprisoned and public sentiment supports the government’s actions as calm returns nationwide.
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San Salvador
Figueroa
Department
Sonsonate
Harriman deflects rumors on New York Central chairmanship
E. H. Harriman refused to confirm or deny rumors he would become chairman of the New York Central board. Asked about points in his Economic Club dinner speech, he replied that no man is responsible for what he says in an after dinner speech.
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E. H. Harriman
Wall Street
New York Central Board
Economic Club
Mr. Harriman
Wallkill River
Highlands
Shawantunk Mountains
New Paltz
Modena
Rendout Valley
Wallkill Valley
Feud Flares as Kentucky Sheriff Seeks Suspects in Slayings
A Laurel County sheriff's posse hunts William Tyree and Robert Barnes after a deadly Sunday shooting that killed William Barnes and Emma Taylor. The forty year feud among Whitaker Mize and Barnes families has left many dead, with numerous killings cited in recent years.
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Lexington
Laurel County
William Tyree
Robert Barnes
William Barnes
Emma Taylor
Whitaker
Mize
Barnes
Yale Student Death by Own Action at West Rock
John Alan White of Walton New York a Yale graduate school student committed death by own action by jumping from West Rock. Body found by his roommate Harry M Agard. Coroner says suicide with letter to his father supports the finding. Mental strain cited from illness in brother and sister with typhoid fever. White graduated top of class before entering graduate studies and won scholarships and prizes.
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New Haven
Free
John Alan White
Walton
N. Y
Yale Graduate School
West Rock
Harry Ll. Agard
White
Yale
Burrows Won’t Support Towns For Senate Bid
The Tribune reports Senator Burrows of Michigan declined to back Townsend in the forthcoming Senate race. He sent a telegram stating he cannot support Townsend, indicating he expects to seek re election himself.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Burrows
Michigan
Walamaroon
Representative Townsend
United States Senate
Townsend
Senate
Senator Burrows
City Considers 10 Million Hudson Bridge Project
New York seeks a large crossing at Storm King to carry an 17 foot 6 inch diameter Cat skills water conduit across the Hudson. Engineers compare a suspension bridge with a pressure tunnel or bed river pipeline as options with costs from 5 million to over 10 million dollars.
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Hudson
Storm King
Peekskill
Catskill
William H. Burr
Board of Water Supply
Hudson River
Hill View Reservoir
Yonkers
Manhattan Island
East River
Brooklyn
Harlem
Seventh Avenue
Washington Bridge
Williamsburg
Wallkill Tunnel Bids Opened In Two Sections
Bids for the Wallkill pressure tunnel were opened by the Board of Water Supply. The Booth & Flinn Company shows the lowest combined bid at 3.565 million dollars while American Pipe Manufacturing leads one section. Bids are being tabulated for final announcement today.
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Booth & Flinn Company
American Pipe Manufacturing Company
Wallkill
Board of Water Supply
Booth & Finn Company
S. Pearson & Sons
Pine Bluff Urges Roosevelt to Halt Arkansas River Channel Cut
Citizens led by Mayor W L Toenes telegrammed President Roosevelt asking intercession with the War Department to permit diverting the Arkansas River channel. War Dept refused, officials warn of rising water and possible loss of property and the Jefferson Federal building if brush fastening fails to hold back floods.
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Ark
Roosevelt
Secretary of War
W. L. Toenes
War Department
Jefferson Fidel
Pine Big
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Baron Kogoro Takahira
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