Panic at Show Place as Fire Breaks Out in Moving Picture Hall
A moving picture hall at 189 Thompson Street suffered a small fire when a celluloid film in the operator's box caught fire after a spark from the projector. Spectators shouted fire and several escaped through rear exits blocked by wire netting. Firemen extinguished the blaze with about $500 damage.
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Tucker Athletic Club
Mme. Rossi
Rosario Calderone
Avenue A
Farman
No. 178
Julia Fellini
John
Edna
Daniel Keenan
Mercer Street
Athletic Club
Bridge plan win widens clash over Brooklyn terminal
Bridge Commissioner Stevenson awarded the foundation contract to J. Gray Co. for 697000 after Edward Murphy refused to approve the eight ton per square foot sand load. The dispute pits the Building Superintendent against the bridge authority and could delay the subway loop and Brooklyn Bridge relief.
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Edward S. Murphy
Bridge Department
Brooklyn Bridge
Stevenson
J. Gray Company
J. C. Rodgers
Gaffney & Steers
Corporation Counsel's Office
Sterling
City Record
Murphy
New York
Brooklyn
McKim, Mead & White
the Tribune
Treasury experts deem Belgian 1900-franc notes genuine
From The Tribune Bureau Washington Dec 28 Treasury money experts declare counter frit Belgian 1 900 franc notes genuine. Chief Wilkie of the Secret Service tests the notes and sends samples to the National Bank of Belgium for verification. He notes the notes have watermark proper printing and unique numbers and cautions against premature conclusions.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Treasury Department
Wilkie
Secret Service
National Bank of Belgium
Belgium
National Bank
New York
Skyscraper Church Plan For Pittsburg German Church
Trustees of the First United Evangelical Protestant German Church of Pittsburg outline a fourteen story combined church and office building on the downtown site. The cathedral style front will feature bells and a seven story tower. The project, costing 1.5 million dollars, places the church in the middle with offices surrounding it.
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Pittsburg
the Tribune
First
United Evangelical Protestant German Church of
Wild eagle fights cat over meat at butcher shop
Abraham Pfeffer assistant to Joseph Solomon of Madison Avenue captures a grown gray eagle after it battles a cat for meat in the rear yard. The bird escapes at East 4th Street Police Station before men corner it again and trap it in a berry crate. Pfeffer is bitten during the capture.
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Abraham Pfeffer
Joseph Solomon
Madison Avenue
Pfeffer
Neffer
Solomon
East 4Th Street
Patricimnen Maher
McKenna
Donohue
Hush Armstrong
Civil Service Revisions Approved by Governor Hughes
Governor Hughes signed the Civil Service Commission’s August revision expanding the competitive class by 309 positions and adding two exempt roles in Forest Fish and Game and Elections. The action clarifies that only ten offices of elected state officers were affected, with several offices maintaining exemptions or transfers to competitive status. The changes touch multiple state and county offices including Secretary of State Controller Treasurer and Attorney General, plus New York and Kings counties.
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Forest, Fish and Game Commission
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Civil Service Commission
Secretary of State
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Controller's Office
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Attorney General
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Attorney General's Office
Bureau of Taxation of
New York
Kings Counties
New York County
District Attorney’s Office
Court of General Sessions
Sheriff's Office
Register
Kings County
Guardian
Catastrophic Italian Quake and Tsunami Devastates Messina
Rome reports a powerful quake hitting Calabria and Sicily with two thirds of Messina destroyed and thousands killed. Catania inundated by tidal waves, ships moved to aid injured, telegraphs down, rescue camps set up, Red Cross deployed as authorities evacuate and search amid fires and gas explosions.
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Cosenza
Catanzaro
Reggio di Calabria
Calabria
Italy
Messina
Sicily
Catania
Taft to Visit Gatun Dam Site on Isthmus Trip
President-elect Taft said his Panama stay would last one week and include six civil engineers, a visit to Colonel Goethals at Culebra, and a focus on the Gatun dam foundations. He will have a special train, and minor administrative issues will be resolved. He then proceeds to Cincinnati for a Taft Citizens' Club dinner February 19 and Philadelphia February 22.
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Taft
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Goethals
Culebra
Gatun Dam
New Orleans
Cincinnati
Taft Citizens’ Club
Philadelphia
Frank H. Hitchcock
Washington
Ballinger
Seattle
Atlanta
Mr. Taft
South
Asa G. Candler
Atlanta Chamber of Commerce
David Woodward
Walter G. Cooper
Charles E. Caverty
Ten Die In Cave-In At Ensley Blast Furnace Plant
Two bodies have been recovered and eight more believed buried after a trench cave-in at the Ensley blast furnace plant in Birmingham. Several laborers and two foremen were injured as gas from furnaces hindered search efforts.
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Birmingham
Ala
Ensley
Fleet Passes Aden Bound for Suez
The sixteen American Atlantic battleships under Rear Admiral Sperry sailed past Aden today headed for Suez. The fleet departed Colombo on December 20 and reached Aden on December 28.
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Aden
Sperry
Suez
Colombo
Ceylon
Tom Longboat Marries in Toronto Church Ceremony
Archbishop Sweatman withdrew his opposition after confirming Longboat’s baptism. The ceremony at Church of Ascension was conducted by Rev. Creegan with Flanagan as best man. Bride Lauretta Maracle wore white, Elsie Claus attended. A reception at Massey Hall followed, gifts including a substantial check from Hugh Graham. Mrs Longboat plans to tour New York. Tom remains to train for a race with Shrubb.
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Tribune
Toronto
Flanagan
Lauretta Maracle
Elsie Claus
Albany
Longboat
Massey Hall
Hugh Graham
Montreal
Mrs Deborah Silliman Dies at 108 in Maston Connecticut
Maston Connecticut December 28 Mrs Deborah Staples Silliman dies at her home at age 108 Born February 21 1815 in Greenfield Fairfield native long time resident of the area The notice notes a New Year Eve celebration at Haans Restaurant Park Row with special music accompanying the ad placeholder.
Taft to Back Texas Rail Line From Aransas Port
Charles P Taft of Cincinnati leads a new company to build a railroad about 250 miles from the Aransas Pass deep water port on the Gulf to Eagle Pass on the Rio Grande. The route would pass Mt Taft's three hundred acre ranch near Aransas Pass and his property fifteen miles west of town. The news mentions Seaboard Air Line service to Florida and connections to Jacksonville and Miami with trains resuming January 4.
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Tribune
Taft
Tex
Charles P. Taft
Cincinnati
Aransas Pass
Gulf Coast
Texas
Eagle Pass
Rio Grande
Mt. Taft
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