Queens Tunnel Fight Belmont Interests to Sue the City
Belmont interests plan to sue the city for damages over the Steinway tunnel. They claim a $516,000 yearly interest loss at 6 percent from enforced idleness and seek to recover costs while asserting the franchise validity. The dispute involves Fire Commissioner O’Brien’s 1907 blasting permit, city action on franchise status, and potential court rulings affecting operation and fares.
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Belmont Interests
Belmont
Cty
McClellan
Metz
Willcox
Public Service Commission
Law Department
Interborough
John H. O'Brien
O'Brien
Supreme Court
Court of Appeals
Board of Estimate
Shonts
New York & Queens County Rail- Tech
Rector Defies Bishop in Locked Church Service
Bethel Conn Feb 7 Special Reverend M P Bowie rector of St Thomas Episcopal held a lawn service after vestry locked the church and discharged his pastoral duties by Bishop Chauncey Brewster. About fifteen congregants gathered as Bowie conducted the usual service without a sermon and refused to discuss the dispute.
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Bowie
Brewster
St. James's Church
Danbury
St. Thomas's
Bowe
Youth Passes Worthless Checks in New York City
A 19 year old identifying as Frank K Hiller from Little Rock Arkansas was arrested near the Hotel Astor on a complaint by George Newton manager of the Hotel Prince George for passing a $20 worthless check on February 3. Police report he admitted three checks for 10 25 and 35 were worthless and he has 600 in a bank book but only 16 cents in money.
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Little Rock
Ark
Hotel Astor
George Newton
Prince George
East 28Th Street
Hiller
Central Office
Ross
Converts flood Tremont Temple as revival peak hits
Boston revival led by Dr. Chapman sees over one thousand conversions as "Kid" Siggins leads the procession to the pulpit at Tremont Temple. Ten days into the revival, officials report more than twenty five thousand conversions and expect further success in the final two weeks.
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the Tribune
Boston
Chapman Evangelistic
Tremont Temple
Kid” Siggins
Chapman
Priest Nailing Swindle At Wall Street Mining Stock
Max Schwartz of 47 West 129th street is jailed in Yonkers on grand larceny charges after a complaint by Rev. Julius Szabo of Holy Trinity Catholic Church. Szabo says Schwartz posed as a Wall Street broker, sold 200 shares of Exploration mining stock for 250 dollars, took 60 dollars on deposit, and promised delivery then disappeared. Schwartz was due to be arraigned before Acting City Judge Helmstrom.
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Max Schwartz
No. 47
West 129Th Street
Yonkers
Julius Szabo
Holy Trinity Catholic Church
Schwartz
Wall Street
Father Szabo
Helmstrom
Cardinal Gibbons Denounces Suffragists in Sermon
Baltimore February 7 Cardinal Gibbons spoke on women saying a biblical woman praised in scripture was a loving mother and dutiful wife not a suffrage advocate. He left tonight for New Orleans for a fortnight with his brother John T Gibbons. He will give the invocation at the Taft dinner February 12 joined by Rev Louis R Stickney of the Cathedral.
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the Tribune
Baltimore
Cardinal Gibbons
New Orleans
John T. Gibbons
Taft
Wright to instruct Italian aviators in Rome March
It is reported that Wilbur Wright will come to Rome in March to train two Italian aeronauts. He is expected to perform at least twenty flights and receive twelve thousand dollars for his work. HAAN'S RESTAURANT, PARK ROW BLDG. Refine surroundings for Luncheon Dinner Music vi.
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Rome
Wibur Wright
Haan
Park Row
Direct Primary Bill Aims to Secure Party and Independent Tickets
Brooklyn club and Kings County Republicans unveil a comprehensive direct primary bill. It creates elected party committees at all levels to select tickets and allows independent nominations, with ballots ordered by filing times. The plan seeks to preserve party organization while enabling independents, and adds penalties under the corrupt practices act to curb spending.
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the Tribune
Brooklyn Young Republican Club
Kings County Republican Executive Committee
Kings County
Republican Executive Committee
Senate
Assembly
Mortimer W. Byers
Conrad S. Keyes
Elmer G. Sammis
Charles F. Aronstam
Frank M
Republican County
Timothy L. Woodruff
Asphyxiated by Burglars Ends Baker's Life in Asbury Park
Detectives scour Asbury Park for thieves who entered Robert Weir's Springwood avenue bakery and stole his gas meter, causing fatal asphyxiation. Weir's body and his dog were found. gas streamed from an open pipe. The broken meter with several quarters was located in a nearby stable. Weir left a son in New York and a wife who died months ago.
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the Tribune
Asbury Park
N. J
Robert Weir
Springwood Avenue
Weir
New York
Fleet off Portugal sails homeward under Sperry flag
Cape St. Vincent Portugal February 7 The American battleship fleet commanded by Rear Admiral Sperry is returning from Gibraltar and passed this point at 10 oclock this morning signaling All well.
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Cape St. Vincent
Portugal
Sperry
Gibraltar
Eagle Attacks Man On Queensboro Bridge Ladder
Three men installing information signs on the Queensboro Bridge were attacked by a large eagle. Charles EB. Mertle of Corona fell from a ladder on the east tower above Blackwell's Island, breaking his left leg below the knee. He was treated at St. John's Hospital and released to recover at home.
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Queensboro Bridge
Charles EB. Mertle
Corona
Mertle
Blackwell's Island
St. John’s Hospital
Long Island City
Murder of Holston pastor shocks Houston Mississippi
The body of Rev. W. T. Hudson, pastor of the Baptist Church, was found slain by buckshot in a pond near Houston. He had left his hotel and was last seen alive while planning a Sunday sermon under a tree by the pond. Roy Daskin, a Black man, is arrested on charges of the crime amid threats of lynching.
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Houston
Miss
W. T. Hudson
Baptist Church
Roy Daskin
Indictments Expected Against Beef Packers Probe
Federal prosecutors push to indict the meat packing firms led by Armour Schwarzschild and National Packing. Subpenas are to target officials and workers as the grand jury reopens, with possible general indictments if immunity issues arise. District Attorney Sims returns from Washington after a Bonaparte conference directing immediate action.
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Tribune
Chicago
Federal Department of Justice
Beef Trust
Federal Grand
Morris & Co
Armour & Co
Schwarzschild & Sulzberger Company
National Packing Company
Sims
Bonaparte
Washington
Rest In Rector’s Restaurant Case Nets Discharge For Waiter
Two plain clothes officers from Captain Daly’s staff dined at Rector’s on Broadway and charged waiter Albert Daudett with violating the excise law after paying for a meal and for two whiskeys. Magistrate Kernochan discharged the waiter once it emerged drinks were obtained only by ordering a meal. No prior arrest for such a violation was recalled.
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Ambrose Hearn
Daniel F. Fox
Daly
West 47Th Street
Rector’s
No. 1510
Broadway
Albert Daudet
Kernochan
West Side
SICK NURSE REQUESTS REMOVAL FROM GRADUATE ROLL
Miss Mary Peterson, formerly a Bellevue Hospital nurse and Carnegie family aide, requests to have her name removed from the Bellevue Training School for Women Nurses graduates roll. She was admitted Jan 19 to Bellevue, and hospital officials say no diagnosis has been released. Her Cleveland broker father is named Dc P Peterson. she is 27 and lives at West 106th Street.
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Mary Peterson
Andrew Carnegie
Bellevue Hospital
Dc. P. Peterson
Cleveland
Bellevue
Carnegie
Miss Peterson
Miss Louis
Bryan Denies Auto Accident Tale In Florida Visit
William Jennings Bryan reached Jacksonville from De Land and denied a late report of an automobile accident near Tarpon Springs claiming severe injuries. He was hosted by his cousin William S. Jennings, delivered the lecture The Prince of Peace, and then left for Defuniak Springs.
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Jacksonville
Fla
William Jennings Bryan
Deland
Tarpon Springs
Bryan
William S. Jennings
Prince of Peace
Defuniak Springs
President Roosevelts blast on Perkins over anti Japanese agitation
A telegraph from President Roosevelt to Governor Gillett condemns Senator Perkins of California for backing anti Japanese bills. Perkins defends his record and states states rights and navy needs. The piece notes Stanton's postponement tactic and warns that anti Japanese action could strain US Japan relations. The Tribune cites Sacramento and Washington dispatches with Governor Gillett and Speaker Stanton central to the debate.
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United States
Perkins
J. N. Gillett
Sacramento
Flint
Stanton
Rendder
Washington
California
Roosevelt
Gillett
Senate
Japan
Los Angeles
J. P. Transue
Philip A. Stanten
Assembly
Cal
Theodore Roosevelt
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Rochester Theological Seminary
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