Mandamus Sought Over City Share of Grade Crossing Costs
The Long Island Railroad seeks a court order against the City of New York for 225000 as its share of grade crossing elimination costs on the Bay Ridge and Manhattan Beach branches. The Brooklyn Supreme Court, with Justice Blackmar, will hear the returnable action. The dispute centers on the 1903 Brooklyn grade crossing act and whether the city must finance half the upgrades amid plans to elevate or depress the entire right of way to accommodate added tracks.
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Long Island Railroad Company
Bay Ridge
Manhatt Beach
Brooklyn
Blackmar
Supreme Court
Metz
Railroad Company
New York
County of Kings
Manhattan Beach Railway Company
Brooklyn Union Elevated Railway Company
Brooklyn Heights Railway Company
Brooklyn Heights
Long Island
Manhattan Beach
Brooklyn Grade Crossing Commission
Corporation Counsel
Walter Lonsdale States Receipt of Cook Letter
Copenhagen January 3 Walter Lonsdale secretary to Dr. Frederick Cook announced he had received a letter from Cook but declined to share the address He said he would inform Cook of the university decision which he believed Cook did not yet know
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Copenhagen
Walter Lonsdale
Frederick A. Cook
Cook
Lonsdale
Dr. Cook
Judge Coxe Chosen for New Customs Court Post
Washington reports indicate Judge A C Coxe of the New York circuit court has been offered a seat on the United States Customs Court of Appeals with a likely resignation from his current post. Marion De Vries may receive a judgeship as well. Coxe, a native of Utica and kin to notable figures, has served on the federal bench since 1882 and would earn 10,000 dollars under the new court.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
New Customs Court
A. C. Coxe
United States Circuit Court
New York
Marion de Vries
Board of General Appraisers
Senate
Customs Court
Coxe
United States Customs Court of Appeals
Congress
Utica
Alfred Conkling
Roscoe Conkling
Arthur Cleveland Coxe
Hamilton College
Cornell
Columbia
Stolen Auto Found In Late Night Collision
Mrs. Ladew’s car valued at 7000 dollars was stolen from West 64th Street. Four unknown men fled after a collision at 89th Street and Riverside Drive. Martin Morrison, chauffeur for G. Burke, towed the damaged car to Bernard garage. Arthur Donovan later reported the theft to police. Mrs. Ladew, mother of Harvey Ladew, summers at Elsinore Cove Long Island.
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Edward R. Ladew
Hotel Plaza
89Th Street
Riverside Drive
Martin Morrison
G. Burke
West
Laden
Fire Victim Florence Ellis Dies After New Year Flame Incident
Mrs. Florence Ellis of 210 West 56th Street died at New York Hospital after suffering chest and facial burns from a balcony dining fire at Café Martin on New Year’s Eve. She had been unconscious for hours before death. The blaze began when a patent lighter top dropped, igniting a lace curtain and a paper lantern that set her dress aflame.
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Florence Ellis
Charles E. Ellis
No. 210
West 56Th Street
Martin
New York Hospital
Mrs. Ellis
New Animal Found Vergatus Named by Smithsonian Expedition
Washington January 3. A new carnivorous mammal from British East Africa has been found by the Smithsonian African scientific expedition led by ex President Roosevelt. The species, an otocyon, is named vergatus, a striped foxlike creature. The expedition also reports 127 miles covered near Kampala with Colonel Roosevelt killing a bull elephant weighing 110 pounds. The party plans to move toward Butiaboa next.
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Washington
British East Africa
Smithsonian African Scientific Expedition
Roosevelt
Smithsonian Institution
Smithson’n
Vergatus
Holma
Uganda Protectorate
Kampala
Kisingo
Butiaboa
President Taft Holds Railroads Talks On Interstate Plan
The President met with six major railroad heads in Washington to discuss amendments to the interstate commerce law. He accepted minor suggestions but faces renewed pushback on federal control of securities and shipper routing, signaling a possible early clash with rail interests. The administration continues to push a comprehensive rate law, with final bills drafted by the Attorney General awaiting Congress.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Taft
J. P. Morgan
McCrea
Pennsylvania
Mellen
New York
New Haven & Hartford
Brown
New York Central
Baer
Philadelphia & Reading
Finley
Southern
Lovett
Union
Southern Pacific
Lewis Cass Ledyard
Wickersham
Mr. Taft
Congress
Secretary of Commerce and Labor
White House
Mayor Gaynor Faces Tammany Civil Service Tensions
District leaders pressed Mayor Gaynor at City Hall over who will receive patronage jobs. Cram’s pledge that only Democrats would be on guard raised scrutiny of appointments, as leaders warn that no true Tammany man has yet been named and many appointees seem mugwump or detached from local captains.
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J. Sergeant Cram
Charles F. Murphy
Judge Gaynor
Gaynor
Tammany
Gay
Tammany Organization
Democratic
Thomas F. Smith
Tammany Hall
Tom
Charles FP. Murphy
Atlantic City
Smith
Murphy
Rhinelander Waldo
Congress
Cram
New York Today Florida Tomorrow via Perna and ACL
Advertisement notes limited daily service by Standard town of the South with four limited or daily trains. Mentions Superior service and a Broadway address 1218 for booking or inquiries. Highlights New York and Florida routes under Perna and Atlantic Coast Line branding.
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New York
Florida
Perna
Atlantic Coast Line
Superior
Arrest Mutineers at Fort Wright After New Year Hike
Seventy six of eighty four coast artillerymen at Fort H. G. Wright Fisher's Island were arrested for refusing the fifteen mile New Year hike. Colonel Rafferty ordered mass arrests. one man escaped and is to be tried for desertion. Courts martial expected. mutineers claim lack of twelve days rest under an act of Congress.
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Tribune
New London
Conn
Coast Artillery Company
Fort H. G. Wright
Fisher's Island
125Th Company
John Rafferty
Actors' Bad Plight In New Jersey Home
English actor J Hutchinson Radcliffe and his wife reached the United States on November 17 and sent their two children Edwin ten and Isabel eight to Miss Fortwender of Jersey City for boarding at eight Graham Street paying eight dollars weekly. After no money arrived she took the children from her daughter to West 34th Street but learned the parents had left. At Tenderloin police station the daughter returned the children to Jersey City and the Radcliffes later arrived claiming failed engagements and promising to fund the care while seeking work.
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J. Hutchinson Radcliffe
Edwin
Isabel
Fortwender
Graham Street
Jersey City
West 34Th Street
Tenderloin
Walsh
Defense of Leopold Is Defended by Archbishop Ireland
Archbishop Ireland issues a statement defending King Leopold II's Congo governance. He argues calm review shows no atrocities and that initial outcry gave way to measured assessment as official reports and unbiased travelers' accounts emerged. He concedes some abuses may occur but rejects broad claims of systematic atrocity.
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St. Paul
Ireland
Leopold
Belgium
Congo
Delightful Southbound voyage by new ships from Pier 35
Large new ships sail Tuesdays Thursdays and Saturdays at 3 00 p m from Pier 35 North River with all outside staterooms. Those seeking health and rest should use this line for tickets and reservations. Advi
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Pier 35
North River
Advi
Barber Replies to Dick Debate Challenge in Akron
O C Barber head of Diamond Match Company replies from New York that he left Ohio due to tax laws and lack of equal rights. He says he is a lifelong manufacturer not a trust organizer and supports regulating or controlling labor and capital by the government.
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Tribune
Akron
Ohio
New York
O. C. Barber
Diamond Match Company
Barber
D O Mills Dies Suddenly at California Winter Home
Darius Ogden Mills died at 9:30 PM at his Millbrae estate in San Mateo County after angina pectoris. He founded D O Mills & Co in Sacramento and helped California’s growth. Survived by daughter Mrs Whitelaw Reid and son Ogden Mills. wife Jane Templeton Cunningham died in 1888. Estate affairs managed by H H Taylor. Ogden Mills en route from New York.
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The
Tribune
San Francisco
D. O. Mills
Millbrae
San Mateo County
San Franciso
Mr. Mills
Whitelaw Reid
United States
Great Britain
Ogden Mills
California
New York
Mills
Darius Ogden Mills
Westchester County
James Mills
Hannah Ogden Mills
North Salem
D. O. Mills & Co
Sacramento
Millis
Jane Templeton Cunningham
Dougherty Declines Civil Service Commission Offer
Hampden Dougherty, former head of the Water Supply, Gas and Electricity department under Mayor Law, declined a proposed post as president of the Municipal Civil Service Commission after an appointment with Mayor Gaynor. He led an inquiry into lighting companies and served on the charter revision commission. He recently resided in West Ted Street, Brooklyn. Mayor Gaynor is expected to appoint a new Civil Service Commission today.
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J. Hampden Dougherty
Low
Municipal Civil Service Commission
Gaynor
Dougherty
Department of Water Supply, Gas and Electricity
Law
Charter Revision Commission
Brooklyn
West Ted Street
Civil Service Commission
Marooned in Boston as water main bursts
Boston on January 3 reports a 30 inch water main break at Tremont and Hills streets. Flooding disrupted the district from Tremont to Washington and Lagrange to Warrenton, with thousands marooned for over two hours as two playhouses and a dozen cinemas closed and about 200000 dollars in damage occurred.
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Boston
Tremont
Hollis Streets
Washington Streets
Lagrange
Warrenton Street
Atlantic Avenue
Manila cancer cure reported to be preliminary and experimental
A preliminary report to the Manila Medical Society describes a cancer treatment using a vaccine made from the patient's own tumor to induce immunity against progression. Dr. Francis C. Wood cautions against quick acceptance, noting skepticism and lack of scientific data, while noting past mixed results in animals. The notice also includes an ad for Dewey and Sons wines.
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Manila
Manila Medical Society
Francis C. Wood
West 56Th Street
George Crocker
Morgan Figures in Big Merger
The Guaranty, Morton and Fifth Avenue trust companies plan a merger creating a $5,000,000 capital bank to be known as the Guaranty Trust Company. Levi P. Morton will chair the new board, with offices consolidated and Fifth Avenue as an uptown branch. The move extends Morgan influence in New York finance following recent industry reshuffles.
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Guaranty, Morton and
Fifth Avenue Trust Companies
Guaranty Trust Company
Levi P. Morton
Morton and
Guaranty and Morton Trust Companies
Mutual Life Insurance
Fifth Avenue Trust Company
J. Pierpont Morgan
Equitable Life Assurance Society
Thomas F. Ryan
Henry P. Davison
J. P. Morgan & Co
E. H. Harriman
Mutual Life
Morgan
Mr. Ryan
Guaranty
Morton
Fifth Avenue
Farmers’ Loan and Trust Company
Morten
Ryan
National Bank of Commerce
Morton Trust Company
American Tobacco Company
William €. Whitney
Mutual Life Insurance Company
Equitable Life
Morton Trust
Guaranty Trust
Davison
Harriman
Mr. Davison
George F. Baker
First National Bank
Morgan Group
William H. Porter
Chemical National Bank
Messrs. Davison and Porter
C. Converse
Bankers’ Trust Company
Albert H. Wiggin
Chase National Bank
The
A. J. Hemphill
Company
John W. Castles
Union Trust Com
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Mandamus
New Court of Customs Appeals
C. BE. Ellis
Otocyon Vergatus
Florida Resorts
Seaboard Florida Ltd
Club Cartain
Ing
Seaboard Air Line
Mayor Gaynor
City Hall
Flatbush
Thomas J. Higgins
Bronx
Tammany Men
Arthur Murphy
M'Manus
Adamson
Savannah Line
Manila Cancer Cure
DEWEY
Dewey & Sons Co
Fulton St
N.Y
Management
MR. Harriman
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