Public Service Commissions Under Scrutiny in Albany
Governor Whitman orders scrutiny of Public Service commissions drawing on Hughes model and reforms. Lawmakers consider two angles: worthwhile reforms and examining charges against current feeders. Key figures include Sen Elon F. Brown and Speaker Thaddeus C. Skeet. salaries of commissioners cited with 24,000 dollars yearly for each, plus top posts at 20,000 dollars.
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Utak Cotter
Public Commission
Mor Whitman
Hughes
Whitman
Public Service Commissions
Pulte Service Commissions
Esate
Cormmor
1St District Commission
Aland Craven
Yonkers
Maitbie
Tecker
Travis Whitmer
Int District Commission
Thomar
Sith
Joibam P
Public Service Commission
Uder
Hugte Wd
Dix
Police Turn Wrappings in Swamp Case to Chemists
Police submitted the wrappings found with Rufus A. Dunham’s corpse in West Meadow swamp near Ulmer Park to chemists for analysis. Stains on the cloth suggest a faint pink hue traced to Smoky Hollow near Hamilton Ferry, with Captain Coughlin noting the scarlet magenta outer wrap may have caused the coloration.
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Rufus A. Dunham
West Meadow
Ulmer Park
Brooklyn
Smoky Hollow
Hemilton Ferry
Coughlin
Brooklyn Dateetiv
Senate Probe of President Power Seeks Federal Appointment Limits
Washington June 4. The Judiciary Committee orders a probe into presidential authority to make recess appointments to fill vacancies during a session. A sub committee, including Culberson Reed Walsh Brandegee and Borah, will investigate. The panel also recommended rejecting Erving C Bland for U S Marshal Western Missouri.
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Ote
Washington
Wilson
Senate
Judiciary Committee
Congress
Culberson
Reed
Walsh
Brandegee
Borah
Erving C. Bland
Kansas City
United States Matsral
Missouri
Bland
Marjorie J. Bloom
Devil's Lake
N. D
Bloom
Post Office Committee
Stone
Torday
White House
Henry Clay Hail
Colorado Springs
Intstate Commerce Commission
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Cummins
Commission
Immunity Bath Lost Must Ask It as Witnesses
Judge William T. Grubb in federal court ruling that immunity must be requested by witnesses. In Robbins and other New Haven directors cases the court held immunity only applies when witnesses refuse to testify without it. The decision concerns Sherman Act violations linked to Interstate Commerce.
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N. H
William T. Grubb
Edward D. Robbins
New Haven
Rogers to aid woman in murder charge fight
Walters Rogers seeks to defend his wife against homicide charges as she lingers after bichloride of mercury poisoning. Her son John died yesterday. her baby Lorida remains unaware. Doctors fear news could kill her. prosecutors prepare case if she survives.
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Lis Sniffen Walters-Rogers
John
Lorida
Larrys Elton Roger
Martin
Hrons County
Pasterday
Mon
Rogers
Benjamin Alperstein's dramatic kidnap tale at East 104th Street police station
A twelve year old boy, Benjamin Alperstein, fled to the East 104th Street police station claiming he was abducted after visiting his Bronx aunt. He described a car with three men and a chauffeur, a struggle, and a ransom sum, with detectives and family witnesses summoned as the case unfolds.
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Benjamin Alperstein
East Vithity
Yelock
East 104Th St
Shevlin
Ole
B. Alperstein
Dinek Limour
Quaine
Alpereteln
L. Alperatein
Kolomon
Joseph
Ohen
Alarm Clock Saves Life After Despondent Jilted Youth Impeccably Inspired
James Irving twenty one solicitor, despondent over heartbreak and job loss, attempted suicide with a gas tube in his room at Hudson Street. The alarm clock woke him hours later as the tube fell from his mouth and he resisted death, crawling to a window to breathe fresh air. He was found by roommates near an open window, nearly frozen, and restored to life.
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James Irving
Eure
Hudson St
Hegan
Irving
Millionaire Ziegler linked to $5,000 assault suit
Process server Max C. Garvin filed a $5,000 damage suit alleging Florence Ziegfeld Jr. struck him at the New York Theatre building on May 5, 1918. Garvin testified he identified William Ziegler as the assailant after a sequence in the theatre, aided by a photo of the man.
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Max C. Garvin
New York Theatre
Florence Ziegfeld, Jr
William Ziegler
Ziegler
Garvis
Wa Ziegler
Pravers
Regier
Garvie
Jarvis
Jim
Gutetis
Fire insurance man ends life after business troubles
Sigmund Norton Tynberg, former president of the Fire Adjustment Corporation, killed himself with a gun in his Criterion apartment at 69 West 10th Street last night. Deputy Commissioner Dunham arrived with the alarm and learned from treasurer Darian Ettinger that a late afternoon telephone urged his appointment for the morning. He had been in good spirits two hours earlier, but a suicide followed.
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Sigmund Norton Tynberg
Criterion
West 10Th St
Fire Adjustment Corporation
Liberty
Dunham
Darian Ettinger
Fire Neo Nent Corporation
Tysbers
Tynbere
French Press Success Gains Steinbach Amid Alsace Fighting
Paris reports advance in Upper Alsace as French troops capture Steinbach and a western outpost near Cernay. Berlin concedes Steinbach loss but says defenders held the heights. Boureuilles remains uncaptured amid ongoing violent engagements. Authorities note continued counter offensives and sparring for a decisive opening along the front from the sea to the Oise.
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Paris
Upper
Alsace
Steinbach
Cernay
Sennheim
Berlin
London
French War Office
Ofice
Boureuilles
Meuse
Charch St Steinbach
Noulettes
Aisne
Champagne
Father of Triplets Enlists in England
James Pedder a bricklayer s laborer joined the Royal Field Artillery yesterday in London. He longed to enlist but feared for his wife who has just given birth to triplets three daughters to be named Rose Viol and Ivy. The King s bounty has been received.
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London
James Pedder
Royal Field Artillery
Rose
Viol
Ivy
Italians Shell Albanian Rebels in Durazzo Battle
A Paris dispatch from Durazzo reports rebels sending a letter to Albania’s provisional president demanding surrender of French and Serbian ministers. At 12:20 a.m. an assault began. Exsad Pacha and the Italian legation sought aid. Warships Sardegna and Misurata fired on rebels at 2:40 a.m., checking the attack as Italian and French staff and colony members boarded ships.
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Paris
Jan
SA Havas
Durazzo
Albania
Mussolinian Committee
Kasad Pacha
Exsad Pacha
Tritian Legation
Ste
Legation
Formidable Sunk Off Plymouth in English Channel
Berlin reports a German submarine torpedoed and sank the British battleship Formidable in the English Channel off Plymouth early January. The sub escaped after a chase by British destroyers. survivors claim torpedo hits fore and aft. Admittance of exact sinking location withheld. unverified claim of attacker’s sinking.
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Berlin
Sayville
Long Island
Admiralty
English
Plymouth
Formidable
Engah
Germans Use All Belgian Railroads Across Belgium
Brussels reports German forces have put the entire Belgian railroad system in operation and are employing about 1000 railway workers, with 1100 Javarians among them. Many of these men have just been conscripted into Belgium, aiding movement and logistics amid occupation.
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Brussels
London
Belgium
Marmora fears of Allied fleet in Marmora sea
Tense reports from Petrograd indicate Constantinople fears an Anglo French naval entry into the Sea of Marmora. German authorities have divided the capital region into military districts and enforced strict measures. Young Turk leaders are under oath to back the current regime. Odessa's governor bans Odeeskin Novesti for circulating false British army reports.
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Petrograd
Black Sea
Constantiople
Sea of
Marmora
Odessa
Odeeskin Novesti
Panama Canal Closed to U S Dreadnoughts
The Panama Canal may not guarantee passage for U S battleships next spring as earth slides near Gold Hill keep the channel under constant dredging. Colonel Goethals warned Secretary Garrison that slides could delay or block transit until they are dug out, with officials and lawmakers weighing impacts on a Pacific naval parade and potential wartime movement.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Panama Canal
United States
George W. Goethals
Canal Zone
Garrison
Pacific
Gold Hill
Colonel Goethals
Guananamo
San Francisco
Tribune
Pretary
Goothaly
House
Cucuracha
Goethala
Goethals
Christos
Swager — Shertes
House Appropriations
Sherley
Canal
Appropriations Committee
O'Gorman
Senate Committee On
Thetus W. Sims
House Committee Interstate and Foreign Commerce
Power of Daniels Sparks Navy Board Plan
Washington reports a House sub committee plans a Board of Strategy with a chief appointed by the President and fifteen navy officers to oversee a permanent Bureau of Operations. The move aims to remove naval administration from politics, leaving Daniels with non military duties while a General Staff like body would approve broader strategic aims. Daniels opposed endorsing the plan, noting such a General Staff would resemble a permanent Admiralty.
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Washington
Secretary of the Navy
Board of Strategy
Navy
Bureau of Operations
House Committee On Naval Affairs
General Staff For
Navy General Board
Daniels
House Committee
United States
Moody
Meyer
Ayy
War College
Office of Naval Intelligence
Bureau of Navigation
Cducstional
Marine Corps
Naval Discipline
Office of
Judge Advocate General
Navy Department
Bureau of Yards
Bureau of Supplies
Bureau of Medicine
General Accounting Aystem
Library of the Navy
Republic
Admiralty
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Prober
Hite
Moreland
Mike
Aib
Williams
Keusswig
L Iteral
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New York City
the Tribune
Cocos Island
pHoro & Apa
Copia
Friend
Klso
Arthur McWalters
da Rogers
Walters
Benjamin
Process Server
S. N. Tynberg
Liberty St. Concern
Joffre
England
Eng
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