Hayes Challengeled Windsor Hose Contracts Sparks Inquiry
Fire Commissioner Wichoiss J Hayes, in office during 1901-04, opposed awarding hose contracts to Windsor Fire Appliance Co led by M Francis Loughman. He sought to split the bid with lower bidders and urged the Board of Estimate and Apportionment to prevent a single firm from dominating the supply. The Windsor firm faced scrutiny over nonperformance and bond issues while investigations expand into department budgeting and contract specifications.
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Wichoiss J. Hayes
Windsor Fire Appliance
M. Francis Loughyman
John H. O'Brien
Windsor
Mr. Hayes
Windsor Company
Fnery
Hayes
American Surety Company
M. F. Loughman
Treyton
Fire Department
Commissioners of Accounts
McCiellan
Esterday
O'Brien
Hugh Bonner
Gutta Percha and Rubber Manufacturing Company
Bonner
Manhattan Rubber Company
Eureka Fire House Company
Fabric Fire Hose Company
United States Rubber Company
Dureka
Fire at Parker Building Detmer Woollen Warehouse Grows
Fire broke out on the fifth floor of the Detmer Woollen Company warehouse in the Parker Building as wool bales ignited. Chief Croker directed laborers to move the burning bales and the flames were extinguished without an alarm. A late afternoon disturbance with workers led to two arrests and a missing hose nozzle presumed linked to the late firefighter O Connor. his body had not been found by nightfall.
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Parker
Detmer Woollen Company
Croker
O' Connor
Open Ochs Libel Suit Hears Eight Prospective Jurors
The Open Ochs libel case in the New York Supreme Court adjourned with eight provisional jurors seated. Attorneys sparred over pleadings and adoptions of editorials as Justice Giegerich urged focus on the trial rather than theatrics. Jurors announced include John Harms, Jacob Michales, John J. Smith, Edward F. Blackford, Martin P. Ward, Henry Berkowitz, Irvon B. Seevers, and Edward Bronsveld.
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Ochs-Hearst-Brisbane Mbel
Giegerich
Supreme Court
Adolph S. Ochs
New York Times
William R. Hearst
Arthur Brisbane
Star Publishing Company
New York American
Hearst
August Belmont
Ochs
Mirabeau L. Towns
Clarence J. Shearn
John J. Smith
Mr. Towns
Justice Giegerich
First Woman Internes at Williamsburg Hospital Brook lyn
Dr. Mary Merritt Crawford of Nyack New York enters duties as Williamsburg Hospital's first woman interne and ambulance surgeon. She will serve four and a half months as interne and from June to October as ambulance surgeon. She faces skepticism from older physicians but pledges to work like any other staff.
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Williamsburg Hospital
Brooklyn
Mary Merritt Crawford
Nyack
N. Y
Cornell University
Dr. Crawford
Cornell
Crawford
Stephen Merritt
German American Voice at 142d Anniversary Dinner
Hermen Ridder spoke at Charleston on German contributions to settlement and the Revolutionary War, praising Baron von Steuben and Baron De Kalb. He argued German Americans are independent voters and a balance of power, urging schoolbook revisions and noting their patriotism and commitment to the land of adoption.
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Charleston
S. C
Hermen Ridder
New York
Staats-Zeitung
German Friendly Society
Baron von Steuben
Baron de Kalb
Frederick
Prussia
United States
America
Report on Converse and Capps replies to naval criticisms
Washington January 15 report by Rear Admiral Converse and Chief Constructor Capps nears completion. It will address charges in the Reuterdahl article with diagrams and may be shared in a form chosen by the Navy. Medal demand rises as Civil War and Spanish War veterans request Civil War badge. dentistry shortages persist in the army. orders and ship movements summarized.
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Washington
Converse and Capps
G. A. Converse
W. L. Capps
Navy Department
Reuterdahl
War Department
Secretary of War
Grand Army of the Republic
Philadelphia
Army
Spain
Hobson Proposes Continuing Naval Programme
Representative Hobson met with President Roosevelt and outlined a bill to provide a navy adequate for national defence. The plan would appropriate 50 600 000 dollars annually for new battleships, with vessel details set by the President and expert advice and authorize purchases up to 50 000 000 dollars in any year as needed. It also calls for enlisting 1000 additional sailors and officers in proportion to each new battleship authorized.
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Washington
Hobson
Roosevelt
White House
National Defence
Bids Opened for Army Balloon Tests at Fort Myer
Washington January fifteenth bids opened by General James Allen chief signal officer for a dirigible balloon to be tested at Fort Myer. Bidders offered prices from nine thousand nine hundred ninety six dollars to thirty thousand with speeds from twenty to forty miles per hour and endurance of two hours. Only two bidders included certified checks as required.
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Washington
James Allen
Army
Fort Myer
Potomac River
Meyers
Strobel
Signal Office to Consider Balloon Bid Proposals
The signal office will study all proposals before action. They may reject all bids and request new ones or buy the balloon on the open market.
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Signal Office
Hospital Ship Relief Delays Deficiency Funds Plan
Secretary Metcalf withdraws a 22350 dollar request for the hospital ship Relief to be commissioned on the Pacific Coast. Savings from withdrawing two colliers fund fitting out and Pacific Coast officers. Also notes Brownson resignation and Pillsbury set to assume navigation bureau chief duties.
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Washington
Metcalf
Congress
Pacific Coast
Stokes
Atlantic
Mare Island
Hanna
State Department
Department
Gill
Relief
Brownson
White House
Admiral Brownson
Bureau of Navigation
Darling
Cowles Details Naval Coal Transport Costs
Rear Admiral Cowles told the House Naval Affairs Committee that transporting coal for the battleship fleet bound for San Francisco will cost $1,000,000. He noted nearly all colliers chartered to accompany the fleet are foreign as American owners refuse higher rates to join coastwise trade. the sole exception was the collier Virginia which chartered at a small advance to move to the Pacific trade.
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Washington
Cowles
Bureau of Equipment
House Committee On Naval Affairs
San Francisco
Virginia
Bill to Increase Army Pay Introduced in Senate
Senator Warren, chair of Military Affairs, introduced a bill to raise army pay across ranks. Generals would gain up to 15 20 depending on rank, with caps ensuring no more than 40 percent overall. Provisions mirror navy pay rules and apply to navy also.
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Washington
Senator Warren
Committee On Military Affairs
Navy
Army
Werren
Congress
Hanus to Leave Schoolship for Newport Repairs
Navy Meant to Replace St Marys with gunboat Newport for Nautical School in New York. Commander Gustavus C Hanus is detached from duties as instructor, provoking some dissatisfaction while the department upholds its stance against retiring officers taking active duty on full pay and additional state pay. New York representatives Bennet Goldfogle and Goulden attended the department meeting.
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Washington
Navy Department
Newport
St. Mary's
Nautical School
New York
Gustavus C. Hanus
Bennet, Goldfogle
Goulden
Department
Hay to Bring Suit Over Alleged Alienation of Wife
Kenneth Hay of New Rochelle remained in the White Plains Jail after arrest on a $100,000 suit filed by Samuel M. Butler of the Automobile Club of America. Bail was set at $10,000, which Hay could not meet. He plans to seek a reduction and will appeal to Justice Mills. Hay denies the charges, saying Butler gave no reason for complaint. He notes Mrs. Butler will hire a New York lawyer, while Mrs. Hay intends to defend him.
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Kenneth Hay
New Rochelle
Samuel M. Butler
Automobile Club of America
Adele Butler
Justice Mills
Hay
Butler
Mrs. Butler
Dog Cops Ready for Night Patrols in City
A new dog squad of the Police Department, led by Lieutenant Wakefield and Patmen Beerman McDonnell, includes four Belgian sheepdogs and one Airedale. The dogs, trained to recognize uniforms and obey officers, will patrol at night from Fort Washington Park after probation. Deputy Commissioner Woods notes they are gentle but have yet to learn to recognize police cards and fire badges.
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Jim
Max
Nogi
Lady
Donner
Police Department
Wakefield
Beerman
McDonnell
Belgium
Fort Washington Park
Mulberry Street
Washington Heights
Woods
National Guard Association presses Washington on militia reforms
Boston delegates at the National Guard Association convention adopt a plan to place the volunteer militia under stronger federal control and support. A press to Congress led by General Charles Dick and Representative Butler Ames follows, with plans for Model 1919 rifle and ammunition and a 10 percent force readiness claim.
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Boston
National Guard Association
Washington
Congress
Charles Dick
United States
Ohio
Butler Ames
Massachusetts
William Stopford
William E. Harvey
Carl F. Wagner
Michigan
Crozier
Ordnance Bureau
United States Army
Crain
National Rifle Association
National Guard
James A. Crain
Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company
Woman Alleged Wrongs Involving Hamill Shot
In Chicago on January 15 Mrs Beatrice Thomas Metcalf a former Terre Haute resident accused of planning against attorney Samuel R Hamill shot at him in the Federal Building. She asserted her name as Mrs Beatrice Thomas and claimed she had suffered wrongs from Hamill while she pursued legal remedies. Hamill issued his first public statement denying responsibility for any estrangement between Metcalf and her husband.
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Chicago
Thomas Metcalf
Samuel R. Hamill
John R. Walsh
Federal
Annie M. Bradley
Salt Lake City
Brown
Metcalf
Hamill
Terre Haute
Ind
Denver
New York
Beatrice Thomas
Paula Meadcroft
Thomas
Public Service Commission to study electric and gas firms soon
The Public Service Commission plans an early investigation into electric and gas utilities after completing its first annual report to the Legislature. Complaints cite high breakdown service charges and poor overall reliability, especially for private plants with contracted breakdown service from franchised electric firms. A joint hearing with a second commission will be held in the Tribune Building assembly room, addressing Yonkers surface cars and multiple rail companies.
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Public Service Commission
Electric and Gas
Electric Light and Power
Commission
Tribune
Common Council of
Yonkers
Union Railway Company
Coroner’s Jury Clears Fairmont Coal Company in Monongah Disaster
The jury finds the Monongah explosion stemmed from a blown shot or ignition of powder surging gas. It notes traces of gas in mines 6 and 7 but not in dangerous quantities, cites company compliance with regulations and dust control, and urges six more state inspectors. It also calls on Congress to fund a national bureau to study mine explosions and prevention.
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Fairmont
W. Va
Monongah
Fairmont Coal Company
United States
Bureau of Investigation
Banker Jailed for Forgery Granted Pardon in Oklahoma
Acting Governor George M Bellamy pardons Rufus Ro Conn ia former president of four Oklahoma state banks who served half of a ten year term in the penitentiary for forgery. The action follows reports he has served substantial time and seeks clemency.
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the Tribune
Guthrie
Okla
George M. Bellamy
Rufus Ro Conn Iia
Oklahoma State
Grape-Nuts Relief Boosts Health and Walking Ease
A Blount Springs reader recounts recovery from chronic indigestion after five months boarding, with Grape-Nuts and daily walking restoring strength and energy. She gains 10 pounds and notes others also benefitting, including a woman relieved of nervous and stomach troubles. The ad-copy ends with the slogan There’s a Reason and a note to read The Road to Wellville.
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Postum Co
Rattle Mich
Weillville
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Frankfort
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Charles J. Strobel
Toledo
Harry B. Schiller
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