Hayes opposed Windsor hose contracts as fire chief
Nicholas J. Hayes, then Fire Commissioner, testified he opposed awarding large hose contracts to the Windsor Fire Alliance Company led by M. Francis Loughman. He sought to split the bid with lower bidders, pressed for standard manufacturers, and noted delayed deliveries and uncollected guarantees. The inquiry spans 1901 to today, with budget figures and bid irregularities under review.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nicholas J. Hayes
Windsor Fire Alliance
M. Francis Loughnan
John H. O'Brien
Windsor
Mr. Hayes
Board of Estimate and Apportionment
Windsor Company
Isay 1
M. F. Loughman
Trestor
Fire Department
Hese
Commissioners of Accounts
Long Az
McCiellan
District Attorney’s
Thomas Sturgis
Hugh Bonner
Gutta Percha and Rubber Manufacturing Company
Underwriters Association
O’brien
Bonner
Oew Company
Eureka Fire House Company
Fabric Fire Hose Company
United States Rubber Company
Fire at Parker Building warehouse sparks riot and missing fireman
A fire broke out on the fifth floor of the Detmer Woollen Company warehouse in the Parker Building. Bales of wool burst into flames until extinguished without an alarm. A late afternoon riot occurred as laborers clamored for work. two arrests were made. A hose nozzle believed to belong to firefighter O'Connor was found, with his body still missing by nightfall.
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Parker
Detmer Woollen Company
Croker
O'Connor
Ochs Libel Suit Jury Drawn Amid Courtroom Banter
Eight provisional jurors were seated in the Ochs Hearst Brisbane libel case in New York Supreme Court Judge Giegerich wrestled with lawyers over amendments and massive questioning as Mr Towns battled for editorial evidence. The panel includes John Harms Jacob Michales John J Smith Edward F Blackford Martin P Ward Henry Berkowitz Irvon B Seevers and Edward Bronsveld. A chorus of quips from both sides sparked the judge to remind that this is a trial not a farce.
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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
Times
Edward M. Shepard
John J. Smith
Towns
Pope
Mr. Cook
Mr. Towns
Justice Giegerich
First woman interne and ambulance surgeon joins Williamsburg Hospital
Dr. Mary Merritt Crawford of Nyack New York begins a four and a half month interne term and a June to October ambulance surgery stint at Williamsburg Hospital. Her arrival draws mixed bemused reactions from senior physicians and support from friends as she prepares to prove herself in a male dominated field.
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Williamsburg Hospital
Brooklyn
Mary Merritt Crawford
Nyack
N. Y
Cornell University
Dr. Crawford
Cornell
Crawford
Stephen Merritt
Germans Hold Balance of Political Power, Ridder Says
Herman Ridder of the Staats-Zeitung spoke at the 142d anniversary dinner of the German Friendly Society in Charleston on German Americans voting independence and civic duty. He cited Baron von Steuben and Baron De Kalb, urged schoolbooks reflect German contributions, and defended personal liberty and beer as a cultural issue.
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Charleston
S. C
Herman Ridder
New York
Staats-Zeitung
German Friendly Society
Baron von Steuben
Baron de Kalb
Frederick
Prussia
United States
America
Report on Converse and Capps ship design completed
The Converse and Capps report defending ship design and criticizing Reuteredahl’s article nears completion with diagrams and possible public form. Debates on whether to reveal confidential details continue as officers weigh foreign interest against full public reply. Medal issuance looms with a Civil War badge design drawing interest from veterans and volunteers. Dental surgeons remain scarce with a hard Army exam. Navy seeks on board dentists. Orders issued to officers. ships like Tingey arrive and Wasp and Potomac sail to new stations.
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Washington
Converse and Capps
G. A. Converse
W. L. Capps
Navy Department
Reuterdahl
San Francisco
West Point
Army
Cuba
Philippines
Navy
Congress
Hobson Pushes Naval Programme With Roosevelt Support
Representative Hobson met with President Roosevelt and said the President will back a bill for a continuing naval programme. The measure proposes a navy adequate for national defence with $50,603,000 annually for new battleships and authority to order or purchase vessels or war material up to $50,000,000 per year as needed. It also calls for enrolling about a thousand additional sailors and officers with each new battleship authorized.
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Washington
Hobson
Roosevelt
White House
National Defence
Army Balloon Bids Opened For Fort Myer Tests
Six bids ranged from 5 000 to 30 000 dollars for a dirigible able to carry two 350 pound persons with ballast and reach twenty miles per hour, plus two hour endurance. Bidders include Meyers 9 996, Reiferscheid 5 000, Strobel 5 000, Schiller 25 000, Kairies unspecified, Creecy 12 500. Checks were attached with two proposals. others failed to include the required 15 percent.
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Washington
James Allen
Army
Fort Myer
Potomac River
Carl E. Meyers
Frankfort
N. Y
William Reiferscheid
Streater
Til
Charles J. Strobel
Toledo
Harry B. Schiller
Brown Street
Philadelphia
John Kairies
North River Avenue
Mount Vernon
A. W. Creecy
Messrs. Meyers
Strobel
Agencies Consider Rejection of Balloon Bids
The signal office will study all proposals before action and may reject all bids and seek new ones or buy the balloon on the open market.
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Signal Office
Navy Secretary scales hospital ship Relief funding
Secretary Metcalf withdraws a 22350 dollar deficiency request for equipping the hospital ship Relief to serve on the Pacific coast. Two colliers are withdrawn to free funds. Brownson allies press for public release of his memo on command doctrine. Captain Pillsbury to assume navigation bureau post soon.
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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
Naval
John E. Pillsbury
Senate
Admiral Cowles Maps Coal Transport Cost for Pacific Fleet
Rear Admiral Cowles told the House Naval Affairs Committee that transporting coal for the battleship fleet bound for San Francisco will cost about 1 million dollars. He noted nearly all colliers chartered to accompany the fleet are foreign, as American owners seek higher coastwise profits. The Virginia was the sole exception, chartered at a small premium to shift to Pacific trade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Cowles
Bureau of Equipment
House Committee On Naval Affairs
San Francisco
Virginia
Bill to Increase Army Pay
Senator Warren chairman of the Military Affairs Committee today introduced a bill to raise army officer pay by 10 percent for lieutenant generals, 15 percent for major and brigadier generals, 20 percent for colonels and below, and 2 percent for captains and lieutenants with cadets. The pay increases may not exceed 40 percent of present pay and would extend to navy enlisted men at equal grades. Warren called broad support in Congress and the country for boosting the fighting force’s pay.
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War Department
Secretary of War
Grand Army of the Republic
Philadelphia
Army
Spain
Washington
Warren
Committee On Military Affairs
Navy
Werren
Congress
Hanus to Leave Schoolship in Navy Decision
Navy directs repairs to Newport bulkheads replacing the St. Marys as Nautical School ship in New York. Commander Gustavus C. Hanus is detached from duty as instructor, drawing some dissatisfaction but the department will not honor officers retiring to active duty while drawing 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 in Alienation Case From Butler
Kenneth Hay of New Rochelle remained in White Plains Jail after arrest on the $100 000 alienation of affections suit brought by Samuel M. Butler secretary of the Automobile Club of America. Bail was set at 10000 but could not be paid. Hay planned to seek a bail reduction and denied the charges saying there was no basis and that he and Mrs Butler were never unfaithful. He noted Mrs Hay would hire a New York lawyer and blamed Mrs Butler for the arrest tip.
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Kenneth Hay
New Rochelle
Samuel M. Butler
Automobile Club of America
Adele Butler
Justice Mills
Hay
Mr. Butler
Mrs. Butler
Dog cops on patrol joining a new night squad
The city introduces the dog squad of six police animals four Belgium sheepdogs and one Airedale, under Lt Wakefield and Patrolmen Beerman and McDonnell. The dogs trained to recognize uniforms, obey officers, and stop suspicious figures will patrol nights from Fort Washington Park, with muzzles tested to balance safety and drinking water. Deputy Woods notes the dogs are gentle but have yet to learn police 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 militia reform to Washington
Delegates from the National Guard Association ended their three day convention in Boston with a unanimous pledge to push amendments to the Dick law in Congress. General Charles Dick and Representative Butler Ames are expected to introduce the measures tomorrow. The group urged tighter federal control and support for volunteers. The army ordnance bureau announced a new model 198 magazine rifle and ammunition to be issued by April 20.
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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. Waener
Michigan
Crozier
Ordnance Bureau
United States Army
Drain
Naetional Rifle Association
James A. Crain
National Guard
Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company
Woman Alleged Wrongs Suspect in Chicago Shooting Case
Chicago January 15 A woman identified as Mrs Beatrice Thomas Metcalf shot at Samuel R Hamill attorney for John R Walsh in the Federal Building. She claims her name is Thomas while Terre Haute officials said Paula Meadcroft. Hamill publicly denied responsibility for the marital estrangement.
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Chicago
Thomas Metcalff
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
Lawyer recalls encounter with suspected litigious woman
The narrator reports meeting a woman in Terre Haute about five years ago who asked him to act for her in St. Louis regarding a large estate claim she said was unfounded. She later urged him to drop the matter and he recalls a revolver she displayed during a second visit. He learned she frequented the Walsh trial and that Mr. Van Winkle was instructed to watch her by Mr. Ritcher.
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Terre Haute
St. Louis
Mr. van Winkle
Mr. Ritcher
P S C to Probe Electric Light and Power Firms
The Public Service Commission plans a joint investigation of electric light and power companies amid complaints of poor service and high charges especially for breakdown service. Hearings will cover Union Railway Yonkers Railway Westchester Electric Railroad and others with routes under dual jurisdiction continuing in the Tribune Building.
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Public Service Commission
Maltbie
Electric Light and Power Corporations
Electric Light
Tribune
Common Council of
Yonkers
Union Railway Company
Yonkers Railroad Company
Westchester Electric Railroad Company
Southern Boulevard Railroad Company
Tarrytown, White Plains & Mamaroneck Railroad Company
Peekskill Lighting & Railroad Company
Hudson River & Eastern Traction Company
New York & Stamford Railway Company
Coroner's jury absolves Fairmont Coal in Monongah disaster
The Fairmont mine explosion inquiry finds the blast due to a blown out shot or powder ignition causing gas release. It notes limited gas traces in mines 6 and 8, credits the company with compliance and dust control, and recommends six more state inspectors and federal funding for a national bureau of investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bureau OF Mine Investigation
Fairmont
W. Va
Monongah
Fairmont Coal Company
Lfe
United States
Bureau of Investigation
Banker Pardoned After Forgery Conviction
Acting Governor George M. Bellamy granted a pardon to Rufus R. Connell former president of four Oklahoma state banks who has served half of a ten year term in the penitentiary for forgery. Connell was pardoned today upon review of his case and is released from prison in Guthrie Oklahoma.
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the Tribune
Guthrie
Okla
George M. Bellamy
Rufus R. Connell
Oklahoma
Grape-Nuts Boosts Health Says Postum Customer
A Blount Springs reader reports indigestion relief after three weeks on Grape-Nuts diet and walking routine. She notes weight gain and better mornings, with others also praising the cereal’s effects.
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Postum Co
Rattle Mich
Wellville
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Wasua
Orient
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Athens
Pome
The
Riviera
Europe
F. c. Clark
Times Blings
Sailies
Mr. Ridder
Army and Navy News
Cerofp
Tribune Bureau
Wildurr Willing
Corps of Engineers
Chief of Engineers’ Office
H. A. M’clure
Navy Yard
South Dakota
J. M.C. Murray
Norfolk
Magdalena Bay
Acapulco
Wasp
Potomac
Portsmouth
Army Balloon
Chief
Hospital Ship Command
Admiral Cowles
Hanus
S. M. Butler
Evans al
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