State Water Power Plan Aims to Save 15 Million Yearly
New York State Water Supply Commission releases fifth annual report to Governor and Legislature. It outlines a statewide water power conservation plan with four major reservoir projects to store water for power development and flood control, including a Lake George sized reservoir on the Sacandaga and Hudson system. The plan argues extensive state control and payments to the state for water power franchises as part of a broader public benefit.
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Albany
State Water Supply Commission
Lake George
New York
Hughes
Niagara
St. Lawrence
United States
Hudson
Genesee
Raquette
Sacandaga
Sthroer Lake
Portage
Tupper Lake
Oswego Plack
Oswegatchie
Salmon River
Oswego County
Franklin County
Grasse
St. Regis
Cheteaugay
Chazy
Saranac
Ausable
Boquette
Susquehanna
Chenango
Allegany
Canisteo
Chemung
Cattaraugus
Lakes Erie
Ontario
Hudson River
Conklingville
Sacan River
SNC
Hudson Rivers
Train Kills Three In Ohio Crossing Crash
Pennsylvania No 9 westbound struck a couple at Loudonville crossing killing Mrs. Roy Covert and wounding her husband. The train then hit a Crestline area auto killing J H Sigler and Charles Echelberger of Hayesville. Curtis Doerrer of Mansfield injured.
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Mansfield
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Roy Covert
Loudonville
Crestline
J. H. Sigler
Charles Echelberger
Hayesville
Echelberger
Sigler
Curtis Doerrer
Doerrer
Leas Crossing
Bands greet Shipp home after prison release in Chattanooga
Ten thousand citizens welcomed Captain Joseph F. Shipp at the train station in Chattanooga Tennessee marking his return from Washington where he served time for contempt of court tied to the lynching of Edward Johnson. The crowd reacted with tears shouts and scattered panic as bands played Dixie and Home Sweet Home. Shipp could not speak, bowing to the crowd as officials opened a path to his carriage. Ex-Deputy Sheriffs Nolan and Luther Williams accompanied him.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Dixie
Sweet Home
Joseph F. Shipp
Washington
Edward Johnson
Captain Shipp
Nolan
Luther Williams
Singers press duty refunds under foreign residence rule
The success of Mary Garden in recovering 1190 duty on apparel has inspired Geraldine Farrar to seek 1400 in duties on gowns with help from William Travers Jerome. Other American singers like Riccardo Martin Olive Fremstad Allen Hinkley and Herbert Witherspoon hope to claim exemptions after two years abroad. If upheld, Morgan Jr may also win duty free on his 65 pieces of baggage.
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Mary Garden
Miss Garden
Scotland
Paris
Geraldine Farrar
William Travers Jerome
Farrar
Germany
Riccardo Martin
Olive Fremstad
Allen Hinkley
Herbert Witherspoon
Taft Brother of President Suffering from Erysipelas
Henry W. Taft III of New York, brother of the President, is hospitalized in Pasadena with a slight attack of erysipelas. He will be moved to Good Samaritan Hospital tomorrow. Taft, staying at a Pasadena hotel with Mrs. Taft and a niece, was seen by Dr. William A. Edwards. condition is not serious.
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Los Angeles
Henry W. Taft
New York
Good Samaritan Hospital
Pasadena
William A. Edwards
Edwards
Zelaya Plans Belgium Departure From Mexico City
Former Nicaraguan president José Santos Zelaya, in Mexico City since December, leaves tonight by Mexican Railway to Veracruz to sail February 4 for Belgium. Zelaya’s ex Foreign Minister Francisco Castro travels toward Salina Cruz to board for Salvador, then Managua, with Zelaya’s secretary arranging family departures to Brussels. Zelaya confirms Brussels as his destination.
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Mexico City
José Santos Zelaya
Nicaragua
Vera Cruz
Belgium
Francisco Castro
Mexico
Zelaya
Salina Cruz
Salvador
Managua
Brussels
Plan to build million dollar hospital for child crime cases
A proposed New York City hospital for mental and physical defect examination of children before the Children's Court moves forward, backed by Mrs. William K. Vanderbilt as lead donor. The project aims to reduce future jail populations by treating youth with medical or mental issues, with potential links to an addition to Presbyterian Hospital. The plan envisions detention rooms, separated age groups, and a nursery, supported by city reports on juvenile delinquency and reformist aims.
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Children’s Court
William K. Vanderbilt
Children's Court
Vanderbilt
Presbyterian Hospital
Gaynor
New York City
11Th Street
Third Avenue
New York Society For the Prevention of Cruelty
Com
Old First Endowed Mrs James Saves Famous Church
The Rev Dr Howard Duffield of Old First Presbyterian Church announced a major endowment increase to 300000 dollars, boosted by an 180000 dollar gift from Mrs D Willis James. The church has fought to prevent destruction for a skyscraper, aiming for steady income as the neighborhood shifts toward business use.
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James
First Church
Pearl Street
City Hall
Wall Street
Nassau Street
Broadway
Old First
State of
New York
Howard Duffield
First Presbyterian Church
Fifth Avenue
11Th Street
D. Willis James
Subway Germ Found in Philadelphia Subway
A Philadelphia Telegraph report states Dr. Sylvester J. Deehan and University of Pennsylvania professors examined the city subway and identified a newly observed pink sarcina dubbed the subway germ. The team notes no textbook reference and questions whether the organism impacts subway health.
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the Tribune
Philadelphia
Sylvester J. Deehan
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia Subway
S. J. Deehan
Thief and Murderer Kills Merchant in East 108th Street Flat
Moses Gootman retired merchant is shot in his front room at No 16 East 108th Street at 2 AM. His son Isaac a lawyer at No 71 Norfolk Street is wounded when he rushes to aid his father. The burglar fled via fire escape and is linked to other East 108th Street robberies and jewelry thefts. Police, led by Inspector McCafferty, search pawnshops and monitor related cases as a coordinated effort continues.
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Moses Gootman
East 108Th Street
the Tribune
Gootman
Isaac Gootman
No. 71
Norfolk Street
Harlem
David Goldsmith
E. Frost
East 109Th Street
Max Goldberg
East 115Th Street
Goorman
McCafferty
Conger Charges Allds With Taking Bribe in 1901
Albany Jan 29 Senator Benn Conger publicly filed sworn charges against Senator Jotham P Allds alleging he received 1000 dollars in April 1901 while a New York Assembly member as consideration for not pressing a pending bill. Charges to be filed with Senate clerk Lafayette Gleason tomorrow.
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Albany
Benn Conger
Jotham P. Allds
New York State Senate
Alids
House
Lafayette B. Gleason
Senate
Conger
Augustus van Wreck
James W. Osborne
New York
David W. van Hoesen
Cortland
Berm Conger
41St
Ten Eyck
Allds
Assembly
Jotham P
Assembly of
State of New York
Senator Allds
5 Year Old Pianist Delight Stuns East Side
The East Side notes five year old Sidney Cohen as a piano prodigy living at 329 East 56th Street. He plays a Yiddish air heard Saturday then arias from Martha and tunes like Rings on My Fingers and Bells on My Toes. His physician Dr. Joseph E Braunstein says he is normal though nonmusical parents. He plays at all hours, even from bed, impelled to perform.
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East Side
Imo
Sidney Cohen
No. 329
East 56Th Street
Joseph E. Braunstein
No. 79 7Th Street
Marriage Income: Minister Sets $2000 Yearly Wage Rule
Pittsburg Jan 30 The Rev Wright Gibson pastor of McKees Rocks Presbyterian Church told engaged couples he would not unite them unless the groom proves an income of at least 2000 dollars per year. He said poverty causes divorces and he will not assist the divorce cause.
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Tribune
Pittsburg
Wright Gibson
McKees Rocks Presbyterian Church
Homes Instead of Cigars in Cincinnati Strike
In Cincinnati on January 30 a strike by fifty girl cigar makers ends with a plan to pursue housing instead of cigars. Four workers will wed this week and six more engagements are public, led by a manifesto stating unmarred strikers will not reject good offers.
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Cincinnati
Well equipped policeman in Hackettstown sleepless for years
Alonzo Wire, longtime head of the Hackettstown Police Department, reports twenty years of insomnia with only brief moments of near sleep. He stays awake at night, avoids beds, and reclines on a couch in darkness to let thoughts wander. Doctors cannot find a cause or explain his robust health despite the chronic condition.
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Hackettstown
N. J
Alonzo Wire
Wire
Lackawanna Railroad
Wire Bears
Wild dash through L line ends in hospital observation
Mildred Evans living with her aunt at 105 De Kalb Avenue Brooklyn suddenly went insane on a Myrtle Avenue elevated train bound for Manhattan. She dashed through the car as the train neared Bridge Street station. Guards restrained her, two Adams Street patrolmen took charge, and Dr Isquith of Brooklyn Hospital ordered transfer to Kings County Hospital observation ward. Six patrolmen assisted into an ambulance.
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Mildred Evans
Patterson
de Kalb Avenue
Brooklyn
Myrtle Avenue
Manhattan
Bridge Street
Adams Street
Isquith
Brooklyn Hospital
Kings County Hospital
Miss Evans
Bell Boy Claims Large Tip Savings Illustration
Pittsburg January 30 John Morrison a hotel bell boy astonished Magistrate Kirby by saying he saved four dollars from tips over three years. He showed bank books as proof after a guest abused him prompting a fight Morrison sought court action to avoid a fine but the magistrate warned him his forty eight thousand dollars would not last long if pursued.
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Tribune
Pittsburg
John Morrison
Kirby
Central Police Court
Morrison
Mayor leads saloon raid in Frankfort
Frankfort mayor James H. Polsgrove heads a raiding party that broke into a west end saloon and ordered the proprietor arrested for violating the Sunday closing law. The raid confiscated the stock of liquors.
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Frankfort
James H. Polsgrove
West End
Dr. Cook Still Missing in Heidelberg Inquiry Fails
In Heidelberg on January 30 inquiries failed to confirm reports that Dr. Frederick Cook was staying at a sanatorium there. No definitive information was obtained and the search continued.
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DR. Cook
Heidelberg
Frederick
Cook
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