Colleagues End Conflict Over Third Avenue Intervene Plan
Public Service Commission hearing on the Third Avenue bondholders reorganization featured clashes as William J. Guthrie pressed to force Chairman Willcox to testify and sought intervention by the newly formed Third Avenue Railway Company. The commission allowed intervention but cautioned any new application must proceed in a separate hearing with evidence to be decided by the panel. Marian Scudder was cross examined and the session adjourned to June 6.
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Public Service Commission
Third Avenue
William J. Guthrie
William R. Willcox Asone
Third Avenue Railway Company
Weap
Gutlvte
John E. Eustix
Commiecsion
Getrie
Finance Forum
Counce
McCarrol
Willcox
Guthrie
Reorganization Commission
McCarroll
Alove
Bassett
Ron
Eustis
Guthie
Marian Scudder
Subways Bond Report Highlights City Debt Limits
Controller Prenderaad's report shows subway bonds totaling 46,450,222 issued for Manhattan and Bronx divisions. The city earns 2,01,472 from Interborough Rapid Transit lease allocations for sinking funds while paying 2,118,315 in interest and 490,149 for sinking fund, leaving an annual deficit of 116,981. The figures will go to the Appellate Division for a determination of debt limits in a special resolution approved by the board.
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Prenderaad
Board of Estimate
Appellate Division
Manhattan
Bronx
Subway
Revert
HART
Interborough Rapid Transit Company
Subway Bid In Turbulent City Contract Talks
James Eisaffney of the Bradier-Gaff mey-Steere Compens confirms the firm will bid for construction, equipment and operation of a transcity subway system. A. J. Belidwin, counsel, urged amendments. contracts committee reviews bids while awaiting legislative action and city funds. The firm aims to secure routes including Broadway Tessington, Broadway Lafayette and Fourth Avenue Central Street lines.
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James Eisaffney
Bradier-Gaffmey-Steere Compens
Tribune Br A
A. J. Belidwin
Tris Peroug
Priete Capital
Baldwin
Commission
Lafiner
Bradley-Garner-Steers
Braadner-Tessington
Breadway-Lafayette
Gnal Street
Salon Art
Fourth Avenue
Certre Street
Bugher Heads Traffic Department in City Reorganization
A damaged clipping reports Commissioner Bugher is placed in charge of the Traffic Department after a noted reshuffle. Deputy Commissioner Frederick H Bugher is mentioned in connection with the change, with Kirby named as traffic head and Rugher leading the mounted force.
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Bugher
Ender
Bronx Lieutenant Fined After Police Headquarters Trial
Lieutenant McAuliffe of Alexander Avenue station in The Bronx was fined after a trial at Police headquarters. He had been suspended and restored to duty. During witness examinations in the Manslaueitier case he argued with Coroner Schwannecke, leading to his removal from the station and temporary arrest.
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Swauliffe
McAuliffe
Alexander Avenue
Bronx
Gage
Cerest
Schwannecke
Gine
Sqoronér Strowannecke
Engineer Falding Held on Abandonment Charge in Brooklyn
Frederick J. Falding chemical engineer and inventor was held to $1,900 bail by Magistrate Dooley in the Adams Street Police Court Brooklyn on abandonment charges from his wife Mrs Anna Falding. He lives at Hotel Langham Manhattan and was arrested at his office 55 Broadway. Mrs Falding, a second wife now in the Home for the Friendless, said she worships him. the case set for June 14 for examination.
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Frederick J. Falding
Dooley
Adams Street
Brooklyn
Anna Falding
Langham
134 Street
Broadway
Manhattan
Concord Street
Canada
Faiding
Thief in Stock Exchange Stole Suits From Lockers
A thief entered the Stock Exchange’s sixth floor and Luncheon Club last Friday and removed several suits from waiter lockers, plus other property worth about $20. Detectives traced a dark man with a bundle seen in the elevator around 2:29 pm, but had not caught him.
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Byrnes
Financial
Stock Exchange
Casey
Concourse Park Public Bath Approved Amid Debate
A free public bath at Concourse Park Coney Island won approval after a heated Board of Aldermen session. Borough President Steers will oversee erection and management with a possible August completion. Budgeted 175 for the bath, amid clashes from Aldermen Bent Potter Kennelly Towen and others.
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Concourse Park
Coney Island
Steers
Brooklyn
Bath
Board of Aldermen
Potter
Bent
Kennealy
Towen
McAneny
Review of Policeman Gerhardt Case Prompts Court Action
Frederick C. C. Gerhardt Jr was dismissed from the New York Police Force on February 7 and obtained a writ of certiorari directing the Police Commissioner to submit the trial record for review. He claims Mayor Gaynor targeted officers over clubbing citizens and alleges ex parte charges and a biased outcome without substantial evidence.
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Frederick CC. Gerhardt, Jr
Justice McCall
Welsh
Gerhardt
Gayners
Augustus Hayes
John T. Moore
Ernest E. Oberst
Gaynor
City of
New York
Woman union meeting on 24th Street and Broadway draws no audience
Pauline Newman of the Women's Trade Union League alone responded to a call for a mass meeting to discuss cooperation with striking bakers. Police kept order as five strike pickets handed out circulars. one man, Conrad Walferstorf of 221 East 34th Street, was arrested for violating street cleaning ordinances and taken to the East 14th Street station.
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Pauline Newman
Women’s Trade Union League
24Th Street
Broadway
Mies Newman
Tiley
Svest 14Th Street
Conrad ‘Walferstorf
Fast
Baby Dies After Skull Fracture from Fall
Ten month old Gerturde Reener of 416 West 16th street died at home after living eleven days with a compound skull fracture. She fell from a high chair on May 9 when her sister Alice while carrying her tripped and the head struck a table. Coroner Feinberg ruled the fracture caused the death amid subsequent measles and bronchial pneumonia.
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Gertrude Reener
West 16Th Street
Alice
Feinberg
Work Was In Queens Jail Under City Plumbing Scheme
Commissioner Fosdick’s investigation into Queens Borough President office activities centers on a $422.80 city plumbing bill for jail work. Plumber William H. Allen testified that John M. Phillips arranged the job and indorsed the warrant, while Allen says the price was inflated and his own signature was forged or misused. Phillips denied knowledge of the facts as the warrant was cashed at the Long Island City bank.
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Fosdick
Queens
Westerday
Queens County Grand Jury
Queens County
William H. Allen
Radde Street
Long Island City
Allen
John M. Phillips
Phillips
Charles Hangin
Constantine Oftndan
Department of Public Buildings
Hangin
Jackson Avenue
John M. Phillips Association
Woman Falls Four Stories In Fire Escape Accident
Mrs. Sarah Cahoon, wife of real estate operator John Cahoon, living at 179 West 122nd Street, fell from a fourth floor window through a fire escape well hole to the first floor after volunteering to fetch keys for neighbor Mrs. ID G Thompson. She suffered a fractured skull and was taken to Harlem Hospital by Dr. McCoombs after Police Officer Funk summoned help.
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Sarah Cahoon
John Cahoon
West 122d Street
ID. G. Thompson
GO AMONG HEATHEN UNITED Missionaries to be sent to foreign fields
Fifty eight of seventy one Presbyterian and Reformed board missionaries were entertained at a Hotel Savoy dinner by the Presbyterian Union of New York. Several romances emerged among missionaries bound for East Shantung North India Laos Persia Philippines Siam Brazil and other fields with many marrying fellow pastors or future spouses. Theodore W Morris presided and Dr Charles Little presented the speakers.
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Presbyterian and Reformed Boards of Foreign Missions
Hotel Savoy
Presbyterian Union of New York
Paul R. Abbott
East Shantung
Stanford College
Lisette A. Heideman
North India
Martin R. Ahrens
E. V. G. Detweiler
Louisville Girls’ High School
James F. Detweiler
Kentucky Seminary
Donald W. McD. Mactner
Laos
Sarah
Fisheries Case at The Hague Opens Tomorrow
The arbitration tribunal in The Hague will begin its session at 4 p.m. to hear the United States versus Great Britain over the 1818 Newfoundland fisheries treaty. The dispute centers on Article I and whether Americans may fish in bays and harbors as well as along the coast. Senator Root, arriving in London, proceeds to The Hague as an American commissioner.
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the Hague
United States
Great Britain
Hague
Newfoundland
Senator Root
London
The
Boston Mayor’s Letter Aims to Raise City Poster Standards
Belated salami from Boston report notes Mayor FitzGerald acknowledging New York Mayor Gaynor and sending a circular to Boston theatrical managers warning against indecent posters. Gaynor responds willing to aid in elevating the standard of theatrical pictures. Fitzgerald pledges city government support for a crusade and coordinated action by major cities to curb the problem.
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Gaynor
Fitzgerald
Boston
New York
Taxicab Meter Test Aims to Prove Accuracy
Eight cab firms staged a meter test to defend accuracy amid criticism. Thirty three cars ran a six and a quarter mile route around Central Park. several meters showed fare variances from 19 to 2 percent due to zigzagging and delays. Observers praised accuracy but urged tougher courses.
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Hotel Plaza
Central Park
Fifth Avenue
Math Street
Riverside Drive
Oliver
Bureau of Licenses
John Brennan
Liense
Despondent wife dies by gas in East Orange apartment
In East Orange New Jersey on May 31 Mrs. Alice Kraus fifty three wife of Leopold Kraus of New York City was found dead in her room with gas pouring from five open jets in a chandelier. Neighbors detected gas after an early morning odor and her room was entered by P E Dennison and his wife. Police say despondency from ill health led to the act and she left two notes one to her husband and one to a son Frank B Curtis of Asbury Park. The contents were not disclosed. The death was confirmed by Dr Charles W Banks who said she had been dead some time.
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East Orange
N. J
Alice Kraus
Leopold Kraus
New York City
Ray M. Powers
South Walnut Street
Kraus
P. E. Dennison
New York
Hves
Siamese Chicken Hatching Sparks Town Buzz on Bayside
Jim McDonald of Bell Avenue Bayside Long Island reveals a freak chick dubbed The Biplane Bird. The four legged four winged creature with two bodies and one head may be the first of its kind. McDonald a game chicken breeder predicts the bird will fly farther higher and be unbeatable as a Marathon candidate. The parents are normal game fowls and he cites aeronautics rumors as a possible cause.
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Jim” McDonald
Bell Avenue
Bayside
Long Island
Hswears
Glenn Mr. Curtiss
McDonald
Waldo and Croker See Mayor Over Strained Ties
Fire Commissioner Waldo and Chief Croker met Mayor Garnor after rumors of tense relations circulated following their joint visit yesterday. The meeting aimed to address friction and reassure city leadership about departmental coordination and public safety.
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Waldo
Croker
Garnor
Mayor notes quiet meeting on department harmony
They entered together and left together as the Mayor described a reticent conversation. He denied reports of discord between the Commissioner and the head of the uniformed force while acknowledging complaints of favoritism in the department.
New Pennsylvania Railroad controller named in Philadelphia
The Pennsylvania Railroad directors at a special meeting appointed C. M. Bunting as controller to succeed Mas Riebenack who died recently. E. A. Stockton was named deputy controller. Both men had previously served as assistant controllers.
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Philadelphia
The
Pennsylvania Railroad
C. M. Bunting
Mas Riebenack
E. A. Stockton
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