Army and Navy News: Competitive Bidding Reforms in Clothing and Paint
The War Department plans competitive bidding to curb speculative consignments for uniforms, selecting bidders with production facilities. Navy aims to loosen paint monopolies by permitting multiple brands under general specs, likely cutting costs. Orders issued shift officers and crews. movements of ships listed, including arrivals at Mare Island and ports on the Atlantic Pacific theaters.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
War Department
Congress
National Guard
Navy Department
Pacific
Pelham D. Glassford
60Th Field Artillery
Fort Riley
John H Wholley
Fort Thomas
James E. Bell
John L. Chamberlain
Hot Springs
John J. Fulmer
Th Infantry
Fort Slocum
Fort Wayne
Rudolph G. Ebert
Medical Corps
Vancouver Barracks
Department of the
Columbia
Frank W. Dawson
Fort McIntosh
Julian L. Dodge
19Th Infantry
Thomas M. Spaulding
Coast Artillery Corps
Military Academy
FR. L. Russell
Charleston
R. Spear
J. W. Schoenfeld
Buffalo
C. W. Koester
F. D. Burns
Brooklyn
Indiana
D. P. Wickersham
Nebraska
Louisiana
Naval Academy
J. Smith
Owen
Calhoun
Albany
Prairie
Walling
Salem
Willet
Chester
Burg
Burdick
Kentucky
Thomas and McClain
Maryland
Connor
Minnesota
RH. F. D. Davis
Rhode Island
Dirrell
West Virginia
T. A. Thomson, JR
South Dakota
Court martial set to try Captain Murphy at Leavenworth
Fort Leavenworth Kansas June 4 a court martial will convene June 15 to try Captain Charles N Murphy of the 18th Infantry charged with irregularities as custodian of funds for Company K 13th Infantry Local notes indicate charges stem from mismanagement of company funds and involve military personnel at the base
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Tribune
Fort Leavenworth
Kan
Charles N. Murphy
18Th Infantry
13Th Infantry
Pisistratus Club Forms To Elevate Chorus Girls In New York
The Pisistratus Club formed yesterday at Hotel Astor aims to develop an intellectual plane among chorus girls in New York. Charter members are chorus girls claiming a higher intellect. Plans include visits to the Bacchante at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, matinee lectures at Wallack's, and debates on topics from Broadway lobster to Pittsburg variety. Miss Carolle McComas leads. next week a public Wallack's meeting will feature Lawrence J. Arbert discussing publicity's effect on temperament.
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Pisistratus Club
Chorus Girls
New York
Hotel Astor
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Walleck’s
Pittsburg
Wallack’s
Carolle McComas
Lawrence J. Arbert
Review of Catholic Centenary Book Prompts Notable Endorsements
The Catholic Centenary 1868 1908 edited by Augustin McNally features an intro by former Justice Morgan J. O'Brien and a letter from Archbishop Farley praising the work. O'Brien credits Farley with major financial and moral support for the Catholic University at Washington, calling it a crowning national educational institution. The volume closes with William Winter's Closing Word and notes The Tribune Summer Resort Number next Sunday with a prompt to order early.
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Augustin McNally
Morgan J. O'Brien
Farley
Catholic University At
Washington
New York
University
the Tribune
Counter Charges Filed in Philadelphia Libel Hearing
Senator James P. McNichol faces perjury and libel charges amid a tense Philadelphia hearing. Kaufmann and Gibboney testify on bribery, with McNichol admitting small cash wagers for political influence. Mayor Reyburn and Law and Order figures feature in a saga of alleged vs. exposed vice amid Gibboney and Salter cases.
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Tribune
Philadelphia
James P. McNichol
Max Kaufmann
Reyburn
Kaufmann
Gibboneéy
Law and Order League
McNichol
Gibboney
Law and Order Society
Weaver
Ashbridge
Vice
Republican
Salter
Samuel Salter
John C. Bell
James Gay Gordon
Felipe Cup singles finals at New York Lawn Tennis Club
Richard H Palmer and Theodore Roosevelt Pell reach the Felipe Cup singles final after strong play. Palmer loses a tight match to Otto H Hinck 3 6 7 5 6 4 while Pell survives Touchard despite cramps. Pell wins 6 3 8 10 6 1 in the semi and Palmer takes 3 6 7 5 6 4.
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Richard H. Palmer
Theodore Roosevelt Pell
New York Lawn
Touchard
Pell
T. R. Pell
G. F. Touchard
Otto H. Hinck
Manhattan
Dr. Willam Rosenbaum
R. Perry
B. H. Jones
C. F. Watson, Jr
M. Wertheim
F. C. Uhl
E. F. Lee
FE. M. Barry
E. A. Gunther
R. R. Perkins
G. S. Groesbeck
N. G. Johnson
L. H. Fitch
Roy Ritchie
R. Stantial
E. H. James
A. I. Hoe
T. M. Donahue
H. Laughlin
O. C. A. Child
F. C. Baggs
Dr. W. Rosenbaum
R. M. Barnes
Penn earns ten inning win over Amherst in tight game
In Philadelphia on June 4 the University of Pennsylvania baseball team defeated Amherst in a ten inning battle. Both teams scored in the second. Penn's timely hitting in the tenth produced the decisive run. Final score 2 to 1 with strong pitching and defensive plays shaping the outcome.
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Philadelphia
University of Pennsylvania
Amherst Today
Pennsylvania
Large Downtown Deal Site On Canal Street
Demand yesterday for improved properties drove multiple transactions. Joseph H. Davis sold to Kalman Hass the eight story store at 338 340 Canal st and a southeast corner plot with Church, Canal access. E. L. King & Co represented the seller and L. J. Phillips & Co the buyer. A. I. Mordecai & Son sold a half interest in Allenel Construction to Heilner & Wolf. Allenel plans a twelve story apartment on 100th st and Broadway, with William L. Rouse preparing plans. I. Randolph Jacobs & Co sold a plot near Amsterdam Ave to Jumel Realty for a six story elevator building. three houses were part payment. The five story bachelor apartment at 17 West 26th st was sold for about $100,000 to a neighbor. Manhattan plans include a one story garage on 110th st west of 7th Ave, cost $3,500. Grand Central canopy plan by Chief Engineer Harwood costs $9,135. York Central
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Joseph H. Davis
Kalman Hass
Canal St
Church and Canal Sis
E. L. King & Co
L. J. Phillips & Co
Allenel Construction Company
Allenel
West 9d St
Heilner & Wolf
Allied Company
100Th St
Broadway
William L. Rouse
I. Randolph Jacobs & Co
Osk & Edelstein
19Th St
Amsterdam Ave
Jumel Realty and Construction Company
Jumel Company
College Ave
West 26Th St
Manhattan
Henry Schultz
110Th St
7Th Ave
Harwood
New Railroad Company
Grand Central Station
Vanderbilt Ave
420 St
York Central
Foreclosure auction results at Vesey Street rooms
In the Real Estate Exchange Sales rooms at 14 and 16 Vesey street, six properties were sold with totals listed for each parcel. Buyers included W T Emmet and North Amport Co with various agents, refs, and amounts due, from roughly 25,000 to 87,000 dollars plus taxes. A second listing notes Union Avenue properties and a later sale day parcel at 877 Union Ave under City Real Estate Co with a 24,000 mortgage aggregate.
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Real Estate Exchange
Vesey Street
Joseph P. Day
Union Ave
Wear 150Th
Nordlinger
Carlo Massaro
Sidney Nordlinger
FS McAvoy
Supreme Court
County OF Yo! Mutual Life Insurance Company of
New_York
David G
Udins
New York
Borough of
Manhattan
City New York
Herbert A. Sherman
Aneseees
Yreminge
City
County of York
Aundrea
Second Avenue
Edithanna Disabled in Bermuda Yacht Race
Marblehead Massachusetts June 4 The schooner Edithanna owned by Thomas F Henderson of the Yachtsmen's Club of Philadelphia retired from the Bermuda race after losing her mainmast head near Cape Cod. Six yachts started a 675 mile race to Hamilton with light to moderate westerly breeze. Commodore Henry Morss's Dervish is favored to win based on last year's performance and navigational skill.
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Marblehead
Mass
Edithanna
Thomas F. Henderson
Yachtsmen's Club of
Philadelphia
Hamilton
Bermuda
Gloucester Harbor
Cape Cod
Atlantic City
Nantucket Shoals
Henry Morss
Dervish
Brynhild Wins Harwich to Southend Yacht Race
Southend reports the 46 mile Harwich to Southend yacht race with Brynhild taking first place, Sir Thomas Lipton's Shamrock finishing second, and the White Heather placing third.
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Southend
England
Harwich
Brynhild
Thomas Lipton
Dogs Fight for Blues at Mineola Dog Show
Mineola Long Island June 4 A large crowd attended the sixth annual dog show of the Ladies' Kennel Association at the Mineola Fair grounds. Over a hundred cars crowded the grounds as fights broke up before judging continued. Boston terriers and Chows led the judging with Derby Boy's Gift winning the Boston terrier class and Innis Arden runner up. Firenze Kennels showed Esquimau dogs with Sneeze and Pincher among the winners.
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Mineola
Long Island
Ladies’ Kennel Association
Mineola Fair Grounds
Chows
Boston Terriers
W.L. J. Pidgeon
M. Ryan
Innis Arden
Bitches
Thomas Kelly
Boylston Jewel I
George H. Pell
Lady Queenie Firenze
Esquimau
Mae O Reilley Alive in Saratoga After Murder Claim
Mae O Reilley, once linked by Julius G Truelsen Jr to a Laporte Indiana murder on the Gunness farm, is alive in Saratoga New York. She arrived from New York City and, after initial denial, confirmed her identity. Police note Truelsen may be mentally unbalanced and reveal earlier marriage to O Reilley in Albany.
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Saratoga
N. Y
Jane
Mae O’reilley
Julius G. Truelsen, Jr
Gunness
Laporte
Ind
New York City
O’reilley
Daniel F. Welch
Truelsen
Welch
Elmira
Rochester
Albany
Elmira Reformatory
King
Vernon
Tex
John Taylor
Mae O'Reilley
Real Estate Transfers in City Market Report
Ames & Co sell for Dubois to Bueb a three story brick building at 261 West 27th. J Clarence Davies sells for Downey a five story flat at 543 East M48th. Steinmetz sells for Moral to Divine a one family dwelling at 87 East 179th. Schmitlapp estate sells to Dr. Arthur C. Butts Jr. a dwelling at Dalyave and 180th. Sinnott sells to Ellen Quinlan a plot on Whitlock ave 128.1 feet north of Leggett. Dornberger Realty sells for Esther Lax to Margaret Schmitt a three story flat on Commonwealth ave. Armbruster buys 1025 Faile st two family. Roux & Co lease 263 West Tist and 351 West Tist. Schwiebert & Wolf sell Rosa Stern a two family frame at 90 Trinity ave. Tuoti & Co sell five story tenement at 3 Mulberry st. Gibson Putzel sells 708 Washington st three story building between Perry and 11th sts.
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Leggett Ave
F. Dornberger Realty Company
Esther Lax
Margaret Schmitt
Commonwealth Ave
Tremont Ave
Charles Armbruster
Faile St
Alexander J. Roux & Co
West
Ancient Temple as Restaurant at American Museum
The basement of the American Museum of Natural History will open a public restaurant in about a month showing a recreated four thousand year old temple from Mitla Oaxaca Mexico. J D Figgins led the project under director Hermon C Bumpus and the interior features one hundred thousand lava mosaic pieces with precise joints. The dining room will use old style Mexican furniture and may serve Mexican dishes by waitresses in Mexican costumes.
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American Museum of Natural History
J. D. Figgins
Hermon C. Bumpus
Mitla
Oaxaca
Mexico
Figgins
N Y A C Wins Chess Return Match In Brooklyn
The New York Athletic Club chess team defeated Crescent Athletic Club in Brooklyn by four and a half to one and a half games, increasing their overall total to twenty four and a half to twenty two.
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New York Athletic Club
Brooklyn
City
Crescent Athletic Club
Clinton Street
New York
Yale Freshmen and Varsity Row in Rough Thames Winds
High winds on the Thames at Gales Ferry Connecticut delayed the Yale crews this morning. The varsity eight later rowed two miles upstream while the freshmen covered a mile and a half out and back despite rough water.
Catholic School Games Set At Clason Point Grounds
An interesting athletic meet will be held tomorrow afternoon under the Catholic School Athletic Association. The annual Catholic school athletic games take place on the grounds of the Clason Point Military Academy.
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Catholic School Athletic Association
Clason Point Military Academy
Columbia Crew Departs for Poughkeepsie Regatta
Columbia's varsity crew team and coach James C. Rice left for Poughkeepsie for final training ahead of the intercollegiate regatta set for June 27.
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Columbia
Poughkeepsie
James C. Rice
Ketchell Wins Decision In Ten Round Bout At Milwaukee
Stanley Ketchell defeated Billy Papke by decision after ten fast rounds in Milwaukee. About six thousand spectators watched as Ketchell claimed the middleweight championship bid in a closely contested bout that evening.
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the Tribune
Milwaukee
Stanley Ketchell
Billy Papke
Bank robbers dynamited Fairland safe and fled with cash
In Fairland Oklahoma three men dynamited the Bank of Fairland early today and escaped on horseback with $16,000. The crime occurred thirty miles east of Tulsa and the robbers used a dynamited safe to gain the money.
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Tulsa
Okla
Bank of Fairland
Fairland
Here
Smuggled Chinese Found In Car Load In Transit
In a San Francisco yard a coal car from Galveston opened to reveal sixteen Chinese men squatting on a half load of steel. The men, weak and hungry, had water and crackers. One carried a certificate of admission. others were turned over to immigration officers. They are believed to have been smuggled from the Mexican border, with a release arrangement that miscarried.
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San Francisco
Galveston
Southern Pacific
el Paso
Smith Divorce Testimony Sealed in White Plains Court
Anna Bent Smith sued Elizur Yale Smith for divorce. Testimony filed in county clerk's office at White Plains is sealed until further order. Interlocutory decree granted to plaintiff. Mrs. Smith at Irvington. husband abroad.
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Anna Bent Smith
Elizur Yale Smith
White Plains
Arthur
Tompkins
Franciscan Fathers to Build New Residence Near St Francis Church
Plans filed with Buildings Superintendent Murphy for a brick three story and attic house with terra cotta ornamentation adjoining the Roman Catholic Church of St. Francis of Assisi at 133 and 135 West 31st Street. The 50 by 98 foot site will include a chapel and study on the second floor and cost about 40000 dollars. Architect: Thomas J. Duff.
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Murphy
Franciscan Fathers
St. Francis of Assisi
West 31St St
the Order
Thomas J. Duff
Homes for wage earners plan by Southweald syndicate
A $300000 capital syndicate named the Southweald Development Company will build multiple houses at Southweald Long Island to help men of moderate means buy homes. Buildings will use the concrete shell plan with pressed brick fronts and be fireproof. Frank Weymann leads the project.
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Southweald Development Company
Southweald
Long Island
Frank Weymann
Concert Hall Plan Filed for 125th Street Picture House
Plans for remodeling the moving picture building at 64 West 125th Street into a concert hall are filed for Fox & Brill as owners. Architect L. F. J. Weiher Jr. designed a fireproof stage, scenery, and dressing rooms for the project.
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West 125Th St
Fox & Brill
L. F. J. Weiher Jr
Broadway Holding Co Takes Title to 543 Broadway Plot
Broadway Holding Company acquires title from Bertha Morganthaler to building 543 Broadway extending to 114 Mercer Street on a 25 by 200 foot plot with a mortgage noted on the premises.
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Broadway Holding Company
Bertha Morganthaler
Broadway
Mercer St
The Bronx Building Plans for Waterloo Place dwelling and tenements
Plans show a two story frame dwelling 21 by 49 feet by German Construction Co for owner B Ebeling with $7,504 total. Also five three story brick tenements 25 by 41 feet each on McComb Road by Turner Holmes owners Neville Bagge architects, estimated cost 45,000.
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Waterloo Place
German Construction Co
Ebeling
McComb
Building Loan Contracts and Local Rail News
Fragmentary note lists loan figures and names related to building contracts on Prospect Avenue near 187, Clara Turner, George, David H, Ora E, and Henry M Powell. Mentions Jane Kitchen and H Mein with $16,490 and $31,500 figures. Mentions a threat to tie up a southern road in Atlanta with June 4 report and Wall Fitzpatrick, vice-president of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen.
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Ea Golomen Cp
Clara Turner
Tee “George
David H Pi
Crue Mg
Ora
Seereenterne
Een Isi
Iesin
Enry M Powell
Jane Kitchen
Bniooms
Mein Sega
Atlanta
Wall Fitzpatrick
The
Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen
Railroad Brotherhood Strike Demands Reinstate All Members
A telegram to J. W. Thomas, president of the Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railroad in Nashville, demands reinstatement for all men who left by Tuesday and those discharged for Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen membership, threatening extension to the entire system if not complied.
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J. W. Thomas
Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railroad
Nashville
Belng
Brotherhood of Railway
Five prisoners arraigned after 41st Street raids
Five detainees arrested in Wednesday night raids on 41st Street were arraigned in Jefferson Market court yesterday morning. Their cases were adjourned until day June 12 as Magistrate Moss voiced strong indignation that police sought Magistrate Crane for their warrant.
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Jefferson Market Court
Moss
Crane
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