Metz Subway Plan Sees Willcox Support for Two Track Routes
Public Service Commission chair Willcox favored building two track Fourth Avenue and two track Sixth Avenue subways, with costs around 100000 dollars. Controller Metz cited city finances, noted 7000000 dollars available in two years, and suggested awaiting a Commission memorandum. The Board of Estimate may approve Fourth Avenue contracts today, with possible referral for a report.
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Metz
Willcox
Public Service Commission
Fourth Avenue
Sixth Avenue
Brooklyn
Lexington Avenue
Manhattan
Board of Estimate
Interborough Rapid Transit Company
Manhattan Bridge
Fourth Avenue Subway
Interborough
Atlantic and
Flatbush Avenues
Flatbush Avenue
Costs Rise As Yonkers Faces Transit Shakeup
Yonkers protests impending end of transfer privileges as receivers appointed for multiple Westchester lines. Union Railway and Yonkers lines face possible disruption with cars blocked beyond Yonkers city line. A mass meeting will discuss the transit impasse and potential service changes.
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Yonkers
Westchester County
Union
Huckleberry
Mount Vermon
Kingsbridge
Union Railway
Yonkers City
Leslie Sutherland
Yonkers Company
Frederick W. Whittredge
Subway changes before court seek three to hear route edits
The Public Service Commission asked the Appellate Division for a three member commission to hear testimony on proposed subway route changes from Grace Church area to 2nd Street. The plan includes a four track north of 14th Street and Harlem River crossing to Park Avenue, improving 138th Street connections. If approved, construction could proceed without individual property owner consent.
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Lexington Avenue
Service Commission
Supreme Court
Sth Street
2Th Street
Grace Church
Harlem River
Park Avenue
Bronx
138Th Street
Special Commission
Public Service Commission
Court squads shaken up
Commissioner Hingham transferred six lieutenants one sergeant and ninety patrolmen yesterday among magistrates courts. Some were sent to pound the pave and included veterans with over twenty five years in the department. Four sergeants deemed inactive were sent to the Tenderloin with new duties outlined.
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Hingham
Schiff on Stand in Metropolitan Street Railway Suit
Jacob H. Schiff of Kuhn Loeb & Co testified in the Emanuel Weil and Minnie Weiler versus Thomas F. Ryan and the Metropolitan Street Railway trustees case in the 4th District Municipal Court. He recalled discussions with Ryan about loans and financing, noted a lack of due diligence on road statements, and identified Mr Whitney as acting for the Metropolitan. The proceedings adjourned to Tuesday morning.
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Jacob H. Schiff
Kuhn, Loeb
Mr. Kremer
Mr. Schiff
Thomas F. Ryan
Third Avenue Railroad
Metropolitan Street Railway
Schiff
Wormscr Agt
Ryan
Kuhn
Vreeland
Justice Young
Kremer
Third Avenue
Metropolitan Securities Company
Mr. Whitney
Metropolitan
Governor Hughes Leads Brooklyn Parade of Thousands
Governor Hughes reviews a Prospect Park march of about thirty thousand Brooklyn Sunday School Union children, praises Brooklyn’s anniversary, and speaks at Central Congregational Church. Attends Hanover Club luncheon, then travels to Manhattan for real estate broker dinners.
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Signal Corps
Jamaica
Hughes
Long Meadow
Prospect Park
Brooklyn Sunday School Union
Patrick F. McGowan
Board of Aldermen
William M. Calder
Brooklyn
Greenpoint
McGowan
Thomas P. Peters
St. Clair Mexelway
Central Congregational Church
Hancock Street
Hancock
Hanover Club
Manhattan
Hotel Manhattan
Hotel Astor
Bridge Light Fund Shrinks as City Hoists Costs
Municipal lighting loses another round as Brooklyn Bridge plant faces shutdown. Steam power for dynamos once supplied by Bridge Department cost a year, now Edison Co offers 20k to 30k. Saving after labor adds up to about 15k annually, but funds are unavailable. Water Supply dept takes over temporarily, with city money uncertain. Williamsburg Bridge plant abandoned, leaving municipal lighting under cloud.
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Municipal Lighting
Bridge and Water Departments
Brooklyn Bridge
Park Row
Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company
Bridge Department
New York Edison Company
Edison Company
Department of Water Supply, Gas and Electricity
O’brien
Williamsburg Bridge
Woodbury
Steamer to omit Venezuela calls on plague risk
Boulton Bliss and Dallett announced the Philadelphia will skip Venezuelan ports from its Brooklyn to Curacao trip due to plague in Venezuela. Passengers from Puerto Cabello shift to the Maracaibo and Caracas service may adjust routes if conditions improve. With La Guayra embargo not lifted, Venezuela grows isolated as ships refuse calls and commerce falters.
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Boulton, Bliss & Dallett
New York
Porto Rico
Curacao
Venezuela
Philadelphia
Brooklyn
Puerto Cabello
New York and Porto Rico Steamship Company
San Juan
Maracaibo
Caracas
la Guayra
Visit to Ellis Island by Patriotic Women of America
The National Society of Patriotic Women of America visited Ellis Island to learn about the new contagious disease hospital opening this fall. President Mrs. J Heron Crosman said the hospital will spare immigrant mothers the distress of removing sick children to Brooklyn. The 130 charter members plan civic instruction for immigrant children next winter, with paid teachers, and aim to expand nationally.
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New National Society of Patriotic Women of America
Ellis Island
J. Heron Crosman
Watchorn
Brooklyn
National Society of Patriotic Women
William Cumming Story
Florence Guernsey
Benjamin S. Church
John Francis Yanger
Joseph S. Wood
William K. Stewart
N. Taylor Phillips
C. A. J. Queckberner
Pleads Insanity to Murder Charge in Arraignment
Mrs. Charlotte Hitchcock a 36 year old indicted for first degree murder was arraigned as counsel sought a lunacy commission. She allegedly killed her husband on a November date then shot herself causing a flesh wound. Judge Foster ordered psychiatric examiners to assess her insanity at the time of the crime.
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Charlotte Hitchcock
Foster
Howard L. Waldo Returns From Abroad to Recuperate
Howard L. Waldo of South Orange New Jersey who went abroad several months ago to recuperate is reported to have returned home and is continuing his recovery.
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Howard L. Waldo
South Orange
N. J
Battle of the Hall of Records Sparks Court Brawl
Counselor Emil E Fuchs for Minnie Owens and Walter W Irwin for Owens foes clashed outside the Hall of Records after a bitter will contest. Irwin warned an apology or more blows, Fuchs stood firm and both sides traded hits to the nose and eye before bystanders intervened.
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Hall of Records
Emil E. Fuchs
Minnie T. Owens
Allen
Walter W. Irwin
Fuchs
Thomas
Irwin
Mr. Irwin
Cable damage concerns trigger off Ireland trawl protest
The Chamber of Commerce held a brief meeting led by Joseph H. Choate. A resolution authorized appointing delegates to a National Prosperity Convention. Another memorial urged Secretary Root to press Britain to curb fishing trawls that damage Atlantic cables off Ireland.
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Chamber of Commerce
Joseph H. Choate
Hepburn
Chase National Bank
Gustav H. Schwab
Committee On Foreign Commerce
Root
Atlantic
Ireland
Amelia Bingham Elected Leader Amid Illness at P W League Reception
Despite illness Miss Amelia Bingham appeared at the Professional Woman's League reception at Hotel Plaza and spoke as outgoing president Susanne Leonard Westford handed over the role. Installation is set for next Monday. New officers include Mrs. Edwin H. Price and Mrs. Belle de Rivera. De Rivera praised the theatrical profession as noble and justly rewarding. A short musical program followed.
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Amelia Bingham
Professional Woman's League
Hotel Plaza
Susanne Leonard Westford
Miss Bingham
Edwin H. Price
Belle de Rivera
Hoe Apprentices Graduated At De Witt Memorial
The Hoe Apprentice School held graduation exercises at De Witt Memorial Church on Rivington Street. James F. Wilson of Stuyvesant High School addressed the graduates urging technical training and practical hard work, stressing honesty and the ability to deliver results.
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Hoe
de Witt Memorial
Rivington Street
James F. Wilson
Stuyvesant High School
New Auto For the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals receives a new French Westinghouse automobile costing 7500 dollars for rescuing homeless sick or injured dogs and cats. Mrs Russell Sage presents the vehicle along with the body and equipment valued over 500 dollars by Lorillard Spencer jr.
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American Society For the Prevention of Cruelty
Russell Sage
Lorillard Spencer, Jr
Rice Nearly Halts Honeymoon in Astoria
Captain Charles Allen and Miss Edith Halph faced a delayed honeymoon after rice thrown at their wedding in Bay City, Michigan caused rice to lodge in his ear. A physician freed him allowing the pair to continue their plans westward from Astoria.
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Bay City
Mich
Charles Allen
New York and East River Ferry Company
Astoria
Land Island
Edith Halph
Appeal for charity aids tuberculous worker family
The Charity Organization Society asks for 20 dollars to provide a six month pension for a tuberculous man who refused sanatorium care until assured of treatment. The wife and three children are in poor health and need support while she can work. Contributions may be sent to 105 East 22d Street. list of donors included.
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Charity Organization Society
East 22d Street
W. W. Phelps
Felix M. Warburg
F. E. Untermeyer
Anne Alexander
Fannie Sabine
H. Z. Tappin
George F. Freser
E. T
A. H Storer
Carlton Yarnall
H. C. Bernbaim
M. A
Ill passenger suffers broken leg after storm mishap
A passenger named Mr Waldo, ill on the steam ship Teutonic, arrived yesterday with a broken leg. He was carried from the pier to St Vincent's Hospital after a wave swept him over the wind screen area during Saturday's storm. companions were unharmed.
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St. Vincent’s Hospital
Mr. Waldo
Forbidden Territory
Dinner Honors Principe de Udine Crew and Guests
About two hundred fifty men attended yesterday’s dinner on the new steamship Principe de Udine of the Lloyd Sabaudo Line. Notable guests included two Supreme Court justices and ex-coroner Antonio Zucca, with speakers praising the ship as a boon to tourism and a tie between Naples and Jersey City. Cesare Conti, Justice O Gorman, Justice Truax, Dock Commissioner Spooner, Count di Rosa, Captain de Negri, Samuel D. Dickinson, Harry Rascouer, and S Americus Wood were among those present, with the Italian Ambassador to Washington unable to attend due to an illness of Baron Mayor des Planches.
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Supreme Court
Principe de Udine
Lloyd Sabaudo Line
Baron Mayor Des Planches
Washington
Naples
Jersey City
Cesare Conti
Company
Justice O'Gorman
Justice Truax
Antonio Zucca
Spooner
Count di Rosa
de Negri
Samuel D. Dickinson
New Jerey
Harry Rascouer
Americus Wood
City News in Brief in Harlem Court and Other Local Items
Henry T. Cole and Edgar H. Cook, Columbia University students, fined $10 each in Harlem court for attempting to rob a lunch stand at 3135 Broadway. Cook shot when fleeing. Mrs Mildred Pooks jailed for 1 to 2 years for grand larceny after obtaining jewelry valued at 1800 and writing a 2060 check. Firemen Memorial Fund benefit organized by the People’s Institute at the Girls' Technical Institute hall. Memorial service for sailors buried at sea at Ben Mahree Boat Club pier with local officials and Bath Beach children participating.
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Henry T. Cole
Edgar H. Cook
Columbia University
Harlem
Broadway
Cook
Mildred Pooks
Asbury Park
Auburn
Rosalsky
Dreker & Son
Fifth Avenue
Central Trust Company
Newark
Firemen's Memorial Fund
People’s Institute
Girls’ Technical Institute
15Th Street
Second Avenue
Livingston Civic Club
John Hiseman
Sons of Veterans
Ben Mahree Boat Club
Bay 22d Street
Bath Beach
George E. Waldo
Fuller and
Gilchrist
Suffragettes Plan Bronx Meeting Then Madison Square Shift
Suffragettes head to The Bronx on Saturday evening for an 8 o clock gathering at Tremont and Washington avenues featuring speakers Mrs Lydia K Commander Mrs Borrmann Wells Dr Maud Glascow and Mrs Sophia Loeben ger. Madison Square talks Tuesday move from 3 to 5 pm with a new shaded location at the northeast corner near the Metropolitan Life Building.
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Bronx
Tremont
Washington Avenues
Lydia K. Commander
B. Borrmann Wells
Maud Glascow
Sophia Loebenger
Madison Square
Metropolitan Life Building
Nightgown Pattern 6018 and General Federation Opening
The Tribune Pattern offers a low neck nightgown suitable for warm weather in cambric nainsook and similar fabrics with embroidery or lace trim. Pattern 6018 comes in sizes small to large and costs 16 cents plus optional 2 cents for letter mail. The General Federation of Women's Clubs holds its ninth biennial June 2 in Boston with a concert in Symphony Hall, East’s first major convention since its early days.
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New-York Tribune
General Federation of Women's Clubs
Symphony Hall
Boston
Dining Out Duties and The Charm of Conversation
A hostess and her guest debate dinner etiquette and conversation quality. They argue that guests should bring thoughtful, engaging discourse, avoiding weather chatter and repetition, and that good conversation blends gentle nonsense with genuine interest, reflecting personality at the table.
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Nion
Athens
Delightful railway scene of daughter and dignified father
A white haired father seats his dignified gray haired daughter on a crowded suburban train. Passengers note the gentle, deferential exchange and the quiet authority in his voice, prompting one observer to long for such guidance from any man.
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Flatbush
Lenox Avenue
Sthetreet South
Coney Island
the Tribune
Broadway-Lexington
Bridge Light Fund Shy
Jacob Ruppert
90Th
92D Street
New York City
Aroe
National Patriotic Women
P. W. L. Reception
the Society For the Prevention OF Cruelty
Ing
City News
Wolfville
Alfred Henry Lewis
Lewis
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
W. H. Duntom
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