Report on Legislators Citizens Union View
The Citizens Union assessed New City legislators, recommending re election for three Republican Senators Page Saxe Travis and Agnew and lone Democrat Fuller. Most city representatives in both state houses were criticized as inefficient or machine controlled, with several Assemblymen urged retirement.
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New City
Ofphe Citizens Union
Albany
Legislative Bureau
Speuo
Greater Numee
Tee Gilchrist
McCarren
Sena
Senate
Agnew
Robinson
Mur
DeGroot
Rei
Page
Saxe
Travis
Fuller
Bennett
Francis
Liebmann Gar Shortt
Weber
Hackett
McCue
Citizens Union
Cullen
Grady
Harte Hasenslug
McCall
McManus
Mullaney
Sullivan
Thompson
Independence
Ward
Demeen Denthee
Klein
Lieb
Shortt
al” Smith
Stern
Independence League
Johnston
Sewait Pulier
Brooklyn
Sestr Baserfiug
Walter Stamp
Ciiti
Gilchrist
Warren I. Lee
James A. Frants
Beverley R. Robinson
Service Commission
Gil
Many Hills
Graffy
Paradise Jimmy
Grand jury to probe Fassett Cassidy telegram case
A federal grand jury will begin an investigation into the Fassett Cassidy telegram case. The inquiry concerns alleged tampering with the word not in a telegram sent from Representative Fassett of New York to Senator Owen Cassidy in Albany ahead of action by the New York State Senate on the anti racism bill gambling provision.
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Washington
Fassett- Cassidy
Fassett
New York
Owen Cassidy
Albany
New York State Senate
Jackson Asks Governor's Aid From Albany to New York
Attorney General Jackson sent a letter to Governor Hughes noting insufficient funds to cover fixed salaries and expenses of the Albany and New York offices. He urged the Legislature at the coming extra session to address and remedy the financial shortfall.
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Jackson
Hughes
Albany
New York
Millionaire banker slain after highway robbery assault
Lincoln Tl June Fr azer, millionaire bank president and coal mine owner, died today from injuries after an assault by highway robbers last March. Two of the robbers have pleaded guilty and are serving sentences, while a third awaits trial in jail.
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Lincoln
Frank Frazer
Governor Curtis Guild Heads to Washington for Health Check
Nahar reports Governor Curtis Guild, accompanied by his brother and partner, leaving for Washington to visit General George von L Meyer. He says the trip has no political purpose, his health is good, and he has not used medical services recently.
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Nahar
Curtis Guild
Washington
George von L. Meyer
Former Policeman Sentenced in Brooklyn Grand Larceny Case
Judge Dike sentenced Patrolman Charles K. Hausler to three to four years in Sing Sing for grand larceny in the second degree. A manicurist ally, Miss Selle Papis, had sentence suspended for her involvement in jewelry theft valued at 32,500. A bottle pulled from his pocket triggered suspicions of self harm, later explained as perfumery.
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Dike
Brooklyn
Charles K. Hausler
Sing Sing
Selle Papis
Heusier
Benjamin Knowles
Flathueh
Anti Gambling Bills Highlight State Senate Session
The Governor urges penalties to curb betting on racetracks and outside venues. Senator Grady clashes with leadership, calling recesses and blocking adjournment moves as anti gambling measures advance. Senate approves liquor tax refunds and petition safety bills. Assembly backs harbor work and Geneveo street bonds.
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Grady
Raines
Hill
Codes Committee
Senate
Armstrong
Assembly
Hammond
Syracuse
Chamberlin
Genefeo
National Conservation Commission Formed by President
In June Washington the President established a National Conservation Commission to study and advise on natural resource conservation and to cooperate with state bodies. The commission includes Waters Theodore E. Burton as chairman with Senators Allison, Newlands, Warner, Bankhead and others from the forests and lands sectors, plus reps from industry and academia. Pinchot named chairman of the executive committee and commission chair.
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White House
National Conservation Commission
Waters
Theodore E. Burton
Ohio
William B. Allison
Town
Francis G. Newlands
Nevada
William Warner
Missouri
John H. Bankhead
Alabama
W. J. McGee
Bureau of Soils
F. H. Newell
Reclamation Service
Gifford Pincho
Forest Service
Herbert Knox Smith
Bureau of Corporations
Joseph E. Ransdell
Louisiana
George F. Swain
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
New Jersey
Gustav Schwab
National Council of Commerce
New York
Overton W. Price
Knute Nelson
Minnesota
Francis E. Warren
Wyoming
John Sharp Williams
Mississippi
Swagar Sherley
Kentucky
Herbert Parsons
George C. Pardee
California
N. B. Broward
Florida
James J. Hill
Charles McDonald
American Society of Civil Engineers
Murdo MacKenzie
Colorado
Frank C. Goudy
George W. Woodruff
Interior Department
John Yalzell
Pennsylvania
Joseph M. Dixon
Montana
Frank P. Flint
Lee S. Overman
North Carolina
Philo Hall
South Dakota
James L. Slayden
Texas
Andrew Carnegie
Charles F. van Hise
Wisconsin
John Mitchell
Ilinois
John Hays Hammond
Massachusetts
Irving Fisher
Yale University
Joseph A. Holmes
Geological Survey
Gifford Pinchot
Reed Smoot
John Dalzell
G. W. Woodruff
Zelaya protests to Cabrera over Nicaraguan prisoners
In Managua on June, President Zelaya seeks freedom for Nicaraguans jailed in Guatemala. He will not attend the medical congress in Guatemala City without guarantees of life and liberty. Foreign Minister Gomez sent a strong note to Guatemala over assassinations and persecutions of Nicaraguans.
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Managua
Nicaragua
Zelaya
Guatemala
Guatemala City
Sefior Gomez
Honduras Guatemalan arbitration opens over disputed land
Negotiations began at Ocotepeque Honduras to settle the boundary dispute over a rich strip on the northern frontier. Commissioners surveyed the ground as talks continue. If no amicable settlement is reached, the matter will go to the Court of Magistrates of the Five Republics in Cartago.
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Puerto Cortez
Honduras
New Orleans
Central America
Ocotepeque
Cartago
Savannah Line party to celebrate appendicitis recovery
James C. Horton, general passenger traffic manager of the Savannah Line, hosted a luncheon aboard the City of Savannah at Pier 35, North River, for forty friends after his appendicitis recovery. A large Atlanta watermelon unveiled forty souvenir bottles marking Georgia’s going on the water wagon, with speeches by A. R. Storey, L. Collins, E. R. Richardson and Harry Leyland.
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James C. Horton
Savannah Line
City of Savannah
Plier 35
North River
Atlanta
Savannah
Georgia
A. R. Storey
L. Collins
E. R. Richardson
Harry Leyland
Lawyer’s Auto Victim Dies in City Hospital
Thomas Manion, struck by lawyer Charles H. Hyde of No Jackson avenue Corona, died in St John’s Hospital Long Island City. Chauffeur William Kalb faced arraignment before Magistrate Connolley in Long Island City police court, with patrols continuing into August.
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Thomas Manion
Charles H. Hyde
No. Jackson Avenue
Corona
St. John’s Hospital
Long Island
Magoon Won't Go to Panama as Umpire
Governor Magoon will not travel to Panama to act as umpire on the commission settling disputed land cases. Owing to political conditions in Cuba and approaching elections, the administration prefers his stay there. His successor on the commission has not been appointed.
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Washington
Magoon
Panama
Cuba
Three Boy Highwaymen Attack DNC Member in Midtown
Henry A. Smith of Portland and member of the Democratic National Committee was assaulted on West 49th Street after leaving a Fifth Avenue club. Holmes watchman Henry McGlinn restrained one assailant as three youths closed in, with Wesley Beaser, 16, of Jane Street claiming the name.
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West 49Th Street
Democratic Club
Henry A. Smith
Portland
Ore
Democratic National Committee
Mr. Smith
Henry McGlinn
Holmes
No. 1
McGlinn
Fifth Avenue
49Th Street
Sixth Avenue
No. 5
Smith
Federation of Galician and Bucovinian Jews in Session
The Federation convened its fifth annual meeting at Tammany Hall with eight hundred delegates from sixty thousand members. President Bernstein reelected, $30,000 in dues and contributions reported, hospital planned on Second Street near Avenue A launching September 1 with staff including Lilienthal Meyers and Jacobi. 275 branches mainly in New York area aid Galician and Bucovinian Jews seeking work.
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Federation of
Tammany Hall
Benjamin Semi
J. Pfeffer
Galicia
Bucovinia
Rosalsky and Hoffman
fBemil
Federation
2D Street
Avenue A
H. Lilienthal
W. Meyers
Abraham Jacobi
New York
Cunard passenger goes insane at sea and is hospitalized
Mrs Mary Clift a second cabin passenger aboard the Cunard liner Caronia went insane mid Atlantic on Thursday and was transferred to Ellis Island Hospital in serious condition. She refuses nourishment as nurses and surgeons seek her husband's location with no papers found in her baggage. Her three year old son remains elsewhere on the island awaiting care. Efforts to locate the husband face difficulty without identifying documents.
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Mary Clift
Cunard
Caronia
Mid- Atlantic
Ellis Island
Boston Railroad Chief Blames Brain Fag for Accidents
Boston June report quotes President Tuttle of the Boston and Maine Railroad asserting that accidents stem from brain fag not overwork or safeguards. He argues the condition makes capable trainmen temporarily irresponsible and hampers recruitment of fit workers.
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The
Tribune
Boston
President Tuttle
Boston & Maine Railroad
Sian Norco
Constantine Resironde
Hearst people deny withdrawal from recount case
Hearst and associates rejected rumors of withdrawing from the Hearst McClellan recount before Justice Lambert in the Supreme Court. Fifty four boxes were opened yesterday, bringing total opened to 26, with Hearst gaining 116 votes. Dolson denied plans to quit. Shearn vowed to stay until all boxes are opened, despite losses blamed on voters miscasting as No nominations.
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Hearst-McClellan
Justice Lambert
Supreme Court
Hearst
Mr. Dolson
Jackson
Clarence J. Shearn
Land an Elusive One
Police believe a string of burglaries is solved after detectives arrested John Gormley and his associate Thomas Burns at No 2449 Third Avenue. Investigators found jewels and trinkets worth thousands in their room. Gormley, with prior state terms, used streetcar evasion and elaborate shadowing to elude police before being nabbed after a routine stakeout on West 182nd Street.
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John Gormley
Third Avenue
Thomas Burns
Gormley
Riley
Lennon
West 184Th Street
West 154Th Street
West 164Th Street
St. Nicholas Avenue
182D Street
Auto Gating for Orphans Day Committee Seeks Cars
The Automobile Club of America agrees to cooperate with the New York orphans’ automobile day committee and asks members to donate vehicles for today’s outing.
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The
Automobile Club of America
Accident to French aeroplane at Versailles
M Pelterie attempted a landing in his aircraft at Versailles traveling 80 kph from 40 metres height. The landing was too quick and one propeller broke leaving Pelterie with severe bruising and injuries reported as quite serious.
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Versailles
M. Pelterie
REQUIREMENTS FOR THE POST IN THE NAVY CHIEF
Washington debates the engineer in chief vacancy amid questions of who qualifies as a skilled engineer. Speculation grows about line officers with ship engineering duties and the impact of the Tennessee disaster on selection. Secretary Metcalf says an announcement will come tomorrow, likely Captain John K. Barton, former engineer officer at League Island Navy Yard.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Navy
Department of Engineering
Line and Engineer Corps
Roosevelt
Naval Personnel Board
Naval Engineer Corps
Tennessee
Bureau of Steam Engineering
Metcalf
John K. Barton
League Island Navy Yard
Fleet Pathfinders Off
In San Francisco at 7 this morning the battleships Maine and Alabama of the special service squadron began their return trip to the Atlantic via Honolulu Manila and Suez. Secretary Garfield, who arrived from Washington, joined Captain Harber on the Maine, and intends to proceed to Honolulu.
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San Francisco
Maine
Alabama
G. B. Harber
Atlantic
Honolulu
Manila
Suez
Garfield
Washington
Harber
Ocean Race Planned For Scout Cruisers Salem Birmingham Chester
Telegraph report from Boston says US naval authorities plan an ocean race for the scout cruisers Salem Birmingham and Chester. It would internationally test engine designs with Chester holding the world record at 24.52 knots on Parsons turbines while Salem recently set a mile dash mark at 29.0 knots. The event is expected off the New England coast.
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The
Tribune
Boston
Navy Yard
United States
Salem
Birmingham
Chester
New England
Battleship Names Set Florida Utah Wyoming
Secretary Metcalf announced after a White House conference that two new battleships will be named Florida and Utah, the next battleship to be Wyoming, and the Florida monitor name to be changed to a city in Florida.
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Washington
June
Metcalf
Florida
Utah
Wyoming
Bailey case puzzle deepens in Honduras voyage thefts
Francis G. Bailey former Export Shipping Company president, his brother, and the steamship Goldsboro vanished after leaving New York May 2 with merchandise. Honduras seizure delayed recovery as extradition without a treaty is uncertain, and creditors debate funding a return of the cargo. The ship now flies the Honduran flag as Atlantida, and a new forgery charge against Bailey is alleged for cashing drafts on false shipments.
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Honduras
Francis G. Bailey
Export Shipping Company
Goldsboro
Bailey
New York
Baileys
New Yorks
National Association of Manufacturers
Broadway
Parker Nevin
Root
State Department
Nevin
Atlantida
Francis G. Batley
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