Commuters Challenge NY Central Over July 1 Fares
Formal charges were prepared to halt a July 1 fare increase by the Hudson River and Harlem divisions of the New York Central lines. H. M. Hewson, representing Herbert E. Angell, filed with the Public Service Commission, alleging legal and technical violations. Westchester Chamber bodies and local groups plan sustained civic action to force reconsideration, citing tariff notice failures and mileage changes.
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Mount Vernon
Hewson
Westchester County Chamber of Commerce
James G. Cannon
Mount Vernon Chamber of Commerce
James M. Reid
Westchester County
New Haven
Ask President Tafts Aid and New Jersey Commuters
Howard Marshall was elected president of the Commuters' League of New Jersey in East Orange. The group, formed after a mass meeting, seeks Taft's intervention to withhold higher commutation rates pending proper examination and urges Governor Fort to call a special legislative session. A special committee will telegram Taft and Fort.
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Tribune
East Orange
N. J
Howard Marshall
New Jersey
Commuters' League of
Edward D. McKowan
Albert E. Condit
Messrs. Creede
Corren
Howard S. Kinney
Taft
Western Railroads
John Franklin Fort
Cerren
Wall Street
Yerkes Receivership Ends in Federal Decree
Judge Ward terminates the Yerkes estate receivership in the Electric Railways Company of London suit. Special Master Benedict’s report and accounts of Harrington Putnam and Charles C. Burlingham approved. Burlingham discharged. Burlingham ordered to pay Mrs. Mary A. Yerkes 16336287 for dower and to deliver estate assets to Louis S. Owsley as executor, plus remaining assets for administration and distribution.
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Yerkes
Judge Ward
United States Circuit Court
Electric Railways Company of London, Ltd
Benedict
Harrington Putnam
Charles C. Burlingham
Purlingham
Mary A. Yerkes
Louis
Owsley
Cook County
Til
Play the Tribune to Resume Lithographs on June 19
The Tribune will resume distribution of lithographs on Sunday June 19. The colored, heavy paper pictures depict the Oberammergau religious spectacle. Illustrations are free with The Sunday Tribune and delivered to homes by request through the local newsdealer or by direct mail.
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THE
Tribune
Oberammergau
Sunday Tribune
Crowd Sees Tiger Bathed At Central Park Zoo
A warm day sent the Siberian tiger at the Central Park Zoo into distress, prompting two showers for the big cat. A crowd gathered as keepers cooled the tiger, with spectators growing quiet once the animal seemed to enjoy the baths. Bill Snyder and two assistants also sheared two Brazilian black sheep, then faced a stubborn mate arcing at the fence before being restrained.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Park Zoo
Bill” Snyder
Bill
Snyder
Miss Frieda Thomas Appears as Defense Counsel in Robbery Case
In General Sessions Part II George Davis faces arraignment for robbing Harris Gordon’s apartment at 3 West llth Street on May 28. Miss Frieda Thomas, counsel for the defense, enters the courtroom, addressing the jury as witnesses are cross examined. The defense promises a simple, truthful argument and continues presenting evidence at adjournment.
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George Davis
Harris Gordon
West Llith Street
Wasservogel
Frieda Thomas
Wilmot
Davis
Tragic Brooklyn Train Suicide Facts Emerge
Henry Baudock sixty one a Brooklyn Metal Ceiling Co worker and German émigré reportedly set himself before a East New York bound train at Gates avenue station. Police say he had recent family alerts and a $2500 German legacy. he showed signs of a spree and possible intoxication before the fatal act. The rails were blocked as responders removed the body and police took charge.
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Henry Baudock
Franklin Avenue
Brooklyn
East New York
Gates Avenue
Baudock
Brooklyn Metal Ceiling Company
Germany
America
New York
Ralph Avenue
Suit on for big estate case opens in Newark
In a landmark New Jersey proceeding Vice-Chancellor Emery heard Mrs Laura Oram seek to prove Thomas Oram as her husband and her daughter Marion as his child. The Mor ris County family wealth and the contested will are central as Oram denies paternity and marriage.
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New Jersey
Emery
Newark
Laura Jane Oram
Wharton
N. J
Thomas N. Oram
Marion
Oram
Morris County
George C. Houghton
New York
Trinity Episcopal
Thomas Williams
Scranton
Jane Pyack
Williams
Robert Gray
Robert F. Oram
Marriage license reveals same name as bridegroom’s father
Albert Rufus Thayer, 31, artist, son of George B. Thayer, and Caroline E. Hildreth, with Mary Emma Thayer, 41, of No Summer Street Boston, daughter of William Monroe and Lucetta A. Hurd, obtained a city license yesterday at City Hall. The bride stated she had previously married a George B. Thayer.
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City Hall
Albert Rufus Thayer
George B. Thayer
Caroline E. Hildreth
Mary Emma Thayer
Summer Street
Boston
Wiliam ©. Monroe
Lucetta A. Hurd
New Traffic Agreement Connects Gulf and Lakes
The Southern Pacific and St. Louis & San Francisco announce a ten year traffic pact not involving running rights or finance. It creates a through South Texas connection from Galveston to Fort Worth and Dallas, offering a new route to Kansas City and Chicago with about 300 miles of added track, enhancing regional traffic without new construction.
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Southern Pacific
St. Louis
San Francisco
Texas
Frisco
Kansas City
Chicago
New Orleans
Houston
Galveston
Brownsville
Rock Island
South Texas
Trinity & Brazos Valley Railway
The
Colorado & Southern
Burlington
Port Arthur
Sabine Pass
Beaumont
Gulf
Dallas
Fort Worth
Sherman
Denison
Missouri, Kansas & Texas
Forth Worth
Rock Island System
Colorado & Southern System
Missouri
Kansas
Oklahoma
Harriman Lines
Kansas City Southern Railway
Tex
Winchell
Houston & Texas Central
Metropolitan Street Railway Receivers Authorized for 3.5 Million
Judge Lacombe approved receivers Adrian Joline and Douglas Robinson of the Metropolitan Street Railway and William Ladd of New York City Railway to issue 3.5 million in replacement certificates for paying principal of 6.5 million in construction certificates. The first lien bonds run one year at 6 percent, not affecting 33 million in special franchise tax certificates. The certificates, purchased by a syndicate led by Central Trust, Kuhn Loeb, Farmers' Loan, and Guaranty Trust, accompany a planned July 1 foreclosure sale to reorganize the lines.
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Lacombe
Joline and Robinson
Central Trust Company
Kuhn, Loeb & Co
Farmers’ Loan and Trust Company
Guaranty Trust Company
Metropolitan Street Railway Company
State Board Reforms Private Hospital Standards
A state commission inspected about sixty private city hospitals and found serious deficiencies in sanitation ventilation and fire safety. New rules require fireproof, sanitary buildings with at least twelve five cubic feet air per bed before patient care at public expense. The Tuberculosis Protectorium for Children and Hempstead Hospital gained certificates of incorporation, the latter aided by Mrs. Belmont.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Board of Charities
State Board
Robert W. Hebberd
Tuberculosis Preventorium For
Nathan Straus
Hempstead Hospital
Hempstead
Long Island
C. H. P Belmont
Central's Summer Time Table Brings New Trains and Times
The New York Central's summer timetable begins Sunday June 19 with resort service activated. Adirondack Mountains and Thousand Islands trains depart New York daily at 7 40 am except Sundays and 7 15 pm daily. Saratoga Springs Lake George service starts June 27 with fast through trains from Grand Central at 9 30 am and 2 00 pm except Sundays. The Albany north midnight express departs 12 25 am, changed from 12 30.
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New York Central
Adirondack Mountains
Thousand Islands
New York
Saratoga Springs
Lake George
Grand Central Station
Albany
North
Fraternal Insurance Regulators Back Uniform State Bill
Representatives at the Hotel Manhattan approved in general a uniform bill for state regulation of fraternal insurance. If enacted it would place oversight over eight billion dollars in fraternal policies and affect solvency of many societies. Officials say state control would curb fraud and require out-of-state groups to meet licensing standards. Beau E. Polk chaired the meeting and urged actions to strengthen the fraternal system's role in society.
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Manhattan
United States
Committee On Fraternal Insurance of the National Association
Beau E. Polk
Fraternal Insurance Committee
Youths Summer Mixture Suits Cut Prices
Our stock of youths mixture suits is revised with reductions from $1 to $10 off former prices. About 750 suits were marked down to $7, $8 or $10. Four prices now apply: $15 $18 $20 and $22, in sizes 32 to 35, at Warren street near 13th and 34th streets.
Fight Over Will Of Brooklyn Music Director Caswell
Estate of Professor Albert S. Caswell, director of music in Brooklyn public schools, largely bequeathed to Ulala E. W. Burns. No mention of wife, children, or relatives. Contested action expected, with witnesses J E Sheppard and George W Brower cited. Caswell had lived apart from his second wife for 25 years.
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Albert S. Caswell
Public Schools of
Brooklyn
Echo Lake
N. J
Ulala E. W. Burns
Alala E. W. Burns
Caswell
J. E. Sheppard
Pierrepont Street
George W. Brower
Court Street
Fort Greene Place
Shipping News Highlights from Atlantic Routes
The column lists arriving and sailing steamers across ports including Havana, Jamaica, Naples, Liverpool, and New York with details on vessels such as George Pyman San Mateo Teesdale Massachusetts Pilar de Larrinaga Stavangeren Dorothy Radley Cherokee St Irene Lowland Tomoana Frutera Usk El Dorado and Majestic. It notes departures from Bremen Havre Naples and Southampton and port calls in Curacao, Trinidad, Santo Domingo and Jamaica with sugar cargoes, fruit and general mdse. Also reports wind conditions at Sandy Hook and quarantine statuses.
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George Pyman
Havana
J H Winchester & Co
Bar
San Mateo
Mayaguez
Ponce
Arroyo
San Juan
Aguadilla
Insular
Teesdale
Cienfuegos
US Shipping Co
Massachusetts
Puerto Mexico
Delaware
Pilar de Larrinaga
Matanzas
Cardenas
Sagua
Caibarien
Nuevitas
Barber & Co
Stavangeren
Nor
Baracoa
Atlantic Fruit Co
Dorothy
Georgetown
Atlantic Coast Lumber Corporation
H Bull & Co
Radley
Munson Ss Co
Lowland
Banes
United Fruit Co
Tomoana
Barry
Norton & Son
Frutera
Port Morant
Usk (Br
Nipe Bay
el Dorado
Galveston
Southern Pacific Co
Mdse
Hamilton
Newport News
Norfolk
Old Dominion Ss Co
Jamestown
Majestic
Southampton
Cherbourg
Queenstown
White Star Line
Moise
Sandy Hook
Albano
Ger
Hamburg
Hamburg-American Line
Saratoga
New York
Cuba
Pawnee
Philadelphia
Clyde Ss Co
Malden
Boston
Finch, Edge & Co
Marine Intelligence Mini Almanac Report
Sunrise and sunset times, high water notes at Sandy Hook and Governor's Island, and wireless reports. The Mauretania, 770 miles east of Sandy Hook at 2 35 pm yesterday, expected to dock this evening. The Kenig Albert, 350 miles east at 6 pm yesterday, due this afternoon. The Kaiserin Auguste Victoria, 1165 miles east at 11 55 am yesterday, due Saturday forenoon.
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Mauretania
Sandy Hook
Kenig Albert
Kaiserin Auguste Victoria
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Burlingham
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A Thayer
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Hamb-Am
Byron
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L & Holt
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Amer
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F. Ziegfeld, JR
DAl F. _ZIEGFELD
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Watson
Bobby North
Grace Tyson
Julian Mitchell
Fannie Brice
Jaques Kruger
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Mitche Roosevelt Band
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the Tribune
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Henry Killer
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Titian
Santos
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Leghorn
Naples, Scilly
Hesperus
Fastnet
Tonawanda
Jacksonvil
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