Eleven vetoes sent to Legislature by Governor Hughes
Governor Hughes vetoed eleven bills including local salary measures for Richmond County, a Kings County register fee scale, pension bills for a widow and a mother of a fallen policeman, and a Watertown street defect liability clause. He urged general amendments where merited and warned against special or extended statutes.
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Albany
Hughes
Wilcox
Assemblyman
Crook
Richmond County
Harte
New York Board of Estimate
Richmond County Park Commission
Foelker
Register
Kings County
New York County
McManus
New York City
Schultz
Mary Hedeman
William Hedeman
Baxe
Watertown
Wood
Board of Public Works
Hubbs
Supreme Court
City of
New York
O'Neil
Dollar Dinner Honors Rep. Wells in 29th District Club
The Republican Club of the 29th Assembly District feted Frederic De Witt Wells with a dollar dinner at Terrace Garden. Absent were Speaker Wadsworth and Commissioner Watchorn. Ex-Senator Elsberg and others praised Wells while Hedges urged rewards for party workers aligned with the organization.
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Republican Club
Frederic de Witt Wells
Wadsworth
Assembly
Timothy L. Woodruffy
Albany
Robert Watchorn
Immigration
Murray
Terrace Garden
Wells
John Henry Hammond
Nathaniel A. Elsberg
Herbert Parsons
Mr. Wells
Job E. Hedges
Hedges
Hammond
Elsberg
Fred Wells
Washington
Ott T. Barnard
J. van Vechten Olcott
Commissioner Watchorn
Mr. Hammond
Mr. Hedges
Olcott
Watchorn
Roosevelt
Jain
Hughes
William Leary
George B. Agnew
R. Fulton Cutting
Clarence R. Freeman
Edgar J. Lauer
Joseph Murray
Alexander T. Mason
Henry E. O’brien
Beverly R. Robinson
Abraham
Railroad Bill Signed Expands Work Hour Rules
Governor Hughes approved bills limiting railroad employes to sixteen consecutive hours on duty with ten hours off and eight hours off in a twenty four hour period except in casualties. He also backed land selection for a southeastern New York state hospital site near New York City and approved a new state prison site plan with caps on cost and capacity. Additional measures cover bank asset lien protections and canal and highway debt interest and sinking fund appropriations.
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Albany
Hughes
Page
Armstrong
State Commission In Lunacy
New York City
Senator Knapp
Sing Sing
Senator McManus
Albany Assembly Records Vetoes and Low Attendance
Albany reports a record night as fewer than thirty members attended the Assembly. The body faced a four bill short calendar while Governor vetoes were read, six vetoes delivered from the desk setting a session record.
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Tribune
Albany
Assembly
Jamaica Utilities Candidate Endorsed by Queens Exchange
At a Queens Borough Real Estate Exchange meeting the board of governors endorsed Jamaica resident John N. Booth for Commissioner under the public utilities set. Booth is president of the Citizens' Association and a director of Jamaica Holding Company, builder of the new Real Estate Exchange Building.
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Queens Borough Real Estate Exchange
Board of Governors
John N. Booth
Jamaica
Public Utilities
Mr. Booth
Citizens’ Association
Jamaica Holding Company
Recount Bill Hearing Set By Acting Mayor McGowan
Acting Mayor McGowan will chair a Thursday afternoon hearing on the supplemental recount bill. City officials will attend and break ground in Cold Spring for the Catskill water supply project. The measure aims to address objections raised by the Mayor and President McGowan of the Board of Aldermen.
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McGowan
Cold Spring
Catskill
Board of Aldermen
Delegation Urges Public Service Commission Pick
A Albany delegation claiming to represent the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen urged Governor Hughes to appoint C. B. Johnson of Buffalo a New York Central trainman to the upstate Public Service Commission.
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Albany
Brotherhood of Railway
Hughes
C. B. Johnson
Buffalo
New York Central
New Upstate Public Service Commission
Governor's Requisitions Help Return Suspects
Albany June 17 Governor Hughes is honored to pay a requisition from the Governor of Timbis for the return to Chicago of Charles Gondorf involved in a $7,000 confidence scheme. Gondorf is detained in New York City. The Governor also honored a requisition from Pennsylvania for Louis A Fuhr alias JL William Albert arrested in New York on bigamy charges.
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Albany
Hughes
Timois
Chicago
Charles Gondorf
Gondorf
New York City
Pennsylvania
Louis A. Fuhr
William Albert
New York
Murder charge after autopsy in Maine case
Wallace Everett of Paris Hill is charged with murder by Judge William F. Jones after an autopsy on Edgar L. Rackliffe revealed a neck wound and an open knife with blood-stained blade. The death followed a dynamite explosion at a Paris Hill mine storage house last Thursday. Everett was the mine caretaker.
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Paris
Wallace Everett
Paris Hill
William F. Jones
Norway Municipal
Edgar Ll. Rackiife
Everett
James B. Duke's divorce sustained by court
The Court of Errors and Appeals in Trenton, New Jersey, sustained Vice-Chancellor Pitney's decision granting James B. Duke a divorce from Lai Wan N. Duke. Major Frank T. Hutton of New York, named as co-respondent, was found guilty as charged and assessed $3,000 in costs.
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Tribune
Trenton
N. J
Court of Errors and Appeals
Pitney
James B. Duke
Lai- Wan N. Duke
Frank T. Huntoon
New York
Duke
Greenwich woman not granted divorce after referee ruling
Stamford June 17 Mrs Esther Kennedy Boardman of Greenwich wife of G Garrison Boardman will not obtain a divorce if the Superior Court adopts the referee Elmer's report which finds no sufficient evidence of intolerable cruelty and thus favors the husband.
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the Tribune
Stamford
Conn
Esther Kennedy Boardman
Greenwich
G. Garrison Boardman
Elmer
224 Regiment Faces Heat at State Camp
Peekskill N Y June 17 The 224 Regiment endured a hot day at the State Camp with infantry drill and engineering work under three regular army captains. One section built pontoons and trestles while Captain McDonough led a map making school for officers and NCOs.
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Peekskill
N. Y
Duncan MacArthur Weds In New Haven Church
Duncan MacArthur an architect who has worked in New York and Roston announced his marriage to Mrs Nellie Treat. They wed in The Little Church Around the Corner in New York City and will reside on Gill Street. Mrs Treat, formerly Nellie Disbrow, is the ex wife of contractor George E Treat.
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iBy
Tribone
New Haven
Duncan MacArthur
New York
Roston
Nellie £. Treat
New York City
Houghton
Gill Street
Nellie Disbrow
Prohibition Candidate Pays Creditors in Stand ard Trust Case
Homer Castle former Pennsylvania governor hopeful sent a 20000 dollar check to cover claims of creditors in the Stand ard Trust and Safe Deposit Company setup. The firm never opened for business and receivership papers show Castle was a promoter alongside S K Ford H F As Pinwall and A F Williams.
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the Tribune
Philadelphia
Homer Castle
Pennsylvania
Standard Trust and Safe Deposit Company
Castle
K. Ford
H. F. As- Pinwall
A. F. Williams
Complaints Delayed by Initials in Ahearn Probe
Testimony shows delays and lost complaints in the bureau of encumbrances. Superintendent Thomas McEntegart cites initials such as T P S and J J M as causing inaction, and says delays followed requests from Borough President Ahearn's secretary and Tammany Hall figures. More testimony is planned.
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Thomas McEntegart
Bureau of Encumbrances
Ahearn
McEntegart
Alderman Sullivan
John J. Murphy
John V. Coggey
Mitchel
Cours
Edward Brady, Jr
Little Tim
Mr. Mitchel
Brady
Downing
Tammany Hall
Thomas J. McManus
Ellison Rumor of Resignation Denied by All Parties
City Hall rumor swirled that Corporation Counsel Ellison would resign and Eugene L Richards Jr might replace him. Ellison and Richards both denied any discussion or knowledge of the plan, stating the story has no foundation and no talks occurred with the Mayor.
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Corporation
Ellison
Eugene L. Richards
McClellan
Corporation Counsel's
Law Department
Richards
Bills Approved by the Mayor and City Actions
The mayor approved an act to amend the Greater New York water works and to authorize the Board of Estimate to audit and pay certain probation services claims. Other measures include widening Pelham Avenue to carry a bridge over the New York and Harlem Railroad and changes to firemen qualifications under the New York charter.
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Greater
New
Ee Avenue
New York
So Ork & Harlem Railroad
City of New
Greater New York
Fez. Ork
Charles W. Lavers Killed In Train Collision
Charles W. Lavers president of the Shoe and Leather Mercantile Agency in Boston died at City Hospital Fall River after being struck by a train at Bristol Ferry. He had spent Sunday as a guest of Postmaster Potter at Bristol.
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Fall River
Mass
Charles W. Lavers
Shoe and Leather Mercantile Agency
Boston
Bristol Ferry
R. IL
Lavers
Potter
Bristol
Senator Lodge Faces Two Year Immigration Study
Senator Lodge, chair of the Immigration sub committee, said the Ellis Island inquiry will take about two years with a report possible next fall. He noted six of nine commissioners are in Europe and will return by August for a November Washington meeting. He visited New York, Baltimore, Philadelphia ports and said Philadelphia needs a new building and more physicians are required at Baltimore and Philadelphia stations. He stressed the tide of immigration cannot be diverted to other ports.
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Senator Lodge
Ellis Island
Congress
Europe
Washington
New York
Baltimore
Philadelphia
Boston
Brooklyn to get a new political party this fall
Prominent independent Republicans and Democrats back a civic minded group led by Edward M. Sheppard and others. The organization plans a first meeting tomorrow at the Assembly in Pierrepont Street to revive civic patriotism and field a full ticket in county elections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooklyn
Citizens Union
Edward M. Shepard
J. Edward Swanstrom
F. W. Atkinson
The
Polytechnic Institute
Frederick W. Hinrichs
Nathan H. Levi
Alexander G. Calder
Francis G. Coates
Abnert S. Haight
William Harkness
Charles M. Hudson
Nelson B. Killmer
Frank Harvey Field
Assembly
Pierrepont Street
Judiciary
Tcket
Boards of Trade
Walter B. Kelley
Louis F. Burchard
Citizens’ Union
William B. Hurd
Mayor Signs City Court Bill to Increase Justices
Mayor McClellan approved a Bar Association backed bill expanding City Court judges and criticized Governor appointment power. He noted immediate effect and four new judges to serve until next January, urging election of permanent judges in November and warning against partisan job creation.
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McClellan
Bar Association
City of
New York
City vetoes day workers paid vacation bill
Mayor McClellan vetoed a bill granting ten days paid vacation to per diem city workers with at least two hundred days in a year. He argues it favors per diem over salaried staff and questions constitutional power to pay for days with no work. He urges a discretionary approach and city consultation before any such act.
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McClellan
Mayor McClellan Rejects Sunday Baseball Bill
The mayor criticized a proposed measure to legalize Sunday baseball, calling it a thinly veiled plan to permit semi professional teams to charge admission and profit on Sundays. He argued the definition of amateur would let paid players earn while others are barred, revealing the bill's true aim as a money making scheme.
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McClellan
City of
New York
Engineers' license bill sparks heated hearing
A city hearing on the engineers license bill with Mayor McClellan heard opposition from many associations. One supporter appeared but failed to justify the provision. William Butler warned the bill would force licenced engineers for tenement owners and vehicles. Ira J. Rittinger said the measure aimed to give engineers jobs and require licensed oversight for auto launches and boilers.
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McClellan
William Butler
Building Trades Employers’ Association
Ira J. Rittinger
Market reports on U P trains to post quotes coast to coast
A market bulletin system will be installed on all Union Pacific through trains. Quotations from Chicago grain and New York stocks and bonds will be posted on trips from Omaha to the Pacific Coast.
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The
Tribune
Omaha
Union Pacific
Pacific Coast
Chicago Grain
New York
Summer clothing sale prices from Rogers Perr & Company
Weight reducing summer mix half lined suits from $18 to $40. Featherweight outing suits in wool crash homespun flannel and serge $16 to $28. Star neglige shirts from $1.50 to $5. Quarter size collars two for a quarter. Three Broadway Stores: 258 842 Warren, 13th, 1260 32nd.
Telegraphers Strike Looms As Neill Considers Action
Washington reports Commissioner Charles P. Neill of the labor bureau may review President Roosevelt’s appeals to avert a telegraphers’ strike. Neill plans to travel to New York to begin an investigation while union leaders and Western Union officials hold firm on conference denial and strike preparations proceed.
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Washington
Charles P. Neill
Bureau of Labor
Roosevelt
Neill
Oyster Bay
New York
Small
Commercial Telegraphers’ Union
S. J. Konenkamp
Executive Committee
Konenkamp
Western Union Company
Neail
W. E. Demorest
Union
Nef
Colonel Clowry
Denver
Western Union
St. Paul
Loss Angeles
Coler Plans Brooklyn Weekly Newspaper For Brooklynite Readership
Borough President Coler announces immediate launch of a six to eight page weekly paper selling for one cent. He orders 100000 copies, aims to expand beyond his daily street bulletins and signboards, and compares the venture to Bryan’s Commoner. He expects broad public support and will accept ads by application. He also notes a legal spat with The Brooklyn Eagle over a Medina Limestone scandal.
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Coler
Tribune
Brooklyn
Borough Hall
Petition Seeks Good Faith Ruling in Eddy Equity Case
Concord New Hampshire June 17 another petition in the salt in equity case brought by the next friends of Mrs Mary Baker G Eddy was filed asking the Merrimac Superior Court to determine immediately the question of their good faith before any other proceedings. The petition notes prior motions for an immediate motive investigation and cites attorney Streeter as having spoken on the issue to the press. The next friends say they have acted in good faith throughout the suit.
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Concord
N. H
Salt In Equity
Next Friends
Mary Baker G. Eddy
Christian Science Leader
Merrimac
Eddy
Frank 5. Streeter
Athletic undergarments and straw hats in urban supply
A retailer lists various lightweight underwear and knee drawers in fabrics like lisle cotton gauze and linen mesh, plus silk and linen blends. Straw hats are abundant in stiff and soft styles with multiple street addresses in New York area markets.
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Barney McGlynns
Tragic Sudden Death Hits West 25th Street Family
Laura Waddell aged nineteen was found dead in a third floor room at 334 West 25th Street with four gunshot wounds. Her husband James Waddell and a man known as Robinson are held as suspicious as police explore a possible double suicide pact and staged murder scenario aided by gas from a removed burner.
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Laura Waddell
West 25Th Street
Lenihan
Musgrave
Robinson
Captain Kane
West 2Th Street
Waddell
Laura
East 10Th Street
Goodby
Jim
P. S
Connecticut
Weddell
2Th Street
McSorney
Josephine Lunior
Mra Waddell
Acritelli
East 71St Street
Manley
Beachlert
Duke of the Abruzzi Honoured During Boston Visit
Italian admiral and explorer the Duke of the Abruzzi toured Boston meeting Governor Guild at the State House in Italian. He viewed Civil War battle flags at Memorial Hall and later attended Brookline County Club races with Larz Anderson before a yacht trip.
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Boston
Abri
State House
Governor Guild
Baron Tosti
Ital
Varese
Navy Yard
Gover Guild
Starl
Guild
Larz Anderson
Brookline County Club
Anderson
Truckman Attacks Ambulance Driver At St Gregorys
Michael Burke a truckman attacked Rob ert Lowrey as he backed an ambulance into St Gregorys Hospital on Gold street. Burke struck Lowrey who sustained a bad scalp wound. Burke fled through Roe and Pearl streets before being detained by police and taken to hospital.
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Michael Burke
Robert Lowrey
St. Gregory's Hospital
Gold Street
Lowrey
Burke
Roe Street
Pearl
Oak Street
Fern and Its Nurse Die Together in Bronx Garden
Old Luke Grogan, a patrolman, tended a delicate plant in the Botanical Gardens all day Sunday. A rough touch damaged the plant, it withered, and Grogan died soon after a doctor arrived from Fordham Hospital, leaving friends to wonder if coincidence or care contributed.
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Luke Grogan
Botanical Gardens
Grogan
Fordham Hospital
Park
Two Deserters Pardoned by President for Heroic Rescue
Washington June 17. The President pardoned Ivan L. Hurst an apprentice seaman and Carl Aoo an ordinary seaman in the Navy for desertion after they saved a private in the marine corps from danger. They were serving terms aboard the prison ship Southern at the Portsmouth Navy Yard.
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Washington
Marine Corps
Ing
Ivan L.hurst
Carl Aoo
Southern
Portsmouth Navy Yard
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Honor F. Dew. Wells
Atlantic City
Pennsylvania Railroad
West 23d Street
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Cortlandt Streets
Trainman
G. G. Boardman
Standard Trust Settlement
Corporation Counsel
NEW Political Party
U. P
Rogers, Perr & Company
Broadway
Warren St. 13Th St
Junius
Rocers, Peet & Company
City Hall
Union Square
Greeley Square
H. Brown CO
Aying. Packing
Husband
Abruzzi
Bronx
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