Bronx Officials Report on Haffen Administration
The commissioners of accounts urge referring alleged illegal acts by Bronx Borough President Haffen to the District Attorney. The report cites unbalanced bids, payroll abuses, forged or false certificates, delayed assessments, and political influence in public works, with extensive findings on the Bronx courthouse project and Hunt's Point transaction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commissioners of Accounts
Bronx
Mc@ jar
John Purroy Mitchel
Ernest Yallagher
Con Sioners
Haffen
I Jon
Jesus
Variaus Bureaus
Lellan
Princeton
Hughes
Ahearn E&whattan
Mes
Prestot Haffen
Civic League of the Bronx
Sible
Presieer
Ief
Te Borouch
Hes
Broadway
Tammany
Resern
I ‘ Cz
Bureau of Highways
Department of Finance
Bureau
Board of Assessors
Board of Aldermen
Geiszler- Haas Ready Company
Geiszler and
Renmmingsioner of Public Works
Murray
Geiszler-Haas Realty Company
Bureau of Public Offices and Buildings
Bureau of Public Buildings and Offices
Ahearn
Manhattan
Bronx Borough
Buck's Harbor Granite
Buck's Harbor Granite Company
New York
Morough
Hunt's Point
Clason's Point Road
Morrisania
Clason’s Point Road
Sound Viewand and Improvement Company
Clason’s
Sound
Board of Estimate and Apportionment
Hunt’s Point
Michael Garvin
Henry Bruckner
North Side
Peter J. Stumpf
Mr. Reville
Jefferson Club
James F. Donnelly
Martin Geiszler
Louis O. van Doren
The
van Doren
Corporation Counsel
Board of Estimate
Hiunt’s
Pola
Coward Shoe advertises footwear for all in Tusset market
The Coward Shoe ad promotes natural-foot-line footwear in kid calf and patent leather for men women and children with styles suited for seashore or mountains.
Sold Nowhere Else James S Coward Catalogue Ad
A terse advertisement lists James S. Coward of 268 274 Greenwich Street New York offering a catalogue for Mali Orders twieg and inviting readers to send for more details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James S. Coward
Greenwich St
N.Y
JOKER IN RETIREMENT PAY SPARKS ARMY DISPUTE
The June 21 dispatch outlines anger among retired enlisted men over pay clauses in the army appropriation act. Key questions center on the phrase now in the service and the need for dual pay tables for pre and post May 11 retirees. Also covered are guarding escapes, new steam colliers, militia observers, and propulsion trials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tribune Bureau
Washington
Army
Marine Corps
Pine Camp Plans Militia Campaign And Grant Visit
Major Mallory leads Blue army against Brown defenders under Colonel Stokes at Pine Camp New York near Carthage. LtCol Glenn will end hostilities with a bomb as officials including Robert Shaw Oliver inspect water supply and camp operations. Military drills, lectures and Fourth of July plans accompany base activities as visitors pour in.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tribune Pine Camp
N. Y
John S. Mallory
12Th United States Infantry
William A. Stokes
New York National Guard
Glenn
Carthage
23D
15Th United States Cavalry
Mallory
Regular Infantry
11Th
13Th Cavalry
Wth
New York
William C. Wren
12Th Infantry
Carl Reichmann
Robert Shaw Oliver
General Grant
Thousand Islands
Watertown
Brown
Engineers
Dillon
24Th Infantry
Fort Myer
Virginia
Valley Forge
Anthony Fiala
Ziegler
Navy tests weigh fuel efficiency for future warships
The article explains trials comparing identical vessels with different propulsion to determine which engine type yields the greatest distance on the same fuel. It discusses forthcoming tests influencing turbine versus reciprocating engines and their role in designing future warships. It notes about twenty candidates for junior navy pay corps vacancies to be examined starting July 6 in Washington and San Francisco, with colleges showing limited participation and officials urging colleges to engage and recruit strong applicants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salem
Birmingham
Chester
Engineer In Chief
Navy
Navy Department
Curtis
Washington
San Francisco
Navy Pay Corps
Board of Pay Officers
New York
Great speed of the Georgia battleship observed
The Georgia officers and crew claim the battleship is the fastest in the navy after completing a Bremerton to California coast run. They say the ship maintained 19.6 knots for four consecutive hours along the coast, concluding the test at San Francisco.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Georgia
Bremerton Navy Yard
California
Provost Guard Relieved in Carthage Arrest Charge
The provost guard from the 11th and 15th regular cavalry regiments was relieved from duty in Carthage last night for arresting men indiscriminately. He was then placed under arrest by a detail of troops from the 24th Infantry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
11Th
15Th Regular Cavalry
Carthage
24Th Infantry
Soldier buried with honors after Fort Wadsworth accident
The body of Private John Lawrence Walsh of the 16th Company 9th Regiment National Guard Coast Defence Reserves was buried in Calvary Cemetery with military honors yesterday. Comrades acted as a guard of honor and Father Bernard Duffy conducted services after he was killed by a flareback from a 6 inch gun at Battery Dix Fort Wadsworth last Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Lawrence Walsh
16Th Company
9Th Regiment
National Guard Coast Defence Reserves
Battery Dix
Fort Wadsworth
Calvary Cemetery
Bernard Duffy
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Nmissioners
Trict Attorney
Bureau of Sewers and Highways
S.C. Thompson
Michael J. Garvin Tanmany
2D Assembly
Ballarding
Garvin
William E. Morris
Assembly
Buck’s Harbor
Maine
Mali
Governor Hughes
Grant
Pictorial News Company
Army and Navy News
Secretary of the Navy
House
Senate
Naval Committees
Congress
Fore River Shipbuilding Company
Quincy
Mass
War Department
Treasury Department
Pine Camp
Vichy
Vichy Celestins
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