Fire in Public School prompts orderly evacuation and $9 damage
A blaze at Public School 165 on West Wath Street between Broadway and Amsterdam Avenue caused about $9 in damage but did not disrupt 2300 students. Principal Gaddis coordinated a calm, rapid exit with teachers directing lines as police reserves kept the crowd back. Fire officials, noting prior local school fires, pledge safety measures while Superintendent Snyder investigates building defects. In Brooklyn, anti McCarren forces unite led by Borough President Coler to challenge Long Pat McCarren’s control.
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Broadway
Amsterdam Avenue
Collinwood
Westith Street
Meth Street
108Th Street
le Roy Herbert
Herbert
Gaddis
Geot&is
Echool
Heth Street
Binns
B. J. Snyder
Cleveland
Onice
Collinweo S&ste
Lexington Avenue
Ith Street
West 13Th Street
Beard of Education
Pat” McCarren
Kings County
Hugh McLaughlin
Johnson Building
Nevins
Fulton Streets
Brooklyn
Bird 8 S. Coler
Coler
McCarren
Fire escapes on schools deemed useless by board lead to deferral
President McGowan of the Board of Estimate and Department meets as he blocks a proposed 147 budget for school fire escapes. The Board of Education had sought funds, but McGowan argued exits through regular routes are faster and safer. The action was deferred pending further review.
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McGowan
Board of Sern
Board of Estimate and
Partiepment
Board of Education On Jar
Cortrolier Metz
Albany
Draper
State Education Department
Collinwood
La Provence Makes Fast Run to New York Harbor
The steamship La Provence arrived yesterday after a swift voyage from Havre despite rough seas and dense fog near Sandy Hook. Passenger A. Gruter of Berne Switzerland plans to move to Brandsville Missouri with 300 families. artist organizers from Paris brought paintings and photographs for upcoming local exhibitions. Mrs. J. M. Arnold was carried ashore by ambulance after the voyage.
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Havre
Sergeon
Sandy Hook
Gruter
Berne
Switzerland
Brandsville
Missouri
Paris
J. M. Arnold
Fire's Victims Buried In Cleveland After Collinwood Tragedy
Cleveland mourns as fifty burials take place today for Collinwood school fire victims. Thousands in the streets honor three Hirter children and other young victims while officials vow fire safety reforms. Coroner’s inquest cites locked rear doors and partitions as factors. educators to inspect all state schools. Berlin conveys sympathy to Cleveland.
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Cleveland
Collinwood
Hirter
F. P. Whitey
Wallace
Cleveland Fire Department
Ohio
Army and Navy Personnel Orders From The Tribune Bureau
March 6 dispatch lists army and navy changes including retirements and reassignments. Major Joseph T Crabbs to retired list April 20. Major Henry P Birmingham to Cuban pacification as chief surgeon. Lt Col Otis A LaGarde reassigned as chief surgeon in Department of the Colorado. Captain Herbert S Whipple retired from Cheyenne recruiting district. Lt Col Edward E Hardin granted two months leave. Navy: Lt M J McCormack detached from Tennessee. Passed Assistant Surgeon A M Fauntleroy to Walter Reed med school hospital. Marine Lt E A Greene to Marine Barracks Washington with thirty days leave. Warship movements: vessels reported arrived at Pensacola and Hampton Roads. Bouguque and Fortune to Guantanamo. Mayflower to cruise from Washington.
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Joseph T Crabbs
Henry P. Birmingham
Army of Cuban Pacification
Blair I. Taylor
Department of the Gulf
Otis A. LA Garde
Department of the Colorado
Herbert 5. Whipple
Cheyenne
Choo
Edward E. Hardin
26Th Infantry
NAVY
M. J. M'Cormack
Tennessee
A. M. Fauntleroy
Washington
Marine Corps
E. A. Greene
Marine Barracks
Navy Department
Warships Upgrades Planned at League Island Yard
A Navy board recommended allocating 1,009,060 dollars to upgrade the battleships Brooklyn Indiana and cruisers Minneapolis Columbia and the transport Dixie and the Adams being refitted. The work targets new ammunition hoists and modern batteries. Idaho also under construction at Cramp yards will receive upgrades.
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Philadelphia
Newberry
Navy Department
League Island
Thomas McClain
Robert Stocker
J. Fechteler
J. K. Barton
Western Maryland Railroad falls under receiver amid Hepburn Act debate
Baltimore dispatch notes Western Maryland Railroad put under receiver control. Bond prices slip with 8 percent first mortgage bonds closing at 49 1/2 as investors await April coupon. Stock drops about two points while 25 bonds offered. Receiver Bush cites Hepburn Act impact. Creditors press for claims as over 3.3 million in April bonds due and foreign banks hold much of the debt. Gould interests face substantial outlays for acquisitions and improvements since purchase.
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Tribune
Baltimore
Western Maryland Railroad
Bush
Maryland
Baltimore & Ohio
Davis Coal and Coke Company
West Virginia
Goulds
Pennsylvania
Reading
Cumberland Valley
Hanover & Gettysburg
Cherry Run
Shippensburg
Cumberland
Deutsche Bank of Germany
Gould
Bowling Green Trust Company
Western Maryland Bond Interest Paid Under Receiver Chase
Officially announced at Western Maryland Railroad offices that court action will seek authority to pay semi annual interest on the first mortgage bonds on April 1. Bonds fell to 49 on heavy trading then rallied. Missouri Pacific and Western Union moved lower. A committee including Krech, Herrick, Redmond, Butler and Pierce was formed to protect general lien and convertible mortgage bonds, with deposits invited at Equitable Trust Company, certificates to be issued March 14.
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Western Maryland Railroad Company
Burt
Gould
Western Maryland
Missouri Pacific
Western Union
Alvin W. Krech
Myron T. Herrick
Henry S. Redmond
George P. Butler
Winslow S. Pierce
Equitable Trust Company
Mutual Reserve Life Insurance Receivership In Supreme Court
Justice O Gorman heard motions from Mutual Reserve Life Insurance Company to vacate a prior order appointing temporary state receivers Joseph P Day and Joseph J O Donoghue and from the Attorney General to make those receivers permanent. Ruling reserved as to whether state receivers should continue. The United States Circuit Court also appointed receivers and may transfer assets to the state receivers. Federal receivers were authorized to disburse up to 1 0 in ancillary filings to conserve assets.
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Justice O'Gorman
Supreme Court
John B. Stanchfield
Mutual Reserve Life Insurance Company
Justice Platzek
Joseph P. Day
Joseph J. O'Donoghue
William E. Kisselburgh
United States Circuit Court
State Court
Judge Ward
Mutual Reserve
Lenten fish markets show rise in supply and prices
The Lentien markets feature abundant sea food with cod at 16 and 12 cents a pound, eels 4 cents, shad from Southern waters, and fresh salmon about 59 cents. Dried fish like finnan haddie and kippered herring remain popular while eggs stay around 28 to 30 cents a dozen and butter around 69, 23, and 35 cents for several weeks.
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Finnan Haddie
Yarmouth
Rich women organize for national workers welfare
Mrs J Borden Harriman led about seventy five New York society women at the Colony Club in forming a National Civic Federation women’s committee to study factory welfare. The group aims to learn from experience and push improvements through friendly suggestions, not coercion, with committees on industry needs and government employees. The gathering featured Timothy Healy and Edward Gould, urging engagement with labor and tenement districts.
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J. Borden Harriman
Colony Club
New York
National Civic Federation
Julia K. West
Harriman
Timothy Healy
The
International Stationary Firemen’s Union
Healy
Civic Federation
Mr. Healy
Edward Gould
Teamsters’ Union
Anne Morgan
Joseph Medill McCormick
Chicago
C. P. Orr
Birmingham
Thomas Sherwin
Boston
Samuel Mather
Cleveland
Cornelius Stevenson
Philadelphia
Talcott Williams
Archibald Alexander
Hoboken
Eva
Waiting at the Door for Hypnotist at Calvary Church
Crowds braved a beating storm outside Calvary Episcopal Church doors seeking Mrs. J. J. Higgins the hypnotist. Shivering applicants line the slush as impatient wait times and denied entries test patience, with some claiming charity restrictions and others urging shelter elsewhere.
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J. J. Higgins
Sean
Persia
New York
Gali
Charities
Gevary Episcopal Church
Hun
Patrel
Erlym
Weil
9 Charities
Cig
Stuffed
Lewis Parks Reeter
Calvary Chuck
Notable Names in Labor and Society Circles
McDonald Valesh of the American Federation of Labor is noted alongside Washington figures Mrs J Borden Harriman and Mrs William H Crocker New York Miss Anne Morgan and Miss Sarah Flatt Decker Denver Mrs Charles Denison and Mrs Frederick R Hazard Syracuse Mrs S Thurston Ballard Louisville Mrs J K Ortley Atlanta Mr A F McKis sick Greenwood S C and Mrs Richard Wal l Wright Washington are listed as social and professional connections across several cities.
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McDonald Valesh
American Federation of Labor
Washington
J. Borden Harriman
New York
William H. Crocker
San Francisco
Anne Morgan
Sarah 5S
Flatt Decker
Denver
Charles Denison
Frederick R. Hazard
Syracuse
S. Thurston Ballard
Louisville
J. K. Ortley
Atlanta
A. F. McKissick
Greerwood
S. C
Richard Walwright
Parole Board Reports Release Of Life Prisoners
Albany March 6 The State Board of Parole in its annual report notes that seventeen life prisoners were eligible for parole after the law change granting indeterminate sentences of not less than twenty years instead of life. Twelve were released. One inmate, released in 1871 after thirty six years of service, was the sole New York born among the cohort. Eleven of the older prisoners had served from twenty to years, nine were foreigners.
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Albany
State Board of Parole
New York State
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