Traction Bill Motioned for Fare Raise at Once
Albany March 192? reports indicate the Knight Adier traction bill reorg of Public Service Commissions and creates a transit authority for New York City was reported from Senate Public Service and Judiciary committees. Debate focused on feared upstate impact, city oversight, and rate controls with claims the bill favors traction firms. The measure passed Senate committee with some opposition, and sponsors say it will advance to a full vote next week.
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Brooklyn
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Assembly
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Miller
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Dogean
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Dell
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Warsi
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Lewislative Leacees
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Shah
Senemt
Simon
Bert Brat
Elangea
Publication of Deserters Names By Draft Boards
Secretary Weeks ordered immediate publication of names of draft deserters and evaders after boards complete their checks. He said many on the lists served with Britain France or our navy and publication aims to deter evaders and aid authorities in punishment.
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Tribune
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Meeks
Weeks
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Pntent
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All Large Roads Plan General Cut in Wages
Information from the Railway Labor Department indicates virtually all large railroads plan wage reductions for all employees. B M Jewell chair of the committee said the proposed cut announced by the Pennsylvania Lines. An official of the Association of Western Railway Executives said Jewell's statement probably true and more announcements may come.
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Railway Labor Department
American Federation of Labor
B. M. Jewell
Pennsylvania
Association of Western Railway Executives
Senate Bills To Probe Hylan In City Administration
The Burlingame bill creates a commission to inspect New York City departments to push charter changes and is approved 28 to 17 in the Senate. Debate cites home rule costs and political motives, with opposition from Robinson and Davenport over funding and consistency.
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New York
Seaate
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Hylan
Comptrotler Craig
Schuyler M. Meyer
New York City
Seyster
Theodore Douglas Robinson
Roosevelt
Joseph Steinbeeg
Meyers
Fred M. Davenport
Hamilton College
Robinson
Progressive State Committee
Geone R. Posen
Onondaga
Fearon
Alyah Buringame Jr
Brooklyn
Missing Brooklyn Girls Just Had Spring Fever
Vera Memaniu twelve and Sarah Tierney thirteen from Java Street Brooklyn were reported cured after two days away from St Anthony's school. Vera proposed a trip to Oyster Bay L I to visit her uncle. They reached Oyster Bay via Pennsylvania Station before returning home to relieved families.
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Vera Memaniu
Sarah Tierney
Java Street
Brooklyn
St. Anthony's School
Bork
Vera
Oyster Bay
L. 1
Pennsylvania Station
Pennsylvania Railroad Orders Nationwide Wage Reductions
The Pennsylvania Railroad announced a planned wage cut for about 215,000 officers and employees to align salaries with economic conditions. Details will be set soon and submitted to workers for approval, with possible appeals to the Railroad Labor Board. The move aims to lower expenses and may enable rehiring of laid off workers as conditions improve.
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Pennsylvania
Lisa
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
T. de Witt Cuyler
Pennsylvania and
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Railroad Executives? Association
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Cuylor
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H. S. Jeffery
Railway Labor Board
Ailway Brotherhood
Americal Federation of Labor
Musser
Brotherhood of Railway Plainmen
Railroad Labor Board
Erie
Russian Polish Peace Parley Breaks Over Illness of Joffe
London dispatch says all peace negotiations between Russians and Poles at Riga have ceased. Bolsheviks attribute the stoppage to illness of their chief representative M. Joffe, halting talks amid the Moscow Riga corridor.
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London
Riga
London Times
M. Joffe
Palmer ruling on beer for medicine sparks national debate
Washington March 9 a Palmer opinion published by Wayne B Wheeler General Counsel for the Anti-Saloon League asserts beer could be prescribed in unlimited quantities for medical use in nine states, challenging Volstead Act aims. Officials say they will draft regulations while noting ambiguities in the guidance.
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New York
A. Mitchel Palmer
Wayne B. Wheeler
Anti-Saloon League
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Palmer
Valmer
Congress
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Mr. Palmer
Wolstead
Rebels Hold Petrograd as Riga Report Emerges
London Times dispatch from Riga reports Bolshevik leaders escaped by car after Petrograd fell to revolutionaries this morning with key fortresses surrendering. Soviet losses at Kragnoye Selo and Gatchina noted. Cronstadt and Kronstadt proclamations, troop movements, and fighting across Petrograd described with varying reports.
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London Times
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Petrograd
Nicola
Finland
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Gatchina
Krasnoya Gorka
Oranienbaum
Tech
Tribune'n European Bureau
New York Tribune Inc
Botde
Trotsky
Moscow
Siberia
Royalista
Michael
Les Czar
Hweno
Cronstadt
Thief in Rain Breaks Window for $2,500 Gems
A tall rain soaked man with an umbrella smashed the plate glass window of Samuel Winokur’s jewelry store at 395 Fulton Street Jamaica. He grabbed twelve diamonds worth about 2500, fired twice, and fled toward New York Avenue with an accomplice possibly aiding. Detectives from Jamaica precinct pursued the suspects.
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Samuel Winokur
Fulton Street
Jamaica
Winokur
New York Avenue
Jim
Thef
Wohlfurth
Lloyd George Secures French Pledge Against Annexing Occupied Rhine
London report says Prime Minister Lloyd George pressed French Premier Briand for a clear assurance that France does not contemplate annexation or autonomy for the Rhineland occupied zones. Briand denied any such sentiment and vouched for continued German-region integrity.
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Associated Pre
Supreme Council Today
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Lloyd George
M. Briand
Clemenceau
Millerand
France
Rhineland
Mr. Lloyd George
Harding Proposes Colombian Treaty Ratification Urgently
President Harding in a special Senate message urged rapid consideration and ratification of the Colombian treaty. The brief note in executive session faced opposition over open versus closed debate and potential delays to the extra session.
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Tribune
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Washington
Harding
Underwood
Thores
Shields
Tennessee
Watson
Georgia
Ibiq
Latin America
Senator Lodge
Johnson
Lodge
Nnt
Lenroot
Borah
Kellogg
Lodge Ten
Colombia
Swanson
Virginia
Five Leap 2 000 Feet Parachute Record Set
Five aviators jumped from the same plane at 2000 feet near Mather Field Sacramento. Lt Eugene C Batten Sgt Richard Thorne Cpl Paul Connors Pvt Karl Woodard and Pvt Alexis Hartner used double parachutes with one opened by wind. All landed safely.
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Cal
Matherfeld
Eugene C. Batten
Richard Thorne
Paul Connors
Karl Woodgard
Alexis Hartner
E. C. Kiel
Italy Objects to 50 Percent German Goods Tax
European council debates imposing a 50 per cent levy on German-made goods in Allied countries. Count Sforza and Belgium object to the rate, Italy seeks German goods, and a tariff schedule is delegated to experts. Lloyd George pushes for 60 per cent in Britain. Brussels proposes funds pooled for reparations, others resist.
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New York Tribune
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Allied Supreme Council
Supreme Allied Council
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Lloyd George
Briand
Italy
Rome
Jaspar
Belgium
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Great Britain
Germany
Reland
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United States
Waller Rathenau
Imperial German Bank
Berlin
Washington Administration
France
Paris
Allied Occupation Dusseldorf Sees Mixed Reactions
In Dusseldorf on March 9 observers note contented workers in new occupation zones and crowds around British tanks near the Rhine. Civilians show benevolent indifference while some Germans seek to enlist in the Foreign Legion as Allied authorities plan customs regimes and reparations payments.
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Hindenburg Wall
Rhine
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Gaucher
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