Tammany Plans Shakeup as McClellan Aims for Congress
The Tammany machine envisions Mayor McClellan leaving City Hall on March 4 1909 to seek Congress. President McGowan would become mayor with McGowan then pursuing the mayoral bid in fall 1909. Patrick A Whitney appears set to become Fire Commissioner with a new Police Commissioner to follow once McClellan departs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McClellan
Congress
W. Bourke Cochran
McGowan
Board of Aldermen
Tammany
Patrick A. Whitney
Hugh Bonner
Tammany Hall
Whitney
Anawanda Club
Charles F. Murphy
Ways and Means
David B. Hill
United States Senate
Jones
Binghamton
la Follette
Wisconsin
House
Patrick F. McGowan
Mr. Whitney
Why Cockran Is Out Of Tammany Hall Row Breaks
Charles F. Murphy says Representative W Bourke Cockran was dropped from Tammany subcommittees for not being a Democrat. Cockran disputes the claim, saying he authored Murphy approved definitions of Democracy, and notes Murphy’s stance as amazing and amusing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles F. Murphy
W. Bourke Cockran
Tammany Hall
Cockran
Murphy
General County Committee
Tammany Organization
Cochran
Knickerbocker Trust Company
Tammany
Jackson
McClellan
Congress
Croker
Mke
Tammeny Hall
anti-Hearst
Buffalo
William R. Hearst
Hearst
Cockran Outside Tammany Brustworks Sparks Leadership Rift
The little Tammany men claim Mr Cockran spoke with Congress leaders without authority and delivered the organization to them. This angered Mr Murphy who said he could not stay in the organization after hearing of Cochran activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cockran
W. Burnt Cockran
Tammany
Congress
Tammany Organization
Surface Line Ruin At a City Club Discussion
The City Club heard William M. Ivins and Paul D. Cravath discuss New York surface railways led by President George McAneny. Ivins described over 24 million dollars tied up in stock and bonds and warned the system is financially and physically bankrupt due to capital division and misplaced funds. He suggested municipal ownership as a possible solution while criticizing private capital's reluctance to invest in subways.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Club
New York
William M. Ivins
Paul D. Cravath
J. P. Cotton, Jr
Inter-Met
George McAneny
Ivins
Newark City Railway Company
Metropolitan Street Railway Company
Metropolitan
Metz
Frederick W. Hinrichs
W. ©. Whitney
Beat Stamp Machine Sparks Unusual Cash Scheme
A new money making idea emerged as youngsters discovered coin operated stamp machines near the General Post Office. One 1-cent dispenser cheated customers, paying two stamps for a penny, while a 2-cent machine offered two stamps per deposit. The 1-cent device was suspended for repairs and later reopened with limits. A 5-cent stamp machine would join for thirty days of testing before a Washington decision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Post Office
Epen
Uncle Am
Washington
No Indictments From Special Grand Jury in Ice Company Probe
The special grand jury investigating the American Ice Company concluded with no indictments unanimous on insufficient evidence. The panel may report to Justice Dowling on Wednesday after witnesses and summations, with Attorney General officials and Governor Hughes involvement noted.
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American Ice Company
Justice Dowling
James W. Osborne
William A. de Ford
Attorney General's Office
Osborne
Maine
Oler
Jackson
Supreme Court
Jerome
Hughes
J R Roosevelt Wins Suit Against Metropolitan Elevated Railroad
Justice Davis in the Supreme Court awarded James Roosevelt and trustees $30,000 damages and $1,800 yearly rent from the Metropolitan Elevated Railroad Co. The suit, begun August 1992, alleged insurance of property at Nos 29 31 33 and Ninth Avenue due to the three track elevated railroad. The railroad claimed a prescriptive right to use two tracks since 1887, but the court ruled the third express track disrupted original uses and did not fall under the grant, voiding prescriptive rights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Justice Davis
Girl Frees Hitchcock Says Tales Were Lies
Flora Whiston testified she lied to the grand jury about an assault on actor Raymond Hitchcock. She was arraigned in Tombs court for perjury with $5,000 bail, while Hitchcock smiled at the confession. The indictment against him was dismissed though other abstaction charges may still proceed.
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Raymond Hitchcock
Flora Whiston
Tombs
Bondsman
Graf
Hitchcock
Justice Blanchard
Grand Jury
Gerry
Garvan
Pisarra
Mr. Garvan
John J. Graf
Jerome
Gerry Society
Broadway
Henry W. Savage
Flanders
Lambs
Jenkins
Morse asserts KE not liable in effort to reopen 155000 judgment
Eugene P. Carver, for C. W. Morse, says a notice to show cause and an affidavit seeking to reopen the 155000 judgment won by R. A. Smith has been drawn. The affidavit claims the underlying transactions were proper and Morse bears no liability. Papers were served on John B. Stanchfield, Smith’s counsel. A motion to inspect grand jury minutes in Morse perjury case was referred for hearing.
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Eugene P. Carver
C. W. Morse
R. A. Smith
Morse
John B. Stanchfield
Smith
Philip J. Britt
Justice Blanchard
Supreme Court
Justice Dowling
Bingham Employs Outsiders to Clean Up West Side
Commissioner Bingham admits private detectives have been hired to quell crime in the upper West Side after police could not, with ex-detective lieutenant Peabody among the men engaged at 50 Fifth Avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bingham
Upper West Side
Police Department
Distr
Peabody
Howard Gould
No. 50
Fifth Avenue
Finnish National Home Association Incorporation
The Finnish National Home Association was incorporated yesterday by several Finnish residents to aid countrymen in education morals and social interests. It will serve as the headquarters for Finnish people in the United States and will meet at 219 East 30th Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Finnish National Home Association
United States
East 30Th Street
Mayor orders city chauffeurs watched for speed law violatio
Mayor McClellan cites a trend of city chauffeurs breaking speed limits and directs Police Commissioner Bingham to deploy traffic squad officers to city vehicles and arrest any violators.
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McClellan
Bingham
Flower Ordered to Return to New York in Grand Larceny Case
Richard C. Flower must return to New York after the State Supreme Court ruled on extradition. He was arrested in Philadelphia on January 4, 1907, charged with swindling stockholders in the Spenazuma Gold Mining and Milling Company of Arizona. Flower fled a $20,000 bail in New York facing multiple mining stock swindle indictments from 1904 and was later held in Tombs on a $50,000 bond related to a death inquiry involving Mrs. Hagaman-Delabarre.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Richard C. Flower
State Supreme Court
New York
Flower
Spenazuma Gold Mining and Milling Company
Arizona
Theodore Hagaman
Graham On The Stand In Bronx Sewer Contract Probe
In the Bronx Borough President Haffen investigation, Commissioner Mitchel questions engineer C. H. Graham about changing contract time counting from elapsed days to inspectors' days in the Sewer Department. The shift could reduce penalties for delays and draw questions about inspector need and salary costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haffen
Bronx
Commissioners of Accounts
Sewer Department
Mitchel
C. H. Graham
J. A. Briggs
Mr. Graham
Sewer Bureau
Graham
Escapes Over Hurdles As Burglars Roam New York Homes
Reports detail multiple break ins across Manhattan including a third story entry at 238 East Lith Street where a governess screamed awakening patrolmen. Burglars fled after alarms. Other incidents involve Mrs Orvis on West 68th Street, and Edward Moeller on West 96th Street with jewelry stolen. A suspect, Walter Handy, was arrested for receiving silver stolen from William Vanderbilt’s Fifth Avenue home, linked to an earlier arrest of E. J. Harvey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward D. Page
East Lith Street
Stuyvesant Park
Page House
New York
Charles R. Orvis
No. 35
West 68Th Street
Orvis
Unmetered Water Pipes Found Supplying City
Colonel Michael Padden Water Register says Sing Sing Prison uses water without payment and a second unmetered S inch pipe connects to the city main. He probes a third unmetered line supplying a contractor firm. A letter to State Superintendent Collins requests a state representative to discuss a new contract and arrears. Chief Inspector Hanan uncovers the pond pipe used to fill ice ponds for the prison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michael ©. Padden
Water Register
Sing Sing
Cornelius V. Collins
New York
Water Department
Colonel Padden
John J. Hanan
Daily events schedule at multiple venues across New York
A condensed listing of today’s activities includes lectures by Rev. John Haynes Holmes on Jesus the Teacher at the Church of the Messiah, and various meetings of women’s and civic groups. Socials and dinners adorn venues such as Hotel Astor, Delmonico’s, Waldorf Astoria, and the Pouch Mansion with numerous speakers and performances at public schools and cultural centers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Haynes Holmes
Jesus of Nazareth
Women's Branch Alliance
Church of the Messiah
Park Avenue
34Th Street
Mary Chittenden Bradfern
Spanish Kingdom
Frederick Jennings
Professional Women’s League
West 44Th Street
New York
Council of Jewish Women
West End
Sid Street
Amsterdam
Columbus Avenues
Daughters of Confederacy
Hotel Astor
Quill Club
Hotel Manhattan
The
Friendly Sons of St. Patrick
Delmonico's
Della Upsilon Club
Waldorf-Astoria
St. Patrick's Society of Brooklyn
Pouch Mansion
Brooklyn
Ancient Order of Hibernians
Lexington Opera House
West Side Republican Club
Ireland
M. Green
Gotham Club
Anxiety Over British Premier Campbell-Bannerman
London reports a medical bulletin on Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman noting considerable weakness and heart trouble. Friends fear he may never regain full strength, with renewed anxiety over his ability to resume leadership in the House of Commons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Henry Campbell- Bannermann
Henry
House of Commons
Financial conditions in Japan report from Yokohama agency
A cable dispatch to the International Banking Corporation describes Japan’s finances with no panic. Osaka market overstocked and low in spirits while Tokyo remains somewhat better. Money scarcity grips both markets as several small-bank and firm failures occur. No improvement expected soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International Banking Corporation
No. 60
Wall Street
Yokohama
Empire
Japan
Osaka
Tokio
Terms of Tatsu release outlined by Peking
The March 16 release terms require China to punish officers who lowered the Japanese flag on the Tatsu and to send a warship to salute the flag back up. The Tatsu will be released immediately and China will buy seized arms and ammunition. The Viceroy of Canton will settle demurrage after consulting the Japanese consul, and Japan will tighten vigilance against arms smuggling by its subjects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Canton
Japan
Fire in Lyons Biscuit Plant Barrage Causes Large Loss
A fire at a Lyons biscuit factory spread to neighboring buildings covering twenty two acres. As of March 14 the blaze is under control with damages estimated at four hundred nine thousand dollars.
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Lyons
French Force Gains Settat Surrenders and Reprisals
Paris dispatch reports General Amade's column reaching Settat where Mzab leaders surrendered. About two thousand tribesmen who attacked the column were repulsed with heavy losses. The French captured the enemy camp by bayonet and burned tents to repress. French losses were small.
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Paris
Amade
Meroece
Settat
A’ Amade
Control of The Times Ends With Court Sanctioned Reorganization
London March 16 court orders sanction a private takeover of The Times through a new company. The staff will form the board, Arthur Pearson’s provisional sale defeated by C. F. Moberly Bell led opposition. Bell becomes managing director. Walter chairs board. Buckle and Chirol among directors. Controlling capital by Lord Northcliffe. capital $1.70 million. goodwill $1.4 million. dissident shareholders to be bought out.
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London
London Times
Arthur Pearson
CC. F. Moberly Bell
Bell
A. PF. Walter
the Times
George F. Buckle
Valentine Chirol
Times Company
Lord Northcliffe
C. F. Moberly Bell
Villa Real wreck reported near Valencia
The Spanish steamer Villa Real of 1,000 tons belonging to the Valencia Navigation Company was wrecked. Nine crew members are believed drowned after the loss, with word reaching Valencia on March 16.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Valencia
Villa Real
Valencia Navigation Company
Excursion Steamer Oceana Held at San Juan Quarantine
The Oceana of the Isamburg-American Line arrived in San Juan with HO passengers but quarantine officers barred landing due to a prior stop at Port of Spain where yellow fever occurred. The ship, with a clean health bill, will proceed to Cuba, angering local shopkeepers.
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San Juan
P. R
Oceana
Isamburg-American Line
Port of Spain
Trinidad
Cuba
Senate Naval Committee Aims to Closed Hearings on Defects
Washington dispatch reports the Senate Naval Committee expects no further hearings on alleged naval design, construction, and equipment flaws. Hale and allies feel critics’ statistics have been exhausted. they oppose personnel legislation outside the Hale bill and reject creating another naval officer as Assistant Secretary. Orders issued list Army and Navy personnel moves, ship movements, and yard actions at Mare Island and Puget Sound.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Senate Committee
Senate Naval Committee
Hale
API
Hill, Sims
Key
Goodrich
Naval General Board
House
Three Cruisers in Reserve at Puget Sound
Washington March 16 The first class cruisers New York St Louis and Milwaukee are to be placed in reserve at Puget Sound under command, ready for service within twenty four hours.
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Washington
New York
St. Louis
Milwaukee
Puget Sound
Tiee
Amnesty measure in France bill proposed by Cabinet
Paris March 16 The Cabinet has prepared but not submitted to Parliament a bill granting amnesty to those who committed political offences in the summer of 1907 during the wine grower revolt in the South of France. Exemptions include anti patriotism anti military activity and insubordination, with government employees such as postmen who joined unions against orders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
France
Wreck Victim Awarded 13500 in Case Against Railroad
Jury awards Miss Maud L Case of White Plains 13500 for injuries from the Brewster express wreck near Bronx Park in 1967 The New York Central Railroad plans to appeal The verdict came after a short jury deliberation of about ten minutes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maud L. Case
White Plains
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McCllellan
Post
Elijah
Postum Cereal Co. Limited
Battie Creek
Michigan
J.R. Roosevelt
Court Holds
Girl Frees Hitchcock
NEW Finnish Association
Church Association For the Advancement of the Inos Labor
St. Michael's Parish House
Board of Education
Sp. Mu
Wedleigh High School
15Th Street
Sever Avenue
Daniel Gregory Mason
Schumann
Mott Street
Wiiltlam
Canada
Ssth Street
Margaret A. Klein
Jdang
First Avenue
Chester Holcombe
65Th Street
First
Great Ones
Lafayette
Albert K. Aldinger
Ommon
New York Public Library
West 131Th Street
Meyer Bloomfield
St. Corneliua
Chure
West 46Th Street
Mes
Franziski Hoff
Gounod
Faust
University Settlement
Eldridge Street
Wiwood G. Tewksbury
Kinaman” i
West Side
West 50Th Street
Frank Stephens
Venice
Cyprus
180Th
Third Avenue
Frederick Warde
Williamsbridge
Ernest Harold Barnes
New York State
Riverside Hall
Riverdale Avenue
40Th Street
Patagona
20Th Century Limited
Grand Central Station
Twentieth Century Limited
B’way
Union Square
Columbus Av
W. 125Th St
125Th St
Fulton St
L. F. Vosburgh
Madison
Ntral Ae
America
45Th St
James P. Silo
Benjamin Benguiat
Foreign News
Sir Henry
Peking
Army and Navy
ARMY
Charles Byrne
John W. Heavet
University of Wyoming
Larame
John L. Shepard
Fort Sam Houstny
Erwin T. Phillips
6Th Cavalry
Orn Tortsersk
Ithaca
Frank
Barton
3D Cavalry
William M. Morrow
Army Transport Service
Frank 1
GEALS
Ath Infantry
James
Yong Jo
Frank A. Wilcox
30Th Infantry
Bee Mente
Francis M. Wall
Fort Joe
Fort Ogiether
NAVY
PL Haff
Uie
Yorktown
Kelknap
Maryland
New Hampshire
S Joyce
St. Lo
NI. E. Kays
West Virgina
L* Johnson
Wiscomsis
J. = WOODS
Straits
T. Irvine
California
Navy Department
Charlester
Tenis
Suez
San Pranders See
Calgest
Megin
Pretie
Sem Pracdac
Hopkins
Eiutl
Stewart
Lawmore
Trustun
Penaents
Justin
Mare Island
Prairie
Lewcue Island
Newport
Thornton
Tingey
Porter
di Long
Pensacoke
St. Joseph's
Parregut
Davis
Fox
Ome
Navy Yard
Mare
Mary Yard
League Island
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