Gherardi Davis Chosen Greene's Third Deputy
Police Commissioner Greene announced Governor Odell signed a bill creating a third deputy. Gherardi Davis, a longtime lawyer and former XXVIIth Assembly District representative, was appointed, sworn in, and given the official badge.
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Greene
Albany
Odell
Gherardi Davis
Mr. Davis
Priest
Davis
Assembly
Ebstein
Brooklyn
Queens
Piper
Captain Piper
New York Assemblyman Davis Memorialized in Local Obituary
The article notes the death of Assemblyman Davis, detailing his legal career at Evarts Southmayde Choate and later Davis Morgan, his marriage to a King of Great Neck, and his residence at 34 East Thirty-ninth Street. It highlights his service on committees, chairmanship of the Cities Committee, and authorship of the Children’s Court Bill. It also mentions his connections to J Bancroft Davis and various clubs and societies. The final paragraph cites Governor Odell signing a bill granting deputy police commissioners authority in the absence of the police commissioner.
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Evarts
Davis
Children’s Court
Bes
J. Bancroft Davis
Daviege
Grant
University
Union Lane
Republican
New York
Fort Orange Club
Albany
The
Bar Association
South Side Sportsmen's Club
Long Island
New- York Historical Society
Odell
Compulsory Passes Rally Transportation Amendment Move
Jefferson City lawmakers adopt a resolution to submit a constitutional amendment requiring all rallies in the state to provide free transportation for state officials and legislators. The measure goes to a popular vote next year amid other political notes.
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Jefferson City
House
Senate
General Chaffee Criticizes Missionary Efforts Before Methodists
Major General Adna R. Chaffee told the Methodist Social Union in the Hotel Savoy ballroom that he had never met an intelligent Chinaman who expressed a desire to embrace Christianity. He noted the language barrier for missionaries and praised some efforts, while Dr. Gamewell demonstrated Chinese phrases and argued for broader missionary work in China and the Philippines.
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Adna R. Chaffee
Methodist Social Union
Hotel
Savoy
Chaffee
F. E. Gamewell
China
United States
Peking
General Chaffee
Philippines
Dr. Gamewell
Far East
J. Edgar Leaucraft
The
Union
Imperial City
Forbidden City
Orient
City faces $300000 of Horgan and Slattery claims
Horgan and Slattery, prominent Tammany architects, claim twenty four invoices totaling 300000 against the city in the Controller's office. They were ousted from municipal projects but say they were legally employed and seek payment through court action. Works cited include the county courthouse piers and 69th Regiment Armory.
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Horgan & Slattery
Tammany
van Wyck
Finance Department
No Tax on Big Gas Plant Mayors Probe
Brooklyn officials opened a probe after discovering a large gas plant, listed as owned by the city, was omitted from five years of tax rolls. Mayor Low ordered a strict investigation into possible negligence by local assessors and the long-standing contract that raised gas prices.
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Grout
Brooklyn
Kings County Gas and Illuminating Company
Lewis
Board of Estimate
Cornelius Furgueson
New Utrecht
Prospect Park
Low
Cantor
Bay Ridge
Shore Road Commission
Crum and Byrne Reappointed by President
Washington reports the President reappointed Dr. W. D. Crum as Charleston District customs collector and William M. Byrne as United States District Attorney for Delaware. Both nominations had failed Senate confirmation in prior sessions.
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Washington
W. D. Crum
Charleston
D. C
William M. Byrne
Delaware
Senate
Daily paper on Lake Steamer City of South Haven
Passengers between Chicago and South Haven will get a daily newspaper on the boat. The new steel steamer City of South Haven to be launched tomorrow in Toledo will have wireless telegraphy and a small newspaper plant. The vessel is promised to be the fastest on the lakes with a speed of at least twenty miles an hour.
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Chicago
Here
South Haven
Toledo
Rich ore vein found near Parral with high assay
Excitement in Parral Mexico surrounds a five foot wide ore vein of unknown depth. The rich vein assays at about two hundred ounces of gold and two thousand ounces of silver per ton, according to El Paso reports dated March 20.
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el Paso
Tex
Parral
Mexico
Tour to Upper Dixieland from Point Comfort Ad
Advertisement notes a tour to an Upper Dixieland route from Point Comfort with a 23.5 inch fiber round trip fare via Pennsylvania, mentioning retirements and inclusions. It references various ailments and D. Jayne’s remedies as invaluable for health concerns and warns of grave outcomes.
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Upper Dixieland
Point Comfort
Fennsylvania
Diamonds Stolen From Chum's Mother Tied to Normal College Leader
Rose Christalli a 19 year old senior at the Normal College is arrested at a piano after allegedly stealing diamonds and jewelry worth 1800 dollars from Mrs Victoria L Sheffier wife of policeman Benjamin Sheffier. Police say she confessed fully at West 125th Street station. Her father Michael Christalli pleads for clemency citing nervous prostration and kleptomania. A room inventory revealed 20 dollars cash a gold watch a diamond brooch and pawn tickets. Mrs Sheffier's decision on pressing charges remains unsettled.
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Rose Christalli
Normal College
West
Benjamin Sheffier
Alexander-ave
Sadie Sheffier
Sheffier
Columbus Ave
West One-hundred and Twentieth-St
East Sixty-ninth-st
Michael Christalli
Audubonave
Missionary Sisters of Mercy
Riverdale
West One-hundred-and-twenty-fifth-s
Christalli
Mrs. Sheffler
Dog Rampage at Manhattan Bridge Terminal Ends in Fatal Shot
A large shaggy dog caused panic at the Brooklyn Bridge Manhattan terminal as crowds fled in Park Row. Policeman Ansah captured the animal on the stairs, but a shot fired by another officer killed the dog in the sound room after the chase.
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Manhattan Terminal
Brooklyn Bridge
Park Row
Bridge
Ansa
Solnd
St George to Remain Main Ferry Terminal Amid Plan Upgrades
Borough President Cromwell announced that the ferry terminal fight between Baltimore and Ohio with Pennsylvania backing and H H Rogers of Standard Oil is settled. St George will stay the main terminal as plans for street widening and a new borough hall move forward, shortening trolley time to Tompkinsville and reshaping the grade to ease crossings. A six story borough hall and over 250000 dollar cost are part of the project with a four week hearing ordered.
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Cromwell
Richmond
Board of Estimate
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Pennsylvania
H. H. Rogers
Standard Oil Company
St. George
Brooklyn Bridge
South St
Stuyvesant Place
Tompkinsville
Jayst
St. George Hill
Borough Hall
Rogers
Court Enjoins Union Over Mill Strike Action
Watertown New York March 20 An injunction by Justice Watson M Rogers bars George Mackey head of the International Brotherhood of Paper Makers from ordering a general stake at Taggart paper mills Felt s Mills or any mills that would affect the St Regis Paper Company whose plant with 325 workers has been shut down for a week due to a machine tender strike.
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Watertown
N. Y
Supreme Court
Watson M. Rogers
George Mackey
International Brotherhood of Paper Makers
Taggart Paper Mills
Felt’s Mills
St. Regis Paper Company
Government to Introduce Modified Home Rule for Ireland
London reports the government will introduce a bill granting Ireland extended local self government. Nationalist and Irish Unionist leaders have been consulted and outlines sketched. Thomas W. Russell says a modified measure is forthcoming but timing remains uncertain until the Irish land bill is settled.
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London
Ireland
Thomas W. Russell
Enniskillen
Missouri fines beef trust in ouster case
Missouri Supreme Court fines Armour Cudahy Swift Hammond and Schwarzschilda Sulzberger five thousand dollars each and orders payment of five thousand dollars in costs. The unanimous decision holds clear evidence the defendants formed a price fixing beef combination and faces ouster if fines and costs are unpaid within thirty days.
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Jefferson City
Armour
Cudahy, Swift, Hammond
Schwarzschilda & Sulzberger Packing Companies
Supreme Court
Six Die In Boat Crash On Sound Collision
New London reports the Plymouth of the Fall River Line collided with the freighter City of Taunton near Fisher's Island in dense fog. Six lives lost among crew and passengers, including four colored pantrymen and a noted passenger, G H Marston of Paterson New Jersey.
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City of
Taunton
Plymouth
the Tribune
New London
Conn
City of Taunton
G H. Marston
Paterson
N. J
Sound
Fisher's Island
Little Gull Island
New York
Gull Island
Philippines
John McCarthy
G. H. Marston
Pater
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Byrne
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Mad Dog AT Bridge
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Court Enjoins Union
Missouri Fines Beef Trust
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YALE
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Tani William
M’carthy
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Marsten
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Williams
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Kilduff
Michael
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