Creeden Survives Major East River Tunnel Blowout
In the Brooklyn extension of the East River tunnel a massive blowout sent worker Rich bra Creeden through the roof and into the river bed. He, conscious after the plunge, was rescued as a second blast flooded the tunnel, with three others injured and eighteen escaping unharmed. Creeden, 24, described the rapid, chaotic escape and subsequent attempts to regain warmth and safety.
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Richbra Creeden
Brooklyn
Rapid Transit
East River
Rice
Rapid Transit Commission
Orr
McAdoo
Jersey City
Morton St
Manhattan
Charles M. Jacobs
McAdoo Tunnel
5Th St
Boston Tunnel
Creeden
Policeman Cooney
Amity St
Klyn
Joralemon St
New York Tunnel Company
Lgo
Mission House
Carnegie on Wall Street Funds Stevens 50 000 at Alumni Dinner
At the Stevens Institute of Technology annual alumni dinner at the Hotel Astor Andrew Carnegie announced a promised 50 000 toward Morton Laboratory and a broad push for funds. Dr Alexander Humphreys reported 100 708 raised in 13 years with 42 200 from the Morton estate and noted plans for a student house and athletic facilities.
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Stevens Institute of Technology
Hotel Astor
Andrew Carnegie
Stock Exchange
Carnegie
Stevens
Carnegie Laboratory
Alexander ©. Humphreys
Institute
Morton Laboratory
Humphreys
Humpheys
Dr. Morton
E. A. Stevens
Troy
Oberlin
Syracuse
Rochester
New Comet Found By Giacobini At Nice
Cambridge reports a faint comet discovered by Giacobini near Nice. Cable from Dr Kreutz at Kiel to Harvard College Observatory notes the position as of March 26. Data include right ascension 8h44m14s and declination 10°63′, with daily motion about plus 2m in ascension and 1°15′ in declination.
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Cambridge
Mass
Giacobini
Nice
Harvard College Observatory
Kreutz
Kiel
Through Sleeping Car to Cleveland departs New York at 4 55 P M
Pennsylvania Rail short line to Cleveland offering a through sleeping car from New York daily at 4 55 P M arriving Cleveland at 7 15 A M Chicago Limited with no extra fare advertisement
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Pennsylvania Rail
New York
Cleveland
Chicago
Japanese withdraw from Manchuria front. Red Army mobilizes
Reports from St Petersburg and Moscow describe Japanese troops pulling back thirty five miles south of the Russian front. General Linovitch orders scouting east and west amid fears of a Russian counter turn. Chinese bandits surge near the Siberian railroad as mobilization plans for five corps unfold and leadership shifts at the War Office are noted.
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St. Petersburg
Manchuria
Vliadivostok
Tie Pass
Sakharoff
War Office
Ridiger
Polivanoff
Siberian
Russell Sage Illness Deepens Amid Hope For Recovery
Close friends report financier Russell Sage is gravely ill at his Fifth Avenue home. Dr Munn visits daily and says he has a good chance for recovery, though the aging magnate remains confined and increasingly distant from Wall Street with retirement rumors denied by Sage family friends. Sage turns eighty nine next August.
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Russell Sage
5Th Ave
Dr. Munn
Sage
Car wheels maim crowd victim on Brooklyn Bridge
At a rush hour near Loop No 8 on the Brooklyn Bridge a Graham Avenue car’s rear wheels skidded into a crowd, injuring John Neylon a Brooklyn porter. The wheel cut and then ran over his right leg fracturing both bones. he was moved to Bridge Hospital and then Hudson Street Hospital. Police blamed worn wheel flanges that failed to stay on track.
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Loop No. 8
Brooklyn Bridge
Manhattan
John Neylon
Herbert St
Brooklyn
The
Bridge Hospital
Hudson Street Hospital
Senate Passes Raines Amendments Amid Party Vote
Albany March 27 By a strict party vote of 30 to 14 the Senate passed amendments to the Raines law favored by the City Club to curb Raines hotels. Debate highlighted by Senator Grady who mocked Senator Raines and praised the honest German dealer. Raines argued the bill shifts responsibility to local building departments to vet licenses before state review, aiming to curb graft. The plan, if approved by the Assembly, could curb immoral hotel practices while tightening liquor traffic rules further.
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Tribune
Albany
Senate
City Club
Grady
Raines
McCarren
Foley
Marks
State Excise Department
Excise Department
State Department
Raines Law
Assembly
Elephants Fight in Barnum & Bailey Ring in Madison Square Garden
In the afternoon show at Madison Square Garden a feud between elephants Hattie and Pollie escalated into a vicious bout with jiu jitsu like grips and injuries. Peacekeeper Columbia failed to stop the clash as Babe intervened, trainers used pikes, and the two elephants were kept in separate rings for the rest of the performance.
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Elephant Ave
Madison Square Garden
Barnum & Bailey Circus
Emery
Hattie
Pollie
Bridgeport
Columbia
Babe
Twenty-Eight Convicts Escape in Texas Plantation Break
Houston March 27 Twenty eight Texas convicts on the plantation of J B S House of Houston in Fort Benn County escaped by sawing through the stockade floor with case knives. Forty five convicts refused to accompany the fugitives. Posses scour the river bottoms for the runaways.
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Houston
Texas
J. B. S. House
Fort Benn County
New York to Cleveland via Can al Fine Service
Leave New York at 5 82 p m arrive Cleveland at 7 15 next morning Cincinnati at 1 39 p m Indianapolis p m St Louis at 9 45 p m by New York Canal Advertisement notes no excess fare and fine service.
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New-York
Cleveland
Cincinnati
Indianapolis
St. Louis
New-York Canal
Floods Hold Up Mohawk Trains Across Schenectady Area
Heavy ice and rising Mohawk River flood the Erie Canal embankment near Hoffmans Ferry, flooding streets and causing power and water shortages. NYC trains rerouted along West Shore as tracks submerge between Schenectady and Little Falls. passengers stranded overnight in coaches.
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Schenectady
N. Y
Mohawk River
Hoffman‘s Ferry
Rotterdam
New York Central
Central
Hoffman's Ferry
West Shore
Fonda
Mohawk
New York Central Railroad
Little Falls
Palatine Bridge
St. Johnsville
West Shore Road
Trouble for Chicago unions loom over April wage talks
Chicago March 27 labor unrest mounts as contracts for thousands of workers expire April 1. Carpenters threaten a strike if a five cent hourly raise, year round Saturday holiday, and non union material rejection are not signed by April 3. Carriage drivers demand 25 percent of gross earnings to drivers for funeral rides. Fourteen hundred carriage workers face possible strike across 105 shops as open shop battle escalates.
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THE
Tribune
Chicago
Carpenters’ Executive Council of Chicago
Carriage and Wagon Manufacturers’ Association
Tabard Inn Receivers Appointed in Philadelphia
Five Tabard Inn constituent companies were placed in receivers hands in Philadelphia on March 27. John H. Sinex and partners Levis and Eaton were named to take over Tabard Inn Press and related ventures. Liabilities under 150000 dollars, gross earnings about 125000 monthly, with property scattered across two thousand cities. Eaton asserts Booklovers Magazine and Library not involved. blames publishers for much of the trouble.
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Tribune
Philadelphia
Tabard Inn Corporation
John H. Sinex
Charles Megargee Levis
R. Thornton Eaton
Tabard Inn Press
Tabard Inn Druggist Specialty Company
Tabard Inn Food Company
Tabard Inn Shors and Studios
Seymour Eaton
Booklovers’ Library
Booklovers’ Magazine
Tabard Inn Library
Eaton
Booklovers
Writ Served on Mr Schwab Aboard Steamer Kronprina Wilhelm
London March 27 Charles M Schwab was served with a High Court writ on the Kronprina Wilhelm at Plymouth at the request of David Rothschild claiming damages for breach of contract The question whether the liner is German soil may affect legality The matter will be decided by the courts Schwab did not land at Plymouth but continued to Cherbourg and told The Standard he was not going to Russia nor involved in Russian naval contracts
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London
Charles M. Schwab
Plymouth
David Rothschild
Rich Gold Field Report From Pinedale
Great excitement as Denver and Idaho capitalists led by McIntosh and J Lindey arrive on snowshoes after six weeks to inspect a supposedly fabulously rich gold ledge northwest of Pinedale Wyoming. Ore specimens reportedly reach up to $9000 a ton and investors aim to file locations before news spreads.
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THE
Tribune
Pinedale
Wyo
Denver
Idaho
McIntosh
J. Lindey
Idaho Falls
Granda Golf Tournaments Ticket Ad for Rail and Hotel
March 31 via Pennsylvania Railroad Granda Golf Tournaments rate $2 includes three days board at Hotel Carolina Tickets valid eighteen days see ticket agents.
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Pensylvania Railroad
Hotel Carolina
Advt
Dominican plan debated as Senate delays action
Washington March 27 United States Minister Dawson sent to the State Department the Santo Domingo creditors plan proposing a U S agent to collect customs receipts from five southern ports. The scheme allocates 45 percent to the Dominican government and 35 percent to be segregated for later distribution if the Dominican protocol fails approval. Santo Domingo Improvement Company balks, others approve, while White House discussions warn of potential marines and war risk without Congress support. President Morales considered naming a U S agent but perils noted, and no final decision reached. Senate ratification prospects loom amid fears of permanent occupation. Venezuelan claims and Bowen’s Caracas posting also discussed.
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Washington
United States
Dawson
State Department
Santo Domingo
Republic of
United States Senate
Sanchez
Atlee
Taft
Moody
Spooner
Lodge
White House
Senate
Congress
Morales
Dominican Republic
Dawson Plan Note Opens Path for Dominican Convention
Santo Domingo March 27 A note from American Minister Dawson to the Dominican government published here this afternoon indicates that the pending Dawson Sanchez convention, awaiting favorable report by the Committee on Foreign Affairs, has reasonable prospects of being ratified by the Dominican government.
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Santo Domingo
Dawson
Committee On Foreign Affairs
Train routes to major cities listed by New York Central Lines
Advertisement lists daily train counts to Buffalo Chicago Detroit Cleveland St Louis and Cin with routes to Niagara Falls and 0 to Niagara Falls. Points to note include 4 trains to Buffalo 16 to Chicago 8 to Detroit 5 to Cincinnati and 3 to St Louis.
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Buffalo
Chicago
Niagara Falls
Cleveland
Detroit
Cina
St. Louis
New York Central
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Brookliyn Tunnel
John Hayes
Bank St
John Briody
Jefferson St
Hoboken
John Egan
138Th-St
Ellen Driscoll
Lenderson St
Hudson River Tunnel
Teeves
Ill
Missouri River
Joralemonst
Mr. Jacobs
Asher's
Advi
Brooklyn Tunnel
Stoce
Newcomb Carleton
Porter
Dewey’s
Afnemet & Sons Co
Fulton St
Circus
Erie Canal
Tabard Inn Receivers
MR. Schwab
Wyoming
Pinehurst, N. C
Bowen
Venezuela
Caracas
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