Governor Miller signs Knight Adler Traction Bill in Albany
ALBANY March 30 Governor Miller signed the Knight-Adler Traction Bill creating a Transit Commission for New York City and a state wide Public Service Commission to oversee utilities except NYC transit lines. He expects to name members within two weeks and said McAneny may head the transit panel. Upstate nominees include John A. Barhite and Thomas F. Fennell. Salaries set at 15000 dollars. NYC residents to serve on the public service commission’s five seats.
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New York City
Public Service Commission
Transit Commission
Upstate Commission
Cern
State Publie Service
John A. Barhite
Rochtar
Thomas F. Fenell
Elmira
Fennell
Upstate Public Service
New State Public Service Commission
Traction Ines
George McAneny
Borough of
Manhattan
Rector Street
McAneny
Travels Only 12 Miles in Four and a Half Years
In Shreveport area news a postal item delivered after years of travel shows a remittance and dues payment. The fragment notes a Jipte journey of four years six months, mailed at Blanchard, La. and sent to Weston, with the City Southern station at Blanchard cited.
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Fereveport
Blanchard
Tarey S. Feet
Shreveport
Mpereay
Harding Faces Strain From White House Handshakes
Washington dispatch says President Harding endures exhausting streams of visitors on three handshake days. White House aides note the constant politicking and rubbernecking wagons pushing crowds, causing facial strain and mounting fatigue. Officials fear the pattern may force a change in reception practice.
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Tribune
Washington
White House
Secret Service
Jager Excluded From Assembly After Seven Hour Debate
In Albany on March 30, Brooklyn Socials Assemblyman Henry Jager was expelled from the New York Assembly by a 77 to 62 vote after a seven hour session. The charge held he failed to prove a permanent New York residence. Jager testified he lived in New York City for over three years, with earlier ties to New Jersey. The ouster effort drew both parties’ criticism as lengthy and contentious despite some absentees being polled. Continued on next
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Henry Jager
Brooklyn
Socials
Assembly Today
Jager
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Judiciary Committee
State of
New York
House
Assembly
George H. Rowe
Buffalo
New York City
Mr. Rowe
New Jersey
New York State
Rowe
Orchard Street
Manhattan
Maywood
N. J
Joseph V. McKee
Bronx
Convict Recovers Memory After Brain Operation At Sing Sing
Roman Leon dowski, inmate at Sing Sing Hospital, had a bullet removed from his brain to cure insanity and is expected to recover. He recognized James Brackett, a nurse transferred from Clinton, years after their prison days together. Doctors said the operation a success and noted the man showed memory intact when asked about Clinton and the bullet.
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Roman Leondowski
Sing Sing Hospital
Leondowski
James Brackett
Clinton Prison
Sing Sing
Clinton
Brackett
Anos Squire
Abraham Kossef
Cotillo Charges He Was Offered $50,000 Bribe
New York Senator Cotillo in the Senate alleged a $50,000 bribe offer to drop his regulation bill for express and steamship company agents. He named George Glynn and Franklin Lord as opponents and claimed a $200,000 fund in New York City to defeat him, with threats to his family and foreign language papers paying to distort his measure.
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Asbany
Salvatore A. Cotillo
New York
Senate
Cotillo
George
A. Glynn
Republican State Committee
Franklin B. Lord
Whitman
New York City
National Surety Company
Cotilo
Express
American Express Company
Steamship Companies
Cunard Steamship Company
Witcher
Tate
Adams Express Company
Ponzi
Twenty-third Street
New
Europe
Baldi
Bronx
Cunard Tine
John Knight
Wyoming
Pitcher
City Bonds Fail to Attract Full Offer in NYC Bid Openings
Bids opened for 42 million dollars in New York City revenue bills and 5.9 million in corporate notes totalled 26.4 million with 21.4 million accepted. Comptroller Craig set maximum rates around 6 percent as bids ran up to 6 percent while city previously paid 6.99 percent. Deputy Comptroller Philbin cited high money rates and banks seeking higher yields. The city must borrow monthly to cover expenses pending tax receipts and may push legislative measures to speed tax payments and abolish the Chamberlain’s office to ensure future loans. Awards included 1 million revenue bills to Chemical National Bank at 6 percent and 10 million to First National Bank of New York at 6 percent, among others.
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New York City
Craig
Arthur J. Philbin
Hylan
Miller
Legia- Tatu
Chamberlain
Assembly
Chemical National Bank
First National Bank of New York
First National Banc Brooklyn
Chase National Bank and Salomon Bros. & Mutzler
Industri Bank of New York
Kuhn Loch & Co
Schwab Box Theft Suspect Arrested in Berlin
Berlin dispatch to The London Times reports Bloch arrested on charges of offering to sell to a Schwab representative in Berlin a stolen gold humidor worth $5,000. German police say they track a German American thieves trust. Earlier a Mongolia seaman and a former Schwab butler aide were detained in New York over the recovered humidor gift from Baltimore.
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London
Bloch
London Times
Charles M. Schwab
Schwab
New York
Thieve
Mongolia
Baltimore
Charles Fails In Plot Must Quit Hungary
Count Bethlen with troops moves to prevent civil war as Regent Horthy’s plenipotentiary oversees Steinamanger where former Emperor Charles has refuge. Teleky, An Arassy and Bishop Mikes pressed Charles to leave Hungary. Spanish protection claimed. Charles seeks neutral country. Farmers oppose return. throne dethroned. Charles hidden by Mikes in Steinamanger castle. Teleky learns of the coup efforts.
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Stefan Bothen
Horthy
Steinamanger
Charles
Aken
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Archduke Joseph
Teleky
Julius An- Arassy
Countalo de Guareia
Murthy
Torthy
Belitska
Jorthy
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Hapsburgs
Farmula
Count Mikes
Hungary
Prangins
Switzerland
Erdody
Hunyadi
Almasky
Tharles
Sigray
Mikes
Nest Nose
Army Aviator Survives 9000-Foot Plane Fall
Lt. D. A. Macready of McCook Field Dayton Ohio chief test pilot for the United States Army escaped death after a 9000 foot fall in a disabled Thomas Morse pursuit plane near Cayuga Lake Ithaca N Y. The craft crashed overturning him and the wrecked machine pinned him under the wreckage but he suffered only minor contusions. He had earlier climbed to about 10000 feet and descended into trouble when the wing covering failed and the plane went out of control.
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Tribune
Ithaca
N.Y
D. A. Macready
McCook
Dayton
Oho
United States Army
Macready
Thomas-Morse Aircraft Corporation
Thomas-Morse Aviation
Cayuga Lake
Haii
100 Are Slain As German Riots Spread
Berlin dispatch reports ongoing Communist strikes and uprisings across German cities. Rioting intensifies in Halle Dresden Chemnitz Mannheim and Ruhr area with heavy clashes killing many police and militants. Police and Reichswehr suppress outbreaks while factories face forced closures and disrupted mines.
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New York Tribune Inc
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Mannheim
Ruhr
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Reichgvank
Mettman
Gevelsberg
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Reichswehr
Lieutenant Coney Dies After Coast to Coast Flight Attempt
Lieutenant Coney of Brunswick Ga aged twenty seven died in Gronville Louisiana while attempting a coast to coast flight from Jacksonville Florida to San Diego California His plane trouble caused a back fracture and complete paralysis during the attempt to beat his twenty two hours twenty seven minutes coast to coast record He served on the Mexican border in 1918 and was an Army Air Service flying instructor in World War I.
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Jacksonville
Fla
San Diego
Calif
Coney Vias 2
Brunswick
Army Air Service
Irish Youth Emigration to United States From Queenstown
Irish boys and girls begin emigration this week with fourteen hundred slated to sail on the Carmania Cedric and Haverford. Irish police guard the American Consulate to avert overcrowding.
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Queenstown
Ireland
United States
Carmania
Cedric
Haverford
Britain Says US Aid to Ireland Not Needed
The British Embassy in Washington said charitable groups in the United States acting on a strictly non political basis can aid Irish distress without hindrance. Ireland’s Sinn Féin aligned counties refuse US funds, claiming no case of distress could require American charity, as unemployment woes are tied to rebel actions and British efforts to fund housing land settlement and employment programs.
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Washington
Associated Press
Emassy
Ireland
Sinn Féin
United Kingdom
America
England
Legion to Decorate Graves on Memorial Day
The American Legion will honor dead soldiers abroad by decorating graves on Memorial Day. Posts nationwide are urged to contribute to costs, with public donations welcomed. Relatives may arrange special floral offerings via the Legion committee in France Britain Belgium and Germany.
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Indianapolis
Ind
American Legion
Legion
Lemuel Bolles
National Adjutant
Legion's Committee
France
Great Britain
Belgium
Germany
Viviani Mission Faces Cold Reception on U S Entry to League
Washington dispatch explains Viviani aims to gauge American mood on entering the League of Nations and on Government policy toward Germany. It notes U S public opinion and administration are not ready for decisive action, with focus on debts, reparations, and trade, including German goods.
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France
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Association of Nations
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America
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M. Jusserand
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