Fire alarm system faults threaten New York safety
Commissioner Hayes warned action was delayed on the crippled alarm network after a board of underwriters report. Fire Chief Martin described exposed trunk lines on Third and Ninth avenues, unsafe cables near explosives, and a risk of total West Side collapse. A new system could cost about 5.4 million dollars. testimony resumes today.
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New York
Commissioners of Accounts
Hayes
Board of Underwriters
Martin
89Th Street
17Th Street
Third Avenue
Bureau of Combustibles
6Th Street
South Ferry
Ninth Avenue
Central
Tie
Socialist parade and meetings in Union Square
The Industrial Workers of the World aligned with the Socialist Labor party announced a mass meeting in Union Square today after a parade from Rutgers Square. The permit dated February 25, granted April 28 by the Police Department, allows about nine thousand marchers with limits on traffic obstruction and red flags except for trade union banners. Samuel Moskowitz will chair the mass meeting at 2 30 p m with additional Socialist Labor and Socialist party events at Webster Hall and the Labor Temple featuring Morris Hillquit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Industrial Workers of the World
Socialist Labor Party
de Leon
Union Square
Rutgers Square
Smith
Samuel A. Brodel
Samuel Moskowitz
Webster Hall
Socialist Party
Labor Temple
Morris Hillquit
Fight Over New Liquor Tax Law in Court
Justice Dowling heard the lead case challenging the April 21 amendment to the liquor tax law aimed at curbing disorderly premises. The State’s plan to withhold new certificates from 35 outlets, including The Cairo on West 29th Street, faces a mandate fight as officials warn the measure is needed to curb chronic violations.
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Perterdas
Cairo
H Street
Broadway
Justice Dowling
Frederick W. Stelle
State Excise Department
Moses M. McKee
George Bernard
The
McKee
West 29Th Street
Lcense
Angus McIntosh
No. 144 East 14Th Street
Maynard XN. Clement
Excise
Bachman Charged With Murder After Tragic Case
In Easton Pennsylvania Robert Bachman of Al Hance near the city faces formal murder charges for killing his five year old niece Irene May Smith during a religious frenzy. His wife and Henry E. Smith and his wife are charged as accessories. The child’s funeral drew hundreds as Bachman was denounced and the mother was rearrested.
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Bachman
God
Reformed Church
Smith
Yefternoon
Aliience
Badgman
Ex Governor Herrick Named President in Ohio Society
Ex Governor Herrick of Ohio was elected president of the Society for Savings in Cleveland on April 2. He resigns as chairman of the Wheeling and Lake Erie Railroad board and will quit directorships at Bowling Green Trust New York and Continental Trust Baltimore. The death of President A L Withington reopened his former post.
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Tribune
Cleveland
Herrick
Ohio
Society For Savings
Aweheeling & Lake Erie Railroad Board
Bowling Green Trust
New York
Continental Trust
Baltimore
A. L. Withington
Maloney Osborn Marriage Annulment Report Favored
The MaloneyOsborne annulment case moved forward as Daniel F Cohalan referee urged annulment in Justice McCalls court. Helen Maloney daughter of Martin Maloney Philadelphia and broker Arthur H Osborne remained married after secret union and a Montreal ceremony. The report is expected to be confirmed, with a three month interim before it becomes permanent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Maloney
Martin Maloney
Philadelphia
Arthur H. Osborne
No. 1
West List Street
Daniel F. Cohalan
Justice McCall
Supreme Court
A. L. Humes
Maloney
T. Cowenhoven, Jr
Osborne
Miss Maloney
William H. Boyd
Mamaroneck
Helen Eugene
Herbert Osborn
Samuel Clarkson
London
Montreal
United States
Newburger
Army and Navy Orders From The Tribune Bureau
Washington April 3 lists Army and Navy officer movements promotions retirements and station changes. Names include Birmingham Johnson Kellond Stamford Hall Harper Gow Gove Rispham Cushman Stone Morgan Moses Hoover Davy Stackhouse Higgins Bakenhus Walker Warfield Lucas Lane Lowndes Corrie McLellan Potts and others with ship movements arriving at San Juan Saigon Norfolk Charleston San Diego and San Francisco and vessel arrivals at multiple ports.
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Henry P. Birmingham
Richard W. Johnson
Army Medical Building
Washington
Eugene ©. Ecker
9Th Infantry
Frederic G. Kellond
19Th Infantry
Fort Reno
Henry W. Stamford
Signal Corps
Presidio of
San Francisco
Charles B. Hall
Winfield Harper
17Th Infantry
NAVY
A. Sharp
W. S. Turpin
J. L. Gow
Quincy
Naval Hospital
Boston
C. A. Gove
Milwaukee
R. F. Lopez
Pennsylvania
H. A. Rispham
W. R. Cushman
St. Louis
W. R. White
Montana
G. L. P. Stone
Detroit
Chester
L. E. Morgan
Arethusa
Louisiana
ER. S. Moses
J. H. Hoover
C. G. Davy
Chicago
E. N. McLellan
Wisconsin
T. M. P. Potts, Jr
Navy Department
Lawsuit Over $100,000 Note In U S Circuit Court
Judge Lacombe heard the Boardman versus Hanna case with ex-Judge Parker and counsel present after waivers of trial by jury. The suit concerns a $100,000 check indorsed by Charles W. Morse and guaranteed by the National Bank of North America, tied to a discounting note and a stock deal involving Justice O'Brien and Morse.
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Lacombe
United States Circuit Court
Albert B. Boardman
Charles A. Hanna
National Bank of North America
Charles W. Morse
Morgan J. O'Brien
Mercantile National Bank
Morse
Boardman
Parker
Mr. Wing
James M. Gifford
Mayor censured over Stapleton ferry delay stance
Mayor McClellan faced censure at a Stapleton Citizens' League meeting for delaying the opening of the Stapleton to Manhattan municipal ferry. Dr James Feeney told about 150 members that the Stapleton terminal was finished five months ago and urged action, saying older ferries should be reused until new boats are funded. A citizen delegation will visit City Hall next week, with Borough President Cromwell joining the group.
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McClellan
Stapleton
Staten Island
Manhattan
Stapleton Citizens’ League
James Feeney
Spooner
Cromwell
Raised Hands at Widow's Command in Brooklyn
Mrs Molly Brown a young widow of 145 Court Street Brooklyn confronted a burglar in her dining room last night forcing him to surrender with a silver pocketbook as a pistol substitute. Patrolman Thomas Griffin arrested the man who gave the name Richard Pike of Rochester and fainted at the station, an ambulance doctor citing nervous strain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Molly Brown
Court Street
Brooklyn
Dorothy Augensicht
Dorothy
Thomas Griffin
Parishioners Seek Missing Priest in New Jersey
In Washington New Jersey on April 30 Rev John Caulfield pastor of St Josephs Roman Catholic Church has reportedly disappeared. He has been missing since the prior week after leaving a fellow priest in New York City to board a Lackawanna train back to Washington. The church's congregation, led by Fathers Kelly Oxford and Tighe Hampton Junction, traveled to New York to search for him.
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Washington, N. J
John Caulfield
St. Joseph’s
New York City
Lackawanna
St. Joseph’s Church
Kelly
Oxford
William Tighe
Hampton Junction
New York
Anarchist Caminatta Defies Grand Jury in Paterson
Ludovico Caminatta, ex editor of La Questione Sociale, returned to Paterson after three weeks away. He faced the grand jury hearing Justice Minturn’s charge to indict all linked to the anarchist publication which urged murder arson and destruction. Caminatta vows defiance and says prison could help him study English. The grand jury likely to act on Mendesn suggestion.
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Paterson
N. J
Ludovico Caminatta
la Questione Sociale
Justice Minturn
Rail line conductors gain higher pay after court ruling
Notices posted at the Mount Vernon trolley line terminal announced a pay raise for conductors and motormen. The increase follows Supreme Court Justice Morschauser granting J. Addison Young's request as receiver for the Westchester Railway and the Tarrytown White Plains and Mamaroneck Railway Company.
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Mount Vernon
Justice Morschauser
Supreme Court
J. Addison Young
Westchester Railway
Tarrytown
White Plains
Mamaroneck
Body of Warkentin Arrives After Turkish Train Shooting
The body of Bernard Warkentin, Newton merchant, arrived from Naples aboard the Koenig Albert. He was killed on a Damascus to Beirut railway by a Turkish prince after a revolver was produced in a compartment onboard. His widow and son accompanied the body. Mrs. Warkentin criticized Minister Leishmann. The event marked another American death at Turkish hands within a year. The ship also brought Mrs. Hungerford’s body, grandmother of Clarence Mackay, with Countess Bonvouloir.
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Bernard Warkentin
Newton
Kan
Damascus
Beirut
Syria
Naples
Warkentin
E. B. Warkentin
New York
Levant
Pacha
Daniel E. Hungerford
Clarence H. Mackay
Rome
Countess Bonvouloir
City News in Brief Highlights in Stamford to Carnegie Hall
A roundup of local items shows Stamford man George B Hoyt pleading guilty to kidnapping a 13 year old boy Thomas Larkin and receiving a 16 year state prison sentence from Judge Crain. Other notes include a May 4 Hotel Astor dinner for Company A 7th Regiment NG NY, acquittals for Mulligan and Dwyer, and Civic Forum at Carnegie Hall with Wu Tingfang and Stewart L Woodford.
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George B. Hoyt
Stamford
Conn
Crain
Hoyt
Thomas Larkin
Michael Larkin
East 16Th Street
N. G
N. Y
Hotel Astor
Thomas J. Mulligan
Harry F. Dwyer
Thomas A. Reilly
Hong Kong
Shanghai
Yokohama
Honolulu
Wu Ting-fang
United States
Civic Forum
Carnegie Hall
China
Stewart L. Woodford
Slayer in Duel Exonerated in Alabama Shooting
In Birmingham on April 30 Dr J E Garrison killed J D Williams an electrician at Flat Creek in a duel. Garrison who had recently moved to Birmingham was exonerated after Williams a prior foe due to family matters opened fire first. Williams was killed and Garrison was wounded by a coroner’s jury verdict.
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Birmingham
Ala
J. E. Garrison
J. D. Williams
Flat Creek
Garrison
Williams
Willams
Antiqued Furniture Sale Draws Collectors at Fifth Avenue
A Thursday sale at Fifth Avenue Art Galleries drew enthusiasts of Chippendale Sheraton and Hepplewhite pieces. Captain Andrew B. Stannard of the Fine Arts Museum of Boston purchased most Wedgwood lots, pushing yesterday’s total to 8075 dollars and two days to 32735 dollars. An old Sheraton escritoire led prices at 289 dollars, while Samuel Isham paid 20 dollars for an English side table circa 1125. The event continued today.
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Jwvers
Fifth Avenue
Sheraton
Andrew B. Stannard
Fine Arts Museum of Boston
Sheraton Esecritoire
Today’s Free Museums and Evening Benefit Events
A busy day with free admission at the American Museum of Natural History and the Zoological Gardens. Afternoon benefit performances for the Firemen’s Memorial Fund at the Metropolitan Opera House and a fair supporting The Daily Call at the New York Labor Temple. Evening programs include Tau Beta Pi dinner at the Hotel Manhattan and Edward Howard Griggs with Emerson at Cooper Union under the People's Institute. Free education talks and illustrated lectures abound at multiple public schools with notable speakers and topics.
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American Museum of Natural History
Zoological Gardens
Firemen's Memorial Fund
Metropolitan Opera House
Daily Call
New York
Labor Temple
East 84Th Street
New York Equal Suffrage League
Hotel Astor
Tau Beta Pi
Hotel Manhattan
Edward Howard Griggs
Emerson
People's Institute
Cooper Union
P. m
Board of Education
Wadleigh High School
Seventh Avenue
Ernest F. Fenollosa
East 18Th Street
Edward J. Parker
Niagara
Dominick, Clarke and
Broome
Edward B. Coburn
Hoool
77Th
Tsth
Max Loewenthal
Suffolk
Hivington
Frederick A. Hateh
Young Men's Benevolent Assu
East Broadway
William H. Hap
Public School
Mosholu Parkway
Briggs and
Bainbridge Avenues
Bedford Park
Guy Maine
China
Fordham Avenue
Main Street
City Island
G. Bayard Young
Turkey
Land of Star and Crescent
Anthony and
Tremont Avenues
I Sereno Curtiss
Florida
New Chinese Church Planned for New York City
Prominent women led by Miss Helen Gould fund a new church at 2 1/2 East 31st Street to serve New Yorks ten thousand Chinese residents. The Presbyterian Chinese mission run by Rev Hule Kin and wife moves from West 9th Street to larger facilities with an auditorium gymnasium and dormitories. The Huies plan to host more Chinese students and workers, with support expected from donors to furnish remaining rooms.
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Helen Gould
East 31St Street
New York
Daughters of the Revolution
Presbyterian
Hule Kin
Lenox Mansion
Fifth Avenue
West 9Th Street
Young Men's Christian Association
Mrs. Hate
Huie
China
Hale
Lotos Ladies Day entertains at Fifth Avenue club
Ladies' Day event at the Lotos Club No 58 Fifth Avenue drew a large crowd despite rain. Music included Mrs Anna Taylor Jones and Miss Elizabeth Reed performances, with Horace Britt and Karl Klein on strings, Narciso Salicrup at piano, and an after program refreshment on the dining floor. The entertainment committee listed notable members, and many guests attended, marking a final pres ent home gathering before the club's move to a new building.
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Lotos Club
Fifth Avenue
Lotus Club
Anna Taylor Jones
Gluck
Richard Arnold
Henry Junge
J. H. McKinley
Townsend H. Fellows
Victor Herbert
John Elderkin
W. W. Walker
David H. Taylor
Ernest H. Behrens
J. D. Plant
Townsend Fellows
Emily Nicol
Janus Bingham
H. F. Doane
M. L.pray
Maude
Elizabeth Reed
Charles 3. Platt
F. H. Boynton
C. ©. Howard
Bayard H. Taylor
Victor Flector
Mary 8. Taylor
Carleton Wiggins
Henry Gibbs
F. W. Drake
Hewlett Bush
F. Sullivan
E. Searle
R. M. Searle
N. E. Adams
D. B. Frazer
Harry Lilley
Charles Quinery
G. F. Ayer
W. A. Lombard
Arthur Dawson
A. Dawson
J. Grennell, Jr
Fred W. Wright
Lace imports show Switzerland dominance in 19th century lace trade
The pamphlet reports the United States consumed 60 million worth of lace goods last year with over 60 percent imported. Switzerland dominates raw cotton turnover and lace exports, with St Gall expanding its output while U S lace production lags. Wages rise but factory ownership remains American in major centers.
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United States
Bureau of Manufactures
Switzerland
St. Gall
New Jersey
Calais
Calala
Plauen
Germany
Lace work wages abroad and child labor concerns
The piece notes that much lace used in the country is made by children and discusses wages. In Belgium adult workers earn about 357 dollars a week, while Belgian embroidery pays 20 cents a day for top workers and 10 to 17 cents for most. India reports embroideries take six days of work to earn under 33 cents, with exports to the United States.
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Belgium
India
Michael
United States
President sought by Professional Woman's League
The Professional Woman's League seeks a president for the May 11 election with no ticket in the field. Incumbent Mrs. Suzanne Leonard Westford is away touring and unlikely to be re elected. Amelia Bingham is ill, Mrs. Fernandez refused, and Mrs. Edwin Arden declined. Dr. Ida C. Nomm is mentioned as first vice president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Professional Woman's League
Suzanne Leonard Westford
Lillian Russell
Westford
Amelia Bingham
Fernandez
Edwin Arden
Ida C. Nomm
Nominees Spar Over Empty Chair in League Vote
Dent and others among the Professional Woman's League debate the vacant presidency after Mrs Westford's road assignment. Rumors say the chair should carry real stature, but in crisis some propose keeping Westford as figurehead while others jockey for power. Nominations will be from the floor at the election day.
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League
National League of Women Workers Meets in Washington
The semi annual gathering opened with about six hundred women from Eastern states, the meeting running through Saturday. The event emphasizes sightseeing as a principal feature, while a separate note urges a cupboard for bathroom articles in homes using a shared washroom to reduce clutter and improve hygiene.
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Woman Workers’ League
Washington
National League of Women Workers
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