Transit bills dead as Hughes withholds approval in Albany
Albany May 23 The Robinson rapid transit amendments bill died with the thirty day period Governor Hughes declined to sign it He will issue a memorandum next week detailing reasons for nonapproval Opposition cited by Civic groups and the Public Service Commission. Other transit measures failed including a 5 cent Coney Island fare bill and an Interborough extension fare proposal.
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Ten Men Adrift From Foundered Greek Steamship
A Key West message reports the Greek steamer Cyclades bound from New Orleans to Genoa foundered off the Bahama Islands on May 13. The captain and fifteen crew reached Nassau in a small boat. An open boat with four passengers and six crew remains missing.
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Cupid Favors Racing as Taylor Marital Plans Unfold
Senator John R. C. Taylor of Middletown, a Democrat who backed the Agnew Hart act, is to wed by June 4 and sail for Europe. If Foelker recovers enough to reach Albany in time, Taylor’s vote may be secured. otherwise opponents claim a reserve vote suffices. Fancher is in Oklahoma with oil interests and due in Albany Tuesday night.
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Belmont to See Derby With Norman III at Epsom
August Belmont sails for England to watch Norman III, winner of the Two Thousand Guineas, run in the Derby at Epsom on June 3. He plans to be at the course to lead the winner out if victorious and will also field Norman III in the Grand Prix. Madden rides. Dame Beauty set for the Oaks with Rho dora the favorite for Richard Croker.
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Burning steamship George Weems sinks off Frying Pan Shoal
Captain L G Hudgins of the Baltimore and Carolina Steamship Co arrives in Baltimore with seventeen crewmen from the George Weems after a fire off Frying Pan Shoal. The cotton laden vessel burned Wednesday as engineers fled the engine room and the ship swung to the wind before sinking with flames reaching skyward. Two sailors were injured.
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Helpless in Hell Gate Whitney Strands at Hog's Neck
The steamer H. M. Whitney of the Metropolitan Line en route to Boston became disabled after rounding Hallet's Point and drifted onto Hog's Neck rocks. After over an hour of effort she grounded again near Hallet's Point then was backed off amid dense fog. Sirens warned vessels all night as the Whitney posed a navigation hazard with limited passengers aboard.
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Morrell airship trial ends in sixteen injured at collapse
The Morrell airship failed on its trial flight near Oakland on May 23, dragging sixteen crew underwater and badly injuring them. The 450 foot craft with five gasoline engines toppled nose down after its bag ruptured, with injuries including broken bones and possible internal damage. Captain Penfold, John Byrne, and inventor J A Morrell survived the wreck as spectators fled in panic.
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Harriman After Road Seeks Control Of Boston & Maine
Rumors say Delaware & Hudson seeks to acquire New Haven holdings in Boston & Maine stock. C S Sims and other Delaware & Hudson officials inspect Boston operations, with Harriman named as a key factor and Brandeis denying direct Harriman ties.
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Warned About Airship Ariel Accident At Berkeley
Aero Club of America members in Berkeley recall the Ariel airship crash yesterday. J A Morrell of San Francisco designed the Ariel one of the largest dirigible balloons. Morrell had capitalized the National Airship Company at ten million dollars with offices on Van Ness avenue in San Francisco.
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Jealous Suitor Murders Woman Then Kills Self in Brooklyn
Lippman Kessler a rejected suitor shoots Miss Nina E. Doane as she greets her fiancé Thomas Faulkner at her grandmother’s Pineapple Street apartment. Faulkner wounded in cheek and neck. Kessler then dies by suicide at Fulton Street after walking to the ferry. Details note past rivalry and family ties to surgeon general’s widow.
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German Tramp Hornsee Runs Aground Off New Jersey
In thick fog the German tramp Hornsee with 3000 tons of Cuban sugar ran aground four miles south of Little Egg Harbor New Jersey. Lifesavers reached the vessel by noon and the captain with 24 crew and one passenger stayed aboard while wreckers plan to drag her to deeper water when fog lifts and lighter some cargo.
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Collision hurled banker from car in Far Rockaway
Louis A. Heinsheimer of Kuhn Loeb & Co. was thrown from his auto when his car collided with florist J F Marsden's vehicle in Far Rockaway. They were rushed to a drug store for treatment and sent home. Both blamed the crash on unavoidable circumstances.
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Train Rolls Into Creek After Torrent Destroys Tracks
A severe cloud burst washed away railroad tracks ten miles from Wichita Falls Texas. A freight train following the washout plunged down a creek embankment and four crew members drowned. Farm property and livestock suffered heavy damage.
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Walter White Injured in Cleveland Auto Race Crash
Walter White, wealthy automobile manufacturer of Cleveland, suffered a broken leg and serious injuries when his car overturned during races in Cincinnati today. He was taken to a hospital for treatment.
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Cardinal Logue's Boat Grounds Under Central Bridge
Cardinal Logue and companions nearly dumped into the river after their boat ran aground beneath the Central Bridge. Eyewitnesses from the Harlem River Boat Club and Metropolitan Boat Club confirmed the incident, and Father Henry on Ellis Island corroborated the tale. The party was transferred to safety at the Harlem Boat Club and later the Metropolitan Boat Club houses. The launch Velox of the Fire Department assisted in pulling the craft off the reef.
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Delegates split in Democratic race with Bryan leading
The report shows 481 delegates for Bryan 22 for Johnson 11 for Gray and 163 uncommitted from 677 elected. Bryan holds 71 percent support so far with conventions in Texas New Hampshire Arizona and more set through June.
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Texas Delegates Report Taft Leads With 625 At Chicago
Texas conventions tally 989 delegates with Taft holding 353 instructed or pledged and 197 uncommitted. Knox Hughes Cannon Fairbanks La Follette Foraker also receive counts, while 72 technically uncommitted may back Taft, boosting total to 625. District results list Taft instructed winners in many counties and rival conventions contesting others.
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