Controller Faces Clash Over Blackwell Bridge Payment
Final payments for the Blackwell’s Island Bridge superstructure to the Pennsylvania Steel Co. are blocked amid a dispute between City Controller Metz and contractors over responsibility for design versus construction defects. Engineers favor payment, while Corporation Counsel argues contractor liability limited to workmanship, not design.
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Blackwell's Island
Queensboro
Pennsylvania Steel Company
Corporation Counsel
Pennnsylvania
de Contretor
Crossmais
Ion Counsel Ag
Payne for Economy Promises Congress Focus on Bills
Representative Sereho E. Payne leaves Auburn for Washington to push proposed national legislation. He anticipates amendments to the interstate commerce law and debates on the postal savings bank and ship subsidy. He calls for economy and mentions the Nicaragua question and sugar frauds.
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Auburn
Sereho E. Payne
Washington
Postal Savings Bank
Child's Hardy Feat Ends in Skull Fracture in Park
Five year old Alexander Farrell and friends played follow your master in Central Park. He climbed a stone wall, fell, and suffered a skull fracture. He walked home dazed before collapsing at his house and was rushed to Roosevelt Hospital where Dr Whitney feared death.
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Alexander Farrell
Amsterdam Avenue
Bernard
Central Park
Alexander
Annie Farrell
Roosevelt Hospital
Admiral Barton Stricken At Desk In Washington
Rear Admiral John K. Barton former chief of the Bureau of Steam Engineering was seized at his desk and rushed to the naval hospital with a mild apoplexy caused by a rush of blood to the head. He rested well by night and was expected to recover. this marked his second attack, the first occurring last fall at League Island Navy Yard.
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Washington
John K. Barton
Bureau of Steam Engineering
Navy Department
Naval Hospital
Admiral Barton
League Island Navy Yard
Bacon Hurt in Fall During Estate Ride Near Hempstead
Robert Bacon former Secretary of State and future Ambassador to France broke his collarbone while riding a hunter on his Westoury estate. The accident occurred as he prepared to host a Thanksgiving Day house party. Doctor said injuries are not serious and trip to France not delayed.
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Lis Lene
Joan Mann
Wheatley
Mr. Bacon
Uat
France
Toney
Final Blow to Loeb Sparks Kamloops Fortune Tale
In Kamloops British Columbia rumors label Collector Reed a fortune teller after he received two letters from Mrs J McConnell and her daughter Norma McConnell requesting life readings. One letter cites a birth date November 2, 13 and the other January 2. The fate of the letters rests with Loeb who may turn them over to Signora Valadino or return them to Kamdortpa.
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Kamloops
B. C
Collector Reed
J. McConnell
Norma McConnell
Saloons Moved to Brewers Holding Company in Seattle
Mayor Miller signs transfer of pine saloons from a brewing company to a brewers held holding company. The move aims to sidestep a state law prohibiting brewer or distiller ownership of saloons. All other saloons owned by brewers and distillers will follow.
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Seattle
Miller
Lilie
Uses for New Tax
The Taft administration approved regulations for the 1 percent corpora tion tax under the Payne law. Form blanks will be sent to 122,000 corporations. Treasury officials expect about 7,500,000 yearly yield and plan to apply the tax to domestic and certain foreign corporations doing business in the United States. The eight reporting categories include capital, indebtedness, gross income, dividends, and expenses.
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iFrom
Tribune Bureau
Washington
Taft
MacVeagh
Hiles
Cabell
Internal Revenue Bureau
Treasury
Philippines
Porto Rico
United States
Alaska
District of Columbia
Treasury Department
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Wabinerton
Harvard President Lowell invites students to his home Sundays
Cambridge Mass November 21 Harvard President A Lawrence Lowell issued an invitation stating the president and Mrs Lowell will receive students at home between 4 and 6 pm each Sunday afternoon. The policy signals closer ties between students and the university head a shift from former practices under Dr Eliot.
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Dr. Lowell
the Tribune
Cambridge
Mass
A. Lawrence Lowell
Harvard University
Lowell
Pittsburg Hair Rats War Ends With Stand Against Ban
Pittsburg salesgirls won a protest against an order banning hair rats and puffs on duty. At Horne's department store workers threatened to strike unless rats could be worn with winter hats. A committee convinced the manager to drop the ban, though rumors of scalp illness and Chinese hair sources circulated.
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Tribune
Pittsburg
Horne
China
Unemployment Debate in New York Sparks Budget Crisis Talk
London papers clash over unemployment figures in New York amid budget crisis. A free trade paper cites 200,000 unemployed, while Patrick F. McGrowan, New York City Board of Aldermen president, says practically no unemployment exists. Tariff reform supporters claim their policy would ease joblessness.
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London
New York
Free Trade
Patrick F. McGrowan
Board of Aldermen of
New York City
Alsop Claim Seeks King Edward as Arbitrator
Edward to be asked to Santiago to arbitrate the Alsop dispute between Chili and the United States. Pierre Pont proposes King Edward as impartial arbiter. Chilean approval awaited. Brazil offers friendly offices to help settlement. no official word on King Edward's consent yet.
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Santiago, Chili
Pierrepont
Chillan
Alsop
Hill
United States
Edward
Washington
State Department
King Edward
Hing Edward
Lonmion
Brazil
Atsep
Man Hangs Himself in New Street Police Cell
Robert Cummings 28 of No 6 West 1th street hanged himself in a cell of the new street police station last night. He had been arrested on petit larceny and was found dead after a belt looped to the cell door was used. The body was sent to the morgue.
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Robert Cummings
West 1Th Street
Wew Street
Cummings
Weat 16Th Street
Tower Wins Appeal in Alimony Case
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court affirmed Justice Keogh’s order granting Mrs. Mary B. Tower separation from her husband Albert E. Tower and monthly alimony of 700 dollars. The appeal upheld the prior decision.
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Poughkeepsie, N
Supreme Court
Keogh
Mary B. Tower
Albert E. Tower
Poughkeepsie
Iron King
Dula Home Robbed in Tarrytown Burglary Investigated
The home of Robert B. Dula, vice president of the American Tobacco Company, in Broadway Tarrytown was burglarized Tuesday night. About $1040 worth of silverware and ivory antiques were stolen after entry through a cellar window. Police report two men from Ossining with heavy suitcases left the area after asking about trains to New York. Dula holds several other company directorships.
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Robert B. Dula
Vicce
American Tobacco Company
Broadway
Tarrytown
New York
Dula
New York City
Ossining
Manhattan Briar Pipe Company
No. 111
Fifth Avenue
Lifeboat Wreck Kills Four Off Tillamook Bar
A lifeboat overturning during a rescue from the steamer Argo near Tillamook bar drowns one woman two girls and a lifesaving crew member. The Argo ran ashore at Tillamook bar and the tragedy was reported from Portland Oregon and Nevada.
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Portland
Ore
Tillamook Repor
Argo
Tillamook Bar
Dinner for Mrs Longworth listed as Legal Expenses
In Pittsburg on November 26 the Republican County Committee filed a long list of campaign costs. A $500 dinner at the Duquesne Club for Mrs Alice Roosevelt Longworth and Congressman Longworth appears under the caption Legal Expenses. The treasurer said itemizing the entertainment costs was unclear.
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Pittsburg
Republican County Committee
Alice Roosevelt Longworth
Duquesne Club
Longworth
Wickersham Denies Involvement With Sugar Trust Counsel
Washington November 26 Attorney General Wickersham says he was never counsel for the American Sugar Refining Company though Henry W Taft or the firm Strong and Cadwalader may have represented it in a suit by the Pennsylvania Sugar Refining Company arising from the Adolph Segal loan.
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Washington
Wickersham
American Sugar Refining Company
Henry W. Taft
Strong & Cadwalader
Mr. Wickersham
Mr. Taft
Pennsylvania Sugar Refining Company
Sugar Trust
Custom House
New York
Treasury
Department of Justice
Pennsylvania
Adolph Segal
Rameses II Sails Aboard For New York From Boston
Rameses, a mummy aged about three thousand years, rests aboard the steamship Aragonia in Boston harbor as it unloads cargo before sailing to New York. The body weighs about 125 pounds but packed in lead iron and wood the case weighs over a thousand pounds. The case bears the inscription valued at $300 and the mummy is consigned to the Hamburg American Line in New York.
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Roston
Rameses
Egypt
Aragonia
New York
Suez
Auto Delivery Wagon Crash Injures 3 in Central Park
David Cobb driving a delivery wagon collided with a surface car on Stith street line near Fifth Avenue in Central Park yesterday afternoon. Cobb suffered a possible skull fracture and was taken to Presbyterian Hospital in serious condition. The motorman Joseph O'Brien was arrested while Cobb’s assistant Louis Watsler also required hospital treatment. two women in a taxi helped move Cobb to care.
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David Cobb
West 26Th Street
Stith Street
Transverse Road
Central Park
Fifth Avenue
Louis Watsler
No. Siz Second Avenue
Joseph O'Brien
Willis Avenue
Cobb
Presbyterian Hospital
Brien
Telephone system approved for Constantinople bid
A commission investigating a Constantinople telephone network favors a bid from a British French and American group led by Western Electric of Chicago. The government is expected to confirm the commission's decision to install the system.
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Constantinople
Western Electric Company
Chicago
Auto Knocks Woman Down on Broadway Near Beaver
Mrs. Anna Benham of 9 Court Street Brooklyn was struck by the mud guard of a northbound auto at Broadway and Beaver. The car paused, several men helped her to her feet, and the drivers, owners of B H Scheffels & Co brokers, drove away. She was examined at St Gregory's Hospital and left after minor bruises.
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Broadway
Beaver Street
Anna Benham
No. M9
Court Street
Brooklyn
John C. McGuire
Dr. Dietrich
St. Gregory’s Hospital
Fifth Avenue Leases Landmarks for Carriage Showroom
The Cruikshank Company leases the Gallatin home at 670 Fifth Avenue north of the Union Club to Brewster & Co for a showroom selling carriages and automobiles. Brewster & Co. recently acquired Long Island City land for a new manufacturing plant. The Gallatin site neighbors the Vanderbilt homes on 52d Street, with the properties spanning from Sid to 53d Street.
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Fifth Avenue
Union Club
Olf
Frederic Gallattin
Cruikshank Company
Brewster &Oo
Broadway
47Th
48Th Streets
Gallatin
Brewster & O
Long Island City
W. K. Vanderbilt, Jr
W. K. Vanderbilt
Brock
Sid
St. Thomas's Church
Eruptions Subside as Teneriffe Crater Ceases Activity
Volcanic eruptions are diminishing at Teneriffe. One crater has ceased activity and lava has divided into six streams. The lava advances slowly and is not expected to reach Santiago and Tamains for several days.
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Santa Cruz
Teneriffe
Santiago
Tamains
Boy struck by motor truck in city slaying fears
Five year old John Roach of West End avenue was impaled on a lamp bracket after a truck owned by Monarch Meteor Works struck him at West End avenue and South street. He suffered a compound jaw fracture, facial lacerations, concussion, shock, and tonsillitis as he was rushed to Flower Hospital. The driver, John J. McGovern, faced charges of felonious assault and operating a vehicle without a license. Police lament lack of vehicle operator licensing and call for stricter chauffeur regulation to prevent further deaths.
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John Roach
West End Avenue
Flower Hospital
Sth Street
Roach
Monarch Meteor Works
Broadway
77Th Street
John J. McGovern
516
West 225Th Street
McGovern
Edward Matheson
No. 231
West Tith Street
William Vogt
West 6Th Street
Mellovern
Matheswen
Bey
Brewster
John Reed
Myron S. Falk
West Ind Street
Beger
West 6S8th Street
Alice Mohen
612
West 135Th Street
137Th Street
Baker
Miss Mohen
Police Department
Albany
Snowballing Incident Ends With Injury In Brooklyn
A group of boys playing in Brooklyn at Eighth Avenue and 2d Street were struck by a car driven by Miss Clara Kreyer and her sister Emily with chauffeur William Shaw. William Bade, age 12, sustained a fractured leg but is expected to recover at Seney Hospital. The chauffeur was arrested. the car is linked to a patrolman’s fatal 1919 incident involving Thomas McEnroe.
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Eighth Avenue
2D Street
Brooklyn
William Bade
4Th Street
Clara Kreyer
Seventeenth Avenue
Emily
William Shaw
Seney Hospital
East 4Th Street
Flatbush
Thomas McEnroe
Sheepshead Bay
George Olney
Kreyer
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Queensboro Contractors
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Mtracur
Beidzees
Corm-missioner
Imum
Congress
Mr. Loeb
Mr. Payne
Child's Hardy Feat
Robert Bacon
Hunter
Loeb
Saloon Holding Companies
Mac “Eagh
Treasury Offis
Harvard Idea
Mr. MaGowan
King
Mercer Street
TOWER
Tarrytown Police
Longworths
Rameses II
Boston
Monarch
Turkey
Auto
Woman
Fifth Ave
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