Civil Service Reform Debate at Budget Exhibit No 4 Broadway
Municipal Civil Service was the subject discussed at the Budget Exhibit yesterday. Frank L. Polk, president of the commission, defended the system while alleging favoritism and improper control practices. Samuel H. Ordway and Elliott H. Goodwin spoke on reform, with Deputy Police Commissioner William F. Baker and George P. B. McVay supporting scrutiny and hearings on appointments and removals.
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Broadway
Metz
Frank L. Polk
Commission
Samuel H. Ordway
Elliott H. Goodwin
Civil Service Reform Association
Wiliam F. Baker
Exgent
Municipal Civil Service Commiss
George P. B. McVay
Bureau of Municipal Investigation and Statistics
Finance Department
State
Civ! Service Commission
Polk
Mi. Service Commission
Water Hides Buildings as Firemen Demonstrate High Pressure
West Street crowds watched a public demonstration by the Fire Department under Chief Croker showing 32 hose lines at once. Water towers delivered powerful streams that merged into a waterfall effect, with spectators drenched when tower No 3 fractured due to stone fragments in the water.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Street
Bank
Gansevoort Streets
Croker
Hese
I. M. de Varona
Department of Water Supply, Gas and Electricity
Western Electric
Bethune and
West Streets
NYU Chancellor calls limits on class contests after flag rush
Chancellor MacCracken proposed abolishing all class contests not tied to six college activities football baseball gymnastics rowing basketball track. Students pondered the move and feared another strike asNYU opens with a wrestling bout between freshmen sophomores and upperclassmen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MacCracken
New York University
City civil service clash and hydrant test at West Street event
In a heated hearing critics attack Civil Service rules and veteran protections while recalling contractor and department matters. Meanwhile a water and fire test along West Street exceeds expected flow, flooding streets, testing standpipes in the Western Electric Building, and concluding with a football novelty drill and preparatory school cane spree.
No Politics In Soap Bellevue Hospitals Defend Soap Purchase
Bellevue secretary Replice defends the soap purchase amid charges of excessive cost. He says the soap, bought at six cents per pound, is a chip soap with resin and of uniform quality. A thorough investigation found no political influence in the transactions with Bellevue and Allied Hospitals.
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Bellevue
Replice
Bellevue Hospital
Mre
E. L. Pearsall
Mtsh Street
Brooklin
Amg
So&p
Board of Health
Tomnertec
Fraud Allegation Hits Patrolman Scherr at East Sith Street
A city official says patrolman Alexander S. Scherr gained his job by fraud via a substitute who passed his exam. Police hold Scherr’s pay, district attorney to prosecute, and suspect William Lake will likely be indicted for his role. The force expresses sympathy with the commission’s action. RR. PAYS 18,382,141 FOR RELIEF.
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Frank T. Polk
Municipal Civil Service Commission
Police Department
Alexander S. Scherr
East Sith Street
Polk
Scherr
Mr. Polk
District Attorney's Office
William Lake
Bedford Avenue
Brooklyn
M. Polk
Experts urge safety measures to save lives in mines
A report presented to President Roosevelt by Captain Arthur Desborough Victor Watterne and Carl Meissner outlines steps to reduce coal mine disasters. It calls for tighter explosives control, standardized cartridges, no shooting into solid rock, careful handling of gas and dust, improved watering, better shaft and ventilation design, electricity use, and training schools for fire bosses foremen and inspectors.
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Washington
United States
Roosevelt
Garfield
Arthur Desborough
England
Victor Watterne
Belgium
Carl Meissner
Germany
Congress
Geological Survey
Negro broker conducts first curb market deal on Broad Street
Robert W. Tayior, a Negro broker with a Broad Street office, handled trades yesterday at the curb, dealing from Cobalt Central. He learned trading methods in New York and attracted several prosperous black patrons, including Pullman porters off duty. Rumors say a substantial client base from the San Juan Wall district may follow, signaling a shift from craps to mining stock speculation.
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Broad Street
Robert W. Tayior
New York Stock Exchange
Taylor
Cobalt Central
San Juan Wall
Man Hunt in Orange County Lures $1000 Reward
In Middletown on October 22 a paroled convict named Charles Pitney assaulted 12 year old Carrie Smith, daughter of a local farmer. The girl is in serious condition. The Smith family posted a $1000 reward as farmers form a reinforced posse and search the county.
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Middletown
Charles Pitney
Carrie Smith
Smith
License Cost Case Against Sergeant Bird At Trial
Sergeant Peter J. Bird of the license squad faced trial before Deputy Commissioner Hanson on charges of unlawfully demanding money and accepting a fee in April 197 from Mrs. Dorothy Mason who ran a moving picture show. Witnesses say Mason paid $50 and $3 while others testified to different alleged payments. Bird denied receiving funds. he admitted warning Mason to close the business. The matter resumes Saturday.
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Peter J. Bird
Hanson
Dorothy Mason
East 149Th Street
Mason
Edward Dorr
East Eirst Street
Frederick F. Klein
Concord Avenue
Bird
Augustus A. Ireland
WIFE STICKS TO MAGNUS DESERTER FROM NAVY
Louisville October 22 Charles Joseph Magnus who married Ada Gorman of Maryland was arrested on a charge of desertion from the navy and will likely be taken to Philadelphia. Mrs Magnus visited him today and said she would accompany him and “stick to him forever.” Magnus hopes his wife’s family can obtain his release, noting the furlough prompted his absence from his ship.
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Louisville
Charles Joseph Magnus
Ada Gorman
Senator Gorman
Maryland
Navy
Philadelphia
Magnus
Express Firms Lose, Shippers Gain Through Rate Reform
Public Service Commission helps cut express shipping costs by adopting a new rate scale. The Hughes Alliance found that express firms previously overcharged for fractional pounds, now charging only for full pound increments. Shippers save when sending light packages as the commission-led reform limits charges to the next whole pound.
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Hughes Alliance
Alliance
Express Company
Public Service Commissions
Waterbury Judgment Vacated by Supreme Court Judge
Justice Bischoff in the Supreme Court yesterday vacated the $10,097 default judgment against Lawrence Waterbury issued October 9 in favor of George J. Gould on two notes from 1991. He also signed an order reopening the default in the suit.
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Justice Bischoff
Supreme Court
Lawrence Waterbury
George J. Gould
Of Interest to Women at Republican Rally
Women speakers in a Republican event at Astor Place and Broadway praise Governor Hughes and urge party support. Miss Boswell presided and teased male attendees with political humor while Mrs. Brown and Mrs. Story highlighted allied women's groups. A suffragist questioned the lack of votes, but the chair promised gains as ladies plan another event at Union Square.
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Commercial Travellers’ League
Astor Place
Broadway
Republican Party
Helen Varick Boswell
National Woman's Republican Association
William Grant Brown
Woman's West End Republican Association
West End Woman's Republican Association
Adelaide Stedman
California
Stedman
Miss Roswell
Sound Money League
No. 37
Union Square
Suffragettes disrupt political meeting at Camp Hughes and Astor Hotel
Timid suffragettes adopted tactics of their English sisters, interrupting public meetings. At Camp Hughes they faced hostility, then at the Hotel Astor the group wearing yellow votes for women buttons mingled with attendees but largely remained quiet. Mrs. Sofia Loebinger explained restraint as courtesy, while others debated strategy and the value of protest without antagonizing. After the talk, many women offered to help verify registrations, with Alfred R. Conklin urging charitable women from tenement houses to assist in detecting fraudulent registration.
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Camp Hughes
Hotel Astor
West End
Woman's Republican Association
Sofia Loebinger
Frank Hendrick
William Grant Brown
Loebinger
Hendrick
Gertrude Collins
E. Heilmuth
C. Goldberg
Mary Jennings
Maud Glascow
Alfred R. Conklin
Blue laws upheld in Nebraska by high court ruling
Lincoln Neb Oct 22 The Nebraska Supreme Court sustained the legality of blue laws forbidding almost all Sunday business transactions The decision also upholds the District Court of Douglas County refusal to grant habeas corpus writs for John Ryan an Omaha cigar dealer and Jacob Caldwell an Omaha barber The ruling extends statewide the prohibition on Sunday commerce
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Lincoln
Neb
Supreme Court
Nebraska
District Court
Douglas County
John Ryan
Jacob Caldwell
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