Hylan Pier Profiteering Evidence Faces Commission
Testimony before the Meyer Legislative committee reveals widespread profiteering in pier leases. Hulbert, Dock Commissioner, admits bad system and limited power to curb subletting and wharfage. blame falls on Corporation Counsel and the Sinking Fund Commission. Brown presents figures showing the Maritime Shipping Company paid 40000 for a pier lease and sublet it for 60000 profit. Calls for ending long leases, city control of wharfage, and dual pricing to curb profiteering. references to General Black’s reports and tax comparisons.
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Meyer Legislative Committee
Hylsa
Hulbert
Murray Hulbert
Corporation Counsel
Dock Commission
Tammany
Board of Aldermen
Hylan
Jon R. Brown
Maritime Shipping Company
East Twentyfourth Street
Sinking Fund Commission
Staten Island
Brown
Leanees
William M. Black
United States Shipping Board
Conaem
Mrwn
Black
Dock Department
General Black
United States
Howard
Cypronee
The
Corporation Co
Lesserio Dock
Yeautstog
Segare
Ruth Sets 55th Home Run Mark at Polo Grounds
Babe Ruth belted his 55th homer of the season at the Polo Grounds driving the ball into the upper tier of right field as 28 000 fans cheered. He had earlier broken the single season record last year with 54 homers and was feted as straw hats showered onto the field.
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Babe” Ruth
Polo Grounds
Babe
Jane
Swat
Homer
Roosevelt Illness Report Mild Paralysis In 191? Era
Franklin D Roosevelt, then Assistant Secretary of the Navy, was taken to Presbyterian Hospital with a mild form of infantile paralysis. Doctors said the attack had passed, limbs regained control, and no permanent injury was expected. He traveled from Campo Bello Island to New York City and was accompanied by a physician.
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Ranklin D. Roosevelt
Wilson
Presbyterian Hospital
Roosevelt
Campobello Island
Bay of Fundy
George Draper
East Sixty-third Street
Charles H. Young
Draper
New York
East Sixty-fifth Street
Grand Central Station
Mob Surrounds Police After Rum Seizure in Bridgeport
Bridgeport officers halted a big motor truck carrying fifteen barrels of alcohol valued at about 10000 pounds. A mob of about two thousand formed on the East Side, many unemployed, threatening to seize the liquor. Driver Carmine Malinconico, of New Haven, was arrested on bonds of 500 dollars after refusing to name the consignee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bridgeport
Tribune
Conn
Charles Wheeler
New Haven
Carmine Malinconico
Reparations gold arrives in New York aboard Potomac
A consignment of Austrian kronen valued at 1.5 million dollars arrived yesterday on the Steamship Potomac from Bremen. The gold, destined for Belgium and France purchases in the United States, was stored in kegs and guarded by armed guards in the vessel's strong room. The Potomac carried 100 cabin and 350 steerage passengers.
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Bremen
Potomac
United States Lines
Federal Reserve Bank
Belgium
France
Ku Klux Inquiry Proposed in Congress by Massachusetts Democrat
Representative Tague of Massachusetts, a Democrat, will introduce a resolution when the House reconvenes to probe the Ku Klux Klan. The inquiry would go to a special committee or the House examining committees. Rep Twine offered no details on branches in other states or counties.
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Bay State
House
Washington
Congress
Tague
Massachusetts
Hauvery
Twine
Sutts
Bail Today For Arbuckle Is Forecast
San Francisco Sept 15 The grand jury indicted Roscoe Fatty Arbuckle for manslaughter in the death of Virginia Rappe after a party at his rooms at the St Francis Hotel The court set bail at 5000 cash or 10000 bonds but Arbuckle must remain in jail for a hearing on the murder charge and awaits a decision on whether to proceed with manslaughter.
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The
Tribune
San Francisco
Grand Jury
Roscoe
Fatty") Arbuckle
Virginia Rappé
St. Francis Hotel
Shortall
Superior Court
Arbuckle
Bambing Maude Delmont
Brady
Griff Kennedy
Tom Reagan
Miss Rappe
Harry Lihrman
New York
May Taube
Yan
Marshall Delivers Speech Endorsing Harding at Kingston Pair
Former Vice-President Thomas R. Marshall urged support for President Harding ahead of the Conference on the Limitation of Armament. He called for unity to ward off dangers and urged withholding votes from non English speaking residents, arguing they should not participate in government.
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Providence
Thomas R. Marshall
Kingston Pair
Harding
Marshall
P S C Refuses Fare Increase in Utica
The New York Public Service Commission rejected the New York State Railways Company bid to raise Utica trolley fares from five to ten cents. Chairman William A. Prendergast stated utilities must endure periods of low earnings and that fare policy should reflect current economic conditions. The commission noted existing local advances to six cents and urged the company to improve efficiency to keep fares low while preserving adequate returns.
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Miller
Public Service Commission
Hylan
New York State Railways Company
Utica
Transit Commission
William A. Prendergast
Commission
Prendergast
Leasons
Spain strict with Charles demands staff cutdown
Berne Sept. 15 The Spanish government requires political and financial guarantees before allowing former Emperor Charles of Austria to reside in Spain He has twice asked Madrid for permission The government seeks strict limits on his household expenses estimated at 1 280 000 Swiss francs annually due to a household of about eighty persons and wants this reduced
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Berne
Switzerland
Associated Press
Charles of Austria
Spain
Madrid
Court Rules For Hines in Recount Plea
Supreme Court Justice Wasservogel issued an order to the Board of Elections to show cause why a recount should not be granted in the Tammany fight for President of the Borough of Manhattan. The motion by Vincent Lippe alleges fraud, with 35 instances cited, as Hines seeks to place his name on the ballot if a recount succeeds.
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Supreme Court
Isidor Wasservogel
Board of Elections
Tammany
Borough of
Manhattan
James J. Mines
anti-Murphy
Vincent S. Lippe
Hines
Justice Wasservogel
James J. Hines
Police Department
Mines
Manger
Joseph Shalleck
Charles F. Murphy
Kiernan Doolan
Shallock
Doolan
Shalleck
Comjonas
Murphy
Charles M. Murphy
John Cough
Detective Bureau
Hints Party
Wordy Wrangle
Hines Party
Julius Miller
Miller
Hia
German Wives Seek Union Labor Status in Parliament Fight
The National Association of German Housewives asked Prussian Parliament to recognize it as a labor union but was rejected because the constitution did not specify whether housewives are employees or employers. Disagreement among branches over classifying married women as professionals sparked debate on possible strikes or arbitration and even proposals that husbands pay wages to share domestic work.
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Berlin
Associated Press
National Association of German Housewives
Orgether
Lloyd George Cancels Inverness Conference Over Irish Independence
In a sharp exchange during Irish peace talks, Eamon de Valera insists Ireland is an independent sovereign state and acts as its guardians. Lloyd George replies he will cancel next week’s Inverness conference due to the disclosure of the paragraph outlining independence.
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Eamon de Valera
Lloyd George
League Leaders Armed Junker See Visions of Band Holds All Its Future Fade
Geneva reports show the League of Nations shrinking from a universal disarmament power and becoming a moral force reliant on publicity. Belgium's Paul many pursues Vilna solution. assembly ready to press member nations toward disarmament and stronger action despite Washington talks. Berlin notes Erzberger murder plot linked to Bavarian nationalist groups. Ehrhardt’s hideout remains inaccessible and state of siege debate continues.
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Armed Junker
Germany
Crescribes
League
United States
Russia
Paul Many
Belgium
Th League
Vilna
M. Hymans
Council of the
League of Nations
Washington
Assembly
Conference of the Greater Powers
Weshington
Christian Lange
General Parliamentary Union
Norway
Berlin
Matthias Erzberger
Bavaria
Chancellor Wirth
Reichstag Vigilance Committee
Signe
Erzberger
Ehrhardt
Rosenheim
Munich
Wirth
Weissman
Kepp
Bauer
Pabst
Herr Dittemann
Poehner
Empire
Hergl
Pirardt
Justice Roth
Budapest
Ebrhardt
Jay-Walking Squirrel Stops Traffic at Columbus Circle
A Central Park squirrel bolted from the park into Columbus Circle causing a fifteen minute traffic tie up as Patrolman 7707 and pedestrians chased the animal across cars and limousines before it was cornered under a September 15 straw hat and returned to Central Park.
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Broadway
Central Park
Columbus Circle
7707
Relay
Tras
Lloyd George cancels Inverness meeting with Sinn Fein
Britain’s premier ends talks as Eamon de Valera reiterates Sinn Fein demand to negotiate as sovereign envoys. Lloyd George says accepting such a claim would recognize an independent Irish republic and urges continued but delayed consultation with his Cabinet. He notes a possible path to renewed talks, but the crisis deepens as Dublin publishes the Sinn Fein draft.
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Lloyd George
Sinn Fein
Ireland
Elf
Loyd George
de Valera
Gairloch
London
Avsocated Press
Premier Lloyd George
Eamon de Lera
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Ruth
F. D. Roosevelt
Secretary of Navy
Mr. Arbuckle
Mr. Brady
O'Brien
Matheson
P.S. C
Increase
Charles
Elections Board
Geneva
Wilbur Forrest
the Tribune
New York Tribune Inc
Society of Nationa
Jay
Britain
Arthur S. Draper
Inverness
Scotland
Si Fein
Sinn
Cousiers
Joseph McGrath
Harry Boland
Dublin
Dail Eireann
Inverness Tueday
du Valerm
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