Court trims Mrs. Andrews costs and mandates home move
Supreme Court Justice Dayton curbed committee expenses for Mrs. Blanche L. Andrews wife of Constant A. Andrews bank president. The court cut annual support from 18000 to 1000 a month and ordered her husband to vacate the Madison Avenue house by September 30 with belongings stored.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blanche L. Andrews
Constant A. Andrews
United States Savings Bank
Supreme Court
Dayton
Andrews
Bloomingdale Asylum
Madison Avenue House
Ixnolls
Bloomingdale
Justice Dayton
Policeman Will Leaves All To Woman In New York
The will of Robert Henry a Sanitary Squad policeman who died at Monticello New York on July 19 was filed in the Surrogates office. It leaves all he possessed to Stena Fowler of Amsterdam Avenue for her sole use forever. The petition was filed by Kirk Conry attorneys for Stena Fowler who now lives at 1230 Brook Avenue the Bronx. It values the estate at about 1000 in real property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Henry
Sanitary Squad
Monticclio
N. Y
Stena Fowler
Amsterdam Avenue
Kirk & Conry
Brook Avenue
Bronx
Brooklyn Man Drowns While Bathing in Batchellerville
James Baxter of Brooklyn drowned yesterday at Batchellerville where he was spending the summer. He could not swim, the body was recovered and sent to his home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Baxter
Brooklyn
Ballston, N
Batchellerville
Dentist Charles E. Lewis Is First Felony Desertion Convict
Charles E. Lewis a dentist of 870 East 170th Street was sentenced in General Sessions to not less than one year and ten months and not more than two years at hard labor for desertion under the new desertion law. His wife testified while their two children played nearby. Lewis disappeared eight months ago sending no support and later faced extradition after a divorce summons reached his wife from Sioux Falls South Dakota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles E. Lewis
East 170Th Street
Lewis
Sioux Falls
Eugenie Lewis
Gould Plot Indictments Target Key Witnesses
Indictments filed in General Sessions accuse Harry Mousley Mrs. Ben Teal and Julia Fleming of conspiring to obtain a false affidavit from Mabel McCauslan to tie Frank J Gould to Bessie De Voie in a divorce suit. The defendants face Judge Crain in General Sessions for pleas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank J. Gould
Harry Mousley
Ben Teal
Julia Fleming
Mabel McCauslan
Bessie de Voie
Bishop Greer Home After Majestic Arrival
The White Star liner Majestic arrived yesterday from Southampton carrying Bishop David H. Greer and his family who stayed at 7 Gramercy Park before heading to their Long Island country home. Others aboard included Hubert Berkeley Baile Major R L Annesley Walter Shaw Brewster Charles Delamare Maze J P Silo and Mr and Mrs Stephen Wingrove.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Majestic
Southampton
David H. Greer
Walter Shaw Brewster
Charles Delamare Maze
J. P. Silo
Stephen Wingrove
Poisoning Charges In Mineral Water Trust Case
Charges were filed in Essex Market Court alleging a trust formed to raise mineral water prices killed horses owned by independent dealers on the Lower East Side to force them into line. Affidavits by Jacob Fox and Barrett Rabinowitz claim poisoned horses after shifting business from the East Side Mineral Water Manufacturer s Benevolent Association. Eyck Topolsky and Enenbogen were arraigned before Magistrate Wahle and each held in $500 bail for examination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Essex Market
Lower East Side
Jacob Fox
Stanton Street
Barrett Rabinowitz
Ludlow Street
East Side
Louis Eyck
Monroe Street
Seltzer
Isaac Topolsky
Suffolk Street
Joseph ‘T. Enenbogen
East Second Street
Brooklyn
Wahle
Maniac Kills Son and Daughter Then Slashes Self
In Los Angeles a 60 year old man named Henry J. Dufty attacked his son Fred with an axe killing him, then killed his daughter Zaidash Lacomb at her home at 451 Northwest Lake Avenue. He cut his own throat with a razor. He had purchased a cemetery plot for the three graves and had stones erected bearing the names Henry J. Dufty, Fred A. Dufty and Zaidash Lacomb. He may recover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Cal
H. J. Dufty
Dufty
Fred Dufty
Dusty
Northwest Lake Avenue
Adam Lacomb
Henry J. Dufty
Fred A. Dufty
Zaidash Lacomb
Ees
Father Sharply Asserts Right to Home for Daughter After 20 Years
Babylon Long Island story of Capt. Egbert Strong who after two decades seeks to bring Marion Goodale Strong back to his home. The mother’s long held dislike and family secrecy frame a dramatic dispute with Strong pledging to be both father and mother if needed. Locals note the new Thompson Avenue house and Strong’s plans to provide for his daughter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Babylon
Egbert V. Strong
Marion Goodale Strong
Egbert Strong
East End
Long Island
Mr. Strong
Riverhead
R. J. Hunt
Trumansburg
N. J
Strongs
Strong
Thompson ‘Avenue
Supreme Court Denies Name Change for Lichtenstein to De Lumen
Supreme Court Justice Goff denied a woman's request to change her name from Lichtenstein to De Lumen by court order. He said matrimony would be a simpler method and noted the denial. The applicant cited her brothers' similar changes as justification and said the current name caused embarrassment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court
Goff
Lichtenstein
de Lumen
Miss Lichtenstein
Rioting Bakers Wreck Pincus Jacobs Bake Shop
About a hundred journeymen bakers raided the Pincus Jacobs shop at 1571 Lexington Avenue in a riot over a discharged non union worker. East 104th Street police arrested six. The action followed Bakers Union 350 loss of its charter and mass forfeiture of National union membership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bakers
Pincus Jacobs
Lexington Avenues
East 104Th Street
Bakers’ Union
Harlem
Jacobs
Local 1
Hyman Felhandler
East 103d Street
Felhandler
Suit Over Bullet Wound Involving Fridenbergs
Katharine Ship sues Dr. Percy Fridenberg Robert Fridenberg and Paul Fridenberg for 20000 dollars in Supreme Court alleging concurrent negligence after a loaded pistol in an unlocked drawer was fired by Paul at Miss Ship in June 1907 at the Fridenberg home. The nurse was shot in the left side.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Percy Fridenberg
East Fiftyeighth Street
Robert
J. C. Wright & Co
East Forty-second Street
Robert Fridenberg
Paul
Supreme Court
Katherine Ship
Fridenbergs
Percy
Miss Ship
Pauls
Iron Column Crushes two men. foreman arrested
A four ton iron column toppled onto Charles Carlson and Edward Rickert at Borden Avenue and Third Street Long Island City. Carlson was killed. Rickert suffered a leg and arm fracture and was hospitalized. Foreman James Doonan was arrested.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Borden Avenue
Third Street
Long Island City
Charles Carlson
Brooklyn
Edward Rickert
St. John's Hospital
James Doonan
Thrillers Disturb West Forty-seventh Street Police
Police at West Forty-seventh Street Station seek guidance as near-by melodrama rehearsals keep them awake. A distressed voice cries for help amid calls to intensify stage scenes while actress Miss Montressor blasts through five acts. Patrolmen request quieter rehearsals and sleep.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Forty-seventh Street
Clarence Dalton
Montressor
Charles Flood
Matteawan
Ant
Ship Sold to Get a Flag for Cuban Registry
The Wardener Bayamo will sail today for Cuba towing the former Norwegian steamer Lamberga now flying the Cuban flag. The Lamberga, wrecked in Wilmington Harbor and repaired, was sold by underwriters at public sale after abandonment by her owners. Purchased for $1 by Cuban citizen ex-Senator José A. Frias, she earned Cuban registry, with consular papers completed after a late night effort. The Cuban government warned she could be seized if sailed without a flag.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wardener Bayamo
Cuba
Lamberga
Wilmington
American Hay Company
Pier 14
East River
Ward Line
José A. Frias
Mailed Her False Teeth Found in Post Office Drop
Clerks in a General Post Office ground-floor drop heard a thud as letters were mailed. A white cotton glove lay on the floor containing upper and lower false teeth, a hair comb, and two cigarettes. No claimant appeared. items are in inquiry and may be sent to Washington if unclaimed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Post Office
Washington
Vanadium steel torpedo could reshape battleship design
New torpedo tested at Boston Harbor in front of naval officials promises deeper damage by driving a gun through a ship’s side and exploding inside. Inventor Lieut. Commander Cleland Davis says bottoms must be armored and submarines gain protection, with vanadium steel enabling lighter, stronger guns and wider armor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Strong
Boston Harbor
Cleland Davis
Waldorf-Astoria
Washington
Boston
Newberry
Davis
Naval
Navy Department
Petropavlovsk
Port Arthur
Maine
Havana
Connecticut
Delaware
Junim
Peru
Essen
America
J. M. Flannery
American Vanadium Company
S. S. Wales
Carnegie Steel Works
Jerome Pleads For Boy In Park Fire Death
Thirteen year old Francesco De Rosio is indicted for manslaughter in the first degree after a fire he built under a bench in Fordham Park caused the death of Mrs. Catherine McCormick of Mount Vernon. DA Jerome pleads for clemency, urging discharge and guardianship by the Gerry Society. Judge Crain assigns the boy to Gerry Society custody.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francesco de Rosio
Fordham Park
Catherine McCormick
High Street
Mount Vernon
Jerome
Italy
Gerry Society
Crain
de Rasio
Supt. Jenkins
Deportation of Italian suspect Ciappa to face murder charges
Carlos Ciappa, a 30 year old Italian suspect linked to the Black Hand, was deported yesterday aboard the Bretagne in shackles. He previously escaped Ellis Island custody with four others and swam to rejoin the vessel after his capture. Ciappa heads to Italy to answer two murder charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carlos Ciappa
Bretagne
Ciappa
Ellis Island
New Jersey
Baltimore Mayor Visits New York Garbage Disposal Plants
Baltimore Mayor J Barry Mahool and Public Works Commissioner Joseph L Wicks toured New York City ash and rubbish disposal methods. They met Mayor Patrick H McGowan and Street Cleaning Commissioner Crowell and visited several city garbage disposal plants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
J. Barry Mahool
Joseph L. Wicks
New York
Vacation by Proxy Seeks Outing Funds for the Poor
A letter from Bee describes sending six guests to Sea Breeze for a week funded by a $15 contribution. It lists widows Mrs. M and other families including 70 year old Mrs. R and families with children, all needing relief. The appeal asks how many may be sent as guests at $2.50 weekly per person, noting many hundreds wait. R S Minturn and R Fulton Cutting sign as officers of the New York Association for Improving the Condition of the Poor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sea Breeze
Michael
Helen
Mary
Tras
E. 22d St
New York
R. Fulton Cutting
N. Y
Faster Train Time Now to St. Louis
The West Shore Railroad says starting Sunday Aug 16 the Continental Limited will cut running time between New York and St. Louis by one hour arriving in St. Louis at 8 15 P M instead of 9 15 P M The New York departure time remains 2 P M
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
West Shore Railroad
New York
St. Louis
Will cuts daughter from estate in probate filing
Edmund D. Lawall’s will, filed for probate, limits daughter Julia M Wheeler to a mere 25 dollars for her share citing disobedience and disrespect. Elizabeth K Guth is named sole executrix and inherits the residue after debts and funeral costs are paid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julia M. Wheeler
Edmund D. Lawall
Elizabeth K Guth
Woman Seeks Metz as Bride by Letter Mix Up
Controller Metz says he has unwittingly become involved in a marriage matter after a man from High Falls Ulster County asked him to find a wife. A note dated Aug 15 1908 names Miss Minnie Maurer of 1726 Second Avenue New York City as the desired wife. Metz insists he did not advertise for a wife and sent the letter to High Falls for clarification.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Metz
Dureau
Bachman
Hich Falls
Ulster County
Mr. Metz
Minnie Maurer
Second Avenue
New York City
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Mrs. Teal
Mousley
Bishop Greer
London
Mineral Water Trust
Maniac
Rug Dept
O Street
PY ¢ York
Hoboken
Hudson Tunnel
Brussels
Justice Goff
Sues
Nurse
Forty-Seventh Street
E. D. Lawall
Controller
Vogel Brothers
8Th Ave
Jamaica
Tagus
United States
Canada
Sanderson & Son
State St. Foster Debevoise
Flatiron Ridg
N. Y. City
Tatien
West 83d St
dorf-Astoria
Electrelle Company
West Thirty-Third Street
Fashions
Paris
Fashion Supplement
Women of New York
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