Thieves’ Daring Raid Ended by Police Trap
A gang of New York Central freight car thieves trapped by detectives debated killing brakeman Walter M. Folts during a raid at Seventy-ninth Street yards. They arrested found in Hughes’s shack with stolen goods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Central
Walter M. Folts
Seventy-ninth Street
North River
John T. Hughes
Eighty-third Street
Alfred
Rogers
Peter Costello
Kid Brady
Costello
R. F. Humphrey
New York Central Police Department
Eighty-first Street
Humphrey
Albany
Holstein, Guenther, Devine
Dunn
Central
Folts
Felts
Hughes
Marchinne Murder Clearing Plea for Quick Resolution
Police say the Flatbush homicide of Salvatore Marchinne may involve a gang, with motive suspected revenge. Marchinne, a Sicilian who arrived three months ago, likely died over actions in Sicily. Capt. Kulne and Lieut. Vachris say the crime was committed in a room once occupied by the victim, with men believed to know the killer but awaiting a solid case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salvatore Marchinne
Flatbush
Marchinne
Palermo
Sicily
Kulne
Lieut. Vachris
Woman held for murder in New Jersey farm case
Mrs Frederick Cassidy was arrested in Hampton Township in connection with the murder of Phoebe Cassidy on February 2. Indicted by the Grand Jury, she is in the county jail. The Cassidy farm, fifty acres, belonged to Frederick Cassidy. Authorities probe life insurance tied to the family, as the case unfolds.
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Newton
N. J
Frederick Cassidy
Phoebe Cassidy
Cassidy
Hampton Township
Cassidys
Boy Sets Sister Afire In Atlantic Highlands Fire
Ethel Bailey, 18, is in critical condition at Monmouth Memorial Hospital after her brother lighted paper at a stove and tossed it on the floor. The flames lit her skirts, she ran to the second floor, and her mother pulled off the burning garments. She suffered severe burns to the body and head and may have inhaled flames.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long Branch
N. J
Ethel Bailey
Monmouth Memorial Hospital
Spring Street
Atlantic Highlands
Miss Bailey
Union of Churches Form American Anglican Orthodox Alliance
At a Church of the Transfiguration meeting 11 East Twenty-ninth Street steps were taken to organize an American branch of the Anglican and Eastern Orthodox Churches Union. The aim unites the American Episcopal, Russian Orthodox and Greek Orthodox bodies. Rev. Dr. Houghton presided and Rev. Charles Le V. Brine served as secretary. E. S. Gorham was treasurer. Calbraith Perry named secretary of the American branch. The union, founded in England in 1906, counts Agathangel and Collins as presidents, with patrons Nicholas of Tokyo and Graften of Fond du Lac. attendees included leaders from St. Peter's Westchester, the Church Eclectic, Yonkers Greek Church, and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Church of the Transfiguration
East Twenty-ninth Street
Church of
Dr. Hedges
Baltimore
Canon Knowles
St. Chrysostom’s Chabel
Straus Praises Roosevelt at Boston Dinner
Oscar S. Straus secretary of commerce and labor spoke to Boston business leaders forming a civic association. He urged systematic cooperation between business and government and praised President Roosevelt’s policies as needed to curb abuses, balance labor and capital, and uphold justice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Oscar
Straus
Commerce and Labor
England
Germany
Roosevelt
White House
Lincoln
Burglar Alarm Raids Sweep City as Suspects Nabbed
Police report a flurry of burglar alarms across the East Side ending in ten men and a girl under arrest. Among the capture list are ex-convicts in the Rogues Gallery, a Bowery pickup, a Flatbush hunt, and a suspect who confessed to tying together several burglaries. A wig maker also confessed to stealing a watch from Beaux Arts Club President H. S. Borden. The group tied to a swindle included Minnie Kahn and Saul Grill weaving false engagements for counterfeit favors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph C. Rodgers
East Twenty-second Street
Rogues’ Gallery
Joseph Hampton
Josh Rutgers
Gegan
Wilbur
Granville
Central Office
Bowery
Tombs
Charles H. Hankinson
Central Parks West
Rodgers
Jeremiah Hussey
West Twenty-third Street
Adolph Schmitz
Third Avenue
H.ss. Borden
Beaux Arts Club
Hotel Lafayette-Brevoort
Schmitz
Mr. Borden
Finn and
Kelly
Wée
Minnie Kahn
Suffolk Street
Joseph Belcher
Saul Grill
West Ninety-eighth Street
D& Martini
Finn
Kahn
Reicher
Lower East Side
Belcher
Miss Kahn
Odell Plans Primary Warfare Against Parsons in New York
Ex-Gov Odell arrived in the city with family and prepared to press primary battles against Congressman Parsons as Federal forces seek to undermine Hughes support. National Committeeman Ward urged Odell to cut ties with Black and seek harmony, but primaries are expected with both sides mobilizing. Louis Payn warned delegates not to be instructed to Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taft
Herbert Parsons
Hughes
Parsons
Odell
Fifth Avenue
Mr. Odell
Gsident
Roosevelt
Black
Ward
Louis FB. Payn
Columbia County
Chicago
Civic Federation to Send 100 to Washington for Inter State Hearings
At a National Executive meeting the Civic Federation approved sending a delegation of 100 to Washington. They will appear before the Senate Inter State Commerce Committee on March 6 and the Inter-State Commerce Judiciary Committee the next day. The aim is a non-partisan federal license or incorporation system to regulate certain interstate corporations and investigate cross-ownership of franchises or stock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Executive Committee
The
Civic Federation Yesterdy
Fourth Avenue
Washington
Inter State Commerce Committee
Senate
Inter-State Commerce Judiciary Committee
Congress
Partizan Trust Commission
Coney Island Fare Fight Before Public Service Commission
The Public Service Commission opened a ten cent fare dispute for Coney Island routes. It ordered the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company and Coney Island & Brooklyn Railroad to reply within ten days to petitions by Scott MacReynolds and J Manheimer. Hearings likely follow, with possible fare reduction or dismissal. A second order set March 9 for a hearing on BRT double fare from Brooklyn Bridge to Flushing and North Beach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Public Service Commission
Coney Island
Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company
Brooklyn Bridge
Flushing
North Beach
Tramps Hold Up Train Near Chester Station
Five men boarded a freight train at Chester station on the Boston and Albany line, threatened Conductor Michael Coughlin with revolvers, and forced entry to a car. Pittsfield officers pursued with a light engine but the suspects escaped near Hinsdale after tossing a load of shoes from the car.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsfield
Mass
Chester
Boston & Albany
Michael Coughlin
Hinsdale
Sunday Times urged advance orders for New York to Paris race
News dealers report readers traveled from Broadway 110th Street to 59th Street in vain seeking the Sunday Times. The paper advises pre orders to ensure delivery of up to date automobile race coverage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eighty-second Street
Sunday Times
Broadway
110Th Street
Fifty-ninth Street
New York
Paris
Five and Ten Stores Fail in Bankruptcy Petition
A petition in bankruptcy was filed against Holmes Tolle Evans Inc a chain of five and ten cent stores with offices on Broadway and eleven branches including 162 West 125th Street Jersey City and others in Chicago Belleville East St. Louis Freeport Kewaunee Waukegan Ashtabula Milwaukee and Ohio. Creditors Louis Wolf Arthur Frankenstein and A L Salomon filed for amounts totaling 5 376 104 and 3 respectively. Receiver Peter Alexander was appointed to continue business for fifteen days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holmes,Tolle & Evans, Incorporated
Broadway
West 125Th Street
This City
Jersey City
Chicago
Belleville
East St. Louis
Freeport
Kewaunee
Waukegan
Ashtabula
Ohio
Milwaukee
Wis
Louis Wolf. & Co
Arthur Frankenstein & Co
Telegraph Operators Salaries Unchanged Under New Hours Law
Receivers A. B. Stickney and Co H. F. Smith stated there will be no salary reductions for Chicago Great Western telegraph operators when the federal hours limit takes effect March 4. The announcement was made in St Paul on February 21.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Paul
Midn
Chicago Great Western Road
A. B. Stickney
Cc. H. F. Smith
Unclear fragment hints at factory schedules and health notes
Fragment mentions Mills resuming full production next week and Tremont continuing curtailed, with stray phrases about old age theory and Beakioan Beds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Massapads Mills
Tremont
Voters Hold Festival at Cooper Union
Thousands of young voters and prospective voters attended a Voters Festival at Cooper Union hosted by the People's Institute. Speakers including Bishop Potter urged good citizenship and the pledge from the Freeman's Oath. Lincoln Steffens criticized city governance, arguing bosses and large businesses wield power over mayoral offices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cooper Union
People’s Institute
Colony of
Massachusetts
Charles Sprague Smith
Roosevelt
Robert Erskine Ely
Lincoln Steffens
New York
McClellan
NYU Gains Students as 8884 Enrolled This Year
NYU reports 8,884 on roll, up 567 from last year. The School of Commerce adds 231 students, and 584 women attend, up over 24 percent. Foreign students include 36 from Japan and entrants from China, Korea, Turkey, Syria, and several other regions. Deans seek separate graduation day due to crowded auditorium.
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New York University
School of Commerce
China
Korea
Turkey
Syria
Slavonia
Russia
Denmark
Cuba
Chile
Peru
Canada
Canal Zone
Porto Rico
Actor in Easton Theatre Crushed by Papier Mache Mountain
George Ober, Rip Van Winkle actor with Hastings on Hudson ties, was injured at the Easton Theatre when a papier-mache mountain collapsed, burying him under debris and breaking three ribs. The incident occurred during a stage scene when scaffolding failed, and Ober was rescued after authorities were alerted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Easton
Penn
George Ober
Hastings-on-the- Hudson
Mr. Ober
Alleghany Mountains
Catskills
Gardener Buys Oakdale Church for Home Remodel
John Krause, head gardener at Idle Hour, bought Oakdale’s old Methodist Church at auction for $580. He plans to remodel the building and live there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Krause
William K. Vanderbilt
Idle Hour
Oakdale
Old Methodist Church
Krause
City Briefs Touch on Events at New York Venues
The Amécehat Society of Acker Merrall Condit employees plans its fourth annual entertainment at Ser Grand Central Palace next Wednesday. Hebrew Free Loan Association denies ties to a Harmony Hall ball next week. An extra $52.24 for Fire Patrolman Fallon’s widow arrives from James A Logan Buffet Co. employees. YMHA to host rally meetings for young men at Lexington Ave Auditorium starting Sunday. A Washington Masonic memorial service at Metropolitan Temple on Sunday features Grand Master Townsend Scudder and Bishop Potter. Clifford Wyer suit against Clifford Hartridge, over $41,000 in three-year fees related to the Delhi diamond, adjourned to Thursday. Prof Elias Fairchild remembered at Flushing Institute’s fifth annual dinner at St Denis Hotel. monument planned for his grave at Flushing Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hebrew Free Loan Association
Harmony Hall
John Fallon
Kired
Parker Building
TIMES
James A. Logan Buffet Company
Young Men’s Hebrew Association
Lexington Avenue
Ninety-second Street
Delhi
Elias Fairchild
Flushing Institute Association
St. Denis
Henry A. Cobb
Flushing Cemetery
Yale Graduate Died In Park Row Saloon Tragedy
A Yale graduate and former Oyster Bay resident known as Shadow died at the Billy Goat Saloon 158 Park Row after a decade of drink and dereliction. The dead man was Elbert Youngs, 61, a former Yale student and brother to Edgar Youngs, a Wall Street broker.
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Mickey the Bank
Park Row
Jersey Kennedy
Brooklyn Kennedy
Shadow
Murphy
San Francisco
Saim
Bowery
Slim
Brooklyn Bridge
Oyster Bay
Edgar €. Youngs
Wall Street
George A. Meyers
Devoe Paint Concern
William and
Fulton Streets
Billy Goat Inn
Meyers
Elbert Youngs
Mr. Meyers
William Street
Mrr. Youngs
Mfe
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Evans
C. H.evans & Sons
Hisdson
N.Y
Underwood
Far North
Elizabeth Robins
Blumenschein
the Century CO
Barton@ Guestier
Bordeaux
Barton & Guestier
Tilford
Twenty-first Street
Forty-first Street
Sixth Avenue
Ninth Street
Columbus Ave
Seventy-second St
101St Street
Cream Co
Aain
22Nd Street
Gramercy
St. Tek
Beiseth
St. Tel
Melrose
Cross Gloves
Regent St
Gueto
Mark Cross
Summer Street
California Fig Syrup CO
Uneeda
Fred Cassidy
FOR Union OF Churches
East Side Swindlers Held
Otto Fisher
William Bannon
Fisher
Bannon
Newman
East Fortythird Street
Bureau
Joe
Jimmy
Crane
Yorkville Court
Civic Federation
Utilities Commission
Holmes, Tolle & Evans Co
Lowell Mills
N. Y. University
Vanderbilt
Amécehat Society
Acker, Merrall & Condit
Ser Grand Central Palace
Jacob Ruppert
Black Bag
Louis
Joseph Vance
the Bobbs-Merrill Co., Publishers
Lord & Taylor Oriental Rug Department
276Th St
5Th Ave
16Th St
Altman & CO
34Th Street
35Th Street
Sth Avenue
New Pork
YALE
ST. Broker
Atlantic Ave
George 8. Rice
Public Service Board
Brooklyn Borough Hall
Long Island
Atlantic and
Flatbush Avenues
Manhattan
Steinway & Sons
Steinway Hall
14Th St
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