City plans largest bond sale in history for fifty year assets
Controller Metz announces about 59.9 million in city bonds to be sold in two weeks with bids opening February 14. Morgan firm may bid and take unsold bonds, terms include four and a half percent interest on long and short term issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Metz
J. #5 Morgan
George W. Perkins
George S. Baker
Mr. Morgan
East Thirtyeighth Street
Pendleton
John McCooey
James Martin
Morgan & Co
Morgan
Metzgald
Sy Hekis
Mt. McConey
Parson Catches Burglars During Bronx Chase
Rev. Folin Smiley of St John’s Church on 177th Street and Jerome Avenue helped detectives chase a burglar near William Morris’s house on Anthony Avenue. The suspect Charles Duermon, 20, of 2070 Belmont Avenue, claimed innocence and was held on $2,500 bail for attempted burglary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Folin
Smiley
St Joo Hpiecsmabl Church
177Th Street
Jerome Avenue
Bronx
Clark
William Morris
Anthony Avenue
Charles Duermin
Belmont Avenue
Tiarlem
Obeyee
Autoist Catches Wire Thief in Hempstead
Howard Dietz of Hempstead New York subdued an Italian wire thief and his accomplice after spotting them tampering with overhead lines on the road to Dietz home. The man threatened Dietz with a knife before Dietz and his chauffeur captured him and brought him to Hempstead jail. The thieves had about 1400 to 1500 feet of wire tied for theft from the New York and New Jersey Telephone Company, and fled on foot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Hempstead
Howard, Dietz
New York and
New Jersey Telephone Company
Dietz
Min
Dietz Place
Mr. Dietz
Innocent, He Pleads Guilty After Tombs Threats
Longshoreman Thomas O Rourke of 87 Tenth Avenue pleaded guilty in General Sessions to malicious mischief for throwing a cobble through William Phelan’s saloon window at 144 Tenth Avenue. Arrested January 4, he spoke of innocence but accepted the plea and was paroled to Probation Officer McNally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas O'Rourke
Tenth Avenue
Wiliam
Phelan
Tenthvenue
Rourke
Mulqueen
Officer McNally
Weathered fragment hints at rail service names and routes
Fragmentary OCR mentions May 13 and a Pullman car service with routes New Orleans and California. Names and places are garbled, but indicates a railroad timetable or passenger car service note from a historic era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pullman
New Orleans
Tfextco
California
Cea Ashe Bea Aw P
W. of A. L
Beekman Accuses Ellis of Prison in Plaza Hotel Row
Henry M. T. Beekman a Plaza Hotel lawyer and Bar Association member reported being assaulted and imprisoned in his room by Ellis after dining with a woman. A younger man Samuel S lis Jr. testified Beekman caused a dining-room disturbance. Police disputed locking up Ellis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry M. T. Beekman
Plage
Fifth Avenue
Fifty-ninth Street
Fifty-first Street
Pfeiffer
Hle
Plaza Hotel
Bar Association
William Street
Union, University, and
Automobile Clubs
Ellis
Samuel Slis, Jr
West Fifty-eighth Street
Plaza
Beekman
Parson Seeks Rich Wife Says Salvation Army Rector
The Rev Dr J Holwell Gear formerly rector in Maryland now with the Salvation Army seeks a wife. He advertises for a marriage partner with means and notes he has married before and plans to resume church work after a three year reinstatement wait. He describes himself as good natured and cheerful and resides at the Salvation Army Hotel in Chatham Square.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Holwell
Gear
Maryland
Salvation Army
Diocese of Maryland
Chathim Square
Exile for C C Browne Ends As Indictment Is Dropped
After a seven year suit, government moves to dismiss the fraud indictment against Charles C Browne former Examiner of Silks at the port. Browne faced charges of false weighings defrauding duties totaling about 2 500 000. He was convicted of conspiracy with Martin Cohn and fled to Europe then Canada before extradition. The Supreme Court upheld the conviction before Browne's case wends toward termination. Notice will require Browne to quit the United States within twenty four hours or face Sing Sing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles. C. Browne
Browne
A. S. Rosenthal & Co
United States
Martin 8
Cohn
Rosenthal
A. S. Rosenthal
Europe
Frowne
United States Supreme Court
Tie
Canada
Sing Sing
Heir Accuses Magistrate in Brooklyn Estate Case
The sole heir Arthur J Heaney accuses Magistrate Frank E. O'Reilly, executor and trustee of ex Alderman Arthur J Heaney's estate, of mismanagement and unpaid income. He alleges $80,000 in income was not paid and seeks accountability by a referee. O'Reilly defends his stewardship and emphasizes discretionary investment choices and current estate values.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur J. Heaney
Brooklyn
Arthur J Heaney
Frank E. O'Reilly
Seaney
Arthur J
Mary J. Heaney
Mary Heiney
Seaboard Florida Ltd Service Route Listed
The notice outlines best service routes from Pinehurst Camden Columbia Florida Office 1,183 Buway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seaboard Florida Ltd
Best
Pinehurst
Camden
Columbia
Floreida
Buway
Chesapeake's Flag Bought for Vanderbilt in 1813 Relic Bid
Debenhams auction room saw the Chesapeake flag captured by the Shannon return to America. W. R. Partridge bid $4 250 for the battle ensign, claiming purchase for W. K. Vanderbilt, with speculation linking Cornelius Vanderbilt or J Pierpont Morgan to the buyer. The flag, 4 by 4 1/2 feet, bears fifteen stars and two intact stripes, with bloodstain and bullet holes. The bugle fetched $1 500 as a companion item.
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New York Times
London
Chesapeake
Shannon
Debenham’s
Partridge
Cornelius Vanderbilt
W. K. Vanderbilt
Atlantic
Boston
J. Pierpont Morgan
Light Brigade
Hell
Arthur T. Elis
Thorold
Naval League
Ellis
Lien Filed Against John D Rockefeller in Westchester
For the first time in Westchester County a lien for 415 dollars was filed against John D Rockefeller in White Plains. The lien, in favor of Abraham R Harrash of Manhattan, states the Ribbed Concrete Building Company hired Honor for painting varnishing rubbing and supplied paint varnish white lead oil turpentine and color for a new laundry at Rockefeller s Pocantico Hills estate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westchester County
John D. Rockefeller
White Plains
Abraham R. Harnash
West Fifty-seventh Street
Manhattan
Rockefeller
Pocantico Hills
18 Hour Train to Chicago Leaves New York
The 18 hour train to Chicago departs New York at 3 55 and arrives in Chicago at 8 55 the next morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
New York
American battleships sighted near Cape Virgins
Buenos Aires reports an American battleship in sight near Cape Virgins with smoke on the horizon. A torpedo boat flotilla sailed from Buenos Aires for Punta Arenas this morning. The Japa nese travelers aboard the steamer Orita arrived at Punta Arenas to observe the fleet’s passage expected within two to three days.
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Cape Virgins
Magellan Strait
Pacific
Punta Arenas
Rito Janeiro
Confession Frees Messerly as Wife Admits Looting
Mrs. Rudolph Messerly, in Judge Babcock's room, admitted rifling her husband's pockets each night while he slept. She testified he could not have robbed from Roman forty two dollars last November, and said he had no money for several nights surrounding that incident. The prosecutor's case was undermined by her statement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Cleveland
Ohio
Leighley
City acquires South Brooklyn waterfront for six million
The city through Controller Metz and Dock Commissioner Bensel closed a $6,000,000 purchase of a long waterfront stretch from Thirty ninth to Sixty first Street in South Brooklyn. Lotus Realty sells Fifty-ninth to Sixty-first Street blocks and the Cutting estate sells the rest, with land under water valued at $1.10 per square foot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Metz
Bensel
Brooklyn
Lotus Realty Company
Melvin H. Dalberg
Thirtyninth
Sixty-first Street
Bush Terminal Holdings
Fifty-seventh
Fifty-ninth Street
Fifty-ninth
Burnett suit set for second divorce trial
Charlton Rogers Burnett, a passenger aboard the Hamburg American liner Amerika leaving for Europe, faces a second trial in his divorce case against Belle Burnett. The first trial ended without a verdict. Witness Julia McArdle was later jailed for perjury, and Burnett briefly jailed for alimony nonpayment. Counsel Arthur K Wing said the case would proceed Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlton Rogers Burnett
Europe
Belle Burnett
Rogers L. Burnett
West Wighty-second -Street
Supreme Court
Gregorich
Burnett
Police Dogs Track Suspect After Attempted Kidnapping
Four Parkville Station police dogs pursued an unidentified man after he attacked nine year old Annie Christianson in the hallway of 797 Coney Island Avenue. Annie resisted and the assailant fled. Father Charles Christianson alerted Acting Captain Funston as dogs and patrolmen searched the district without an arrest.
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Parkville
Annie Christianson
Coney Island Avenue
Charles Christianson
Funston
Dogs Guard Ehrlich Firm From Repeated Burglars
Ehrlich Scherer and Petersen, manufacturers at 40 East Nineteenth Street, imported two Great Dane dogs to guard their factory after a series of robberies. The dogs patrol the building nightly and have stopped further burglaries, with praise for Capt Brown of the West Twentieth Street Station for assisting the early efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ehrlich, Scherer & Petersen
East Nineteenth Street
Canine Watchmen
Ehrlic
First bloodhounds bought for Panama Zone tracking
The first of several bloodhounds to aid in tracking criminals for the Panama Canal Zone were purchased yesterday in San Antonio. Lieut. Stephens reported the dogs cost $300 each. Augusta Aiken Summerville Columbia & Orida Southern Ry new Limited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Texas
Panama Canal Zone
Stephens
Augusta
Aiken
Summerville
Columbia & Orida
Southern Ry
New Limited
Spirit messages proved says Lodge and Hyslop
Sir Oliver Lodge claims to have received communications from the spirits of Edmund Gurney Richard Hodgson and F W Meyers through mediums Mrs Piper and Mrs Verrall Psychical Research Society members Prof James Hyslop confirms the phenomenon and says he has spoken with Hodgson and Myers and with Mrs Piper in sessions in New York London and New Jersey claims follow a long history of tests and demonstrations with spiritualists
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oliver Lodge
Birmingham University
Psychical Research Society
Sir Oliver
Edmund Gurney
Richard Hodgson
F. W. H. Meyers
Rome
Piper
Verrall
James H. Hyslop
Columbia University
West 149Th Street
Lodge
England
Prof. Hyslop
Society For Psychical Research
Oliver Joseph Lodge
Royal Society
Oxford
St. Andrew's
Glasgow
Joker sends undertakers in bizarre city hoax
A Chicago man J W Moore at 6554 Aberdeen Street endures weeks of anonymous calls from a prankster who uses threats of death and fake funeral visits. Police in Englewood are handling complaints as the family suffers nerves and fear from the night disturbances and bogus morgue summons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Chicago
J. W. Moore
Aberdeen Street
Mr. Moore
Englewood
Moore
Haan's Restaurant Ad Seeks Luncheon Dinner Music
A old advertisement for Haan's Restaurant on Park Row Eldg offers luncheon and dinner services with live music and dining details hinted. The text emphasizes meals and entertainment for downtown patrons.
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Haan
Park Row Eldg
Gould House Fire Destroys Lakewood Estate
Kines Court, the $500000 Gould residence built for Kingdon Gould, burned tonight in Lakewood New Jersey due to a defective electric fuse. Occupants Mr and Mrs Henry Herbert saved only a small portion of belongings. Herbert, Polo Association chairman, reported a muffled explosion in the elevator shaft before the two story colonial style house was engulfed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Lakewood
N. J
Kine
George Gould
Kingdon
Henry Lloyd Herbert
Herbert
Polo Association
King’s Court
Lakewood Drive
Georgian Court
Plot to dynamite Mrs Palmer residence prompts guards
Chicago January 30 police placed a guard at Mrs Potter Palmer's home 160 Lake Shore Drive after receiving an anonymous letter claiming three men spoke of dynamiting the mansion. Mrs Palmer is abroad and only servants are present as Chief Shippy assesses whether the threat is a joke or a serious plot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Sousa Band Funds Safe Amid Bank Closure
John Philip Sousa's band funds were on deposit at New Amsterdam National Bank when it closed. The manager alerted Sousa in Nashville with 29 570 dollars on deposit. Mrs Sousa, who holds power of attorney, learned of rumors and withdrew most funds before the bank collapse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Philip Sousa
New Amsterdam National Bank
New York
Nashville
Sousa
Hhowever
Ideal Face Found in Jail Inspires Chicago Institute Plan
Chicago gossip reports Angelina Anselone, 24, convicted of murder and serving twenty years, may work as a studio model instead of jail. Art Institute managers seek a grief stricken pose to convey suffering, influenced by her desertion by husband and two trials. Anselone contemplated Italy with her child before the offer appeared.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Angelina Anselone
Chicago Art Institute
Anselone
Isdeal
Philip Fereo
Ansvelone
Italy
Man Severely Injured After Fall At Battle Creek Sanitarium
Marcus Cohen of New York fell through a skylight panel in the Battle Creek Sanitarium and tumbled about thirty feet into the operating room. He suffered severe cuts and was being treated by doctors as he served as a paid helper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Battle Creek
Mich
Marcus Cohen
New York
Battle Creek Sanitarium
Cohen
May Cie
Attack on Bishop's Daughter in Baltimore Theft
Miss Adella Paret, daughter of Bishop Paret, was attacked by a negro at Madison and Lafayette Avenues near the home of Police Commissioner Shryock. She suffered a severe nervous shock but no major injuries. her sealskin muff worth 50 dollars containing five dollars and papers was stolen. The bishop has left for Florida and the family is staying with relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Baltimore
Adella Paret
Bishop Paret
Madison
Lafayette Avenues
Shryock
Miss. Paret
Bishop. Paret
Florida
Meteor seen on homeward walk over city sky
L. P. Walter of 294 Central Park West reported a bluish green meteor arcing across the northern sky at 8:25 pm. The object was pear shaped with a long fiery tail and left a whitish haze as fragments appeared like molten lead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. P. Walter
Central Park West
Mr. Walter
Oriental Bank weighs accepting aid from other banks
After New Amsterdam National and Mechanics and Traders Bank suspension, Oriental Bank at Broadway and John Street faced heavy withdrawals. Directors met to decide whether to accept outside cash offers totaling 1,000,000 with several large downtown banks ready to lend if the board approves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Amsterdam National and the Mechanics and “Traders” Bank
Oriental Bank
Broadway
John Street
Bowery
Grand Street
Kelly
Washington Square West
The
R. W. Jones, Jr
Nelson G. Ayres
Charles K. Beckmin
Samuel Bettle
Fagena Britton
Stephen R. Halsey
Isidore Hernsheim
Erskine Hewitt
Orge E Keener
Richard K. Kelly
Charles E. Levy
William McCarrol
Alexander McDonald
Ludwig Wissen
Andrew W. Preston
John C. Wanhiitney
Moon
Hugh Kelly
Qwal
Nissen
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Mergan
Decisifh
Ence
Mr. Smiley
Howard Dietz
Man
Parson
C. C. Browne
O'Reilly
Heaney
W.K. Vanderbilts
Lawrence
British Naval League
Balaklava
Ensign
America
W. R. Partridge
Mr. Part
Lien
Buenos Ayres
North American Society of the River Plate
Jane
Liverpool
Valparaiso
Rio Janeiro
Waterfront
City
Charlton Burnett
Canal Zone
Hodgson
Prof
Hyslop
F. W.H. Meyers
Joker
Gould
Palmer
Mrs. Sousa
Bishop
Miss Paret
Oriental
Alf Comers
Clearing House
the Bank
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