Prison Missionary Held for Extortion Case
Miss Mias Kitty W Kanff associated with the Volunteers of America was arrested at 1 308 Broadway by detectives from the District Attorney's office for convincing Edward J Russell's mother to pay 300 to obtain his release from Dannemora. Russell, once accused of felonious assault, served time after a 1885 case. Kanff faces arraignment as details unfold at Police Headquarters and Gouverneur Hospital after a hysterical episode.
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Mias
Kitty W Kanff
Volunteers of America
Western Union
Broadway
Thirty -Eighth Street
Trojan and
Thomas
Tietelet Attorneys Office
Edward J. Russell
Gouverneur Hospital
Dannemora
Supreme Court
Almer F. Jenks
Hassell
Margaret Fox
Rusaell
Asaietan
Iatreet
Colnon
Miss Kanff
Itussil
Edward
Western Tab Folaareph Company
Daly
Inot
Insanity and Habeas Corpus Case Tangles in Early 1900s
The Jenks term ends with an insane diagnosis and transfer to Dannemora after a failed habeas corpus bid in 1907. A Brooklyn court proceedings see Jenks announce self representation and subpoenas to notable figures. Separately Miss Kanff, convicted in 1908 of administering knockout drops and robberies, serves nine and a half years as detectives recover swallowed telegrams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jenks
Dannemora
Brooklyn
Miss Kamff
Thomas
Colnon
No Panic As Fire Alarm Clears St Gabriel Academy
Brother Baldwin at St Gabriel's Academy on East Thirty sixth Street smelled smoke and triggered the alarm. Fire department found a small basement blaze likely from a discarded cigarette or match in paper, quickly extinguished. Students aged 5 to 15 evacuated calmly and returned to class about twelve minutes later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baldwin
St. Gabriel's Academy
East Thirtysixth Street
St. Gabriel Park
Lawyer Seeks Fee in Alienation Suit in Secret Proceedings
Atlantic City reports attorney James H. Hayes filed for £3,000 in counsel fees against Joseph D. Swoyer over an alienation-of-affections case linked to Mrs. Carrol. Hayes cites endearing letters from Swoyer to Mrs. Carrol and notes Swoyer and Mrs. Carrol traveled abroad as husband and wife. Swoyer and Mrs. Carrol refuse comment. The Carrol marriage to Elizabeth Courtney Carrol was annulled in 1915 for lack of a final divorce from her prior husband.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Atlantic City
N. J
James H. Hayes
Common Pleas Court
Joseph D. Swoyer
Philadelphia
Mr. Hayes
Swoyer
United States District Court of
New Jersey
Thomas M. Carrol
Hermitage
New York City
Carrol
Robert C. Gyles
Marcy Avenue
Brooklyn
Middletown
N. Y
Water rate cut approved for Rockaway district
Water Commissioner Williams orders a rate reduction for Queens County Water Company serving Rockaway and the Fifth Ward. The Progressive Society of the Fifth Ward, led by attorney David May, has long pursued lower charges amid prior denials by then Water Commissioner Thompson. New meter rates begin immediately: 30 cents per 1,000 gallons up to 40,000, 25 cents per 1,000 gallons to 450,000, and 20 cents per 1,000 gallons thereafter, saving about 70,000 dollars yearly and lowering overall charges to roughly 25 percent. The city may seek control of the plant to equalize rates with New York City when Catskill water arrives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Williams
Queens County Water Company
Fifth Ward
Queens
Fur H Rockaway
Progressive Society
David May
Water Company
Thompson
New York City
Germans Deported from Japan Identified in Yokohama
In Yokohama dated June 2 a second German deportee named Wilhelm Steinwascher a foreman stevedore with Pacific Mail Steamship Co is named. He allegedly landed at night by launch with a group deported from Hongkong April 19 amid forbidden activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yokomnmama
Japan
Hie
Wilhelm Steinwascher
Pacific Mail Steamship Company
Yokohama
Hongkong
J. Schuh
United States
Adolph Hichter
Imperial Hotel
New Scheme for Robbery Reported in New Jersey Grocery
Mrs Emma Boeglins, alone in her Paterson store at 32 Redwood Avenue, was offered a can to fill with kerosene. She opened it at the back, releasing gas fumes that nearly overcame her. The suspect fled, claiming it was none of her business as police suspect a new method to facilitate robbery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paterson
N. J
Emma Boeglins
Redwood Avenue
Opposition Moves to Topple Cabinet in Japan
In Tokyo June 2 the Opposition in the House of Representatives introduced a resolution expressing lack of confidence in the Cabinet. The charge cites failed negotiations with China, interference in relations with China, aroused suspicions of foreign powers, and an endangered prestige of the empire undermining peace in the Orient.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokso
House of Representatives
China
Orient
Water inquiry after audit of village accounts
Hempstead L. L. June 2 Trustees met after an auditor examined village water accounts. A taxpayer's challenge to a $50 annual water rate sparked renewed scrutiny of water administration. Thomas J. Wicks, defeated for head of the waterworks, connection noted. An investigation lasting several days was ordered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Hempstead
L. L
Thomas J. Wicks
John 8. Nichols
Wille
Broadway Speeder Dowling Arrested After High Speed Chase
Lawrence Dowling a Columbia University senior in the engineering department was arrested for racing at about 35 mph on Broadway from Seventy-second to 10th Street. Motorcycle Officer Gertleman testified he pursued Dowling from Seventy-second Street to Ninety-fourth Street before he could stop. Magistrate Dowling fined him $25 and he was held at Yorkville Prison seeking funds to pay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence Dowling
625 West 115Th Street
Columbia University
Broadway
Seventy-second Street
10Th Street
Gertleman
Dowling
Ninety-fourth Street
Yorkville
Boy Discovers Man's Suicide After Amber Bottle Found
Eleven year old Joseph Madget of 55 Woodhaven Avenue Glendale found the body of Alfred Klumpp, 1,926 Greene Avenue Brooklyn, in Forest Park near Glendale. A brother in law identified the deceased, a contractor foreman in New York, beside the body lay a bottle with pink powder likely nitrate of silver. police believe the man took the poison to kill himself.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Madget
Woodhaven Avenue
Glendale
Forest Park
Queens
Alfred ©. Klumpp
Greene Avenue
Brooklyn
Klumpp
New York
Tragic Accident Claims Young Seaman and Brother
The head and feet of Albin Leppesno, 2, a seaman of 470 High Street, Ashtabula Harbor, Ohio, were severed by a New Haven freight train on the New York Central tracks near streets last night as he tried to climb aboard. His brother August, 745 Madison Street, Ashtabula Harbor, was with him. Police say both brothers had been laid off from a nickel-plate factory and were making their way home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albin Leppesno
High Street
Ashtabula Harbor
Ohio
New Haven
New York Central
August
Madison Street
Actor Falls From Trolley Car In Jamaica
Actor William J. Bryer of 500 West Forty-first Street New York City is at Jamaica Hospital after falling yesterday from a Long Island electric railway trolley in front of 122 Fulton Street Jamaica. He has a fractured left rib and injuries to his back and left side. condition described as not serious.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William J. Bryer
Forty-first Street
New York City
Jamaica Hospital
Long Island Electric Railway
Fulton Street
Jamaica
Troops to Manila to Strengthen Far East Defenses
The War Department announced five additional Coast Artillery companies will reinforce Manila Bay defenses. Troops include Fourth and Thirty-sixth Companies from Fort Mott New Jersey July 8, Seventeenth from Fort Washington July 3, Eleventh from Fort Dade July 2, and Thirty-third from Fort Columbia August 2. Cavalry and infantry regiments from Texas and Douglas move to Philippines with July 2 and August 2 departure dates, including Fifteenth Cavalry from Fort Bliss and Ninth Cavalry from Douglas, plus Twenty-seventh Infantry from Texas City sailing September 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Washington
War Department
Manila
Manila Bay
Coast Artillery
Philippines
Coast Artillery Corps
Fort Mott
N. J
Fort Washington
Maryland
Fort Dade
Fla
Fort Columbia
Wash
Texas
United States
Fort Bliss
Douglas
Texas City
Education Board Hissed Over Principal Selection
A New Rochelle delegation protested the Board of Education's decision not to appoint Harry T. Watkins as High School principal. The hissed board refused to cite reasons beyond a report calling the nonappointment an educational matter. Citizens threaten appeals to Mayor Griffing or legal action. Watkins has joined a New York paper company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
New Rochelle
N. Y
Board of Education
Harry T. Watkins
New York
Watkins
H. Dewitt Dobbs
Fifth Avenue
Committee On Teachers and Discipline
Robert B. Ward
Brooklyn Federal League
Charles F. Porter
Joseph H. McGuire
James K. McGuire
Syracuse
Boyd Decker
Manhattan
Griffing
Rebate Awarded in Brooklyn Tour Case
In Brooklyn Municipal Court Miss Margaret Cloke won a $300 rebate from McGrane's Tours after proof from Washington showed Germany was at war on August 1 1914. The tour through Germany was halted at the border. Justice P D Meagher ruled the date established the claim for damages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Department
Washington
Brooklyn
Germany
Margaret Cloke
McGrane
Miss Cloke
Four ex secretaries to attend Peace and Preparation Conference
Four former Secretaries of War and the Navy will join the Peace and Preparation Conference in this city on June 14 and 15 under the National Security League. Governors and prominent national figures have replied to invitations, with wide representation expected. Women delegates will attend. Sessions occur at the Hotel Astor, mass meeting at Carnegie Hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Security League
League
Hotel Astor
Carnegie Hall
Youth Run Over by Car at Irving Place
Meyer Oushlowitz a 10 year old of 144 East Seventeenth Street was struck by an automobile driven by St Gene Whert of the Princeton Club 121 East Twenty first Street. He was taken to the Post Graduate Hospital by Pbert in his machine and placed on an operating table by Dr Brothers with injuries to the right eye a broken nose a broken arm and a possible skull fracture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meyer Oushlowitz
East Seventeenth Street
Irving Place
St. Gene Whert
Princeton Club
East Twenty-first Street
Pbert
Post Graduate Hospital
Second Avenue
Twentieth Street
Tragic Dumbwaiter Ride Kills 15-Year-Old Frank Lang
Frank Lang aged 15 died after getting caught between a floor and the shelf of a fifth floor dumbwaiter in a city tenement. The weight of the boy caused the car to drop, trapping his neck. neighbors and a janitress alerted police, and firefighters used axes to free him after a 30 minute struggle. The investigation noted neck fracture from the incident.
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Frank Lang
Mary Lang
S42
West Forty-sixth Street
Frank
Marjorie Kelly
Nora Lankenau
Fannie O'Keefe
West Fortyseventh Street
Leutenant
Polyclinic Hospital
United Christians Meet In Atlantic City
The Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America will begin sessions in Atlantic City as denominations unite for practical interdenominational cooperation. The council aims to plan a united code in action to meet postwar challenges from European war termination and mass immigration. Early speakers include John M. Glenn of the Russell Sage Foundation and Will R. Moody. An advisory plan will be submitted. members listed include Albert G. Lawson Alfred W. Anthony Samuel Z. Batten Charles S. MacFarland and John M. Glenn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic City
N. J
Federal Council of the Churches of Christ In America
Roy B. Guild
Christian Churches of America
John M. Glenn
New York
Russell Sage Foundation
Will R. Moody
Dwight Moody
Special Commission
Smith
Albert G
Salas Sentenced to Thirteen Months in Atlanta Penitentiary
Jacob L. Salas, a Colon tobacco merchant, was sentenced by Judge Hunt in Federal District Court to 13 months in the Atlanta Federal Penitentiary and a $1000 fine for conspiring to defraud the United States by bribing Panama Railroad commissary manager John Burke. Salas appealed via counsel William Rand Jr and was released on $10,000 bail. Bermudez faces next Tuesday trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacob L. Salas
Colon
William Rand, Jr
Salas
Gen. Goethals
Maralall
Ricardo Bermudez
Burke
Bermudez
Stabbed and Shot In Harlem Feud Turns Fatal
Machinist Michael Gavin was driven to Harlem Hospital dying from five stab wounds to the face and a back bullet. Arrested at an East 113th Street funeral were Joseph Rosso and Joseph Arro, charged with felonious assault. Gavin identified them and an ante-mortem statement was obtained. Detectives say the feud grew from cocaine and heroin trade. Costello’s death was linked by oath at his grave.
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Michael Gavin
Fast
113Th Street
Harlem Hospital
Joseph Rosso
Eaat 116Th Street
Joseph Arro
Crescent Avenue
Bronx
East 113Th Street
Third
Gavio
Vollette
Rosso
Arro
Harlem
James Costello
Charlie
Costello
St. Michael’s
Astoria
Larro
Allege
Jones
Quayne
Caputo
Ryan
Rro
Illinois Senate OKs Carroll Boxing Bill With Referendum
The Illinois Senate passed the Carroll Boxing bill authorizing ten round no decision bouts under a state athletic commission. Provisions require a municipal referendum before activation and allocate 1% of net receipts to the state while commission members receive 2,500 annually. The bill advances to the House, which earlier rejected a version without referendum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois Senate
Springfield
Ill
House
Mail Clerk Arrest Follows Hudson Terminal Robbery Case
Postal Inspector C C James, 63, slipped on a stair in the Hudson Terminal Post Office while pursuing William Mayer at 5 Oxford Avenue Richmond Hill. James broke his left leg and was taken to Hudson Street Hospital. Mayer was arrested at Police Headquarters with decoy letters found on him. Mayer admitted rifling malls for some time. Inspector Jacobs led the investigation.
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Hudson Terminal
William A. Mayer
Oxford Avenue
Richmond Hill
C. C. James
Hie
Hudson Street Hospital
James
Jacobs
Mayer
Hin
Imperto Jacoba
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