Platt Denies Conspiracy in Express Company Suit
In a Supreme Court application for a temporary receiver, John L. Dudley accuses Thomas C. Platt and allied executives of fraud and conspiracy to loot United States Express Company. Defense counsel contends records show honest management and rejects charges as baseless and unfounded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Express Company
Platt
John L. Dudley
Supreme Court
Guy
Dudley
Frederick H. Sanborn
Thomas C. Platt
Chauncey H. Crosby
Edward T. Platt
Frank H.platt
James C. Fargo
American Express Company
Levi C. Weir
Adams Express Company
Weir and
Mr. Sanborn
Platts
Morgan J. O’brien
O’brien
United States Express
Thomas Co. Platt
Frank H. Platt
Association
Weir and Fargo
United States
Express
Washington
Woman in Durance Sought in Habeas Corpus Case
Merrill E. Gates Jr of the Legal Aid Society applied to the Supreme Court for a writ of habeas corpus to produce Mrs. Caroline S. Woodward aged and infirm from the custody of Mrs. A. B. Myers at 221 East 124th Street Gates alleges Woodward has no relatives and that Myers holds her since July 1908 while authorities seek to provide a home The Florida property she claims has unknown value Myers says she acts from friendly motives and a detective reports an attempt to meet Woodward alone was blocked
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merrill E. Gates, Jr
Legal Aid Society
Supreme Court
Myers
Florida
Monopolistic Tactics Hit Natural Cement Debate
Building Code Revision Commission members oppose natural cement for perceived grade uniformity issues. George G. Gleason of Consolidated Rosendale Cement argues the new code blocks natural cement, ceding the field to Portland cement and risking price manipulation. He notes natural cement's historic use in the Brooklyn Bridge and Statue of Liberty masonry and warns many city walls could be deemed unsafe if the code passes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Building Code Revision Commission
Brooklyn Bridge
George G. Gleason
Consolidated Rosendale Cement Company
New Children's Court Proposal Seeks Modern Facility
John D. Lindsay of the Children's Society addresses Mayor McClellan, urging a dedicated building for the 12,000 yearly cases. He notes overcrowded, ill ventilated rooms and inadequate detention space at 66 Third Avenue near Eleventh Street, proposing expansion or relocation options.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Children’s Court
Third Avenue
Eleventh Street
McClellan
John D. Lindsay
Children’s Society
Department of Charities
Lindsay
Chicago
Philadelphia
New York
Bureau of Dependent Children
Old College
Twenty-third Street
Lexington Avenue
Public Service Commission seeks subway expansion funds
The Public Service Commission sent a requisition to the Board of Estimate for 1 500 000 dollars to lengthen subway stations in Manhattan Bronx and Brooklyn. The plan aims to run ten car expresses and six car locals by adding 1500 feet of platforms and plans cost 10 000 dollars. Officials say population and riding numbers are rising rapidly and existing accommodations cannot keep pace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Public Service Commission
Board of Estimate
Manhattan
Bronx
Brooklyn
Willcox
New York
Commission
Shonts
Interborough
Lynching near State House in Frankfort
John Maxey, a black man who shot D. C. Bowers, was seized from jail by a mob in Frankfort and lynched near the St. Clair Street Bridge. The jailer resisted and the door was broken down. Governor Willson said he learned of the lynching hours after it occurred and condemned the act near the State House.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frankfort
John Maxey
D. C. Bowers
St. Clair Street
Willson
State House
Yesterday's Fires Reported Across Multiple Manhattan Addresses
A series of fires and related losses occurred at various New York City locations including Columbus Avenue East 136th Street and West 126th Street addresses. Loss amounts range from small trifles to thousands, with names such as A Robinson A Knapp Co and Jaffin appearing in the notices. Authorities note several fires in the afternoon and evening hours, with damages listed per site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. M. Loss
Columbus
B. Goodwin
West
136Th St
A. J. Robinson
E. Schubert & Co
126Th St
George Brown
117Th St
O. Conti
Riverdale
O’keefe
East 78Th St
S. Slutzkin
Broadway
Arnold Shhaefer
W. Houston St
Schwartz Bros
David Kossos
White Wings Parade on Fifth Avenue Deluges Viewers
About 4500 White Wings street cleaners marched along Fifth Avenue from 2:30 to 4:00 pm with bands and regalia while Mayor and Commissioner Edwards reviewed from Madison Square. Judges awarded cups for best show and kept stable cleanliness. suffragette delegation protested lack of seats but were offered nearby seating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fifth Avenue
William H. Edwards
Madison Square
Hogan
Col. Appleton
Seventh Regiment
Frank Landon
Col. McAlpin
Roe
Bronx
Brooklyn
Patrick Cunningham
Maryland
Dixie
McCluskey
James Post
West Forty-seventh Street
No Bronx Votes for Metz in Bronx Street Closing Brief
Joseph Flanagan a Kingsbridge manufacturer disrupted a heated hearing by Controller Metz on Interborough plans to close streets around 238th to 234th streets Spuyten Duyvil Road and Broadway to build a reservoir terminal for subway cars Assemblymen Crowley and Sheridan opposed the plan. The Interborough owns the land and proposed closures are not yet laid out though on the city map.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Flanagan
Kingsbridge
Metz
Interborough
Bronx
Flanagan
Crowley
Sheridan
238Th
Spuyten Duyvil Road
Broadway
Graves Will Leaves $2 Million Direct Bequests
The will of Mrs Margaret J P Graves widow of Henry B Plant provides direct bequests totaling about 2 million dollars and an estate value around 8 million. To husband Robert Graves she leaves 1 million dollars a third of the residue and the residence with personal property. Trustees are named for two nephews and their children with funds of 500 000 each. Large charitable gifts are noted to hospitals and orphan asylums plus dozens of smaller bequests to individuals. Residue after bequests goes to Robert Graves and the two nephews in equal shares. Execut ors are named without bonds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret J. P. Graves
Graves
Henry B. Plant
Michael Francis Loughman
Edward Joseph Loughman
Robert Graves, Jr
George P. Glover
St. Luke’s Hospital
Bishop Bonaventure F. Broderick
James F. Duffy
St. Agnes’s Church
Brooklyn
St. Agnes's Church
Roman Catholic Orphan Asylum
St. Vincent’s Hospital
Society of the New York Hospital
Mt. Sinai Hospital
Presbyterian Hospital
New York
Benevolent Orphan Asylum
New York Fire Department Relief Fund
Hebrew Technical School
Jennie I. Hoadley
Marguerite Maidorff
Bessie Plant
Albert E. Plant
Bradford
Conn
Thomas Sumnyard
Emily M. Blum
William Blum
Addie van Zandt
Mary Curran
Emma Hines
Mary Mullane
Dora Lockwood
Bishop Broderick
Frederick J. Middlebrook
Man Found Hanged Near Dover Silk Mill With 1193 In Pocket
A unidentified man about 40 was found hanging from a tree in woods near the Singleton silk mill on Dover’s outskirts. He carried 1193 in cash, had been in town since Monday, and showed odd behavior including laughing to himself. He sought carbolic acid from a druggist Tuesday morning, who refused. Two boys found the body around 2 PM after he jumped from a rock. his watch was still ticking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Dover
N. J
Singleton
Foreign Consuls Attend Woodford Luncheon at Lawyers Club
Gen Woodford of the Hudson Celebration Committee hosted a luncheon at the Lawyers' Club in honor of foreign consuls. Promises from their governments include participation in the Fall celebration with fleets from major powers and other contributions from smaller states, Costa Rica offering coffee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woodford
Gen. Woodford
Hudson
Lawyers’ Club
Porthey
Costa Rica
Whitridge Explains Queensboro Line Charges
Receiver Frederick W. Whitridge discussed why the Third Avenue Bridge Company was formed to operate shuttle cars over the Queensboro Bridge under a new franchise. He noted clerks from his office are incorporators and that tolls would be paid by the new company, not the Third Avenue Company, to cross the bridge. Five more firms seek crossings as a Board of Estimate committee weighs franchises including South Shore Traction and New York & Queens County Railroad, with varying terms and approvals pending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick W. Whitridge
Wied Avenue
Third Avenue Bridge Company
Bridge Company
Queensboro Bridge
Third Avenue Company
Mr. Whitridge
Pendleton
Board of Estimate
Third Avenue Lines
oDbridge Company
Whitridge
Long Island
Third Avenue
Eleventh Avenue
Forty-second Street
New York & Queens County Railroad Company
Queens
Manhattan and Queensboro Bridge Company
Queensboro and Japraica Railroad
Millionaire Hobo Arrested After Street Harangue
Policeman Sullivan arrested James Eades Howe known as the Mill ionaire Hobo after he addressed about 100 men at Twenty-sixth Street and Fourth Avenue urging them to visit his office at 44 Bowery for work and protesting streetcar strikebreakers. Howe was discharged after Magistrate Cornell commended his help for the poor and promised to send hoboes to him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sullivan
Twenty-sixth Street
Fourth Avenue
James Eades Howe
Millionaire Hobo
Philadelphia
Bowery
Howe
Cornell
East Twenty-sixth Street
Bank Robbers Escape from Jail in Sparta
Sparta Wisconsin June 3 bank robbers Jim Clairmont and Jim Radley escaped from the jail today by removing bricks from the wall. The pair faced charges of bank robbery and fled the facility under investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sparta
Wis
Jim” Clairmont
Jim” Radley
Fire Horror Hastened Eminent Illinois Judge’s Death
Samuel Ashton once a wealthy Chicago law figure and Illinois Supreme Court justice died at 85 in a fourth floor tenement flat at 2 37 Eighth Avenue. A minor kitchen fire sparked by a cigar rekindled his fear of fire from the Chicago blaze that cost his wife and wealth, leading to renewed ill health and confinement. His sister Lorraine Williamson, his sole living relative, cared for him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Ashton
Cage
Supreme Court
Illinois
Lorraine Williamson
Eighth Avenue
Chicago
Boston Denies Clash Over Armory Use by Negro Militia
James C. White secretary to Mayor Hibbard issued a denial of a recent story claiming that Massachusetts only negro militia group was barred from city armories due to a dispute with the Mayor and the Adjutant General. He says there is no controversy and no exclusion has occurred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
James C. White
Hibbard
Massachusetts
Adj
Brigham
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U.S. Express
Justice Guy
Durance
Woodward
National Cement Agent
Panamas
Edwards
Army of Street Cleaners
Queensboro Line
Avenue
J. Eades Howe
Ripin & CO
36Th St. N. Y
Wallach Bros
Ings
29Th Street
Hart, Schaffner & Marx
Bart Schaffner & Marx
Wallach
Eighth Ave
125Th St
Empire
iScce Satin
Jon Maude Adams
St. Ev
N of
Harvard
Garrick
Way
Ee MA
Collier
Rox Aexico
Giris
Lyceum
Empire Theatre
Charles Frohman
Sir Charles Wyndham
Mary Moore
London
Hubert Henry Davies
T Wyndham's Theatre
Aerial Gardens
New Amsterdam
Marie Dressler
Toy
Libert Theatre
Mats
Frederic ‘Thompson
Robert Hilliard
Gaiety Theatre
J. E. Dodson
J. Hartley Manners
Jardin DE Paris
New York Theatre
N.Y. Theatre
SF. Ziegfeld Jr
ASTOR
Joe Weber
Blaney
Thun Follies
Arsis, Wm. Hodge ii
Man From Home
St. Ae
Dai
Keith & Proctor's Athaves Gosthox
Ammerste
la Matinees
Selde
Victoria
Liter
Ter
YMPIC
Bert Williams
Prescelle
Country Club
Elinore Sisters
INS
Belle Amms
Prince Rice
Pre' iSt
Ris
The
Ally
Colonial Mat
Sistinee
Morre the
Midnight Sons
Lew ; Fields
Herald Square
Esterson de Angelis
Casino
Vemes Powers
Havan
Lyric George Maxine
Ellie Matinee
To-morrow
Daly’s
West End
Td St
Fa’ Way
Fawcett
Bet
Anche NG
Matinee Toroeseden
Ouse
Warfield
24Th St
Irving PI
Marlowe
Jamlet
Belascot
Tuyvesan le
David Belasco
Frances Starr Belasco Nees
St Ie
Eugene Walter
Coas
Dreamland Coney’s
Dreamland
Madison Square Garden
Luna Park Coney Island
Pili
Wood Amusement Park
N.Y
Alisades
Taomnat OY
Amerigan Music Hal
Mass
OO Sydney Drew & Co
Henry Lee
Toye
Others
Pauline
Clayton Waits
Marie Stuart
Tscherauffs
Animals
Harrison
Alhami Mat
Dai Eden Museeb
Eva Tanguay
Montgomery & Moore
Edwin Holt&Co
McKay&Cantwell
Mr. Ashton
Gotham Underwear Co
Franklin Street
New York City
Arnheim
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