Heike Testifies in Defense on Sugar Fraud Trial
Charles R. Heike, secretary treasurer of the Sugar Trust, told jurors in Williamsburg that he had limited knowledge of refinery weighing and sugar handling. He acknowledged writing letters under direction and noted Havemeyer opposition to inspecting government weighers as prosecutors pressed for more clarity on the testing liberalities.
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Charles R. Heike
The
Sugar Trust
Martin
United States Circuit Court
Williamsburg
Havemeyer & Elder Piers
E. W. Gerbracht
James B. Bendernagel
Heike
Henry O. Havemeyer
Havemeyer
Gerbracht
Ernest Gerbracht
H. O. Havemeyer
Indiana
Custom House
Graham
Schmelter
Stimson
Mmhmetter
Willsburg
Mr. Gon
Ent Turner
Boston G
Boston Reams Bureg
Stim- Fe
Heike Testimony in Sugar Refinery Weight Dispute
Mr. Stimson pressed Heike on government weight liberalities at the Williamsburg refinery. Heike dodged about shrinkage and refinery vs book entries, then admitted weighing notes from Schmelter. The questioning tied government allowances to invoices, showing changes after 1906 and ending with a raid in 1907.
Confesses Giving Bribe in Illinois Fishing Legislation
Pekin fish dealer Henry Lemm disclosed to State Attorney Burke how Illinois fishing legislation was funded. He named other fish dealers and a Democratic legislator who financed the last session’s efforts. John Dixon, linked to the fund, was subpoenaed to testify before the Sangamon County Grand Jury.
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Peoria
Illinois
Burke
Sangamon County
Henry Lemm
Pekin
Ill
Liemm
Lemm
Hot Springs
Ralph O. Lord
Dixon
Lord
Ohn Dixon
Subway to Jamaica Bay Brooklyn property owners back plan
Public Service Commission to hold hearing on June 18 on a Brooklyn residents petition for extending the subway south under Utica Avenue and Eastern Parkway toward Jamaica Bay. The proposed three and a half mile route would be partly underground and partly elevated, with property owners agreeing to pay via assessment.
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The
Public Service Commission
Brooklyn
Whers
Utica Avenue
Arkway
Jaala Bay
Porter Monument Dedicated at Cold Harbor
About fifty survivors of the Eighth New York Heavy Artillery dedicated a monument at Cold Harbor to Col. Peter A. Porter and his men who fell in battle. Confederates who fought them accompanied visitors and took part in the ceremonies.
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Porter
Richmond
Eighth New York Heavy Artillery
Cold Harbor
Peter A. Porter
Bronx Paraders Win Street Cleaning Cup in City Parade
The Bronx won the street cleaning cup with Manhattan a close second as 4,500 workers, carts, snow plows, and high pressure machines marched down Fifth Avenue. Mayor Gaynor, Street Cleaning Commissioner Edwards, and city officials reviewed the show, praising the department and noting the Bronx leadership for next year.
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Fifth Avenue
Fifty-ninth Street
Washington Square
Gaynor
Edwards
Worth Monument
Madison Square
Daniel Appleton
Seventh Regiment
McAlpin
Major Landon
Brooklyn
Bronx
Manhattan
Titus
William Robbins
J. C. Wallace
Eugene Cashman
Foreman Cashman
James F. Lynch
Robert Lincoln Smith
Abraham Lincoln Smith
Juvenile League
Avenue B
Ninth Street
Boerum Street
Manhattan Avenue
Reuben Simmons
Public Schools
Simmons
River Relocated for New Coke Ovens at Gary
Dredges dig new river bed in Gary Indiana to move the Grand Calumet River a quarter mile south for United States Steel Corporation coke ovens beside its blast furnaces. Work underway as of June 8.
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Gary
Chicago
Ind
Grand Calumet
United States Steel Coronation
Jersey Commuters Fight Rail Rate Increase Across New Jersey
New Jersey commuters protest proposed rail rate hikes with a statewide push for Governor Fort to convene a special legislative session. Newark leaders press for Public Utilities Commission oversight and a Washington appeal to President Taft and Attorney General Wickersham. Mass meetings planned and actions extend to Jersey City Montclair and South Orange.
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New Jersey
Newark
George F. Reeve
Newark Board of Trade
Abraham Rothschild
Committee On Transportation
Transportation Committee
Jersey City
George L. Record
Gov. Fort
Lackawanna
Record
Board of Trade
Washington
Taft
Wickersham
Montclair
Inter-State Commerce Commission
Hoboken
New York
Hudson River
Hudson Tunnels
Pennsylvania
Cornelius A. Baldwin
South Orange
Public Utilities Commission of
Baldwin
Jefferson Davis Birthday Observed Across the South
The birthday of Jefferson Davis was celebrated nationwide with crosses of honor awarded to Confederate veterans and school ceremonies. In Petersburg Virginia memorial windows at Blandford church were dedicated in memory of soldiers who fell near the city, with governors Ansel and Mann taking part.
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New Orleans
Jefferson Davis
South
Petersburg
Blandford
Ansel
South Carolina
Gov. Mann
Virginia
Schooner Gift to Brooklyn Pastor for Harbor Mission Work
The Rev. C. T. Russell of Brooklyn received a surprise upon arrival aboard the Lusitania as friends presented a two masted schooner named The Angel for missionary work in and about the port. A receipt for the craft was given and the schooner was tied to the Cunard pier with pennons reading God is love and the vessel’s name. More religious salutes waved in the harbor breeze.
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C. T. Russell
Brooklyn
Cunard
Lusitania
Jim
Saeert Rae
August Belmont Rests Quietly After Polo Injury
At the home of August Belmont 44 East Thirty-fourth Street it was said last night that the financier who broke a rib in a polo game on Thursday was resting quietly. His physicians entertain no doubt of his recovery. He ate luncheon in an easy chair.
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August Belmont
Thirty-fourth Street
Degree conferred on Rev. R. S. MacArthur by Acadia College
At Acadia College commencement in Wolfville Nova Scotia on June 3 Rev. Robert Stuart MacArthur of New York received the Doctor of Divinity degree. Dr. Charles F. Myers of New York earned the D C L and Dr. M. C. Smith of Lynn Massachusetts was awarded an honorary Master of Arts.
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MacArthur
Wolfville
Acadia College
Robert Stuart MacArthur
New York
Charles F. Myers
M. C. Smith
Lynn
Mass
Saloon Keeper Shoots Wife After She Reproves Him
William Mehrtens in a Williamsburg Brooklyn saloon fired at his wife after she rebuked his neglect of work. Their daughters, 13 and 10, fled as Mehrtens shot at his spouse and later fought with bartender Carl Weiss. Mehrtens was captured. Mrs. Mehrtens was hospitalized in grave condition.
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William Mehrtens
Thames Café
Thames Street
Williamsburg
Brooklyn
Julia
Mehrtens
Weiss
Varet Street
Policeman Toland
Stagg Street
Campbell
St. Catharine's Hospital
A. Mehrtens
Toland
Federation of Galician and Bucovinean Jews Meet at Tammany Hall
The seventh annual convention of the Federation of Galician and Bucovinean Jews in America begins tomorrow at Tammany Hall and continues for three days. Also, the Aldermen's Law Committee will hold a public hearing at City Hall next Friday at 1 P M on a proposed ordinance requiring owner plates on buildings to aid enforcement of the tenement house law. In Dublin, Mary and Jane Wilson sue Mrs Thomas A Nevins for goods sold, alleging Nevins extended credit because she had a motor car and lived in style at a fashionable hotel.
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Federation of Galician and Bucovinean Jews
America
Tammany Hall
Aldermen's Law Committee
Dublin
Mary
Jane Wilson
Thomas A. Nevins
Nevins
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