Breach of Promise Trial Ends in Hung Jury
Miss Mae A. Sullivan sues Arthur I. Hoe for 150000 in breach of promise. jurors unable to agree after near fourteen hours of deliberation and discharged by Justice Gavegan. Some jurors recall votes of six to six and nine to three on whether an offer of marriage occurred, with no damages verdict reached.
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Mae A. Sullivan
Arthur I. Hoe
Justice Gavegan
Supreme Court
County Court House
William H. Hamilton
Hoe
Miss Sullivan
Mirabeau L. Towns
Jts
Javegan
Sullivan
Towns
Philip J. Termini
Widow Wins $5500 in Suit Over Husband’s Death
Mrs. Anna Schott, executrix, obtained a verdict of $5500 yesterday against United States Printing Company of Brooklyn in Queens County Supreme Court for the death of her husband John Schott on Aug. 8, 2013. He died five days after a splinter pierced his abdomen while operating a circular saw.
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Anna Schott
United States Printing Company of Brooklyn
Queens County Supreme Court
John Schott
Schott
Hearing on home tailoring labor sparks reform debate
Federal Commission on Industrial Relations probed conditions in tenement home work finishing garments. Miss Lillian Wald urged a legal ban on home labor citing infection risks. Charles A. Rosenwasser defended wage disparities and argued some skilled pocketmakers earn far higher wages.
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Federal Commission On Industrial Relations
Lillian D. Wald
Child Labor Committee of
New York
Charles A. Rostenwasser
Newark
William Goldman
New York Clothing Men's Association
J. Borden Tarriman
Rosenwasser
Bond suit halted to protect Siegel ties
Judge Hough ordered a stay on attempts to collect a $100000 bond given to New York by United States Fidelity and Guarantee for Henry Siegel & Co. The bond was paid to New York City’s Chamberlain on April 4. Hearing in Siegel Vogel bankruptcy was postponed to June 18 by consent of counsel.
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New York
United States Fidelity and Garanty Compeony
Baltimore
Henry Siegel & Co
Hough
Federal District Court
City of
Siegel-Vogel
Gilchrist
Traffic Regulations Discussed At Broadway Luncheon
Upper Broadway and nearby street rules will be reviewed at a Broadway Association luncheon next Monday afternoon at the Hotel Cumberland. Organized by automobile interests near Columbus Circle, invited speakers include President Mc Aneny Borough President Marks Fire Commissioner Adamada Street Commissioner Featherston and Police Commissioner Woods.
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Upper Broadway
Broadway Association
Hotel Cumberland
Automobile
Columbus Circle
McAneny
Marks
Adamada
Featherston
Woods
McAlpin Denies Nearness of Land Purchase Adjacent Lots
Hotel management denies reports that owners were negotiating to buy two adjoining Lots on Thirty-fourth Street and expand the hotel frontage. They state no negotiations are in progress and no deal is imminent despite apparent desirability.
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The
McAlpin
Thirty-fourth Street
Divorce trial dramatizes New Thought healer case
Miss Pauline Langdon testified about fringe mental healing practices by Frank W. Sears during an Atlantic trip in 1913. She described a silent laying on of hands lasting about ten minutes and a payment of two dollars after each session. The witness clashed with counsel and challenged Mrs. Sears amid courtroom tension. The judge reserved ruling and set briefs due in ten days.
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Pauline Langdon
Julia Seton Sears
New Thought Church
Frank W. Sears
Justice Giegerich
Supreme Court
Sears
Atlantic
Miss Langdon
Mr. Sears
Edward T. Hiscox
Mrs. Sears
Mr. Hiscox
Aeolian Hall
Central Park
Miss Langon
Giegerich
Morris Bramowitz
Bramowitz
Miss Langdon Poe
Bramowitz Skips Testimony in Steger Suit
Bramowitz could not be found at 591 Clinton Avenue in the Bronx and did not hold the automobile license he claimed. Flashnick, counsel for Sears, stated Bramowitz had volunteered for testimony in several other suits, suggesting possible identification errors.
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Bramowitz
BR. Flashnick
Sears
Clinton Avenue
The
Bronx
Tiny Staten Island Tax Bill Sparks Debate Over Payment
The 4 feet 4 inches by 3 feet plot at Depew Avenue and Brighton Street in Tettenville carries a yearly assessment of 1 dollar and a 1 cent tax. The unpaid bill triggers 7 percent interest after May 31, but the amount is impractical to pay in two installments, as the smallest coin is 1 cent. Receiver Ebstein faces a loss as the city questions possible remedies.
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Staten Island Realty
Depew Avenue
Brighton Street
Tettenville
Frederick Hf. J. Eibstein
Richmond Borough
Miftle
Uncle Sam
Ebstein
Auto Victim Duke's Son Identified in New Jersey
W. W. Duke, drowned after his car was swept into a swollen creek near Park City Utah, was identified as the son of Brodie L. Duke at a Raritan New Jersey home. Brodie L. Duke, a tobacco manufacturer of Durham, is a half-brother of J. B. Duke.
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Brodie L. Duke
W. W. Duke
Park City
Utah
J. B. Duke
Raritan
N. J
Durham
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