Waldo Champions Raw Fire Fighters Clash Over Chief Croker
The fire department dispute centers on Chief Croker's charges that civil service blocks needed recruits. Commissioner Waldo defends the 5000 firemen with 117 from pre 1856 era, notes rigorous tests, probation, and proposed staff height changes while civil service commissioners cite standard exams and physicals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Croker
Fire Department
Civil Service System
Waldo
Uniformed Force
Municipal Civil
Five Firefighters Overcome As Blaze Hits Brooklyn Cellar
Deputy Fire Commissioner demonstrates fire alarm procedure as Box 317 response to a fire at the Condensed Milk Company repair shop on De Kalfo and Lewis Avenues. Two alarms were sent. five firefighters including Battalion Chief Langan, Hugh Mulligan, and Frank Harrison were overcome by smoke and revived on the sidewalk. Damage reached $3,000.
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O'Keefe
Wyckoff Avenue
William Simpson
Ingine Company 117
Langan
William Hayes
James Prendergast
Hugh Mulligan
Frank Harrison
de Long
Fire Department
Lett
Bushwick Hospital
Elevated Car Ablaze Blocks Traffic On Third Avenue Line
A vacant car on the Third Avenue elevated at 120th Street caught fire after 8 PM due to a grounded switch. Firemen arrived as Interborough workers had it under control, causing northbound traffic delays of about twenty minutes and disruption for southbound trains. The 140th Street and Third Avenue platform was packed and ticket sales halted while passengers sought surface transport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manhattan
Forty-Seventh Street
Thirtieth Street
Park Place
First Street
Seventy-sixth Street
Greenwich Village
Bowling Green
the Speedway
Manhattan Viaduct
Cathedral Parkce
Third Avenue
120Th Street
Third
Second Avenues
Interborough
140Th Street
Supreme Court Denies Writ For Firework Licenses
Justice Erlanger refused the retail fireworks dealers writs of mandamus against Fire Commissioner Waldo to issue licenses for June 10 to July 19. The decision notes affidavits showing July fires rise when fireworks are indiscriminately sold, despite no furnaces being lit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court
Erlanger
Waldo
Long Island Railroad Convicted Over Historic Jamaica Street Closure
The Long Island Railroad was found guilty of maintaining a nuisance for closing a public highway in Jamaica, a verdict applauded as upholding a historic royal grant. Judge Humphrey imposed a fine of 84 in Queens County Court, after residents of Hollis questioned the railroad’s encroachment on Hamilton Street, once called a Kings highway, and the 16 tracks now spanning the area.
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Long Island
Humphey
Queens County Court
Ong Island City
George Ill
Old Town
Jamaica
Hamilton Street
Hollis
Long Island Railroad
George Iir
Humphrey
Lorimer Charges Filed in Senate Trial
In Washington on June 7 formal charges alleging William Lorimer gained his Senate seat by bribery were filed by the Illinois Legislative Voters' League. The memorial was sent to Senator Cullom and referred to Privileges and Elections, alongside Lorimer's own investigation resolution. Browne faced trial in Chicago after habeas corpus issues were resolved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Washington
William Lorimer
Illinois
Illinois Legitelature
Senate
Illinois Legislative Voters' League
Cullom
Lorimer
Committee On Privileges and Elections
Clifford W. Barnes
Voters’ League
Senate Committee
Chicago
New la Salle Street Bank
Lee O'Neil Browne
Wiliam Lorimer
United States
New 1910 Trow Directories Published for Manhattan Bronx and NYC
The 1910 Trow Business Directory for Manhattan and the Bronx and the companion New York City volume covering all five boroughs were issued yesterday. It marks the sixty second year for the Manhattan Bronx edition and the thirteenth for the New York edition, which has been issued annually since consolidation. Both directories are larger this year than ever before.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trow
Manhattan
the Bronx
New York City
Five Boroughs
Yesterday's Fires Reported Across City Streets
A list of brief fire incidents shows addresses from 8th Avenue to Lexington Avenue with times ranging 12:40 to 10:05. Reported sums vary from trifling to small amounts, with several entries naming individuals such as James Alexander Samuel Waters Henry Riffel Pasquale Angelo John Mackey and Ignatz Janowtz along with Interborough R T Co. and addresses on Cherry Morton E 11th Madison 3d Ave and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. M
James Alexander
Cherry St
Morton St
Samuel Waters
E. 11Th St
Henry Riffel
Front St
Pasquale Angelo
E. List
Dr. Kahn
36Th St
North River
Tayise
Forsyth
West End
William Burns
Rhode Island Arrest for Debt Prompted Payment by Sailor
William C. Bain arrived in Newport to face arrest for debt. Deputy Sheriff De Blois served a claim on the Wickford Line boat deck, and Bain paid the bill to avoid jail. He vowed not to return to Rhode Island and a divorce case loomed if he stayed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Newport
R. I
Rhode Island
William C. Bain
Bain
Frank L. de Blois
Wickford Line
Bishop Opposes Woman Suffrage Speech to Garden City Graduates
Bishop Frederick Burgess of the Long Island Episcopal Diocese told girl graduates at the Cathedral School of St Mary in Garden City that suffrage would cause more harm than good. He said women will remain a dominant influence in civilization regardless of voting rights. The graduates included Margaret Baum Norma Childs Dorothy Ebersole Amy Gardner Dorothy Giles and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Garden City
L. I
Frederick Burgess
Long Island Episcopal Diocese
Cathedral School
St. Mary's
Margaret Baum
Norma Childs
Dorothy Ebersole
Amy Gardner
Dorothy Giles
Della Gould
Margaret McPherson
Hilda Sanborn
Charlotte van Cortland
Jane Sayres
Police Lieutenant Transferred After Coroner Incident
Police Lieut Timothy J McAuliffe received a thirty days pay fine for arresting oroner Schwanneke on April 10 while the coroner investigated a murder at the Alexander Avenue Station. He was transferred yesterday by order of Commissioner Baker to the Westchester Station, viewed at headquarters as punishment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Timothy J. McAuliffe
Oroner Schwanneke
Alexander Avenue
Baker
Estchester
Policeman Thrown During Runaway Horse Chase in Brooklyn
Police officer Gustav Boettger of Traffic Squad D was dragged from under a runaway wagon on Bedford Avenue Brooklyn. He rode after the horse again despite head injuries and a fractured skull, collapsing at Greene Avenue. He is 27, married, of 236 Lexington Avenue, hospitalized with doubtful recovery.
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Bedford Avenue
Hancock Street
Brooklyn
Gustav Boettger
Bedford and
Greene Avenues
Boettger
Lexington Avenue
Herkimer Street
Morris Becker
Fulton Street
Becker
Harry W. Hover
Nostrand Avenue
R. H. Paynster
Greene Avenue
John J. McGowan
Greene and
Bedford Avenues
John Meagher
McGowan
Classon Avenue
Mob Attacks A Policeman After Arrest Attempt
Police save Sergeant Higgins at East 104th Street Station during a mob assault on Salvatore De mio, a fruit peddler found with a loaded revolver. An Italian woman struck Higgins with a club as locals closed in, then help arrived and De mio was taken to the station on a concealed weapon charge. Mile a Minute Murphy is reinstated to the Police Department by Commissioner Baker after eight weeks in vaudeville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Higgins
East 104Th Street
Salvatore Demio
First Avenue
105Th
106Th Streets
Demio
Murphy
Charles Murphy
Baker
Wee
Madison Street
German girl admitted after crossing with Mrs Hunton
Miss Marie Rodenbeck the German girl arrived with Mrs 8 A Hunton on the Nieuw Amsterdam and was detained at Ellis Island before landing at the German Immigrant Home in New York. She said she hoped to cross with Mrs Hunton and her two children to avoid color line issues. The German society will seek a governess position for her.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marie Rodenbeck
Ellis Island
Nieuw
Rodenbeck
Hunton
Strasburg
State Street
Persian Prince on tour visits American farms and ports
Mirza Riza Khan, Persian Envoy to Turkey, arrived aboard the Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse to study U.S. agriculture and industry. Unaccompanied except for a valet, he travels with government sanction for three months of leave. He will tour Plum Beach Farm in Port Washington and inspect fruit farms in California, Oregon, and Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mirza Riza Khan
Persia
Turkey
Cherbourg
United States
London
America
Prince Mirza
Edward Hatch
Plum Beach Farm
Port Washington
California
Oregon
Washington
Jack Abernathy Arrives in New York With Cowboy Kids
Oklahoma City man Jack Abernathy, famed for showing Roosevelt how to trap a wolf with bare hands, checked into the Hotel Breslin at 6 and planned to greet Col. Roosevelt on his arrival. He travels with his sons Louis and Temple, aged 9 and 6, a wagon of riding youngsters en route from Oklahoma to New York.
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Jack" Abernathy
Oklahoma City
Okla
Roosevelt
Breslin
West
Col. Roosevelt
Mr. Abernathy
Louis
Temple
Oklahoma
New York
Washington
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