Alleged incendiary plot linked to Pennsylvania arson ring
Newark officers arrested Sylvan Friedlander and wife Carrie, and Daniel H. Bogert in a conspiracy to commit arson in Reading. The trio, tied to the New Shirt Waist Company in Newark, faced $3,000 bail each after arraignment. Reading Fire Marshal McDermott and detectives pursue other alleged conspirators including Wertheimer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newark
N. J
Sylvan Friedlander
Carrie
Daniel H. Bogert
Friedlander
Marshall Street
Bogert
Daniel J. McDermott
Reading
Penn
Louis Schlesinger
Leon Wertheimer
Park Street
East Orange
South Street
Redlanders
Billings
Kansas City
Wertheimer
Jtillings
New York
New Shirt Waist Company
Friedlanders
Arrivals on the Campania Bring Notables and Immigrant Plans
Among Campania passengers from Liverpool yesterday were Dr A Donaldson Smith the African explorer and Canon Hobson founder of the Policeman's Christian Association visiting his sister in Fulton Oswego County. Other travelers include E Tabernacle George Hughes and Robert Murphy as they plan Canada immersion trips to compare immigrant opportunities in the US. A Derby pool netted over 960 dollars for Miss Nannie Langhorne of Philadelphia who bid Volodyovski. Purser Graham, recently ill with pneumonia, resumes duties aboard.
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Cunard Line
Campania
Liverpool
A. Donaldson Smith
London
Royal Geographical Society
Canon Hobson
Policeman’s Christian Association
Atellar
Great Britain
Fulton
Oswego County
N. Y
E. Tabernacle
London Advertiser
George Hughes
Daily Express
Robert Murphy
Isle of
Nannie Langhorne
Philadelphia
Tug Sank In Buttermilk Channel, One Man Drowned
A small tugboat named the John S Heath sank in Buttermilk Channel yesterday morning. Boilermaker James Clyde was drowned after being trapped inside the boiler. The vessel had been towed by the PP Anderson from Brooklyn toward Atlantic Basin when it suddenly filled with water and sank. Captain Lode Winnett, William Hines, and another deck hand survived.
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John S. Heath
Buttermilk
James Clyde
Heath
PP. Anderson
Twentieth Street
Brooklyn
Columbia Engineering Works
Atlantic Basin
Lode Winnett
William Hines
Clyde
Carter case bondsmen seek Supreme Court review
Abram J. Rose, counsel for Capt. Benjamin Greene, John F. Gaynor, William T. Gaynor, and Edward H. Gaynor, moved to question the indictment’s validity before the U S Supreme Court in the Carter harbor work fraud case. The four surrendered to Judge Addison Brown, habeas corpus denied, bonds renewed, and they were released pending autumn arguments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abram J. Rose
Benjamin Greene
John F
William T
Edward H.gaynor
United States ‘Supreme Court
Addison Brown
United States District Court
Savannah
Oberlin M. Carter
Lalcombe
Rose
Greene
John F.gaynor
Edward H. Gaynor
United States
Shields
Supreme Court
First Debate Between Peter Cooper and De Witt Clinton High Schools
Friday at the Mott s Avenue Annex the Peter Cooper High School team of two girls and one boy defeated the three boys from De Witt Clinton School in a close contest on the resolution that the United States should construct the Nicaraguan Canal. Winners were Miss Rose Schramm Miss Lena Faulkner and James T. Brady. opponents were Messrs Samuel Sobel Edward Goldwater and Arthur Hutter. Judges were Ex-Congressman Philip E Low Professor Shepard of Columbia and Rev Daniel Russel Jr.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Cooper
de Witt Clinton High
Motts Avenue
Peter Cooper High School
de Witt Clinton School
United States
Rose Schramm
Lena Faulkner
James T. Brady
Peter
Senator Platt to Lecture on Cuba at Savoy Hotel
United States Senator Orville Hitchcock Platt of Connecticut will speak to the Phi Beta Kappa Alumni in New York on Cuba at the Hotel Savoy Friday evening, June 14, addressing the subject Cuba with a focus on its implications and relations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. H. Platt
Cuba
Hotel Savoy
Orville Hitchcock Platt
United States
Connecticut
Phi Beta Kappa
SiNew York
Joe Phillips Still Held at Catholic Protectory
The 15 year old Joe Phillips remains at the Catholic Protectory after his mother was released from the workhouse. Magistrate Pool recalled a release order as the boy chose to stay with his mother and sisters. The mother may seek a writ of habeas corpus, or await board action next week to determine custody. the guardian rights are acknowledged but curtailed by the court’s prior action. The boy is praised as brave, echoing similar but often girl-led cases each year.
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Joe Phillips
Catholic Protectory
Pool
Poy
Park Avenue Site Sold for Subway Construction
The Subway Realty Company, an arm of the Rapid Transit Subway Construction Company, purchased the Park Avenue block front between Forty first and Forty second Streets from Central Realty Bond and Trust. The deal, linked to the tunnel curve under the corner, follows prior purchases for the underground line and aims to avoid condemnation delays. No price was disclosed and tenants were told to vacate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rapid Transit
Subway Realty Company
Park Avenue
Forty-first
Forty-second Streets
Lincoln National Bank
Rapid Transit Subway Construction Company
Central Realty, Bond and Trust Company
Forty-second Street
New York Central Railroad
Forty-first Street
John B. Lockhart
Pittirg
Penn
Central Realty, Bond ,and Trust Company
New York Central
Douglas Robinson
August Belmont
Subway Realty
Eno Triangle
Broadway
Seventh Avenue
Longacre Square
One Hundred and Fourth Street
Breadway
City’s Water Supply Extension Plans Considered Tomorrow
Mayor Van Wyck and Controller Coler will consult on extending New York’s water supply. Commissioner Dalton urges a new watershed with $10,000,000 yearly for at least three years to avert a water famine. Officials seek extended USGS studies near New York to gauge river flow for planning.
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van Wyck
Coler
New York
Dalton
Water Supply Department
United States Geological Survey
City of
Eee
Westchester County
Counterfeiter Held After Passing Bank of England Note
Luigi Gross, 18 Cottage Place, an Italian contractor, was arraigned before United States Commissioner Shields and held on 2500 bail on a charge of attempting to pass a counterfeit Bank of England note. He bought the note for about 25 dollars, believed it genuine, and tried to exchange it at William C. Clark & Sons in the Tribune Building. the clerk alerted the Secret Service. William J. Flynn, agent in charge, arrested him. Gross is imprisoned in Ludlow Street Jail. It is the first BoE counterfeit seen here in years. agents seek its source.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luigi Gross
Cottage Place
United States
Shields
Bank of England
Gross
William C. Clark & Sons
Tribune
Decorating a Public School by the Public Education Association
The Public Education Association aims to decorate a Tenth Ward public school interior as a model of decorator work. Twenty classrooms already feature casts and pictures while eleven rooms remain undecorated. Donations of $50 name a room. contributions support ongoing work and may invite public viewing once finished.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Public Education Association
Rev Samuel Scovell Joins Plymouth Church Brooklyn
The Rev Samuel Scovell of Vineland New Jersey son in law of Henry Ward Beecher has been named assistant pastor of Plymouth Church Brooklyn He will lead the Mayflower Branch and fill the vacancy caused by the vacation request of Rev Horace Porter due to ill health.
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S. Scovell
Plymouth Church
Samuel Scovell
Vineland
N. J
Henry Ward Beecher
Plymou Church
Brooklyn
Scovell
Horace Porter
Richard Croker Jr Sails for England on Atlantic liner
Richard Croker Jr sailed for England aboard the Atlantic Transport liner Menominee. He will join his father in Wwentage. A crowd gathered at the pier to bid him farewell.
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Richard Croker, Jr
England
Wwentage
Ammany Fiender
Parish House For Incarnation Church Planned On East Thirty First Street
The Church of the Incarnation will erect a three to four story parish house at 242 to 248 East Thirty first Street to be used as a kindergarten and Sunday school. Architect Henry Vaughan estimates the cost at 75000 dollars for the 74 by 100 foot plot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Church of the Incarnation
East Thirty-first Street
Henry Vaughan
Neighbor’s Daughter Cured by Jayne’s Alterative
Mr L D Betts of Chewsville Maryland reports a neighbor’s fourteen year old daughter with goitre was cured after trying Jayne’s Alterative as directed and using Jayne’s Expectorant for colds. The advertisement promotes Jayne’s products.
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L. D. Betts
Chewsville
Washington Co
Goitre
Jayne
Foley Divver Feud Heats Up Over 1894 California Trip
Councilman Thomas F Foley faces renewed charges from Divverites over a 1894 California trip connected to indicted inspectors. Ex Judge Patrick Divver asserts he warned of no danger and explains his absence due to his son’s illness, detailing support arranged for district workers and their families by the Divver Club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas F. Foley
Patrick Divver
Tammany
Second Assembly
Foley
Divver
California
Col. Fellows
Driver Club
Divver Club
Dog in Bankruptcy Court? Collie Ate the Books
Louis Peters, a Jersey City licorice manufacturer, filed for bankruptcy. Creditors met in Hoboken to review claims. Peters claimed his dog Jack ate all the books, citing an appetite for Russia leather. Trustee James S. Rudinger found no dog at the factory, but a playful collie at Peters's home with no evidence of blank-book chewing.
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Jack
Louis Peters
Pacific Avenue
Jersey City
Peters
Hoboken
Mr. Perkins
Mr. Peters
James S. Rudinger
Murphy Defends No New York Poolrooms Handbooks Claim
Police Commissioner Murphy says no poolrooms are operating in New York City and that gambling is confined to handbooks. He dismisses the Beaver Street raid as ineffective and criticizes political fallout from the Committee of Fifteen disclosures. Creamer denies knowledge of any poolroom at the raided Beaver Street address.
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Murphy
New York City
Jerome
Reid
Clayton
Long Island City
Committee of Fifteen
Tammany
Beaver Street
Justice Jerome
Capt. Creamer
Mrs Astor Gifts 50 to Police Pension Fund
Mrs John Jacob Astor sent a letter to Police Commissioner Murphy with 50 to be added to the Police Pension Fund. The gift comes without specified reasons but is seen as appreciation for police aid to a Mrs Astor relative. A Mrs Astor coachman who attempted suicide was kept in Presbyterian Hospital at her request.
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Murphy
John Jacob Astor
Police
Astor
East Fiftysixt
Krieger's Cert Denied Over Police Chief Repeal
Justice Gilbert Collins denied Krieger's writ of certiorari to review Union Hill Council action. He held the council's original ordinance appointing Krieger Chief of Police gave the board unquestionable power to repeal the measure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Krieger
Union Hill Council
Gilbert Collins
Jersey City
Krieger
Hoboken jailer helps prisoner buy tobacco two years ago
Martin Munsinger of Phoenix was jailed in Hoboken for disorderly conduct two years ago with only three cents. Doorman Christopher Stanton lent two cents and provided pipe and matches. Discharged next day, Munsinger later sent a dollar to repay the kindness. Stanton received the letter after months of travel.
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Hoboken
Martin Munsinger
Phoenix
Ariz
Christopher Stanton
Munzinger
Stanton
Myer
Lawyer Disbarred in Grand Larceny Case
Waldorf H. Phillips, currently serving a sentence for grand larceny, has had his name struck from the roll of attorneys by the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court. The motion was filed by Egerton L. Winthrop on behalf of the Bar Association after Phillips was convicted.
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Supreme Court
Waldorf H. Phillips
Supreme Court of
State of New
Egerton L. Winthrop
Bar Association
Itme
Phillips
Annie Gerken
Werren O. Plympton
R. Plympton
Ingraham
Boys' Summer Apparel Sale Leads With Sailor Suits
Discounted boys clothing ranges from 1.38 to 4.98 for sizes 3 to 16 years. Imported Galateas Chambrays linens and white duck sailor suits emphasize value from 1.95 to 4.98. Single-breasted wool cheviots with leather belt trimmings offer 7 to 16 year olds. earlier prices 5.00 to 6.50.
Physician duty and slander bill of particulars discussed
A court decision rebukes a physician for negligence but says he must notify patients when formal relations end. In a separate slander suit, Wesley O. Rowe must provide a bill of particulars clarifying where and with whom the alleged words were spoken, detailing claims of fraud and deception against Harrison B. Washburne.
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Billu
Wesley O. Rowe
Harrison B. Washburne
Supreme Court
Washburne
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Pennsylvania
Dr.Donaldson Smith
Miss Langhorne
Derby Pool
Juan Echo
Carter
Peter Cooper School
Col. Murphy
Mrs. Astor
Tramp
Stern Brothers
Chambray
West Twenty-third Street
Sohn Daniel Sonst Sons
Dimity
Batiste
India
Wackett Carhart
13Th St
Summer Sale
Vantine
Madagascar
Legal Notes
David C. Taylor
John Purcell
Taylor
Appellate Division
Charles Welde
Purcell
Funn'’s
Mercury
France
Gro. C Furst Co
Waetory
Timothy Crowley
Crowley
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