Hedley Urges Higher Fares to Save IRT as 122nd Street Station is Cut
Commissioner Delaney faces a fuel of funding limits as IRT chief Hedley warns the system will go broke without higher fares. He says no money for new stations beyond Dual Contract No. 3, and asks for financial relief while survey plans for a Broadway 122nd Street station are pursued.
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Interborough Rapid Transit Compan
122D Street
Droadway
Frank Kedley
Genisi Maniner
Interborough
Hedley
Peansit Construction
Johnney
Hed
Selaney
Broadway Station
Harlem Board of Commerce
Morningside Heighta
Delaney
Commission
Sulway
122 Street
Edward J. Dowling
Rockwell
Union Theologial Seminary
Lor
Frank Damrosch
Institute of Musical Art
Ly. J. Gardner Smith
Hylena Board of Commerce
Immalate
alWay
Thous
Morningside Heights
O'Toole Reveals Secret in Bribe Case Defense
Brooklyn officer O'Toole testified before Deputy Commissioner John Leech about infiltrating burglar rings since 1916. He claimed to have caused the arrests of 172 burglars, including 100 in 1917 and 65 later, while fighting to clear his name in a bribery charge tied to Samuel Hirsch over silk thefts worth 6,500 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Valentine O'Toole
O'Toole
Wyckoff Street
Brooklyn
John Leech
Broadway
Manhattan
Inspector McCray
McCray
Harlem
Samuel Hirsch
O Toole
Miseloney
Commissione Iinright
Hiren
Shrec
Leech
Hirsch
Los Angeles shooting tied to denied aid for Jew ish philanthropist
Louis Goldfried a 20 year old from Youngstown was held in Los Angeles for the shooting of Caesar Samuels a Jewish philanthropist at the Federation of Jewish Societies headquarters. Police say Samuels is dangerously wounded and Goldfried claims he did not know Samuels. Local charities had refused him financial assistance.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Louis Goldfried
Youngstown
Caesar Samuels
Federation of Jewish Societies
Samuels
Goldfried
Ohio
Philanthropis
Ensign Beck pleads guilty to fifteen military misconduct charges
Ensign Paul Beck of the Naval Reserve pleaded guilty yesterday to fifteen specifications alleging conduct undermining morale. He admitted accepting money, dinners, and car trips to enroll men in the Navy and assign them to shore duty, with his counsel seeking leniency and stating Beck will testify further.
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Ensign Paul Beck
Naval Reserves
Navy Yard
Brooklyn
Ensign Beck
Naval Service
George Gordon Battle
Beck
Advocate Muir
Battle
Ensign
Manhattan
Brooklyn Boys High School
Colgate University
Cincinnati University
Columbia University
New York Law School
Washington
Navy Department
Julius Popper
Heck
Broadway
Popper
Joseph Price
Irving F Price
Leck
Dopper
Navy
Pelham Bay
Sperry Gyroscope Company
New York
Princeton
Boatawain L. C. Casey
Bay 6
Bensonhurst
Casey
Irwin
Philip
Sidney Hymes
Samuel Hymes
Greene Street
Man
Police Arrest Casey After Navy Money Exchange Plot
An officer detail relates that Casey, living at 801 West End Avenue, allowed sailors to go home nightly and granted a 30 day leave. He was seized at the Hotel Herms after receiving funds from Navy intelligence personnel who identified a payment to Casey and arranged the meeting. Casey was detained when he called for the money.
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Hattan
West End Avenue
Uty
Casey
Herms
Navy
Army Court Reform Debated By American Bar Association
Chicago reports a committee endorses improving army courts martial with better counsel and competent officers. Colonel West argues Edith Cavell died under the laws of war, while noting debate on death penalty for women and aim to finish testimony and a proposed bill.
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Chicago
American Bar Association
John W. Deckwith
R. R. McCormick
Chicago Tribune
Fu- Bene R. West
Fu- Bene R. West, Chief of the Legislative Section of the Judge Advocate
Neral
Artment
S. T. Ansel
Judge Advocate General
Eugene R. West
Judge Advocate General's Department
Gregory
Edith Cavell
West
Cavell
Ansell
Jail for Bookmakers Circulated by City Magistrate
Chief City Magistrate William McAdoo issued a circular quoting Police Commissioner Richard E. Enright urging jail for bookmakers convicted of obstructing sidewalks. He warned that prosecutors often impose suspended sentences or fines, and asked probation reports to determine if the defendant earns a living as a bookmaker or gambler and should be treated accordingly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William McAdoo
Richard E. Enright
McAdoo
No New Wilkins Jurors in Long Beach Murder Trial
In Mineola Long Island on June 10, Dr. Walter Keene Wilkins murder trial saw a brief session. A 35 member venire yielded only sixteen appearances, no new jurors added to six already chosen. Court adjourned to tomorrow with fifty veniremen planned.
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Mineola
L. I
Walter Keene Wilkins
Julia
Long Beach
Justice Manning
Onty Five Veniremen
Rutgers College Commencement Honors Weigel Houston
Major General William Weigel and Secretary David F. Houston led Rutgers College commencement as fifty two graduates who served in the armed forces earned degrees. Degrees in accounting science and law were conferred, with additional honors to Arthur G. Woodruff and Louis F. Bishop among others.
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New Brunswick
N. J
William Weigel
David F. Houston
Rutgers College
Houston
Weigel
Arthur G. Woodruff
University Glee Chih
New York
Walter Sherwood
Frank R. van Horn
Case School of Applied Science
Louis F. Bishop
Alan H Strong
The
Pennsylvania Road
Methodist Fund Reaches $106 Million in Centenary Campaign
CHICAGO June 10 The Methodist Joint Centenary campaign for $105 million passed its goal today. Director Dr. John W. Hancher announced the total has reached $106,295,000, with six large sub divisions of the loan work still to report their latest contributions.
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Chicago
John W. Hancher
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Delaney Will Investi
Mr. Hedley
Paul Beck
Paris
Fifth Avenue
35Th Street
London
Army Court
Wilkins
Veniremen
Rutgers
Methodist
Rexak Széres
Boy Scouts of America
United States
Franklin Simon & Co
Franklin Simon
Children’s Hosiery
Saks
Saks & Conmsary Broadway
34Th Street
America
Saka & Company
A.stein & Company Makers Children's Hickory Garters
Sterling
Annin. & CO
U. S. Pat
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