Four Burned to Death in Swift Tenement Fire
A deadly blaze at 200 East Ninety-seventh Street killed three children and a woman as residents crowded the fire escapes. Firefighters and police performed daring rescues from air shafts, while two firemen were seriously injured. Coroner’s inquest identified the dead as Rebecca Rabinowitz, 83, Abraham Rabinowitz, 7 months, Ida Rabinowitz, 5, and Fannie Rabinowitz, 8, with blame or cause under investigation.
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Ninety-seventh Street
Angélo Pallerdino
Pallerdino
Pasquale
Second Avenue
Croker
Joseph Forgione
East Ninety-seventh Street
Kennedy
East 104Th Street
Gallagher
Engine Company No. 36
Hook and Ladder Company No. 13
Harlem
Campbell
Feldner
Dinnick
Berliner
Harlem Hospital
James Tauber
East 184Th Street
Victor Cahill
East Fifty-sixth Street
Cahill
Hook and Ladder Company 138
Tauber
Julius Harburger
Harburger
Michael Fazulla
Fazulla
Wolf Bloom
West 115Th Street
Rebecca Rabinowitz
Abraham Rabinowitz
Ida Rabinowitz
Fannie Rabinowitz
Police Sergeant Arrested in Brooklyn Extortion Sting
Deputy Commissioner O'Keefe engineered a sting arrest of Sergeant James Duffy of Brooklyn Police on a charge of attempted extortion. Saloon owner Martin Ehlers accused Duffy of demanding immunity for $25 a week, leading to a 11 o'clock meeting in Ehlers' Fulton Street saloon where marked bills were seized. Duffy, later bailed, was suspended from the force.
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O’keefe
James Duffy
Brooklyn
Martin Ehlers
Fulton Street
Ehlers
Duffy
Capt
Shaw
Adams Street
O'Keefe
Rebate Indictments Dismissed in Kansas City
In federal court here the indictments against the Chicago and Alton Railway the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railway and D H Kresky Kansas City broker charging rebates and conspiracy were dismissed on motion of District Attorney Van Valkenburgh The packers rebate cases against Chicago Alton J M Fairhorn and F A Wann go to trial tomorrow
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Kansas City
United States District Court
Chicago & Alton
Chicago
Milwaukee & St. Paul
D. H. Kresky
van Valkenburgh
Kresky
Chicago & Alton Railroad
J. M. Fairhorn
F. A. Wann
Index to Departments and Page Listings
A concise index lists sections such as Amusements on page 9 Arrival of Out-of-Town Buyers on page 5 Business roubles and Commercial World on page 12 Court Calendars on page 12 Financial News on pages 10 11 and 12 Marine Intelligence and Foreign Mails on page 5 New Corporations on page 11 Real Estate on page 13 Society on page 0 United Service on page 12 Weather Report on page 9 and Yesterday's Fires on page 2
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Commercial World
Financial News
Marine Intelligence
Society
United Service
Weather Report
Classifieds Directory References by Page
A brief listing notes sections in a newspaper such as Armusements, Deaths, Furnished Rooms and Boarders, Help and Situations Wanted, Hotels and Restaurant, Instruction, Lost and Found, Marriages, Spring and Summer Resorts, and Travelers' Guide with respective page numbers. It serves as a contents guide for readers seeking specific notices or features.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Travelers’ Guide
President Fares Bill Aims to Fund Presidential Travel
Washington June 11 The President proposes a $25 000 annual appropriation in the Sundry Civil bill to cover travel expenses for the President and his official household. The measure argues such funds are for national outreach and public attendance rather than personal gain, with oversight by the President. If law, the annual sum and allocations would cover trips and invited aides, including the current fiscal year.
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New York Times
Washington
White House
Senate
United States
Congress
Representative Watson
Indiana
Watson
Westernland Runs Aground Off Cape May In June Incident
The American liner Westernland bound from Liverpool to Philadelphia ran aground on the Overfalls Shoal near the Delaware Capes at 10 am. Tugboats freed her at 11 40 pm and she proceeded to the Delaware Breakwater. Onboard were 1 210 people including 880 passengers. Captain Eldridge of Cape May Point Life Saving Station coordinated assistance.
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New York Times
Cape May
N. J
Westernland
Liverpool
Philadelphia
Delaware Capes
Delaware
James W. Eldridge
Cape May Point
Defend Eighty Cent Gas Law Faces Court Challenge
An answer was filed in the U S Circuit Court in a suit by Central Trust Company against the New Amsterdam Gas Company the Attorney General the District Attorney and the State Gas Commission The trust company seeks to enjoin enforcement of the eighty cent gas law It says it has issued 20 million dollars in bonds as trustee and that the law would force losses and render interest payments to bondholders impossible The defendants reply that the new rate is just and that without Consolidated Gas Company control the gas company could profit under the rate.
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United States Circuit
Central Trust Company
New Amsterdam Gas Company
District Attorney
State Gas Commission
Consolidated Gas Company
New York
Ss Pp
Maneger
Mutual Life Insurance Comny of
E. Lyman Shortt
the Mutual
Louis May
Herrick
Robert Olyphant
Hurry Call to Kansas's New Senator
Ottawa Kansas June 11 Judge A W Benson left for Topeka to report to the governor on accepting the United States Senatorship. He will go directly to Washington after arranging with the delegation that urged his swift action.
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Kansas
Ottawa
Kan
A. W. Benson
Topeka
United States
Judge Benson
Washington
Princess Alice in Europe Honeymoon Admired
London dispatch notes Paris press downplaying Mrs Longworths travels while British papers praise her modest and gracious conduct. Ambassador Reid guides the party through Commons gallery visit and a shopping district tour followed by attendance at the Alhambra Theatre for the ballet L Amour with music by American composer Thay Ritchie.
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NEW York Times
London
Petit Parisien
Paris
Ambassador Reid
Princess Alice
America
Nicholas Longworth
House of Commons
Longworth
Reid
Alhambra Theatre
L'Amour
Thay Ritchie
Wellman Motors A Success Paris Test Of Airship America
The public test of Walter Wellman’s dirigible balloon America in Paris was highly successful. The 100 horsepower engines impressed aeronauts and officials from Europe and the Prince of Monaco pledged support, with inflation tests planned at Danes Island due to recent strikes. J Wellman plans to depart northward within days amid public interest and souvenir demand.
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Paris
Walter Wellman
America
North Pole
St. Ouen
Prince of Monaco
Mr. Wellman
Godard
Spitzbergen
Wellman
Danes Island
J. Wellman
New Times Square Theatre Aims for 1400 Seats
Meyer R. Bimberg disclosed he bought 109 to 121 West Forty-fourth Street from Surety Realty Mandelbaum Lewine and Jackson Stern and will erect a new theatre. George Keister will design the plans as work starts at once. The site, opposite Lambs Club, spans 125 by 100 feet with a 75 foot vacant easterly portion and three dwellings on the westerly side.
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Meyer R. Bimberg
West Forty-fourth Street
Surety Realty Company
Mandelbaum & Lewine
Jackson & Stern
George Keister
Mr. Keister
The
Lambs Club
al” Adams
Adams
Bimberg
Garland Opens Hospital for Crippled Children in Providence
James A. Garland of New York funds a new hospital for crippled children by converting a farmhouse on the north end of Providence Island into a care facility. The project, planned with Dr. John M. Peters and Rhode Island Hospital physicians, aims to house twenty to twenty five patients for children needing in home or hospital care.
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New York Times
Providence
James A. Garland
New York
Prudence Island
Narragansett Bay
Garland
Chase Farm
John M. Peters
Rhode Island Hospital
Rhode Island
Garland Hospital
Fire destroys Armour & Co oleomargarine plant in Omaha
Late Tuesday night a blaze devastated Armour & Co packing plant on Q Street in Omaha causing about 100000 dollars in damage. Cornelius Denny a member of Armour & Co private fire department was killed when timber fell during firefighting efforts.
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New York Times
Omaha
Neb
Armour & Co
Q Street
Cornelius Denny
Du Pont Beats Addicks Wins the Senatorial Nomination
Henry A. du Pont defeated J Edward Addicks in the Delaware Republican caucus for United States Senator receiving twenty votes to ten with one for H H Ward. The unusual vote included David O Moore voting for Addicks after resigning as Senator to become Postmaster then resuming his seat.
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New York Times
Dover
Del
Henry A. du Pont
J. Edward Addicks
United States
du Pont
Addicks
H. H. Ward
Addlicks
G. C. Moore
Smyrna
Moore
Senate
David O. Moore
Laurel
Thomas Do. Moore
Representative Garrison
Kenton
Richardson
Garrison
Robert H. Richards
Thomas C. Moore
State House
Gov. Lea
Col. du Pont
Europe
Cable
Gould Arrested On Albany Post Road Speed Charge
Frank J. Gould was arrested Sunday for disobeying the speed law on the Albany Post Road at Dobbs Ferry. A hearing before Police Justice Hugh A. Thornton was adjourned to tomorrow at the request of his lawyer F W Millard. Gould posted a $100 bond and may contest the charge while traveling to Lyndhurst Irvington-on-the-Hudson with Miss Helen Miller Gould’s family.
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Frank J. Gould
Albany Post Road
Dobbs Ferry
Hugh A. Thornton
F. W. Millard
Miss Gould
Europe
Gould
Five Hurt In Trolley Rush On Williamsburg Bridge Line
A Tompkins Avenue trolley car on the Williamsburg Bridge route suffered a pole slip into live wires causing a brilliant arc and panic on board. Passengers rushed for exits and several were injured while others were attended by a surgeon at Delancey Street Police Station. Names include Anne Duckman Stella Hynes Benjamin Cooper John Smith and Albert Talocies.
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Tompkins Avenue
Manhattan
Williamsburg Bridge
Delancey Street
Hudson Street Hospital
Anne Duckman
Herkimer Street
Stella Hynes
Pacific Street
Benjamin Ooster
Snediker Avenue
John Smith
Ellery Street
Brooklyn
Albert Talocies
East Tenthtreet
Compromise on Statehood Reaches New Form in Senate
The Senate moves to a second Foraker amendment requiring Arizona and New Mexico to vote separately on Statehood at the next fall election. Statehood will be rejected unless both territories approve. Delegates to a Constitutional Convention only elected if both votes are affirmative. The Beveridge conference report awaits action.
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New York Times
Washington
Cannon
Foraker
Senate
Beveridge
Indiana
Ohio
Arizona
New Mexico
Threatening Cards Fear for Speaker Cannon
Post Office Inspectors trace threatening postal cards mailed from Indianapolis to Speaker Cannon in Washington. Cards, dated in Muncie South Bend and other Indiana towns, share the same handwriting and are postmarked Indianapolis. Authorities suspect the letters relate to the Speaker's stance on the Pure Food bill.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Cannon
House of Representatives
Washington
Muncie
South Bend
Indiana
Quay’s Head Featured on Capitol Doors Uncovered
In Harrisburg on June 11 the big bronze doors of the new Capitol were unveiled. A border panel shows the head of Matthew S. Quay, praised by Gov. Pennypacker as greater than Daniel Webster. Also depicted are Senator Penrose, Capitol Commission members, and Senator Clark of Montana, linked to the doors’ New York workshop.
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New York Times
Harrisburg
Penn
New Capitol
Matthew S. Quay
Gov. Pennypacker
Daniel Webster
Senator Penrose
Capitol Commission
Senator Clark
Montana
New York
Yellow Fever Cases Quarantined At Ship Island Gulf Station
Three yellow fever cases have been under quarantine for two days at Ship Island a Government quarantine station in the Gulf midway between the Mississippi River mouth and Mobile Alabama announces Dr C H Iron president of the Louisiana Board of Health.
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New Orleans
Ship Island
Gulf of Mexico
Mississippi River
Mobile
Ala
C. H. Iron
Louisiana Board of Health
Four-Alarm Bronx Fire Destroys Factory Building
A five-story brick factory at Brook Avenue and 147th Street burned at 1 am, threatening the block. By 2 am fire chiefs said flames were under control. Loss estimated at 300 000 to 400 000 dollars as workers fled and residents nearby were ordered out. The Wheelock Piano Company and Stuyvesant Piano Company were among tenants. low water pressure hindered efforts.
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Brook Avenue
147Th Street
Short
Ahearn
148Th Street
Wheelock Piano Comany
Stuyvesant Piano Company
Iger & Co
Henry Ahr
Roosevelt in Sayville Bedbound with No Improvement
Robert B. Roosevelt, confined to his Sayville home, shows no improvement and faces a serious illness. Dr. Lewis of New York attends him daily, with limited access for friends. The Roosevelt uncle of the president has been in poor health for months, seeking rest since arriving a month ago.
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Sayville
L. L
Robert B. Roosevelt
Lewis
New York
Roosevelt
Mr. Roosevelt
President Roosevelt
Edison claims cobalt deposits in North Carolina
Edison announces discovery of cobalt in Lincoln Gaston Shelby and Jackson counties North Carolina and says cobalt based storage batteries will cut auto and city traffic costs by about half he expects vehicles to run lighter with cobalt powered batteries and lower expenses in mobility.
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New York Times
Asheville
N. C
Thomas A. Edison
North Carolina
Lincoln
Gaston
Shelby
Jackson
Jackson County
First steel passenger coach built for major rail line
The Pressed Steel Car Company at Pittsburg produced today what is described as the first steel passenger coach for a large railroad. It is one of three to be used by the Southern Railway. Interiors are wood free with a steel floor over layered wooden flooring and linoleum. End framing uses angle corners and triple reinforced channels.
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New York Times
Pittsburg
Pressed Steel Car Company
Southern Railway
Lenox Avenue Express to West Farms station on Monday
August Belmont announces Lenox Avenue express trains will run to West Farms station starting Monday June 18 after transportation department arrangements. The plan required lengthening switches and platforms at West Farms to handle longer trains, delaying the inauguration.
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August Belmont
Property Owners’ Association of
Wyse Estate and Vicinity
Lenox Avenue
West Farms
Indicted ex vice presidents of Mutual Life face scathing grand jury
Dr Walter R Gillette and Robert C Granniss former Mutual Life vice presidents were indicted by a special Insurance Grand Jury. Gillette faces six indictments five forgery third degree and one perjury Granniss faces two indictments forgery third degree and filing a false report Both released on bail without arrest and pleaded not guilty The grand jury decried McCurdy regime practices and noted deaths used to shield misconduct.
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Walter R. Gillette
Robert C. Granniss
The
Mutual Life Insurance Company
McCurdy
Special Insurance Grand Jury
Forevery
Pere
Dr. Gillette
Granniss
Albany
Gillette
Mutual
Speecial Grand Jury
Henry L. Joyce
Special Grand Jury
Armstrong Committee
Hughes
Justice Scott
Jerome
Joyce
Scott
Solomon Hanford
Choate, Hanford & Larocaue
Forbes J. Hennessy
Grand Jury
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Joseph Marino
East 101St Street
Marino
Sackett
Baumbach
Banumbach
Fathers Conley
Dooley
Father Dooley
Central Trust
Mrs. Longworth
Wellman Motors
Explorer
New Times Square Theatre
Forty-fourth Street
J. A. Garland
Gas Man
Irvington
MR. Cannon
Quay
Capitol
Penrose
Gulf
Louisiana Health Board
Bronx
R. B. Roosevelt
Edison
Cobat
Lenox Avenue Line
Usher
Ady
Ltill
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