Open Air Cut Replaces Bergen Tunnel for Erie Commuters
Erie commuters will use a newly opened open air cut replacing the Bergen tunnel from Jersey City Heights. The cut, 4,400 feet long and 45 to 85 feet deep, will carry passenger trains on two inner tracks with freight using tunnel tracks until July 1. No lives were lost during construction as a massive blast effort cleared rock and debris.
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Erie
Erie Station
Jersey
Bergen Tunnel
Jersey City Heights
Erie Company
Greenwood Lake
New Jersey
New York
Northern & Susquehanna
Hudson
Chicago
Palisade Avenue
Baldwin Avenue
Millard Construction Company
Philadelphia
Erle
Hackensack Meadows
Hnes
Sugar Refining Execs Cleared as Halligan and Walker Get Three Months
Charles R. Heike and Ernest W. Gerbracht escape verdicts after pleading guilty to sugar duty fraud. Halligan Jr and Walker receive three months on Blackwell's Island. Voelker suspended. Bendernagel released on own recognizance. Sentences reflect plea deals and judicial leniency amid a broader probe.
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Charles R. Heike
American Sugar Refining Company
Ernest W. Gerbracht
Williamsburg
Havemeyer & Elder
United States Circuit Court
Ivenge Martin
Ustf
Gerbracht
Hbevrg
Heike
Judas
Martin
Jean
Voelker
Checker
James I. Bendernagel
Bendernagel
Ben- Denagel
Kim
James F. Halligan, Jr
Harry W. Walker
United States
Stimson
Blackwell's Island
Cochrane
Halligan
Walker
Stimgen
Spitzer
Judge Martin
Mr. Stimson
Checkers
Wealthy defendants Heck and Gerbracht sentenced to three months
Walker and Halligan receive three month terms at Blackwell's Island Penitentiary after sentence is pronounced. Heike and Gerbracht, ages 65 and 62, have sentence postponed with DA Stimson's consent awaiting an Aug 30 appeal. Heike and Gerbracht were prominent earners with salaries of 20000 and 25000 dollars respectively. Bendernagel's weekly pay was 35. The case was argued by Joan B. Stanchfeld.
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Walker
Halligan
Blackwell’s Island
Marshal Henkel
Heike
Gerbracht
Stimson
British Columbia
Bendernagel
Heike and
Joan B.-Stanchfeld
Bond salesman held on Orange County theft charge
Frank J. Gardiner of Warwick s Orange County New Jersey was arrested in a Fifth Avenue restaurant and jailed on an indictment dated May 10 charging larceny of bonds worth 50100 given for sale by Union Waxed Parchment Paper Company. Detectives seized 3883 dollars in cash, and allege he did not return the bonds or money.
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Frank J. Gardiner
Warwick S
Orange County
N. J
Fifth Avenue
Vallee
Grand Jury
Union Waxed
van Twistern and Allen
Central Office
Fannie Gardiner
Gilbert & Wessel
Cedar Street
Gilbert
Gardiner
Praise for Spanish pastor at Calvary Baptist Church
The Rev. Samuel I. Gordiano, pastor of Calvary Baptist Church's Spanish department, received a cordial letter from the President's Secretary praising his work among 40,000 Spanish residents. During a World Sunday School Association convention in Washington he visited the White House. Mr Norton urged a written account, quoting Dr. MacArthur on Gordiano's leadership as Providence. Gordiano leads the city's only Protestant Spanish pastorate.
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Samuel I. Gordiano
Calvary Baptist Church
World's Sunday School Association
Washington
Gordiano
White House
Norton
Woman Burned to Death in Brooklyn Breakfast Fire
Helen Kearns a servant for Mrs. Jennie Higbie of 34 Jefferson Avenue Brooklyn died at Swedish Hospital from burns after her dress sleeve touched an alcohol lamp while she prepared breakfast. Mrs Higbie and others rushed to help but flames spread. Higbie suffered burns but refused hospital treatment.
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Helen Kearns
Jennie Higbie
Jefferson Avenue
Brooklyn
Prices Fetch High for Mogul Mohurs and Rare Coins
A twelve piece set of gold Mohurs from the reign of Jehangir Shah sold for $330 at Lyman H. Low’s coins and medals sale in East Twenty-third Street. A postal US fractional currency set said to come from Abraham Lincoln’s collection sold for $30. Other items included bronze Rome and Campania coins, a George IV gold pattern, Spanish reales, Brunswick thalers, and a Di Cesnola Greek terra cotta heads set fetched $5 with a notable bid by the Grand Duke of Mecklenburg turning down a $1,000 offer.
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Jehangir Shah
Hindustan
Lyman H. Low
Collectors’ Club
East Twenty-third Street
United States
Abraham Lincoln
E. Dubois
Philadelphia Mint
New York Treasury
England
Rome
Janus
Campania
Wyon
George IV
Great Britain
Philip IV
Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel
Henry Julius
Brunswick- New Line Wolfenbuttel
Rudolf Aug
Lauteusthal
Gluck
Victoria
Maximilian I
Munich
Brandenburg- Ansbach
Danzig
Sigismund III
Eggenberg
Salzburg
Arsinoe Gekadrachem
Egypt
Arsinoe
B. C
L. P. di Cesnola
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Cyprus
di Cesnola
Isaid
Grand Duke of Mecklenburg
Poultry Trust Trial Delayed by Illness and Legal Tactics
District Attorney Whitman hoped to push the Live Poultry Trust cases to trial but a conspiracy charge involving eighteen commission merchants and jobbers, scheduled before Judge Rosaleky, may be postponed as co defendantuel Werner is reported seriously ill with typhoid. Ex District Attorney Jerome, now defense counsel, likely to press for the pre trial request.
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Whitman
Live Poultry Trust
Rosaleky
Uel Werner
Jerome
Brigands Slay Chinese Otter Hunters Near Russian Frontier
Victoria B C June 11 Eighty Chinese otter hunters were slain by brigands near Manchyu on the Russian-Chinese frontier on May 2. The attackers killed most of the hunters and carried off about a thousand otter skins.
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Victoria
B. C
Manchyu
Naval Militia Battleship Cruise to Atlantic Fleet
The Naval Militia from New York New Jersey and six other states will join fourteen to sixteen battleships for an eight day summer cruise starting July 23. Cadets will be paired with veterans aboard ships like South Carolina Michigan New Hampshire and more to learn gun handling marksmanship ammunition and routine aboard a first class battleship. Commanders plan short practice runs on the gun boat Wasp before joining the fleet off Provincetown and returning to Tompkinsville New York.
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New York
New Jersey
Admiral Schroeder
Pennsylvania
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Rhode Island
Maine
South Carolina
Michigan
New Hampshire
Minnesota
Nebraska
Virginia
New York Harbor
Tompkinsville
Mississippi
Idaho
Newport
Vermont
Boston
Kansas
Philadelphia
Russell Raynor
Manhattan
Wasp
Subways in City Budget Sparks Policy Clash and Delays
The city faces Complications as Aldermen resist the Interborough budget plan and push for subway extensions funded by city money. Officials weigh third track on elevated lines and Appellate Division decisions on bond schedules amid a roughly 85 million dollar permanent improvements budget with 13 million for subways.
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Interborough
Public Service Commission
Shonts
Board of Estimate
Gaynor
Supreme Court
Bronx
Commission
Times Square
Seventh Avenue
East Forty-second Street
Madison Avenue
Second Avenue
Supreme Court bars auto victim damages in Himmelwright case
The Kansas Supreme Court ruled that E. H. Himmelwright of Sedgwick County cannot recover damages after being run over by an automobile driven by Hattie M. Baker. The court held that a pedestrian must exercise reasonable care to avoid danger and that by not doing so he bore responsibility for the accident.
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Topeka
Kan
Supreme Court of Kansas Today
E. H. Himmelwright
Sedgewick County
Hattie M. Baker
Doctor on Star Pilot Aids the Poor Off City Island
Dr. J. R. Latham of 172 Franklin Place Flushing has quit his practice to devote himself to religious work. He travels aboard the gasoline yacht Star Pilot off City Island visiting sailors and the poor and will provide free medical services as part of his mission. Neighbors note his family and friends were surprised by the career change.
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J. R. Latham
Franklin Place
Flushing
Star Pilot
City Island
Latham
First Baptist Church of
Archaeology Prof Saville Heads Peru Ecuador Expedition for Eight Months
Marshall H. Saville of Columbia University sails on the Royal Mail Orotava for eight months to study Inca pottery, ethnology, and history in Peru and Ecuador. He will traverse Lima, Quito, and remote forest interiors with companions John Baragwanath, Manuel Gameo, and William Bakky. John J. Stevenson of NYU joins for a West Indies and Central America tour aboard the same voyage.
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Marshall H. Saville
Columbia University
Peru
Ecuador
Royal Mail
Orotava
Panama
Lima
Quito
United States
Colombia
South America
John Baragwanath
Manuel Gameo
William Bakky
Columbia
John J. Stevenson
New York University
West Indies
Central America
Southampton
Death by own action on lake steamer City of Erie
Paul Hammer of Boston killed himself in his stateroom as the City of Erie reached Cleveland harbor. He had boarded at Buffalo. Letters in his pocket named Alvin Hammer of Philadelphia as a brother who knew nothing of motives. The dead man is identified as 35-year-old Paul Hammer.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Paul Hammer
Boston
City of Erie
Buffalo
Alvin Hammer
North Broad Street
Philadelphia
Penn
Paul
A. Alvin Hammer
Wendling Released in Kellner Murder Case
Mrs Madeline Wendling, held as an accessory in the Alma Kellner murder, was released from custody in Louisville on a prosecution motion. She is married to Joseph Wendling the janitor accused of the crime.
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Louisville
Madeline Wendling
Alma Kellner
Cosmacy
Joseph Wendling
Night rider trials postponed to premier term in Kentucky
In Hopkinsville Kentucky on June 11 the State moved to postpone all night rider trials set for today with no defense objection. Principal witness Milton Oliver who was wounded in an ambush could not appear. Spectators were again searched for weapons before entering the courtroom.
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Hopkinsville
Milton Oliver
Beothic Arrives in Boston for Arctic Supply Run
Sealing steamer Beothic arrives from Sydney to carry Harry Whitney of New Haven and supplies for the Arctic voyage. Whitney, Paul Rainey of Philadelphia and H C Ynman of New York depart for New York, Whitney planning to return in a few days before sailing for Etah on June 20.
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Boston
Harry Whitney
New Haven
Arctic
Sydney
C. B
Mr. Whitney
Paul J. Rainey
Philadelphia
H. C. Ynman
New York
Whitney
Etah
Suit Must Be Continued Against Elvira Fischer Hansen
Disbarred lawyer Carl Fischer-Hansen seeks $125000 against his wife Elvira Brokaw Fischer-Hansen and others. Supreme Court Justice Erlanger signs memorandum allowing continuation unless a stipulation bars a new action. The case stems from a separation agreement claiming support and leaving-country promises tied to custody and debts totaling $13000.
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Carl Fischer-Hansen
Blackwell's Island
Elvira Brokaw Fischer- Hansen
Supreme Court
Erlanger
Bis
Fischer-Hansen
George Gordon Battle
Anson McCook Beard
Elvira
Karlin & Busch
Saks & Co
George W. Young
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Erie Tunnel
Jersey Heights
New Jersey Junction Railroad
Erie Railroad
Blackwell's
Island
Wax Paper Company
Mr. Gordiano
Dress
Poultry Trust
Sions
Appellate Division
The
New Essex Market Court
Manhattan Bureau of Sewers
Children’s Court
Bronx Park Zoo
Bronx Zoo
Dyker Beach Park
New York County Clerk's Office
Corporation Counsel's Office
Municipal
Become
Normal College
Central Park Lakes
Metropolitan Sewerage Commission
Orporation
Mitchel
Board of Aldermen
Court
Prof. Saville of
Mrs. Wendling
Kellner
Fischer-Hansen's
S. & H. Green
Copenhagen
Greenhut and Co. Sale
Greenhut & Co
Sixth Ave
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