Policeman Arrested on Burglary Charge in Bronx
Wallace W. Evans, a 13 year NYPD veteran at Kingsbridge, was arrested by order of Inspector Flood after a saloon theft at the Marble Hill Hotel. Owner Ernest Weisswangler identified Evans as the intruder, claiming he fired at the uniformed man who fled through a rear window.
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Wallace W. Evens
Kingsbridge
Bronx
Flood
Ernest Weisswangler
Marble Hill
Broadway
221St Street
Weiswangler
Ernest Schemps
Schemps
Weisswangler
Kriegsbridge
Jerry O'Connor
Naughton
Inspector Flood
Evans
Seventh Avenue
Burglars Rob Widow in Williamsburg Dreaful Assault
Two burglars forced entry into Elizabeth Harper's room above her Williamsburg deli at 80 Bartlett Street. One attacker choked her and struck her, while they stole receipts of 15 dollars. Police chased suspects. Henry Rohr of 100 Melrose Street was captured and identified. Rohr claimed his co thief acted alone. Rohr held for a hearing.
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Elizabeth Harper
Bartlett Street
Williamsburg
Harper
Belink
Crymer Street
Marcy Avenue
Walton Street
Henry Rohr
Melrose Street
Rohr
Anti Socialist Orator Attacks Milwaukee Victory
The Rev Dr Hill at Metropolitan Temple denounces President Taft on Socialism and Milwaukee’s so called victory, calling it municipal reform not socialism. He cites Victor Berger and followers, criticizes Stokes and wife Rose Pastor, and urges voters to reject revolution against the United States.
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Metropolitan Temple
Seventh Avenue
Fourteenth Street
John Wesley Hill
Taft
Hill
Milwaukee
Dr. Hill
Victor Berger
J. G. Phelps Stokes
Rose Pastor
Berger
Collectivists Society
State Socialist Convention
Rosey the Lawyer Quits Essex Bar for Cloaks and Salts
Rosey the Lawyer, long-time Essex Market Court practitioner and former Essex Market Bar Association president, has left the bar. He now operates as Hyman Rosenschein, cloak and suit maker, at 18 20 West Twenty First Street, with office furniture sold and legal books set aside. He spends afternoons at 227 West 141st Street playing pinochle with his nephew Charlie Henis, as he shifts into his new business. He remains legally recognized as admitted to practice in the Supreme Court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rosey
Essex Market Court
Essex Market Bar Association
Hyman Rosenschein
West Twenty-first Street
Essex Street
Ladies’ Home Journal
Supreme Court
Germany
Ragey
Essex Market
James T. Kilbreth
Kilbreth
C. J. Guiteau
Garfield
Kesey
Jacob H. Koch
James R. Steers
Barnabas Osborne
William Mansfield
Silver Dollar
Norwalk
Law
Wall Street
Colorado Fuel
Interborough
Runaway Gates Trialed on Williamsburg Bridge
An improved form of runaway gates on the Williamsburg Bridge is showing great promise. Developed from James Connor’s idea, the 40 feet long gates use a V opening to trap wagons while allowing escape for people. Since an April 14 start, only one accident occurred as a horse bolted near the gates.
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Williamsburg Bridge
O. M. Kelly
Bulletin
American Museum of Safety
James Connor
US naval visitors hosted by Uruguayan ministers in Montevideo
Rear Admiral Staunton and US special service squadron officers were hosted by the Minister of Marine after a week of receptions. American Minister Edwin V. Morgan hosted a ball with President Williman and cabinet ministers. The Admiral hosted a banquet aboard the scout cruiser Chester with Williman in attendance.
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Montevideo
Staunton
United States Special Service Squadron
Coroner Rules Smollen Death Natural in Flushing
Coroner Feinberg determined Mrs. Margaret Leavitt Smollen died of natural causes from septicemia. He traveled from Manhattan with Dr. Timothy Lehane to the Leavitt home, ordered an autopsy, and issued a death certificate noting the cause as septicemia. Funeral arrangements are private this afternoon.
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Feinberg
Flushing
Margaret Leavitt Smollen
Manhattan
Timothy Lehane
G. Howland Leavitt
Six men arraigned for attempting taxi fare scam
Eugene Johnson Arthur Monahan William McFadden James Casey James A Hopper and Robert Roberts faced Magistrate Krotel in Night Court charged with trying to cheat taxicab driver Richard Donovan out of his fare. Each was fined five dollars as the accused claimed they hired a Lafayette Hotel cab and a different driver corroborated the trip.
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Eugene Johnson
Arthur Monahan
William McFadden
James Casey
James A. Hopper
Robert Roberts
Krotel
Richard Donovan
Donovan
Thirty-seventh
Broadway
Central Park
Seventy-second
110Th Street
Lenox Avenue
Cunningham
Johnson
Hotel Lafayette
West Eighth Street
Edward Mitchell
Harlem
Melville Forrester
Luncheon Honoring Claude G Montefiore at Shadow Lawn
J B Greenhut hosted a luncheon yesterday at Shadow Lawn West End New Jersey in honor of Claude G Montefiore of London England. About twenty five guests attended including Jacob H Schiff Isidor Straus Newman Erb Henry Goldman Leopold Stern Henry Morgenthau the Reverend Joseph Krauskopf and Dr Charles Singer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. B. Greenhut
Shadow Lawn
West End
N. J
Claude G. Montefiore
London
England
Jacob H. Schiff
Isidor Straus
Newman Erb
Henry Goldman
Leopol Stern
Henry Morgenthau
Joseph Krauskopf
Philadelphia
Charles Singer
McKane Homestead in Sheepshead Bay Sold to Physicians
The John Y. McKane homestead at East Twenty-fifth Street and Voorhees Avenue Sheepshead Bay once linked to the Gravesena political machine was sold to a physician syndicate for 35 000. They plan converting the eight lots into a sanitarium for nervous disorders.
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John Y. McKane
McKane
Twenty-fifth Street
Voorhees Avenue
Sheepshead Bay
Gravesena
George N. McKane
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East Side
Ors
Iers
Morgana Ball
Smollen
F. Berkeley Smith
Rochester Post
Post
Lady Merton
Humphry Ward
Grand Rapids Herald
Blaze Derringer
Eugene P. Lyle, Jr
the Missourian
Lone Star
Blaze
Ly Bouck White
Bringfield
Union
By Morgan W. Eckley
Doubleday, Page & Co
E. 16Th St
New York City
C. G. Montefiore
New York Times
New York
T. C. Domer
Washington
Seaboard Air Line Railway
Domer
Baltimore
Trenton
Pennsylvania
Dioneer Scencer
BY Rex Beach
Mark Fenderson
Harper & Brothers
Mil
Coca-Cola
Coca-Cola Company
Avants
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