Three Platoon Plan Complicates Police Battle Schedule Change
Police reorganization under Waldo’s plan implements a three platoon system with 2000 officers on duty across three eight hour shifts. The shift cycle requires complex charts and memorization, extending patrol, reserve, and time off across twelve weeks. Officials say the aim is greater patrol time with reduced reserve duty despite initial concerns over discipline and coverage.
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Waldo
Bingham
Dillon
Acest
Teutenant
No Ban on Nightsticks Declared by Police Chief Waldo
Police Commissioner Waldo released a letter denying any city order banning nightsticks or revolvers for regular officers since Mayor Gaynor took office in 1910. The missive, aimed at countering Mayor Gaynor’s complaint to “tell the truth,” also notes the removal of the Missing Persons Bureau by Waldo.
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Gaynor
Waldo
Lyman Abbott
Baltimore
William J. Gaynor
R. Waldo
Whitan
Whitman
Police
Central Office detects shifts in missing persons inquiries
Commissioner Waldo reorganized the detective bureau establishing two Central Office detectives to handle all missing person inquiries from other cities. Robert J. Kennedy, a newspaper man, is named executive clerk in Waldo's office and will earn a salary similar to predecessor Lewis E. Birdseye who made 3500. Kennedy is 28, married, and resides in upper Manhattan.
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Waldo
Robert J. Kennedy
Lewis E. Birdseye
Upper Manhattan
710Be
Jowett Heads to London for Coronation Invitation
Dr. Jowett of Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church sails on the Adriatic after receiving a personal coronation invitation from the King. The invitation will be delivered by the Lord Chamberlain and he will sit in Westminster among those the King has commanded to attend. He plans sermons in Birmingham London and Edinburgh before returning to resume duties in October.
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J. H. Jowett
Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church
Jowett
Wre
London
Westminster
New York
Tom
Dr. Jowett
N. H. Marshall
Thomas Phillips
J. H. Shakespeare
C. Sylvester Horne
S. J. Reid
Belfast
Robert E. Sp
Chicago Wheat Sales Trigger Panic on Board of Trade
Panic hit the Chicago Board of Trade as July wheat slid from about 89 cents to 86 1/2 cents after Lichtstern brokers and others attempted to hedge big cash wheat holdings. Armour Lowitz Logan Bryan Finley Barrell Bartlett Frasier and J Rosenbaum Grain Co. acted as buyers and sellers during the swing with widespread losses and a 750000 bushel sale at 87 cents.
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New York Times
Chicago
Ill
Board of Trade
Lichstern Bull Clique
Lichtstern Houses
Lichtstein
Armour
Lowitz
Logan & Bryan
Finley Barrell
Bartlett-Frasier
Shorts
Pringle
J. Rosenbaum Grain Company
Banker Bellew helps trap Maybray gang swindlers in Newark case
Thomas W. Bellew of Princeton Missouri identified Camden contractor James Morton in Chief Magistrate McAdoo's court, aiding federal agents who traced the Maybray gang to Council Bluffs and Camden. Morton and twelve others faced U S Commissioner hearings after Bellew exposed Morton as a gang member known as Crawford. The scheme used fake contests from horse racing to wire tapping to fleece victims of millions across the West.
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United States Post Office Department
West
Maybray
John C. Maybray
Council Bluffs
Iowa
Thomas W. Bellew
Princeton
Bellew
McAdoo
Mulberry Street
James Morton
Charles McDonald
Camden
N. J
Federal Secret Service
McDonald
Walter Nolan
Morton
Merton
Maybray Garg
Crawford
Cassassa
McKenna
Cray
Murphy
United States
Shields
Mr. Bellew
Maybray Gang
Croke
Philadelphia
Deaf Mute Testimony Sheds Light in Suit for Loss of Hand
Walter Harriman a deaf mute sues the Francis H. Leggett Company for 25000 claiming loss of his right hand and livelihood after an accident. Harriman testified about his disability and learning to speak anew while the company contends the injury was caused by his own negligence. He resides at 582 Lenox Avenue.
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Supreme Court
Walter Harriman
Francis H. Leggett Company
Harriman
Lenox Avenue
Polo dinner for English team at Folies Bergere
Harry Payne Whitney and Lawrence Waterbury of the American Polo Team hosted a dinner and box party at the Folies Bergere last night for Capt Cheape Lieut Edwards Hardress Lloyd and Capt Wilson of the English Polo Team.
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Harry Payne Whitney
Lawrence Waterbury
Folies Bergere
Cheape
Lieut. Edwards
Hardress Lloyd
Capt. Wilson
Delmonico’s Roof Garden Opens for the Season
The Delmonico’s roof garden opened last night for the season. The area has been restored since last year and appears cool and inviting. Covered setting shields diners from weather, white trellis with wistaria and hydrangea in window boxes, electric fans keep air moving briskly.
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Delmonico’s
Robbery on Seventy Sixth Street Ended in Escape Bid
At noon Leslie A. Carle a Baird Daniels salesman with about $500 in cash was held up by four men at Seventy sixth Street and Third Avenue. James Kenny 22 of Long Island City was identified as one assailant and later chased across roofs. Detectives traced three suspects to a First Avenue gutter and a barricaded closet where a suspect fought before being handcuffed.
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Leslie A. Carle
Baird- Daniels Company
West Broadway
Seventy-sixth Street
Third Avenue
Cerl
James Kenny
Twelfth Street
Long Island City
Ander
Kenny
Carle
East Sixty-seventh Street
First Avenue
Crowd Packs Station as Searchger Returns Empty
By that time the excitement had attracted a crowd, and reserves were sent from the station. Nothing was found in Kenny's possession.
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Kenny
Divorce Suit Opens in County Superior Court
Delphin M. Delmas arrives in Pasadena to defend Mrs. Robert Benson Davis in a divorce suit filed by her husband R B Davis. The 76 year old New York baker manufacturer claims insanity and seeks dissolution of marriage. Mrs. Davis traveled from New York to Los Angeles for the case which opens tomorrow.
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New York Times
Los Angeles
N. J
Hoboken
Davis
Summit
New York
Postal Sleuth Tries to Die in Denver Federal Building
Frank A. O'Brien, a Post Office Inspector, attempted suicide in a darkened corridor of the Denver Federal Building yesterday afternoon after arriving from the East. He stabbed himself in the left side and wrist but survived, with doctors noting the wounds were not fatal. Inspector Cochran says O'Brien is held in high esteem by postal authorities.
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Denver
Col
Frank A. O'Brien
Federal Building
O'Brien
Cochran
Fittsburg
Frank O'Brien
Philadelphia
Pittsburg
Men's Sack Suits Open Saturdays This Month
Retailer advertises men s sack suits with Saturday shopping through the month. Prices range from 18 to 45 dollars and sales run until 6 o clock.
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Missourian
T. W. Bellew
Delmonico
J I Gidding & Co
Luna
R. B. Davis
R. H. Macy & Co.’s
CY B’way
6Th Av
Macy’s
Macy
F. A. O’brien
Denver Federal Building
Brokaw
Switzerland
Maggi
James P. Smith & Co
Nahan Franko Orchestra
Popular Price
Sutkien I
New Norfolk
Priestley
Mpson Crawford CO
Sixth Ave
20Th St
Fifth Avenue
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