English Defenders Stop Americans In Davis Cup Tie
Wimbledon report from London June 15 states England defeated the American team as H L Doherty beat Holcombe Ward in straight sets 6-2 6-3 6-2 and H L Smith defeated Raymond D Little 6-4 6-4 6-1 with doubles to come and a potential American comeback unlikely under poor weather conditions including fog and wind.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Dwight F. Davis
United States
Beals C. Wright
Little
Smith
H. L. Doherty
Ward
Doherty
England
Bankers & Merchants' Securities faces charter revocation
In Trenton on June 15 the Attorney General filed proceedings in the New Jersey Supreme Court to revoke the charter of Bankers & Merchants' Securities Company. The firm, with offices in Newark and New York, is accused of exercising banking powers not granted by law after investigation by Banking Examiner L R Vredenburgh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Trenton
N. J
Bankers & Merchants’ Securities Company
Century
Newark
Broadway
New York
Supreme Court
McCarter
Department of Banking and Insurance
Bankers’ Company
General Corporation Act
J. W. Brunton
Neptune Avenue
Jersey City
F. W. Mackey
Summit Street
F. R. Dunn
Rutherford
Denver
Col
L. R. Vredenburgh
Dog Frustrates Burglars in Flatbush Home
Rags the fox terrier owned by Joseph B Mead of 1570 East Fourteenth Street woke the family as burglars forced a kitchen window. The dog barked and pounced on the bed, waking Mr Mead, while the thieves fled empty handed after dairying several other houses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flatbush
Mr. Mead
Bingham to Shake Up Police Inspectors in Manhattan and Brooklyn
Police Commissioner Bingham questioned all police inspectors in Manhattan and Borough Inspector Cross of Brooklyn for about an hour. He announced a shake up among the captains, expected to take place on Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bingham
Manhattan
Cross
Brooklyn
Dr Douglas Hyde sails home with Gaelic League gift
Dr Douglas Hyde and Mrs Hyde left for Ireland aboard the Celtic after a seven month visit in which they raised 50000 dollars for the Gaelic League. Five thousand dollars went to Ireland via the New York reception committee and another five thousand for earthquake relief in San Francisco. Hyde traveled 19000 miles to explain Irish language to about 80000 people and declined a personal reward. friends offered a motor car gift which he refused.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas Hyde
Gaelic League
Ireland
San Francisco
Dr. Hyde
Woman Foils Two Thieves at Tobacco Store
Mrs. Johanna Reunge who runs a Tobaccos shop at 249 Seventh Avenue fought off two men who tried to rob her last night about 9. She restrained one attacker until police arrived and identified the other as a suspected thief from East Forty-third Street. She suffered facial injuries and torn clothes from the struggle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johanna Reunge
Seventh Avenue
Twenty-fifth Street
Mrs. Reunge
Minton
Autoists in Economy Run by Long Island Club
Over twenty members of the Long Island Automobile Club depart 360 Cumberland Street between 8 and 9 this morning for a reliability and economy contest to Southampton and back. The planned route to Poughkeepsie and back totals about 175 miles with President Alfred Wilmarth leading in a Royal-Tourist. Raymond Healy enters a Zust car, the first Zust in this country for such a test. The schedule includes stops at Peekskill and Suffern with luncheons and returns via Newbury and Tuxedo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long Island Automobile Club
Cumberland Street
Long Islanders
Southampton
Long Island
Poughkeepsie
Alfred Wilmarth
William P. Richardson
B. C. Pinney
William Schimpf
Raymond Healy
Zust
Clinton B. Parker
Runs and Tours Committee
Packard
F. H. Burns
Frederick Lamp
Pierce-Arrow
James Bristol
George A. Fisher
National
G. N. Allen
Franklin
John McKeeffry
Thomas
Leffert Lefferts
Pope Toledo
de Witt
Bergen
Stevens-Duryea
B. F. Parker
Peekskill
Newbury
Tuxedo
Suffern
Pushcart Peddlers Driven From Public School Front
A mob of pushcart peddlers clashed with police in front of Public School No. 121 on 102d Street. Principal Theresa Burke complained, officers acted with aid from Street Cleaning foremen, twenty were arrested, one woman fined $3 for striking a policeman, and Ernest Feldis charged with auctioning street space.
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102D Street
Theresa Burke
Capt. Gallagher
East 104Th Street
Baumbach
Schmilowitz
Harmon
Joseph Mendealsohn
Ernest Feldis
East 102d Street
Radtke to Ride for Keene in Second Call Agreement
Negotiations by James R. Keene's stable for a second call on lightweight rider Herman Radtke are completed, with a contract to be drawn up noting Keene's right to use him when not needed by Paul Rainey. Rainey bought Radtke's contract for 25,000 earlier in the season and maintains exclusive control, though Radtke may ride elsewhere. Keene seeks improved results as several jockeys have ridden Keene horses this spring, and Radtke's status is currently suspended until end of Gravesend meet, planning to ride at Sheepshead Bay on Suburban Day.
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James R. Keene
Jockey Club
Herman Radtke
Keene
Radtke
Paul J. Rainey
Mr. Rainey
J. W. May
J. O. Keene
Gravesend
Sheepshead Bay
H. Cochran
Meyers
Wishard
Fire Chief Announces 48 New Firemen and Foremen Promotions
Fire Commissioner O'Brien with Deputy Commissioner Wise of Brooklyn names forty eight new firemen and promotes five to foremen: Patrick J. Crosby Arthur T. Robb J Earley Jeremiah T. Lane and Shichee Hannley. Engineers appointments expected Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O’brien
Wise
Brooklyn
Patrick J. Crosby
Arthur T. Robb
J. Earley
Jeremiah T. Lane
Shichee Hannley
New Jersey State Bar Association Elects Officers
Atlantic City June 15 The New Jersey State Bar Association elected officers tonight with Gilbert L. Collins as president Willard Vorhees as first vice president James N Minturn as second vice president Frank T Lloyd as third vice president Lewis Starr as treasurer and W J Kraft as secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic City
New Jersey State Bar Association
Gilbert L. Collins
Willard Vorhees
James 8. Minturn
Frank T. Lloyd
Lewis Starr
W. J.* Kraft
Nicholson Kane Slightly Improves at Home
S Nicholson Kane of the New York Yacht Club at 28 West Forty-seventh Street showed slight improvement last night from a complication of diseases.
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S. Nicholson Kane
Nicholson Kane
New York Yacht Club
West Forty-seventh Street
Sheriff Wins Suit Over Fees in Gould Case
Sheriff Nicholas J. Hayes won an appellate ruling awarding $4,775 in fees from a suit involving George J. Gould, John S. Jones, and partners over commissions for Western coal lands. The decision holds the plaintiff benefited from attachment, demanding regular fees. Gould had posted an undertaking to free securities valued around $500,000 at Mercantile Trust Company.
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Nicholas J. Hayes
Appellate Division
Supreme Court
Mercantile Trust Company
George J. Gould
John S. Jones
William E. Gerry
Joseph Ramsey, Jr
Little Kanawha Syndicate
Gould
Jones
Justice Fitzgerald
Pepeliate
Paving Contracts Awarded for 7th and 8th Avenues
Contracts awarded for paving Seventh Avenue from 110th to 158th Street and Eighth Avenue from Thirteenth Street to Columbus Circle. Seventh Avenue to become a parkway with asphalt blocks and central parkway. price $1.58 per square yard totaling $237,647. Harlem Construction Company to perform. Eighth Avenue to be asphalted. contract price $97,764. Barber Asphalt Company was the lowest bidder.
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Seventh Avenue
110Th
158H Street
Eighth Avenue
Thirteenth Street
Columbus Circle
Harlem Construction Company
Detective Sullivan Retains Job Despite Board Action
The State Board of Civil Service Commissioners refused to permit Judge Humphrey of Queens to remove County Detective Dennis Sullivan from office except on DA Darrin charged grounds. Sullivan, a Republican, remains in post after the judge had earlier ousted him and named James Cassidy, brother of ex Borough President Joseph Cassidy, to the position.
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Sullivan
State Board of Civil Service Commissioners
Humphrey
Queens County
Dennis Sullivan
Darrin
James Cassidy
Joseph Cassidy
How Aldermen Will Get Their Pay
Discussion in the Board of Estimate centered on funding aldermen salary increases. Controller Metz suggested paying salaries from his department’s claims fund, avoiding the need for issuing special revenue bonds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Estimate
Metz
Appellate Division Reverses Bear Injury Award
The Appellate Division reverses a lower court judgment awarding $10,000 to nine year old Walter Malloy of New Haven for injuries from a bear. The case against John H. Stalin is remanded after the judge failed to instruct on contributory negligence for approaching the bear cage.
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Walter Malloy
New Haven
John H. Stalin
Braid Still British Golf Champion
In Edinburgh on June 11 James Braid defended his title at the forty sixth Open Championship held at Muirfield. He posted a winning score of 300 after 72 holes of medal play, with ex-champion W H Taylor second on 304 and Harry Vardon third on 365. The leading amateur was J Graham Jr with 306. The 182 entrants set a new record for entries.
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Braid
Edinburgh
Great Britain
Muirfield Club Haks
James Braid
W. H. Taylor
Harry Vardon
J. Graham, Jr
Empire Incident Closed Amid Navy Neutrality Limits
Washington reports the Empire incident is closed for the Navy. Commander Mulligan of the Marblehead could not stop the Empire from landing men and arms at San José Guatemala to aid President Cabrera. The Navy says only courts may punish neutrality violations, not naval action.
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Washington
Empire
United States Navy
Marblehead
Corinto
Nicaragua
Mulligan
Panama
San José
Guatemala
Cabrera
Navy Department
United States
San Francisco
Nto
William Reed Thompson Improves After Illness
William Reed Thompson son of Pittsburg who was seriously ill with pneumonia after surgery in a private city hospital showed improvement yesterday as his condition began to rally following a critical period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Reed Thompson
Wiliam Reed Thompson
Pittsburg
Thompson
Coal-Carying Suit Highlights Locomotive Order Delays
Vice President R. J. Gross of the American Locomotive Works testified in a Missouri federal suit by Missouri & Illinois Coal Co against Illinois Central Railroad seeking 150000 dollars. He stated orders for freight locomotives in 1899–1901 could have been filled in eight or nine months, contradicting railroad defense about engine shortages.
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R. J. Gross
American Locomotive Works
Missouri & Illinois Coal Company
Tillinois Central Railroad
Federal Court of Missouri
Missouri
Gross
Joline, Larkin & Rathbone
American Lcomotive Company
Planning Hudson Bridge Feasibility by Interstate Commission
The Interstate Commission to study a Hudson River bridge began with McDougall Hawkes as chair. Meetings will run Tuesdays to collect testimony on cost and location, with New Jersey railroads and Public Service Corporation cars in play. NY members favor an eastern terminus near Fifty-ninth Street Manhattan and a possible single-span design.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Inter-State Commission
New York
New Jersey
Hudson River
McDougall Hawkes
Pennsylvania
Public Service Corporation
Fifty-ninth Street
Manhattan
Albany
Palisades Park
Wreck in Eatontown Attributed to Open Switch Negligence
Red Bank coroner's inquest finds the Atlantic City flyer wrecked by an open switch caused by neglect. Conductor White Brakeman Bowne and Boyce of a freight train were implicated as having left the switch open. George W. Van Duzer of New York died and many injured.
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New York Times
Red Bank
N. J
John T. Tetley
Central Railroad
Eatontown
George W. van Duzer
New York
Atlantic City
White
Bowne and Boyce
Arrival of Buyers With Clothing and Furnishings Represented
A crowd of buyers from multiple cities arrived to purchase cloaks and suits, housefurnishing goods, silks, textiles, and accessory items. Firms include Breuner John Company San Francisco and Carson Pirie Scott Chicago with reps J. J. Fogarty, E. Dean, and W. H. Price. Hotels listed for lodging include Hotel Imperial and Hotel Breslin.
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Breuner, John
Company
The
San Francisco
M. Strouse
Aders
Robinson
J. W
Los Angeles
Cal
R. W. Vincent
J. J. Fogarty
Fifth Avenue
Ohio
J. J. Eech
Broadway
Ork
Ribbons
Grandotel
H. T. Poindexter
St. Denis
Whitner
Reading
Penn
Miss Lyden
Broadway Central
Rhodes
Atlanta
Boston
Mass
W. H. Gates
Brown-Durrell Company
C. P. Marshall
West Nineteenth Street
Hoffman House
Lewis, A. T., & Son Dry Goods Company
Denver
Col
W. A. Ferris
Union Square
Rand
Bennett-Morgan Company
Binghamton
N. Y
L. H. Morgan
Nosonowitz & Schiff
Baltimore
Church Street
Prince George Hotel
Singer Brothers
St. Louis
A. Singer
Franklin Street
Breslin
Chamberlain-Johnson-Dubose Company
Atlante
E. H. Macon
Horne, Joseph, Company
Ee Penn
O. D. Glenn
Nations
Woodward & Lothrop
Washington, D.C
J. C. Nourse
Holland House
Life at Sandy Hook Light Ship and Other Notices
A compact page of social sketches focuses on maritime life at Sandy Hook with an observant visitor’s impressions. An Englishwoman in New York profiles cross Atlantic perspectives. Mary Mortimer Maxwell plans to discuss American cooking tomorrow. A mother centered piece titled The Education of Miss Frivolity presents a tender problem. Barnstorming in Spanish America chronicles a Yankee manager’s three year world tour return to New York.
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Sandy Hook
New York
Mary Mortimer Maxwell
America
Foley’s Songs of Schooldays Featured in Sunday Times
The piece notes Foley’s "Songs of Schooldays" published exclusively in the Sunday New York Times. Tomorrow's “song” The Diagnosis of Unwanted Industry will be illustrated by Florence England Nosworthy, famed for studies of child life. Mark Twain is quoted praising Foley’s Schoolboy.
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Foley
New York Times
Florence England Nosworthy
Mark Twain
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Brill’s
Ncese
U.S
Journeyman
L. B
J. Drummond & Sons
Fuothers Union Square
14Th Street
Bradway
Chambers
Cortlandt St
Greenwich
125Th St
Third Ave
Wimbledon
Bankers and Merchants’ Securities Company
Jersey
Poughkeensie
Hose
Jockey Club Steward
Boy
New Jersey Bar
Sheriff
Apollinaris
the Queen of
Table Waters
Europe
Per Boltle
Groclks
Illinois Central
Hudson Bridge
Railroads
Germany
Berlin
Sunday
Garrett P. Serviss
Congo Jungles
Nassau
Hy. Mayer
Wall Street
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