Padrones Accused Of Enslaving Poor Immigrants
A New York City report by Commissioner John Bogart to the Mayor accuses padrones of cruel practices exploiting Italian and other immigrants. It details contracts, commissary deductions, and risks sent to distant, unhealthy worksites with armed guards, urging public exposure and legal scrutiny of employment agencies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Department of Licenses
John N. Bogart
Philadelphia
Pittsburg
Florida
North Carolina
Bogart
East Side
Lost articles and rewards in New York area
Multiple notices itemize lost jewelry watches and a bank passbook across Manhattan Brooklyn and nearby areas. Items include a pearl and diamond brooch on Joralemon Street, a large diamond ring near Westbury Long Island, a gray Eton jacket on Broadway, a gold brooch between West 1st and Ralph Avenue, a white feather boat on 34th Street, a silver stem-winding watch by S Hammond, a Jady’s open-face watch, two rings in a restroom, a bank book No 20772, and a spaniel with a $5 reward. Contacts include Mrs Hamblet 157 Joralemon St and Hotel Endicott office among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joralemon St
Clinton
Henry
Montague
Brooklyn
Manhattan
W Lst
Ralph
Bridge
Hotel Endicott
34Th St
Broadway
St. Av
Schwartz
West 34Th St
S. Hammond
Hammond & Co
Wall St
Appellate Division Rules On Tax of Life Insurance Policy
The New York Appellate Division decides on transfer tax legality for life insurance policy proceeds paid in another state. It holds that proceeds pass as part of the will only when paid to the executor, not when the policy amount is received, affecting taxable property. Justice Houghton emphasizes public interest in large domiciled insurers and argues policy taxation could deter insureds from using state-based companies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court
Leonard J. Gordon
New Jersey
New York
Equitable Society
William E. Gordon
Appellate Division
Ingraham
Houghton
Appellate Court Names Homer Folks To Care For Judge Cooper
The Appellate Division placed Homer Folks in charge of William F. Cooper the 86 year old former Tennessee Supreme Court justice. Cooper is unmarried with a $500000 estate and a passion for library reading. Attorneys for two Cooper nieces fought George Kettle over access, leading to temporary guardianship with limits. Frank S. Smith recommended Folks as permanent committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court
Homer Folks
Mayor Low
William F. Cooper
Supreme Court of Tennessee
Cooper
New York
Tennessee
Christine Cooper
Shelbyville
Frank S. Smith
Angelica
N. Y
Folks
Bankrupt 29 Years Unsettled Newark Savings Case
Chancellor Ma geee hears that the Newark Savings Institution receivership begun in 1877 is not closed. Receiver Joseph W Plume reports $27,803 in interest for 11,000 depositors and asks to keep the funds at Mechanics National Bank of Newark where he serves as president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mageee
New Jersey
Newark Savings Institution
Fis
Chancery
George Wilkinson
Alabama
Stephens & Cundit Transportation Company
Wilkinson
Joseph W. Plume
Mechanics’ National Bank of Newark
City College Commencement Week Moves to Washington Heights
Commencement week at City College starts with Rev Dr Newell Dwight Hillis of Plymouth Church Brooklyn delivering the baccalaureate sermon at All Souls Church. The exercises close in the old Twenty third Street Lexington Avenue building as the school moves to Washington Heights next fall. Class Day features a musical burlesque in Townsend Harris Hall and a campus camp fire with the graduate banquet Tuesday. Thursday evening marks commencement at Carnegie Hall and Friday hosts the Associate Alumni annual meeting in the old college chapel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City College
Newell Dwight Hillis
Plymouth Church
Brooklyn
All Souls’ Church
Fourth Avenue
Twentieth Street
Twenty-third Street
Lexington Avenue
Washington Heights
Townsend Harris Hall
Carnegie Hall
Amityville High School Bride Changes Name to Mrs Schmitz
Miss Mary A Raymond, a leading Amityville High School graduate, will wed Edward A Schmitz and adopt the name Mrs Mary Schmitz. The marriage was kept secret until she shared the happy news with a friend, prompting a matron title in school notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary A. Raymond
Amityville High School
Mary Schmitz
Miss Raymond
Edward A. Schmitz
One Juror Saved Poole From Electric Chair
In Mineola on June 16 1905 G Cleveland Poole was found guilty of murder in the second degree for killing James O Hara at Port Washington L I The jury debated for hours with one holdout dissenter until the verdict was reached Poole faces life imprisonment and may be sentenced Tuesday. Razors found in his cell prompted tight security and measures to prevent self harm. Gertrude O Hara Poole's former sweetheart testified and cried at the verdict.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Mineola
L. L
G. Cleveland Poole
James O’hara
Port Washington
L. I
Poole
Benjamin Coffin
Burr
Gertrude O’hara
Foreman Coffin
Anna Poole
Lottie
Emma Duryea
Brooklyn
Gertrude O'Hara
Buhler
Frederick Gildersleeve
Edgar
A Poor Woman's Windfall From Unsolved Inheritance
Mrs. Malvina Caroline Kroncke, living with her daughter at 527 East 82nd Street, inherited a large sum after her brother Adolph Muller died in San Pedro without a will. In Los Angeles Supreme Court California law granted her half of the estate, about $6,184.41, plus a half interest in a schooner yacht. Poor until recently, she was aided by the Commissioners of Charity after investigators found one of her children owned Bronx real estate and arranged housing and support sharing with her daughter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Malvina
Caroline Kroncke
Meyerhoff
East Highty-second Street
Adolph H. Muller
San Pedro
Muller
Supreme Court
Los Angeles
California
Kroncke
Season at Manhattan Beach Opens With Vaudeville
Manhattan Beach reopens next Thursday for Suburban Day. E. E. Rice to run the theatre with a vaudeville bill featuring Ned Nye Mignon Arthur Deagon Eddie Clark Charles Guyer and Olivette Haines. Duss and his band start concerts Saturday afternoon. The Eruption of Vesuvius fire spectacle debuts Saturday night. Also on tour Japanese Tea Garden Conterno's Band and the Royal Hungarian Gypsy Orchestra appear. Manhattan Beach Hotel is under T. F. Silleck and the Oriental by J. E. Greaves.
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Manhattan Beach
E. E. Rice
Ned Nye
Mignon
Arthur Deagon
Eddie Clark
Charles Guyer
Olivette Haines
Duss
Pain
Vesuvius
Conterno
Royal Hungarian Gypsy Orchestra
T. F. Silleck
J. E. Greaves
New American Society for Psychical Research Formed
Prof. James Hyslop of Columbia outlines the shift from the English Society to a new American Institute for Scientific Research branch in Boston. He cites lack of funds and English indifference after Hodgson's death, with an endowment goal of 1.1 million dollars and new leadership from Penn, Smith, and Cincinnati professors.
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American Society For Psychical Research
James H. Hyslop
Columbia University
Society For Psychical Research
Prof. Hyslop
English Society
William James
Harvard
Minot
Boston
Hyslop
Richard Hodgson
Hodgson
New American Society For Psychical Research
American Institute For Scientific Research
Pref
Psychical Institute
Paris
Council of the New Society
Wilemaine Newbold
University of Pennsylvania
H. Norman Gardiner
Smith College
Weston D. Bayley
Philadelphia
W. R. Benedict
University of Cincinnati
Queens Republicans Split Over Loss of Three Commissioner Posts
Queens Republican leaders quarrel after the party loses three land condemnation posts for the Long Island City approach to Blackwell's Island bridge. The court bypassed Faber urged selections, naming Manley, Bennett, and Bowley. Bowley is a Democrat. Bennett and Manley are Republicans. Ex-Sheriff De Bragga and ex-Gov Odell are linked to Bennett's selection amid intra party feuding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Queens
Long Island City
Blackwell's Island Bridge
B. Faber
Jamaica
Republican County Committee
Supreme Court
Faber
Lucus N. Manley
John W. Bennett
Frederick Bowley
Bowley
Bennett
Manley
Joseph H. de Bragga
Newtown
Odell
Higgins
Morgan’s Anoy er Insane
Mrs Ellen Barbara Williams disruptive at J P Morgan and Co on March 14 was found a paranoiac by Justice Greenbaum in the Supreme Court She was at large outside the jurisdiction after habeas corpus proceedings and Justice Dugro noted no formal commitment yet to sanitarium pending review by counsel Frank Bien prepared for appeal
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellen Barbara Williams
J. P. Morgan & Co
Greenbaum
Supreme Court
Williams
Dugro
Franklin Bien
Ellen B. Williams
Motorman Bond Set After Fatal Avenue A Crash
Coroner Julius Harburger set William Bottcher bail at 20000 for the inquest into the deaths of Tessina Celentano eight and Joseph Celentano four run over by a Fourteenth Street car at Avenue A and Twelfth Street. Bottcher narrowly escaped a mob, police rescued him, and John Beaver for the NYC Railway Co opposed bail reduction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julius Harburger
William Bottcher
East Twenty-seventh Street
Tessina Celentano
Joseph Celentano
Avenue A
Twelfth Street
Bottcher
Harburger
John Beaver
New York City Railway Company
Fog Delays Four Atlantic Liners Off Sandy Hook
Dense fog blankets the Atlantic delaying four passenger ships. La Savoie is the only regular Saturday liner to land, while Campania, New York, and Kaiserin Auguste Victoria are held outside Sandy Hook with docking expected around 8 this morning. The New York was sighted near Nantucket at 10 am.
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la Savoie
Campania
New York
Atlantic
Sandy Hook
Cunard
Nantucket
Jersey saloonkeepers vow to close Sundays on new law
Ex Judge Hudspeth reports no escape from the no screen rule once the state excise law takes effect July 4. Liquor men in cities from Newark to Hoboken plan Sunday closings and urge candidates to back repeal, fearing county boards will revoke licenses for evasion. Blue laws revival discussed but discouraged.
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Robert 8. Hudspeth
New Jersey
Newark
Jersey City
Bayonne
Hoboken
Elizabeth
Trenton
Senate
Assembly
Park and Tilford stock suit filed in Supreme Court
Charles Park Requa brings suit against Hobart J. Park and Abner B. Mills executors under Charles Park will seeking to challenge the sale of Park & Tilford stock. He argues the sale undervalued the trust’s interest, harmed beneficiaries including Mrs. Requa, and favored nontrust interests. Alfred L. Manjerre represents Requa as Park seeks to resign as trustee following the sale and accounting in Westchester Surrogate Court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Park & Tilford
Supreme Court
Charles Park Requa
Hobart J. Park
Abner B. Mills
Charles Park
Harrison
Westchester County
Frank Tilford
Alfred L. Manjerre
Obart J. Park
Court rules bodies may be moved from cemetery despite faith claim
The Appellate Division affirms a ruling allowing the removal of Mrs. Cohen from the Congregation Shearith Israel cemetery to Mount Nebo. Howard Cohen sought disinterment for his mother, arguing state law and equity override religious restrictions. The ruling holds the cemetery operates under state law and disinterment rights depend on equity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court
Congregation
Shearith Israel
Howard Cohen
Daniel S
Adelia Cohen
Equity
Woman Dies After Swallowing Fish Bone at Dinner
Mrs. Adeline Timpner, 58, of 18 West Eleventh Street, died at Mount Sinai Hospital from a fish bone swallowed last Wednesday. X rays showed the bone in the small intestine. an operation removed it but peritonitis followed, causing her death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adeline Timpner
West Eleventh Street
Mount Sinai Hospital
Girl Bravery Saves Horses in Harlem Morning Fire
Early yesterday morning a blaze on West 111th Street destroyed two stables and 26 horses. Miss Lucy Cody, daughter of James F. Cody, rescued six of seven horses including Rex the Shetland, while her father and brother helped save four more as firemen battled the flames on a misty 38 A.M. scene. The total loss was about $25,000.
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West 111Th Street
Broadway
Lucy Cody
James F. Cody
James F. Ryan
Miss Cody
Ryan
Rex
Cody
Jim
Mr. Cody
Capt. McAulim
Mr. Ryan
Ryan and Cody
Kilonga
112Th Street
Mumford
City Faces Tax Lien Over Delinquent Back Taxes
Putnam County warns city to pay 30000 dollars in back taxes plus 10 percent by Sept 19 or lose 32 parcels bought years ago for water supply. Land acquired via condemnation, no records outside city, no appeals on assessments, mayor vetoed bill creating a bureau to oversee out-of-town holdings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Metz
Putnam County
Finance Department
Medal dispute ends as Terhune surrenders trophies
Newark High School junior Leonard Terhune, suspended by Principal Stearns for joining an outside team, surrendered his medals and asked for reinstatement. The city Board of Education Teachers Committee will decide at its meeting tomorrow night. Terhune was disbarred from the School Athletic Association for competing with a non member team in a Philadelphia meet last April.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leonard Terhune
Newark
Stearns
City Board of Education
Terhune
School Athletic Association
Philadelphia
University of Pennsylvania
Carnegie Gift to Oyster Bay Church Organ Project
Andrew Carnegie contributed $1,000 toward a new organ for the Oyster Bay Methodist Episcopal Church. The church community raised an equal amount, and the gift was given anonymously though Carnegie was the benefactor. A testimonial will be sent to Skibo Castle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew Carnegie
Oyster Bay Methodist Episcopal Church
Carnegie
Skibo Castle
Grandmother Freed After Night in Tombs Over Kidnapping Charge
Mrs Mary E Drake faced Magistrate Moss in Centre Street Court and was discharged on promising to return to Quincy Massachusetts to answer any charges. Her grandson Carl Sidelinger spent the night in the Children's Society after a visit that included a Grand Union Hotel stay. Drake said the boy’s mother is her daughter and denied harming him, calling it a pleasure trip. She announced plans to make the child her sole heir to an estate valued at 100000 dollars.
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Tombs
Mary E. Drake
Moss
Centre Street Court
Quincy
Mass
Carl Sidelinger
Children’s Society
Children's Court
New York
Grand Union Hotel
Daniel R. McKay
Central Station
Walling and Strunsky Engaged to Wed in July
William English Walling, a American millionaire, and writer Anna Strunsky, announced engagement at University Settlement. They met in St Petersburg while studying sociological conditions and plan to marry in Paris next month. He previously worked with Hunter and Stokes at the settlement and lived at Club A among socialist circles.
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William English Walling
Anna Strunsky
Jack London
University Settlement
Walling
Miss Strunsky
St. Petersburg
Paris
Mr. Walling
Robert Hunter
J. G. Phelps Stokes
Fifth Avenue
Russia
Game Society
Willoughby Walling
Chicago
William H. English
University of Chicago
New York
Leland Stanford, Jr., University
Miss Stransky
Kempton-Wace Letters
San Francisco
Mrs Guest Hosts Garden Party at Isle St Giles
The Hon Lionel Guest and Mrs Flora Bigelow Dodge hosted a large garden gathering at their Isle St. Giles residence on the Ottawa River near Montreal. Guests included Sir William Van Horne, Lady Van Horne, Lady Sybil Gray, and many titled and notable figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lionel
Guest
Flora Bigelow Dodge
John Bigelow
Montreal
Isle St. Giles
Ottawa River
St. Lawrence
Sir William
Lady van Horne
Dandurand
Forget
Mme. Thibodeau
Sybil Gray
Edger
Dumont Violet
Howard
B. B. Angus
G. B. Hosmer
Col
Hanbury Williams
Han Wills
Thomas Shaughnessey
Mies Shaughnessey
P. M. Hayes
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Hotel Imperial
Times Square
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Vick
New York Savings Bank
M. Bach
Greenwood Lake
Wellington
Columbus Av
Sta. Lady’s
E.Q. Eldredge
Cathedral Court
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116Th St
Lexington Av
Jady
M. B. Reward
West 73d St
Lady’s
Sth Av
Taepateantag
Vogel Ehret's Brewery
Gardiner
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Lady's
Se Newell
Waico
J. H. Sepatan
William
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American Savings Bank
Gunmeta
West 100Th St
McPhail
West End Av
West 38Th St
Newark Savings Bank
Old Sweetheart
Prof
NEW Society
Morgan
Justice Greenbaum
Mrs. Williams
Fog
Kaiserin
Jersey
Charles Park VII
Arnheim
Ninth Street
Harlem Stables
Oyster Bay Church
Horner
R. J. Horner & CO. Furniture Makers and Importers
West 24Th St
Mrs. Guest
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