Miners Fight Clouds Senate Hearing on Armored Train Incident
The Charleston Senate Mine Strike Committee debates the Holly Grove attack with Quinn Morton and other operators denying provocation while Morton testifies to arming miners and gunfire from the camp. Senator Martine clashes with counsel as turmoil erupts during the session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W. Va
Senate
Martine
New Jersey
Quinn Morton
Paint Creek Operators’ Association
Paint
Cabin Creeks
Swanson
Kenyon
Morton
J. W. Ashby
Cabin Creek Consolidated Coal Company
United States
West Virginia
Mr. Watts
Watts
Cabin Creek
Lee Calvin
Hollyrove
Mortor
Hlolly Grove
Mr. Morton
Bonner Hil
Wolly Grove
Sheriff Hill
Holly Grove
Senator Martine
Senator Swanson
K. S. Leitch
Wiliam Tardy
52 Years a Hotel Man Honored in New York
Alexander Hamilton Palmer, oldest active New York hotel man, celebrates 52 years in the trade. He recalls starting in 1861 in New Hampshire, later managing hotels, moving to Portland for schooling, then to the Fifth Avenue Hotel in 1867 and the Albemarle as proprietor. He recalls meeting Gen Grant and Roscoe Conkling at the Fifth Avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexander Hamilton Palmer
New York
Mr. Palmer
Palmer
Portland
Fifth Avenue
Albemarle
Gen. Grant
Roscoe Conkling
Pure Food Act Expanded to Include Meats and Products
Washington June 17 The three secretaries Treasury Commerce and Agriculture signed an order revoking Regulation 39 of the 1906 rules extending the Food and Drugs act to meat and meat products This enforcement strengthens public protection against adulterated foods by eliminating earlier packer exemptions and enabling actions under the act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Washington
Roosevelt
McAdoo
Houston
Redfields
Treasury, Agriculture, and Commerce Departments
Department of Agriculture
Harvey W. Wiley
Bureau of Chemistry
Congress
Suffrage Meeting and Meat Law Overlap Discussed
A public suffrage meeting at the Hotel Marseilles features Dorothy Dix and Judge William Wood in the Eighteenth Senatorial District as Mary Garrett Hay presides. Separate notes cover Secretary Houston pressing for Meat Inspection and Food and Drugs act coordination with Attorney General McReynolds affirming joint applicability to meat products.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
Norway
Woman Suffrage Party
Marseilles
108D Street
Broadway
Dorothy Dix
William Wood
Walter M. Chandler
Mary Garrett Hay
Miss Hay
House of Representatives
Washington
Miss Sterling
Assembly
Orient Decree Sought in Orient Railway Receivership
Kansas City daily dispatch reports Judge Pollock in Kansas City Kansas hearing a final decree in the receivership of the Kansas City Mexico Orient Railway to authorize sale of the line with about 24000000 dollars in bonds outstanding. A new company to buy the Orient properties is being formed to close the deal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Kansas City, Mexico & Orient Railway
Pollock
Federal
Kan
United States and Mexican Trust Company
Orient Properties
Becker, Not Waldo, Drove Me? Attend Men Only Meeting
Dr. S Edward Young of Bedford Presbyterian Church filled the house with a men only meeting at Nostrand Avenue and Dean Street Brooklyn. Admission was by invitation card and women were barred. Over 300 men attended as District Attorney Charles Whitman Jr spoke on Rosenthal cases, denying Mayor Gaynor, and asserting Waldo’s role.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. Edward Young
Bedford Presbyterian Church
Nostrand Avenue
Dean Street
Brooklyn
Charles 8. Whitman, Jr
Young
Whitman
Dr. Young
Rosenthal
Gaynor
Waldo
Grants Divorce To Burtis In Queens County Court
Justice Crane in Queens County Supreme Court granted Lovel 8 Burtis Jr. a divorce from Ida L. Burtis. The Cedarhurst residents had separated in Hoboken on November 8. Co respondent Douglas Chesterton testified that his wife would leave him if she could support herself. The court ordered custody of their daughter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crane
Queens County Supreme Court
Lovel
Burtis, Jr
Cedarhurst
L. I
Ida L. Burtis
Douglas Chesterton
Newark
N. J
Chesterton
Hoboken
Sulzer replies to Darling over Guatemala concessions
Albany June 17 Gov Sulzer releases a letter responding to Joseph F Darling of New York who accused him of using his House Foreign Relations Committee chair to win Guatemala concessions for friends He calls the allegations absurd and cruel and says he will forward Darling’s letter to the District Attorney for grand jury review.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Albany
Sulzer
Joseph F. Darling
New York
Darling
House of Representatives
Guatemala
Grand Jury
Fire Rages Through Ferndale Wiping Out Stores
A child knocked over an oil stove starting a fire that destroyed Ferndale’s business district including the Post Office and fourteen stores. The blaze, aided by wind and no local water power, consumed seven more buildings before firemen from Monticello Liberty and Hurleyville could halt it. The railway station and other structures survived.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Monticello
Ferndale
B. Wolf
H. W. Seigel
M. Backer
B. Katzmann
David Kanter
Gordon
Max Rosen
B. Doyner
Sam Steizer
David Kangor
Liberty
Hurleyville
Chicago Flyer
Doctor of Laws Given to Rutgers Centennial Century Alumni
The Rev Dr John Fryer Mesick of York Pennsylvania aged about one hundred receives the honorary LL D at Rutgers College 147th commencement on the 100th anniversary of his birth. Rutgers also honors Elmer Ellsworth Brown and John Howard Ford with LL D and notes Ford Hall a $110000 gift by Ford. A recent bequest of $200000 from Mrs Mary B Peil plus a $1 million residuary interest is reported with will contest anticipated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
New Brunswick
John Fryer Mesick
York
Penn
United States
Rutgers
Rutgers College
Mesick
Guilderland
Albany County
Ballantyne Gymnasium
Ballantyne Gymnasium A Letter From Dr. Mesick
Wilson
Elmer Ellsworth Brown
New York University
John Howard Ford
New York City
United States Rubber Company
Ford Hall
Messrs. Cram
Coroners Clash Over Authority In Subway Cave-In
The Board of Coroners asks Corporation Counsel whether a Coroner may subpoena a Public Service Commissioner after Chairman McCall overruled Coroner Holtzhauser’s order banning dynamite in removing rock from the Fifty-ninth Street Lexington Avenue tunnel cave-in. Holtzhauser sets Friday for the inquest into ten deaths. subpoenas issued for workers engineers Bradley Contracting Co and Public Service Commission, inspectors, and Bradley Company officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Coroners
Watson
Coroners’ Office
Public Service Commission
McCall
Holtzhauser
Lexington Avenue
Fifty-ninth Street
Bradley Contracting Company
Bureau of Combustibles
Frank Bradley
James Bradley
Public Service Commissioner
Feinberg
Transfers and orders amid police and fire department movements
The document lists transfers and temporary assignments across precincts and divisions effective June 16 to June 19. It includes patrolman reassignments to the Detective Division and Excise Office, leaves with and without pay, dismissals, pension actions, revocations of temporary details, and a promotion for James Fagan to stationary engineer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert E. Cullen
W. J. Thornton
Sth. L
C. O
W. Wf. Harrer
CC. F. Kane
H. C. Jessup
E. Kelly
J. ¢. Sullivan
W. I. Asip
Chief Counsel
Excise Department
A. M
M. C. Erb
R. H. Miller
E. Webb
C. A. Harden
Office of Chief Counsel
Oulo
John L. Falconer
Frank J. Rohrig
Rosenfeld
Uist
H. Letzmann
A. W. Harriott
J. P. Veth
John J. Riordan
Wiliam H. Fogarty
Medical Board
William Sythes
Allen Greenberg
John J. Ficod
Bureau of Repairs and Supplies
James J. Collins
James Fagan
Thomas J. Brennan
Chinese Picnic Through Chinatown Marks First US Event
The On Leong Tong Merchants' Association held its 25th National convention's Chinese picnic in New York City. Delegates in American dress paraded from Mott Street through Pell and Dovers Streets, with police officers aboard and a Sirius return voyage to Witzel's Grove for breakfast and a postmeal baseball game. The outing featured Chinese bands, track events, and a dinner before returning to Chinatown, ending at On Leong headquarters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
On Leong Tong Merchants’ Association
Chinatown
United States
Lower East Side
Charley Boston
Mott Street
Jack” O'Brien
Assembly District
Tammany Club
Mott, Pell
Dovers Streets
On Leongs
Pell Street
Tierney
Elizabeth Street
Chatham Square
East Broadway
Market Street
Dock
Mulberry Bend
Cherry Hill
Big Tom" Foley
Sullivan
Charley” Regan
Paddy " Whelan
Tom" Nolan
Tim’ Styles
Eliabeth Street
Huskies’ Athletic Club
Sixty-ninth Regiment
Witzel's Grove
Huskies
Sim Gooey
Sergt. Curran
Bluecoats
Lee Die
Quong Soong
Moy Que
Lee Bow
Fred Dunn
Long Island
Moy Goy
Fred Connell
Pat James
Avilion
On Leong
Most Street
Judge Hoyer
Second Municipal Court
Daniel F. Finn
First
Judge Morris
Bronx
On-Leong Tong Merchants’ Association
Louis Younk Hok
Quong Wah
Charles Boston
Jim Gum
Ao Soney
Lee Poo Mean
Tom Lee
Estates Appraised for Several Noted Individuals
The notice lists net estates for multiple deceased individuals including Mary F. Catitnac h, Herbert F. Brooks, Max Goldsmith, Carte Harrington, Sophie Kuppenheimer, Charles B. Miller, Henry Schweig, and William A Tierman. Figures show realty, bank accounts, jewelry, and mortgages with specific values and addresses where applicable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Catitnach
Mary F
Brooks
Herbert F
New York
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Goldsmith
Max
Alea
West 100Th Street
Harrington
Carte Ze
Evigdery
Kuppenheimer
Sophie
West 113Th Street
Miller
Charles B
Schweig
Henry
Tierman
William A
Chinese Consul General in New York resigns after three years
Liang Luan-Fang resigns as Chinese Consul General in New York. Vice Consul Lu succeeds him. Liang retires to join the Peking Ministry of the Interior after earning praise as a peacemaker among Chinatown war ring tongs. A testimonial dinner will honor him upon return from Washington. Liang departs with Minister Chang Yin-Tang, whom he accompanied since 1910. Lu is English fluent, educated in London, and longtime in America.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liang Luan-Fang
New York
Liang
Peking
Washington
China
Chang Yin-Tang
Mr. Lu
London
America
Education notes reveal staffing and contract actions in city schools
The Board of Education asks the Board of Estimate to alter 1913 funds to hire temporary workers at 3 dollars per day. It accepts the resignation of Amelia M. Loeb and grants a loan of old books to Yeshiva Tiferett Ba Shurin. Actions include suspending James Davis, appointing Bernard Pietcher, and extending Anna Tranter’s emergency appointment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Education
Board of Estimate
Bureau of Supplies
Amelia M. Loeb
Prospect Place
Eastern Parkway
Brooklyn
Churchill
James Davis
Richmond
Bernard Pietcher
Manhattan
Anna M. Tranter
Ey City
Myron A. Brown
Bureau of Buildings
Bronx
Woodlawn Methodist Episcopal Church
The
Weather report shows heat wave across Middle Atlantic states
Temperatures above seasonal average persisted across the Middle Atlantic region on Tuesday with other areas experiencing intense heat. Evansville Indiana reached 100 degrees while several cities hit 98 degrees. A cool spell starts to ease heat in parts of the Northeast as showers and fair conditions shift across the country with forecasts for Wednesday and Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Middle Atlantic
Ohio
Middle Cmy
Missouri
Evansville
Ind
Louis
Springfield
Calm
Louisville
Terre Haute
Huron
S. D
Pierre
Savannah
Augusta
Thomasville
Middle Mississippi
New England
South Atlantic
European
Grand Banks
Fire Record Ledger of Trifles and Sums on City Streets
A dated fire record lists numerous trifling incidents and small monetary amounts across Manhattan streets. Names include A. M. Toss, C. Malansky, S. Renzeak, J. Levy, Katie Marks, L. Finestone, Sarah Kimmel, Lena Fuchs, Abraham Mi CNMOIRON, and others. Entries show addresses from East 117th Street to West 150th Street with small cash values up to 8,900 dollars and notes of posting by various firms and individuals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. M
M. Silverman
Washington St
Howard Mahn- EE
Gee Tony
C. Malansky
East 150Th St
S. "Renzeak
J. Levy
Ste
Katie Marks
Morris Park
W. Wetzel
T. Foley
Caldwell
J. Knodler
Iae
Beck St
L. Finestone
Sarah Kimmel
Cannon &T
Abraham Micnmoiron
Falcon Waist Co
Delancey
Anon
Harry “Warttile
Broadway
N. Bill Posting Co
Mercer &T
Standard C Cloak Co
Madison
Baker
United Service Orders Random Military Assignments
Washington dispatch lists second lieutenants, majors, and captains assigned or detached across aviation, artillery, infantry and medical corps. It covers duties at San Diego, Tobyhanna, Gettysburg, Hartford, Bridgeport, Manila, Fort Adams, Fort Mason, and West Point with reported leaves and retirement announcements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Y. Wood
Seventh Infantry
Signal Corps
San Diego
Cal
Signal Corps Aviation School
B. Mitcham
Ordnance Department
D. C. Cubbison
Field Artillery
Tobyhanna
Penn
Colt's Patent Fire Arms Manufacturing Company
Hartford
C. C. Carson
H. T. Burgin
Coast Artillery Corps
Manila
San Francisco
B. W. Phillips
Fourteenth Infantry
J. A. Bevans
Medical Corps
Army Transport Service
Fort Mason Cal
Western Department
H. S. Hansell
Fort Mason
J. G. Breese
Corps of Engineers
West Point
N. Y
Second Field Artillery
C. H. Lanza
Fifth Field Artillery
D. W. Hand
T. W. Hollyday
J. E. Stepheng
Third Field Artillery
Parker
R. H. Lewis
J. R. Starkey
Weld Artillery
C. P. George, Jr
Sixth Field Artillery
EB. E. Pritchett
C. W. Harlow
Fourth Field Artillery
Second Field Artilery
Cac Ee Seoees
Benicia Arsenal
California
A. F. W. MacManus
Wenonah
I. C. Brown
Medical Reserve Corps
Navy Assigns Officers to Ships and Yards
Lieut. R. E. Lee detaches the West Virginia for home and wait orders. Ensign W. C. Swen detaches the Barry to command the Decatur. Machinist J. H. Warman detaches the Iowa for home and wait orders. Carpenter F. M. Smith detaches from navy yard Boston to navy yard Portsmouth New Hampshire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. E. Lee
West Virginia
W. C. Swen
Barry
Decatur
J. H. Warman
Iowa
Carpenter F. M. Smith
Navy Yard
Boston
Mass
Portsmouth
N. H
Movements of Naval Vessels Reported Arrivals and Departures
Arrived vessels include the Eagle at New York Navy Yard and the Caesar at Tompkinsville. The Potomac was gallied from Charleston to Norfolk, Arkansas from Hampton Roads to New York City, and F-4 from each bay to San Francisco.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eagle
New York Navy Yard
Caesar
Tompkinusville
Potomac
Charleston
Norfolk
Arkansas
Hampton Roads
New York City
Bay
San Francisco
Wyering
Florida
North Dakota
Kansas
Fom
Newport
Civil Service Reports on Municipal Building Staffing
The Municipal Civil Service Commission reports on staff lists for the new municipal building including a stationary engineer list in preparation and a four-name preferred list. It notes no lists for foreman wireman electrician elevator roles, but lists exist for watchman and telephone operator. The commission rejects a Patrolman plea to allow five-year Police Department members to compete in a special examination. The U S Civil Service announces an open competitive exam for chemist in Washington with $1600 salary. applicants must be 20 to 39 and meet education and paper analysis experience. Further info from the commission in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Municipal Civil Service Commission
Ireland
Commissioner of Public Works
United States Civil Service Commission
New York Custom House
Government Printing Office
Washington, D. C
Wills for Probate Listing Local Dying Testators
Probate notices list bequests from Adler Schanette Benedict Dillon Hall Murray Roome Skillman Schwartz Tyson. Heirs include spouses children and named institutions with sums ranging from thousands to tens of thousands in realty personalty and residuary shares.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary A. Dillon
Hall
George L
Princeton University
Florence Walker Hall
Presbyterian Church of
Julia K. Bareee
Emily R. Brown
Elinor M.ell
Murray
John
Bridget MurrAy
Roome
Edward A
Isabel
Constance E
Charlotte T. Hoome
Skillman
Archibald
May J. Skillman
Schwartz
Julia
Elsie
Lillie
Arthur Schwartz
Tyson
Henrietta
Wesley A
Aillie M
Emma Forman
Marjorie L
Helen E
Charles W. Tyson
Edith H. Tyson
Bonds Redeemed by Sinking Fund and Club Notice
International Navigation Company bonds dated 1899 drawn for redemption August 1 1913 at par with interest ceasing thereafter. Union Club retirement by lot August 31 1913 at par and accrued interest. Childs Real Estate Company bonds drawn for redemption September 1 1913 at 110 percent of face value. Notices list bond numbers and redemption offices in Philadelphia New York and Empire Trust Company Manhattan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fidelity Trust Company
Chestnut Street
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
New York
International Mercantile Marine Company
Union Club
City of
Farmers’ Loan and Trust Company
William Street
Borough of
Manhattan
City of New York
Fred
Augustus Schermerhorn
Charles K. Reekman
Childs Real Estate Company
Guardian Trust Company of
Goa
Empire Trust Company
Cedar Street
New York City
Samuel S. Childs
Commercial Trust Co. of New York Financial Report 1913
The report by The Commercial Trust Co. of New York dated June 4 1913 lists assets including cash real estate owned mortgages and loans and other securities totaling 5 008 946 29. It shows liabilities capital stock surplus unpaid dividends deposits and other liabilities with detailed figures and notes sworn by President Robert R. Moore and Secretary J G Hemerich before Notary George Knorr.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State of New York
County of
New York
RK. R. Moore
J. G. Hemerich
The
Commercial Trust Co. of
Broadway
City of
Robert R. Moore
George Knorr
Kings County
New York County
NEW York Transit Company
Stockholse
J. R. Fast
George Chesebro
Proposals for Extension D Drainage Pumping Station No 1
Sealed proposals due July 28 1913 at the Sewerage and Water Board New Orleans for an extension to Drainage Pumping Station No 1 including suction and remains. Plans and specs available with $100 deposit refundable upon return. Also notices for Army clothing proposals released June 1913 listing large quantities of uniforms and gear to depots across the U S with details and contact M Gray Zalinski Dept Q M.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sewerage & Water Board of
New Orleans
Board
City Hall Annex
Geo. G. Farl
F. S. Shields
Army
Pets Street
New York City
Nev
New York
Boston
Philadelphia
Chicago
St. Louis
San Francisco
Termaster Corps
M. Gray Zalinski
Dept
Q. M
Broad St
Alfred Debuys
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Con
Vinson
Forton
Flamin
Jolly Grove
Y Lee Calvin
Sheriffi
Paint Creek Coal and Land Company
Charles Pratt
Brown School
Frederic J. Brown
Incarcinos
Greenwich
Conn
West Isth ST
Astm Schooos
Lenox Avenue
Packers
Secretaries of Treasury
Commerce
Agriculture
U.S
Carl A. Alsberg
Wiley
Gvernment
Meat Inspection Service
Bureau of Animal Industry
Orient
Becker
Burtis
Justice Crane
Wife
Dr. Mesick
J. H. Ford
Police and Fire News
Jack’ O’brien
Education Notes
United States Weather Bureau
the United Service
the Navy
the Civil Service
WILLS
International Navigation Company
H. G. Philips
R. Ellis
Woman's Hotel Company
Maitland, Coppel & Company
Woman's Hotel
Mpany
Woman's Hotel Co
Lig Hee
Fast 29Th Street
Pany
Cee Gage
East 30Th Street
29Th Street
Woman's Fotel Company
Lansing P. Wood
Jarvis Lighterage Company
Pearl Street
Borough of Manhattan
State of
Hanna M. Lee
Commercial Trust CO
Empire Stunt Company
Myron J. Brown
American Gas & Electric Co
American Electric Company
Frank B. Ball
German Exchange Bank
Bowery
George Kern
the Mutual Bank
West
Et Bank
Hugh N. Kirkland
Gashier
Board of Trustees
John W. Shepard
Augusta-Aiken
Electric Corporation
D. H. Thomas
Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburgh Railwa Company
Ancroe Western Railway Company
Ernest Iselin
American Segivene & Foundry
Henry C. Knox
Avcueskann
American Brake Shoe & Foundry Company
Alsa
Secre
Regase Improvement
N. W. Corner
Arch Sts. Ladelphia
Lewis Lillie
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