Mayor Gaynor dissolves precinct plain clothes force in purge
Police Commissioner Baker issued a terse order dissolving the precinct plain clothes unit, shifting 208 officers to uniform duty across Manhattan and suppressing long standing detective work roles. The move signals Mayor Gaynor’s centralization policy and aims to curb graft by removing covert precinct influence and consolidating operations under Central Office detectives.
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Baker
Greene
Gaynor
Mulberry Street
Treadquarters
Ife
Bingham
Manhattan
Detective Bureau
Bronx
Mayos
Russell
McCafferty
Agor
Stork Upsets The Station At West 125th Street Precinct
A parade of tiny visitors arrives at the West 125th Street Police Station as Capt. Farrell grants brief leaves of absence to four officers. Patrolmen Sherry Berry Weinkelman and Diamond Dick O Crossen report newborn children, including a nineteen-pound baby boy, prompting a final warning that this is the last such request.
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West 125Th Street
Farrell
Frank Sherry
Harry Berry
Bernard Weinkelman
158Th Street
St. Ann’s Avenue
Diamond Dick O’ Crossen
171St Street
Sylvan Avenue
Fire axe clues in Doyers Street robbery case
Fire officials recovered a fire axe at the ruined 15 and 17 Doyers Street store where Mee Lang reported a May 2 burglary of 2500 dollars in cash and bonds. Janitor Henry Hoffman found the broken safe door amid debris, leading Captain Hodgins to move the axe and door to the Detective Bureau while Inspector Russell pursues the truck company and identity of the axe owner. The Chinese Consul had appealed for a full probe and authorities emphasize access was restricted after the blaze.
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Doyers Street
Mee Lang
Henry Hoffman
Fire Department
Koffman
Hodgins
Elizabeth Street
Detective Bureau
Russell
Gaynor
Lang
Dietz seeks finest airship for Hempstead flights
Howard J. Dietz of Mempstead Illinois, son of the late lamp magnate, aims for aeronautics honors. He negotiates with Tod Schreiber, a Capt. Belwin mechanic, offering S540 plus six to seven times that, to secure or build a craft with a Curtiss engine. Flights to begin over Hempstead Plains if terms emerge.
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Mempstead
IL. L
Howard J. Dietz
R. E. Dietz
Tod Schreiber
Beliwin
Mietz
Dle
Schireimer
Schreiber
Mr. Dietz
Schreiper
Dietz
Empir Rca
Hempstead Plains
Long Lost Brother Reunited With Grief Stricken Sister
Waterbury Connecticut June 21 Mrs Cecilia Woodruff a 54 year old city resident has met her long lost brother Frank Bates aged two from Chicago a missionary salesman after thirty five years. They parted in New York City and she had his name inscribed on a tomb and collected a $1000 life insurance. A friend Mrs Anna Benson arranged the reunion and Mrs Woodruff is now ill from joy.
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New York Times
Waterbury
Conn
Cecilia Woodruff
Bronx
Brooklyn, N. Y
Frank. Bates
Chicago
Missionary Society
New York City
Will leaves fortune to Wong Hong Hoy in Newark
The will of Miss Alathia M. Carter filed in Newark Surrogate's Office leaves Wong Hong Hoy a cash bequest of $6,000 a home and contents valued around $20,000. Wong, a longtime Carter household member who taught in the First Presbyterian Church Sunday School, is now 30 and was cared for after illness left him blind and paralyzed. Miss Carter died on June 10.
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Alathia M. Carter
Newark
Wong Hong Hoy
Carter
Miss Carter
First Presbyterian Church
Wong
Prinz Oskar Ashore Off Flower Ridge
The steamer Prinz Oskar of the Canada Line with twenty passengers and cargo ran ashore on Flower Ridge near Point Amour after leaving Montreal for Rotterdam. Telegraphic links are cut. passengers were moved to the Allan liner Bicillian, which stood by all night and has now sailed for England to recover the cargo lading.
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Montreal
Prinz Oskar
Bramber
Canada Line
Rotterdam
Flower Ridge
Point Amour
England
Oskar
Delightful June Outings on DAY LINE of Music
DAY LINE presents June outings featuring Steamboat events and music column notes. Readers explore schedules, venues, and performer names in a concise roundup of entertainment listings and public notices for upcoming days.
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Steamboas
Black Hand Seizes Physician Son in Bold Kidnapping
Dr. Mariano Scimeca of 2 Prince Street, Palermo-born physician, reported receiving over a dozen Black Hand threats in three years demanding 500 to 1000 dollars. His son Michael, aged 3, was lured away by a man at their Manhattan home, then disappeared toward Elizabeth Street. Police investigated with Detectives Carren and Castano, while Mrs Scimeca collapsed from shock. Letters to the doctor claimed a right to live and warned of bloodshed, with threats tied to meetings at Garibaldi Statue and Morningside Park.
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Mariano Scimeca
Prince Street
Michael
Gustavo
Vido Pagno
Maria Azaro
Mike
Elizabeth Street
Scimeea
Nee
Seimeca
Joseph Petrosino
Italy
Petrosito
Petrosino
Dr. Scimeen
Brooklyn
Perice
Batonyl Prosecutes Former Wife and Allies in Rhode Island Court
Aurel Batonyi appeared as his own lawyer in Newport Superior Court as he pressed a suit against his former wife Mrs. Burke Roche, her father Frank Work, and Frank K. Sturgis. He alleges they seized his property in Middletown in 1507 after separation. Defendants' counsel offered adjournment if attachments totaling 150,000 pounds were released. Batonyi refused, saying the suit seeks annoyance. Judge Lee warned of trial on Friday if attachments remain.
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New York Times
Newport
R. I
Aurel Batonyi
Superior Court
Burke- Roche
Frank Work
Frank K. Sturgis
Batonyl
Two-Mile Corner
Middletown
Batony
Lee
Deed Suit Overmarried Wife Powers Property Transfer
John H. de Graw of Teaneck New Jersey filed suit in the Supreme Court seeking to set aside deeds he gave on March 1 to his wife Lotta de Graw. He claims ill health and wife influence left him unable to recall signing the deeds. The transfers included Grove Street New York and Teaneck real estate and bonds and mortgages. He has a son twenty two by a former wife and two daughters aged sixteen and ten by Lotta de Graw.
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John H. de Graw
Teaneck
N. J
Supreme Court
Lotta de Graw
Grove Street
New York
Scrubbing Money The Government Launders Currency
Uncle Sam takes soiled greenbacks and launders them to look crisp and usable again. The Times promises a detailed look at this latest wrinkle in government processes in next Sunday's issue.
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Sam
Times
Two Cars Leave the Rough Rider Coaster at Coney Island
A Rough Rider ride on Jones's Walk near the Bowery at Coney Island derailed, throwing seventeen riders to the pavement. Eight injured taken to Coney Island Hospital, three severely. Passengers included Manuel De Colas, Theresa Hrickson, Harry Emrens, Frank Gerico, Minnie Kodalt, John Lonegan, Richard Rademacher, and Rose Nilson, among others. emergency crews responded as police investigated no arrests by 3 a.m.
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Jone’s Walk
Bowery
Coney Island
Dowery
Surf Avenue
Cyrus Pinto
Twenty-third Street
Neptune Avenue
Pinto
DE Cola
Manuel
Brooklyn
Hrickson
Theresa
Chauncey Street
Emrens
Harry
Marcy and
Myrtle Avenues
Gerico
Frank
Sixtyseond Street
Kodalt
Minnie
Marion Street
Lonegan
John
Evergreen
Dekalb Avenues
Raddemacher
Richard
Walsh Avenue
Monroe Street
Nilson
Rose
South Ninth Street
Brooklyon
Rough Rider Dave Goodrich Injured At High Jinks Island
Rumor says Dave Goodrich of the Rough Riders broke two ribs during High Jinks on Huckleberry Island last Sunday. He sought rest after intense pain. the National Rough Riders' Association met at Old Guard Armory and elected officers including President Goodrich. The next annual meeting will be held in Arizona with time and place to be announced.
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Dave Goodrich
Rough Riders
Roosevelt
Huckleberry Island
Dave. Goodrich
National Rough Riders’ Association
Old Guard
The
Theodore Roosevelt
Dave " Goodrich
New York
Lewis Mavery
Texas
Eugene Waterbury
Iowa
Cotton Reed
Edward Marshall
Arizona
Dewey's Fine Old Sherry Wine Ad
An advertisement from H. T. Dewey & Sons Co at 138 Fulton Street New York promotes Dewey's Fine Old Sherry as a great appetizer to enjoy before meals.
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DEWEY
H. T. Dewey & Sons Co
Fulton St
New York
Three blocks ablaze along Newtown Creek yard fire
Fire at Cross, Austin & Ireland lumber yard on the Brooklyn Williamsburg bank of Newtown Creek destroyed three lumber laden schooners and a fire engine. Total damage estimated at least 250000 dollars. Fire crews from Brooklyn Manhattan and New Jersey battled flames through the night as fireboats saved nearby vessels. J. Pavis, president of the company, arrived to assess losses.
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Cross, Austin & Ireland Company
Newtown Creek
Williamsburg
Brooklyn
Manhattan
Lumber Company
Croker
Warrent
City Hall Park
Crokerver
Peter Smith
Lumber Yard
Smith
Winslow
Grand Street
Morgan Avenue
Stewart and
Scott Streets
Clarm
New Jersey
St. Catharine's
Williamsburge
Seth Low
Boody
New Yorker
van Wyck
Stanley H. Minor
Chief Croker
Aliso
Cross
Austin & Ireland Company
J. &. Pavis
Thomas F. Ryan Sails Today for European Vacation
Thomas F. Ryan sails today on the Cunard liner Mauretania for an European outing and will return in September. He is in his usual health despite reports to the contrary and plans to travel through France and Germany by car. He hopes to see The Passion Play at Oberammergau during the trip.
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Thomas F. Ryan
Cunard
Mauretania
Europe
Mr. Ryan
France
Germany
Oberammergau
Coronation Planned for King George in May 1911
London reports that the coronation of King George is practically arranged for mid May 1911. After the ceremony the Duke of Connaught will travel to Canada to assume the role of Governor General.
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London
George
Duke of Connaught
Canada
Lightning destroys Holy Family Church in Sugar Notch
Holy Family Polish Roman Catholic Church in Sugar Notch near Wilkes Barre was struck by lightning and destroyed by fire. Pastor Father Drier entered the burning church and saved the host and sacred vessels. Loss estimated at $30.
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Wilkesbarre
Penn
Holy Family
Sugar Notch
Here
Drier
Five Dogs Attack Society Leader in San Mateo
Mrs Bertha Spiehl Allen a prominent San Mateo society figure was attacked by five bull terriers owned by her husband Dr P V A Allen a noted dog fancier. The dogs mangled her right shoulder hand and forearms and her limbs leaving her condition serious. She fought them with a club and collapsed at the doorway before help arrived.
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San Mateo
Cal
Bertha Spiehl-Allen
P. V. A. Allen
Remarkable Montreal Baby Calls Teddy Roosevelt in New York
In the Knickerbocker Hotel a 15 month old boy, son of Benjamin Aaronson of Montreal, can say Teddy Roosevelt dozens of times during a morning romp. The child has learned the former president's name from frequent exposure in New York, though he has not called his parents by name.
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Knickerbocker
Teddy Roosevelt
Mamma
Pape
Nme
Benjamin Aaronson
Montreal
Canada
New York
Two Men Die in Beverly Cottage Fire
In Bates Park Beverly Massachusetts a fire destroyed the Century Club cottage and an adjoining residence killing Henry B. Barrett a Peabody drug clerk and Bert McShane of Salem. Jeremiah O Connell woke to smoke and escaped through a window followed by two companions while Barrett and McShane perished.
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Beverly
Mass
Century Club
Bates Park
Henry B. Barrett
Peabody
Bert McShane
Salem
Jeremiah O'Connell
Arrett
McShane
Lie Given at Hearing Rocked State House
Boston June 21 The charge that Matthew B. Lamb a Ly man School trustee lied in testimony before the Legislative Committee probing the institution caused uproar at the State House. The room was cleared briefly as P H Kelley an attorney for the Parents Association challenged Lambs statement about corporal punishment. Auditors rose in tumult and two women cried out that the committee was hiding evidence. Kelley offered to present evidence but declined to testify.
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Boston
Matthew B. Lamb
Lyman School For Boys
Legislative Committee
State House
Lamb
P. H. Kelley
Parents’ Association
Kelley
Zeppelin airship Deutsch lands for maiden voyage
In Friedrichshafen on June 21 the new Deutsch dirigible arrives ready for its maiden flight to Düsseldorf. Count Zeppelin will helm the craft, carrying twenty passengers aboard a great cabin like a luxurious sleeping car. Route planned includes Stuttgart Mannheim Cologne and Düsseldorf. Promoters are Hamburg America Steamship Co and German Airship Stock Co. Airship speed set at thirty five miles an hour.
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Friedrichshafen
Zeppelin
Makes Peacock Alley Gasp At Roosevelt Guest
Chicago lawyer E. H. Smalley, Hamilton Club member, visiting to welcome Roosevelt, caused a stir at the Waldorf Astoria by strolling Peacock Alley in a full dress coat waistcoat silk hat and cream trousers. The widower, about 55, drew astonished glances from guests and women with lorgnettes as the striking attire contrasted sharply with a black coat.
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E. H. Smalley
Chicago
Hamilton Club
Roosevelt
Waldorf-Astoria
Mr. Smalley
Peacock Alley
British dig at Roosevelt opens international commerce congress
London June 21. Sydney Buxton, president of the Board of Trade, opened the International Congress of Chambers of Commerce and, in a dig at Mr. Roosevelt, quipped that as he is not a former U.S. president he would not tell how to run their shows. He assured delegates of government support as the gathering, with 450 delegates, aims to curb hostile political and journalistic interference. Boston hopes to host the next meeting.
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London
Sydney Charles Buxton
Board of Trade
International Congress of Chambers of Commerce
Roosevelt
Boston
U.S. A
River View Manor at Hastings on Mucean Home For Sale
Hastings on Mucean offers an ideal year round home place named River View Manor. For more details contact Hastings Women at 105 Westth St Ady.
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River View
Hastings-on-Muceun
Hastings Womes
Westth St
Ady
Mayor Gaynor aims graft case at Queens Grand Jury
Mayor Gaynor forwards a report charging Queens Borough President Lawrence Gresser with signing fraudulent vouchers for work not performed. The document names forged bids, dummy contractors, and addresses tied to Gresser’s campaign headquarters or private residence. The report, based on Fosdick findings, seeks immediate Queens County Grand Jury action.
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Commissioner of Accounts
Fosdick
Gaynor
Lawrence Gresser
Queens Borough
Gresser
Queens County Grand Jury
Queens County
Supreme Court Grand Jury
Humphreys
Supreme Court
Garretson
the Commissioners OF Accounts
Broadway
William J. Gaynor
Mayer
Bureau of Highways
Borough of
Queens
Flushing Water Works
Central Avenue Bridge
Black Stump Road
Jackson Avenue
Flushing Bridge
Strong’s Causeway
Louis Cohn
Central Avenue
Pridge
John Kron
Thomas J. Burke
Joseph Phillips
Strong's Causeway
Cohn
Kron
New York Telephone Company
Burke
Phillips
Long Island Railroad
John Dowd
Patrick Corecoran
Dowd
Corecoran
Corcoran
John M. Phillips Association
Academy Street
John M. Phillips
Joseph McCann
James J. O'Brien
McCann
O'Brien
Sheriff's Office
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Eire
William Hogan
John Daly
George McClusky
Richard Walsh
George F. Titus
James E. Hussey
John F. Flood
James E. Dillon
Patrick J. Harkins
Mayor Gaynor
Stork
Aviators
New Verd. Limes
Black Hand
Broad Day
Lacy
Kbasta
Mano Nera
de Graw
Spencer's
Maiden Lane
Dave” Goodrich
Buxton
Congress of Chambers of Commerce
Immedi
Justice Garretson
Fusdick
Garner
Hughes
Municipal Court
Alfred Denton
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