Smuggling Watchmen Accused After Sea Stewards Complaint
Miss Janette Finnie first cabin stewardess on the Cameronia complained to the New York Custom House about two Anchor Line watchmen aboard a Fourteenth Street streetcar. They questioned her for alleged contraband and ofut inspected her, leading to an apology from Deputy Surveyor Smythe and plans for a full Anchor Line and British Consul investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anchor Line
Janette Firnie
Cameronia
Glasgow
Custom House
Loeb
West Twenty-fourth Street
Smythe
Finnie
Twentythird Street
Fourteenth Stret
Cunard
Seventh Avenue
Fourteenth Street
Miss Finnie
Col. Lutz
Baxter
Broadway
Courtenay Walter Bennett
Imes
Nelson Henry
Surveyor’s Department
Lord Chesterfields
Oliceman
Riley
Anchor Tine
A Friendly Divorce
In St Louis on June 21 Dr Edward M Cates obtained a divorce in East St Louis City Court. He rushed to St Johns Hospital to tell his divorced wife of the settlement and urged her toward recovery. Mrs Cates, convalescing after surgery six weeks earlier, consented in writing and both said they remained good friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
ST. Louis
East St. Louis
Edward M. Cates
St. John’s Hospital
Woman Hangs Self With Muslin in Ocean Grove Home
Annie Spellman, 30, from Ireland, used a corset cover as a noose and hanged herself in a room at J. F. Slattery’s house in Shanley Street Newark after arriving less than a year ago. The rope broke and upon falling, her body was found by Mrs. Slattery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Asbury Park
N.J
Annie Spellman
Ocean Grove
J. F. Slattery
Shanley Street
Newark
Ireland
Court of Appeals Upholds $83,050 Transfer Tax on Jourdan Estate
Albany June 21 The Court of Appeals upheld an $83,050 transfer tax on the late Gen James Jourdan estate set from his wife. Jourdan died in New York in 1910 leaving $2,141,000 to his wife. The Surrogate taxed the legacy under the 1910 transfer tax law and the appellate court earlier modified the method. the Court of Appeals reversed that decision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jourdan
Albany
James Jourdan
Court of Appeals
New York
Belmonts fence shocks village lake youths in Hempstead
June 21 near Belmont Lake in Hempstead L I a crowd watched as eight foot barbed wire fencing surrounded a small lake on August Belmont Fulton Avenue. Boys aged 6 to 15 swam inside while a groom drove them away and rescued a boy stuck in a hole. Villagers fear fencing may require a guard to keep youngsters from the water.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Belmont
Judge's memory baffles son over disorderly case
Philadelphia June 21 J Russell Carrow son of Camden County Court Judge visited his father to seek reconsideration of Morris Molkrow's sentence for keeping a disorderly house Molkrow had been jailed sixty days and fined 500 dollars Prosecutor Boyle confirmed the guilty plea and the judge warned a reconsideration could send Molkrow to State Prison for a long term The son did not renew the request
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Philadelphia
J. Russell Carrow
Carrow
Camden County Court
Morris Molkrow
Boyle
Chestnut Street
Mblkrow
Stolen car recovered. man and wife arrested in Winsted
Robert Q. Bushnell a West Fifty Sixth Street mechanic was arrested after alighting from a car later identified as the stolen vehicle from Frank P. Weston of Highland Lake Winsted Conn Weston had posted notices for the return of his $3000 auto The arrest followed an informant tip from Westchester County about a seller matching the car's description Bushnell denies the charge of grand larceny and his wife fainted upon learning the arrest
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank P. Weston
Highland Lake
Winsted
Conn
Robert Q. Bushnell
West Fifty-sixth Street
Weston
Bushnell
Stephen C. Wheeler
Westchester County
Rabbi Frisch Installed at Temple Israel Far Rockaway
The Rev Ephraim Frisch was installed as rabbi of Temple Israel Roanoke Avenue and State Street Far Rockaway last night. The ceremony featured conductors, a Hartford prayer, a benediction, and a musical program led by Henry George Angres. A reception followed in the synagogue hall and Joseph Fried, president of the congregation, received a gold watch for three years of service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ephraim Frisch
Temple Israel
Roanoke Avenue
State Street
Far Rockaway
Maurice Harris
Manhattan
Henry W. Ettelson
Hartford
Conn
Solomon Foster
Henry George Angres
The
Synaogue
Ladies’ ‘Auxiliary
Joseph Fried
State Fire Chiefs Name Officers
The ninth annual meeting of the State Association of Fire Chiefs discussed the usefulness of automobile versus horse drawn apparatus. Officers elected include President John Mack of Glens Falls, Vice President William Lee of Albany, Directors John B. Robillard of Hudson Falls and John H. Espey of Elmira, and Secretary-Treasurer Henry R. Yates of Schenectady.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
State Association of Fire Chiefs
John , Mack
Glens Falls
Willam Lee
John B. Robillard
Hudson Falls
John H. Espey
Elmira
Henry R. Yates
Schenectady
Bonheur Receives Officer d Académie Decoratio
Lucien L. Bonheur, vice president of the French Day Nursery and president of the Cercle Dramatique, was notified by the French Embassy that the French government awarded him the Officer d Académie for his work with French literary and charitable groups in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucien L. Bonheur
French Day Nursery
West Twenty-eighth Street
Cercle Dramatique
Alliance Francaise
Académie
Embree Rounds Thirty-Fifth Year at Irving School
Tarrytown N Y June 21 Hannah E Embree completed her thirty fifth year as teacher in the Irving School last night. It has been her only charge. In her class was a young girl whose mother and grandmother had both been in her class. Miss Embree will now receive a.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Tarrytown
N. Y
Hannah E. Embree
Irving School
Embree
Rioters Strike, Police Break Demonstration in Times Square
Early morning walkouts at Martin's and the Edel Knickerbocker sparked violence as non union staff fled. By afternoon fifty strikers from Martin's and the Knickerbocker tried a Times Square demo, halted by plainclothes officers. Four rioters jailed, others sentenced to ten days in the workhouse, with hotel leadership reporting no widespread disruption. Rose Pastor Stokes announced a free restaurant plan and urged continued action as mass vote showed lingering support for the strike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Childs Company
Times Square
Louis Martin’s
Knickerbocker Hotel
Seventh Avenue
Forty-second Street
Broadway
West Thirtieth Street
West Forty-seventh Street
Forty-fifth Street
Eighth Avenue
Yost
Frank Bodan
Peter Walton
Ninth Avenue
Christopher Dudley
Buffalo Avenue
Brooklyn
Charles Garcia
West Thirty-ninth Street
Dudley
West Wide Court
Hans Rubes
Bryant Hall
Sixth Avenue
Forty-first Street
Rose Pastor Stokes
Thirty-eighth Street
St. Regis
Victoria
Merchants’ Club
St. Denis
Murray Hil
New York Chemist Attacked After Running Ad
J A Borst of New York, staying in Cleveland, answered a newspaper ad seeking evening employment. He agreed to pay for theatre companionship and was beaten by two men after a meeting near the police delivery window. He identified the assailants as the brother of the original advertiser and a friend’s wife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Cleveland
J. A. Borst
New York
Lake Front
Borst
Lakeside Hospital
Pittsburgh Bride Ties Knot During Short Vacation
Philip George Andrews of 8,230 Rural Street returned with Miss Eva May Fotten of Brooklyn after marrying in Cumberland Maryland yesterday. The couple met five years ago in the Brooklyn Navy Yard. Andrews works for the Allegheny County Light Company and had a week off from his job.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Pittsburgh
Philip George Andrews
Rural Street
Eva May Fotten
Brooklyn
Cumberland
Gretna
Andrews
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Allegheny County Light Company
Sundry Civil Appropriation Bill Passes House
The Sundry Civil Appropriation bill passed the House carrying 109,577,414 dollars. The amount is 33 million under the year’s estimates and the previous year's bill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Illinois Supreme Court Upholds Right to Strike
Illinois Supreme Court rules labor unions may strike when non union employees are retained by employers. The decision solidifies union leverage in labor disputes and clarifies scope of collective action under state law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ilinois
Springfield
Ill
Illinois Supreme Court
Motley's dramatic murder tale at trial in Chinatown case
Nathaniel J. Motley known as Prof. Scotty testified in General Sessions that he killed Wong See in self defense after an argument over chop suey at 56 West 135th Street on May 18, 1910. He reenacted the fatal struggle on the stand and the judge will continue the trial Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nathaniel J. Motley
Scotty
Malone
Motley
Wong See
West 135Th Street
Parisian's Forger Sentenced in General Sessions
Maurice de Rouglaine a Parisian graduate of Cambridge University and member of a wealthy family was sentenced to one year in the Penitentiary by Judge Rosalsky for forging a $37 check on his employer David J. Conway a tugboat operator. The case revealed his recent hospital release after an appendicitis operation and a prior illness plagued ten years in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maurice de Rouglaine
Paris
University of Cambridge
Rosalsky
White Plains
David J. Conway
152D Street
Harlem River
Conway
Mutual Life Insurance Company
Captive on Fence as Robbery Suspect Slips Toward Roof
Sergt Moran at Macdougal Street Station stopped a man moving bundles from a building tied to the International Braid Company. The suspect led to a fence was later held on $2000 bail for examination after an attempted rooftop escape and a pursuit across adjoining roofs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sergt. Moran
Macdougal Street
Thompson Street
Moran
International Braid Company
Braid
Frank Childs
Third Avenue
Butts
University to contest larceny charge over vivisected dog
In Chicago a larceny case looms against Joseph Loch, custodian of animals used in the University of Chicago vivisection lab. Prof A J Carlson says no criminal act occurred and the university will fight the charge if the case proceeds, after a Scottish collie found in Loch’s custody is operated on and later to be killed. The judge adjourned for a week, offering settlement terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Chicago
Ill
Joseph Loch
University of Chicago
A. J. Carlson
Loch
Enere Loch
Judge Maxwell
Hyde Park
Gary McCarthy
Ellis Avenue
University
Maxwell
Carlson
Littleton Seeks Jefferson Hall Rename of House Office Building
Mrs. Martin W. Littleton urged a Congressional committee to rename the House Office Building Jefferson Hall citing streetcar crews and confusion over names. Members refused the renaming. She also supported a plan to buy Monticello for the government.
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Washington
Martin W. Littleton
New York
Jefferson Hall
Burnett
Alabama
Littleton
Four men held on robbery charges in Tombs Court
William Parker of 8 Hague Street George Evans of 10 Catharine Street James Anella and his brother Salva of 132 Cherry Street were each held on $10000 bail by Magistrate Kernochan. They face first degree robbery for attacking Nathan Schneider a brush manufacturer at 63 Market Street taking $100 in cash and $600 in diamonds. Police Kenney and Monahan arrested them after the assault as Schneider arrived home. The case is set for today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Parker
Hague Street
George Evans
Catharine Street
James Anella
Salvatore
Cherry Street
Kernochan
Tombs Court
Nathan Schneider
Market Street
Schneider
Kenney and
Monahan
Oak Street
Parker
Newark High School halves day to cut home work
Newark Central High School introduces a five period day of one hour each with study conference in which teachers supervise and assist students during the afternoon. The plan halves home study, adds after class help, and extends school use to 4 pm. It aims to give students more time for play and rest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newark Central High School
Trenton
Perth Amboy
New Jersey
Teachers College
Newark
William Wiener
Central High School
United States
Newark Fire Burns Woman As Gas Can Ignites
In Newark Mrs. Mary Symkoski of 801 Norfolk Street was severely burned when a can of gasoline she used to clean clothes ignited in an unexplained manner. She is in City Hospital in critical condition.
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Newark
Mary Symkoski
Norfolk Street
Michele de Maro
Osbornne
John E. Brown
Brown
Thomas M. Hallj, Jr
Osborne
Hall
William Miller
Bank Streets
Lodi
Davis
Della Penta
A. D. Howard
Howard
East Orange
John J. Warner
Travelers’ Insurance Company
New Street
Warner
Summit
Lves
Portland
Ore
Mayor Adams
Freehold
Elmer Maulsbury
Jamesburg Reformatory
John E. Foster
Trenton
Mary Julius
Fossley
Andrew Kiley
Otto Biehler
Asbury Park
Mattison Avenue
Bond Street
A. A. Tusting
Meter Tampering Suspects Arrested Over $50,000 Loss
Two men Alfred Schultz and Walter O'Donnell were arrested for tampering with electric light meters in Coney Island area. Edison Co declares four months losses near $50,000 as detectives connect the pair to a broader scheme involving safe cracking by electricity. Schultz faced penalties for meter tampering and Sullivan act gun possession. O'Donnell charged with grand larceny.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Edison Company
Illuminating Company
Brooklyn
Coney Island
Hughes
Alfred Schultz
Roseben
Walter O’donnell
Edison
Schultz
O’donnell
Park Row
Manhattan
Donnell
Morrell
Barnitz
Moore
Central
New York
Houston Street
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Dr. E. M. Cates
Gaynor
Frances Tavern
Battery
Trinity Cemetery
Gen. Mortgomery
Fulton Street
City Hall
Grand Army
Bronx
Riverside Park
Enth Street
Jasper Oval
137Th Street
Belmont Lake
Judge
Rabbi Frisch
Mar
Tin’s and Hotel Knickerbocker
Cleveland Hospital
Philip Andrews
Miss Fotten
Cumberland, Md
Cambridge
Mrs. Littleton
Kaufman
New Amsterdam
Mata
DE Koven
Reginald de Koven
Mats
Wed
Cohan & Herris Lucc
George & Wallace Eddinger
Lyceum Today
Paul J.rainey
Rita Ewat
Coss
Winter Garden
50Th St
Columbus
Castno Boetung
Itth
Pirates OF Penzance
Rg Ge
van Day
Woquse
Tovaay
Isminee
OEE Stock CO
Tee EE
New—Daily
Mat
Brighton
Brighton Beach
Rooreanneh
Madison den Oofgarden
Louise Dresser
W. C. Fields
Valerie Bergere & Co
Gertrude Vanderbilt
Geo. Moore
Weston, Fields & Carroll
Jammerstein
Hroof
Palisades P. Airship Ascensions
Osteo
Tune Hunter
Davis Poultry
Kings Highway
Ocean Ave
Syn
Midwood
Luchows
East 14Th St
East 14Th St. Tel. 1480—Stuyvesest
Vienna Artist Orchestra
Urzburger Hofbrau Pilsner Genossenschafts-Brats
North Beach
99Th
134Th Sts
Queensboro Bridge
Purssell’s
Fotbrau
Estaurant
America
30Th St. Tel
Madison Sq
Ziegfeld
Moulin Rouge Friars
Weber & Fields
Geo. M. Cohan
Louis Mann
Richard Carle
Raymondcock
Julian Eltinge
Lew Dockstader
Carter de Haven
Ward
Cohan
Tom Lewis
Jas. J. Corbett
Son
John C. Rice
Jean Schwartz
John Hyams
Harry Williams
Harry For
Bob Daily
Macart
Tom Penfold
Frank Coombs
Comfort
Irving Brooks
Charles Hilliard
John J. Nestor
John King
Henri de Jonte
Fiouttx Rover
Ven
Len Islant
East Nee
Island
Murray Hill
Earl & Wilson
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