Policy holders plot to prosecute in Equitable inquiry
District Attorney Jerome obtained consent from two Criminal Court Judges to stay in session during the Summer to avoid delay if criminal action arises from the Equitable case. A group of policyholders is formed to pursue prosecutions for possible insurance law violations and related misapplications of funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerome
Criminal Court
Equitablé
Newquitable Sons
Jeromé
State
Hendricks
Society
Davy
Supreme Court
Goff
General Sessions
Equitable
Gov. Higgins
Cory
Trendricks
Index to Departments and Page References
The page index lists sections such as Commercial World Amusements Arrivals of Out-of-Town Buyers Business Troubles Court Calendars Marine Intelligence and Foreign Mails New Corporations Real Estate Society United Service Weather Report and Yesterday's Fires with page numbers for each topic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Service
Weather Report
Bridge crush injures many as cars push crowd on Park Row
A Flatbush Avenue trolley on Track 2 late yesterday forced throngs into the bridge crowd. A Putnam Avenue car followed, causing a severe jam with dozens injured. Police halted the moment, two men and two women were left on the ground, but no fatalities. Pedestrians refused medical aid. several seek doctors and lawyers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flatbush Avenue
Flatbush
Pridge
Putnam Avenue
Loop No. 1
Park How
Flatbush Avenue Loop
Tim Dy
Renpie
Benjamin Ibbertson
St. James Place
Brooklyn
George H.heinbockel
Myrtle Avenue
TIMES
Loomis Named Ambassador to Receive Jones Body
Secretary of State appointee Francis B. Loomis sails for France as special ambassador to attend the delivery of John Paul Jones's body. The decision draws criticism amid Loomis's reprimand for using office to pursue business interests. Loomis travels with notable figures on the Philadelphia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loomis
Jones
New York Times
Washington
Francis B. Loomis
France
United States
John Paul Jones
Taft
Bowen
Mr. Loomis
Paris
Europe
Philadelphia
Robert J. Wynne
London
Joseph Gregg Stephenson
Plymouth
F. C. Havemeyer
Milk Deluge Saves Boy From Firecracker Flood
A boy carrying excess fireworks on a warm Fourth of July eve set off a torrent of sparks on One Hundred and Twenty-fifth Street. A milkman doused the flames with a large can of milk saving him. Otto West of Edgewater New Jersey survived the mishap and was taken for treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Lee
St. Nicholas’ Avenue
Beakes Dairy Company
Otto West
Bartram
Waris H Spital
Western Pacific Railway Plans Bond Issue and Capital Rise
In San Francisco on June 3 the directors authorized 40 million dollars of first mortgage bonds for the Western Pacific Railway and arranged a mortgage to Bowling Green Company of New York as trustees. They called a meeting of stockholders to increase capital from 50 million to 75 million, to be held August 23.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Western Pacific Railway
Bowling Green
Ompany
New York
The Second Empire Express Speed Record Train
The New York Central fast train The Second Empire departs Grand Central at 1 57 P M and stops Albany Utica Syracuse Rochester Buffalo with arrivals listed. no excess fare. Advertising copy notes schedule and routing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Central
Grand Central Station
Albany
Utica
Syracuse
Rochester
Buffalo
Auto Crash Kills One in Bronx On Jerome Avenue
A southbound car on Jerome Avenue at Two Hundred Twenty Street hit an iron trolley pole near Woodlawn Cemetery. Seven men were injured. Paul Foster of the Commonwealth Hotel Boston died at Fordham Hospital. Others suffered internal injuries and cuts. three disappeared after the crash. The gasoline tank exploded, a trolley car halted, and traffic was blocked for twenty minutes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerome Avenue
Bronx
Paul Foster
Commonwealth Hotel
Boston
Fordham Hospital
Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Hundred and Twentieth Street
Pine
Foster
John Robinson
Sixth Avenue
William Krause
East One Hundred and Fifty-fifth Street
Arthur C. Dodge
Scotland Road
Jersey City
Dodge
Miller’s Hotel
Vault for Jones Body Delayed by Weather
Bad weather slows work on the temporary vault for John Paul Jones in Annapolis. Walls should finish soon, with the crypt in the chapel expected to be completed in about six months for the final interment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annapolis
John Paul Jones
Intruders Scare Dworsack Family as Boys Break In
Detectives Marion and Giery arrest three youths aged eleven to thirteen after a cellar break in at 136 East Fifty-sixth Street. George Burk twelve, Peter McDermott twelve, and Pinuk Vavarra thirteen faced charges for attempting to steal Dororsack's tricycle in the Dworsack residence episode.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Josephine Dworsack
Marion
Giery
Mrs. Dworsack
East Fifty-sixth Street
Giory
George Burk
East Sixty-second Street
Peter McDermott
First Avenue
Billy Dworsack
Pinuk Vavarra
West Sixtieth Street
Dororsack
Rockland Official Acquitted in False Claims Trial
Sy ACK New York June 23 William W. Whyard the first Rockland County official tried for presenting false claims to the town and county has been acquitted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sy Ack
N. Y
William W. Whyard
Rockland County
Improved Train Service to Asbury Park via Pennsylvania Railroad
Pennsylvania Railroad expands service to Asbury Park starting June 25 with twelve weekday trains each direction thirteen on Saturdays and four on Sundays to and from North Asbury Park Advances in local rail schedule prompt commuter use and weekend travel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asbury Park
Pennsylvania Railroad
North Asbury Park
Car Explodes On Fifth Avenue By Buckingham Hotel
A gasoline tank exploded in a car stopped opposite the Buckingham Hotel at Fifth Avenue and Fiftieth Street at 11:45 last night. Henry H. Shearson and party were alighting when the tank burst. driver John Hines was knocked aside but not burned. Fire bells and hotel staff aided in extinguishing the flames with buckets of water.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buckingham Hotel
Fifth Avenue
Fiftieth Street
Democratic Club
Henry H. Shearson
West Fiftyseventh Street
John Hines
Bell
Sightseeing auto collision injures five in Chicago
In Chicago on Michigan Boulevard at Thirty-first Street a sight-seeing bus collided with a street car. The bus carrying about forty passengers struck the car on its side, pushing it off the track and wrecking the vehicle. One woman, Mrs. Mary Bingenheimer, had a fractured leg and broken rib, with four others cut or bruised as passengers fled the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Michigan Boulevard
Thirty-first Street
Mary Bingenheimer
Automobile Tragedy Kills Charles T Estabrook at Marblehead
In Marblehead Massachusetts a touring car backing over the Boston Yacht Club dock edge toppled fifteen feet to the beach. Charles T Estabrook son of a Boston banker died trapped under the steering wheel. U F Rhodes Miss B Bassett and Miss Rose Lamoreaux, all from Newton, were injured but not seriously. The driver reportedly misoperated a lever causing the backward plunge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marblehead
Mass
Charles T. Estabrook
Boston
the Brook
U. F
Estabrook
Preacher Shot Dead on South Carolina Farm
Florence South Carolina June 23 H D Granger a local Baptist preacher was shot from ambush and killed while working on his farm near the Dead Stretch district where blacks are said to be unwelcome. Bloodhounds have been sent to track the assassins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florence
S. C
H. D. Granger
Special Trains To Asbury Park And Point Pleasant
Pennsylvania Railroad runs special trains Saturday June 24 from West 23d Street Station at 7 40 A M 12 25 12 55 2 55 and 6 55 P M to Asbury Park and Point Pleasant with service on that day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asbury Park
Point Pleasant
Pennsylvania Railroad
West 23d St
Ee A
Tragedy at East New York Race Train Crash
A race train accident in East New York left Bennie Lowry seven and Katie Spellman eight fatally injured after youngsters scrambling for pennies were struck by a Rockaway Beach Line train. Eight year old Bennie Lepolski suffered serious injuries as witnesses aided the injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long Island
Bennie Lepolski
Liberty Avenue
Gravesend
Belmont Avenue
Vesta Avenue
Long Island Railroad
Brooklyn and Rockaway Beach Railroad
Rockaway
John Bebbense
Lowry
Lepofski
Young Lowry
Murphy and
McNulty
St. Mary’s Hospital
Murphy
Poy
Lepolski
Bebbense
Avenue 6
East Ninety-fifth Street
John French
East Ninety-second Street
Bridge Jump Injures Socialite in New Jersey
Mrs. Wa. Palmer of New York City a patron at the New Monmouth Hotel Spring Lake Beach was seriously injured when her horse team bolted off a bridge over railroad tracks in Avon New Jersey. The carriage occupants and team fell fifteen feet to the ground. Mrs Palmer suffered a bad scalp wound while Mrs Harrington escaped with minor injuries and driver Morris Layton was injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Avon, N. J
Palmer
New York City
New Monmouth
Spring Lake Beach
William Harrington
Harrington
Morris Layton
Mitchell Fees Ties Alleged Timber Claims to Senate Work
In the John H. Mitchell trial, ex-Judge A. H. Tanner, Mitchell's law partner and the prosecution’s key witness, testified about alleged federal offenses. He described agreements with Krebs and John A. Benson to push timber claims through the General Land Office and to divert fees into the firm, with Mitchell receiving half of the net income each month. The court allowed similar offenses to be admitted as evidence, despite defense objections, to show premeditation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Ore
United States
John H. Mitchell
A. H. Tanner
Mitchell
Tanner
Krebs
John A. Benson
General Land Office
Washington
Awning Fire at Marie Antoinette Hotel
An awning fire on the fifth floor at the Marie Antoinette Apartment Hotel on Sixty sixth Street and Broadway caused excitement late last evening. A fireman on hand extinguished the blaze after some difficulty reaching the window. Guests were frightened by the engine noise but remained inside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marie Antoinette
Sixty-sixth Street
Broadway
Baltimore and Ohio to suspend service from Whitehall Terminal
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad will discontinue all service from Whitehall Terminal South Ferry with its trains on and after June 24 1905 Adv. Every Sunday during Summer to New Haven Steamer Richard Peck See adv Advv.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore & Ohio R. R. CO
Whitehall Terminal
South Ferry
Adv
New Haven
Richard Peck
Warned From Vesuvius People Ordered To Prepare To Leave
Naples report says the Prefect ordered residents near Mount Vesuvius to ready departure as crater discharges increase alarmingly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Naples
Mount Vesuvius
Radium Clock Arrives on Campania First of Its Kind
Importer George B. Selden of Rochester to receive the radium clock aboard the Cunarder Campania. Customs broker W H Stiner arranged passage through examination with Collector Stranahan. London-made device uses radium rays and is claimed to run 2000 years, value undetermined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George B. Selden
Rochester
Campania
London
Stiner
Move or be blown up in Pelham threat to Spencer Miller
In Pelham in June 93 a Black Hand Society warning orders Spencer Miller and his family to leave town by July 1 or their house will be dynamited and they will be killed. Miller reported the threat to Police Chief Marks. Miller, a long time resident on Third Avenue near Fourth Street, had recently made enemies after his dog bit David Petit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Pelham
Spencer Miller
North Pelham
Miller
Black Hand Society
Third Avenue
Fourth Street
David Petit
Woman Hurt Driving to Dying Sister in Connecticut Crash
Mrs. Warner a New Haven widow was badly injured when her touring car overturned while rushing to Waterbury to a dying sister. Walter H. Mead of New Haven escaped injury. driver Harry C. Wentworth of Fort Wayne Indiana was knocked senseless and injured internally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ansonia, Conn
Waterbury
Warner
New Haven
Cider Mill Hill
Walter H. Mead
Harry C. Wentworth
Fort Wayne
Ind
Mead
Boy Beheaded by Train in Greenwich Cherry Trip
Thomas Cassin aged eighteen of New York with Arthur Hills and Ernest Gross from nearby addresses started a cherry picking trip from Greenwich. They were dropped at Hast Port Chester and waited for a freight at Greenwich station cut. Cassin jumped for a flat car and was struck, beheaded before his companions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Greenwich
Conn
Thomas Cassin
Robbins Avenue
New York
Arthur Hills
Tiffany Street
Ernest Gross
Norwalk
Cassin
Missouri Attorney General orders Delmar betting ring raided
Attorney General Hadley instructed Assist ant Attorney General Kennish to urge Sheriff Herpel to raid the Delmar race track betting ring immediately and continue raids until it is closed. He called the move a police regulation and said bookmakers would be shut down by depriving them of cash and paraphernalia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis
Hadley
Missouri
Kennish
St. Louis County
Delmar
Herpel
Sheffield Declines State Gas and Electricity Post
James Rye Sheffield refuses Governor Higgins offer to chair the State Commission of Gas and Electricity citing inability to abandon his law practice. The $8,000 yearly post drew eight NY County names from the Republican group as potential appointees. Albany date notes show non recess appointment issues and pending Senate confirmation. West Shore Railroad advertises an $8 line to Buffalo and Niagara Falls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Rye Sheffield
Higgins
State Commission of Gas and Electricity
Sheffield
Republican Organization of
New York County
Albany
Public Lighting Commission
James R. Sheffield
New York
Lucien L. Shedden
Plattsburg
John C. Davies
Camden
Senate
West Shore Railroad
Buffalo
Niagara Falls
Hudson
Mohawk Valley
Lodz Strikes Trigger Mass Casualties and Barriers
Reports from Lodz describe heavy street fighting as troops storm barricades. Officials cite about 50 dead and 200 wounded amid a general strike across 60,000 workers. Martial law and looting threaten order while disturbances ripple toward Warsaw and St. Petersburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Petersburg
Poland
Lodz
Warsaw
All Ane
Committee of Ministers
Russia
Alexis
Caucasus
Erivan
Auto Jury Hurdles in Long Island Case
Dr J Jacoby of New York a Summer colony resident faces trial before Justice Cooper on a speeding law violation. Two adjournments slowed jury selection amid heated attitudes in the Babylon summer community with hostile remarks about automobiles. Roy M Young represents Jacoby and excused a prospective juror.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Babylon
L. I
J. Jacoby
New York
Cooper
Summer Colony
Long Island
Fire Island
Roy M. Young
Jacoby
Chicago Strike Near End Thaws Over Union Button Policy
Chicago June 23 Indications point to a rapid end to the teamsters strike after a meeting between strikers and Employers' Association representative J W Farwell Jr The dispute over displaying the union button was resolved with employers allowed to decide individually the emblem its withdrawal of opposition paving the way for tentative acceptance of all other settlement terms and a satisfied statement from President Shea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Teamsters
J. W. Farwell, Jr
Employers’ Association
Shea
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Park Row
Lad
Blouse
Western Pacific
Fifth Ave
Auto
Buckingham
C. T. Estabrook
Preacher
South Carolina
East
Avon
Senator
Vesuvius
Facili
Delmar Track
Lighting Commission
Usher’s
Malewki
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