Appeal for Unified Factory Inspection
The State Factory Investigating Commission held sessions at the County Court House and City Hall to hear calls for unifying factory inspections under one department. Witnesses urged better regulation of working conditions and stricter safety rules in commercial buildings, citing harms from disorganized employment agencies and unsafe workplaces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Factory Investigating Commission
County Court House
P. J. O'Gonnell
Alliance Employment Bureau
East Seventeenth Street
Reginald P. Bolton
Washington Heights
Abram L. Ellis
Commission
Tiansen
Labor Department
United States
Hansen
Charles Rogers
Industrial Hygiene Bureau
Charles Schwimberaky
Michael Murphy
International Union of Steamfitters
Quilty
Murphy
James Bo Hotland
Stationary Firemen's Organization
Abraham Korn
Harlem Property Owners’ Association
State Labor Department
Bureau of Licenses
Charles F. Neves
Lillian Ward
Elizabeth Watson
Wald
Midniath
Rare Pontiac Medal Emerges in New York Pawnshop Find
A silver 61 mm Pontiac era medal, once worn by a chief of the Ottawas, Ojibways, and Pottawattamies, passes to numismatist Thomas L. Elder of New York. Valued at least 250 dollars for rarity and historic ties, the piece bears Georgius in Dei Gratia obverse and a lion and wolf on the reverse, with Philadelphia mint origin and a small top hole for a neck ribbon. Elder may offer it to the Michigan Historical Society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
America
Thomas L. Elder
East Twentythird Street
Elder
Pontiac
Detroit
Braddock
Oswego
Sir William Johnson
Kaskaskia
William Johnson
Georgius
Presque Isle
Otussa
Great Britain
France
Philadelphia
Numismatic Society of
Michigan Historical Society
Jury Fixer Pleads Guilty In Bribery Case
George Jaimeson admitted to bribery in the Rattray vs Hazard mining case in Supreme Court and General Sessions. He faces sentencing on June 30 after confessing to a $100 agreement to fix a jury. Milton Solomon, arrested with Jaimeson after $60 bribe money surfaced, awaits trial. Investigators plan further probes into a alleged jury fixers syndicate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Jaimeson
O'Malley
Rattray
Hazard
Supreme Court
Rosalsky
Jaimeson
Milton Solomon
Bleecker Street
Jamieson
Jamieso
Solomon
Public ownership views heard from Wanamaker and Blankenburg
John Wanamaker vocally supports government ownership of public utilities including railroads and says it could settle rail industry troubles. Mayor Blankenburg warns public ownership is risky without educated citizens and cites past gas works mismanagement as cautionary evidence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Philadelphia
John Wanamaker
Blankenburg Ton
United States Commission On Industrial Relations
Wanamaker
John PD. Rockefeller, Jr
Colorado
Wilson
Weinhe
Congress
Mr. Weinstock
Mr. Wanamaker
Ocnmiantone
Connell
Blankenburg
Europe
Civic Club
Russia
Campaign for White Suits Promotes Summer Comfort
Charles Gehring acts as organizer of the White Clothes League of New York announcing a first demonstration tomorrow night at the Oriental Hotel in Manhattan Beach. The crusade requires only ownership or possession of a white suit and invites members with wives daughters and friends to attend a dance as part of the gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Gehring
White Clothes League of
New York
Oriental Hotel
Manhattan Beach
Gehring
Mr. Gehring
League
Linson Seeks Bill of Particulars in Aqueduct Overcharge Case
Jobin J. Linson asks for a bill of particulars from Cor poration Counsel Polk regarding alleged overcharges by Everett Fowler Augustus H. Van Buren and Linson as special city counsel in condemning land for the new aqueduct. The demand signals possible separate hearings, complicating the city’s case. All three lawyers, Kingston residents, served from 1907 to 1910 and faced charges of excessive, duplicated fees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jobin J. Linson
Everett Fowler
Augustus H. van Buren
Polk
Linton
Linson
Fowler
Kingston, N. Y
Gentleman or Thief? Missing Brooch on New Haven Train
Mrs. Gillespie of West Fifty third Street reported a diamond and pearl brooch worth thousands missing, believed stolen on a New Haven train to Stamford or at Grand Central Terminal. She suspects a polite stranger helped her to a better seat, then realized the jewelry was gone. The brooch had been in her family for generations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert McM. Gillespie
West Fifty-third Street
New Haven
New York
Stamford
Also Mentioned on This Page
Columbia
DR. Bull
Bellboy
Burnse
Jury Fixer
Rockefeller
B. Altman & Co
Brussels
Fifth Avenue
34Th and
35Th Streets
Roosevelt
River of Doubt
G. K. Cherrie
Col. Roosevelt
Richard Harding Davis
Mexico
Vera Cruz
Mexico City
Jane
Edward S. Martin
May Wilson Preston
Senator Henry Cabot
Silvia
Alice Duer Miller
Navy
Dewey
Mary Lynon
The
Lizard
William H. Rideing
Scribner’s
Charles Scribner’s Sons
R. H. Macy & Co
Herald Square
Broadway
35Th St
Macy
Lish
Oilot
Spe
London
35Th Street
Department
34Th Street
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