Night of fights with city mobs near Gopher Gang clash
Police Commissioner Waldo and Chief Inspector Max Schmittberger led a midnight operation to quell a Gopher Gang riot. Three gang members were arrested after a street confrontation at Tenth Avenue and Twenty-seventh Street while reserves and plainclothes officers converged on the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Police Department
Waldo
Max Schmittberger
Schmittberger
Tenth Avenue
Twenty-seventh Street
Benedict Brick
Tim Cronin
West Twenty-eighth Street
Law and Order
West Twentieth Street
Tom Maloney
West Thirty-seventh Street
Edward Manton
West Twenty-seventh Street
Police Inspector Schmittberger Fights Riot Near Bowery
Chief Inspector Max Schmittberger, age 58, involved in quelling a small riot sparked by an Italian shooting while returning home from Police Headquarters. He directed his chauffeur to speed toward the disturbance, displaying a readiness to act despite years since his West Forty-seventh Street Station days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Max Schmittberger
Bowery
Schmittberger
West Forty-seventh Street
Hetty Green List of Chicago Real Estate Holdings Supposedly Sold
Persistent rumors claim Mrs. Hetty Green has placed her Chicago real estate holdings under option. The Assets Realization Company reportedly holds options on about 450 acres in the Gage Park district, part of roughly ninety holdings valued at $6 million plus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Chicago
Hetty Green
Cobe and McKennon
Assets Realization Company
First Ride Risks Death as Bronx Toddler Is Trampled
Willie Mutz aged 3 from 872 East 117th Street in the Bronx was promised a ride on a bay horse. While riding Billy during a noon lunch break, the horse bolted to its stall and trampled him, leaving him with a base of skull fracture. He drifted into unconsciousness at Lincoln Hospital with slim chances of survival.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willie Mutz
East 117Th Street
Bronx
Willie
William Also
Billy
Papa
Burglars Break Jail at Snake Hill Prison
Two inmates Carl Kleeman and Bernard Haltz escaped Hudson County Penitentiary by opening their cell door, climbing a 30 foot ventilator rope, escaping through the ventilator, and swapping to quarry workers attire. They were later found on a hotel roof in Hoboken with burglary tools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hudson County
N. J
Snake Hill
Carl Kleeman
Bernard Haltz
Newark
Kleeman
Waltz
Germany
Hoboken
Chicago's Great Increase in Personal Property Valuation
Cook County increases personal property value by 225 million dollars this year over 1910. Assessed valuation reaches 75 million, about a third of actual value, with Board of Review expected to trim by another third to 50 million on the tax roll. Last year’s tax rate ranged 4.64 to 4.95, likely higher now, with roughly 3 million anticipated in county revenue. Largest assessment is 13.7 million for Marshall Field & Co. and 7.735 million for a retail firm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Chicago
Cook County
Board of Assessors
Board of Review
Marshall Field &Co
Another Ship Strike Affects Major Ports
In Liverpool June 24, labor leader Tom Mann sees seamen acceptances of terms. strike leaders order forty six firms in the Stonane Federation to halt work on Monday. Rotterdam reports ship owners claiming mastery and no concessions to strikers. Glasgow notes all ships set to sail with full crews except Atlantic liners and some coasters paying union rates. Firth of Forth ports are at a standstill and Leith cannot find crews for thirty seven steamers.
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Liverpool
Tom Mann
Stonane Federation
Rotterdam
Glasgow
Firth of Forth
Leith
Dewey's Superior Port Wine Ad
Blood making and nourishing formula advertised by Dewey and Sons Co at 138 Fulton St New York in an old newspaper classified-style ad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dewey's
Dewey & Sons Co
Fulton St
Veto Threats Steady as Taft Supports Reciprocity Hold
Washington dispatch reports President Taft will veto any reciprocity bill with riders, boosting Democratic resolve and pressuring Republicans. Speaker Champ Clark pledges a schedule-by-schedule revision as Taft travels to New York and New England before a July visit to Indiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Washington
Taft
Tariff Board
Schedule K. They Will Then Claim Much of the Credit For Mr. Taft
Champ Clark
Congress
People of the Land Co
House
Senate
Friends of
New York
New England
White House
Beverly
Mass
Indiana
Indianapolis
Seized on Government Ship in City Waterfront Bust
Federal authorities summoned Marshals to the government pier as Kilpatrick arrived with the Third Provisional Regiment. Five commissary department workers were arrested for stealing government property from ship stores and running a black market in pies eggs and bacon. Bail set at 1,000 dollars each, pending examination.
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Government Pier
Wall Street
East River
Kilpatrick
Commissary Department
Third
Provisional Regiment of Coast Artillery
Galveston
William Davis
Albert Neill
William Cannell
Hans
Joseph Saunders
Federal
Harmony by Robert Potzelberger and other features in Times
A digest of items on page one including literary pieces by Potzelberger and Perugino, notices on coronation fashion, caricatures, and a survey of topics from the Mexican Revolution to insurance, politics, and urban life. The issue previews sections II, IV, V, VII and VIII with arts, literature, real estate and finance highlights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Potzelberger
Bois de Boulogne
Paris
Maine
Sister of Miss Graham Returns to Aid Stokes Case
Mrs. John Singleton, sister of Lillian Graham, arrived from Paris on the Provence to aid the two young women. She asserts Graham is a victim not a blackmailer and says she can testify to denounce Stokes. Singleton met at the pier by local lawyer Clark L. Jordan as Graham and Ethel Conrad await in the Criminal Court Building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. E. D. Stokes
John Singleton
Lillian Graham
Provence
Stokes
Alwas
Mr. Stokes
Clark L. Jordan
Nassau Street
Singleton
Ethel Conrad
Criminal Court
Russian pilot Lukowicz soars to 6000 feet at Nassau
On Long Island at the Aero Club of New York event Ladis Lukowicz, flying a Blériot monoplane, climbs to 6000 feet then glides down after fuel exhaustion. English aviator Tom Sopwith ferries passengers including Henry W. Taft. Notables Edwin Gould and O. H. P. Belmont attended as crowds watched multiple aircraft displays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Nassau Boulevard
L. L
Belmont Park
Ladis Lukowicz
Long Island
Sopwith
Henry
Timothy Woodruff
Mr. Taft
J. Campbell Wood
Edward Grubb
Mr. Woodruff
Alan Naumberg
Henry Daughton
Philadelphia
Este Morrison
Miss Helen March
Baltimore
New York
Thomas Baldwin
J. A. D. McCurdy
Bud Mars
Lee Eammond
Ann
Edwin Gould
Helen Gould
O. H. P. Belmont
Lewis Nixon
Nixon
Dorothy Taylor
William A. Hazard
Tyler Morse
Editor shoots burglar during Port Jefferson break in
The Echo editor A Jay Tefft fired at a thief who attempted to enter his dining room via a window. The wounded man fled with a companion, sheriff's search unsuccessful. Two suspects were later arrested on burglary suspicion and held for examination.
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A. Jay Tefft
The
Echo of
Tefft
Charles Platt
O. B. Davis
Port Jefferson
Curtiss Demonstrates Hydro-Aeroplane Speeds at Fall River
Glenn H. Curtiss staged hydro-aeroplane demonstrations off Fall River Mass with Lieut Theodore G Ellyson aboard. He reached 70 mph in a 300 to 400 foot ascent, then 80 mph in the air for a twelve minute flight. He later raced three miles with two motor boats, showing skimming speed on water at fifty mph.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fall River
Mass
Glenn H. Curtiss
Curtiss
Theodore G. Ellyson
War Department
Taft Delilah remark sparks Western Canadian backlash
In Winnipeg a Quebec Liberal member accompanying R L Borden drew a Samson and Delilah parallel between Finance Minister Fielding and President Taft. The remark aroused uproar among settlers and fears of riots at future meetings. Bergeron, a possible minister, defended the analogy as not intended to insult anyone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnipeg
Manitoba
Fielding
Taft
Samson and
Delilah
J. G. M. Bergeron
Quebec
R. L. Borden
United Sontest
Bergeron
Borden
Dominion
Medicine Hall
Alberta
White House
Society Women Race at Brookline Club
Five society women rode polo ponies and galloways on the Country Club Brookline half mile track. Tina Hitchcock won by a neck with Emily Randolph second and Mrs Emily Lindsay third. Mrs Thomas Hitchcock fourth and Eleanor Sears trailed. Lindsay rode a side saddle while the others sat astride. Horses were drawn by lot and the best horse won, per stable boys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Country Club
Brookline
Tina Hitchcock
Thomas Hitchcock
Hempstead
L. I
Emily Randolph
Lakewood
N. J
Emily Lindsay
Philadelphia
Eleonora Sears
Taft Returns Money Gifts From Silver Wedding
A nationwide desire to join President Taft's silver wedding yields letters at the White House containing coins from a dime to a dollar. The President returns the money in his letters of regret but thanks the givers for the patriotic gesture.
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Washington
Taft
White House
Transfer Taxes Payable on Decedents Estates in New York
Albany June 24 nearly five hundred thousand dollars in transfer taxes on decedents estates were paid to State Controller Lohmer in the week. The largest payment was 100219 on the estate of Anna G Belden of Syracuse. The Moir estate executors paid 980000 of New York on account. A sizable tax of 48168 was paid by Charles F Wright of Boston. The Braker New York estate final payment was made today with total tax and a 4000 penalty.
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New York Times
Albany
Lohmer
Anna G. Belden
Syracuse
Emily A. Moir
New York
Charles F. Wright
Boston
Henry J. Braker
Girl's Long Sleep Broken in Chicago
Chicago dispatch reports Miss Hazel Schmidt daughter of ex Alderman Schmidt of Vandalia Ill awakened after seventy days of cataleptic sleep. She was awake over two hours, talked about events before sleep and ate substantial food, doctors say.
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New York Times
Chicago
Hazel Schmidt
Alderman Schmidt
Vandalia
Ill
Stricken at Paul Smiths Mrs Clark airlifted to family
Mrs. John Clark was found unconscious in her cottage at Paul Smiths in the Adirondacks after a night stroke or shock. Her condition improved only slightly through the day as her daughter Mrs. James H Kidder of New York rushed to the scene by a special train arriving at 10 PM.
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New York Times
Saranac Lake
N. Y
John Clark
Paul Smith’s
Alvah Bennett
Paul Smith
Opera Orchestra Strikes Ends Hoffmann Performance
At Daly's Theatre the final performance of the New Grand Opera Company halted after the first act of The Tales of Hoffmann. The orchestra reportedly refused to continue without immediate payment, prompting manager Zuro to offer refunds at the box office. He asserts he promised payment after the era but the dispute persisted.
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Daly's Theatre
New Grand Opera Company
Offenbach
Zuro
Opossum in Hotel Cellar Stuns Washington
In a Washington city cellar under the Riggs House found by workmen a live opossum of unusually large size caused a panic among laborers. Police learned of the odd discovery after a scramble to reach the cellar. O S Staples, former hotel proprietor, recalled a promise of nine years past to serve three opossums at a feast. One had reportedly appeared in the cellar before.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Riggs House
Treasury Building
O. S. Staples
Forester Falls From Fast Mail Train in Omaha
Robert E. Weber of Rochester New York forester with the Federal Reclamation Service is hospitalized in Omaha after falling from the northwestern Fast Mail train. He had been robbed of his ticket in Chicago and, lacking funds, climbed atop the train where he slept and was hurled off at dawn.
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New York Times
Omaha
Robert E. Weber
Rochester
N. Y
Federal Reclamation Service
Northwestern
Weber
Portland
Ore
Chicago
New York Girls Die in Nantucket Boathouse Fire
Two young women Helen Wilson and Mildred De Haven and valet Ulysses Pahud died when a fire destroyed William Barnes Jr. boathouse in Nantucket Mass. Four others were injured including Manuel Ray and Thurlow Barnes Jr. The blaze started from a lit match on an oil soaked floor, trapping the victims inside as rescuers fought flames by the wharf.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Nantucket
Mass
Helen Wilson
New York
Mildred de Haven
Brooklyn
Ulysses Pahud
William Barnes, Jr
Albany
N. Y
Pahud
Harry Wilson, Jr
Ruth Wilson
H. R. Wilson
Mamma
Helen
Hugh de Haven
Pierrepont Street
Phoebe Judking
Miss Wilson
Miss de Haven
Tran
Marue “Ray
Barnes
Young Barnes
Young Wilson
Wilson
Ray
Thomas Kerr
Ulfmsses Pahud
Kerr
Orange Street
Harry
Aw Wilson
Phoebe Judkins
Miss Tanner
Buffalo
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Inspector
Father
Clark
Sunday Times
Princeton
Richmond
England
Sugar Trust
Perugino
Wireless, Cable and Sporting News
V. Magazine
T. B. Aldrich
F. Townsend Martin
Jersey
Gov. Wilson
Commission
Nationa
Castro
Insurance Company
Forbes L. Winslow
Steel Trust
Dead Sea
Hy. Mayer
Book Review
James Breck Perkins
America
France
SOS
Marie-Claire
Dr. Sidis
Denmark
Maurice Francis Egan
New York Literary Notes
Seventh Avenue
Broadway
Times Square
Williamsburg
Miss Graham
Mrs. Singleton
Sis
Ter
Sbrother
Henry W. Taft
Avi
Ator
Lukowicz
Earth
Glen Curtiss
Canada
Samson
Society Women
Adirondacks
Opera Orchestra
Daly’s
Forester
West Virginia
Pullman
Pennsylvania Station
Natural Bridge
Roanoke
Gary
Nor+ Western
Helen Wilson and
Mildred de
Haven
W. Barnes
Manuel Ray
Mr. Barnes
Thurlow Weed Barnes
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