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Newspaper
New York Times
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1919
Page
9
Court hearing details the Gunson vice squad case with Deputy Leach and Assistant Markewich testifying. Witness accounts describe undercover operations involving Miss Kobin and Miss Cohen, and questions about friendship influence on prosecutions.
The Pennsylvania flagship of the Atlantic Fleet anchors off Ninety-sixth Street for a morning ceremony as the French government decorates thirteen American naval officers with the Legion of Honor. Attendees include high-ranking fleet officers and dignitaries with arrivals of French representatives at 10 30. A second night of entertainment by the New York War Camp Community Service awaits service members at Madison Square Roof and at 55 West 27th Street.
Albert P. Keller general manager of the Ritz Carlton Hotel wed Miss Clara D. Guttman in a private ceremony at the Pickwick Inn Greenwich Connecticut. Judge James F. Mead officiated with several witnesses and a later supper before the couple returned to New York.
A damaged notice describes a patient with multiple sclerosis seeking help to form an association. It notes progressive leg problems over about ten years and calls for collective effort to advance investigation and possible cure.
William A. English and John H. O'Brien of English & O'Brien were fined 10000 dollars each and sentenced to eighteen months in prison for conspiring to defraud the government on income tax returns. They admitted to frauds totaling about 1.379 million dollars and faced civil actions to recover funds, with IRS seeking taxes plus a 100 percent penalty.
Multiple couples plan ceremonies at Grace Church Central Presbyterian St Marys Church Wheatley Hills Trinity Church and Rosemary Hall with receptions at venues including the Plaza home of the bride’s mother and country estates in Greenwich and Spring Lake Beach. Names include Miss Helen Danforth Geer Captain B 5 and Miss Clarice Paterson John McE Rowman Miss Lanier County and John Murray Mitchell Miss Edith Mortimer Count of Zoppola Miss Mary La Vie Van Comee Heilner Miss Marlone V Schultz and families.
An evening fundraiser in aid of the Boy Scouts of Westchester County will be held at Maramount and Briarcliff Manor this evening. Prominent patrons include Mrs. Isaac Spiegelberg Mrs. Alan Black Mrs. Laurent Oppenheim Mrs. Merritt Barnum Mrs. V Everit Macy Mrs. Arthur Ware Mrs. James Speyer and Mrs. Frank Vanderlip.
Mr and Mrs George Pratt Ingersoll host a Thursday reception on July 3 at Ingleide Ridgefield Conn in honor of Ihya Prabha Karavanse Minister from Siam to the United States. Mr Ingersoll formerly served as Minister to Siam and was appointed by President Wilson, returning recently from that post.
The Rev. Father James J. Hall, 63, long time priest born in Providence, died at the parish home on West Side and Kensington Avenues after a second stroke. He had served seven years as pastor of Su Aloy sius's Church of Jersey City and previously led the Church of Our Lady of Sorrow in South Orange for seventeen years. Sister Mary Anna of Hartford, Conn., his sister, was at his bedside.
John A. Leach aged 76 of Sedalia Missouri died in Denver from pleurisy while attending the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen triennial convention. He founded the order in 1873 at Port Jervis and served as Grand Master after a meeting with eleven members. He worked many years for Missouri Pacific Railroad and retired years ago, with Sedalia his home and the home given by the Brotherhood.
Obituaries for John Benners of Bloomfield and Anthony Fabri of Amityville mark long careers in industry and local service. Theodore Low, a Times compositor and union member, dies in Brooklyn aged 54. David Smalley, brother of North Plainfield mayor, dies at 66. Wylie of Montclair and Margaret Kelly of New York also pass, with survivors listed including descendants and spouses.
Theodore P. Shonts president of the Interborough Rapid Transit Company remains seriously ill, with no relapse reported by Dr. J Bentley Squier Jr. after four weeks of illness and an operation last Sunday. The physician notes no unforeseen complications but warns of continued concern for his condition.
Mrs Adelaide G Hatch widow of General John Porter Hatch dies at home aged 93 in New York City She was born in Manhattan daughter of Christian J Birckle who built the first house in Washington Square South She survived civil war captivity with two children and is survived by daughter Harriet Adelaide Hatch and niece Mrs LeBaron Bradford Prince Interment with General Hatch planned at Arlington Cemetery Washington.
William Henry Lownes managing director of Davis Collamore Co. died yesterday afternoon at his Mt. Vernon residence. Born in the city fifty nine years ago he had served the firm for forty years as a china and glassware dealer at 95 Fifth Avenue.
John K. Stewart prominent in politics and wedging knit goods industry died yesterday at his Amsterdam residence. He headed a major plant and represented Montgomery County in the Assembly with two terms in Congress from the Thirty first New York District.
Mr and Mrs D M Goldstein announce the birth of a son at Brooklyn Hospital. Frances Schauer is the bride’s maiden name noted in the record.
Mr and Mrs Jacob Rapoport of 2702 Bay Ave Edgemere announce the bar mitzvah of their son Maxwell at Temple Israel of Far Rockaway on Saturday June 28 at 10 AM and at home Sunday June 29 from 5 to 9 PM.
On June 26 1919 at 17 West 72d Street New York the marriage of Margaret Dickson Bridges daughter of Rev William J and Susan Gist Bridges to Albert F Blakeslee of Cold Spring Harbor was performed by Rev F D Blakeslee. Also John P Huntington of Norwich Conn announces the marriage of his sister Susan Q Huntington to Howard W Vernon of Brooklyn on June 32.
Multiple death notices and funeral details appear for John Benners Edward A Caswell Minnie Christie Emily A Kilburn James J Cronin Edith Josephine Davis Katharine Taylor Dodge Loretta A Faurett Sadie A Foley Albert Fulton Joseph Goodman Emily R Grafton and others with service times dates and locations across New Jersey and New York venues including Bloomfield Leonia Jersey City Fall River and Flatbush listing churches cemeteries and interment specifics.
Lying in state notices and funeral details for numerous individuals including Adelaide Hatch and Dorothy Heath. Entries list private interments and funeral services at various churches and cemeteries in New York and New Jersey with dates in late June 1919.
The unveiling of monuments for a beloved daughter and son will be held at Mount Hebron Cemetery Cedar Grove L. J. June 29 at 5 P.M. sharp. Ma and Mrs I Cohen 189 Huron J Greenpoint Brooklyn invite relatives and friends.
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