Ex Army Officer Accused Of Murder In Portland
Edward H. Martin a West Point graduate and armor expert once employed in Sandy Hook is arrested for the murder of pawnbroker Nathan Welff at Walffs Jewelry store in Portland. Bloodied shirt found behind the Washington Hotel and his wife’s accusations link him to the crime amid a cocaine and whiskey spree.
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New York Times
Portland
Ore
Edward H. Martin
New York
West Point
Sandy Hook
Fordham College
New York Law School
Nathan Welff
N Walffs
Martin
Washington
Welff
Edward H. Martin Hero of Early 20th Century Army Career
Edward H. Martin, son of a Harlem contractor, born in the city about 35 years ago, earned West Point appointment and graduated in 1898. He served as a Second Lieutenant in Porto Rico with the Twenty-first Infantry before further assignments following his army dismissal in 1900.
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Edward H. Martin
Army
Harlem
West Point
Porto Rico
Twenty-first Infantry
Brooklyn Men Charged With Swindling Merchant Firm
George A. Clark of Decatur Street and Emmanuel Michelis of Willoughby Street Brooklyn were charged by Arthur D. Wood Company officers at 471 Ninth Avenue with swindling the firm out of 2200 dollars. Magistrate Moss in the Tombs Court set bail at 1350 dollars each pending grand jury action.
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George A. Clark
Decatur Street
Emmanuel Michelis
Willoughby Street
Brooklyn
Arthur D. Wood Company
Ninth Avenue
Aetna National Bank
Moss
Townsend Scudder Defeated as Grand Master in Mason Election
S. Nelson Sawyer of Palmyra defeated Townsend Scudder for re election as Grand Master of the Masonic Grand Lodge of this State by 2416 to 1868. Officers elected include Deputy Grand Master Robert Judson Kenworthy Senior Grand Warden Charles Smith Junior Grand Warden Thomas Penney Grand Treasurer William H Miller and Grand Secretary Edward M L Ehlers. Cornerstone laying of the twenty fourth Street wing of the Masonic Hill was postponed due to rain.
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Townsend Scudder
Masonic Grand Lodge
S. Nelson Sawyer
Palmyra
Robert Judson Kenworthy
Charles Smith
Thomas Penney
William H. Miller
Edward M. L. Ehlers
Twenty-Fourth Street
Masonic Hill
Finger prints mar Newark painting at Essex County Courthouse
Supt Bolan reports stains and smudge spots on Frank D Miller’s painting The Foreman of the Grand Jury Rebuking the Chief Justice in Essex County Courthouse Newark. Officials say workmen caused the marks not vandalism. cost is $5000 and the blot over the clerk’s eye alters the portrait. Restoration efforts planned.
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Frank D. Miller
Essex County Courthlouse
Newark
Peeping Toms Reported At Public School 44 Gym
Complaints flood West Sixty eighth Street Police Station about repeated peeping Toms at night through the basement gym doorway of Public School 44 between Amsterdam Ave and West Find Ave. A crowd gathered, a padlock was pried, and one offender Jules Lang of 220 West Sixty sixth Street was caught after a chase then fined $15 in Night Court by Magistrate Wahle.
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West Sixty-eighth Street
Sixty-eighth Street
Amsterdam Avenue
West Find Avenue
Kearns
Jules Lang
West Sixty
Lang
Wahle
Standard Capital Increase Planned for Standard Oil
Wall Street notes a contemplated capitalization rise at Standard Oil as directors John D. Ahan and W. H. Pilford prepare a Western inspection tour. The plan would lift capital from 40 000 000 to 8 000 000 to reflect plant values and reduce visible dividend conspicuousness, which have averaged 40 percent for the past three years.
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Wall Street
Standard
John PD. Ahan
Standard O Company
W.H. ‘Pilford
Standard of
Hatp
STORM
Sbogoooo
Interboro Bank to Liquidate After Stockholders Meet
A. G. Goodrich, president, said at a special stockholders meeting that the Interborough Bank will liquidate its assets. The bank, organized in 1904, formerly operated in the coffee district of lower Wall Street.
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A. ©. G. Goodrich
Interborough Bank
Atlantic Building
Wall Street
Coffee
Lower
Police Parade Route Outlined by Commissioner Bingham
Police Commissioner Bingham issued a general order detailing the Police Parade set for Saturday. The line of march starts at Astor Place and Broadway and Fayette Street, proceeds along Madison Avenue to Fair Street, then to Fiftieth Avenue and up Wirth Avenue to Twenty-ninth Street, ending at the reviewing stand with twelve bands in the parade.
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Bingham
Astor Place
Bafayette Street
Broadway
Pwents
Third Street
Madison Avenue
Fairtieth Street
Fiftt Avenue
Wirth Avenue
Twenty-ninth Street
Black Hand Murder Trail Aims Higher Up in New Jersey
Two Mesino brothers were found slain in Midland Park near Paterson in the night. Detectives led by Lieut. Petrosino pursue a Black Hand implicating a higher up figure. Antonio Valenzo aided a sting on a $2,000 to $10,000 ransom, with Salvatore and Farucci captured after a knife confrontation. both held for attempted extortion in Jefferson Market Court.
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Petrosino
Sebastian
Frank Mesino
Godwin Street
Midland Park
Paterson
Ridgewood Road
Koester
Lieut. Petrosino
Antonio Valenzo
First Avenue
Kip Horne
Valenzo
Efieth Street
Antonio Salvatore
Vinecenzo Farucci
East
Jefferson Market Court
Canada for White Men in India Immigration Plan
In Ottawa May 6 a British Canadian accord aims to exclude Hindu immigration from India. Deputy Minister Mackenzie IXing said ministers favor a white nation policy and avoid new restrictive laws in Canada. The Indian act list prevents removal of Indian natives under contract to countries not deemed protective of Hindus, excluding Canada.
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Ottawa
Ontario
India
House of Commons
Mackenzie Ixing
Canada
Murderous assault robs aged couple near Mount Bethel
In Plainfield on May 6 a night intruder described as a negro forced entry to Mr and Mrs John Bussi home near Mount Bethel. He struck the husband with a club and beat the wife, then robbed an unlocked safe of money and watches and ate supper remnants.
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New York Times
Plainfield
Mount Bethel
John Bussi
Sterward
Pawnshop Owner Leaped To Death In Denwil Park
Leopold Bruckheimer a 60 year old pawnbroker of 143 West 7th Street was found dead on a bench in Denwil Park near the Tavern. A letter to his daughter described his planned suicide after losing money. A second page noted about 450 dollars in outstanding notes and urged his son H. H. Bruckheimer of 92 St Nicholas Avenue to renew a note until life insurance funds arrived.
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Leopold Bruckheimer
West 7Th Street
Crosby
Denwil Park
Bruckheimer
H. H. Bruckheimer
St. Nicholas Avenue
Mr. Bruckheimer
McIntyre Blames System In Sanatorium Brokerage Debacle
Broker T. A. McIntyre and Co faces scrutiny as receivers probe missing securities worth about 444000 tied to customer claims. McIntyre admits hypothecating client stock. receivers uncover transfers and loan-use routes that moved certificates to other customers and banks. The case highlights systemic practices blamed by McIntyre and prompts actions to recover funds and secure safe deposit boxes.
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OT. A. Melntyre
Liled Stock Exchange
Te. A. Melniyire & Co
Burtinstam
Tf. Firnsi
Nbicrnoom
Broadway
oMelntyore
Burlinghaum
T. A. Mentyre & Co
MelIntyre
Wellman, Gooch & Smyth
Huartford
International Paper Preferred
Startford
Paper Company
T. A. McIntyre & Co
Baltimore
Baltimore & Ohio
New York
Amalgamated Copper
National Bank of Commerce
Smyth
Toledo, St. Louis, & Western
Produce Exchange Safe Deposit
Miss Boyd
Mr. McIntyre
McIintyre
T. A. McIntyre
Hillquit Attacks Roosevelt at Cooper Union Debate
Morris Hillquit jeered for a sharp attack on President Roosevelt during a Socialism debate with Prof. Edwin R. A. Seligman before about 2,000 people. Seligman defended Roosevelt, while Hillquit’s tirade drew cries of Shame from Mrs. Frederick Nathan and others. no verdict was reached.
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Cooper Union
Morris Hillquit
Roosevelt
Edwin R. A. Seligman
Columbia University
Seligman
Hillquit
Commission For Bingham
McClellan
Frederick Nathan
Consumers’ League
Amended Excise Law Upheld by Supreme Court
Supreme Court Justice Dowling upheld the Liquor Tax law amendment restricting new certificates for the same premises for one year after revocation and only to a new owner. The case involved George Bernard, new saloon proprietor on West Twenty-ninth Street.
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Supreme Court
Dowling
George Bernard
West, Twenty-ninth Street
Buffalo Justice Issues Order in Walter Bigelow Case
Deputy Sheriff arrested Walter Bigelow of 500 West 149th Street in an action by his aged aunt Mrs. Henrietta Wyman of Attica New York to recover 7400 dollars alleging defraud. Bigelow released on $1000 bail.
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Supreme Court
Wheeler
Buffalo
Walter &. Bigelow
West 149Th Street
Henrietta TL. Wyman
Attica
N. Y
Bigelow
Tarentum Allegheny steel plant restarts full production
Pittsburg May 6 The Allegheny steel plant at Tarentum started up in full this morning giving employment to more than 1000 men. During the Winter the plant had been running on half time.
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New York Times
Pittsburg
Allegheny Steel
Tarentuni
Weather Report Sees Storm South Indiana Moving East
A developing storm center in Southern Indiana is forecast to move toward the St. Lawrence Valley. If correct, the east of the Mississippi will clear by Friday morning with warmer temperatures. Winds along New England and Middle Atlantic coasts will be southeast to east, with stronger winds on the South Atlantic coast. Rain and wind affect ships heading to Europe, then clearing by Friday. Temperature data from the local Weather Bureau shows a cool day with mixed readings and humidity around 65 percent.
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Washington
Aigit
Indiana
St. Lawrence Valley
Mississippi River
New England
Middle Atlantic
South Atlantic
European
Grand Banks
New York
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Death by Own Action Clause Tightened After Broker’s Suicide
The New York Life Insurance Company told agents to stop issuing policies above 100 000 with the no death by own action clause after Charles Coster a Stock Exchange broker shot himself two months after taking out a 100 000 policy. The step follows rising personal crisis reports among Wall Street figures and reverses in business.
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Charles Coster
Stock Exchange
Coster, Knepp & Co
New York Life, Insurance Company
New York Life
John A. McCall
State Insurance Department
McCall
Lince
New York Life Insurance
Wall Street
Indiana Widow Gunness Mystery Deepens With Graves Found
Investigators uncover new sunken graves on the Gunness farm and confirm several mutilated bodies. A North Dakota ranchman who courted Mrs. Gunness remains missing, while autopsies reveal quicklime use to hasten decay. Identifications include Antone Olson’s Chicago foster daughter and Helgelein brothers’ suspected relatives amid conflicting scientific notes.
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North Dakota
Smail
Guinness
Chicago
Northwest
Gunness
Sherif Smulzer
Mack
Gunness “House of Mystery
Smulzer
Christopher Christofferson
Mrs. Gunness
Iola
Wis
Budsberg
Coster Knapp Co Receivership Amid Bankruptcy Claims
A petition in bankruptcy was filed against Coster Knapp Co stock brokers of 66 Broadway by Philbin Beekman Menken for creditors. Charles Coster, senior partner, killed himself on April 28. The firm is said insolvent and assigned on April 29 to Louis Werner who was named receiver by Judge Hough. Most assets are stocks and bonds pledged as collateral. liabilities possibly exceed $2,000,000 with creditor claims around $1,000,000.
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Coster, Knapp & Co
Broadway
Philbin, Beekman & Menken
Charles Coster
Louis Werner
Hough
Werner
Three Brooklyn School Buildings Deemed Unsafe
The article notes three school buildings unsafe and lists required changes. It cites 71 Heyward Street Annex 435 St. Mark's Avenue and Jamaica Avenue Enfield Street truant school among sites needing renovations, with fireproofing, proper stairways, and removal of obstructive furniture and stoves. It recounts the larger inspection led by Commissioner Bonner and ensuing responsibility dispute.
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School 71
Heyward Street
Girls’ High School
St. Mark's Avenue
Brooklyn
Jamaica Avenue
Enfield Street
Sixteenth Street
Third
Fourth Avenues
Bonner
Pendleton
Fire Department
Board of Education
Department of Education
City College
Lexington Avenue
Mrs Gunness case widens into police probe over graveyard
The La Porte murder mystery shifts to a police inquiry to confirm private graves in Chicago and exhumations of former husbands. Neighbors recall the suspect’s greed driven life, with insurance payouts tied to multiple residences and suspicious deaths.
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Jie
New York Times
Chicago
la Porte
Belle Gunness
Max Sorensen
Alma Street
Michigan
Gunness
Nellie Larson
North Francisco Avenue
Austin
Grand Avenue
North Forty-third Avenue
Elizabeth
Notion
Alma
Austin Avenue
Sophia Street
Forest Home
Chicago Avenue
Hoffman
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Idaho County
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Edward Hugh Martin
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Fifth Artillery
Francis C. Travers
Oyster Bay
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Iatherine Travers
McKimsey
Gussie McKee
Miss Travers
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Gorham Manufacturing Company
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Barnett Miller
Third Avenue
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Saturday Evening Post
Harris
Dickson
Indianapolis
S. Post
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Curtis Publishing Company
Philadelphia
C. Willets
World Building
Essex County Court House
John D. Archbold
Tilford
Interboro Bank
Jersey
Negro
McIntyre
Allegheny Steel Plant
United States Weather Bureau
A. Mae
Genet Webb
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Coster
Insur
Hoskins
Derby
Horrocks
Belk Forpe
Dean Alvord CO
Anderson Auction Co
Fifth Avenue
29Th St
Hassan Bdy
the Persian Trading Co
Singeruilding
14Th Street
Oscar W. Swift
Madison
21St
6Th Avenue
James P. Silo
Auctioheer
K. J. Collins
Europe
Sheffield Dentifrica Co
New London
Ern
Dr. Lyon
Usu
Standard Adjustment CO
Flatiron Building
Gramercy
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