Governor Hughes signs record eighty eight New York bills
Albany May 20 Gov Hughes signed eighty eight bills from the regular legislative session setting a record. Key measures include the Torrens system for real estate recording and transfer, semi monthly wage payments for railroad workers, and the veto of a three platoon police bill.
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New York Times
Albany
Gov. Hughes
Buffalo
Rochester
Syracuse
New York City
Troy
Yonkers
Harlem
Mysterious Washington Inspector Arrested in Check Swindle
A well dressed man claiming to be Miles ment Inspector of Washington was arrested by House Detective F W Turnbukl on charges of passing a worthless check at Nahm Lennon & Damm tailors in 72 Fifth Avenue. He allegedly ordered 800 dollars of clothing, received 50 dollars in change after presenting a 100 dollar draft from Charleston, and the draft was found worthless by Lennon via Charleston Trust Company. The suspect was jailed at West Thirty fourth Street station.
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Waldorf-Astoria
House
F. W. Turnbukl
Nahm
Renick
Exchange Banking and Trust Company of
Charleston
S. C
Lennon
Charleston Trust Company
West Thirty-fourth Street
Opposition to Mercantile Inspection Bill Heard in Albany
The Senate Judiciary Committee heard opposition from de partment store leaders in New York and Buffalo to the Page bill creating a Bureau of Mercantile Inspection under the State Labor Department. Support came from Labor Commissioner John H. Williams and labor and civic groups. Opponents E W Bloomingdale and Edward P Hatch Jr argued stores already exceed labor and sanitary standards, and Bloomingdale noted Roosevelt’s prior support waned after an investigation.
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Buffalo
Senate Judiciary Committee
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State Labor Department
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Edward P. Hatch, Jr
Bloomingdale
Roosevelt
Hotel St Lorenz Proprieter Faces Bankruptcy Petition
Richard Meares, owner of Hotel St. Lorenz at 127 East Seventy-second Street, is named in a bankruptcy petition filed by Lesser Brothers for creditors including Samuel B. Balcolm and Peter J. Schneider & Son. Judge Hough named Henry Melville receiver with a $3,000 bond to operate briefly. suits and foreclosure actions loom as assets and debts are debated.
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St. Lorenz
East Seventy-second Street
Lesser Brothers
Samuel B. Balcolm
Peter J. Schneider & Son
Lerschman
Meares
Anna E. Lyon
Winifred Tucker
Royal
Fortieth Street
Sixth Avenue
TSR
Long Branch
Grand Jury seeks tougher election laws over voting crimes
The Grand Jury before Judge Rosaisky in General Sessions indicted a group for election law violations and, as a presentment read by foreman Arnold Kohn, urged stricter voter identification and registration procedures. It warns wholesale crimes by criminals imported from neighboring states threaten the state’s government and asks the Governor, Senate, and Assembly to act.
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Eldon
Arnold Kohn
Grand Jury
Senate
Assembly
Public Hearing Opposes Riverside Drive Extension Assessment
Washington Heights Taxpayers Association and allies urged the Riv erside Drive and Parkway Commission to pay for the $1 560 000 extension project from 135th Street. Opponents argued the improvement benefits east-side property holders little and pressed for city funding instead. John C Shaw defended the assessment citing nearby property gains and urged inclusion beyond 135th Street while critics shouted.
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Washington Heights Taxpayers’ Association
Riverside Drive
135Th Street
Gerken
West Broadway
John C. Shaw
Christian Trinks
Washington Heights
J. E. Price
Selden
Association
Mr. Shaw
Columbia University
Dyckman
Convict Easter Chick Man in Special Sessions
Gaston Faivre of 55 East 125th Street was tried in Special Sessions after the SPCA accused him of cruelty toward Easter chicks. The case marked the first time this animal cruelty law was used against Easter chick practices. Sentence was suspended after SPCA agent Calhoun purchased incubated chicks and observed a child buying others.
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Gaston Faivre
East 125Th Street
Faivre
Calhoun
St Vincent Nurses Finish Training School Exercises
The St. Vincent's Hospital nursing training school held its commencement in the hospital parlors. Mer. Lavelle awarded diplomas to 26 graduates, followed by badges from Mrs. Joseph J. O'Donohue and a list of names including Catherine Nulty and Mary Beecher. Patronesses and officers of the auxiliary were also named.
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St. Vincent’s Hospital
Mer. Lavelle
V. G
Joseph J. O'Donohue
Women's Auxiliary
Catherine Nulty
Mary Beecher
Mary Donohue
Julian V. Sullivan
Gertrude Gillis
Catherine Byrne
de Lancey Kane
Joseph B. Bissell
Daniel O'Day
Constantine J. MacGure
Joseph Slevin, Jr
Miss Brady
Four Carriage Wheels Sale Leads to Sunday Fine
Mrs Ida Seidelski of 122 Sutter Avenue fined $5 by Magistrate Furlong in Adams Street Court for violating the Sunday law while buying four baby carriage wheels from two boys. George Chambers of T4 Putnam Avenue fined for terrorizing tenants with hatchet and carving knife in Myrtle Nasenue Court. John Hodge, 70, of 117 Flathass Avenue dies accidental gas asphyxiation after dosed room and open door drafts extinguish flame.
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Ida Seidelski
Sutter Avenue
Furlong
Adams Street
Putnam Avenue
George Chambers
Naumer
Myrtle Nasenue
John Hodge
Flathass Avenue
Hodge
Army assignments and ship movements reported
First Lieut. L L Teitrick is detailed as Quartermaster for the National match 1608 and will proceed to Washington Barracks for duty. Major M W Ireland is assigned to represent the Medical Department at the Medieval Association meeting in Chicago June 2. Captains C P Johnson and H H Sargent will report for promotion exams at Fort Riley. Captain Henderson to the Lakes Department as assistant Chief Commissary. Major C C Williams to Nicetown Philadelphia to inspect material. Lieutenant W A Bertholf to California. Lieutenant R W Henderson to staff aide duties with the Third Division Atlantic fleet. Navy movements list Des Moines Colon Navajo Bremerton Yankton Mare Island Supply Yokohama Chester. Birmingham Key West Iwana Boston Yankton Mare Island.
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L. L. Teitrick
Thirteenth Cavalry
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H.H. Sargent
Second Cavalry
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Bremerton
Yankton
Mare Island
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Yokohama
Chester
Bradford
Birmingham
Hampton Roads
Key West
Iwana
Boston
San Francisco
Double Parricide In 79 Pine Street Office
George E. Sterry and his son George E. Sterry Jr died in a murder suicide at 79 Pine Street, after the father planned to wed Miss Rachel B. Blaikie of East Orange New Jersey. The will status remains unconfirmed.
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N. J
Blaikie
Man & Man
Rachel B. Blaikie
Prospect Street
East Orange
Brewer Liddy
Congregational Church
Orange
George Sterry, Jr
Prospect Street House
George E. Sterry, Jr
Manhattan Square
Kangaroo, tiger, and dogs aboard Mesaba return from London
Captain A E Tribe and crew of the Mesaba recount travel from London with a Bengal man-eating tiger named Mustafa, a boxing kangaroo, a bear, six bulldogs, and forty fox hounds. Mustafa’s cage fears and antics aboard the ship alarmed crew. Bimbo the boxing kangaroo sparked escapes and uproar before recapture.
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Mustafa
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Coney Island
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New York
Paris
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Cardinal Reviews The 69th at Armory of Sixty-ninth Regiment
Cardinal Logue of Armagh led a two hour dress parade at the Armory reviewing the Sixty-ninth Regiment in full uniform. Col Duffy and staff trailed behind his scarlet robe as officers and soldiers received the cardinal with kissing of the ring and blessings. Prominent church figures and Justice Fitzgerald attended. Papal and Irish flags adorned the hall.
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Ireland
Edward Duffy
Irish Brigade
Col.Duffy
Saint Patrick
Mer. Lavelle
Mer. Hayes
Msgr
MccCready
Browne
Cloyne
Father Quinn
McMackin
Supreme Court
Justice Fitzgerald
New York
Maloney Marriage Annulled by Court
Supreme Court Justice McCall signed an interlocutory decree annulling the marriage of Miss Helen Maloney to Arthur H. Osborne. The ruling states no marriage ever existed and final judgment will wait three months after the referee's report before entering.
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Osborne
Herbert Ogden
Pittsburg
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C. L. James
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K. H. Boyd
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Schoolboy Dies After House Fire Accident
Seven-year-old Charles Trainor of 413 East Sixty-ninth Street burned to death yesterday afternoon after lighting a match to dry clothes near a gas stove. Police and a bystander helped smother the flames, but the boy died at Presbyterian Hospital.
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Hospital entertainment planned to aid new nurse home
The medical staff and friends of New York Skin and Cancer Hospital Hast Nineteenth Street announce an entertainment tomorrow night to fund furnishings for a new nurse residence. The hospital recently acquired property from 107 to 11 East Nineteenth Street and seeks a well furnished home. Samuel Williamson, a night court clerk, pleaded guilty before the Board of City Magistrates rules committee to improper language at a raid case hearing. decision reserved. City Court Justice Schmuck denied Catherine Edith Haxton’s request to place her suit with Thomas C Buck on the preferred calendar seeking 993 for child support.
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Board of City Magistrates
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Schmuck
Catherine Edith Haxton
Thomas C Buck
Consolidated Stock Exchange
.Miss Helen Maloney Not Married to Osborne or Clark
Philadelphia report confirms a New York annulment ruling that Helen Maloney was not legally married to Arthur Osborne. Martin Maloney’s representative says no marriage to Samuel Clarkson occurred, despite earlier claims of a Montreal wedding and subsequent travel in England.
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New York Times
Philadelphia
Helen Maloney
Arthur_H. Osborne
New York
Henry A. Smith
Martin Maloney
Samuel Clarkson
Miss Maloney
Sermons of Yale Presidents Daggett Clapp Uncovered
Hidden for years in a Yale Divinity School closet, manuscript sermons of Presidents Daggett and Clapp dated 1711 to 1760 have been found. The papers, belonging with books and other items, will join the university library.
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Conn
Yale Divinity School
Daggett and Clapp
Yale
University
Police Break Tugboat Strike Under Police Escort
Ten policemen guarded the White Star Towing Company at Newtown Creek Long Island City as tugboats Golden Bay and Golden Roi, under Capt William Smithland and Cant John Hadigan, steamed away from their pins, ending a two week strike.
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Wiliam Smithland
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John Hadigan
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