New Haven Stock Exchanges Tied to Consolidated Case
The Haven and Hartford Railroad issued its own stock through the Consolidated Company, not increasing New York, New Haven and Hartford outstanding shares. Boston and Maine acquisition raised New Haven stock, while New England Investment and Security Co kept guaranteed dividends. The suit highlights Mr Mellen as a Roosevelt ally among railroad leaders, alongside Newman, Hughitt, and McCrea who met the President on railroad issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Massachusetts
New Haven
Wall Street
Mellen
Roosevelt
Newman
New York Central
Hlughitt
Chicago Northwestern
McCrea
The
Pennsylvania
Public Service Commission Bans Soft Coal at Harlem River Yard
The Public Service Commission prohibits New Haven Railroad engines at Harlem River terminal yard from using soft coal. The move targets fuel emissions and aligns with regulatory standards for rail operations at the yard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Haven
New Haven Railroad
Harlem River Terminal
Public Service Commission
Freight Steamer George Weems Destroyed by Fire at Sea
The freighter George Weems burned and disappeared beneath the sea after being observed on fire by the Clyde liner Apache on May 20, eight miles northwest of Frying Pan Shoals Lightship No 1 off North Carolina. No survivors were seen aboard, the crew likely rescued by a passing vessel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Weems
Apache
Jacksville
Fla
Frying Pan Shoals
North Carolina
Weems
Gulf Freight Men Meet At Hotel Astor
The Gulf Foreign Freight Committee opened a two day meeting at the Hotel Astor. W H Hosmer chairs the group with about twenty five members from railroads and steamship lines serving Gulf coast routes. F A Leland of St Louis presides as the Southwestern tariff officials review rates under Interstate Commerce Commission rules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gulf Foreign Freight Committee
Gulf of Mexico
Toouth
Central America
Hotel Astor
W. H H. Hosmer
Southwestern Railroads
Southwestern Tariff Committee
Inter-State Commerce Commission
F. A. Leland
St. Louis
Inquest Clears Louie the Lump in Kid Twist Murder Case
Police secured the Coroners Court after the inquest into the Ocean Park killings of Max Zweibach known as Kid Twist and wrestler Bat Lewis. The verdict found Louis Poget alias Louie the Lump of 19 City Hall Place Manhattan responsible for the double murder. Police testified that Carroll Terry, shot during the incident, identified Poget as the shooter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Max Zweibach
Kid Twist
Hastman
Bat" Lewis
Ocean
Coney Island
Coroners’ Court
Brooklyn
Louis Paget
Louie the Lump
City Hall Place
Manhattan
Brewer
Sergt. Thurston
Lloyd
Carroll Terry
Bat” Lewis
Louis Poget
Elderly Woman Arrested in Shoplifting Case
An elderly woman giving the name Caroline Favier was taken to Police Headquarters on a shoplifting charge from an upper Broadway department store. Bail was posted by lawyer Clark H. Abbott who called it a terrible mistake and said the truth would emerge in police court. City Directory shows no Favier at the address.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caroline Favier
West Highty-first Street
Baker Union official reports unsafe conditions in 400 bakeries
General Organizer Bernard Weckstein of the Journeymen Bakers and Confectioners' International Union testified after two months in the city that in 400 east side bakeries he visited 1,500 bakers worked under health menaces. He described floors of earth and the use of chemicals as egg substitutes in cake making.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernard Weckstein
Journeymen Bakers and Confectioners’ International Union
Boy Vanishes In Sewer Trap At Seward Park
Seven year old Jacob Chedkosky of 8 Allen Street stepped on a loose sewer manhole at William F H Seward Park and fell six feet into slime. Park attendant and a policeman pulled him out with a hook. he was taken to Gouverneur Hospital and later reported none the worse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacob Chédkosky
Allen Street
William FH. Seward Park
Gouvernenr Hospital
Cornell Coed Wins Guilford Prize for Literary Work
Miss Alice Benham of McLean New York a senior at Cornell has won the Guilford Prize of 150 dollars for excellence in literary work. She topped seven competitors in the contest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ithaca
Alice Benham
McLean, N. Y
Cornell
Guilford
James K. Guilford
Leavenworth Pastor Ellwood Resigns Amid Scandal
Leavenworth Kansas May 22 Reverend R A Ellwood formerly of Wilmington Delaware resigns as pastor of the Leavenworth Presbyterian Church after charges by a choir member’s mother. Ellwood admitted writing letters to a choir girl and offered to resign. The elder board accepted. The case recalls a Wilmington incident where a mob burned George White after a sensational sermon.
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Leavenworth
Kan
R. A.ellwood
Wilmington
Del
Leavenworth Presbyterian Church
Ellwood
Robert A Ellwood
Here
George White
Helen Bishop
Eliveoch
Absecon
N. J
Olivet Presbyterian Church
Elwood
Holsting
Opera House
New Castle
After the Bridge Wreckers in Open Shop Tangle
Walter Drew, Commissioner of the National Fractors Association, said the group opened an inquiry into the dynamiting of a bridge on the New Haven Railroad lines near Baychester Bronx early Thursday. He linked threats on open shop contracts to union tensions and hinted that older wrecking rings may be at work nationwide.
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Walter Drew
National Frectors’ Association
New Haven Railroad
Bay
Chester
Bronx
Drew
Highton
Sam Parks
Fullerton Freed as Fugitive From Justice
Robert W. Fullerton of St. Louis, arrested in Seattle on a New York complaint, was brought to Fullerton by two detectives and freed by Judge Sewall on habeas corpus. Judge Shortall dismissed the fugitive charge after arguments, and the New York detectives, not ready to re-arrest, could not pursue it. Fullerton then left the courtroom with his attorney and remains at liberty.
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Ban Francisco
Robert W. Fullerton
St. Louis
Seattle
New York
Sewall
Shortall
Fullerton
Fire at 323 Pearl Street Disrupts City Transit
A blaze in a five story building at 323 Pearl Street next to Erp publishing house triggered two alarms at 12 07 this morning. The fire forced the South Ferry elevated line to stop and power was later turned off. the site housed J Goldstein a washboard and ash can manufacturer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pearl Street
Erp Publishing House
J. Goldstein
South Ferry
Brinningstall Tied to Huff Murder Amid Jailhouse Delirium
Dowagiac Michigan residents hear rumors of Brinningstall a 41 year old mechanic in the county jail confessing to multiple murders, though no corroborating evidence exists. He reportedly spoke of past killings including a railroad worker and a man named Johnson, while his wife testifies but cannot be used as evidence.
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New York Times
Dowagiac
Mich
Gunness
Laporte
Ind
James Brinningstall
David S. Huff
Claus
Brinningstall
Huff
Patrick Turner
Greenville
Johnson
Experts Link Holmes Murder To Crime Ring
Chicago May 22 experts killed Holmes purchasing agent for Commonwealth Edison will likely reveal crime ring operations. Police say Major A J Gifford General Electric traffic manager and R T Clarke of Chicago met Holmes and a stranger, later traveling to the Victoria Hotel and Auditorium Annex. Cabmen James Fraser and John Mack report Holmes left A E Austins saloon at 2 am Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Robert C. P. Holmes
Commonwealth Edison Electric Company
A. J. Gifford
General Electric Company
Schenectady
R. T. Clarke
Holmes
Victoria Hotel
Gifford
Clarke
Auditorium
Victoria
James Fraser
John Mack
Wabash Avenue
van Buren Street
A. E. Austin
Gardiner Charged With Gas Stock Valise Theft
Hadley J. Gardner, 40, arrested in Providence on charges of stealing a valise containing 13,200 shares of Bay State Gas stock from South Station Boston. The bag belonged to Harry P. Tappin of Boston. Harold B. Driver left it momentarily. Gardner allegedly has Toronto ties and formerly served as an auditor for the Royal Bank of Canada.
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Providence
R. I
Hadley J. Gardner
Bay State
South Station
Boston
Harry P. Tappin
State Street
Harold B. Driver
Gardner
Toronto
Ontario
Royal Bank of Canada
Indictments Stem From Gunness Farm Murders
Grand Jury in LaPorte Indiana returns seven indictments against Ray Lamphere for murders linked to the Belle Gunness case. Charges include multiple killings by arson, with a search for remains continuing. Separate notes reference a shaman skull found on the Gunness farm and a Rochester NY missing woman inquiry.
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Laporte
Ind
Ray Lamphere
Belle Gunness
Philip Gunness
Lucy Sorenson
Myrtle Sorenson
Gunness
Andrew Helgelein
May O'Reilly
Troup Street
Rochester
N. Y4
Smutzer
Whitmore Trial Set for Murder of Wife in New Jersey
Theodore S Whitmore faces trial Monday for the murder of his wife whose body was found December 26 in Lamp Black Swamp Harrison New Jersey A witness William Bartlett claimed Whitmore threatened to kill his wife Indianapolis involvement not confirmed by prosecutors Whitmores counsel Alexander Simpson doubts Bartlett credibility and asserts an alibi defense plan
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theodore S. Whitmore
Lampblack
Harrison
N. J
Jersey City
William Bartlett
Hudson County
Whitmore
Alexander Simpson
Garvan
Vickers
Simpson
Bartlett
Ex-Policeman Walsh Arrested for Annoying Women
Ex policeman Stephen Walsh once dismissed for cowardice was arrested for annoying Mary Collins and Katie Manning at 305 West Twenty seventh Street. The women allege he demanded $5. Walsh denies the claim and says officers Daly and Barber beat him. Magistrate House dismissed the women and fined Walsh $10. He was jailed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stephen Walsh
Mary Collins
Katie Manning
Wes Twenty-seventh Street
Sai Walsh
Walsh
Denie
Daly
Barber
Magistrate House
Arrested as Assailant of the Bussis
Walter Pitts, a Black man, was arrested in Trenton New Jersey on May 22 suspected of fatally attacking Mr and Mrs John Bussis at their Somerset County farm on May 5. The couple’s home was ransacked and jewelry and money stolen. Mrs Bussis noted the attacker had deformed feet, matching Pitts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bussis
Trenton
N. J
Walter Pitts
John Bussi
Somerset County
Bussi
Pitts
Want Columns Advertisement in New York Times
Unemployed workers seeking jobs are urged to use the Want Columns of The New York Times where thousands of employers read daily. The notice lists 5 agencies in New York City and 3 pews rates with a contact at telephone 1000 Bryant.
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New York Times
New York City
Bryant
City to purchase Steinway Tunnel plans for transit boost
Albany May 22 Gov Hughes signed a bill granting Public Service Commission and Board of Estimate power to nego tiate municipal acquisition of the Steinway Tunnel under East Fort y second Street to Long Island City. City would lease to a operator to cover debt and sinking fund costs amid transit expansion talks. The action also transfers Long Island Hospital for the Insane to the Creedmoor Rifle Range site and creates a Fire Island State Park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Albany
N. Y
Gov. Hughes
Public Service Commission
Board of Estimate
East Forty-second Street
East River
Long Island City
Long Island Railroad
New York City
Queens
Manhattan
New York
Fuller
Brooklyn
Long Islad Hospital
Creedmoor
Inspection bill dead in Albany opposition to state mercantile bureau
Albany reports the Page Bill to set up a 1.4 percent mercantile inspection bureau under the State Department of Labor is defeated. Critics warn of unnecessary state expense and conflicts with local health boards already performing inspections. The governor’s supply bill funds proposed bureau expenses totaling 16,000 for the first year, while Dr. Darlington argues local inspection is thorough and adequate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Albany
Bureau of Mercantile Inspection
State Department of Labor
Gov. Hughes
New York City
Buffalo
Senate Judiciary Committee
Mercantile
Senate
Darlington
Albany race-track reform momentum and seating outlook
Albany dispatch reports Senator elect Wallace pledge to back governor Hughes race-track reforms. Wallace expected at the Capitol when the Legislature resumes. Gov Hughes unlikely to send reform bills next week, awaiting Wallace and Senator Foelker's seating. Merritt predicts no Senate vote changes. special session may adjourn before end of next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Albany
N. Y
Wallace
Niagara-Orleans
Capitol
Hughes
Foelker
Brooklyn
Edward A. Merritt
Assembly
Tibet
Ial
Merritt
Spe
Russian dancer to appear at Hammerstein roof garden
Subpoena served aboard the Lusitania on Evgenia Alexia the Russian dancer in a dispute with Melville B. Levitt over exclusive booking rights for engagements in the United States. Levitt seeks an injunction restraining her from June 1 appearances at Hammerstein’s Roof. Hammerstein says he made the engagement directly. Alexia claims only an option with a $1000 payment discussed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evgina Alexia
Gar
Hammerstein
Melville B. Levitt
Levitt
William Hammerstein
Mme
Alexia
Lewitt
SPECIAL TUNES FOR THEM F L B D F D OF ISABELLA
Forty five Daughters of Isabella dined in Shanleys Annex Times Square after a theatre visit and caused a stir as they walked single file led by Mrs Wash. The manager ordered the orchestra to play No Wedding Bells for Me. As they left at 12 80 A M the band played I'm Afraid to Go Home in the Dark.
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Daughters of
Isabella
Shanley
Times Square
Mrs. Wash
Arthur Hayes
Medals for Olympic Games on Display in London
English sportsmen praise the Olympic medals shown at the Royal Academy. The permanent design on one side features an athlete with a laurel wreath by two women, with inscribed Olympic Games London 1908 and the winner’s name and event on the rim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Royal Academy
London
St. George
England
Elis
Athens
Paris
St. Louis
Dinner to Sakatani Hosts Highlight New York Visit
Baron Sakatani ex-Minister of Finance of Japan and S Kimura Bank of Japan director dined with Z Horikoshi at the Hotel Astor. Twenty nine Japanese merchants attended, with Baron Takahira the American ambassador speaking on Japan’s commercial interests and the role of its merchants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baron Sakatani
Finance
Japan
S. Kimura
Bank of Japan
Z. Horikoshi
Hotel Astor
New York
Baron Takahira
Washington
Sakateni
Sakatani
Kimura
Man Takes Life After Shooting Daughter Then Himself
Adam Legczyska of East Fourth Street survived a head wound briefly at Bellevue Hospital after firing a 38 caliber bullet at his fifteen year old daughter and then shooting himself in the temple. Surgeons reported the bullet passed through his brain and out the left temple before he died two hours later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adam Legczyska
East Fourth Street
Bellevue Hospital
Mary
Ray, Clark and Miller
Legczyska
Massachusetts
Harvard Museum
Collision damages Starin in fog bound for New York
The steamer John H. Starin on the New Haven line collided with the coal-laden schooner Calvin P. Harris near the lower harbor. The bow punctured the starboard bow and damaged the vessel along about 50 feet as ten passengers slept through the fog and were later sent to New York by train.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Haven
Conn
John H. Starin
Star
New York
Colsion
Calvin P. Harris
Portsmouth
Starin
Bury
Young Fish Joins Salomon & Co in Wall Street Move
Stuyvesant Fish Jr son of a former Illinois Central president moves from railroad operations to banking. He joins William Salomon & Co to study banking and stock exchange methods after Yale graduation in 1906. He aims to train for future battles with Harriman interests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stuyvesant Fish, Jr
Ilinois Central Railroad
William Salomon & Co
Salomon &Co
Stock Exchange
Blair & Co
Read & Co
Gould, Western Pacific
Financial
Arrest in Court House Sparks Threats Case in Brooklyn
Edward Leber, builder of 9 Glenmore Avenue, was arrested in the Brooklyn County Court House corridor for threatening Gen. Robert Avery and Leopold Brant. arraigned at Adams Street Court before Magistrate Furlong, Leber claimed his equity of $50,000 in Brownsville property vanished after a partnership settlement with Avery as his counsel. Brant was a longtime friend of Leber. Clerks declined a threats charge due to no weapon. Leber held on $5 bail to Tuesday on a lesser charge while bail was posted and he left with friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooklyn County Court
Edward Leber
Glenmore Avenue
Robert Avery
Leopold Brant
Avery
Brant
Leber’s
Adams Street
Furlong
Teber
Brownsville
Leber
Maher
Farley, Curran
Rooney
Inspector Russell
Mott Street
Caps
McNally
Elizabeth Street
Ian
Farley
Carran
Curgin
Icians
Calf
Chinatown
Death of Henry Volz Triggers Belmont Suicide in Westchester
In St. Luke's Hospital Henry Volz once a wealthy Westchester contractor died. His former partner Frederick Belmont then drank carbolic acid at his 1217 Castle Hill Avenue home and died before a doctor arrived. The men had a family feud over Belmont's alleged interest in Volz's wife, though the families had since separated and later reconciled. Belmont recently faced foreclosure on his home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Luke’s Hospital
Henry Volz
Westchester
Frederick Belmont
Volz
Castle Hill Avenue
Belmont
Trolley Tracks Sink Near Smith's Swamp in Waterbury
Waterbury report says the Middlebury trolley bed near Smith's Swamp sank as work started. An estimate of 5,000 cubic yards of dirt was exceeded when 20,000 were dumped, and 40 will likely add another 10,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Waterbury, Conn
Middlebury
Smith
Kill Off Stray Dogs to End Hydrophobia
Dr Wheeler advocates killing stray dogs as a quick method to end hydrophobia in New York City. He and Dr Schlapp caution fear alone cannot cause rabies. only a bite three days before disease onset is dangerous. Miss Edna Thompson and Ramsay Marsh seek Pasteur treatment. Marsh funeral services held in Flatbush.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Wheeler
New York City
M.G. Schlapp
Cornell Medical College
Dr. Schlapp
Edna Thompson
Mr. Marsh
Pasteur Institute
Wheeler
Ramsay Marsh
Pasteur
Miss Thompson
Crane receives license to wed Amalia Schultz at Old John Street Chapel
Theodore Frelinghuysen Crane 63, assistant superintendent and chaplain of the New York Home, and Amalia Louise Catherine Schultz 31, both of 115 East 116th Street, obtained a marriage license in City Hall Bureau. The wedding is set for Monday at the Old John Street Chapel with Judge Lowe of Brooklyn officiating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. F. Crane
Theodore Frelinghuysen Crane
New York
East 116Th Street
Amalia Louise Catherine Schultz
City Hall
Crane
Miss Schultz
John Street
Judge Lowe
Brooklyn
Note Swindle Indictments Sent Against Three Men
Grand Jury returns indictments for grand larceny against Charles Barry of the Hotel Buckingham John Gundlach of 116 East 129th Street and Regulus Shippey of Mills Hotel No 1. The three men are named as members of a vote swindling ring that defrauded numerous firms across several cities causing some to go bankrupt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Barry
Buckingham
John Gundlach
East 129d Street
Regulus Shippey
Mills Hotel No
Receiver Named for Alaska Central Railway
Wall Street reports Judge Reid of Fairbanks Alaska appointed a receiver for the Alaska Central Railway Company and the Tanana Railway Construction Company. Both firms are controlled by Toronto and Chicago interests. The railroad has substantial stock and bonds authorized up to 30 million dollars, with main track costs estimated at 35 000 per mile and sevene track at 25 000 per mile. The route runs from Seward to a Tanana River terminal near Fairbanks, totaling 480 miles, with 52 miles in operation last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alaska Central Railway
Wall Street
Seattle
Alaska Central Railway Company
Tanana Railway Construction Company
Judge Reid
Fairbanks Alaska
Toronto
Chicago
Seward
Tanana River
Fairbanks
Merger Approved for Northern and Riverside Banks
The State Banking Department bulletin says Supt. Williams approved the merger of the Northern Bank of New York and the Riverside Bank into the Hamilton Bank of New York, to be named the Northern Bank of New York with a capital of 700000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
N. Y
Bulletin of
The
State Banking Department
Williams
Northern Bank of New York
Riverside Bank
Hamilton Bank of New_York
Mechanic Killed by 13000-Volt Shock at General Electric
Calvin Milbanks, expert mechanic in Schenectady New York, touched a live switch in the General Electric testing department and was fatally shocked after a coworker warned him to back away. He died minutes later in the plant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schenectady
N. Y
Calvin Milbanks
General Electri Company
Olympic Fund Receives Contributions From Members
Word from E. C. Brown to Julian W. Cusy tiss shows the Chicago Athletic Club has collected over $1 from members for the Olympic Fund. A committee including A A Stagg, Dr. George K. Herman, and EB I. Brown sent letters to New Illinois A C members, expecting about another thousand from that organization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julian W. Cusytiss
American Olympic Committee
E. C. Brown
Chica A
Olympic Fund
A’ Stagg
George K. Herman
EB. I. Brown
Illinois A. C
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Gulf Freight
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Louis Poger Held
George F. White
Erectors’ Association
Liberty
Court
Harper’s
Aeolian Hall
Aeolian Company
Fifth Ave
34Th St
H. J. Gardner
Gunness Farm
Mae. L. O'Reilly
Benjamin F. Carling
Carling
Stainway
Long Island
Tal
State Labor Board
Local Health Department
Isbella
Porter
Salomon & Co
Chauvenet
Burgundy
France
Idle Agents
Chauvenet Burgundles
Barry, Gundlach, and Shippey
A. A
Fifth Avenue Hotel
Fifth Avenue
25Th Street
Singer Building
Broadway
Cortlandt and
Liberty Street
E. M. Knox
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