Arrests widen graft probe in mayor bureau licenses
Frank Arcewa head of electrical supervision and Sergt Peter Bird with Patrolman Michael Reed in graft sweep tied to moving picture license scheme. Deputy Chief Gaetano D Amato and others under investigation as Mitchel calls for an assistant DA to handle cases. Witnesses describe payments and threats to secure licenses and inspector involvement in license revocations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mayor's Bureau of Licenses
Commissioners of Accounts
Frank Arcewa
Bureau of Electrical Supervision
Department of Water Supply, Gas, and Electricity
Sergt
Peter J. Bird
Michael Reed
John Doe
Gaetano D'Amato
Bureau of Licenses
Commissioner of Accounts
Mitchel
Brown
D'Amato
Department of Water Supply, Gas
Albert Wise
Sixth Avenue
Bronx
Frank HE. Brown
Walter W. Kendall
Electrical Bureau
Mrs. Mason
Bird
Nedena aAvesa
Reed
Lcense
Eighth Avenue
D’amato
Michel
Ben
Bolognino
Freight subway plan eyed by Amsterdam Corp chief
William A. Wilgus of the Amsterdam Corporation presents a freight subway concept for riverfront routes and business districts. The proposal, praised by some merchants and opposed by carriers and civic groups, awaits Public Service Commission review with a city-backed funding question and a 25 year lease framework.
No Gusher But Tells Facts About Postum Foods
A Wisconsin reader endorses Postum, stating eight years of use and relief from digestive ailments after abandoning coffee. She reports family improvements, three daily servings, and urges plain facts over hype. The letter promotes Postum with reference to The Road to Wellville and credits the Postum Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
Hope for mute Private Taylor of Twelfth Infantry
Private Taylor on Governors Island is regaining his speech after nearly three months of silence caused by a cold and dirty air during joint maneuvers at Pine Plains. An army veteran of seventeen years, he hopes to recover his voice in time to reenlist within weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taylor
Twelfth
United States Infantry
Governors Island
Twelfth Infantry
Pine Plains
Pie Plains
Army
Missing clerk inquiry at Farrand jeweler shop
Oliver M. Farrand of 3 Maiden Lane seeks clerk H E F Marschner who vanished after a July vacation. Jewelry missing from stock tied to his whereabouts. Marschner’s brother and mother report no contact since July. Marschner last seen on vacation. Another missing person, Young Mechanic, has not been seen for months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oliver M. Farrand
Maiden Lane
H. EF. Marschner
Farrand
Marsehner
City approves Rikers Island prison funding despite opposition
At a Board of Estimate meeting the corporate counsel presented a plan to allocate 2,225 toward a new 4,000,900 penitentiary on Rikers Island. President McGowan of the Aldermen and Borough President Ahearn opposed the large expenditure, citing city finances and a separate state project costing 9,000,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Estimate
McGowan
Ahearn
Corporation Counsel
Riker’s Island
Christian Socialists to Aid Russian Ref refugee Janoff Pouren
Rev. John D. Long announces that the Christian Socialist Fellowship will campaign against the extradition of political refugee Jan Janoff Pouren. A meeting under the fellowship’s auspices is planned to stir opposition to the extradition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John D. Long
Christian Socialist Fellowship
Jan Janoff Pouren
New York Life Exam Finds Mostly Strong Management
A nine month examination of the New York Life Insurance Company by Nelson B. Hadley praises management and finds no fault in overall governance. It notes two criticisms: excessive depreciation allowances during the panic of 1907 and detailed expenses related to director elections and legislative fights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Life Insurance Company
Nelson B. Hadley
New York State Department
Hadley
King
The
New York Life
Téau
Finance Committee 17
Third Avenue Railway
International Mercantile Marine
Gov. Hughes
Armstrong Committee
Financial District
Armstrong Insurance
Hughes
Nylic Organization
Abolish Cleveland’s Place Creates New Counsel Director
Following Grover Cleveland’s death the Association of Life Insurance Presidents reconstituted at 1 Madison Avenue appointing Robert Lynn Cox as general counsel and manager. The chair and secretary posts were abolished and a new technical insurance officer was approved for expanded work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grover Cleveland
Association of Life Insurance Presidents
Madison Avenue
Robert Lynn Cox
Association
Cleveland
Cox
Police Budget Row Seeks Large City Increase
Police Commissioner Bingham urged the Board of Estimate to boost next year’s appropriation by 2,043,080, arguing for a new headquarters and noting funds diverted to other departments. He proposed raising his salary to 15,000 and deputies to 6,000. Other officials sought reductions or targeted raises while detailing citywide improvements in street cleaning and fire department needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bingham
Board of Estimate
Aduaremente
Dooling
Bureau of Elections
Crowell
Hayes
Fire Department
Brooklyn
Queens
Trainer Blames Hughes In Larceny Case
Joe Fox a 38 year old horse trainer was arrested at Grand Central Station on attempted grand larceny charges. He blamed state racing laws and Governor Hughes for his downfall and said he has no home. Magistrate Biden set bail at 1000 dollars for trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Fox
Merkle Symonds
East 184Th Street
Dwyer Warns Aqueduct Bookmakers to Cease Bets
Queens District Attorney Darrin and P J Dwyer notify eight former bookmakers and others at Aqueduct that they must stop betting under threat of police action. Sheriff Harvey confirms no ongoing violations. Dwyer vows enforcement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Darrin
Queens
Philip J. Dwyer
Queens County Jockey Club
Aqueduct
Dwyer
O. A. Jones
Thomas Shin
George Wheelock
Wiliam Snow
George Rose
O. Lichtenstein
James Beattie
Mick Reardon
Sheriff Harvey
P. J. Dwyer
Complaints Over Subway Service to South Ferry
Passengers traveling to and from South Ferry criticize eight minute day headways with frequent six Brooklyn trains to Brooklyn lagging one to South Ferry. A 2:36 P M train ran alone until 2:56 P M while five Brooklyn trains passed. Crowded platforms and missed connections to Grand Central and the Third Avenue elevated prompt officials to consider closing South Ferry if service does not improve. Businessmen crossing to the docks warn that reduced service could force public workers to walk to Bowling Green station for better connections.
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South Ferry
Brooklyn
South
Grand Central
Instea
Third Avenue l
South Broeoklyn
Interborough
Juml By
Battery Park
Bowling Green
New Blood in Interborough Rifts Rumor Rise in Wall Street
Deputy City Chamberlain John H. Campbell named Treasurer of the Rapid Transit Company to replace D. W. McWilliams. Campbell to take office November 1 and resign Oct 15 from the City Chamberlain post where his salary is seven dollars. As Interborough treasurer he will earn ten thousand sixty dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
August Belmont
Thomas F. Ryan
Interborough
E. P. Bryan
Belmont
Europe
Wall Street
John Hi. Campbell
Rapid Transit Company
McWilliams
Manhattan
Camphbell
Campbell
Chamberlain
Cornell President Attacks Banquet Orgies and Drunkenness
In an address to Cornell University students at the Armory, President Schurman condemned last year's senior banquet as a disgrace and called for purifying the moral atmosphere. He warned of ongoing drunkenness, urged end to Sunday "appointments" for sports and social matters, and cautioned fraternities against creating cliques that harm democracy on campus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Ithaca
NJ Y
Cornell University
Schurman
Selioie
Squhurman
Cornell
Trifling items listed at address clusters in 1908 records
The text catalogs scattered trifling entries with times and street addresses across Manhattan and nearby avenues. It mentions places such as Lexington Avenue 361, West 7th Street, Second Avenue, and Kingsbridge Road, with names like Waldman and Baumgart amid low-value notations and monetary figures.
Metropolitan Transfers Under Fire at Public Hearing
Receivers argue against transfers and seek to end the transfer system on surface lines. Metropolitan’s counsel contends the public service commission lacks authority to set joint rates or through routes and warns of possible certiorari review if a five cent fare is upheld. Further evidence on franchise tax assessment was presented as the hearing adjourned with a joint five cent rate anticipated between the Metropolitan lines and the Fifty-ninth Street Crosstown segment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John G. Milburn
Metropolitan Street Railway Company
Public Service Commission
Metropolitan
Fifty-ninth Street
Crosstown
Hada
George S& Coleman
Milburn
Coleman
Broadway
Robert C. Beatty
Public Service Commissioners
Hotel Manhattan Granted Exclusive Taxi Rights
Supreme Court Justice Gerard issued an injunction restraining the Hotel Manhattan from using any cab company except the New York Taxicab Company. In November 1907 the hotel and the cab company agreed to a five year exclusive taxi service at the hotel's cab stand, a contract later terminated by the hotel in August.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court
Gerard
Manhattan
New York
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F.E. Brown
Michaele Christoforo
Moving Picture
Park Row
Christofero
City Hall Park
Rotel
Sergt. Bird
Dorothy Mason
441 Fast
149Th Street
Moving Picture Place
East 149Th Street
Seret
Weiss
Wilgus
William A. Wilgus
Amsterdam Corporation
Eustice
Commission
Battery Tunnel
Elsberg
Willcox
Riker’s Island Prison
Christian Socialists
Ald Pouren
Examiner
R. L. Cox
Association of Insurance Presidents
Mets
S.willing
Dar
Qld
East Riv Scow
Buren
Jones St
Kingsbridge Road
Austin Craust
Columbus
Godite Brothers
East St
L. Cromwell
Columpbus
Utilities Board
der Them
Taxicab Co
Hotel Manhattan
Earl & Wilson’s
Red-Man
Houston St
Produce Exchange
14Th St
Nassau St
Fulton St
Fifthh Ave
St. Fulton St
City Hall
New Amsterdam
Henry W. Savages
Mery
Lustige Wittwe
Geo. M. Cohah
Lillian Russell
Victor Herbert
Algeria
Thea. Gaiety
Traveling Salesman
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St.& Irving Pl
W & Erlanger
Denman Thompson
Bijou
Tia Eae
Herald
Mississippi
Thos. A. Wise
Douglas
Fairbank
Hiway
Mats
Wed
Wallace
Arnold
30Th St. Eys
Daly
Fae W. Savage
Edwin Stevens
Hackett- Ee Ie
Say & Thu
Hs James K. Hackett
Irving Place
15Th St
Dancing Hussars
Madison
Quaregarden
Flachsman
ST. Eva
Belasc Tuyvesant
LW. St St Py
S. Today
Wea
Dewl
Esis
Henedo
Bates Hting Hop
Flatiron Rui
Chinatown
Sery Evel
Bonday
Aire Roomein
North River
Gramercy
Mme
Rays Glsie
George Han UN
Julian Bakea
Mead
Heatre “Yn
Hermann Kins
Olace
Arnegie Hall
Alhambra
Ditrichstein & Co
Mile
Din, R Heres
oLiers
Blaney
Lincoln SQ
Courtieigh &Eo
Jan Roses
Daisy Liosit
Hue of Bovarke
Barry Lupino
Egf Hall
George Hamel
Circle
Edwards
Olympie
Empire City
Eden Musee
Gert Rutile Hoffman
Salome
Mimie World
Genee
MA An Hill Theatre
Dally, Bray
Xi, Reeves Go
H. P. Finlay & Etc
Mobs
Chas
Fes
10 & Ik Ct Casino
A. Skarity
I -Birdlan
WICE
Sos
Louise Gunning
Pixley & Luders
Operett 4
Marce
Marcelele River
Llee
HASAR
Thera Tenton
Poptt Theatre
Heap Miray
Bai Lulu Glaser Ricat
Miss Glaser
Dolly Varden
Friin Daly
Seaiso
Bway & Dt
T.inet Afar
H St. Eve
Maxine Ell
Bettina
Price West
Mth
Nick Sam Bernard
Neil
Ted
Igt
She mm Sale
Eron
Ivy
Joth St. Eves
Empire
John Drew Hudson
Robert Edes Lyceum
Billie Criterion
Eves Hattie Williams
Ens Knickerbocker
Ses
the Girls of
Sie. Orth
Jack Straw Sr
Ik Topi
Trivers
Hess
Garrick
Joseph Coyne Alexander AR May Tawen
Me Peri
Stith
Howar
Lisle
Jen Avte
St. W. Bitar
Eve
Ae Tia
Savoy
Percy Mackaye
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