Vreeland Denies Knowledge of Ferries Company Deal
In a Fifth District Municipal Court testimony, Metropolitan Street Railway president H H Vreeland said he knew nothing of the $116,602 payments to Ryan Whitney Dolan Elkins and Widener in the Cortlandt Street Ferries affair. He claimed no recollection of a $500,000 fund tied to the case, later raised during Interborough probe. The suit by Emanuel Weil seeks damages from directors. the hearing featured tense exchanges with lawyer Kremer and another witness, D C Moorehead. The session adjourned for Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Metropolitan Street Railway Company
H. H. Vreeland
Fifth District
Thomas F. Ryan
William C. Whitney
Thomas Dolan
William M. Elkins
P. A. B. Widener
Cortlant Street Ferries
Public Service Commission
Interborough Company
Vreeland
Plaintff
Emanuel Weil
D. C. Moorehead
Mr. Vreeland
Kremer
Mr Stanchfield
Stanchfield
Mr. Kremer
Suburban Plan Heard By Public Service Commission
The Public Service Commission heard complaints on New York Central suburban service in the 24 District. Officials debated the scope of the commission to impose commutation rates while Putnam Division figures and passenger profitability were discussed. An adjournment was set for May 18 and the panel sought a compromise within ten days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Central
Public Service Commission
24 District
Commission For
1St District
Paulding
Railroad
Stevens
Joseph S. Wood
Yonkers
Putnam Division
J. Prescott Gage
Putnam
Frederick T. Stack
Decker
Daly
Hudson River Division
New York
Third City Hall L Platform Plans Entered For Review
Interborough Rapid Transit Company notified the Public Service Commission that it would accept an order to build a third platform at City Hall station on the Third Avenue elevated line. The firm previously applied years ago but faced owner objections. With Staats Zeitung building being torn down, plans will be submitted on April 27.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Interborough Rapid Transit Company
Public Service Commission
City Hall
Third Avenue
Staats-Zecitung
Dr Patrick to Speak at Collegiate Church Meeting
At the Collegiate Church on Fifth avenue and 48th street tomorrow at 11 o'clock Mrs KRob er Harris will read the devotional. Dr Mary N Patrick of Constantinople will speak. Women are cordially invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Collegiate Church
Fifth Avenue
48Th Street
Krober Harris
Ladies’ Christian Union
Mary N. Patrick
Constantinople
Bloodthirsty Police Chief Praises Law At City Club Dinner
Police Commissioner Bingham dismissed critics of the crime wave while praising the existing law. He urged promotion cuts, announced experimental bicycle police booths in Hamilton Heights and The Bronx, and touted training for police dogs that reduced burglaries in Flatbush. Other speakers included Edmond Kelly and R. Fulton Cutting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bingham
City Club
Titus
Hamilton Heights
Bronx
Spurten Duyvil
Riverside Avenue
Flatbush
Edmond Kelly
John E. Parsons
Austen G. Fox
R. Fulton Cutting
Robert C. Ogden
New York
TIM Bingham Seeks 100000 For Secret Police
General Bingham urged the Finance Committee to report favorably on his request for 100000 for a secret service police to investigate anarchists and crime. Aldermen debated the need amid warnings from Chairman Sullivan and complaints of a demoralized force, with Bingham insisting on secrecy and broader investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Bingham
Finance Committee
Board of Aldermen
Secret Service
Sullivan
Alderman Sullivan
Little Tim
Tim
United States
Bingham
Alderman
Memorial service honors Rev Dr Jacob Chamberlain
A memorial service at Marble Collegiate Church honored Rev Dr Jacob Chamberlain, missionary of the Reformed Church in the Arcot Mission, India. Born nearly seventy five years ago, he was buried in Madanapalle, India. Leaders from church and mission boards delivered tributes, and the service included a prayer and a portion of The Missionary's Call.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacob Chamberlain
Reformed Church
Arcot Mission
India
Marble Collegiate Church
Chamberlain
Madanapalle
Mancius H. Hutton
Board of Foreign Missions of the Reformed Church
Arthur J. Brown
Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions
J. ©. R. Ewing
Lahore College
Henry N. Cobb
Edward B. Coe
A. E. Kittredge
Carl Dufft Shng
Foxwood Inn Leased for Ten Years to Colonel Wiggins
The John H. Fife Company through Daniel Birdsall & Co leases the Fox wood Inn tract a 1 acre farm at Suffern North Carolina from the Fox estate for ten years. Colonel E. D. Wiggins plans to use the property as a stock farm and the mansion with over forty rooms will be operated as a hotel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John H. Fife Company
Daniel Birdsall & Co
Foxwood Inn
Suffern
N. C
E. D. Wiggins
Fox
Colonel Wiggins
Moses May resigns as head of Brooklyn Hebrew Orphan Society
Moses May steps down after fourteen years as president of the Hebrew Orphan Society of Brooklyn. The society's Ralph avenue and Dean street building is noted. Abraham Abraham, president of the Jewish Hospital, succeeds him as president. Simon F. Rothschild becomes first vice-president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moses May
Hebrew Orphan Society of Brooklyn
Ralph Avenue
Dean Street
May
Abraham Abraham
Mr May
Jewish Hospital
Simon F. Rothschild
Collins Again Heads Prisons In New Five Year Term
Albany April 13 Cornelius W Collins of Troy Republican was nominated by Governor Hughes and immediately confirmed by unanimous vote to serve as Superintendent of State Prisons for five years beginning after his current term ends. The confirmation came on motion of Senator Boyce of the Troy District, a Democrat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
Cornelius W. Collins
Troy
Hughes
Ate
Boyce
Local 16 endorses June 1 strike against Western Union
Local 16 of the Commercial Telegraphers Union backs a national strike set for June 1 if wages before the last strike are not restored. Secretary Charles P. McInerney says preparations are two months ahead to press demands nationwide. A new corps of organizers is deployed as indorsements flow from cities, with potential loan backing from the Order of Railway Telegraphers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Local 16
Commercial Telegraphers' Union
Chicago
Western Union
Charles P. McInerney
Beattie
The
Union
Commercial Telegraphers’ Union
St. Louis
Judge Denies Contempt Claim Over $800 in Unclaimed Funds
Justice Platzek in the Supreme Court refused Attorney General Jackson’s bid to hold City Chamberlain Martin in contempt for not turning over $800 of unclaimed state funds. Martin said about $63 was paid, with disputes over the rest. He admitted $600,000 to $800,000 in estate money unsettled. a referee, Eugene L. Bushe, was named to determine if funds are legally impounded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Justice Platzek
Supreme Court
Jackson
Chamberlain Martin
Chamberlain
Eugene L. Bushe
No. 159
Broadway
Hearing on Baker Will Begins in Suffolk Probate Court
In Boston on April 13 the Suffolk County Probate Court opened the hearing on objections to Walter F. Baker’s will. Edward F. Baker, the testator’s brother, contests the will which values the estate at 4500 dollars. The document leaves 5000 to Edward, 10000 to Helen Bray Hurd of Bogota, and one third to Harvard College with the rest to Hurd’s daughter Natalie and various nephews. Natalie later died and her share reverted. Harvard College and the Hurds oppose the will.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Walter F. Baker
Bogota
N. J
Suffolk County
Edward F. Baker
Baker
Edward
Helen Bray Hurd
Harvard College
Rare early editions fetch high sums at Anderson sale
At Anderson auction rooms No 5 West 29th street books sold well. A sixteen volume original Benares edition of Burton's Arabian Nights Entertainments brought 130 dollars and Browning’s Bells and Pomegranates 71. Brackenridge Modern Chivalry part two sold for 90, Keats Endymion for 69, and a 1830 Tennyson copy for 0. A paintings sale is planned for the Anderson annex at 264 Fifth Avenue tonight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anderson Auction Rooms
West 29Th Street
Benares
Burton
Browning
London
Brackenridge
Keats
Endymion
Tennyson
Anderson Annex
Howard Building
Fifth Avenue
Seaboard Committee Forms To Safeguard Investors
A fourteen member committee representing Seaboard Air Line Railway bonds and stock agrees to safeguard security holders and invite deposits of securities to plan the company’s reorganization. Chairman C. Sidney Shepard chairs. secretary D C Porteous at 4% Broad street. Deposit agreement to be prepared and submitted to bondholders and stockholders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seaboard Air Line Railway
C. Sidney Shepard
James A. Blair
Hugo Blumenthal
Russell G. Fessenden
Thomas J. Hayward
Hennen Jennings
Henry Cleveland Perkins
John B. Ramsay
Norman B
Canal navigation opening dates announced for May
Albany April 13 Superintendent F C Stevens of the State Department of Public Works announced that the Erie and Cayuga and Seneca canals will open for navigation at noon on May 5. Construction work will delay feeding the levels at Mindenville and Durhamville until about May 6, so navigation will not be established until about May 8.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
F. C. Stevens
State Department of Public Works
Cayuga
Seneca
Mindenville
Durhamville
Coal pact reached in Michigan miners and operators conference
Bay City Michigan April 12 miners and operators closed a joint conference agreeing on a scale for the coming year. Miners will vote on the agreement tomorrow with strong indication of approval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bay City
Mich
Michigan
Louis XV Suite Sells High At Aimone Sale
A Louis XV parlor suite in Aubusson tapestry and carved wood frames led the eighth Aimone sale at 341 Fourth Avenue, fetching 925 dollars. Mrs. Hart bought the top lot and several others as the day’s total reached 8 76250 dollars and eight-session sales totaled 66 46725 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aimone
Fifth Avenue
Fourth Avenue
Hart
Frank Bowles
S. Jacoby
di Salvo Brothers
Gabriel Weil
A. B. Crawford
Arraignments and arrests span New York courts
Robert Lyons and William Huneke were arraigned in West Side court and held on $500 bail each after tenant John L. Williams accused Huneke of assault while attempting to prevent disconnecting pipes in his Riverside Drive apartment. Also: a conservation meeting in 39th Street building. Henry Brink convicted of burglary in Charles W. Pearson home case. Jarvis and Lounadale faced Jefferson Market court with $1,000 bail. Bam Polizzi arrested for murder. Clarence Rustapheine held on $2,000 bail.
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Robert Lyons
William Huneke
West Side
John L. Willams
Riverside Drive
Huneke
American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Engineering Societies
No. 29
West 39Th Street
Henry Brink
Charles W. Pearson
East 65Th Street
Foster
Wiliam Hi. Jarvis
Gilsey House
Harold Lounadale
West Tved Birbet
Jefferson Market Court
Cassidy
Harlem Bureau
Polizzi
Harlem
Pelham Murder Clew Points to Exoneration of Suspects
Coroner Weisendanger says the Pelham murder of Julius T. Rosenheimer on June 14 is solved. A letter from Minnie Monaco, received in Huntington, Ind., claims her husband Dominick Monaco confessed and implicates others. Extradition arrangements were made to bring Monaco and his wife to the scene along with Frank Delucia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julius T. Rosenheimer
Pelham
Weisendanger
Minnie Monaco
Huntinton
Ind
Dominick Monaco
Rosenheimer
Liberty
N. Y
New Rochelle
Dominick
Frank Delucia
Pelham Woods
Frank Aiello
River Street
Pennsylvania
Indiana
Monaco
Delucia
Winslow
Westchester County
Huntington
the Tribune
Frank Monaco
John Delucia
Husband Held In Wife Slaying At Courtlandt Avenue Tenement
Police detained Isaac Lieberman a shirt manufacturer on a technical homicide charge after the body of his wife Mrs Antoinette Lieberman was found in their second floor tenement at 706 Courtlandt Avenue. She had two dagger wounds to the neck and jewelry missing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Antoinette Lieberman
Courtlandt Avenue
Isaac Lieberman
McDonald
Rosen
Lebanon Hospital
Lieberman
Dr. Curtin
Frederick Ryan arraigned in wife murder case in Peekskill
Frederick Ryan, arrested in Peekskill on suspicion of murdering his wife, was arraigned before Coroner Selleck. Assistant District Attorney Weeks filed a murder in the first degree charge. Autopsy indicates Mrs. Ryan died from suffocation. Ryan is held in the county jail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick Ryan
Peekskill
Selleck
Weeks
Ryan
Parkville Doorman Tim Phelan Dies by Suicide
Timothy J. Phelan a 42 year old Parkville Brooklyn doorman shot himself in a station dormitory. Brooding over his ill wife, he died yesterday morning. The family home was 482 East 7th Street Flatbush.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Timothy J. Phelan
Parkville
Brooklyn
East 7Th Street
Flatbush
Boy shoots mother’s assailant in defense at Brooklyn home
Fifteen year old William Lee of Huntington Street Brooklyn shot and seriously wounded his stepfather John Stockley a longshoreman, defending his mother from a murderous assault yesterday morning. Stockley, married to the boy’s mother about seven months, attacked her after returning from a spree. The youth was arrested.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Lee
Huntington Street
Brooklyn
John Stockley
Stockleys
End of Haffen inquiry ends with books demand and threats
The Bronx Borough President Haffen inquiry by the Commission of Accounts concluded yesterday afternoon after weeks of testimony. A brief Thursday session will assess the Geiszler-Haas Realty Company books, with potential contempt steps if not produced. The report begins immediately and aims for Mayor review in about a month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haffen
Bronx
Geiszler-Haas Realty Company
Julius H. Haas
Mitchel
Haas
Martin Getszier
Justice Brady
Supreme Court
John F. Murray
Public Works
Borough
Geiszler- Haas Realty Company
E. W. Stewart
the Commissioners of Accounts
Joseph Pickard
The Redemption by Landman staged by Orpheum Players
In Philadelphia at the Chestnut Street Theatre the Orpheum Players presented The Redemption a sociological drama by Rabbi Isaac Landman of Keneseth Israel. The play argues Jews must publicly join the Greek Church in Russia for safety though the plan collapses in the final act. Charlies Baisar played the lead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Russia
Isaac Landman
Keneseth Israel
Orpheum Players
Chestnut Street Theatre
Landman
Charlies Baisar
Underwood Denies Resignation
President Underwood of the Erie Railway denied resigning to clear the way for Felton of the Mexican Central. He spent Sunday in Milwaukee with friends then proceeded to Minneapolis to discuss a possible offer to become president of the Northern Pacific with J. J. HUM.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Tribune
Milwaukee
Underwood
Erie Railway
Felton
Mexican Central
Minneapolis
J. J. Hum
Northern Pacific
Typhoid Outbreak Tied to Oyster Stew In Newark
Mrs Rose Bendt near death from typhoid fever at 149 North 6th Street Newark. Her daughter Dora, thirteen, weak from same illness in adjoining room. Mrs Bendt's husband buried Sunday from the fever. Oyster stew consumed by the trio on April 1 is believed to have carried the germ.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rose Bendt
North 6Th Street
Newark
Dora Bendt
Reading for Children Shapes Wise Home Guidance
John Stevens urges parents to monitor children's reading, not just feed and clothe them. He warns against praising reading without judgement, calls for expert guidance, and favors supplementary reading aligned with school work to build shared parent child interests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John €. Stevens
Auxiliary Educational League
Mothers’ Club
Martha Washington
Stevens
City Home Workers Sell Handicrafts for Island Aid
Articles crafted by the tame, the blind, and local residents at the City Home on Blackwell's Island were sold at Mrs. Cadwalader Jones's East 11th Street home to aid makers. Emma Fowler described the workers and their histories, noting baskets woven by blind men and a boy with a spine injury who knits lying down. Proceeds help creators buy materials and ease labor. The sale continued Saturday April 18 at the Carnegie Hall studio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blackwell's Island
Cadwalader Jones
East L1th Street
Jones
Island
Emma Fowler
Bill
Jess Natchelly
Roger
arceilo-Bixby
Carnegie Hall
Dietrich Divorce Report Up in Supreme Court
Alfred E Dietrich seeks an absolute divorce from Edna Young Dietrich in Supreme Court before Justice McCall. The case cites Edna Dietrich allegedly eloping to Europe on December 7 with Harry S Brenchley, a former Vanderbilt trainer. Dietrich seeks custody of their four year old daughter Grace. referee favors divorce and child custody to Dietrich, with decision reserved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Justice McCall
Supreme Court
Alfred E. Dietrich
Edna Young Dietrich
Europe
Harry S Brenchley
Alfred G. Vanderbilt
Dietrich
Grace
McCall
Vanderbilt Divorce Case Nearing Closure
Referee David McClure’s report in the divorce suit of Mrs. Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt against her husband was not filed yesterday. The case closes with the referee’s findings awaiting court confirmation, likely tomorrow, and it is understood he recommends granting the divorce to Mrs. Vanderbilt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David McClure
Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt
Supreme Court
Referee McClure
Dead Brooklyn Teacher Identified After Sudden Death
The body of Miss Mary L. Rice fifty one, a Brooklyn Heights Seminary teacher, was found in Dr. F H Cotton's home at 136 Montague Street Brooklyn. She lived with cousin Mrs Cornelius R Reid at 15 Garden Place. Her parents the late Captain and Mrs Joel Rice of Wallingford Conn died years ago. The Academy will close for a week after Easter vacation in her honor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. H. Cotton
Montague Street
Brooklyn
Mary L. Rice
Brooklyn Heights Seminary
Cornelius R. Reid
Garden Place
Miss Rice
Joel Rice
Wallingford
Conn
Probate Cites Numerous New York Heirs and Executors
A dense notice lists numerous individuals and organizations tied to estates in New York, citing them to appear at the Surrogate’s Court for probate and judicial settlements. It names heirs, executors, guardians, and creditors from a wide set including Jewish and civic groups, banks, and various family members, detailing dates in 1908 and instructions for guardianship if under twenty-one.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Educational Alliance
Hebrew Israel Homital
Lebanon Hospital
Hebrew Sheltering Guardian Society
Hebrew Benevolent and Orphan Asylum
Jewish Theological Seminary
Gemetith Chesed Socrete
Senkeay For Ethical Culture
Samuel Schulman
Henrietta Hutzel
Malise de Leuw
Fannie Butzel
Hattie Sinn
Louis Gane
Joseph Gans
Union Bank and Trust Company
Jacob 4. Schiff
Hebrew Union College
Hebrew Widows’ and Orphans Home
Ladies
Garnett L. Bryant
Hubert A. Filma
Marvin Lieyd Gans
Sarah L. G. Flatow
Flattle Gans
Davy Gans
Ada H. Merdian
Louis Gans
County of
New York
Reid County
Heli
Court House
John Frankenheimer
Farward Mertian
Sea of Surrogates
Thomas
Ferdinand Kurzman
Broad Street
Borough of
Manhattan
State OF
the of God Free and Independent
Michaey Sheedy
John Sheedy
Michael A. Haley
Rowe Hailey Jeremiah Haley, Jr
Michael Sheedy
Mary Lane Johanne Keefe
Elizabeth Lynch
Patrick Sheedy
Edwart Sheedy
Nora Ryan
Kate Shaughtesby
Annie To Trevoy
Kate Hawire
Nettie Garvey
Inamtusky
Edward
William J. Kennedy
Mary Haley Kennet
Bridget Sheedy
Sheedy
York
County of New York
Michael J €Ifford
Iig
Charles H. Beckett
Surre County
Daniel J
James Hession
Bridget
Mary Hession
Elia Hession
Wiliam Hession
Michael Hession
Jobsion
Michael Sssion
Michael Hessian
City of
New
Abner . Thomas
Dowdnet
Robert
Martha S. Wittnauer
Augusta Wittnauer
Madeleine Wittnauer
Henry Wittnauer
Albert Wittnauer
Emile
Wittnauer
New_York
Abner
Daniel J Dowdney
Hill, Lockwood
Redfield & Lyi
Nassau Street
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DR. Chamberlain
Collins
City Chamberlain
Harvard University
Seaboard
Aimone Sale
City News
Clarence Rustapheine
Leutenant
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Boy
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Rabbi Landman
Mr. Stevens
City Home Workers
Vanderbilt
Neotice
Blanche Sterling
Blanche G. Ster_ling
Hull & Horton, Esqs
Daniel & Childs
Edson Bradley
BULL @& HORTON
Borough of Manhattan
City of New York
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Nee Ee
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Peetena
W. H. van Steenbergh
Wall Street
Marten
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Benjamin T. H. van Steenbergh
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Bertha Myers
Einstein, Townsend & Guiterman
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Rev “Wers
George F. Seymour
Springfield
Ilinois
Daniel Seymour
Norman Seymour
Georgianna F. Redmond
Board of Waterway
Minty
City Record
John A Bensel
Charles N. Charles
Ch. Shaw Water
Thomas Hassett
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Slocum
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Washington
U. S
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James Knox Taylor
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