Vouchers In Jerome Inquiry Challenge City Prosecution
The King committee cites three charges against District Attorney Jerome amid testimony on vouchers paid by the Metropolitan to jurors and court officials. Evidence traces a trunk of vouchers, some noting cigars hats and other items, central to the inquiry in the Public Service Commission hearing room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
King Committee
Jerome
Tillinghast
James L. Quackenbush
Metropolitan's Law Department
A&0
Samuel Seabury
Mr. Quackenbush
Seabury
Franklin Pierce
Public Service Commission
Tribune
Luck
Pierce
Hand
Mr. Jerome
George R. Bage
Metropolitan Detective Force
Lillian Merritt
Page
Bagg
Ely
Ray
Bage
Courtlerks
Michael J. Sheehan
Metropolitan
Sheehan
George Bagge
Catherine Britton
Mr. Pierce
Supreme Court
R. C. Brown
Astor House
E. M. Knox
L. E. Julian
Alexander Smith
Tiv
Vreeland Testifies in Metropolitan Street Ry Suit at Harlem Court
Witness A O Vreeland recounts testimony on the Third Avenue Line deal and payments to Wall Street interests. He says District Attorney Jerome did not work for him and asserts Aran was not authorized to act. Epstein and Kremer probe Met subsidiary dealings and receivership context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. O. Vreeland
Harlem
Weil Weiller
Metropolitan Street Railway Company
DeLancey Nicoll
Bill Amory
Jerome
Thomas F. Aran
Eugene Kremer
Iit
Stan Company
Messrs
Ryan
Widener
Dolan
Whitney and Elkins
Wall & Cortland Street
Perries
Vreeland
Crand
Metropolite Railway Treasury
Degnon & Co
Pennsylvania Steel Company
Mr. Kremer
Benard W. Sayre
Metropolitan Securities Company
New York Interurban Company
New York City Railway Company
Senhitr
Nhu
Public Service Commission seat rule reaches New York surface lines
The Public Service Commission issued an order to supply seats on the Metropolitan system lines Twenty-third Street Crosstown Grand Street Crosstown and Lexington Avenue north from 28th Street and Broadway. A like order affects Third Avenue. Receivers must run enough cars to seat 10 percent more than peak demand with a minimum of twenty five cars. Inspectors observe as officials determine exact schedules. The commission will enforce once calculations are completed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Public Service Commission
New York City
Twenty-third Street Crosstown
Grand Street Crosstown
Lexington Avenue
28D Street
Broadway
Third Avenue
Police and Ballots Hearst Recount Before Justice Lambert
Police officers testified at the Hearst recount hearing about the care of ballots in the contested mayoralty election. Deputy Attorney General Dolson clashed with Hearst counsel over whether the police were friendly to Hearst. Officers described how ballots and envelopes were handled, with some unsure if spilled ballots were returned to the correct boxes. Former Inspector Hodgins offered to vouch for proper ballot care as others noted boxes were moved to storage before November 9.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hearst
Fletcher
W. H. Hodgins
Farmers Hire Help Ahead of Time
Henry H. Kracke Assistant Commissioner of Agriculture explained that farmers in the state followed a Department of Agriculture plan to secure farm laborers in advance. Immigrant applicants surged months ago, but farms now place orders, send payments for transport from New York City, and receive laborers with checked baggage only if worth the ticket.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Agriculture
Henry H. Kracke
Park Row
New York City
Metz Grand Jury Probe Over Melody Dismissal
Controller Metz testified before a grand jury about the dismissal of Deputy Collector William E. Melody amid a widening Finance Department shakeup. The piece notes disloyalty fears, Coler allegiance rumors, and a looming purge as Metz moves to modernize the office and root out perceived traitors within the department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Metz
Grand Jury
William E. Melody
Civil Service
Melody
McCarren
Kings County Democracy
Finance Department
Coler
Brooklyn
Controller Metz
Grout
Finance
Chase After Auto In Central Park Ends At Police Station
A coupé with a man and a woman struck by a car in West Drive of Central Park prompted a lengthy pursuit, suspecting Carl Fischer-Hansen, a lawyer awaiting extortion trial, of causing the accident. Hansen denied the charge. no arrest made. The coupe occupants were unharmed. driver Thomas O’Leary suffered head and arm contusions. The woman had just been discharged from New York Hospital after illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Drive
Central Park
Carl Fischer-Hansen
West 68Th Street
Hansen
Thomas O'Leary
New York Hospital
Hose inquiry stalls witness trap in Philadelphia trip
Commissioner Mitchel questioned Charlie Griswold a sewers bureau bookkeeper about a Philadelphia visit on April 1. The meeting with a man posing as Mr Schaeffer aimed to fix a sale of chemically preserved hose for the New York Fire Department with a commission for Griswold. Griswold said he trailed the trap to expose the scheme and denied involvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sea Island
Mitchel
Fire Department
Charlies P. Griswold
Bureau of Sewers
Philadelphia
F. Sheppard
Department of Accounts
Schaeffer
Griswold
Pennsylvania
New York Fire Department
Sheppard
New Bingham Hotel
Fabric Hose Company
Johnson
Alfred Downs
Commissioner Mitchel
C. A. Wanzer
Mr. Sheppard
Robert C Caldwell Near Death in Ward's Island Hospital
Robert C Caldwell, famed for his Cruse case testimony in London, lies near death at Manhattan State Hospital for the Insane on Ward's Island. Doctors diagnose senile dementia and say he will not be released. He is confined to a bed in Ward 4 and constantly watched as he may die at any moment. Hospital officials note no further extradition efforts are expected from the British government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert C. Caldwell
London
Manhattan State Hospital
Ward's Island
New Yorker Accused of Smuggling Lambskins in Plattsburg
Joseph Breitman of 244 Bleecker Street New York arrested by Deputy U S Marshal Haron on a complaint by Henry Harmon Noble for alleged fraudulent entry of 269 Persian lambskins valued at over 100. The skins, hidden in a fur package shipped by express from Montreal to Breitman, were found by a customs deputy. Breitman held in 1000 bail for examination next Thursday, claims no involvement and says partner or assistant packed the order. He has hired a lawyer and seeks bail in New York but no bondsman secured tonight.
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Plattsburg
N. Y
Joseph Breltman
Bleecker Street
New York City
United States
Haron
Henry Harmon Noble
Express
Breitman
Montreal
New York
Gilliland
Abraham Bernstein
Buffalo Bill Wild West to welcome cripples and orphans
Colonel Cody plans a Monday Madison Square Garden show for crippled and orphan children with best seats reserved and programmes given by Indian papooses. Unlisted homes may apply through the Buffalo Bill manager for admissions to ensure no sick or orphan is forgotten. later in the week Arabs Devlin's Zouaves Indians and Japanese will perform for hospitalised children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colonel Cody
Buffalo Bill
Madison Square Garden
Buffalo
Wild West
Devlin
Bonds Sold by Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company
Announcement that $5,000,000 of 4 percent convertible BRT bonds purchased by J P Morgan & Co. as financial agent have been sold. Proceeds will repay coating debt of $4,713,268. Market rose from 71.5 to 73.5, last at 72, with heavy trading.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company
J. P. Morgan & Co
Treasury
Compan Treasury
Alfred E Dieterich Divorced in Supreme Court
In a Supreme Court ruling Justice McCall granted an interlocutory absolute divorce to Alfred E. Dieterich from Edna Young Dieterich on advice of referee Samson Lachman. Custody of Grace E. Dieterich, six, awarded to the father. mother barred from interfering. Married April 14, 1900. Mrs. Dieterich eloped to Europe with Harry S. Brenchley. Paris now suspected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samson Lachman
Justice McCall
Supreme Court
Alfred E. Dieterich
Edna Young Dieterich
Grace E. Dieterich
Dieterich
Europe
Harry 8. Brenchley
Alfred G. Vanderbilt
Albert Young
No. 19
East 54Th Street
Lewis G. Young
Bermel Attacks Metz Over City Work Dismissals
Bermel criticizes Controller Metz in a letter blaming him for much of the discredit faced by the Borough of Queens and himself as president. He questions actions in fixing Kissena Park and the parade ground price at Flushing, demanding investigations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Metz
Borough of
Queens
Bermel
Hermel
Kissena Park
Flushing
Aldine Association Hosts Evening Miniature Aerial Progress Exhibit
The Aldine Association at Fifth avenue and sth street will entertain members and friends at the clubhouse this evening. A miniature exhibition of aerial progress is planned and a discussion on the topic will follow. Invited speakers include Alexander Graham Bell Hudson Maxim F Hopkinson Smith Major George Squier Augustus Post and Homer Davenport. Dinner is to be served at 7 30 o clock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aldine Association
Fifth Avenue
Sth Street
Alexander Graham Bell
Hudson Maxim
F. Hopkinson Smith
George ©. Squier
Augustus Post
Homer Davenport
Mines Close In Pittsburg District Over Arbitration Stand
Pittsburg April 27. Operators shut almost all local coal mines started up last week due to alleged veiled threats by local United Mine Workers officials.President Francis Feehan reportedly warned operators to pay two cents more per ton for slate lifting, a remark seen as bad faith. Only about 2 percent of mines remain in operation pending arbitration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Tribune
Pittsburg
Coal Miners’ Union
Toledo
Francis Feehan
United Mine Workers
Bermel's Answer Postponed in Kissena Park Sale Affair
Albany April 27 J Newton Fiero of Albany and F H Van Vechten of New York representing Joseph Bermel president of Queens Borough secured a postponement for Bermel to answer charges tied to the Kissena Park sale the Governor is asked to remove Bermel from office Hughes refused to rule on his jurisdiction noting prior determination in Ahearn case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
J. Newton Fiero
F. H. van Vechten
New York
Joseph Bermel
Borough of
Queens
Bermel
Hughes
Kissena Park
John F. Ahearn
Manhattan Borough
Ivins Heads Revision Board
William M. Ivins was elected chairman of the new charter revision commission at its first meeting yesterday. J. Cowden Meyers was chosen secretary and Moses Altman, clerk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William M. Ivins
New Charter Revision Commission
J. Cowden Meyers
Moses Altman
Queens Democratic chair resigns. election scheduled tonight
President Joseph Bermel of Queens informed the committee secretary of his retirement from the Democratic County Committee chair. A meeting at the Shinnecock Clubhouse in Hunter's Point, Queens, will elect a new chairman this evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Torough
Joseph Bermel
Queens
Democratic County Committee of
Shinnecock
Hunter's Point
Stock Exchange Seats See Price Gains Amid Recovery
Improvement in financial conditions pushes New York Stock Exchange seat prices higher with sales at 70,000 and 71,000 dollars and earlier trades around 65,000. Panic lows last fall saw seats at about 110 pounds with high marks near 100,000 dollars. Les Shaw held inquiries into Canadian capitalists planning a holding company to acquire Montreal Street Railway and Montreal Light Power firms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Stock Exchange
Il. M. Shaw
Leslie M. Shaw
Carnegie Trust Company
Montreal
Montreal Street Railway Company
Montreal Light, Heat and Power Company
Prisoner Breaks Handcuffs Near Jefferson Market
Jost Sattler, sought in Switzerland for highway robbery and attempted murder, escaped from handcuffs during transport to Jefferson Market court yesterday but was recaptured by Detective Dietsch. Magistrate Barlow set bail at 5900 dollars for forty eight hours awaiting Swiss advice. Sattler previously broke chains in Switzerland, injuring two gendarmes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jost Sattler
Switzerland
Jefferson Market
Dietsch
Sattler
Lte
Herman Handrich
Barlow
Brewsters Express wreck verdict awards 825 percent damages
Miss Annie Mahoney a Brewsters school teacher won a Supreme Court verdict at White Plains against New York Central Railroad for injuries from the Brewsters express wreck in February. A sealed jury verdict was opened yesterday and the plaintiff lost one leg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annie Mahoney
Brewsters
New York Central Railroad
Supreme Court
White Plains
Brewsters Express
Homes for Cultured Persons at Oakland Bungalow Colony
A suburban settlement by Mrs. R. Vernam in Oakland Bergen County New Jersey offers camping privileges for $25 credited to a lot purchase. It targets cultured residents of moderate means with a boarding mansion and a seven room bungalow for rent. The site, 33 miles from New York on two rail lines, features a church model school and clean water likened to Poland water amid typhoid concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. Vernam
Oakland
Bergen County
N. J
New York
New Jersey
Poland
Lost London mail bags believed stolen in transit
New York postal officials say two London bags never arrived in the city. The double story claims the bags held registered mail valued at Sid and sent aboard the Majestic and the Philadelphia in the last week of March. It is believed the bags were stolen and routed through with a mail loss scenario sometimes observed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
London
Majestic
Philadelphia
Despondent Chinaman Leaps to Death from Tenement Roof
Long Winds, forty years old, a prominent Chinese dealer in art curios, committed suicide yesterday morning by jumping from the six story building at 61 Eighth Avenue. He resided at 349 Eighth Avenue next door and was a member of Long Sang To, importers of Chinese goods at 7 Fifth Avenue. Brother Long Wan Shuk said hard times reduced Chinese purchases, leaving Long despondent despite a wife and home in Hong Kong. he was reputed wealthy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long
Eighth Avenue
Long Sang T &O
Fifth Avenue
Long Wan Shuk
Hong Kong
Involuntary bankruptcy filings hit several firms in Manhattan
Petitions filed in U S Court name H P Binswanger Co at 3 West 29th St Louis A Lehmaier and Bernard D Thorner as creditors with claims over 20 000 and 425 respectively James P L Davenport named receiver for the estate Cited debtors include David Davis tailor 41 New St Tuchler & Koln 68 Barclay St Louis Wollowitg dealer 38 ½ Grand St David Wass dry goods 14 Stanton St Daniel Offenbitter Dawson St and others with assets and liabilities listed John French named transferee of part assets including West Indies real estate tied to foreign commission merchants Ernest St George Lough and Robert H M Burrows associated with the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. P. Binswanger Company
West 29Th Street
Louis A. Lehmaier
Bernard D. Thorner
Barnett Binswanger
Karl Gutterman
Alfred ©. Coxe, Jr
David Davis
New Street
Benjamin Pincus
Boroch Fincus
Pincus Diesenbrook
Tuchler & Koln
Barclay Street
Julius Lande
Shulamn Kerhnberg
Samuel Rappaport
James PL Davenport
Louis Wollowitg
Grand Street
Reppel Friedland
Hyman Skhlamberg
Jacob Lo Gross
Charles Chadwick
David Wass
Stanton Street
Harry Shultz
Abraham
Han Lepowt
City News In Brief On An Incident And Playward Note
Annie Duffy was taken to Williamsburg Hospital after an autopey on Sunday. Dr Charles Wuest ruled death from cirrhosis of the liver. Her brother Bernard Duffy and sister Mrs Margaret Anderson face discharge after arrest on suspicion Editha Burglary. The Little Princess play will be staged this afternoon at the Children's Theatre.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annie Duffy
Williamsburg Hospital
Charles Wuest
Bernard Duffy
Margaret Anderson
Editha
Children’s Educational Theatre
City History Club
Ailiano
Public hearing on city franchise act in New York City
Statutory notice announces a public hearing on the act titled AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR RAPID TRANSIT RAILWAYS IN CITIES OF OVER ONE MILLION INHABITANTS at the Mayor's Office City Hall New York on Thursday April 30 1908 at 10 20 AM. Dated City Hall New York April 27 1904 GEORGES B MCCLELLAN Mayor. Also notes another hearing on related bill at City Hall New York on Thursday April 30 1908 the time to be announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City OF New York
Croton
City Hall
City of
New York
O'Clore
George B. McClellan
POLIC
Orice A. M. al
Newark
Tae George B
Melellay Maor
George H. McClelean
Orinck AL ML
George BL McClell
Senate
Beth Tranches
Brooklyn
Lecce
Georges B. McClellann
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Vtreeland and
Sans District
Immigration Office
City
NEW Yorker
Vanderbilt
Ivins
Warlborough
Bienheim
America
Atlantic City
Josiah White & Sons
Traymore
Qatlantic City
N.124
Fetel
Traymore Hotel Company
Chas. O. Marquette
S&s
Stock Exchange
Chalfonte
LEEDS_ COMPANY
United States Court
City News
Galen Hall Hotel and Sanatorium
N. 1
F. L. Young
Morton
Virginia Ave
Beach
N. R. Haines
Dennis
Atlantic City, N. J
eSea
Boston Ave
Ostend
Ocean
White Service Orchestra
Ewuster
Coch
Stony Rim Ave
Grammer
Ate Ter
Holmhurst
War Beach
Atlantic
Ocean View
Colt
Su Hotel
Henry Cananel
Comhean
Fourth Avenue
Gramercy
Tribune 2
38Th
Sith Ste
6Th Ave
Mathews Art
Madison Ave
Daniel I. Kennedy
Dresden
Sheffield
Beth
Pers St
Mainfield
Hotel Gramatan
Bronxville—Westchester Co
Ham ™m
Lanninters
Garden City
Long Island
J. J. Lannin CO
Hull Davidson
Union Square
Briarcliff Lodge
Briarcliff Manor
East 46Th Sc
D. B. Plumer
Prospect House
Scking
Edgewood
Greenwich
On the Sound
Autor Ts
Ore Simpson
Adidresea Lakewood
Veranstas
New Hampshire
Waumbek & Gottages
Jefferson, N. H
White Mountains
Virginia
Virginia Hot Springs
Othes Pennsylvania Railroad
Sterry
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