Dr Wise Raps Croker at Tammany Hall Dinner
Dr Stephen Wise assails Richard Croker and Tammany politics at the Ethical Social League dinner in New York, denouncing the croker gathering as a public shame. Dr Maurice Harris attacks modern religious methods, criticizing mass marketing of religion and entertainment driven worship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Croker
Stephen S. Wise
Free Synagogue
Maurice H. Harris
Temple Israel
Ethical-Social League
Martha Washington
Dr. Wise
Supreme Court
Croker
Murphy
Mr. Croker
Tammany Hall
Hughes
New York
Tammani
Gag
Platt
United States Senate
Tammany Tigers
Harris
Automobile Club of America to enter aviation field
The Automobile Club of America plans to establish an aviation section competing with the Aero Club of America and the Aeronautic Society. Members may pursue practical aeronautics including dirigible balloons. The board of governors will discuss the plan at the next meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Automobile Club of America
Aero Club of America
Aeronautic Society
Board of Governors
The
Automobile Club
No car hold up on Third Avenue Line says police
Allen street detectives dismissed claims of four armed men stopping a car on the Third Avenue Line near Houston Street and Bowery. Conductor William Hughes had said he was robbed after a quarrel with merrymakers refusing fares, but he later admitted only pockets were picked and no hold up occurred. Patrolman Rutledge reported the earlier account to Mulberry Street station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen Street
Third Avenue
Houston Street
Bowery
William Hughes
Hughes
Rutledge
Eldridge Street
Mulberry Street
George Edwards Held for Robbery in New Rochelle Heist
George Edwards was arrested in New Rochelle by Policeman Deveau in connection with a 33 000 jewel theft from a secret panel in Mrs. A. M. Seixas Yonkers widow's library wall. He fled with a chamois bag, which police later found to contain five large diamonds and other Seixas jewelry. Edwards was turned over to Yonkers police and gave no statement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Edwards
New Rochelle
Deveau
A. M. Seixas
Yonkers
Edwards
Seixas Edwards
Satterlee Accepts Post as Assistant Secretary of Navy
Herbert I. Satterlee of New York accepted the offer to be Assistant Secretary of the Navy. A cable announced the appointment to naval fleets worldwide, with Satterlee set to assume duties soon. He noted no plans beyond March 4 and looked forward to serving in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert L. Satterlee
Secretary of the Navy
Washington
Herbert I. Satterlee
New York
Satterlee
Morton
Yates Stirling
Asiatic Station
Admiral Stirling
Mr. Satterlee
Navy Department
Troops Depart Keasbey Strike Area
The two remaining national guardsmen left Keasbey amid a strike at the National Fireproofing and Brick plants as strikers drifted between work and resistance. Deputy sheriffs and detectives guard the sites while 200 strikebreakers operate three plants in New York barges. A night of shooting occurred with no injuries reported. Labor leaders Cornelius Ford and Jacob Tazellaar spoke to the crowd, sent by Samuel Gompers at A. A. Quinns request.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tribune
Perth Amboy
N. J
National Guardsmen
National Fireproofing
Keasbey
National Fireproofing Company
New York
Cornelius Ford
Hopoken
New Jersey
Former Congressmen Arrested Over Old Printing Bill
Former congressman Clarence D. Van Duzer of Nevada and his firm were involved in a printed matter debt case. An arrest order was issued by City Court Justice Peter Schmuck, but later vacated. A $34,327 judgment arose from a printing bill guaranteed by Van Duzer, with multiple orders and examinations noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence D. van Duzer
Nevada
C. D. van Duzer & Co
No. 25
Broad Street
Edwin C. Bruen
Peter Schmuck
Deiehant
van Duzen
Justice Conlon
Schmuck
van Duzer
Justice Schmuck
van Duser
A Little Scotch for Aldermen Visit by Harry Lauder
Harry Lauder the Scotch comedian led a delegation of Highlanders in kilts through City Hall. At the Board of Aldermen they sparked a bagpipe and song welcome, prompting long applause from members and thanks from President McGowan. In General Sessions Judge Foster invited Lauder to sit on the bench as he suspended a sentence, citing Lauder songs describing being very awful drunk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Lauder
Mayor McClellan
Board of Aldermen
Harry Lander
Lander
McGowan
Court of General Sessions
Criminal Courts
Foster
Mr. Lauder
O' Lauder
Captain Cray's Trial Ends Amid Defence At Police HQ
Captain Cray of East 31st Street station faced charges over not suppressing a prize fight at the Roman Athletic Club on November 2. Commissioner Bingham reserved decision after Cray testified he sent five plainclothes men who failed to gain entry. The exchange highlighted accountability for officers and transferred personnel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Captain Cray
East 31Th Street
Charles F. Murphy
Bingham
Roman Athletic Club
Cray
Gould seeks strike from amended complaint in divorce suit
Justice Seabury denied Frank J. Gould's bid to strike eleven of twenty three allegations in Mrs Helen Kelly Gould’s absolute divorce action. Gould obtained an order requiring his wife’s original complaint to be more specific after her lawyers filed an amended complaint detailing the charges. Gould objected to the amended filing as improper in Les Whe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank J. Gould
Helen Kelly Gould
Justice Seabury
Supreme Court
Gould
Mr. Gould
Les
Death by Own Action Ties Cowper And Wallick Pact
Letters found after the suicides of Eleanor Merron Cowper the playwright and actress and James H Wallick reveal a mutual pact to die when life no longer attracted them. Cowper planned cremation details and asked for discreet handling with no services, awaiting a time after the election. The Stephen Merritt Burial Company cremated her remains and planned burial beside her husband and near Wallick’s grave at Middletown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tribune
Middletown
N. Y
Eleanor Merron Cowper
New York
James H. Wallick
Commercial
Mr. Wallick
H. B. Royce
Royce
Taylor, Royce & Royce
J. B. Royce
Stephen Merritt
Eighth Avenue
19Th Street
J. H. Waterman
West 51St Street
Stephen Merritt Burial Company
Mrs Rustin a Witness in Omaha Murder Case
In Omaha on December 1 jury selection finished for the Charles E. Davis murder trial of Dr Frederick Rustin. Witnesses included Mrs R E Archer who testified she heard the shots and saw Mrs Rustin struggle to move her husband inside. Dr Rustin’s widow Grace Howe Rustin testified about their marriage, relocation to Omaha, his medical success, and financial pressures. She disclosed a $75,000 policy with $22,000 accident coverage and $23,279 already paid. Defense attorney William Gurley indicated plans to show Dr Austin may have planned suicide to collect life insurance and promised a fresh witness near the shooting scene to support a time gap before responders arrived.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha
Charles E. Davis
Frederick Rustin
R. E. Archer
Rustin
Dr. Austin
Gurley
Chauffeur in Tombs After Fatal 88th Street Crash
Herman Miller, chauffeur for O L Richards, was remanded to the Tombs in $19,000 bail after striking Mrs Caroline Layer on 88th Street near Columbus Avenue. Miller claimed a mud guard struck her, denied that wheels passed over her, and said he feared stopping. Coroner Shrady denounced him as a dangerous reckless driver. Earlier, Bird the ex-sergeant facing extortion charges testified, with the case to be decided by a jury today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herman ©. Miller
West 108Th Street
O. L. Richards
East 72d Street
Caroline Layer
West
1Sth Street
88Th Street
Columbus Avenue
Nerney
Bugher
Shrady
Miller
Price Miller
F. W. Delissroth
Binns
Bird
Peter J. Bird
Hcense Bureau
Matone
Newport Elects P. J. Boyle Mayor
Newport RI voters chose Patrick J. Boyle ten time mayor as the new city chief after a heated election under the new charter with vote counting extending past midnight. The result confirmed Boyle as mayor for the coming term and marked a record contest in Newport politics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newport
P. J. Boyle
R. I
Patrick J. Boyle
Harriman and Frisco Plan Over $40 Million Bond Issue
Preparations are nearly complete for the St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad to issue long term bonds exceeding 40 million dollars to cover outstanding obligations. The Frisco’s financing is being arranged with Kuhn, Loeb & Co, with several other banks likely to join, signaling closer Harriman influence in the Rock Island system and potential links with the Central of Georgia network.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis & San Francisco Railroad Company
Frisco
Wall Street
Kuhn, Loeb & Co
Speyer & Co
Rock Island
Trust Company of America
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad Company
Birmingham
Ala
Central of
Yonkers voids trolley grants tied to 1899 and 1907 franchises
Yonkers Common Council, on advice from Corporation Counsel Charles E. Otts, formally revoked all trolley franchises granted to Yonkers Railroad Company in 1899 and 1907. The action forfeits a $50,000 bond, which could not be found at government offices. The bond’s fate traces to a memo to former City Attorney Thomas F. Curran, who denied knowledge of it. Affected lines include the South Broadway, Elm and Walnut street, and Speedway Extension under the 1907 grants, though the latter was never laid. the 1899 grants cover Central and Jerome avenues, Park Avenue beyond Shennard Place, double tracks on New Main Street and Yonkers Avenue, part of the Tuckahoe line, and the Sawmill River Road line not yet built.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yonkers
Common Council of
Charles E. Otts
Thomas F. Curran
New Main Street
Yonkers Avenue
Tuckahoe
Sawmill River Road
Saloons Close In New Bedford Marlboro Elections
Boston December 1 New Bedford and Marlboro voted to close saloons in municipal elections. Seven of thirty three cities held votes on no license with Northampton and Fitchburg also voting no license. Fitchburg plus reduced majorities elsewhere. Pittsfield stayed with license. Mayors mostly re elected. Frederick OConnell won Fitchburg. Jenkins trial in Brooklyn did not go to jury as defense and prosecution prepare for noon verdict.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
New Bedford
Marlboro
Northampton
Fitchburg
Pittsfield
M. Frederick O'Connell
Queensboro Bridge blunders double waste and misbuilt spans
The article critiques the Queensboro Bridge project, arguing that heavier floor beams and trusses were added beyond contract specs, overloading river spans and wasting over $10 million in steel and concrete. It notes shore spans are unnecessarily heavy, while river spans were built with fundamental engineering errors.
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James S. Coward
Greerwich St
N.Y
Een
Will
C. D. van Duzer
City Hall
F. J. Gould
Mrs. Cowper
Dr. Lyon
Harriman
Yonkers Council
Bond
Bay State
Jenkins
John G. Jenkins
Jenkins Trust Company
Brooklyn
Stephen C. Baldwin, Jr
Baldwin
Mr. Jenkins
Chicago, Union Pacific & North Western Line
Chicago
Missouri River
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Portland
Riverside
Pasadena
R. M. Johnson
Chicago & North Western Ry
Broadway
Res
B. Akan & CO
34Th Street
35Th Street
St. Avenue
Tive
Lehigh Valley
Buffalo
Niagara Falls
Woodlawn
Lake
Lehigh Valley Ticket Offices
Fulton Street
Newark
Queensboro Bridge
Manhattan
Queens
Safet
California
Union Pacific
Southern Pacific
J. B. Defriest
New Yorks
Rudolph Hass
Hass
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