Wasserman Arrested on Extortion Charge in Police Tug-of-War
The Newark era dispute widened as Sergeant Wasserman faced a warrant for extortion served at the Alexander Avenue station. Commissioner Bingham and District Attorney Jerome traded barbs amid claims of political favoritism and investigations. Additional figures Mara Reardon and others were mentioned as the probe expanded with arraignments set for January 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District Attorney’s Office
Alexander Avenue
Joseph A. Wasserman
McAuliffe
Donohue
Werczinski
Bingham
Wasserman
Crane Wasserman
Essex Market
Jerome
Police Department
Daniel Slattery
Wasse
Burfeind
Pingham
Bleeker Street
Detective Bureau
Wasserman and
Mara
Hanson
Smyth
Abraham Levy
Reardon
Brenman
Jefferson Market Court
Cornell
Criminal Courts
Officers of 12th Regiment Resign from National Guard
Three officers of the 12th Regiment resigned from the national guard last night. Captain Robert N. Parker of Company A, Lieutenant Philip A. Mills now in Philadelphia, and Lieutenant J. Cooper Lord of Company G, who becomes president of the Brooklyn Cooperage Company, announced resignations approved. Further personnel changes may follow before Colonel Dyer returns from Europe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
12Th Regiment
National Guard
Huston
Dyer
Robert XN. Parker
Company A
Philip A. Mills
Philadelphia
J. Cooper Lord
Brooklyn Cooperage Company
Nationa
Europe
Executor Assents to Knickerbocker Trust Reorganization Plan
Surrogate Thomas approves the executor’s assent to the Knickerbocker Trust Company plan of reorganization proposed by Herbert L. Satterlee as committee chairman. He notes the trust company holds estates impounded by order of the Surrogates and acts as trustee in this matter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas
Knickerbocker Trust Company
Herbert L. Satterlee
Election of Coffee Exchange Officers in New York
The Coffee Exchange of New York elected officers yesterday with Percy B. O Sullivan as president Henry Hentz as vice president James H Kirby as treasurer and a 16 member board of managers serving two years Also named were James H Taylor and others While William L Mitchell ran as an independent for governor for ten years he was defeated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coffee Exchange
City of
New York
Percy B. O'Sullivan
Henry Hentz
James H. Kirby
Board of
James H. Taylor
Pickslay
Frank Norton
Richard Louis Seligsberg
Wiliam J. Dukes
A. M. Walbridge
Wiliam L. Mitchell
State Controller objects to estate accounting in Merilion case
Mineola Lone Island Jan 16 State Controller Glyan Flea objects to the accounting filed by James Clinch Smith as executor of the estate of Mrs Cornelia Stewart Merilion who died in France. The estate value is variably estimated from 1.00 to 91.50.08 and the Controller claims the accounting is erroneous. His estimate is 781015 while two appraisers appointed by Surrogate Jackson HL concur.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mineola
Lone Island
Glyan Flea
James Clinch Smith
Cornelia Stewart Merilion
France
Jackson HL
Hanover Postmaster Confesses Robbery Hoax
Hanover New Hampshire January 16 Postmaster Leon F Sampson confessed to local authorities that he staged a robbery story to cover a cash shortage at the Hanover post office He admitted misusing funds to pay creditors and the $285 found in a tobacco box helped clear the record The shortage was later made good by the postmaster
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hanover
N. H
Leon F. Sampson
Sampson
United States
Concord
Gauthier
Public Service Commissioners Hear Yonkers Vestibule Request
A joint hearing of the 1st and 2d district Public Service Commissions considered Yonkers Common Council demands for full vestibules on winter trolley cars. The case involves lines entering Yonkers and a pending stock-change at Third Avenue Railroad and Union Railway. An adjourned session will admit new ownership testimony. engineer Freemont Wilson rebutted semi vestibules as drafty and uncomfortable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Public Service Commissions
Common Council of
Yonkers
Decker, Osborn and Sague
Willcox, Eustis and
Maltbie
Decker
Charles P. Northrop
Bowers & Sands
Central Trust Company
Third Avenue Railroad
Union Railway
Westchester
Woman Vanishes After Threat of Suicide in New York
Detectives seek Mrs. Frederick A. Warner wife of a London shoe merchant who disappeared in this city after leaving Boston and New York clues. She visited her mother in Dorchester and warned relatives of a planned death by her own action sending a check for her suitcase. She is described as 35, five feet nine, dark hair and eyes, 159 pounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick A. Warner
London
New York
Belmont
Warner
Death by Own Action Over Bank Closing Widows Despondent
Mrs Ellen L Sharp wife of Le Baron B Sharp of Manhattan drank poison in Brooklyn on Wednesday. She was the daughter of Charles M Davidson director of Williamsburg Trust Company. The couple lived at 29 Stuyvesant avenue with their infant son and were distressed by the bank closure. Her great grandfather William Leighton was once renowned as a wealthy Brooklyn figure. Executor John G Jenkins Jr handled the will. The estate originally valued at 1 250 000 has yielded 2 000 000 to heirs with 250 000 undivided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellen L. Sharp
Charles M. Davidson
Williamsburg Trust Company
le Baron B. Sharp
Manhattan
Lawrence
Stuyvesant Avenue
Brooklyn
William Leighton
John G. Jenkins, Jr
First Panel Sheriff's Jury Dines at Delmonico's
The first panel of the Sheriff's jury of 198 met at Delmonico's with Sheriff Foley, Andrew Carnegie, Justices Dowling Goff Fitzgerald Newberger McCall Scott and ex-Lt. Gov. Woodruff among guests. Woodruff praised Foley and Carnegie joked about being innocent in court. Cadman urged able politicians and honest policies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheriff's Jury
Delmonico’s
Thomas F. Foley
Andrew Carnegie
Dowling
Goff
Timothy L. Woodruff
Fitzgerald
McCall, Newberger
Scott
Frank R. Lawrence
Lotus Club
Woodruff
Sheriff Foley
East Gist Street
S. Parkes Cadman
Metz and Coler Clash Over City Contracts at Unemployed Meet
At Beethoven Hall a Central Federated Union mass meeting demanded resumption of suspended public works. Controller Metz and Borough President Coler debated funding and bond plans while unions cited 31.8 million in contracts held up.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Federated Union
Beethoven Hall
Metz
Coley
Brooklyn
A. B. MacStay
McClellan
James H. Hatch
International Upholsterers’ Union
Coler
McGowan
Board of Aldermen
James Daly
Dock Builders’ Association
Dock Department
Daly
Staten Island
Lawsuit Over Editorial Clash Between Ochs NY Times and Journal
The suits were brought by Mr. Ochs and the New York Times Publishing Company against The New York American and The Evening Journal after the editorial titled Mr. Belmont and His Tame Ochs. The eight provisional jurors impanelled were discharged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ochs
New York Times Publishing Company
New York American
Evening Journal
Belmont
Bank Officers Elected Across Several Institutions
Directors reelect officers at multiple New York banks. A. D. Bennett resigns as Night and Day Bank president, Samuel S. Campbell named president. Lincoln Trust and other banks renew boards and top posts, with retirements and pension provisions noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. D. Bennett
Samuel S. Campbell
United States Mortgage and Trust Company
Frederick Phillips
Lincoln Trust Company
Bennett
Port Huron
Mich
Owen Ward
Trenor L. Park
Henry L. Ca Ann
George L. Storm
Interboro Bank
Herbert B. Wenig
H. W. Baker
William Moller
German Exchange Bank
Henry Weiler
Eugene A. Philbin
Lawyers’ Title Insurance and Trust Company
Arthur Day
G. Fardi
New York Life Insurance and Trust Company
Fourth National Bank
Seaboard National Bank
Maritime Ship Movements and Passenger Arrivals
Shipping notices list ports Havre Curacao Para Patras Jamaica Jamaica and New Orleans with dates January 7 10 11 12 13 15 and 15 30. Vessels named La Bretagne Maracaibo Graf Waldersee Plymouth Laura Admiral Dewey El Dia report arrivals and mail delivery from Pacific routes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Havre
Curacao
la Bretagne
Maracaibo
Justin
Para
Graf Waldersee
Westinghouse Denies Reports On Railroad Electric Plant
Westinghouse officials deny financial difficulties with the New Haven Railroad over the Cos Cob electric plant. L A Osborne cites only technical delays as crews work to perfect power house operations and locomotive equipment on the seventy mile electric zone with 35 engines already in service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westinghouse Company
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
Westinghouse
Cos Cob
L. A. Osborne
Maritime Vessel Schedule Listing for Atlantic Ports
A dense timetable lists ships and arrival times for routes between Caribbean, Atlantic, and Gulf ports including Altai Inagua Willem I Hayti Roslind Newfoundland Cienfuegos Santiago Yamuri Tampico Apache Jacksonville Lampasas Brunswick Jefferson Norfolk and more. It covers Saturday January 18 and Monday January 20 with ports such as St Paul Southampton Bermudian Philadelphia Curacao Mayaguez and Havana, noting lines from Red Cross NY & PR and Clyde and Mallory as operators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Altai
Inagua
Hamb-Am
Willem I
Hayti
D WI
Rosalind
Newfoundland
Red Cross
Cienfuegos
Santiago
Ward
Lampasas
Brunswick
Mallory
Jefferson
Norfolk
Old Dominion
St Paul
Southampton
Bermudian
Bermuda
Quebe
Philadelphia
Curacao
Red
Sercen
Mayaguez
NY & PR
Hortersius
Argentina
Houston
Havana
Pring Joachim
Jamaica
Hamb
Kelvingrove
Pernambuco
Brazilian
Seminole
Turk’s Island
Clyde
Hamilton
Maritime Route Fragments Across Pacific and Islands
A fragmented OCR item lists shipping or travel paths among Hawaii Japan Corea China and Philippine Islands with various via routes through San Francisco Vancouver Victoria BC and Pacific island destinations. Entries mention dates like Jan 29 and Jan 2 and times around 6:00 pm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ands
Tacoma
Cyclops
Hawaii
Japan
Corea
China
Philipa Islands
Fiji Islands
New Tahiti
Marquesas Islands
San Francisco
Mariposa
Philippine
Ilpine Islands
New Zealand
Cnia
Vancouver
Victoria
Milawera
Guam
Philippine Islands
US Transport
Hawkes Files Bankruptcy Petition in Boston
Frank E. Hawkes a real estate broker of 161 Devonshire Street filed a bankruptcy petition in U S Court. Total liabilities are 440 488 and assets 10. Secured liabilities total 434 90 with one hundred secured creditors including many banks and trust companies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
United States
Frank E. Hawkes
Devonshire Street
Shipping News Arrivals and Departures at Bar Lines
Shipping news lists arrivals at the Bar from January 1 to 16 for multiple steamers including Majestic Queenstown Kong Haakon Heatrice Cestrian American Bermudian Julia Luckenbach Hindustan Dorisbrook Bristol City Alleghany Momus and others with cargoes passengers mails ore copper ore and moise. Also notes sailings of Carmania City of Macon Helene Rickmers Kentucky Peninsular Alicia Bro Catania and more to various destinations. Wind northwest and clear conditions reported at Sandy Hook.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Majestic
Hayes
Southampton
Cherbourg
Queenstown
White Star Line
Kong Haakon
Nor
Apeland
Pillers Island
J A Horsey & Sons
Heatrice
Randall
Buenos Ayres
Montevideo
St Lucia
Bermudian
Bry
Fraser
Bermuda
E Outerbridge & Co
Moise
Julia Luckenbach
Connell
San Juan
Mayaguez
Arroyo
Ponce S
Insular
Hindustan
Lippledale
Savona
Gibraltar
Tweddell & Co
Bar
Dorisbrook
Bannister
Huelva
J H. Winchester
Bristol City
Carey
Bristol
Swansea
James Arkell & Co
Alleghany
Ger
Meisner
Port Au Prince
Momus
Bord
New Orleans
Southern Pacific Co
Senne Ee
Sewer News
Norfolk
Ominion
Withssengers and Moise
Sandy Hook
N. J
Carmania
Madeira
Naples
City of Macon
Savannah
Helene Rickmers
Yokohama
Algiers
Kentucky
Dan
Balttore
Mexico
Havana
Progreso
Peninsular
Por
Lisbon
Jn Fayal
Princess Anne
Newport News
Alicia Bro
Catania
Kenosha
Philadelphia
la Lorraine
Havre
Loostekken
Barcelona
Remarkable fresco found in Mexican seminary painting St Francis life
A post conquest fresco discovered in Cuernavaca seminary depicts the life of St. Francis. The vivid colors remain unusually well preserved, drawing admiration from the bishop and other church dignitaries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tribune
Cuernavac Mex
St. Francis
No Bass Ale Pipeline Rumor Denied by Company
An official Bass executive inquires rumors of laying a Burton on Trent pipeline to ship ale directly to U S customers. He states there is no truth to the plan and warns such a wartime supply line could be damaged by enemies, risking essential beer supply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tendon
Jen
Bess
Igh
Bess & Co
Burton-on-Trent
England
United States
Bankruptcy Petitions Filed in U S District Court
Several entities filed voluntary and involuntary petitions in the district court totaling liabilities well over $100000. Isaiah Frank lists assets including real estate and a medical library while Merritz Greenspan jeweller shows significant notes and bank deposits. Creditors include Kleinberg Probstein and Louis Woodrn, with receivership actions noted for P W Housefurnishing Company and Moschcovitz Garnett Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isaiah Frank
East Sfih Street
B. C. Horner
Louis
Carrie Adler
Merritz Greenspan
OCHS HEARST LIBEL SUIT DROPPED IN SUPREME COURT
Adolph Ochs, controlling owner of The New York Times, withdrew his libel suit against William Randolph Hearst after an overnight settlement. The statement said Ochs withdraws imputations against Hearst and asks to discontinue the action. Hearst and Brisban e consented to the discontinuance following court questions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adolph S. Gehs
New York Times
William Randolph Hearst
Supreme Court
Adolph
Ocus
Hearst
Brisbane
Mr. Ochs
New York
Urmes
Ochs
Marine Intelligence Miniature Almanac
The parcel lists sunrises and sunsets and tide times for Sandy Hook and Governor Island with moon age and astronomical data. It notes Mauretania reporting near Sandy Hook at 11:21 am yesterday and expected to dock about 5 pm today, and The Republic near South Wellfleet at noon yesterday, due about 10 am today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sandy Hook
Gov. Island
Hell Gate
Mauretania
Sable Island
the Republic
South Wellfleet
Steamers at Foreign Ports Mixed Movements Report
Shipping column lists numerous vessels sailing to and from New York via queenstown and other ports. Entries name ships such as Lusitania and Deutschland with origins and destinations including Liverpool, Manila, Genoa, and Philadelphia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Queenstown
Lusitania
New York
Liverpool
Montevideo
Jan Wiey Herminius
Bristol
Wells City Farm
Rio Janeiro
Gutture
Ger
Barbados
Naples
Aline
Trieste
Delagoa Bay
Corfe Castle
Cape Town
Dunkirk
Rahla
Strathyre
Singapore
Verona
Algiers
Manila
Purley
Ingapore
Southampton
Amerika
Cherbourg
Adriatic
Fry
Asuncion de Larrinagachi
Newark
Hull
Consuelo
Hong Kong
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J. C. Smith
P. S. Boards
Wife
Drinks
Foley
Rocers, Peer & Company
Broadway
Warren St
13Th St
McGibbon
Q Company
Nineteenth Street
Metz and
The
Fay Ssery
Port Arthur
Lady Gay
Paul Arning
Casino
Hackett
John Hsin
Dour Majestic
Fields Lew Fields
Herald Sa
To-mor
Blaney’s
Lincoln SQ
66Th Street
Spooner Stock CO
Frank H. Graf
Gouen & ‘Fitzperé
Sixth Avenue
Spencer's
Maiden Lane
Seventh Avenue
28Th St
Tribune Almanag
R S
Witherspoon eBuilding
Galveston Harbor
Tex
J. C. Sanford
Enzis
Badenia Cas*ton
Prince Gibraltar
Hamb-Am -Hamburg
Barry
Westinghouse CO
N. Y
Shipping News
Port of
Bass
United States District Court
P. & W. Housefurnishing Company
Samuel Schwartz
Carnshaw Stamping and Enamelling Company
Bowery
Moschcovitz-Garnett Company
Unicon Exchange Bank
Houghten & Lea
Ochs-Hearst
Justice Giegerich
Marine Intelligence
Cunard
Baltic
Star
Monterey
Vera Cruz
Grenada
Trinidad
Vince
Tralian Hersilia
Ite
Star Republic
Bristol Alamo
Galveston
Mallory Galveston
el Monte
Anama Castilian Prince
Prince Avannah
Mavannas
Lloyd-Sab Ke D'Itatia
Teay
Fee Seegset Fon de Stan
D'way
Miss Hook
Holland
Hudson Thea
Ethel Barry Hor
Clyde Fitch
Cosmo Eves
Gorden Lennox
Gariie Elliott
Sie
Knickerbocker
Bway
38Th Street
Mats
Victor Moore
George Cohan
SAVOY
le Prs
Pssst
34Th St
Ath Ave
Mary Garden
Miles
Trentini
Giacoma
MM Renaud
Laimpresa
Campanini
Mme
Tfetrazzine
MM Bassi
Ancona
Gilibert
Mmes
Russ
de Cisneros
Zenatelio
Sammarco
Arimondl
M. Maurice Renaud
Agostinelli de ¢Isneros
Zeppill
Gerville-Reache
Eucia DI Lamvermoor
Tetrazzini
Zenatello
Artmondt
Venturini
Louise
Miss Mary
Mme Bressler-sianoli
Dalmores Gilbert
Fri
Lucia DI Lammermoo
Sammares
Arimonti
Thais
Miss Mary Garden
Mile Trentini
Renaud
Daimores
Campanint
de Cisner
Zen Artmond
Wetropomtan
Farrar
Jack Wei
Reiss
Dufridhg Barocchi
Ferrar
Tristan
Isolde
Fremstad
Omer
Knote Blass
Muh
Mat
P. Byere DI
Kimar Jan
Gadski
Dufriche
Tristan Und Itad
Home Knote
van Roox Blass
Mahler
Eber
New Amsterdam
Merry Widow
Anna
Liberty Theatre
Eve
Eero
Polly Circe
George Evan
Lacy Weston
Whit Cu Flexmore
Cellins
45Th Street
MAY Belfort
Nlife
Danie Sisters
Lily Wt
Yvvilians
Peon
Rank Damrosch
Ie Alcca
Emitio DE Gogorza
David Belascoo
Stuyvesant
44Th Street
Lam Ao
Warfield
Lom Belasco
Warrens
Virginia
Academy OF Musi St. Vinw
Lise
Peleus
Ranchos
Madison
Bijou
as _ FAME
Wazingya
Come Music Hall
Weber
Merry Widdoww
Savage
ASTOR
Secret Orchard
Yeol A. Alle
Irene Witherley
Vesta Victoria
Julius Steger & Co
Louise Ageoust
Mack
Cliften Ford
Elix Barry Rarno
Comedy Co. Ofte
Carnegie Halt
Jany We Tany Symphony Society
NEW York Orchestra
Walter Gamrgsch
Sander
Bauer
Hetty King
Gus Edwards
Julian Rose
Laddie Clit
Hyams & Sntyre
Miles Stavedale Co
Brown & Newware
Brammer Stein
Yorke & Adams
Kolb & Dill
Wallace
Oneden Rish
Germak
Irving P
Sharp
Goethe
St St. Nicholas As
Bink
Datiy. Geh Sr
Col “Wanderers
Eden Musser
Ayesy Cinematogreaph
Chantel
Mae
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