Bridge Jam Shows Ordered Crowd Flow On Brooklyn Span
A bridge crash on Manhattan end of the Brooklyn structure prompted tighter crowd control. Police under Inspector Schmittberger kept order while engineers and officials praised the new system as trains moved smoothly from Park Row. Minor injuries occurred and a water tank leaked but panic was avoided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manhattan
Brooklyn
Pla
Brooklyn Rapid Transit
Schmittberger
Murtha
Park Row
Public Service Commission
Seaman
Ingersoll
Mr. Stevenson
Stevenson
Bridge
John Evc
Covert Avenue
Mason
Stillman
Lexington Avenue
Ridgewood
Metropolitan Avenue
Cypress Hills
Brighton Beach
North Gallery
North Centre
Fulton Street
City Line
South Centre
Fifth Avenue
Bay Ridge
Sea Beach
Culver Line
South Gallery
Bath Beach
West End
Sands Street
Jerome Unmoved by Rosalsky Opinion
District Attorney Jerome said he had too much work to read Judge Otto Rosalsky's opinion criticizing his conduct in the Wall & Cortlandt Street Ferries case. Rosalsky urged referring the evidence to another grand jury for a proper inquiry. Jerome said no court order or opinion would compel him to act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerome
Otto Rosalsky
Paul D. Cravath
Thomas F. Evan
Questi
Grand
Wall & Cortlandt Street Ferries
Rosaisky
Mir
Rosalsky
Motz Defies Questioning In Queens Park Inquiry
In the Queens County Grand Jury probe into the Kissena Park swamp land sale to the city for 40000, jurors were moved from Long Island City to Flushing amid talk of indictments. Notary George Motz again refused to answer Assistant Attorney General Nathan Vidaver’s questions, risking contempt. Vidaver and former ADA James W. Osborne clashed with Justice Garretson as testimony stalled this session, with disclosures anticipated before the investigation ends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Queens County Grand Jury
Egnty
Kissena Park
Long Island City
Flushing
Justice Garretson
Supreme Court
Jastice Garretson
George Motz
Nathan Vidaver
Garretson
James W. Osborne
Dstrict
Mett
Garretson Motz
Videver
Droege Case Remains Open as Inquiry Proceeds
The investigation into Magistrate Droege over alleged irregularities at the night court continues. District Attorney Smyth notes Mayor's representative reviewing evidence, with no grand jury date set. Possible anti tipping law issue cited. Mayors request for resignation discussed with Corporation Counsel Pendleton. Accounts staff audit night court records. Bar Association grievance committee has not yet acted.
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Droege
Smyth
Pendleton
Bar Association
Fireworks Case Decision Affects New York Suits
Court of Appeals rules on a Madison Square fireworks explosion during election night 19% that killed and injured, likely defeating about 70 pending suits and $3 million in claims. It could place responsibility on The New York American for the display as the city argued the suspension applied to political parades not a celebration by Hearst or his paper. The Melker case for $25,000 is key, and the ruling marks private enterprise as a factual issue for juries.
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Court of Appeals
New York
Madison Square
New York American
Board of Aldermen
Hearst
Samuel Melker
Wont Close Hospital on Nassau County Long Island
Nassau County Hospital at Mineola says it will stay open despite debt and funding shortfalls. A meeting at Hotel Buckingham announced no patients will be refused, beds to be endowed by villages, and expansion to both allopathic and homeopathic doctors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nassau County Hospital
Mineola
Long Island
Buckingham
Townsend Scudder
Supreme Court
Nassau County
Edward Willets
Roslyn
Ellis Island Watchman Missing and Ellis Island
James B McDougall longtime Ellis Island watchman and Treasury Department employee vanished on January 16 after aiding Harry Schaune a German passenger. Schaune was detained for possessing government funds. McDougall resigned quietly after receiving a 1000 mark note, equivalent to about 236 dollars, for helping the escape to Manhattan.
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James B. McDougall
Ellis Island
Treasury Department
Upper Bay
Manhattan Island
James
McDougall
Germany
Harry Schaune
United States
Schaune
Schauwe
Manhattan
New York
Promoter John Persch Sues for Absolute Divorce
John Peter Persch sues his wife Gretchen Persch for absolute divorce in Supreme Court with a counter suit filed by Mrs Persch seeking slimony and counsel fees. She names former wife Flora Loomis Persch as alleged corroborating corespondent and alleges alimony support of $200 weekly is feasible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Peter Persch
Gretchen Persch
Justice Leventritt
Supreme Court
Persch
Flora Loomis Persch
Frederick RB. Rehl
East 34Th Street
Rehl
Tramps in Majority Fakes Form 99 Percent
Investigators from the joint application bureau report fewer than one percent of applicants at the Municipal Lodging House are bona fide unemployed. Charity officials and the Industrial Christian Alliance traced hundreds of records, finding most men are wanderers seeking aid while some plan to enlist. About fifty men are being housed while dozens of histories are scrutinized as officials warn of a large number near public charity and note a surge at army recruiting stations.
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Wanderers
Harvey G. Furbay
Industrial Christian Alliance
Bleecker Street
Charity Organization Society
Detroit
Charity Department
Robert W. Hebberd
Charities
Hebberd
United States Army
Hardin
Third Avenue
Fort Slocum
Man Dies Saving Son From Train at Great Kills
John Gladys, 39, of Annandale, a machinist at Princess Bay, died after shoving his eleven year old son, Harry, to safety from an oncoming Staten Island Rapid Transit train at Great Kills. Both crossed the tracks. Gladys slipped on ice and the engine severed his feet, killing him minutes later while witnesses cried out.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Staten Island
Great Killl
John Gladys
Annandale
White Dental Works
Princess Bay
Gladys
Harry
David Wilson
Barnes Juror Quits In Long Suit Over $900000
Ex Judge Edward F. Brown seeking dismissal of Thurlow Weed Barnes suit for $900000 claiming services securing concessions for the America China Development Company. Justice Davis to rule today. Diamond Necklace group included Brice Stillman Belmont Morgan and 27 others. Trial with eleven jurors after a juror was fined $100 for absence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward F. Brown
America-China Development Company
Justice Davis
Supreme Court
Thurlow Weed Barnes
Diamond Necklace
Calvin S. Brice
James Stillman
August Belmont
J. Pierpont Morgan
Chinese Railways Syndicate
Barnes
Policeman Dawkins Arrested for Burglary in Brooklyn
George Dawkins of the Adams Street station was arrested after Scott Ryan and Harry Boyd confessed, implicating the officer who allegedly planned the burglary at Scharfenberg Brothers hardware on Myrtle avenue and Duffield street. Patrolman Wendeberg testified Dawkins fled as arrests were made. Dawkins, a former amateur boxer and Coney Island bouncer, was arraigned and remanded for inquiry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Dawkins
Adams Street
Brooklyn
Max Steinbruck
Dawkins
Scott Ryan
Flood
Steinbruck
Elder
Scharfenberg Brothers
Myrtle Avenue
Duffield Street
Harry Boyd
Ryan
Wendeberg
Coney Island
Dooley
Barguch Ungpector Flood
Seven New Police Dogs at Fort Washington Kennels
Seven new recruits join Deputy Commissioner Wood's canine squad at Fort Washington headquarters. Lady the mother Belgian hound produced seven puppies Nogi Dana Max and Jim. The pups undergo training as Patrolmen Nicholson Key O Day and Sculley assist. A misadventure with trainer Deerman during a test at Ocean Parkway ends with a chase and a torn waistcoat. Parkville residents report shots as the dog trial continues with future armored protection for handlers.
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Wood
Wakefield
Canine Police
Fort Washington
Parkville
Lady
Beierman
District Attorney’s
Jerome
Murphy
Bingham
Nogi
Dana
Max
Jim
Nicholson
Key
O’day
Sculley
Charles Deerman
Ocean Parkway
Inspector Harkins
Captain Funston
Lieutenant Wakefield
John Cavanaugh
Deerman
Kelly
One on Federal Sleuth in Belgium Dog Scandal
A Customs House investigator disputes a police chief’s claim over the value of five Belgian police dogs bought during a European trip. Controller Metz notes the bill totals 36484 dollars, including 132 dollars for passage and 2560 dollars for freight, while the suspect asserts dog worth was far lower. The Controller jokes about the educational value of sending cops abroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Custom House
Controller Metz
George R. Wakefield
Belgium
Wakefield
Controllers
Sharp
Europe
Great increase in corporations assessed in NYC area
Figures published by President Lawson Purdy of the Department of Taxes and Assessments show that 19 068 corporations have been assessed in greater New York this year, compared with 18 018 last year and 1 760 in 189. The Borough of Manhattan alone accounts for 16 639 assessed corporations for 15, 787 Lor JW.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawson Purdy
Department of Taxes and Assessments
Greater
New York
Borough of
Manhattan
Burglars Use Drugs Across East Side District
Police traced a surge of burglaries blamed on an organized gang aided by chloroform. Victims at John De Marco’s East 23d Street apartment reported $700 in valuables stolen and illness from the drug. Detectives tied similar cases to the Bowery area, with several arrests in a tenement raid and multiple suspects named by street and house numbers. Magistrates set $2 bail for examination as investigators pursue the anesthetic expert believed to be aiding the gang.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John de Marco
No. 303
East 23d Street
East 22d Street
Titus
Charlie Murphy’s
McDermott
Bowery
Connors
Short
East Sth Street
2D Street
Second Avenue
Littenberg & Cohen
East 8Th Street
William and
Bessie Stein
Stanton Street
Charles Lubino
Chrystie Street
Michael Grucci
Michael Oddo
West 14Th Street
Frank Alfredo
West 36Th Street
Droege
Seller
Union Market
Lena Harper
First Avenue
Station House
John P. Clade
No. 287
Avenue C
McCafferty
Detective Bureau
Third Chicago fire roars through business district
The third major blaze in as many days devastated a block in Chicago's business district. The Peats Building at 144 Wabash Avenue and adjacent properties suffered extensive damage, with total losses estimated over 1 million dollars. Firefighters battled three hours as streetcar and elevated lines were shut down and thousands watched the dramatic scene from the cold streets. Major losses were: Alfred Peats & Co. 250,000, John A Colby & Sons 200,000, Edson Keith & Co. 600,000, Gage Brothers 25,000, Theodore Ascher Co. 25,000. Other victims included Carl Netchert 10,000 Remington Typewriter Co. 5,000 and John A Bryant Co. 5,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Wabash Avenue
Alfred Peats & Co
John A. Colby & Sons
Michigan Avenue
Edson Keith & Co
Peats
Edson, Keith & Co
Gage Brothers
Theodore Ascher Company
Carl Netchert
Remington Typewriter Company
John A. Bryant Company
Lawyers for Knickerbocker Plan Approved by Bar
Several prominent lawyers in New York announced approval of the Knickerbocker Trust Company reorganization plan in a circular to the city bar. Signed by a list of leading attorneys, the note urges support for resuming operations to aid seventeen thousand depositors and to boost broader business conditions, inviting bar members to join as a legal advisory board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knickerbocker Trust Company
William J. Wallace
Alton B. Parker
Thomas Thacher
Morgan J. O’brien
Benjamin F. Tracy
Francis Lynde Stetson
William N. Cohen
John E. Parsons
Charles c. Bull
Wiliam B. Hornblower
F. W. Whitridge
Adrian H. Jeline
Julius M. Mayer
John F. Dillon
Ice yachts race on Branchport Pleasure Bay
Long Branch January 23 The Kathryne captained by T C Edwards with Asher Wardell aboard defeated the Elva captained by Jacob W Edwards in a tight finish of 2 1/2 seconds on the Branchport to Pleasure Bay course for the South Shrewsbury Ice Boat and Yacht Club fourth class pennant. Kathryne's time 17 30. Preliminary heats earlier featured Wardell taking an icy bath aboard the Kathryne during a sharp turn.
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the Tribune
Long Branch
N. J
Branchport
Pleasure Bay
South
Elva
Kathryne
Wardell
Chess Match by Cable Between America and Britain Arranges
Arrangements insure Atlantic cable use for the Brooklyn and City of London Chess clubs on two consecutive business days next spring for the annual match by cable. The match will be played in March or April with adjudicator if needed. Players F. J. Marshall and J. H. Blackburne anticipated to participate before Vienna jubilee tournament. British players to be housed at the Savoy or Thames Embankment.
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Brooklyn
City of London
America
Great Britain
Brooklyn Chess Clu
City of London Chess Club
F. J. Marshall
Vienna
J. H. Blackburne
England
Hotel Savoy
Thames Embankment
Yale fencer Clever wins novice fold at NYAC
Allen C. Stanley of Yale captured the novice fencing competition at the New York Athletic Club gym last night, earning a pair of foils. He defeated ten opponents, edging Arthur S. Lyon of the YM-YWCA in a close final bout after two preliminary rounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen C. Stanley
Yale
New York Athletic Club
Graeme M. Hammond
Stanley
Arthur S. Lyon
Young Men's Christian Association
A. Delaport
Carnegie Hall
Lyon
Bryan H. Smith
J. T. Loree
Smith
Loree
Dr. L. M. Hubby
E. M. Alger
C. T. Adams
A. Rieth, Jr
B. Glaeser
New York Turn Verein
Alger
Adamsey
Adams
Hubby
Rieth
Glaeser
Delaport
Keith
Jce
Delaewport
Postmaster Wins Space in Hudson Terminal Building
Postmaster Morgan secures 35.08 square feet in the Hudson Terminal Building on Church Street. The move allows removal of the entire mailing division to the new structure, freeing 12,000 square feet for carriers and improving light and air for mail handling. A new ground floor substation is also approved to relieve the congested General Post Office from stamp sales registry and money orders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgan
New York Post Office
Washington
Hudson Terminal
Church Street
Betwee Cortlandt
Dey Streets
Roome
General Post Office
Postal Commission
Dream leads Meriden man to runaway wife in court
John Lauder of Yonkers testified in Meriden police court that a dream prompted him to chase his missing wife, trailing a crew to Morse avenue boarding house. He found her with another man, Fred Aurelie, who drew a pistol and then died after the weapon misfired amid the ensuing confrontation.
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The
Tribune
Meriden
Conn
John Lauder
Yonkers
N. Y
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Asia
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Yellow Journal
the Macmillan Company
Std Ave
Wont Close Hospital
Friends of Nassau County Institution
J. P. Persch
VIA
Pennsylvania
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C. Studds
Knickerbocker Plan
Trust Company
ICE Yachts
Cable
Fencer
A. C. Stanley
A. C
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