Collapse at Centre and Broome street porch roars alarm
A roof collapse on the porch of the new Police Headquarters at Centre and Broome streets sent dust and a roar like dynamite through the area yesterday afternoon. Four men on the roof escaped unharmed as the arch spread and pushed walls outward. The porch must be rebuilt at an estimated cost of about 8000 dollars. Edward S. Murphy will investigate, and Crawford & Co. engineers found subway construction did not disturb levels.
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Centre
Broome
Edward S. Murphy
Centre Street
Crawford & Co
Paris
America
Thom Defends Resorts At Bronx Licensing Hearing
James Thom defended his plan to open a Ferris wheel and merry-go-round near Van Cortlandt Park as residents opposed the permit. He described visits by working people, few arrests, and stated profits from his rides while denying any dance hall or liquor sales. Opponents warned of moral risk to youth and park impact. the hearing in City Hall with John Corrigan adjourned to continue today.
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James Thom
Lcense
van Cortlandt Park
Bronx
John Corrigan
Bureau of Licenses
Thom
North Beach
Coney Island
Fort George
West Des Moines
Towa
Buiak
Penny Provident Association
Penny Provident
George E. Pearsall
State Savings Bank
Penny
Ferry committee weighs Brooklyn Ferry options and rents
A special committee of the Board of Estimate met in Pendleton’s office to oppose city purchase of the Brooklyn Ferry Company. They discuss leasing to the city briefly, letting the docks be used free, and a possible 5 cent fare hike. A further meeting is planned for today.
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Board of Estimate
Brooklyn Ferry Company
Pendleton
New York State Music Teachers Hold Twentieth Convention
New York State Music Teachers Association closed its twentieth annual convention with a violin harp piano and vocal recital at City College. Officers elected at the morning session include President Edmund Severn vice-president J Warren Andrews secretary Anna Laura Johnson and treasurer Frank F Shearer. Next year’s meeting to be held in this city. Andrews was retiring president.
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City College
New York State Music Teachers’ Association
Edmund Severn
J. Warren Andrews
Church of the Divine Paternity
Anna Laura Johnson
Baldwin Street
Elmira
Frank F. Shearer
School of Music
Lockport
Andrews
Standard Oil Case Returns to September Hearings
The Standard Oil Company will pause its city hearing until September 1. A counsel said the public will see that the firm operates on legal, equitable lines. In September the company will challenge alleged railway rebates and interstate pipeline violations, with details on the 1940s Springfield history and witness George Tuthill.
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Standard Oil Company
The
Oil Trust
Springfield
Mass
George Tuthill
Lawyers clash as Weiller Weil case resumes in Sun District Court
Vigorous legal maneuvering unfolds over real plaintiffs in the Minnie Weiller and Emmanuel Weil suit against Metropolitan Street Railway. Justice Young grants until August 10 for briefs after a heated exchange over contributor lists and committee books.
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Metropolitan Street Railway Company
Minnie Weiller
Emmanuel Weil
Justice Young
Sun District
John B. Stanchfield
Pratt A. Brown
Champerty
King Committee
Metropolitan Street Railway
Eugene Kremer
Stanchfield
Kremer
Brown
Mr. Kremer
Isaac Blum
Weiller-Weil
Blum
Interborough officials elect Hedley VP and GM
T P Shonts announced that Frank Hedley, the company's general manager, was elected vice president and will hold the title vice president and general manager. David W. Ross, formerly purchasing agent of the Panama Canal Commission, becomes vice president in charge of contracts and supplies. W Leon Pepperman, formerly Panama Canal Commission chief of administration, is named assistant to Mr Shonts.
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T. P. Shonts
Interborough Rapid Transit Company
Frank Hedley
David W. Ross
Panama Canal Commission
W. Leon Pepperman
Shonts
Going Away Over the Fourth Sunday Tribune Ad
A brief notice urging readers traveling over the Fourth of July to arrange for SUNDAY TRIBUNE delivery with their local newsdealer upon arrival, ensuring continued access to the paper during holidays.
Sister Boat Not Ready to Sail Liner Saves Dock Fees
The steamer Altona of United Tyser Line left Shields on June 13 under orders to loaf along and arrived yesterday as a slow craft to cut dock fees. Indralema, same line, was not ready to depart until today, so a faster arrival would have increased coal use and dockage costs.
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Altona
United Tyser Line
Shields
Indralema
Wall ace Utley Held Over Worthless Check Charge
Wallace Utley son in law of Levi C Weir and tied to Adams Express was held for further examination by Magistrate Tighe in the Adams street court Brooklyn on a charge of passing a worthless check drawn on Roswell P Flower bank to pay for goods from Louis Hamburg Auction Co of 303 Fulton Street Brooklyn He was arrested after Hamburg said Utley passed a 126 bill with a 8 1 2 percent discount and received 12 in change the check was marked not good
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Wallace Utley
Levi C. Weir
Adams Express Company
Tighe
Adams Street Court
Brooklyn
Roswell Pp. Flower Bank
Louis Hamburg Auction Company
Fulton Street
Utley
Louis Hamburg
Drowned cook near Hoboken pier after boat split in two
Carl Kruever, second cook on the North German Lloyd steamship Kyonprinzessin Ceci lie, drowned within a hundred feet of the Hoboken pier yesterday afternoon when the boat he and three assistants shared was cut in two by tug Victor. The other three were saved by longshoremen. the tug crew reportedly made no rescue effort.
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Carl Kruever
Licoyd Company
Kyonprinzessin Cecilie
Hoboken
Victor
Receiver appointed for Hotel Gotham Company
Justice Blanchard of the Supreme Court granted a motion for a receiver for the Hotel Gotham Company in a suit by Theodore Schmalkolz Sons, judgment creditors for 741 dollars. Gilbert H. Montague named receiver. Carl Berger, former manager, departed Wednesday. Metropolitan Life holds a 2,000,000 mortgage. Knickerbocker Trust also holds a mortgage. Hotel Plaza management may lease the Gotham property.
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Justice Blanchard
Supreme Court
Hotel Gotham Company
Theodore Schmalkolz
Hotel Plaza
Gotham
SIGHT GOING ENDS LIFE IN BROOKLYN
Despondent over failing eyesight, William Ludwig Schultze a 49 year old retired furniture dealer of 37 Marlborough Road Brooklyn shot himself in his room at breakfast time yesterday after his wife and two children heard a pistol shot. He left a smoking revolver by his side. His wife had hidden a revolver in the house but he found it.
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William Ludwig Schultze
Marlborough Road
Brooklyn
Wealthy Scranton mill owner dies at New York institute
Charles H. Sears a wealthy mill owner from Scranton Pennsylvania died at the Oppenheimer Institute 189 West 7th Street New York about twenty minutes after admission He had been admitted after traveling from Scranton with his son Grover Sears and Dr S E Lynch Doctors worked to revive him but he did not regain consciousness An autopsy was planned for today Coroner Harburger and Dr Frederick Davenport investigated and released the son and attending doctor The motive and cause were not given pending exam
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Charles H. Sears
Scranton
Penn
Oppenheimer Institute
West Mth Street
Grover Sears
S. E. Lynch
R. M. Benson
St. Vincent's Hospital
New York
Sears
Lynch
Harburger
Frederick Davenport
Broadway
Aeronauts Prepare for Airship Tests at Hammondsport
Fifteen aeronauts from the Aero Club of America and the Aeronautic Society of New York depart tonight for Hammondsport New York to witness the first Aero Club trial for The Scientific American trophy. Glenn H Curtiss will compete in the June Bug built by the Aerial Experiment Association with Dr Alexander G Bell as president. The one kilometre race is set for tomorrow morning. Attending from New York are Alan R Hawley Augustus Post A M Herring Charles M Manly E La Rue Jones S Y Beach The Scientific American and balloonist A Holland Forbes Captain Thomas W Baldwin and Charles Hightman. Dr Bell will attend the trial.
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Aero Club of America
Aeronautic Society of New York
Hammondsport
N. Y
Aero Club
Scientific American
Glenn H. Curtiss
Aerial Experiment Association
Alexander Graham Bell
New York
Alan R. Hawley
Augustus Post
A. M. Herring
Charles M. Manly
E. la Rue Jones
Aeronautics
S. Y. Beach
A. Holland
Real estate operator tases burglars after inviting them in
E P Hovey of 128 Briggs Avenue Morris Park Queens woke to two burglars removing his window screen and invited them in for a drink. The men declined and fled as he threw a pitcher of water, drenching them.
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E. P. Hovey
Briggs Avenue
Morris Park
Queens Borough
Hovey
De Angelis Arrested For Speeding At West Side Court
Jefferson De Angelis the actor was jailed in West Side Court on a speeding charge after a chase from 66th to 657th street. He asked reporters not to name him, while Magistrate Harris refused to release him. Emmanuel Mendes posted a $10 bond as De Angelis left the courtroom urging reporters not to disgrace him.
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Jefferson de Angelis
West Side Court
William Delaney
Broadway
Yonkers
66Th Street
657Th Street
de Angelis
Japanese Soldier Assaults Corean Caretaker at Mission
In Ping Hang a Japanese soldier ran amuck inside an American Methodist mission premises and bayoneted a Corean caretaker, driving him from the house. By Prince Ito's order the soldier was arrested and sentenced to two months' hard labor. The regiment officers face confinement of three to seven days.
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Seoul
Ping Hang
Prince Ito
Sunday Tribune Local News Deal Arrives With You
A terse advisory urges that wherever you go you should leave order with the local news deal and take the Sunday Tribune upon arrival, signaling a streamlined delivery expectation for readers and distributors.
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The
Sunday Tribune
Rich Women Use Trade Tricks to Let Friends Pay
A businesswoman explains clever methods used by wealthy women to obtain clothes and services through friends and influence. Examples include percent commissions on purchases, and buying abroad to avoid paying locally. The piece argues this behavior harms American rents and calls for a moral awakening among American women of wealth.
The Voyage Box For Entertaining Traveling Children
The article suggests making a mystery voyage box of small gifts to amuse traveling children on sea or land journeys. Contents labeled with opening order include peppermints, a deck game, a notebook and pencils, toss bags, an art card game, drawing and cutting materials, a paper flower kit, and a crochet needle with bright yarns, tailored to the child's age.
Traveling gifts for young travelers delight and instruct
A lively guide offers ideas to entertain children on journeys. Crochet from yarn for a dog in California, seed balls that bloom in water, beads and needles for creative play, and a dollar watch for a young traveler. Pack gifts for porter delivery with notes, candy with sayings, and items for older kids like stamps and stationery to ease long trips.
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California
Patterned Summer Frock For Girls From New York Tribune
The Tribune presents pattern No. 6,027 for a summer girl’s dress with a slightly low neck and short sleeves. Includes fabric guidance for sizes six to twelve years and details on yardage, edging, and banding. Pattern available by mail for 10 cents with address to Pattern Department, New-York Tribune.
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New-York Tribune
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