Willcox Pleads Not Guilty in Contempt Colloquy
Wilbur Willcox chairman of the Public Service Commission appeared before Justice Brady in the Supreme Court to answer a contempt charge arising from an alleged newspaper quote about the Whitridge case. Coleman argued disqualification. Brady denied dismissal and adjourned to June 11 for evidence and briefs.
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Wilbur
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Brady
Supreme Court
Justice Brady
Willcox
Frederick W. Whitridge
Union Railway Company
Third Avenue Railroad Company
West Side
Young Men's Christian Association
Whitridge
George &. Coleman
Coleman
Judiciary Jew
Court of Appeals
Appellate Division
Third Avenue Reilroad Company
Tinsted Railway Company
the Times
the Sun
Wilkes
Lucky New York titles guaranteed by big fund
A company offers guaranteed titles in select cities with a $14,000,000 guarantee fund and yearly fund additions that grow with new risks. The promotion emphasizes security and growth to reassure buyers.
Murder on Roof in East List Street Black Hand Claim
Giuseppi Fiorio of No 233 East 91st Street was found murdered on a tenement roof. Coroner Feinberg suspects Black Hand ties. A man named Paolo Columbo, posing as an uncle, was detained as a witness after a staged scene at East 11th Street station. Columbo says Fiorio recently came from New London. Fiorio was a 23 year old plasterer.
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East List Street
Feinberg
Black Hand
Giuseppi Fiorio
East 91Th Street
Florio
Paolo Columbo
East 1Th Street
Columbo
New London
Fisher's Island
Park officials debate converting two Central Park reservoirs
Park Commissioner Stover proposes turning two smaller Central Park reservoirs from 79th to 85th streets into a wading pond and a swimming tank at lower cost than President Mitchel’s plan for a single meadow pool. officials differ on impact to city water supply and future needs.
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Central Park
79Th Street
S&th Street
Mitchel
Board of Aldermen
McAneny
Thompson
Department of Water Supply, Gas and Electricity
Schwab Will Rest at Sea Aboard Mauretania
The Cunard liner Mauretania sailed for Liverpool with a large cabin list including Charles M. Schwab who chose a sea rest over the Adirondacks. Artist William M. Chase plans to meet Colonel Roosevelt in London and then teach in Florence. Dancer Maud Allen heads to St. Petersburg while Vanderbilt family members and others sail.
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Liverpool
Charles M. Schwab
Adirondacks
William M. Chase
Roosevelt
London
Chase
Florence
Maud Allen
St. Petersburg
William K. Vanderbilt
Elsie French Vanderbilt
Clarence Winthrop Bowen
R. L. Burton
Algernon F. Firth
Near tragedy as wife warns gas danger at home
Mrs. Sarah Slobodsky rushed home to find her husband unconscious amid a room filled with gas after her three year old daughter Mansche turned on a gas fixture. The family, living at 43 Essex Street, rushed to Gouverneur Hospital where doctors fought to save him.
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Essex Street
Gerbracht Crosses Spitzer Testimony in Sugar Case Drama
Oliver Spitzer once pardoned by the President may face further questions as a witness in the sugar fraud case. Ernest Gerbracht, a defendant, attacked Spitzer’s confession while recounting payments to former checkers after their firing, and Gerbracht claimed the weighing differences on docks were explained by a general understanding of government liberal weights. The trial before Judge Martin continued with character witnesses for Heike and Gerbracht, and prosecutors introduced letters linking company officials to the case.
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Ernest Gerbracht
Checkers
Spitzer
Gerbracht
Atlanta
H. O. Havemeyer
Mr. Havemeyer
Martin
Criminal Branch
United States Circuit Court
American Sugar Refining Company
Henry L. Stimson
Federal Building
Heike
Charles R. Heike
Sugar Company
Jersey City
Sugar
Havemeyer & Elder
Williamsburg
Theodore Havemeyer
J. O. Donner
J. F. Matthiessen
H. ©. Havemeyer
George Mackellar
James F. Bendernagel
Indiana
Stimson
Federal Grand Jury
United States
Nevada
N. Stranahan
Stranahan
H. Otto Wittpenn
Gilbert Collins
Supreme Court
New Jersey
John M. Cornell
George T. Smith
First National Bank of
John J. Voorhees
Jersey City Board of Finance
George G. Tennant
Jersey City Board of Education
Customs Shake-Up Demotes Ten Piers Officials
Collector Loeb demoted ten men from assistant weigher, inspector and storekeeper roles to clerks and laborers, while ten were promoted to fill vacancies. The six week record shows prior dismissals of fourteen assistant weighers. All affected had previously weighed for the government at district piers. The action followed a report by Henry L. Stimson, special prosecutor, presented before Mr. Loeb.
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Loeb
Henry L. Stimson
Mr. Loeb
Board hearing on city budget spar Over Charities funds and zebras
During the Board of Estimate hearing the Department of Charities pushed to restore 2,040,700 for proper operation while the stock budget trimmed to 1,764,424. Former commissioners Hebbard and Folks supported Charities and urged prioritizing aid to the poor over Parks zebra house funds. Watson opined the Carnegie library sites appropriation may be voided, with schools and subways deemed more urgent.
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Board of Estimate
Department of Charities
Drummond
Hebbard
Folks
Department of Parks
Charities Department
Watson
Carnegie Libraries
Yale Seniors Raid Savin Rock Amusement Stands
Ten Yale seniors raided Levere’s lunchrooms and Lynch’s merry-go-round at Savin Rock, were fined ten dollars each, and returned to college for scholarship exams. A brawl left injuries and several students seen with fake names. The Sheffield School faculty investigates the incident.
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Savin Rock
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Lynch
New York City
West Haven
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Bright day for Kohler trial hints at defense angle
Cleveland June 1 the second day of the trial of Fred Kohler the citys police chief charged with immorality intoxication and insubordination favored the defense early testimony included a woman witness who said she saw Kohler in a disorderly house and former officer Patrick J Brown who claimed Kohler refused to help when his car was stolen Brown also admitted betting on the trial and a witness said Kohler was intoxicated on several occasions while several policemen testified they had been punished or degraded by the chief on various charges
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Fred” Kohler
Kohler
Stephen Ryan
Chenango
Conners
Hotel Victoria
Murphy
Albany
William Randolph Hearst
Mr. Hearst
Hoffman House
Whisked Away in Boxcar from New Haven Yards
Four hungry boys aged twelve to fourteen were found hiding in a box car in New Haven freight yards. The youths Bernard Clancey, Clinton Cornell, Joseph Klee, and Frank Rowan claimed they were from New York and had been forced to tramp. They were sent to the Bronx detective bureau for disposition.
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Wartford
Conn
New Haven
Trask
New York
Bernard Clancey
Washington Avenue
Clinton Cornell
Third Avenue
Joseph Klee
East 156Th Street
Frank Rowan
Neil Brook Avenue
Bronx
156Th Street
New London
Hartford
Manhattan
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Springfield
Roy Shows Court Thieving Art
Louis Katz fourteen arraigned in the children's court and remanded to the Children's Society until Saturday for pocket picking. He demonstrated the dip method in court alongside Louis Kaplan eighteen from Brooklyn who was sent to the workhouse on a similar charge. Justice Hoyt rebuked Katz's father for lack of schooling since the boy arrived in the country four years ago.
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Hoyt
Children’s Court
Children’s Society
Katz
Ludlow
Rivington
Louis Kaplan
St. John’s Place
Brooklyn
Justice Hoyt
Missing Foot Found in Church Fire Site
Louisville police recovered Alma Kellner's missing foot in ashes near a furnace at St. John’s Church basement. A bloodstained undervest was found in a storage closet, and quicklime used to cover the body was purchased from a local grocer shortly after Christmas, ordered by a church woman.
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Louisville
Alma Kellner
St. John’s Church
Alma
Cab driver charged with cruelty to animals after church wedding dispute
Max Forman, a cab driver, was arrested after an argument over a fare of 2 dollars for a church wedding ride. Mrs. Millard F. Polhemus, of 161 Madison Avenue, reported three sores on the horse to Patrolman Mueller. Forman was to appear in Jefferson Market court.
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Society For the Prevention of Cruelty
Madison Avenue
Max Forman
West 30Th Street
Forman
Westth Street
Reform in legal procedure gains momentum at luncheon
Taft backed reform movement advances as Alton B. Parker hosts a Lawyers Club luncheon for committees from the National Civic Federation and American Bar Association. Sub committees to draft a simple federal practice act were named, aiming for broader state adoption and faster, merit based decisions.
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Taft
Alton B. Parker
Lawyers’ Club
National Civic Federation
American Bar Association
Congress
Supreme Court of the United States
Everett P. Wheeler
New York
Ralph W Breckenridge
Omaha
United States
Gaynor Pushes West Side Track Bill For Extra Session
Mayor Gaynor asked Corporation Counsel Watson to pursue the New York Central tracks bill for the West Side of Manhattan via an extra session. He also considered pressing the personal property tax exemption bill and noted reform in the new city charter. Mayors hearings were set this morning on fifteen city bills that passed the Legislature.
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Eleventh Avenue
Albany
Gaynor
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