Fire Chief Assails Civil Service Tests Over Fatal Blaze
Fire Chief Croker attacks Civil Service for placing top candidates at bottom of the list, arguing physical fitness should weigh more than mental tests. He cites Washington Street warehouse fire deaths of Firemen Healy and Cotter and notes 20 percent of veterans remain capable while the rest are unfit for promotion. Civil Service President John McGuire dismisses the charge as a hasty judgment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Croker
Washington Street
Civil Service
Timbuctoo
New York
Municipal Civil Service Commission
Healey Ad Cotter
John McGuire
Commission
Brawny Applicants In Short Supply At Demand Peak
Examination notes that most applicants were frail while a minority with strong hearts passed the test, but the number of physically robust candidates could not meet the high demand.
German Woman Detained After Night at Ellis Island
A German consulate representative detained Marie Rodenbeck of Strassburg on the Nieuw Amsterdam after it emerged she had traveled with Mrs. William Hunton, a Black woman, as a maid. Hunton and her two children were removed to Ellis Island, then to Brooklyn, amid concerns of social ostracism. Hutchinson
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holland-America
Nieuw Amsterdam
Marie Rodenbeck
Strassburg
Ellis
William Hunton
Miss Rodenbeck
Rotterdam
Ellis Island
Carlton Avenue
Brooklyn
Plan for 22 story Broadway hotel on McAlpin estate
The McAlpin estate plans a new twenty two story hotel on the easterly block front from 33d to 34th street in Broadway. The Greeley Square Hotel Company will erect it with incorporators including Charles P. Taft W D Marlow and S A White. Land value is about 6 million with 5 percent rent equaling 300000 yearly. construction cost estimated at 4 million.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Broadway
34Th Street
McAlpin
Greeley Square Hotel Company
Charles P. Taft
Taft
W. D. Marlow
S. A. White
F. M. Andrews
Customs fraud alleged ties Rosenberg firm to import misvaluation
Hugo and Jules Rosenberg of Max Rosenberg wholesale millinery, 13 Fifth Avenue, were arraigned in the United States Circuit Court on charges of conspiring to defraud customs. They posted 10000 bail each after arrest on bench warrants. prosecutors seized company books. The case relates to silver trimmings valued at 234 dollars on the steam ship La Touraine and suspect invoices. Max Rosenberg heads the Paris buying arm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hugo
Jules Rosenberg
Holt
United States
Max Rosenberg
No. 13
Fifth Avenue
Henkel
la Touraine
Marshal Henkel
Board of Appraisers
Paris
Widow Fannie Miller loses habeas bid over late husband note
Justice Greenbaum dismissed the writ by Mrs. Fannie S. Miller seeking release from Ludlow Street Jail. Miller, widow of James Willard Miller, had been jailed for contempt over a note for 5 000 signed by her husband. The case cited a life policy of 15 000 as part of the estate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Justice Greenbaum
Fannie S. Miller
James Willard Miller
Ludlow Street
Coroner Jury Probe Sought On Eleventh Avenue Trains
Judge Swann presented a coroner's jury request to a grand jury for a June term inquiry into New York Central Railroad train operations on Eleventh Avenue. He stated the chartered railroad must provide safeguards for life and limb and offered DA, court, and Attorney General support for the investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Swann
Eleventh Avenue
New York Central Railroad
Mfe
Hmb
Judge Swann
Grand Jury
Chauffeur Louis Champion Injured in Street Collision
Louis Champion a chauffeur of No West 4th street lies at J Hood Wright Hospital with a broken leg internal injuries and concussion of the brain following a collision early yesterday on Amsterdam Avenue near 1324 street. The accident occurred when steering gear failed on the steep hill causing him to lose control of his car. He faces charges of reckless driving and violation of the highway ordinance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis Champion
West 4Th Street
J. Hood Wright
Amsterdam Avenue
1324
Champion
New Haven Time Tables Spark Suburban Rail Rate Debate
Commuters deride the New Haven road as “the rubber railroad” after new schedules boost station mileages from Woodlawn to Stamford. Protest meetings form in Greenwich and Sound Beach with leaders from The New York World and local boards of trade challenging the fare hike and timetable changes as unfair and noncompliant with posting rules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
Mellen
Grand Central
Woodlawn
N. Y
Stamford
Conn
Mount Vernon
New Rochelle
Port Chester
New York
Harlem Road
New Haven
John Kendrick Bangs
Hugh M. Hewson
Westchester County
Things Square
44Th Street
Interstate Commerce Commission
Local Improvement League of
Sound Beach
Harlem Railroad
New Haven Road
Connecticut
Don C. Seitz
New York World
Cos Cob
Greenwich Board of Trade
Winfield Ayres
Edwin J. Lucas
William J. Davids
Riverside
Elevator Machinists Strike Across Otis Plants
The International Association of Machinists District 15 ordered a 2 percent wage raise across Otis Elevator facilities in Yonkers Buffalo Harrison and New York City. About 800 walked out in Yonkers 400 in Buffalo and 300 in Harrison with shop stoppages in Manhattan. A conference with President Baldwin was sought this week to avert further action by iron moulders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otis Elevator Company
Yonkers
Buffalo
Harrison
District 15
New York and Vicinity
International Association of Machinists
27Th Street
Tenth Avenue
Manhattan
Baldwin
Fire drill averts panic at Edgecombe Public School 5
A small fire in an empty room on the second floor prompted a four bell alarm. Within two minutes thirty five hundred children and sixty five teachers were safe in the street as firemen tackled the blaze. Mothers gathered anxiously as drill practice continues to be routine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Croker
No. 116
Washington Street
William Healy
Stone Street
Timothy Cotter
Hudson Street
Edward Daneville
John Conrad
Louis Grimm
McAuliffe
Fulton Street
Healy and
Cetter
Binns
Healy
Cotter
Edgecombe Avenue
140Th
141St
New York Circus Parade Opens Week of Forepaugh and Sells Brothers
A grand New York real circus parade begins Monday as the Adam Forepaugh and Sells Brothers united shows launch a week at Manhattan Field. The $3,000,000 spectacle uses railroad cars stretching two and three quarters miles to transport gear. The main tent seats 11 090 spectators. Sixteen chefs prepare 2,600 meals daily for staff. Twenty tons of hay feed horses and elephants. The payroll exceeds 1,800 people.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Adam Forepaugh & Sells Brothers
Big United
Manhattan Field
Eighth Avenue
155Th Street
City’s Official Crusoe A Hart’s Island Keeper Weighs Fortieth Anniversary
John Rapp keeper at Potters Field on Hart’s Island since 1870 marks forty years of supervising burials and exhumations for the public. He says he is happy, works 6 AM to 6 PM, handles about four thousand burials annually, and notes more than 163 thousand bodies buried over his tenure. Rapp, born in Germany, led a varied life from California mining to Civil War service before arriving in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robinson Crusoe
Empire State
de Foe
Friday
Hart's Island
City Island
Potter’s Field
John
Germany
New York City
St. Louis
California
3D California
Lincoln
New York
Mth Street
New Rochelle
Mayor Gaynor Hears Pension Bill and Other Measures
A Brooklyn hearing before Mayor Gaynor debated a uniform half pay pension for all staff from superintendent to teacher after thirty years. The mayor reserved judgment, while indicating likely vetoes on salary increases for Elections Commissioners and changes to public contract terms. He approved a Park Commissioner order limiting Ocean Parkway use by horse drawn vehicles and showed interest in curbing dance halls and academies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gaynor
Lyman A. Best
Public School 1S
Brooklyn
Board of Retirement
Commissioners of Elections
Cuba
Albany
Board of Estimate
Ocean Parkway
Mayor Credits Thompson for Water Revenue Rise
Mayor Gaynor praises Commissioner Thompson for honesty and fidelity in public service while noting water sales surged in the first five months this year to 4,298,401.93 dollars, up 1,279,212.68 from the same period last year, and attributing the increase to deliberate measures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gaynor
Thompson
Department of Water Supply
New York
Plans for Fourth of July Celebration at City Hall
A special committee under Mayor Gaynor plans a July Fourth observance marking the 10th anniversary of the City Hall occupancy by the municipal government. Three parades will run through Manhattan Brooklyn and The Bronx with fireworks in the evening from rivers and bridges. Contribu tions are solicited as no city appropriation is planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gaynor
American Scenic Preservation and Historic Society
Finley
The
College of the City of New York
City Hall
Manhattan
Brooklyn
Bronx
National Guard
Marcus M. Marks
Metz
William A. Marble
Clarence H. Mackay
Egerton L. Winthrop
Eugene A. Philbin
William H. Maxwell
James E. Sulllivan
Luther H. Gulick
Samuel Marx
Charles F. Roe
William J. Hammer
August F. Joccact
Joseph B. Gilder
Charles R. Lamb
Howard Bradstreet
Alderman Dowling
John F. Huyler
H. P. Davison
Joseph F. Johnson
Lewis S. Burchard
E. J. Wendel
Edward Hagaman Hall
Haley Fiske
Theodore P. Shonts
Austen G. Fox
Chester S. Lord
Frederic Keppel
Rigo Named in Suit Involving Princess Connection
Caspar Emerson Jr an Philadelphia artist sues his wife Mrs Katherine M Emerson cousin of Princess Chimay alleging she was Rigo the gypsy violinist a frequent Harlem Casino guest during 1897 and 1908 when Rigo performed the pair allegedly met there The defendant travels West and may be unable to answer the suit which proceeds undefended if she does not appear Mrs Emerson denies the charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Janezy Rigo
Europe
Chimay
Caspar Emerson, Jr
Philadelphia
Katherine M. Emerson
Emerson
Rigo
Harlem
Convict Boeck Lists Debts in New York Bankruptcy Filing
J Edward Boeck, jailed at Sing Sing, filed schedules showing liabilities of 193 11787. Assets include a one twelfth interest in the Lounsberry estate valued at 3 000. Debts reach to Jonas Naumberg 13 115 on a judgment and notes to M R Slater 11 14778 and others totaling over 193 thousand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Edward Boeck
Sing Sing
United States Court
Jay C. Lounsberry
Jonas & Naumberg
Washington Place
M. R. Slater
Broadway
Weinman Designs Sculpture for Municipal Building Project
Adolph A. Weinman, the New York sculptor, prepares lass-relief sketches for the Park Row Municipal Building. He plans arched entrance decorations and window panels illustrating municipal offices. He also works on the Brookyln Institute wing pediment, themed Arts and Sciences, with 30 statues already completed under Daniel C. French and McKim, Mead & White.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adolph A. Weinman
New York
Park Row
Weinman
Brooklyn Institute
Institute
Daniel C. French
Mc Kim
Wealthy Pushcart Man Faces Weights and Measures Probe
Commissioner Driscoll investigates Jerry Cippolare arrested Saturday for using false weights while selling vegetables from a pushcart in front of a First Avenue tenement building valued at $70,000. Inspectors plan to expand the department if budget approved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Driscoll
Department of Weights and Measures
Jerry Cippolare
Cippolaro
First Avenue
Board of Estimate
Policeman Falls Thirty Feet Chasing Burglar
Patrolman Peter Coyle of West 47th street station fell from a railing into a sub cellar thirty feet below in front of Charles Shock’s machine shop at 514 West 57th street. He was taken to Flower Hospital with a fractured right leg. The burglar, Joseph Bouvear of Detroit, was captured, denied injuries, and taken to Bellevue for observation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Coyle
West 47Th Street
Charles Shock
West 57Th Street
Coyle
Flower Hospital
Joseph Bouvear
Detroit
Bellevue
Boston Mayor Visits City Parks and Aquarium
Mayor Fitzgerald of Boston toured city recreation sites yesterday accompanied by an engineer and Howard Bradstreet, Superintendent of Parks and Recreation Centers, after paying respects to Mayor Gaynor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fitzgerald
Boston
Gaynor
Aquarium
Bronx Park
Howard Bradstreet
Marine Intelligence Miniature Almanac Note
Sunrise and sunset times are listed with marine figures including high water predictions at Sandy Hook Governor's Island and Hell Gate. A wireless report notes the Caronta vessel at 585 miles east of Sandy Hook and La Gascogne at 263 miles east, expected to dock tonight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sandy Hook
Governor’ S Island
Hell Gate
Caronta
Sam
la Gascogne
Incoming and outgoing steamers listed for June schedule
The notice lists incoming steamers expected this forenoon and outgoing ships today with vessel names such as Kaiserin Auguste Victoria Bremen Belmont and others from Bremen Hamburg Jamaica and Southampton. It details dock times for vessels including Lusitania Teutonic and Morro Castle with destinations like Liverpool Havre Bermuda and Havana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilhelm I
Bremen
Ngl
Cearense
Para
Booth
Naples
la Veloce
Potsdam
Rotterdam
Hell-A
Yamuri
Cienfuegos
Ward
Columbus
Savannah
Aoe Algonquin
Jacksonville
Clyde
Rio Grande
Galveston
Mallory
Alamo
Tampa
Washington
la Savoie
Havre
French
Morro Castle
Havana
Ancon
Cristobal
Panama
Copenhagen
Campania
Rot'ham
Shipping News Arrivals And Departures From Bar For June
Multiple steamers from various nations report bar arrivals and quarantine statuses. Vessels include Jolande di Giorgio Nor to Atlantic Fruit Co with passengers and fruit. City of Savannah to Ocean Ss Co. Baltic to White Star Line with 357 cabin and 506 steerage passengers and noise. Arrivals list ports, dates, consignors, and cargoes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jolande di Giorgio
Nor
Port Antonio
Atlantic Fruit Co
Bar
City of
Savannah
Ocean Ss Co
Mannheim
Ger
Hamburg
Philip Ruprecht
Baltic
Liverpool
Queenstown
White Star Line
Crown Prince
Rio de Janeiro
Victoria
Bahia
Port-au- Spain
Paul F Gerhard & Co
Carolina
Aguadilla
Mayaguez
Ponce
San
California
Glasgow
Moville
Henderson Brothers
Moise
Nieuw Amsterdam
Rotterdam
Boulie
Holland- America Line
Minnewacka
London
Atlantic Transport Co
Ndse
Colon
Cristobal
Panama
Sam
Trongate
San Pedro
River Plate
St Lucia
Florida
Ital
Genoa
Naples
Palermo
Richard & Co
Clothi de Cuneo Miron
Cuneo Importing Co
Jamestown
Norfolk
Old Dominion Sso
Mdise
Matanzas
Tampico
Havana
New York and Cuba Malls Co
Prinz Eitel Friedrich
Montego Bay
Kingston
Jacmel and
Aux Caves
Savanilla
Cartagena
Jeremie
Inagua
Ltd
Vaderland
Berg
Antwerp
Dover
Red Star Line
Anita
Ray
Navahoe
Georgetown
Wilmington
Clydes Co
Oretava Bry
Bermuda
Sanderson & Son
Sandy Hook
Orotava (Rr
Berwind
New Orleans
Port Tampa
Carteret
J. Pas
Transatlantic Vessels and Arrivals Sparks Maritime Traffic
A dense list of ship movements and arrivals showing numerous vessels from and bound for New York, with ports including Liverpool Hamburg Cherbourg Plymouth Naples and Colombo. Entries mention sailing dates June May and specific times and routes among ships such as Bluecher i er Deutschland Carpathia and Mauritania with references to continents and cities in transit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liverpool
Cedric
Bry
New York
Holyhead
Hamburg
Bluecher Ier
Plymouth
Cherbourg
Deutschland
Ger
Christiansand
Hellig Clay
Dan
Copenhagen
Trieste
Carpathia
Naples
Piraeus
Themistocles
New
Rotterdam
Volturno
Pry
Hull
Algiers
Bayonne
Buffalo
Kabinga
Manila
New Ern
Singapore
Wray Castle
Fishguard
Mauretania
Oremen
Aakin S
Hammerstein's Main P Sit Eden Musee
Amusements section highlights Hammerstein stage plans and Eden Musee venue notes with a focus on entertainment listings and program spots.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hammerstein's
Sit
POL
Eden Musee
Victoria MERE and Geisha Girls at World in Wax
A fragmented sports and entertainment note mentions Victoria Mere and Geisha Girls among other acts like the Air King and Curties at a wax world event. It also references the funeral of King Edward and an Edwards 8.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A and Daily
Mats & Away
Hug Tm
Victoria Mere
Aime NX
Geisha Girls
Bellehoot Bos & Girls
Teeth World In Wax
Curties
the Air King
Inematograph
Fach Howe
King Edward
Edwards
Youthful fashions offered in three stylish suit models
Local shop advertises youths suits in sizes 32 to 35 priced from 16 to 28 dollars. Also features an import line with gay Paree theme and 1188 fancy handkerchiefs at 1 dollar with linen blends. Japanese bargains include 1800 white kerchiefs at 20 cents. Warren st.
Also Mentioned on This Page
McGuire
Hudson Street Hospital
New-York Tribune
Ima
11Th Avenue
New York Central
Chauffeur Hospital
Rubber Railroad
Otis
John Rapp
Hart’s Island
Praises Thompson
Sing Sing Prison
Marine Intelligence
Moon
Gandy
Mait
Japan
Corea
China
Tacoma
Keemun
Philippines
Vancouver
Fijit Islands
Australia
New Zealand
Manuka
Hawaii
San Francisco
Sierra
la Guayra
Zulia
Geowns
Kaiser
Derin
Saramacca
Port Spa
Canaré
Caronia
s-Am
F Tietgen
Alleghany
Hayti
Gascogne
Aceeeee Parthenia
Oro
Sthampton
Star
Oceanic Steeescees
Clon
Sarnia
Tne
Shipping News
Port of New York
Clara
Fiume
Oran
Phelps Bres & Co
Everett
Vietertous
Hamilton
Newport News
Aurora
Dunkirk
Coppe
Demerara
Alliane Cristobal
Kentuckian
Puerto Mexico
Latsiana
Boulogne
m—Noordam
Joe Rotterdam
Nbn York
Moji
Burral
Kasenga
Hong Kong
Shanghai
Etc
Std
Bloemfontein
Calcutta
Colombes
Martha
Uranium
Phobus
Shields
Angie Bolivian
Mantia
Tony Pick
Rocers Peet & Company
Warren St
Criterion
East Francis Witn the
Hudson
Spendthifl
Henry Miller
Bway & Sith
Tom'n
Jas
Morton
Freder Masons
Joseph Cant
Adirondack
Charles J. Ross
Mizzi Hajol
Stella Mayhew
Sildnew
Grant Barry Lupino
Billee Taylor
Gertrude Visit
Henry Coote
May Gray Hazel Alien
Frances Loew
Geo. Evans
Jary Sia
Thea
Summer Widowers
Mii DeWolf Hopper
Thompson & “Sa
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