Chief Croker attacks mental tests for new firemen after fatal Washington Street blaze
Fire Chief Croker denounces Civil Service rules that place physically able men at the bottom of the list arguing for a higher weight on physical fitness. He cites the Washington Street warehouse fire that killed Healy and Cotter and injured others, while Civil Service officials defend the grading and note limits in pool of strong applicants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Croker
Washington Street
Civil Service
Timbuctoo
New York
Municipal Civil Service Commission
Healey and Cotter
John ©. McGuire
Commission
Shortage of strong applicants tests town recruitment
The report notes that while many applicants passed the examination, a number were ruled out for weak hearts and the overall pool of robust entrants remained well below the demand, highlighting a personnel shortfall.
German Woman Detained After Shipboard Immigration Mixup
The German consulate met the Nieuw Amsterdam at the Holland America pier to meet Marie Rodenbeck of Strassburg who was found aboard and detained at Ellis Island. Also removed were Mrs. William Hunton, a negro woman, and her two children who had traveled with Rodenbeck from Rotterdam. Mrs. Hunton’s husband, a Y M C A national secretary, met them later at their Brooklyn home. Mrs. Hunton denies Rodenbeck was a servant and says she is a cultured, well off woman who traveled with her on the voyage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holland-America
Nieuw Amsterdam
Marie Rodenbeck
Strassburg
Ellis Island
William Hunton
Miss Rodenbeck
Rotterdam
Germany
Broadway Block to Host 22-Story Hotel Plan
The McAlpin estate easterly Broadway block from 334 to 34th Street is slated for a 22 story hotel. The Greeley Square Hotel Company will lease the land valued about 6.096 million dollars with a 5 percent rental, about 300000 yearly. Founders include Charles P. Taft W D Marlow and S A White with F M Andrews drafting plans for a 4 million dollar structure. The frontage is 207 feet on Broadway and 150 feet on each street.
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 in Rosenberg Case Arraignment
Hugo and Jules Rosenberg of the Max Rosenberg wholesale millinery firm were arraigned before Judge Holt on charges of conspiring to defraud the customs. They posted cash bail of 10008 each after arrest by Marshal Henkel. The indictment cites a 145 November 20 import on the steamship La Touraine of silver trimmings valued at 234 with invoices undervalued. Max Rosenberg heads the Paris based firm. books were seized and turned over to the U.S. Attorney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hugo
Jules Rosenberg
Holt
United States
Max Rosenberg
Fifth Avenue
Henkel
la Touraine
Marshal Henkel
Board of Appraisers
Paris
Widow Fannie Miller Loses Habeas Corpus Bid
Justice Greenbaum dismissed the writ sued by Mrs. Fannie S. Miller widow of James Willard Miller against the Ludlow Street jail warden. Miller, jailed since March on contempt of court for refusing to pay 8000 on a note said to be owed by her deceased husband. A life insurance policy valued at 15000 was among Miller's estate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Justice Greenbaum
Fannie S. Miller
James Willard Miller
Ludlow Street
Coroner's jury urged to probe Eleventh Avenue trains
Judge Swann in General Sessions yesterday placed before a grand jury the request for a coroner's jury inquiry into the operation of trains on Eleventh avenue by the New York Central Railroad. He stated the charter does not justify capricious running and urged safeguards for life and safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Swann
Eleventh Avenue
New York Central Railroad
Judge Swann
Grand Jury
Chauffeur in Hospital with Injuries After Amsterdam Avenue Collision
Louis Champion a chauffeur at 0 West th street lies in J Hood Wright Hospital with a broken leg internal injuries and concussion of the brain following a collision early yesterday morning with a surface car at Amsterdam avenue and 1324 street Loss of steering gear caused loss of control on the steep Amsterdam avenue hill above 130th street
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis Champion
J. Hood Wright
Amsterdam Avenue
1324
Champion
Amsterdam Avenue Bil
Shel
Rubber Railroad Timetables Stir Commuter Rage
Commuters label the New Haven line the rubber railroad after new timetables raise distances between Grand Central and stations from Woodlawn to Stamford. Protest drafts cite failure to post changes thirty days and allege lower long hauls, higher fares, and reduced service. Local leaders in Sound Beach and Greenwich mobilize opposition with figures like Percy D. Adams and Don C. Seitz urging action.
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
The
Harlem Road
New Haven
John Kendrick Bangs
Hugh M. Hewson
Westchester County
United States
Greenwich
Harlem Railroad
New Haven Road
Connecticut
Don C. Seitz
New York World
Cos Cob
Greenwich Board of Trade
Winfield Ayres
Edwin J. Lucas
Sound Beach
William J. Davids
Riverside
Elevator Strike Spreads at Otis Plants in Several Cities
Machinists in Yonkers Buffalo Harrison and New York city walked out seeking a 25 percent wage increase. Reports say 800 struck Yonkers 400 in Buffalo 300 in Harrison and workers also walked out at the 21st street and Tenth avenue repair shops. Talks with President Baldwin were planned this week to avert a larger walkout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otis Elevator Company
Yonkers
Buffalo
Harrison
District 15
New York and Vicinity
International Association of Machinists
21Th Street
Tenth Avenue
Manhattan
Baldwin
Fire drill at Public School 5 averts panic on Edgecombe Ave
A small fire in an empty room on the second floor prompted a four bell alarm. In two minutes and thirty five hundred children and sixty five teachers filed into the street, while mothers watched the blaze being extinguished.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edgecombe Avenue
140Th
141St
Real Circus Parade to Open Week in New York
New York is set for a real circus parade next Monday as the Adam Forepaugh and Sells Brothers united shows begin a week on Manhattan Field at Eighth Avenue and 153rd Street. The grand production, built around a $3,000,000 spectacle, fills two railroad trains to transport props and acts. The main tent seats 11 000, sixteen chefs cook 2 600 meals daily, and the payroll exceeds 1 000 people.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Adam Forepaugh & Sells Brothers
Big United
Manhattan Field
Eighth Avenue
153Th Street
Second Crusoe Found Off Empire State Coast
John Rapp keeper at Hart's Island since 1870 celebrates forty years in Potters Field burying and exhuming the dead. He oversees twenty five workhouse prisoners and claims to have buried about four thousand bodies yearly while aging yet vigorous.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robinson Crusoe
Empire State
de Foe
Friday
Hart’s Island
City Island
Potter’s Field
John
Germany
New York City
Zgn
St. Louis
California
3D California
Lincoln
New York
Mth Street
New Rochelle
Hart's Island
Mayor Breaks a Record at Hearing Over Pension Bill
A Brooklyn hearing before Mayor Gaynor on a universal half pay pension for all teachers drew strong views. Officials argued fund revenue from fines must be preserved, while supporters urged proportional contributions for benefits. The mayor handled 29 city bills, signaling veto plans and general openness to dance halls regulation and park restrictions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gaynor
Lyman A. Best
Public School 108
Brooklyn
Board of Retirement
Commissioners of Elections
Cuba
Albany
Board of Estimate
Park Commissioner
Ocean Parkway
Mayor Praises Thompson Over Water Revenue Increase
Mayor Gaynor lauds Commissioner Thompson for honesty in public service following a report showing New York water sales over five months totaling 4 298 40193 dollars, up from 3 019 19830 the previous year. He credits deliberate measures for the rise and urges civic attention to the department's efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gaynor
Thompson
Department of Water Supply
New York
Plans for Fourth of July Observance at City Hall
A special committee under Mayor Gaynor plans a Fourth of July celebration marking the 10th anniversary of City Hall occupation. Three parades will run through Manhattan Brooklyn and The Bronx with fireworks from river floats. Executive committee includes Finley Metz Maxwell Gilder and several city officials and leaders.
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. Sullivan
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. Shants
Austen G. Fox
Chester S. Lord
Frederic Keppel
Rigo Named in Suit in Divorce Case
Janezy Rigo the gypsy violinist linked to Europe escapade with Princess Chimay is cited as corespondent in Caspar Emerson Jr.'s divorce suit against his wife Mrs Katherine M. Emerson of Philadelphia. The case before Justice Bischoff notes 1897 and 1908 Harlem Casino performances. Mrs Emerson, known as Rig o's girl, travels in the West and denies the charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Janezy Rigo
Europe
Chimay
Caspar Emerson, Jr
Philadelphia
Katherine M. Emerson
Emerson
Rigo
Harlem
Convict Boeck Lists Liabilities in $193 11787 Estate
J Edward Boeck now in Sing Sing files a schedule showing liabilities of 193 11787 with assets limited to a one twelfth interest in the Jay C Lounsberry estate valued at 3 000 He owes Jonas Naumberg 13 85115 on a judgment Mrs M R Slater 11 14778 on a note Edward R Dayton 24 000 on a jewel hypothecation judgment Theodore Search 10 000 Mary Beeck 80 000 Solomon R Guggenheim 14 343 59 Henry A Dalley 6 000 Alfred A Smith Co 5 600 on assigned merchandise claim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Edward Boeck
Sing Sing
United States Court
Jay C. Lounsberry
Jonas & Naumberg
Washington Place
M. R. Slater
Broadway
Edward R. Dayton
Fifth Avenue
Theodore
Search
Langhorne
Penn
Mary Beeck
Glenside
Solomon R. Guggenheim
Henry A. Dalley
East 63Th Street
Alfred A. Smith & Co
Weinman Works on Park Row Municipal Building Sculptures
Adolph A. Weinman the New York sculptor is preparing mass relief sketches for the new Municipal Building in Park Row. He will model arched transepts and window panels symbolizing the building’s municipal offices and is also shaping the pediment for Brooklyn Institute’s new wing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adolph A. Weinman
New York
Park Row
Weinman
Brooklyn Institute
Institute
Daniel C. French
McKim, Mead & White
Wealthy pushcart owner under probe for false weights
Commissioner Driscoll investigates Jerry Cippelaro charged with false weights after arrest for selling vegetables from a pushcart on First Avenue. His tenement house valued at seventy thousand dollars is owned free and clear. Inspectors plan to be expanded by fourteen, including two women, if funding is approved by the Board of Estimate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Driscoll
Department of Weights and Measures
Jerry Cippelaro
Cippolaro
First Avenue
Priscoll
Board of Estimate
Policeman Falls Thirty Feet Chasing Burglar
Patrolman Peter Coyle of West 47th street station tumbled thirty feet from a railing into a sub cellar at 514 West 57th street. He suffered a fracture to the right leg and was taken to Flower Hospital. The suspect, Joseph Bouvear, 27, claimed Detroit residence and was captured. he later said he was a partner in the building and had a gunshot wound, but no injury was found. The man was sent 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 Tours City Parks and Aquarium
Mayor Fitzgerald of Boston accompanied by an engineer visited city recreation sites yesterday. He met Mayor Gaynor and toured the Aquarium and Bronx Park with Howard Bradstreet, Superintendent of Parks and Recreation Centres.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fitzgerald
Boston
Gaynor
Aquarium
Bronx Park
Howard Bradstreet
Marine Intelligence Miniature Almanac Notice
Sunrise 4 20 sunset 7 27 moon age 29 high water at Sandy Hook Governor's Island Hell Gate wireless reports The Caronta 585 miles east of Sandy Hook yesterday is expected to dock this evening in Gascogne 263 miles east of
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moon Sete
Moon
High Water
Sandy Hook
Governor's Island
Hell Gate
Caronta
Gascogne
Incoming and outgoing steamers schedule listed for Sandy sock area
The notice lists ships expected to dock and depart, with lines showing vessels such as Cearense Europa Yamuri and Lusitania along with times in the forenoon and afternoon. It includes arrivals from Bremen Naples and Rotterdam and destinations including Havana Halifax and Savannah.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bremen
Ngl
Cearense
Para
Booth
Europa
Naples
la Veloce
Potsdam
Rotterdam
Holl
Yamuri
Cienfuegos
Ward
Columbus
Savannah
Mohawk
Hamb
Algonquin
Jacksonville
Clyde
Rio Grande
Galveston
Mallory
Alamo
Tampa
Washington
la Savoie
Havre
Frenche
Morro Castle
Havana
Ancon
Cristobal
Panama
Copenhagen
Campania
Rot'dam
Shipping News Arrivals and Sailings Reported
A coastwise shipping list notes arrivals and departures with ship names, ports, dates, owners, and passenger or cargo loads. Vessels include Jolande di Giorgio, City of Savannah, Baltic, Crown Prince Bry, Carolina, Indrawelli, Nieuw Amsterdam, Minnewaska, Florida, and many more with bar arrivals and quarantine statuses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jolande di Giorgio
Nor
Port Antonio
Atlantic Fruit Co
Bar
City of
White Star Line
Crown Prince Bry
Rio de Janeiro
Victoria
Bahia
Port-au- Spain
Paul F Gerhard & Co
Carolina
Aguadilla
Mayaguez
Ponce
San Juan
New York
Porto Rico
Indrawelli
Shanghai
Hong Kong
Manila
Singapore
Cochin
Calicut
Tellicherry
Port Said
Gibraltar
Finch, Edge & Co
Moise
California
Glasgow
Moville
Henderson Brothers
Nieuw Amsterdam
Rotterdam
Boulogne
Holland- America Line
Minnewaska
London
Atlantic Transport Co
Colon
Cristobal
Panama
Sam
Trongate
San Pedro
River Plate
St Lucia
Florida
Ital
Genoa
Naples
Palermo
Richard & Co
Clothi de Cuneo
Port Antoni
Cuneo Importing Co
Transatlantic steamship movements from New York June entries
The ships listed include Cedric Br New York via Holyhead Hamburg Bluecher Ger and others sailing to New York from European ports. Entries show ship names Dordrecht Hamburg Kronprinz Wilhelm Mauretania Victoria etc with June dates and routes via Plymouth Cherbourg Naples and Rotterdam.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liverpool
Cedric
New York
Holyhead
Hamburg
Bluecher
Plymouth
Cherbourg
Deutschland
Ger
Christiansand
Helrig Clay
Dan
Copenhagen
Trieste
Carpathia
Naples
Piraeus
Themistocles
Grk
Argentina
Lombardia
Italy
America
Ital
Glasgow
Columbia
Moville
London
Minnetonka
Kronprinz Wilhelm
Bremen
Rotterdam
Volturno
Hull
Galileo
Algiers
Bayonne
Buffalo
Neem Nes
Kabinga
Manila
Singapore
Wray Castle
Om York Fishguard
Mauretania
Kronpring Wilhelm
Luisiana
Boulogne
Noordam
New. York
Most
Calcutta
Colombo
Boston
Antwerp
Marina
Uranium
Hambure
Phobus
New York Shields
Angio- Bolivian
Perth
Inveresk
Tannenfelg
Port Natal
Batavia
Fernando Horonda
Drumecondra
Montevideo
la Plata
Funeral of King Edward Featured in Cinematograph
The issue notes the King Edward's funeral shown at the Fact House Cinematograph with wide public interest. Mentions Victoria LIRE and local schools in related items among this period's tributes and headlines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victoria Lire
Mmex
Edwardes
Isha
Belle School
The
Air King
Cinematograph Fact House
King Edward
Youthful fashion items hit the sale rack
The piece outlines youths displaying many suit styles from conservative to ultra, with prices ranging from 16 to 28 dollars for sizes 32 to 35. It notes hats, handkerchiefs, and Japanese kerchiefs priced around 1 dollar to 20 cents, aiming to entice buyers with value and fashion.
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McGuire
No. 116
William Healy
Stone Street
Timothy Cotter
Hudson Street
Edward Doneville
John Conrad
Louis Grimm
McAuliffe
Fulton Street
Healynd Cotter
Binns
Healy
Cotter
Hudson Street Hospital
New-York Tribune
11Th Avenue
New York Central
Chauffeur Hospital
DUB I Rubber Railroad
Otis
John Rapp
Praises Thompson
Sing Sing Prison
Marine Intelligence
Sandy Sock
Japan
Corea
China
Tacoma
Beeman
Philippines
Vancouver
Fijit Islands
Australia
New Zealand
Manuka
Hawaii
San Francisco
Sierra
la Guayre
Zukia
Sansa G
Kaiser W der G
Acceces
Bermuda
Red Star Vaderland
Eugenia
Gre Patris
Patras
Afghanistan
Mallory Alamo Eeece
Liew
Remen
So Pac E Dia
Veston
Mulitpry Nueces
Est
Itonia Aples
Cunard
N. F
Shipping News
Port of
Jamestown
Norfolk
Old Dominion Ss Co
Mdse
Matanzas
Tampico
New York and
Cuba Mall
Canadia
Barbados
Lloyd Brazileiro
Wrdse
Grampian Range
Huelva
D Ladue & Co
Bermudian
E Outerbridge & Co
Clara
Fiume
Oran
Phelps Bros & Co
Prinz Fitel Friedrich
Montego Bay
Kingston
Jacmel and
Aux Cares
Savanilla
Cartagena
Jeremie
Inagua
Hamburg- American Line
Navahoe
Georgetown
Wilmington
Clyde Ss Co
Oroetava
Bri
Sanderson & Son
Orotava
Berwind
New Orleans
Port Tampa
Carteret
N J
City of Everett
Victoria Bay
Hamilton
Mannare News
Aurora
Dunkirk
Coppe
Demerara
Alliance
Puerto Mexico
Mmersteinn
Wen
Eden
Racers
Peet & Compa
Warren St
Tee Knickerbocker
Ss Mit
Criterion
Francis WI
Hudson
Garrick You
Henry Miller
Tom
Pries
Merry
Jas
Morton
New Amsterdam
Adirondack
Instantane
Is With the Fall
Charles J. Ross
Mizzi
Stella Mayhew
Sidney Grant Barry Lupino
Billee Taylor
Gertrude van I
Henry Coote
May Gray Hazed Alien
Frances Loew
Mlle
LO Geo. Evans, Zi
Rai
Eis
Ary
Nat
All Star
Cas
Tvke
DeWolf
Astor
Alhambra
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