Hitchcock Not Guilty Verdict In Long Island Case
Raymond Hitchcock was found not guilty of assaulting Helen von Hagen after a trial that lasted over an hour in the criminal branch of the Supreme Court. William Astor Chanler testified for the defense, denying any acquaintance with the von Hagen girl and stating he had seen Hitchcock only in court. Testimony included Hitchcock’s valet and a flatbush r iding witness. the defense argued for alibi and justice, while the prosecution pressed credibility of the girl and contrasted her with Hitchcock. Justice Goff instructed the jury on penalties and the weight of character, and the verdict was rendered at 2:55 this morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Justice Goff
Supreme Court
Raymond Hitch‘cock
Helen von Hagen
William Astor Chanler
Great Neck
Long Island
Hitchcock
von Hagen
Elsie Weecks
Chanler
Garvan
Herman E. Ruptke
Great Neck House
Carnelius Forbes
Flatbush
Montauk Theatre
Brooklyn
Borough Hall
New York
Elsie Voecks
Caroline Madeline Tegitmeyer
St. Michael's Home
Mamaroneck
West 41St Street
Margaret Plautz
Goff
Steuer
Children’s Society
House of the Good Shepherd
Aeronautic Society of New York Forms By Aeronautic Club Members
Nine prominent Aero Club of America figures formed the Aeronautic Society of New York at 2 East 29th Street last night, enrolling about fifty members. Leaders including Albert C. Triaca and A Leo Stevens vowed action beyond talk, planning grounds for sheds and a shop, balloon donations, and inviting Delagrange to demonstrate French aviation methods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aero Club of America
East 29Th Street
Aeronautic Society of New York
Aero Club
Triaca
Wright Brothers
Mr. Herring
Delagrange
Revised tax books open with broad exemptions listed
The revised tax books opened for inspection yesterday. Exemptions and reductions for 197 year total between 35 and 36 million dollars, with exemptions possibly slightly higher than last year. Notable real estate reductions include Waldorf Astoria and Plaza properties, and major properties such as Hotel Astor, Knickerbocker, Gotham, and National City Bank on Custom House property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delancey Street
Manhattan Bridge
South Brooklyn
Waldorf-Astoria
Hotel Astor
Knickerbocker
Gotham
Plaza
National City Bank
Custom House
Haaren elected associate superintendent after long ballot
John H Haaren won the post after seven ballots at the Board of Education meeting to succeed George Samler Davis who became president of Normal College. He now heads district superintendents in No 1 and No 9 on the lower East Side. The meeting featured sharp campaigning and debate over East Side school conditions while a committee to study the issue was discussed. A musical director from a related case lost pay and a textbook was dropped from use. A list of teachers to study conditions abroad was named, with many principals and teachers assigned to various New York City high schools and public schools as far as Manhattan, Brooklyn, and the Bronx.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John H. Haaren
Board of Education
George Samler Davis
Normal College
Dr. Haaren
Lower East Side
East Side
Nicholas J. Barrett
Julia L. Richman
Rix
Grace L. Cook
New York Training School
Stuart H. Kene
Principles of Education
Brooklyn Training School
William F. Felter
Girls’ High School
Brooklyn
Frank Rollins
Stuyvesant High School
James J. Sheppard
High School of Commerce
Hiram_ H. Rice
de Witt Clinton High School
Anna V. McVay
Wadleigh High School
Carl A. Krause
Harry A. Potter
Girls’ High
Louis R. Heller
Jessie F. Smith
Estella M. Veader
Erasmus Hall High School
Ida West
Washington Irving High School
Charles H. Teeter
Commercial High School
Kate E. Turner
George J. Loewy
Bryant High School
Mary J. Quinn
Kate Simmons
Tenny W. Dickson
Bryant Highchool
Horace G. Healey
Henry B. Jenkins
Manhattan
John F. Reigart
Winnifred T. Cullen
Mary R. Davis
Julia Byrne
Jennie M. Langthorne
Charles W. Moore
Rose G. Cannon
Bella M. Carpendale
Eunice E. Crapser
Queens
Matilda M. K. Geiss
Mary McNamara
James F. Marshall
The
Bronx
Annie Sutherland
Lavinia H. Walker
Kate C. Warder
Margaret M. Simmons
Public
Gertrude B. Rowe
Manattan
Anna E. Carpenter
Joseph W. Oliver
Lewing
Mary H. Cooley
Jamaica Training School
Anna B. Logue
Cora B. Beaumont
Henry J. Silverman
Dorothy M. Caterson
Vernetta Hathaway
Evelyn Goldsmith
Anna L. T. O'Neil
Henry T. Weed
Josiah H. Pitts
City Superintendent of Schools
Change in Customs Authorized
Washington approved a plan to reorganize Deputy Surveyor Bishop's staff. A permanent acting deputy surveyor corps will replace seven inspectors, with pay raised from 1825 to 2200 dollars a year. Named acting deputy surveyors include Tierney, McKeon, Conrow, Norwood, Harris, Raczkiewicz, and Morrison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Bishop
James S. Clarkson
Customs
Cortelyou
William Tierney
Alexander McKeon
William S. Conrow
E. R. Norwood
Isaac Harris
John J. Raczkiewicz
Henry Morrison
Stolen Mail Pouch Tied to Large Currency Loss
Los Angeles reports confirm a missing registered mail pouch likely from the Kansas City postoffice. Initial estimates place cash value from $50,000 to as high as $100,000, with many letters and valuables. The Los Angeles correspondents and local banks tie a $50,000 currency package to the Importers and Traders Bank of New York. The pouch departed June 4 and was due in Kansas City last Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Kansas City
Bank of New York
Flint
Charles Seyler
Farmers and Merchants’ National Bank
New York
Chemical National Bank
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Kite tragedy on Brooklyn roof ends with narrow escape for boy
On Howard avenue and Dean street a box kite dragged 12 year old George Earl to the edge of a four story roof. He fell onto sand but escaped serious harm. Nearby, Freda Hanckberg fractured her skull after dropping a doll. Max Goovick survived a five story fall through an elevator shaft due to a cushion of excelsior. Medical aid arrived promptly from St Marys Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Avenue
Dean Street
Brooklyn
George Earl
Atlantic Avenue
St. Mary’s Hospital
Sullivan
Earl
George
Freda Hanckberg
St. Mark’s Avenue
St. Mary's Hospital
Max Goovick
Hth Street
Avenue C
Teary mix up as actress misses ship voyage
Miss Yvonne de Kerstrat, appearing in Falling Leaves, hoped for a Paris voyage on the Ryndam. Her friends, failing to find her aboard the Blucher, boarded the wrong steamer and wept as the Ryndam sailed behind, spotting her on deck and crying anew.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blutcher
Ryndam
Yvonne de Kerstrat
Charles Frohman
Miss de Kerstrat
Paris
Hoboken
Blucher
de Kerstrat
Hamburg
Mrs Marie Antoinette Smith Dies by Suicide in Flatbush
In Flatbush Brooklyn Mrs Marie Antoinette Smith age thirty two killed herself at her home after grieving her husband Langdon Smith a newspaper man who died April 8 She had earlier ingested poison on April 2 and was treated at Kings County Hospital She was arraigned May 7 in Flatbush police court discharged Dr G C Owens attended her and found her resting easily Her death was discovered by her maid early yesterday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marie Antoinette Smith
Midwood Street
Flatbush
Brooklyn
Langdon Smith
G. C. Owens
Kingston Avenue
Unemployed Relief Meeting Plans Panama Aid
A meeting of the National Committee for the Relief of the Unemployed convened at the city building at Park Row and Duane street. A labor bureau will operate daily at the new headquarters to assist men seeking work, and Roosevelt's cooperation is sought for plans to send some unemployed to Panama. J Brendt Walker acquired title to 36 West 66th Street, 10.5 by 10. From Charles P Caldwell. The stated consideration was nominal. The property has a $20,000 mortgage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Committee For the Relief of the Unemployed
Park Row
Duane Street
Roosevelt
Panama
J. Brandt Walker
J. Brendt Walker
West 66Th Street
Charles P. Caldwell
Jury Disagrees in Patrolman Wills Abduction Trial
After five hours, the jury in Patrolman Edward H. Wills’s abduction trial at West 47th Street station failed to reach a verdict. Judge Foster set bail at 6000 dollars for the officer’s release. In a separate case, coroner Harburger postponed the inquest into Dr. Martin W. Auspitz’s death due to the defendant Sarah Koten’s serious mental condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward H. Wills
West 47Th Street
Foster
Court of General Sessions
Sarah Koten
Martin W. Auspitz
151
West 135Th Street
Corone R Harburger
Barnard College Juniors Toast Class Baby at Luncheon
The Barnard College junior class, largest and most original, celebrated at the Hotel Manhattan with a progressive luncheon. Florence Brill, the youngest class baby, though not present, was represented by her mother Florence Wolff before matrimony. Gifts included horoscopes and a postlunch tea at Barnard hosted by Tung Pih Kong.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barnard College
Bob
Manhattan
Florence Brill
Florence Wolff
Ruth Childs
Pauline Johnson
Florence Gerish
Elsie Smith
Cc. de Bony
Margaret Kenny
Jessie Levy
Edna Phillips
Helen Phillips
B. Aaron
Margaret Frink
Herlinda Smithers
Eleanor Gay
Barnard
Diaz family to vacation at Hotel Edgemere in July and August
Mr and Mrs Francis Diaz and their two children of 122 East 72nd Street will spend July and August at the Hotel Edgemere in Edgemere Long Island.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis Diaz
East 72d Street
Edgemere
Long Island
Miss Marvin’s Work In Occupations For College Women
Miss Gertrude L. Marvin, Wellesley College alumna and economics fellow, has been invited to extend her fellowship for another year. She conducts a special study on occupations for college women and recently contributed to The Wellesley Magazine an article titled College Girls In Stores, a résumé of which appeared in The Tribune for June 9.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gertrude L. Marvin
Wellesley College
Marvin
Wellesley Magazine
The
Tribune
Garden party nets 2954 dollars for Army Relief Society
Mrs. Francis M. Gibson, treasurer of the New York branch, reports that the garden party at Governor's Island raised 2954 dollars in net profits, just above last year’s 2211 dollars. The total marks a renewed boost in funds for the Army Relief Society's local efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis M. Gibson
New York
The
Army Relief Society
Governor's Island
Engagement Announcement for Edith Wells and Rev. Charles Harriman
Miss Edith Lee Wells, daughter of Mr and Mrs James Wells, announces her engagement to Rev Charles C Harriman. Harriman, a Harvard graduate, formerly curate at St George's Church on 16th Street, has served the past year as rector of St Ann's Church in Morrisania Bronx. Wells attended New York Collegiate Institute and Barnard College and is active in church work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edith Lee Wells
James
Women Exhibit Fancy Articles at National Museum
Washington notes show several hundred objects already on display as Washington women assemble laces embroideries fans miniatures and pottery. Mrs Roosevelt Mrs Pinchet and Mrs Harlan have deposited collections forming a nucleus for rare laces embroideries and fans from Louis XVI era First Empire France George II England Spanish sticks and a carved Chinese fan. Next fall the exhibit will expand to glass ivory jewelry boxes bags and other art works.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States National Museum
Roosevelt
James W. Pinchet
James C. Harlan
Pinchet
Harlan
Pinchot
Louis XVI
France
George II
England
Camps teach boys cooking to boost health and leadership
The Woman's Exchange plans a camp cookery course for boys, featuring quick tasty batter cakes, game and fish cooking, larder care, and basic survival skills. Miss Bella Bruce says the program will build health, respect among peers, and self reliance for future explorers and expeditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bella Bruce
Exchange Household Science Scool
Miss Bruce
Also Mentioned on This Page
W. A. Chanler
NEW Aeronautic Club
William Penn
Tower of London
Pennsylvania
Pennbury Manor
Philadelphia
National Magazine of History
Dictionary of National Biography
Eddy
Anheuser-Busch Brewing Association
St. Louis
United States
Budweiser
Anheuser-Busch Brewery
St. Louis, Mo
E. O. Brandt
Moner
Anheuser-Busch Agency
New York City
Melrose
38Th Street
A. Busch, Mangr
A. Busch Bottling CO
City News
Pennsylvania Railroad
Bulletin
Chicago
MR. Lowell
the Government of England
By A. Lawrence Lowell
Harvard Unversity
Lowell
the Public Ledger of Philadelphia
Bryce
Pittsburg
A. Lawrence Lowell
the Macmillan Company
Std
Will
Miss Marvin
District Court of the United States
Southern District of New York
Thomas Mathews
Chas. Shongood
U. S
Souther District of New York
James P. Silo
Madison Ave
Dia
Francis Grif
Morrison & Schiff
Ban
Madison Avenue
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