Hitchcock Not Guilty Verdict in Long Trial
Raymond Hitchcock was acquitted of assaulting Helen von Hagen after a trial in the Supreme Court criminal branch that lasted over an hour. Defense witness William Astor Chanler denied the allegations, while Hitchcock’s valet testified to support the alibi. The jury returned a not guilty verdict at 2:55 this morning as Justice Goff instructed on penalties and the weight of character evidence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Justice Goff
Supreme Court
Raymond Hitchcock
Helen von Hagen
William Astor Chanler
Great Neck
Long Island
Hitchcock
Herman E. Ruptke
Efe
von Hagen
Garvan
Great Neck House
Cornelius Forbes
Flatbush
Montauk Theatre
Brooklyn
Borough Hall
New York
Mr. Garvan
Elsie Veecks
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 Amid Aero Club Rift
Nine prominent Aero Club of America figures seed a new Aeronautic Society of New York at No 2 East 29th Street enrolling about fifty members. Founders include Albert C Triaca Wilbur R Kimball and A Leo Stevens who pledge practical action over talk and plan to support inventors with grounds sheds and tools. They aim to bring French aeronaut Delagrange to demonstrate apparatus as Wright brothers powers remain unavailable.
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 For Inspection In City
The revised tax books opened yesterday with estimated reductions and exemptions for 1907-1908 between 30 and 35 million dollars. Exemptions may exceed last year’s 19 million, including land for Delancey street widening and the Manhattan Bridge approach. Several major properties show lowered values, such as Waldorf Astoria, Hotel Astor, Knickerbocker, Gotham, Plaza, and National City Bank on Custom House property, with reductions ranging from hundreds of thousands to several millions.
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 seven ballots
John Hi Haaren won seven ballots at the Board of Education meeting to become associate superintendent succeeding George Samler Davis. He currently runs districts 1 and 9 on the East Side and will lead a broad list of teachers and principals assigned to study conditions and abroad, amid lively campaigning and critique of an East Side children’s situation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Hi. 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. Hoewe
Principles of Education
Brooklyn Training School
William FE. 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
Erasmus Hall High
George J. Loewy
Bryant
Mary J. Quinn
de Witt Clinton
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. Carpen
Dale
Eunice E. Crapser
Queens
Matilda M. K
Anna E. Carpenter
Joseph W. Oliver
Lewing
Mary H. Cooley
Jamaica Training School
Anna EB. Logue
Cora B. Beaumont
Henry J._ Silverman
Dorothy M. Caterson
The
Bronx
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 system will be created with seven inspectors elevated, and 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
Williams. Conrow
E. R. Norwood
Isaac Harris
John J. Raczkiewicz
Henry Morrison
Mail Pouch Stolen In Major Post Office Loss
Los Angeles reports reluctant admissions by postal officials that a registered mail pouch missing since last Saturday may hold between 50 000 and 100 000 dollars in currency and valuables. Banks cite shipments to New York and a Los Angeles origin with receipts yet to be affidavited. The pouch traveled via Atchison Topeka Santa Fe toward Kansas City.
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
Brooklyn boy carried off by kite on roof fall unhurt
George Earl twelve years old of 2086 Atlantic avenue Brooklyn was dragged toward the roof edge by a box kite on a four story building at Howard avenue and Dean street. He clutched a water pipe but wind shift jerked him off the edge. He was examined by Dr. Sullivan at St. Marys Hospital and found none the worse for the fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Avenue
Dean Street
Brooklyn
George Earl
Atlantic Avenue
St. Mary’s Hospital
Sullivan
St. Mary's Hospital
Earl
George
Freda Hanckberg
St. Mark's Avenue
Max Goovick
5Th Street
Avenue C
Tears On Two Ships As Miss de Kerstrat Missed Farewell
A dramatic scene at Hoboken as friends of French actress Miss Yvonne de Kerstrat rushed to say goodbye before she sailed on the Holland-America liner Ryndam. They boarded the Blucher by mistake, searched in vain, and wept when realizing their error as the Ryndam sailed behind.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blutcher
Ryndam
Yvonne de Kerstrat
Charles Frohman
Hamburg
Blucher
Miss de Kerstrat
Wife Ends Life After Husband Death in Flatbush
Marie Antoinette Smith, 32, killed herself at No 148 Midwood Street in Flatbush Brooklyn after her husband Langdon Smith a newspaper man died on April 8. She had earlier attempted suicide on April 2 and was treated at Kings County Hospital. She was arraigned May 7, said to have taken poison by mistake for medicine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marie Antoinette Smith
Midwood Street
Flatbush
Brooklyn
Langdon Smith
G. C. Owens
Kingston Avenue
Unemployed relief plan debated at city meeting
National Committee for the Relief of the Unemployed held a meeting at Park Row and Duane street. A labor bureau at the new headquarters will assist men seeking work daily. The group seeks President Roosevelt's cooperation to send unemployed people to Panama. J Brendt Walker acquires 36 West 66th Street property with 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 the trial of Patrolman Edward H. Wills of West 47th Street station on abduction charges disagreed. He was released in 5000 dollar bail by Judge Foster in the Court of General Sessions. Meanwhile Coronor Harburger postponed the inquest into Dr. Martin W. Auspitz death at 131 West 135th Street due to the insured mental condition of the shooter Sarah Koten until Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward H. Wills
West 47Th Street
Foster
Court of General Sessions
Sarah Koten
Martin W. Auspitz
131
West 135Th Street
Coronir Harburger
Barnard Juniors boast largest, most original class
The Barnard College junior class, largest and most original, celebrated at the Hotel Manhattan luncheon. They toasted the class baby Florence Brill, represented by her mother Miss Florence Wolff before matrimony, and staged a progressive luncheon with toasts between courses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barnard College
Bob
Manhattan
Florence Brill
Florence Wolff
Ruth Childs
Pauline Johnson
Florence Gerish
Elsie Smith
Dr. de Bony
Margaret Kenny
Jessie Levy
Edna Phillips
Helen Phillips
B. Aaron
Margaret Frink
Herlinda Smithers
Eleanor Gay
Barnard
Tung Pih Kong
China
United States
Diaz family to vacation at Hotel Edgemere
Mr and Mrs Francis Diaz and their family 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 on Occupations for College Women
Miss Gertrude L. Marvin, a Wellesley College alumna and fellowship recipient in economics, has been invited to extend her fellowship for another year. She is pursuing 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 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gertrude L. Marvin
Wellesley College
Marvin
Wellesley Magazine
The
Tribune
Garden Party Nets $2954 for Army Relief Society
Mrs. Francis M. Gibson reports the New York branch netted 2954 from a Garden Party at Governor's Island, near 3000 in profits and higher than last year when proceeds reached 2211 for the Army Relief Society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis M. Gibson
New York
The
Army Relief Society
Governor's Island
Engagement announced between Edith Wells and Rev Charles Harriman
Miss Edith Lee Wells daughter of Mr and Mrs James Wells and Rev Charles C Harriman announce their engagement Harriman a Harvard graduate formerly curate at St George s Church and now rector of St Ann s Church Morrisania Bronx Wells educated at New York Collegiate Institute and Barnard College has shown strong church work interest in The Bronx
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edith Lee Wells
James
Women Exhibit Fancy Articles at National Museum
Washington observers report a Washington women driven exhibit at the United States National Museum featuring laces embroideries fans miniatures and pottery. Mrs Roosevelt Mrs Pinchot and Mrs Harlan have contributed crates including rare laces and embroideries spanning Louis XVI and First Empire periods and George II English pieces. The display expands next fall to glass ivory jewelry boxes bags and other art forms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States National Museum
Roosevelt
James W. Pinchot
James C. Harlan
Harlan
Pinchot
Louis XVI
France
George II
England
Woman's Exchange to Teach Camp Cookery for Boys
A New York program by the Woman's Exchange plans a six lesson camp cookery course for boys. Miss Bella Bruce notes boys need quick tasty meals and practical food skills, including batter cakes and camp game or fish care, to earn respect and lead in emergencies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison Avenue
Bella Bruce
Exchanse Household Science Scout
Bruce
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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
Budweiser
Anheuser - Busch Brewery
St. Louis, Mo
O. Brandt
Mogr
Anheuser-Busch Agency
New York City
Melrose
38Th Street
A. Busch, Manger
A. Busch Bottling CO
City News
Pennsylvania Railroad
Bulletin
Chicago
MR. Lowell
the Government of England
By A. Lawrence Lowell
Harvard University
Lowell
the Public Ledger of Philadelphia
Bryce
Pittsburg
A. Lawrence Lowell
the Macmillan Company
Sth Ave
N.Y
Will
Miss Marvin
District Court of the United States
Thomas Mathews
Chas. Shongood
U. S
Auctio District
James P
Madises Ave
Borough of
Coachem
O. Francis Griffen
Morrison & Schiff
Baay
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