Crowds At Coney Island Led to Raids and Accidents
More than 350000 visitors enjoyed warm weather at Coney Island and nearby beaches. Police raided five disorderly houses after indictments, arrested five bathers for salt violations, and took victims to Adams Street station. A wagon collision near Coney Island Creek sent two men overboard, with a rapid rescue. five were injured in a separate crash at Van Siclen station.
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Coney Island
O’brien
Captain Keller
Adams Street
Brooklyn
Sheepshead Board of Trade
Manhattan Beach
Brighton Beach
Coney Creek
Coney Island Avenue
Sebastian Trusso
Hancock Street
Smith Street
Trusso
Charles Letone
William J. McGowan
Sheepsheed Bay
Coney Island Creek
Rose
Julia Heiland
East 8M Street
Daniel Dwyer
McDougal Street
James Rubin
Cyclone at Fort George Brings Mass Arrests and Raids
Inspector James Thomson and Captain Krue echer lead a Fort George sweep with detectives ending in seventy arrests. Gambling dens and games of chance raided, the Ferris wheel halted as authorities clamp down yearly trouble spots.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Thomson
Krueecher
West 152d Street
Fort George
Thomperon
No More Blind Salary Increases Warned by Controller
Notice to municipal department heads from the Controller warns against unbudgeted salary increases. The Board of Estimate will review all salary changes, requiring detailed lists of changes over the past three years. Department heads must submit changes in six month, monthly, and quarterly periods dating from 1967 to 1998.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Estimate
Yeal
Charles S. Herver
Fake bicycle patrolman arrested in Springfield Long Island
Police in Brooklyn celebrate the arrest of a man calling himself Allen C. Brown from Van Wrecklen Avenue Ozone Park who impersonated a bicycle officer and extorted motorists. Lt McDonald and Patrolmen Patterson and Van Cleef witnessed the incident near Springfield Hotel before placing him under arrest.
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Brooklyn
Springfield
Long Island
Allen c. Brown
van Wreklen Avenue
Ozone Park
McDonald
Patterson
van Cleef
van Wryckien
PREEN ENDS GORMLEY INQUIRY IN NIGHT COURT
Magistrate Matthew Breen finished a night court inquiry into the release of Jack Gormley on bail. Police charged the magistrate with releasing a notorious criminal despite twenty five burglary charges. Breen said he had no word of multiple charges and held Gormley on a high $2,500 bail.
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Matthew Breen
Jack Gormley
Breen
Gormley
Tube Station at 23d Street Opens
The 23d Street station of the McAdoo tunnel under the Hudson River opened for passengers with a test run by motorman James Goetz. A three-car train left Hoboken at 11:50, reached the new station at 12:48, and returned at 6. Only the east side of the Sixih avenue station is finished as trains from Hoboken use the northbound track and switch to the southbound track at the end of the platform until completion of the other station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
23D Street
McAdoo
Hudson River
James Goetz
Leboken
Hoboken
Sixih Avenue
New Jersey
23Rd Street
Philanthropy School Opens Summer Term in New York
The New York School of Philanthropy starts its eleventh summer term with a meeting in Assembly Hall at 1% East 224 Street. President Robert W. de Forest of the Charity Organization Society will preside and Dr. Jeen Frankel of the Saxe Foundation will speak on constructive philanthropy. A reception for new students follows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philanthropy
New York School of Philanthropy
Tomight
Assembly Hall
East 224 Street
Robert W. de Forest
Charity Organization Society
Jeen Frankel
Saxe Foundation
Phaeton Upsets in Park as Driver Dares Runaway Horses
J H Monheimer of West 86th Street drove a runaway phaeton at 90th Street and Fifth Avenue into a park railing to save his son and daughter in law. All four occupants and the footman escaped with no serious injuries as the carriage overturned and the horses fled toward Fifth Avenue. The grass cushioned the fall and all jumped free as the wagon struck the railing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H. Monheimer
West 86Th Street
Park Lawn
90Th Street
Fifth Avenue
91St Street
Falls Among Waiters in Sixth Avenue Gambling Raid
Reform waves under Inspector Steinbruck and Acting Captain Murphy raided a Sixth Avenue building, discovering barred windows and an iron scuttle. Detectives descended to find eighteen French waiters engaged in baccarat. Seventeen suspects were discharged. James Machas held for keeping a gambling house.
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Steinbruck
Murphy
The
Law
No. 475
Sixth Avenue
McManus
Tierney
Kinney
Aids
Captain Murphy
Finn
James Machas
No. 242
West 26Th Street
Dies After Quarrels In Brooklyn Embroidery Family
Abraham Wittcover a 32 year old embroidery maker with Swiss Embroidery and Novelty Company registered at 97 Worcester St and lived at 184 Suydam St Brooklyn died from inhaling illuminating gas at Belwood Hotel in a suspected suicide after quarrels with his wife who fled to The Bronx with their 10 year old daughter. Police hunt for the wife as morgue keepers and a policeman prevented her from throwing herself into the river. The couple had moved to Brooklyn from The Bronx on Thursday and argued on Friday leading to the fatal act on Saturday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abraham Wittcover
Swiss Embroidery and Novelty Company
Wooster Street
Suydam Street
Brooklyn
Belwood
Third Avenue
A. Wittcover
Wittcover
Star neglige shirts and summer wear at Rochers Peer Co
The ad highlights Star neglige shirts from Rochers Peer & Company with prices from 1.50 to 3.50 and discusses shirt pattern centering on the bosom. It promotes ramie underwear and light summer suits with no back lining for cooling comfort. Stores listed at Three Broadway, Warren Street, 13th Street, and 34th Street near City Hall Union Square Herald Square.
Deserving Mothers and Rest Home Fund Drive Details
Contributions from Mrs E W Manhattan and others totaling many dollars support a desert ed mother the consumptive man and various welfare funds. Opening day at the T S S Rest Home Clark's Falls Conn featured visitors from New Haven Watch Hill North Kingston Westerly Providence and more with entertainment and dining. The event highlighted the need for rest homes for overworked women and tired mothers and noted ongoing support from the Mothers Sunshine Circle and New York branches.
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E. W
Manhattan
LM. A
Brooklyn
Joseph H. Lester
Long Island
H. A. Potter
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Bedford
N. Y
Winterton, Y
Joey
Cooper
Tuxedo Park
Kate Couger Baker
Euting
Greenwich
T. & S. Rest
Clark's Falls
Conn
New Haven
S. S
New York
Watch Hill
North &Jonington
Westerly
Hopkinton
Providence
South Nyack
Bloomfield
N. J
General Society
F. B. Walker
Elm City
T. J. Adams
Mayflower
P. F. Frost
Mothers’ Sunshine Circle of
P. A. Greere
Chelsea
Ashaway
Miss Low
Ashawey
Connecticut Hills
Mary E. Ferris
P. A. Greene
Patrick’s Attorney Seeks Writ Over Patrick Case
William S. McDonald released Patrick’s complaint alleging a vast conspiracy to loot Rice millions led to his conviction for the murder of William Marsh Rice. Patrick claims deceit oppression and bribery by prosecutors grand jury and courts. The writ of habeas corpus was filed with Judge Lacombe in the U S Circuit Court last Friday. action unlikely before July 14.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Art
Albert T. Patrick
William Marsh Rice
William S. McDonald
No. 15
William Street
Patrick
Lacombe
United States Circuit Court
McDonald
University of Texas
Sing Sing
Grand Jury
Levy Replies to Metz Over Fourth Avenue Subway
Congressman Jefferson M. Levy rebutted Controller Metz's charge of political orders affecting the Board of Estimate on the Fourth avenue subway. Levy defends Charles F. Murphy and argues the line would aid Fort Hamilton more than Coney Island, urging focused transit growth and city credit protection while urging patience from Brooklyn allies.
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Feix
Jefferson M. Levy
Metz
Board of Estimate
Fourth Avenue
Charles F. Murphy
Murphy
Coney Island
Democratic Organization
Fort Hamilton
Fourth Avenue Subway
City of
New York
Brooklyn
Rome
Subway
Self supporting woman seeks copying machine for work
A T S S member who cared for a demented mother and now lacks income relies on a typewriter in a downtown office. She hopes for a copying machine costing eight dollars to expand manifold work. She has received emergency fund aid at times but does not want to beg, only work.
Miss Elsie Powell Seeks Baby Carriage Aid on Mott Street
Miss Elsie Powell director of the Wickham Diet Kitchen at 160 Mott Street appeals for another baby carriage for a mother with five children. The youngest is ill and must be outdoors, and the husband has been unemployed for months. Powell notes the wheelchair given to a paralyzed youth helped him walk crutches, and the device has been passed to a back injury patient who needs air.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elsie Powell
Wickham
Mott Street
Miss Powell
Sunshine sales planned by Annisquam and sister branches
The Annisquam Massachusetts branch schedules a Sunshine sale on July 9 to replenish the branch treasury with donations of fancy articles from individuals and members. Miss Edith Mounteney of Caldwell New Jersey T S S branch held a June 13 sale for Camp Rest awhile.
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Annisquam
Mass
Helen Lane
Edith Mounteney
Caldwell
N. J
Passaic
J. H. Boynton
Ascension Street
Arlington
Belle G. Dutcher
Incurable Cripple Seeks Sunshine Drive For Outing
Adolph Koch, an incurable cripple, seeks funds for a two week country outing. For years sympathetic T. S. S. members have provided the money, hoping he will be helped again. A Poughkeepsie invalid longs for a summer Sunshine drive, the one day she can leave her wheelchair. Four dollars will grant this day of sunshine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adolph Koch
Poughkeepsie
Two Sunshine Members Seek Meisterchase Books for Spanish Study
Two Sunshine members aim to study Spanish for business reasons and request a set of Meisterchase books. They prefer not to receive them as a gift but would gratefully accept a pass on edition if available, offering to donate to the society's emergency fund in return, making one gift serve two good purposes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sunshine
Meisterchase
Birthday of Bedford woman prompts kind cheer request
The birthday of Miss Annie M. Morris of West Pitt street Bedford Pennsylvania is June 16. Confined to bed for twenty two years she endures daily suffering and needs cheerful support. Delia Floyd of Tanner Gilmer County W Va has not sat up for twenty three years with spinal trouble and a lonely life. stationery and stamps would aid her as she enjoys writing.
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Annie M. Morris
West Pitt Street
Bedford
Penn
Delia Floyd
Tanner
Gilmer County
W. Va
Willing to share marching book for Loyal Legion and Band
Westboro Massachusetts resident Arriet F Clark offers help and seeks a marching book once common in Loyal Legion and Band of Hope. In Chrystie Street House note Mr Gillpatrick thanks donors for clothing and appeals for funds to buy a kitchen range wash tubs wallpaper and paint for boys home.
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Loyal Legion
Band of Hope
Westboro
Mass
Arriet F. Clark
Gillpatrick
Chrystie Street House
Chrystie Street
Mrs Bernstein Brightens Lives With Sunshine Work
Mrs S Bernstein of Philadelphia dedicates Sunshine work to lonely shut inns distributing potted plants bulbs and seeds to invalid friends across many states Each birthday is marked with a thoughtful greeting reflecting her kindness and care
Flag Day Observances Across New York Mark 131st Birthday
The Star Spangled banner is hoisted nationwide as schools and clubs observe Flag Day. In Brooklyn Public School 10 hosts a program at 1 30 with speakers Knight Avery Roberts and Mordorf. Slocum Survivors honor victims at Lutheran Cemetery with a 2 30 march from Niederstein’s Hotel to the graves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Congress
New York
Seventh Avenue
17Th Street
Brooklyn
Henry W. Knight
Grant Post
Robert Avery
George B. Roberts
O. C. Mordorf
Levi P. Morton
Isaac Guggenheimer Car Fire In Jamaica
Isaac Guggenheimer of Port Washington Long Island owned a car that burned yesterday at Jamaica. He and his son were inside when flames started their clothing was scorched but they escaped unharmed. Fire investigators did not determine the cause and the vehicle suffered about 2000 dollars in damage before firefighters stopped the blaze.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isaac Guggenheimer
Port Washington
Long Island
Jamaica
Guggenheimer
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Preen
Phaeton
Tenderloin Detective
Rocers, Peer & Company
Broadway
Warren St
32Nd St
N. E. Corner
City Hall
Union Square
Herald Square
Corse
Louise Lewin Matthews
T. S
W. L. McDonald
Prisoner
Norwich
New London
Sunshine Sales
Book OF Songs
James McCreery & Co
354Th Street
McCreery
Black Dress& Goods
2Nd Street
Fields’ Herald An Herald Sq
WIC
Daly
Sam Bernard
J. M
Charles E. Grant
Plainfield
J. B. Lane
Esther Levy
8. Hibbler
East Orange
Europa
Stars and Stripes
Jardin de le Paris
F. Ziegfeld
New Amsterdam
Aia Wed & Bet
Mara
Sat
Henry W. Bavage
Vilennese
Operetan
NEW York ‘Theatre
Genees Carle
Soa Lamb
Eee Knickerbocker
Matines
GEO. M. Cohan Yaxxer Parce
Wallage
Clian Edwards
AMMER
Metro
Cora Livinon
Alexia
Horace Goldin
DAID
Follastor Theatre
EU Ney
Blaney
Hakle
Mer Garder
Ave
Henry W. Saras
JES Amusement
Vassar Diving Horses
Utdoor
Sun
Wm. H. Reynolds
Steamoes
Luna Park
Harlem
Luna
Sea Beach
Altie Ave
Bulyn
EPLE
CHASE
Musee World IN Wax
Cinemat
Ograph
Seach
Bly Ad
Sth Ave
Brutge St. Fulton St
Séth St
Asengers
Atlantic Ave
Myath
Eklyn
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