Sugar probe to grand jury on sugar refining case
Henry A Wise United States Attorney will begin an investigation to decide whether to sue the American Sugar Refining Company, and whether the action should be criminal or civil under the Sherman Act. Subpoenas and witnesses from the Pennsylvania Sugar Refining Company case will be summoned, with Attorney General Wickersham and President Taft involved in the initial steps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Sugar Refining Company
Henry A. Wise
United States
Wise
Joseph de F. Junkin
Philadelphia
Junkin
George H. Earle, Jr
Pennsylvania Sugar Refining Company
American Company
Mr. Junkin
Earle
Gustav Kissel
Adolph Segal
Pennsylvania Company
Europe
Segal
Pennsylvania
Battie & Marshall
Wickersham
Department of Justice
Wic
Rsham
Washington
Taft
Grand Juru
President Reyes Not Arriving From Colombia on Prinz Sigismund
Report from the Hamburg American liner Prinz Sigismund states President Reyes of Colombia was not aboard as the steamer docked. Rumors spread that he may have returned to Bogota from Santa Marta or traveled inland to Cartagena, with others suggesting Caracas or La Guaira as possible destinations. The ship waited at Santa Marta for hours before learning Reyes postponed departure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
President Reyes
Colombia
Prinz Sigismund
Bogota
Santa Marta
New York
Sigismund
Reyes
Cartagena
State Department
Washington
la Guayra
Venezuela
Williamsburg Hospital May Close After Safety Warning
City officials say Williamsburg Hospital at Bedford avenue and South 3d street is unsafe. They give ten days to install safeguards or face closure by the bureau of buildings. Directors meet to seek funds. if work cannot be completed, the hospital will be closed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Moore
Bureau of Buildings
D. C
William E. Butler
Morris Harrison
Hospital
Harrison
Public Service Commission blocks closure of 1830 Street Station
The Public Service Commission refused the New York Central and Hudson River Railroad's plan to close the 1824 Street Harlem division station. Commissioner John E. Eustis faulted the company for driving patrons away with poor service and noted the station was company built and owned. The firm argued to keep it open.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Public Service Commission
New York Central & Hudson River Railroad Company
1824 Street
Harlem
John E. Eustis
Propan
South Shore Traction Franchise Fight Continues
South Shore Traction loses again as the Board of Estimate grants but the commission rejects the trolley line franchise claiming monopolistic. Chairman Willcox abstains. Ex Senator Clarence Lexow, counsel for the company, says he will seek court review via certiorari proceedings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Public Service Commission
South Shore Traction Company
Queens
Queensboro Bridge
Manhattan
Board of Estimate
Willcox
Clarence Lexow
Navy officer witnesses in Benton versus Benton case
Justice Guy issued a commission to examine Howard F. Burine, passed assistant surgeon, as a witness in the divorce action of Mrs Aletta Thompson Benton against Lieutenant Commander Frederick L Benton, former in charge of the Brooklyn Naval Hospital. The aim is to determine what became of a key to a room in the naval hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Justice Guy
United States Naval Station
United States Service
Howard F. Burine
Aletta Thompson Benton
Frederick L.benton
Brooklyn Naval Hospital
Strine
Naval Hospital
Coler Attacks Metz Over Finance Department Funds
Borough President Coler launches a sharp protest at the Board of Estimate and Apportionment against a $59,000 addition for extra accountants in the Finance Department. He charges the budget has grown over his predecessor and questions the cost of recent office improvements. Metz defends the department, pledging to fund the work if needed, while the board adjourns without action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Estimate
Coler
Brooklyn
Finance Department
Metz
Chamber of Commerce
Meiz
Berlin inquest follows painter’s remand in murder case
Sigmund Goldberg, arraigned as a Berlin murder suspect, is remanded to Coroner Harburzer and ordered committed without bail for an inquest next Wednesday. Witness Totaro doubts will limit impact, while jeweler Samuel Schulman recalls Bersin’s attempt to buy a gold watch on installment. Bersin’s early cash plan and jewelry investments are noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sigmund Goldberg
Tombs
Berlin
Harburzer
Goldberg
Jane
Leonard A. Snitkin
Totaro
Crane
Samuel Schulman
East 1Ist Street
Bersin
Stowaway Francesco di Amato Wins Time At Ellis Island
Francesco di Amato, a stowaway aboard the grounded Spanish liner Antonio Lopez, was moved with steerage passengers to Ellis Island after immigration officers spared him. Lorenzo di Amato of Brooklyn obtained a writ of habeas corpus to bring Francesco before a judge. The stowaway’s counsel claims he was tricked into losing his ticket in Cadiz and the brother is prepared to post bond to prevent him becoming a public charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Antonio Lopez
Fire Island
Francesco di Amato
Ellis Island
Lopez
Spain
di Amato
Lorenzo di Amato
Metropolitan Avenue
Brooklyn
Lorenzo
Judge Hand
United States District Court
Stowway
Cadiz
Francesco
New Athletic Rockefeller Pastor Arrives at Euclid Ave Church
Dr. W. W. Bustard arrives from Boston to lead Euclid Avenue Baptist Church, known as John D. Rockefeller's church. At 37, he played Brown University baseball and football and plans morning sermons to Christians and night talks to outsiders. He distrusts old dogmas and jokes about not using a typewriter for Rockefeller to read.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tribune
Cleveland
W. W. Bustard
Boston
Euclid Avenue Baptist Church
John D. Rockefeller
Rockefeller
Brown University
May Modify New Building Code For Public Hearings
Chairman Kenneally of the Building Committee announced three public hearings on the new building code for friends of the code to be held Wednesday Thursday and Friday. The committee plans a unanimous report with changes to broaden fireproofing for hollow tile builders while concrete and cement interests push back. The Mayor will veto any code not backed by fair architects and builders, possibly after a commission review. The board vote on adoption is expected to be close.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneally
Board of Aldermen
Friends of the New
Alderman Doull
the Tribune
Extortion case raises bail for state inspector
William S. Finney a state factory inspector was held in Jefferson Market court on extortion charges with bail set at 1000 dollars. Joseph Cohen of 712 Wooster street filed the complaint. Christopher Cosmides whose prior Court of General Sessions conviction for receiving stolen United States Steel shares was affirmed by the Appellate Division will serve the sentence. Cosmides is linked to Alfred B. Goslin. Magistrate Herbert Yorkville court dismissed the attempted extortion complaint against Bernard Barth and Louis Katz of 16 Second Avenue. Gretchen Miller testified men tried to extract money after her arrest under the tenement house law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wiliam S. Finney
Jefferson Market Court
Joseph Cohen
Wooster Street
Christopher Cosmides
Court of General Sessions
United States Steel
Supreme Court
Cosmides
Alfred BR. Goslin
Herbert
Yorkville Court
Bernard Barth
Louis Katz
No. 16
Second Avenue
Gretchen Miller
Missives to Farnum Chauffeurs Kept Busy in Court
In a Supreme Court separation case involving Katherine Clemmons Gould, witnesses testified about numerous meetings with actor Dustin Farnum. Chauffeurs, clerks, and a former valet described encounters, hotel stays, and Farnum’s association with Gould, with details of rooms, travels, and a 1906 Philadelphia hotel incident. The testimony painted a turbulent portrait of Gould and Farnum amid Mrs Gould’s alleged inebriety as the trial resumes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Katherine Clemmons Gould
Supreme Court
Dustin Farnum
Howard Gould
Henry H. Knowes
West 32d Street
Gould
Harry G. Veitch
Virginian
John J. Firnn
Farnum
Mrs. Gould
Mr. Shearn
Cornelius J. Sulivan
Mr. Sullivan
Missner
Hold Garage Men Responsible After Car Theft Ruling
The Appellate Division ordered Wyckoff, Church & Partridge to pay a $50 judgment to Henry Ro Wilson, owner of a car stored at their garage. Wilson, connected with Lincoln Trust, had restricted nighttime access. the chauffeur's unauthorized use led to the wreck on Long Island. The lower court ruling for Wilson was affirmed, with Justices Houghton and Laughlin dissenting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wrekoff
Church & Partridge
Supreme Court
Henry Ro Wilson
Lincoln Trust Company
Long Island
Wison
Wyckoff, Church & Partridge
Houghton and
Laughlin
Fence Builder Scalded in Long Island Dispute
Samuel J. Golden a Raynor avenue carpenter was scalded by boiling water from his neighbor Mrs Laura Whitman who ordered him to stop fence work. Golden later had Whitman arrested for assault in the third degree. Justice Swezey set examination for July 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Freeport
Long Island
Samuel J. Golden
Raynor Avenue
Laura Whitman
Golden
Mr. Golden
Mrs. Whitman
Justice Swezey
Stage Company Loses Over Parkway Height Ban
The Appellate Division upheld a city park ordinance prohibiting vehicles taller than ten feet from park driveways and parkways. Eugene Shetlenberg of Fifth Avenue Coach Company had challenged a conviction for driving an eleven foot double decker over Riverside Drive bridge. The court ruled excess height endangers trees and park aesthetics, deferring to Park Commissioners on what height is excessive. Meade vowed to appeal to the Court of Appeals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court
Fifth Avenue
Commissioner of Parks
Department of Parks
Eugene Shetlenberg
Fifth Avenue Coach Company
Park Commissioners
Richard W. Meade
Appellate Division
Court of Appeals
Magistrate Rejects Bondsman in Morrisania Court
In Morrisania yesterday Magistrate Cornell refused to accept a bondsman after a remark during examination. The man identified as J A Pearsall of Riverside Drive offered Woodmanston Inn as equity. Chauffeur Taggert faced $560 bail for speeding near Boston Post Real with Pearsall connected to the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cornell
Morrisania
A. Pearsall
Riverside Drive
John Taggert
Jackson Avenue
Pearsall
Boston Post Real
Taggert
No Injunction Denied Against Magazine in Guatemala Case
Judge Lacombe of the United States Circuit Court refused a motion by The Uncle Sam Magazine to block Dr Ramon Bengoechea secretary of the Guatemalan legation and consul general in New York from buying and suppressing the June issue. The defense cited diplomatic rights and a letter from Bengoechea asking abatement of proceedings, leaving jurisdiction unresolved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lacombe
United States Circuit Court
Uncle Sam Magazine
Ramon Bengoechea
Legation
New York
Bengoechea
Guatemala
Prisoner Rooney Admits Arson In Brooklyn Tenements
Daniel Rooney aged thirty five confessed before Judge Imke in the County Court Brooklyn to setting fires in three tenement houses. He described spells and pleaded not well. He faces up to forty years for arson with fires at No 89 Taylor Street No 64 Wythe Avenue and a Kent Avenue house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel Rooney
Imke
Brooklyn
Dike
Taylor Street
Rooney
Wythe Avenue
Kent Avenue
Steel Car Orders Swamp Makers
United States Steel Corporation representatives inspected sites offered for a new 3 million dollar plant to produce steel car wheels. A site will be chosen and work start next week, enabling wheel production within sixty days after breaking ground as car makers face swelling demand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tribune
Pittsburg
United States Steel Corporation
Marine Intelligence Miniature Almanac
Marine notes list sunrise and sunset times, moon phases, and tides at Sandy Hook and Gov Island. Wireless reports track ships Campania George Washington Cleveland St Louis positions and expected dock times near Sandy Hook, noting distances east of the hook and arrival estimates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sandy Hook
Gov. Island
Hell Gate
Campania
Hook
Sandy
George Washington
Cleveland
St Louis
Transpacific Mails and Vessel Arrivals Schedule Update
A dated maritime notice lists vessels near Sandy Hook with dock times today and tomorrow, including the Arabic, Caleronia, Rat 3, and La Lorrain, with distances east of Sandy Hook and expected docking around 7:30 am today or Monday. It also details Transpacific mails and steamship routes from New York to Hawaii, Japan, Corea, China, the Philippine Islands, and other Pacific destinations with scheduled departures in late June.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sandy Hook
Wee Pom
Diose
New York
Hawaii
Japan
Corea
China
Philippine Islands
San Francisco
New Zealand
Australia
New Caledonia
Alameda
Philippine
Seattle
Hilonian
Tahiti
Marquesas Islands
West
Morro Castle Vera Cruz
Ward
Calderon
Washington
Lloyd Gherbourg
Caledonia Asgow
A&pr
An Juan
White Star
Il Ward
Vizila S4an
Cleveton Southampton
Hamburg
Naples
Galveston
Malloryavannah
Savannah
Savannah City of Maud Ragian Castle
Rotterdam
Aiane Clyde Huron
Jacksonville
Creticaples
Boulogne
Holland-Am
Zulla la Guayra
Red
Marowline
Barbados
pWwit Machewere Cristobal
Panama
Red Star Vaderlane Dover
Panneni
Matl Vy
Southampton
Amerika Hamburg
Carmania
Liverpool
Cunard
Baltic
Caracas
la Guayra
Red Dam
Havana
Jamaica
Hab-Am
Argentina
Furness
Glasgow
Barbarossa
Bremen
Lieydeee
Lapland
Antwerp
Red Star
Minnetonka
London
Irinaine
Kaiser Wan der Gr
Cearense
Para
Holland
Trada
Indiana
Lloyd
Clyde
Macon
Shipping News Arrivals and departures from Quarantine to Bar
A crowded shipping log notes multiple steamers arriving at and departing from various ports. Vessels include Fl Clad Baker Galveston June 12, Buffalo Manzanillo Cuban and more, with passengers, mails, and merchandise. Sailings list quarantine exits, bar arrivals, and ballast movements across Caribbean and Atlantic routes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baker
Galveston
Southern Pacific Co
Moise
Buffalo
Park
Hull
Boston
Sanderson & Son
Bar
Manzanillo
Tanning
Tampico
Progreso
New York and
Cuba Mall
Mdse
Aliee
Keime
Haracoa
Ing Co
Ratilam Amer Parima
Mann
Guadeloupe
Demerara
Barbados
Martinique
Dominica
Montserrat
Antigua
St Kite’s
St Croix
St Thomas
AFB Outerbridge & Co
Delaware
Philadelphia
Circle Ss Co
Camaguey
Jones
Clenfuegce
Guantanamo
New York & Cuba Mail Ss Co
Mdise
Sandy Hook
Livarmore Bry
Parry, Sagunte
J F Whitney & Co
Nile
Jones, Karbados
Ctenfueges
Comacho Frava
Vie New Hedford
Amer Lituania
Russ
Kirclefeld
Lihau
Room & Hkovyesen
Steamers at Foreign Ports Arriver and Sailings June 18
Shipping list shows arrivals and departures for various steamers from New York and other ports. Vessels include President Lincoln for Cherbourg and Hamburg, Prinzess Irene for Cadiz and Cherbourg, and Kaiserin Auguste Victoria via Cherbourg and Montevideo. Also listed are Cuyahoga, Sean, and several named ships with routes to Genoa, Newport News, Queens Town, and Avonmouth among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Friedrich Wilhelm York
Plymouth
Bremen
Lincoln
Ger
Cherbourg
Hamburg
Melbourne
Ascot
New York
St Vincent
V. Fremantle
Bombey
Cuyahoga
Bris
Genoa
Irene Geri
Cadiz
Certo
Sean
Bar
Liverpool
Celie
Bry
Queenstown Shields
Country Club Clothes Styles and Prices Across Departments
A catalog style listing of country club apparel including coats and trousers in white serge and fancy batistes, shirts, shoes, tennis and golf attire, riding and motoring clothes, and travel gear. Items span from $1.50 for a Star neglige to $25 for Burberry weather coats, with accessories like suitcases and thermos bottles, all tied to Warren Street at East 13th Street.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Grand Jury
Williamsburg Hospital
1830 Street
South Shore
Painter
NEW Athletic Rockefeller Paartor
City News
Veitch
Vatet
West Indies
Blue Gap Farm
Knowles
Mediterranean
Mr. Gould
Trilby
Cupid
John J. Flynn
Somerset
Parkways
Bondsman
Woodmanston Inn
Steel Car
Swamp Makers
Marine Intelligence
Matt
Shipping News
Port of
Castano
Cardenas
Lille
Port Antonio
Simon Dpumots
Nor
Porto Plata
Charleston
Minnesota
Fort Antonio
Snestad
Colon
Madison Square Garden
Kine R-Keeley
Cenning Wam
Reritonere
Cari Hein
Matt Ride
Sun
Iutius Lorenz
Henry Welfsohn
Bureau
Joe Weber
Sone the Girl
Or Janes
Belasgo
Alhambra
Bors
Deane
Annette Kellerma
Iemmerstein
Victoria
Cademy
Irving
Southern
Marlowe
Shrew
I J
Wee
Mississippi
June
Greater Dreamland Free Circus
Istad
Dreamland
Coney Island
Country Club
Racers Pret & Company
Broadway
Warren St
S4th
Basswood
Earl & Wilson
Jewis
Jardin Ce Paris
Ziegfeld
A . Bayes Fom
R of A
Marie Bressler
New Amsterdam Theatre
46Th St
J. Hartley Manners
Lyai
Motor Girl
Daly
Lew Fleets
Jefferson de Angels Herald SQ
the Beauty
Jas. T. “Powers
Sir Charles Wwyndham
Mary Moore
Davie
Garrick
WM. Collier i. Hudson
Weusie
Musee Ine Rao
Atlantic Ave
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