Citizens Union Lifts Legislators in Albany Record
The Citizens Union released its annual report grading city legislators. It marks many as ineffective or unfit while praising several veterans and new members for public-spirited service and useful votes on key measures.
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Committee On Legislation
J. O. Hammitt
Albany
Legislative Committee
Citizens Union
Public Service Commissions
West Side
New York Central
She“West Side
Grady
Nw York Central West Side
McCarren
Republic Welfare
Christy Sullivan
Waluches
Big Tim
Say
Laree
Union
Jey R. Robinson
Agnew
Newcomb
Travis
Brough
Schulz
Wagner
Manhattan
Bronx
Bayne
Caffrey
New York Central West Side
Burlingame
Stilwell
Cullen, McManus
T. D.sulivan
T. D. Sullivan
Frawley
Harte
Alt. Cronin
Gileéhul
Kissel
New York City
Bennett
Green and Lee
Colne
Conklin
Garbe
Klein
McGrath
Marks
Murray
Sargent
Todd
Toombs
Bohan
Francis
Hoey
Bates and
Goodspeed
Lanahan
Berg
Green
Lee
Grove
Stern
Surpress
Weber
Assem de Groot
Foley
Murphy
Robinson
Assemblyman
Assembly
Smith
Ward
Brennan
Clarke
Cuvillier
Donnelly
Fay
Geoghe
Goldberg
Herrick
Jacob Levy
McCue
Oliver
Mer
Schmidt
Schwtta
Silberman
Baumann
Brown
Caughlan
Eagleton
Farrar
Gillen
Gluck
Strawberd
Hacker J
Lachman
A. J. Levy
Kgott
McKeon
O’neil
Sheridan
Stein
Teatons
Dynamite Threats Hit Ohio Church Leader’s Parish
In June 21 dispatch from Lectohia Ohio Rev Joseph L Sprvnit anti saloon leader whose Presbyterian church was damaged by dynamite handed over an unsigned letter to postal authorities. The note claims a 12 member gang seeks to deter pernicious advocates and pace police, warning of further dynamite actions in Indianapolis where the pastor has grown active against liquor licenses.
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Lectohia
Onio
Joseph L. Sprvnit
Presbyterian
Leipsic
Ohio
Inillana
Elvely
Allan Robinson resigns from Committee of One Hundred
Allan Robinson president of Allied Real Estate Interests resigns from the Committee of One Hundred. In his letter to Gustav Schwab he says membership has cast taxpayers groups in a wrong light and must not be tied to political movements. He notes his duty to Allied Real Estate Interests and cites hiring Harrington Emerson to standardize city work. He is the fourth to resign, with Warburg Sulzberger and Fuller prior.
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Allan Robinson
Allied
Committee of One,Hundred
Gustav H. Schwab
Committee of One Hundred
Taxpayers
Thas
Harrington Emerson
Mr. Emerson
New York
Mr. Robinson
One Hundred
Felix M. Warburg
Cyrus L. Sulzberger
Paul Fuller
Republican Club Names Conference Committee for Mayor Campaign
At a large Republican Club meeting President Morris and five others including Perley Morse Hemry D Estabrook ex Justice Keener and J Van Vechten Olcott were named to a conference committee for the mayoralty campaign. The group authorized to represent the party in conferences with other New York organizations urged united action for a municipal ticket. The president said the committee may be needed later though no definite work was in sight.
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Republican Club
Morris
Perley Morse
Hemry D. Estabrook
William A. Keener
J. van Vechten Olcott
Greater
New York
City of New York
McCarthy declares mayoral bid in Jersey City primaries
James W. McCarthy announces his Republican bid for mayor, reaffirming loyalty to the New Idea faction while pledging to run as an independent candidate “of no one man or set of men.” New Idea backs Mark M. Fagan as nominee. Regulars plan no candidate yet and will field a full slate for alderman, street and water commissioners.
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James W. McCarthy
New Idea
Jersey City
Mark M. Fagan
McCarthy
Metarthy
Board of Aldermen and
Street and Water Commissioners
Cleveland Democracy Plans Anti Tammany Fusion
The Cleveland Democracy, an anti Tammany group, met at 272 West 125th Street to form a policy committee and plan outreach. They denounced Tammany Hall’s administration and urged transit improvements, city funded subways, direct primaries, and an official primary ballot.
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Cleveland Democracy
West 125Th Street
Tammany Hall
Calhoun trial set in San Francisco next Monday
At Patrick Calhoun's request, one of his remaining indictments for offering a bribe to ex-Supervisor John J. Furey is set for trial. The defense contests Judge Lawlor's qualification and Heney's status as Assistant Attorney General, while Heney denies federal office ties and money received from Rudolph Spreckels.
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San Francisco
Patrick Calhoun
United Railroads
John J. Furey
Abraham Ruef
Spreckels
Drowning Delays Patchogue Graduation
Walter D Fanning eighteen of Good Ground drowned this afternoon in Canaan Lake delaying Patchogue High School graduation. The class planned to graduate with high honors Thursday evening but postponed after the tragedy. Two boys retrieved him. Captain Lord and four doctors treated him for four hours without success.
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Patchogue
Long Island
Walter D Fanning
Canaan Lake
Patchogue High School
Fanning
Lord
Board of Education
Baptists Oust Foster From Chicago Conference
Chicago June 21 Professor George B Foster of the University of Chicago was dropped from the Baptist Ministers Conference of Chicago after a stormy session marked by hisses and heated exchanges. The meeting lasted four hours as ministers clashed over Foster's denial of Christ's divinity and the process to discipline him. The conference cannot expel him from the church, and no further plan was set.
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Chicago
George B. Foster
University of Chicago
Baptist Ministers’ Conference of Chicago
Professor Foster
A. C. Dixon
Moody Church
D. D. McLaurin
Dixon
Baptist Church
New York
M. P. Boynton
Foster
Myers
Johnston Myers
Boynton
Dr. Boynton
A. H. Hornley
Dr. Myers
Auto Upset Gasolene Glows. Wesson Family Burned
Mrs. Joseph H Wesson and her son Douglas D Wesson were burned in a garage fire at the Wesson summer place in Three Rivers Palmer after a gasolene spill from a touring car exploded. The garage and two cars were destroyed, totaling an estimated loss of $14,000. The Wesson party had been traveling with R B Wiggin of Wiggin Elwell Boston.
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Tribune
Springfield
Mass
Joseph H Wesson
Douglas D Wesson
Wesson
Three Rivers
Palmer
Douglas Wesson
R. B. Wiggin
Boston
Wiggin & Elwell
Mrs Tapping Refuses Jewelry Bail For Speeding Chauffeur
Mrs John A Tapping wife of Republic Iron and Steel chairman was in a touring car with Mr Caldwell and a woman named Elsie when chauffeur John Nelson was arrested for overspeeding. At Morricania court Magistrate Kernehan set bail at 600. Unable to offer real estate bail Mrs Tapping refused to leave jewels. Caldwell and Fisie provided 100 cash bail and Nelson was freed.
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John A. Tapping
Republic Iron and Steel Company
Lving
Sightseeing Bus Crashes Into Tree In Coney Island
A Knickerbocker Observation Company sightseeing bus with fifty passengers hit a tree on Ocean Boulevard near Avenue C in Coney Island at 4 a m. Driver William Lorth fled before police arrived. Miss May Emery suffered a fractured leg. others had abrasions, lacerations, or contusions. The bus was wrecked and several injured were treated at the Coney Island Reception Hospital.
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Knickerbocker Observation Company
Broadway
F1st Street
William Lorth
Ocean Boulevard
Avenue
Coney Island
Misa May Emery
West 144Th Street
West 634 Street
Marie J. Williams
West 98Th Street
Rose Miller
8Th Street
James McAllister
3D Street
David Williamson
22D Street
William Britton
Hotel Imperial
Miss May Emery
Miss Emery
Year in jail for chauffeur slayer
Norristown Penn June 21 Charles Scheers a chauffeur who while speeding along the Old York Road late at night a year ago ran down two men one of whom Patrick McLaughlin died from his injuries was sentenced here to day to one year's imprisonment and a fine Scheers was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter.
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Norristown
Penn
Charles Scheers
Old York Road
Patrick McLaughlin
Scheers
Runaway Ice Team Smashes Gate at Columbia University
A runaway ice team smashed a wooden gate at the grove behind Columbia University on Amsterdam avenue near 119th street. Despite the damage, officials planned to replace it with another wooden gate due to lack of funds for a permanent iron one.
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Columbia University
University
Amsterdam Avenue
119Th Street
Governor backs Bassett as transit row ends
Albany June 21. Governor Hughes rejects request to remove Edward M. Bassett from the Public Service Commission over opposition to the Fourth Avenue subway. Secretary Fuller states the governor has confidence in Bassett and denies the association’s demand. Bassett says the new rapid transit law allows new possibilities and criticizes calls for removal over past votes.
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Albany
Hughes
Robert H. Fuller
Fourth Avenue Subway Association
Brooklyn
Edward M. Bassett
Public Service Commission
1St District
Bassett
Fourth Avenue
Fuller
James L. MacCarthy
Citywide race riots erupt with gunfire and arrests
Late last night two riots broke out in New York City as black and white groups clashed in Harlem and the Tenderloin. A youth named Joseph Hughes, 16, was shot in the ankle at West 125th Street. Police and reserves pursued and captured Edward Ashford and William Simons, with arrests also made in the Seventh Avenue disturbance where Andrew Barberon was wounded and Peter Jackson was charged with the shooting.
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Harlem
West 125Th Street
Amsterdam Avenue
126Th Street
Joseph Hughes
Shay
Seventh Avenue
Mth Street
Tenderloin Station
Peter Jackson
West 2Th Street
Andrew Barberon
No. 3
Barberon
TWO SHERIFFS EXONERATED AT GOVERNOR'S DISCRETION
Albany June 21 Governor Hughes dismissed charges against John Bradley Jr Sheriff of Saratoga County and Joseph Besch Sheriff of Albany County after commissioners appointed by the governor recommended dismissal In Bradley’s case an anti racetrack gambling group alleged failure to enforce laws during the Saratoga meet In Besch’s case the accusation was permitting various forms of gambling in Albany County
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Albany
Hughes
John Bradley, Jr
Saratoga County
Joseph Besch
Albany County
Bradley
Walter Laidlaw
New York
Gamling
Heinze Demurrer Debated in U S Circuit Court
Judge Ray split legal hairs with William Rand Jr over the demurrer to the Heinze indictment. The case involves interference with the administration of justice during efforts to obtain books of F Augustus Heinze’s United Copper Company and a subpoena served on Percy Buckingham. Judge Ray would sleep on the question before ruling as Wise drifted toward trial scheduling.
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Ray
United States Circuit Court
William Rand, Jr
Arthur P. Heinze
United States
F. Augustus Heinze
United Copper Company
Sanford Robinson
A. P Heinze
Percy Buckingham
Joseph P. Cotton, Jr
Robinson
Mr. Rand
Rand
Wise
A. P. Heinzey
Mr. Wise
Heinze
A. P. Heinze
Governor Thanks Investigators for Securities Inquiry
Albany June 21 Governor Hughes thanked the commission that investigated New York exchanges and speculations in securities. The letter praised Horace White chairman and members Charlies A Schieren David Leventritt Clark Williams John B Clark Willard V King Samuel H Ordway Edward P D Page and Charles Sprague Smith for their deliberate expert impartial examination and public spirited service.
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Albany
Hughes
New York
Horace White
Charlies A. Schieren
David Leventritt
Clark Williams
John B. Clark
Willard V. King
Samuel H. Ordway
Edward PD. Page
Charles Sprague Smith
Agnew Appointed to Direct Primaries Investigation Panel
Syracuse June appointment: Lieutenant Governor Horace White names State Senator George E. Agnew to the joint legislative committee investigating direct primaries, replacing resigned Senator F. M. Davenport.
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Syracuse
Horace White
George E. Agnew
Joint Legislative Committee
FM. Davenport
Train derailment injures thirty on Northern Pacific line
A landslide derailed the Northwestern bound Oriental Limited near Ural on the Kootenai River in White Fish Montana. Thirty passengers were injured, none seriously, in the Northern Pacific Railway wreck reported today.
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White Fish
Mont
Great Northern
Northern Pacific Railway
Ural
Kootenai
New York Firm George Rector Company Formed to Run Hotels
Albany June 21 The George Rector Company of New York, created to operate hotels and restaurants, was incorporated today with a capital of 54000 dollars. Directors are George Rector Ross E Young and Samuel Myers all of New York.
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Albany
George Rector
New York
Ross E. Young
Samuel Myers
Shortage Reported at Adirondack TB Institute
Albany June 21 Fiscal Supervisor of State Charities Biscell was advised by Dr A H Garvin superintendent of the New York State Hospital for Treatment of Incipient Pulmonary Tuberculosis at Ray Brook Adirondacks of an alleged shortage of 4.00 in the disbursing account. An accountant was detailed to investigate.
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Albany
State Charities Biscell
A. H. Garvin
New York State Hospital
Ray Brook
Adirondacks
Bissell
Ferry Fare Cut at Wee Hawken Triggers New Rate
New York Central Railway accepts New Jersey court ruling and reduces adult ferry fare from 5 to 3 cents and minor fare from 2 to 1 or 3? The text states adult 3 cents and minors 2 cents. Public Services Railway ferry between Bergen Point and Port Richmond also affected, continuing under old rate yesterday.
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New York Central Railway Company
New Jersey Court of Errors
Hudson County Board of Freeholders
New York Company
Order of Freeholders
Weehawken
Public Services Railway Company
Bergen Point
Port Richmond
Staten
Leeds Catlin Company Faces Bankruptcy Petition
A bankruptcy petition was filed late yesterday against Leeds & Catlin Company a Middletown Conn based producer and wholesale dealer in talking machine disks and phonographs. Liabilities exceed 1 million with assets largely mortgaged and no receiver appointed. Creditors include Leonard Brenner Charles Goldstein and Leo Wise amid a Supreme Court patent infringement ruling.
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Leeds & Catlin Company
East Lth Street
Middletown
Conn
Leonard Brenner
Charles Goldstein
Sackett & Wilhelms Company
Leo Wise
L. J. Murray
Leonard Bronner
United States Supreme Court
Victor
Real estate operator dies after street fall in Brooklyn
Harding Johnson of 575 Dean Street Brooklyn, a real estate operator, collapsed on East Mth Street between Madison and Park Avenues yesterday afternoon. He struck his head on the pavement, fracturing his skull. He was taken to Polyclinic Hospital but died before arrival.
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Benjamin Cohen
Natler Brothers
Fauary
Hudson
Harding Johnson
Dean Street
Brooklyn
East Mth Street
Madison and
Park Avenues
Laborers from Porto Rico head to Hawaii to break strike
In New Orleans on July 21 seventy five workers from sugar plantations in Porto Rico journeyed through the city bound for Hawaii. They will take the places of striking plantation laborers, aiming to restore production and stabilize shipments.
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New Orleans
Porto Rico
Hawaii
W C Brown in "Three Is" Suit Details
Otto Gresham as administrator for John S Cooper estate sues Theodore F Shents Paul Morton Joy Morton Robert Mather and William C Brown for 199 alleging services as attorney in the Indiana Illinois and Iowa Rail and subsequent sale The bill claims Brown owned and transferred stock in the Three I s to hide his interest while aiding co defendants in negotiations with Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railroad.
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the Tribune
Chicago
Otto Gresham
John S. Cooper
Theodore F. Shents
Paul Morton
Joy Morton
Robert Mather
William C. Brown
Indiana, Illinois & Iowa
Burlington
Drake
Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railroad
Caught after long chase across cities and Mexico
Philadelphia, June 21. James D. McCain alias H H De Haven and Joseph D O'Brien were arrested today in Shelly, Penn on charges of forging a $500 check in Chicago. McCain claims prominence in Pittsburgh and once worked as a government contractor in the Philippines. Detectives traced him from Denver to Salt Lake City Mexico San Francisco Washington Philadelphia Quakertown and finally Shelly where he was seized.
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Philadelphia
Mexico
James D. McCain
H. H. de Haven
Joseph D. O’brien
Shelly
Penn
Chicago
McCain
Pittsburg
Philippines
Ross-Dean Electrical Construction Company
Denver
Salt Lake City
San Francisco
Washington
Quakertown
Charles A Schultz dies from lockjaw after Bermuda boat accident
Charles A Schultz quartermaster on the motor boat Ilys, which returned from Bermuda, died in Kings County Hospital from lockjaw set in after a hip wound. Schultz was accidentally shot when he stepped in front of George Reynolds the steward during a firing at a target off Bermuda Islands on June 13.
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Charles A. Schultz
Ilys
Bermuda
Bermuda Islands
Kings County Hospital
Lockjaw
Schultz
George Reynolds
Poison Plot Bared In York Case Of Mrs Tracey
Mrs. Joshua Tracey confessed to poisoning her husband with strychnine after arrest in York. William Brown, her brother in law, allegedly supplied the poison via his Lancaster brother. Brown admits supplying poison to kill rats, while Tracey claims the murder was planned by Brown. Postal cards between Tracey and Brown found at Brown’s home were in a decipherable code. Tracey’s husband died after showing strychnine poisoning.
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York
Penn
Joshua Tracey
William Brown
Brown
White
Lancaster
Tracey
Directors Ignore Him in Suit Over Trust Company Losses
In Saratoga on June 21, Charles H Kavanaugh sues former directors of the Trust Company of the Republic now Commonwealth Trust Company for an accounting of losses tied to financing of the United States Shipbuilding Company. He seeks restoration of funds, claiming director negligence. Witnesses described stock purchases and how accounts were kept, with further testimony from James Dill and William Huck and deposition of George J. Gould slated.
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Saratoga
N. Y
Charles H Kavanaugh
Trust Company of the Republic
New York
Commonwealth Trust Company
Trust Company
United States Shipbuilding Company
Supreme Court
van Kirk
Kavanaugh
Waterford
William Huck
James 5. Dill
Court of Errors and Appeals of
New Jersey
James Duane Livingston
Concord
Mass
George J. Gould
Stricken Father Delays Daughter’s Wedding in Philadelphia
At a June wedding in Philadelphia Charles Patcher collapsed with heart disease during the celebrations and died before a doctor arrived. The bride Lena Patcher was overcome, the ceremony postponed, then completed at 1 am with bridegroom Isadore Stein insisting the vows continue.
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The
Tribune
Philadelphia
Charles Patcher
Lena Patcher
Isadore Stein
Mystery in Newark Church Bomb Case
One arrest has been made in the attempted bombing of the Italian Church of St. Rocco and nearby parochial school in Newark. Salvatore Gallo is held on the proximity of the church at the time of the explosion. Salvatore Mousermet’s sentencing is postponed to July 2 while authorities await documents from Be rope.
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St. Rocco
Newark
Salvatore Gallo
Salvatore Mousermet
Father Zuccarilli
Berope
Corn Pumped From Sunken Eberward Steamer
Captain John Claussen of the steamer Soper reports finding the sunken Eberward in the Mackinaw Strait. He pumped out 14 00 bushels of corn from the cargo of 5 0 bushels, at a depth of 138 feet, marking a first for grain recovered from such depths. About two thirds of the cargo is believed saved after the vessel sank in April during ice floes.
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Milwaukee
John Claussen
Soper
Eberward
Strait of Mackinaw
Weston completes cross continent walk milestone at Salt Lake
Edward Payson Weston reached Midlake station on the Southern Pacific Railroad in the middle of the Great Salt Lake at 1 45 p m after leaving Ogden at 1 am. He rested briefly then pressed on toward Hogup on the lake's west shore.
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Salt Lake
Ogden
Utah
Edward Payson Weston
Midlake
Southern Pacific Railroad
Great Salt Lake
Hogup
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