110 Men After 6 Offices Under Inferior Courts Bill
Mayor Gaynor announced 6 judicial and police appointments under the new law. Isaac Franklin Russell, Joseph F. Moss, Arthur C. Salmon named to senior, police, and magistrate posts in Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens and The Bronx. William McAdoo, Otto Kempner, Daniel F. Murphy also named to key posts. long histories with Tammany Hall and Democratic groups noted.
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Mayoresterday
Courts of Special Sessions
Isaac Franklin Russell
Greene Avenue
Brooklyn
Court of Special Sessions
Joseph F. Moss
Manhattan
Arthur C. Salmon
Bronx
William McAdoo
Queens
Richmond
Otto Kempner
Daniel F. Murphy
Moss
McAdoo
Tammany Hall
Salmon
Kings County
Democratic General Committee
John H. McCooey
Adelphi Academy
Europe
Russell
New Haven
New York University
New York University Law School
McClellan
Congress
New Jersey
Navy
Cleveland
Kempner
Assembly
New York County
Tammany
Long Island
Murphy
Harvard University
William Travers Jerome
Whitman
Gaynor
William E. Hurd
Coward Shoe warns against counterfeit styles in ad
The authentic Coward Shoe emphasizes it is sold only at 264-274 Greenwich St New York near Warren Street and warns against imitations such as Coward Styles and Coward Lasts. The notice notes early Saturday closings in July and August and directs readers to request a catalogue.
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Greenwich §&I
Warren St
N. Y
Greenwich St
Nese Wabreen
Madi
Pillec
Jury Tampering Probe Looms After Election Fraud Trial
Justice Blanchard declared a mistrial in the election fraud case and Acting District Attorney Nott ordered an inquiry into alleged jury tampering. Detectives watched jurors after reports of meetings near the courtroom involving Miller, a policeman and ally of Walter Herbert, the Tammany captain indicted for buying votes.
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Blanchard
Supreme Court
Nott
Miller
Patrick G. Gillespie
Nout
Gillespie
Walter Herbert
Herbert
William Matthews
James Robinson
Harkness P. de Voe
Benjamin Reiss
William Dalton
Reginald Doull
Tammany Organization
Auto Runaway Causes Scene At Busy Newark Corner
A runaway car at Broad and Market streets in Newark yesterday involved Rev. W. A. L. Jett and his daughter Mrs. Harry D. Milborne. The driver, Mrs Milborne’s husband, started the car without clutch or brake, it lurched forward, damaged an ice wagon and a steel pole, then crashed. The clergyman and Mrs Milborne were thrown to the street and later taken home.
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Broad
Market Streets
Newark
W. A. L. Jett
Harry D. Milborne
Murray Hill
Market Street
Mr. Milborne
Charge 7 With Smuggling From Kaiser Wilhelm II
Customs inspectors detained seven aboard the Kaiser Wilhelm II for possessing undeclared goods valued under 250 dollars. Individuals named are A Gittler Louis Katzman Morris Fox C Solomon Eugene Stevens Jacob Epstein and Bernard Turkel. A ship surgeon on the Prinz August Wilhelm was held for linens and embroideries but released after stating purchase in Colon for resale.
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Nelson Henry
A. Gittler
Louis Katzman
Morris Fox
C. Solomon
Eugene C. Stevenson
Jacob Epstein
Bernard Turkel
Brunham
Colon
Panama
Polar bear Peary saved by ice treatment at Dreamland
At Bostock Arena in Dreamland Coney Island the polar bear Peary, gifted by Captain Bjorgensen to Frank C. Bostock, collapsed from heat. A quarter ton of erched ice was applied over several hours, reviving the bear who then ate ravenously in his first summer away from the polar region.
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Peary
Bostock
Dreamland
Coney Island
Frank C. Bostock
Bjorgensen
Polar
Brooklyn Boy Leaps Bridge for Wager and Wager Wins
Seventeen year old Otto Eppers of Brooklyn leaped from the Brooklyn Bridge into East River as part of a bet with clothing dealer Harry Dressler. He survived, was rescued by a tug crew, and discharged with a reprimand in Tombs court after a disorderly conduct charge. Eppers claimed to be a cartoonist out of work and said Dressler paid him $250 and two suits of clothes.
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Otto Eppers
Dean Street
Brooklyn
Brooklyn Bridge
East River
Tombs Court
Eppers
Harry Dressler
Flatbush Avenue
Otto
Dressler
Brodie
Manhattan Bridge
Harry Fisher
Lafayette Street
Manhattan
Big Bridge
Manhattan Loop
Schoffman
Florence
Pier 6
Fulton Street
Dr. Deitrich
St. Gregory's Hospital
Graves
Appleton
Man Rescues Jumping Man From Bridge
James Dicus of Wilmington Del attempted suicide by leaping from the Manhattan Bridge. Detective Dukeshire stopped him, bringing him to Adams Street station for disorderly conduct. The man claimed distress from family troubles and said his wife left with seven children. He was remanded for examination next Tuesday.
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Eppers
Brooklyn Bridge
James Dicus
Riverside Avenue
Wilmington
Del
Manhattan Bridge
Dukeshire
Brooklyn Detective Bureau
Adams Street
Dooley
Must Fight Tuberculosis Crusade Reports State Lead
The Charity Organization Society the State Charities Aid Association and the State Department of Health note New York State tops the nation with 5 476 beds for consumptive patients Massachusetts ranks second with 2 403 Pennsylvania third with 2 347 Colorado fourth with 1 499 New Mexico fifth with
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Charity Organization Society
State Charities Aid Association
State Department of Health
New York State
Massachusetts
Pennsylvania
Colorado
New Mexico
New Fire Insurance Aim Faces Old Powers
The Fire Underwriters Association plans to regulate commissions amid East Coast dominance by New York Boston and Philadelphia exchanges. It faces resistance from Pittsburg and other local boards, while Henry Evans's Fidelity Phenix and Continental weigh union vs nonunion ties and a separation clause challenges entry. Connecticut agents seek higher commissions as protections lift rates and living costs rise.
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Middle West
East
Fire Underwriters’ Association
Fire Underwriters
Eastern Union Territory
Pittsburg
New York Fire Insurance Exchange
Boston Board of Fire Underwriters
Philadelphia Fire Underwriters’ Association
Old Eastern Union
Allegheny County
Continental
Western Union
Middle Western
Evans
Phenix Insurance Company
Sheldon
Phenix
West
Fidelity
New
Europe
Connecticut Association of Fire Insurance Agents
Insurance men convicted in Newport News conspiracy case
President Dan B Harris General Manager A B Andrews and twenty one members of the Southeastern Underwriters Association were convicted in a magistrate court of unlawfully conspiring to control insurance rates in Newport News and fined 500 dollars each. The cases were appealed. The action stems from the association's arbitrary rate hikes for fire insurance.
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Newport News
Dan B. Harris
A. B. Andrews
Southeastern Underwriters’ Association
Court Will Hear Appeals on City Tax Rise Penalties
Insurance groups challenged a 3 percent city license tax citing retaliation and power to penalize cities. The court ruled that rate increases were punitive and could threaten city operations. The cases move to the Corporation Court on appeal next September.
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Surance
Corporation Court
Paranoiac and alienist clash over Mrs Hitchcock case
Justice Giegerich heard final argument on the writ of habeas corpus for Mrs Charlotte Hitchcock committed in 1908 to Matteawan Hospital after indictment for killing her husband Robert Hitchcock. Alfred J Tally seeks liberty claiming sanity. Dr Allan McLane Hamilton calls her a paranoiac though improved. Dr Sears attributes condition to opium use.
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Justice Giegerich
Charlotte Hitchcock
Matteawan Hospital
Robert Hitchcock
Alfred J. Tally
Hitchcock
Allan McLane Hamilton
Sears
Depew Sails for Europe Acknowledges Taft Rise
Chauncey M. Depew and his wife sailed from New York aboard the Lusitania en route to Liverpool. He praised President Taft for a productive two months and noted Taft’s legislative gains, railroads free of politics, and postal savings bank. He ranked Roosevelt highly and urged Hughes removal of any presidential ambitions. He also commented on the Jeffries Johnson race and race supremacy issue.
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Chauncey M. Depew
Liverpool
Theodore Roosevelt
Taft
Hughes
Jeffries-Johnson
Congress
Postal Savings Bank
Roosevelt
Supreme Court
Jeffries
Johson
Weights and Measures Chief warns on oversized linens
Commissioner Driscoll of the Bureau of Weights and Measures has asked dry goods firms to send reps to his office Wednesday to address a common practice of selling sheets towels pillow cases and tablecloths stamped larger than their true dimensions. He notes trouble often traces to manufacturers and cites a wholesaler promotion advertising 72x sheets soon to be sold as 72x while eight inches narrower.
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Driscoll
Bureau of Weights and Measures
Webber Arrest in Cairo Bank Embezzlement Case
Commissioner William Williams said no talks with Marcelle Webber, arrested in Brooklyn on Tuesday over an $8,000 Cairo bank embezzlement. Investigators seek Paul Webber, accused of delivering the stolen funds to the United States aboard Graf Waldersee. Marcelle was interrogated. authorities expect to arrest Paul within two days as agents locate his whereabouts.
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William Williams
Marcelle Webber
Brooklyn
Cairo
Paul Webber
Taft appoints Kingsford as New York Assay Office head
President Taft names Daniel Parish Kingsford superintendent of the New York Assay Office, effective August 1. Kingsford, a New York City veteran with English education, formerly with Cuyler Morgan Co. and a Stock Exchange member whose seat was recently transferred. He will replace Kingsbury Foster, the lawyer who has led the office for about three years following Andrew Mason’s quarter century tenure.
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Washington
Taft
Daniel Parish Kingsford
New York
Mr. Kingsford
New York City
England
Cuyler, Morgan & Co
Kingsford
Short Hills
N. J
Stock Exchange
A. Graves Ely
Kingsbury Foster
Andrew Mason
Roosevelt Vatican audience blocked by Methodist Episcopal Church
An analysis of the Roosevelt audience incident reveals Vatican sensitivity to American Methodist Episcopal influence. It describes Vatican attempts to safeguard its honor amid communications from Ambassador Leishman and comments by Mr. O Laughlin, concluding the audience with Roosevelt was made impossible by intertwined church and Vatican dynamics.
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Board of Bishops
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
Archbishop Ireland
North American Review
Methodist Episcopal Church of America
Italy
Vatican
Roosevelt
America
Methodist College
Rome
Methodist Church
Via Venti Settembre
Tipple
Quirinal
Leishman
Mr. Leishman
Mr. O'Laughlin
Methodist Hall
Holy See
American Methodist Episcopal Church
Pennsylvania Railroad Fuad Relief Fund May 1910 Payments
The relief department of the Pennsylvania Railroad reports a May 1910 payout of 177 386 24 to members. Of this total 120 513 10 was for lines east of Pittsburg and Erie and 56 873 for lines west. Since inception the fund has paid out 23 469 890 15.
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Relief Department of the Pennsylvania Railroad System
Pittsburg
Erie
Kansas Wheat at 76 Percent of Full Crop in June Report
Telegraph report from Topeka June 24 states Kansas wheat is 76 percent of a full crop based on 4,50000 acres. About two million winter wheat acres were ploughed up, affecting corn and oats areas. Corn and oats figures are incomplete but show reduced area and shifting conditions compared with April.
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Tribune
Topeka
Kan
Kansas
F. D. Coburn
Board of Agriculture
Grain Scorched in Canada From Heat Drought
Reports from twenty Manitoba and Saskatchewan points warn of a burning grain crop due to hot weather and no rain. Grain is "cooked" in the ground, with yields in most areas seen at about eight bushels of wheat per acre.
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Winnipeg
Man
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
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