Smith Complains of Harassing Letters from Alleged Stalker
Charlies Sprague Smith director of the People's Institute at 315 Hast Wth street reports receiving threatening letters. Harold W. Leonard of 138 East Ill street was arrested after detectives found rambling notes sent to Smith and to President Roosevelt, Governor Hughes, Superintendent Maxwell, and Miss Maude Adams. Leonard admitted authorship. The letters mention transit problems and crossing the North or East River.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlies Sprague Smith
People’s Institute
Wth Street
Harold WW. Leonard
East Ill Street
Maxwell
Public
Maude Adams
White House talks settle S P Colorado River claim
Washington March 11 An important conference at the White House with President Roosevelt Secretary Garfield Max well Evarts and H J Corey of the Southern Pacific discussed settlement of the railroad s 1 6 0 claim for repairs to the Colorado River break that created the Salton Sea and threatened Imperial Valley lives and property A prompt settlement and reimbursement arrangement was favored with the President to send a letter urging investigation and early action Senator Flint had introduced a bill but progress was slow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
White House
Roosevelt
Garfield
Maxwell Evarts
H. J. Corey
Southern Pacific Railroad Company
Colorado River
Saiten Sea
Imperial Valley
California
Edward H. Harriman
Southern Pacific
Flint
Congress
Cory
Miller
House Committee On Claims
Central Grammar School safety concerns prompt defense
Montclair on March 11 reports board of trade claims that Central Grammar School is dangerously built with combustible materials and narrow basement exits. Education secretary says fire escapes added years ago and a drill proved two minutes to evacuate. Open letter requests unlocked doors and safer stairways to prevent a repeat of past disasters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montclair
Board of Trade
Central Grammar School
Collinwood
Edward Madison
Board of Education
Weatchune Avenue
Oil stored in Kearny school buildings halted
Special report from March 11 notes building inspector Ralph S. Young told the Town Council that twenty seven structures including schools 2 4 7 and the High School must have fire escapes installed. Churches halls and missions listed. oil storage in these buildings ordered stopped at once.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kearny
Ralph S. Young
St. Cecilia’s Church
Knox Presbyterian Church
Kearns Town Wall
Ellis
First Baptist
Pvans
Passaic Avenue
Arlington Protectory
Belgrove Drive
Representative Fassett Hosts Chemung Dinner at Hotel Astor
Representative J Sloat Fassett presided as toastmaster at the annual dinner of the Chemung County Society of Greater New York in the Hotel Astor last night. Speakers included Job E Hedges Frank P Kilburs ex Superintendent Bamkinz Colonel Joseph F Scott Elmira Reformatory Daniel Sheehan Elmira mayor George Metann Chemung County Judge H H Rockwell Rey Smith Frank E Tripp and John H Holbert former Assembly member from Chemung who sat on the second Thaw jury. One hundred fifty former Chemung residents and Elmirans attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Sloat Fassett
Chemung County Society of
Greater New York
Hotel Astor
Job E. Hedges
Frank P. Kilburs
Bamkinz
Coleonel
Joseph F. Scott
Elmira
Frank E. Tripp
John H. Holbert
Chemung County
Chemung
Undertaker Sues for Food Fight at Lerber’s Restaurant
Barnard Keller of 172 Delancey Street sued Adolph Lerber in City Court for 2000 damages after being refused food at Lerber’s Grand Street restaurant. Justice McAvoy dismissed the case after hearing the evidence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barnard Keller
Delancey Street
Adolph Lerber
Grand Street
Keller
Justice McAvoy
Annual Police Review Set for May Ninth
Commissioner Bingham announced the annual Police Department review will be held on May 9. Officers will form at Brosz Way and 234 Street, march along 234 Street to Madison Avenue, then to 4th Street, over to Fifth Avenue, along 4th Street and south to the reviewers stand at the 234 Street end of Fifth Avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bingham
Brosz@way
234 Street
Madison Avenue
4Th Street
Fifth Avenue
Fire destroys farm home. three children die in explosion
In Me ford Wisconsin on March 11 a stove explosion destroyed the farm home of John Dembhitt. While Mrs Deanthint was outside the house burned and three of her children perished in the blaze.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ford
Wis
John Dembhitt
Creditors file petition against C F King in Boston court
A creditors petition was filed in the bankruptcy court naming C F King a Boston financial agent as the defendant. Plaintiffs John G McCarthy Mary L Davis Devis A Smart and Hubert J Cochran allege that since October 11 King misused funds to buy securities, with initial returns failing to materialize and investors losing money.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
C.F King
John G. McCarthy
Mary L. Davis
Devis A. Smart
Providence
Hubert J. Cochran
Nukant
Mass
Securitas
Gelveres
Finol E
Schaefer Defeats Hoppe to Retire as Champion Billiardist
In Chicago at Orchestra Hall on March 11 Jacob Schaefer defeated Willie Hoppe 50 to 423 in limnch balkline one shot to defend his title and announce retirement from active competition. Schaefer’s final match featured a late comeback with a peak run of 95 as he held lead from the seventeenth inning onward. Hoppe’s strong start and steady play yielded an average around 17 while Schaefer finished with an average of 14 10-35 and total 423 points.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Jacob Schaefer
Nlimch
Orchestra Hall
Hoppe
Schaefer
Yale Beats Harvard In Dual Meet At Brookline Baths
In Boston on March 11 Yale defeated Harvard 33 to 2%. Yale also won the water polo match 6 to 4. This summary notes Yale’s dominance in both swimming and polo during the Brookline Baths event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Yale
Harvard
Brookline Baths
Divorce Evidence Sleep Talk
New Brunswick March 11 Special Vice-Chancellor Walker heard a divorce case based on a woman’s sleep talk and alleged confession. Richard Tague of South Amboy sues Mary Tague on statutory grounds. he files a cross petition naming a co-respondent and claims proof of wife's infidelity. He testified he used a salt water test to obtain a confession from his sleeping wife. The judge reserved decision amid doubt about the salt method.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Brunswick
Walker
Richard Tague
South Amboy
Mary
Fast Mail in Accident Delays Traffic. No Injuries
The Fast Mail on the New York Central Railroad derailed after water scoop failure near Brerrytown twenty miles north of Poughkeepsie. Traffic slowed to a single track between Rhinebeck and Barrytown. No injuries reported. The second item notes Julia Sands Bryant’s will accounting filed in Mineola Surrogate’s Court detailing a 270000 estate with numerous specific bequests and a Long Island Sound shore estate to Roslyn and Connecticut.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Poughkeepsie
N. Y
New York Central Railroad
Brerrytown
Rhinebeck
Barrytown
Miss Bryant
Mineola
Long Island
Julia Sands Bryant
William Cullen Bryant
Anna Rebecca Fairlife
Julia F
Julia F. van Duzer
Godwin de Castro
Nora
Harold God
Godwin
Minnie Go
Fannwin
William Culler Bryant
Long Island Sound
Rosyn Harbor
Connecticut
New Complaint Against Alvandros Claimant Alleges Larceny
Florence Foie of 546 West 156th Street files a complaint against Charles D Alvandros aka Quiro Palma claiming he stole four dollars given to him at 249 West 42nd Street for the purchase of mining stock. Police assert the sum was kept by him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florence Foie
West 156Th Street
Charles D. Alvandros
Alvandros
Quiro Palma
Morni
Auto crash injures Newark boy. driver paroled
Charles Metter, nine years old, was struck by an automobile driven by Frederick H. Eisele in front of his home at 385 Bergen Street, Newark, last night. He sustained injuries to the head and face. Eisele was arrested and later paroled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Metter
Frederick H. Eisele
Bergen Street
Newark
Mr. Eisele
Philadelphia
Anthony J. Drexel, Jr
H. Newell Guernsel
Benjamin Parker
Hamed
Receiver appointed for Passaic weaving firm
Vice-Chancellor Eugene Stevenson named Attorney Harry Meyers receiver for the Alexander Company of Passaic. The weaving factory has been closed with assets listed at 13,400 and liabilities at 30,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Passaic
Eugene Stevenson
Harry Meyers
Alexander Company
Bankruptcy filings flood Circuit Court records
Involuntary petitions against English & Co. wholesale lumber dealers at No 1 Madison Ave seek $5,000 from creditors. Olympia Florists at No 57 West 42d St shows $2,512 liability and no assets. Involuntary against Leon Rubay. Peter Zucker named receiver. Involuntary against William Rothstein at No 7 West Houston St with $4.5 liability. Involuntary against Williams & Weymouth Co. at No 2% Front St. Meyer Sloane at No 137 Eldridge St with $50 claims. Union Ballast Co. shows liabilities $116,124.43 and assets $1,550. Fred S. Clute Co. shows $4,111.34 liabilities and $1,742 assets. H. J. Wood Co. liabilities $4,678.79 and assets $1. Asante Ver
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Circuit Court
English & Co
Madison Avenue
Olympia Florists
West 42d Street
Leon Rubay
Brosadwey
Peter Zucker
William Rothstein
West Houston Street
Williams & Weymouth Company
Front Street
Claims, Co
Meyer Sloane
Eldridge Street
Union Ballast Company
River Avenue
Newton Creek
Laurel Hill
Long Island
Fred S. Clute
Asante
Satisfed Judgments list with numerous creditors and debtors
A compiled record of satisfied judgments filed between 1903 and 1908 lists debtors such as George, Suha, and Kalisher Klein against creditors including Edmonds, Goldthwaite, and Ruppert. The document names multiple pairs with dates from 1903 to 1908, using receivers and affiliated companies in numerous districts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George—Cry
New York
Suha
George l Ko Bloch
Aivatoce
J Monett
T C Edmonds
Homer A—Il Goldthwaite
Jacobs, Morris
Isador Kalisher
H Klein
Merch
Jungman
Meyer, Josey
January l
Apscomb
Nursell Manufacturing Alcolm Company
Japaary
Virginia Ema Lithia Springs Company
R Gormto
Need Sadie Aed
Joline
Adrian H
Douglas Robinson
Murray
Jobe L
P Kane Company
Piatz
Anthony
Jenni & Rons
Strauss
Malcolm
Smith & Mabiey, Incorporated
Cleveland Oil Hearing Reveals Oil Trade Tactics
In Cleveland, March 11, Charles E. Farrell of Cohoes and John J. Shea of Syracuse testified before special examiner Franklin Ferris in the federal ouster case against Standard Oil. Farrell described selling below wholesale and price-cutting by rivals, while Shea detailed rival wagons and contracts to undercut prices. The hearing, part of proceedings begun in St. Louis, targets general points of the prosecution led by ex-District Attorney C. B. Morrison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Charles E. Farrell
Cohoes
John J. Shea
Syracuse
Ind
Franklin Ferris
C. B. Morrison
Chicago
Standard Oil Company
United States
St. Louis
New York
Albany
Washington
Ferris
Farrell
Binghamton
N. Y
Oneonta
Consumers Direct
Tiona Oil Company
Tyonda Company
Home Safety Oil Company
Morrison
Standard Oil
Sells Bonds at Loss in Western Maryland Auction
Deutsche Bank of Berlin held a 4.9 million dollar Western Maryland Railroad first mortgage bond issue. Bonds auctioned at 53 for 2.12 million, far short of the 3.9 million loaned two years earlier. Receivership news and April coupon payment influenced market price. related action includes a seizure by New York Sheriff in a Bowling Green Trust suit seeking 1.003 million.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western Maryland Railroad Company Firstortgage
Deutsche Bank of Berlin
Edward D. Adams
Deutsche Bank
Western Maryland
Bowling Green Trust Company
Maryland
New York Supreme Court
New York County
Mercantile Trust Company
Painters Unions Amalgamate Locals Into One Council
Local branches of the Brotherhood of Painters and the Amalgamated Painters Society voted to amalgamate, forming a joint district council representing about eighteen thousand painters. The national president Balhorn will install new locals in Cleveland, after which painters seek representation in the Building Trades arbitration. The Brotherhood had been removed from the arbitration board last spring for striking violations amid open shop prevalence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brotherhood of Painters
Amalgamated Painters’ Society
Cleveland
Balhorn
Brotherhood
Building Trades Employers’ Association
General Arbitration Board
Coroner finds fire cause in Collinwood school disaster
Coroner Burke reports the Collinwood school fire was caused by overheated pipes and a faulty partition before the stairway. No one blamed. recommends legislation to safeguard school buildings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Burke
Collinwood
Naval Uniform Changes Postponed by Navy Department
Navy Department delays consideration of naval officer and enlisted uniforms After a prior board report circulation among officers views will be collected by sending instructions to Atlantic and Pacific fleet commanders Musicians lack a distinctive uniform and changes will be minimized due to expense Army orders include transfers leaves of absence and station moves Navy vessels movements list shows arrivals at Santiago Guam and sailings among Callao Guantanamo Magdalena Bay and San Francisco with several ships named and routes noted
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Navy Department
Atlantic Fleet
Pacific Fleet
Bureau of Navigation
Annapolis Graduates Standings Published
The Naval Academy 1916 graduates ranked on final examinations before commissioning as ensigns. Allan J. Chantry Jr of Malvern Iowa led with 652.73, entering the construction corps. Close in rank were Whiteford Drake of Waltham MA John P Miller of Lancaster KY Harry G Knox of Greenville OH and George B Wright of Fergus Falls MN with scores from 613.86 to 635.33.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annapolis
Naval Academy
Navy Department
Allan J. Chantry, Jr
Malvern
Iowa
Construction Corps of the Navy
Feu
Whiteford Drake
Waltham
Mass
John P. Miller
Lancaster
Harry G. Knox
Greenville
Ohio
George B. Wright
Fergus Falls
Minn
Trolley Crash With Carriage In Williamsburg
A Crosstown southbound car collided with a two horse carriage owned by Abraham Lewis of 164 Madison street in Williamsburg last night. Mrs Lewis and Mrs Davis were injured lightly and three others were thrown to the ground but were not seriously hurt after a physician from Eastern District Hospital treated their wounds. Passengers remaining on the car were kept calm by the conductor as doors were opened for passengers to return to seats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abraham Lewis
Madison Street
New Street
Williamsburg
Lewis
Davis
Eastern District
Hhey
Philadelphia Founders Week Naval Display May Include Foreign Warships
Philadelphia on March 1 reports Sweden and England may be invited to send warships to join the Founders Week naval display in October. The seven day celebration will mark the 223rd anniversary of Philadelphia's founding and aims to eclipse prior national observances. Foreign participation honors colonial links to the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Sweden
England
Apron pattern for girls dresses and wear patterns
The Tribune Pattern offers a versatile apron that doubles as a dress substitute. It uses printed wash fabrics or ginghams with durable linen options and blue or red chambray for variety. Pattern No 6940 fits girls ages eight to fourteen, requires 5 yards 3/4 to 3 1/4 yards width 36 or 44 inches, mailed for 10 cents with age and pattern number.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New-York Tribune
Be a potato and unlock your inner energy
Mrs. Mildred Manly Caldwell urged the National Society of Ohio Women at the Waldorf Astoria to develop hidden powers. She linked unlocking energy to responsibility, cited President Roosevelt, and urged readers to paint their lives with purpose, becoming artists rather than artisans. The talk warned against false values and urged self-improvement, concluding with a metaphor on potatoes reaching for light.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mildred Manly Caldwell
National Society of Ohio
Waldorf- Astoria
Christ
Clara
National Society of Ohio Women
Antis at Barnard Debate Women Ballot Question
Mrs. Anne Nathan Meyer told Barnard College undergraduates that many women seek the ballot out of restlessness rather than conviction. She defended anti-suffragists noting wage and hours issues cannot be fixed by law. Mrs. Barclay Hazard argued women already hold independent influence and should not surrender it. Florence Wolf, Florence Kelly and the Barnard context frame further events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anne Nathan Meyer
Barnard College
Mrs. Meyer
Association
Hazard
Barnard Union
Mis
Florence Wolf
Florence Kelly
Consumers’ League
Emma Willard Association backs school decoration drive
The Emma Willard Association met at the Hotel Manhattan and agreed to cooperate with the Public Education Association in decorating schools. Mrs Russell Sage, still named president, revised a suggested committee and noted her strong interest in the movement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma Willard Association
Manhattan
Public Education Association
Russell Sage
Beauty for the Poor Decorates City School Auditorium
A Public Education Association gathering at the Hebrew Technical School for Girls discusses decorating the school for the poor as a lesson in public benevolence. Principal Nathaniel Myers notes mixed views from supporters while the association selects No. 190, 24th Street, for its adornment and displays works by St Gaudens and other American sculptors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Art Committee
The
Public Education Association
Hebrew Technical School For Girls
Nathaniel Myers
Myers
James Parton Haney
First
Second Avenues
St. Gaudens
Metropolitan Museum
Association
John W. Alexander
Anna Garlin Spencer
Frederick L. Stoddard
Stoddard
Atrocities of Slavery Exposed in Africa Talk
General Joubert Pienner described brutal slave labor on cocoa plantations in Portuguese West Africa. He urged a worldwide Mothers' Congress action to petition Portugal, create missionary settlements, guard against traders, and report cruelties. The session also discussed a lasting memorial birthplace for Mrs. Theodore Birney and permanent Washington headquarters for the Congress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Principe
St. Thomas
Portuguese West Africa
Africa
Joubert Pienner
South Africa
International Congress On
National Mothers’ Congress
General Pionner
Congress
Pienear
Edwin E. Grice
Theodore Birney
The
Frederick Schoff
Philadelphia
Wastington
Bloomingdale millinery opening draws large crowds
Women flocked to Bloomingdale Brothers at Lexington Avenue and 59th Street for the three day millinery and suit opening hailed as the finest in the store’s history. Shoppers eyed a white Empire hat with lace and ostrich plume priced at 150, a red Gainsborough silk straw design at 3998, and a white Liberty satin evening gown costing 210 as prime attractions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bloomingdale Brothers
Lexington Avenue
59Th Street
Paradise
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CS. Smith
S. P
Montclair Board of Trade
Chemung County Society
C. F. King
Petitioner
F. H. Eisele
Passaic Factory
Verv
Leo de Fillippo
Holmes V. K
Bas J Me
Cleveland Oil Hearing
New York State
Telegraphic News Notes
Jackson, Ky
John Abner
James Cockrill
Hargis
Jackson
Miss
Senate
Indianapolis
Beatrice Thomas Metcalf
R. Hamill
John R. Walsh
Hamill
Central Hospital For
San Francisco
Eugene Schmitz
Birmingham
Ala
W. A. Smith
Jud” Byars
Louisiana
Democratic State Central Committee
J. J. Bailey
Paul Lambremont
State Committee
Lambremont
Mr. Bailey
Bailey
Army and Navy News
Charles M. Bunker
4Th Field Artillery
General Hospital
Hot Springs
William H. Corbusier
Department of the Columbia
Talbot Smith
Sth Cavalry
Fort Yellowstone
Clifford C. Carson
Coast Artillery Corps
Charles L. Lanhan
Clarence E. Seybolt
Key West Barracks
Robert M. Danford
Sth Field Artillery
Fort Leavenworth
Mounted Service School
Fort Riley
Robert E. Ll. Michie
12Th Cavalry
John O'Shea
4Th Cavalry
Robert K. Carswell
Charles R. Noyes
Edmund D. Shortlinge
William C. Wren
12Th Infantry
NAVY
R. W Spofford
Pennsylvania
E. Bogert, Jr
J. F. Urie
Eagle
Santiago
Alexander
Guam
Hopkins
Hull
Stewart
Lawrence
Callao
Panama
Guantanamo
Charleston
Milwaukee
Perry
Magdalena
Honolulu
Williamsburg Street
Antis
Barnard
Mrs. Sage
Beauty
Mr. Myers
Pienner
Paquin Paris
Rue de la Paix
Paris
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