May Probe Hunts Point Costs and Park Plan
The Haffen investigation heard that land for a Hunts Point park cost about $257,000 though much of the site is under water. Witnesses including architect Michael J. Garvin and financier Frederick Hemmond described bid and appointment details linked to Garvin’s Bronx projects. The session focused on why the city paid high land prices and on related charges involving the Bronx Architectural Company and Geiszler-Haas Realty records.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Faraway Hunt's Point
Haffen
John Purrey Mitchel
Bronx
Mitchel
Frederick Hemmond
Mr. Garvin
Garvin
P. J Revell
Hammond
Brorx Architectural Company
Merritt Smith
The
Joseph C. Havender
Geiszler- Haas Realty Company
Mr. Haas
J. F. Murray
Public Works
Martin Geiszler
Highners
Geiszlers
Mr. Mitchel
Mr. Havender
City S Submarine Park Desolate Site Near Hunt's Point
Tribune reporters found Bunt's Point Park a swampy, waterlogged wasteland with few trees. Embankments over drains enclose green pools while dirt trains stand nearby. Workers say the land was purchased for the city by President Haffen and await development, with time needed to fill it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haffen
Tribune
Hunt
Reporter Seeks City Park at Fort Point in Rural Outpost
A reporter trudges toward a promised city park, about two and a half miles along a road, only to find a remote landscape with a lone house and little sign of the park. A local boy confirms the father has lived there long, but the boy has never heard of the park. Fort Point appears far from urban life as no one nearby knows the city owns the land.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort's Point
Diamond Prices Stand Firm Despite Diamond Market Talks
Leo Wormser president of the Jewellers' Board of Trade said prices would be maintained amid reports of a possible cut. He cited assurances from De Beers Premier Diamond Mining and the London syndicate that prices will be upheld regardless of renewal status, with cables dated March 19 confirming this worldwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leo Wormser
Jewellers’ Board of Trade
Wormser
de Beers Company
Premier
de Beers
London
Quarantine Detains Wakiva Crew Over Bubonic Plague Fears
Dr. Doty detains two Wakiva crewmen at quarantine in New York after detecting groin enlargements during repeated examinations. The steam yacht returned to quarantine from a long voyage and awaits test results for bubonic plague, with further tests planned this afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Doty
Yacht
Wakiva
I. V. Harkness
Jewish Theological Seminary Contributors Meet
The third biennial meeting of contributors to the Jewish Theological Seminary of America will be held at the seminary 531 West 123d street on March 29 at 2 30 p m Reports from officers will be read and branch work will be presented Directors will be chosen for two years to succeed Newman Cowen Irving Lehman Dr Henry Friedman Morris Loeb Justice Samuel Greenbaum Simon M Roeder and William Gerstley Professor Schechter and Louis Marshall will probably address the gathering
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jewish Theological Seminary of America
West 123d Street
Newman Cowen
Irving Lehman
Henry Friedenwald
Morris Loeb
Justice Samuel Greenbaum
Simon M. Roeder
William Gerstley
Schechter
Louis Marshall
Epidemics Hit Brooklyn Children's Homes Quarantined
Four Brooklyn institutions for children face quarantine amid measles scarlet fever and chicken pox outbreaks. Overcrowding due to financial strain hampers care. Superintendent Goodhue links illness to malnutrition in origin homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooklyn
St. Malachy’s
East New York
Sterling Place
St. Mary’s
Dean Street
Concord Street
Frederick Goodhue
Bureau of Dependent Children
Ex-Mayor Schieren Seeks Tax Exemption for Academy of Music
Ex mayor Charles A. Schieren of Brooklyn spoke at a Sinking Fund Commission meeting with colleagues about exempting the Academy of Music from taxation. An appraiser noted a semi public status could justify exemption but warned of precedent and urged careful study and public shading.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles A. Schieren
Brooklyn
Sinking Fund Commission
New Academy of Music
Finance Department
Throng at Pati Bank Petition in Bankruptcy
An involuntary bankruptcy petition was filed against Pasquale and Salvatore Pati of 238 and 240 Elizabeth Street after the bank failed amid claims of concealed funds and threats from the Black Hand. A crowd clogged the neighborhood as police pursued suspects, and bank clerks faced wages disputes and fear of violence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pasquale
Salvatore Pati
Elizabeth Street
Hoadley
Patis
Captain Burns
Bartholo Vexiellio
No. 162
Mott Street
Pati
Salvatore Denofrie
Matti Constantine
Constantine
Dominick Daria
Staten Island
Oftivi Gance
José Sparanza
No. Mulberry Street
Sparanza
Pali
German Exchange Bank
Denofrio
Patil
Wood
State Superintendent of Banking
Attempt to wreck Perth Amboy Raritan River bridge
An explosion at the new Raritan River bridge in Perth Amboy New Jersey damaged the northern abutment and bent ironwork. Police report two suspicious men seen near the site before midnight and say repair will take about a month with an estimated damage of 2500 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jersey
Raritan River
Perth Amboy
N. J
Pennsylvania
Central Railroad of
New Jersey
Pennsylvania Steel Company
Metal Trades Meet At Hotel Astor For Tenth Annual Convention
The National Metal Trades Association opened its tenth annual convention at the Hotel Astor with Alderman Reginald S. Doull delivering the welcome. Secretary N. W. Dingwall and Commissioner Robert Wuest reported the group, now 741 members, lost only seventeen last year. About two hundred thousand workers are employed by members and capital totals 770 billion dollars. Strikes: during the year 109 were lost, 15 averted, 4 won by strikers. Open shop policy will continue as industry prospects improve only slowly. Henry S. Pritchett and William H. Speer spoke at a dinner last night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Metal Trades Association
Hotel Astor
Reginald S. Doull
N. W. Dingwall
Robert Wuest
Henry S. Pritchett
Carnegie Foundation For the Advancement of Teaching
Wiliam H. Speer
Rug Sale Draws Small Bids at Fifth Avenue Galleries
Benjamin Beliat’s midweek auction at the Fifth Avenue Art Galleries drew few bidders but set a bargain precedent. Of 802 lots, 209 sold for 5 485 dollars. A Kermanshah carpet estimated at 2 000 dollars sold for 550 dollars as the sale continued at 2 9 p.m. today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benjamin Beliat
Fifth Avenue
Kermanshah
New York Pure Food Exposition Opens at Lenox Lyceum
The New York Pure Food Exposition opens tonight at Lenox Lyceum with officers from the Chamber of Commerce Board of Trade and Transportation and other groups in attendance. It will run three weeks with later hours on Sundays and daily concerts by the ith Regiment Band.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Lenox Lyceum
Chamber of Commerce
Board of Trade and Transportation
Ith Regiment
Bara
Prince Héliene Eyes Mme Gould In New York Visit
The Prince Héliene visits New York and stays at the Waldorf after a St. Regis reception. He says he has not seen Mme Anna Gould but hopes to before leaving. He planned six weeks but may change plans due to his ailing father and would defer marriage news to Mme Gould.
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Sogan
Prince Héliene
Mme
Anna Gould
St. Regis
Waldors
Mme. Gould
France
Prince de Sagan Sees France’s Amusement Decline in Parisian View
The prince criticizes French masses for preferring bars to high art, notes attendance drops in high class theatres, and says American reception is cordial. He avoids public drama with Mme Gould, cites personal privacy, and travels from Philadelphia to New York incognito before visiting the Waldorf and St. Regis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mme. Gould
Prince de Sagan
France
Philadelphia
Count Boni de Castellane
Count Boni
Count de Castellane
London
America
West 23d Street
Stern
Ferry House
West Street
Prince George Hotel
Waldorf
Prince de Sagany
Central Park
Prince
Martin’s
the Waldorf
Peril in 429 Schools Sparks Fire Escape Debate
A report notes overcrowding at Erasmus Hall after seven hundred students pass through daily. The two story frame building dating to about 120 years ago shows dangerous congestion on stairs during class changes. Mr Moore urges added fire escapes and corridor improvements to reduce risk on the second floor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erasmus Hall
Moore
Baker on Stand in Libel Suit Over Rail Discrimination
Ray Stannard Baker testified in the United States Circuit Court under Judge Hough as part of a $1,000 libel suit brought by Emmanuel L. Phillips against McClure's Magazine. Baker described his research on railway discrimination and defended words like lobbyist and graft used in his article while denying intent to imply illegal misconduct.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Stannard Baker
McClure
Emmanuel L. Philips
Union Refrigerator Transit Company
United States
Hough
Baker
Phillips
Gilbert E. Roe
Governor la Follette
Wisconsin Railroad Commission
Opposition to Receivers’ Certificate Petition for New York City Railway
At a hearing before Judge Lacombe Julien T. Davies and Bronson Winthrop opposed the petition by Adrian H. Joline and Douglas Robinson receivers for the New York City Railway and Metropolitan Street Railway for leave to issue 2 000 000 in receivers certificates. They argued the two systems are diverse and the Metropolitan line is inoperative while the New York line is solvent and in default by over 2 000 000. They questioned court jurisdiction as mortgage holders were not party creditors and criticized the petition for lacking specific usage of funds. The receivers seek 1 000 000 more after a fire damaged 54 cars and plan to buy pay-as-you-enter cars for the Second Avenue line and repair barns and equipment with 300 000. Decision reserved. judge indicated expenditures must be specified in any order and in a separate ruling noted against abrogating existing car advertising contracts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adrian H. Joline
Douglas Robinson
New York City Railway Company
Metropolitan Street Railway Company
Winthrop
Second Avenue
Masten
Ninth Avenue
Sith Street
Lacombe
Duc de Chaulnes Sued By Tailor For 2000
The Duc de Chaulnes married Miss Theodora Shonts and faces a City Court suit for 2000 owed to tailor James Cavan. The claim dates from December 15 1901 with interest bringing the total to 2000. Bar on Louis de Canes disputed service. summons allegedly served March 16 as duke sailed for Europe. Judge Conlan reserved decision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duc de Chaulnes
Theodora Shonts
Theodore TP. Shonts
Interborough Rapid Transit Company
James Cavan
Cavanaugh
James F. Hannigan
Burt L. Rich
Europe
Baron Louis de Canés
Mauve
Shents
East Sth Street
Conlan
Two Boys Stopped by Robbers in Fifth Avenue
David Friedman eleven, of East 79th street, and Benjamin Panderhouse twelve, of East 82nd street, roller skating on Fifth Avenue were held up by a gang of young men who gagged them with caps and took Friedman’s gold watch worth 75 dollars. Central Office detectives aided precinct police in guarding the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Friedman
East 79Th Street
Benjamin Panderhouse
East 82d Street
Fifth Avenue
Young Friedman
S6th Street
Central Office
Fire endangers guests in Oneonta hotel blaze
A fire at the Commercial Hotel in Oneonta, New York, endangered 35 guests. Some were saved by ladders and rope escapes while others fled. all lost possessions. The building damage is estimated at 4000 dollars and is insured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Binghamton
N. Y
Oneonta
Tavk
Board rejects Cameron report on masonry inspector case
The Board of Education refused to accept the committee report finding Caleo W. Cameron guilty of neglect and misconduct but competent, and proposed reinstatement March 28 with a forty day pay fine. Dismissal was urged. debate centered on title and past piano inspections.
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Board of Education
Caleo W. Cameron
Tribune
Cameron
Hugo Kanzler
Horace E. Dresser
F Cameron
Fac
Thomas Delaney
Samuel B. Donnelly
A. Leo Everett
Richard B. Aldcroft, Jr
Abraham Stern
John A. Wilbur
Atformey
Ocean ticket exchange plan allows crossline returns
An Atlantic steamship conference agreement effective yesterday lets ticket holders return on a cheaper or better steamship from another line in the pact. If traveling cheaper on a different line, the issuing line pays the price difference minus ten percent. If traveling in better accommodations, the passenger pays the difference to the new line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Finds Brother After Thirty Years Reunites Henshaw Siblings
James W Henshaw and sister Mary E Henshaw reunited with Alfred Henshaw after thirty two years apart Alfred had been adopted by Harry K Martin of Thompson Conn and was believed dead Relatives and friends gathered to celebrate at their home in New York City James W Henshaw works as assistant custodian at the Appellate Division Court Building in Madison Avenue and 80th Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James W. Henshaw
Mary E. Henshaw
East 21St Street
Alfred Henshaw
Alfred
Harry K. Martin
Thompson, Conn
James Henshaw
Tenderloin
Thomas Colton
Brandon Mitchell
Mr. Heshaw
Mitchell
Henshaw
Appellate Division
Madison Avenue
Oth Streek
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Haffen's
Havender
City S Submarine Park
Theological Seminary
Academy OF Music
Elijah
Postum Cereal Co., Limited
Battle Creek
Michigan
Pati Bank
National Association
Pure Food Show
Prince Helie DE Sagan
FeSchae
Ten
45Th St
James P. Silo
Benjamin Benguiat
Peril
R. S. Baker
Miss Shonts
Ocean Ticket Exchange
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