Untermyer Liberal Had £25,000 for Jerome in 19%
Franklin Pierce cross examined Jerome on Untermyer campaign contributions of 25,000 and alleged privileges granted by the District Attorney's office. Jerome denied crimes by Well Cortlandt Streets ferry deals and questioned the motives of wealth and influence in prosecutions while detailing stock shortages and alleged political bargains among Morse Auerbach and Whitney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin Pierce
King Committee
Jerome
Samuel Untermyer
Untermyer
Kian & Eranger
Howard Gans
King
Mr. Jerome
Thomas F. Ryan
Well & Cortlant Streets Ferries
Wesley M. Oler
American Ice Company
Wiliam C. Whitney
E. R. Thomas
Cieb
Edward Lauterbach
District Attorney's
Davy
Vidaver
John W. Gates
Charley Morse
Morse
Gates
Conners
Charlie
Auerbach
Mr. Pierce
Pierce
Murphy
March
Cornelius Blise
Gorge Uortell
George Perkins
Applicate
Ryan
Dolan
Widener
Brady
Wit & Cortlandt Streets Ferries
Ignr
Ice Company
Oler
Brady Testimony Highlights Grand Jury Grilling
Anthony N Brady faced sharp exchanges with the District Attorney during November grand jury testimony on the Wall and Cortlandt Street Ferries deal. Brady refused to waive privilege allowing his lawyers to testify, and he struggled to locate the source of a 95000 dollar payment to cover road costs and reimburse named officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anthony N. Brady
Wall and Cortlandt Street Ferries
Grand Jury
Jerome
Brady
Messrs
Ryan
Whitney
Dolan
Elkins
Widener
Waterways Conference in Albany Addresses Future Canals
Albany May 7 The Albany Chamber of Commerce hosts a state conference on New York waterways. Speakers include State Senator Henry W. Hill and Oswego Chamber head Luther W. Mott on the Erie and Oswego Canals, Rochester Pittsburg and New Orleans Waterways, and canal progress. Afternoon talks cover Champlain Canal Canadian possibilities and national waterways prospects. Evening lectures discuss New York terminals and transportation methods with visual exhibits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
New York
Albany Chamber of Commerce
K. P. Hilton
Chamber of Commerce
Henry W. Hill
Buffalo
Luther W. Mott
Oswego
Barge Canal
James H. Davidson
Wisconsin
Committee On Railroads and Canals
House of Representatives
National Rivers and Harbors Congress
Our Nations
Joseph E. Ransdell
Louisiana
William R. Jones
Hudson River
George A. White
Hudson
McDougall Hawkes
C. P. Austin
Washington
Bureau of Statistics
Department of Commerce and Labor
Hoth
Military code revised to align New York National Guard
Governor Hughes approves a bill reorganizing the guard to match the regular army under the Wainwright Commission. The act creates a coast artillery chief with brigadier general rank, expands the adjutant general’s staff and funds, and shifts officers to appointive systems while aligning expenses oversight and military secretary rank adjustments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bury
Hughes
Committee On Military Affairs
National Guard
Regular Army
Wainwright
Armory Board
Boards of Supervisors
Coast Artillery
Bigamy charge on Teutonic pier in New York
Gustav Fischer was detained on the Teutonic pier by Detective Charles Flay on a bigamy charge. He allegedly married Regina Siebenburger on January 6 and Johanna Greenbaum in April. His first wife visited the pier with certificates of marriage. both wives were present, and investigators noted money sent for his return. A second report notes the Cyprian Parish House opening in the San Juan Hill district under the New York Protestant Episcopal City Mission Society with Rev. W. M. Johnson as vicar, offering a gym, hall, and library.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gustav Fischer
Teutonic
Southampton
Charles Flay
Fischer
Second Avenue
Regina Siebenburger
Johanna Greenbaum
Europe
Austria
Fischer No. 2
Detectivag Flay
Cyprian
Tenth Avenue
63D Street
San Juan Hii
New York Protestant Episcopal City Mission Society
W. M. Johnson
Major Fire Ravages Liberty New York Hotels and Stables
A morning blaze in Liberty Sullivan County damaged two hotels and razed Brandt's livery stable, destroying seven horses including some owned by Adams Express. The flames spread to the Lennon Hotel and adjacent Doliick structures. Injured men include Lawrence Bereth and E H Nichols.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tribune
Middletown
N. Y
Liberty
Sulivan County
Brandt
Adams Express Company
New Lennon
Doliick
Lawrence Bereth
H. Nichols
No Funds for Fourth Avenue Subway Financing Debate
Controller Metz wrestles with funding the Fourth Avenue subway amid a $140 million annual city budget strain. Experts doubt private operators will cover construction interest, and the Public Service Commission must await Board of Estimate money decisions as bids open. The mayor aims to leave a substantial leeway for the next administration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Metz i8 ii
Fourth Avenue
Public Service Commission
John RB. McDonald
Fourth Avenue Subway
Board of Estimate and Apportionment
Board of Estimate
Corporation Counsel
Fulton Street
Flatbush Avenue
Bridge Loop
Tafayette Broadway
B R T Assessment Tops 67 Million in NYC Testimony
Brooklyn Rapid Transit companies totaling eight firms faced a public review as How ard Abel, the controller, testified before Commissioner McCarroll of the Public Service Commission. The valuation covers special franchise tax 34,665,000 and tracks land right of way 4,641,000 plus real estate non right of way 8,582,330.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooklyn Rapid Transit
Howard Abel
McCarroll
Public Service Commission
Brooklyn Union Elevated Railroad Company
Coney Island
Brooklyn City
Brooklyn Union Elevated
Brooklyn Heights
Brooklyn
Queens County & Suburban
Nassau Electric
Gravesend
Prospect Park
Sea Beach
Abel
Rivington Street Station to Remain on Second Avenue Elevated
The Rivington street station on the Second Avenue elevated will stay in place despite appeals from East Side and Brooklyn groups and Delancey street property holders. Commissioner Eustis ruled after hearing IRT President E K Bryan that moving the station would cost about $60,000 and reduce access to the Williamsburg Bridge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rivington Street
Second Avenue
East Side
Brooklyn
Delancey Street
Williamsburg Bridge
Eustis
EK. P. Bryan
Interborough Rapid Transit Company
Sixth Avenue L Cars Jump Track Near Birecker Street
Two cars of a northbound Sixth Avenue elevated train derailed after leaving Birecker Street station. About fifty passengers rushed to platforms as cars bumped ties. guards closed gates and controlled the crowd. Traffic delayed two hours on the northbound line. southbound trains rerouted via Ninth Avenue to South Ferry. The crash is blamed on new rafts recently laid on the track.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sixth Avenue
Birecker Street
Ninth Avenue
South Ferry
Socialists Reply to Mayor McClellan
The New York Section of the Socialist party issues a reply to Mayor McClellan’s Cornell University speech. It rebuts his claim that socialism and anarchy are allied and argues the movement seeks peaceful, disciplined revolt rather than clubbing or guns, aiming to retire class rule in the United States. It condemns hostile attempts to suppress protest and frames socialism as a lawful, strategic opposition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Socialist Party
McClellan
Cornell University
Socialist Movement
United States
Dead Brother Declared Administrator of Es tate
Charles F. Naething, a restaurateur, was named administrator of John Philip Naething's estate after a petition showed he had not been heard from since 1872. John Philip, who served in the Zouave Regiment and the Navy during the Civil War, disappeared in 1872 leaving $2,634.52 and interest with the City Chamberlain. He was unmarried and there is no record of a will.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harles F. Naething
John Philip Naething
John Philip
New York State
Stabbing At West 140th Street Apartment
Christopher Wuschen janitor at 64 to 612 West 140th street was stabbed in the left arm with a jackknife by Thomas Monfrie, a Black telephone operator in the same building. Wuschen was treated at Montefiore Home for Chronic Invalids and returned home. the assailant fled, causing great excitement among residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christopher Wuschen
West 140Th Street
Thomas Monfrie
Waschen
Montefiore
Broadway
138Th Street
Fielding in New York on Grand Trunk Pacific bonds
The Toronto World reports Ottawa Finance Minister Fielding is in New York handling the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway bond issue. Contractor M. P. Davies is said to be with the party, awaiting developments on the financing. The dispatch cites a New York source as the basis for the claim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tribune
Ottawa
Ont
Toronto World” Today
New York Dispatch
Fielding
Dominion Cabinet
New York
Grand Trunk Pacific Railway
M. P. Davia
Bilge
Last Penn Tube Open Celebrated by Dinner Honor to Engineers
The completion of the last section of the Pennsylvania tunnels linking Long Island, New York, and Jersey City was celebrated at Sherry's with a dinner hosted by chief contractor William Bradley for chief engineer Charles M. Jacobs. Speeches praised the project, its workers, and the role of individual effort, while noting the remaining open work on approaches to the big station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long Island
New York
Jersey City
William Bradley
Charles M. Jacobs
Sherry
Metz
McGowan
Board of Aldermen
William Harvey King
Bradley
Jacobs
Fred Lewis
Mr. Jacobs
John B. McDonald
James A. Lynch
J. T. O'Rourke
Corporation
John J. Delany
C. L. Harrison
M. Ingersoll
C. S. Krick
Dr. King
W. S. Oakman
J. Waldo Smith
H. B. Seaman
H. Steers
J. E. Walschied
B. W. Carskaddon
A. J
Pennsylvania
Berger Hill
Bergen Hill
Weehawken
North Tunnel
North River
Seventh Avenue
Manhattan
Borough of
East River
East Avenue
Long Island City
Big Station
Ninth and
Tenth Avenues
Man Charged in Abduction of Seventeen Year Old Girl
Leslie F. Vinton of Bayth street and Gravesend Bay was arrested on kidnapping charges after Frances Napier, 17, disappeared from Corey Island. The girl was found unharmed on an abandoned sloop 159 feet from the Netherland home of the Vinton family. She could not recall the time of disappearance and was returned to her West 22d Street home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leslie F. Vinton
Bayth Street
Gravesend Bay
Frances Napier
Corey Island
Netherland
Vinton
West 22d Street
Croker Criticizes Fire Department Defects During Inquiry
Chief Croker testified before the Commissioners of Accounts on defects in the Fire Department. He argued Civil Service exams overly reward theory over practical skill and that excessive leave and full sick pay hinder operations. He urged theatres pay firemen, proposed a trial board, and noted water maps hampering recent fires are being replaced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Croker
Fire Department
Commissioners of Accounts
Four die in Orchard Street tenement fire
An incendiary blaze at No. 161 Orchard Street destroyed a five story tenement early yesterday morning killing four people: Hattie Kopelmann two and a half, Eva Berg fifty three, Samuel Sachs ten, and an unidentified man. Eleven others were seriously burned or injured including David and Leah Goldsmith and Sadie Sunken. injuries ranged from broken ribs to facial burns as investigators probed the fire’s cause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orchard Street
the Tribune
Hattie Kopelmann
Eva Berg
Samuel Sachs
David Goldsmith
Leah Goldsmith
Gouverneur Hospital
Sadie Sunken
St. Gregory's Hospital
Ohio paving agent arrested in bribery case
Nelson A. Cannon the Columbus agent of the Cleveland Trinidad Paving Company, central to bribery indictments against a former public service board and company officers, was arrested in Hamilton Ontario after fleeing before trial. The cases collapsed due to his flight, who was the chief witness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio
Nelson A. Cannon
Cleveland Trinidad Paving Company
Board of Public Service
Cleveland Trinidad Company
Hamilton
Ontario
Cannon
Paintings Sold At Auction At Fifth Avenue Art Galleries
The Collins sale yesterday afternoon and the Dun and Burton paintings in the evening raised a total of 5213 at the Fifth Avenue Art Galleries No 36 Fifth avenue, with overall sales this week reaching 7505. J C Evans paid the top price for Interior of Cathedral Holland a canvas by the late J Bosboom. Portrait of a Man by A Vollen sold for 28 and Franz Hals and Family for 170. James Rice Jr paid 130 for Spring by F S Church. The textile sale continues today at 3 oclock and the final sale of paintings will be held this evening. Tomorrow evening at 8 oclock the books in the library of the estate of Dr Alexander Prentise will be sold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dun and Burton
Fifth Avenue
J. C. Evans
J. Bosboom
Cathedral
Holland
A. Vollen
Franz Hals
Bogus prizefight tale reaches appellate court
The Appellate Division heard Joseph Strauss v St Louis County Bank over a staged prizefight swindle that cost Oscar Schrader of Chicago $10,000. Charles Class and accomplices allegedly feigned a bout to fleece Schrader, while backers hid funds and drafts for two opponents. The bank disputed ownership of the money and the trial reserved ruling on sufficiency of the complaint.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court
Joseph Strauss
St. Louis
Charles C. Class
Strauss
Class
Oscar Schrader
Chicago
George Walker
Jack Willams
Williams
Schrader
Jack Wiliams
Walker
Willams
Environment in Mental Disorders Address In Philadelphia
In Philadelphia on May 7 Professor John V. Shoemaker, president of the American Therapeutic Society, urged that environment shapes therapy for mental and nervous disorders. He argued drug use is declining and stressed identifying and addressing the patient’s physical and moral surroundings to aid treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Elwood Worcester
Boston
John V. Shoemaker
American Therapeutic Society
Shoemaker
Worcester
Fire Alarm System Condemned in City Report
The New York Board of Fire Underwriters released a formal report from the national board on fire prevention, confirming earlier findings and noting almost no improvements since 195. The existing system cannot be repaired and must be entirely replaced, with a $250,000 funding request pending before the Board of Estimate and Apportionment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Board of Fire Underwriters
National Board
Commissioners of Accounts
Board of Estimate and
City News In Brief Summary Of Court Actions
City notes report J Edward Beeck pleaded guilty to eight indictments for jewelry theft valued at 200000 before Justice Goff in the Criminal Division. James Ellis held on peace bail by Magistrate Steinert in Jefferson Market court. Victor Shanley convicted of first degree forgery in Harlem by a General Sessions jury. Patrolman Beasley discharged after being accused of robbery and assault by streetcar conductor John McKer. Roscoe Stebbins held on 500 bail in federal court for defrauding Atlantic Coast Line Railroad by posing as an attorney. A free modern book pilates exhibit will be at the Flatbush Library May 11 to 16 daily 2 to 9.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Edward Beeck
Justice Goff
Supreme Court
Demetrius J. Viasto
James Ellis
Lves
Coney Island
Steinert
Jefferson Market
Victor Shanley
Fast 118Th Street
Harlem
Griffin Beasley
West 30Th Street
John H. McKer
Beasley
Roscoe Clare Stebbins
Federal Grand
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
Hough
United States
A Valuable Man at the Helm in New York State
Freight New York State praises an executive who blocked wildcat rail legislation by vetoing a 2 cent fare bill. The piece credits his restraint and conservative approach as key to stabilizing industry and guiding the state through financial turmoil. It suggests continued reform and sane administration are needed to calm industrial fears.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York State
Decker
Ain
Bank depositor faith amid bridge company bankruptcy
Manasquan residents hope for full payment as the New Jersey and West Virginia Bridge Co faces involuntary bankruptcy. First National Bank of Manasquan, led by late president Morgan De Lancey Magee, was its major creditor after Magee’s suicide prompted scrutiny of loans exceeding 175. Receivers Frank Wyant and Benjamin Price now manage the bridge concern.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manasquan
N. J
New Jersey and
West Virginia
First National Bank
Morgan de Lancey Magee
Magee
Frank Wyant
Benjamin Price
Bridge Company
J. W. Schofield
Washington
Kane
Widow links Black Hand to Hyde Park shoe shop killings
The Hackensack widow of Frank Messine and Sebastian Messino claims Black Hand agents killed her husband and his brother at their Midland Park shoe shop. She recalls Sebastian returning from New York two months earlier and describing the gang, and recounts a later strange visitor who sought shelter, whom she suspects was the killer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank
Mart
Physician Dies in Almshouse in Washington New Jersey
Special correspondent reports Dr. Warrington a physician for over thirty years died last night in Warren County Almshouse where he had been ten days. He left a will bequeathing his small fortune to Hindson Penrose Warrington of Hampton Junction. The 74 year old doctor had practiced in Clinton, Stewartsville, Columbia and Philipsburg before health failures forced retirement and moving to Nazareth with his son John Warrington. the son will arrange for burial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
N. J
BR. Warrington
Warren County
John Warrington
Nazareth
Hindsom Penrose Warrington
Hampton Junction
Clinton
Stewartsville
Columbia
Phillipeburg
Orme
Union Men Win at St George Terminal Contractor Pact
Union carpenters reach agreement with W A Engieman of Brooklyn on rates for the U S terminal approach project at St George. Non union workers had been on site. all striking men return to work today under the new terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St George
W. A. Engieman
Brooklyn
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Tralee
Treashis
Thomas
Lauterbach
Metropolitan Securities Company
Mr. Brady
Hir
Brooklyn Tube
Rivington Street Station
Restaurateur
G. T. P. Business
Penn Tube
Boy
Ohio Paving
Mr. Crewe
Mr. Winston Churchill
Churchill
Winston Churchill
the Macmillan Company
Court
Professor Shoemaker
Dr. Worces
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City News
Flatbush
Brooklyn Public Library
Linden Avenue
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Persian Trading Company
Anderson Auction Company
Howard
Fifth Ave
Jersey Bank
U. S. Terminal
Edward W. Townsend
Chimmie Fadden
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