Note swindles grow as district attorney cracks gang
A grim note swindle gang being unraveled by Assistant District Attorney Kendleberger leads to multiple arrests expected today or tomorrow. Henry Hosier, broker, is jailed on grand larceny charges over a $10,000 note scheme. Others named include Connell, Barry, Gundlach, Wheipley, and Treutwine as investigators link various discounted notes to a wider fraud network. A bankruptcy examiner plans to question Barry, with further court action anticipated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kendleberger
Atorney
Henry Hosier
West Sth Street
Conrad Schweifkert
Bay Street
Tompkinsville
Staten Island
Hosier
Connell
Kendieberger
Canniell
Barry
Blue Ridge Enamel Brick Company
Newark
Blanchards
Prudential Life Insurance Company
Prudential
Gundlach
Whelpley
Gardner
West Virginia
Wheipley
Revi
Drexel
Snyder
Phile@delphia
Norfolk & Western
Lesser Mills Company
Arkansas
Samuel F. Biddison
Nassau Street
A. Regulus Shippey
Central Coal, Lumber and Construction Company
William Lesser
R. A. Breidenbach
George H. Carpenter
Maurice C. Dreshfield
Hough
Olmey
Lesser
Siana
Tombs
Woman Leper Bertha Osis Leaves for Christiania
Miss Bertha Osis a young Russian leper who arrived from Penikese Island Massachusetts was moved from City Island to the steamship Hellig Olav bound for Christiansend. Immigrant officials will issue a delivery certificate as the vessel sails.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bertha Osis
Penikese Island
Buzzard's Bay
Mass
Ramona
City Island
Bailey
Hellig Olav
Christiansend
Boston
Footwear design targets narrow heel with two size fit
The Cowsrp Comprration Star shoes are built two sizes smaller at the heel to prevent slipping and support the arch. Available in Russet and Black Oxfords and high shoes.
Tribune Mail Subscriptions and Address Changes
The Tribune explains that subscriptions may be mailed to any address by placing an order with a local newsdealer or notifying the Circulation Department. Subscribers may change addresses as often as desired.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Tribune
Hearing on Stations Delays Broadway Line Subways
About seventy five residents attended a Public Service Commission hearing on station locations for the Broadway Lexington avenue subway. Suggestions included 68th or 69th streets, 59th Street express, and a transfer at 138th Street plaza. Restrictions on car entry were debated with an $1,800,000 upgrade cost. Congress plans paused excavation for the Brooklyn loop during municipal building plan finalization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Public Service Commission
Lexington Avenue
Bassett
John de Witt Warner
Thomas C. Wood
F. H. Mills
George S. Davis
Normal College
68Th
69Th Street
67Th Street
Ralph Wolff
Blackwell's Island Bridge Protective Association
59Th Street
Manhattan
Sth
iWist Streets
Bronx
James L. Wells
138Th Street
Third Avenue
Interborough Rapid Transit Company
Frank Hedley
Subway
Bion J. Arnold
New York
Commissioner of Bridges
William Bradley
Brooklyn Loop Line
Brooklyn Bridge
Norfolk and Western chief opposes freight rate hike
Henry Fink, chairman of the Norfolk and Western Railway, denounces plans to raise freight rates amid a weak economy. He notes railroads should not push traffic down by higher costs and predicts wages may be cut as economic law dictates, while urging gradual adjustments as business revives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Fink
Norfolk & Western Railway Company
Tract Society to Economize at 83rd Anniversary
The American Tract Society met at Marble Collegiate Church where economy was stressed as three secretaries were abolished saving about half of 20000 dollars. A planned sale of the Nassau street building, valued at two million with mortgage 1.25 million, was endorsed. The treasury balance for 1907 stood at 21753 after expenses. Publications in 23 languages cost 21807. Ex governors and judges were reelected honorary vice presidents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
American Tract Society
Marble Collegiate Church
William Phillips Hall
Nassau Street
Hall
Louis Tay
Shearer
Roosevelt
David J. Brewer
W. J. Northern
Atlanta
Hanna Loses Morse Check Suit In U S Circuit Court
Judge Lacombe ruled against Charles A. Hanna as receiver of the National Bank of North America in a suit by Albert B. Boardman alleging a $100,000 check drawn by Mercantile National Bank and indorsed by Morse. The check, paid via the New York Clearing House, was issued to exJustice Morgan J. O'Brien and indorsed in his name by Morse without authorization. The note backing the check was discounted by Morse without O'Brien's knowledge or consent, under an agreement he would keep and renew it.
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Lacombe
United States Circuit Court
Charles A. Hanna
National Bank of North America
Albert B. Boardman
O'Brien
Boardman & Platt
Mercantile National Bank
Charles W. Morse
Morgan J. O’brien
O’brien
New York
Morse
Ministers And Labor Leaders Dine At Tuxedo Supper
The Church Association for the Advancement of the Interests of Labor held its annual supper at the Tuxedo. About two hundred attended. Rev Howard Melish praised labor leaders as worthy of respect and argued socialism is not labor's creed, but a path to rights if other routes fail. Miss Grace Strachan, president of the Inter borough School Teachers' Association, spoke on
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Church Association For the Advancement of the Interests of Labor
Tuxedo
Howard Melish
Long Island Social Service Committee
Grace Strachan
Interborough School Teachers’ Association
Equal Pay Fight voiced by educators and unions
Speakers urged equal pay for women teachers. Rev. James E. Freeman of the New York Diocesan Social Service Commission and George M. Neubert of the United Garment Workers spoke alongside others. Rev. Thomas H. Gill presided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James E. Freeman
New York Diocesan Social Service Commission
George M. Neubert
United Garment Workers
Thomas H. Gill
Probe of Allen death centers on possible poisoning
Dr O Hanlon ruled pneumonia as cause of death after autopsy on The Allen but Coroner Harburger demanded microscopic tests on vital organs. Clarence Owen, son in law, said family dispute sparked coroner's involvement amid tensions with brother Marty Allen and sister Louise Myers. Nurse Beery said Allen was delirious and suspected poison or murder, yet Owen claimed estate under $1000 while Myers and Marty urged a thorough inquiry, Myers living on a yacht in the North River.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O'Hanlon
Allen
Harburger
Clarence E. Owen
West &Th Street
Marty” Allen
Louise Hannah Myers
Owen
C. J. Beery
Myers
Report on Fire Department Conditions and Reforms
The National Board of Fire Underwriters sent its engineers’ findings to Commissioners Mitchel and Galla. It urges banning theatre assignments for uniformed members, hiring experienced or retired firemen for theatres, and installing chemical engines in dense districts. It notes inadequate water supply limits pump capacity and calls training for crews, repairing engines to 90 percent capacity, and employs more engine companies. It highlights a high share of green and inexperienced firefighters below 49th Street and fewer greens uptown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Board of Fire Underwriters
John Purroy Mitchel
E. Y. Gallaher
Commissioners of Accounts
National Board
Engineers
49Th Street
Uptown
Metz Misses 28 Million in City Debt Margin
Metz hoped to count 28 million more toward the debt limit by excluding 22 million in revenue bonds and 6.66 million in water bonds held by the Sinking Fund Commission. Corporation Counsel advised against counting the bonds twice, noting no clear court ruling on the issue and urging subtraction of the funds until a decision is made.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Metz
Sinking Fund Commission
Corporation Counsel
Board of Water Supply
Water Board
German farmer kills imbecile son then commits suicide
In Tolland near Hartford on May 13 Hermann Nowsch shot his seven year old crippled son Emiel who sat strapped in an invalid chair then killed himself. Drunk after buying liquor in Rockville he fired a second shot. His wife and two daughters, workers in Rockville mills, are left grieving.
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Tr - Hartford
Conn
Hermann Nowsch
Tolland
Emiel
Nowsch
Nowich
Rockville
Faith Healer Faith Fails. Brooklyn Woman Dies
Mrs. Jane Morton, 69, died of heart disease at her Brooklyn home after eight years of Christian Science reliance to cure cataracts. She refused medical aid until death despite nephew Dr. Frank H. Clark offering information on a painless surgical option. Converted to Christian Science about ten years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jane Morton
Lafayette Avenue
Brooklyn
Frank H. Clark
Putnam Avenue
Boshen Brokerage Firm Closes Office in Montreal
The Montreal office of F. W. Boshen & Co the sole Montreal member of the Consolidated Stock Exchange of New York is closed today. Fred Boshen the senior partner is believed to be in New York. The firm operates twelve branches in St. Albans Albany and several Canadian cities with assets and liabilities not disclosed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montreal
F. W. Boshen & Co
Consolidated Stock Exchange of New York
Fred Boshen
New York
St. Albans
Albany
Orphans Dine at Hippodrome Matinee Series Opens
Shubert and Anderson began a series of afternoon parties at the Hippodrome for city orphans. About seven hundred to one thousand seats were set aside, roughly one-seventh of the theater’s capacity. Two full sections were filled as the children enjoyed the matinee yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shubert and
Anderson
Hippodrome
Seaman Approves Test on Blackwell Island Bridge
The Tribune details a debate over the Blackwell Island Bridge safety. Chief Engineer Seaman and Bridge Commissioner Stevenson dispute findings from the Quebec project and discuss recalculations, strain sheets, and the cost of a comprehensive model test.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bridge Department
Blackwell's Island Bridge
Quebec
Department of Bridges
Stevenson
Tribune
Lindenthal
Seaman
Public Service Commission
Blackwell's Island
Hottest Day Kills One and Strains Three From Heat
A heat wave produced one death and three collapses as temperatures peaked at 85 degrees at 3 50 p m The day saw many horses driven under heavy loads fed by fire hydrants cooled and a 68 68 year old man from Bellport Long Island recovered later In New York City unidentified man died at Broadway and Park Place Elmer Peterson Braddock Penn and Augusta W Rynder suffered heat exhaustion but recovered At Pier 54 North River Elmer Peterson was hospitalized and later transported to St Vincent s Hospital
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Weather Bureau
Broadway
Park Place
Hudson Street Hospital
Elmer Peterson
Braddock
Penn
Pier 54
North River
St. Vincent's Hospital
Chatham
Augusta W. Rynder
John W. Darrah
William Putnam
Bellport
Long Island
General
Dying Woman Pulled From Gravesend Bay by Watchman
A unidentified woman was pulled from Gravesend Bay by Charles Smart, a watchman for Frederick Semken, after a boy alerted him to a figure in the water. She died within thirty minutes. the case is treated as a possible suicide, with investigators seeking the assisting boy for clues. The body remains at Brooklyn Morgue awaiting identification.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gravesend Bay
Charles Smart
Frederick Semken
Twenty-second Avenue
Bensonhurst
Brooklyn
Smart
Meeker
Bath Beach
British bidders face worry over Wallkill tunnel contract
English firm S Pearson and Son bids 3305 for the Wallkill pressure tunnel project under the Wallkill River. City engineers estimated 34 million. Officials anticipate labor unions friction over eight hour law and wages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Water Supply
S. Pearson & Son
Wallkill
Wallkill River
Pennsylvania
East River
Mexico
Pearson
Friars Festival Draws Top Stage Luminaries to New York Theatre
The Friars first annual festival gathers leading figures from the theatrical world at the New York Theatre this afternoon after 1 PM. Notables such as Weber and Fields, Victor Herbert, George Beban, Eddie Foy, Mabel Hite, Olga Nethersole, George Cohan, and Cecilia Loftus will perform or attend to support monastery contributions. Strong press agent presence and a lineup of noted players mark a day of entertainment and charity in New York City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Theatre
Wells Slanks
Toxen Worm
George W. Sammis
Charles Emerson Cook
Henry Edward Warne Maurice Kirby
John
Methodists discuss higher salaries and global work at conference
At the Baltimore General Conference Bishop Henry Spel yer led sessions while Dr George P Mains opposed a bid for detailed disclosure of two publishing houses profits. A call for higher preacher salaries was forwarded along with a commission to study the matter. Delegates heard from peace society inviting attendance at London’s universal peace congress. Reports from Japan Liberia and missionary work highlighted expansion and the need for funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tribune
Baltimore
Methodist General Conference
Henry Spel Yer
George P. Mains
New York Book Concern
B. L. Paine
Nebraska
J. G. Shepherd
Wyoming
H. B. Williams
John A. Patten
J. Shepherd
The
Peace Society
London
Bishop Cranston
Commission
Japan
Methodist Episcopal Church
Methodist Episcopal Church South
Methodist Church of Canada
M. C. Harris
Scott
Liberia
Lyric Hall
Woman's Home Missionary Society
C. W. Barnes
Bishop Bashford
Amos Patten
Bishop Ignatius F. Horstmann Dies at Canton
Right Rev. Dr Ignatius Frederick Horstmann of the Cleveland diocese died in Canton at 9 20 p m after celebrating Mass at St Johns Church He was born in Philadelphia December 16 1847 educated at Glen Riddle Jesuit College the American College Rome and served as professor pastor chancellor and bishop An editor and scholar he led Catholic Historical Society and contributed to major Catholic texts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canton
Ohio
Ignatius F. Horstmann
Diocese of
Cleveland
St. John’s Church
Ignatius Frederick Horstmann
Philadelphia
Central High School
Jesuit
Glen Riddle
Penn
Rome
American College
St. Charles's Seminary
St. Mary's Church
Archdiocese of
Horstmann
Catholic Historical Society
American Catholic Quarterly Review
Nampson
George E. Scott Dies After Appendicitis Operation
George E. Scott, Union League Club member and Princeton graduate, died yesterday at Presbyterian Hospital after an appendicitis operation. Born in Newark New York forty six years ago he was president of the Princeton class of 18 and had lived at the Union League Club. He was a bachelor. The funeral will be held in Newark New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George E. Scott
Union League Club
Princeton
Presbyterian Hospital
Mr. Scott
Newark
Wayne County
N. Y
Arthur Koppel Death Notice in Berlin City
A cable message from the Arthur Koppel company reports the death in Berlin of founder Arthur Koppel aged fifty seven from heart disease. Kurt Koppel, second son and New York office manager, departed for Berlin to assist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Koppel
Broad Street
Berlin
Mr. Koppel
Dresden
Kurt Koppel
New York
The Rev Dr Pelham Williams Dies in Scituate Mass
The Rev Dr Pelham Williams died Tuesday in Scituate Massachusetts. Born in Boston in 1834, he graduated from Harvard in 1853 and entered the Protestant Episcopal ministry. He served as rector in Boston, Colorado and England and earned a Doctor of Divinity from Colgate University. He authored several works and left a wife, a son, and a daughter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pelham Williams
Scituate
Mass
Boston
Harvard
Protestant Episcopal Church
Colorado
England
Colgate University
Samuel Sinn Dies at 66 in City Home
Samuel Sinn of Sternberger Sinn Co died yesterday at his home 12 East Sun street from Brights disease. A Chicago Board of Trade and New York Cotton Exchange member, he aided many city charities and leaves a wife, one son, and three daughters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Sinn
Stock Exchange
Sternberger, Sinn & Co
East Sun Street
Bright
Sinn
Chicago Board of Trade
New York Cotton Exchange
Etchers' Masterpieces At Auction At Andersons
The first session of the sale of masterpieces by 34 artists offered 155 etchings at Anderson Auction Company's annex, No 264 Fifth Avenue. Seymour Haden's Sunset in Ireland topped at 194 dollars. Gravesande works and rare colored prints by S Arlent Edwards drew 125 and 50 61 48 and 41 dollars respectively. Felix Buhot pieces sold for 34 and 41 dollars as the sale continues this evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anderson Auction Company
Fifth Avenue
Seymour Haden
Ireland
Gravesande
Fifth Avenue Gallery Sells Carroll Graef Collection
Household and art objects from Charles Carroll Hempstead Long Island and Albrecht Graef West 75th Street shown yesterday at 54 Fifth Avenue. Sale to begin at 2:30 p m today featuring a prayer book of Edward VII a Circassian walnut Louis XV parlor suite a Sheraton bedstead a billiard table and other fine items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fifth Avene
Fifth Avenue
Charles Carroll
Hempstead
Long Island
Albrecht Graef
West 75Th Street
Edward VII
Lawson Heads Bay State Gas Directors
Bay State Gas Company stockholders in Wilmington Delaware elected a slate of directors for the ensuing year led by Thomas W. Lawson and his secretary FE A McSweeney both of Boston. Other directors named included J Frank Allee S John Abbott Newell Ball James V McCommoens of Delaware and W H Miller of Philadelphia. The board also appointed Lawson president Allee vice president and W Miller secretary and treasurer. J Edward Addicks was not present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilmington
Del
Bay State Gas Company
Thomas W. Lawson
FE. A. McSweeney
Boston
J. Frank Allee
S. John Abbott
Newell Ball
James V. McCommoens
Delaware
W. H. Miller
Philadelphia
W. el. Miller
J. Edward Addicks
Dr J C Bullitt Seeks Annulment Of Marriage
Philadelphia reports Dr John Christian Bullitt son of the late John Bullitt filed a petition in the Court of Chancery at Trenton New Jersey seeking annulment of his marriage to Josephine N Zinque or Zink The petition states he was confined in a private hospital in Philadelphia and secretly wed the nurse who cared for him knowing he was mentally incompetent on December 27 1893.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
John Christian Bullitt
John ©. Bullitt
Court of Chancery
Trenton
N. J
Josephine N. Zinque
Zink
Murderess Had Agent Linking Gunness to Farm Victims
La Porte Indiana May 12 reports what is described as the first conclusive evidence that Mrs. Gunness had accomplices in luring victims to her farm near La Porte. A Cleveland man’s letter to Police Chief Cochrane recounts a plotted recruitment involving a supposed cattle ranch owner and offers to buy a ticket for a woman to travel to La Porte, with photograph and description of the woman alleged to seek a husband. The mail also notes gold fillings found on Mrs. Gunness’s teeth and identifies several men seen at the farmhouse, including John Moe and Henry Gerholt, while the fate of George Brady remains uncertain.
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la Porte
Ind
Flo
Cleveland
John Moe
Elbow Lake
Mint
Henry Gerholt
Scandinavia
Wis
George Brady
Tuscola
No Money For Floretta Whaley In Guardian Settlement
Mrs Kaziah Whaley the guardian of Floretta and Edna Whaley and executrix of their father John T Whaley's will presented final accounting in Mineola Surrogate Court The balance stood at 19530 15 after debts and expenses from their brother's death were deducted The girls would benefit later but Whaley retained possession of funds for now special guardian J Seymour Snedeker appointed Judge Seabury ordered no funds be forwarded while Floretta remained with Rev Jere Knode Cooke and welcomed her home on release
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kaziah Whaley
Floretta Whaley
Hempstead
Long Island
Jere Knode Cooke
Episcopal Church
California
Academy of Design Election Names New Members
The National Academy of Design elected George De Forest Brush F K M Re painters Timothy Cele and Henry Weif en gravers Cass Gilbert and George B Post architects Frederick Dielman was re elected president for his tenth term Other council members elected were Herbert Adams vice president Harry W Watrous corresponding secretary Kenyon Cox recording secretary Francis Jones treasurer John W Alexander Will Higon Louis Loeb H B Snell W Sergeant Kendall and J Alden Weir
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Academy of Design
Amsterdam Avenue
108Th Street
George de Forest Brush
Timothy Cele
Henry Weif
Cass Gilbert
George B. Post
Frederick Dielman
Herbert Adams
Harry W. Watrous
Kenyon Cox
Francis
Dr. Brown Elected President of Union Theological Seminary
The Rev Dr Francis Brown, Hebrew and cognate languages professor at Union Theological Seminary since 1890, elected president to succeed the late Dr Charles Cuthbert Hall. Renowned Hebrew scholar, editor of Gesenius Hebrew lexicon revision, currently in Jerusalem.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis Brown
Union Theological Seminary
Charles Cuthbert Hail
Brown
Union Seminary
America
Gesenius
Hall
Jerusalem
Rochester Syracuse and Utica Telephone Co Formed
Albany May 13 The Rochester Syracuse and Utica Telephone Company of Rochester reorganizes from Independent Telephone Securities Company and files a certificate of incorporation with the Secretary of State. Capitalization is 1 500 000 dollars with directors E W Beck G R Fuller W Roy McCanne B Odell H Poole H S Holden and A H Cowie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
Rochester, Syracuse and Utica Telephone Company
Rochester
Independent Telephone Securities Company
New York
Hos
E. W. Beck
G R. Fuller
W. Roy McCanne
B. Odell
Consul General Ridgeley Returns From Barcelona Post
Benjamin H. Ridgeley, longtime consul general at Barcelona, arrived home yesterday and will take the post of consul general at Mexico. He served sixteen years in the consular service and spoke of Spain’s awakening since the war with the United States. He noted Barcelona’s prosperity, urged tourists to seek less-traveled locales, and said Spain foresees growing US trade with Porto Rico and the Philippines, while Barcelonians extend friendly sentiment to Americans. Barcelona reportedly received 10 percent of US raw cotton exports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benjamin H. Ridgeley
Barcelona
Antonio Lopez
Menico
Ridgeley
Ele
Spain
United States
Ete
Barcelonia
Fall From Piazza Causes Death In Yonkers
Mrs Ellen Gray died in St Josephs Hospital Yonkers after walking backward from her rear piazza ten days earlier. She broke her ankle, underwent surgery to remove bone fragments, developed gangrene, and had her leg amputated below the knee yesterday. She died two hours after the operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellen Gray
St. Joseph's Hospital
Yonkers
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Greenwich St
M. Y
Warren
Tereet
Turbine Flyer Racing
Cunard Line
Liverpool
Pritchard
Mauretania
Tract Society
Hanna
Bay
Friars
Lawson Heads
BAY State Gas
J. C. Bullitt
Gunness Farm
Academy OF Design
DR. Brown
U. T. Seminary
Wellville
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