Plaintiff testifies in Platt divorce case in New York
Mae C Wood Platt testifies in Supreme Court before Justice O Gorman that she married Senator Platt in a secret ceremony at a Fifth Avenue hotel based on letters and documents she says were seized under threat. She describes a staged wedding and a ring and notes a wedding certificate and a public defense of the alleged union. The trial adjourns with further evidence to come.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mae C. Wood
Platt
Senator Platt
Fifth Avenue
Supreme Court
Justice O'Gorman
Hervy
Omaha Bee
New York
Nebraska
Post Office Department
Joseph Day Lee
Charles E. le Barbier
O’brien
Boardman, Platt & Dunning
Manhattan Beach
Abe” Hummel
J. Martin Miller
United States Secret Service
Sheesid
Tom
Justice Gorman
Mae
Bers
Frank
Harry
New York State
Bénard
United States Express
Mr. Stanchfield
Mr. Stenchfield
District Court
Moncles County
Nebawainet
Robert J. Wynne
Willian Leet
e@ Boss
Piatt
Stanchfield
Howe & Hummel
Hummel
Marks 4 Police Captains Face Desk Duty Swap
Rumor says Commissioner Bingham ordered four captains to perform lieutenant desk duties. Stephen O'Brien Stephen McDermott Horatio Young and John Cooney named with Mercer Street station under Inspector Miles O'Reilly. Captains would keep rank but work as lieutenants amid department uproar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bingham
Leutenant
Stephen O'Brien
West 37Th Street
Stephen McDermott
East 294 Street
Horatio Young
New Brighton
John Cooney
East 67Th Street
Mercer Street
Miles O'Reilly
O'Reilly
No Gypsy Moths In New York Says Entomologist
Dr. Edmund B. Southwick of the Park Department asserts New York City has no gypsy moth problem this spring and trees are in excellent condition. He describes spraying with chemical solutions to combat leaf fungus and notes ongoing efforts with Massachusetts authorities and US entomologist Dr. L. O. Howard using imported parasites, though results remain uncertain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tribune
Boston
Edmund B. Southwick
Park Department
Battery
Harlem River
Southwick
Mass
City Buildings Dept Targets Jerry Plumbing in Manhattan
The Buildings Department ordered an end to Jerry plumbing lightweight cast iron piping that cracks easily amid sewer gas and unsanitary conditions. Edward Murphy announced the action after an expert Sanitary engineer Daniel V. Mahoney found contractors using substandard material in new buildings. A notice was sent to all registered plumbers warning of fines and license revocation for violations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buildings Department
Edward Murphy
Daniel V. Mahoney
Mnmits
New York City
Kingdon Gould Late To Court In Harlem Speed Case
Kingdon Gould among thirty five chauffeurs summoned for speeding failed to appear at Harlem police court yesterday. His lawyer sought postponement for an Columbia University exam, but Magistrate Butts refused. Gould arrived near noon with books and was held on $1 bail for trial. others were discharged or bailed similarly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kingdon Gould
Harlem
George W. Taylor
Cedar Street
Columbia University
Butts
Young Gould
Gould
Spring Sale of Exchanged Pianos At Ajolian Hall
The Amelian Company announces its annual spring sale of exchanged pianos offering refinished instruments from leading houses for country homes. Pianola pianos are popular, and the Ajolian Company notes many first class pianos were taken in exchange for pianola attachments. The sale runs this week at Ajolian Hall, 262 Fifth Avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amelian Company
Ajolian Company
Ajolian Hall
Fifth Avenue
New York Insurance Firms Withdraw from Illinois
The Illinois State Insurance Department revoked licenses of four New York City fire insurers and a life society. The British American Fire Insurance Company the Eagle Fire Insurance Company the Indemnity Fire Insurance Company and the Provident Savings Life Assurance Society ceased doing business in Illinois.
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Iby Telegraph
the Tribune
Springfield
Ill
New York City
Illinois
Ilinois State Insurance Department
British American Fire Insurance Company
Eagle Fire Insurance Company
The
Indemnity Fire Insurance Company
Provident Savings Life Assurance Society
Ex-Banker Bowman Pleads Guilty in Bank Theft Case
Ernest W. Bowman former assistant cashier of Citizens National Bank of Tionesta Pennsylvania pleaded guilty in federal court to aiding and abetting Joseph W. Sanders and William C. Wyman in the theft of more than 314400 from the bank. Sentencing scheduled later. Landers and Woman named as co-defendants charged with aiding Bowman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Ernest W. Bowman
Citizens’ National Bank of
Blunt Woman Sentenced for Shooting Brooklyn Lawyer
Jennie Blunt of Brooklyn was sentenced in County Court to three to four years at Auburn after conviction for assault in the second degree for shooting attorney Charles M. Sanford in his office on February 3. Judge Dike noted a lesser plea might have led to Bedford Reformatory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jennie Blunt
Brooklyn
Charles M. Sanford
Auburn
Dike
Bedford Reformatory
Confesses to Father in Murder Case at Freehold Jail
Frank Zastera admitted to his father in county jail that he murdered Mr. and Mrs. William Shepherd and their servant Jennie Bently. Anton Zastera, his father, sought to arrange a defense as the farm hand’s account matched police reports. The confession adds to the mystery of the missing money and the alleged coercion claim.
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the Tribune
Freehold
N. J
Frank Zastera
William B. Shepherd
Jennie Bently
Anton Zastera
East 72d Street
Manhattan
Zastera
Pasteur Institute
Strong
Justice of the Peace White
Shepherd
Stokes
Austria-Hungary
Nat
Steamship Cacique Explodes Off Peru Castaways Rescued
Seven sailors from the English oil burner Cacique arrived from Colon aboard the Finance and spoke of a fire after a blast in forward tanks off Santa Elena Peru. Thirty one crew fought flames for three hours, then survived seventy two hours at sea in two lifeboats before a gunboat rescued them at Ecuador.
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South Sea
Finance
Colon
William R. Grace & Co
New York Harbor
Chili
South
Central America
San Francisco
Lobitos
Chile
Dill
Santa Elena
Peru
Boliva
Dealer Santagata Convicted of Unlicensed Cocaine Sale
Santagata was convicted yesterday of selling cocaine without a physician license under a new September law and sentenced to one year in the penitentiary plus a $1000 fine by Judge Malone. He worked at a drug store on 71 Mott Street and was arrested after Arthur Haywood, of 7 Pell Street, testified Haywood bought the drug in his presence with detectives and Health Department officials. Malone warned he will be harsher in future cases against druggists.
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Santagata
Malone
Court of General Sessions
Santiagata
No. 71
Mott Street
Arthur Haywood
No. 7
Pell Street
Department of Health
Haywood
Episcopal Diocese Convention to Convene in Garden City
The forty second annual meeting of the Episcopal Diocese of Long Island opens today at the Cathedral of the Incarnation Garden City. Bishop Frederick Burgess will preside and is expected to attack racetracks and racing gambling in his annual address. Deliberations may spark spirited debates as the convention runs two to three days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Episcopal Diocese of
Long Island
Cathedral of the Incarnation
Garden City
Frederick Burgess
Watercolor Exhibit Sales at 41st American Watercolor Society
About $2,000 realized from sales at the forty first annual exhibition in the Fine Arts Galleries. Top bid was $409 for Romance by William J. Whittemore followed by Summer at Sea by Reynolds Beal at $359. Other pieces sold include The Graces by Rosina E. Sherwood and The Evening Dew by Charles C Curran. The show closes May 24.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Watercolor Society
Fine Arts
West Sith Street
William J. Whittemore
Reynolds Beal
William M. Chase
Rosina E. Sherwood
Catskills
Emma L. Maass
Henry Wolf
Amiens
Bishop's Palace
Beauvais
West Front
Joseph Pennell
Rides 1 600 Miles For One Cent
William Spallone a Waterbury Italian rode 1600 miles by rail from New Orleans to Waterbury for one cent. He rode free on passenger trains until Albany where he paid the fare to cross a bridge keeping his copper coin the entire journey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterbury, Conn
Willam Spallone
New Orleans
Waterbury
Albany
Tonopah & Tidewater Gain Control of Bullfrog Railroads
Announcement says the Tonopah and Tidewater Hat road acquired control of Bullfrog-Goldfield Railroads stock and will form the Tonopah and Tidewater Railway Company to operate the line from Ludlow Alabama to Goldfield Nevada. F. M. Smith named president of the new company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bullfrog-Goldfield Railroad
Tonopah & Tidewater Hat Road
Bullfrog-Goldfield Railroads
Tonopah &Tidewater Railway Company
Iite
Ludlow
Goldfield
Nev
Tonopah & Tidewater Railway
Nevada
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway
F. M Smith
Cats to aid in Boston education bid
Boston May 18 The Boston School Committee voted to advertise for bids to supply five hundred care to clean schoolhouses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Y Telegraph
the Tribune
Boston School Committee
Arbitration Board Debates Subcontractor Claims for Subway
The Rapid Transit Subway Construction Company still owes large sums to subcontractors on the original subway. Belmont interests push for reductions, while arbitration proceeds to decide what the city owes. Estimates vary, with some saying most subcontractors are paid and total only a fraction of six million dollars may remain.
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Rapid Transit Subway Construction Company
John B. McDonald
Belmont
Board of Arbitration
Board of
Rice
Old Rapid Transit Board
Interborough Rapid Transit Company
Degnon Contracting Company
William Bradley
John C. Rodgers
Farrell, Hopper & Co
Naughton Company
Holbrook, Cabot & Daly
McCabe Brothers
Rea Endorses McDonald Transit Plan for City
Samuel Rea third vice-president of the Pennsylvania Railroad supports John B. McDonald's transit proposals. He backs extending the East Side subway north from 42nd Street and extending the West Side line south from 424th Street to link Brooklyn and Queens with the Pennsylvania Long Island tunnel system. Rea projects 200000 daily riders at the 33rd Street terminal, aligning with Cassatt's earlier views.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Rea
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Metz
John B. McDonald
McDonald
Manhattan
Rea
Brooklyn
Queens
Southern Railway Securities Offered for Conversion and Cash Adjustments
J P Morgan & Co says they will accept applications for 15 million dollars of 6 percent convertible notes at 98 and accrued interest on May 27. Holders of two year 5 percent sterling notes maturing June 1 and July 2 may deposit for preference in allotment. Cash payments set at 5 dollars per note for June 1 maturities and 0 for July 2 maturities. Proceeds earmarked for capital obligations, retirement of equipment debt, rail and steel purchases, with redemption of sterling notes and treasury reimbursement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. P. Morgan & Co
Southern Railway Company
Southern Railway
New York Trust Company
Southern Railway Development and General Mortgage
Tennessee Central Railroad
Virginia & Southwestern Railway
First Consolidated
Treasury
Steamer New York Completes Trial Run to Yonkers
The steamer New York of the Hudson River Day Line made four trial runs yesterday from West 42nd Street recreation pier to Yonkers in under forty minutes. The voyages prepare for the Day Line opening through Albany service starting today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Hudson River
West Ath Street Recreation Pier
Yonkers
Albany
Graduation at Y W C A Education Dept Sees 450 Women
Four hundred fifty young women graduated last evening from the YWCA educational department at No 7 East 1th street chapel. With 199 in classes, space was tight and many friends could not attend. Alfred E B Marling spoke. Rev T R Stevenson led Scripture and prayer. Mrs Clarence Beebe presented diplomas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Young Women’s Christian Association
East 1Ath Street
Alfred EB. Marling
T. Ross Stevenson
Clarence Beebe
Association
Nassau Hospital Patrons: Women patrons beautify wards
At Nassau Hospital Mineola Long Island a group of women led by Mrs W K Van derbilt Jr and Mrs Clarence H Mackay furnished and decorated the Nurses Home and certain wards. Virginia Vanderbilt wards feature white neatness with rose and lilac touches while John Mackay memorial rooms add old rose and Delft blue accents.
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Nassau Hospiel
Mineola
Long Island
Nassau Hospital
W. K. Vanderbilt, Jr
Clarence H. Mackay
O. H. P. Belmont
William K. Vanderbilt
Virginia Vanderbilt
Surprise for Wintyre as McIntyre firm faces asset hearings
The T A McIntyre & Co brokerage, in receivership after an April 34 assignment, faces a heated examination over missing securities valued around 300000. Receivers report some assets traced to bank securities while 84 year old Thomas A McIntyre resists surrender of disputed stocks and a 25 percent claim on a car.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. A. McIntyre & Co
McIntyre & Co
Charles C. Burlingham
McIntyre
Thomas A. McIntyre
Miss Alston
West 61St Street
Gilchrist
Ewen McIntyre
John G. McIntyre
Ernst
Central orders 2906 rail cars for Pittsburg division
The New York Central Railroad ordered 2,906 cars for the Pittsburg and Lake Erie division including 100 steel gondolas and 1 coal hopper. The order placed last July was deferred as business slowed but rushed construction was approved today by the Standard Steel Car Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tribune
Pittsburg
New York Central Railroad
Pittsburg and
Lake Erie
Standard Steel Car Company
Notable Benefactors Support Hospital Fund Drive
The hospital combines visits from Mrs. Vanderbilt and Mrs. Belmont who visit patients and report on events. A matinee and tea raised $6,000 for the $370,000 goal to stabilize finances. Other prominent Long Island society women join the drive including Mrs. Hitchcock, Mrs. Kennedy, Mrs. Duncan, Mrs. Leeds, Mrs. Ripley, and Mrs. Ladenburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long Island
Thomas Hitchcock, Jr
Hf. V. FR. Kennedy
Alexander Butler Duncan
William EB. Leeds
Sidney Dillon Ripley
Adolf Ladenburg
Wright to Speak on Congestion and Transportation
Henry Wright secretary of the City Club will address the Woman's Municipal League on congestion and transportation at its clubrooms 19 East 26th street on Thursday May 21 at 8 o clock. Public invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry €. Wright
City Club
Woman's Municipal League
East 26Th Street
Ub O
New York School of Applied Design Hosts Final Exhibition
The New York School of Applied Design for Women presents its last exhibit in the old building at 20 West Cel Street. Reopening in fall, the school moves to the new 1 and 162 Lexington Avenue campus funded by major donors John D. Rockefeller, J Pierpont Morgan, and Mrs Huntington. The show runs today and tomorrow from 1 to 9 o'clock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York School of Applied Design For Women
West Cel Street
Lexington Avenue
John D. Roeckefeller
J. Pierpont Morgan
Mra
Simple house dress features semi prince style skirt
The Tribune notes a semi prince style house dress with a joined skirt and waist by a belt. It highlights its simplicity neatness and comfort and describes a washable fabric version with a collar as an attractive seasonal option.
Pattern No 5.985 for ladies garments mailed by pattern dept
The notice describes satin substitutes for chambray gingham opercale lawn and similar materials. It lists material amounts for medium size about 11 yards 4 inches wide 23 yards 32 or 34 yards 4 inches wide with additional yardage for collars and cuffs. Pattern No 5.985 fits busts 35 38 40 and 42 inches and will be mailed on receipt of license request to the Pattern Department New York Tribune. Include pattern number and bust measure. send 2 cent stamp for rush postage in sealed envelope.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New- York Tribune
Raid at Port Washington Strikers Detained by Sheriff and Detectives
Sheriff Foster of Nassau County and Philip J. Sweet led nearly two hundred deputies to quell a strike at Port Washington sand works. One hundred fifty protesters faced off against Goodwit Brothers workers, with thirty-two found carrying revolvers or stilettos. Four unsearched Italians dropped knives and stilettos at the Town Hall and were sent to Mineola. The rest were jailed or arraigned as the standoff ended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foster
Nassau County
Philip J. Sweet
Federal Detective Agency
Manhattan
Port Washington
Lome Island
Goodwit Brothers
Wysong
Mineola
Rare illness kills prominent lawyer Hess
Otto Theodore Hess senior member of Hess Churchill Marlow law firm died at his home on West 50th street after a sixteen month illness. Funeral held at his home with Rev Dr Collyer officiating. body to be shipped to Richmond for burial. Autopsy confirmed rare Hodgkin's disease as the cause. Mrs Hess, Miss Henningham Watkine Spellman of Richmond, is to host service at her home. Physicians note rarity of Hodgkin's disease and few current cases locally or nationally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otto Theodore Hess
Hess, Churchill & Marlow
S0th Street
Robert Collyer
Church of the Messiah
Richmond
Hess
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Beentist
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Hunt
Clifford Pereil
Peoria
Marks
Tionesta
Father
Zasteras
Patrick Ryan
Episcopal Diocesan
Willcox
Subway Construction Company
Public Service Commission
Board of Estimate
Rapid Transit Board
van Wyck
East Side
West Side
Southern Railway Securities
Wintyre
C. T. Hess
Hodgkin's Disease
J. Stewart CO
St. Snow
Brrad
Sta
Jersey City
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