Stewards At Aqueduct Plan Betting Restrictions
The Jockey Club stewards and track managers met to decide betting rules for the Aqueduct season. Adjourned to this afternoon, the talks aimed at eliminating bookmaker stools and altering field stand admissions to curb gambling, with opening day decisions expected to shape the year’s racing.
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Jockey Club
Windsor Arcade
Metropolitan Turf Association
San
Queens County Jockey Club
Aqueduct Track
Aqueduct
Hughes Silent On Betting At Aqueduct Meet
Albany April 13 Gov Hughes refuses to state any action to curb betting at the Aqueduct meeting opening this week Officials deny militia plans and a mass racing reform meeting is likely Gov Hughes expected to speak at such a gathering William Barnes Jr Republican Albany leader openly opposes the reform and has aided defeats of reform bills prompting the governor to condemn “petty satraps” in the Senate.
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New York Times
Albany
Agneen-Hart
Gov
Hughes
Senate
Baptists Rally for Hughes Stand at Madison Ave Meeting
Governor Hughes is praised by Baptist ministers for his stand to suppress betting at race tracks. His father Rev D C Hughes attended the Madison Avenue and Thirty first Street meeting and heard his son lauded. The Rev Mr Schott was appointed to confer with city church groups and urge a mass meeting at Carnegie Hall next week.
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Gov. Hughes
D. C. Hughes
Madison Avenue
Thirtyfirst Street
Hughes
Mr. Schott
Association
Church Federation and Citizens’ Union
Carnegie Hall
Sheriff Vows No Interference With Boo Makers at Aqueduct
The sheriff announces no disturbance to Boo makers at Aqueduct and asserts officials in Queens Borough will not alter their stance. No change in attitude anticipated from authorities regarding the event.
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Bor
Aqueduct Betting Legalities Put To Test Before Opening
Sheriff Herbert A. Harvey says stopping bookmaking at Aqueduct is not feasible under current law while District Attorney Iran G. Darrin confirms possessing a package of Aqueduct passes. governor may consider militia but would supersede local authority.
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Aqueduct
Herbert A. Harvey
Iran G. Darrin
Presbytery Back Hughes Action in Suppressing Racing
Resolutions by the Presbytery of New York endorse Gov Hughes action against race track gambling. They pledge association aid and urge legislators to support the governor in upholding the plain provisions of the constitution.
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Hughes
Presbytery of
New York
Tioga Ministers Censure Cassidy Over Gambling Vote
Nye Y April 13 Tioga County Ministerial Association censured Senator Cassidy for his stance on anti race track gambling bills and endorsed Senator Hinman for his vote.
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New York Times
Nye Y
Tioga County
Negro Baptist Ministers Condemn Senators Over Race Track Bills
In Mount Olivet Baptist Church at 161 West Fifty-third Street Negro Baptist ministers representing 25 000 Negroes met yesterday afternoon and passed resolutions condemning senators who helped defeat the anti race track gambling bills They commended the course of Gov Hughes.
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Greater New York
Mount Olivet Baptist Church
West Fifty-third Street
Hughes
Eight Banking Bills Signed in Albany to Reform Laws
Gov. Hughes signed eight banking bills in Albany, addressing amortization of savings bank securities to par at maturity, updated reports, director and trust company stock declarations, amortization of trust capital, and new rules for bank incorporations and branch safe deposit institutions. The measures follow recommendations from Clark Williams and a Special Banking Committee to stabilize New York’s financial sector after last fall’s disturbances.
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New York Times
Albany
N. Y
Gov. Hughes
Clark Williams
Special Banking Committee
New York
Governor Hughes Signs NYC Government Inquiry Bill
Gov. Hughes signed the Page bill authorizing an investigation into New York City government. He may appoint a commission or three persons within thirty days to study the city, propose legislation, and draft a new charter and administrative code if needed.
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Albany
N. Y
Gov. Hughes
Page
New York City
New York
Nomination of Cornelis V. Collins as State Superintendent of Prisons
Gov Hughes sent to the Senate the nomination of Cornelis V. Collins of Troy for State Superintendent of Prisons. Collins has held the office since Gov Black's administration, is a Republican lieutenant and a member of the State Committee. The nomination was confirmed.
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Albany
N. Y
Shepherd James Conway Celebrates 50 Years at Central Park
Central Park shepherd James Conway marked fifty years of service yesterday. He received a leather collar with a gold locket from a girl who sent it for Beauty, and his lambs’ dog Jack had been a gift long ago from J. P. Morgan.
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James Conway
Central Park
Conway
Jack
J. P. Morgan
Priest Attacks on Charity Workers Prompt Riis Reply
Riis Neighborhood House and other settlement workers condemn Father Curry’s accusations of pauperizing the poor and proselytizing. Riis defends his programs detailing a case of a Catholic woman who joined a Protestant parish after guidance from a riis staffer. Jewish leaders accuse settlements of targeted proselytizing and urge a shift of activity away from their communities.
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Lower East Side
James B. Curry
Church of St. James
East Side
Jacob A. Riis
Rii
Father Curry
Ieary Street
Jacob A.’ Riis
Jacob Riis
College
Rivington Street
Cherry Hill
Ludlow
Grand
Henry
Cherry- Hill
Henry Street
Curry
Othe Jacob A
Mr. Riis
Riis
Valher Curry
Bocaus
Father Currs
Church of Our Lady of Sorrows
Pitt Street
Mallon
Mothers’ Club
Moth
Malon
Father Kelly
St. Francis Xavier Church
Mallo
Sixteenth Street
Lince
Vreeland Denies Knowledge of $500000 Metro Payments
Herbert H. Vreeland, president of the Metropolitan Street Railway since 1893, testifies in a suit by Emanuel Weil and Minnie Weiller over Metropolitan stock losses. He says he does not recall or know details about a $500000 payment and related transactions tied to the Interborough-Metropolitan merger, and admits memory gaps on other financial arrangements and records. The trial, before Justice William H. Young, continues.
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Herbert H. Vreeland
Metropolitan Street Railway
New York City Railway
Thomas F. Ryan
P. A. B. Widener
William C. Whitney
Thomas Dolan
William L. Elkins
Metropolitan Securities Company
Wail and Cortlandt Street Ferries
Mr. Vreeland
Emanuel Weil
Minnie Weiller
William H. Young
Bean
Vreeland
Public Service Commission
John R. Stanech
Field
Joseph Cotton, Jr
Ryan
Stanchfield
Weil- Weiller
Securities Company
Traction System
Whitney
Indicted on Arson Charge Against Baragio Calandri
Baragio Calandri, previously acquitted on a self defense plea in a homicide case involving his brother in law, was indicted for arson in the third degree. He allegedly set fire to his fruit store at 296 Washington Street, insured for $20 000.
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Baragio Calandri
Washington Street
Sherry v Sherry Motion Placed Before Supreme Court
Speculation rose over a motion in Sherry v Sherry on Dowling's calendar. Louis Sherry’s counsel, T.M. Rowlette of 35 Nassau Street, said the motion concerns not his client’s marital issues, and that husband and wife are living together.
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Rowlette
Mr. Sherry
Bien
Sherry
Newman
Mr. Newman
Messrs
Bien and
Rowle
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Broome Street
Milford Haven
Gospel Settlement
Canton Street
University Settlement
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Seventh Street
Second Avenue
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Hell's Kitchen
West Side
Rusmikes
Cardinal Gibbons
Lithia
Selters
Ginger
First Avenue
Madison Sq
Carlsbad
Marienbad
West Drive
Barton & Guestier
Lee
Barton
Bordeaux
U. S
E. la Moentzigue
Sael
19Th Street
Sixth Avenue
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Balch Price & CO
Fulions Smith
Es Looklyn
Schenck
Schench’s Bottle
Pat
Caswell-Massey Drug Store
Imperial Hotel
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Lusitania
Cluett, Peabody & Company
Troy
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