Stolen Sub-Treasury Funds Suspect Nabbed in Chicago
George W. Fitzgerald, former U S Sub-Treasury teller, arrested in Chicago as the central figure in a $173,000 theft from federal vaults. Investigators say others may be implicated and trace a complex scheme involving large denomination bills and eggs speculation. Fitzgerald reportedly faced the warrant in Rogers Park after midnight and left with his children in hand.
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Chicago
Ill
United States Sub-Treasury
George W. Fitzgerald
Fitzgerald
United States
William Boldenwreck
Washington
Congress
Boldenwreck
Herbert F. Young
Secret Service
Mr. Young
Sub-Treasury
Young
Rogers Park
Harry C. Gano
A. Booth & Co
Col. Gano
Treasury
Barbour
Chetlain
Joseph Kinder
Fire sweeps Stamboul in Constantinople destroying 1500 homes
A fierce afternoon fire in the Stamboul quarter of Constantinople raged for six hours, driven by strong winds, destroying about 1500 houses and shops. The blaze, still burning at night, swept through Mohammedan Stamboul near mosques, seraglio, and government offices within Theodosian walls.
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Constantinople
Stamboul
Seraglio
Cat bites eight in Brooklyn tenement chase
A rabies scare unfolds as a street cat bites eight people in multiple Watkins Street tenements. Yetta Mendelsohn and Mrs. Freda Sackewitch among victims, cat pursued to roofs, shot by Officer Becker, later taken for rabies testing.
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Yetta Mendelsohn
Watkins Street
East New York
Solon Kirchner
Freda Sackewitch
Becker
Brownsville
Bradford Street
Pitkins Avenue
Lame for life after Long Branch race crash
E R Thomas of Holmdel stock farm will undergo knee surgery at Monmouth Memorial Hospital after Aug 14 crash in a 120 horsepower Hotchkiss racer. Two horses died and Thomas and coachman Daniel Connolly were injured. Thomas will be lame for life. Doctors from Roosevelt Hospital and New York teams perform operation with Red Bank surgeon assisting.
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New York Times
Long Branch
N. J
E. R. Thomas
Holmdel
Daniel Connolly
Knickerbocker
Thomas
Monmouth Memorial Hospital
Brent
Roosevelt Hospital
J. A. Blake
New York
Edwin Field
Red Bank
Murphy denounces McCarren as Brooklyn’s sole issue
Tammany leader Charles F. Murphy attacks Senator Patrick McCarren, asserting McCarren is not a Democrat and that the Brooklyn race hinges on McCarrenism. He accuses McCarren of pro Republican ties and warns red lights and vice schemes were stopped by Tammany Hall. The Brookyn Democracy is urged to reject McCarren and elect clean leaders.
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Charles F. Murphy
Tammany Halli
Patrick II. McCarren
McCarren
Republican Party
Brooklyn
East River
Haggerty
McAdoo
Murphy
Tammany Hall
McClellan
Brooklyn Democracy
New York
Manhattan
William McAdoo
Henry Haggerty
McAvoy
MecCarren
Democracy of
Kings
Kings County
MecCaen
Bethune Missing as Wife Searches Buffalo For Lawyer Husband
Mrs. F D S Bethune of 17 West Tenth Street leaves for Buffalo to locate her husband Lawyer Faneuil D S Bethune who vanished last Saturday while in nervous trouble. Police advised the trip. accompanying her are Dr Einar Hansen and Dr Faneuil Weisse. Bethune is a Bar Association member and director of the American Diesel Engine Company.
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F. D. S. Bethune
West Tenth Street
Buffalo
Faneuil D. S. Bethune
Pine Street
East Fiftythird Street
West Fifty-second Street
Mrs. Bethune
Bar Association
The
City Club
American, Diesel Engine Company
Fire destroys Summer hotel at Edgemere in Seaview Avenue
A blaze that started at 11 o clock gutted the large frame Summer hotel owned by Mrs Holmes on Seaview Avenue Edgemere. About seventy five guests fled in night attire while neighbors and Edgemere Hotel guests helped evacuate. Fire units from Rockaway Beach Farm Rockaway and Arverne fought the flames but could not save the building. An emergency committee organized shelter and care for the homeless guests by midnight. The blaze drew a large crowd along the coast as flames lit the sky.
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Rockaways
Lawrence
Cedarhurst
Hempstead
Edgemere
L. A
Seaview Avenue
Edgemere Hotel
Rockaway Beach
Farm Rockaway
Arverne
James McGuire
Edgemere Club
S. K. Edwards
Jewels Lost at Newport At Berwind Ball
Special to The New York Times reports multiple jewel losses at Newport balls. Craig Biddle searches for two pearls and a gold clasp after late ballroom hours. A diamond ear drop was found by a maid. a diamond brooch recovered for Mrs. Wells. another diamond hair ornament remains missing despite wide searching of Berwind residence and access routes.
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New York
Newport
F. T
Wee
Craig Biddle
Philadelphia
Casino Ballroom
Mrs. Borland
Atlantic City Wide Open
In Atlantic City on August 23 authorities report saloons and cafes still open despite excise investigations and a Grand Jury session. About 250,000 visitors frequented establishments with no disorder observed, though some amusements faced warnings of prompt arrest for reopening on Sunday.
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New York Times
Atlantic City
N. J
State Excise Commission
Grand Jury
Rogers plans model mill cottages at Fair Haven
Henry H. Rogers outlines plans for a model mill settlement in Fair Haven Massachusetts. The cottages will include modern improvements and be built with emphasis on sanitary conditions. Occupants pay a nominal rent, with all rent applied to cottage payments if desired.
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New York Times
Fair Haven
Mass
Henry H. Rogers
Tony Pastor Shows Slight Rally In Health
Tony Pastor's physician Dr. G D Farwell said the former theatre manager on Whitney Avenue Elmhurst L I had a slight rally after days of inability to take nourishment. If able to eat today there may be a chance of recovery. His wife, nursing him, is breaking down and may need a nurse to assist at his bedside.
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Tony Pastor
G. D. Farwell
Speeding Cars Detained on Merrick Road Jamaica
Mounted police chased seven speeding automobiles on Merrick Road in Jamaica yesterday. All drivers except John Masurai, chauffeur for Carl Sehilo of Thirty-ninth Street and Broadway, Manhattan, were admitted to bail. Masurai could not furnish a bond.
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Merrick Road
Jamaica
John Masurai
Carl Sehilo
Thirty-ninth Street
Broadway
Manhattan
Woman’s Baby Kidnapping Suspect Lichthauser Searched
Mrs. John McCloskey says Mrs. Henry Lichthauser took her three month old daughter Mamie McCloskey to have photos made and never returned. Harlem police were alerted after Lichthauser, estranged wife’s husband, vanished, with reserves dispatched and a citywide search underway.
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East 126Th Street
Mamie McCloskey
Hast 2Th Street
John McCloskey
Henry Lichthauser
MecCloskey
McCloskey
Lichthauser
Harlem
Mrs. Lichthauser
Third Avenue
McCloskeys
Lieut
Lannon
127Th Street
Missing Fiesta Brush Found Safe at Home
Rev H D Brush of Trinity M E Church Jersey City told his congregation his daughter Fiesta had vanished from 492 Second Ave Manhattan last Wednesday. He reported the disappearance to police and urged prayers for her recovery. A young man then announced Fiesta had been found with relatives and was safe at home.
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H. D. Brush
Trinity M. E. Church
Jersey City
Samuel ‘Jones
Fiesta
Second Avenue
Manhattan
Sexton Crosby
Preacher Taken to Spring Grove Asylum
The Rev. George Fitzhugh of St. Barnabas Episcopal Church Curtis Bay was placed in an asylum after his failed attempt to wed 16 year old Lulu Virginia Frazer. His sons escorted him to Spring Grove Asylum for the Insane while his daughter Lena Fitzhugh prepares to return Virginia Frazer to her mother in Albemarle County Virginia. The scene drew tears as villagers watched the aged clergyman fail under heart trouble and the girl’s sobs echoed from an open window.
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New York Times
Baltimore
George Fitzhugh
St. Barnabas’s Episcopal Church
Curtis Bay
Lulu Virginia ‘Frazer
Spring Grove Asylum
Albemarle County
Lena Fitzhugh
Lee Fitzhugh
Virginia Frazier
Fourth nun to join Catholic order in Corn Wall
In Philadelphia on Aug 23 a fourth nun from the Episcopal Community of St. Mary arrived at St Elizabeths Convent of the Blessed Sacrament in Corn wall Penn. Miss Pendleton of Virginia known as Sister Grace formerly of St Gabriels Convent Peekskill on the Hudson plans to embrace Catholic faith and is under preparatory instruction.
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New York Times
Philadelphia
St. Elizabeth's Convent of the Blessed Sacrament
Cornwall
Penn
Katherine Drexel
Miss Pendleton
Virginia
Grace
St. Gabriel’s Convent
Peekskill-on-the-Hudson
Burglary at District Attorney Jerome's New Jersey Home
A burglar entered Jerome's flat at 7 Rutgers Street yesterday night through a private hall door into the library and began ransacking the bedroom before fleeing when discovered. No items appear missing though a traveling bag with dice lay on the bed. Police have descriptions of the burglar and lookout and are pursuing leads.
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Jerome
Rutgers Street
Lakewood
Conn
Herman Levy
Levy
Woman Killed by Amsterdam Avenue Car In Front Of Crowds
A 45 year old brunette was fatally struck by a southbound Amsterdam Avenue car at 90th Street. Motorman Thomas King, 46, of Columbus Avenue said the woman stood on the track held by two men moments before impact. John Drum, 27, of West Twentieth Street was detained as a suspicious person after fleeing. homicide charges were filed after the motorman claimed the woman was pushed. The victim’s pocketbook and over $2 were recovered in a hallway.
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Amsterdam .Avenue
90Th
Amsterdam Avenue
Thomas King
Columbus Avenue
West 160Th Street
John Drum
West Twentieth Street
Mentor
West 100Th Street
Drum
Nintieth Street
Ninetieth Street
Norwegian Steamer Folgefonden Wreck Tragedy Near Skoneviks
The Norwegian steamer Folgefonden, sailing from Bergen to Haugesund, wrecked near Skoneviks and sank in three minutes with about seventy aboard. Fifteen bodies recovered. forty feared drowned. Captain among the saved as panic and fearful scenes unfolded on shore. Local passengers and crowds aided attempts to rescue victims, arriving too late for many.
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Bergen
Norway
Folgefonden
Haugesund
Skoneviks
Volgefonden
Lost Spanish gold mine lure reaches Dallas
Postmaster Simpson in Dallas received a letter from C Owens and his brother of Trawick Texas seeking an expert in gold dust washing They claim to have found the famed lost Spanish mine from which over 5 000 000 in gold was taken They offer a one third interest to the expert and say log sluices used by the Spaniards remain intact in the mountains near Nacogdoches Texas
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New York Times
Dallas
Texas
Simpson
C. Owens
Trawick
Nacogdoches
Pinning Under Auto Seat In Nine Thirty-Third Street Crash
Michael Mc Phadden of 789 Ninth Avenue drove at the corner of Ninety third Street and Amsterdam Avenue when his car skidded and overturned injuring passenger John Dooner of 623 Amsterdam Avenue. Dooner suffered a severe forehead laceration with possible internal injuries and was taken to J Hood Wright Hospital. Mc Phadden's car owned by T Goodwin of 59 West Ninety-third Street sustained minor damage and was returned to a garage.
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Michael McPhadden
Ninth Avenue
Ninety-third Street
Amsterdam Avenue
John Dooner
McPhadden
Dooner
J. Hood Wright Hospital
Hammond
T. Goodwin
West Ninety-third Street
Train Wreck Kills Fireman. Boys Suspected Saboteurs
The South western Limited left Atlanta and wrecked four miles north of Suwanee Georgia. Fireman Mason Watkins was killed and engineer B F Dewberry died later of burns. Mail baggage and recombination cars derailed into a fifteen foot embankment. No passengers injured. Three small boys seen fleeing prior to the crash. investigators say a bolt was placed on the track and the youths are being sought.
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Atlanta
Southwestern
Southern Railway
Suwanee
Mason Watkins
B. F. Dewberry
Railroad Fare to Atlantic City With Return
The notice lists a travel fare of 82.50 to Atlantic City and return on Wednesday August 26, via Pennsylvania Railroad. Details include departure at 7:25 A M from an unspecified origin and 7:15 A M arrival in Brooklyn.
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Atlantic City
Pennsylvania Railroad
Art
Brooklyn
Ady
Paris Tragedy Ends Life of Winifred Parsons
Winifred Parsons daughter of Charles Parsons and engaged to Emile Maas died by a bullet in her Paris apartment. Police call it suicide though friends suspect an accident after Maas died of tuberculosis months earlier. Parsons family links to major railroads and New York life.
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Paris
Winifred Parsons
Charles Parsons
Rome
Waterstown & Ogdensburg
New York
Avenue Lane
Aftfair
Emile Maas
Miss Parssons
Parsons
Avenue Lend
Phiceade Bidaile
Harriet Blodgett
Miss Parsons
America
France
Maas
Eugene Maas
Rue
Demours
M. Maas
The
Petite Parisien
St. Germain
Park Avenue
Gael
Edwin Parsons
W. Barrett Brinsmade
Brooklyn
Achern
Germany
Neuilly
Brinsmade
Yale
Crescent Surf
Winifred
South Carolina & Georgia Railroad
New Jersey
Midland Railroad of
Rome, Ogdensburg & Watertown Railroad
New York & New England Railroad
Alfred
New Orleans
Stock Exchange
Chamber of Commerce
Sarah J. Shepley
Hubert W
George C
Robert W.parsons
Oswego
Ogdensburg
University Club
Automobile Club of America
Mars B Whitshead
Rome, Ogdensburg & Watertown ‘Railroad
Osweso
Cairo Trust Property
Uties & Black River
Sheffield Company
Otranto
8. C
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G. W. Fitzgerald
Government In
Mrs. Fitzgerald
Detective Kinder
E. R. Thomas Lame
Joseph A. Blake
Madison Avenue
George E. Brewer
West Forty-eighth Street
M’carren
Tammany
Joseph Medill Patterson
Adv
Edgemere Burns
Mrs. Holmes
Mrs. Biddle
Excise Commission
Rogers Plans
Model Homes
Preacher
Asylum
New York Society
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