Exchange After Market Riggers Brown Failure
The Stock Exchange probes reveal A. O. Brown & Co. failed due to firm missteps not single operators. Offices at 30 Broad Street closed, assignee busy, and a cautious Wall Street awaits full recovery of creditors. Committee named for thorough housecleaning faces initial meeting amid doubts about firm solvency and past lending behavior.
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Stock Exchange
A. O. Brown & Co
Wall Street
Broad Street
E. R. Buchanan
New York
Stock Exchange Clearing House
Dynamite Found in Newark Jewelry Heist Plot
Police uncovered enough dynamite to blow a city block in a market Street station package tied to a planned raid on a Newark jewelry store. Humpty Williams and two others were captured before use. Lizie Jacobson, linked to the case, was discharged on burglary charges after Secret Service inquiry.
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Newark
Market Street
Pennsylvania Railroad
Lizie Jacobson
Fourth Street
Brooklyn
Humpy
Ty’’ Williams
Essex Market
Frank D. Casassa
Detective Bureau
Jacobson
Butts
Secret Service
Schuster and
Puster
Colt Hare
Taxi Sinks as Street Caves In on West 100th Street
A taxicab on West 100th Street between Riverside Drive and West End Avenue fell four feet after a section of pavement caved in due to a broken water main in front of No. 317. The two passengers and chauffeur escaped unharmed as water rushed from a six inch main. police alerted the water department for repairs.
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West 100Th Street
Riverside Drive
West End Avenue
No. 317
Department of Water Supply
Customs Rulings Uphold High Duty on Gloves Import
The Board of United States General Appraisers ruled that Carson, Pirie, Scott & Co. must pay a high duty on women's kid gloves under 14 inches long. The gloves were deemed embroidered with more than three cords, applying a 3.40 per dozen rate. The protest by Albert Lorsch & Co. was overruled, and imitation paste stones were held dutiable at ad valorem rates.
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Board of
United States General Appraisers
Carson, Pirie, Scott & Co
New York
Chicago
Albert Lorsch & Co
Inquest Opens on Faith Davis Death in Palmer Mass
The inquest into Faith Davis death began behind closed doors in Palmer Massachusetts. District Attorney Taft led fifteen witnesses before Judge T W Kenefick. Witnesses could not hear each other testimony. The many witnesses suggest authorities doubt suicide theory.
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New York Times
Palmer
Mass
Miss Faith Davis
Taft
T. W. Kenefick
Major Hains Reveals Brother’s Suspicion and Confession
Major John Powell Hains, brother of Capt. Hains, recounts how letters alleged an affair between Mrs. Hains and William E. Annis triggered suspicion. He describes dinner attempts, a car ride, and the later confession by Mrs. Hains after a cross country search. District Attorney and defense share contrasting views on a mysterious witness at trial. CINCINNATI denial of a relief collection ends note.
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Harris
New York
Jenkins
Manhattan
Boston
Fort Hancock
Annis
Bay Side
Joseph A. Shay
Hains Brothers
Bayside
Darrin
Broadway
United States Army
Dayton
McIntyre
Havis
Bay Side Yacht Club
Stowaway Escapes Overboard Near Pier 1
Michael Davis a stowaway aboard the Prinz Joachim leaped overboard near the North River after being confined by immigration authorities. He swam to safety, was picked up by the Patrol police boat, and is to be deported following recapture.
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Liberty
Prinz Joachim
Michael Davis
England
Philadelphia
Davisow
Pier 1
North River
Yesterday's Fires and Property Losses Across City Blocks
A jumble of fire incident notes lists addresses from 28 East Toth Street to 50th Street including Dakota Apartments and Harvard Auto. Monetary losses appear as $100, $300, and a $2,000 estimate for Dakota Apartments. Several entries reference unnamed individuals and inconclusive times, with scattered case numbers.
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East Toth St
Fe Alexander
Teavenetty
Dakota Apartments
Ag Sam Seer
12Th St
Scmpton St
Ben Seigenborn
W. 50Th St
Harvard Auto
Piaatia
Club ruled safe after magistrate blocks raid
Magistrate Harris in Yorkville Court discharged Joseph Brown and John Gillon who had been arrested outside a Seventh Street gambling house. Police cited forty prior arrests at the club but the magistrate ruled officers cannot enter without a warrant and compared the club to established groups like the Union League and University Clubs.
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Crvon
Harris
Yorkville Court
Seventh Street
Lieut
Reichert
Joseph Brown
John. Gillon
Harrig
Union League
Lost his job ends life of Jersey City man
Herman Ihne fifty years old killed himself yesterday in his room at 76 Grand Street Jersey City by shooting himself in the head with a revolver. He had recently lost his position as a compositor on a New York paper and became despondent. He had two children with Annie Chadburne his first wife who left him two years ago. she is living in Bayonne with the children while the first wife lives in Brooklyn.
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II. Hains
Hains
William E. Annis
Annis
John Powell Hains
Capt
Major Hains
Crook
Philippines
San Francisco
Fort Hamilton
Col. Bellinger
Quartermasters’ Department
T. Jenkins Hains
Capt. Hains
Mrs. Annis
Herman Ihne
Grand Street
Jersey City
James McCarthy
New York
Annie Chadburne
Bayonne
Lves
Brookyn
Stabbing at Harlem Saloon Over Free Lunch Row
Michael Gerard, a lunch counter man at 102d Street and First Avenue, was stabbed yesterday afternoon by a man known only as Jack Wor Mell who dodged behind the counter after a dispute over a free lunch. Gerard was wounded in the stomach and taken to Harlem Hospital.
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Michael Gerard
102D Street
First Avenue
Jack
Wormell
Gerard
Harlem
Herrity
East 102d Street
Elopement in an Auto Sparks Garfield Family News
Delia Conway age 19 daughter of Mrs Annie Conway who runs the Savoy Hotel Garfield elopes with Louis Speer in a sixty horse power automobile. Speer had courted her for about a week despite her mother's opposition and the couple married by a justice in Bergen County. They plan to tour the state before returning to Garfield.
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New York Times
Passaic
N. J
Delia Conway
Annie Conway
Savoy Hotel
Garfield
Louis Speer
Speer
Miss Conway
New Bridge for River Styx in Bryan Township
Sussex County Freeholders award Canton Bridge Company of Albany N Y a $10 285 contract to build a 154 foot long River Styx bridge in Bryan township The middle span rises to 10 feet above high water at Hopatcong Borough residents request to allow larger lake boats to pass and relieve congestion
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New York Times
Montclair
Jersey
Charon
Board of Freeholders
Sussex County
Canton Bridge Company
Albany
River Styx
Bryan Township
Hopatcong
Weds Youth Who Saved Her in Quiet Newark Marriage
Miss Corinne Thorne 18 of West Caldwell wed Clarence Steger 18 of North Caldwell after he saved her from drowning near Asbury Park on Aug 12. The couple married Monday in Newark by Rev Robert Scott Inglis. They are now in Hartford with a Cupid card announcing the union.
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New York Times
Montclair
N. J
Joseph Thorne
West Caldwell
Corinne Thorne
Clarence Steger
North Caldwell
Newark
Hartford
Stege
Robert Scott Inglis
Third Presbyterian Church
Fire damages Overbrook Carpet plant in West Philadelphia
A blaze at the Overbrook Carpet Company plant in West Philadelphia severely damaged the facility. Four firemen were injured when a wall collapsed. District Engineer Nollinger sustained leg injuries. Estimated loss stands at $100,000.
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Carpet Works
Philadelphia
Overbrook Carpet Company
West Philadelphia
Nollinger
Army moves orders and stationing updates
First Lieut G Tayler MRC assigned to Fort Fremont for duty. First Lieut G Li McKinney MC to the Philippines. Captain W R Smedberg 14th Cavalry to inspect public animals at designated places in California Utah and Montana.
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Washington
G. Tayler
Medical Reserve Corps
Fort Fremont
G. Li. McKinney
Medical Corps
Philippines
W. R. Smedberg
Fourteenth Cavalry
California
Utah
Montana
Navy personnel shuffle with new assignments
Lieut. T. L. Johnson and Medical Director W. A. McClurg are ordered home and to await further orders. Chief Boatswain H. G. Tadkinn is assigned to the Celtic and Chief Boatswain F. Muller to the torpedo station in Newport.
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T. L. Johnson
W. A. McClurg
H. G. Tadkinn
The
Celtic
Naval vessel movements via Portsmouth and Newport routes
Movements list includes the Dolphin and Arkansas arriving at Portsmouth New Hampshire and Portsmouth Virginia while the Buffalo reaches Seattle and the Mayflower at Puerto Cortez. Sailing ships Olympia Chicago Hertford and Nevada depart Hampton Roads bound for Annapolis Nero departs Newport for Newport News.
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Dolphin
Portsmouth
N. H
Arkansas
Buffalo
Seattle
Mayflower
Puerto Cortez
Olympia
Chicago
Hertford
Nevada
Hampton Roads
Annapolis
Nero
Newport
Newport News
Mad acts of husband slayer testifies in insanity probe
A three-member lunacy commission began hearing testimony in the Charlotte Hitchcock murder case. Neighbors described jealous behavior and alleged threats. a police witness testified Hitchcock claimed he would send his wife to an asylum. Doctor Haas earlier declared her insane and advised confinement.
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Carlos MacDonald
Frank Robertson
Allan McLane Hamilton
Foster
Charlotte Hitchcock
Criminal Court
Harry Bernstein
East 158Th Street
Hitchcock
Hsband
Robert Hitchcock
Tottie
Harriet Hall
Hitchcocks
Leopold Haas
Union Avenue
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Col Freeman Freed Amid Grand Larceny Case
Col Henry W. Freeman of the First Regiment N G N J, arrested in Orange on August 10 for grand larceny of 625 dollars from Wade W. Spelshouse of Brooklyn, was released from custody at the New York Detective Bureau’s request. Freeman admitted the debt and said pay arrangements had been made. bail set at 700 dollars after a brokerage firm’s collapse a year ago.
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Henry W. Freeman
Orange
N. J
Wade W. Spelshouse
Bay Tenth Street
Brooklyn
New York Detective Bureau
Col. Freeman
Spellhouse
Freeman
Burglars Loot Jersey City Rooms. Girl 9 Beside Dead Mother
Two burglars ransacked the rooms of Roman Rabut on Morgan Street Jersey City early yesterday. Rabut's wife is dead and his daughter Eva 9 heard them warn her to lie still. They took $3 in cash and wearing apparel valued at $20. In Newark a trolley collision killed Martin Curran and injured David Kerr and Thomas Donahue. In Elizabeth a woman, Mrs Charlotte Davis, 58, died after gas exposure in her room following a locked-door episode.
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Roman Rabut
Lal Morgan Street
Jersey City
Rabut
Eva
Shea
Mary M. Thompson
Jersey Cityton
Egan
James 5. Erwin
Harriet B. Waite
Actors’ Fund
Forest Hill
Staten Island
Mt. Prospect
Abington Avenues
Newark
Martin Curran
Garside Street
David Kerr
Stone Street
Thomas Donahue
Charlotte Davis
East Grand Street
Elizabeth
No. J
Josph Johnson
Colby Denies Support for Bishops Act Repeal
State Senator Everett Colby of Orange New Jersey clarified his position on the Bishops bill and liquor laws. He said he will not vote to repeal the Bishops act and supports local option or municipal solutions, noting the Werts act already bars Sunday liquor sales and urging no uniform national repeal.
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Jersey
Everett Colby
Orange
N. J
Colby Denies VP Role in Ship Subsidy League
Senator Everett Colby of Essex County claims his name was used without authority as a vice president of the New Idea movement aligned with the National Commercial and Industrial League. He written to George J. Corey, head of the league at 11 Broadway New York, demanding an immediate correction in its literature.
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Colby
Everett Colby
Essex County
New Idea
New Jersey
George J. Corey
W National Commmercial and Industrial League
Broadway
New York
Kearny Rejects Voting Machines by Wide Margin
In Kearny New Jersey the final tally 334 53 rejected voting machines and upheld the old paper ballot system. Election officers provided much of the yes vote while the new devices eliminated ballot counting needs under the mechanical system.
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Kearny
N. J
Evicts Gardener by Rule at Watchung Mountain Barn
Dr Max Groszmann ousted former gardener John Carrar his wife and two daughters from a barn at Watchung Mountain removing furniture with four private detectives. Carrar obtained a warrant for one detective and will have a hearing. Charges of assault against Groszmann and his wife may go to the Grand Jury after possible waiver of examination.
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Plainfield
N. J
Max Groszmann
John Carrar
Watchung Mountain
Carrar
Justice Blume
Groszmann
Passaic County Probes Insane Asylum Cruelty Claims
The Passaic County Board of Chosen Freeholders is asked to investigate alleged cruel treatment at Morris Plains Insane Asylum. 870 Passaic inmates are cited as affected. A former patient accuses poor food and dangerous copper cookers. complaints referred to Lunacy Committee.
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Ernest Groesbeck
Groesbeck & Co
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H. K. Pomroy
C. W. Maury
R. Doremus
Albert E. Goodhart
Ely
A. O. Brown
Young
Lewis Ginter Young
Moray
American Tobacco Company
T. A. McIntyre & Co
Coster, Knapp & Co
Cleveland
Union Pacific
Glynn
Humpty ” Williams
Faith Davis
the Times
Times
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Cincinnati
Ohio
John H. Whalley
Forta Elica
Ihne
Gerald
Cupid
the United Service
the Army
the Navy
Col. Freeman Freed
W. W. Spelshouse
Elizabeth Walsh
Canal Street
Wlfp. Faison
City Hospital
Pasteur Institute
Geo. W. Lewy & Co
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Insane Asylum Inquiry
Morris Plains
Earl & Wilson
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Criterion
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Aerial Gardens
F. Ziegfeld, JR
Cohan
New York Theatre
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Henry W. Savage
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Hackett
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East Ith SP
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Belasco
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