Get Rich Quick Swindlers Target New York Area
James G. Cortelyou, chief inspector of the Philadelphia Postal Service, travels to New York to root out persistent get rich quick swindlers. He notes New York as the center for Wall Street stock schemes, fake mining stocks, and self-education scams, with 17 convictions since January 1. Cortelyou’s past exposes include the Storey Cotton Company and Provident Investment Bureau.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James G. Cortelyou
Philadelphia
The
Postal Service
George B. Cortelyou
the Treasury
Walter S. Mayer
New York
Mayer
Wall Street
New York. Stock Exchange
Theublic
United States Postal Inspectors
Cortelyou
Provident Investment
Bueau
Stanley, Francis
Storey Cotton Company
Haight & Freese
Couny
Grarter
Getrich-Quick
Made Baby Boy Steal in Broadway Store
Detective Miss Durnion testified in Jefferson Market Court that five year old Joseph Spaninerwitz stole items valued at $1.95 from a Broadway department store after being prompted by his mother Julia Spaninerwitz. The child was sent to the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children and his mother faced charges at the rew Market Court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
May Durnion
Broadway
Wahie
Jefferson Market Court
Miss Durnion
Julia Spaninerwitz
Sixty-sixth Street
Avenue A
Joseph
Society For the Prevention of Cruelty
Rew
Miss Durnton
Japanese Cabinet Resigns as Katsura Possibly Named Premier
Tokyo reports the cabinet tendered its resignation at noon. Marquis Katsura is expected to form a new government while Count Komura Likely replaces Hayashi as Foreign Minister. Unclear who obtains the Finance portfolio as ministers of Marine and War remain unchanged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokio
Katsura
Count Komura
London
Count Hayashi
Marquis Salonji
Selyuka
Constitutionalist
Marquis Inouye
Home Department
Marquis Saionji
Reformations discussed at Edinburgh Congregational Convention
The International Congregational Convention resumed in Edinburgh with Sir Albert Spicer presiding. Dr Samuel Smith urged the Church to defend freedom and endorse secular education, while Dr Oliver Huckel spoke on Christian unity and warned that American Catholic modernism signals a new reform movement toward a reformed church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edinburgh
International Congregational Convention
Albert Spicer
London Missionary Society
Samuel Smith
St. Paul, Minn
Great Britain
Oliver H. Huckel
Baltimore
America
Huckel
American Legation Officials Arrive in Havana aboard Marietta
Jacob Steener Chargé d'Affaires and Lieut. Francis A. Ruggles Military Attaché reached Santiago from Venezuela on the gunboat Marietta. Sleeper commented that President Castro treated bubonic plague in La Guayra and Caracas as a joke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santiago
Cuba
Caracas
Venezuela
Jacob Steener
F Francis A. Ruggles
Marietta
Sleeper
Castro
la Guayra
Matin Appeals Guilty Verdict in Paris Libel Case
The Matin filed an appeal after a verdict found it guilty in the libel suit brought by Senator Humbert over coverage of Paris swindles linked to Henri Rochette. The ruling centers on alleged defamation of Humbert in connection with Rochette’s schemes.
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Paris
Matin
Humbert
Henri Rochette
Spinners Urge Further Curtailment of American Cotton
A Federated Master Cotton Spinners committee in Manchester calls for additional production cuts among American cotton users following May 15 short-time measures amid slack trade. In London wireless telegraphy goes live for Admiralty ships during three week naval maneuvers led by Lord Beresford. In Samara a Ufa to Zlatoust train robbery nets $158000 after attackers stop the train and fire on cashiers.
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Manchester
Federated Master
London
Admiralty
Whitehall
Channel
Atlantic
Charles Beresford
North Sea
Samara
Russia
Ufa
Zlatoust
Latinsk Iron. Works
Small Boy Highwaymen Nabbed After Hoodwink
Six boys about 12 years old from the lower west side crossed to Staten Island and attacked ten year old Emily Kahr on Vandeusen Street taking her 50 cents. Police arrested them and held them at the Gerry Society rooms in West Brighton.
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Staten Island
Tompkinsville
Vandeusen Street
Emily Kahr
Gerry Society
West Brighton
Policeman Held for Trial in Terminal Gun Incident
Policeman John Dugan of the Traffic Squad was held in 3400 bail for trial on felonious assault after discharging a revolver in the new Terminal Building at Church and Fulton Streets. Roteco Triano, a terminal worker, was struck in the head by a bullet. witness Eckert testified Dugan loaded blank cartridges. Magistrate House warned Captain Walling to sit down or be held for contumacious conduct.
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John Dugan
Church and
Fulton Streets
Magistrate House
Tombs Court
Dugan
Roteco Triano
William Eckert
Cortlandt Street
Eckert
Rogers
Capt. Walling
Murder Letters Tie Suspect to Dr Wilson Poison Case
Philadelphia police linked a Philadelphia husband and father to the death of Dr William H Wilson after letters sent to Coroner Jermon and a bottle of poisoned ale revealed motive. The first letter postmarked Bristol PA claimed the killer sought to end the physician’s “ wholesale baby killer” acts and gave details police could not have known.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Phtiladielphia
William H. Wilson
Jermon
Wilson
Dr. Wilson
Bristol
Penn
J. M. Rush Jermon
City Hall
Philadelphia
W. H. Wilson
Christol
Boston
Back Bay Station
Peter Schemm & Son, Brewers
Poplar Street
Schemm
Peter Schemm
Public Service Men Return From Europe Visit
William McCarroll and H B Seaman of the Public Service Commission arrive aboard the Baltic after two months abroad studying utilities in Paris Berlin and London. McCarroll notes Paris subway limits its capacity for local needs. Also aboard are Miss Nannette Comstock returning to star in Jet at the Columbia Theatre September 7 and Edna Aug who refused Paris stage costumes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William McCarroll
H. B. Seaman
Public Service Commission
Paris
Berlin
London
McCarroll
Baltic
Nannette Comstock
Jet
Louis Love
Keir Hardie to Visit for Socialist Campaign
The New York Socialist Party lines up Keir Hardie M P leader of Britain's Radical Labor for a lecture tour in support of the campaign. Also slated are A C Meyer Danish Parliament member and Ignatz Danjinsky Danish Social Democratic leader for August appearances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Socialist Party
Keir Hardie
M. P
House of Commons
Hardie
Workingiven
A. C. Meyer
Ignatz Danjinsky
Social Democratic Party
British Plan To Put Clocks Forward Disrupts Wall Street
London MPs pursue a bill to move UK clocks ahead eighty minutes at sunrise, drawing swift Wall Street ridicule. Traders warn the change would close London markets before New York opens and disrupt global timing. Supporters say more daylight aids industry and workers.
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Wall Street
London
House of Commons
William Pearce
United Kingdom
New York
Stock ‘Exchange
Henry Clews
Pierce
Maritime Exchange
Naval Hydrographic Bureau
Broad Street
Thomas Edison
Ardensburg
Penn
Employers of Labor
Battle memory near Trenton with winter cold morbid scene
A terse fragment recalls a brave fight at Harlem White Plains and Brandywine with blood on frozen stones of Trenton Town. The text brushes past a Christian era note and mentions ale on his board and a biography by Dan l C Gilmore with Appleton and Harper's.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harlem
White Plains
Brandy Wine
Dan'l C. Gilmore
Appleton & Harper's
Ene
Conservation Commission Reports National Resources Plans
Thomas R. Shipp met with President Roosevelt delivering Pinchot's verbal report on the National Conservation Commission. The panel seeks statistics on natural resources and utilization, with bureau chiefs to provide current and past use and waste, aiming for results before Roosevelt's term ends. Henry Gannett will lead statistical records. upcoming meetings in Washington and with state governors are planned.
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Oyster Bay
Thomas R. Shipp
Washington
National Conservation Commission
Roosevelt
Gifford Pinchot
Commission
Pinchot
The
Conservation Commission
California
Cocnter
Henry Gannett
Robert H. Osborn
Navy
Secretary of War
Frederick E. Turner
Sixth Cavalry
Department of Missouri
Plan Big War Game for Naval Militia
Gardiner's Bay hosting a large scale naval militia war game prep with 15 vessels. A dozen or more ships to gather August 17 including Wasp Manhattan Aileen Brooklyn gunboats Inca Elfrida torpedo boats and submarines. Commander Marsh and senior officers to lead training with several states and a possible national amalgamation.
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United States
Gardiner's Bay
I. S
New York
New Jersey
Connecicut
Rhode Island
Massachusetts
C. €. Marsh
U. S
Naval Milita
Wasp
Manhattan Sisilors
Aileen
New
Navy Department
War Department
Oliver
Reguor Army
National Guards of
Thatates
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Cortel
Notes of Foreign Affairs
Hudson Tunnel
Waumbek & Cottages
Jefferson
N. H
Capsoo
Crawford House
Crawford
N.H
Maplewood
Bethlehem
Abyan House
Fabyan
Mt. Washin Bretton Woods
Franconia
Fount Pleasant House
Bretton Woods
Sinclair Bethlehem
Twin Mountain House
Twin Mountain
New York City
Agth
Grand Central Station
Public Service Men
Edna Aug
Labor
Greenwich
William Pierce
Limehouse
London Stock Exchange
Janes Monroe
William and Mary College
Patrick
Henry
Elo
Trenton
Virginia
Oak Hill
Old
Bohemia
Budweiser
Anheuser-Busch Brewery
St. Louis, Mo
Brandt
Mner
Anheuser-Busch Agency
Bronx
Melrose
38Th Street
A. Busch, Magr
A. Busch Bottling Co
Brooklyn
Telephones Main
President
Gardiner’s Bay
Yellowstone Park
Gardiner Gateway
Mammoth Hot Springs
Grand Canyon
North Pacific Coast
Alaska
Chicago
St. Louis
W. F. Mershon
New York, N. Y
Northern
Pacific
A. M. Cleland
G. P. A. St. Paul
Minn
Alaska-Yukon
Law Printing
the Nation Press
Loening Post Building
Tel
Cortlandt
Vesey Street
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