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Newspaper
New York Times
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1908
Page
12
Actress Leslie Carter-Payne, recently bankrupt, arrives at the Hotel Plaza with staff. She will resume testimony in supplementary proceedings and aims to stage a lavish Broadway production under her own management, funded by earnings from a grueling one night stand tour.
Henry Goldberg an ex convict of 162 Lewis Street was jailed in Sing Sing for eleven months and fined 500 dollars after pleading guilty to training five boys aged as young as 14 to steal. The Adams Express investigator trained youths to watch offices then seize packages. Emanuel Tsipsky 14 aided the thefts with a package snatch at the Henry Street express office. The Adams Company reports over 4000 dollars in losses in three months from similar thefts.
General Benjamin F. Franklin and a court appointed referee oversee an injunction case aimed at restraining subway contracts. A brief session yesterday set August 4 as the start of testimony in the Corporation Counsel’s Library.
Frank Jay Gould was served a subpoena to appear at Tombs Court at 2 this afternoon to testify in the investigation of the Gould divorce plot involving Mrs Ben Teal Mrs Julia Fleming and Harry S Mousley. Bessie De Voe is also summoned. Hairdresser Biance Hale spoke with Assistant D A John Hart about Mrs Fleming's role. Mousley and Teal are out on bail while Fleming remains in the Tombs.
Ernest W. Stratmann, attorney at 2 Rector Street, denies Cologne dispatches accusing his uncle Carl Stratmann of aiding Solinger Bank wreckage. He says Carl died June 22 of apoplexy, five years after becoming an invalid and far from bank affairs, contradicting suicide allegations.
Mrs Lesley Pearson of 3 West Fifty seventh Street faces a customs dispute over twelve trunks brought aboard the Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse. Appraisers value the trunks at 8000 dollars, with a duty hearing to determine if the goods may be released or confiscated.
A pair nearing seventy visited the City Hall Marriage License Bureau but refused to pay the $1 fee for a license to wed. An interpreter explained the law, the woman balked at paying for a piece of paper, noting they had only $17 left. They left after deciding to have the dinner anyway.
The Saturday Times reports a tobacco crisis in Kentucky where independent planters battle the Tobacco Trust. Barn burnings, midnight murders, and beatings by masked bands are alleged as public opinion leans toward the growers. State officials are defied and the law appears to falter amid the tobacco conflict.
Westchester Electric Railway workers walked off for eleven hours in Mount Vernon New Rochelle Pelham and nearby towns after Receiver J Addison Young suspended Superintendent B W Reynolds for neglect of duty Reynolds was placed on paid vacation until September 1 and strikebreakers were warned but the men returned to work by the afternoon.
Edward Sussmann, an English resident of Fort Hamilton, devised a bizarre plan to force his deportation by staging a Salome dance outside the Fort Hamilton Police Station and shattering a gas lamp with a brick. He told officers he was insane and would be arraigned in the Fifth Avenue Court, Brooklyn.
Teja Siigh, English chair at Vhalra College Amritras, living at 519 West 121st Street, received a telegram from immigration officials that his wife and two children await him at Ellis Island. He is in New York for a summer course at Teachers College Columbia University. his wife had joined him from England after she grew lonely aboard the Oceanic.
Government efforts under the pure food laws seize whiskies improperly branded and not conforming to the act. The raids by United States Marshal Henkel target Scotch and Canadian whiskies alleged to violate labeling and purity standards across multiple regions.
Bridge Commissioner Stevenson told the Public Service Commission yesterday that a new schedule went into operation on the Williamsburg Bridge. The change significantly improves rush hour service by increasing the number of cars per day from 298 to 50.
Acting Mayor McGowan sent a telegram to Mrs Henry Codman Potter widow of Bishop Potter from Cooperstown New York. He expressed that the community deeply felt the loss of one of Gods servants closely identified with religious and civic life of New York City.
The Kings County Grand Jury shifted focus to alleged conditions at Sheepshead Bay during the last meeting, with rumors of an indictment of a racing official. Thirty-two arrests for bookmaking and betting were adjourned again, DA Elder clashing with lawyer Jacon Eilperin over Witness procedures as magistrates handled habeas orders and future hearings.
The Association for Improving the Condition of the Poor receives a $40,000 country clubhouse in Hartsdale New York for workers. A prominent unnamed New York maker funds the project. The three story Colonial building will host about thirty people with rest facilities and associate membership options. The club opens today with a weekend house party for officers and workers.
Dr. Alvah H. Doty, health officer for the Port of New York, studies Bellevue Hospital reports of a mosquito invasion in Manhattan. He plans to collect specimens to determine if the swarm originated from salt marshes in Long Island or New Jersey, possibly carried by a breeze from the Sound.
At a Park Board meeting in the Arsenal area an ordinance was approved banning motor vehicles and hired cars from passing through the Park or parkways if their exhaust emits offensive smoke gas or odors. Captain Farrell directed Park police to explain and enforce the order.
Captain Mark Casto of Pleasantville, famed for rescuing Cherokee passengers off Atlantic City, filed for bankruptcy in U S District Court. He lists liabilities of 7494 and assets 6866, exempting a Carnegie Medal valued at 200 and surrendering two additional medals worth 300 and unknown. The case stems from an unsuccessful Boardwalk curiosity venture in Atlantic City.
A series of fire incidents noted with multiple addresses and losses. Entries list names and locations such as 142 Stanton St and 2d Ave, along with varied monetary amounts and brief statuses. Some lines show trifling amounts or unknowns, while others mention individuals like B Katz and A Silverman.
Hearing in the case against Charles Murphy of Keefe and Murphy plumbers charged with trying to extort 2000 dollars from Bing and Bing builders was held before Magistrate Corrigan. Defense argues proceeding was extra legal with no felonious intent. prosecutors cite a claimed legal claim.
The Orthodox Syrian Church priest Rev. Stefen Breziovic, 88, is detained by immigration officials on a charge of being an Anarchist after arriving aboard the Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse. He denies the accusation and alleges it stems from church disputes. Authorities cite affidavits from Chicago claiming he preached overthrow of government and that no rich man can be convicted in America.
Residents complain of nighttime clatters after Bingham noise order. Detectives investigate roosters, tunnels, and yard chicken farms. Arraignments end with warnings and fines for street noise and hand organ tunes.
Lincoln Beachey piloted an airship from Arlington to City Hall and back covering fourteen miles in 33 minutes. He maintained about 500 feet altitude despite varying cloud and sun conditions. An automobile following the airship was left behind on the return trip.
The National Committee for the Relief of the Unemployed issued an appeal for funds to buy meal tickets for the unemployed. The Montauk steamer sails from Catharine Street East River to Bridgeport every Sunday morning with Bayne's Sixty-ninth Regiment Band aboard. Supreme Court Justice Goff issued a writ of certiorari on John H. Stewart’s application to challenge John F. Ahearn's borough presidency. The Eastern Passenger Association toured the Hudson with Albany Day Line guests and visited Vassar College.
The New York Times report describes Harry K. Thaw’s tightening confinement at Matteawan. Sheriff Chanler trims access, ending Thaw’s phone, organ use, and routine visitors except wife and attorney. Thaw’s counsel notes $1500 cost to place a stock deal via telephone.
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