Raid on Tenderloin gambling houses rocks Times Square
Police led by Inspector Steinbruck and Acting Captain Murphy raided the Tornado Club at 139 West Forty-first Street and 141 West Forty-first Street. Dozens were arrested as crowds gathered on Broadway near Times Square to watch the operation.
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Broadway
Times Square
West Forty-first Street
Steinbruck
Murphy
Tenderloin
Thirty-seventh Street
Third Avenue
Forty-first Street
Tornado Club
West Forty-first, Street
Handle
John Kelly
Lou” Bests
No. 141
Abe Levy
West
127Th Street
Frank Meehan
West Highty-fourth Street
Arthur Hewitt
Gen. Bingham
Hewitt
New York
Bingham
Record Department
Lion Nero Escapes Circus Cage During Greenwich Show
Nero the seven year old lion attacked a keeper and escaped into a crowd of schoolchildren in Greenwich. Circus workers and police tried to capture the animal using a lasso and wagon cage with $1000 reward offered. The lion has killed three men and the show moved to Port Chester.
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New York Times
Greenwich
Conn
Nero
Frank Hastings
Clifford Harmon
E. C. Benedict
George Nichols
Frank Gould
Percy Rockefeller
Rockefeller
Tuley Saci
Washburn
Governor eyes extraordinary session on race track bills
The governor plans to urge passage of anti race track gambling measures at an extraordinary session. Senator Agnew confirms talks with the governor about the race track issue and discusses forged letters sent to Senators opposing reform, a matter first disclosed by The New York Times.
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Hughes
Senate
George B. Agnew
Agnew
NEW York Times
Page
Wadsworth predicts defeat for racing bills
Buffalo on June 3 James Wadsworth Sr chairman of the State Racing Commission said the racing bills will fail of passage. He declined to outline the program or give details but affirmed the bills will not pass. He had just returned from New York City where his influence makes any statement on ending legislation significant.
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New York Times
Buffalo
James W. Wadsworth
State Racing Commission
Assembly
Wadsworth
New York City
Grenfell Survives Dogs Battle on Labrador Ice
Dr Wilfred Grenfell battled for forty hours against a pack of dogs on ice off Labrador with ten below zero by wind and night approaching. He cut boots to shield his body and killed three dogs for warmth before tying dead dogs to a pole as a makeshift flag. Rescued by George Reid and others from Locke's Cove Mare Bay as the ice receded.
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ST. Johns
N. F
Labrador
Wilfred Grenfell
Battle Harbor
Dr. Grenfell
George Reid
Locke’s Cove
Mare Bay
Miss Bourne's Motor In Rage With Train
Miss Marjorie Bourne daughter of Commodore Frederick G Bourne drove an exciting five mile race in an automobile against the Long Island Railroad South Shore express from Islip to Oakdale. The train beat her into Oakdale by a few feet with spectators watching from Merrick Road and Vanderbilt crossings. Gossip says she may attempt the feat again.
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New York Times
Sayville
L. I
Marjorie Bourne
Commodore Frederick, G.bourne
Oakdale
South Shore Express
Long Island Railroad
Islip
Merrick Road
W. K. Vanderbilt
Vanderbilt
Commodore Pourne
Miss Bourne
Chase Seventy Mile Racer Through New York Suburbs
A Christie racing car once owned by Henry Levy, driven by John C. White, led a 50 mile dash from Jamaica to Krug's Corner and back, reaching over sixty mph. Motorman Ennis, exhausted, arrested White at Jamaica Police Station for speeding and fictitious license, with bail set at 300 dollars.
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Vanderbilt
Brighton Beach
John C. White
West 173d Street
Henry Levy
Fonty-third Street
White
Myers
Jamaica
L. I
Hillside Avenue
Koffman Boulevard
Krug's Corner
Jericho Turnpike
van Cleaf
Ennis
Rocky Road
Turnpike
Vanleaf
Krug’s Corner
Mineola
Hempstead
Garden City
Auto stops a runaway in Seabright incident
In Seabright New Jersey delivery wagon driver William Slater was dragged 200 yards when his horse bolted after hitting a car. He escaped serious injury with only a scalp wound and minor vehicle damage reported, aided by an auto belonging to W W Fuller of New York.
Yale Princeton Baseball Game Special Trains Announced
Special trains via Pennsylvania Railroad to Princeton for the Yale Princeton baseball game on Saturday June 6 leave New York at 9 25 am 10 50 am and 12 25 pm with return trips 30 minutes after game and after 9 45 pm fare $2 15 from New York.
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Yale-Princeton
Princeton
Pennsylvania Railroad
New York
Rockefeller and Logue Meet at Butler Estate
John D. Rockefeller and Cardinal Logue visited James Butler in Tarrytown. They viewed a farm, watched private horse races, and posed for photographs with Bishop Browne. A public convent reception followed, and the Cardinal blessed attendees before an expected West Point trip the next day.
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Tarrytown
John D. Rockefeller
Cardinal Logue
James Butler
Bishop Browne
Butler Lawn
Rockefeller
Father Leriron
Rockefeller Estate
Mr. Rockefeller
Butler Place
East View
Pocantico
Mr. Butler
Cardinal
West Point
Boy Killed by Auto in Brooklyn Drug Store Collision
A four and a half year old boy, Raymond McLoughlin nicknamed Buster, was struck by an automobile near Fourth Avenue and Warren Street Brooklyn and died in a drug store after being carried there by witnesses. The car driven by Benjamin Petersen from 152 Columbia Heights with two women inside stopped after the impact but the boy died shortly after. Petersen was arrested as bystanders moved the car and the trolley away.
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Fourth Avenue
Warren Street
Brooklyn
Buster
Dr. Morgenthaler
Brooklyn Hospital
Steven Lowneys
Columbia Heights
Benjamin Petersen
Petersen
Mayor Johnson Intervenes At Rail Crossing
Cleveland June 3 Mayor Tom L. Johnson halted a Big Four train at a grade crossing and ordered it to move. Engineer W H Spade refused saying two men under the train would be killed. The mayor was joined by his chauffeur who later swore out warrants against Spade conductor C H Neer and brakeman Harry Payne. They were released on bail.
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New York Times
Cleveland
Big Four Railroad
Tom L. Johnson
President Roosevelt
W. H. Spade
G. A. Taylor
Spadé
C. H. Neer
Harry Payne
Baby Escapes Injury Under Central Train Near Barrytown
Clarence Prince fourteen months old, son of Robert Prince towerman on the New York Central, wandered onto tracks as a train slowed at Barrytown station in Poughkeepsie at 4 45. Engineer Walter Melins and Fireman Harry Harland halted the train and the child was found under the locomotive with only scratches and bruises. The high pilot and high rail prevented a worse outcome.
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New York Times
Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Clarence Prince
Robert Prince
New York Central Railroad
Barrytown
Walter Melins
Harry Harland
Harland
Clarence
Mrs Emma Abbott Shot in Philadelphia Murder Probe
Mrs Emma Abbott of Oxford Pennsylvania who had come from New York was shot three times and died soon after at St Josephs Hospital Grace Roger a boarder witnessed the shooting as the husband sought escape after tossing down the revolver and lighting a cigar Police pursue the suspected killer who had been living at 170 West 174th Street New York prior to the crime
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Philadelphia
Emma Abbott
Oxford
Penn
New York
Grace Roger
St. Joseph's Hospital
Cally
Abbotts
West 174Th Street
Brokers face suit over Denver Rush mining swindle
William G. Gallagher, a curb broker from 85 Broad Street, sues John C. Weir and William Weir for $15,659 plus interest and commissions, claiming stock in the Denver Bush Extension Mining Company was worthless. The suit names Maurice Untermyer, Abraham L. Jacobs, William E. Mitchell among others, with parties alleging deceptive misrepresentation about the mine’s value and extent. The Weirs could not be located.
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William G. Gallagher
Broad Street
John C. Elmo
William Weir
Denver Bush Extension Mining Company
Gallagher
Maurice Untermyer
Samuel Untermyer
Denver
Bullfrog
Mev
Weirs
Denver Lodge
Rush Lode
John C. Weir
Vista Grande
Denver Bush Company
Jacobs
Untermyer
Charter Revision Eyeing Fewer Aldermen And Limited Powers
The Charter Revision Commission plans to cut the Board of Aldermen from 78 to about 30 members, likely by senatorial districts with Borough Presidents as additions. The board would lose budgeting and bond powers, remaining only a legislative role, while aldermen could still issue permits in their districts for small privileges.
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Charter Revision Commission
Board of Aldermen
Board of Estimate
Actor Fights on Broadway Leads to Arrest
Actor William H. Cohen living at the Hotel Metropole and Frank A. Ryley of Bridgeport, Conn., fought on Broadway between Forty first and Forty second streets. Cohen was arrested at Tenderloin Station after being accused of knocking Ryley down and trying to steal his gold watch. Police believe the watch dropped from Ryley during the altercation. Cohen claimed the diamond bracelet found on him was his wife's, citing religious differences. he denied marriage to his own father. He also had a diamond ring and $2,000 in checks and drafts.
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William H. Cohen
Frank A. Ryley
Bridgeport
Paris to New York auto race racers missing prompt in Siberia
Officials in Paris fear silence from the New York to Paris auto racers after last contact from a remote Siberia point five days ago. The Russian race committee was urged to launch an inquiry along the Trans-Siberian route. The Alaska Road Commission later announced 308000 dollars in season allotments including 110000 for widening the Valdez to Interior main trail and Keystone Canyon passable in all weather, a factor cited as why the racers could not negotiate the canyon and turned back.
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Siberia
Russian Committee of
Seattle
Washington
Alaska Road Commission
Valdez
New York
Paris
Alaska
Belmont Stricken By Appendicitis At Hempstead Villa
Oliver H. Belmont is ill with appendicitis at Brockholt Villa Hempstead L I. His physician Dr Andrew J Melosh of Manhattan is staying with him after arriving from New York. Lofted fears of operation eased as he rests asking to sail for Europe with Mrs Belmont on June 26 may be disrupted.
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New York Times
Hempstead
L. I
Oliver H. P. Belmont
Brockholt Villa
Andrew J. Melosh
East Fifty-fourth Street
Manhattan
Belmont
Europe
Russian man arrested after attempting entry to White House
Max Barr, a Russian resident at 92 First Brook Street New York, was detained at the White House after forcing his way to the Executive Mansion entrance. He claimed to seek large sums of money rumored to be given by President Roosevelt and produced a $3,000,000 check he expected to cash.
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New York Times
Washington
Max Barr
Brook Street
New York
White House
Executive Mansion
Roosevelt
Chronicle Editor M H De Young Arrested
San Francisco report states editor M H De Young was charged with criminal libel by W J Burns chief detective of the graft prosecutions. He posted a $50 bail and was released. The charge concerns a Chronicle article from last Saturday alleging Burns’s involvement in subornation of perjury.
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Burns
San Francisco
New York Times
M.H. de Young
San Francisco Chronicle
W. J. Burns
Young
Chronicle
Police chief ejects patron at Detroit restaurant incident
Chicago bound Capt Henry Curran of Nashville Tennessee ejected a Black patron from a Detroit restaurant during a convention visit. He said the man refused to leave after sitting beside him and Curran admitted he removed him from the premises.
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Detroit
Mich
Henry Curran
Nashville
Tenn
Confiscation of Wives Sparks Moroccan Turmoil
Mulai Hafid, the claimed Sultan of Morocco, seizes the wives of Gen. Bagdani and his brother, threatening sale unless submission is sent. Bagdani reports to the Foreign Board as disarray grips Rabat after his May 30 arrival with a demoralized command. Regulars garrison Rabat as tribesmen are pressed into immediate service.
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Mequinez
Mulat Hafid
Morocco
Bagdani
Sultan Abd-el-Aziz
Bag- Gani
Moroccan Foreign Board
Diamatic Corps
Rabat
Actress Hite to Face Court Over Taxicab Altercation
West Side Police Court to hear assault charges against actress Miss Hite who admits striking taxicab driver William E Tucker after a dispute over change at 398 West Ninety-seventh Street. Tucker claims impertinence followed a call to cab company management. Magistrate Corrigan issued the summons.
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Circle Theatre
West Side
William’ E. Tucker
Miss Hite
Mabel Stovnd
Woman of
Vincenit ‘Bryan
West
Ninety-seventh Street
Bryan
Bryans
the Cab Company
Special Attraction This Week at Harmony Theater
Harmony presents a vocalists showcase with Kalil’s at 14 Park Place this week. Local outlet Adv notes the program features featured singers and a resonant evening of songs.
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Harmony
Kalil
Park Place
Bank Teller Charles Muir Takes Own Life Over Shortage
Charles Muir, twenty years with Corn Exchange Bank at the Forty second Street branch, shot himself in the basement after writing to the manager and admitting cash shortages totaling about $9,000. Promoted to paying teller just days earlier, he had struggled to support his wife and two children on a modest salary, leading to a debt spiral despite no staff blame. He died at Bellevue Hospital.
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Corn Exchange Bank
Charles
Tell
Muir
Ifsega
Townsend Bragaw
Bellevue
Jimi
Hank
Chiledren
West Math Street
L Lound
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Merrick
W. W. Fuller
Logue
Boy
Contractor
Tom Johnson
The
Mitchell
Elmo Weir Hives
Marble Hill
Kingsbridge
Ansonia
Trans-Siberian Railway
D. H. P. Belmont
M. H. DE Young
Mulai
Abd-el-Aziz
Mabel Hite
George H. Frew
Mr. Frew
Frida
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