Atlantic City man charged with mail fraud in film swindle
H West alias Bozzell was arrested last Thursday and held on 1000 bail after allegedly offering Charley Chaplin and other moving picture films at steeply reduced prices. West admitted having no films and claimed he could obtain them with money. He faces federal action and will be taken to Camden on a warrant.
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Netwe York Times
Atlantic City
H. West
Bozzell
Oteotaal
West
Camden
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Mrs Sage Funds Knox College Endowment Campaign
Mrs Flussell Sage donated 75100 dollars to Knox College of Galesburg Illinois to complete its half million dollar endowment drive which closes Wednesday. Jenna Finley State Education Commissioner delivered the check to Knox College with Finley noted as former president of the institution.
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New York Times
Albany
Plattsburg Camp Opens First Business Men's Training Camp
Plattsburg hosts 1316 citizen soldiers for a four week program with drills, inspections, and new artillery training. Major Murray oversees assignments, medical checks, and a strict schedule starting with reveille at 5 45 and meals at 6 25.
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New York Times
Plattsburg
Halstead Gorey
Leonard Wood
New York
Peter Murray
Theodore Rousseau
Mitchell
Charles Evans Hughes, Jr
Rousseau
Mr. Hughes
Herbert Shaw
Murray
Edgar T. Collins
Fternoon
Training Camp News Details July Encampment Preparations
Major Gen Leonard Wood is due to arrive and stay through most of the encampment. Major Harrison Hall leads provisional coast artillery troops preparing for July encampment with four regiments. The camp hosts 860 tents and multiple wooden storehouses plus a tented newspaper The Training Camp Jews edited by Captain W H Waldron.
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Leonard Wood
Thureier
Harrison Hall
W. H. Waldron
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Southern storms kill 59 and injure 100 in Arkansas
Fifty nine people are reported dead and over a hundred injured as tornadoes hit Arkansas. Hot Springs reports three fatalities, church and skating rink destroyed, power outages across the city. Bald Knob and White County see further damage and casualties as medical teams depart for Judsonia and Kennett.
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Little Rock
Ark
Arkansas
Hot Springs
Memphis
Iron Mountain Railroad
Bald Knob
White County
Ludsonia
Judsonia
Kennett
Net immigrant arrivals grow with ten months of 1915
Washington reports 201,527 immigrants admitted since July 1 1915 while 212,478 emigrants left the United States in the same period creating a net population gain of 70,049 through April. Southern Europe continues to supply the largest influx with Greece 4168 Italy 4087 Spain 1012 Portugal 1106 plus Irish 1287 Scandinavians 5112 English 1402 French 2525 and Germans 1 unknown.
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New York Times
Washington
United States
Europe
Greece
Italy
Spain
Portugal
Motorman Held in Death of Woman on Fifth Avenue
Michale Latschauer a 45 year old motorman of 7207 Fifth Avenue Brooklyn was held in 1000 bail by Magistrate Geiaman on a homicide charge connected to the death of Mrs Rowsa- Me Franzpame 58 of 63 Floyd Street Williamsburg. She was struck crossing Fifth Avenue at Seventy third Street at 1 am and died two hours later at the Norwegian Hospital after the streetcar did not stop.
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Michale Latschauer
Fifth Avenue
Brooklyn
Geiaman
Fifth Avenue Court
Rowsa- Me Franzpame
Floyd Street
Williamsburg
Franzpame
Seventy-third Street
Whitney Finds City Inconsistent Over Perpetual Franchises
Public Service Commissioner Travis H. Whitney criticizes the city for inconsistent policy on perpetual franchises. He supports Brooklyn Heights Railroad Company’s certificate of convenience and necessity to extend a surface line, while noting opposition by the city to similar grants and contrasting with plans to grant New York Central Railroad permanent easements on city land along Manhattan’s west side.
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Travis H. Whitney
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Brooklyn Heights Railroad Company
Island Avenue
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Flatbush Avenue
Brooklyn
West Side
New York Central Railroad
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New York Central
Hudson River Railroad Company
Manhattan
Central Company
Railroad Corporation
Baby Found Abandoned on Church Rectory Steps
A three weeks old girl baby wrapped in a flannel blanket was found on the rectory steps of the Church of the Holy Communion at Sixth Avenue and Twentieth Street by a maid. The rector Rev. Henry Mottet fed the infant before police at West Twentieth Street Station sent the child to Bellevue Hospital foundling ward.
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Church of the Holy Communion
Sixth Avenue
Twentieth Street
Henry Mottet
West Twentieth Street
Foundling Ward
Bellevue Hospital
City Rights Over Franchises and Railroads Questioned
Commissioner Whitney argues the city should control not only franchises but also easements on public streets. He says city consent may be unnecessary for railroad routes that extend through private property, and praises public policy against long twenty five year grants.
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Whitney
Autoist Shot At Hotel In New Brunswick
James Davidson of Jamesburg was shot and killed after a ride with friends at several hotels near Deans New Jersey. Michal Angelo Tufano a railroad section hand at Deans is accused of the shooting. Tufano disappeared after the incident which occurred early this morning as the group returned to a hotel rear and a flagman heard a quick train departure toward New York.
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New York Times
New Brunswick
James Davidson
Jamesburg
Michalangelo Tufano
Pennsylvania Railroad
Deans
Here
Davidson
Darker's
Tufano
Deans 5
New York
Tufano Ia
Lawyer Hyman Found Disorderly in Court
Samuel F. Hyman an attorney living in the Hotel Ansonia was arraigned before Magistrate Murphy in the Jefferson Market court on a disorderly conduct charge. Patrolman Kraft testified he halted a trolley on Broadway to release congested traffic and Hyman, blocked from crossing, abused him and threatened to strip the officer’s uniform. Magistrate Murphy found him guilty and suspended sentence.
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Samuel F. Hyman
Ansonia
Murphy
Jefferson Market Court
Kraft
Thirtyfourth Street
Broadway
Hennessy Withdrawing From New Jersey Governor Race
Senator Charles O'Connor Hennessy of Bergen County withdraws from the Democratic race for New Jersey governor due to impaired health and says he is out of politics. He is in a sanitarium at Battle Creek Michigan.
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Hennessy
New Jersey
Trenton
N. J
Charles O'Connor Hennessy
Bergen County
Battle Creek
Mich
Binders for Picture Magazine
Advertisement offers handsome binders to hold The New York Times Mid Week Pictorial. Cloth binder priced at 1.25 dollars and leather binder at 2.00 dollars, available by mail from Times Square, New York.
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Picture
New York Times
Mail Times Square
New York
Police Wireless Plant Ready for Quick City Communication
Police announce a wireless plant at headquarters with a 2 mile radius funded by Marconi Company to aid preparedness. A motor cycle squad and sixteen trained telegraphers will manage wireless traffic linking private stations and the Arlington Government station if needed. The effort supports the Citizens Home Defense League now at about 20 000 members in twenty companies.
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H.C. Case
Arthur Woods
Marconi Company
Commissioner Woods
Randy Hook
Tcaming
Arlington
Washington
Charlies E. Pearce
Itizens
League
Arrest in Strauss Murder Case Shifts to Brooklyn Youth
Harry Gordon aged 21 of 129 Rodney Street Brooklyn was arrested near Weet and Desbronses Streets as he attempted to take a ferry to New Jersey. Detectives Woods and Williama said he is suspected of complicity in the January 1914 fight that left Fredrick Strauss, a court clerk, dead and several others indicted.
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Harry Gordon
Rodney Strreet
Brooklyn
Weet
Desbronses
New Jersey
Woods
Williama
Eek
Fredrick Strauss
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Liggett Drug Co
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Schalte Cigar Co
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