Ger Walker Ays He Isn't 'Broke' Still Trades In Stocks
Impasse over a 23 000 attachment filed by Carpenter Baggot Co against stock speculator J Brandt Walker unfolds. Attorney Charles Caldwell denies Walker is broke, touts huge profits from Union Pacific and a recent stock slump, and vows to fight the suit to a bitter end. Walker's assets including a Sixty sixth Street home and a Fifth Avenue office are described, with disclosures of loans and security offers as part of settlement talks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Brandt Walker
Fifth Avenue Trust Company
Carpenter, Baggot & Co
Walker
Charles P. Caldwell
Union Pacific
Wallker
Caldwell
TIMES
Cromwell Apartments
West
137Th Street
Keene and Flower
Lawyvers
Messrs. Blandy,Mooney & Shipman
Baggot
Mr. Walker
Chicago
Mr. Welker
West Thirtieth Street
Sr. Walker
Dagget
Fifth Avenue
S. H. P. Pell & Co
T. A. McIntyre Money
Girl in Plume Heist Nabbed in Williamsburg Burglary
Bedford Avenue station detectives arrest a young woman posing as Julia Brown for a April 19 burglary at Ada Birkinshaw’s millinery shop at 459 Grand Street Williamsburg. Police say Rosie Gottlieb wore the stolen ostrich plumes and aided the alleged thief. Julia Brown held on $1500 bail for Thursday hearing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julia Brown
Bedford Avenue
Williamsburg
Ada Birkinshaw
Grand Street
Through Bridge Cars Now Open for Williamsburg Crossing
The Third Avenue Railway introduces a through trolley line to Downtown riders crossing the Williamsburg Bridge. Cars run every four minutes, completing a Post Office to back trip in about fifty to sixty minutes. Route includes Park Row Bowery Grand Clinton and De Lancey Streets with Essex Street on return.
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Third Avenue Railway Company
Williamsburg Bridge
Post Office
Park Row
Bowery
Grand
Clinton
Delancey Streets
Delancey
Grand Street
Essex Street
Clinton Street
Fire destroys Harlem stable housing many horses
Fire at 442 East 104th Street, a two story stable belonging to John Hinkey, was discovered by Police Officer Mc Gough. Seven horses, four goats, and a St Bernard dog perished as crews battled the blaze for an hour. Watchman Mike is missing. damage estimated at $10,000 with Harlem market district recently troubled by suspicious fires.
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McGough
East 104Th Street
John Hinkey
Astoria
Sergt
England
O'Connell
Mike
Harlem Market
Low backs anti bribery plan in elections
Ex Mayor Seth Low, president of the Association to Prevent Corrupt Practices at Elections, announces future work to curb money in politics. The group praises recent Niagara-Orleans Senate election measures and urges local chapters and wider Elmira Compact style limits on spending to end bribery and boost enforcement of New York law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
Seth Low
New York
Niagara-Orleans
Death in Queens Man Chooses Death to Blindness
Willam E. Lindley 440 Bleecker St Brooklyn killed himself yesterday in a shrubbed area at Rockaway Rd and Farmers Ave Jamaica South Queens Borough by a gunshot. He feared blindness and worried over his father's death. His son Albert and his sister fainted at Benjamin Everett's undertaking on Washington St Jamaica while seeking to identify the body and after arriving at the Jamaica Police Station for a missing person last saw Saturday night.
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Willam E. Lindley
Bleecker Street
Brooklyn
Rockaway Road
Farmers’ Avenue
Jamaica South
Queens
Albert
Benjamin Everett
Washington Street
Jamaica
Erisbn
Mackay Family Gifts Nevada Mine School Building
Clarence H. Mackay and wife with George Harvey of New York arrived to present the University of Nevada with a $120,000 Mackay School of Mines building and to unveil his father’s statue on June 9.
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Mackay
School of Mines
Reno
Clarence H. Mackay
George Harvey
New York
University of Nevada
Mackay School of Mines
Bath Avenue tragedy Identifies 21-year-old clerk killed by electric train
The body of Frank Burkhardt, 21, a clerk of 5522 Fifth Avenue, identified by his uncle John F. O Grady. Others: William Hauser robbed at 168 Fifteenth Street. William Sheehan fractured skull after fall at Vanderbilt Park. infant smothered at 81 Leonard Street. Richard Simmons dies after fall at 1073 De Kalb Avenue. unidentified man found floating at Smith Street. two gas crisis reports concerning Oscar Phillips and Emma Sandin at 605 Morgan Avenue.
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Bath Avenue
Bay Thirty-ninth Street
Frank Burkhardt
Fifth Avenue
John F. O'Grady
Brooklyn
Oscar Phillips
Ralph Street
Emma Sandin
Morgan Avenue
Mrs. Le Roy Dresser in Sioux Falls Divorce Move
Mrs. Daniel Le Roy Dresser of New York visits Sioux Falls for weeks to pursue a divorce action. She enrolled at Sioux Falls Business College for stenography and typewriting, stating she will strive to support her two children on her own resources while denying marital fault and public scrutiny.
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Sioux Falls
S. D
Daniel le Roy Dresser
New York
Cataract Hotel
G. C. Christopherson
Times
Mr. Dresser
Dresser Discharged in Bankruptcy Amid Shipbuilding Trust Probe
Iam S Andrews former counsel for John W Young promoter of a shipbuilding trust reports Dresser failed to honor drafts. Dresser was discharged when arraigned at the Tombs Court. Dresser, son of a former army officer, heads a noted family circle with four sisters and ties to Vanderbilt and Brown families. The Trust Company of the Republic collapse hit the firm hard, forcing suspension of over 1 million dollars in credits. Dresser obtained bankruptcy discharge on March 6 last year. Mrs Dresser was Miss Emma Louise Burnham. They have two children Logan Fish and Daniel Le Roy Jr.
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Iam
John Nicholas Brown
Countess d'Osmnay
Paris
Grenville Merrill
Buffalo
Dresser
Merchants’ Association
Silk Commission House
Dresser «x Co
Trust Company of the Republic
Emma
Louise Burnham
Logan Fish
Daniel le Roy, Jr
Assailant Saved From Mob Amid East New York Chaos
Angelo Scatalone, 19, shot Charles Bernstein after a cycling near Pitkin Avenue sparked a mob of about 2000 in Brownsville East New York. Bernstein was wounded in the chest and Bernstein’s sweetheart Libby Freeman, 19, fainted. Rescuers and police later cornered Scatalone in a Glenmore Avenue cellar.
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Brownsville
Angelo Scatalone
Glenmore Avenue
New York
St. Mary’s Hospital
Scatalone
Pitkin Avenue
Rockaway Avenue
Scatolone
Thatford Avenue
Donohue
Michael Ervin
Balloonists plan July 4 Pacific flight from Chicago
Capt G L Bumbaugh of St Louis and OC A Coey announce a second attempt to reach the Pacific Coast by balloon on July 4 using the Chicago. They recently traveled 800 miles to the Pacific from Chicago but faced a cold storm with freezing temperatures at 7000 feet, after which they returned to clear weather.
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New York Times
ST. Louis
G. L. Bumbaugh
Pacific Coast
Chicago
Bumbaugh
OC. A. Coey
Clear Lake
Funeral Services For Tennessee Firemen Held Tomorrow
The funerals for J. P. Carroll a Hartford Conn fireman second class and F S Maxfield a Toughkenamon Penn fireman second class killed in the Tennessee boiler explosion will be held tomorrow morning. Carroll died at the Angelus Marine Hospital near Los Angeles yesterday and Maxfield died there today raising the death toll to seven.
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San Pedro
Cal
J. P. Carroll
Hartford
Conn
Maxfield
Toughkenamon
Penn
United States
Tennessee
Carroll
Angelus Marine Hostal
Los Angeles
Bread Line at Fleischmanns Bakery Feeds 1000+ Hungry Locals
A crowded bread line at Fleischmanns Bakery extended from Eleventh Street down Broadway and into University Place feeding more than a thousand men. Many waited since 10 PM with Sundays and bar closings worsening hardship as the supply ran out around midnight, leaving desperate pleas and a long dissolve of hope.
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Fleischmann
Broadway
Eleventh Street
Twelfth Street
University Place
Mr. Adams
Times
Tammany Executive Committee Plans Denver Trip
The Executive Committee of Tammany Hall will meet tomorrow evening at 6:30 to finalize travel plans for the Tammany delegation to the Democratic National Convention in Denver. Delegates alternates rooters and others on the Tammany special trains must pay their fares. The trains will depart July 3 in the evening.
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Tammany Hall
Tammany
Denver
Railroads to Answer Commodity Clause Suits In Court
Philadelphia June 7 Railroads named as defendants in U S Circuit Court suits allege violation of the Hepburn bill commodity clause. Reading Company stock held by the Reading Company and Philadelphia Reading Coal and Iron Company forms a key link. Reading’s forthcoming answer contends the law unconstitutional as class legislation and discriminatory.
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The
New York Times
Philadelphia
United States Circuit Court
Reading
Reeling Company
Philadelphia & Reading Coal and Iron Company
Coal and Iron Company
Seven Car Shuttle Relays Crowds Across Brooklyn Bridge
A seven car shuttle train ferried crowds over the Brooklyn Bridge railroad from late Saturday night until 10:50 yesterday morning while repairs were done on the north roadway. In Prospect Avenue a stable fire at 2309 2311 burned seven horses owned by Bronx truckman Patrick Tohey with six saved. Detectives arrested William C. Holmes at his West Forty-fifth Street home on a forged endorsement charge tied to a Fall check cashed at the Waldorf Astoria.
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Brooklyn Bridge
North
Patrick Tohey
Bronx
Prospect Avenue
William C. Holmes
West Forty-fifth Street
McConville
Nelson
Bozeman Eulee
Holmes
Waldorf- Astoria
Governor Glenn Eulogizes Grant at Confederate Memorial Day
June 7 Arlington Cemetery crowd hears Gov. Robert Glenn praise Ulysses Grant for kindness at Appomattox. He and Rep. Thetas Sims of Tennessee emphasize reconciliation, hoping Lincoln and Grant be loved in the old Confederacy while Lee and Jackson gain remembrance in New England and California.
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Washington
Robert Glenn
Arlington Cemetery
Gov. Glenn
Thetas W. Sims
Tennessee
E. Lee
Terpec
Appomatox
Southland
Abraham Lincoln
Ulysses Grant
Old Confederacy
Lee
Jackson
Milne
Massachusetts
California
Washing Dress Goods Sale in Both Stores
The notice advertises a dress goods sale in both stores starting Monday June 8, urging shoppers to visit for a selection of wash fabrics and related merchandise.
Rug Department Sale At James McCreery Co
Oriental and domestic rugs matting and linoleum offered at greatly reduced prices. Oriental rugs from 11.00 each, carpets 85c to 1.00 per sq ft, 9x12 ft domestic rugs 17.50, Japanese and Chinese matting rolls 7.50 to 10.00, linoleum pieces 75, and printed linoleum 45c per sq yd, usual 60c to 75c.
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Ign
Quarty
Linen textiles sale on June 8 and 9 on 23rd Street
A notice announces a sale on Monday and Tuesday June 8 and 9 offering Latin damask table cloths napkins hemstitched linen sheets and pillow cases at reduced prices. Items include table cloths priced at 8.45 6.25 7.75 4.25 4.85 5.25 9.25 10.00 11.75 4.65 9.50 per dozen and 95¢ 6.15 pair s15 on 23rd Street.
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Ger Walker
Mr. Caldwell
Third Avenue
Brooklyn News Notes
William Hauser
Ninth Avenue
Vanderbilt and
Park Avenues
William Sheehan
Bushwick Avenue
Cumberland Street Hospital
Becky Schuman
Leonard Street
Bushwick Hospital
Richard Simmons
de Kalb Avenue
Smith Street
Mrs. LE Roy Dresser
Wild Sue
United States Shipbuilding Company
Will
Pacific
Reading Railroad
Saks & Company
34Th Street
Glenn
Malba
Larchmont
New York City
Liberty St
James McCreery & Co
23Rd Street
Ntrd Street
Impot
China
Noleum
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