Gravesend Trial Sees Betting Clash Under New Law
Betting at Gravesend during the eleventh day of the Brooklyn Jockey Club meeting sparked a law trial with fourteen arrests as bookmakers operated in hidden spots behind the grandstand. Races favored favorites while detectives and officers from Manhattan and Brooklyn clashed during arrests and a disorderly scene unfolded near the betting rings. Ray Bellinger, 29, of 110 West was among those mentioned in connection with the day’s events.
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Gravesend
Brooklyn Jockey Club
Brooklyn
New York
Metropoltan Turf Association
John Cavanagh
Bet
Weldon
Attan
Lieut
Corr
Manhattan
Jon
Coney Island
Ray Bellinger
West
Sunday American announces free tickets to summer treats
The Sunday American promotes a new Outing Section and announces free tickets for ten popular summer recreations including Dreamland features. Readers are urged to visit tomorrow’s paper for details and participation.
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Celers
Aav
Man starves in freight car on 1200 mile journey
Chester A. O Connell, a Jacksonville Florida machinist, locked inside a freight car for seven days along a 1200 mile trip to New York eats raw potatoes to stave hunger. He develops typhoid fever at Lincoln Hospital after surviving in cramped heat with no water or food until reach in Jersey City.
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Chester A. O'Connell
Lincoln Hospital
O'Connell
Jacksonville
Fla
O’connell
New York
Jersey City
Alligators Moved to Summer Quarters at Bronx Zoo
Visitors watched as 25 alligators from the reptile house were moved to outdoor ponds. Keepers Snyder Toomey and assistants used poles ropes and a long plank to lure smaller gators into cages while older ones were lassoed. Abdallah the crocodile resisted until a man cried backsheesh prompting the capture.
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Bronx Zoological Garden
Florida
Snyder
Toomey
Abdallah
Upper
Egypt
Col Greene economizes on office move and costs
Col W S Greene whose Mexican mining properties are valued at 40 million dollars moved the Greene Consolidated Gold Company and Greene Gold Silver Company offices from a 30 000 a year suite in the Blair Building to a single room across the street. Directors recently paid current expenses from their own pockets. A stockholders fund was sought to cover investigation costs. Greene remains in El Paso Texas and has not visited New York since last year.
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Col. W.S. Greene
Greene Consolidated Gold Company
Greene Gold-Silver Company
Blair Building
Dirrectors
Consolidated Gold Company
Gold-Silver Company
Col. Greene
el Paso
Texas
New York
Dancer Falls From Ceiling During New Haven Dress Rehearsal
Ada Klein of New York City fell fifteen feet from a ceiling harness at a dress rehearsal of the Three Twins musical company in New Haven. She was unconscious at the hospital eight hours later with fear of a fractured skull and a spine injury. Yale specialists were summoned for treatment.
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New York Times
New Haven
Conn
Ada Klein
New York City
New Haven General Hospital
Three Twins
Miss. Klein
Miss Klein
Yale Medical School
Shipping News Flash Arrivals and Departures
The Savoie arrived at Havre in June 1986. The Oceanic departed for Plymouth and arrived there on June 13, 1986.
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Savoie
Havre
Plymouth
Buffalo round trip service and trains announced
An advertisement notes a nine dollar Buffalo return trip via Lehigh Valley with contact at 355-1460 Broadway. It also announces The Black Diamond Express restoration to Lehigh Valley Railroad service on June 21 with a New York departure at 12 noon for Buffalo Niagara Falls and West. Mecklenburg Lithia Water is advertised as a remedy for gout rheumatism kidneys and loins sold widely.
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Lehigh Valley
R. R
New York
Buffalo
Niagara Falls
West
Mecklenburg Lithia
Reprieve at Scaffold Delays Billik Murder Case
Chicago June 12 Herman Billik, condemned for the Uzral family murders, was granted a reprieve after Judge K M Landis ruled he could appeal to the US Supreme Court. Stay of execution announced as crowds cheered outside the jail and Billik dictated a final statement to Father O Callaghan before the delay.
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Chicago
Herman Billik
Uzral
K. M. Landis
United States District Court
Billik
United States Supreme Court
Landis
O’callaghan
Peters
Will T. Davies
Davies
Father O'Callaghan
Dearborn Avenue
Michigan
Illinois
Father Vatmann
Wilmette
Ill
10000 Women to March in London Demonstration
Ten thousand suffragettes from Britain, colonies, the United States, and Europe will march from the Thames Embankment to Albert Hall. Delegates from the United States, Dr Anna Shaw and Miss Lucy Anthony, will lead in the first carriage, with other leaders and writers among the marchers carrying symbolic banners and wearing academic robes.
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London
British Isles
Colonies
United States
Thames Embankment
Albert Hall
Millicent Garrett Fawcett
Henry Fawcett
Anna Shaw
Lucy J. Anthony
Catherine, Waugh McCullogh
Evanston
Ill
Stewart
Medley
Dr. Fawcett
Frances Balfour
Sarah Grand
Beatrice Harraden
Elizabeth Robins
Low fare offer to Adirondacks and resorts on Rutland lines
Advertises low fares to the Adirondacks Thousand Islands and points on the Rutland Railroad with one fare plus $1 round trip to June 14. Travel via the New York Central Lines ten day limit.
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Adirondacks
Thousand Islands
Rutland
New York Central
Quentin Roosevelt Tags 198 At White House Fundraiser
Quentin Roosevelt started Tag Day at the White House for the Children's Playgrounds Association in Washington. About 198 visitors were tagged including the French Ambassador and Cabinet members. White House staff and police were tagged as well to support the fundraiser.
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New York Times
Washington
White House
Quentin Roosevelt
Children's Playgrounds Association’ of
Quentin
Lockdown
Children’s Playground Association
Comaparable June Holiday Pageant Billed
Involves the Bugson and Strs. Hendrick Hudson and Newark with Adv. promotion of a holiday event. Details are sparse in the readable fragment, but the item hints at a parade or celebration linked to a June holiday and local groups.
Mayflower Sets Course for Hampton Roads to View Torpedo Test
The Presidential yacht Mayflower sails from Washington with a notable party including Secretary Metcalf and Secretary Taft to observe a torpedo attack on the monitor Florida tomorrow at Hampton Roads. A police boat hailed Taft and saluted as the yacht departed while marines man the starboard side. The torpedo launch will occur from a raft protected by a shield at a distance of about 400 feet from the Florida.
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New York Times
Washington
Hampton Roads
Florida
Metcalf
Taft
Gen. Edwards
Col. McCawley
Lieut
Cleland Davis
Navy
Army
Potomac
Jim
Pfsst-Pfssting
Rumor Linked Abe Hummel to Cedric Arrival
Reported sighting claimed Abe Hummel, a disbarred lawyer, was aboard the Cedric which docked yesterday. Officials denied his presence as the ship unloaded and his uptown pickup likely occurred unseen. His East Seventy third Street home was found boarded up with no occupant visible.
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White Star
Abe Hummel
Hummel
New York
East Seventy-third Street
Boardie
Deacon given a cigar sparks church call
Springfield Massachusetts June 12 A Hartford Theological Seminary student William Berg to be ordained this month offered a cigar to Deacon Lyman Smith after a factory interview on creed and salary. Smith reported the gesture to the Mittineague Congregational Church which then extended a call to Rev. Mr. Phillips of Granville.
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New York Times
Springfield
Mass
William Berg
Hartford Theological Seminary
Mittineague Congregational Church
Lyman Smith
Smith
Berg
Mr. Phillips
Granville
Naval court finds Capt Lumsden at fault in Glad iator loss
The Portsmouth court martial rules Captain Lumsden of the cruiser Glad iator hazarded his ship by default in the April collision with the American steamer St Paul. He is reprimanded and dismissed from ship though not by neglect.
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Portsmouth
St. Paul
Lumsden
Senator Bailey Improves After Throat Operation
Senator Joseph N. Bailey recovering at the Waldorf Astoria reports a greatly improved condition after recent throat surgery. He has passed a restful night and while not out of danger, his chances for eventual recovery are described as excellent.
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Bailey
Joseph N. Bailey
Waldorf-Astoria
Summer Reading Number highlights best books of the season
The issue of The New York Times presents the Summer Reading Number of the Saturday Review of Books. It features a valuable list of 100 of the season’s best publications and includes additional features of interest for readers.
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The
New York Times
Saturday Review of Books
Hughes Favored For Tart's Mate In Vice President Bid
Chicago dispatch reports Gov. Charles E. Hughes of New York as the leading candidate for vice president amid party maneuvering. Taft supporters push Hughes for second place, while Hughes denies any acceptance. Hammond, Dolliver, and Fairbanks appeal to various factions as talks focus on the ticket's balance before the convention.
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New York Times
Chicago
Charles E. Hughes
New York
New York State
Hughes
Taft
Alfred R. Page
Stevens
Stewart L. Woodford
National Hughes League
Friends of
Albany
National Committee
Hammond
John C. Montgomery
Washington
Dolliver
Cortelyou
Fairbanks
No Second Place for Hughes Declares Vice Presidency Rejected
Albany June 12. Gov. Hughes will not accept the nomination for the Vice Presidency per a statement from Robert H. Fuller secretary to Gov. Hughes. He cited his letter to Gen. Woodford and declined further discussion. Friends have been told of his position ahead of Chicago remarks.
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Albany
Gov. Hughes
Robert H. Fuller
New York
Gen. Woodford
Chicago
A. B. Humphrey
Hughes
Executive Chamber
Chicago and Return Fare Listed
An advertisement offers a 27 dollar Chicago and return trip via Lehigh Valley with contact at 355-1460 Broadway for inquiries.
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Chicago
Lehigh Valley
Broadway
President's Vacation Plans to Oyster Bay June 20
Chief Wilkie of the Secret Service organizes the trip for the President and family to Oyster Bay. Ten Secret Service men will accompany them to the Long Island home around June 20 and stay until the Fall, with most having prior Oyster Bay experience.
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Secret Service
Oyster Bay
New York Times
Washington
Wilkie
Long Island
Hetty Green Leaves Plaza After Brief Stay
The reportedly wealthiest woman, Hetty Green, departed the Plaza with her daughter after a short Hoboken stay and several hosted dinners. She left without revealing her destination, having earlier occupied an upscale second floor suite overlooking Central Park and faced requests for aid from others nearby.
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Plaza
Hetty Green
Hoboken
Fred Schaff Breaks Skull In Crane Accident
Fred A. Schaff son of C E Schaff vice president of the New York Central Railroad fell from a traveling crane at the Merrick freight yard West Springfield this morning. He sustained a slight fracture to the front of his skull and was taken to Mercy Hospital. He has worked at the Merrick freight yard shops since last summer.
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New York Times
Springfield
Mass
Fred A. Schaff
C. E. Schaff
New York Central Railroad
Merrick
West Springfield
Mercy Hospital
Schaff
Johnson declines run for Minnesota third term
Gov. Johnson issues a written statement saying he will not seek renomination for a third term as Minnesota governor and that he would not accept if nominated because he opposes the idea.
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ST. Paul
Minn
Westinghouse workers buy stock to aid reorganization plan
In Pittsburg on June 12 an employee of the Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Co bought 2000 shares at par totaling 106000 to aid the Merchandise Creditors' Committee, which seeks 4 million dollars before June 22 to launch the reorganization. Workmen may invest about 250000 more. East Pittsburg merchants plan a similar purchase at a forthcoming meeting.
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New York Times
Pittsburg
Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company
East Pittsburg
Westinghouse Interests
Mother acquitted in Memorial Day murder case
The Kings County Grand Jury declined to indict Teresa Felippe for murder after she shot and killed Mario Marro on Memorial Day. Felippe, visibly shaken with a baby in her arms, left the County Court in a dazed state and was taken home by friends.
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Kings County
Teresa Felippe
John Marro
Ashford Street
Felippe
Mario
Lfarro
Morgan voyage cited as market bear ammunition
The note claims J. P. Morgan sailed on the Mauretania from London and planned a brief stay, sparking bearish interpretations. It recalls Morgan attending his niece Ursula Morgan's June wedding to Rev. William Fitz Simon, at St Mary’s Church, Tuxedo, with family ties to Dr. J. B. Morgan and Juliette Pierpont Morgan.
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J. P. Morgan
Mauretania
London
Mr. Morgan
Ursula Morgan
William Fitz Simon
Tuxedo
Morgan
Juliette Pierpont Morgan
String of 77 Pearls Lost at Tiffanys on Fifth Avenue
Tiffany & Co seeks the return of a valuable string of seventy seven pearls lost May 29 between Twenty-eighth and Eightieth Streets. The necklace with a diamond and ear clasp carried a $200 reward. Secretary Henry H. Treadwell said the loss likely involved a customer and that Tiffany’s had requested public advertisement.
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Tiffany & Co
Fifth Avenue
Thirty-seventh Street
Henry H. Treadwell
Train Tickets Chicago Round Trip Advertised
Travel notice for a 30 to Chicago round trip from June 12 to 16 via Pennsylvania Railroad. Return tickets valid until June 27. Consult ticket agents for advance purchase.
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Chicago
Pennsylvania Railroad
Adv
Round-Trip Fare to Louisville Return Ticket June 13 17
30.75 special rail rate to Louisville and back via Pennsylvania Railroad. Return validity noted through June 2. Ticket agents advised forAdv and additional details.
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Louisville
Pennsylvania Railroad
Taft Votes on First Ballot and Harmony Talk in Committee
A report notes Taft voting on the first ballot and allied talks aiming for harmony. Publicly declared fight plans contrast with private Peach-Negroes support winning in committee.
Taft Set to Lead First Ballot at National Convention
Chicago reports Taft with more than 700 votes on first ballot while allies muster just over 229. National Committee adjourns after ruling on contests, mostly in favor of Taft allies, and plans to press for Taft-supported delegates. Taft and ally leaders praise committee fairness amid ongoing strategy debates.
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New York Times
Chicago
Taft
Senator Foraberg
Ohio
Georgi
National Committee
Virginia
Democratic Party
Hitchcock
Crane
Massachusetts
Scott
West Virginia
Justice
Redé
Arthur 1 Vorys
Frank H. Hitchcock
Washington
Pesreeney of War
Secretary of War
Mae
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