Polo Ticket Scandal Hits Meadow Brook Sale District
Report claims International Polo Committee officials and agents sold Me1dow Brook tickets at inflated prices. Macy's refused to accept price conditions, citing public access aims. Complaints of forged orders and inside handling surface as inspectors pledge to curb resales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meadow Brook Field
International Polo Committee
East Forty-first Street
R. H. Macy & Co
Public Service Bureau
Muccv
Percy S. Straus
Sylvester Kornes
Hubert A. Parke
Macy's
Yeasterday S
Polo Committee
Forty-first Street
Bhaumberg
Bureau
Alan Pinkerton
Inkerton
Pinkerton
Macys
Washington
East Side
TIMES
L. B. Tilden
Brooklyn
William H. Hall
Riverside Drive
Mr. Hall
Vo IE Schaumberg
New York Yacht Club
Hall
J. N. Emsey
William Street
Emley
Shhaumberg
Meadow Brook
Geveral Fifth Avenue
Mr. Belmont
Belmont
Schaumberg
Coney Island Jockey Club
Hazard
Paris Destruction Follows Severe Storm and Flooding
A catastrophic Paris storm caused floods and multiple collapses across a wide area. Water from broken mains swamped streets while gas and electric lines failed, killing and injuring several as the city district was isolated and rescue operations began. Firefighters and troops aided searches amid fires, collapses, and rising waters.
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Seine
Pas
la Boétie
Fotncaré
Aber
Haussmann
Paris
Rue de Rivoli
Rue Boissy d'Anglas
Place de la Concorde
Rue Jean de Beau- Vais
Boulevard Ney
Gare du Nord
Place de Alma
Avenue d'Antin
Saint Denis
Line-up Changes For American Polo Team Before Meas Round
The American polo team will swap Devereux Milburn to back and Larry Waterbury to No 3 while Rene La Montagne retains No 1 for the second game against England at Meadow Brook. Wet fields may postpone play with weather still unsettled and an official postponement possible by the Polo Association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Meadow Brook
Devereux Milburn Fromm
Larry Waterbury
Rene la Montagne
J. M. Waterbury
Devereux Milburn
Westbury
International Committee of
The
Polo Association
Lord Wimborne
Washington
Meadow Brook Club
Harry Payne Whitney
Malcolm Stevenson
la Montagne
Milburn
Lat Montaine
Volo
Louis Stoddard
Wheatley Hills
Stevenson
Whitney Stables
Long Island Poto
Invaders
Phipps Place
Barrett
Faulkner
Cant
Cheane
Larry
Nealed
Mr.Whitney
Mr. Whitney
Income Tax Debate Stresses Bond Issue No Longer Considered
Treasury officials and lawmakers debate the 1913 income tax and tariff laws. Treasury Secretary McAdoo rejects issuing bonds for the canal or tax funding. Senator Simmons and Representative Hull defend tax workability and foresee improved revenue after audits, while noting early-year imperfections and partial-year application.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panama Canal
Treasury
Panama
Panama Canals
Taft
Treasury Department
McAdoo
Secretary of the Treasury
Senator Simmons
North Carolina
Committee On Finance
Cordele Hull
Tennessee
Hull
Hongland
Simmons
Corps of Special Agents
Lassen Peak Keeps Boiling in Anger and Fear
Red Bluff Calif June 15 Lassen Peak in the Sierra Nevada erupted again at 3 20 pm marking the fifth blast in two days The ash cloud and dense haze hindered observers while rangers reported steam and smoke Theories divided among scientists with mineralo grafts arguing for a violent eruption and others predicting limited activity Local lumberman Lance Graham was severely wounded by falling rock while rescuers dragged him from the ash and raced him for medical aid
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New York Times
Red Bluff
Cal
Lassen Peak
Sierra Nevada Range
Forest Rangers
Feak
W. H. Storms
Lassen
Krakatoa
Java
T. J. J. Lee
Mare Island Navy Yard
Jesse Wright
J. He. Reagan
Redding
Lance Graham
Graham
Phelps
Tipple
Manzanita Lake
Manzapita Like
Viola
W. J. Rushing
United States Forest
Storm Ruins Belgium Signals Trigger Train Collision
A severe storm across Belgium injures five in Brussels and kills a railway worker near Ghent. In Renaix two trains collide after signals were disordered by the storm, with numerous injuries and hundreds of cattle drowned or killed by lightning.
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Brussels
Belgium
Ghent
Renaix
Lassen Peak eruption reports clarified
Supervisor was not injured in yesterday’s eruptions and was not on the mountain at the time. Initial reports of mortal injury arose from name confusion. In Mineral California on June 15 observers far from Lassen Peak deny seeing flames lava or incandescent stones.
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Mineral
Cal
Redding
Chico
Lassen Peak
Rembrandt Lead in Murray Art Sale at Paris Vetii Gallery
The Georges Vettier gallery in Paris hosted Charles Fairfax Murray’s famed art collection sale drawing keen interest. Top price reached 63000 for a Rembrandt portrait, others included works by Antonello da Messina 10000 and Botticelli 18200 among many Renaissance pieces. The auction featured paintings by Solario, Brouwer, Reynolds, Bellini and Van Dyck with prices ranging into the tens of thousands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Paris
Charles Fairfax Murray
Georges Vetii
Rembrandt
St. Sebastian
Antonello da Messina
Brouwer
Boucher
Himself
Gainsborough
Salvator Mundi
Albrecht Durer
Lucas van Vosterman
van Dyck
Dido
Reynolds
Venus
Bellini
Jesus
John
Botticelli
Fight Westinghouse Men in Pittsburgh Strike Clash
About 150 strike pickets clashed with employees of Union Switch and Signal Company as a Special train carried workers home. The disturbance drew rail detectives and thousands of onlookers outside the Swissvale yards. After the fracas the pickets retreated to headquarters and were reprimanded by union officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Pittsburgh
Union Switch and Signal Company
Westinghouse
N Oscore
Swissvale
President Wilson Signs Panama Toll Bill
President Wilson signed the Panama Tolls Repeal bill amid no ceremony with Assistant Secretary Forster. The signing used a pen with historical ties, drawing praise from British papers noting his courage and magnanimity. London papers lauded the move as restoring U.S. credit and diplomacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson
Washington
Panama
Senate
House
Forster
Harrison
Taft
National Institute of Arts and Letters
Robert Underwood Johnson
New York
New York Times
London
The
Daily Chronicle
United States
Great Republic
Daily Mail
Morning Post
Congress
Bugle Salute to Flag at PS 7S Play Day
Margery and Grace Key great granddaughters of Francis Scott Key visited Public School 7S on East 46th Street for Play Day exercises led by Principal Katherine I McCarthy. Speakers included Rev. Charles P. Ross and Lieut Col. Louis F. Stotesbury. The program closed with a bugle salute by Bugler Bates of the Seventh Regiment and a general salute from pupils and visitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margery
Grace Key
Francis Scott Key
Bugler Bates
Lorimer TQ Quit Bank Amid Chicago Banking Turmoil
Disclosures by the State Bank Examiner about La Salle Street Trust and Bavinges Hitler prompt Attorney General Lucey to investigate possible prosecutions under state banking laws. Reports say a clearing-bank syndicate plans to take over the closed La Salle Street Bank, retire Lorimer and Munday, and reorganize with trusted local bankers. Government funds on deposit exceed $200,000 and may be sought from the bank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Chicago
State Bank Examiner
la Salle Street Trust
Hitler
PJ. Lucey
la Salle Street Bank
Wille
Lorimer
C.D. Munday
Salle Street Bank
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Whitman
August Belmont, Jr
POLO
L. Water
Whitney
Major Uarrett
Peak
Storm
Alco
Universal
G. M.C
Gramm
Autocar
Chase
Overland
N. Y. Mail Co
Garford
St. & Broadway
Mks Atays
Blastic
Hearn’s
Watamaker's
Greenhut
McCreery
Gimbel's
Simpson, Crawford Co
Abraham & Straus
H. Batterman & Co
C. F. Murray
Union Switch Plant
Harrison and
P. Spencer
Broadway
Lorimer TQ
BANK
la Salle Street Institution
Franklin Simon & Co
Fifth Avenue
Young Mens
West 38Th St
Madras
Young Men’s Shop
American Express
Great Foreign Financial Service
American Express Company
American
National Express Office
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