Post Office Downs Racing Tipsters Barricade Fraud Network
New York postal inspectors seized hundreds of letters and issued fifty fraud orders to professional horse race tipsters who sold “sure winner” tips by mail. Investigators traced multiple aliases and a coordinated system that used high priced ads to fleece thousands, ending with arrests and mail denials coordinated with Governor Hughes.
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Postal Ik
Pillar
Postatt
Post Office Department
Ees
Walter S. Mayer
Chicago
New York
Maver
Festminster
Washington
Mayer
Mare
Gorughes
Gov. Hughes
Mr. Mayer
Van Dyck masterwork bought by P A B Widener for Philadelphia
A London report says America will host Van Dyck’s finest Catte nario canvas, the portrait of a woman with a page, bought by Philadelphia’s P A B Widener along with two other Catte neo paintings. The Widener purchase totals near a half million for the single work, with potential return to Philadelphia. The Catte neo collection remains largely in European and American hands, including pieces in the British National Gallery and a Frick acquisition.
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Quaker City
Widener
London
America
Cettaneo
Italy
British National Gallery
Europe
Mr. Widener
H. C. Frick
Spirited Away in Auto Missing Woman Case
Mrs Elnora Volckwein, age 0 at death year omitted, is reported kidnapped and moved by car to force a will change. Mrs Philip Render of South Amboy claims Volckwein is to inherit her property valued around 70000 and says a New York lawyer two Italian doctors and a nurse are with Volckwein. Police in South Amboy and other areas are asked to assist. no warrants were sworn.
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New York Times
New Brunswick
Elnora Volckwein
Philip Render
South Amboy
Zeppelin tests new airship with improved side steering
Count Zeppelin conducted a second ascent at Friedrichshafen to test a newly installed side steering gear. The two hour flight circled the town, crossed Lake Constance to Lindau, and showcased smooth ascents and turns, impressing spectators with the airship’s responsive control.
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Friedrichshafen
Count Zeppelin
Langenargen
Lake Constance
Lindau
Wife sues husband after years of suspected abuse and crime
Mrs. Albina Koprivich, claiming to be Count Kabana’s sister, says her husband Koprivich lied about a salt lake job and forced their travel as tramps. They married in 1907 and had a baby who died. he later arrested for non support as she plans divorce. A garish ad for eyeglasses closes the item.
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New York Times
Los Angeles
Cal
Albina Koprivich
Kabana
Hungary
Koprivich
United States
New York
West
Salt Lake City
W. S. Harding
West Avenue
Shah Crushes Parliament in Tehran as Troops Seize City
In Teheran on June 25, Shah’s forces bombarded and stormed the Parliament building after a clash with reformers and crowds. Cossacks and artillery swept streets, looting followed with hundreds dead or wounded and the European quarter remaining quiet.
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Teheran
Parliament House
Zill-is-Sultan
Shah
Tehran sees renewed fighting as siege declared
Washington reports from American Minister Jackson in Teheran say artillery was used in severe clashes between Persian political societies and government troops. A state of siege has been proclaimed. foreigners are not in especial danger.
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Washington
Teheran
D Dspatch
State Department
Jackson
Kurds Raid Persia Threaten Urumiah Town
Novo Vremya cites a perilous Tabriz to Urumiah journey describing Kurds encircling Urumiah, raiding villages to the gates, with constant firing. Turkish troops follow the raiders. two infantry battalions, two cavalry squadrons, and artillery are near. Russia protests to the Porte with no result. mission staff report safety for foreign residents.
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ST. Petersburg
Novo Vremya Today
Tabriz
Persia
Urumtah
Urumiah
Surbuiant
Turkey
Foreign Office
Russia
Porte
Linera to Stop at Zeebrugge
Brussels reports that German transatlantic steamers from Bremen and Hamburg will call at Zeebrugge the new Bruges port connected by canal to Cherbourg to take passengers who would normally embark there.
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Linera
Zeebrugge
Brussels
the Patriote
Bremen
Hamburg
Bruges
Cherbourg
Train Fare to Cleveland Round Trip Details
Advertises a fare of 19 dollars for a round trip to Cleveland from June 27 to 30 via the Pennsylvania Railroad. Tickets valid to return until July 7 and by until August 81, with instruction to see ticket agents for details.
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Cleveland
Pennsylvania Railroad
Protos Fast Run Toward Paris From Irkutsk
Lieut Hans Koeppen, conductor of the German Protos car, telegraphs arrival at Kansk midway between Vladivostok and Moscow after a 532 mile leg from Irkutsk in 45 hours. The American Thomas car trailed 24 hours behind at Irkutsk, while the Italian Zust car had no recent Berlin report since Harbin.
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Koeppen
New York
Paris
Zeitung Am Mittag
Kansk
Vladivostok
Moscow
America
Siberia
Manchuria
Irkutsk
Berlin
Jenissei
Krasnolarsk
Siberian
Tomsk
Ural Mountains
Russia
Lieut. Koeppen
Thomas
St. Petersburg
Harbin
Runaway Fire Wagon Rescue on Hamilton Place
A hose wagon from the 189th Street firehouse chased a fire near Seventh Avenue and 147th Street. The reins snapped, the team circled between two cars, then bolted toward Hamilton Place. Driver Brady leapt out, steadied the horses, and halted them just before hitting a child and an oncoming automobile.
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189Th Street
Amsterdam Avenue
Seventh Avenue
147Th Street
145Th Street
Hamilton Place
James Ogilvie
Brady
Auto Dives Off Bridge in Yonkers Area
A car carrying five people plunged from Farragut Road Bridge over Saw Mill River near Little Coney Island Uniontown Yonkers about 11 yesterday. Dr William F Greene of Mount Vernon drove, with his wife their niece and Mr Mrs W Shaw. A ten year old girl was rescued from the water. Mrs Shaw was bruised and cut. The others escaped unharmed.
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Farragut Road
Little Coney Island
Uniontown
Yonkers
Saw Mill River
William F. Greene
Mount Vernon
Woman Fights for Custody of Adopting Couple’s Son
Katherine Reilly a Brooklyn maid at 277 Gates Avenue seeks habeas corpus to gain possession of her eleven year old son Edward from Mary B Smith of 87 Hicks Street. Reilly says Smith and wife raised the boy after adoption and she saved $3,000 to educate him. Judge Dyke ordered Smith to produce the child. Smith’s whereabouts are unknown.
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Katherine Reilly
Gates Avenue
Brooklyn
Northport
I. I
Miss Reilly
Smith
Summer Appetizer Teaspoon Horsford Acid Phosphate
An old advertising note claims a teaspoonful of Horsford's Acid Phosphate in water stimulates appetite and quenches thirst, offered as a summer drink aid.
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Horsford
Rockefeller to publish autobiography in World's Work serials
John D. Rockefeller announced will publish his life story as a serial in The World's Work Magazine starting in October. The work titled Some Random Reminiscences of Men and Events covers rebating charges, business battles, philanthropy, efficiency in giving, hobbies like road building and tree moving, and hints at his sense of humor.
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John D. Rockefeller
Rockefeller
Standard Oil Company
Texas Negroes in Flight Over Lynching Fear Spreads
In Sabine County Texas frightened black residents abandon crops and homes after a weekend lynching. Several suspects remain unaccounted for as State Rangers report Price confessed to murdering Johnson with a shotgun. In Georgia two masked prisoners were saved from lynching by militia near Aragon after a white farmer’s daughters were attacked.
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New York Times
Houston
Texas
Sabine County
Hugh Dean
Perry
Price
Johnson
Wright
Beaumont
Rangers
Arnold
Rome
Floyd Walker
Henry Ogletree
Aragon
George Suddeth
Otis Anderson
Cleveland Nears Full Recovery in Princeton
Ex President Grover Cleveland continues to improve from gout and indigestion, according to Mrs. Cleveland. Dr. Joseph Bryant visited the Cleveland home in Princeton, where the couple has resided since June 1 after returning from Lakewood. The children stay with Mrs. Cleveland's mother in Tamworth, New Hampshire.
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New York
Princeton
N. J
Grover Cleveland
Calcium Chloride Water Promises Body Tissue Repair
Advertisement claims Mecklenburg calcium chloride water heals and strengthens torn tissues. Sold widely in stores and advertised as a health tonic.
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Mecklenburg
Vocal Fireworks Now Vocal French Invention Bids Vive la Republique
Paris scientists report a vocal fireworks system by Georges and Gustave Laudet. After three years of work they can produce vowels and consonants with explosives. A railroad cartridge can cry Stop and a July 1 set piece will emit Vive la Republique.
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Cation
French Academy of Sciences
Georges
Gustave Laudet
Japan to aid China on Manchuria development
After lengthy talks in Tokyo and Peking the Japanese government informed China it will not oppose Chinese territorial development in Manchuria and will assist it including the possible Hsinmintan Pukumen Railroad link south of Manchuria.
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Tokio
Peking
Manchuria
China
Japan
Hsinmintan-Pukumen
Roach Shipyard Likely to Be Sold to Settle Estate
Ceet Pennsylvania June 23 The Roach shipyard in this city founded in 1871 faces likely sale to settle the estate The Roach interests have controlled the yard but the business declines tied to the broader drop in the American merchant marine or financing difficulties with a large creditor indicates a change in ownership may occur to satisfy debts
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New York Times
Ceet
Penn
Hn B. Roach
Roach
Roach Yard
Larecat
Pan Anglican Congress closes with women meeting in London
The Pan Anglican Congress ends with a mass women’s meeting at Albert Hall led by the Bishop of London. Devotional meetings occur, and a thanksgiving service at St Paul’s Cathedral is planned with 259 bishops in procession to lay diocesan offerings on the high altar. The fund may reach five million dollars.
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London
Pan-Anglican Congress
Albert Hall
St. Pawl's Cathedral
Harvard Stands by Eliot Over Oarsmen Plea
Harvard undergraduates are away for vacation and offer little comment on President Eliot's rebuke of President Roosevelt over suspended oarsmen. Alumni at commencement largely support Eliot, while the origin of the published correspondence remains unclear.
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New York
United States
Boston Evening
Times
Boston Dispatch
Singer Building Observation Tower Opens to Public
The Singer Building observation tower on the forty second story at 149 Broadway opened yesterday. It rises 549 feet, highest in the world, with an eye view spanning several hundred square miles including New York City, Governors Island, Brooklyn, New Jersey, the Palisades, Long Island, and the Bronx. Express elevators reach the platform in one minute and guards provide guidance to visitors.
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Singer Building
Broadway
New York City
Governors Island
Bay
Brooklyn
New Jersey
Palisades
Long Island
Bronx
Pleads Guilty to Rebating in Toledo Case
In Ohio on June 23 the Toledo Ice and Coal Company pleaded guilty to three counts charging it with receiving rebates from the Ann Arbor Railroad Company. Judge Taylor fined $1,250 on each count. the remaining 152 counts were dismissed. Indictments brought under the Hep burn law.
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Toledo Ice and Coal Company
Ann Arbor
Taylor
Neo Ohio
The
United
Boy Adrift in Bay Rescued by Hamburg Line Ship
Capt Krause of the steamer Sibirla reports rescuing a drifting boy off Norton's Point near Gravesend L I. The youth is Frank Vetter of Forty third Street Gravesend who gave his name but could say nothing else after being saved.
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Krause
Sibirla
Hamburg-American Line
Norton’s Point
Frank Vetter
Forty-third Street
Gravesend
L. I
Dewey's Special Sec Champagne Ad
Advertisement for Dewey's Special Sec Champagne produced by H. T. Dewey & Sons Co. The bottle fermented French method is promoted. Located at 155 Fulton Street, New York.
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H. T. Dewey & Sons Co
Fulton St
New York
Sherman Improves as Worried Wives Hasten to Side
Cleveland dispatch reports James S. Sherman, Republican VP nominee, improving after gall stone attack. Doctors say operation may be avoided if recovery continues. Sherman dictated a message to Taft and expects to be in Washington next week. Mrs Sherman and son hastened to Lakeside Hospital amid heat and anxious watch.
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New York Times
Cleveland
Ohio
James S.sherman
Sherman
Herrick
Lakeside Hospital
William H. Taft
New. Haven
Conn
Mr. Taft
Washington
Committee Would Act to Fill Second Place Vacancy
Washington dispatch notes Taft campaign managers watching James Schoolecraft Sherman illness. If a vacancy arises on the Republican National ticket the National Committee would appoint a second place candidate, potentially shaping the Chicago Convention machinery.
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Washington
James Schoolecraft
Sherman
Taft
National Committee
Chicago
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