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Newspaper
New York Times
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1908
Page
6
An advertisement touts the Ideal Melodiste Playerpiano as a home entertainment nucleus for families. It claims benefits for children education mother and father, and highlights its use from college song accompaniments to dances. The dealer offers immediate delivery with flexible terms tailored to buyers.
The note advertises a free booklet titled BOOKLET A about how player pianos are made with illustrations of each part. It claims the book is valuable for choosing the right instrument and urges readers to write today to receive it.
Magistrate Moss holds Henry Hosier and others on swindling charges tied to the Henry J. Rodman firm. Six more suspected members, including Charles Barry and Gundlach, remain in custody as investigators tighten the case linking note schemes to other firms and diamond deals.
Francisco Ruffino faced the Board of Special Inquiry after detectives presented allegations of a lengthy criminal record including counterfeiting burglary and assault with a revolver. He claimed innocence and denied being a criminal while awaiting deportation on the next available ship. His past reportedly surfaced through a jealous countryman who tipped off Detective Petrisono.
The National Board of Fire Underwriters in the Mutual Life Building reported 1907 fire losses of 199,383,300 with 25 fires causing over 12 million in damage. Underwriting profit reached 11.14 percent. Calls for stronger fire inspections, building height and area limits, and improved water supply were voiced. new recruits were dispatched to companies, with about half to Brooklyn.
Bertha Ossis, a young Russian leper, sailed secretly yesterday on the Scandinavian-American liner Hellig Olav bound for an unknown destination. She travels in an isolated upper deck cabin under nurse Inga Hennig and ship surgeon Dr. Christiansen. Meals are served in her room and dishes discarded overboard after each meal. Towels and furnishings will be thrown overboard at voyage end, and she may promenade only at night on the aft deck.
Two New York women paid fines to free sons identified as Frank S Horn and James E Potter from the county jail in New Haven. The Harvard students were believed to be beating their way back to Cambridge for a lark after being taken from a freight train. The women’s names and addresses were kept secret and Judge Mathewson said the incident appeared to be a prank rather than a crime.
Edward Santagata a TI Mott Street druggist was convicted by Judge Malone in General Sessions for selling cocaine without prescriptions. The ruling marks the first conviction under the new statute. Chief witness Arthur Haywood of 7 Pell Street testified after being found with cocaine by Officer Kiernan on March 21.
Lakewood New Jersey May 14 Ex President Grover Cleveland showed notable improvement today prompting Mrs Cleveland to depart for the first extended trip since the illness. He was confined to bed after the attack but now rests more comfortably and speaks with stronger voice.
Special to The New York Times lists officers shifting duty locations and roles. Capt H G Learned reports to Chief of Staff for duty while Maj A W W Kimball investigates supply delays in Oswego. Major H S Raymond goes to Washington Barracks hospital for treatment and Major A J Parmenter moves to the Sixteenth Infantry. Navy moves include Capt A Ward as Supervisor of the Harbor of New York and Cmdr C C Rogers to command the Milwaukee. Cmdr A G Winterhalter named Hydrographer. Lieut E H Watson attends War College conference. Lieut J B E Walker continues naval hospital treatment. Lieut D C Hanrahan to assist New York Harbor base chief. Gunner J R Ward to Puget Sound Navy Yard and Chief Gunner H Johnson to home with orders waiting.
Arrived at Norfolk and Fernandina are vessels including Rorket Vorier Blakely DeLong Thornton and Tingey. Scorpion sails from Fernandina to Charleston while Galveston heads to Hong Kong. Grampus Pike and Florida ordered to commission status at Mare Island Norfolk. May 1 notes handled.
Mrs. Louisa Thelgen, a former Pittsburgh housekeeper, was arrested in New York after a detective courted her to wear a stolen gown for an automobile ride. She identified stolen wardrobe pieces at the District Attorney's office. bank records show a $400 deposit after the March burglary.
Assistant Corporation Counsel W H King asked Supreme Court Justice O Gorman to affirm referee Abraham R Lawrence’s report upholding a 1903 $2,100,000 assessment on W A Clark’s Fifth Avenue Seventy seventh Street property where he is building a residence. Clark contends the value should drop until completion. Work began eight years ago and will take two more. cost exceeds $3,000,000 this year.
Old-time collegians gathered at the St Andrew’s Golf Club near Chauncey Westchester County for the University Club annual 36 hole medal event. Rutgers alumnus C Mabon led with 173 20 153 net, Harvard’s A H Lockett took second with 155 net, and Yale’s BE Hart claimed third with 15u. John Reid Jr posted best gross 182 as George T Brokaw stood plus 2.
Mrs. L. A. Callan and Miss Georgianna Bishop triumph in the Women’s Metropolitan Golf Association open at Englewood Golf Club. High winds kept scores high but Callan’s 98 with a four handicap led the day. Leferts and Harrison posted strong nets. Bishop won the 18 hole putting match with 46 and Mix was runner up with 47.
The Morrisania Yacht Club of South Brother Island will be commissioned Saturday with Commodore U S Creighton hoisting the ensign at 4 a m. A brass band will play. Highlights include Commission day May 16 and a full 1908 lineup of events culminating in an August 1 cruise to Narragansett Bay with Huntington Bay as the first stop to watch motorboat races for the British international trophy.
George P. Baisley's chestnut mare Hazel Delmar won the Cos den Cup in a three-year-old trotting event held with the Speedway Parade on May 2. Investigations reveal Hazel Delmar was a four-year-old ringer, foaled May 29, 1900, making her ineligible under the rules, leading to disqualification considerations and potential legal action by the Road Privy Association.
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