No Change at the Spa Speculation Goes On
Speculation persisted at the Saratoga race track despite opposition to gambling. Sheriff Bradley defended enforcement of the Bischoff-based interpretation, reporting thirty deputies found no violations and no arrests during racing. Ex Senator Brackett questioned charges while urging fairness, with Governor steps uncertain.
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the Tribune
Saratoca
Horoes
Godas
Bradley
Edgar 7. Brackett
Brackett
Bischoff
Waiter Laidlaw
Kinge County
Opinion Permits Mixed Chance Games At County Fairs
Albany August 11 Attorney General Jackson sent an opinion to Commissioner BR A Pearson of the State Department of Agriculture stating that attractions at county fairs may include games of chances that rely on skill. He adds that games depending entirely on chance or on manipulation of the device are prohibited whether prizes are money or valuables. The opinion follows the new gambling device ban at county fairs and responds to manager inquiries.
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Albany
Jackson
BR A Pearson
State Department of Agriculture
Armed Greeks Arrested After Attempted Black Hand Extortion
Four Greek men including Basilio J. Spiropoulos were arrested in Harlem after waiting behind a bush for a blackmailer who demanded $1,000. Each faced $300 bail on concealed weapons charges. Spiropoulos backed his claim with a revolver and stated he would not be duped by Black Hand tactics while denying their existence.
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Basilio J. Spiropoulos
Amsterdam Avenue
Spiropoulos
Harlem
New Bowery
James Street
Pittsburg
Boston
Seattle
Greek Revolutionary Society
19Th Street
Steinert
Bail Asked For C A Bliven In Larceny Case
Charles A Bliven was arraigned in general sessions on grand larceny forgery and perjury charges tied to a suit by Mrs Harriet N Kilmer against E F Hutton Co The court postponed bail ruling setting affidavits due today Bliven is jailed in the Tombs He allegedly signed a receipt and kept securities valued at 345 000 while serving as outside man for the Hutton firm and was indicted after a prior forgery discharge
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Charles A. Blivan
Harriett N. Klimer
E. F. Hutton & Co
Wall Street
Crain
Marshall
Bliven
Death by Own Action Shocks Westport Town
J Montague Dale, 33, shot himself in the temple while confined in a Westport sanatorium after years of heavy drinking. A well known Tenderloin figure, he had been treated in a Flushing sanatorium before being sent to Westport. He was a son of Mrs Molly Dale of Arverne who runs The Breakers cottage. Mrs Dale went to Westport upon learning of her son’s death.
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J. Montague Dale
Westport
Conn
Dale
Flushing
Molly Dale
Arverne
Transit transfers battle prompts forced joint fare plan
The Public Service Commission ordered Metropolitan Street Railway receivers and Central Park North and East River Railroad officials to meet within ten days and set through routes with a joint fare for at least a year. Public hearings highlighted public pressure to restore transfers on 59th street, with labor and civic groups urging prompt action while critics noted the receivers’ absence and questioned the carriers’ willingness to cooperate.
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Public Service Commission
59Th Street
Metropolitan Street Railway Company
Central Park, North & East River Railroad Company
Messrs
Eustis
McCarroll
Maltbie
Pointblank
Oren Root
Masten & Nichols
Metropolitan
Masten
Augustus H. Vanderpeel
Henry Thompson
Vanderpeel, Thompson & Freedman
George W. Linch
Thompson
J. Parker Kirlin
Kirlin
United States
9Th Street
New York
Samuel M. Levy
Bloomingdale Brothers
Sth Street
Herman Robinson
American Federation of Labor
United Workers of New York
William Adams Delano
Orthopedic
Park
Lexington Avenues
34Th Street
I6th Street
Public Service Commissions
Head of Table Sighs Over No-Transfer Rule on Transit
The no-transfer rule on Broadway and Sixth Avenue has boosted fares for clerks and boarders in eastern and western zones. Many move nearer subway lines to save a single fare, while boarding houses raise or cut rates as guests depart. Some landladies slash weekly prices for prompt payers, but overall the rule shifts transients toward lines with easier access to rapid transit.
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Broadway
Sixth Avenue
59Th Street
Lexington
Madison
Third
Second Avenues
Tenth Avenue
Goodby
Lexington Avenue
Bayonne Man Dies After Elevator Crash Injuries
Coroner Harburger reports John Bonda of Bayonne New Jersey suffered a broken back after a July elevator accident on Bleecker Street. He was moved between three hospitals, operated on at New York Hospital on July 2, then Bellevue and Metropolitan Hospitals, dying at the Metropolitan Hospital. The coroner will investigate the death.
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Harburger
John Bonda
No. & Cottage Street
Bayonne
N. J
Bonda
Bleecker Street
Metropolitan Hospital
New York Hospital
Bond
Will Buy War Balloon From Baldwin For Signal Corps
Washington Aug 11 The military dirigible balloon built for the signal corps by Captain Thomas Baldwin will be accepted. General James Allen said the army will purchase Baldwin s airship even if speed tests fall short. Baldwin claims twenty two mph, while Colonel Templer suggests twenty five mph in still air. Secretary Wright watched the test as crowds paused, noting airships will aid scouting but not revolutionize warfare. Wright foresees Wright brothers planes at Fort Myer and trials near Washington with Orville Wright expected to arrive from Dayton.
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Washington
Signal Corps of
Army
Thomas
Baldwin
James Allen
Signal Corps
General Allen
James Templer
Aeronautical Division
British Army
Captain Baldwin
Templer
British War Office
Mr. Curtis
Falls Church
Luke E. Wright
Wright
Fort Myer
Wright Brothers
A. M. Herring
Orville Wright
Dayton
Ohio
Washnston
German inventor markets paper airship for Newark
A portly German named A Schnarrendorf, living in Newark, has designed an aluminum framed airship with expansion expulsion engines. It could rise and steer via propellers and four blades, offering speeds around seventy yards per second, plus wings and a parachute option if engines fail. He seeks about seven dollars to fund construction, hoping merit earns backing.
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A. Schnarrendorf
Newark
Mr. Schnarrendorf
South 12Th Street
Schnarrendorf
Farman
Wright Brothers
Tribune
Count Zeppelin Opposed to National Airship Fund Plan
Friedrichshafen August 11 Count Zeppelin is said to oppose a plan suggested to Emperor William by Walter Rathenau to organize a commission to take over funds raised in Germany for Zeppelin experiments in aerial navigation. The fund would be partly for Zeppelin and partly a national pool for airship purposes, with gifts also reported including wines cigars and neckties.
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Count Zeppelin
William
Walter Rathenau
German Electric Company
Aerovnk
Germany
Zeppelin
Ambassador seeks French suspension of fruit import decree
Washington Aug l Ambassador White in Paris has asked the French government to suspend the decree prohibiting the importation of sulphurated fruits especially California dried fruits until the American commission reports on preserved fruits and other edibles. Without suspension French fruit imports could be seriously affected.
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Washington
Aug. l
Ambassador White
Paris
California
American minister signs Uruguay naturalization treaty
Edward O'Brien, the American Minister to Uruguay, telegraphed from Washington that he has signed a naturalization convention with the Uruguayan government. The agreement now goes to the United States for ratification.
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Washington
Edward ©. O'Brien
Uruguay
State Department
United States
Barge Canal Bids Opened At Little Falls
Albany Aug 11 Superintendent F C Stevens opened bids for barge canal contract No 3 to improve the Erie Canal at Little Falls. Five bids were received with Casey Murray Rochester submitting the lowest at 829770 versus Engineer's estimate of 415500.
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Albany
F. C. Stevens
State Department of Public Works
Little Falls
Casey & Murray
Rochester
Mail Conveyer for N. Y. Terminals
The Post Office Department will install a time saving mail conveyer at the Hudson terminal in New York City by October 1 to reduce manual handling. Plans, directed by the chief post office inspector, aim for a later setup at the New York Central terminal by January and full space by July next year. The system, an endless chain of boxes, deposits bundles automatically. it has worked well in Philadelphia and will not require employee removals.
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Tribune Buresz
Washington
Post Office Department
Hudson Terminal
New York City
Post Office
New York Central Terminal
Postoffice Department
Postoffice
Philadelphia
Fort Sheridan Army Shoot Showcases Skirmish Fire
Chicago Aug 11 skirmish fire highlighted the Fort Sheridan army shoot with 147 contestants. Northern division leaders Sergeants Joseph McNabb and William C Cox tied for top scoring 389 points out of 500. Closest rivals included P P Demande and Private Clarence Burroughs with 334 each.
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Chicago
Fort Sheridan
Joseph McNabb
8Th Cavalry
William C Cox
P. P. Demande
Artisan
Clarence Burroughs
77Th Infantry
Dr Koch Coming to Washington for Congress
Washington reports that Dr Robert Koch the German scientist who discovered the tubercle bacillus and the cholera germ will attend the International Medical Congress in Washington in September as an official German representative. He is currently in Japan and will travel to Washington en route to Germany. The Norwegian government has appointed Francia D Harbitz professor of pathology to Christiania as its official delegate to the congress.
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Washington
Robert Koab
Koen
Japan
Germany
Christiania
Department of State
Francia D. Harbitz
Royal University At
Institute of
Railroads Given Fifteen Days to Reply on Texan Freight Rates
Washington Aug t formal notice was served by the Interstate Commerce Commission on Southwest railroads to answer within fifteen days a complaint seeking a cut in freight rates. New Texas rates took effect yesterday. Edward Baxton of Nashville special counsel for most defendants will draft the railroads answers.
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Washington
Aug. T
Interstate Commerce
Commission
Edward Baxton
Nashville
Warns Against 20 Dollar Counterfeits
A general Secret Service warning from Chief Wilkie notes circulating bad currency of $20 denomination in Texas, Louisiana, Alabama and Mississippi. National bank notes have been raised to 3 and circulated, described as the best since Pete McCartney twenty five years ago forged bill-raising tricks.
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Texas
Louisiana
Alabama
Mississippi
Nigds
Wilkie
Secret Service
National
Pete’ McCartney
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