No Change at the Spa Speculation Goes On
Speculation at the Saratoga track continues under the anti gambling scrutiny with Sheriff Bradley asserting enforcement of the Bischoff line. He cites thirty deputies patrols and no arrests while racing proceeds. Ex Senator Brackett defends the sheriff saying the law is as the courts interpret it. Waiter Laidlaw questions lax enforcement but letters and hearings loom. Bradley vows to resist removal and supporters promise re election if ousted. Local intrigue surrounds anticipated governor hearing and track prestige amid a wagering climate.
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the Tribune
Geratora. N
Ang. Ll
Saratoga County
Bradley
Edgar T. Brackett
Brackett
Bischoff
Laidlaw
Kings County
Roperly
Sherif Bradier
Saratoga
Spiropoulos
Steinert
Albany Opinion Allows Skill Based Chance Games at Fairs
Attorney General Jackson in a written opinion to Commissioner R A Pearson of the State Department of Agriculture says attractions at county fairs may include games of chance that depend on player skill. He notes games relying entirely on chance or on manipulation are prohibited, amid requests for interpretation of the new gambling device ban for fairs.
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Albany
Jackson
R A. Pearson
State Department of Agriculture
Burthe
Armed Greeks Arrested In Harlem Black Hand Plot
Four Greek men including Basio J. Spiropoulos were arrested in Harlem after hiding near 19th Street and Amsterdam Avenue while awaiting a blackmailer. Each faced $39 bail on concealed weapons charges.
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Basio J. Spiropoulos
19Th Street
Amsterdam Avenue
Spiropoulos
Harlem
New Bowery
James Street
Pittsburg
Boston
Seattle
Greek Revolutionary Society
1Th Street
Big bail asked for C A Bliven in larceny case
Charles A Bliven arrested on grand larceny forgery and perjury in suit by Mrs Harriet Kilmer against E F Hutton & Co over 45000 in securities. Assistant DA seeks 25000 bail. judge Crain ordered affidavits and Bliven sent to the Tombs. Kilmer as administratrix alleges she turned securities to Hutton. Bliven, outside man for the firm, testified for Kilmer and is accused of signing the receipt and keeping the securities.
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Charles A. Blivan
Harriett N. Klimer
E. F. Hutton & Co
Wall Street
Crain
Marshall
Bliven
Bliven’s Counsel, and Judge Crain
Death by Own Action Shocks Westport Sanatorium Scene
J Montague Dale thirty three shot himself in the temple at Westport Connecticut while confined in a sanatorium. A well known Tenderloin figure he had fallen to heavy drinking about three years earlier and had been moved from Flushing sanatorium to Westport. He was the son of Mrs Molly Dale who resides at Arverne in a Breakers cottage. Mrs Dale traveled to Westport after being called by her son. The tragical case underscores the personal toll of his long struggle.
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J. Montague Dale
Westport
Conn
Dale
Flushing
Molly Dale
Arverne
Public Service Commission orders joint fare plan for 59th street lines
The Public Service Commission ordered Metropolitan Street Railway receivers and Central Park North and East River Railroad to meet within ten days to establish through routes and a one year joint fare. The order, passed unanimously, requires August 24 report from the two sides and a fare plan by August 25, with leaders voicing concern over transfers and public service. Labor voices urge prompt action while civic groups push for restoration to aid transit and a new theater project on Madison Avenue.
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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
Van
Thompson
J. Parker Kirlin
Kirlin
United States
New York
Samuel M. Levy
Bloomingdale Brothers
Herman Robinson
American Federation of Labor
United Workers of New York
William Adams Delano
Park
Lexington Avenues
34Th Street
Ilfth Street
Public Service Commissions
No-Transfer Rule Forces Boarding House Movers
The abolition of transfers hits boarding and lodging houses hard east and west of Broadway and Sixth Avenue. Workers pay double fare now and many move toward main traction lines, trading long rides for walking access to subways or elevateds. A Lexingtion area boarder notes a $150 weekly rise in travel costs, prompting some to relocate near subway access. Landlords cut weekly rates for prompt payers as some guests depart while others seek nearby services along favored routes.
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Broadway
Sixth Avenue
59Th Street
Lexington
Madison
Third
Second Avenues
Tenth Avenue
Lexington Avenue
Bayonne Man Died After Elevator Injury Across Hospitals
Coroner Harburger reports John Bonda of 8 Cottage Street Bayonne New Jersey suffered a broken back in an elevator accident on Bleecker Street in July. He was moved between New York Hospital Bellevue Metropolitan Hospitals, operated July 2, and died at the Metropolitan Hospital after a four day stay at Bellevue.
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Harburger
John Bonda
Cottage Street
Bayonne
N. J
Bonda
Bleecker Street
Metropolitan Hospital
New York Hospital
Bond
Will Buy War Balloon in Army Signal Corps Plan
Washington reports the army will accept Captain Baldwin’s airship for the signal corps, with price to be set by speed and endurance tests. Baldwin expects 22 mph, while Colonel Templer notes 25 mph possible in still air. Secretary Wright and General Allen attend a test flight averaging 18 7 10 mph over five miles, with one thousand feet altitude, amid plan for Wright brothers and Herring to trial aircraft at Fort Myer.
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Washington
Signal Corps of the Army
Thomas S. Baldwin
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
Army
Wright
Fort Myer
Wright Brothers
A. M. Herring
Orville Wright
Dayton
Ohio
Washnston
German inventor's on-paper airship seeks $7 to fly
A portly Newark German inventor A Schnarrendorf has designed a novel airship with two 70 horsepower engines and expansive propellers. He says the craft can rise and steer using winged fins and rear propellers, and could glide safely if funds allow construction. Without $7,000 his paper machine remains unbuilt and the public awaits a true airborne ride.
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A. Schnarrendorf
Newark
Mr. Schnarrendorf
South 12Th Street
Schnarrendorf
Farman
Wright Brothers
Tribune
Count Zeppelin Opposed to New Aerial Funds Plan
Friedrichshafen Aug 11 Count Zeppelin opposed a proposal to form a commission with Emperor William to control funds raised across Germany for his aerial navigation experiments. The plan would allocate rewards for Zeppelin, fund general airship aims, and support other airship work. Gifts to Zeppelin include wines cigars sweets groceries and neckties.
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Friedrichshafen
Count Zeppelin
William
Walter Rathenau
German Electric Company
Aero Club
Germany
Zeppelin
Ambassador asks France to suspend fruit import decree
Washington on Aug 11 Ambassador White in Paris addressed the French government urging suspension of the decree barring sulphurated fruits especially California dried fruits. He cited a forthcoming American commission report on preserved fruits and other edibles and warned that without suspension French fruit imports could be seriously affected.
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Washington
Ambassador White
Paris
California
Uruguayan American naturalization treaty signed
Edward O'Brien, American Minister to Uruguay, has signed a naturalization convention with the Uruguayan government. The agreement now proceeds to the United States for ratification by the State Department.
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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 of Rochester the low bidder at 829770 dollars against an engineer’s estimate of 4500 dollars.
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Albany
F. C. Stevens
State Department of Public Works
Little Falls
Casey & Murray
Rochester
Mail conveyor for New York terminals
The Post Office Department will install a time saving mail conveyor in the Hudson terminal New York City by October 1. Plans are to be drawn under the chief post office inspector and space in the New York Central terminal to be used by January 1 with full space by July 1 next year. The endless chain of boxes will move mail within buildings depositing bundles automatically at set points. The system has succeeded in Philadelphia and will be installed in Washington without removing any employees.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Aug
Post Office Department
Hudson Terminal
New York City
Post Office
New York Central Terminal
Postoffice Department
Postoffice
New York Central
Philadelphia
Fort Sheridan Army Shoot Leads 147 Contenders
Skirmish fire marked the Fort Sheridan army shoot as 147 contestants competed. Sergeants Joseph McNabb of Troop K and William C. Cox led the northern division with 389 points out of 30. Closest rivals were P. P. Fernandez and Private Clarence Burroughs, each at 634.
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Chicago
Fort Sheridan
Joseph McNabb
Troop K
K Cavalry
William C. Cox
P. P. Fernande
Artisan
Clarence Burroughs
27Th Infantry
Dr Koch to Attend Washington International Medical Congress
Dr Robert Koch the renowned German scientist and discoverer of the tubercle bacillus and cholera germ will attend the International Medical Congress in Washington in September as an official representative of Germany. He is then in Japan and will travel to Washington en route to Germany. The Norwegian government has named Francis D Harbitz professor of pathology and anatomy at the Royal University of Christiania and director of the Institute of Pathological Anatomy as its official delegate.
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Washington
Robert Koch
Koen
Japan
Germany
Christiania
Department of State
Francis D. Harbitz
The
Royal University At
Institute of
Railroads ordered to answer freight rate complaints in Texas
Washington Aug. 11 Formal notice was served by the Interstate Commerce Commission requiring the railroads of the Southwestern territory to answer within fifteen days the complaint against a Texas freight rate increase that took effect yesterday. Special counsel Edward Baxton of Nashville is expected to draft the railroads’ replies.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Southwestern_ritory
Texas
Edward Baxton
Nashville
Warns Against $20 Counterfeits Circulating
Secret Service Chief Wilkie issued a general warning about dangerous $20 counterfeit notes circulated mainly in Texas, Louisiana, Alabama, and Mississippi. He said National Bank notes of twenty dollars have been raised to twenty three, the best effort seen since Pete McCartney fooled the public with his tricks a quarter century ago.
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Washington
Texas
Louisiana
Alabama
Mississippi
Wilkie
Secret Service
National
Pete’ McCartney
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Madison Avenue
18Th Street
Allen
France
BARGE
Weettand
Bro’s
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London
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Leipziger Street
Berlin
Own Mills
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Meriden
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Fort Sheridan Army
DR. Koch
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