New Yorkers Indicted in Atlantic City Gambling Cases
Atlantic City grand jury returned two true bills against New York sportsmen Charles Gendolf and Edward Williams for running a club and gambling. Judge Trenchard urged indictments, warning of state power. proceedings followed two-hour deliberation with adjournment to Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
May's Landing
N. J
Atlantic County
Atlantic City
Thomas W. Trenchard
Supreme Court
Charles Gendolf
Edward Willams
New York
Joseph Salas
Goldenberg
Trenchard
Gaskill
Minters
Good Citizens’ League
Justice Trenchard
Pocono Mountains
Higbee
Gaskil
Lee
Alleged Check Forgers Caught by City Detectives
Headquarters detectives arrested Thomas Malone Joseph Malone and Frank Hott after tracking them from Third Avenue and 11th Street to 23d Street. Each was held on $500 bail for examination by Magistrate Cerne in Tombs court. Detectives found short notes and checks in Thomas Malone’s pockets claiming signatures by Mrs A Hussey. Mrs Hussey denied writing or signing any notes or checks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cerne
East 12Th Street
Frank Hott
Thomas Malone
A. Hussey
Fifth National Bank
A Thousand Candles Light Up Hotel Albany
The Hotel Albany at Proadway and 41st Street plunged into darkness after an electrical plant defect failed to power the lights. Guests fumbled by candlelight until repairs were finished around closing time, with staff improvising candles and even using beer bottles for makeshift holders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
Proadway
41St Street
Beiiboys
Murphy
Chicago Riot Erupts as Whites and Negroes Clash
At Chicago and Milton avenues a quarrel between white and black residents left several people slightly hurt. Bricks and stones were used as weapons until a patrol wagon and police responded, but combatants dispersed before officers could intervene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Milton Avenues
Broker Held as Swindler In Fraudulent Draft Case
Andrew W. Mitchell a self described broker of 367 McPherson avenue St Louis was arrested on a charge of passing fraudulent drafts at the Cadillac Hotel and other locations. He faced arraignment in the West Side Court with $ amount bail set by a judge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew W. Mitchell
McPherson Avenue
St. Louis
St. Louis Barks
Cadillac Hotel
Treadway
Street
Mitchell
Manhattan
West Side
Prisoner Made to Grow Mustache to Aid Identification
Suffolk County authorities used a novel method to link a prisoner to a Long Island robbery gang. John H Hamilton was sent to live as a vagrant for two months and ordered to grow a mustache. Detectives hoped the facial hair would reveal him as one of the robbers when recognized by informant William Hohenberry, a key state witness, after Ham ilton admitted planning a theft in Southampton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Suffolk County
Long Island
Williams
John H. Hamilton
Hamilton
Southampton
Patchogue
Blue
Wiliam Hohenberry
Is Rice Trade Doomed? Some Brides Hope So
A 1920s newspaper piece reports a growing anti rice throw tradition campaign by railroad conductors and porters amid mixed views from ministers and a New York doctor. The article cites practical concerns about mess and danger, mentions unions, and notes responses from figures including Dan de Sul and Loretta the Vendetta queen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Norfolk & Western
Tim
Tribune
Adam
Five
Eve
New York
Dan de Sul
Bowery Gang
Loretta
Bellevue
Chase
Bomb in melting pot at junk shop shocks Ogdensburg
A junk shop explosion in Ogdensburg during lead junk melting hurled owner D K Truell across the room. Both legs shattered and one eye blown out, with probable death. The building interior was wrecked and set ablaze, and investigators believe a bomb or similar device was in the metal tossed into the pot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ogdensburg
D. K
Will Weld Steel Under Water Demonstration in Brooklyn
Twenty five scientists and manufacturers watched George W. Schapp weld steel an inch under water using his auto-oxy process in an automobile garage at 2444 Cumberland Street Brooklyn. He claims the separated oxygen from air fuels the combustion to reach 1500 degrees hotter than open flames. The device, already patented, promises disruption across copper jewelry metalwork structural iron and aluminum and silver trades. Experiments reportedly showed the flame cutting an inch plate while heat is localized on metal surfaces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cumberland Street
Brooklyn
George W. Schapp
South
Oxford Street
Schappe
Not to Become State Banks in Oklahoma Says Controller
Washington Aug 21 Deputy Controller of the Currency T P Kane said the claim that many Oklahoma national banks planned to surrender their charters to join the state system is not supported. Of about 310 banks in Oklahoma only 57 joined the guarantee, 33 replied, 27 withdrew from the agreement, 7 intend to reorganize as state banks, and 2 have liquidated. Many nonparticipants said they did not back the movement. One new bank switched to national to avoid the guarantee law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
T. P. Kane
Oklahoma
Kane
State Banking Board
Woman Hangs Self in Jefferson Market Court Prison
Miss Marion Desmond of 116 West Lith Street hanged herself in her cell at Jefferson Market Court prison last night. She ripped a rope from her cot and attached it to her cell door, then jumped from the cot. Found dead by the night matron about 9 p.m. She had been reading on her cot minutes before discovery.
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Marion Desmond
West Lith Street
Jefferson Market Court
Desmond
Bellevue Hospital
Railroads pledge effort to reduce streetcar noise in city
The Central Park North and East River, Staten Island Rapid Transit, and Yonkers Railroad boast noise abatement efforts. Yonkers receiver Leslie Sutherland notes limited funds restrict improvements but commits to addressing complaints locally. Staten Island VP Campbell and Central Park GM Linch stress high standards and focus on the 58th Street crosstown line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Park, North & East River Railroad Company
Staten Island Rapid Transit Railway Company
Yonkers Railroad Company
Public Service Commission
Leslie Sutherland
Yonkers Company
Campbell
Staten Island Company
Linch
Central Park Company
58Th Street Crosstown
Mystery Trunk in West 56th Street Tenement
Janitress Nora Reynolds heard a scuffing noise and found two men carrying a large round topped trunk full of silverware and linens. When confronted they fled, leaving the trunk in the hallway. Police suspect thieves hid plunder in the 431 West 56th Street building.
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West 56Th Street
West 47Th Street
Nora Reynolds
Ex Judge Fires At Wife In San Jose Avenue
San Francisco on August 21 William T Webb former District Court judge in Clay County Kentucky fired several ineffectual shots at his wife as she fled with their five children from their home on San Jose Avenue He was charged with discharging firearms in the city and pleaded guilty in police court awaiting Monday sentencing
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
William T. Webb
District Court
Clay County
San Jose Avenue
Missing Miss Haskin Found on Staten Island Ferry
A woman claiming to be Minnie M. Haskin was found in a disturbed state aboard a Staten Island ferryboat and taken to Bellevue Hospital. Police notified the address given but no one was home. Albert C. Haskin reported his sister had vanished from Dr. Cooley's sanatorium in Plainfield yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnie M. Haskin
Bt. Nicholas Avenue
Staten Island
Bellevue Hospital
Albert C. Haskin
H. R. Haskin
American Tobacco Company
Plainfield
N. J
Dr. Cooley
Guard Rails Questioned for Belt Lines Cars
A H Vanderpoel told Public Service Commission Commissioner Eustis that Central Park North East River Railroad lacks authority to install guard rails on car platforms since the cars are leased from Metropolitan Street Railway receivers. Hearing adjourned to next Tuesday as receivers are notified. verdict linked a fatal accident at Tenth Avenue and West 27th Street to the absence of guard rails on Belt Lines cars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. H. Vanderpoel
Eustis
Public Service Commission
Central Park, North & East River Railroad Company
Metropolitan Street Railway Company
Tenth Avenue
West 27Th Street
Incendiary Liked Flames Scorched Saratoga Industry
Saratoga New York August 21 Spencer Davis fourteen told Police Commissioner King he started five fires within a week to see the flames. The worst blaze struck Coons carpet works owned by his grandfather causing about ten thousand dollars in loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saratoga
N. Y
Spencer Davis
King Todey
Coons
Lion cubs seek foster by Lincoln Park Zoo dog
Chicago authorities at Lincoln Park Zoo search for a Great Dane to mother four lion cubs born Wednesday. The cubs cry for food as the lioness refuses to suckle. Attempts to bottle feed fail as the cubs sniff and whine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Lincoln Park Zoo
Move Westchester Almshouse From Yonkers Area
Yonkers health authorities press removing the Westchester County Poorhouse from East View near Pocantico Hills to prevent typhoid risk blamed on Sawmill River sewage discharge. The century-old landmark sits in a now valuable residential area amid concerns over sanitation and land value.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westchester Almshouse
Yonkers
Westchester County Poorhouse
East View
Rockefeller Estate
Pocantico Hills
Maloney Annulment Record Filed
A memorandum filed in the County Clerk's office states Helen Maloney has been granted an annulment of marriage against Arthur H. Osborne. Three months from the interlocutory decree elapsed yesterday, with no final decree signed yet. it is believed ready for final adjustment by the Supreme Court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Maloney
Arthur H. Osborne
Supreme Court
State Engineers Out in Western Division
Rochester August 21 two state engineers were dismissed for alleged questionable road contracts and two transferred in the western division headquartered in Rochester Milton W Wilbur longtime resident engineer is transferred to Albany George W Miller is dismissed James E Kelly resident engineer Canandaigua is said to be dismissed George Keith transferred from Olean to Canandaigua Keith and Senator Fancher will seek Governor Hughes aid for investigation Skene says action followed division engineer Kelly and an inquiry will be conducted Albany August 21 Skene to investigate action taken on recommendation of Kelly note
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rochester
Civil Service
Skene
Milton W. Wilbur
Albany
George W. Miller
James E. Kelley
Canandaigua
George Keith
Olean
Keith
Senator Fancher
Hughes
John B. Kelly
Soldiers Accused of Attack at Camp Emmett Crawford
A News special from Laramie reports that an artillery battery assaulted a young woman near Camp Emmett Crawford. An infantry non commissioned officer escorted her when thirty two attackers struck, dragging her to an isolated spot and assaulting her. Twenty six men are in camp prison under guard to prevent lynching. Six escaped, three arrested at Rawlins, others still at large.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Laramie
Wyo
Emmett Crawford
21St Infantry
Rawlins
East Side burglars chased from roof to Haverman home
Police rounded up two youths believed to lead a burglar ring in the upper East Side after a roof to room pursuit. Captured at the Haverman residence on East 61st Street, Patrick McDonough and Robert Lyons gave addresses on Second Avenue and East 71st Street. Lyons confessed the day plan was exploration for a nighttime raid, with valuables and furnishings stacked by the front door.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Upper East Side
Fitzpatrick
Mulvey
Brady
É7th Street
Joseph Haverman
East 61St Street
Haverman’s
Patrick McDonough
Second Avenue
Robert Lyons
Nast 71Th Street
Lyons
Tammuny Captain Arrested for Street Athletic Promotion
Tammany captain Robert Lax of the 31st Assembly District and assistant city marshal residing at 274 West 119th Street attempted to stage street athletic contests at 117th Street and Eighth Avenue to entertain district children. Bicycle Patrolman Fitzgerald warned him, leading to an arrest for disorderly conduct. Magistrate House discharged him with a reprimand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Lax
West 119Th Street
Eighth Avenue
Fitzgerald
West 13Th Street
Lax
Requests to keep Annex ferry service to Pier 8
Louis Windmuller petitions the Public Service Commission to compel Ralph Peters of the Long Island Railroad to continue the Annex ferry between Long Island City and Pier 8 East River. He argues loss of access to Manhattan south of 14th Street disadvantages Long Island travelers versus New Jersey lines and cites low reliability. The PSC issued a complaint order demanding Peters respond within ten days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Peters
Long Island Railroad
Long Island City
Pier 8
East River
Louis Windmuller
Public Service Commission
Peters
Commission
Windmuller
Annex
Manhattan
14Th Street
Long Island
New Jersey
Erie
Lackawanna
Pennsylvania
New Jersey Central
34Th Street
D L W Firemen Discuss Strike Action
In Binghamton New York on August 21 the grievance committee of the Delaware Lackawanna and Western remained in session. The layoff of two firemen who refused to operate engines deemed unfit is under review and the firemen may join a broader strike with switchmen if a strike is declared.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Binghamton
N. Y
Aus
Delaware, Lackawanna & Western
Death in Hotel Fire at Owleyout Lodge
Fire destroyed Owleyout Lodge a summer hotel in Clinton County near Merrill. John Snyde a twelve year old boy employed in the house died in the blaze. About a hundred guests most from Washington and Philadelphia fled in scant attire suffering exposure. The hotel owned by Miss Edith Westcott and Miss Alice Bentley of Washington. Actress Bertha Kalich had a narrow escape.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plattsburg
N. Y
Owleyout Lodge
Clinton County
Merrill
John Snyde
Washington
Philadelphia
Edith C. Westcott
Alice E. Bentley
Bertha Kalich
Rabid Dogs Killed in Albany
Albany officials consider a city dog quarantine after two dogs showed hydrophobia signs and were killed. Professor V A Moore of Cornell University confirmed rabies, another animal remains under observation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
State Department of Agriculture
V. A. Moore
Cornell University
Markets wobble as crops and reports weigh on grain quotes
Grain markets opened strong but faded in the afternoon amid a local crop forecast. Wheat and corn prices slipped. receipts rose at interior points while export shipments and London prices showed mixed signals. Copper and tin eased. provisions fell on heavy hog liquidation while sugar and oils held steadier with modest moves.
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Liverpool
Berlin
Chicago
Duluth
Liverpool Casles
New York
London
TRON
Standard Foundry
Cleveland
Northern
New Orleans
Philadelphia
Calcutta
Kansas City
Omaha
West
Mesa
Sring
East
Middle Western
City Ia
South America
Continent
Prreril
Kees
Kc Stearty Ponte
Queted Clan
Cholee
Patna
Rangeon Sné Baeeet
T.sme
Baes
Ze. Willett
Merica
Toledo
Aue
Market Report Signals Mixed Chemistry for Coffee and Cotton
New York August 21 1908 report shows coffee easing after a firm start with gains erased by mild Sao Paulo weather and heavy Brazilian receipts near last year’s pace. Cotton declines briefly on bull liquidation but buyers cover. port receipts and export totals recur as market watchers track spinners and futures in a volatile but resilient exchange.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Sao Paulo
Avare
Havre
Hamburg
Cosco Cges
Augusta
Liverpool
Manchester
Japan
Pacific
King
Canada
Gulf
Mobile
Savannah
Norfolk
Baltimore
Little Rock
Charleston
St. Louis
Galveston
New Orleans
Wilmington
Memphis
Sige
Houston
Agice
Cotton Exchange
Brunswick
Port Townsend
Pensacola
Portland, Ore
Port Arthur
Sabine Pass
Jacksonville
Eagle Pass
el Paso
Boston
Newport News
Philadelphia
San Francisco
S.aoas
United States
United Star
United? States
Great Britain
Ccencesseewanes
United
Italian highwaymen arrested after tense chase
Police in New Castle captured two twenty five year old Italians late Thursday night. Heavily armed, they fled through a pursuit and were found with jewelry. Held at White Plains jail awaiting trial, they allegedly operated from a hut near Roaring Brook crossing. A string of robberies in northern Westchester may now be solved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donohue and
Kinch
Newcastle
Westchester
White Plains
Roaring Brook
Six More Indicted in Springfield Riots Aug 21
Springfield Illinois grand jury indicts Ernst Humphrey Rudolph Bredemeyer John Schienle William Sutton Herbert Carey and another man on twenty offences linked to Lopez's restaurant riots. Buffalo village posts a racial intimidation notice at the interurban station as deputies and police guard the city with the 7th Infantry in reserve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Ernst Humphrey
Huckster
Rudolph Bredemeyer
John Schienle
William Sutton
Herbert Carey
Lopez
Buffalo
7Th Infantry
Lenox School Board Shakeup Ends Former Member Resigns
Lenox Massachusetts August 21 George Winthrop Fol som of New York resigns from the Lenox School Board charging in a letter that Rev William F Grace of Lenox acted in bad faith in selecting high school building plans and used his clerical powers to influence school management for personal interests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tribune
Lenox
Mass
George Winthrop Folsom
New York
William F. Grace
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Reform Movement
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Haskin
Maloney
State Engineers
Tammany
Tierces
Ierasa
General Market Report
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