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Newspaper
New York Tribune
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1908
Page
19
New York City police push a quieting crusade to curb street noises from barkers, sleigh bells, loud shops and factories. Magistrates fine two men and discharge four others as officials seek stricter laws and police discretion to ease urban din across districts.
Hackensack July 2 Special police focus on finding August Eberhard nephew of murdered Mrs Otelia Eberhard. Reports claimed arrests of two men. one tramp from Oakdale, another described as Herman Eberhard Zimmerman. Autopsy shows bullet wound. locket chain was cut. Missing man connected to family farm mortgage, and a brother located near Woodridge provided a photo.
Randolph Crompton twenty six of Worcester Massachusetts stayed at the Waldorf Astoria was overcome by heat at 42d street and Park avenue. He was taken to Flower Hospital then Bellevue where Dr Guile treated him for heat prostration and acute alcoholism. His father George Crompton of Worcester, a wealthy loom works proprietor, is named as his nearest friend.
Wilfred Foster of Vacation School 1 Williamsburg was summoned to Manhattan Avenue Court to answer an assault charge by Lillian Grossman, 14, of 169 Moore Street. She says she was ordered to sit in the rear, refused, and was shoved, slapped, and made faint. Foster says she caused a classroom panic and he restrained her by covering her mouth. Trial set for this morning.
Nestor Aguero a Porto Rican of No 6 Third avenue sentenced by Judge Foster in the Court of General Sessions to one year in Sing Sing for stealing a puree from Mrs William A Grasshorn at the Hotel Cumberland. Frank Kelleborn nine and Vincent seven of No 3% woren cree arraigned in Children's Court for being found in Robert A Smiths home at No 12 West Tid street. Frank sent to Juvenile Asylum and Vincent paroled to parents. William Simmons chauffeur for Frank Farrell held in 800 ball in Jefferson Market Court for driving at twenty miles an hour. Harry Blumenstein of No 168 Clinton street, on suspended sentence, sentenced in General Sessions to two to five years in Sing Sing for pocket picking. Edward F Cody, patrolman dismissed over Bertha Clareche case, reinstated by Commissioner Bingham on Appellate Division order.
Reports from Brooklyn detail two ongoing racetrack investigations, one by Governor Hughes’ detective corps and another by Hobley’s political enemies in the 4th Assembly District. Grand jury activity is expected to yield indictments while Sheriff Hobley defends his record and lack of funds to hire more staff. Witness Orlando Jones the bookmaker tops today’s key testimonies as police scrutiny and court actions continue.
Charles H. Rogers and Angelo Laudiero were executed at Sing Sing for 1905 killings of the Olney brothers and Alice Ingerick. Rogers died after one minute eleven seconds. Laudiero died after one minute twelve seconds, waving farewell to witnesses. Laudiero’s burial followed at the prison cemetery. Rogers’ body was claimed by his parents for burial near Middletown. Laudiero shot Michael de Ambro, a contractor from 178 Hester Street, in 1906.
President E P Ripley of the Santa Fe Railway defends proposed freight rate increases. He accuses H C Barlow of unfair 1906 figures and blames state and federal meddling for limiting railroad profits. Ripley says government commissions curb revenues and waste profits, hindering necessary extensions and public improvements.
Justice Morschauser in White Plains granted an injunction blocking the Improved Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks of the World from using the Elks name and symbols. He found the defendant lodge, composed of Black members, had practically appropriated the plaintiff’s name seal emblem and other corporate identifiers.
Leslie Carter-Payne testified before United States Commissioner Alexander seeking assets to block her bankruptcy petition. She claimed debts from David Belasco and Charles B. Dillingham, asserted art and bric a brac were not hers, and described a profitable tour with unclear net profits. She listed liabilities of 194 118 62 and assets of 57 926 18 in November court schedules.
Runners from South Bend to Michigan City carry a message from Mayor McClellan of New York to Mayor Busse of Chicago. The group, about sixty runners, averaged 5:02 miles per half mile relay as they progressed via Adrian and Coldwater toward White Pigeon and Bristol with delays from a breakdown near Rolling Prairie.
Walter Beiling of the regatta committee announced the official times for the Marblehead to New Rochelle power boat race. Irene II, owned by the Colonial Yacht Club, won with an elapsed 32 hours 33 minutes and a corrected time of 27 hours 3 minutes 20 seconds, beating the Erones of S. Cochraine by 1 hour 6 minutes 47 seconds. The summaries follow.
Florence Schenck, former Miss Schenck, is now Mrs C H Wilson after a marriage in Paddington England. Charles H. Wilson, trainer for Alfred G. Vanderbilt’s stable, arrived yesterday on the Minnehaha and appeared as his wife on the passenger list. The marriage took place in May at the registry office in Paddington.
The Banque Nationale of Paris sold its large Nebraska cattle ranch today to a private buyer. The purchaser plans to subdivide the surface into smaller farms and liquidate holdings. Twenty five years ago M. Fe Aubeth and other Parisians bought ten thousand acres in Pierce County and stocked it with French Percheron horses and blooded cattle. The bank later assumed control and operated the property as a business venture.
Twenty five series of races featured 85 yachts from 3s to smaller craft on a light southwest breeze. Aurora owned by Cornelius Vanderbilt won by 3 minutes 11 seconds over Istalena, with Gardenia beating Carwina, and Alera beating Hero II in close finishes. The event included multiple classes and handicap results, with notable entries such as Seneca absent and Tautog heading to Holland for a future race.
Robert Graves, noted clubman and racing board member of the American Automobile Association, has purchased the Mercedes car that Leutenschlager drove to win the Grand Prix in France on July 7. Graves plans to enter the Vanderbilt Cup on Long Island this year, reviving a prior Vanderbilt Cup racer and signaling foreign entries may appear despite the International committee’s stance. Graves recently built a premier garage at Mineola near the Long Island Parkway terminus, close to the race site.
Frank L. Kramer of East Orange New Jersey defeated Brooklyn’s Joseph A. Fogler by three inches at Madison Square Garden in the five mile professional bicycle race. Walter Bardgett of Buffalo finished third, a foot back. The meet featured a shortened five mile motor paced race due to Moran’s tire punctures. Kramer also won the one mile professional handicap and the five mile race with Fogler second.
The New York State lawn tennis championship saw Teddy Pell lose to Henry J. Mollenhauer 7-6 5-7 3-6 on the earth courts at Travers Island. In other results, Herbert L. Westfall advanced in the lower draw by defeating T. H. Fitch and Arthur L. Newton via default, with Kawasaish, Cragin, Rosenbaum, and others posting wins or defaults in preliminary rounds.
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