Racing men released in custody of counsel
Kings County officials tied to a racing gambling probe were paroled in the custody of counsel after pleading guilty. The case, tied to the Brighton Beach Racetrack and Beach Racing Association, signals an ongoing anti gambling effort with more indictments anticipated. Judges pressed for surrender, but delays sparked public debate and renewed enforcement plans.
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Kings County
Christopher J. Fitzgerald
Beach Racing Association
William A
John G. Cava
G Jury
Charles H. Hyde
Dike
Genllty
Tritrane
Eiger
Kings County Grand Jury
Elder
Bilger
Hilperin
Judge Dike
Bilperin
Eider
Christopher Fitzgerald
John G Cavanagh
Brighton Beech Racing Association
Brighton Beach Racetrack
Cagim
Elder Not To Resign From Kings County Post
Robert H. Elder, Assistant District Attorney of Kings County, denied rumors he would resign on August 1. He told a Tribune Reporter he would continue his duties, despite threats and intimidation, and that the report was untrue.
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Robert H. Elder
Kings County
Tribune
Elder
Mr. Elder
Kennan predicts no war between Japan and U S
George Kennan arrived aboard the Cunard liner and shared impressions from the Far East. He believes Japan seeks Pacific trade supremacy and, with Formosa under its control, no longer desires the Philippines. Kennan says Japan fears losses from war, can build ships cheaply, and has skilled armor-making workers, making them strong competitors and navigators. He also notes friendly sentiment toward America.
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George Kennan
Orient
Cunard
Far East
Mr. Kennan
Japan
United States
Pacific
America
Formosa
Philippines
Mr Kennan
Kennan
Cape Breton
Esperanto Association organized with MIT curriculum first
Chautauqua July 2 An American Esperanto Association has been formed and a telegram sent to George Harvey of New York offering him the presidency. The United States will be divided into ten sections with requests for Canada and Mexico to join. Edward K. Harvey announced Esperanto added to the MIT regular curriculum, a likely first recognition in a major American educational institution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chautauqua
N. Y
George Harvey
New York
Canada
Mexico
Edward K. Harvey
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Hairdresser Reported to Have Bribe Offer in Gould Case
In New York detectives questioned Frances Hale a hairdresser who allegedly received a bribe linked to the Gould perjury proceedings. The probe focuses on past testimony about a Gould Canadian waters trip and related divorce evidence schemes. Mrs Teal, living at the Wyoming apartments, filed bankruptcy in federal court with liabilities of 4379 dollars and no assets, with a discharge motion pending before Judge Hough. Hale’s statement mirrors an alleged bribe offered to a MacCauslan girl, prompting further inquiry.
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Nicoll, Anable, Lindsay & Fuller
Frank J. Gould
Ben Teal
Julia Fieming
Harry S. Mousley
Hart
MacCauslan
Teal
Gould
Canadian
Eleanor M. Teal
Wyoming
Seventh Avenue
55Th Street
United States District Court
Hough
Portland
Ore
New York
Eleanor Gilman
William C. Toomey
James J. Hill
Nude statues draped at Brooklyn Academy of Music
The Academy of Music building committee in Brooklyn chose to clothe nude statues planned for the ballroom with fig leaves and drapery after objections from subscribers to the building fund. Architect Herts noted the modest drapery, saying the air of respectability was achieved while acknowledging extensive unsolicited advice.
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New Academy of Music
Brooklyn
Lowell M. Palmer
Herts & Tallant
Mr. Herts
Arab Arrives Aiming To Stir Revolt In Africa India
Abd-el-Kadir, a 21 year old Arab, arrived in steerage on the Cunard Campania bent on stirring up Mahometan revolt across Africa and India. He spoke little English and offered a photographer a look for five cents. A first class traveler claimed the Arab was not his valet, warning of potential violence if asked to pose. Abd-el-Kadir claimed 209,000,000 Mahometans in Africa and India with many opposing Christianity.
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Abd-el-Kadir
Africa
India
Campania
Mike
England
Threat to Levy Forces City Payment in Queens Park Case
Deputy Controller McCooey agreed to draw a 16.40 warrant to satisfy a judgment against the city for not buying land for Kissena Park in Queens. Sheriff Harvey pressed for funds and suggested attaching furniture valued at 1600, while noting larger sums reportedly due. The deputy lacked funds and delayed action until the next day.
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McCooey
Kissena Park
Queens
Harvey
McCoovey
Americans at Kaiserhof Hotel NAUHEIM Germany Guests Gathered
A list from multiple U S cities shows Americans staying at Hotel Kaiserhof in Naheim Germany including J B Salomon James McDonald F Hein and Miss Jessie Hein Anton Hapfel Anne Hapfel Andrew Saks and families Ernest Ehrmann Bris bane Greenhall Loeb N Joseph and Miss San Praag H S Rossham S Onderdonk Anne Hutton FE W Cramer Gustave Freund D E Hamilton George J Savers John T Remey A Halsey Milli ken J J Mack George F Roos G Hazelton M MacBean J P Hall and family W Waldorf Astor has left the Kaiserhof for London after his cure.
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Hotel Kaiserhof
New York
J. B. Salomon
James McDonald
F. Hein
Jessie Hein
Anton
G. Hapfel
Anne Hapfel
Andrew Saks
Ernest Ehrmann
H. Hein
Brisbane
M. Greenhall
J. Loeb
N. Joseph
San Praa
City unbothered by Brooklyn Ferry threat to quit
Deputy Controller McCooey said city officials are not alarmed by Brooklyn Ferry Company’s threat to discontinue lines on August 1 unless a property acquisition plan is decided. If carried out, the city could not compel continuation until the Board of Estimate and Apportionment’s next meeting in October.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooklyn Ferry Company
MecCooey
Board of Estimate
McCooey
Townsend Wandell's Body Brought Home From Italy
The body of Townsend Wandell, a New York lawyer killed by a railroad train in Bologna while traveling with his two sisters, arrived on the steamer Prinzess Irene. Miss Josephine Wandell and Mrs. Charles Ro Stilwell accompanied the casket. Wandell was from a long-established New York family with extensive real estate holdings.
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Townsend Wandell
New York
Bologna
Italy
Europe
Josephine Wandell
Charles Ro Stillwell
Wandell
Renal
Elmira Merchant Dies After Directors Meeting
H. H. Hallock, a Elmira New York merchant, collapsed during a Kenilworth Realty Company directors meeting in East Orange. He died after being taken to New York Hospital from the Manhattan ferry house by ambulance following the Jersey City crossing.
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H. H. Hallock
Elmira
N. Y
Kenilworth Realty Company
East Orange
Jersey City
New York Hospital
Manhattan
Sleuths Face Burglar in Top Floor Shave
An alleged burglar at No 7h West Suh street snapped a revolver in Detective Walsh’s face as he and Detective Lennard chased him. A shot failed to fire and the suspect was jailed at West 68th Street station for burglary after a rooftop escape attempt at No 75 West 68th street. Mrs Baker reported her rooms looted with two rings a stickpin and silk handkerchiefs missing. The prisoner claimed to be Edward Hill of No 238 West 30th street.
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West Suh Street
Walsh
Lennard
West 68Th Street
No. 75
M. Baker
Edward Hill
West 30Th Street
Missionary Supply Co-Op Formed To Aid Foreign Work
A cooperative agency to purchase supplies for American and English missionaries abroad is being organized. C. V. Vickery leads efforts in the United States with purchasing agencies planned in New York London and the Pacific Coast and distributing depots in Shanghai Bombay and other locations. About 18 000 missionaries and families across Asia Africa and South America will be served, benefiting both mission needs and American manufacturers. T. Gear Willett will supervise the Shanghai depository arriving around August 1 and will coordinate with Vickery during a three week Pacific Coast visit for initial purchases and contracts.
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C. V. Vickery
Fifth Avenue
New York
London
Pacific Coast
Shanghai
Asia
Bombay
South America
Africa
T. Gear Willett
Vancouver
Pacific
Mr. Vickery
Girl slain in park at Irving Square Williamsburg
Police traced a shot to a shelter house in Irving Square Park Williamsburg and found a well dressed young woman dead from a head wound. Dr Kasher suspected suicide but Coroner’s Physician Weust deemed it murder. Revolver missing. key access suggests a familiar killer. House to house canvass underway as detectives work the case.
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Irving Square Park
Williamsburg
Kasher
Weust
Kahler
Tramburg Avenue
In Defence of Preston Defends Nomination by Socialist Labor Party
The Socialist Labor party defends its nomination of Martin Preston, a homicide convict, for U S President, arguing the Socialists lacked courage and that Preston is a victim of capitalism. It blasts the Socialist party for not acting, condemns to capitalists, and calls the other party weak and tepid.
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Socialist Labor Party
Martin Preston
United States
Socialist Party
Preston
Insurance inquiry ends suddenly in court action
State Superintendent Otto Kelsey saw his insurance hearing halted by an alternative writ of prohibition from Justice Goff of the Supreme Court. The case involved alleged violations of post legislative insurance laws as Burr of Northwestern Mutual accused Pierson of New York Life of pressuring a policyholder to cancel and reinsure.
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Otto Kelsey
Justice Goff
Supreme Court
Mr. Kelsey
Wilbur H. Pierson
New York Life Insurance Company
Lemuel G. Burr
Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company
New York Life
Northwestern Mutual
State Superintendent of Insurance
Burr
Kelsey
Albany
Two Italians Shot by Mistake in Amite County
In Amite City Louisiana Joseph Ansalome and Vicenzo Lucato Italian truck farmers were shot in their home ten miles south of Amite after Sheriff John Saul and two deputies, believing a threat, demanded admittance. Ansalome fired into the air mistaken for thieves prompting a fusillade. both men were sent to New Orleans for treatment.
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Amite City
Joseph Ansalome
Vicenzo Lucato
Here
John Saul
Saul
Ansalome
New Orleans
Gasolene motor boats eyed for navy testing
Washington reports a competitive test of gasolene motor boats to replace oared craft. A 30 foot boat designed for battleships will be built at Norfolk with similar crafts in New York for comparison. Orders issued include transfers and leave approvals across Army and Navy personnel as movements of warships are noted with arrivals at Newport Oyster Bay Charleston and Philadelphia.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
NAVY
Bureau of Construction and Repair
Navy Department
Norfolk Navy Yard
New York
Naval Constructors
Navy Yards
Norfolk
Naval
Ellis Island Food Bid Rejections Spark New Specifications
Washington July 2 The Department of Commerce and Labor rejected all bids for furnishing food for the immigration service at Ellis Island New York after an investigation found the specifications did not cover all current articles and included some no longer permitted The action aims to ensure fair bids and full competition before inviting new proposals.
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Washington
Department of Commerce and Labor Today
Immigration Service
Ellis Island
New York
Department
Yankee Burglar Nipped in Greenwich Boarding House
Greenwich Conn July 22 The police solved three attempted robberies at Mr Snell s summer boarding house in Banksville A resident Peter Smythe living in the house fired a revolver to scare off intruders and confessed after a late arrest Chief Talbot says Smythe was enlisted by Mrs Snell who offered room and board in exchange for acting as a night watcher The string of break ins ended with Smythe s capture and confession
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the Tribune
Greenwich
Conn
Peter Smythe
Mr. Snell
Banksville
Smythe
Talbot
Jimmy
Port Richmond man kills himself after thwarted murder attempt
David C Bourquin of Port Richmond Staten Island shot and killed William Van Post foreman Tiffany & Co repair department at West Shore Railroad station Ridgefield Park New Jersey then killed himself. Burquin believed insane he had sought his former job since leaving Tiffany Co a year ago. He had financial troubles and friends say he supported socialism visiting New Jersey towns. dispossession proceedings were served that morning.
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Ridgefield Park
N. J
David C. Bourquin
Port Richmond
Staten Island
Snot
William van Post
Tiffany & Co
New York Jewellers
West Shore
van Post
Bourquin
Richmond Terrace
New Jersey
Governor Comer vows to resist higher rail freight rates
In Birmingham on July 22 Governor Comer announced the state would fight the planned freight rate increases in court. He said measures would target railroads south of the Ohio and east of the Mississippi.
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Birmingham
Ala
Comer
Ohio
Mississippi
Courageous Reform at the Philadelphia House of Refuge
Martha Falconer, head of the girls department, describes the refuge as a privilege based program emphasizing work for access to rewards. She details intake care, medical checks, nutrition, and strict first floor discipline with growing privileges as girls progress. Church outings, education, and farming on a 100 acre plot are tied to rehabilitation, with trust built through consistent support.
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Martha P. Falconer
Philadelphia House of Refuge
Pennsylvania
Mrs. Falconer
House of Refuge
Philadelphia
Lfe
The Awkward Age And Moral Fatherhood In Boys
Dr. G Stanley Hall discusses the awkward age when boys shift from childhood to manhood and the need for moral fatherhood. He argues that paternal guidance, intimate talks, and shared experiences help steer boys away from delinquency, with boys benefiting from closer father-son interaction during pubescent ferment.
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Deloy
G. Stanley Hall
America
Hall
GLEANINGS on Tuberculosis and Social Measures in 1900s
The column discusses rising tuberculosis death rates in Newfoundland and broader concerns over unpaid domestic labor's economic value. It notes the Newfoundland Society for the Prevention of Tuberculosis inviting Alexander M. Wilson to assess the island, critiques congressional funding focus, and mentions land gifts for playgrounds in Auburn New York New Britain Connecticut and Springfield Massachusetts as well as the Pittburg Playground Association seeking bonds. It also references Mrs Russell Sage as described by Charities and the Commons.
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Newfoundland
Newfoundland Society For the Prevention of Tuberculosis
Alexander M. Wilson
Chicago Tuberculosis Institute
Auburn
N. Y
New Britain
City of
New York
Mrs. Russell Sage
Charities
Jay
Currant Preserve From Dutch Domestic Recipe
An old Dutch recipe revived from a Kingston household details currant preserve. Sixteen pounds total fruit and sugar, raisins, orange pulp rind juice chopped fries and spices, boiled for hours. Intended for serving with meats.
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Kingston
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