Race Track Officials Charged In Kings County Case
Three high ranking figures linked to the Brighton Beach racing circuit two owners and a superintendent were arraigned after pleading guilty in court. Their surrender was delayed amid courtroom disputes as prosecutors promise fresh indictments against other gamblers. The blanket charges accuse the men of operating a gambling device used to record horse and jockey details for betting and bookmaking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kings County
Christopher J. Fitzgerald
Beach Racing Association
William A
John G. Cavagh
Kings County Sury 95
Charles H. Hyde
Dike
Suno
Eider
Cenes
Hitler
Kings County Grand Mary
Elder
Eilder
Hilperin
John G. Cavanagh
Brighton Beet Racing Association
Brighton Bead
Gambl
Elder Not To Resign From Kings County Office
Robert H. Elder assistant district attorney of Kings County told Tribune reporters he has no plans to resign on August 1. He said he is acting on conscience and in line with recent anti gambling legislation despite threats and intimidations. He recalled past attempts to pressure him while pursuing actions against bankers and banking interests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert H. Elier
Kings County
Tribune
Elder
Mr. Elder
Disccredits War Talk By George Kennan Visit
George Kennan arrives aboard the Cunard Campenta after touring the Orient. He says the risk of war between Japan and the United States is low, citing Japan's Pacific trade aims and the Philippines matter. Kennan predicts Japan could outbuild and outmaneuver in shipbuilding and industry, then heads to Cape Breton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Kennan
Japan
America
Pormoss
Philippines
Kennan
Cape Breton
Esperanto Organization Formed in Chautauqua Region
An American Esperanto Association is organized and a telegram sent to George Harvey offering him the presidency. The U S will be divided into basic sections with Canada and Mexico invited to join. Bernard Harvey announced Esperanto added to MIT curriculum marking early recognition in American higher education.
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Chautauqqua
N. Y
George Harvey
New York
United States
Canada
Mexico
Bdnard K. Harvey
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
New Name in Gould Case Bribe Offer Reported
Hairdresser Frances Hale was brought before Assistant District Attorney Hart after a claim that she received a bribe offer similar to one alleged in the Gould case. The investigation targets possible witness testimony linked to Mrs. Ben Teal and a Gould trip in Canadian waters. Mrs Teal, living at the Wyoming in Seventh Avenue and Fifth Street, filed for bankruptcy March 25 in U. S. District Court with liabilities of 4379 and no assets. discharge is pending before Judge Hough. Mrs Teal, born in Portland, Oregon, was Eleanor Gilman, granddaughter of a Portland pioneer, and was once married to William C. Toomey, secretary to James J. Hill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nicoll, Anable, Lindsay & Fuller
Frank Jould
Ben Teal
Julia Pieming
Harry S. Mousley
Hart
MacCauslan
Teal
Gould
Frank J. Gould
Canadian
Eleanor M. Teal
Wyoming
Seventh Avenue
5Th 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
Brooklyn building committee facing subscriber criticism orders modest drapery for nude statues in the Academy of Music ballroom. Architects Herts and Tallant report figures now wear fig leaves laurel wreaths and gauze to regain respectability, amid ongoing unsolicited advice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Academy of Music
Brooklyn
Lowell M. Palmer
Herts & Tallant
Mr. Herts
Arab Arrives to Stir Revolt Among Mahometans
Abd-el-Kadir an Arab, 21, arrived yesterday aboard the Cunard Campania, intent on stirring revolt among Mahometans in Africa and India. He claimed only a fraction of 30 million Mahometans were loyal to England and warned of a perceived clash with Christianity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abd-el-Kadir
Africa
India
Campania
Mike
England
Threat to Levy Forces City Payment in Kissena Park Case
Deputy Controller McCooey agreed to issue a warrant for 1640 dollars to satisfy a judgment against the city for failing to buy extra land for Kissena Park in Queens. Sheriff Harvey pressed for the funds, hinting at a larger anticipated payout, while McCooey noted funds were not in the office.
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MecCooey
Kissena Park
Queens
Harvey
McCooey
Americans at Nauheim-Bad Germany Guests Depart Kaiserhof
A list of American visitors at Hotel Kaiserhof in Nauheim Germany includes Mr and Mrs J B Salomon Mr and Mrs James McDonald Mrs F Hein and Miss Jessie Hein Anton Hapfel and family and others from New York Philadelphia Durham Durham N H Chicago Cleveland San Francisco and Ridgeway Penn plus W Waldorf Astor, who after completing his cure left the Kaiserhof for London.
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Hotel Kaiserhof
New York
J. B. Salomon
James McDonald
F. Hein
Jessie Hein
Anton
G. Hapfel
Mies Anne Hapfel
Andrew Saks End
Ernest Eirmann
H. Hein
Brisbane
M. Greenhall
J. Loeb
N. Joseph
San Pr
Milliken
San Francisco
J. J. Mack
George F. Roos
G. Hazelton
M. MacBean
Ridgeway
Penn
J. P. Halil
W. Waldorf Astor
Kaiserhof
London
City Unmoved by Brooklyn Ferry Threat to Cut Service
Deputy Controller McCooey said city officials are not alarmed by the Brooklyn Ferry Company threat to discontinue its boats on August 1 unless the city adopts a plan to acquire the property. If the threat stands, the city could not force a continued service until the Board of Estimate and Apportionment meets again in October.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooklyn Ferry Company
McCooey
Board of Estimate
Wandell's Body Brought Home From Europe
The body of Townsend Wandell New York lawyer killed by a railroad train in Bologna Italy was brought home yesterday aboard the steamer Princess Irene. His sisters Miss Josephine Wandell and Mrs Charles R Stilwell accompanied the body. Wandell, from an old New York family, held prominence in law and owned substantial city real estate with holdings dating back over two centuries.
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Townsend Wandell
New York
Bologna
Italy
Europe
Josephine Wandell
Charles R. Stilwell
Wandell
Ctty
Elmira merchant dies after directors' meeting
H. H. Halleck a merchant from Elmira New York collapsed during a directors meeting of Kenilworth Realty Company in East Orange. He died after being taken by ambulance to New York Hospital from the Manhattan ferry house following a ferry crossing from Jersey City.
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H. H. Halleck
Elmira
N. Y
Kenilworth Realty Company
East Orange
Jersey City
New York Hospital
Manhattan
Isleuths Close Shave Burglar Snaps Revolver at Detectives
An alleged burglar on West 68th Street snapped a revolver at Detective Walsh and Detective Lennard as they pursued him from No 7h West Suh Street. The cartridge failed to fire. the man was later locked up at West 68th Street station for burglary. A resident, Mrs Baker of No 75 West 68th Street, reported her rooms ransacked with two rings a stickpin and silk handkerchiefs missing. The suspect, Edward Hill of No 288 West 30th Street, claimed identity.
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West Suh Street
Walsh
Lennard
West 68Th Street
No. 75
M. Baker
Edward Hill
No. 288
West 30Th Street
Missionary Supply Co Operates International Buying Network
A cooperative agency to purchase supplies for American and English missionaries is being organized with C. V. Vickery directing in the United States. Plans include purchasing offices in New York London and Pacific Coast and distributing depots in Shanghai Bombay and other locations. T. Gear Willett will head the Shanghai depository arriving in Vancouver about August 1, with three weeks on the Pacific Coast to arrange purchases and contracts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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 Irving Square Park Shelter House
Police trace a shot to the shelter house in Irving Square Park Williamsburg find a well dressed young woman dead from a head wound. Coroner says murder but Dr Kasher notes death by own action. Revolver missing. key holder and park staff implicated. Headquarters detectives canvass for identification.
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Irving Square Park
Williamsburg
Kasher
Weust
Kahler
Hamburg Avenue
Park Department
Socialist Labor defends Preston nomination for president
The Socialist Labor party backs Martin Preston the homicide convict in a bid for U S presidency. It argues the party acted with wisdom against the Socialists who lacked courage, claiming capitalism and foes drive the Socialist party to retreat while the S L P maintains its loyalty and intrepidity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Socialist Labor Party
Martin Preston
United States
Socialist Party
Preston
Insurance Inquiry Ends Sudden Prohibition Hearing
State Superintendent Otto Kelsey saw his insurance inquiry halted by an alternative writ of prohibition from Justice Goff of the Supreme Court. The writ requires Kelsey to desist and show cause why it should not be made absolute as the case involves alleged violations of insurance laws amended by the last Legislature. Lemuel Burr of Northwestern Mutual accused Wilbur Pierson of New York Life of pressuring a policyholder to cancel and reinsure. Burr sought immediate court ruling rather than department action.
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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 Near Amite City
In Amite City Louisiana two Italian truck farmers Joseph Ansalome and Vicenzo Lucato were shot by Sheriff John Saul and two deputies at their home ten miles south of Amite after Ansalome fired a warning shot through a door. Both men were wounded and sent to New Orleans for treatment.
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Amite City
Joseph Ansalome
Vicenzo Lucato
Here
John Saul
Saul
Ansalome
New Orleans
Gasolene boats eyed for navy use in testing
Washington July 22 The Navy plans a competitive test of gasolene motor boats to determine the best type for naval use. A 30 foot boat designed for battleships will be built at Norfolk and a similar craft is under construction in New York. Trials aim to compare speed and carrying capacity against oar propelled boats. Orders issued relocate several officers and personnel among Army and Navy departments. Movements of warships include ships arriving 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 Bids Rejected By Commerce and Labor
The Department of Commerce and Labor rejected all bids to supply food for the Immigration service at Ellis Island New York. New specifications will be prepared and bids invited again. The action followed an investigation that found the existing specifications omitted items now sold and included items no longer permitted, hindering fair awards and competition.
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Washington
Department of Commerce and Labor Today
Immigration Service
Ellis Island
New York
Department
Yankee Burglar Nipped By Telegraph to The Tribune
Greenwich Conn July 22 The police solved three attempted robberies at Mr Snell s summer boarding house in Banksville Peter Smythe living in the house fired a revolver and frightened off burglars He admitted the ruse after a loud alarm woke the house and he showed a broken window and a jimmy Police Chief Talbot arrested him and reports say Mrs Snell had lured him with room and board until she released him
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the Tribune
Greenwich
Conn
Peter Smythe
Mr. Snell
Banksville
Smythe
Talbot
Jimmy
Port Richmond man shoots Tiffany & Co foreman then kills self
Ridgefield Park N J July 22 David C Bourquin of Port Richmond Staten Island shot William Van Post foreman of Tiffany and Co repair dept then shot himself at West Shore Railroad station Van Posts wound in calf not serious Believed Bourquin insane former Tiffany employee left Feb last year to real estate business unemployment caused resumed bid to return Bourquin missing for days lived Staten Island sublet cottage in arrears three months rent socialist ties noted Worries over finances cited
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Ridgefield Park
N. J
David C. Bourquin
Port Richmond
Staten Island
William van Post
Tiffany & Co
New York Jewellers
West Shore
van Post
Bourquin
Richmond Terrace
Bourguin
Governor Comer vows to fight higher freight rates
In Birmingham on July 22 Governor Comer said the state will resist in court the proposed railroad freight rate increases by general managers south of the Ohio and east of the Mississippi rivers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Ala
Comer
Ohio
Mississippi Rivers
Courage and care at the Philadelphia House of Refuge
Mrs. Martha P. Falconer, head of the girls department, discusses reform methods at the Philadelphia House of Refuge. She champions privileges over punishment, explains intake care including meals and medical checks, and notes the impact of church involvement, schooling, and a new farm program on girls formerly in other institutions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Falconer
House of Refuge
Philadelphia
Lfe
The Awkward Age and Fathers Moral Guidance
A discussion of the so called awkward age in boys as described by G Stanley Hall in Appleton's Magazine. It argues fathers must provide moral guidance through intimate talks, sharing views on life and morals, to steer boys from future delinquency. It also notes puberty shifts and the need for boys and girls to separate briefly during adolescence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hobbie~ Deloy
G. Stanley Hall
Pr. Hall
America
Elvic
Gleanings on Tuberculosis and Social Questions
The column notes tuberculosis deaths in Newfoundland and rising rates, with a call to study the island by Alexander M. Wilson of the Chicago Tuberculosis Institute. It critiques Congress for unpaid-wage labor in homes and values unpaid work, cites playground benefaction in Auburn and other cities, and mentions the Pittbburg Playground Association seeking a 2 million bond to fund a city recreation system. It ends with Mrs. Russell Sage called a fairy godmother by Charities and the Commons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newfoundland
Newfoundland Society For the Prevention of
Congress
Auburn
N. Y
New Britain
New York
Russell Sage
Charities
The
Commons
Currant Preserve Recipe From Dutch Housewife
Old kitchen lore revived a currant preserve recipe claimed to be over thirty years old from a Dutch домi nie who lived in Kingston New York. It lists twelve pounds red currants and sugar, three pounds raisins, twelve oranges including pulp rind and juice, plus cinnamon and nutmeg, to be cooked and used with meats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kingston
Nw. Y
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