Chop Suey Trust in Chinatown Faces Slump in Demand
Report from a period of low mood hits Chinatown’s chop suey industry as the Chop Suey Trust and its ye n underworld circle fear revenue declines. Chicago New York dispatches note restaurants closing and patronage shrinking, with insiders blaming changing tastes and economic strain.
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Chinatown
Chop Guey ‘Trust
Yoko
Oriental Food Industries
Leo
San Francisco
Huey Gin
China
Chicago
Yellow Restaurateurs
New York
Blink
Chuck” Conners
Chop Suey Trust
Teikin
Walter
Trust
Singer Building Elevator Death Shocks City
Samuel Alpert a seventy seven year old plumber's helper living on East 10th Street was killed in a first elevator accident at the Singer Building. He was crushed when the elevator doors closed on him as the car began to rise. Operator known as Gus O Connor was arrested following the incident.
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Singer
Samuel Alpert
Teventy
No. 3
East 10Th Street
Alpert
William Farrell
Gus” O'Connor
Lenox Ave
Prisoner Dies After Arrest in Bellevue Ward
A man arrested for felonious assault at East 22nd Street died soon after at Bellevue Hospital from heart disease. Police report a fight at a stable on East ah Street left Henry Meise injured. John Hammell of 4% Fourth Avenue, age 44, was later identified as the deceased.
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George
21Th Street
Bellevue Hospital
Strong
East @ah Street
Henry Meise
Meise Pras
P Quillinan
East 22¢ Street
Third Avenue
26Th Street
Bellevue
John Hammell
Fourth Avenue
Fifty seven prisoners rounded up in Henry Street poolroom raid
Essex Market police court discharged fifty seven men taken from an al-Mered poolroom on Henry street after a Thursday night raid. Defendants David Weill and James Murphy faced charges of conducting the place with others aiding and abetting. Detective Goldhammer testified he overheard betting talk via a wire tap and saw racing charts for Brighton and Canadian tracks in the room. Investigating magistrate Walsh ordered all discharged.
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Henry Street
Essex Market
David Weill
West 124Th Street
James Murphy
Pear Street
Goldhammer
Hanson
Jim
Brighton
Pacistrate Walsh
Policeman Held In Barbara Reig Murder Case In Williamsburg
Patrolman David Shellard of the Hamburg Avenue station in Williamsburg is held without bail in Jersey Avenue police court on a charge of murdering Barbara Reig at Irving Square Park shelter house on July 22. His wife pleaded for his innocence as he faced questioning and a deputy commissioner confirmed protecting his statement. A letter from Reig to Shellard was produced, and Shellard will be tried soon with possible dismissal. investigators probe keys to the shelter house.
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David Shellard
Hamburg Avenue
Williamsburg
New Jersey Avenue
Barbara Belg
Irving Square Park
Sheliard
Dave
Shellard
Barbara Reig
Commissioner Baker
Roddy and
Murray
Department
Baker
Bingham
Whoere
Moving picture men lose bid to block permits
William Fox and Solo mon Brill failed to obtain an injunction against Commissioner Butler to prevent revocation of permits for a moving picture show at 1498 Third Avenue and 889 Broadway Brooklyn and a penny arcade at 88 Broadway Brooklyn. Justice Erlanger denied the request noting they spent about twenty thousand dollars preparing the premises. The defendants argued the Tenement House Commissioner ruling would affect similar properties with over a million dollars invested. They asserted films were not stored on site and only those shown were kept on the premises.
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William Fox
Solomon Brill
Butler
Third Avenue
Broadway
Brooklyn
Justice Erlanger
Supreme Court
Albany Woman Florence Whitbeck Arrested for Theft
Albany police arrested Florence Whitbeck after a telegram from Police Chief Hayatt led to her capture on the C W Morse People’s Line. Four diamond rings a diamond brooch and a gold watch were found in her suitcase, with the jewelry claimed as her mother’s. She faces charges in Castleton including stealing $10 from her stepfather and jewelry. the case links to earlier Albany escapades.
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Hayatt
Albany
Florence E. Whitbeck
C. W. Morse
People’s Line
Florence
Jefferson Market Court
Connors
Albany Police
The
Tribune
Florence Whitbeck
New York
Samuel Whitehead
Castleton
Miss Whitbeck
Catherine Fivey
Duty word disputed in contempt ruling at City Court
Justice Finelite ruled against the claim that omitting the word duly tainted the proceeding. Expressman John L Lightfine faced a 200 fine for alleged dereliction after Wallack's Theatre owner Octavia Moss won a luggage loss judgment. The judge held the prior motion could not be renewed and directed the parties to settle the order on notice.
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Justice Finelite
John L. Lightfine
Conlan
Octavia Moss
Wallack
Lightfine
May & Jacobson
Moss
Princess de Sagan Receives 6812 From Berkeley Ath letic Dissolution
Justice Goff ordered the Princess de Sagan to receive 812 from the City Chamberlain as part of winding up the Berkeley Athletic Association, dissolved ten years ago with the princess as a stockholder.
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Princess de Sagan
Justice Goff
Supreme Court
Berkeley Athletic Association
Aged Woman Hit by Broadway Car Refuses Complaint
Mrs. Mary OConnor, 87, was knocked down by a southbound Broadway streetcar in front of Union Square West. The impact tossed her que bundles across the street, but she rose immediately and declined aid or to file a complaint against the motorman.
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Mary O'Connor
St. Mack's Place
No. 7
Union Square West
Five Story Fall Leaves Boy Unharmed After Roof Plunge
Arthur Smith ten, of 220 East 9th Street, survived a five story fall from his apartment building yesterday afternoon. He landed on clotheslines and grass, suffering only fright with no unconsciousness or serious injuries reported.
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Arthur Smith
Eaat &9Th Street
Coney Island Fare Move Delayed Amid Rail Commission Talks
Officials of the Brooklyn Coney Island Railroad paused a planned fare increase after a Public Service Commission inquiry. The company will file a request to raise rates before the 30 day limit, while commissioners promised expedited review. Open car service on the Franklin avenue line showed strong ridership but low profitability, as officials cited car-mile costs and bridge operating constraints.
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Coney Island & Brooklyn Railroad Company
McCarroll and Eustis
Public Service Commission
Manhattan
Coney Island
S. W. Huff
Elmer M. White
William N. Dykman
Commission
McCarroll
Franklin Avenue
Brooklyn
Eustis
Huff
Bridge Department
Williamsburg Bridge
Schiff Urges Subway Work Over Welfare to Aid Unemployed
Jacob H. Schiff letters to Controller Metz and Mayor urging public works on Fourth Avenue subway to provide wages for unemployed. Metz defends contracting efforts while noting Brooklyn civic injunctions and city debt limits. He plans to return from Chicago to argue against further appropriations.
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Metz
Fourth Avenue
Brooklyn
Jacob H. Schiff
Charles Murray
Civic Associations of
New York
SHONTS FOR PUBLICITY ON ACCIDENT INFORMATION
Theodore P. Shonts executive chairman of the Interborough Rapid Transit Company outlines a plan to keep the public accurately informed about accidents on the lines. He provides weekday and Sunday hours and multiple telephone numbers for obtaining information and states that all facts will be sent out as they are known. He emphasizes frankness and completeness with no distortion or concealment of details.
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Interborough Rapid Transit Company
Theodore P. Shonts
Shonts
Hedley
Supreme Court ruling blocks Bronx Crosstown name change
Justice Erlanger of the New York Supreme Court sustains minority stockholders in denying the New York City Interborough Railway Company name change to Bronx Crosstown Street Railway Company. The Public Service Commission had approved, but the judge warns the name could cause confusion with the Bronx Traction Company and with the Interborough Rapid Transit Company.
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Justice Erlanger
Supreme Court
New York City
Interborough Railway Company
Interborough Rapid Transit Company
Bronx Crosstown Street Railway Company
Public Service Commission
Bronx Traction Company
Baseball Fatal Blow Kills Youth In New Jersey
William Hefferman twenty years old of 9 Niles street died at Alexian Brothers Hospital in Elizabeth New Jersey from paralysis after being struck behind the left ear while catching a baseball. He wore a mask at the time. The accident occurred tonight.
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Elizabeth
N. J
William Hefferman
Niles Street
Alexian Brothers' Hospital
Big Tim Sullivan Pleads Guilty To Speeding
New Brunswick New Jersey July 24 Special Justice Housell readied his docket when Timothy D Sullivan known as Big Tim Sullivan burst in pleading clemency after claiming guilt for speeding. The stop watch showed 34 mph in Old Bridge road. A $10 fine was imposed on the guilty plea.
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New Brunswick
N. J
Justice Housell
Neilson Street
Timothy D. Sullivan
New York
Tim’ Sullivan
Hendricks
Old Bridge
Two 13-Year-Olds Charged In Attempted Check Cashing
Cliff or Steinfeldt and John Meade, both aged thirteen, were arrested after a chase in Stapleton Staten Island while trying to cash a certified $1,000 check. Patrolman Robert Smith stopped them as they prepared to jump from the Ocean Yacht Club landing.
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Clifford Steinfeldt
West 11Th Street
John Meade
West 128Th Street
Stapleton
Staten Island
Robert Smith
Ocean Yacht Club
Water and
Bay Streets
Steinfeldt
Max Hart
Nassau Street
Nineteenth Ward
Stapleton National Bank
Hart
Stapleton Bank
Thomas Littero
Littero
Mrs Carter Payne Ill From Lobster Delays Bankruptcy Hearing
Counsel reports Mrs Leslie Carter Paynes illness from ptomaine poisoning after lobster. Hearing postponed to Thursday. Receiver Prentice holds original checks drawn to Mr Payne soon after marriage. Knickerbocker Trust account shows multiple dated sums from May to August totaling numerous amounts.
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Leslie Carter-Payne
Prentice
Mr. Payne
Mrs. Carter
Knickerbocker Trust Company
London Clergyman at Northfield in Mass
The Rev J Stuart Holden vicar of St Pauls Chapel London arrived from England and began Bible lectures on Christ Conception of the Christian Life. He will stay until early September and speak at the general conference next week. He will preach at St Bartholomews New York next Sunday. Diploma awards conclude the Sunday school conference tomorrow. Bishop Oldham Indiana to preach Sunday.
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the Tribune
Northfield
Mass
J. Stuart Holden
St. Paul's Chapel
Portman Square
London
England
W. R. Moody
Holden
St. Bartholomew's Church
New York
Bishop Oldham
Indiana
The Commoner on sale in financial district amid quiet demand
William J. Bryan's paper drew few buyers in Wall Street despite cries from uniformed newsboys. Adherents say poor reception stemmed from his retirement announcement as editor during the campaign.
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William J. Bryan
Financial District
Wall Street
Parks and Playgrounds Association Forms Boys Baseball League
The Parks and Playgrounds Association promotes a league of boys under seventeen. Eleven fields run by R. B. Umberger Yale H. F. Hovey Rutgers and Oliver Echoonmaker Harvard. more fields planned as demand grows. A trophy awaits the grounds champion after the season opens July 22 with entries closing August.
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Parks and Playgrounds Association
R. B. Umberger
Yale
H. F. Hovey
Rutgers
Oliver Echoonmaker
Harvard
Yachts racing tight as Istalena tops Aurora in 7 foot class
Ninety four yachts started the fifth series of Larchmont Yacht Club race week off Orienta Point. Istalena beat Aurora by thirty four seconds in the 7-foot class after close starts and multiple reaches. Other results include Gardenia over Darwina by 3 16 and Seneca leading at Prospect Point before time allowances.
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Orienta Point
Larchmont Yacht Club
Istalena
Aurora
Istalens
Gardenia
Dorwina
Dorelio
Seneca
Corello
Howard Willetts Minx
Adern
EMS
H.M.S
Vianderbilt Ween Wenn
Istalera
C. G. M. Pynchon Aeeeree Sane
E. Ray
L. G Herzig
Hanan Brothers
Doreilo
George L. Batchelder
Atair
G. C
J. Meyer
Phrine
J. F. O Rourke
Dahinda
William E_ Roosevelt Ibis
J. P._ Morgan
Free Newners
Alera
J. W. Alker
Rascal
Co. Howkinas
Chinook
Robert Mallory
Elmer A. Keller
Larchmont Yacht Footers
Miles
Heart Ae Dealr
Reece Sewn Encetes
Vaquero
McCarthy
Lporothy
I G. Spence
Eee
Chaperone
Robert Jacob, Jr
Soya. A. Barstow
Joy
W. H. Childs
F. G. Stewart
FS L. Vulte
Pete Eeenenee
Capsicum
Hoyt
Seawanhaka
Yacht Club
H. H. van Rensselaer
Wanak
David Duncan
Trixte
Ww. F. Ce
Marguerite
Dutchess
J. B. Palmer Vee
Sally IX
A. E. Black
Selig
Trixie
Feariese_ R
Stoddard
Tanya
G. P. Granbergae
Red Wing
M. B. Pendas
Wetenters
Fearless
L. Cuthbert
Busy Bee
R Rascal
J. J. Dwyer
Howey
George Mercer
Duell
H. L North
Good Stand at Cricket
Woolwich July 24 The fifth cricket game of the Gentlemen of Philadelphia tour opened against the Royal Artillery. Bright weather aided good batting with Brooke and Turner top scoring in a stand past a hundred. Turner made 84. Bond added 57 for the fourth wicket as Brook e played two hours for 45. Philadelphia bowlers Lester three for 17, Hotdern three for 47, King two for 69. Americans had 22 before Adams was out. White on 19 resumes tomorrow.
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Tribune
Woolwich
Philadelphia
Royal Artillery
Brooke
Turner
Bond
Lester
Philadephians
Hotdern
King
D. Adams
F. S. White
Adams
White
Glidden Makes Lone Ascension In Balloon Flight
North Adams Massachusetts July 4 Charles J Glinder of Boston made a lone flight in the balloon Boston from here at 5 2 o clock this afternoon He was in the air an hour reaching a height of 4200 feet and landed near Petersburg New Jersey fifteen miles away Weather permitting his second night ascension will be made next Wednesday night The ascent qualifies him as a pilot of the Aero Club of France and Great Britain and Ireland.
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Glidden
North Adams
Mass
Charles J. Glinder
Boston
Petersburg
The
Aero Club of
France
Great Britain and Ireland
City News In Brief Collision and Tragic Incidents Reported
Nathan Siebrush died after being struck by a surfaced car before 190 Park Row. Motorman Burns held on a bombicide charge. August Peters, thrice widowed toolmaker, convicted of bigamy. John Boyer, silk weaver, committed suicide after heat and unable to work. Davis and Orris of Rogers Misfit Parlors released on bail after burglary charge. Joseph Zarph, German cabinetmaker, suicide in East River Park. Diamond, seven, injured by a horse at Fordham Hospital. Unidentified worker killed by freight engine at Brown Place and 138th Street. Engineer Joan Stamp arrested on homicide charge but paroled in custody.
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Nathan Siebrush
Joseph Zarph
East River Park
First Avenue
S6th Street
East 94Th Street
Brown Place
138Th Street
Joan Stamp
McDonald
New York, New Haven & Railroad
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Berth Wenee
Hunter
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Wae Omeo
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R. P Clark
Tel
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Max Tornow
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Arizona
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Rendle
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Virginia
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Echo
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H. E. McCormick
Port Washington
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Viva
A. F. Ae
CIA Ea Io
Manhasset Bay Yacht Club
Innis O Rourke
Ussell Howland
Clarkson
George Corry
Ane Cookeeeee
H.todd
Riverside Yacht Club
Samme
Gitty
J. Williams
Saues
Vivian Barker
Faededacatve
MI ‘Araway
A. Fry
Gardner G. Fry
Thelma
Cow Boy
Skeeter
Pee Wee
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Iney
City News
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Toolmakt
Foster
General Senates
John Boyer
George B. Davis
Joseph Orris
Rogers
Bathgate Avenue
Bronx
Diamond
Fordham Hospital
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