Britton and Schroeder Arrested for Loan Company Theft
Brooklyn shook as Colonel Edward Britton and Quarantine Commissioner Frederick Schroeder faced arrest on charges of misappropriating about 48,000 from Eagle Savings and Loan Company where they held top posts. They confessed using the funds to back a Dakota mining venture, with most money repaid and the firm declared solvent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooklyn
Edward E. Britton
Frederick H. Schroeder
Eagle Savings and Loan Company
State Banking Department
Elder
Judge Dike
Dakota
State Bank Examiner
Erwin 8. Piper
Britton
Second Brigade
National Guard
Roosevelt
Bogie Savings and Loan Company
Republican Leader of the 6Th Assembly
Hughes
Schroeder
Colonel Britton
Homestake South Extension Mining Company
Merchants’ Branch
Mechanics and Traders
Wood
Eagle Company
Mechanics Branch
Commissioner Schroeder
H. J. Young
Elwin S. Piper
Dike
John Diemer
Ellery Street
Morris Cahn
Willoughby Avenue
Lawrence F. Carroll
Bedford Avenue
Bayshore
Zotti Grand Larceny Hearing Ends as Judge Delays Ruling
Frank Zotti the Croatian banker and steamship agent faced a grand larceny charge in a Brooklyn hearing that ended yesterday. Judge Corrigan will rule by August 11 after briefs due August 7. Prosecutors consider grand jury options if released. Witnesses described alleged conspiracies tied to J P Morgan and Pittsburgh men, and financial strains on foreign orders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Zotti
Magstrate Corrigan
Whitman
Zotti
Appleton
Grand
Kinkade
J. P. Morgan
Brooklyn
Mediterranean
Brooklyan
Azores
Pittsburg
John Besely
Italian steamer San Giovanni rammed by schooner at sea
The Italian steamer San Giovanni was struck on the starboard quarter by a four masted schooner about seventy miles east of Sandy Hook shortly after dark on Tuesday. The impact sent a bow spar onto the steamer’s rail and startled roughly two hundred Italian steerage passengers. The schooner backed away into the night. the San Giovanni’s chief officer Antonio Marengo, on the bridge, did not see the other vessel approach. The crew asked for the other ship’s name but only heard Frederick and could not identify the second name. The San Giovanni docked yesterday and there were no reported injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sandy Hook
Antonio Marengo
Marengo
Frederick
San Giovanni
Safety tests urged for Blackwell Island bridge main members
Editorial in Engineering News backs Gustave Lindenthal suggestion to test full sized compression members of the East River Blackwell Island bridge before it opens. The piece argues for actual tests over model tests, citing earlier Quebec bridge disaster lessons and noting the ongoing city investigation led by Keller and Hodge to determine current and projected loads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gustave Lindenthal
Blackwell's Island Bridge
East River
Engineering News
Blackwell's Island
Quebec Bridge
Lindenthal
Quebec
Henry Flad
Eads
St. Louis
Tribune
City Bridge Department
Metz
Messrs. Keller and Hodge
No. 1
Nassau Street
Messrs
Boller and Hodge
Henry W. Hodge
Sought husband six years in Akron case of 1902 death
A woman claimed the body of W H Thieling a New York traveling salesman who died in a Akron hotel on May 123 1902 saying she was his wife and had been kept from knowledge of the death due to property. After six years she sought to learn the facts of his disappearance and was granted permission to move the body.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Akron
Ohio
W. H. Thieling
New York
Thieling
Black Hand Note Threatens Governor Fort Over Bridge
A Black Hand postal card sent to Governor Fort from Atlantic City warns him to leave ten million at the bridge from Trenton to Morrisville on Friday July 21 or face death. Fort says the note frightened him but he feels safe with soldiers in camp. the sender signed no name and the message reflects a misreading of his absence from Trenton.
Eberhard to Face Accusers Today
Hackensack July 29 The indictment of Gus Eberhard rests on two witnesses who will appear before the grand jury tomorrow regarding the murder of Mrs Ottilie Eberhard shot at New Rochelle Park on Saturday night July 11 and robbed of 249 Chief of Police Jacob Dunn who reports a confession and Miss Ottilie Eberhard the accused mans cousin who was present when her mother was shot and was slightly hurt will testify
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eberhard
Hackensack
Gus” Eberhard
Ottilie Eberhard
New Rochelle Park
Jacob Dunn
Beals Arrested in Concealed Weapon Case Near Hotel Astor
Eugene N Beals a stock broker living at the Hotel Astor was arrested at 43rd Street and Sixth Avenue by Policeman Hoare on a concealed weapon charge. West Side court Magistrate Wahle set bail at 500 dollars for trial and dismissed intoxication. Beals claimed to protect his stepfather Richard Hudnut and mother amid fears of danger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene N. Beals
Hotel Astor
Sixth Avenue
Hoare
West 47Th Street
West Side
Wahle
Beals
Richard Hudnut
Eugene Kelly
Adirondacks
Dexter
Adirondack
Bond
Special Sessions Court
Mystery surrounds Davila act on Ceiba exequaturs
Washington July 29 President Davilas cancellation of the Ceiba Honduras exequaturs remains a mystery to State Department officials and Central American diplomats. Minister Corea of Nicaragua seeks information. Ambassador Creel of Mexico discussed the issue with Acting Secretary Bacon. Reports say consuls may have suggested surrender to revolutionists, or that demands were forwarded without comment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Davila
Ceiba
Honduras
State Department
Corea
Nicaragua
Creel
Mexico
Bacon
Ugarte
Linard
Volleys Fired at Elgin Car Sparks Civil Unrest
Fifteen non union men aboard an Elgin and Belvidere trolley car were fired upon near Chicago on July 29. Bullets from a field struck the car but caused no fatalities due to short range and unarmed passengers. Stones were later thrown at Elgin as police helped move the car to safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Elgin and
Belvidere
Elgin Terminal
Elgin
National Plant Guild Appeals for Flower Donations from Branches
Hoboken Jersey City and Newark branches of the National Plant Fruit and Flower Guild seek contributions of flowers from the countryside and the New York City branch. Officers names and addresses available from the national headquarters at 70 Fifth Avenue New York City. Brooklyn branch is mentioned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoboken
Jersey City
Newark
National Plant, Fruit and Flower Guild
New York City
Fifth Avenue
Brooklyn
Try
Branc
Of Interest to Women: East Side babies and poverty plight
Dr Mary E Butterworth visits Sick Children's Mission on East Broadway where seventy five sick infants weekly coincide with unemployment and extreme poverty. Mothers from Irish American and Jewish backgrounds, plus Russian and Austrian Jewish families, seek aid as infants suffer coughs, diarrhea, and malnutrition. The nurse teaches caregivers remedies like rice water and cooling baths amid a grim panorama of tenement hardship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary E. Butterworth
Sick Children's Mission
East Broadway
Children’s Aid Society
East Side
Dr. Butterworth
Cherry Street
Annie Gates
Gates
Washington Market
Rachel
New York
Menig Coats
Von
Winifred
William
Mrs. Flaherty
Winifred the Soprano. Mrs. Flaherty
Rosie
D. T
Midsummer Bargains and Bizarre Fashion Notes
A midtown shop displays stark black and white ensembles with bold contrasts and a silk bouquet coat. The piece covers hats at 2 dollars, Dutch collars at 25 cents, and jet accented belts at 75 cents, plus priced gowns, pongee bows, lace undergarments, and parasols with old world flair. It highlights price variations across similar items and lists varied fashions for women and gifts.
Mission Faces Early Closure After Heavy Seasonal Demands
The speaker describes ways to modify milk and advise on food choices for individuals. She provides free medicine, milk tickets, ice tickets, and meals when available. Due to extreme workload, demands have surpassed capacity this season, forcing the mission to close earlier than normal this summer.
Shrieking Sisterhood of Suffragettes Foretold
The August Curren Lit erature analyzes the Pankhursts led by Mrs. Pankhurst in England. It portrays Mary Elizabeth and two daughters as driving a national campaign to win votes for women, detailing their methods, training, and high visibility figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pankhursts
England
Lucy Stone
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Mary Putnam Jacobi
Pankhurst
America
Isabel Logan
Leicestershire
Lord Russell
Mrs. Pankhurst
London
Bobby
Sylvia Pankhurst
Sylvia
Bordered fabric blouse pattern for quick home sewing
The Tribune presents a blouse pattern that uses bordered and plain materials with minimal labor. It explains yardage for sizes 34, 38, 42 inch busts, pattern number 6.0%, and offers mail delivery for 10 cents plus a bust measurement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Tribune
Woman drives solo coast to coast in twelve days
Miss Alice Potter of Elgin Illinois completes a remarkable twelve day auto trip from Chicago to this city with three companions including chaperon Mrs Ida Dangerfield. She drove the Haynes car herself, reports a safe journey despite bad roads and rain, and plans a week of sightseeing before returning via the same route.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice Potter
Elgin
Ill
Chicago
Windy City
Poughkeepsie
Albany
Miss Potter
Mise Potter
Buffalo
Ashtabula
Ohio
Haynes
Rochester
Seneca Wins Manhasset Bay Cup Second Race
Addison G Hanan's sloop Seneca won the Manhasset Bay Yacht Club Challenge Cup second series race on Long Island Sound in a moderate east to south breeze. Seneca defeated Mimosa II by 4 minutes seconds on corrected time 3 minutes 7 seconds and beat Alena by 15 minutes 16 seconds corrected time. The triangular course covered two laps totaling nautical miles with a first leg broad reach to Oak Neck buoy then reach to Matinecock buoy and windward finish. Seneca led at Oak Neck buoy and after the first round by 4 minutes 13 seconds, with Mimosa II driven by Stuyvesant Wainwright giving its best effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Addison G. Hanan
Senos
Long Island Sound
Seco
Manhasset Bay Yacht Club
Arena
Great Captain's Island
Oak Neck
Long Island
Matinecock
Seneca
Stuyvesant Wainwright
Mimosa UI
Also Mentioned on This Page
Col. E. £. Britton
F. H. Schroeder
Eagle Savings and Loan Co
Blackwell
Fort
N. J
R. Hudnut
Ecru
Broadway
THE
Shriekers
BY Auto
New Jersey
J. R. R. Smith
Louis le Francois
Dr. Flint
le Francois
Forman Wilkinson
Automobile Club of
Syracuse
Wilkinson
Syracuse Club
New York State Automobile Association
Syracuse Clubd
Sherburne
Rexford Falls
Richfield Springs
HMS
HMS Seneca
Mimosa LI
S Wainwright
Alera
J. H
J. A. Alker
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