End of Saratoga Races Aims at Betting Records
Surrogate Colbanan heard testimony on bookmaker activity at Saratoga racetrack while examining the will of Eno. Witnesses noted Eno’s betting skill and cautious nature in a 1915 pool usually shared with partners aboard ships to Europe, where a $650 win marked the final outcome.
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Saratoga Racetrack
Anos. Eno
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Johnson
Cobalan
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Eno
Flereen Seligman
Mies
Seligman
Columbia University
Tru Fany
Mrr. Coggeshall
Lucius I. Heers
Lawyers Title and Trust Company
Mr. Eno
R. Fulton Cutting
S Stanwood Menken
Samuel Elliot
Europe
Iino
Seoney
Ribot
Sing Sing Men Want to Form Regiment
The Mulletin, the official organ of the Mutual Welfare Sing Sing, appeals to Governor Whitman for prisoner regiments to fight if war with Mexico occurs. It argues prisoners would gain respect by serving and meeting every challenge, with each man feeling personal responsibility and readiness to win respect.
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Mulletin
Mutual Welfare
Sing Sing
Whitman
Mexico
Strike Ties Up Fifth Ave Buses in Heat Wave
Hundreds of Fifth Avenue Coach Company riders sought relief from the heat as buses were scarce after a strike began. Richard W. Meade said drivers had no written demands and blamed personal grievances with inspectors, while union officials pressed for a hearing on drivers’ grievances. Wages cited range from 27 to 47 cents an hour with about 100 drivers affected.
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Fifth Avenue Coach Company
Washington Park
Polo Grounds
Richard W. Meade
Mr. Meade
Meade
Ther
Wan
A. Henry
Atribu
Benny
Pennsylvania R R Sells Land In Long Island City Yard Area
The Pennsylvania Railroad sells property in Long Island City acquired years ago for yard purposes. The Stuyveant Realty Company, holder of land for plans for an under river tube, sold yesterday a plot at Skillman Avenue and Buckley Street to a concern that will erect a factory on the premises, via the Roman-Callmas Company and Otto Weiler.
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Pennsylvania Railroad i
Long Tsien City
Stuyveant Realty Company
Micro
Skillman Avenue
Buckley Street
Long Island City
Roman-Callmas Company
Otto Weiler
Premi
John Cliffin
H. B. Claflin Company
Wholesale Try Goods Corporation
Supreme Court
United States Realty and Improvement Company
Clar_in
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O'Neill-Adams Dry Goods
Tores
Claflin
Trans- Claflin
H. B. Clafin
Adirondack
Mercantile Stores Corporation
James S. Alexander
Seward Proser
Lewis L. Clarke
Mr. Claflin
Morristown
N. J
Jury Deliberations Continue In Tanzer Perjury Case
In federal court, six hours of jury deliberations fail to reach a verdict on whether milliner Tanzer lied under oath. Judge Wolverton urged jurors to ignore Osborne prominence and determine if James W. Osborne and Oliver Osborne are the same man, with testimony detailing alleged seduction and impersonation amid a heated closing.
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Knickerbocker
Wolverton
Federal
Rand
Benjamin Sladegzer
Slade
Osborne
Mr. Lindwrath
James W. Osborne
Mins Tanzer
Oliver
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James W. Osborr
New York
Oliver Os [Horne
Oliver Osborne
James W. O
Rae Tanzer
Ethel Curtis
Hotel Imperial
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Short Osborne
Oliver Osssborne
James W. Onsborne
New York City
City Hall
Jorge Wolverton
James W. Jorne
Mr. Osborne
Jimeelf
Yonkers Plaintiff Wins Small Appeal After Large Suit
Tobin sued for 25,000 after a head injury from a sledge hammer. The Supreme Court in White Plains reduced the verdict to 38 dollars in costs against Thomeson Yonkers, while the lower court had awarded 5,196 for sheriff’s relief.
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Elmeford
Yonkers Firetrie Light Company
Supreme Court
White Plains
Costa Bione
Tobin
Sixteen Year Old Bride Guilty of Murder in Texas
Fort Worth Texas June 2 Mrs Katherine Vance Harrison aged sixteen, wife of Charles Harrison, was found guilty of murder by a jury in Circuit Court. She admitted killing W A Warren a hotel proprietor but accused him of betrayal. She was sentenced to five years imprisonment. Harrison was married two days after the killing to Marrison a nephew of Senator A Calbersen. A motion for a new trial was filed and she was released on bond.
Paralyzed City Warned Against Infantile Paralysis Outbreak
Public health notice lists numerous addresses in Manhattan and Brooklyn where cases of infantile paralysis have appeared since June 10. The pages enumerate streets and building numbers near hospitals and clinics, urging residents to observe precautions and seek medical evaluation if symptoms arise.
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Manhattan
Brooklyn
City Records 32 New Paralysis Cases Documented
Twenty experts operate in Brooklyn as health authorities report 32 new paralysis cases. Premises with infantile paralysis will be placarded as scarlet fever epidemics to warn residents and limit spread.
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Brooklyn
Government asks stock lists to aid income tax
Washington debate over requiring corporations to reveal bond and dividend stock holders to the Treasury for tax calculations. McAdoo backs broad collection to tax more individuals, while the Ways and Means Committee resists. The change aims to force many currently nonreporting earners with dividends to file returns once their incomes are revealed.
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Washington
Sune
Treasury Department
Secretary of the Treasury
McAdoo
House Ways and Meats Committee
Coat Tales to Premiere at Cort Theatre This August
A new three act comedy Coat Tales by Edward Clark will open at the Cort Theatre in August under Arthur Hammerstein. The cast will be announced soon and the company will close at the Lyric Saturday night for a vacation, then resume after three weeks. In the interim a war film American Preparing by Kemble Film Corporation will be shown at the Lyric starting July 10.
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Edward Clark
Cort Theatre
Arthur Hammerstein
Kemble Film Corporation
Lyric
Mrs J B Thompson Weds DeForest Grant in Philadelphia
Mrs James Beaton Thomson of Philadelphia married DeForest Grant of 22 Ft Forty-ninth Street yesterday at St James Church Philadelphia. Bride given away by her son D G Brinton Thompson with Madison Grant as best man. Couple leave for a Honolulu honeymoon. bride is granddaughter of archaeologist Dr Daniel Garrison Brinton. Grant is son of late Dr Gabriel Grant, noted New York surgeon and Civil War Medal of Honor recipient.
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DeForest Grant
Philadelphia
James Beaton Thomson
Forty-ninth Street
St. James's Church
D.G. Brinton Thompson
Madison Grant
Honolulu
Thompson
Daniel Garrison Brinton
Grant
Gabriel Grant
New York
Yader of the Union
Society of Colonial Wars
Society of the
Western Pacific Sold at Public Auction in Oakland
The Oakland California Pacific Railroad was sold today for 18 million dollars to a reorganizing committee. The sale followed orders from the United States district court with a 28 million dollar minimum and was paid in mortgage bonds.
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Cal
Jonesera Pacific Railroad
United States
Patrict
Orpet Bears Up Under Grilling in Madison Case
Waukegan Ill June 28 William H Orpet testified under cross examination describing his prior statements. Attorney Joslyn pressed details about a letter to Marion Lambert and a request for pills or dope while Orpet studied at the University of Wisconsin Madison. The defense argues the death was self cause by powder poison in a moisture warmed room. the state contends the poison was administered. Cross examination to resume tomorrow.
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Ill
William H. Orpet
Orpet
David Joslyn
Witners
Marion Lambert
University of Wisconsin
Madison
Tim
Marion
Joslyn
Not Guilty Plea In Brooklyn Murder Case
Edith Ward a Brooklyn teenager aged eighteen faced murder charges after a fatal shooting at a North Henry Street venue. Witnesses Robert Kacaenmiller and Michael Walsh pleaded not guilty as they and Ward’s escorts were named in indictments.
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Edith Ward
Meener Street
North Henry Street
Driggs Avenue
Edward Maher
Broome Street
Maher
Miss Ward
Robert Kacaenmiller
Newell Street
Michael Walsh
Newell Streer
Ales
St Louis Ad Men Win 1917 Call to Claflin Case
Philadelphia dated June 28 reports St Louis won the 1917 convention of the Associated Advertising Clubs of the World with a 67 to 86 vote over Cincinnati and other results. The meeting featured talks on organization, budgeting, and church advertising by Dr. Christian F Reisner and others. The event included a trip to Willow Grove and a cabaret, with Wilson to speak tomorrow if possible. A new definition of advertising agent was adopted, aiming to raise professional standards.
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St. Louis
Associated Advertising Clubs
Cincinnati
Denver
St. Paul
William Granson Rose
Cleveland
M. S. Kimball
Plymouth
Mass
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Minneapolis
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Richmond
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Merle Sidener
National
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Jesus
Luther
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Booth
John H. Opdycke
University of Pennsylvania
Bacon
Willow Grove
Victor Herbert
Broad Street
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Baltimore
Washington
Wilson
Atlantic City
Famous Players and Lasky Combine to Form New Film Corp
The Famous Players Film Company and Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Company merged yesterday to create the Famous Players Lasky Corporation with 12 609 000 capital. The new firm will release eighty four features yearly through Paramount Metures, with Adolph Zukor as president and Jesse L. Lasky as vice president. Directors include Samuel Goldfish Cecil B De Mille Willam Demorest and others. no stock will be offered to the public. Stars joining the venture include Geraldine Farrar Mary Pickford Marguerite Clark Blanche Sweet Marie Doro Pauline Fredericks Moe Murray Hazel Dawn Lou Tellegen Fannie Ward John Barrymore and Ann Pennington.
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Famous Players Film Company
Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Company
Famous Players-Lasky Corporation
New Corporation
Win
Cecil Bee Mille
Willam
Geraldine Farrar
Mary Pickford
Marguerite Clark
Blanche Swe Marie Doro
Pauline Fredericks
Mo Murray
Hazel Dawn
Lou Teltegen
Fannie Ward
John Barrymore
Victor Moore
Donald Brian
Ann Pennington
Grand Jury Condemns Garbage Plant Plan
The Richmond County Grand Jury urged Justice Aspinall to protect Staten Island from a proposed garbage plant in Arthur Kill. They claim in their presentment that transporting 2000 tons of garbage daily from Kings Manhattan and The Bronx would contaminate the Staten Island Sound, and request investigation of Richmond County officials for possible duty violations. The judge will forward the document to the Governor.
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Grand Jury
Arthur Kill
Supreme Court
Aspinall
Glennor Whitman
Staten Island
Kings
Manhattan
Staten Island Sound
Tnnt
Richmond County
Plan aid for Shackleton expedition rescue
The Uruguayan Government may mount another attempt to reach the marooned Shackleton Antarctic expedition. It has ordered the relief expert to stay at Punta Arenas in the Straits of Magellan to await a favorable window to repeat the rescue using the steamer supplied in the previous effort.
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Uruguay
Sir Ernest
Elephant Island
Punta Arenas
Straits of Magellan
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