Wagner to Urge War on Stock Gambling in Albany
Assemblyman Robert Wagner plans to reintroduce a resolution for a legislative investigation of Wall Street stock gambling. He cites A O Brown & Co failures as proof and notes wash sales and over million shares traded on Saturdays. Cassidy OBrien anti bucket shop law takes effect today with strict penalties.
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A. O. Brown & Co
Robert ¥. Wagner
Wall Street
Albany
Wagner
Mie
John G. Milburn
The
Stock Exchange
Senate
Hughes
McCall
Murphy
Magistrate Discharges Mrs Curtis in Theft Case
Mrs Minnie Curtis of 196 West 37th Street was discharged in Jefferson Market police court after being charged by Harry J Hill of Paterson with receiving stolen goods. Detectives obtained from Hill a confession of several robberies and recovered loot. Hill was arrested in Paterson. Curtis's ten year old daughter is in the custody of the children's society, committed by Justice Mayo.
Russian deportation case mobilizes petitions in America
The United States Commissioner upholds Russia in its bid to deport Jan Janoff Pouren, accused of murder arson and burglary. Russians in New York and nationwide plan a petition to urge the President to halt proceedings, claiming evidence and deposits are falsified and asylum must be protected.
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United States
Jan Janoff Pouren
Washington
St. Petersburg
Russia
America
Pouren
Lawson Not Summoned for Exchange Inquiry
George W. Ely secretary of the New York Stock Exchange said Thomas W. Lawson had not been summoned to appear today before the special Stock Exchange committee investigating the August 22 market surge. Ely noted he learned of Lawson's plans only from yesterday's letter and stressed he would know if Lawson were summoned. Lawson claimed willingness to testify about trading linked to the A. O. Brown & Co. collapse.
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George W. Ely
New York Stock Exchange
Thomas W. Lawson
Boston
Special Stock Exchange
Ely
Mr. Lawson
New York
Lawson
Mr. Ely
A. O. Brown & Co
Lighting Mardi Gras Floats by Trolley System
The Mardi Gras parade at Coney Island will use electric lighting for the floats themed Progress and Prosperity. Electricians will wire each float and connect them with overhead trolley wires along Surf Avenue from first to last float. Two trolleys will run on the same overhead line, fed by wires strung across the street to illuminate the parade route.
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Coney Isand
Surf Avenue
Fire Aboard Muncaster Castle Traced to Hatch Underway
The steamer Muncaster Castle arriving from China Japan and the Philippines faced a severe onboard fire after leaving Singapore. Fire disabled lights and threatened sinking as main feed wires burned. Passengers J E Herrick of Buffalo and R M Macrome of Baltimore helped officers subdue the Chinaman crew while the chief engineer crawled into a coal bunker to seal gates and control the blaze.
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the Tribune
Boston
Muncaster Castle
China
Japan
Philippines
Singapore
J. E. Herrick
Buffalo
R. M. Macrome
Baltimore
Littlefield Incharge Qualifies as Receiver for Brown & Co
Charles E. Littlefield, appointed by Judge Holt, qualified as receiver with a $250000 bond and seized the firm at 20 Broad Street. Receiver aims to realize assets for creditors while Edward Lauterbach cites assets near $4.5 million and liabilities around $4 million. Subpoenas issued to A. O. Brown and others. committee on August 22 market turmoil plans to release findings in about a week.
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Charles E. Littlefield
Holt
United States District Court
Stock Exchange
A. O. Brown & Co
Broad Street
John W. Rhoades
Littlefield
Edward Lauterbach
Mr. Littlefield
Lauterbach
Moses H. Grossman
A. O. Brown
E. F. Buchanan
G. Lee Stout
Lewis G. Young
Samuel C. Brown
Ernest Groesbeck
Hammocks proposed to slow speeders on Long Island roads
A plan to curb speeding on Long Island roads featured concrete hum mocks one foot high at grade crossings. The proposal emerged from a conference at the Long Island City railway station with Alfred J. Eno Ralph Peters A R Pardington and John J Webb proposing shared funding to install the hum m ocks to complement limited watchman coverage.
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Long Island
President Peters
Long Island City
Alfred J. Eno
Long Island League
Ralph Peters
Long Island Railroad
A. R. Pardington
Long Island Motor Parkway
John J. Webb
Committee of
Long Island Automobile Club
Babylon
Peters
Eno
League
Baker Shake-Up in Brooklyn Police Ranks
Acting Commissioner Baker initiates a broad temporary reshuffle of police captains and inspectors in Brooklyn and nearby districts. Transfers affect five inspectors and several captains, with new postings across Amity Street Glendale Vernon Avenue The Tenderloin and Ozone Park precincts amid speculation over permanence once Commissioner Bingham returns.
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Brooklyn
Baker
Bingham
Mullberry Street
Amity Street
Glendale
Queens
Manhattan
McCarren
Murphy
Edward Hughes
Vernon Avenue
John Buchanan
James G. Shevlin
Ralph Avenue
Lower
Fulton Street
Alexander Pinkerton
Walsh
Dillon
3D Inspection District
Titus
Bureau of Repairs and Supplies
4Th Inspection District
38D
Chesty
George McClusky
Insanity Plea Discussed in Hains Murder Case
Captain Hains’s mind allegedly broke after Claudia Hains confessed relations with William E. Annis. Lawyer Joseph A. Shay reports reunions with his mother and brothers amid fear of self harm, while District Attorney Darrin readies the case against the Hains brothers for Monday.
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Captain Hains
Claudia Hains
William E. Annis
Joseph A. Shay
Shay
Claudie
Annis
T. Jenkins Hains
Hains
Peter
Papa
Petie
Jack
Mr. Shay
Porto Rico
Tony Hains
John F. MclIntyre
Charles A. Curtis
Darin
Hains Brothers
Garretson
Darrin
Mr. Jerome
Jerome
Queens
New York
Driver of Racer Killed in Port Chester Crash
Victor Hewson, chauffeur for Julian Day of Port Chester and son of Clarence Day, died after a racer crash on King Street. The car, going over forty mph on a recently oiled, slippery road, struck a telegraph pole. Hewson died in Smith Street Hospital about an hour and a half later. He was French, 32, leaving a wife and one child.
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Victor Hewson
Julian Day
Port Chester
Clarence Day
Harrison
Hewson
King Street
John Buckley
Buckley Brothers
Rucker
Ewson
Smith Street
Congress Opens in New York on Playground Movement
The Playground Association of America will hold its play congress at the Museum of Natural History in September. Leaders from Chicago to Georgia join educators, mayors, and physicians to discuss country playgrounds, school roof playgrounds, and anti delinquency efforts, with a grand carnival closing the event and cities racing to build playgrounds before scarce land prices rise.
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Congress of the Playground Association of America
New York
Museum of Natural History
Georgia
United States
Congress
Hughes
Owen R. Lovejoy
Joseph Lee
Harriet Heller
Allen Burns
Luther Halsey Gulick
Woods Hutchinson
Myron T. Scudder
L. H. Bailey
Cornell University
Chicago
New
Abingdon
Union
Stuyvesant
Gitation
S. Doheny
The
Young Women’s Christian Association
Bob
Lillian Stolzenbers
Sophia Funk
Lillian Gray
Doheny
The Bachelor and the Baby
A storyteller warns that many parents fail to provide water to infants, mistaking milk as sufficient. He cites a ten month old who cried all night until water was given, and notes a doctor’s wife and child who also sought water on hot days. The piece imagines babies pleading with parents.
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Teenie
Ata Mica
Tailored Shirtwaist Promises Summer Demand
The plain tailored shirtwaist is in demand for late summer. The design features tucks arranged to resemble wide box pleats with arrow tuck groups, suitable for silk and wash flannel waists and adaptable to all seasonable waistings.
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Mrs. Curtis
Friends
T. W. Lawson
Stock Exchange Committee
Littlefield Incharge
Post
Young
Postum Cereal Co., Ltd., Pane Ges
Baker’s
Captain
Wife
Young Women's Christian Association
Eastth Street
Madras
New-York Tribune
Paquin
Paris
Rue de la Paix
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