Lawyer Under Arrest in Grand Larceny Case
Michael Jacobs a lawyer with offices at West 3th Street was arrested in his office on a grand larceny charge connected to a note swindle involving Frank C Helm and $5 000 alleged losses. The case stemmed from statements by John F Douthitt an art dealer who said Jacobs and Frederick H Wilmont manipulated notes in a scheme tied to a Duluth discount plan and the Wolcott Hotel option. The arrest followed Douthitt’s affidavit and the district attorney’s pursuit after Jacobs’s previous bail situation. The hearing was set for Monday at 1 30 p m.
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Michael Jacobs
West 3Th Street
Frank C. Helm
Blue Ridge Enamel Brick Company
Newark
Nelson
John F. Douthitt
No. 2
West 28Th Street
District Attorney
E. Crosby Kindleberger
Jacobs
Douthitt
No. 23
Fifth Avenue
Thomas A. Brush
Ocean Avenue
Brooklyn
Cobalt
Canada
Frederick H. Wilmont
Lexington Avenue
Duluth
Minn
Wilmont
Wwilmont
Wolcott
Begs City Debt Limit Inquiry Opens in City Hall
General Benjamin Tracy began public sessions as referee to determine New York City's debt unit after an injunction blocked a 2.8 million dollar Fourth Avenue subway appropriation. Finance department staff answered questions on assets while Cassady committee, Deputy Controller Phillips, and Attorney Pendleton represented sides alongside Robert Wagner for Jefferson Levy. Tracy said he would receive a brief from the Borough President.
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Benjamin F. Tracy
New York City
Corporation Counsel
Board of Estimate
Fourth Avenue
Finance Department
Cassidy Legislative Committee
Louis Bedell
Phillips Acters
Metz
Corporation Course
Pendleton
Hahlo
Robert F. Wagner
Jefferson M. Levy
General Tracy
Borough
Policy cases heard as reform wave spreads through tenements
Judge Swann presided over twenty nine policy cases with pleas of guilty in twenty three. Ten players were mere victims, reflecting policy’s reach across ages and races in tenement districts. Fines of 15 dollars each were set, with many defendants unable to pay and sent to fifteen days’ confinement. two women granted recognizance to care for a baby.
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Swann
Paris
Belgium
Garvan
Mary Nicolese
Ada Black
Eldridge Street
Thirty year old suit closed over Butler death
United States Attorney Stimson announced the death of Civil War hero General Benjamin F. Butler and sought formal termination of a case started in 1878 by John H. Lester for 100000 dollars in false imprisonment. A verdict for Butler in 1887 ended the first suit. a second suit lingered untried as Lester vanished. Court abatement depends on locating the records.
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Benjamin F. Butler
United States
Stimson
General Butler
John H. Lester
Lester
United States Attorney's Office
Circuit Court
Negro School Strike Over Mixed Education Ruling
Telegraph dispatch from Alton Illinois reports nearly all local negro students boycotted white schools to press the state Supreme Court ruling for mixed schools. Seventy five pupils were refused entry at term start, with many others redirected to Douglass and Lovejoy schools as white schools cite space limits. Police kept order as mothers sought admittance and guards stayed on duty.
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Tribune
Alton
Til
State Supreme Court
Douglass and Lovejoy
Auto Kills S I Boy In Street Crash
A wealthy importer Richard Agar drove into a group of playmates on Brook Street, killing five year old Henry Schumacher and injuring Jack Perine and Elmer Meyer. The incident occurred as a trolley and truck approached. Agar posted bail and was freed to await grand jury action.
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Richard Agar
Tompkins Avenue
Hyatt Street
St. George
Mr. Agar
Smith Infirmary
Henry Schumacher
No. 7
Brook Street
Jack” Perine
No. 4
Elmer Meyer
Agar
Cahill
Handy
New Brighton
Jersey City Woman Shoots Husband to Save Mother
Mrs Mary Bedell of Jersey City admitted shooting her husband Stephen Bedell after he attacked her mother in the Linden avenue apartment. He lay with three bullet wounds in his neck and was taken to City Hospital in critical condition. Mrs Bedell was detained as the investigation continued.
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Mary Bedell
Linden Avenue
Jersey City
Ocean Avenue
Fifth Avenue Widening Discussed by Association
At a Holland House meeting the executive committee of the Fifth Avenue Association formed a five member panel led by Robert Grier Cooke to decide on actions for widening Fifth Avenue from 1st to 47th streets. Property owners face removal by January 1 but an extension may be sought due to holiday shopping. Members include Curtis Bell William P Sackett Simon Brentano J H Burton and William M Kendall of McKim Mead White.
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Fifth Avenue Association
Holland House
Robert Grier Cooke
Fifth Avenue
Lth
47Th Street
Curtis Bell
William P. Sackett
Simon Brentano
J. H. Burton
William M. Kendall
McKim, Mead & White
Association
Mildew Devastates Champagne Vineyards Downgrading Harvest
From Rheims on September 9, news reports mildew has ruined vineyards across the champagne region. The crop collapse reduces expected yield from 45 million to about 2.9 million bottles, spelling a loss near 20 million dollars for growers.
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Rheims
Champagne
Machine Gun Batteries And Warship Movements
Washington reports reveal emphasis on organizing dedicated machine gun batteries as a separate command in garrison and field. Manoeuvre camp findings praise new medical gear including a compressed bandage field desk and field chest. Army orders list transfers, promotions, and leaves. Navy notes record arrivals at Bradford and Guantanamo and a flotilla sailing from Newport to Buzzard's Bay en route to Port Arthur.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
War Department
Cuba
Army Medical Board
Grant leads third test ride at Fort Ethan Allen
Burlington Vermont September 9 Under Major General F D Grant the Department of the East conducted a three day test ride at Fort Ethan Allen finishing this afternoon. Fourteen officers above captain took part and all finished in good condition. Grant appeared the freshest among the officers on arrival at the fort.
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Burlington
Department of the East
F. D. Grant
Fort Ethan Allen
Grant
Mrs Merriam Blames Red Tape in Admiral Case
Mrs. Merriam widow of Captain Greenleaf A. Merriam alleges Navy Department red tape led to her husband's death after an appendicitis operation. She says he died a victim of being removed from command of the battleship Missouri following Admiral Sperry's request and denied his requested investigation. The captain had been removed after the ship reached San Francisco due to alleged discipline issues aboard.
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Tribune
Annapolis
Merriam
Greenleaf A. Merriam
Portsmouth
N. H
Navy Department
Missouri
Pacific Fleet
Sperry
San Francisco
Gompers Case Put Off for Thirty Days in Contempt Bid
Washington Sept 9 The contempt proceedings against AFL leaders Samuel Gompers Frank Morrison and John Mitchell were delayed for a month after a short hearing Justice Gould presiding The store company sought the delay amid witness examination plans Albert Harper named examiner to take testimony Each side was given thirty days Ex Judge Alton B Parker aided the defense and opposed the postponement
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Washington
Samuel Gompers
Frank Morrison
John Mitchell
American Federation of Labor
Supreme Court
District of Columbia
Buck Stove and Range Company
Justice Gould
Gompers
Alton B Parker
Morrison
Mitchell
Cork Factory Fire Destroys Empire Cork Company
A major blaze at Empire Cork Company, 552 State Street Brooklyn, destroyed stock and building due to low water pressure and a bursting hose. The fire, reported around 11:20 PM, drew about twenty thousand onlookers, with three alarms and chiefs Croker Wise and Duffy at the scene. reserves from several precincts assisted under Captain Hayes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Empire Cork Company
State Street
Brooklyn
Flatbush Avenue
Atlantic Avenue
Croker
Charles Wise
Duffy
Joseph Hayes
Playgrounds and the push for inexpensive gear
Dr. Arnold urges simpler, self made playground equipment like a balancing tree and hillocks over expensive apparatus to foster ingenuity. He laments overorganizing and notes shortages of open space, while other speakers discuss child labor, winter play, and the need for year round access as city parks aim to curb delinquency.
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Ved Arnold
Annd Association of America
Arnold
Dr. Arnold
Marual
East Side
Congress
Everett W. Lord
Lord
E. B. de Groot
Chicago
Arthur Leland
George A. Hibbard
Boston
Aller. Burns
Harriet Heller
Directoire Influence Foresees Fall and Winter Waistline Demand
The Tribune Pattern notes that Directoire influences will feature in the season with a graceful waist design expected to be widely sought after for fall and winter wear.
The Meal Bag Gown Fashion Campers Convention
The Dressmakers' Protective Association of America held its usual convention at the Masonic Temple with no groom yet showcased fine gowns. Miss Elizabeth A White noted Parisian influence while discussing Directoire gowns, navy cloth meal bag dresses, and line over fit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Protective Association of America
Masonic Temple
Elizabeth A. ©. White
Paris
Miss White
Directoire
Why Sugar Is Added Late In Fruit Recipes
Cooks may be told to add sugar near the end of cooking fruit because cane sugar reportedly transforms during simmering into grape sugar, reducing sweetness by about one third. Some chafing dish enthusiasts prefer grain alcohol over wood alcohol as fuel, arguing it yields more heat with less odor and soot.
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New- York Tribune
Ex Senator Boasts of Lynching in Mississippi
Memphis dispatch quotes ex Senator W V Sullivan claiming he led a mob that lynched Nelse Patton for a white woman's throat and would do it again. Albany reports no bids received for Barge Canal Contract 20 costing about 4.18 million to dredge Mohawk River from Rexford Flats to Little Falls.
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Memphis
Oxford
Miss
United States
W. V. Sullivan
Nelse Patton
Albany
F. C. Stevens
State Department of Public Works
Mohawk River
Rexford Flats
Little Falls
Police Captain Au ble Fatally Shot in Los Angeles
Captain Walton H. Au ble of the Los Angeles police was shot and killed today while attempting to arrest burglar Carl Sutherland. Sutherland reportedly surrendered tonight and died by taking carbolic acid, ending the incident.
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Los Angeles
Walton H. Auble
Carl Sutherland
Auble
Sutherland
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Postum Cereal Company, Ltd
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Coast Artillery
Claudius M. Seaman
James W. Clinton
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Fort Jay
James P. Harrison
Edwin D. Kilbourne
Medical Corps
Fort Brady
Philippines
Daniel W. Hand
Fort Barrancas
Philadelphia
Courtland Nixon
29Th Infantry
Arthur R. Ehrnbeck
Corps of
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Fort Yard
Paul T. Hayne, Jr
12Th Cavalry
John R. Bosley
Bradford
Tacoma
Guantanamo
Newport
Buzzard's Bay
Buzzard’s Bay
Detroit
Erie
Mississippi
Rainbow
Chattanooga
Concord
Denver
Galveston
Chinwangtao
Port Arthur
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