Two Held in Stamp Stock Theft Case at Tombs
Allen P. Hallett the Deputy State Controller leads a probe into a used stock transfer stamp racket causing about $1,000,000 yearly revenue loss. Clerk Timothy J. Sullivan pleaded guilty and was held for trial. broker Ben Alexander faces examination next week. Recovery began after a wash-basin discovery and traced bundles to brokers, with police arresting Sullivan and Alexander.
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Herbert
Tombs Court
Allen P. Hallett
Jerome J. Danzig & Co
Broadway
Samp
Timothy J. Sullivan
Ben” Alexander
Haslett
James Perry
Danzie & Co
Sullivan
Perry
Conger
Hallet
Danziz
Hallett
No. 52
New Street
Alexander
Farley
Wall Street
Lorimer Out as Roosevelt Dinner Sparks Club Rift
Chicago set on Sept 10 reports United States Senator William Lorimer offered his resignation from the Hamilton Club after President John H Batten withdrew Roosevelt's invitation to a harmony dinner. Lorimer urged immediate acceptance, but club governors were expected to reject the resignation amid factional tensions.
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Chicago
Hamilton Club
United States
William Lorimer
John H. Batten
Roosevelt
Lorimer
Club Board of Governors
Batten
Illinois
Vanderbilt Not in Danger After Illness and Gunshot Rumor
A city report claimed Reginald C. Vanderbilt had a gunshot wound while he has been ill at his Newport home. Dr. Austin Flint Jr. said Vanderbilt has had typhoid fever for three weeks but is improving and nearly convalescent with normal temperature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reginald C. Vanderbilt
Newport
Austin Flint, Jr
Vanderbilt
Reginald Vanderbilt
Roosevelt silent after Lorimer resignation in Pittsburgh
Theodor e Roosevelt learned that Senator Lorimer resigned from the Hamilton Club following the ex president's attack two days earlier. He showed interest but declined to comment.
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Pittsburg
Theodore Roosevelt
Senator Lorimer
Hamilton Club
Ackley Removed as Rector at St. Andrew’s Church
Rev William N Ackley rector of St Andrew's Protestant Episcopal Church in Brooklyn faces removal after wardens and vestrymen served notice he is no longer in charge. He vows to contest the action while charges allege he is too old to continue.
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William N. Ackley
St. Andrew's Protestant Episcopal Church
Fourth Avenue
50Th Street
Brooklyn
Ackley
St. Andrew’s
Older man seeks chauffeur license in Albany
Hezekiah W. Pettibone of Attica, seventy, applied to Secretary of State S. 8. Koenig for a chauffeur license. He is the oldest applicant and notes no accidents except one incident in a dog’s run in a play.
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Albany
Hezekiah W. Pettibone
Attica
Koenig
Negro Sues For 100000 Over 1907 Onancock Riot
Samuel L. Burton of Onanecock Virginia sues the town of Onancock and Accomac County officials for 100000 in U S Court claiming riot damage to his business of about 10000 yearly earned prior to his 1907 arrest and acquittal. He says authorities aided the riot and that his property was burned and he remains barred from returning home due to threats.
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Norfolk
Samuel L. Burton
Onanecock
Onancock
Board of Supervisors
Accomac County
United States
Burton
Superior Court of
Virginia
Girl Held as Burglar at Coney Island
Fourteen year old Mary Colen was arrested on a burglary charge at Mermaid Avenue and West 17th Street. She was sent to the Children's Society for arraignment. Detectives say she donned a silk dress and rings valued at 1500, plus other clothing worth 100, after entering the boarding house. Items stolen from Mrs. Dettman and other residents were found in her grip.
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Mary Colen
Coney Island
Children’s Society
Mary
Mermaid Avenue
West 17Th Street
Isaac Dettman
Manhattan
Joseph Warshauer
Neptune Avenue
Grace Burt Leaps From East Rock to Death
Grace L. Burt of New Haven jumped about two hundred feet from the east face of East Rock. She was alive when picked up and begged a police officer to shoot her. She died at a hospital shortly after arrival with a fractured skull and other injuries. Relatives cited eye trouble and fear of losing sight.
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New Haven
Grace L. Burt
East Rock
Old guard quits Newburg Republicans as Odell retires
In Newburg New York the old guard on the city committee resigns guidance of the campaign citing Odell’s retirement. The group plans no further effort and leaves operations to the regular Republicans. Primaries will be run with a single ticket from direct primary backers. The session aimed at a vigorous fight. Separately in Cleveland the park board asks Rockefeller to release lake water to drain mosquitoes.
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Tribune
Newburg
N. Y
Feller
Forest Hill
Standard Oil Company
Cleveland Park Board
Dugway Brook
Park Board
Mr. Rockefeller
Park Department
Boston Tops Fifth City Status in Census Figures
Census Bureau data show Boston population 670585 in 1910, up 109698 or 19.6 percent since 1900, ranking fifth in the nation behind New York Philadelphia Chicago and St. Louis. Also notes New Rochelle Poughkeepsie Kingston figures and a moonlight river trip ad for the Albany line.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Boston
United States
St. Louis
New York City
Philadelphia
Chicago
New Rochelle
N. Y
Poughkeepsie
Kingston
Leaps From Burning Taxi In Baltimore
Miss Blanche H Hanson of Palisades New Jersey leaped from a taxicab flames and smoke enveloped the car near the Chesapeake Steamship Company pier. She escaped with nervous shock and later sailed on the steamer Atlanta. Her brother Richard Hanson, stage name Richard Bennett, is leading man in Maude Adams company.
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Tribune
Baltimore
Blanche H. Hanson
Palisades
N. J
Chesapeake Steamship Company
Yorktown
Miss Hanson
Atlanta
New York
Richard Hanson
Richard Bennett
Maude Adams
Famous Toreador Pepete Killed in Madrid Bullfight
Madrid reports the famed Seville bullfighter Pepete was killed in a bullfight. The tragedy occurred in the capital on September 10. Authorities and fans mourn the renowned matador known for daring passes and classic style.
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Madrid
Pepete
Seville
Mayor Gaynor Attends Long Island Horse Show
Smithtown reports Mayor Gaynor and family at a local horse show as he shows signs of a long illness. Rufus Gaynor wins with Gesta in stallion wagon class and Gertrude Gaynor claims top prizes with Lemons in combination saddle and harness.
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Tribune
Smithtown
Long Island
Gaynor
Gertrude
Rufus Gaynor
Rufus
Gertrude Gaynor
Lemons
Happaugh
Tom and Jerry
Marion Gaynor
James G. Oxnard
Kitty
Stanford White
Snowball
New York
Mayor Gaynor
Mrs. Gaynor
St. James
Patten Gives Half Million for Illinois Hospital Endowment
Chicago announces a $50,000 gift by George W. Patten to the Evans ton Hospital Association. The endowment, named the Agnes and Louisa Patten Fund, honors Mrs. Agnes Patten and Mrs. Louisa Patten, mother and wife of James A. Patten.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Evanston
Ill
Roosevelt Receives Greatest Welcome in Pittsburg
Theodore Roosevelt tours Pittsburg on the last Western stop of his trip. Crowds cram the stations and streets as ex President meets Mayor Magee and speaks from a stage above a crowd. He praises Pittsburg for eradicating graft while warning against corruption and recalling his role in bank investigations.
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Pittsburg
Tribune
Theodore Roosevelt
Oyster Bay
Mr. Roosevelt
Pennsylvania Station
Fort Pitt Hotel
Monongahela Hotel
Exposition Grounds
Teddy
Roosevelt
Colonel Roosevelt
White House
Africa
Europe
America
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Thomas ST
Office of
Savannah Line
Reserve- Mont
Seah
Hamilton
Senator
Harmony
Dr. Flint
Brooklyn Church
Odell
Cleveland
Will
John D. Rocke
Palisades, N. J
G. W. Patten
He Founds Hospital Endowment Fund For
Evanston, Ill
W. A. Magee
Treasury Department
Nesbit
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