First Woman Head of N E A Election In Sight
Delegates to the National Education Association await the outcome of the first bid by a woman to head the body as Ella Flagg Young of Chicago and Z X Snyder of Greely Colo. contend. Voting is set for today at the New South Church at noon with campaigns unusually heated.
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National Education Association
Ella Flagg Young
Chicago
Z. X Snyder
Colorado State Normal School
Greely
Col
Martin Brumbaugh
Philadelphia
Snyder
Qid
Women candidates contested for world education body presidency
Both sides expect victory in the election to choose the president of a major educational organization. Mrs Young supporters claim a majority of states, while Snyder backers concede only five states. The vote, to be held tomorrow, will decide if a woman can lead the largest educational body and whether Chicago will have two presidents in three years. Contenders object to lobbying near the Brunswick lobby. Continued on Page I First Column.
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Mrs. Young
Snyder
Chicago
Snappy Sentences by Noted Teachers
A compilation of concise quotes from educators and thinkers on topics from college instruction and sportsmanship to agriculture in high schools. Notable lines cover English standards, industrial schools, compulsory schooling age, and the Carnegie Foundation as a major force in education.
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G. F. Warren
Arthur D. Dean
Massachusetts
Arkwright Club
Wesley N. Clifford
Carnegie Foundation
City Hall Graft Sparks Outcry Over City Club Luncheon
City officials expose two council bills as potential graft items. A $17 charge for refreshments at the City Club linked to Bunker Hill Day raises questions, and a $156 charge for carriages to attend ex Mayor Hibbard's funeral draws scrutiny over city expense. The report notes astonishment among councilors and clues about which members may be implicated.
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City Hall
Findom
Hibbard
Gridley’s
Opposition to Johnson Jeffries fight screenings grows
Nationwide protest against exhibiting the Johnson Johnson-Jeffries films intensified as Mayor Fitzgerald warned theater managers that licenses would be revoked for showings. Clergy educators and public officials joined the crusade led by the Christian Endea vor Society with Cardinal Gibbons among the supporters urging prohibition.
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Fitzgerald
Christian Endeavor Society
Cardinal Gibbons
Baltimore
Prohibition Fears Over Moving Pictures After Prize Fight
Telegrams from many states reveal opposition to showing moving pictures linked to the Jeffries Johnson prize fight. The Endeavor Society cites rioting and murder after the victory and urges governors to ban demoralizing exhibitions to protect youth. Early replies show opposition to the screenings.
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Union
Endeavor Society
Johnson
Engineer Samuel Howard Hero of Grand Republic Fire
Samuel Howard chief engineer stood at his post as flames and smoke filled the three deck wooden steamer Grand Republic. He followed every bell from the pilot house and used touch to issue orders. After docking he gasped for breath and declined credit, giving God credit for landing safely with 45 passengers aboard.
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New York
Grand Republic
Far Rockaway
Samuel Howard
Heroic work saves passengers aboard excursion steamer
The old fashioned excursion steamer, sister ship to the ill fated General Slocum, was en route to the city when fire erupted in the cook's galley. Crew and 45 passengers escaped aboard the Crescent Athletic Club landing, with Brooklyn firemen quelling the blaze in minutes and preventing loss of life. Damage estimated at $5000 amid a near panic.
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General Slocum
Crescent Athletic Club
Brooklyn
Neck broken may recover says marine at Chelsea Hospital
Leo Hager, a marine who broke his neck at Revere Beach, remained alive and possibly able to recover. Doctors noted his condition improved overnight with a rising temperature easing and mental clarity. He is conscious, can speak, and takes nourishment, though paralyzed from the chest down due to a fifth vertebra fracture and neck cord dislocation.
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Leo Hager
Revere Beach
Chelsea Naval Hospital
Hager
Naval Hospital
Daily fire record of multiple Boston area incidents
Morning through night fire call log listing addresses in East Boston Roxbury Dorchester and South Boston with callers and the property losses. Notable entries include Annie McLaughlin and Vincent Reade among others with losses ranging from slight to two figures. some no loss and one damaged bell.
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Trenton Street
Boston
Harry Roys
Cobb Street
Samuel Alpert
Reat
Dore Teset
Dorchester Avenue
Brooks Street
Dorchester
Dedham Street
Mary Dougherty
Needleas
Staniora Street
Ward Whitehouse
Lower Flight
Hell
Death of Carnegie Trust head Arises From Bond Disappearance
New York July 6 The death of Charles C. Dickinson head of the Carnegie Trust Company is revived by charges that $400,000 worth of bonds disappeared and were pledged to the district attorney. The claim is framed as an insurance company setup alleging self destruction.
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G. G. Bain
Charles C. Dickinson
New York City
Carnegie Trust Company
New York
Dickinson Bond Heist Ties Death to Missing Carnegie Bonds
Dickinson died after inhaling fumes in a Scranton alchemy lab dispute. A New York broker claims nearly 500000 dollars in Southern Railway bonds entrusted to the Carnegie Trust vanished. Investigations by casualty insurers and the district attorney focus on bonds sold by Chapman & Co amid a bank’s scrutiny.
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Dickinson
Dr. Lange
Scranton
New York
Carnegie Company
York
St. Luke’s Hospital
Carnegie Trust Company
Abraham Levy
Wellborn
Twombly
Trust Company
C. W. Chapman & Co
Koerner
Southern Railway
Rose Pitonof Sets Boston Channel Swim Record at 15
Fifteen year old Rose Pitonof triumphs in a grueling five mile swim from the Dorchester Yacht Club to Deer Island in three hours and fifteen minutes securing the title of Greater Boston champion girl swimmer. She battled heavy east winds and rough waves, nearly vanishing in the wake of the South Shore steamer, while her father accompanied her in a small boat.
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Ynol
Dorchester
Dorchester Yacht Club
Deer Island Light
Rose Pitonof
Greater Boston
Deer Island
Nantasket
Miss Pitonof
Fisherman coach urges exhausted swimmer to switch to boat race
The narrative describes a swimmer near exhaustion as her father and trainer George De Cost insists she abandon swimming and enter the boat event, with the note indicating continuation on Page 2.
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George de Cost
After Scalp of Chief Croker Reported by Tribune
New York July 6. The New York Tribune says a majority of an inquiry committee reported to Commissioner Waldo that Chief Croker of the New York fire department is guilty of incompetence mismanagement bad judgment and nine other offences. Croker has a week to reply and an open trial will follow.
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New York
New York Tribune
Waldo
Croker
New York Fire Department
Goulds Divorce Widow To Wed Relative Of Sugar Refiner
Mrs. Hellen Kelly Gould, ex wife of Frank J. Gould divorced in May 1909, will marry Ralph Thomas a nephew of Washington Thomas president of the American Sugar Refining Company in New York on July 15.
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New York
Hellen Kelly Gould
Frank J. Gould
Ralph Thomas
Washington Thomas
American Sugar Refining Company
Body Found in East Boston Harbor Likely Murdered Fisherman
A man about 35 was recovered yesterday morning at the East Boston South Ferry with head injuries suggesting homicide. He wore clothing except for coat and vest and appeared to be a fisherman. Police conduct an investigation into the incident.
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Harbor
East Boston South Ferry
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Z. X. Snyder
Brunswick
A. M
Washington
New England
Middle Atlantic
European
Grand Banks
Thompson’s Spa
Theo
Boston Hotel Co
Ngoe
United States
William McAndrew
Milton
Fairchild
Adelaide S. Baylor
American Federation of Labor
le Beer
Koen i Tr
Debar Johnson
Jeffries Films
Telegraph
Virginia
Slocum
Daily Fire Record
Carnegie Trust
Alchemy
Queer Transaction
Mret Colamn
Frank Gould
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