Million Mourners Line New York Streets At Mayor Gaynor's Funeral
A vast crowd filled New York streets for the funeral of Mayor William Jay Gaynor. The service at Trinity Church followed by a City Hall procession, with Taft among honorary pallbearers, and the burial at Greenwood Cemetery. Police kept traffic halted on the Brooklyn Bridge as the cortege passed through Brooklyn and to the Gaynor family plot.
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Greenwood Cemetery
Brooklyn
William Jay Gaynor
William Howard Taft
Kline
Frank W. Page
St. John’s
City Hall
Trinity Church
Greer
Brooklyn Bridge
Eighth Avenue
Trinity
St. Mary’s
Hoboken
N. J
Mr. Gaynor
ST. Paul's Church
Vesey
Broadway
George Washington
Mayor Kline
Robert Adamson
Waldo
Jacob H. Schiff
Herman Ridder
James Crehlman
Robert A. Smith
Watson
Justice Khogh
John D. Crimmins
Edward M. Grout
Badly Hurt While Riding the Goat Frat Ceremony
In Elkins West Virginia on September 22 Lee Phares a Valley Bend merchant sustained a critical injury during a fraternal order initiation. A spanker loaded with a dynamite cap exploded causing a serious wound. He was rushed to a local hospital unconscious.
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W. Va
Lee Phares
Valley Bend
Here
Phares
Protestant Churches Roundup Features Boston Speakers
Boston will be represented at the National Brotherhood of St. Andrew by three speakers, Dean Rousmaniere, George H. Dandall, and Dr. Hubert Carleton. The corner-stone for St. Pauls Church in Peabody will be laid Sept. 27, with Rev. Allen Greene as rector. A brass pulpit memorial for E. C. Martin will be installed at All Saints Attleboro, with Bishop Lawrence preaching in November. Framingham District Baptist session meets Oct. 8 in Marlboro, with Rev. Albert H. Stanton preaching. Padelford and Robbins will speak. Next Saturday an interdenominational institute in the Ford Building features Mrs. Helen Barrett Montgomery and Mrs. Lucy W. Peabody, with Montgomery addressing girls at 3 a.m. The theme is The Kings Business.
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Boston
National Brotherhood of St. Andrew
Dean Rousmaniere
St. Paul's Cathedral
George H. Dandall
National Organization of the Brotherhood
Hubert Carleton
Brotherhood
St. Paul's Church
Peabody
Allen Greene
Framingham District Association of Baptist Churches
Baptist Church
Marlboro
Albert H. Stanton
First Baptist Church
Natick
F. W. Padelford
American Baptist Association
J. C. Robbins
Philippines
Baptist Foreign Missionary Society
Ford
Helen Barrett Montgomery
Lucy W. Peabody
Montgomery
I W Sympathize With Mnamaras
Delegates at the Industrial Workers of the World meeting in Chicago telegraphed greetings and messages of comfort to imprisoned members. The McNamara brothers, Los Angeles dynamiters, Albert Ryan and Don Legere, inmates at San Quentin, were among those remembered.
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Chicago
Industrial Workers of the World
McNamara Brothers
Los Angeles
Albert Ryan
Don Legere
San Quentin
California
Navy promotes Captain Strauss to head Ordnance Bureau
Captain Joseph Strauss, then in command of the battleship Ohio, is designated by Secretary Daniels as chief of the Naval Bureau of Ordnance with rear admiral rank. He will replace Rear Admiral Nathan C. Twining, who will take command of the cruiser Tacoma. The change occurs around October 1.
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NAVY
Washington
Joseph Strauss
Ohio
Daniels
Naval Bureau of Ordnance
Nathan C. Twining
Tacoma
Danger of foreign tariff war prompts delay plan
Washington dispatch reports administration and Senate leaders fear the Democratic tariff bill could trigger retaliation from foreign nations once the law takes effect. They plan a joint resolution to sustain existing trade relations until President Wilson can secure new agreements. State Department officials warn Taft proclamations under 1909 law could end, risking higher tariffs on exports unless safeguards are set.
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Washington
United States
Administration
Senate
Congress
Wilson
Simmons
Senate Finance Committee
State Department
Taft
Potato Quarantine to Continue Indefinitely
Washington Sept 22 The federal horticultural board will continue the potato import quarantine from the British Isles Germany Austria Hungary Newfoundland and the French islands St Pierre and Miquelon to prevent potato wart canker or black scab from entering the United States.
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Washington
United States
Federal Horticultural Board
British Isles
Germany
Austria-Hungary
Newfoundland
St. Lawrence River
St. Pierre and
Miquelon
Third victim of store robbers dies in Grand Rapids
Paul Townsend, 24, the third victim of the J. J. Thomson jewelry store robbery, died today in Grand Rapids Michigan. J N Thomson and Edward Smith were killed instantly. Police have yet to arrest the robbers.
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Grand Rapids, Mich
Paul Townsend
J. J. Thomson
J. N. Thomson
Edward Smith
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