Sing Sing Convict Captured After Bold Brooklyn Escape
Joe La Sala, escapee from Sing Sing, was tracked to Brooklyn after slipping from a river wall and stealing a boat. He described a planned breakout and river crossing before being spotted by a detective and taken into custody. The man admitted plotting the escape to see his redheaded child and wife, and was recaptured near Liberty Avenue after pursuit through Brooklyn streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jose
la Sala
Brooklyn
Joe la Sala
Sing Sing
Brooklyn Detective Bureau
Joe
127Th Street
Second Avenue
Vachris
Liberty Avenue
Howey
McLaughlin
Milford Street
Howey McLaughlin
MecLaugh
Atkin Street
Milford
Atkin Streets
Rockefeller Jr Arrives at Columbia to Inspect Pavements
John D. Rockefeller Jr. visited Columbia University and studied the quadrangle pavements. He examined grotesque designs and viewed brick walks with university officials, reportedly to replicate the paving at his home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia University
Standard Oil
Columbia
Passover Relief Aid Distributes Food to East Side
The Passover Relief Association of Harlem has helped east side Jews for two weeks and distributed 2000 pounds of unleavened bread 200 pounds of coffee and other necessities yesterday. The group plans further relief before Passover next week aiding many more needy east side families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Pure Food Exposition to Close at Lenox Lyceum
Under the New York Retail Grocers Union auspices the Pure Food Exposition at Lenox Lyceum ends next week. Mrs Lily Haxworth Wallace will continue cooking lectures daily using exhibit ingredients. Attendance has been large.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lenox Lyceum
New York Retail Grocers’ Union
Lily Haxworth Wallace
Youthful Brooklyn Killer Slays Mother With Revolver
Bernard Carlin, 21, released from Elmira reformatory days earlier, shot his 68 year old mother Susan Carlin at her 587 Quincy Street apartment. He bought the revolver with money given by the reformatory superintendent to start anew. He then tried to shoot his sister, fled, was chased by neighbors, captured, and confessed he killed to avenge his mistreatment by his mother. He showed no remorse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernard Carlin
Susan Carlin
Quincy Street
Brooklyn
Reformatory
Carlin
Elmira Reformatory
Wallabout Market
Aspinall
Napanoch
S& Brooklyn
Anthony
Mary
Harrison
George Pongles
Edward Sautell
Thirty-eighth Street
Sulzbacher Pleads Not Guilty in Three Indictments
Joseph H. Sulzbacher of Sulzbacher & Co. is arraigned before Judge Crain in General Sessions and pleads not guilty to three indictments charging grand larceny forgery and witness interference. Complainant Camille J. Ludman seeks $17000 and accuses Sulzbacher of account manipulation and an attempt to relocate a witness to Mexico.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph H. Sulzbacher
Sulzbacher & Co
Crain
James W. Osborne
Sulzbacher
Camille J. Ludman
Gibbs Prize Awarded to Dr Norman E Ditman
The New York Academy of Medicine awarded the Gibbs prize for original kidney disease research to Dr Norman E Ditman of this city. The prize, begun six years ago and closed last October, honors work in calls pathology and treatment of kidney ailments. Ditman is assistant attending physician at St Luke's Hospital, assisted by William Walker of the University of Pennsylvania chemical department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gibbs
Norman. E. Ditman
New York Academy of Medicine
E. Ditman
Ditman
St. .Luke's Hospital
William Walker
Chemical Department
University of Pennsylivania
Brooklyn Bank to Move Office and Build New $75,000 House
The First National Bank plans to relocate from its Broadway foot site to a newly purchased northwest corner property at Broadway and Havemeyer Street. A $75,000 building will be erected, and the bank paid $75,000 for the land. A worker at Ridgewood Pumping Station, Peter Partula, 53 Ellery Street, was crushed to death by caving earth. the foreman was arrested for negligence. Long Island Rail Road’s spring schedule boosts Atlantic Avenue Division service to 251 daily trains, with most running to Jamaica and the Rockaways. Jenkins Trust Company will rename itself Lafayette Trust Company, pending State approval. operations expected to resume next Wednesday.
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First National Bank
Broadway
Havemeyer Street
Ridgewood
Atlantic Avenue
Logan Street
Peter Paratula
Ellery Street
Long Island Railroad
Atlantic Avenue Division
Flatbush Avenue Station
Brooklyn
Jamaica
Rockaways
Jenkins Trust Company
Lafayette Trust Company
Danking
Aged Foster N. Smith to Wed Kate Baker in South Brooklyn
Foster N. Smith aged 72 of 599 Leonard Street will marry Kate Baker 20 years his junior. The couple follow the late wife of Mr. Smith, a well known Methodist. In South Brooklyn St Saviour parish plans a new parochial schoolhouse on Sixth Street near Eighth Avenue costing 100000 dollars.
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Foster N. Smith
Leonard Street
Kate Baker
Smith
St. Saviour
Brooklyn
Sixth Street
Biehth Avenue
Art sale at Fishel Adler Swartz nets $10 434
One hundred paintings from the stock of Fishel Adler Swartz were sold at their Fifth Avenue galleries by James P. Stio. The auction realized $10 434 with prices ranging from 20 to 480 dollars for works by Henner Jacquet Meunier Lambert Dupré Couland van Essen de Hoog Delpy Fabres Rudishi Sorbie Weiss Weber and others. Proceeds from the sale stem from the firm’s death of Abraham I Adler. sale continues this evening and tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fishel, Adler & Swartz
Fifth Avenue
James P. Stio
Henner
Fiammetta
Meditation
G. Jacquet
J. A. Meunier
E. Lambert
Julian Dupré
M. Couland
J. van Essen
Dr. Buckley
B. de Hoog
A. W. Gans
Seine
H. C. Delpy
A. W. Davis
A. Fabres
W. J. Kellogg
H. Rudishi
Florence
José Weiss
Theodore Weber
Abraham I. Adler
Jersey's Annual Bill Passes Legislature
Special to The New York Times from Trenton on April 8 reports the General Appropriation bill for the 1908 fiscal year beginning November 1 carries 4 618 407 17 for state government. An additional supplemental bill totals 622 944 65 for repairs and enlargements and inland waterways from Bayhead to Cape May. The current year appropriation stands at 552 193 57 with the 708 supplemental bill at 741 042 65. The Senate and concurrent resolutions seek constitutional amendments for judiciary reform and term lengths for governor senators and assemblymen, with the legislature to reconvene annually.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Trenton
Inland Waterways
Inland Waterways Plan
Bayhead
Cape May
Senate
Raid on East Ninety-Seventh Street Nets Arrestees
Detectives Greason O'Brien and Doran from West 104th Street Station raided a top-floor East Ninety-seventh Street house near Third Avenue and arrested two men and a woman after threats. The men, Tony Rosso and Thomas McCarthy, allegedly robbed Yorkville Shirtwaist Factory at 202 East 100th Street. the woman, Mary Taylor of 216 East 127th Street, faced receiving stolen goods charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greason
O’brien
Doran
West 104Th Street
East Ninety-seventh Street
Third Avenue
Yorkville
East 100Th Street
Tony Rosso
Fast Ninety-ninth Street
Thomas McCarthy
East 127Th Street
Mary Taylor
Complaint filed against Kings County Hospital head
At the State Board of Charities annual meeting in Albany a complaint was filed against Dr John F Fitzgerald Superintendent of the Kings County Hospital and Almshouse alleging ill treatment of inmates and careless administration. The matter was referred to President William R Stewart with power to order an immediate investigation. Stewart and Smith were reelected president and vice president, and Dennis McCarthy of Syracuse was reappointed to the State Probation Commission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
State Board of Charities
John F. Witzgerald
Kings County Hospital
Almshouse
William R. Stewart
Stewart
Smith
New York
Dennis McCarthy
Syracuse
State Probation Commission
Milk Fight Renewed in Montclair War on Milk
Montclair New Jersey April 8 The Board of Health started the renewed campaign against the Borden Milk Company by warning residents that after May 15 milk sold in town must come from cows tuberculin tested free of tuberculosis The board urges consumers to arrange a supply that meets the Montclair standard if their dealer cannot guarantee it
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montclair
N. J
Montclair Board of Health
Borden Milk Company
Board of Health
Efort
California Fig Syrup Co
United States
Secretary of Agriculture
Washington, D. C
Montclair Board to Replace Teacher With Man at Maple Avenue
The Montclair Board of Education orders Miss Wiggins removed from Maple Avenue School after years of service and replaced by a man at the same salary. Wiggins will obtain another post within the district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montclair
N. J
Board of Education
Wiggins
Maple Avenue
GITY BREVITIES
Joan B Farrell real name Barrett jailed fifteen months for horse race tipping swindle. William Archer to lecture at Columbia Havemeyer Hall on Elizabethan English Playhouse. Edwin H Anderson named Assistant Director at Public Library. former Carnegie Librarian in Pittsburg and state librarian at Albany. City Magistrates plan to push for larger court squads with a three-member committee. Socialist Party in Twenty third District seeks debate with Congressman. Amsterdam inquiry seeks relatives in Netherlands. Several marriage licenses issued at City Hall. Lieut Beery returns with J Edward Boeck from California after theft indictment.
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Joan B. Farrell
Barrett
Clinton Prison
Holt
United States Cirouit Court
Willam Archer
Havemeyer Hall
Columbia University
Public Library
Edwin H. Anderson
Library Bee
Carnegie Library
Pittsburg
Albany
West Side Court
Bingham
Pp. J. Flanagen
Socialist Party
Twenty-third Assembly
Brooklyn
Metz
A.bergmans
Amsterdam
Holland
Maria Pongsen
Maria Valkiesen
Vaikeeser
Junstaat
Karl
Lejos Kada
Vienna
Maria Seymour Eddy
East Forty-seventh Street
Una Adele Winterburn
Army redeploys officers and retires Muhlenberg
Special to The New York Times Washington April 8 Orders of Feb 28 revoking action on Capt F B Hennessy and Major H A Leonhauser. Brigadier General J C Muhlenberg placed on retired list. Capt D L Stone to Fort Sill and assume construction duties at that post. Major I M Brett relieved as Adjutant General of DC and to join his regiment in the Philippines. Capt B P Winster retired. recruiting officer to Fayetteville then Troy to gather evidence for trial.
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Washington
F. B. Hennessy
Third Field Artillery
Ol. J. C. Muhlenberg
H. A. Leonhauser
Twenty-first Infantry
D. L. Stone
Fort. McDowell
Cal
Fort Sill
Oklo
I. M. Brett
First Cavalry
District of Columbia
Philippines
San Francisco
Department of California
B. P. Winster
Raleigh
N. C
Fayetteville
Troy
Commissioned Lieutenants Named in Recent Orders
Commissioned officers list includes Lieutenants M. Milne W. R. Van Auken M. K. Metcalf T. H. Taylor L. H. Lacy and Lieutenants Junior Grade A.8 Kibbee C. Moses in the latest naval or military assignments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Milne
W. R. van Auken
M. K. Metcalf
L. H. Lacy
A. 8. Kibbee
C. Moses
Movements of Naval Vessels Reported in Coastal Bulletin
Arrivals show the Buffalo at Magdalena Bay California and the Tennessee at Port Townsend with movements to Magdalena Bay Chicago and Hempton Roads. Relief and San Francisco are listed with the Blakely sailing from Pensacola for Saint Joseph's Bay.
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Buffalo
Magdalena Bay
California
Tennessee
Port Townsend
Chicago
Hemton Roads
San Francisco
Blakely
Pensacola
St. Joseph’s Bay
Seaworthy Rescue Of Champagne Crew Off Volturno
Twenty eight sailors from the French schooner Champagne reach the Volturno after a gale wreck near the Banks. Life belts and lines saved all aboard as two lifeboats ferried them to safety amid heavy seas. Captain Delalande reports the crew had been en route from St Malo to St Pierre Miquelon and endured leaks before rescue.
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St. Malo
France
St. Pierre
Miquelon
Champagne
Rotterdam
McIntosh
Delalande
Volturno
Court Forgives Fugitive in Ulster County Killing
John Taylor, long sought after for the 26 year old death of Thomas Murray in Port Ewen during an election day clash, has been identified and the indictment dismissed by Supreme Court Justice W C Howard. Taylor used a false identity and now heads a major mercantile firm. The brick that fractured Murray’s skull remains in the District Attorney’s office.
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Kingston
N. Y
Supreme Court of New York
John Taylor
Thomas Murray
Taylor
Supreme Court
A. T. Clearwater
W. C. Howard
Troy
Murray
Port Ewen
Ulster County
Navy plans home colonies for sailors along coasts
The Navy considers establishing 48 home bases on Atlantic and Pacific coasts to allow enlisted men to purchase homes and have ships call at regular intervals. Staten Island is a likely site, spurred by Assistant Secretary Truman Newberry during a recent New York visit. Rear Admiral Burwell backs the idea, with a Puget Sound plot eyed for a test project to keep skilled sailors in service.
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Navy Department
Atlantic
Pacific
Staten Island
New York
Navy
Truman H. Newberry
Department
Burwell
Navy Yard
Puget Sound
Puget Sound Yard
Brothers Die in Fire at Lee Avenue Tenement
In Paterson New Jersey on April 8 a fire destroyed the double tenement at 45 and 47 Lee Avenue killing two Campbell brothers aged 4 and 15. Their parents and sisters were rescued from the blaze.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paterson
N. J
Lee Avenue
Willam
Alexander Campbell
Spring fashion boosts suit and coat sales at the shop
A clothier notes warm weather boosts Spring suits priced 18 to 45 while cooler days lift overcoats 18 to 35. Derbies including Knapp and Knapp-Felt lines sell for 4 to 6 dollars, with ample stock regardless of the season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ee & Knapp
Revolution Here He Says At Law School Alumni Reception
The Law School Alumni Association of Columbia hosted a reception for Dr. Chipman Gray Royall Professor of Law at Harvard at the St. Regis Hotel Gray has lectured at Columbia Morgan J O'Brien retiring president warned that only law and sword keep order and warned of a bloodless revolution Geeke L Hives was elected president and others named to officer posts
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alumni Association
Law School of
Columbia University
Chipman Gray
Royall
Harvard University
St. Regis
Association
Geeke L. Hives
William B. Hornblower
Francis Lynde Stetsson
Adrian H. Jolirhirder
Samu Rik Jr
Robert van Iderstine
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Passover Relief Association
Brooklyn News Notes
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State Board
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the United Service
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the Navy
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