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Newspaper
New York Times
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1908
Page
3
The exchange pits a Pessimist who could coach the crew against an Optimist who claims the role of Commodore for the Rocking Chair Fleet. The banter hints at a lighthearted sailing contest and leadership bragging within a retirement-age club.
A conference in Kenosha Wisconsin reports Mother Edith Superior General of the Sisters of St Mary left St Gabriels Peekskill New York to join the Roman Catholic Church. Western Province Mother Claire may lead efforts to halt further desertions as the order faces upheaval across multiple locations.
Assistant Secretary of State Robert Bacon reached Sagamore Hill before 10 this morning after traveling from Westbury L I. The brief talks with President Roosevelt yielded no public statements on the Central American situation.
At the eleventh annual Federation of American Zionists session in the Columbia Hotel Zionist leaders reviewed progress in colonizing the Holy Land and growth of Palestine. Dr Otto Warburg of Berlin was elected chairman and his report received enthusiastic reception. The National Fund Commission and Jewish Colonial Trust reported gains.
After talks with Farman representative Lahm and MacMechen, a plan was set to ship Farman’s airship on the steamship Samland from Antwerp to Boston. The enormous craft cannot fit in regular passenger ships. exhibitions are slated for July 30 to August 1 at Brighton Beach, with further flights August 10 to 14.
Thieves dragged the safe from behind the cashier’s desk at Child's restaurant on Thirty-fourth Street near Broadway during closure. About $800 was stolen after chiseling the safe in the basement. Josilino of 60 West Eighth Street was arrested and held on $1,500 bail for trial.
Twelve year old Louis Fishman crawled in by the fire escape to rescue two children left alone and extinguished a fire at 24 Mangin Street with water from pails. Fire damage totaled a hundred dollars.
Five year old Christina Peterson ignited matches in the back yard of 167 East 109th Street. The flames spread from a rubbish pile to her clothing. Neighbors Jani tor Max Maur H Skaul and Samuel Wittenberg helped extinguish the blaze. Christina died at Harlem Hospital the same day.
Saratoga Springs hosts the Hotel Men's Mutual Benefit Association of the United States and Canada for its twenty ninth annual meeting starting tomorrow. For the first time the group will discuss prohibition with papers on banning liquor sales in hotels. H J Bohm of The Hotel World will present Law and Liquor. E M Tierney of Marlborough New York will discuss prohibition legislation as it affects hotels.
J W Horton treasurer of Security Silk Storage Company reports leaving a $10 to $12 umbrella with initials J W H at the Sixth Avenue elevated station. He offers a suitable reward upon return and asks the finder to contact him at 212 Spring Street.
Police pursue clues in the July Fourth disappearance of Hazel S Drew a 19 year old governess at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Her body was found in Teals Lake with a fractured skull autopsy shows death by trauma Investigators seek four occupants of a mysterious four seat automobile seen near the lake that night and believe the victim may have been murdered in Troy before her body was dumped in the lake
Mrs Louis Bustanoby wife of a Huntington oyster house owner sails on the Kronprinz Wilhelm to begin a long delayed honeymoon alone. Her husband refused to accompany her due to racing events and business ties in Huntington Bay during Aug. 3 week. He plans to join her in four weeks.
Yesterday's temperature barely reached 90 after Sundays 93 plus heat as humidity eased. By afternoon the damp air fell, city reports show no heat related deaths in Manhattan and the Bronx but Brooklyn tallied four deaths and two prostrations. A man sleeping on a Brooklyn dock awoke to fall into the East River and was saved.
Jennie Davis known as Jennie Rogers of 183 West 140th Street hid nearly half an hour in a rear yard hen coop on West 161st Street. She was arraigned in Harlem Court on grand larceny charges after broker John B. McGeorge reported missing silverware and clothing. Bail set at 1000 for examination tomorrow.
The resignation of Rev. Robert Morris Kemp, pastor of St. Chrysostom's Church in Chicago, has been accepted by his Vestrymen.
The British steamship Strathyre arrived in Norfolk with its Chinese crew having jumped overboard while leaving New York. Captain Gunn defends himself against charges of cruelty, saying disobedience to orders and insolence caused the trouble. The ship will load coal for Samoa and a temporary crew will sail to Yokohama to continue the voyage.
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