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New York Times

Location

New York, New York, United States of America

Date

Jun 05, 1912

Page

3

Woman Abducts 5 Year Old Sophie Weisberg in City Street

Police search across New York after a stranger lured Sophie Weisberg, five, and her sister Fannie away near 145th Street and Eighth Avenue. Detectives Tunney Gaynor and Toner, with added staff, pursue a tall 30 year old woman with gold teeth, white floral waist, black skirt, and large black plume hat.

152D Street Sophie Weisberg Barnet Weisberg West 145Thtreet Fannie Fanie Sophie 145Th Street Weisberg Fanny Highth Avenue Naa Fann Foert Haift 144Th Street Tunney Gaynor Toner Brook Av Bronx

Chambermaids Quit as Brokers and Waiters Strike

Two waiter and cook walkouts plus a chambermaid action marked a broad hotel and restaurant strike. Workers at the Luncheon Club on the Stock Exchange and the Machinery Club left at noon, with others at Grand Central Station and Hotel Imperial joining the action. Union leaders touted gains while proprietors reported many strikers returning and promised future demonstrations at Carnegie Hall.

Stock Exchange Machinery Club Church Street Grand Central Station Hotel Imperial International Hotel Workers’ Union The Pullman Bryant Hall Sixth Avenue Forty-second Street Proeves the Imperial Archambault Broadway Plaza Virginia J. P. Reddy Mouquin’s Fulton Street Mouquin Parisien Highth Avenue Lorber’s Carlos West Twenty-fourth Street Louis Marstin’s Rose Pastor Stokes Amsterdam Opera House West Forty-fourth Street Edward Blochlinger Theotel Carnegie Hall Morris Hillquit John Wanhope Adolph Gremer United Mine Workers

Real estate broker Arthur S Levy commits suicide at Broadway office

Arthur S Levy a 58 year old real estate broker shot himself in the right temple in his office at 1451 Broadway shortly before 6 PM. He was married and lived at 106 to 110 Central Park West. Coroner Hellenstein attributed possible motive to ill health and despondency.

Arthur S. Lévy Broadway Levy Mr. Levy Barnard Central Park West West Thirtieth Street William Radam Microbe New York Prince Street John Mulvihill Mulvihill

House Panel Drops Dill ingham Bill and Backs Burnett Measure

Washington June 4 The House Immigration Committee struck out the full Dillingham bill and ordered the Burnett literacy test bill reported. The Burnett plan would exclude aliens over 16 who cannot read English or another language, with limited family rights for legible relatives. The Dillingham proposal favored broader literacy testing and testing by reading and writing.

New York Times Washington Dillingham United States House Immigration Committee Burnett House Senate Goldfogle New York Sabath Chicago Catlin St. Louis Judge Goldfogle Texas Gardiner Massachusetts Alabama Representative Powers Kentucky Hayes California Bell Georgia Helgesen North Dakota Brown West Virginia Gardner

Foreign Affairs Notes Mention Rio Exhibition and Diplomats

Notes report that Brazil plans to send Para's permanent and special rubber exhibits to New York for the September Rubber Exhibition. Edwin V Morgan presents credentials to President Fonseca as U S ambassador. King Albert receives Panama-Pacific Exposition commissioners and Belgian plans. American Minister Dodge in hospital convalesces, expects return by week end.

Rio Janeiro New York Para Paris Edwin V.morgan Fonseca Brussels King Albert San Francisco Wagsem Lisbon Panama Dodge Jene

Bullfrog Turtle Owl Gifts for Cunard Captain Turner

Three peculiar offerings await Capt. W. T. Turner of the Mauretania on arrival Friday. A snapping turtle, a croaking bullfrog, and a hooting owl were sent from upstate friends to be taken to Liverpool’s aquarium. The owl required 1.88 in dues, paid in limited funds on the pier. The animals are kept together in the pier head room to avoid disturbing other crews.

W. T. Turner Cunard Mauretania Liverpool Aquarium

MIT Names Lindgren Head Of Geology Dept

Prof Waldemar Lindgren of the United States Geological Survey in Washington has been chosen to head MIT's Geology Department. The appointment, announced by President Maclaurin at commencement, replaces Dr T A Jaggar Jr who will serve five years as Director of the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory.

Bryant Hall F. A. Reid Hotel Men’s Association Oscar Waldorf- Astoria Gotham Manhattan Plaza St. Denis Savoy Stella Pavlowitz East 138Th Street 138Th Street Brown Place Bronx Miss Painowitz Boston Waldemar Lindgren United States Geological Survey Washington Geological Department Massachusetts Institute of Technology Maclaurin Lindgren T. A. Jaggar, Jr Hawaiian Volcano Observatory

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