Taft Foresees Jewish Involvement in American Farming
Former President Taft addresses National Farm School in Bucks County and urges Jewish Americans to join modern agriculture. Speakers include Henry Morgenthau and David Lubin as the school marks its nineteenth annual Spring exercises and honors its new freshman class.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Philadelphia
William Howard Taft
National Farm School
Bucks County
Henry Morgenthau
Turkey
David Lubin
International Institute of Agriculture
Rome
George W. Ochs
New York
Samuel G. Schmucker
State Normal School
Westchester
Charles A. Rubenstein
Baltimore
Joseph Krauskopf
Taft
Ukrainians Hear Concert at Ellis Island by Ukrainian Choir
About 1 200 Ukrainians gathered at Ellis Island invited by Commissioner Frederic C Howe to hear the Ruthenian Greek Catholic Church choir of St George perform at 22 East Beventh Street. The program featured native songs, violin by M P chava, soprano Julia Korecka and tenor Zasulak concluding with Ukraine Is Still Alive. Ukrainians from the Black Sea Little Russia region began immigrating forty years ago. today about 0 000 in the United States and 200 000 in Canada work as laborers, farmers, and skilled workers.
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Ellis Island
Frederic C. Howe
St. George
East Beventh Street
Myron Hundych
Andusic
M. P. Chava
Julia Korecka
Ani Zasulak
Ukraine
Meres
Black Sea
Russia
United States
Canada
State Extends Compensation Law Across More Occupations
The State Industrial Commission announced changes to the compensation law effective June 1, expanding coverage to many more classes of workers and making failure to provide compensation a misdemeanor. The amendments require state and municipal employers to insure hazardous workers and allow elective coverage for all a employer’s staff through joint action, relieving others of liability beyond the act’s provisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Industrials Commission
Henry D. Sayer
Goff Addresses Irishmen in Syracuse Mass Meeting
Justice John W. Goff spoke at a Friends of Irish Freedom rally in Syracuse praising Irish patriots executed by England. He argued their deaths united Americans, exposed home rule imposture, and revived support for Ireland’s freedom.
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Syracuse
John W. Goff
Supreme Court
Friends of Irish Freedom
Ireland
America
Dublin
Dusties Goff
Portance
England
Ireadland
City Employment Bureau reports May jobs rise to new high
The Municipal Employment Bureau at 35 Lafayette Street placed 2,878 people in May, up 447 from prior records. Superintendent W. E. Kruess noted a shift in conditions vs last year and that eight times as many positions were filled as before. The bureau highlighted strong demand in printing, hotels, factories, sales, stenography, and agricultural work, with a shortage due to race discrimination cited by the superintendent. The women’s branch reported plenty of reliable applicants for domestic service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Municipal Employment Bureau
Lafayette Street
Free City Agency
W. E. Kruess
George H. Bell
Ular
Mitchel
Connecticut
Bureau
Hudison Guild
Insurance assets grow in New York 1915 fire company report
The 264 fire and marine insurers in New York state held 759,013,882 in admitted assets at end of 1915, up from 1914. Net gains from premiums and investments totaled 60,? million after adjustments, with surplus rising to 31,818,061 as 1915 outcomes were described as successful by Superintendent Phillips.
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Apecal
New York Times
Albany
Jesse 8S
Phillips
Suptillips
Change planned for rites of old Staten Island infirmary name
The R. Smith Infirmary, Staten Island’s oldest hospital, will be renamed Staten Island Hospital. The board cites confusion with aged care as driving patients to Manhattan or Mt. Vicent’s Hospital. The facility features annexes for contagious disease treatment and a staff of leading Blazen Island and Manhattan specialists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. Smith Infirmary
Staten Island
Samuel R. Smith
Staten Island Hospital
Manhattan Spital
Mt. Vincent's Hospital
New Eton
Blazen Island
Manhattan
E. B. Thomas’s Condition Improves
E. B. Thomas, president of the Lehigh Valley Railroad, has shown improvement after illness. A Saturday medical consultation noted concerns that his stomach and intestinal troubles might worsen, but he remains bedridden for the first week of his illness.
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E. B. Thomas
Lehigh Valley Railroad
Mr. Thomas
Schiff Quits Jewish Movements After Valedictory
Jacob H. Schiff told the Kehillah at its seventh annual convention that attacks over his Russia Poland remarks left him hurt and that Zionism nationalism and the Congress movement would be a sealed book to him. He said he would continue to work for his people and push for full civic rights in war-torn regions while ending his formal involvement with contentious political movements.
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Jacob H. Schiff
Kehillah
Hebrew Technical School For Girls
Congress Movement
Poland
Russia
Rumania
Palestine
Schiff
Central Jewish Institute
Jewish Institute
American Jewish Committee
Mr. Kiff
Louis Marshall
Democratic Congress
United States
Leon Sanders
Z. Cutler
Cutler
American Committee
New York
One Hundred Third Knights Templar Conclave in Brooklyn
The 103rd annual Grand Commandery Conclave of Knights Templar in New York State convenes this week at Ma sonic Temple in Brooklyn with over 8000 members expected. The opening sermon was delivered by Rev Henry R Freeman at the Cathedral of St John the Divine, followed by a parade through Brooklyn and a musical reception by Kismet Temple Band and Shrine units.
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Knights Templar
New York
Masonic Temple
Clermont
Lafayette Avenues
Brooklyn
Henry R. Freeman
United States
St. John the Divine
Hugh de Paynes
Buffalo
Lake Erie
Kismet Temple
Myalla
Haa Arra
Peril to City From Amateur Chemists in Tenements
Fire Commissioner Adamson warns that a rise in chemical experiments by amateurs in New York tenements and flats increases fire risk. Bromine gas releases from broken bottles, hazardous metal powders, and phosphorus ignition in nonfireproof buildings have caused evacuations, injuries, and shut downs. Landlords urged to inspect proposed chemical occupancies before rental.
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Germany
Adamson
New York Central
St. John'’s Park
Gold Street
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Fire Prevention Bureau
Columbia Alumni Incorporate
Albany June 4 The Alumni Federation of Columbia University Inc chartered under Article 16 to gain benefits for incorporated alumni societies Directors include Charles Sears Baldwin Frederick Coykendall Henry McC Bangs Gustavus T Kirby Allan B A Bradley Lawrason Riggs Jr Lucius W Hotchkiss Gannon Charles A Downer Herbert R Moody Stockton R Coit Henry S Kissam Monrose Hewlett George G Cochran Edgar G Barratt Edwin Ludlow Edmund Joy James M Clark W M L Fiske Robert Arrowsmith among others
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia
New York Times
Albany
Alumni Federation of
Columbia University, Inc
Charles Sears Baldwin
Frederick Coykendall
Henry McC. Bangs
Gustavus T. Kirby
Allan B. A. Bradley
Lawrason Riggs, Jr
Lucius W. Hotchkiss
Ganornn
Charles A. Downer
Herbert R. Moody
Stockton R. Coit
Henry S. Kissam
New York City
J Monrose
Education Board Awards Major Grants Across Institutions
At its Spring meeting the General Education Board allocated 780 thousand dollars to colleges and projects. The Medical Department of Washington University in St. Louis received 250 thousand, bringing the institution's total to 1.5 million for full-time medical teaching. Other major gifts included Colby College in Waterville 125 thousand, Oakland College 76 thousand, and Coker College 50 thousand. Significant sums supported Negro education, research in New Hampshire, and farm demonstration work in Maine and New Hampshire, with the board’s total appropriations since 1902 reaching about 14.29 million.
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General Education Board
Medical Department of Washington University
St. Louis
Basalts Col College
Waterville
Beoakland College
Rockford
Coker College
Hartaville
N. C
Spelman Seminary
Atlanta
Hampton Institute
Tuskegee Institute
Morehouse College
Fisk University
Nashville
Mayesville Industrial School
New Hampshire
Maine
Japan asks Britain to approve ambassador successor in London
Tokyo asks Great Britain to approve Viscount Sutemi Kinda as Japanese Ambassador to the Court of St James's in London. He would succeed Marquin Katsunosuke Inouye who wishes to return home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokio
Japan
Great Britain
Viscount Sutemi Kinda
United States
Court of St. James
Marquin Katsunosuke Inouye
Growth of Commercial Education Noted in State
Albany June 4 Wallace F Bartholomew State specialist in commercial education notes rapid growth since 1900 with 176 high schools last year offering commercial courses and a total enrollment approaching one hundred thousand across the state.
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New York Times
Albany
Wallace F. Bartholomew
N York Oy
Neuracs
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George Hoffmann
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Israel
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Goff
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Jacob Schiff
Mr. Schiff
Jacob
Joseph
Central Jewis Institute
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State of
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Sixty-first Street
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