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Newspaper
New York Times
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1915
Page
6
The latest Summer effects in De Pinna frocks for misses ages 15 to 18. Imported linens crepes tub silks and wash materials available. Formerly up to 22.00 now sale prices 8.75 and 12.50.
Washable gabardine Outing skirts in oyster and khaki across all sizes. Previously priced up to 3.75 in sales. Now offered at a marked reduction as a sale item.
The fiftieth anniversary of the paid Fire Department of New York will be celebrated with a parade next Saturday showcasing apparatus from early eighteenth century pumps to modern trucks. Captain James F. Wenman, linked to both old and paid departments, will lead alongside veterans from 1865 as the city recalls its firefighting evolution from Chimney inspections to the first paid force under a 1865 act.
In Philadelphia on June 6, Dr. George Chalmers Richmond occupied the pulpit of St. John’s Protestant Episcopal Church after defying Bishop Rhinelander’s order to vacate. Gates were barred, police faced two curbstone vestry members, and Richmond ousted janitor Adolph Ripka. He delivered a sermon attacking vested interests and warned Duff to stay outside. Richmond pledged to remain rector unless civil authorities compel removal.
Delegates from the Pan American Financial Conference moved from St. Louis to Chicago after a luncheon at the St. Louis Club. Frederick W. Lehman praised the Niagara Falls Mediation Conference for influencing South and Central America, noting the United States did not seek territory or indemnity and that mediation displayed goodwill toward neighboring nations.
Indian curry cook Ranji Smile known as a prince appeared before Magistrate Cornell in Yorkville on a charge by Vincenzo Anelo owner of a restaurant at 2 East Twenty-ninth Street. Smile testified he dined with Italian patrons who wooed him then left, leaving him with a $6.50 bill and offering his watch as security. he was discharged.
A faulty switch on the Queensboro Bridge underground loop caused a high speed Third Avenue car to derail into two Steinway cars and another from Flushing, injuring eleven people and scattering passengers as doors jammed. Flower Hospital doctors treated the seriously hurt. traffic paused for about thirty minutes.
Frederick Hartwell Millen and Miss Mabel Gertrude Beckley, both Cornell forestry seniors, were married yesterday in Sage Chapel. Beckley, the sole woman in the forestry program, and Millen met in class and began a romance that continued through their studies. A Risley Hall reception followed.
United States Steel plans higher pig iron output by starting extra furnaces. H. C. Frick Coke Company issued orders for five thousand coke ovens in Connellsville region. Two ovens added by week end and more to follow, lifting regional oven use to sixty percent and Steel Corporation ovens to seventy percent.
In letters and recollections from 1915 Donald B. MacMillan disputes Peary’s Crocker Land sighting, saying it does not exist after crossing 1,200 miles in 72 days and noting mirages and shifting horizons. Peary’s attorney expects his arrival in Portland, Maine, soon.
Henry Biegel known as Doc on the Bowery and Broadway was arrested in his room at 41 West Forty seventh Street on charges of stealing a gold headed cane and jewelry valued at 4. Arthur Moser, former Hotel Savoy resident, said his jewelry disappeared on Feb. 6 while with Biegel in a Sixth Avenue restaurant. Biegel previously faced London arrest on suspicion of being a spy and was deported under the Defence of the Realm Act after shouting against the Kaiser. He claimed to be an editor and denied knowledge of the cane. Moser reported encountering him in Paris while abroad. Biegel is a charter member of the Tim Sullivan Association.
Reports from the Church News Association show national giving to Christian work will fall this summer. Of over 400 million dollars donated annually, 30 to 50 million goes to new buildings, likely not more than 20 million this year due to war. Canada and England report construction at a standstill. Mission contributions remain steady in old societies, but small groups suspend activities.
Hartford June 11 The War Department reshapes the artillery branch of the National Guard in New England placing batteries in the Tenth Militia Field Artillery within the Fifth Division. Connecticut officers call it the first step toward a coordinated working unit with two light batteries from each state Massachusetts Vermont Rhode Island and Connecticut to provide two batteries each.
Solicitor General Hugh M. Dorsey plans to oppose commuting Leo M. Frank’s death sentence as the Prison Commission prepares its recommendation. He seeks to appear before Governor Slaton and argues against clemency while examining letters and affidavits, including the Roan family statement, to challenge the verdict.
Clergymen and physicians attended the twenty fourth anniversary of St John’s Hospital in Long Island City conducted by the Sisters of St Joseph. Dr James J Walsh former Dean of Fordham Medical College gave the address with Sister M Philomene and hospital Sisters participating under the Hospital Aid Society led by President Dr James I Powers.
Several thousand spectators gathered at Crotona Park to watch Kingston Athletics vs Bronx Orioles. A side bet sparked violence as fights broke out, bricks and bottles flew, and police dispersed the crowd. One man, Hen Schaeffer, died from a brick blow. others were injured and several witnesses held.
Four watchmen who guarded the John D Archbold vault in Sleepy Hollow Cemetery see the guard house torn down after the body of Mrs John V Rockefeller is removed. Mr Rockefeller plans to leave for Cleveland around July 1 for the summer and may take Mrs Rockefeller’s body there for burial. Orchids are sent weekly to the vault in her memory.
Mrs Rose Needleman aged 38 and her two children Sydney 3 and Nathan 5 were removed to St Catharines Hospital after neighbors traced a gas odor from their home at 34 McKibben Street Wellllarmshore. The father is in Philadelphia seeking work.
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