Praise for Wilson by B'Rith Abraham
Atlantic City delegates at the United States Grand Lodge convention of the Independent Order of Brith Abraham adopt resolutions praising Secretary of State William Jennings Bryan for his immigration bill veto and calling for a Jewish national conference in America. The vote reflects gratitude to Wilson and Bryan, with debate over supporting action against anti-administration influence and danger to European Jews amid wartime censorship and the Russian front.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Atlantic City
Jaune F
United States Grand Lodge
Independent
Order of Brith Abraham
William Jennings Bryant
Wilson
America
Aaron EB. Levy
New York
Europe
Actio
Jewish National Committee
State Department
Washington
Summer Schools At Stake In Education Budget
The board faces a lack of funds for Summer Schools with no transfers possible from other activities. Volunteers have failed to materialize and regular teachers may need extra pay. Without funds or revenue bonds, Summer Schools must end. new buildings face delays with about 35,000 children on part time and construction taking years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of
Listimate
Thief Unable To Drive Off Car In North American City
Mrs McLean of Warren Avenue recovered her new automobile after a theft by a man who could not drive it. The car, stolen last night, left two clear tire tracks that led to the home of William Craft. County Detective Seaman pursues a suspect described as lacking auto knowledge and with a lame arm from cranking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Roslyn, L
George E. McLean
Warren Avenue
McLean
May “Chood Meernins
Wiliam Craft County
Seaman
Trial days set in Southworth case amid bank fraud probe
District Attorney Cropsey pressed perjury charges against Edward M. Grout former City Controller and ex-president of Union Bank of Brooklyn while seeking to try Kenneth A. Southworth assistant cashier of Mechanics and Traders Bank for forgery. Witnesses Nichols and Gardner confessed inability to pay on notes totaling 425 313 dollars tied to Union Bank subsidiaries. Gardner testified he earned 15 dollars weekly as an investigator and signed a note for 117 257 62 dollars payable to the Union Bank with ties to Essex and Lee Company led by Eliott.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James O. Cropsey
Edward M. Grout
Union Bank of Brooklyn
Lewis
Supreme Court
Kenneth A. Southworth
Mechanics and Traders Bank
David A. Sullivan
Southworth
Union Bank
Grout
Horace Nichols
Patchon Avenue
Augustus F. Gardner
20Ndort
Camden Construction Company
Jessex and Lee Company
Onslow-Moore Company
Eliott
Essex and Lee Company
Gardner
Mr. Elliott
One Armed Glass Worker Drowns Saving Girl at Atlantic City
Edward Brady, a one armed glass worker from Philadelphia, died while trying to save Miss May Donovan of Springfield, Massachusetts, as a treacherous undertow swept two swimmers off the Atlantic City beach. Frank Steubel of Atlantic City rescued Miss Donovan and she was revived after three hours of treatment.
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New York Times
Atlantic City
May Donovan
Springfield
Mass
Edward Brady
Philadelphia
Brady
Miss Donovan
Hotel Tyron
Steubel
Brighton Hotel
Phone Girl Loses Memory After Ninth Avenue Commuter Incident
A young telephone operator, neatly dressed in a dark suit and white hat, stepped from the Ninth Avenue elevated train at 104th Street yesterday. After a near fall on the edge, John Duffy stopped her, and at Knickerbocker Hospital doctors diagnosed aphasia from the exertion and stress. She awoke with a repetitive hello and was unable to identify herself, with physicians hoping memory and speech return in a few days.
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Ninth Avenue
104Th Street
John Duffy
Duffy
Pyle
Dr. Prascolla
Knickerbocker Hospital
Ia Central
Man builds $28,000 Iowa farm in six years
John Busch, a German-descended farmer from Rock Rapids, Iowa, rose from empty hands to own a $28,000 farm in six years aided by bank loans and diligent work. He started with 80 acres in 1908, expanded to 120 acres, bought stock, horses, cattle, and machinery, and finally paid $8,000 down on a 60 acre new farm in 1914 with continued loans and farming profits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Shade
First National Bank of
Rock Rapids
Iowa
National City Bank of New York
Shade
John Busch
Bank official faces charge over diphtheria antidote
George W. Felter, 50, secretary of Greenpoint Savings Bank, was arraigned in Gates Avenue Court before Magistrate Gelsmar on health ordinance violations for manufacturing and selling Barton’s Diphtheria Antidote. He was held for Special Sessions with bail posted by Rev. Charles G. Clark.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George W. Felter
Putnam Avenue
Brooklyn
Greenpoint Savings Bank
Gates Avenue
Gelsmar
Barton
Health Department
Feller
Soumbail
Charles G. Clark
St. George's Episcopal Church
Goldman
Miller
Felter
Flag Day Exercises Planned by Board of Education
President Thomas W. Churchill urged principals to hold Flag Day observances on June 14. Pupils should assemble at 11 oclock in the morning within walking distance for an open ceremony, marching with flags, saluting the flag, and singing patriotic songs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas W. Churchill
Board of Education
Bolan Promoted to Inspector in Fifth District
Commissioner Woods announced Bolan to inspector in the Fifth Inspection District which covers the upper east side. Bolan had served as acting inspector there for four months and earned the promotion after his work impressed officials. He joined the department in October and became a captain under two years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woods
James
Bolan
Upper East Side
Thi
Uect
Police
Kessler Buys Le Brun Portrait in Sydney Collection Sale
George A. Kessler of New York bought for 33000 dollars a portrait of Mme Le Brun presented by the Empress Eugenie to the Earl of Sydney. The painting, part of the Sydney collection dispersal at Frognal Chislehurst, exceeds previous English prices for the artist. Other items included two Gilbert Stuart portraits of the first Viscount Sydney selling for 130 and 180 guineas.
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NEW York Times
London
George A. Kessler
New York
Mme. le Brun
Sydney
Frognal Chislehurst
First Earl of
Eugenie
Earl of
Prince Imperial
England
France
Jacques Doucet
Viscount Sydney
Gilbert Stuart
Henry Steven
Son & Stiles
Milk Killed Twins in Jersey City Trial Opens
Edward A. Benson sues Borden Condensed Milk Co. for $100,000 over the deaths of his three month old twins George and Esther in North Arlington New Jersey. Benson alleges the milk poisoned the infants while the defense asserts the milk was pure. The jury heard testimony about the can showing green specks and a taste that sickened witnesses. Judge Speer denied a motion to dismiss, affirming purchaser precautions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward A. Benson
Duncan Street
North Arlington
N. J
Borden Condensed Milk Company
George
Esther
William H. Speer
Supreme Court of
Jersey City
Benson
Esther Benson
Walter Leach
Architects Propose Street Plan For New Court House
The New York Chapter of the American Institute of Architects submitted through Ernest Flagg a layout plan for surrounding streets to President McAneny. The plan aims to widen land for sale, save on site costs, and avoid diverting Worth Street. Bax ter Street would straighten, increasing Mulberry Rond Park area, while the Court House would stand about 200 feet high and nearby buildings limited to half that height.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
The
American Institute of Architects
McAneny
New Court House
Ernest Flagg
Worth Street
SI Guoo
Baxter Street
Mulberry Rond Park
Court House
Flags
James G Plaine Club outing sails to Bear Mountain Park
City brief notes the sixth annual James G Plaine Club Republican gathering set for June 1 aboard the Nassau steamer for a Hudson excursion to Bear Mountain Park. It also lists recent local fatalities and legal actions including a fall bei ng, a shipyard accident, a murder suspect, subway worker death, a barbershop shooting arrest, and a Coroner ruling.
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James G. Plaine Club
Second Assembly District
Nassau
Hudson
Bear Mountain Park
Daniel Abrevaya
Frankfort Street
Supreme Court
Donnelly
T A Setire
Joan V. Black
Thomas Artley
Wattson
West Fifteenth Street
Ardey
West Twentieth Street
Kiobe
Japan
Luigi Micelli
Central Office
Hoston
Hernardo Rizzo
Twenty-second Street
Second Avenue
Frances Lota
Andre Mesause
S Avenue A
Twenty-eighth Street
Harry Schaefer
Bronx Avenue
The
Bronx
Fana
Crotona Park South
Coroner Healy
Samuel Fisher
Park Avenue
Exhibition to showcase trade school work and child labor issues
Miss Florence Marshall plans a June to July exhibit at the Twelfth Regiment Armory in Manhattan to display school work and equipment from technical, commercial, and business schools. A national educational conference will discuss vocational training and youth employment, amid concerns over millions of underage workers and the need for expanded vocational education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Twelfth Regiment
Columbus Avenue
Sixty-first
Sixty-second Street
United States
Committee On National Aid
Bavaria
New York City
Munich
Marcus M. Marks
Educational Conference Committee
Florence M. Marshall
Manhattan Trade School For Girls
Exposition Board Members Named for Conference Committee
The exposition company lists Chairman Mrs. Clarence Burns, Treasurer G. H. Mastin, Mrs. George F. Kerr, Joseph W. Perry, and Executive Secretary Arthur D. A. Storey. Governor Whitman serves as honorary chairman of the Conference Committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Exposition Company
Clarence Burns
G. H. Mastin
George F. Kerr
Joseph W. Perry
Arthur D. A. Storey
Whitman
Brides Join Missionary Band In Presbyterian Board Plan
Seventy missionaries including five brides with husbands and four engaged couples will be sent to Brazil Central China Hainan South Siam and the Philippines. War Mexico and local conditions reduce the number this year but volunteers insist on serving. Couples listed include Rev Edgar Clark Short and Mrs M Medelland Short Rev William Wheeler and Mrs C L Hayes Wheeler Rev Thomas Gilmore and Mrs O V Y Gilmore George T Coleman and Mrs H L Sager Coleman Miss Eunice Maude Fife and Miss Mary Eb Fife headed to Punjaub India. The group was honored at a farewell dinner hosted by the Presbyterian Union at the Savoy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Presbyterian and Reformed Church Boards
Brazil
China
Hainan
South Siam
Philippines
Edgar Clark Short
Attica
Kan
M. Medelland Short
Findlay
Ohio
William R. Wheeler
Endeavor
Penn
C. L. Hayes Wheeler
East Cleveand
Thomas H. Gilmore
Carthage
Punjab
India
Presbyterian Union
Savoy
Bride’s Annoyer Nabbed After Extortion Plot
Adele Stern, newly married, accused 21 year old Elwood Burgauer of telephoning threats to reveal her marriage if she did not pay. Under police guidance, Stern and detectives staged a payoff at Riverside Drive. Burgauer grabbed the money and was seized. he refused to discuss the case.
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Adele Stern
Elwood Burgauer
West 113Th Street
Stern
West 127Th Street
Mrs. Stern
Broncato
Gompers
Hill
Fourth Branch Detective Bureau
Burgauer
114Th Street
Riverside Drive
Norwegian Freighters to be Fitted with Motors
The Norwegian barkentine Flolida, arrived from Sandsfjord, leads a fleet of eight sailing vessels to be retrofitted with motor engines for the New York trade. They burn crude oil and water and can reach high speeds in good weather. The Elslida will load here with case oil for Norway.
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Norway
Sandsfjord
New York
Frisco Reforms for the Big Fair at Panama-Pacific Exposition
San Francisco tightens rules for the Panama Pacific Exposition area. Midnight gates close and the Camp of 40 in the Zone is shut to curb late hours. Guards patrol and dancing remains allowed while liquor sales end at 2 A.M. under new management to project respectability.
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San Francisco
Blfdt
Exposition Guard Reform Affects San Francisco Visitors
Three months into the exposition, observers note promised graft exposure has not appeared. President C. C. Moore and colleagues oversee a patriotic, carefully managed fair. Presidio guards supervise closing time, initially terse behavior improved, sparking hope such courtesy lasts with locals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
C. C. Moore
Presidio
Prison Keeper Arrested On Bribery Charges At City Prison
Burdette G. Lewis deputy commissioner of correction went to Blackwell Island with Detective Mason and Bach and asked Warden Hayes to summon keeper Philip Biegan. Biegan accused of running contraband supply rings for inmates and taking fees for accepting packages from friends. He confessed and was jailed on bribery charges at the Mast Fifty-first Street station. He is 38, of 200a Eckford Street Brooklyn, recently remarried. two prisoners named Jack Howard and John Logan allegedly paid him for contraband and purchases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burdette G. Lewis
Correction
Blackwells Island
Mason and Bach
Warden Hayes
Philip Biegan
Biegan
Mr. Lewis
Lewis
Mast Fifty-first Street
Eckford Street
Brooklyn
Ife
Bregan
Jack Howard
John Logan
Thaw Trial Postponed Until Next Week
The Court of Appeals has not yet ruled on whether Thaw's insanity should be decided by a jury, delaying the trial another week. Justice Hendrick set yesterday for a start, Thaw was brought from Ludlow Street Jail under guard, then returned to custody after a few minutes. If the trial cannot finish soon, it will be continued until October.
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Court of Appeals
Harry K. Thaw
Justice Hendrick
Supreme Court
Thaw
Ludlow Street
Gearch
Deuty Sheriffs
Hendrick
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Theian
Esclidiers
Poland
Warsaw
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Aerivine
Russia
Gunted Shirt & Collar CO
Troy, WY
Bather
National City Bank
Ins Farm
Broadway
Sane Larrest
Kessler
Mme. Vigee le Brun
Jersey
Borden Company
Babes
Wallach
29Th St
Chambers St
Third Ave
125Th St
Eighth Ave
Hart Schaffner & Marx Clothes
Ence
Florence Marshall
of Hart
Varsity
Mats Candler
ASTOR
Wallach Bros
West 125Th St
Beban
Se Sih
Dquslas Dawson
Ine
St Mary Pickford
Kutscherka, Yiracr
the araDkes
Eden
Aly
Arthur
East 45Th Street
Cuisine Francaise
Cabaret
Apne
Ete
Hotel Majestic
Ineual
Falk
Walfies
Stet
Sth & Mad
Tim
Ifthe
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Luna
Brighton
Bric
King. Vaal Mor
Cahera
Pate Ace
Frank Tinney
Columbia
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Lew Kelly
the Behman
Nia
Extray
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Irmite
Pherles
Remey
Ali
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Mansfield
Spe
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Bobby Burns
Ues Gressen St
Ratel
Breitop Broadway
Moss
Lares
Ules
Bride
Tyson CO
Vna Ponce
Fei
COHAN
Harris
Isoth PE
Cort
D. W. Griffith
Globe Montc
Morrow & Sat
Jmery & Stone Cute
Lady MacKenzie
Frisco
Posure
Blackwell’s Island
Riviera
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Hotel Wallick and
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