Prosperity Reported as Commercial Travelers Convene
News from the New York State Council's tenth annual convention notes 60,000 United Commercial Travelers across the country and 1,000 delegates at Manhattan Beach Hotel. Leaders urged a State Department of Labor and Capital, and speakers touted rising northern and southern prosperity with labor shortages in mining and agriculture.
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Manhattan Beach
New York State Council
United Commercial Travelers’ Association
Metz
Whalen
State Department of Labor and Capital
United States
Georgia
Alabama
H. C. Compton
Second Baptist Church of
Athens
Ala
Ensley
South
Brooklyn
Cook
Coler
Finglish
Pastor's Joyful Birthday Gift Funds New Parish House
Rev Dr Rupert P Johnson, pastor of Washington Heights Baptist Church, celebrated his forty ninth birthday as a surprise presentation by the Women's Society and congregation raised funds toward a $40,000 parish house. Evening gifts in envelopes were placed on a silver plate, with totals expected to reach into the thousands.
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Rupert P. Johnson
Fifth Avenue Baptist Church
Washington Heights Baptist Church
145Th Street
Convent Avenue
W. C. Gilbert
Women's Society of the Church
Mrs. Johnson
Dr. Johnson
Mr. Gilbert
Chicago plan to census households by church workers
The Chicago Lay men's Evangelistic Council orders a city and county wide census in two hours. Sunday school workers will visit every residence to learn families religious history and current church affiliation under the Visitation Department of the International Sunday School Association.
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Chicago
Sugar Case Heads to Jury After Lengthy Arguments
The sugar fraud trial neared its verdict as Judge Martin prepared to charge the jury after closing arguments by Clarence K. Lexow for Gerbracht Henry L. Stimson for the government and John B. Stanchfield for Heike. Jurors split 6 to 6 before voting 8 to 4 to receive the charge this morning with a likely verdict margin in sight.
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Clarence K. Lexow
Gerbracht
John B. Stanchfield
Heike
Sugar Trust
Henry L. Stimson
Martin
Bendernagel
Williamsburg
Stimson
Stranahan
Trust
Helke
Spitzer
Death of Marx Tuxsson under Morrisania Police custody
The District Attorney's office will investigate the death of Marx Tuxsson, a carpenter jailed for intoxication in Morrisania. He reportedly hanged himself in his cell last Sunday afternoon, found at 5:30 with his head through a vest knot above the door. Doctors declared him dead before 6. Household at 303 East 184th Street. family questions if foul play was involved. Assistant District Attorney Turnbull to oversee inquiry.
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Marx Tuxsson
Morrisania
Perernee Saree
Teer
Tuxsson
East 184Th Street
Turnbull
Military Academy Commencement at New York Military Academy
The New York Military Academy at Cornwall on the Hudson held its commencement exercises yesterday. Dr. Lyman Abbott delivered the opening address, followed by Gen. William Verbeck. Major General J Franklin Bell gave the address to graduates and is preparing to take command in the Philippines division.
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Military Academy
New York Military Academy
Cornwall-on the-Hudson
Lyman Abbott
William Verbeck
State of New York
Ing
J. Franklin Bell
Army
Division
Philippines
Women Lawyers Elevated to Leadership Roles in Suffrage Board
The Official Board of the National Woman Suffrage Association promotes three women to key posts. Jessie Ashley becomes treasurer, Catharine Waugh McCulloch advances to First Vice President, and Kate M. Gordon is named Second Vice President. All bring extensive vote-getting experience and public service. The new officers serve until next year’s convention.
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National Woman Suffrage Association
Jessie Ashley
Ashley &Pope
Nassau Street
Catherine Waugh McCulloch
Chicago
Justice of the Peace
Evanston
Washington
Kate M. Gordon
New Orleans
Miss Ashley
Women’s Trade Union League
Equal Suffrage League of
New York State
McCulloch
Mise Gordon
Verdict Frees Choo Hen in Chinatown Tong War Killing
General Sessions acquits Choo Hen of murder in the shooting of Dum Yuen on Pearl Street and Park Row as he headed to a Chinatown outing on May 10. The Four Brothers and On Leong Tong factions faced a tense courtroom scene with police and officials present. Judge Rosalsky condemned tong wars in a brief address.
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Choo Hen
Dum Yuen
On Leong Tong
Pearl Street
Park Row
Chinatown
Sam Lock
Rosalsky
Cutter Calumet Tows In Stranded Fishing Sloop
The revenue cutter Calumet towed the auxiliary fishing sloop Tussan with twenty fishermen aboard to the Liberty Island pier after its machinery failed off Governors Island. The passengers were landed safely.
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Calumet
Sandy Hook
Governors Island
Liberty Island
Women Disband Saint Cecilia Society After Dispute
In Flushing New York the Saint Cecilia Society dissolves after a heated meeting over entertainments led by director John C Dempsey and President Mrs Howard M Nesbitt. A split formed a new group with Mrs Frederick L Green as president while 11 members who backed the old society denounced the reorganization.
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Saint Cecilia Society
Flushing
L. Il
John C Dempsey
Dempsey
Howard M. Nesbitt
Homestead School
Sanford Avenue
Frederick L. Green
Sentences for Fagin Role in East Side Pickpocket Ring
Max Reippstein of 118 Eldridge Street was sentenced in Special Sessions to 11 months and 29 days in the penitentiary plus a $500 fine for acting as a Fagin to a group of street boys. Police had earlier arrested Max Kavinsky and Harry Schleiffer, both 18, for jostling in a crowd and pocket picking under his guidance two weeks prior.
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Sial
Max Reippstein
Eldridge Street
Max Kavinsky
Harry Schleiffer
Relppatein
The Wild Olive Receives Mixed Early Press Praise
Several papers on May 28 to May 31 reviewed The Wild Olive in contrast with The Inner Shrine. Critics from Chicago to San Francisco praised it as a stronger, more dramatic, and better constructed novel, highlighting improved finish and engaging opening.
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New York Press
Chicago Journal
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Boston Globe
New Orleans Picayune
San Francisco Chronicle
Lexington
Herald
Springfield
Mass
Union
Richmond Times-Dispatch
Mll
Four Year Old on City Payroll in Brooklyn
Frankie Downing, four, works to weed the Kings County Hospital lawn earning ten cents daily. Paymaster Mirandon provides a city pay envelope and the child is a favored exempt worker in the hospital district. The story contrasts his pay with higher salaries sought by Elections Commissioners and other officials.
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Brooklyn
Frankie Downing
Clarkson Street
Albany Avenue
Frankie
Kings County Hospital
Mirandon
Dock
Gas did not kill Dickinson autopsy finds no accidental death
Autopsy by five physicians led by Dr Otto H Schultze concludes C C Dickinson ex president of the Carnegie Trust Co died from neither accident nor toxic gas from Dr Lange’s Scranton lab. Casualty Company of America President De Leon released the report stating no proof of claim yet received.
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Lange
Scranton
Penn
C. C. Dickinson
Carnegie Trust Company
de Leon
Casualty Company of America
William B Street
Otto H. Schultze
C. C. Dickinso
Stowaway Russians Die After Botched Escape Off Boston
Two Russian stowaways from the Liverpool bound Winifredian leapt overboard when the ship paused near Boston light. Max Selling survived after a long swim, Simonnberg Grunberg died during rescue. Both men were deemed ineligible for admission to the United States.
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Boston
Winifredian
Liverpool
Max Selling
Simonnberg
Russia
Selling
Grunberg
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