Low Wages Not Driving Girls to Vice, Panel Finds
A nationwide panel of social workers educators and civic leaders warns that low wages are not the main cause of immorality among working girls. The statement urges careful study of age schooling hours and income use to prevent harm and calls for improved support and guidance from organizations in New York and across the country.
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Metropolitan Life Building
Jeremiah W. Jenks
New York University
United States Immigration Commission
James Bronson Reynolds
American Vigilance Association
Katherine Berment Davis
New York State Reformatory For Women
Henry W. Herbert
Robert S. Barrett
National Florence Crittenton Mission
Alexandria
Emma J. Brown
Salvation Army Women's Rescue Home
Clarence Burns
Little Mothers’ Aid Association
New York
Jane Byurne
Lawrence House
Baltimore
Row. Corwin, M. D
American Medical Association
Alicia RB. Hazard
Woman's Municipal League
R. Henderson
Vice Commission of
Chicago
Charles H. Israels
John F. Keating
Pueblo
George J. Kneeland
John P. Peters
St. Michael's Church
Committee of Fourteen
Marion D. Shutter
Morals Commission
Minneapolis
Hubert Work
American Psychological Soviets
Robbery at Hammerstein's Gallery Ends in Arrest
A man calling himself Joseph Gordon, 27, a salesman from West Thirty-eighth Street, was arrested after allegedly stealing a wallet containing 75 to 100 dollars and papers from lawyer Jesse W. Johnson of Montague Street Brooklyn at Hammerstein's Root Garden. Johnson reportedly seized Gordon, a struggle followed, and Gordon was turned over to Patrolman Meringer. Police say Gordon's photo is in Rogue's Gallery.
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Jesse W. Johnson
Montague Street
Brooklyn
Root Garden
Joseph Gordon
West Thirty-eighth Street
West Forty-seventh Street
Gordon
Johnson
Meringer
Ex Policeman Arrested for Burglary in Fifth Avenue Photo Shop
William Woodley, dismissed from the police seven years ago, was arrested yesterday morning on burglary charges and jailed at East ith Street Station. He allegedly forced entry into T. and J Steinberg’s photographic shop at 2021 Fifth Avenue on May 31 and stole lenses valued around £200. Detectives Conray Enright and Mac Carths led the inquiry after an ad offering lenses triggered a decoy operation.
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William Woodley
East Ith Street
Woodley
Ossining
T. & J Steinberg
Fifth Avenue
Isaac Steinberg
Conray, Enright
MacCarths
New York broker commits suicide in Tampa hotel
Barl Cul breath traveling representative of a New York commission house stabbed himself multiple times in a Tampa hotel room. He left notes addressed to his brother and others before the tragedy. Authorities investigated the circumstances surrounding the death.
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Tampa
Fla
Barl Culbreath
New York Commission House
Gift From La Rochelle to New Rochelle Celebrates Siege Remembrance
Harry Chatonet ex-deputy Mayor of La Rochelle and Charles Garrigues municipal councilor sailed from Havre as La Rochelle’s representatives for New Rochelle’s 225th anniversary celebration. They bring an iron culverin used in 1628 siege and Jean Guiton’s blue and red silk standards with a gun carriage inscription marking the memorial.
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New York Times
Paris
Harry Chatonet
la Rochelle
Charles Garrigues
Havre
America
United States
New Rochelle
Jean Guiton
Rochelle
New Hochelle
1628
Servia Refuses Demobilization in Balkan Crisis
June reports from Sofia and Belgrade indicate Servia rejects demobilization proposals and plans to inform Russia that a Balkan Premier meeting at St. Petersburg would fail. Austrian papers note expected Bulgarian attacks on the River Vardar with Greek and Servian forces cooperating and Montenegrin brigades moving into Macedonia.
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Sofia
Servia
Belgrade
Russia
Vardar
Greece
Balkan
St. Petersburg
Vienna
Macedonia
Rignn
French aviator masson drives gunboats from Guaymas harbor
Didier Masson in a war airplane forced the Guerrero and Tampico to steam out to sea from Guaymas harbor as State troops clashed several miles north of Guaymas. Accompanied by Capt. Manuel Alcando they bombed the town and helped drive the Mexican gunboats away. Masson landed at dusk to resupply.
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Douglas
Ariz
Didier Masson
Guerrero
Tampico
Guaymas Harbor
Constitutionalist Committee
En. Ojeda
California Gulf Port
Manuel B. Alcaldo
Masson
Burgess Shot in Rum War Sparks Houston Turmoil
In Houston Pennsylvania on June 21 L E Welch town Burgess and guest Helen Hemphill were wounded on a porch by a stray bullet. Welch was struck near the temple and Hemphill in the leg. both were not seriously hurt. The shooting was linked to an edict against illegal liquor sales with no identification of a shooter. Hemphill’s injury is viewed as accidental and the shot likely aimed at the Burgess.
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New York Times
Washington
Penn
Houston
L. E. Welch
Helen Hemphill
Welch
Miss Hemphill
Burgess Welch
Two Drown in Oil Tank at General Electric Plant
William Reid Wiley of Lancaster Pennsylvania night foreman in GE's Transformer Department and Fred Van Zuzi crane hitcher drowned in a 17 000 gallon oil tank at Pittsfield. They stood on a plank to dip a 400 pound high tension head when a table broke and they fell fourteen feet into the oil. Despite rapid pumping out of the oil both men died. Wiley aged twenty five a Pennsylvania State College graduate.
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Pittsfield
William Reid Wiley
Lancaster
General Electric Company
Fred van Zuzi
Wiley
van Zuzi
Pennsylvania State College
Arson Suspect Dies as Posse Firefight Ends Chase
In Oroville Washington on June 21 J H Ethel a saw mill owner charged with arson was cornered by a sheriff posse at his home. Fire was opened and the house was set ablaze with bullets. Ethel's body was found among the ruins. One deputy was killed and another badly wounded in the return fire. Ethel drove his family out before firing on pursuing officers.
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Oroville
Wash
J. H. Ethel
Ethel
Stuck Won Laurels as Missionary in Bold Convention Debate
Rev Hudson Stuck, Episcopal archdeacon and Alaska expedition leader, rose to prominence after a five day General Convention debate with Dr William Huntington. The Dallas rector-turned-missionary carried the convention and church leaders with him, later becoming a notable aid to Bishop Rowe in Alaska.
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New York
Hudson Stuck
Mount McKinley
William R. Huntington
Grace Church
Alaska
Bishop Rowe
Stuck
Ean
St. Matthew's Cathedral
Dallas
King’s College
London
University of the South
San Francisco
Huntington
Episcopal Church
Episcopal House of Bishops
J. Pierpont Morgan
Rowe
Trainmen Read the Riot Act in Hartford
Adelbert R. Whaley and Clement J. Bardo of the New Haven Railroad addressed about one hundred engineers conductors and trainmen in Red Men's Hall Hartford urging improved safety and efficiency. They praised 90 percent as careful while warning the remaining 10 percent to perform or leave the job.
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New York Times
Hartford
Adelbert R. Whaley
New Haven Railroad
Red Men's Hall
Red Men's Hall. Mr. Whaley
Bardo
Boy Kills Grandfather in Dover Shooting
In Dover, near Cleveland, 11 year old Leroy Reisinger shot his grandfather B Hull during a midday kitchen incident. Hull died shortly after, his wife injured and hospitalized. the grandson was arrested and claimed the gun was accidental saying he had not known it was loaded.
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New York Times
Cleveland
Dover
B. Hull
Hull
Leroy Franklin Reisinger
Elyria
Long Island Rail Averts Delays By Pest Battle
The Long Island Railroad reports a victory over caterpillars and web worms infesting the Montauk Division. Delays between Montauk and Amagansett occurred as pests covered tracks inches deep. Officials used chemical treatments and filled ditches with crude oil to prevent a second invasion.
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Long Island Railroad
Montauk
Amagansett
Agricultural Department of the Road
Rev Hudson Stuck Builds Alaska Missionary Fame
Archdeacon Stuck, long connected with Bishop Rowe in Alaska, earned national renown for his writings and hands-on work. He travels vast distances by dogs and on foot to support missionary efforts and is expected in New York next Fall for the Episcopal General Convention as a sought after speaker.
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Alaska
Young
Rowe
Bishop Rowe
Archdeacon Stuck
New York
Theft of 10500 Charged in Paris Return
Joseph Schwartz, extradited from Paris, is charged with stealing 310,500 from Richard S. Lange & Co. He was locked up yesterday and will be arraigned before Judge Foster in General Sessions on Monday. Detective Bernard Flood led the extradition effort for District Attorney Whitman.
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Joseph Schwartz
Paris
Richard S. Lange& Co
Bernard Flood
Whitman
Foster
General Sessions
Schwartz
Flood
Ruth Mehl Wins Suit Over Punching Bag Incident
Chicago June 21 A jury in the Circuit Court orders Jack Johnson to pay Ruth Mehl 2500 for injuries after a punching bag Johnson accidentally knocked from its fastenings during a theatre exhibition last year. Mehl sued for 25000.
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Chicago
Ruth Mehl
Jack Johnson
Nezro
Johnson
National Strike Threat Loosens Builders Across Nation
Chicago June 21 Simon O Donnell president of the Building Trades Council warned of a coast to coast strike in sympathy with Chicago union men locked out by the Building Construction Employers Association. He said workers everywhere await his word to halt construction from San Francisco to Maine and that the move may come at the last minute.
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Chicago
Building Construction Employers’ Association
Simon Odonnel
Building Trades Council
San Francisco
Maine
O'Donnell
Leader Condemns Strikes Not Remedy for Unrest
President Well of the International Photo-Engravers' Union tells the Hale Springs convention that strikes and lockouts cannot solve social unrest. He urges union education in political and economic policy and proposes splitting printing trades into several unions under a central international body.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Well
International Photo- Engravers’ Union
Internationl Priting Pressmen’s and Assistants’ Union
Hale Springs
Irishman’s omelet clash ends with six cops needed
Peter Fox, an Irishman, marched into a Hungarian cant on Second Avenue last night and demanded corned beef. A Spanish omelet was served instead, sparking a heated quarrel that turned physical. Fox battled six officers, tossing furniture and boasting he’d “make you see stars,” before being hauled to East Sixty Seventh Street Station. Aldoon and King were injured in the scuffle.
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Peter Fox
Second Avenue
Fox
King
Maroon
East Sixty-seventh Street
Aldoon
Wife Stops His Marriage in Savannah Arrest
Morris Kramer, 27, arrested in Savannah on a New York indictment for deserting his family. Found in an air tight closet at a dry goods store, collapsed from exhaustion. He says the Savannah engagement is off and remains held for New York authorities on child desertion charges.
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New York Times
Savannah
Morris Kramer
New York
Ida Kramer
Kramer
Trials Adjourned in Calgary Over McCarty Death Case
Alberta Chief Justice adjourned the Arthur Pelkey manslaughter trial to Monday after limited testimony on the ring death of Luther McCarty. Defense witness Dr Spankie said knockout blows were common in his 25 fights and McCarty’s fall could cause fatal hemorrhage.
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Calgary
Alberta
Harvey
Alberta Supreme Court
Arthur Pelkey
Luther McCarty
Spankie
McCarty
Dr. Dunlop
Clements
Pelkey
Arthur Peltier
Kent County
Ontario
William McCarney
Chambers
Police Chief Shot Then Lynched in Georgia
In Americus Georgia on June 21 William Pedding a Black man shot and seriously wounded Police Chief William C Burrow while being transported to jail. He was recaptured and lynched by a mob.
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Americus
William Pedding
William C. Burrow
Escapes From The Deuces Murder Spree At Chrystie Street
A second murder linked to The Three Deuces at 222 Chrystie Street follows an earlier killing on June 1. Louis Rustivo of 214 Elizabeth Street was shot outside The Deuces, fleeing Italian suspect in the crowd. Police suspect a connection between Balcomo’s and Rustivo’s deaths as investigators pursue leads.
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Chrystie Street
Joseph Balcomo
Louis Rustive
Elizabeth Street
Rustivo
Louis
Sing Sing
Joseph Rustivo
Balcomo
Two Men From Canada Held In Staten Island Arson Case
Detectives Bruggeman and Dean brought Eamile Leroy aged 35 and Armand Fauchon aged 43 from Montreal to New York. They face charges of arson and burglary in the burning and robbing of Jacques Dier’s home at Eltingville on June 11. The couple reportedly fled to Canada after the incident. Both prisoners are jailed at East Fifty-first Street Station.
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Bruggeman
Dean
Central Office
Montreal
Eamile Leroy
Armand Fauchon
Princesshbay
Staten Island
Canada
Jacques Dier
Eltingville
Ier
East Fifty-first Street
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