Sermon Melds Paul and Marx in Brick Church Address
The Rev. Dr. William R. Richards at the Brick Presbyterian Church on Fifth Avenue quoted St Paul and Karl Marx to argue life outweighs property. The sermon, amid eightieth anniversary notes for The American Seaman's Friend Society, drew attention to labor unrest and child labor debates. Representatives from multiple countries attended as the society plans a week of conferences and a new institute at 507 West Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul
Karl Marx
William R. Richards
Brick Presbyterian Church
Fifth Avenue
Thirty-seventh Street
American Seaman’s Friend Society
West Street
Great Britain
Sweden
Denmark
Germany
Belgium
Italy
Argentine Republic
Uruguay
Brazil
Chile
Marcus Accuser Held in Harlem Court Arson Case
Louis Freithe ex-clerk for Abraham Marcus a woolen merchant at 565 Broadway faced arson charges alongside his former employer after Freithe linked Marcus to a Broad way loft fire. The boy confessed check fabrication under $100, while Marcus claimed the accusations were false and secured bail hearings set for Thursday.
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Louis Freithe
Abraham Marcus
Broadway
Freithe
Harlem Court
Marcus
Dr. R. S. MacArthur Urges Clean Politics at Calvary
Dr. R. S. MacArthur told a Current Event class at Calvary Baptist Church that politics are cleaner now, noting Ohio voters focus on temperance and that religious duty and voting should align. He warned against early or dishonest voting and urged Americans to prevent bad men from prevailing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. S.macarthur
Calvar Baptist Church
Ohio
Bronx Subway Fight Ends With Four Hurt Laborers
A crowd witnessed a knife attack at the Mott Avenue entrance of the Bronx Subway as four men clashed. Rocco Bimaire and George Aquilano attacked Joseph Vessitaca and Angelo Jimendi, laborers from 230 East 150th Street and 230 East 160th Street. Vessitaca fought off the blade and was cut in the throat. Aquilano and Jimendi were wounded. Police and a detective stopped the fight and sent all four to Lincoln Hospital for treatment. None is seriously hurt.
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Mott Avenue
Bronx
Joseph Vessiaca
Angelo Jimendi
East 150Th Street
Rocco Bimaire
George Aquilano
East
Woman leaps from ferry at Battery amid rescue and confusion
A woman jumped from the municipal ferry Richmond at the Battery during noon rush. She drifted 100 feet from the stern before Nassau deckhands saved her in a rowboat. Revived on a barrel, she initially refused to name herself, later identifying as Elsie Lorenzi, 26, a school teacher, from West Twenty Fourth Street.
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Richmond
Battery
Nassau
Laurie
Hudson Street Hospital
Elsie Lorenzi
West Twenty-fourth Street
Hall Divorce Suit Ends as Findings Expected Today
Prominent Glen Cove social figure E Bartol Hall Jr seeks divorce from Emma Kirk Hall alleging she left New York with minister Benjamin Q Denham. Referee Herbert B Brush has filed his opinion and Justice Aspinall will release findings today. Attorneys note affidavits from Emma admit Canadian city travels as brother and sister.
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E. Bartol Hall, Jr
Glen Cove
L. I
Justice Aspinall
Hall
Four Houses Robbed in Paterson Borough
Paterson New Jersey authorities report four houses ransacked by thieves last night. Police suspect a single gang, breaking in through ground floor windows. Jewelry valued around one thousand dollars was stolen.
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Paterson
N. J
Tuberculosis Meeting Presses Labor And Employers
In Washington a tuberculosis exhibit hosted a conference with Dr. Lawrence Flick John Mitchell and Samuel Gompers urging labor and property owners to improve sanitation housing and health laws. The speakers argued wage earners face higher risks from overwork poor conditions and infection and urged employer compliance and universal preventive measures.
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Washington
Lawrence Flick
Philadelphia
New National Museum
Dr. Flick
John Mitchell
United Mine Workers of America
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Frederick L. Hoffman
Richard Freund
Workingmen’s Insurance Office
Berlin
Germany
Flick
Mr. Mitchell
America
Cantor Urges Immediate Widening of Manhattan Streets
Ex Borough President Jacob A. Cantor returned from abroad aboard the Hamburg America Bluecher with his family and urged rapid action to widen Manhattan streets especially on the east side. He argued delays raise costs and that legislative enactment should cover city power rather than full municipal authority. Also aboard was Eugene Kuhnemann, philosophy professor at the University of Breslau bound for Harvard.
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Jacob A. Cantor
Borough of
Manhattan
Hamburg
A&É Allen Street
Eugene Kuhnemann
University of
Knights to Celebrate Discovery Day at Carnegie Hall
The New York Chapter of the Knights of Columbus will hold Discovery Day next Sunday evening at Carnegie Music Hall. A two part musical program will precede patriotic speeches by Judge Luke D. Stapleton C. J. Smyth ex Attorney General of Nebraska Dr. John G. Coyle and Mer M. J. Lavelle. James P. Conway chairs the arrangements committee.
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Knights
New York
The
Knights of Columbus
Carnegie Music Hall
Luke D. Stapleton
C. J. Smyth
Nebraska
John G. Coyle
Mer. M. J. Lavelle
James P. Conway
Appraisers Seek Civil Service Security in Congress Push
Appointive officials tied to the local customs service plan to urge Congress to place their positions under civil service rules at the next session. In New York Port there are twelve Assistant Appraisers, mostly Republicans, except Charles W. Bunn who has no political ties. If a Democratic administration wins, most would lose their posts to new appointees. Two Republican district leaders, Charles Lexow and Samuel Krulewitch, are active supporters of Taft. The Appraiser ship, a major post under Bryan’s potential control, is held by George Wanmaker, a longtime Republican leader, appointed in 1897 and elevated to Collectorship last year by Roosevelt.
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Customs Service
Congress
Civil Service
Port of
New York
Charles W. Bunn
Mr. Bunn
Charles. K. Lexow
Samuel Krulewitch
Taft
Bryan
George W. Wanmaker
Eleventh Assembly
Wanmaker
McKinley
Roosevelt
Col
Edward S. Fowler
Stabbing Follows Lodge Meeting in Williamsburg
Owen Gaffney 85 a Williamsburg mechanic was stabbed in the back by Austrian Michael Kurwin after a late night chat near Wythe Avenue and North Third Street. Kurwin 231 East Twenty-first Street Manhattan says self defense. Gaffney hospitalized. Kurwin in custody awaiting outcome of injuries.
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Owen Gaffney
Grand Street
Williamsburg
North Third Street
Wythe Avenue
Michael Kurwin
East Twenty-first Street
Manhattan
Kurwin
Gaffney
Two Teens Arrested in 13 Robberies in Newark
Newark police report two 19 year old youths, John Reed and Henry Szimmath, held in custody after confessing to a spree of thirteen robberies totaling more than $2,000. The pair targeted men’s clothing and small jewelry from store fixtures, mainly in fountains.
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Newark
John Reed
Henry Szimmath
Reed
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