Roosevelt Hails Freedom in Turkey Carnegie Hall gathering
Multinational audience at Carnegie Hall hears Theodore Roosevelt letter backing Turkey’s constitutional reforms. Munji Bey cites thirty two years of despot rule, and speakers from Turkish Armenian Syrian and Greek communities praise liberty while tensions surface with Archbishop Abahouni sparking a hiss responsive crowd. Resolutions sent to Constantinople and Roosevelt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carnegie Hall
Mundji-Bey
Washington
Mehmed Ali Bey
Parsons
Young Turks
Armenian Revolutionary Federation
Hunchakist Society
Oyster Bay
James B. Reynolds
Roosevelt
Munji Bey
Bay
Mr. Reynolds
Turkey
Theodore Roosevelt
H. Tirvakyan Khan
Persia
Herbert Parsons
Young America
Mr. Parsons
Old
Abahouni
Michel Abou-Suleyman
Zadig Matigan
George Karanikolas
Enver Bey
M. S. Gabrielian
Sidky Bey
M. Tatosian
Young Turks Committee
Constantinople
Abd-el-Aziz Disbands Army Amid Morocco Turmoil
Abd-el-Aziz has disbanded his army after a short revival of hope following Mtougi's local victory over Musai Hafid's forces. Mohammed Sidi-El-Mokhri arrives in Tangier to negotiate Abd-el-Aziz's abdication. Paris notes Germany's Moroccan policy may be closed as a related issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tangier
Madiuna
Abd-el-Aziz
Mtougi
Musai Hafid
Mulai Hafid
Mohammed Sidi-El-Mokhri
Morocco
Glaoui
Hafid
Paris
The
Temps
Germany
Mulai Hafid as-Sultan
Police officer beaten in Brooklyn crowd incident
Police guard dispersed a crowd on Hudson Avenue and Johnson Street in Brooklyn early yesterday. Officer Charles Queen was knocked down with a brick and struck with his own night stick by two men named Mark and Joseph Lincoln. He survived the attack and was taken to Brooklyn Hospital, condition serious as search for the attackers continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hudson Avenue
Johnson Street
Brooklyn
Charles Queen
Adams Street
Mark
Joseph Lincoln
Newport Horse Show opens amid high expectations in Newport
The thirteenth Newport Horse Show opens at the Newport Casino with boxes sold out and major participants from Vanderbilts and Watts. Key entrants include Reginald Vanderbilt with Doctor Selwonk and Alfred Vanderbilt with four new English ponies. Notables include Mrs Henry Redmond and Miss Josephine Dodge. The event closes the season drawing riders from Narragansett Pier Boston Providence and Jamestown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Newport
R. I
Newport Horse Show Association
Newport Casino
America
Henry F. Eldridge
Francis
C. W. Watson
Reginald C. Vanderbilt
Doctor Selwonk
Newport Horse Show
Alfred Vanderbilt
John H. Hannan
Narragansett Pier
Henry S. Redmond
Josephine Dodge
Philadelphia
Judge Moore
C. W. Wison
Reginald Vanderbilt
Ocean Grove Camp Meeting Opens With Ten Thousand Attendees
Ocean Grove filled the Auditorium at 9 this morning for the annual love feast led by Bishop Luther B. Wilson. Ten thousand heard testimonies from diverse speakers including Anthony Comstock and Amanda Smith as the service blended into the morning preaching.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Ocean Grove
Luther B. Wilson
Philadelphia
Camp Meeting Association
Anthony Comstock
A. H. de Haven
Amanda Smith
James
Missouri
Bishop Wilson
John G. Wilson
Charles M. Boswell
Zion
Highwayman shoots Princeton Junction man during road ambush
Frank Unock of Princeton Junction was shot multiple times after refusing a highwayman’s demand to stop on a night ride home. The assailant escaped with 368 dollars in cash and Unock’s gold watch, and is pursued by local farmers and stablemen near the Great Bear swamp as a Pennsylvania Railroad freight train halted to aid the wounded man at Mercer Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trenton
N. J
Frank Unock
Princeton Junction
Mercer Hospital
Unock
Pennsylvania Railroad
Great Bear Swamp
Explosion wrecks garage in Back Bay Boston
Gasoline blast in the Taylor Palmer Garage basement at 169 171 Huntington Avenue backs Back Bay fire ruins nearly eighty cars and damages neighboring blocks. Seven or eight workers escaped unharmed though two firefighters suffered injuries. Loss estimated at 200 000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Taylor-Palmer
Huntington Avenue
Back Bay
New Century
Potter and Howe Halls
Hearst Faces Civil Suit in Milwaukee Over 48 Dollar Bill
William Hearst, founder of the Independence Party, scheduled to appear September 14 before Justice Schwerner in Milwaukee on a $48 civil suit filed by Granville saloonkeeper William Kirchheim. The case stems from a 1912- era Hearst campaign activity when J. J. McNally allegedly ran up a bill for refreshments and hall rent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Milwaukee
William ‘Randolph Hearst
Independence Party
National Party
Thomas L.hisgen
Justice of the Peace
Oscar E. Schwerner
William Kirchheim
Granville
Mr. Hearst
Pfister
Schlitz Park
Hearst
Pelo
J. J. McNally
McNally
Arraignment Planned for Morris Becker in Disturbance
Morris Becker of Broome Street New York will be arraigned in the Second Criminal Court today on charges of creating a disturbance at a moving picture theater located at 1137 Springfield Avenue in Newark New Jersey. He reportedly shoved a boy, triggering a panic as patrons fled after a false fire alarm. Police and theater staff struggled to restore order as exits filled with anxious crowds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morris Becker
Broome Street
Newark
N. J
Moving Picture
Springfield Avenue
Coroner Henry J. Brewer Suffers Leg Break in Toledo Trip
Coroner Henry J. Brewer of Brooklyn returned from the Grand Army of the Republic encampment in Toledo with a broken leg. On Friday he stopped at Put-In-Bay to visit Commodore Perry's cave, tripping on a dark stone and injuring his right leg above the ankle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Qoroner Brewer
Henry J. Brewer
Brooklyn
Grand Army of the Republic
Toledo
Put-In- Bay
Lake Erie
Commodore Perry
Roosevelt Cuts Vacation Plans After Sagamore Hill Conference
On September 6 at Oyster Bay President Roosevelt held a Sunday conference with George J. Smith treasurer of the Republican State Committee and Secretary Loeb. Smith predicted quiet state politics with Hughes likely to lead the convention and noted a Chicago influence. Roosevelt plans to shorten his vacation, leaving Sagamore Hill on September 22, after attending church with Mrs. Roosevelt and Quentin.
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New York Times
Oyster Bay
L. L
George J. Smth
Republican State Committee
Crescent
Church
Loeb
Emlen Roosevelt
Mr. Smith
Hughes
Chicago
Sagamore
Hill
Roosevelt
Quentin
Presbyterian Church
Christ Episcopal Church
Johnox
The
American Bible Ciety
India
China
British Bible Society
American Society
Russell Sage
England
Fox
America
Philippines
Africa
Alexander G. Russell
Sagamore Hil
Jews to Answer Bingham at Clinton Hall
About a hundred Jews gathered at Clinton Hall after Dr. David Blaustein called the meeting to challenge Commissioner Bingham’s claim that more than 5 percent of New York criminals are Jewish. A five member committee was authorized to study District Attorney and court records, with seven to search criminal files and Rogues Gallery for an authoritative Jewish crime statistic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Blaustein
Clinton Hall
Bingham
Current
New York
Blaustein
Educational Alliance
University Settlement
District Attorney's Office
Court of General Sessions
New York City
Rogues
Mark J. Katz
Liberal Immigration League
Gen. Bingham
Katz
Grand
Two Operations On Tailer In New London
New London Conn Sept 6 It now appears that two operations were performed on T Suffern Tailor according to a statement from Dr H M Lee Tailor has been very seriously ill with a severe infection of the thigh from a slight abrasion He is out of danger bore the two operations with fortitude and rapid uneventful recovery anticipated and he expects to be in his banking house in a week or so
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
New London
Conn
T. Suffern Tailer
H. M. Lee
T. Suffern
Miss Uransky Weds A H Meyers in Brooklyn Home
Miss Lillian Uransky and A Hewitt Meyers were married by Rev. Dr. Philip Cohn at the bride’s parents home 311 Forty-fifth Street Brooklyn. Miss Uransky was given away by her father and attended by Miss Cora Silverberg. The couple left for an extended automobile trip through the East and will return in October.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uransky
A. H. Meyers
Lillian Uransky
A. Hewitt Meyers
Philip Cohn
A. Uransky
Forty-fifth Street
Brooklyn
Cora Silverberg
Meyers
First Benefit Held for Golden Gate Club in San Francisco
The inaugural benefit of the Golden Gate Professional Club, whose members claim San Francisco as their home, took place at the Belasco Theatre. A large audience attended and a sizable sum was raised for the club’s building fund. Performers included Annie Yeamans Florence Roberts Georgia Caine James J Morton Zena Keife Gertrude Hoffmann Violet Dale Harry Carson Clarke and Margaret Dale Owen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Golden Gate Professional Club
San Francisco
Belasco Theatre
Annie Yeamans
Florence Roberts
Georgia Caine
James J. Morton
Zena Keife
Gertrude Hoffmann
Violet Dale
Harry Carson Clarke
Margaret Dale Owen
Eastport Girl Missing After Train Encounter
Eastport, Illinois Sept 6 After a fruitless search Charles W Sweezey returned home discouraged seeking his missing 14 year old daughter Gertrude who vanished after attending a Islip firemen tournament and meeting a married man with three children. The two were said to be former co passengers on an afternoon train and have not been seen since.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eastport
I. IL
Charles W. Sweezey
Gertrude
Islip
Dragons in the Bronx Zoo A Rare reptile arrival
A pair of two foot long dragon lizards from Vera Cruz arrived at the Bronx Park Zoo with a rare fish collection from Central India. Scientists say the lizards are lineal descendants of the giant prehistoric dinosaur and exhibit bright brown and white markings with a distinctive hind leg posture. Also arriving were climbing perch snake catfish and guramis, presented by Otto Eggling, kept in earthware jars after a three month voyage from Central India.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vera Cruz
Bronx Park Zoo
Raymond L. Ditmars
Reptile House
Mexico
India
Otto Eggling
Bronx Park
Dangerous trades for women highlighted by Dr. Hamilton
Dr. Alice Hamilton urges women away from hazardous crafts in Charities and Commons noting paints, leaded processes, dye dust, and phosphorus risks. She cites Newcastle lead poisoning by gender, warns about artificial flowers, rubber workers, and potteries, and emphasizes lung and nerve dangers from dust and solvents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice Hamilton
Hull House
Charities and the Commons
Hamilton
Theatrical Manager’s Partner Held on Burglary Charge
Joseph A. Lally of the firm Vance and Sullivan faced West Side Court on a burglary charge after being caught in a Columbus Avenue pawnshop trying to sell a clothing spear believed to belong to theatrical manager John F Sullivan. Lally’s wife kept the Sul livan apartments keys and the couple vanished when the property disappeared.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph A. Lally
John F. Sullivan
West 109Th Street
Vance & Sullivan
West Side Court
Columbus Avenue
Sullivan
Laily
New Hampshire Sails for Government Trials at Rockland
The battleship New Hampshire left Portsmouth for Government acceptance trials off Rockland Maine after a visit to New Hampshire. Captain Winslow declined to discuss Dreadnought plans. Aboard, officers endure social duties with the Atlantic Squadron rumored to form to welcome home the fleet. A misplaced Dalmatian puppy sparked a playful search while mascot plans entertain sailors at home port.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Hampshire
Portsmouth
N. H
Navy
S “W. C. T. A. White
Navy Yard
Rockland
Navy Department
Cameron McR. Winslow
Winslow
Roosevelt
Delaware
North Dakota
Atlantic
Idaho
Mississippi
Iowa
Montana
North Carolina
Antipodes
New York
Jackie
Boston
Eli
Pacific
Gov. Floyd
Connecticut
Hampton Roads
New York Navy Yard
Was the McNeill Death a Double or the Real Man
In Trenton New Jersey the case of John McNeill's death at Walkerton Indiana July 4 raises the question of whether the man buried in Indiana was his double. Mrs McNeill identified the body twice after exhumation and a pottery worker Herbert Goodwin swears McNeill worked for him after the first identification. The case unsettles whether the buried man was the real John McNeill or a double and whether the widow remains widowed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Trenton
N. J
John McNeill
Walkerton
Ind
la Porte
Herbert Goodwin
McNeill
Indiana
Goodwin
Cabin Buries Steerage Boy Aboard Anchor Liner
The California from Glasgow reached her pier yesterday. A steerage boy named Vincent Brozdzes, a Russian youth, died during the voyage. Cabin passengers collected 40 to fund a sea burial with full funeral rites officiated by Rev. Richard Hartley of Hope Baptist Church. Julius Mayer, ex attorney general, was aboard along with other passengers including Dr Gordon Craig and Rev Charles Hayes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Glasgow
Vincent Brozdzes
Richard Hartley
Hope Baptist Church
Broadway
104Th Street
Julius M. Mayer
Reunion of Gen Sickles with wife after 27 years
Gen Daniel E Sickles, Civil War figure, reunites with his wife after twenty seven years. She had lived in Spain with their children while he remained in New York. Their son Stanton Sickles, formerly an Attaché in Athens, joined her in the city. Mrs Sickles is staying at the Hotel Brevoort while visiting daily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel E. Sickles
Stanton Sickles
Athens
Greece
Spain
America
Fight Over Lauder Tour Sparks New York Theatres
Scotch comedian Harry Lauder heads to America amid a dispute between Circle Production Company and Sullivan Mulligan versus Morris syndicate over his vaudeville act. Isman sold Circle assets. Morris claims Lauder’s act wasn’t included. Lauder holds $6,000 already paid and will earn $3,000 weekly in the U S as the dispute plays out.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Lauder
Lauder
The
Circle
Blaney
Lincoln Square
Iim
Circle Production Company
Felix Isman
Morris Syndicate
Blaney's Theatre
Mr. Isman
Sullivan & Mulligan
Morris
America
London
Clyde
United States
Broadway
Mann Debuts In The New Generation At Grand Opera House
Louis Mann fielded a serious drama debut in The New Generation by Jules Eckert Goodman at the Grand Opera House Chicago. The play, set among New York east side immigrants, centers on old world German Lutheran traditions and a daughter's defiance that leads to tragedy, with Edith Browning and Mine Cottrellly in prominent roles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Louis Mann
Grand Opera House
Jules Eckert Goodman
New York City
East Side
Johann Kroos
Mr. Mann
Mine
Cottrelly
Idéle
Edith Browning
William A. Brady
German Theatre Boss Seeks Six Weeks in New York
Felix Hollander, director of the German Theatre of Berlin, is at the Hotel Astor arranging a six weeks engagement for his all star company in New York Shakespearean plays. He notes the Berlin company has enjoyed great success before the Kaiserin and royal family, with star actors in all roles and lavish production values. Hollander, also a writer, hopes to bring the troupe to New York next March.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Felix Hollander
Berlin
Hotel Astor
New York
Compny
Kaiserin
Hollander
May Hickey Delights Audiences at Fifth Avenue Theatre
May Hickey the Greeter Girl delighted the audience at Keith and Proctor's Fifth Avenue Theatre last night with songs including Back in Kentucky and When I Dance the Highland Fling Some numbers recalled her Greeter benefit last May Next month manager Irwin says she heads out on the Orpheum Circuit
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hickey
Keith & Proctor
Fifth Avenue Theatre
Kentucky
Irwin
Orpheum
Eugene OBrien to star in The Thief at Empire Theatre
Eugene OBrien will play Fernand Lagardes tonight at the Empire Theatre. He began the season with the Kelcey-Shannon company in The Thief and after strong tour performances Daniel Frohman brought him to New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene O’brien
Fernand Lagardes
Empire Theatre
Kelcey-Shannon Company
Daniel Frohman
New York
Mrs. Mary Brooks Hitchcock Dies at 3
Mrs. Mary Brooks Hitchcock aged 3 widow of De Witt Clinton Hitchcock died yesterday at home 310 West Ninety-fifth Street of pneumonia after four days illness. She leaves two daughters. Her husband a well known artist died here in 1879. He once refused to tutor Queen Victoria's daughter Princess Alice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Brooks Hitchcock
de Witt Clinton Hitchcock
West Ninety-fifth Street
Queen Victoria
Alice
Obituary notices for Emma J. Ludlow and Staats Van Duzen Clark
Mrs Emma J Ludlow wife of Rev Dr James M Ludlow pastor of Main Avenue Presbyterian East Orange died yesterday in Norfolk Conn while summering there She survived by her husband four daughters two sons and her brother Alexander E Orr Funeral in Norfolk on Wednesday with Rev Dr Charles L Thompson Interment in Orr family plot Rural Cemetery Albany NY Staats Van Duzen Clark of New Brunswick died yesterday in that city at age 60 after two years illness Former city physician and Freeholder He graduated NY College of Physicians and Surgeons in 1870 Survived by wife Anna Tanner and two sons Arthur M and William S both lawyers of New Brunswick
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma J. Ludlow
James M. Ludlow
Main Avenue Presbyterian Church
East Orange
N. J
Norfolk
Conn
David Orr
New York
Alexander E. Orr
Charles L. Thompson
Presbyterian Missionary Board
Orr
Albany
Staats van Duzen Clark
New Brunswick
New York College of Physicians and Surgeons
Anna Tanner
Arthur M
William S
George Morsay Drowne
Toeton
Mass
Mount Auburn
Mags
Het
Freelowk
Buck Nam
Maria Luekruim
Loh
Clark
Neyrisewick
Vain
Ininey St
Brooklyn
Fir St. William
G. Edwin Duren
Pears
Marjory Ties Duren
George le
Shar E Duren
E.M. Mirmedis
Drom &J
Newark
Dresden
Hamburg
Phease Corte Furman
Milven Village
N. OH
Silas Metres
Crawford
Harley
Sersey -Cliv
Meisht
Iaen Vickiey
Harris
Fethlehem
N. Th
Jane
Theodore Harris
Bielaml
Kate M. Lawson Harris
Weeat
Oily St
M. Harris
IM Claremont Av
Mary Fmms
Mettis
Wtte
Henry D. Harris
Notteo
Fieneeah Beon
Hitchcock
Sanday
Mary Brooke
Pe Witt
Philadephia
Lewis
New Haven
Filzabeth
Dwight
James
Anister
Elffiah A. Bill
Christ Chich
Menliy
Lst
Norval
Iain Ludlow
Sireth
Merker Luttow
Main Avenue
Murap
Maullin
New York City
Frederice Waudh Maula
Troy
Oldfield
Poughkeepsie
N. Y
John Olifield
Havepeoaw
N.Y Pendleton
C. T
Curtis
Avaive
Pennington
Day Head
Emma
Jenn Yernington
Jersey City
Talmage
John Stewart
J. B. Talmage
Freeman Sty
Holbrook Grande
England
Auguste Townsend
Rane Rph W. Townseend
SARGENT'S BODY CREMATED IN WASHINGTON SERVICE
Frank P. Sargent former Commissioner General of the Bureau of Immigration dies Friday and is cremated in Washington after a brief afternoon service. Ashes to be sent to Philadelphia for funeral. Attendees include Straus Metcalf Russell department heads and union leaders. The Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen, once led by Sargent, sponsored the rites.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Frank P. Sargent
Bureau of Immisgration
Philadelphia
Secretary of Commerce and Labor
Straus
Navy
Metcalf
Russell
Department of Commerce and Labor
Army and Navy Union
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Sargent
Obituary notices from New York and surrounding areas
Funeral announcements and death notices for Mary Cooke, G. Edwin Duren, Silas Pur, Vickie Sersey Cliv Meisht, Elizabeth Dwight Lewis, Elizabeth Luddow, Janes Pendleton, Emma Pendleton, John Stewart Talmage, and June Auguste Townsend list services, residences, and interment details across New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, and England with dates in early September 1908.
Cemetery access and lot sale details for Woodlawn
The Woodlawn Cemetery is readily accessible by Harlem trains from Grand Central Station and by Webster and Jerome Avenue trolleys and carriage. Lots priced at $150 and up. telephone listing for Books of Views or rentative. CE 20 East 230th Street. N. Cry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woodlawn Cemetery
Harlem
Grand Central Station
Webster and
Jerome Avenue
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Tailer
Golden Gate Club
Bronx Zoo
Spe
Cial Atlantic Squadron
Lad
Sickles
Morris and Sullivan
Theatre of Berlin
Hardman
Fulton St
Washbern-Crosby Company
Library Bureau
Californis
20Th Century Limited
Chicazo
Howe
Atterbury
Christ Hurety
Ernest
M. Stir
Henry Jers
John “Marnertt Ces
Livey Rogers Howe
Moet
Hess
Undertakers
Stephen Merritt
Frank B. Campbell
Grapela
Chelsem
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