Dutch Congress Spurs Women to Reform Dress and Rights
Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt reports that at the Amsterdam congress women from twenty nations impressed by progress abroad led to a new Dutch men’s suffrage group and that German restrictions on political meetings are being eased. Dress reform gains popularity, with one third of delegates donning reform attire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International Woman Suffrage Alliance
Carrie Chapman Catt
Europe
Alliance
Amsterdam
International Council of Women
Geneva
Switzerland
THE
TIMES
Molland
Josef Israels
International Alliance
Catt
South Africa
Bulgaria
Henry Dawson
Norway
Gina Krog
Finland
Berlin
Reichstag
Austria
Mrs. Catt
Chicago
Yale Bequests Settled Net $325000 to Yale University
New Haven report shows final settlement of Archibald Blount estate from Orleton Manor England transfers about 325000 to Yale University after 337000 cash received and 8500 in fees. original bequest near 150000 with 82000 paid in inheritance taxes. Also noted unconditional Hewitt 500000 legacy and Griggs 75000 bequest with widow life interest. income funds for Yale student education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Haven
Archibald Blount
Orleton Manor
Hertfordshire
England
Yale University
Yale Treasury
Blount
Frederick C. Hewitt
George B. Griggs
Yale
Riding tests set Oct 1 2 8 at Burlington
The third riding tests under President Roosevelt’s directive will occur in Burlington Vermont on October 1 2 and 8 to gauge field officers mounted efficiency. Col William W Gibson Major Tracy C Dickson Major William S Pierce Major Henry A Shaw and Major Eugene Fechet lead the evaluations with pre and post ride medical examinations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burlington
Department of the East
Roosevelt
William W. Gibson
Watervliet Arsenal
N. J
Tracy C. Dickson
Sandy Hook Proving Ground
William 8. Pierce
Ordnance Department
Midvale Steel Works
Philadelphia
Henry A. Shaw
Fort Slocum
N. Y
Eugene ©. Fechet
Signal Corps of
Boston
New York Library Association Elects Officers at Lake George
At the closing session of the eighteenth annual meeting at the Sagamore Hotel Lake George New York officers were elected Willard A Huston president Anna R Phelps vice president Caroline M Underhill secretary Edwin W Gallard treasurer and the next annual meeting will be held again at Lake George.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Lake George
N. Y
New York Library Association
Sagamore Hotel
Willard A. Huston
Cornell University
Anna R. Phelps
Albany
Caroline M Underhill
Prains
Utica Public Library
Edwin W. Gallard
Changes at Barnard Adopt Point System for Office Limits
Barnard College introduces a point based system to limit student offices. No student may hold more than fourteen points of office at once. Points depend on time and work required by each office. The Barnard Union coordinates dates for social, literary, and athletic events to avoid calendar conflicts. Freshmen to special students with overcuts must explain absences. seniors exempt from some rules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barnard College
Barnard
Vassar
Barnard Union
Autoist Runs Wild on Jerome Avenue Terrorizes Traffic
A chauffeur and two passengers, reportedly intoxicated, sped a fast roadster along Jerome Avenue for over a mile endangering numerous motorists. Police Sergeant Howe pursued and stopped the trio at 175th Street. Albert Baldwin of 105 East Ninety Street faced charges of speed and intoxication. Edward Wotton and James Nicholson, both intoxicated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerome Avenue
Howe
160Th Street
175Th Street
Tremont Police Station
Albert Baldwin
East Ninetieth Street
New York Transportation Company
Edward Wotton
James Nicholson
East Sixty-sixth Street
Wagstaffs Welcome Son at 24 East Fifty Fourth
Mr and Mrs Alfred Wagstaff Jr announce the birth of a son on Friday morning Mrs Wagstaff was formerly Miss Blanche Le Roy Shoemaker is the Shoemaker daughter and an author of several verse books The Wagstaffs occupy their town house at 24 East Fifty fourth Street
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred Wagstaff, Jr
Wagstaff
Blanche
le Roy Shoemaker
Henry F. Shoemaker
Wagstaffs
East Fifty-fourth Street
Eight year old Victor Nolan dies after tree fall
Eight year old Victor Nolan of 644 East 285th Street led children in a game of follow the leader and fell from a maple at 236th Street. He struck his head and died of a fractured skull en route to Fordham Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victor Nolan
East 285Th Street
236Th Street
Nolan
Fordham Hospital
Porto Rico seeks libraries to boost rural education
Commissioner I G Dexter, visiting the United States, appeals for funds and donated printed material to create simple rural libraries in Porto Rico. He notes about 1,800 schools enroll 100,000 pupils, many ending after the third grade with little educational inspiration. He requests illustrated magazines, picture collections, children's books, and other readable materials to establish multiple libraries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
I. G. Dexter
Fuerto Rico
United States
Little Island
Porto Rico
Dexter
Department of Education
Mr. Dexter
United States Treasury
Lake Champlain Drought Hits Champlain Level Low
Lake Champlain sinks to nine feet below high water as drought and fires harm farms. Steamboats cut trips due to dock landings. Wells dry, hay costs rise, pulp mill pollution taints Ausable River. Keeseville stops using Ausable water. Ticonderoga River pollution reaches lake and Vermont shore. John Baggs dies, affidavit links illness to Ausable water.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westport
N. Y
Lake Champlain
Ausable
John Baggs
Keeseville
Ticonderoga River
Vermont
No Papal Ban on Encyclopedia Confirmed
Archdiocese of New York Archbishop John M Farley states in a cable dated Sept 23 1508 to Robert Appleton Company that press reports of a papal ban on The Catholic Encyclopedia are absolutely false. The Catholic Encyclopedia publishers sought Rome's clarification after inquiries about alleged condemnation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Appleton Company
Rome
John M. Farley
New York
Body found in East River near East 86th Street
Police recovered the body of an unknown man about 41 years old from the East River off East Eighty-sixth Street. He stood 5 feet 7 inches, weighed 145 pounds, had brown eyes and a mustache, and wore a striped coat, trousers, black shoes and stockings. The body was taken to the East Eighty-eighth Street Station and then to the Morgue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East River
East Eighty-sixth Street
East Eighty-eighth Street
Gompers Examined in Contempt Proceedings
Samuel Gompers faced cross examination by attorney Ralston over a Brandenburg claim that Gompers bribed him. Gompers denied any bribery and said Brandenburg first approached him. The exchange referenced Edgefield South Carolina recreation plans and hunting and fishing remarks in a disputed letter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Ralston
New York
Broughton Brandenburg
Gompers
Mr. Gompers
Brandenburg
Victoria
Edgefield
S.C
Shot Protecting A Woman In Jersey City
John Foley of 178 Highteenth Street Jersey City is hospitalized with a bullet wound after defending a woman insulted by Charles Balboa of 503 Jackson Street Hoboken Balboa was arrested at 643 Henderson Street and held on assault charges Foley is expected to recover from his wound.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Foley
Highteenth Street
Jersey City
Foley
John Lonergan
Henderson Street
Charles Balboa
Jackson Street
Hoboken
Balboa
Duffy
Joseph Moricia
May pay middies fares for Army Navy game trip
Annapolis officials ask the Navy Department to cover travel costs for about 800 midshipmen to Philadelphia for the annual Army Navy football game. Midshipmen already receive mileage under orders, and attendance is argued as part of regular duties to promote athletics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annapolis
Philadelphia
Navy Department
Naval Academy
After New York Sheriff
Newark police probe Deputy Sheriff James E. Topper for taking four horses and two coaches from Giuseppe Cappola and moving them to New York. Topper claimed mortgage satisfaction and permission from Newark Captain Brown, which Brown denies. Cappola’s mortgage was paid and Scoscozza cashed the last check. further action depends on proof of permission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newark
James E. Topper
East 139Th Street
Topper
Giuseppe Cappela
New York
Vito Scoscozza
Manhattan
Ian
Brown
Marrin Loses Court Bid To Overturn Barry Judgment
Frank C. Marrin, lawyer and promoter, failed to overturn a $32,000 judgment won by the late Mrs. Caroline Barry thirteen years ago. Mrs. Barry accused Marrin of defrauding about $70,000 she entrusted to him. Marrin disappeared from Brooklyn amid an indictment for grand larceny and forgery, with District Attorney Clarke planning Marrin’s trial on the charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank C. Marrin
Clarke
Caroline Barry
Supreme Court
Stapleton
Brooklyn
Marrin
Barry
Elisha K Camp Out of Danger After Accident
Elisha IX Camp, badly hurt on the Sandy Hook steamer Asbury Park last July by a slamming state room door, is reported to be out of danger by physicians. He will leave Atlantic Highlands for a southern trip to finish recovery after a period when his life was despaired of.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elisha IX. Camp
Sandy Hook
Asbury Park
New York Electrical Show Opens at Madison Square Garden
The New York Electrical Show opens at Madison Square Garden next Saturday night with a jubilee celebrating the first American cable laying. In Times Square, William C. Lynn aged 67 of Northport Long Island was struck by a car yesterday and suffered a fracture of the right forearm. driver Woodward Sutphen of Long Branch New Jersey said the car belonged to J Ortroyce and he was not arrested.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Madison Square Garden
William C. Lynn
Northport
L IL
Times Square
James
Roosevelt Hospital
Woodward Sutphen
Long Branch
N. J
J. Ortroyce
Legal battle in court over Abbie Rice testimony in Austin murder case
In Omaha on September 26 Abbie B. Rice testified about plans by Dr. Frederick T. Austin and Charles Edward Davis for Davis to shoot the doctor and then die by his own hand. The defense paused cross-examination to Monday as objections contested questions and the record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha
Neb
Abbie B. Rice
Frederick T. Austin
Charles Edward Davis
Davis
Mrs. Rice
Dr. Rustin
Charles E. Davis
Dr.Rustin
Guerley
Man Found Dead in Philadelphia Hotel With Photo of Child
A man identified only by a likeness of a little girl was found dead in his Central Hotel room at 315 Arch Street. He had shot himself in the temple and left no usable identity documents. Deputy Coroner Dreizler said the death appeared self inflicted after a brief stay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Philadelphia
Shaw
New York
Central Hotel
Arch Street
Louis Rapaport
Coronor Dreizler
Burglars Loot Taft Post Office and Store at Williamstown
Thieves raided the Charles W. Taft premises in Williamstown last night looting the post office and general store for about 2000 dollars. Explosives damaged the store interior as robbers breached the safe and escaped with the plunder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williamstown
N. Y
Charles W. Taft
Rebblers
Girl, 7, fatally burned after dress catches fire
Seven year old Esthier Schultz of 256 East Thirty third Street was playing with matches when her dress caught fire last night. She was rushed to Bellevue Hospital in critical condition where doctors fight to save her life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Esthier Schultz
East Thirty-third Street
Gellevue Hospital
Lost-A $2 000 Mustache Sues Over Missing Facial Feature
Michael J. McBride of Jamaica New York sues Albert Mann for 2000 claiming a friend trimmed off one side of his twelve year old mustache at Bergen House leading to loss of recognition and diminished livelihood. A sheriff's jury will assess damages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michael J. McBride
Jamaica
L. I
United States
McBride
Bergen House
Albert Mann
Iplaintiff
Mutiny on a liner ends with eight firemen detained
Eight firemen aboard the British steamer Trellenes mutinied in Brooklyn harbor claiming the ship would turn turtle. They refused duties, were taken to the tug Timmons and landed at the Battery. Police jailed them as Magistrate Droege adjourned the case until tomorrow night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Upper Bay
Buenos Ayres
Anderson
Timmons
Battery
Inc
Robert Naughton
Hellenes
James McPartland
Sydney
Yale parade cheers mark class wrestling championship
Fifty thousand spectators fill New Haven for the Sheffield Scientific School junior parade in nasqueraile costumes bearing torches. They march to the Yale astronomical observatory where class wrestling championship matches are staged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
New. Haven
Conn
Sheffield Scientific School
Yale
Yale Astronomical Observatory
Street duel on Seventh Avenue ends with injuries in Newark
In Newark last night Carmine Dattalo and Pellegrino D'Auria fought a street duel on Seventh Avenue. Dattalo was shot in the head and slashed with a razor. D'Auria was shot twice in the right shoulder and once in the hand. Both men are in City Hospital in serious condition as a crowd observed during the Shun Salimo festival.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seventh Avenue
Newark
N. J
Carmine Dattalo
Pellegrino D'Auria
Dattalo
D'Auria
Shun Salimo
Santo Domingo Gold Scandal Suit Seeks $46 000 Claim
John T. Smith and other Santo Domingo stockholders sue A O Brown & Co Whitney Stephenson & Co alleging $543000 raised to finance the venture was used for a year and later refunded to Brown customers. The case cites misrepresented mines in Santo Domingo and claims profits never materialized. A stockholders meeting is planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sanita Domingo Gold and Copper Company
Supreme Court
John T. Smith
Nassau Street
Albert M. Fuller
Pittsburg
A. O Brown _& Co
Santo Domingo Company
Whitney, Stephenson & Co
Smith
Santo Domingo
Jaina Valley
Brown & Co
New York
A.O. Brown & Co
Louisville
FE. F. Buchanan
A. O. Brown & Co
A. C. Brown & Co
Santo ‘Domingo
Whitney, Stephenson
Sun Spot Drought Debate Links Doolittle View
Prof Eric Doolittle of the University of Pennsylvania argues at the observatory that current solar spots cannot explain the drought. He notes small spots visible without telescope, about 120 square miles in area, and cites a 160 mile diameter spot as the largest observed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Philadelphia
Eric Doolittle
University of Pennsylvania
University Observatory
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Woman’s Cause
Inter
National Alliance
Germany
Hewitt
State Library Convention
Alfred Wagstaffs
Porto Rigans
E. G. Dexter
Island
London
Accegent St
Matl
Mark Cross World
Fifth Avenue
Broadway
Summer Street
Sheriff
Elisha K
and Davis
Man
C. Shaw
Taft
Sheffield Juniors
SUE Mining Company
Prof. Doolittle
Franklin Simon ,& Co
Fifth Ave
Paris
Hudson
Hudson Seal Coats
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