Light on trunk case links Rosenbloom murder to Windber family
Baltimore and Johnstown reports detail the discovery of Samuel J. Rosenbloom's body in a trunk at Camden New Jersey, alleged murder by his son Alexander in Windber Pennsylvania. Mrs Bonnie Rosenbloom and her daughter Eva were arrested as authorities pursue multiple suspects in Windber and Camden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bonnie Rosenbloom
Baltimore
Eva
Camden
N. J
Siamuel J. Rosenbloom
Winster
Penn
Alexander Rosenbloom
Windber
Alexander
Johnstown
John Lewis
Somerset County
Rosenbloom
Eva Rosenbloom
Joseph
Louis Egier
New York
Mount Ephraim
New Brunswick
Louis Weller
Samuel J. Rosenbloom
Weller
William Rosenbloom
Piedmont
W. Va
Loais Rosenbloom
Charleroi
S. J. Rosenbloom
Mr. Weller
Cardiess
Mr. Rosenbloom
McMillan
Windsor
Fogarty
de Marini
Wood
Joseph Adier
Louis
Monroe Street
Nochin Sapiro
East Broadway
Captain Carey
New York City
Shapiro
Government wins fight to brand imitation whiskey
Judge Thompson in Cincinnati United States Court rules the government can enforce the pure food law against local distillers. Union Distilling Company sought injunction to halt Internal Revenue Collector Bettmann and others from enforcing new branding rules for distilled spirits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Thompson
United States
Union Distilling Company
Internal Revenue
Bettmann
Summer Hotel Safe Looted in Cairo Burglary
A Cairo hotel safe was forced open during the early hours after burglars entered the Walters Hotel as people slept. They escaped with 18 worth of postage stamps, $8 in cash, a gold watch and chain, diamonds and jewelry valued at 9, and seven bankbooks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tribune
Catskill
Walters Hotel
Cairo
E R Thomas To Undergo Operation In New York
E R Thomas who was injured in an August automobile accident was moved from Monmouth Memorial Hospital to New York for a serious knee operation. The injury reportedly worsened beyond initial expectations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tribune
Lane Branch
N. J
E. R. Thomas
Monmouth Memorial Hospital
New York
FIGHT OVER D E ROAD BOND AND STOCK INJUNCTION
In New York Justice Bischoff heard Milburn for four bondholders seek a receiver and permanent injunction against Delaware and Eastern Railway and Construction Co to stop bond and stock issues. Griggs and Bruce opposed, arguing assets and legality. August 27 set for further argument. earlier injunction blocked contract assignments for road completion. Chicago case notes Fitzgerald bail on $173000 theft charge. hearing postponed to Aug 31, evidence questioned by government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Justice Bischoff
Supreme Court
John G. Milburn
Delaware & Eastern Railway
Justice Dugro
Delaware and Astern Construction Company
Delaware & Eastern Railroad
Milburn
John W. Griggs
United States Attorney General
M. Linn Bruce
Bush & Hare
Joseph Hi. Holmes
Pittsburg
Schenectady
Scranton
Pennsylvania
Boston & Maine
New England
Griggs
Holmes
Bruce
Delaware & Hudson Railroad
Chicago
George W. Fitzgerald
United States
William Holdenweck
Chetlain
Fitzgerald
United States District Attorney's Office
United
Monroe Caught Escapes During Sheriff Chase
William Monroe, the Devo farm killer, was pursued by Sheriff Decker and Orange County deputies near Camp Gaw, New Paltz, then escaped into a cornfield after a partial arrest. Officers fired five shots, and Monroe cried out in pain, vanishing into woods as county detectives secured the area for the night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hackensack
N. J
William Monroe
Devo
New Paltz
N. Y
Decker
Orange County
John Harris
Camp Gaw
Middletown
Monroe
Harris
Surrow Woods
Drowned in Leaky Boat Near Bride in Spencer's Millpond
John Colon, 28, a non swimmer and superintendent at Irving Spencer's farm, drowned in Spencer's Millpond yesterday in sight of his bride Mrs Colon who was within twenty feet. A companion William Read swam to shore while the only boat in the pond capsized when Colon moved forward for the baling dipper. Colon had lived in the area about two years after previously residing in Montreal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Colon
Spencer
Colon
Defence Revealed In Ohio Tragedy Allegations Grow
Des Moines Iowa reports say officers will seek requisition papers for Mrs Morris Stein and Mrs Mary Bayard to face charges in Loudonville Ohio for murdering Morris Stein and Hester Porter. The defense argues Stein used a missing revolver found by the dying pair and alleges insanity. Bail for the Iowa women was refused.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
Ohio
Morris Stein
Mary Bayard
Loudonville
Hester Porter
Cummins
Stein
Iowa Automobile Company
Porter
Bayard
Ashland
Morris B. Stein
Harris
Columbus
Drowned man saved by sweetheart in boat rescue off Sandy Hook
Walter Weinmann, 21, died after falling from a yacht near Sandy Hook while his friend William Hostlemann and Miss Meta Rupke helped. Weinmann and Hostlemann, Erie Basta Yacht Club members, were aboard the My Gift when rough seas forced them to anchor. Rupke rowed to help Hostlemann, who survived. Weinmann, a Central Y M C A member, was not recovered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sandy Hook
Brooklyn
Walter Weinmann
Caroline Weinmann
Carroll Street
William Hostlemann
Hostlemann
Meta Rupke
Conover Street
Erie Basta Yacht Club
Miss Rupke
Lillie
Bessie
Annie Ledle
Weinmann
Bostlemann
17Th Street
Central Young Men's Christian Association
Kronprinzes Cecilie Sets Westbound Record En Route Tale
The North German Lloyd liner Kronprinzes Cecilie broke all westbound German steamer records from Cherbourg Breakwater to Sandy Hook. Reported 343 miles east of Sands Hook at 11 a m. Captain Higemann aims to push the ship to lower the record from 6 days 15 hours 2 minutes. Expected arrival at Sandy Hook port at 7 30 a m. today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kronprinzes
Cecilie
Cherbourg
Sandy Hook
Sands Hook
Higemann
Kronprinzessin
Restrain Coler on Asphalt Bids In Brooklyn Court Order
Justice Blackmar in Brooklyn Supreme Court granted an injunction blocking Borough President Coler from awarding asphalt contracts and required show cause for continued restraint. The suit by Adolph Luker alleges a four firm conspiracy to fix public bids with Uvalde group to secure half the work and three others sharing the rest. Monahan’s similar suit against Coler over iron slag pavement contracts in South Brooklyn was postponed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blackmar
Supreme Court of
Brooklyn
Coler
Charles H. Hyde
Adolph Luker
Hugh V. Monahan
Probasco
Bilackmar
Miss Ella Schenck in Unconscious State from Meningitis
Seventeen year old Miss Ella Schenck of Yonkers Avenue Yonkers remains unconscious for forty eight hours from spinal meningitis after falling ill Friday at Empire City racetrack. Her doctors led by Dr G Byron Brown apply ice packs massage and a special drug in hopes of a recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ella Schenck
Harry Schenck
Yonkers Avenue
Yonkers
St. John’s Riverside Hospital
Miss Schenck
Empire City Racetrack
G. Byron Brown
Bull on Tracks Derails Ulster & Delaware Train
An express train near Kingston New York last night met a gigantic bull on the rails. The beast charged the cowcatcher, was thrown to an embankment, returned to the tracks, and fell under a parlor car causing a derailment. No injuries occurred and after an hour’s delay the train continued to New York with passengers helping clear debris.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kingston
N. Y
Ulster & Delaware Railroad
New York
First Girl to Drive Taxicab in New York
Miss Freida Klinger, formerly with The Girl Question chorus, will operate a Red Taxicab Company car this afternoon. Despite threats from union drivers, manager Mr Higgins announced the new driver will work today as part of the company’s fleet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Freida Klinger
the Girl Question” Company
Red
Higgins
Miss Klinger
Ellaville cashier commits suicide amid bank probe
Americus Ga Aug 24 Alonzo Waiters cashier of the Ellaville bank shot himself in the Windsor Hotel while officers hunted him for alleged embezzlement of 59000 dollars. There was said to be no discrepancy in the accounts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tribune
Americus
Alonzo Waiters
Ellaville
Windsor
Schoolmate of U S Grant Dies in Kentucky
The Rev. Thomas N. Arnold a renowned Christian Church minister in the South died yesterday while en route to Versailles to preach a funeral. A classmate of General U S Grant at school he was eighty four and attended the state Senate session after the Goebel assassination era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frankfort
Thomas N. Arnold
Christian Church
South
Versailles
U. S. Grant
Goebel
State Senate
Hippodrome Arrives with Seventy Horses for Show Rehearsals
Seventy Hippodrome horses arrived at the big playhouse yesterday morning with Frank Melville the equestrian director. They began rehearsals for new productions as twelve horses are trained for the parade and race scene. The horses spent the summer on leased pastures at Nanuet New York and twenty are original members of the Hippodrome company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hippodrome
Big Playhouse
Frank Melville
Nanuet
Melville
Railroads Bring Suits Over ICC Power to Compel Reports
The Interstate Commerce Commission is sued in five equity cases by major railroads led by New York Central and Hudson River and Central of New Jersey. Four suits challenge the legality of the monthly sworn report order as unconstitutional overreach. The fifth suits the Rahway Valley line over a Lackawanna connection deemed unsafe and unjustified for the main line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Interstate Commerce Commission
United States Circuit Court
Commission
New York Central
Hudson River
Central of New Jersey
Ontario & Western
Delaware, Lackawanna & Western
Rahway Valley Railroad
Summit
Lackawanna
Envy Led Children to Burglary in West 8th Street
Julia Callahan thirteen and Phillip twelve, living with parents in the basement at 306 West 8th Street, are confined by the Children's Society accused of burglarizing Mrs. Elizabeth Pia’s second floor flat. Detectives say the sister found a key under a doormat and the pair took a gold bracelet, two gold earrings, a pearl brooch, a watch, a gold ring, a pocketbook, and a handkerchief valued at 29.50. Phillip admitted glimpsing wealthy clothing and jewelry during wandering six months earlier. Mrs Pia reported the break in and detectives Leonard and Thorpe investigated. a ring was found on Phillip's finger when questioned. The girl was later located behind a fruit stand at 69th Street and West End Avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julia Callahan
Phillip
West 8Th Street
Children’s Society
Elizabeth Pia
Pia
Leonard
Thorpe
Young Callahan
69Th Street
West End Avenue
Thomas I Hamilton Funeral Held at St Nicholas Church
The funeral of Thomas I. Hamilton Tax Commissioner, who died Friday at his home 342 West 27th Street, was held at 11 am in the Collegiate Church of St Nicholas at 48th Street and Fifth Avenue. Clergy included Rev. A Hageman and Rev. Dr. A S Roswitz er. many politicians and officials attended. Honorary pallbearers listed. ushers included Commissioner Hamiltons secretary. Attendees spanned ex-police officials, judges, and state figures. organizations represented included the 7th Assembly District Republican Club and Mechanics and Tradesmen's Society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas I. Hamilton
West 27Th Street
St. Nicholas
48Th Street
Fifth Avenue
A. Hageman
A. 8. Roswit
Job E. Hedges
Charles Schroeder
Patrick Bowers
Joseph McCadden
Michael Feldson
Frank Reynolds
J. W. Ables
William Halpin
Henry Birrell
John J. Lyons
P. H. Dunn
Hamilton
Herbert Parsons
James Martin
George Winmaker
Frederick Eidman
Edward Lauterbach
Samuel Strasbourger
McAvoy
Sexton
Phillips
McCullagh
O'Connor
Grant
Corcoral
Taonard A. Glegerich
Palmier
Alterman
Doull
Timothy FP Sullivan
Fitzgerald
Michael Dady
John B. O Brien
John Little
Jacob Newstead
7Th Assembly Istrict Republican Club
Republican County Organization
Mechanics and Tradesmen's Society
Tax Commission
John J. Hamilton
Ambush Targets White Miner in Alabama Sayreton Mines
In Birmingham, a white non-union miner named Clayton was shot three times while walking to work near a guard camp. Deputies and bloodhounds pursue the attackers as Sheriff Higdon deploys a large force to Morris where a spur track trestle was dynamited and communications wires cut. Striking Indian miners have been evicted and now live in tents after failing to vacate houses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Ala
Clayton
Sayreton
Higdon
Morris
Louisville & Nashville
India
Gentleman Burglar Caught in Paterson Extradition Booked
Harry Hill dubbed a gentleman burglar was seized by Paterson detectives Louis Hyams and Thomas Hughes. He confessed to robberies across New York New York Buffalo and Baltimore after being traced to his brother’s home at 42 Carroll Street. Jail awaiting extradition on $10000 bail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paterson
Harry Hill
New York
Louis Hyams
Thomas Hughes
Carroll Street
Hill
Carroll
Joseph Curtis
Auburn
Buffalo
Baltimore
Hichardson
West 45Th Street
Manhattan
Millionaire Threatens Sanitary Chief Over Dog Crusade
Dr. Walter Bensel, Sanitary Superintendent, received a letter from a person signing as "Albert" threatening death if his crusade against stray dogs continues. The missive, enclosed in a mourning envelope, claims the writer will act very soon and comments on the doctor’s alleged "abominable and beastly" practices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Bensel
Health Department
Lipton Sends $500 to Welcome Olympic Team
Sir Thomas Lipton wired the reception committee five hundred dollars to assist in greeting the American Olympic team returning home on Saturday. The message expresses pleasure to help and praises America’s athletes for upholding the Stars and Stripes, stating better sportsmen never crossed the ocean. Lipton regrets he cannot attend in person.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Lipton
America
Stars and Stripes
Mormon Converts To Be Deported From Republic Arrivals
Boston Aug 24 The local immigration board held a special session and examined about one hundred Mormon women converts who arrived yesterday on the steamship Republic. Forty girls were held for further inquiry and Margaret and Catherine Roe will be sent back to their father in Liverpool.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Board of Immigration
Republic
Margaret
Catherine Roe
Liverpool
Probe into Asbury Exise Commission investigates Ocean Monmouth counties
A special correspondent reports the State Excise Commission opened hearings in Asbury Park Aug 24 with most members present. Mayor Appleby of Asbury Park and ex Senator George T. Smith from Lakewood are among those connected to the counties. The session covered liquor delivery complaints, alleged speakeasies, and enforcement limits while noting Asbury Park’s relative cleanliness and limited drunkenness among visitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Tribune
Asbury Park
State Excise Commission
Ocean
Monmouth Counties
John Howe
Sussex
Edmund Wakelee
Bergen
T. Frank Appleby
Monmouth County
George T. Smith
Lakewood
Peter Backes
Point Pleasant
Ocean County
Aaron A. Ballard
Ocean Grove
Ballard
Monmouth
Prohibition
A. J. C. Stokes
Nevius
Deal Beach
Willcox Arrested For Traffic Rule Violation Discharged
Magistrate House reprimands William Tod Willcox after he is arrested on Jerome Avenue for driving on the east side while workmen lay a water main. Willcox, vice-president and director of S Osgood Pell Company at 537 Fifth Avenue, cites conflict with road work as reason.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cavanaugh
Magistrate House
William Tod Willcox
Fifth Avenue
Judge O'Brien
Judge Truax
S. Osgood Pell Company
Mr. Willcox
Willcox
Fox
Bathgate Avenue
Jerome Avenue
Burglars Send Mock Help To Dentist Victim
Yonkers dentist Dr. U S Traub found about ten dollars in gold missing after returning to his office. That night burglars had already entered, and the thiefs sent him a marked newspaper with a half page on vaults and a warning not to report the burglary to police. The paper was mailed from New York with a letter advising silence under threat of death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Traub
Yonkers
New York
Deputy surveys boat crew uncover contraventions on Timmins
Deputy surveyor Matt Coneys boarded the Timmins at North River last night and found the Annette missing a fog horn and bell while using a makeshift light. Captain Perry and witnesses testified that Captain Ira Harris claimed a combination light sufficed and bells were unnecessary. Coneys released the vessel but will report to Surveyor Clarkson today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Matt’ Coneys
North River
Timmins
B. H. Perry
Annette
Treasury Department
Coneys
Washington Heights
Perry
Ira Harris
Harris
Clarkson
Madison street horsecar injures dog and boy
A Madison street horsecar ran over a stray dog near the Newsboys Lodging House in New Chambers Street. Patrolman George L. Rourke then shot the animal twice, with the second bullet piercing the dog and hitting fifteen year old Mattie Leavy in the thigh. an ambulance surgeon at St. Gregory's Hospital treated both. Captain Toole advised Rourke on shooting a dog without injuring people.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison Street
New Chambers Street
George L. Rourke
Oak Street
Mattie” Leavy
Newsboys
St. Gregory’s Hospital
Toole
Rourke
Hanna's Grandson Held for Trial on Speeding Charge
Karl H Hanna claims kinship to the late Senator Hanna and was halted by Magistrate Handy in New Brighton with bail set at 100 dollars after a Sunday speeding arrest on Richmond Road Staten Island. A gold watch and fob bearing a young woman’s image were returned to Hanna. Chauffeur John J Moran of Henry H Hermman was also held on a 1 dollar bail for speeding at Huguenot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hanna
Karl H. Hanna
Senator Hanna
Richmond Road
Staten Island
Handy
New Brighton
Court of Special Sessions
John J. Moran
Henry H. Herrman
No. 64
East S0th Street
Transfer chain of Bijou Theatre title through three men
John W. Hazlett transferred the Bijou Theatre property on Broadway between 30th and 1st streets yesterday. Clarence D. Sire reissued the title to Salem R. Furman, who then passed the title to Adolph D. Rosenthal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John W. Hazlett
Clarence D. Sire
Bijou
Broadway
30Th
1St Streets
Sire
Salem R. Furman
Mr. Furman
Adolph D. Rosenthal
Colored Clubwomen Meet in Brooklyn Biennial Convention
Twenty thousand colored women attend the sixth biennial convention of the National Association of Colored Women's Clubs in Brooklyn. Highlights include executive board sessions at Concord Baptist Church with Lucy Thurman Booker T. Washington Mary Church Terrell and Josephine Silone Yates among leaders. delegates travel from California and beyond for a week of meetings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Association of Colored Women's Clubs
Brooklyn
Concord Baptist Church
Dufield Street
Lucy Thurman
Jackson, Mich
Booker T. Washington
Mary Church Terrell
Washington
Josephine Silone Yates
Lincoln Institute
Jefferson City, Mo
California
Delegates Hear Welcome At Bridge Street AME Church
A reception for delegates at the Bridge Street African Methodist Episcopal Church opened a week of programs. Mrs. Wiley presided, delegates from many states attending. The schedule includes talks on race problems tuberculosis temperance and child labor with mothers clubs and other efforts highlighted. The week will mix discussions with music meals and outings including an automobile ride.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Utah
Colorado
New Oreleans
Bridge Street
Lena Harris
Johnstown
Penn
J. A. Kenney
Tuskegee
Roberta Dunbar
Country playgrounds expand into towns and farms with Sag Harbor gift
The Playground Association leads a national push for country playgrounds and small-town parks. A conference in New York will discuss country school superintendents’ input on fields and athletic spaces. Mrs Russell Sage donates a Sag Harbor site to serve children and adults alike, with provisions for both genders and all ages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Playground Association
Play Congress
New York
Country School
Super Eats
J. H. Bailey
Roosevelt
Sag Harbor
Russell Sage
The Mender of Stockings and a Quiet City Afternoon
In a sunlit mid August scene a weary woman seeks relief from heat with a facial while a humble mender sits in a tiny room darning stockings. The observer notes the mender’s pallid, proud face and the pity of such quiet poverty as a husband recalls old aunt wisdom to aid the uncomplaining poor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Eliot
Legion
Thiess
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D. & E. Road
Mr. Milburn
Bride
Sweetheart
Cashier
Railroads
Thomas L. Hamilton
Alabama
DR. Bensel
Albert
Lipton
Asbury
Foster
Jersey
Ww. T. Willcox
Lad
Colored Clubwomen
Lucy Thurma
The
Darning Ando
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