Jews to Raise Funds to Help Race in City
The Council of Jewish Communal Institutions voted to fund raise for United Hebrew Charities after an audit of its work. A 26 member committee was appointed to collect money and expand membership as 800,000 Jews in the New York area support the effort amid calls for better charity management. Debt fears prompted the meeting at Temple Emmanu-El with Justice Samuel Greenbaum presiding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Hebrew Charities
Council of Jewish Communal Institutions
Socity
New York City
Samuel Greenbaum
Supreme Court
Educational Alliance
Temple Emannu-El
Fifth Avenue
43D Street
Hebrew Orphan Asylum
United Hebrew Charities Fund
Louis Stern
No. 993
Justice Greenbaum
Martin Berkhard
Hebrew Charities
Frederick Nathan
Lee F. Frankel
United Charities
Nathan
Dr. Frankel
Cyrus Sulzberger
Bernard Naumberg
Broadway
Arthur ©. Hays
Wall Street
N. Taylor Phillips
Stephen S. Wise
Mortimer Schiff
Jonas Weir
Nathan Bijur
Mark Mack
Charlies Hirschorn
the Educational Alliance
Mount Sinai Hospital
Beth Israel Hospital
Hebrew Sheltering Guardian Society
Hebrew Technical Institute
Hebrew Technical School
Home For Aged and Infirm
Lebanon Hospital
Montefiore Home
Little Egypt dancer Catherine Devine found dead in apartment
Catherine Devine known as Little Egypt, famed Oriental dancer, was found dead at No 26 West Sixth Street. Police and Coroner Harburger investigate violence as cause, noting bleeding from the mouth and clenched hands. Sister Mrs Frank Corneil says she was 42, born in Montreal, had recent private engagements. The body likely rested several days with a front-room death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Catherine Devine
Egypt
Herbert B. Seeley
Sherry’s
West Sith Street
Harburger
Philadelphia
Montreal
Coney Island
Frank Corneil
West Mth Street
Subway guard killed by train in Park Avenue section
Reuben Gold, 2 guard on a subway train, was struck and killed by a southbound express last night after being hurled from the rear platform opened shortly after leaving the 42nd Street station. Passenger E Schroder of Ithaca aided, and motorman Charles Bishop reported the victim at No 7 Rivington Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reuben Gold
Park Avenue
Oer
Charles Bishop
42D Street
No. 7
Rivington Street
Fire damages Hawes home on West End Avenue
A fire damaged property in the parlor of Gilbert Ray Hawes's house at 86 West End avenue yesterday evening. The blaze, caused by wind blowing a lace curtain against a lighted gas jet, was discovered by Mrs. Hawes who called the fire department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gilbert Ray Hawes
West End Avenue
Auto crash injures none at 61st street collision
A car owned by Henry Aliesheim of the Hotel Savoy and driven by E William Ayers of 35 West 65th street collided with a southbound Lexington avenue car at 61st street yesterday. The forward portion of the auto was wrecked and all occupants were thrown into the street but no one was seriously injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Aliesheim
Hotel
Savoy
E. William Ayers
West 65Th Street
61St Street
Cardinal Gibbons Holds New Year Reception in Baltimore
Cardinal Gibbons hosted his New Year reception with a thronged home crowd. The event drew many representatives from diverse communities, including a large proportion of non Catholics, reflecting broad civic engagement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Jaen
Cardinal Gibbons
Vandals wreck church windows in Grange New Jersey
Ten stained glass windows in All Saints Episcopal Church were wrecked during the night in Grange New Jersey. The rector Rev J Woods Ulliott found the damage and alerted police. Previous vandalism attempts had occurred in the area, indicating mischievous activity.
Sunday Brings Relaxed Blue Sunday In New York
Vaudeville theatres moving pictures and penny arcades largely opened under an omnibus injunction from Justice Greenbaum. Saloons were cautiously open amid increased excise arrests by police and DA agents. The Educational Alliance cancelled drama amid legal uncertainty. Sixty additional excise arrests were reported, with West Side and Brooklyn districts active. Zellman Philharmonic Orchestra performed at West End Theatre with Joseph Zellman conducting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amusement Protective Association
Justice Greenbaum
Supreme Court
Manhattan
Educational Alliance
West Side
Reardon
Jerome
Brooklyn
Zellman
Normal School chief notes teachers drawn to New York for higher pay
Dr James M Green principal of the State Normal School reports in his annual governor’s address that many teachers trained in the state seek higher salaries in New York. Demand for normal graduates exceeds supply, salaries rise yet still lag New York. High schools show phenomenal growth, boosting normal enrollment and teacher prep via stronger cooperation between schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trenton
James M. Green
State Normal School
Stokes
New York
Green
Widow in Newark Seeks Death From Hospital Window
Mrs. Witlhelmina Kuhne sixty a widow of 15 Beacon street Newark made a second suicide attempt yesterday while confined in Newark City Hospital. She crawled through a second floor window and fell to the pavement fracturing several bones. She was unconscious on admission. Her husband died last year by inhaling illuminating gas.
Stabbed in Heart Still Lives in Newark Hospital
John Walsh twenty seven is in critical condition at St Barnabas Hospital Newark after a stabbing. Doctors say the wound pierced his heart and there is little hope of recovery. William A Fleming of Summit and Arthur Lloyd who boards at the same house are under arrest. Lloyd is held as a witness. Fleming charged with the stabbing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Walsh
St. Barnabas’s Hospital
Newark
William A. Fleming
Summit
Arthur Lloyd
Walsh
Washington Street
1St Precinct
Lloyd
Unemployed Ideas Sought in Central Federated Union Meeting
At a Central Federated Union session the committee report on relief for the unemployed was read. A Wednesday meeting was set to gather ideas from workers. Elias Wolf urged action, noting navy yard layoffs and available funds. He proposed writing to Mayor McClellan and city officials for work and wages. The executive committee paused awaiting union authorization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Federated Union
Elias Wolf
Secretary of the Navy
Navy
Wolf
McClellan
Mr. Wolf
Eight Million Telephones Show Global Growth in 1908
A statistician estimates worldwide telephone use at about eight million stations on January 1, 1908, with the United States and Canada making up the majority. Growth data show Bell and independent companies expanding, Europe trailing the U.S. but rising, and international adoption spreading, including installations in Turkey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
New York
Canada
Bell
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Bulletin
United States Census Bureau
Ohio
Iowa
Indiana
Pennsylvania
Michigan
Nebraska
Bell Companies
Middle West
Bell System
Germany
Great Britain
Europe
Western Electric Company
Turkey
New Whitmore Arrest Reveals Swamp Murder Links
Theodore S Whitmore held in Harrison New Jersey as investigators press to solve the Christmas swamp murder of his wife. Probes linked bystanders, weapons found at his Brooklyn home, and handwriting tests tying a note to the deceased’s sister and Whitmore. A probable Thursday inquest and burial arrangements loom as relatives clash over custody of the body.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theodore S$. Whitmore
Harrison
N. J
Whitmore
Schmitters
Passaic
Harrison Common Council
Caleb Evans
40Th Street
South
Brooklyn
Evans
Brooklyn Rapid Transit
2D Avenue
Theodore S. Whitmore
Clermont Avenue
James McCafferty
Detective Bureau
Manhattan
Molineux
Arrested a Year After Murder in New Haven Chestnut Street Raid
In New Haven on January 5 1907 Aniello Granfoldi alias Amelio Grimaldi was captured after detectives and local officers surrounded a Chestnut Street house. He had been sought since December 12 1906 for the murder of Brooklyn saloon keeper Frank Mazza and alleged Black Hand ties. Granfoldi was brought back to New York amid a struggle that left Detective Daley injured. Mazza’s death followed threats and a shot fired at his Bay 47th Street home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Haven
Aniello Granfoldi
New York City
Frank Mazza
Brooklyn
Twce
New York
Chestnut Street
Granfold
Granfoldi
Amelio Grimaldi
Meall
Simonetti
Central Office
Bay 47Th Street
Harway Avenue
Ulmer Park
Mazza
Bath Beach
Reform effort seeks criminal action against street railway officers
William F. King announces a Albany mission with three committee members to urge Governor Hughes to appoint a special prosecutor for criminal actions against any Metropolitan Street Railway Company officers directors or managers found guilty. The committee seeks funds from minority stockholders and public spirited citizens to pursue civil restitution and collaborate with authorities to prosecute and legislate against future crimes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William F. King
Merchants’ Association
Metropolitan Street Railway Company
Albany
Hughes
Arthur J. Baldwin
Briggs, Baldwin & Pierce
Eugene G. Kremer
J. Blum
King
Falling Wall Wrecks Two Homes in Brooklyn
A wall collapse at 445 Myrtle avenue Brooklyn at 3 50 pm Friday left a mother and baby dead in the fire and destroyed interior of the flat house. Debris smashed through to Nos 444 and 446. Frank McLaughlin and Harry Wandell families evacuated after inspector Edwin Wilkinson Jr advised most tenants to return. Damage to building about 1000 dollars and contents valued at 1200 dollars. Building owned by D Finsburg of 119 Reid avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waverly Hall
Myrtle Avenue
Brooklyn
Frank McLaughlin
Harry Wandell
Edwin Wilkinson, Jr
McLaughlin
D. Finsburg
Reid Avenue
Dynamite Used to Check Flames in Culbertson Fire
A rapid fire in Culbertson Mont January 5 destroyed the Evans Hotel and several adjacent buildings including the city restaurant lodging house Culbertson department store Farmers and Merchants Bank Pioneer livery and two saloons Dynamite was employed to save the town Pittsburg January The Renshaw office building six story structure at Liberty avenue and Sth street suffered 375000 damage St Louis January 3 fire in Banner Lumber stables Maplewood suburb destroyed a block injuring four leaving two score homeless and 375000 in losses
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Culbertson, Mont
Evans Hotel
City Restaurant
Culbertson Department Store
Farmers and Merchants’ Bank
Pioneer
Pittsburg
Jan
Renshaw
Liberty Avenue
Sth Street
St. Louis
Banner Lumber Company
Maplewood
Two Killed in Train Collision at East Dubuque
In East Dubuque Iowa two people were killed and another seriously injured when a passenger train on the Chicago Burlington and Quincy struck a freight train on the Chicago Great Western Railway at right angles. Engineer J W Blanchard and towerman Winfield McGaughey died, brakeman W H Smith was crushed and may die.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dubuque
Iowa
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
Chicago Great Western Railway
East Dubuque
J. W. Blanchard
Winfield McGaughey
W. H. Smith
Guilty verdict in white capping case in Indiana
A jury found David Fox of Smithville and Jacob Kirk of Kirkville guilty of white capping William L. Vanest of South Bethany in June. Each defendant faces a Michigan City prison term of two to fourteen years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ind
David Fox
Smithville
Jacob Kirk
Kirkville
William L. Vanest
South Bethany
Michigan City
Janitors Push Licensing Bill In City Meeting
More than five hundred janitors and allies gathered at 215 East Broadway to urge Legislature to require janitor licensing. A dozen member committee will monitor the bill creating a janitors board under the Janitors' Society and curtail use of nonofficial agents. Isaac Hirschen elected president, succeeding Michael Brown who plans to move to San Francisco to organize a rival branch. The Women's Municipal League may back the measure and aid the push.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Broadway
Isaac Hirschen
Janitors’ Society
Michael Brown
San Francisco
Women’s Municipal League
Hindu Denounces British Rule at New Rochelle Forum
Swami Abhedanarda, head of the Vedanta Society, told a large New Rochelle audience that India faces severe oppression under British rule. He claimed centuries of destruction of industry, high taxes, and poverty while Britain grows richer, urging American help for India’s push for justice and independence. He criticized opium loans, liquor distribution, and censorship of the Indian press under Curzon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India
Nindus
Swami Abhedanarda
People’s Forum
New Rochelle
Westchester County
Vedanta Society
Swami
Russia
England
Lord Curzon
Union delegates plan local Building Trades branch
At a Central Federated Union meeting, plans were made to organize a local branch of the American Federation of Labor's Department of Building Trades. Delegates from city unions would meet this week, though a date remains unannounced. The Brooklyn Central Federated Union initiated the move and Stone Cutters Union No. 1 was excluded from arbitration talks. The AFL executive council's meeting will determine next steps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Federated Union
Department of Building Trades
American Federation of Labor
Build In Trades
Brooklyn Central Federated Union
Stone Cutters’ Union No. 1
Central Federates Union
Stone Cutters’ Union No. 2
No. 2
Receiver Likely for Closed Rocky Ford Bank
Pueblo news reports that Judge Rizer will appoint a receiver for the Rocky Ford State Bank, closed for days. Col J Lockhart is named as the likely appointee, with the action affecting about a thousand depositors including several hundred beet farmers. The failure is attributed to too liberal and poorly secured loans despite a small capitalization but large deposits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Tribune
Pueblo
Col
Rizer
District Court
Rocky Ford State Bank
J. Lockhart
Jury member Lewis Lindsay who tried Jefferson Davis dies
Richmond Virginia January report says Lewis Lindsay a farmer former slave and juror in the Davis treason trial died last night. A Reconstruction era political figure he served one term in the Virginia Legislature but lost power as white supremacy returned. In later years he sold papers on Richmond streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tribune
Richmond
Lewis Lindsay
Jefferson Davis
Virginia
Commonwealth
Weak Dome Endangers Rahway Prison Inmates
The Rahway State Reformatory reports to Governor Stokes that the big dome ceiling is weakened and poses a imminent danger of collapse. Inmates sleep on cots beneath it amid crowding, and managers lack funds for repairs. The Governor orders immediate safety steps and pledges emergency funds if needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trenton
State H Reformatory
Rahway
Stokes
Death by suicide of North Attleboro man linked to wife’s illness
Lucian Cook, a prominent North Attleboro resident, died at the hospital from knife wounds related to personal safety yesterday. Despondency over his wife’s serious illness is given as the cause of his suicide. Cook lived with his son in law Louis, a wealthy jewelry manufacturer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Attleboro
Mass
Lucian Cook
Cook
Louis
Poe Mantelshelf Gift Goes To Columbia University
The mantelshelf and foyer casing where Edgar Allan Poe wrote The Raven will be delivered to Columbia University today by William Hemstreet of 12 Bergen Street Brooklyn. Nicholas Murray Butler, Columbia president, assured proper placement and care, confirming the gift despite earlier doubt it would go to the Hamilton Club of Brooklyn or the University of Virginia. An inscription will note the giver and explain the relic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edgar Allan Poe
Columbia University
William Hemstreet
Bergen Street
Brooklyn
Nicholas Murray Butler
University
Hemstreet
Columbia
Hamilton Club
University of Virginia
Sunday Concert At Manhattan Opera House Delights Audience
A large audience attended the seventh Sunday night concert at the Manhattan Opera House. Soloists included Mmes Borello Koelling Agostinelli Bressler-Gianoli Gerville-Reache and MM Arimondi Bassi Gilibert Gianoli-Galetti and Didur. Selections were performed by M Cleofonte Campanini and the Manhattan Opera Orchestra. Bassi drew applause for Ridi Pallacio, and Borelio's mad scene from Lucia was equally well received.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manhattan Opera House
Mmes. Borello
Koelling
Agostinelli
Bressler-Gianoli
Gerville- Reache
MM. Arimondi
Bassi
Gilibert Gianoli-Galetti
Didur
M. Cleofonte Campanini
Manhattan Opera Orchestra
M. Bassi
Ridi Pallaccio
Lucia
Milo Borelio
Hammerstein
Streetcars Run Again in Muncie Under Martial Law
Muncie Indiana January 5 street cars operated all day under martial law with militia present. Cars ran on all lines with no guards aboard while rioting strike remains in force. Major General W G McKee said he expects no further outbreaks tonight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muncie
Ind
W. G. McKee
Holyoke Factories Resume Activity After shutdowns
Holyoke Mass officials report several factories will reopen tomorrow after recent closures. Two divisions of the American Toread Company plant will resume operations following a short shutdown. The American Writing Paper Company plans to restart one of its nine closed divisions next week. Buchanan Bolt Wire Works will reopen tomorrow after a week of inventory taking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holyoke
Mass
American Toread Company
American Writing Paper Company
Buchanan Bolt Wire Works
Woman Dies En Route To Brooklyn Church
Mrs. Mary Rhatigan aged 55 of 1211 President Street Brooklyn died last night of heart disease as she tried to enter St Gregory's Church at St John s Place and Brooklyn Avenue. She was taken to the rectory and died before an ambulance from St John s Hospital could reach her.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Rhatigan
President Street
Brooklyn
St. Gregory’s Church
St. John's Place
Brooklyn Avenue
St. John's Hospital
Sunday Reception for Aoki in San Francisco
Viscount Aoki attended a reception in his honor at the home of Chozo Kioke Japanese consul general He greeted attachés of the consulate and many members of the San Francisco Japanese colony Later he visited President Pudiumi of the Yoke area Specie Bank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Visecount
Aoki
Chozo Kioke
Pudiumi
Yoke Area Specie Bank
World's Largest Brewery Afire at St Louis
A fire broke out at 11:25 last night in the warehouse and ice plant of Lemp’s brewery the world’s largest five acre complex in St Louis. The blaze continued past midnight with several freight cars burned and extensive property loss reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lemp’s
St. Louis
Petegraph
Diane Mane
Lemps Brewery
Reward for Detective in Orange Riot
Mayor Isaac Shoen thal harshly criticizes the Police Department and calls for retirement of Chief of Police George P. Washer. The Board of Police Commissioners backs drastic reform after the Romer murder case criticism. The Mayor praises Detective Sergeant John Drabell for his work and recommends him as Washer’s successor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orange
Isaac Shoenthal
Police Department
Board of Police Commissioners
George P. Waster
Washer
Romer
Police Board
Wilson
John Drabell
Drabell
Funeral of Professor Young Held in Hanover
The funeral of astronomer Charles Augustus Young, formerly of Princeton and Dartmouth, was at his family home in Hanover X H. President William J. Tucker and most of Dartmouth College’s faculty attended. Princeton’s representation came via Professor Levrett. The service was led by Rev. F Janeway and the sermon by Rev. Samuel F P Leeds, long associated with Dartmouth College.
Magazine artist Grenquist dies after collapse in street
Alexander Grenquist a magazine artist from Swede street, died last night in the hallway of No 52 West Mth street after collapsing in the street while returning from a visit with his wife and young son. Death attributed to heart disease.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexander Grenquist
West List Street
West Mth Street
Grenquiest
Sealing Schooner Baden-Powell Totals Wreck at Falklands
Halifax dispatch reports the British sealing schooner Baden-Powell, 94 tons, built in Limenburg Nova Scotia in 1898, with a crew of twenty, is a total wreck at the Falkland Islands. The crew were saved and the ship valued at 320,000 with Lloyds insurance. Owned by the Baden-Powell Sealing Company of Halifax.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Halifax
Anderson
Baden-Powell
Falkland Islands
Lloyds
Limenburg
N.S
Baden-Powell Sealing Company
Sale of Baku Fields Forbidden by Empire Council
St. Petersburg January 3 The Council of the Empire upholds the Senate refusal to sanction sale of large parcels of naphtha clearing land in the Baku district to major producers including M Nobel owner of extensive oil fields in the Carcass on grounds it would foster a monopoly against consumer interests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Petersburg
Council of the Empire
Senate
Baku
M. Nobel
Busy Today at New York City Events and Lectures
The New York area hosts a packed slate of events across museums churches and colleges. Luncheons, lectures, and exhibitions feature figures like Professor Elwin Seligman and Hugh H. Lusk, with many programs at Columbia University, the American Museum of Natural History, and public schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Churchmen’s Association
Manhattan
Elwin R. A. Seligman
City Colege
George Washington
New York City
Daughters of the American Revolution
Sherry’s
Fith Avenue
43Rd Street
Norton H. Bernath
Daly
Havemeyer Hall
Columbia University
Nameoki Club
Leaington House
P.m
Revel Anthrican
Mary V. Worsted
Wolfe
Quebec
Eighth Avenue
Mme
Lydia M von Finkelstein Mountford
Palestine
Tsth
Canadian Rockies
Public
ISS
Lewis
St. Luke's Hall
Hiudson Street
Grove
Edmund Severn
St. Peter's Hall
Eighth
Ninth Avenues
Frank Stephens
Rome
Philippi Julius Cesary
Morris High School
26Th Street
Bostom Road
Elwood G. Tewkeburr
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Seeley
Man
Express
G. R. Hawes
City
Jersey
State
Kive
Newark Institution
STILL
C. F. U. Relief Committee
New Whitmore
Jersey Swamp
New
Haven
M. S. Ry
A. F. OF
Building Trades
Jeff Davis
Usband
Poe
Professor Young
Free Day American Museum of Natural History
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