Jews to Raise Funds to Aid United Hebrew Charities
The Council of Jewish Communal Institutions met at Templ Emanu El to discuss raising funds for United Hebrew Charities. After a preliminary meeting, $2,660 was contributed and a 230 member committee was formed to collect more, expand membership, and support 4500 of New York City area Jews.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Hebrew Charities
Council of Jewish Communal Institutions
Socity
New York City
Samuel Greenbaum
Supreme Court
Educational Alliance
Templ
Emanu-El
Fifth Avenue
43D Street
Hebrew Orphan Asylum
United Hebrew Charities Fund
Louis Stern
No. 993
Justice Greenbaum
Martin Berkhard
Hebrew Charities
Frederick Nathan
Nathan
United Charities
Lee F. Frankel
Cyrus Sulzberger
Bernard Naumbers
Broadway
Arthur ©. Hays
Wall Street
N. Taylor Phillips
Stephen S. Wise
Mortimer Schiff
Jonas Weir
Nathan Bijur
Merk Mack
Charles Hirschorn
Council of Jewish Commons
The
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 New York
Catherine Devine known as Little Egypt after a Sherry’s dinner performance was found dead at 226 West 37th Street. Police and Coroner Harburger suspect violent death. sister says she was 42, born in Montreal, with a history of private dinners and club engagements. Body showed internal bleeding and clenched hands, suggesting a struggle and several days since death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Catherine Devine
Egypt
Merbert B. Seeley
Sherry’s
West 37Th Street
Harburger
Philadelphia
Montreal
Coney Island
Frank Corneil
No. 21
West 36Th Street
Subway guard killed by train in Park Avenue section
Reuben Gold, 2 guard on a subway train, was ground to death last night when he fell from the rear platform door after opening it shortly after leaving 42nd street. An Ithaca passenger, E Schroder, witnessed the event and alerted the conductor while a search party formed. Charles Bishop, motorman, reported running over a man at 42nd Street station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reuben Gold
Park Avenue
Charles Bishop
Fire damages Hawes home on West End avenue
A fire in the parlor at Gilbert Ray Hawes's residence 86 West End avenue caused property damage valued at 1.00. Wind upblown lac curtain against a gas jet started the blaze. Mrs. Hawes discovered the fire and summoned the fire department yesterday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gilbert Ray Hawes
West End Avenue
Auto in street crash injures several in Harlem collision
An automobile owned by Henry Aliesheim of the Hotel Savoy and driven by E William Ayers of West 65th street, carrying several passengers, collided with a southbound Lexington avenue car at 61st street. The forward part of the autos wrecked and all occupants were thrown into the street. No one was seriously hurt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Aliesheim
Hotel Savoy
E. William Ayers
West 65Th Street
61St Street
Cardinal Gibbons Hosts New Year Reception in Baltimore
Cardinal Gibbons held his annual New Year reception in Baltimore with a crowded home. The event drew a large turnout including many non Catholics among the attendees and distinguished representatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Jen
Cardinal Gibbons
Vandals Wreck Church Windows in Orange New Jersey
A vandal smashed ten stained glass panes at All Saints Episcopal Church in Orange New Jersey. The rector Rev J Woods Elliott found the damage and notified police. Previous attempts to damage the church were noted but not clarified, described as mischievous activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orange
N. J
All Saints’ Episcopal Church
J. Woods Elliott
Little Sunday haze as venues open under injunction
Vaudeville theatres moving picture shows and penny arcades mostly opened yesterday under an omnibus injunction from Justice Greenbaum. Saloons remained guarded, excise arrests rose, and many venues faced closures or altered plans amid legal confusion on Sunday observances. The 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
City Flirts With Jersey Teachers
Dr James M Green principal of the State Normal School reports to Governor Stokes that many teachers trained in the state seek the higher salaries in New York. Demand for normal graduates remains greater than supply despite salary increases. High schools show phenomenal development boosting normal school enrollments and student quality, with growing cooperation between high schools and the Normal School.
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 a sixty year old widow of 15 Beacon street Newark made a second attempt to end her life yesterday and is in critical condition. She had been confined in Newark City Hospital for a week after an earlier gas self poisoning at her home. She crawled through a second floor window and fell head first to the pavement fracturing several bones and was unconscious when taken back inside. Her husband died last year by inhaling illuminating gas.
Stabbed man Walsh in heart fights for life in Newark hospital
John Walsh twenty seven is in critical condition at St Barnabas Hospital Newark after a stabbing. Doctors say the heart was pierced and Walsh lived about an hour. William A Fleming of Summit and Arthur Lloyd are under arrest. Lloyd held as a witness at the 1st Precinct station.
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 by Central Federated Union
At a Central Federated Union meeting a committee report urged seeking unemployed input. A Wednesday meeting will review ideas from jobless individuals while tensions rose as socialists were asked to leave the hall. Elias Wolf argued for urgent action to secure work and funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Federated Union
Elias Wolf
Secretary of the Navy
Navy
Wolf
McClellan
Mr. Wolf
World telephone use in 1908 shows rapid growth and US lead
A statistician estimates about eight million telephone stations worldwide at the start of 1908, with the United States and New York leading. European totals rise slowly though significant, while Germany and Britain report substantial counts. Independent companies grow alongside Bell systems, signaling broad global expansion of telephony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
New York
Canada
Bell
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Bulletin of the
United States Census Bureau
Ohio
Iowa
Indiana
Pennsylvania
Michigan
Nebraska
Bell Companies
Middle West
Bell System
Germany
Great Britain
Europe
Western Electric Company
Turkey
Arrest Follows Yearlong Black Hand Murder Probe
In New Haven on January 5 detectives and local officers cornered and arrested Aniello Granioldi in a Chestnut Street home. He had been sought in Brooklyn for the murder of Frank Mazza on December 12, 1906, and for prior shootings linked to Black Hand activity. Granioldi was captured as officers entered, with a struggle and a guard’s injury reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Haven
Aniello Granioldi
New York City
Frank Mazza
Brooklyn
New York
Chestnut Street
Granfoid
Amelio Grimaldi
Meall
Simonetti
Central Office
Bay 47Th Street
Harway Avenue
Ulmer Park
Mazza
Bath Beach
New Whitmore Arrest in Swamp Murder Case
Theodore Whitmore, jailed in Harrison New Jersey, gains permission to hire an undertaker to bury his wife found dead in a swamp near Harrison the day after Christmas. Police, including Captain Kahne and Prosecutor Vickers, search Whitmore’s Brooklyn home and seize weapons. The inquest is delayed to Thursday to avoid interfering with Har rison Common Council. Detective James McCafferty links two letters to Whitmore’s handwriting. Evans, a suspicious train operator, and J H Hendrickson, a vagrant friend of Mrs Whitmore, face charges or detentions as the case unfolds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theodore $. Whitmore
Harrison
N. J
Whitmore
Sehmitters
Bronx
Captain Kahne
Brooklyn Detective Bureau
Vickers
Adams Street
Brooklyn
Passaic
Espot
Harrison Common Council
Caleb Evans
40Th Street
South
Evans
Brooklyn Rapid Transit
2D Avenue
Theodore S. Whitmore
J. H. Hendrickson
Harry
Tighe
Raymond Street
Clermont Avenue
James McCafferty
Detective Bureau
Manhattan
Molineux
New Jersey
Kahne
Campaign aims in Metropolitan Street Railway probe
William F. King and three committee members plan to meet Governor Hughes in Albany to seek a special prosecutor for criminal action against any officers or managers guilty of criminal acts. The group seeks donations to cover expenses while pursuing civil restitution and cooperating with state authorities to prosecute wrongdoing and safeguard stockholders.
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 3:50 pm on Myrtle Avenue Brooklyn destroyed interiors of two houses at Nos 444 and 446 and wrecked rooms of Frank McLaughlin and Harry Wandell families. A mother and baby died in the fire on Friday night. Damages estimated at 1200 for contents and 1000 for the building. owner listed as D Finsburg of 119 Reid Avenue. Edwin Wilkinson Jr a nearby inspector advised most residents may return.
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
Fire in Culbertson Montana destroyed the Evans Hotel, a restaurant and lodging house, a department store, a bank, a livery and two saloons. Dynamite was used to save the town. In Pittsburg an office building suffered a 375000 loss. In St Louis Maplewood fire damaged a block, four injured, about 40 homeless.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Culbertson, Mont
Evans Hotel
City Restaurant
Culbertson Department Store
Farmers and Merchants’ Bank
Pioneer
St. Louis
Banner Lumber Company
Maplewood
Two Killed in East Dubuque Train Collision
Two killed and one fatally injured when a Chicago Burlington & Quincy passenger train struck a Chicago Great Western freight train at right angles in East Dubuque on January 5. 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
A jury found David Fox of Smithville and Jacob Kirk of Kirkville guilty of white capping William L. Vanest of South Bethany last June. Each is to serve two to fourteen years at Michigan City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ing
David Fox
Smithville
Jacob Kirk
Kirkville
William L. Vanest
South Bethany
Michigan City
Janitors Push License Bill Move at Broadway Meeting
More than five hundred janitors and allies met at 21 East Broadway to urge a licensing bill. A dozen janitors form a committee to oversee the proposal creating a janitors board under the Janitors Society. Isaac Hirschen elected president succeeding Michael Brown who plans a mission to San Francisco. Women’s Municipal League backs licensing and will cooperate with the Janitors Society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Broadway
Isaac Hirschen
Janitors’ Society
Michael Brown
San Francisco
Women’s Municipal League
Weak dome imperils Rahway prison inmates
The Rahway State Reformatory reports to Governor Stokes that the big dome ceiling is weakened and may fall. Crowded dormitories have inmates sleeping under the dome, risking serious loss of life. Managers lack funds for repairs. the Governor ordered immediate safety steps and offered to cover costs from emergency funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trenton
State Reformatory
Rahway
Stokes
Hindu Denounces British Rule and Calls for American Help
Swami Abhedanarda of the Vedanta Society told a New Rochelle audience that Indians seek justice and independence from British rule. He condemned poverty, opium loans, liquor profits, and press censorship under Curzon, urging aid from Americans for India’s struggle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India
Swami Abhedanarda
People’s Forum
New Rochelle
Westchester County
Vedanta Society
Swami
Russia
England
Lord Curzon
Organizing a Local Branch of the A F of L Building Trades
The Central Federated Union voted to convene delegates from city building trades to form a local branch of the American Federation of Labor Department of Building Trades. Five delegates per union will attend. The plan faces friction between Stone Cutters unions and awaits the AFL executive council decision.
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
Stone Cutters’ Union No. 2
No. 2
Receiver Likely For Closed Rocky Ford Bank
Acting on a state bank examiners urge, District Court Judge Rizer will appoint a receiver for the Rocky Ford State Bank closed for days. Colonel J. Lockhart is named as likely receiver. The action covers deposits of about a thousand customers, including sugar beet farmers. Loose lending and weak security are cited as the bank’s undoing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Tribune
Pueblo
Col
Rizer
District Court
Rocky Ford State Bank
J. Lockhart
One of the Jeff Davis Jury Dies in Richmond
Lewis Lindsay a farmer and former slave who sat on the Jefferson Davis treason trial jury died last night in Richmond. A Reconstruction era political figure, he served one Virginia House term before losing influence as white supremacy returned. in his final year he sold papers on the streets of Richmond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tribune
Richmond
Lewis Lindsay
Jefferson Davis
Virginia
Commonwealth
Bmond
Prominent resident dies after knife wounds in despondency
Lucian Cook of North Attleboro Massachusetts died at a hospital from self inflicted knife wounds. Despondency over his ill wife is cited as the cause of his suicide. He 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 To Columbia University
The mantelshell and foyer casing where Edgar Allan Poe penned The Raven will be delivered today to Columbia University. Will iam Hemstreet of 1332 Bergen Street Brooklyn presented the relic, backed by Nicholas Murray Butler’s assurances that it will be properly cared for and placed with a commemorative inscription naming the giver.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edgar Allan Poe
Columbia University
William Hemstreet
Bergen Street
Brooklyn
Nicholas Murray Butler
University
Hlemstreet
Columbia
Hamilton Club
University of Virginia
Sunday Concert At Manhattan Opera House Delights Crowd
A large audience attended the seventh Sunday night concert at the Manhattan Opera House last evening. Soloists included Mmes Borello Koelling Agostinelli Bressler-Gianoli Gerville-Reache and MM Arimondi Bassi Gilibert Gianoli-Galetti Didur. Selections were performed by M Cleofonte Campanini and the Manhattan Opera Orchestra. Bassi received warm applause for Ridi Pallacio and Borello drew praise for the mad scene from Lucia. The Hammerstein stars were 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 Borello
Hammerstein
Aunlauded
Streetcars Run Again in Muncie Under Martial Law
In Muncie Indiana on January 5 street cars operated from dawn to dusk across all lines with militia in place and no guards aboard. Rioting strike continues though few stones were thrown on city outskirts. Major General W G McKee overseeing troops said no further outbreaks expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muncie
Ind
W. G. McKee
Factories Resume in Holyoke After Shutdowns
Holyoke Mass January report says two divisions of the American Toread Company will reopen tomorrow after several days' shutdowns. The American Writing Paper Company plans to restart one of its nine closed divisions next week. Buchanan Bolt Wire Works will reopen tomorrow following a week of inventory taking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holyoke
Mass
American Toread Company
American Writing Paper Company
Buchanan Bolt Wire Works
Stricken at Church Door in Brooklyn Woman Dies
Mrs. Mary Rhatigan aged 55 of 1211 President Street Brooklyn collapsed from heart disease last night as she approached St Gregory s Church at St John s Place and Brooklyn Avenue. She died at the rectory before an ambulance from St John s Hospital could arrive.
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 Viscount Aoki in San Francisco
Viscount Aoki attended a reception in his honor at Chozo Kioke's home in San Francisco, hosting the consulate attachés and San Francisco's Japanese community. He later visited President Pudsumi of the Yoko Karea Specie Bank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Viscount Aoki
Chozo Kioke
Pudsumi
Yoko Karea Specie Bank
World's Largest Brewery Fire at Lemp's St. Louis
Fire erupted at the Lemp brewery warehouse and ice plant in St. Louis, claimed to be the largest in the world, burning five acres. By 11:25 last night it was out of control with freight cars and much property destroyed as the blaze continued past midnight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lemp’s
St. Louis
the Tribune
Lemp’s Brewery
Reward For Detective In Romer Murder Probe
Mayor Isaac Shoenthal sharply criticizes the Police Department and the police board for secrecy and alleged failures in the Romer murder case. He urges drastic reform and recommends Detective Sergeant John Drabell to succeed Chief George P. Washer while clearing Drabell of any complaint in the investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orange
Isaac Shoenthal
Police Department
Board of Police Commissioners
George P. Washer
Washer
Romer
Police Board
Wilson
John Drabell
Drabell
Funeral for Professor Charles A Young Held at Hanover
The funeral of astronomer Charles Augustus Young, former Princeton and Dartmouth professor, was held at his Hanover home with President William J. Tucker and most Dartmouth faculty present. Princeton was represented by astronomy Professor Levett. Services were led by Rev. F L Janeway and the sermon by Rev. Samuel F Leeds, longtime Dartmouth College figure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hanover
X. H
Charles Augustus Young
Princeton
Dartmouth
William J. Tucker
Dartmouth College
Levett
FL Janeway
College
Samuel F. Leeds
Dart Mouth College
Prior
Magazine artist Grenquiest dies after collapse in street
Alexander Grenquiest of No 5 West 21st street, a magazine artist, died last night after collapsing in the street and being taken to No 52 West 24th street. He had been returning from a visit with his wife and son. death is believed caused by heart disease.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexander Grenquiest
West 21St Street
West 24Th Street
Grenquiest
Sealing Schooner Baden-Powell Wrecked at Falklands
Halifax reports the British sealing schooner Baden-Powell is total wreck at the Falkland Islands with outfit and cargo lost. Crew of twenty saved. Vessel sailed September 1 from Halifax, valued with outfit at $20,000, registered ninety four tons, built in 1900 at Lunenburg Nova Scotia, owned by Baden-Powell Sealing Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Halifax
Anderson
Baden-Powell
Falkland Islands
Lieyds
Lunenburg
N. S
Baden-Powell Sealing Company
Sale of Baku fields forbidden by empire council
St. Petersburg January 5 report that the Council of the Empire upholds the Senate's refusal to sanction selling large naphtha bearing lands in the Baku district to major producers including M Nobel. The move aims to prevent a monopoly harming consumer interests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baku
St. Petersburg
Council of the Empire
Senate
M. Nobel
Caucasus
Today’s Free Day At The American Museum Of Natural History
A packed schedule lists lectures at the American Museum of Natural History and other venues across New York. Notable events include luncheon by the New York Churchmen’s Association, talks by Professor Edwin R. A. Seligman on railways, and a Washington wedding anniversary celebration by the Daughters of the American Revolution. The day features multiple illustrated talks, recitals, and educational programs at schools and halls citywide, with names of speakers and venues across Manhattan and Brooklyn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Columbia University
Nameoki Club
Lexington Opera House
Gramercy Park
Hugh H. Lusk
New Zealand
America
People’s Institute
Cooper Union
Melville E_ Stone
Bedford
Young Men's Christian Association
Bedford Avenue
Monroe Street
Brooklyn
Board of Education
Pp. m.—De Witt Clinton
Tenth Avenue
Thomas Edward Potterton
England
Public School
141St Street
Edgecombe Avenue
A. V. W. Jackson
Chaucer
East
71Th Street
Edgar J. Banks
156Th Street
St. Nicholas Avenue
Anthony Flala
Hester
Essex
Suffolk Streets
Charles L. Briztol
First Avenue
Mary V. Worstell
General Wolfe
Quebec
Eighth Avenue
Lydia M. von Finkelstein Mountford
Palestine
Tsth
Clifford H. Easton
Labrador
119Th Street
John Jay Lewis
Canadian Rockies
Iss
Lewis
Houston
East 3d Streets
William T. Elsing
Institute Hall
106Th Street
Allen de
Huw F. Bigelow
Amt
St. Luke's Hall
Hudson Street
Grove
Edmund Severn
St. Peter's Hall
2Th Street
Eighth
Ninth Avenues
Frank Stephens
Rome
Philippi
Julius Cesary
Morris High School
Bostom Elwood G. Tewksbury
Far East
Webster Avenue
Fordham
George Donaldson
The
West Indies
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Man
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G. R. Hawes
City
Jersey
Newark Institution
STILL
C. F. U. Relief Committee
New
Haven
New Whitmore
Jersey Swamp
M. S. Ry
Pittsburg
Renshaw
Liberty Avenue
9Th Street
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Building Trades
Jeff Davis
Usband
Poe
AOKI
Professor Young
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