Heat Claims Twelve Lives As City Endures Weeks Of Heat
A severe heat wave in the city caused twelve deaths and many prostrations yesterday as cooling breezes arrived after midnight. The night was hot, with the day’s high reaching 77 degrees, and the hot spell lasted ten days. The dead include infants Cornell George two days old Wenglari John four months old Gilligan Margaret six years old Retomoff Max nine days old Lawlor Christopher thirty eight years old Martisch John four months old Metoze Josey six months old Molan Agnes forty five years old Poo Maria eleven months old Prussell Arthur forty two years old Weinstein Robert three years old and an unidentified man about forty years old. The weather office predicts fair skies with variable winds today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greg
Cornell
George
New Jersey Stree
Brooklyn
Wenglari
John
East Tech Street
Gilligan
Margaret
Third Avenue
Retomoff
Max
24 Street
Lawlor
Christopher
Josey
East 734
Molan
Agnes
Broadway
Poo
Maria
Harrison Street
Prussell
Arthur
Harlem Hospital
Weinstein
Robert
Broome
Gouverneur Hospital
Moir Loses Appeal Over Provident Life Injunction
The Appellate Division vacated a restraining injunction against Henry Moir a stockholder of Provident Life Assurance Society and against directors James B O Keefe John J Coyle John C Grady and others. The case centers on a 100000 cash plus 3100000 notes sale of 1955 shares to Coyle and subsequent director appointments and resignations amid a control struggle among Thomas family and the board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Moir
Ent Savings Life Assurance Society
James B. O'Keife
John J. Coyle
John C.grady
Aeife
Edward R
Orlando F. Thomas
Philadelphia
Thormares
Coyle
Thameses
William T. Gilbert
Gilbert
Corle
Timothy L. Woodruff
John W. Vrooman
John C Brady
Keife
Gilbert Mr. Moir
Supreme Court
O'Keife
Joy Line Taken Over by New Haven System
Deeds on record at City Hall show the Joy Line has been taken over by the New Haven system, signaling a change in railroad control and operations in Providence. Details on dates and parties involved were not fully disclosed in the available text.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tribune
Providence
New Haven
Joy Line Dominated by New Haven Road Says Source
Hartford and New York Company holds nominal possession of the Joy Line but New Haven railway dominates as if President Mellen's name on the deeds. No material change expected in Joy Line conduct or schedule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartford and
New York Company
New Haven
New Haven Road
Mellen
Police raid halts poolroom information bureau operation
Acting Captain Thomas Murphy led a West 20th Street squad in a raid on a poolroom information bureau on the sixth floor of a Broadway office building near 39th Street. Five men arrested for gambling facilitation and interfering with officers. clerks charged as aids. crowd watched as telephones and equipment were seized. Police expect to disrupt about fifty poolrooms in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Murphy
West 20Th Street
39Th Street
Broadway Lab
Broadway
Murphy
Downy
Conklin
Ryan
Schimbler
West 30Th Street
Kenney and McMullen
Steinbruch
Thomas Williams
No. 29
Pearl Street
William H. Lyons
West 25Th Street
John Young
Oak Street
John Tully
East 110Th Street
James Cunningham
West 63d Street
Sol Manheimer
Slattery
Bingham
Ramsey Win Reversed On Appeal In Coal Lands Suit
Appellate Division orders a new trial for John Jones seeking $460000 from Ramsey Gould and Guy after reversing a jury verdict that found against Ramsey. Case centers on $370000 paid at defendants’ special request to purchase lands in Ohio and $90900 spent on examining prospecting drilling for coal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court
John
Jones
Joseph Ramsey, Jr
George J. Gould
William E. Guy
Gould
Guy
Ramsey
Ohio
Patrolman Held For Assault Change Of Charge
Edward A. Manley patrolman at Elizabeth street station was arrested Monday for felonious assault on a pushcart pedlar. Arraigned yesterday in the Tombs court the charge was changed to simple assault on counsel's application. Magistrate Breen set bail at $500 for trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward A. Manley
Elizabeth Street
Tombs
Breen
Railways Call In Foreign Cars For Grain Harvest
Great Northern and Northern Pacific order all cars on foreign lines to be called in at the earliest date to prepare for the expected heavy grain crop this fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Northern and Northern Pacific Railways
Forest Fires Rage North of Patchogue Area
Forest fires sweep pine woods north of Patchogue Mastic West Moriches and Westhampton destroying three houses and outbuildings. Polish farmers north of Patchogue lose all contents while a summer home near Westhampton is saved by local backfires. No rain for over a month leaves woods tinder dry with fire feared to renew tomorrow as locals pray for rain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eastport
Long Island
Patchogue
Mastic
West Moriches
Westhampton
Waldo
Convict Preston Declines Socialist Labor Presidential Nomination
Members of the Socialist Labor party react with consternation as Martin R. Preston, serving a 25 year murder sentence in Goldfield Nevada, declines the party’s bid for U S president. If he refuses again the committee may nominate Peter McDermott of Providence though he has never been imprisoned and lacks Preston’s prestige.
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Socialist Labor Party
Martin R. Preston
Goldfield
Nev
United States
Daniel de Leon
Preston
Socialist Party
National Executive Committee
Peter McDermott
Providence
McDermott
Francis Wilson in Court in Criminal Libel Case
Samuel Collins, a painting dealer, sought a warrant for arrest of Francis Wilson in Jefferson Market court. The case stemmed from an article claimed to be a statement by Wilson about two paintings bought for 5300 dollars that Collins alleges were bogus. Proceeding adjourned to July 14.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Collins
Jefferson Market Court
Wahle
Francis Wilson
William D. Leonard
Collins
Harvard Makes Shift In Athletics Leadership
James G. Lothrop longtime Harvard athletics instructor and faculty administrator has been discharged by the Harvard Athletic Committee. The move signals changes in Crimson athletic methods next year and uncertainty about its effect on Cambridge sports. Lothrop will be succeeded by Pooch Donovan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Tribune
Boston
James G. Lothrop
Harvard
Harvard Athletic Committee
Crimson
Cambridge
Lothrop
Pooch” Donovan
Train Kills 2 and Injures 4 at Reading Crossing
A Reading Railroad grade crossing accident in Hammonton New Jersey killed two and badly injured four others who were Italian berry pickers en route to the station. The carriage was struck by an express train from Atlantic City as a fifteen year old boy driver Philip Bruno attempted to cross. One man was decapitated and the boy died shortly after. The injured were taken to Cooper Hospital Camden. Gate tender Howard Sooy had left duty minutes earlier leaving the crossing unprotected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tribune
Hammonton
N. J
Reading
Philadelphia
Philip Bruno
Atlantic City
Cooper Hospital
Camden
Howard Sooy
Fulton Power Company Sues State Over Oswego River Claim
The Fulton Heat Light and Power Company seeks 3 200 000 damages in a Court of Claims case against the state over private property in the Oswego River bed and waters tied to proposed barge canal enlargement. Deputy Attorney General George F. Decker notes the suit, involving water power users, tests whether river power rights are public navigable property or private monopoly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
Court of Claims
George F. Decker
Fulton Heat, Light and Power Company
Fulton, Co
Oswego River
Fulton
Decker
Oswego
Bank shakeup in twelfth ward prompts resignations
John M. Shipway and President Simpson along with director Thomas Crawford quit the 18th Ward Bank over dissatisfaction with Van Norden management. Van Norden Trust Co advanced 900000 dollars to reopen after the panic and gained a controlling stock interest. A directorate reshuffle at the 12th Ward Bank followed with Morris Carnegie Henry Bronson and Theodore Van Norden elected, while no new president was named yet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John M. Shipway
18Th Ward Bank
Simpson
Thomas Crawford
van Norden
van Norden Trust Company
Mr. Shipway
van Nordens
Mr. Simpson
12Th Ward
Morris Carnegie
Andrew Carnegie
Henry T. Bronson
Theodore S. van Norden
Carnegie Foundation
Carnegie
Amos R. Eno
Warmer M. van Norden
Crawford
Shipway
Banker’s Son Killed by Train at Boston Station
A 16 year old, son of a Boston banker, was struck and killed by a locomotive at the South Terminal Station as he stepped from a suburban train. He had come to meet his mother, Mrs Henry B Chapin, wife of the former traffic manager of the Boston and Albany, for a trip to New York. Station attendants assisted the widow and she departed for Jamaica Plain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Henry B. Chapin
South Terminal
New York
Chapin
Boston & Albany Railroad
Watertown Editor Jere Coughlin Dies During Trip
Watertown New York editor Jere Coughlin aged fifty five of The Watertown Herald died suddenly near Sackett's Harbor while returning from an automobile trip. He was seized with faintness and collapsed as his party proceeded homeward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Watertown
Jere’’ Coughlin
New York
Sackett's Harbor
Prominent Arrivals at Hotels and Colorado Tour Offer
Prominent arrivals include H D Bulkiey from Baltimore, Belmont B F Keith from Boston, ex Governor C F Tillinghast of Rhode Island, W C Proctor of Cincinnati, G T Bryan and A N Wolcott Howard Knight from Providence, George F Kana and W F Harrison from Cincinnati and Professor J J Blood from Galveston. Six thousand miles of trout streams and Colorado scenery entice travelers. Rock Island Line’s Rocky Mountain Limited departs Chicago region nightly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waldorf-Astoria
H. D. Bulkiey
Baltimore
Belmont
B. F. Keith
Boston
C. F. Tillinghast
Rhode Island
Holland
W. C. Proctor
Cincinnati
Grand
G. TI. Bryan
A. N. Wolcott
Howard Knight
Providence
Albemarle
George F. Kana
W. F Harrison
York
J. J. Blood
Galveston
America
Colorado
Rock Island Line
Chicago
K. E. Palmer
Broadway
New York
Teachers pay raise amid equal pay fight across system
The Board of Education adopted a revised salary schedule giving women teachers in elementary schools pay advances totaling about 2 million dollars. Men’s salaries rise too but remain higher. Notable adjustments include added first year boosts for women and disputed raises for directors, with contentious votes over top salaries. Trade school funding and new shop work for older students were approved, and several leadership changes and charter amendments were noted.
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Board of Education
Luther H. Gulick
McDonald
Somers
Brooklyn
Jonas
Kelly
Orchard Street
Manhattan
Ernest R. von Nardroff
de Witt Clinton
John T. Buchanan
Committee On High Schools and Training Schools
von Nordroff
Erasmus Hall
Stuyvesant
Arthur Wolfson
John L. N. Hunt
Henry W. Jameson
Joseph H. Wade
John H. Haaren
George W. Schoedle
Richard H. Adams
Miss Richman
Edwin Hawley Sees Improved Central West Crop Prospects
Edwin Hawley returns from inspection across Minneapolis and St. Louis, Iowa Central, and Chicago and Alten. He reports crop conditions better than expected with minor damage on low ground and anticipates improved business conditions for the Central West and Northwest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin Hawley
Minneapolis & St. Louis
Iowa Central
Chicago & Alten
Mr. Hawley
Central West
Northwest
Autopsy on Detroit musician raises mystery death
Detroit woman Mrs. Frank Apel-Emery died from septicemia. Coroner could not confirm if a criminal operation occurred by physician or by herself. Father Franz A. Apel heads a local music conservatory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Apel-Emery
Detroit
Woman acquitted in shooting of Donato La Rosa
Mrs Catherine Monduso was acquitted by a jury before Coroner Shrady for shooting Donato La Rosa a one armed man who died of his injuries after forcing entry into her apartment at No 1 West Zith Street on a June morning La Rosa boarded with the Monduso family and forced his way into her room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Catherine Monduso
Donato la Rosa
West Zith Street
Shrady
la Rosa
Monduso
Blaney Wife Granted Absolute Divorce in Supreme Court
Elizabeth M. Blaney is awarded an absolute divorce from Charles E. Blaney by Justice Erlanger after referee Gilbert Ray Hawes heard testimony. Custody of their two children, Charles E. Blaney Jr. and Harry Clay Blaney, 24, goes to the mother with reasonable paternal visitation. Papers sealed, only the decree viewable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. E. Blaney
Gilbert Ray Hawes
Supreme Court
Erlanger
Elizabeth M. Blaney
Charles E. Blaney
Charles E. Blaney, Jr
Harry Clay Blaney
Wood Indictment in Platt Forgery Case Led to August Trial
Judge Foster overruled Mae C. Wood's demurrer in General Sessions. Trial set for the first Monday in August. Police Commissioner Bingham dismissed Patrolman Joseph M. Kouril for neglect of duty. Eugene B. Watt sentenced to two years at Elmira Reformatory for defrauding song poets in a prize contest. Pan calduo Alonge and Cartario held in 259 dollars bail for burglary suspicion after exchange of gunfire with Central Office detectives at 71st Street and Park Avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foster
General Sessions Court
Mae C. Wood
Senator Platt
Bingham
Joseph M. Kouril
Police Department
Eugene B. Watt
Elmira Reformatory
Hough
Circuit Court
Watt
J. A. Bartlett Music Company
Temple Court Publishing Company
Broadway Harmony Studios
Joseph Pancalduo
Pedro Alonge
Antonio Cartario
Breen
Tombs Court
T71st Street
Park Avenue
Central Office
Aeronaut Israel Ludlow Seeks 1500 for Motor and Challenge
Israel Ludlow, inventor of an airship, arrived in Washington and challenged aeroplane navigators in Bay rope and America. He seeks 1500 to purchase a motor for his flying machine and will back it to defeat Wright, Herring, Farman, Delagrange or any rival. He claims a patron in New York will pay 1599 to prove his craft bests rivals and aims to advance demonstrations with an aviator ready to fly. He predicts a naval aeronautic corps and cites U S officers as interested supporters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bayrope
America
Israel Ludi
Washington
Wright A. M. Herring
Farman
Delagrange
New York
France
Delatranges
Ludlow
Navy Agpnautic Corps
W.ton
M. Chester
Robert Henderson
William P. Scott
Car Crew Attack Sparks Brooklyn Transit Riot
A small riot erupted yesterday at Ralph avenue and St John's Place involving Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company workers and passengers. Motorman and conductor aboard a 4 car allegedly assaulted Jacob Sherman a real estate dealer at 1650 Eastern Parkway after a fare dispute. Sherman resisted, a scuffle followed with punches and a controller strike. Passengers and crew members joined the fray as others piled off cars. Brownsville police sent reserves and arrested the motorman and conductor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company
Ralph Avenue
St John’s Place
Jacob Sherman
Eastern Parkway
Manhattan
Sherman
Brownsville
Woman dies in apartment fire sparked by gas stove blast
A gas stove explosion in a four story tenement at 219 East ath street caused a blaze that killed Mrs Mary Smith 57 and left two other women seriously burned while thirty children and their parents fled to halls and stairs. Firemen from Hook and Ladder Company 13 rescued and assisted residents including Sadie McNamara found unconscious on a roof. Mrs Smith's body was recovered after the fire was brought under control and victims were cared for by ambulance crews.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Smith
George Thorney
East Suh Street
Jane Connors
Hook and Ladder Company 13
James Perry
East Pias Street
Sadie McNamara
Firemes Coyle and
O'Brien
Hook and Ladder Company 12
Elizabeth McNamara
Presbyterian Hospital
Mother risks life for deaf mute child in train tragedy
In Kearny New Jersey a mother, Sus Pangborn, tried to save her deaf mute child Jans from an Erie freight train. The child suffered crushed legs and a fractured skull along with the mother’s injuries as both were hit. They were taken to St Michael's Hospital. The child had been playing on the tracks when the train backed toward him. The mother attempted to reach him but was struck and thrown to the ground.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kearny
N. J
Jans
Erie
Sus Pangborn
Schuyler Avenue
St. Michael's Hospital
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Provident Life
M. R. Preston
Carl
Bonn
Kinkel
Rastadt
Spielhagen
Abraham Lincoln
Carl Schurz
Hie
Budweiser
Anheuser-Busch
St. Louis, Mo
O. Brandt
Anheuser-Busch Agency
New York City
Bronx
Melrose
38Th Street
A. Busch
A. Busch Bottling CO
J. G. Lothrop
Train
Hurts
Surrey
Jersey Town
Twelfth Ward Bank
Autopsy
Franz A. Apel
Lillian Apel
Europe
Temple Emery, Jr
Bay City
City News
San Francisco
Alta
Hale & Norcross
Kentucky
Occidental
Rest & Belcher
Crverman
Caledonia Seebeis
Tee Union
Utah
Gould & Een
Tees
Israel Ludlow
East 80Th Street
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