German Workers' Organizations Shape Industrial Life in Mainz
In Mainz July 3, a detailed view of German labor organization shows wage earners aided by secretaries and local information bureaus. Trade unions and Social Democrats dominate advisory offices, courts, and elections, while numerous municipal and church groups provide health, housing, and unemployment support. The system aims to empower workers, reduce legal costs, and foster self-reliance through a dense network of public and union-led services.
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Mainz
Germany
United Kingdom
England
Shriners Name Officers and Set 1909 Conclave
The imperial council of the Ancient Arabic Order of Nobles of the Mystic Shrine elected officers in St. Paul on July 15 and chose Louisville for the 1909 conclave. New leaders include Potentate Edwin S. Alder man and deputy potentate George L. Street with several officers advanced a grade. Arab patrols performed drills in Lexington Park while parades and receptions followed in Minneapolis and Boston.
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St. Paul
Imperial Council
Benjamin F. Rowell
Boston
Frank C. Roundy
Lexington Ball Park
Minneapolis
Capitol
Ryan Hotel
Keene's Colts Fetch High Prices at Newmarket Sale
Newmarket July 15 James R Keene's yearlings, though hurried from the United States, sold well. Nine colts brought 2140 guineas and ten fillies 2775 guineas. Lord Lonsdale bought several yearlings, paying 70 guineas for a Disguise filly and 410 guineas for a Kingston filly out of Gingham.
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Newmarket
James R. Keene
United States
Lord Lonsdale
Disguise
Trarina
Kingston
Wood Engravings Not Art Charge Upheld by Appraisers
Miss Helen Hyde, American artist, must pay 35 percent duty on five wood engravings sent to the Library of Congress prints division. General Appraiser Walte ruled the pieces are wood products, not art, while A J Parsons argued the engravings have artistic merit and should be duty free as works by an American artist abroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of
United States General Appraisers
Helen Hyde
Division of Prints
Library of Congress
Walte
A. J. Parsons
Miss Hyde
Mr. Parsons
Parsons
California
Emil Carlsen
San Francisco
New York
Berlin
Paris
Amsterdam
Majestic Beats Carmania in Atlantic Race
The Majestic of the White Star Line finished the Atlantic crossing at 1 36 this morning, eleven minutes ahead of the Carmania of the Cunard Line. Carmania left Queenstown on July 9 at 8 55 a m and was four hours and two minutes ahead before Majestic overtook and closed the gap as both ships pushed full steam.
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Majestic
White Star Line
Atlantic
Sandy Hook
Carmania
Cunard Line
Queenstown
White Star
New Jersey Woman 105 Dies At Newark Home
Sarah H. Doremus, 105, oldest New Jersey resident, died yesterday at her granddaughter’s home at 2% Osborne Terrace Newark from old age. Born in Bergen County in 1837 she never left the state and remained active until a few years ago known as Aunt Sally.
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Sarah H. Doremus
New Jersey
Osborne Terrace
Newark
Sally
Bergen County
Prominent Arrivals at Hotels
Prominent guests noted arriving at major hotels include Hollands H Emmett of Detroit and E M Johnson of Minneapolis at Plaza A Kellogg Milwaukee and Lamb Los Angeles at Seville John D Gates Chicago C W Potter Providence L A Olney Lowell St Regis Robert Emmett London Count E Hayes Vienna W J Chalmers Chicago Waldorf Astoria William W Curtin John D Carruth Ban Johnson Chicago.
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Holland
H. Emmett
Detroit
E. M. Johnson
Minneapolis Plaza
A. N. Kellogg
Milwaukee
H. M. Lamb
Los Angeles
Seville
John D. Gates
Chicago
C. W. Potter
Providence
L. A. Olney
Lowell
ST. Regis
Robert Emmett
London
Count E. Hayes
Vienna
W. J. Chalmers
Waldorf-Astoria
William W. Curtin
John D. Carruth
Ban” Johnson
Weather Forecast and Local Record From Washington
Official weather summary notes a Caribbean low moving west, a warm spell over the plains and Atlantic states, with heavy rains in the Ohio Valley and middle Atlantic. Fri and Sat bring rain central valleys to western lake region, then Atlantic states. Local forecast calls for fair today and Friday, warmer Friday, winds north then variable, with fresh inland winds and light on the coasts. Temperature details compare 1907 readings with last year and thirty-three years' averages.
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Washington
Caribbean Sea
Jamaica
Plains States
Atlantic States
Ohio Valley
Middle Atlantic
New England
United States
Rocky Mountain Districts
North Pacific Coast
Lake Region
Great Lakes
European
Grand Banke
New York
District of Columbia
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Delaare
Maryland
Off for Binghamton by Tribune Fresh Air Fund party
A Hoboken departure sent 687 children to summer placements with 234 to Binghamton and three to Owego. The trip was led by a negro attendant and escorted by station staff. Funds were raised by George J. Michelbach and others to support farm and family housing for the children in Binghamton area. Returns include Ardsley 191, Schenectady 20, Warwick 15, Pittsfield 75, Interlaken 5, with 100 to Utica next week. Additional charity contributions total 10,098.12 dollars.
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Binghamton
Tribune Fresh Air Fund
Lackawanna
Hoboken
C. C. Foltz
F. M. Benning
New York
Owego
George J. Michelbach
Binghamton Coal Company
Michelbach
Charles McKinney
McKinney
Ardsley
Schenectady
Warwick
Pittsfield
Interlaken
Utica
Bigelow
Reformed Church
Taber Knox
Mr. Knox
Grant Returns From Pine Camp Maneuvers
General Frederick D. Grant and staff arrived from Pine Camp in Jefferson County. Regular troops depart except for guards, while the 12th Infantry will return to Governor's Island after target practice at Plattsburg Barracks. A permanent manoeuvre camp at Pine Camp is favored, with a government decision pending on purchasing the twelve mile tract.
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Frederick D. Grant
Pine Camp
Jefferson County
12Th Infantry
Governor's Island
Plattsburg Barracks
New York
Grant
Twelve Mile
Negro Home Needs Help From Former Wealthy Supporters
Stress of financial burdens on former wealthy supporters hampers St. David's Fresh Air Home at Silver Lake Park White Plains run by St. David's Episcopal Church East 180th Street under Rector Rev. Dr. F. G. Clifton. The home opened June 15 and houses forty five Black women and children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. David's Fresh Air
Silver Lake Park
White Plains
St. David's Episcopal Church
East 180Th Street
F. G. Clifton
Chair Firms Readjust After Shutdown in Sheboygan
The Crocker Chair Company, among the world’s largest, will resume operations at once in its local plants. Three other local chair firms closed or on short time will go to full time by August 1 amid easing financial stringency.
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the Tribune
Sheboygan
Wis
Crocker Chair Company
Bandits Kill American Ranch Owner Suspects Found Dead
El Paso reports the bodies of Canovio Rodriguez alias Eljerbade Antonasio Reyes and Philocarpe Reyes, noted Mexican bandits, found in the mountains west of Durango. They were accused of murdering H. S. Jones, owner of the San Ignacio ranch, last May. It is believed rurales shot them after a pursuit since the murder.
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el Paso
Tex
Canovio Rodriguez
Eljerbade Antonasio Reyes
Philocarpe Reyes
Durango
Mexico
H. S. Jones
San Ignacio Ranch
Man in Marysville tragedy seeks revenge at camp
Gus Adolph, driven from a Western Pacific Railroad camp twenty five miles from Oroville, returned last night and killed two former comrades and attempted to shoot three others who fled. He escaped.
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Marysville
Cal
Western Pacific
Oroville
Gus Adolph
Thiebault Held on Bond in Morrell Death Case
In Hooksett police court William Thiebault was bound over to the grand jury in $80 on a charge of aggravated assault linked to the death of Dr. Alpheus B. Morrell of Concord. The alleged injuries followed Thiebault's forcible ejectment of the physician from a Hooksett saloon.
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Concord
N. H
Hooksett
William Thiebault
Alpheus B. Morrell
Thiebault
Once Prominent Politician Seeks Aid From Sons
W C Clayton eighty four, once a leading Democrat, appeared in Gates Avenue police court Brooklyn against his four sons for neglecting him. Magistrate Hyland ordered the sons to pay the old man two dollars per week and report on August 7 to show compliance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. C. Clayton
Gates Avenue
Brooklyn
Hyland
Jail Stay Ordered Over Legacy Payment in Alexander Will
Charles T. Geyer of 622 West 127th Street remains in Raymond Street Jail after Surrogate Ketcham ordered him held until he hands over to Gussie P. Alexander a legacy of 20,02379 dollars from the late Allen Alexander will, of which Geyer was executor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles T. Geyer
West
127Th Street
Raymond Street
Ketcham
Gussie P. Alexander
Allen Alexander
Geyer
President's phonograph speeches eyed for campaign
Oyster Bay July 15 The President may record speeches for a phonograph campaign though details remain unofficial. Durand of a major talking machine firm urged testing the idea, citing Bryan material and potential votes, while a luncheon at Sagamore Hill featured guests with Africa related interests and publishing ties.
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Tribune
Oyster Bay
Sagamore Hill
White House
Washington
Nelson C. Durand
Republican Party
Mr. Bryan
Democratic Party
Henry Reuterdahl
John Williams
New York State
Charles A. Moore
Arthur Moore
Charles Scribner
W. F. Whitehouse, Jr
Percy Madeira
F. D. Miller
Charles F. Brooker
Edgar A. Mears
Henry Fairfield Osborn
Messrs
Millet
Williams
Call for larger Children's Court building in 1907 report
A plea for expanded quarters for the Children's Court follows a 1907 report noting 11 446 children arraigned that year, up 2 000 from the prior year. The current Third Ave and 11th St facility is crowded, with mothers and children standing hours. Proposals include using 23d St Lexington Ave space once the City College area occupies part of it. The report commends the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children and urges a home for delinquent Jewish boys under twelve, with Hawthorne NY serving as the current juvenile facility.
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Children’s Court
Third Avenue
11Th Street
de- Charities and Correction
23D Street
Lexington Avenue
College of the City of New York
Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To Children
Old City College
Children's Society
Jewish Protectory and Aid Society
Hawthorne
N. Y
Reau
Brooklyn Opens Fifth Ward Playground Amid Riverfront Festivities
In Brookyn’s congested riverfront district the Fifth Ward Improvement League opened a new playground on a lot owned by Brook lyn Union Gas Company. Miss M F Doyen Captain T H Avery and A W Dennen helped organize the event with hundreds of children and parents in attendance as Horatio C Kinz declared the playground open after a band led the procession and the flag rose to The Star Spangled Banner Alderman Colgap pledged to push city funds for a riverfront playground.
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River Front
Brooklyn
Fifth Ward Improvement League
Little Street
Marshall
John Streets
Brooklyn Union Gas Company
Jordan
M. F. Doyen
T. H. Avery
Ascog House
Sands Street
A. W. Dennen
Maxwell House
Concord Street
Atlantic Lead Works
Captain Avery
Dennen
Horatio C. Kinz
Colgap
No Rain On St Swithin's Day In New York
Yesterday the city saw no rain despite St Swithin's Day lore. Authorities doubt the forty day rain forecast while the heat eased only slightly with a high of 79 and morning temperatures around 70. A youth was taken to police after being overcome by the heat in Park Row as the populace recovered from recent torrid spells.
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St. Swithin
St. Swithin’s
New York
Park Row
Edvina Sings in Covent Garden Debut in London
A new prima donna mime Edvina, stage name of Hon Mrs Cecil Edwardes, sang Marguerite to Bond's Faust at Covent Garden. The former Canadian, sister in law of Lord Kensington, was well received by an audience that included Queen Alexandra, with critics predicting a bright future.
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London
Covent Garden
Edvina
Cecil Edwardes
Lord Kensington
Marguerite
Bond
Faust
Queen Alexandra
Obituary of Professor Frederic L. O. Roehrig in Pasadena
Professor Frederic Louis Otto Roehrig Orientalist philologist and composer died in Pasadena at eighty nine. Born June 19 1819 in Halle Prussia he studied Halle Leipsic and Paris earning AM PhD and MD. He taught at Cornell USC and Stanford and served as surgeon in the Civil War. He wrote books in many languages and composed piano pieces.
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Frederic L. C. Roehrig
Pasadena
Cal
Frederic Louis Otto Roehrig
Dr. Roehrig
Halle
Prussia
Leipsic
Paris
Imperial Institute of France
Volney
Constantinople
Astor Library
Medical College of
Philadelphia
United States Army
Surgeon General's
Washington
Roehrig
Cornell University
University of Southern California
Leland Stanford Junior University
Imperial Order of the Medjids
Turkey
American Philosophical Society
Asiatic Society of Paris
The
Oriental Society of Germany
American Oriental Society
John Cassedy Suffern Dies at Bloomfield Home
John Cassedy Suffern of Bloomfield New Jersey aged eighty eight died at his Franklin Street home last night after a long local life. He laid out the Erie Railroad from New York to Piermont and invented floats to move freight across the Hudson. Retired forty years ago he was nearly blind in later years and was escorted on walks by an attendant. Survived by wife, one son and one daughter.
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Bloomfield
N. J
John Cassedy Suffern
Franklin Street
Suffern
Edward Suffern
N. Y
Erie
New York
Piermont
Frederick W Johnston Insurance Broker Dies in Brooklyn
Frederick W Johnston an insurance broker with offices at 28 Broadway died yesterday of heart disease at 39 Court Street Brooklyn. He lived at 230 Carroll Street and was born in Virginia in 18. He graduated from the University of Virginia and worked as a government civil engineer in Virginia before moving to Brooklyn six years ago. He leaves a brother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick W. Johnston
Broadway
Court Street
Brooklyn
Johnston
Carroll Street
Mr. Johnston
Virginia
University of Virginia
Drummers Oppose Parcels Post at Federation Meet
Lake Placid N Y July 15 delegates at the ninth annual convention of the International Federation of Commercial Travellers Organizations representing about 350000 travelers voted to oppose parcels post legislation as presented to Congress and asked the legislative committee to seek defeat of the proposal. They also urged steps to enforce fire escape and life safety laws in hotels nationwide. Officers elected include L C Deets president C A Nesbitt vice president D B Clink secretary treasurer and an executive committee. Next year’s meeting will be in Mackinaw Mich.
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Lake Placid
N. Y
International Federation of Commercial Travellers’ Organizations
Congress
L. C. Deets
Des Moines
Iowa
C. A. Nesbitt
Cleveland
D. B. Clink
Chicago
C. C. Daniels
Columbus
Ohio
R. A. Cavanaugh
W. H. Reed
Pittsburg
Louis T. Labeaume
St. Louis
George
Dana
Utica
Mackinaw
Mich
New Disease Kills Chestnut Trees Exterminates Local Stands
Greenwich Connecticut July 15 Dr Hotaling tree warden urges action against a new chestnut blight caused by the fungus Valsonectria parasitica. The disease has attacked many trees and spreads rapidly. Dr Haven Metcalf of the USDA forest pathology lab advised destroying affected trees noting widespread affliction near New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Tribune
Greenwich
Conn
Hotaling
Haven Metcalf
Laboratory of
United States Department of Agriculture
New York
Roosevelt appoints U S managers for Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Expo
President Roosevelt names Assistant Secretary of the Interior J E Wilson, W DeC Ravenel of the National Museum, and W M Geddes of the Treasury as the government board of managers for the Seattle Alaska-Yukon-Pacific exposition next year. Congress appropriated $600,000 for the government and territorial exhibit and for necessary government buildings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
United States
Seattle
Interior
J. E. Wilson
W. Dec. Ravenel
National Museum
W. M. Geddes
Treasury Department
Congress
Memorial observatory and library aid Maria Mitchell honor
Nantucket marks the memory of Maria Mitchell with the dedication and opening of an astronomical observatory and library building. The observatory houses instruments used by Miss Mitchell at Vassar College and elsewhere, while the library holds the Mitchell family collections and will serve future astronomy classes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nantucket
Mass
Maria Mitchell
Miss Mitchell
Vassar College
Denmark
Italy
Henry Mitchell
Brooklyn Singers Visit Leipsic Open Concert at Crystal Palace
The Brooklyn Arion Choral Society, greeted warmly by Leipsic Miinnerchor, performed at the Crystal Palace with the Miinnerchor assisting. The Brooklyn Ladies' Quartet sang well, followed by a Kommers where President Metzdorff welcomed the visitors and toasted President Roosevelt. The party then toured and planned a Dresden trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leipsic
Brooklyn Arion Choral Society
Leipsic Miinnerchor
Crystal Palace
Miinnerchor
Brooklyn Ladies’ Quartet
Metzdorff
Leipsic Sangerbund
Roosevelt
Dresden
Last St Clair Survivor John Sutphin Dies in Duluth
Duluth Minnesota July 14 John B Sutphin sixty years old former mayor of Duluth and state weighmaster for years died tonight from kidney disease He was the sole survivor of the steamer St Clair which burned to the water edge with all on board nearly thirty years ago on Lake Michigan. Nervous women like Horsford s Acid Phosphate to quiet the nerves. Teileves nativea sick ne Insuonia A Wholesome tonic ot Leatinche amt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Clair
Duluth
Minn
John B. Sutphin
Lake Michigan
Horsford
Wiggin Birth Announcement for Wiggin Family
Born at No SS West Stith Street on July 14 a daughter to Dr and Mrs Frederick Holme Wiggin.
Memorial Notices for Haight Levis Livingston McConnell Mason Norris Post Rathsam Skelly Smith Suffern Van Wagenen
Death notices dated July 13 14 15 1908 list Haight Levis Livingston Merrie McConnell Mason Norris Post Rathsam Skelly Smith Suffern Van Wagenen at various Brooklyn and New Jersey addresses. Funeral details include private services at Holy Cross Holy Trinity and Christ Church with interments at Holy Cross Cemetery and Bloomfield Cemetery along with directions to Woodlawn Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Levis
S8th St
Brooklym
Michael Levis
Mason
Kis
West
William Mason
Lowell Mason
Norris
Richard
Bridget Kirby
Deace
Bergen St
Brooklyn
Matthew
Holy Crows
Post
Tuestar
Elizebeth
N. J
Mary Morris Post
Richard Bayley
Harriet Worth
Trinity
Ter
Eleanor
Joseph PF. Smith
Thomas F. Skelly
Albemarle Road
New York Tribune Files Applications for Aspirants
The Uptown Office of The New York Tribune invites the public to consult the file of applications of selected aspirants for various positions recently installed at No. 1364 Broadway between 26th and 27th Streets. Office hours are 3 a.m. to 6 p.m.
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Uptown
New-York Tribune
Broadway
26Th
27Th Streets
Nassau Street
Wall Street
William Street
Ee of
Rites
OFFIC
East 125Th Street
West
125Th Street
F Street
Fred
Aise
American Press Company
Thomas Coon & Son
Onfice
Latone Dee Brown
Shipley & Co
Pall Mail Speyer Brothers
Petit Eagle Bureau
Cambornew
Bowten Morgan
Harjes & Co
Haussmenm
Crédit Lyonnais
Bureau Des Etrangera
Continental
F Garo
Baearbach’s
American Express
Coe Brentano's
Avenue de Fopéra
Nice
Lee Geneva
Lomwhard, Odier & Co
Union Bank
Florence
Tribune Subscription Rates and Postal Details
The Tribune offers domestic and foreign mail subscriptions with varied term options and prices. Rates include daily weekly and tri weekly plans, with special Canadian and rope country considerations and per copy prices for almanac and index editions.
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Tribune
Scents
United States
Mexico
Manhattan
Bronx
Cuba
Porto Rico
Hawaii
Philippines
Tribune Index
Mail
New York City
Sunday Tribune
Nts
Attras Postal
Dalby
Sunnes
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Shriners
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Louisville
KEENE
U. S
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Fresh Air Fund
James B. Parsons
Ridgewood
Sarah E. Pike
A. T. Maione
L. B. Faber
Mary I. Woodruff
Elizabeth
Edwin H. Crampton
Cragsmoor Inn
Hristian
Poynton
Duer McLanahan
Helen McLaneahan
Caroline McLanahan
Tom Stoddard
Company
Phonograph Records
Brooklyn Playground
Union Gas Company
Mme
International Federation
Federal Managers OF Exposition
Brooklyn Singers
Aes
M'Connell
Nutley
N_ J
Merrie Mctonnell
H. W. Bennett
Tan Wagenen
Atlantic City
Gertrude Abbot van W
Mary Elizabeth Bartlett Dearbon
Gerrit van Wakenen
Hye
Westchester County
Woodlawn
Harlem
Grand Central Station
Webster
Jerome Avenue
Gramercy
East 23d St
Undertakers
Frank FE. Campbell
St. Chapela
Nubnie
Chelsea
DaiLy
Oere
Hotel Victoria
Savoy
Carlton
Claridge’s
Kitz Hotel
Hotel Meta
Land Grand Hotel
Adelphi Hotel
Liverpool
Midland Manchester
Queen's Hotel
Leeds
Midland Ord
Hotel
Wellington
Morecambe Bay
Mid Hotel
Shanklin
Isle of Wightberry
Ala—Hotel Cectl
Gier
Hotel Continental
Grand Hotel
Hotel Astoria
Hotel Chatham
Hotel de FA
Hotel Lille Et d' Albion
Hotel St. James Et
Park Hotel Amt Royal Hotel
Dusseldorf
Angleterre
Ems
Hotel Monopel
Westminster
Frankfurt
Hotel Sommer
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