Press as Civilizer in Charity Conference Address
Dr Albert Shaw and H Wirt Steele led a Conference of Charities session on What Constitutes Right Publicity. Speakers urged newspapers as vital public educators and reform drivers, noting press power to unite communities, spread reform, and shape policy while warning against over advertising untested remedies. Dr Friedman spoke on the harm of sending advanced consumptives away from home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Labor Federation
Chamber of Commerce
Alwers
W. & Friedman
State Board of Charities
Denver
Robbery motive eyed in Berlin killing case
Police say Samuel Bersin was slain and dismembered last week with robbery as the motive, discarding revenge or political links. Detectives searched north of a tenement district, panning pawnshops for missing jewelry while clothing remains missing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Bersin
Robery
Russia
Second Avenue
Death by own action in Central Park
A young man signing as Ben Soalt was found dead on a Central Park bench near East 64th Street with a bullet wound to the left breast. A revolver lay beside him, and letters addressed to his father and to Mrs. Hannal Schwartz were found on the body. The father, Jacob Soalt, could not account for the death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben Soalt
J. Soalt
Chester Street
Brooklyn
Werdamk
Central Park
Fort Monroe
Virginia
Hannal Swartz
St. John’s Place
Jin
Soalt
Ball Player Rescues Drowning Boy At Dock
Dillon a sixteen year old waiter from Brocklin heard John Hayes a ten year old fall from a dock at the street corner. He dived into the water and rescued the boy while teammates aided landing him. The injured youth was rushed by ambulance to a hospital for treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waiter Dillon
Reet
Brocklin
Warsat
John Hayes
Therap
Hie
Gissel
Sixth Avenue
Speeding driver crashes into bridge to save child
Louis Schlosser and his six year old daughter Maria were speeding down Atlantic avenue Far Rockaway in a large touring car when a head-on collision near Nortons Bridge spooked Patrolman Cope land on his horse. Schlosser steered into a steel bridge support to save the child, suffering minor injuries while the car and windshield were wrecked.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis Schlosser
West List Street
Maria
Atlantic Avenue
Far Rockaway
Norton's Bridge
Copeland
Schlosser
Zionist Federation Ends Twelfth Annual Convention
The twelfth annual Federation of American Zionists convention closed in New York with elections of officers, referendum on future decisions, and a constitutional redraft. Officiants renewed leadership including H Friedenwalder as president and J L Magnes as vice president. Honorary vice-presidents were named from several cities. Delegates praised the Young Turks, Turkish Jews, and reaffirmed that Zionist aims do not threaten the Ottoman Empire. The event concluded with a banquet at Vienna Hall in Manhattan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federation of American Zionists
Committee On Propaganda
H. Friedenwalder
J. L Magnes
Temple Emanu-El
New York
Jacob de Haas
Boston
Palestine
Ottoman Empire
Vienna Hall
Lexington Avenue
Sith Street
Young Girl First to Benefit From New Prison Law
Lizzie Gompertz a seventeen year old from West 18th Street was silently wept as she was separated from other prisoners at the Tenderloin station under a newly enacted law allowing a lighter offense detainee to be moved to the House of Detention at the discretion of the police matron. Lieutenant Dempsey note the law was prompted by the Women's Prison Association and Lizzie is the first beneficiary of the provision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lizzie Gompertz
West 18Th Street
West Sith Street
Jeremiah Gompertz
Lizzie
Dempsey
Rose Daly
Liieutenant Dempsey
Women's Prison Association
Suit Over Wife's Support Debts in City Court
Edward Lauterbach faces a suit from James R. Silliman as assignee of creditors claiming Mrs. Lauterbach receives no husbandly allowance. The complaint notes her separate estate is insufficient for her living while she wishes to keep her son's legacy for a charitable memorial. News adds that she could sue for desertion or maintenance, and friends lament the marital strain after thirty eight years of marriage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Lauterbach
James R. Silliman
Lauterbach
Alfred Lauterbach
Fifth Avenue
Elihu Root Jr Wins First Court Case
Elihu Root Jr son of Senator Root won his first case at the City Court appearing for the Second Avenue Railroad Company in a damage suit by Mise Tile L Silverstein for injuries from alighting a car. The jury ruled for the defendant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elihu Root, Jr
Senator Root
Second Avenue Railroad Company
Mise Tile L. Silverstein
Home Beauty Remedies and Soothing Preparations Found in Print
A readable collection of household beauty tips and tonics describes simple remedies for skin issues, hair care, and general wellness. It includes a homemade jelly cream, a bunion care note, a salt bath routine, a scalp cleanser, and a blood tonic method, with advertised benefits and usage directions.
New Era Foretold by Ninth Alliance Council
In the first session at Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church the ninth general council of the Alliance of Reformed Churches signaled a shift toward modern religious thought. Leaders urged unity and cautious adaptation as science expands knowledge, with emphasis on mission, moral progress, and the practical use of scripture despite doctrinal changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Council
Alliance of Reformed Churches
Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church
J. Oswell Dykes
Cambridge
England
Alliance
Christ
James D. Moffatt
Washington and Jefferson College
Gompers On Immigration Session Opens In Victoria Hotel
The AFL executive council gathered in the Victoria Hotel to discuss union disputes and urgent matters before Gompers sails for Europe. Plans included amalgamation talk among car workers and a Paris meeting of the International Trades Union Congress. Gompers urged restricting immigration amid weak business conditions and labor demand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Executive Council
American Federation of Labor
Gompers Saaile
Europe
Victoria Hotel
Perham
Order of
Railway Telegraphers
International Association of Car Workers
Brotherhood of Car Men
International Trades Trnion Congress
Paris
Gompers
International Federation of Labor
Gibraltar Indigestion at Tenderloin Blotter Report
Patrolman Garvey files a quirky entry about Alfred Borel sixteen of Gibraltar unknown country, riding a donkey from a Broadway theatre cast, balking at 35th street before a car struck the animal with no damages reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garvey
Tenderloin
Alfred Borel
Gibraltar
McKenna
Crewq
England
Borel
East Mth Street
35Th Street
James M. Quinn
West 57Th Street
Curtiss May Fly Today At Morris Park
Glenn H Curtiss attended Morris Park yesterday with high hopes of flight if wind and motor cooperate. No takeoff occurred before nightfall as the aeroplane could not be readied. A possible dawn trial is noted with 5 am suggested. Curtiss resides at Woodmanston Inn and may attempt a sunrise flight. The aircraft is described as a natural flyer. A Canton Ohio glider owned by W H Martin, hauled by car, circled the track twice at 10 to 15 feet with ex jockey George Thompson nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glenn H. Curtiss
Morris Park
Curtiss
Woodmanston Inn
W. H. Martin
Canton
Ohio
Wright brothers plan Fort Myer flight setup in eight boxes
Dayton reports the aeroplane for Fort Myer flights shipped in eight boxes. Charles Taylor sails to Washington to transport and install the machine. The Wright brothers will reach Fort Myer to wire and adjust tension. Flights aim for June 28 if no mishap occurs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dayton
Ohio
Fort Myer
Charles Taylor
Washington
Wright Brothers
Bank cashier sentenced for misappropriating funds
Herbert W. Allen, cashier at Woodsville National Bank, Concord, NH, convicted of misappropriating $19,000. He was sentenced in U S District Court to five years in the federal penitentiary in Atlanta. The case highlights bank officer embezzlement and federal penalties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Concord
N. H
Herbert W. Allen
Woodsville
United States District Court
Federal
Atlanta
Allen
Tariff debate warns against hasty revisions and vindication of protection
In a letter to the Tribune, a veteran editor argues against rapid tariff enactment and downward revisions. He cites historical downturns from 1872 1883 1890 and warns that only genuine protection will sustain prosperity, urging support for Aldrich and the protective program. The piece contrasts press opinion with public sentiment and stresses the need for measured policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Tribune
Washington
United States
Senate
House
New York
Treasury
Congress
Republican Party
Aldrich
Payne
Serena E. Payne
E. J. Hill
Ways and Means Committee
England
Pennsylvania Railroad Electro Pneumatic Block Signal System
The Pennsylvania Railroad uses an Electro-Pneumatic Automatic Block Signal system. Compressed air powers signals while electricity controls them, keeping signals clear only with continuous current. Any interruption or obstacle sets signals to danger, enhancing safety by reducing human error.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania Railroad
Decline of Small Businesses Under Tariff Shifts
Henry Hall of New York argues that intense competition driven by the Wilson tariff of 1894 fostered trusts by squeezing small shops. He predicts that forthcoming lower duties will benefit big corporations, force consolidations, and extinguish many small operators, prompting further denunciations of trusts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Hall
New York
Real Trout Flavor Restored By Private Catskill Culturist
A letter discusses trout flavor, contrasting liver fed farmed trout with wild brook trout. It details laws restricting shipments, introduces a Catskills trout keeper feeding beef shoulder to restore gamy taste, and notes Waldorf hotel demand for his product.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Tribune
Baller
New York
Jake
Izaak Welton
Catskills
Adirondacks
Walton
The
Waldorf
Yama-no-uchi
Napenoch
Hebrew progress and Jewish education in New York
A reader from Hackettstown, NJ, June 10, 1909, praises The Tribune for Jewish topics. He cautions against separatist schools while acknowledging Jewish efforts in education, recalls Psalm 122, and questions general sympathy for Jerusalem’s peace among Christians. He urges consistent support for Jewish advancement and identity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Tribune
Association of Harlem Grocers
New York
Jerusalem
Hackettstown
N. J
Guardsmen Await Mimic War At Fort Hamilton
The 13th Regiment ready for simulated combat tonight after mastering warfare theory. Sub-calibre drills yesterday morning and artillery training followed by fire command and searchlight exercises last night. Fort Wadsworth units conducted sub-calibre practice and battery drills as patrols watched the bay for inbound ships.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
13Th Regiment
Fort Hamilton
Anhattan
Brooklyn
Fort Wadsworth
Coney Island
Police Altered Records in Essex Market Court
In Essex Market court yesterday Harry Rosenberg Harry Goldman and Michael Bolter were arraigned and fined $2 each for jostling. Detectives showed records claimed for each man who denied a months long penitentiary sentence on a conviction of attempt and larceny under a fictitious name. Magistrate O Connor urged correction of the erroneous records and the police promised to amend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Essex Market Court
Harry Rosenberg
Harry Goldman
Michael Bolter
Rosenberg
O'Connor
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Pr. Shaw
Berlin
East Side Case
Sue Lauterbach
Mae Mar
Minnie & the
Africa
2Nbadst
Elsie Dinsmore
Luxor
Gompers ON
Bulletin
Standard Railroad of America
G. O. Shields
League of American Sportsmen
New York Harbor
Washburn
Crosby CO
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