Totten Sinks Fleet Land Attack A Success
The naval war game sees the attacking fleet pass the Race and strike Fort Totten but is sunk by defenders after a night of gunfire. Fort Hamilton and Wadsworth practice with 12 and 22 inch guns as the shore batteries test defenses, with damage to homes and a kitchen ceiling.
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New Rochelle
Henry Hunt
Schuyler
Totten
Fort Schuyler
Tange
Forts Hamilton
Wadsworth
Harvey Brown
Fort Hamilton
13Th Regiment
National
Hamilton
Ludlow
Lemuel
Henry L. Ludlow
Gravesend Bay
Elizabeth Ray
Norital
Atlantic Yacht Club
Sea Gate
Bronx
WAR AT PINE CAMP
Militiamen and regulars clash in a Pine Camp manoeuvre with Blue and Brown forces. Infantry train in outpost duties while engineers, artillery and hospital corps conduct drills. Provost guard aids Carthage police amid large troop presence.
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Tribune
Pine Camp
N. Y
W. H. C. Bowen
Grant
Watertown
Carthage
Coler's Dog in Court Case Before Brooklyn Justice
Borough President Coler and his dog Brian Boru faced a Supreme Court test case in Brooklyn to decide if the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals can levy dog taxes. The Irish terrier faced possible death in the gas tank if Coler refused to pay a fine and a $2 tax. decision was reserved.
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Coler
Brian Boru
Justice Kelly
Supreme Court
Brooklyn
Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To Animals
Edward J. Reilly
Kelly
Old Swindler Found Guilty in Mail Fraud Case
Abe Rothschild and Arnold Cahn were convicted in the United States Circuit Court of fraudulent use of the mails tied to a weekly magazine called The Successful Business Man. Judge Hough ordered both to the Tombs until sentencing on Monday. The raid location was 302 Broadway.
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Abe" Rothschild
M. G. Rothschild
Arnold G. Cahn
Walter S. Mayer
Post Office
United States Circuit Court
Hough
Broadway
Rothschild
Bessie” Moore
Jefferson
Tex
Three Italians killed in alleged New Orleans extortion attempt
In New Orleans three Italians were shot dead and a fourth wounded when they allegedly demanded money from Pietro Giacona a wealthy Italian wine merchant of Chartres Street. Giacona fired with a rifle killing one assailant as others fled toward the stairs and shed. Giacona famed as a wealthiest Italian in the South.
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New Orleans
Pietro Giacona
Chartres Street
Giacon
Louisiana
Giacona
General Beauregard
Danville Man Dies of Hydrophobia After Dog Bite
Joseph Gerst aged 75 dies in Danville Penn after hydrophobia from a dog bite two months earlier. The city has seen a long stretch of mad dog incidents with multiple bites to dogs horses and people in the past year.
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Danville
Penn
Joseph Gerst
Banker and brewery president commits suicide in Gallitzin
Johnstown, June 17. Joseph Bengele fifty years old director of several banks president of the Cresson Springs Brewery Company and a wealthy merchant shot and killed himself at Gallitzin near here today. He had been in ill health for some time.
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Johnstown
Penn
Joseph Bengele
Cresson Springs Brewery Company
Gallitzin
Here
New Hampshire to Panama Battle ship on verge of departure
Rumors in the Brooklyn navy yard say the battleship New Hampshire, freshly finished, left drydock for coaling and ammunition. Men were given shore leave, and officials refused to discuss orders from Captain Winslow. Unofficial reports put 350 marines aboard with 750 sailors. If Panama politics allow, the ship may return to escort Vice President Fairbanks to Canada at month end.
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New Hampshire
Panama
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Winslow
Metcalf
Navy Department
Fairbanks
Canada
Distress on East Side Spurs Hebrew Charities Appeal
At a meeting in the United Hebrew Charities Building on Second Avenue representatives from Hebrew charitable societies urged prompt aid as suffering among the Hebrew poor appears acute. May applications for aid rose 150 percent versus last year. Dr. Lee Frankel says the charities need about $8,000 more monthly to cope. Schools provide meals to 300 East Side children. Education officials plan further data review to counter claims of widespread hardship.
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United Hebrew Charities
Second Avenue
Hebrew Charitable Societies
Lee Frankel
East Side
Board of Education
Higgins
City loses appeal, Kissena Park judgments upheld
The Appellate Division in Brooklyn yesterday affirmed the judgments compelling the city to take title to Kissena Park property. The court found no fraud issues and also upheld allowances to Strauss and Anderson, attorneys for the current owners, with costs. The city owes the owners over $150,900.
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Kissena Park
Appellate Division
Brooklyn
Marean
Strauss & Anderson
How to Make Pictures Costly and Cheat Buyers
The article reports on an alleged scheme where importers overvalue paintings to boost duties and claim government endorsement. Michael Nathan notes overvaluation is rare, but importers can still pay high duties, with customs officials not certifying questionable works. Experts may be consulted when authenticity is in doubt.
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United States
Michael Nathan
Overflow at Belle Terre Club Debates Weekend Bidding
Belle Terre Club on Long Island sees weekend bids overflow as the clubhouse proves inadequate for about 100 members and guests. Notable registrants include Mr. and Mrs. William K. Vanderbilt Jr. and many other prominent individuals from New York, Brooklyn, Huntington, and nearby towns.
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Belle Terre Club
Long Island
Belle Terre
William K. Vanderbilt, Jr
C. D. Smithers
Glen Cove
Bird
Command of the Relief in Atlantic Fleet Under Debate
Naval officers discuss the future of the hospital ship Relief as it accompanies the Atlantic fleet on its circumnavigation ending in New York Bay February 22, 1909. Proposals include continuing its dual role as hospital and supply vessel and potential legislative changes affecting naval medical officers.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Naval Medical Corps
Naval Hospital
Reliief
New York Bay
New York
Congress
Senator Hales
Relief
Brownson
Bureau of Navigation
Boy 15 Arrested in Hudson River Drowning
Frank Fornico of 323 East 112th Street was arrested for causing the death of an Italian boy known as Joe by pushing him from a pier at 145th Street into the Hudson River. Two witnesses said Fornico kicked the struggling boy. he admits pushing him but denies kicking.
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Frank Fornico
East 112Th Street
Children's Society
Joe
East 2Th Street
145Th Street
Hudson River
Fornico
Bowery Mission
N. N. Riddell
Professor Riddell
Captain Is the Company A Ruling on Employer Liability
In United States Circuit Court Judge Hough overruled Cornell Steamboat company’s demurrer in a case by Mrs. Annie V Fallon for the death of her husband, an engineer, killed in a tug collision. The judge held the captain is a vice principal, not a fellow servant, due to his authority and representation of the owners.
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United States
Hough
Cornell Steamboat Company
Annie V. Fallon
Fallon
Recount in Brooklyn Finds Hearst Up by 39 Votes
In Supreme Court Justice Lambert's chamber, William R Hearst shows a net gain of 39 votes after recounting 153 ballot boxes from Brooklyn yesterday. The counting covers parts of Manhattan and will finish with 24th Assembly District in Brooklyn. John T. Dooling plans to begin recounting ballots from the first six Assembly districts.
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William R Hearst
Supreme Court
Justice Lambert
Borough of
Manhattan
24Th
Hearst
Sth
John T. Dooling
Board of Elections
Brooklyn
Too Many Passengers For Steamer Potsdam
Holland America Line overbooked the Potsdam sailing from New York to Rotterdam. About 2,000 passengers arrived to board though only 1,900 steerage spots were set, 700 were left outside, and police kept order on the pier. A sick mother fainted and was taken to St. Mary’s Hospital in Hoboken.
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New York
Holland-America Line
Potsdam
Rotterdam
Mary Fingioitax
St. Mary’s Hospital
Hoboken
Ryan Mums To Newspaper Men
Thomas F. Ryan sailed for Southampton yesterday on the White Star liner Adriatic. He arrived at the pier shortly before sailing and spoke briefly with friends before declining to talk to reporters.
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Thomas F. Ryan
Southampton
Mr. Ryan
Mother's Club At Mount Morris Teaches Child Suggestion
In Mount Morris Baptist Church, Dr. J Herman Randall leads a mothers club on child culture via suggestion. He argues positive guidance beats punishment, stressing the subconscious mind, rapport with children, and simple concrete examples to foster truth, courage, and social ease.
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Johnny
Mary
Mount Morris Baptist Church
J. Herman Randall
Randall
Tribune
Froebel
Delegates From Canal Zone At Woman’s Club Session
Delegates from the Canal Zone Federation of Women’s Clubs will attend the General Federation of Women’s Clubs biennial session in Houston. Chairman Mrs Thomas E Brown Jr is married to a federal judge in the zone and lives in Cristobal. Alternate Mrs F C Quimby of Massachusetts will also attend with Mrs Sumner Coolidge of Culebra and Mrs Coolidge’s Canal Zone connections.
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Ancon
Miss Boswell
National Civic Federation
General Federation of Women's Clubs
Hoston
Panama
Canal Zone
Federation of Women’s Clubs
Thomas E. Brown, Jr
Sumner Coolidge
Culebra
Prosperity Day Aims to Boost Employed Women in August
The Woman's League of the State of New York plans Prosperity Day August 15 to urge employers to hire more women. The league backs state industrial training for girls as a permanent program, following a May Waldorf conference vote that ended in a tie between unemployment and training.
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Woman's League
New York
Waldorf-Astoria
Bello de Rivera
League
Suffragettes Invade Staten Island for Open Air Meeting
A party of suffragettes left New York at five and toured Stapleton canvassing. They invited residents to attend an open air meeting in the park at an unspecified hour.
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Staten Island
New York
Stapleton
Gleanings on mothers decor and social duties in wartime era
In a column of varied vignettes readers confront views on motherhood restraint, dining room lighting, and street cleaning. A nurse criticizes overbearing maternal behavior while a New York clubwoman debates child labor ethics and civic duties. A Pittsburg physician calls for trained nurses in factories and stores.
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