Setback for Wellman airship shed wrecked in storm
Tromsoe Norway June 27 The Arctic steamer brings news from Spitzbergen that Knud Johnson perished in a pack sea accident and that the airship shed was destroyed by a fierce storm. Rebuilding has begun plans for a stronger building. delay is estimated at four to five weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tromsoe
Norway
Arctic
Walter Wellman
North Pole
Spitzbergen
Knud Johnson
Wellman
Johnson
Paul Bjoering
Bjoervig
Kjoervng
Mr. Wellman
Valiman
Tromsée
Messrs
Vaniman
Flor rie Sullivan Funeral Draws Thousands From East Side
Nearly ten thousand people including politicians attended the funeral of Florence J. Sullivan known as Florrie Sullivan, former Tammany leader in the 8th Assembly District, held at the Church of St. Catherine of Siena. Accessible details note pallbearers and the escort formed by 3,500 Tammany Hall adherents wearing black mourning badges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Side
Florence J. Sullivan
Florrie
Sullivan
Tammany
The
Th Assembly
Church of St. Catherine of Siena
6Th Street
First Avenue
J. R. Meagher
Church of St. Vincent Ferrer
Father Meagher
Florrie” Sullivan W
New York
Timothy P. Sullivan
Giegerich and McCall
Thomas F. McAvoy
John J. Dooling
John F. Ahearn
James Ahearn
Patrick F. McGowan
Philip E. Benjamin
John P. Cohalan
Thomas F. Foley
John J. Scannell
Percival E. Nagle
Daniel E. Finn
Hearings Set by Public Service Commission This Week
Important hearings will be held by the Public Service Commission this week. Chairman Willcox and Commissioner Maltbie will hear the Third Avenues Railroad Company reorganization plan led by bondholders’ chairman J N Wallace at 11 am. Maltbie then handles Kings County Lighting Company bond issues at 2 pm. Bassett will hear New York and Queens County Railway Company franchise approval on Tuesday and Maltbie continues a general electric light and power franchise investigation. McCarroll will hear South Flatbush Railroad Company for a Brooklyn surface railroad certificate of convenience and necessity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Public Service Commission
Willcox
Maltbie
Third Avenues Railroad Company
Bondholders’ Committee
J. N. Wallace
Kings County Lighting Company
Bassett
New York & Queens County Railway Company
Board of
Malitie
Electric Light
McCarroll
South Flatbush Railroad Company
Brooklin
TEE SEVENTH AT HOME AGAIN
Two hundred officers of the ith Regiment returned to their armory at Salem Centre after a weekend trip. Colonel Daniel Appleton and staff led detachments from Salem Centre to Purdy's Stations, then by special train to Grand Central Station at 5 30 PM. A talk on cooking was given by the quartermaster sergeant and packs were sent by wagon, improving march time. Five men were on the sick list. Training focused on the 1st Battery farm where Captain J F O Ryan trains horses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ith Regiment
Salem Centre
Daniel Appleton
Purdy’s
Grand Central Station
J. F. O’ryan
Boy Burns From Firecracker Exhibition In Brownsville
Seven year old Suranc Antopolansky of 406 Wroona Street Brownsville was taken to Bradford Street Hospital after a pyrotechnic display went wrong. A slow fuse firecracker he picked up after lighting exploded in his hands burning his face and chest. He smiled at the doctor promising he would be fine by the Fourth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Suranc
Antopolansky
Wroona Street
Brownsville
Bradford Street Hospital
Bricklayer Injured Packing Toy Firework at Home
Martin Horwarth a 43 year old bricklayer of 507 West List Street was admitted to Flower Hospital yesterday afternoon with a burned hand. He says he was packing a toy with gunpowder in his room when it exploded.
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Martin Horwarth
West List Street
Flower Hospital
iTee th of Children MightBe Dentists Shortage Warned
Miss Dorothy Whitney and Charles Loring Brace report a Health Department study showing many child laborers face untreated dental disease. Five hundred fourteen to sixteen year olds were examined in May. 2,508 unsound teeth found among 486 children. Only twenty five of five hundred had prior dental care beyond extractions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy Whitney
Junior League
Charles Loring Brace
Children’s Aid Society
Health Department
New York
William Carr
Children's Aid Society
Bellevue
West Iid Street
William S. Nicholls
Brooklyn Bureau of Charities
Brooklyn
Manhattan
Committee On Physical Welfare
Association For Improving the Condition of
Charity Organization Society
United Hebrew Charities
Hewitt's Life Discussed by Kaldenberg Honorary Fellow
Frederick R. Kaldenberg of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, honored for life, describes how the late Frederick C. Hewitt planned to leave a substantial fortune to the museum and other institutions. He recounts Hewitt's life in Owego New York, his wealth and art interest, and notes a compromise with contesters toward broad charitable bequests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick R. Kaldenberg
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Frederick C. Hewitt
Kaldenberg
Hewitt
Mr. Kaldenberg
Owego
N. Y
Yale
New York
Woman Lawyer to Argue Suit Abroad on Austrian Trip
Mrs Sophie Mayer an attorney of 1% Attor ney street will sail aboard the Cincinnati on July 17 with Austrian government permission to represent Herman Ehrenschaft in a case over a $300000 will. The client’s relatives contest the will of Juliana Piewesky the deceased aunt. Mayer will be accompanied by her daughter and will remain abroad about three months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sophie Mayer
Attorney Street
Cincinnati
Tarnow
Austria
Ehrenschaft
Mayer
Saul Goldhammer
Juliana Piewesky
Unions Defy Arbitration Board In Open Shop Stand
In Montclair New Jersey June 27 unions of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters refuse to obey the General Arbitration Board order and return workers to the job. They threaten a lockout rather than yield to an open shop policy as the board’s ultimatum makes open shop effectively in operation. Dr Lewis F Snow resigns Cortland Normal to become Kentucky State University Education Dean at Lexington. He previously served at Columbia Teachers College.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Brotherhood of Carpenters
General Arbitration Board
Snow
Cortland Normal
Montclair
N. J
Lewis F. Snow
Walnut Street
State Normal School
Cortland
N. Y
Department of Education
State University of Kentucky
Lexington
Teachers ‘College
Columbia University
Navy Yard Lunchroom Expansion Faces Crowding in Brooklyn
Civic Federation leaders report crowding at the Brooklyn Navy Yard lunchroom with 700 to 800 workers, plan to cut to 30 minute lunches, rotate shop closures from 11:30 to 1, and introduce six dinners for a dollar. Management of the yard lunchroom is led by a federation subcommittee including Mrs. Rand and Mrs. Blumenthal, amid outside opposition to menu changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooklyn
William Rand, Jr
George Blumenthal
Elbert H. Gary
Mary E. Thaon
Welfare Department
Federation
Navy
National Civic Federation
Ogden Hammond
Marie B. Pond
Mary Sherswood
Anne Morgan
Navy Yard
Opposition to Blake in Ninth Assembly District leadership bid
A 300 strong delegation, largely Black voters, pressed Blake aide James S. Shea to back a run against Michael H. Blake for district leadership. Shea favored seeking Parsons' consent to fight, while remaining neutral otherwise. The piece notes ongoing factional battles across multiple Republican districts including Krulewitch in the 26th and Mack in the 15th, with Quigg allies aiming to defeat him and Douglas supporters involved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michael H. Blake
Sth
James S. Shea
Blake
Mr. Shea
Herbert Parsons
Parsons
Shea
Samuel Krulewitch
Jacob R. Schiff
Jacob ®Atzenstein
Harry W. Mack
Lemuel F. Quigg
William H. Douglas
Mr. Mack
Democratic Union Plans Election Bureau near Cooper Union
The Democratic Union announces a new bureau near Cooper Union to collect legal evidence for prosecutions under election law. It aims to curb importing voters from New Jersey and Pennsylvania, citing several past convictions and urging stronger local actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Democratic Union
Cooper Union
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Water supply at risk as South Orange plans municipal system
South Orange New Jersey faces a strained water supply with pressure dropping from 12 to about five pounds in lower areas and no water in higher sections. Village trustees consider terminating the Commonwealth Water Company contract and building a municipal plant, with Andrew S. Taylor and Trustee Hill urging local control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Orange
N. J
Milburn
East Orange
Commonwealth Water Company
Summit
Irvington
Millburn
Carroll P. Bassett
Andrew S. Taylor
Commonwealth Company
Hill
Team Owners For Open Shop Across National Associations
The National Team Owners' Association announced the open shop in all cities with local chapters. Chicago faced teamster strikes over union demands while New York experienced ongoing protests for over three months. The association reported wages were not reduced and most New York strikes were lost by the union. The stables now operate under the open shop plan as a committee plans to appear before the Senate Tariff Revision Committee in Washington to contest current duties on horses hay and oats. Guild berg of the New York Team Owners' Association noted the tariff is increased under the revised plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Team Owners’ Association
Chicago
Teamsters
New York
National Association
Senate Committee On
Washington
Guildberg
Team Owners’ Association
Illness Sends Bishop Home From Curacao
Bishop Van Raars of Curacao, recently struck by heart disease, arrived aboard the Dutch steamer Prins Willem III. He was laid up on arrival and to remain aboard until evening before being towed to the Holland-America liner Rotterdam for the voyage to Rotterdam, accompanied by a Cathedral of St. Anna priest who will travel with him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bishop van Raars
Curacao
Prins Willem III
Gossip of the Commuters Sparks Odd Trolley Tales
A Montclair gully thirst tale explains why Bloomfield avenue line motormen dash from cars to a pure spring. Public Service Railway adds a Newark to South Orange 2 am car. Erie Rail Road workers form Dont Worry Club now with female member and picnic date. A Jersey City ferry group misidentifies landmarks, mistaking the Statue of Liberty for Martha Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bloomfield Avenue
Public Service Railway
Montclair
Gates Avenues
Newark
South Orange
Broad and
Market Streets
South Orange Avenue
Ocean Grove Auditorium Opens With Worship Service
An audience of about five thousand filled the Ocean Grove Auditorium for the first preaching service. Rev. Dr. Luther B. Wilson of Philadelphia delivered the sermon, with Vice President of the Ocean Grove Camp Meeting Association, Dr. Ballard, and Rev. Dr. Alday assisting. Evening platform service featured brief addresses by Bishop Wilson, Dr. Ballard and Dr. Alday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tribune
Asbury Park
N. J
Ocean Grove
Luther B. Wilson
Philadelphia
Methodist Episcopal Church
Jersey Fire Chief Injured As Axle Breaks on carriage
Jersey City Fire Department battalion chief George Dingler was thrown from his carriage when the rear wheel axle broke and suffered many cuts and bruises. New York Symphony Orchestra, led by Walter Damrosch, will tour Montclair next season with four concerts starting November 30 on Thursday evenings. Bloomfield Auxiliary of the Newark Orphan Asylum will host its annual treat for orphans Tuesday at its summer home near Plainfield. Montclair Golf Club women plan a mixed foursome at eighteen holes on Wednesday. Governors' Cup finals set for July 14 amid intense rivalry. Hackensack police start slaughter of unmuzzled dogs. SPCA may pursue action for cruelty after a dog escape and injuries. Improvement commission issues proclamation after two stray dogs entered town with rabies and bit pets.
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George Dingler
Jersey City
New York Symphony Orchestra
Montclair
Walter Damrosch
Montclair Golf Club
Hackensack
Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To Animals
Improvement Commission
Non-Union Hat Company Moves to Philadelphia
Orange New Jersey June 27 considerable uneasiness grips local business as No Name Hat Manufacturing opens a shop in Philadelphia and signals moving bulk of work there. strike lenient but prolongs, factory employs about four hundred men, hatters union remains closed with no reserve for manufacturers in trouble.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orange
N. J
No Name Hat Manufacturing Company
Philadelphia
No Name Company
Hatters’ Union
Manhunt in Belleville for Italian Attacker on Streetcar
In Belleville New Jersey on June 27 a manhunt formed in the Silver Lake area as passengers on a Bloomfield avenue trolley joined Public Service Corporation workers to pursue an Italian man who struck the car conductor in the right eye. The conductor was hospitalized with possible loss of sight, and the Italian fled the scene after the warning to be careful while boarding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belleville
N. J
Silver Lake District
Bloomfield Avenue
Public Service Corporation
Petition Against Postmaster Stirs Arlington NJ
Arlington New Jersey June 27 Special at the last moment yesterday Postmaster James Freeman canceled plans to sail for Europe after a petition signed by many townspeople regarding his conduct beyond official duties was filed in Washington. Captain Wilson, president of the Third Ward Republican Club, delivered the petition to the Post Office Department along with half a hundred letters attesting to Freeman's good moral character.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arlington
N. J
James Freeman
Europe
Post Office Department
Washington
Wilson
Third Ward
Republican Club
Metropolitans Form New Team in Carlstadt Opener
W H Day, former New York Giants president, fielded a newly organized Metropolitans at Carlstadt N J in front of about eight hundred fans who watched them defeat the Belmont Colored Giants of Harlem 4 to 0. Pitcher Banker a Stuyvesant High School student fanned fifteen. Sunday Hoboken faces the Metropolitans. Battery Banker Reed for the Metropolitans Copeland Holmes for the Giants.
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W. H. Day
New York Giants
Metropolitans
Carlstadt
N. J
Belmont Colored Giants
Harlem
Banker
Stuyvesant High School
Hoboken
A. E. Brown
New York
Reed
Copeland and Holmes
Colored Giants
Congress of Religions Opens in Montclair Unity Church
Montclair New Jersey June 7 The Congress of Religions opened today at Unity Church with Rev Dr William Hayes Ward editor of The Independent delivering a keynote on the distinctive message of Christianity and its civilizing influence before a large audience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montclair
N. J
Congress of Religions
Unity
Wreck Injures Scranton Men Near Hoboken
Frank Montgomery an engineer from Scranton Pennsylvania died from injuries after a freight wreck on the Delaware Lackawanna and Western at Lindhurst. His fellow workman M J Leonard a fireman of Scranton was seriously hurt and taken to hospital as traffic on the line was delayed for hours. Montgomery's body was sent home from Paterson New Jersey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paterson
N. J
Frank Montgomery
Scranton
Penn
St. Mary’s Hospital
Hoboken
M. J. Leonard
Alder Street
Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad
Lindhurst
Leonard
St. Joseph's Hospital
Montgomery
Record's Plans Upset Causes Jersey City Bloc Shake Up
Regulars and reformers clash as George L. Record faces a challenge from James W. McCarthy in a Jersey City mayoral primary. McCarthy aligns with New Idea reformers while Record seeks unified party support. State events note Gov Fort's summer plans at Sea Girt and the upcoming ocean boulevard route discussion. The piece also details police attention to bookmaking at racetracks and education moves at Bordentown's negro industrial school upgrading trades for boys and girls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Tribune
Trenton
N. J
George L. Record
Jersey City
New Idea
New Jersey
Record
James W. McCarthy
Repul
Mark Fagan
McCarthy
New Idea Prine
Republican Party
Ion County
New Idea Camp Legion
MeCarthy
Har
Prince
Hudson County
County
Governor Fort
Sea Girt
Men of State
Signal Corps
Governor's
Joseph S. Frelinghuysen
Senate
John D. Prince
House
Frederick Gilkyson
Ocean Boulevard
Atlantic Highlands
Cape May
New York
Tribune
Bordentown
State Board of Education
Heat Drives Out Congregation in Montclair Church Services
Owing to the heat the Swedish Baptist Church congregation in Montclair New Jersey held today’s services outdoors on a lawn at The Crescent and Trinity Place. The largely attended gathering took place near the church to escape the heat.
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Montclair
N. J
The
Swedish Baptist Church
Crescent
Trinity Place
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Florrie”’ Sullivan
Third Avenue
Tee
Salem
Iteeth
Navy Yard Workers
Civic Federations
NEW Party
Hmit
North River
Martha Washington
Brief Notes OF
Jersey News
Bloomfield
Newark Orphan Asylum
Plainfield
Tuay
Non-Union Hat Company
Union
Jersey
Washburn
Crosby
J. W. McCarthy
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