Lane Optimistic On Railroads Amid Economic Recovery
Washington reports from Commissioner Lane of the Interstate Commerce Commission indicate railroads not tied to coal steel or lumber sectors have fared well. He notes no wage or freight rate cuts for three months, predicts steady improvement, and praises the railway rate law for stabilizing earnings and preventing a rate war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Lane
Interstate Commerce Commission
Mr. Lane
Lehigh Valey
Pittsburg
United States
Pennsylvania
Bride Marries After Boat Engine Fails Off Atlantic Highlands
George F. Lenahan of Brooklyn wed Miss Lillian Gordon after their friend's motor boat Themas broke down near Atlantic Highlands. Judge George Stout joined the couple, enabling a quiet wedding as the boat sailed home with colors flying and the families informed by telephone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George F. Lenahan
Decatur Street
Brooklyn
Themas
Atlantic Highlands
Lillian Gordon
John C. Gordon
Hancock Street
Judece George Stout
Bergen Beach
George Hopper
Mr. Lenahan
Mr. Gordon
Mr Gordon
George
Mrs. Lenahan
Lillian
Fire at Will & Haumer Parafine Plant
A late night blaze at 18 Murray Street destroyed $4.0 worth of parafine at the Will & Haumer Company. Dense smoke and bystanders overwhelmed about six firefighters who recovered after fresh air. Fire began around 11 and took two hours to control. Chief Croker ordered a second alarm as hoses burst and flames spread from adjacent Goulds Manufacturing and Park Place side cells.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will & Haumer Company
Murray Street
Croker
Park Place
Goulds Manufacturing Company
Brick Drop Injures Man During Eclipse View
Peter Clark of 1% Greenpoint Avenue Will iamebure hosted friends in his room to watch an eclipse through smoked glass when a brick fell from the roof striking him on the head. He suffered brain concussion and was hospitalized at St Catherine's Hospital. No arrests reported by late last night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Clark
Greenpoint Avenue
Williamebure
John Ayres
West 28Th Street
Hudson River
Washington Heights
Sth Street
Ayres
David Nichllson
Nicholson
The
Union Dime Savings Bank
Detectives arrest Italian bootmaker in Nowell murder case
Detectives Curette and Lowenthal of the Central Office arrested Joseph Sicio, an eighteen year old Italian bootmaker of 126 West 27th Street, at midnight. He is suspected in the death of Alfred E. Nowell, an actor with the Road No Yesterday company, clubbed to death on June 12 at Sixth Avenue and 26th Street. Sicio initially denied his identity, then admitted being Sicio but claimed no knowledge of the murder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Curette and Lowenthal
Central Office
Joseph Sicio
West 27Th
Alfred E. Nowell
Sixth Avenue
26Th Street
Sicip
Nowell
Magistrate frees motorman after elevated crash injures twenty
Magistrate Droege in the Harlem police court discharged John Holland of No. 8 Third Avenue, motorman of the Bronx Park train, after cras h into a Wan train on the Third Avenue elevated at 1st Street. Twenty passengers were injured but none seriously. The charge of criminal negligence was thrown out.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Droege
Harlem
John Holland
No. 8
Third Avenue
Bronx Park
1St Street
Newark Prosecutor Emphasizes Sheriff Race Over Presidency
Wilbur A. Mott told a Newark crowd that the sheriff election takes priority over national politics. Speaking at First Presbyterian Church under the Civic Righteousness Federation, he urged electing a successor to Sheriff Frank H. Sommer and stressed voting integrity and nonpartisan duty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Civic Righteousness Federation of
Essex County
Wilbur A. Mott
First Presbyterian Church
Newark
William Y. Chapman
Mott
Frank H. Sommer
William H. Taft
United States
No Evidence of Betting Leads to Dismissal in Court
Harry Davis a jewelry salesman was arraigned in Jefferson Market on bets placed on Sheepshead Bay races. A patrolman testified Davis took money then returned it claiming no bet. Dismissed for lack of evidence as the horse did not finish the race.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Davis
Second Avenue
Jefferson Market
Sheepshead Bay
Patrolman Files
30Th Street
Walsh
Broadway
36Th Street
Davis
Miss Crawford
Tony Clark
Fire Fatality in Passaic Street Tenement
In Plainfield New Jersey on June 28 John Mahoney a silk worker burned to death in a basement tenement at 12 Passaic Street. Firemen rescued about a score of Italian women and children. The body was found on a bed in the basement ruins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plainfield
N. J
John Mahoney
Passaic Street
Mahoney
Harrison
Socialists Attack Parties as They Back The Call Bond Bid
At a Central Federated Union meeting activists denounced Grover Cleveland as an enemy of labor and attacked Republicans and Democrats while backing The Evening Call socialist newspaper. The discussion centered on funding bonds for The Call and credentials for its delegates. the motion was approved after intense debate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Federated Union
Grover Cleveland
Evening Call
Samuel Prince
Cigar Packers’ Union
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Grover Cleve
Peter
America
Morris Brown
Women rally for suffrage and lower beef prices in East New York
About two thousand women gathered at Pitkin and Saratoga avenues to demand universal woman suffrage and relief from high beef costs. Speakers including Mrs Sophia Leebinger and Dr Maud Glasgow urged voting rights to curb trusts and crooked politicians, inspiring cheers from the crowd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pitkin
Saratoga Avenues
New York
Sophia Leebinger
Brownsville
Borrman-Wells
Maud Glagow
T. D. Pierce
Mary Coleman
Unemployed Relief Group Quiet After Rumpus
A meeting of the National Committee for the Relief of the Unemployed at No 20 Duane Street cooled after dissident leaders Curtis and Cronin stayed silent. Chairman J Eads How announced a vote on expulsions, and several bodies offered cooperation while some attendees demanded real work. The group dismissed money as aid, noting some unemployed resist work and that the loaned $19 check was returned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Committee For the Relief of the
No. 20
Duane Street
Curtis
Cronin
J. Eads How
How
Julius Hopp
People’s Socialistic Stage Society
Central Federated Union
Eight Hour League
Sunshine column moves to Mondays for society reports
The T. S. S. Management shifts the Sunshine column to publish every Monday to boost society reports. Readers are urged to contribute to outings and the Rest Home fund with gifts, money orders, or cake and ice cream sales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. Ss. S
Brooklyn Boy Drowns in Upstate Creek
Thomas McDonald nine of Berkeley Place Brooklyn drowned in Wappingers Creek Pleas ant Valley six miles east of Poughkeepsie while wading with two visiting summer boarding companions John Wolf and Bruce McBride. The boys found him at the creek bottom and failed to revive him. His widowed mother and siblings were notified.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tribune
Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Thomas McDonald
Berkeley Place
Brooklyn
Wappingers Creek
Pleasant Valley
John Wolf
Bruce McBride
McDonald
Sheath gowns cause stir at Coney Island Police scene
Two women wearing sheath gowns alighted from a large white auto on Surf avenue prompting a police response as officers and reserves backed by a crowd for safety. Patrolman Downs faced a surge of visitors while Captain Kelly declined charges. A pushcart crackdown drew business complaints and a runaway horse incident near Culver Station ended before harming bystanders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Surf Avenue
Coney Island
Directoire
Thomas Downs
Thomas Kelly
Baker
Flood
Cairo
Coney Island Boulevard
Park Place
U. S
Cashman
Richard
Coney Island Concourse
Culver Station
James Dwyer
Many Arrests at Fort George Amusement Booths
Captain Kreuscher of West 152d Street police arrested thirty five booth owners along Amsterdam avenue at Fort George for violating the Sunday law. Paradise Park proprietors faced no arrest due to private property status and lack of complaints.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kreuscher
West 152d Street
Amsterdam Avenue
Fort George
Paradise Park
Speed Gauges Auto Speed By Sprint In City Court
Ruth of East List street testified in Yorkville court that Michael Coogan a chauffeur of West 55th street exceeded the speed limit, timing him at a block in ten seconds during a chase on Sixth avenue. Magistrate Barlow found the pedal gauging proof insufficient and discharged the prisoner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patrelman Jost
Ruth
East List Street
Michael Coogan
West 55Th Street
Yorkville Court
Barlow
Sixth Avenue
Shot by Disappointed Customer in Brooklyn Store
Miss Ettie Eidelberg living with her mother in a small nation store at No 343d Street Brooklyn was shot in the right arm last night by a young man described as about eighteen, red haired in a dark suit after he left without making a purchase. Police issued a general alarm for the capture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ettie Eidelberg
Brooklyn
President Dinkey's Mother Dead in Loretta Penn
Mary Elizabeth Kinsey mother of Mrs. Charles M. Schwab and A C Dinkey died at Loretta Pennsylvania summer home aged seventy three. She had two marriages Reuben Dinkey and Alonzo Kinsey and had been ill with pneumonia for more than a year. Funeral set for Wednesday at St Marys Protestant Episcopal Church in Braddock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Mary Elizabeth Kinsey
Charles M. Schwab
Loretta
Penn
A. C. Dinkey
Carnegie Steel Company
Reuben Dinkey
Alonzo Kinsey
St. Mary's Protestant Episcopal Memorial Church
Braddock
Mr. Schwab
Sea Breeze Home Seeks Fourth of July Gifts
Sea Breeze Home West Coney Island appeals for fireworks a flag baby carriages go carts swings and beach umbrellas for a holiday display in front of the home. Donations may be new shopworn or secondhand with checks sent to treasurer R S Minturn 1 Bast 224 Street New York for a beach playground setup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sea Breeze Home
West Coney Island
R. S&s. Minturn
Bast
New York
Engineer Drowns After Overboard Fall From Susie H. Davidon
Charles E. Baker engineer on the schooner Susie H. Davidon fell overboard today and drowned in the Delaware River near Philadelphia. His home is listed as Brooklyn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Charles E. Baker
Susie H. Davidon
Delaware Foyer
Baker
Brooklyn
Martine Endorses Sulzer for VP at Denver Convention
Plainfield New Jersey June 28 Special James E Martine favors a New York man on the national Democratic ticket and backs William Sulzer for vice president while predicting William Jennings Bryan will be nominated for president Martine plans to speak at the Denver convention in support of Bryan and Sulzer
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plainfield
N. J
New York
James E. Martine
Denver
William Sulzer
Martine
Bryan
Sulzer
Miss Curry Led East Side Mission To Aid Poor Mothers and Children
Twelve years of Little Missionary work on the East Side under Miss Curry have built rooms for babies Ave nue C and a Settlement home on St. Mark's Place serving 150 children daily. The Helping Hand club supports mothers meetings and a weekly men’s group that helps men resist alcohol. Summer care at Netherwood N J. Last season 3500 were cared for and 600 Thanksgiving dinners given. Ten doctors assist with little pay and the Day Nursery runs free. Funds are needed for summer work and ongoing cooking school assistance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Curry
Little Missionary Branch
East Side
Avenue C
Fine Settlement
St. Mark's Day Place
Netherwood
N. J
Little Missionary Day Nursery
Sunshine work inspires German readers in Munich
A letter from Frau Wingefelder in Munich praises Sunshine work and urges Germans to join in helpful acts. She notes broad philanthropic activity in Munich, hopes the S S S rules will prompt small kindnesses, and promises postcard souvenirs from a current exhibition for stamp collectors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frau Wingefelder
Munich
Noble appeal for a summer home and aid for a French seamstress
A letter requests help for a French gentlewoman who sews but lacks patrons. She seeks a summer home and $12 monthly rent for room, hoping to care for a grown child and sew. Also described are a Michigan invalid unable to buy prescribed olive oil and a destitute East Side widow needing clothing and shoes for herself and her daughter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
T S. S
Michigan
City club member seeks address of shut-in girl
Katherine Oliver of New Jersey asks for the address of a shut-in girl to whom she will write or send humorous greetings. The request lists the names of several young shut-ins across three states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Katherine Oliver
New Jersey
Saratoga Couple Tour Through New England
Mrs George Perkins Lawton president of the Saratoga branch and Mr Lawton enjoy a five week auto trip through New England. They stayed in New Haven where their son is a Yale senior and will return to Saratoga by October 3. Mrs B H Emerson of Burlington Vt sailed June 13 for a lengthy European tour. Mrs L Mason state president of New York with her daughter Miss Gertrude and Miss Blanchard are noted travelers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Perkins Lawton
Saratoga
Lawton
New England
New Haven
Yale
B. H. Emerson
Burlington
Europe
L. Mason
New York
Gertrude
Blanchard
Hill braze heads for Hackettstown July season
Mrs. Mary Greenleaf of Madison Avenue is in Bridgeport Connecticut with Mrs. F. H. Benton at Pine Orchard and Mrs. W. P. Tuttle on the Sound for the season as part of the advisory board.
Sunshine Society letters celebrate gifts of reading
Illinois woman thanks Miss Jackson for reading matter and many members of the Sunshine Society express gratitude for boxes of books clothing and greetings sent to hospitals schools and families. The Bronx branch reports aid to a poor couple and support to the sick while local members in New Jersey share flowers clothing eggs and Easter remembrances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
May L. Ferguson
Illinois
Daisy Miller
West Virginia
Young
Batavia
Nora Boatfield
Bronx
A. Blanche Kemp
Miss Conyers of Hyde Park Sells Crochet for Health Aid
Miss Sarah Conyers of Hyde Park Massachusetts offers crocheted items worth aiding her health efforts after long nervous trouble. She has infants afghans in several styles a bag form for go carts a blue white eiderdown shawl and pink infants socks. She will mail full size and color details to interested buyers. Miss S E Chase of Cabot Vermont also offers a silk quilt for sale and will advise best ways to help.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah Conyers
Hyde Park
Mass
S. E. Chase
Cabot, Vt
Charity box of supplies sent to Little Missionary branch
A varied distribution from New Jersey, Connecticut, and New York of wools, underwear, shoes, garments, roses, grapes, books, and other items was sent to the Little Missionary branch to aid sick and disabled children, with gratitude noted from recipients and the hospital in Berlin reporting a new women’s hospital opening by two physicians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. A
Manhattan
Adolph Koch
Adolph Keech
X. Y
Connecticut
M. E. Downing
New York
Lillian J. Spaulding
Vermont
W. B. Valentine
California
S. P. Potter
A. C. McKenzie
C. FE. Grant
New Jersey
John
Betty Davenport
Little Missionary Branch
Miss Curray
N. Y
Plainfield
N. J
Crane
M. «. Cook
M. F. Vanderwater
Tennis Wear Sale Expands With New Uptown Store
Clothing and furnishings sale began Saturday June 27 at 1260 Broadway near 32nd Street not Rogers Peet. Change of uptown store to northeast corner 34th Street. Highlighted tennis pants shirts hats and shoes with varied fabrics and colors from multiple Broadway stores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
OCR Op Store
Broadway
32Nd ST
Rogers
Peet
Uptown
32Nd Aq
N. E. Corner
34Th St
Women Club Members Attend Ninth Federation Reception
Boston June 2 The General Federation of Women's Clubs holds its ninth biennial convention with 3000 plus attendees. President Sarah S. Platt-Decker hosted an informal reception at the Vendome before a Symphony Hall organ recital by B L Whelpley and a vesper led by Miss Mary Woolley. Officers' elections loom as civil service reform and sessions on business women and press issues fill the agenda before Wednesday close.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
General Federation of Women’s Clube
Federation
Sarah S. Platt-Decker
Hotel Vendome
B L. Whelpley
Arlington Street
Symphony Hall
Mary Woolley
Mount Holyoke College
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Mildred Binérim
Greene Avenue
Lrogkisn
Leaside Park Coney Island
Fuehard Turner
Turner
James McCreery & Co
23Rd Street
34Th Street
Way
T. S. S. Rest Home
Chark’s Falls
Conn
Watch Hill
R. 1
T. S. Ss
Treasury
Sprint
Patrelman
Dinkey
Bavaria
Guam
Emily Halsey Suydam
Edgar
Easton, Penn
State Hospital
Morris Plains
Helen Griffey
Sebeka Minn
Frank Drummond
Allendale
Paterson Hospital
Chelsea
Berlin
Franziska
Henriette Tiburtius
Berlin Frauenverein
Peer & Company
Warren St
13Th St
Ams
Henry W
Die Justice Witwe
Viennese
Bayant
Jardin de Paris
Fede Ors
Merec Follies
Wolfe Sa Efance Girls
Daly's
Bway & Rh
Raymond Fo
Eugene Walter
Aid Ae
Astor
Hitchcock
Abel Hite
Wm. H. Reynolds
Luna Park
Luna
Atlantic Ave
Sea Beach
Righton Beach
Par Pain
Jerusalem
Mats Ertrude Hoffman
Morse
Mos
Madison
Geo. M. Cohan
Lincoln SQ. Binay
St Eva Blaney
MAY Spooner
Wat
DAY & Cecti
Eden World
Sheepshead Bat
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