Railroads Optimistic on Recovery After Panics and Strikes
Washington dispatch reports Interstate Commerce Commissioner Lane saying railroads not tied to coal steel or lumber are performing well with no wage or freight rate cuts planned for three months. He notes Lehigh Valley earnings for five months outpace prior years and predicts faster recovery as steel mills reopen boosting demand for material and labor. He lauds the railway rate law and ICC for preventing rate wars and rebating as essential to stability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Lane
Interstate Commerce Commission
Mr. Lane
Lehigh Valey
Pittsburg
United States
Pennsylvania
Couldn't Get Home So Married on Sloop Trip
George F Lenahan of Brooklyn wed Miss Lillian Gordon after the motor boat Themas broke down near Atlantic Highlands. The ceremony followed a quiet talk with Julie George Stout and was announced to Gordon by phone from the stranded boat party.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George F. Lenahan
Decatur Street
Brooklyn
Atlantic Highlands
Lillian Gordon
John C. Gordon
Hancock Street
Julie George Stout
Bergen Beach
George Hopper
Mr. Lenahan
Mr. Gordon
George
Fire at Will & Baumer Parafine Plant Worsens Overnight
A smoky blaze at the Will & Baumer Parafine works on Murray Street destroyed an estimated 43.6 percent of the parafine. Starting shortly before 11 pm, the stubborn fire required about two hours to subdue as Chief Croker ordered a second alarm. Firefighters from Park Place and Goulds Manufacturing tackled flames with several hose lines despite dense smoke and damaged water lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will & Baumer Company
Murray Street
Croker
Park Place
Goulds Manufacturing Company
Man hospitalized after roof brick fall during eclipse viewing
Peter Clark of Greenpoint Avenue Williamsboro invited friends to his room to view a solar eclipse using smoked glass. While he leaned from a window, boys on the roof dropped a brick, injuring him with brain concussion. He was taken to St Catherine's Hospital and the youths had not been captured by nightfall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Clark
Greenpoint Avenue
Williamsboro
Clark
St. Catherine's Hospital
Arrest Italian in Murder Case
Detectives Carette and Lowenthal of the Central Office held Josephio, an Italian bootblack aged about 30, at 126 West 27th street. He is suspected of knowing something about the death of Alfred E. Nowell, an actor with the Road to Yesterday company, who was clubbed to death on June 12 near Sixth Avenue and 26th Street. The prisoner initially denied his identity but later admitted he was Sicio. He said he knew Nowell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carette and Lowenthal
Sted Joseph Io
West 27Th Street
Alfred E. Nowell
Yesterday” Company
I Sixth Avenue
26Th Street
Sicio
Ger of Nowell Ve
Rescue at Coney Island Quells Drowning Incident
Mildred Bindrim of 269 Greene Avenue Isrookiym was saved from drowning in the surf at Seaside on Coney Island yesterday. Richard Turner, her brother in law, leaped from the pier despite being fully dressed and brought her to shore with surf guards assisting. The girl was returned to her home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coney Island
Mies Mildred Bindrim
Greene Avenue
Isrookiym
Richard Turner
Turner
Drowning in Hudson River at Washington Heights Baths
John Ayres of 16 West 25th Street drowned in the Hudson River near the Washington Heights Baths after swimming with David Nicholson. Nicholson reported Ayres sank near a raft. Ayres’s locker held a bankbook showing $40 in deposits and a $245 money order in the name of Union Dime Savings Bank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Ayres
West 25Th Street
Hudson River
Washington Heights
Fifth Street
Ayres
David Nicholson
Nichols
The
Union Dime Savings Bank
Motorman John Holland Freed in Harlem Court
Magistrate Droege discharged John Holland of 18 Third avenue from custody after findings showed no criminal negligence in the Bronx Park train crash at Mist Street on Saturday. Twenty passengers were injured but none seriously. The charge was thrown out in court yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Droege
Harlem
John Holland
No. 18
Third Avenue
Bronx Park
Mist Street
Sauurday
Dreeze
Newark Prosector Calls Sheriff Election Front and Center
Wilbur A. Mott told a Newark audience at First Presbyterian Church that winning the sheriff’s race is more crucial than a national presidency. He urged unity beyond party lines and pledged to back a candidate who will continue the current sheriff’s policies.
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
Magistrate Dismisses Bets Claim Against Davis in Race Case
Magistrate Harry Davis a jewelry salesman was arraigned in Jefferson Market court on a charge of taking bets on Sheepshead Bay races. Patrolman Files testified Davis took money but no record of betting existed and a newspaper entry was found. Davis and Tony Clark were discharged for lack of evidence as the horse did not finish.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Davis
Second Avenue
Jefferson Market
Sheepshead Bay
30Th Street
Walsh
Broadway
36Th Street
Davis
Miss Crawford
Tony Clark
Fire, Death and Panic in Plainfield Tenement
In Plainfield New Jersey on June 28 John Mahoney a silk worker burned to death in a Passaic Street tenement two months of rooms in the basement The fire trapped a crowd of Italian women and children who were rescued by firemen Mahoney was found dead on a bed in the ruins it is thought the blaze started from smoldering ashes of a pipe or cigar All others escaped unharmed
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plainfield
N. J
John Mahoney
Passaic Street
Mahoney
Harrison
Socialists Attack Parties at Central Federated Union Meeting
Socialists assailed the Republican and Democratic parties and denounced Grover Cleveland as an ally of capitalists during a Central Federated Union session. The debate centered on funding for The Evening Call, a socialist newspaper, and its credential request to visit affiliated unions. The Call’s application was granted after speeches urging fair representation for labor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Federated Union
Grover Cleveland
Evening Call
Socialist
Samuel Prince
Cigar Packers’ Union
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Grover Cleveind
Peter
America
Morris Brown
Women Rally for Suffrage and Beef Prices in East New York
About 2000 women gathered at Pitkin and Saratoga Avenues in East New York for a mass meeting advocating women’s suffrage and lower beef prices. Speakers, including Mrs. Sophia Loebinger, criticized trusts and crooked politicians, calling the ballot a powerful tool for reform. Others named were Mrs. Borrman-Wells Dr. Maud Glasgow Mrs. T D Pierce and Mrs. Mary Coleman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pitkin
Saratoga Avenues
New York
Sophia Loebinger
Brownsville
Borrman-Wells
Maud Glagow
T. D. Pierce
Mary Coleman
Brooklyn Boy Drowns in Upstate Creek
Thomas McDonald nine of 132 Berkeley Place Brooklyn drowned in Wappingers Creek Pleas ant Valley six miles east of Poughkeepsie while wading with companions John Wolf and Bruce McBride both summer boarders. They recovered his body and failed to revive him. The boy left a widowed mother and several 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
Secon
Sheath gowns spark chaos at Coney Island parade
At Surf Avenue in Coney Island yesterday women wearing sheath gowns exited a large white auto causing a crowd to surge. Patrolman Downs called for reserves as the two women and escorts entered a restaurant. Police declined arrests. forty pushcart men were rounded up by the station to calm the scene amid a busy day on the boardwalk. A runabout axle failure sent Cassman and brother Richard tumbling. the horse bolted with traffic halted by Patrolman Dwyer at Culver Station.
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
Unemployed Relief Committee Quiet After Meeting
Discontented members of the National Committee for the Relief of the Unemployed held a tense meeting at 20 Duane Street. Leaders Curtis and Cronin stayed quiet as J Eads How announced a vote on expelling malcontents. How emphasized the group seeks work and relief through any party, with plans from Julius Hopp and potential cooperation from labor bodies.
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
Arrests at Fort George for Sunday law violations
Captain Kreuscher of West 152d Street Police Station arrested thirty-five small amusement concession owners along Amsterdam Avenue at Fort George for violating the Sunday law. Paradise Park proprietors were not charged as it is private property and had no complaints.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kreuscher
West 152d Street
Amsterdam Avenue
Fort George
Paradise Park
Speed Gauges Chauffeur in Yorkville Court
Patrolman Jost Ruth of East 51st Street testified that chauffeur Michael Coogan of 245 West 55th Street exceeded the speed limit, running a block in ten seconds and being chased for two blocks on Sixth Avenue. Magistrate Barlow admitted the gauging as good reasoning but not legally sufficient, and Coogan was discharged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jost
Ruth
East 51St Street
Michael Coogan
West 55Th Street
Yorkville Court
Barlow
Sixth Avenue
Shopper shoots at Brooklyn store. youth sought
Miss Ettie Eidelberg of No 23 43d Street Brooklyn was shot in the left arm by a young man who came to the nation store and grew angry when refused a Sunday purchase. The suspect, about eighteen, red haired in a dark suit, fled as police issued a general alarm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ettie Eidelberg
Brooklyn
President Dinkey's Mother Dead in Loretta Penn
Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Kinsey mother of Mrs. Charles M. Schwab and A. C. Dinkey died at Loretta Pennsylvania summer home of the Carnegie Steel magnate. She was seventy three and had pneumonia for over a year. Funeral is planned for Wednesday at St Mary's Protestant Episcopal Memorial 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
Fireworks and Play Aids Sought for Sea Breeze Home
Sea Breeze Home in West Coney Island appeals for Fourth of July gifts including fireworks a new flag baby carriages go carts swings and beach umbrellas to brighten recovering children. Donations may be sent to treasurer R. & Minturn 1065 East 224th Street New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sea Breeze Home
West Coney Island
R. &. Minturn
East 224 Street
New York
Engineer Charles Baker Drowns After Fall From Susie H. Davidon
In Philadelphia on June 28 Charles Baker an engineer aboard the schooner Susie H. Davidon fell overboard in the Delaware Hover and drowned. Baker resided in Brooklyn N Y.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Charles Baker
Susie H. Davidon
Delaware
Baker
Brooklyn
Martine Backs Sulzer for Vice Presidential Nomination
Plainfield New Jersey June 28 Special James E Martine says a New York man should join the national Democratic ticket and supports Congressman William Sulzer for vice president He expects Bryan to be nominated for president and will advocate Bryan and Sulzer at the Denver convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plainfield
N. J
New York
James E. Martine
Denver
William Sulzer
Martine
Bryan
Sulzer
June-time society notes urge fundraising for T S S Rest Home
The Sunshine column announces monthly reports and outlines fundraising for the T. S. S. Rest Home in Watch Hill R I. It lists multiple donations from individuals in New York Connecticut Vermont and California and notes a forthcoming sale at a Watch Hill hotel to benefit the home.
Little Missionary's Twelve Year Work Aided East Side
Gratitude is offered for Miss Curry who led the Little Missionary for twelve years aiding the poorest in the East Side. Her Settlement Home in St. Mark's Place serves 150 children daily with a kindergarten, clubs, and a cooking school. The Helping Hand mothers club and men’s meetings encourage reform and self reliance. Summer rest at Netherwood NJ aids tenement families. 35 hundred cared for last season. Ten doctors volunteer. the Day Nursery operates on gifts. Summer needs start July 1 and more funds are sought.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Missionary
East Side
Avenue C
Fine Settlement
St. Mark’s Place
Netherwood
N. J
Little Missionary Day Nursery
Miss Curry
Curry
Branch
Sunshine work brings German enthusiasm and aid
A Munich letter from Frau Wingefelder praises Sunshine work and urges helping the needy. She notes German philanthropy and promises to send souvenir postcards for stamp collectors. A request follows for funds for a French sewing helper needing a summer home and $12 monthly rent, plus appeals from Michigan for olive oil, an East Side widow needing clothing, and shoes for a girl.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frau Wingefelder
Munich
Michigan
Jill
New Jersey Girl Seeks Address for Shut-in Friend
Katherine Oliver a T S S member in New Jersey asks for the address of a shut-in girl to write or send humorous greetings. Readily named are youthful shut-ins in three states. Meanwhile Mrs George Perkins Lawton and Mr Lawton enjoy a five week auto trip through New England. They stay in Saratoga until October 2 and their son is a Yale senior. Mrs B H Emerson of Burlington Vermont sails June 13 for an extended European tour. Mrs A L Mason state president of New York and her daughter Miss Gertrude with Miss Blanchard are also noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Katherine Oliver
T. 8
New Jersey
George Perkins Lawton
Saratoga
Lawton
New England
New Haven
Yale
B. H. Emerson
Burlington
Europe
A. L. Mason
New York
Gertrude
Blanchard
Community members summering in Connecticut and New Jersey
Hill braze goes to Hackettstown New Jersey in July for the season. Mrs Mary Greenleaf of Madison Avenue Bridgeport Connecticut Mrs F H Benton at Pine Orchard Connecticut and Mrs W P Tuttle on the Sound coast for the season.
Sunshine Society notes from readers and members
May L Ferguson and others in Illinois thank Miss Jackson and the T S S for fine reading matter and infants clothing. Daisy Miller of West Virginia praises the sunshine box and school at home. Mrs Young in Batavia thanks Nora Boatfield and hospital greetings. Emily Halsey Suydam, president, expresses gratitude and pledge to continue service for Guam and youths. Mrs Edgar of Easton will respond to a reading request for Morris Plains State Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
May L. Ferguson
Illinois
Daisy Miller
West Virginia
Young
Batavia
Nora Boatfield
The
Guam
Emily Halsey Suydam
Edgar
Easton, Penn
State Hospital
Morris Plains
N. J
Sunshine Circle and Branches Spread Aid in Hard Times
Mrs. Helen Griffey, president of Sebeka Minnesota, shelters a destitute neighbor, cares for a motherless girl, and uses a box of items from the general office to comfort a child. The Bronx Sunshine Circle, organized March 11 1908, funded rent, groceries, medicine, coal, and gifts to needy families, and sent clothing to Abby House. Mrs. Frank Drummond, Allen Dale New Jersey, notes weekly flowers for shut ins, extensive clothing distributions, eggs to Paterson Hospital, and gifts to Chelsea branch and the general office at Christmas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Griffey
Sebeka (Minn
Bronx
A. Blanche Kemp
Frank Drummond
Allendale
N. J
Paterson Hospital
Chelsea
Crocheted Items Offered For Health Aid By Miss Conyers
Hyde Park Massachusetts resident Miss Sarah Conyers seeks buyers for her crochet goods to fund health care. She lists three infant Afghan designs a go cart bag a blue and white eiderdown shawl and pink shrimp socks and socks. She will send size color details to interested parties. Miss St Chase of Cabot Vermont also offers a silk quilt and invites contact to find fastest help.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah Conyers
Hyde Park
Mass
Charity gifts flow to Little Missionary branch from multiple donors
Packages of wools, underwear, shoes, shawls, and coats arrive from donors in New Jersey New York Connecticut and Long Island. Roses grapes and books aid St Gregorys Emergency Hospital and Bronx Brooklyn children sick and shut ins. A Berlin hospital for women founded by Franziska and Henriette Tiburtius expands care funded by the Berlin Frauenverein.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. C. McKenzie
E. Cc. M
C. EF. Grant
New Jersey
John
Betty Davenport
Connecticut
Little Missionary Branch
Miss Curray
A. C. Black
M. Cc. Cook
New York
M. F. Vanderwater
Berlin
Franziska
Henriette Tiburtius
Sale of Clothing Begins at OCR Ip Store
The sale starts Saturday June 27 at OCR oIp Store 1260 Broadway corner Broadway and 32nd Street. It clarifies Rogers Peet not part of sale and notes uptown store move to northeast corner of 34th Street. Tennis shoes and garments listed include tennis trousers, shirts, hats from Three Broadway Stores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
OCR oIp
Broadway
32Nd ST
Rogers
PEET
Uptown
N. E. Corner
34Th St
Women Club Members At Reception In Boston
Boston June 2 three thousand women attended the ninth biennial convention of the General Federation of Women’s Clubs. An informal reception was hosted by Mrs Sarah S Platt Decker at the Hotel Vendome. An organ recital by B L Whelpley followed by vesper service led by Miss Mary Woolley closed the day before officers are elected tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
General Federation of Women’s Clubs
Federation
Sarah S. Platt-Decker
Hotel Vendome
B L. Whelpley
Arlington Street
Symphony Hall
Mary Woolley
Mount Holyoke College
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Interstate Commerce Commissioner
Lad
Lass
Magistrate
James McCreery & Co
34Th Street
23Rd Street
Sprint
Dinkey
Nixon Waterman
T. Ss. S
BE. A
Manhattan
Adolph Koch
X. Y
M. E. Downing
Lillian J. Spaulding
Vermont
W. B. Valentine
California
S. P. Potter
T. S. S. Rest Home
Chark’s Falls
Conn
Watch Hill
R. I
Treasury
Bavaria
Mrs. V
Peer & Company
Warren St
Aerial Gardens
Carle
Mary
Lamb
Jardin de Paris
F. Ziegfeld, JR
Herald Sq
Wolfe
Circle the
Abel Hite
Eugene Walter
Dreamland “Ree
Wm. H. Reynolis
Luna Park
Luna
Atlantic Ave
Eklyn
Sea Beach
Righton Beach
Par Pain
Jerusalem
Jammerstein's
Madison Roof
Knickerbocker, Bay & 38Th
Geo. M. ‘Cohan
the Tasker
Blawey
Spooner
Eden World
MUSEE
Sheedshead Bar
ND Jockey Club
Whitehall St
Lander
Frauleit Hacker
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