Back to Their Books Army of 700000 Pupils
Another first day of school sees nearly 700000 children enrolled across 590 public and about 100 parochial schools. 17000 teachers oversee nearly 40000 pupils in public schools and about 69000 in parochial. New deaf mute school opens with 65 pupils under Miss Margaret A Regan in East 234 Street. Health officials screen pupils. evening schools Registration begins for 15 programs including Stuyvesant Evening Trade School and South Brooklyn Evening High School. Dr Maxwell plans with principals at De Witt Clinton High School today.
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Boston
St. Louis
Beltimore
Maxwell
Margaret A. Regan
East 234 Street
Health Department
Rensel
Stuyvegant Evening Trade School
East 15Th Street
Manhattan
South Brooklyn
Fourth Avenue
40Th Street
Brooklyn
de Witt Clinton High School
Police Guard Collinwood Schools in Cleveland
Police backed Collinwood schools in Cleveland as the fall term started amid parental threats following last March's deadly fire. No disorders occurred, and the janitor and some teachers from the burned school took positions in other Collinwood schools despite protests and a court injunction blocking a new building on the site.
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Cleveland
Collinwood
Negro girl admitted to Alton white school for whites
Minnie Bibb an eighteen year old, armed with a Supreme Court writ, forced admission to Alton public schools for whites. She was placed in Washington School third grade with white classmates aged eight to ten. Her brother Ambrose and others pending similar suits may seek entry as schools reassess room and desegregation.
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Tribune
Alton Jil
Quinois Supreme Court
Minnie Bibb
Alton Public Schools
Washington
Ambrose
Supreme Court
Glendale Boy Heroically Stops Attacking Dog
Arthur Blank a twelve year old boy from 78 Prospect Avenue Glendale Queens protected classmates on the first day of school by grabbing the attacking dog. He sustained bites to his legs and hands but kept others safe and the dog was shot. An ambulance surgeon treated him.
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Arthur Blank
Prospect Avenue
Glendale
Queens
Biank
Deer in Captivity Kill Question Reaches Courts
Malone New York Sept 14 A dispute between Ford Chars of the Loon Lake Hotel Company and the State Forest Fish and Game Commission over killing deer in captivity prompts court action. Mr Chase had acquired several elk from Canada years ago and kept them near the hotel. He slaughtered five of the animals last month.
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Malone
N. Y
State Forest, Fish and Game Commission
Ford Chars
Loon Lake Hotel Company
Chase
Canada
Auto Accident in Connecticut Injures Boys
Frederick Arnold eight struck while crossing West Main street by Ec Tocker of Larchmont his skull fractured and he is hospitalized. Tocker’s son drove the car. A second car passed in front. Patrick Reed was struck on West Main street breaking his left leg by Dr Charles A Groves East Orange whose chauffeur Olaf Swansen was arrested.
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the Tribune
Stamford
Conn
Frederick Arnold
Ec. Tocker
Larchmont
West Main Street
East Orange
Patrick Reed
Two Held For Connecticut Murder
New London Conn Sept 14 John G Bogarius a private in the 190th Company United States Coast Artillery and William L Kiley of this city charged with the murder of Dyer Copeland on September 6 were held without bail today.
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New London
Conn
John G. Bogarius
190Th Company
United States Coast Artillery
William L. Kiley
Dyer Copeland
Murder and death by own action near Albany
Police believe a domestic murder suicide occurred on the Troy road near Albany. Michael J. O Leary a saloon keeper, shot his wife Mrs O Leary and then killed himself after pleading for a revolver as chickens thieves were reported nearby. The bodies lay in the Wilkinson home where the couple had stayed the night.
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Albany
Troy Road
Michael J. O'Leary
H. A. Wilkinson
Thaw Transferred to White Plains Jail for Sanity Hearing
Harry K. Thaw arrived in White Plains after trips from Poughkeepsie and Tarrytown to await a sanity hearing before Justice Mills Monday. He carried a tin box with papers and a large trunk shipped ahead, while jailer Sam Horton stalled reporters. Thaw said he felt well and hoped for freedom soon despite not eating since breakfast.
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Harry K. Thaw
Poughkeepsie
White Plains
Justice Mills
Supreme Court
Thaw
Sam” Horton
Tarrytown
Stanford White
Express
Horton
Portrait Attached in Thaw Hartwig Suit Narrows Witness
Deputy Sheriff attaches a portrait of Evelyn Nesbit Thaw to satisfy a $253.25 Municipal Court judgment against her in a Milliner Elise Hartwig case. Thaw, previously paying bills, left the Mann portrait at Nassau Street attorneys’ office after failing to settle. An alleged link ties the Angel Child costume to the architect who allegedly designed it.
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McGivney
Foley
Elise Hartwig
No. 9
West 29Th Street
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw
Thaw
Miss Hartwig
Daniel O'Reilly
Stiit
Thaw Rule Granted in Contempt Proceeding
In Scranton Pa Albert F Myers of Pittsburg asked Judge Archbold for a rule to show cause why Harry K Thaw should not be held in contempt for missing a Pittsburg hearing in the Thaw bankruptcy case The judge set Monday at 10 to hear arguments Myers represents Thaw in bankruptcy proceedings Archbold noted Thaw could not appear while reportedly jailed in Poughkeepsie and the referee had no official record of his confinement.
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Scranton
Penn
Albert F. Myers
Pittsburg
Archbold
Harry K. Thaw
Blair
Archbald
Myers
Stone & Stone
Archhbald
Poughkeepsie
Minnehaha Battles In-Flight Fire En Route To Port
The Atlantic liners Minnehaha arrived after a three day mid Atlantic fire in her coal bunkers. Officers kept the incident quiet until control was gained. Passengers learned of the blaze upon docking with only coal damage reported and no injuries.
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Mid- Atlantic
Japanese Spy Hunt in Boston Seizes Two Suspected Spies
Boston authorities moved under orders from Washington to locate and custody two Japanese nationals believed to be spies. One photographed Winthrop and Revere fortifications while the other was observed drawing outer harbor defenses.
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Tribune
Boston
Washington
Winthrop and
Revere
Outer Harbor
These Children a Sea Honor and Its Harsh Aftermath
The New York and Porto Rico Steamship Company lacked nurseries on its Porto Rico service. Floating mischief followed as thirty Porto Rican children, educated on the island, joined New York-bound voyages and tormented officers and passengers on the Coamo with practical jokes, making life aboard nearly unbearable for most.
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New York
Oyster tongers arrested in Maryland waters
Enow Hill, Md. Sept. 14. Short Townsend reports thirty arrests of oyster tongers who desecrated Sinepuxent Bay by taking undersized oysters. Arrests occurred without force as authorities quell a week of law violations prohibiting harvesting oysters under two and a half inches.
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Enow Hill
Short Townsend
Sinepuxent Bay
Service Pay Legislation and Naval Orders Across War Departments
Washington reports plan for further service pay reforms in Congress, aiming to equalize allowances for officers. Proposals include restoring detached duty line officers and alternating promotion by selection, but chances appear slim due to cost. Army and Navy orders issued cover retirements and transfers. vessel movements include Mayflower and Ranger statuses. Rumor circulates that John J. Murphy may resign from Citizens Union, with executive committee to decide by October. Murphy confirms May resignation and notes ongoing friendly relations with R. Fulton Cutting.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Congress
Capitol
House
Senate
Naval and Military Committees
War and Navy Departments
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
John J. Murphy
Citizens Union
R. Fulton Cutting
Murphy
Union
Cutting
Europe
Executive Committee
New York
Metcalf Praises Marines After Camp Perry Shift
Washington welcomes marine corps team praised for exemplary work at Camp Perry and Sea Girt. General Elliot and officers greet the unit at Union Station as Navy Secretary Metcalf commends the team for outstanding service and notes it was chosen from a limited shore duty quota.
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Washington
Marine Corps
Camp Perry
Sea Girt
Union Station
Marine Corps Band
Elliot
Metcalf
Navy Department
United States
Names for New War Vessels Named by Roosevelt
President Roosevelt authorized names for ten torpedo boat destroyers and fifteen submarines. The destroyers include Hiram Paulding Percival Drayton Francis A Roe Edward Terry George H Perkins Andrew Sterrett Edward R McCall William Burrows Lewis Warrington John Mayran. Submarines bear the Stingray Tarpon Bonita Snapper Narwhal Grayling Salmon Carp Barracuda Pickerel Skate Skipjack Sturgeon Thrasher Tuna. Colliers will be Jupiter Cyclops Vulcan Mars Hector. Names honor naval leaders like Paulding Craton Roe Terry Perkins Sterret McCall Burrows Warrington and Mayran with cited Civil War and 19th century actions.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Hiram Paulding
Percival Drayton
Francis A. Roe
Edward Terry
George H. Perkins
Andrew Sterrett
Edward R. McCall
William Burrows
Lewis Warrington
John Mayran
Lincoln
Percival Craton
Farragut
Mobile Bay
Roe
Perkins
Andrew Sterret
Enterprise
Burrows
Warrington
Mayran
Cook Court Martial Concludes With Unspecified Findings
Washington September 14 The Cook Court Martial for Captain Frank A. Cook of the subsistence department ended today. Findings will be referred through military channels to the President, and were not made public at once.
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Washington
Martin
Frank A. Cook
Subsistence Department of the Army
Death rate for city at seven day low since June
Last week the city recorded a 14.78 death rate, the lowest seven day total since June 20 when it was 13.45. Overall deaths fell 110 from the prior year with Queens lowest at 12.56 and a reduction in fatalities in tenement houses to 578 from 668.
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Bright
Queens
Brooklyn
Manhattan
Richmond
Bronx
Grand Jury to Probe M. and T. Bank
Judge Lewis L. Fawcett, back after illness, swore in the September grand jury in Brooklyn. The panel will probe Mechanics and Traders Bank affairs and race track cases, with Deputy A D A Eld er’s team at Gravesend racetrack as a meeting opened yesterday.
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Lewis L. Fawcett
Brooklyn
Mechanics and Traders’ Bank
Coler
Elder
Gravesend
Trains On Williamsburg Bridge Set To Begin Regular Service
Preliminary trials of elevated trains over the Williamsburg Bridge were successful yesterday. The real test is today with full elevated service to operate tomorrow. Long distance telephone bulletins from Saratoga and Rochester conventions will be displayed at the Tribune Office today.
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New Bridge
Williamsburg Bridge
Reguar
Saratoga
Rochester
Tribune
No Hazards Seen In Fort Grant Exile Says Col Schuyler
Los Angeles reports Colonel W S Schuyler says Colonel W F Stewart at Fort Grant in Arizona faces no hardships and remains content. He notes Stewart has a good house and two men, plans to return for duty, and will fight retirement via court martial if denied a hearing. Stewart refuses to yield.
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Tribune
Los Angeles
W. S. Schuyler
Arizona Territory
Atascadero
Cal
W. F. Stewart
Fort Grant
Arizona
Stewart
Schuyler
Colonel Schuyler
Fort Huachuca
War Department
Thomas
Denver
Wilcox
Ariz
William Nail
The Fraternity Question in Chicago High Schools
High school students resisting orders to abandon fraternities signed protests to attend classes, leading to a compromise. Hyde Park saw some suspensions persist without protest signs, while police aid was threatened. Board President Schneider defended preserving court options, and Superintendent Cooley urged fraternities to avoid further conflict while attorney Wilson prepared to pursue court action for admission regardless of membership.
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Chicago
Hyde Park
Loomis
Schneider
E. G. Cooley
John C. Wilson
Return of Labrador Explorers Reach St Johns
Eugene Delano of New York and Clarke Washburn of Chicago completed a Labrador expedition after nearly three months. They traveled from the coast to Grand Falls, a famed cascade about 300 miles inland, a journey of ten weeks. The prior American party to do this was led by Henry Bryant of Philadelphia in 1892.
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St. John's
N. F
Labrador
Eugene Delano
New York
Clarke Washburn
Chicago
Grand Falls
Henry Bryant
Philadelphia
STEAMBOATS GO AGROUND IN FOG ON DELAWARE
Heavy fog on the Delaware River and bay caused two steamboats to run aground and kept about two hundred passengers aboard a vessel overnight. The Sylvan Glen struck a jetty at Fort Mifflin and sprang a leak, forcing beaching. The Pleasant Valley grounded near the navy yard and passengers were taken ashore by a government tug.
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Philadelphia
Delaware River
Haverford
Liverpool
Sylvan Glen
Wilmington
Del
Fort Mifflin
Pleasant Valley
Delaware
Navy Yard
Limelight Seekers Criticized By Mrs Astor In Delineator
The October Delineator notes that a small circle of society lovers shape American views abroad. Mrs. Astor says these movers of notoriety harm the good name of American society. She praises NY youths while predicting others will rise after her era ends and defends democratic republic ideals.
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Mrs. Astor
America
Mr. Roosevelt
New York
Teaching salesmanship at Boston union gains national notice
The Women's Educational and Industrial Union in Boston offers a practical salesmanship teaching method gaining attention from educators social workers and business leaders nationwide. It blends theory with real shop experience half of pupils being employed and working behind the counter to apply morning lessons.
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Women's Educational and Industrial Union
Boston
Women’s Union
Boston Union
Bellevue and Allied Hospitals urge treatment for alcohol insanity
The Bellevue and Allied Hospitals annual report highlights alcohol related insanity accounting for over 10 percent of psychopathic ward admissions and over 40 percent involving alcohol. Doctors urge preventive measures, better curative institutions, and possible farm labor colony in New York to involuntarily commit habitual drinkers and provide outdoor or special treatment.
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Bellevue
S. T. Armstrong
M. 8
Gregory
Armstrong
New York
Antis in Syracuse at State Fair draw suffragist crowds
Large contingents of suffragists and anti suffrage activists gathered in Syracuse for the state fair. The New York State Association Opposed Woman Suffrage delegated Albany auxiliaries with Mrs. Wilt and Mrs. Miller as organizers. The anti booth featured Stars and Stripes and lingo opposing suffrage. No speeches planned. literature distribution and member enrollment planned with a reception in the woman’s building.
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Syracuse
Anuis
New York State Association
Poe
Albany
Wilt
Douglas Miller
Miller Leggy
Julian Heath
State Association
New York
Ella Hawley Crossett
Warsaw
New York State Suffrage Association
Elizabeth Cook
Cornelis
Household Talks on Orange Jelly and Fancy Dishes
Recipes cover orange jelly in orange cups tied with ribbons, a charlotte russe filling, and pairing. It suggests fish crostini with cream sauce, cayenne and parsley, and frosted chocolate served in sherbet glasses. Tips warn about alcohol flavorings, white pepper benefits, and proper stove draft and can contents.
Surplice Styles Predict Autumn Fashion Vogue
The Tribune Pattern notes surplice styles remain pretty and chic for the coming season. Overblouse designs are simple graceful and versatile across materials. Satin finishes are forecast to be especially popular this autumn.
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Return OF
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Best & Helcher
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