Back to their books Army of 700000 pupils
The city’s return to school opened with nearly 700,000 pupils under 17,000 teachers across 590 public and about 100 parochial schools. Twenty new buildings added capacity for 26,090 students, while part time schooling affected nearly 60,000 pupils. A new deaf mute school began with 65 pupils under Principal Margaret A. Regan.
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Boston
St. Louis
Bettimore
Board of Education
Maxwell
Margaret A. Regan
East 23d Street
Health Department
Dor. Mensel
Stuyvegant Evening Trade School
East 1Sth Street
Manhattan
South Brooklyn
Fourth Avenue
40Th Street
Brooklyn
de Witt Clinton High School
Police guard Collinwood schools as tempers ease
Moveland September 14 police posted at Collinwood school buildings after threats from some parents of fire victims. No disorder occurred. The janitor and several formerly employed teachers from the burned school took roles in other Collinwood schools. An injunction blocks rebuilding on the burned site.
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Moveland
Collinwood
Negro girl in white school gains admission at Alton
Alton Illinois. Minnie Bibb eighteen years old uses a writ from the Illinois Supreme Court to enter the Washington School for whites in the third grade alongside children eight to ten. Her brother Ambrose with a similar suit is anticipated to join. More negroes seek entry as term begins amid mixed schools ruling.
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Tribune
Alton Til
Illinois Supreme Court
Minnie Bibb
Alton Public
Washington
Ambrose
Supreme Court
Glendale boy saves classmates from aggressive dog
Arthur Blank a twelve year old from Prospect Avenue Glendale Queens became a local hero on the first day of school. He shielded his fellow pupils from a snarling dog that attacked a girl, hanging onto the animal and delivering blows until others fled. He was injured in the struggle and the dog was shot. An ambulance surgeon treated his wounds at the German Hospital.
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Arthur Blank
Prospect Avenue
Glendale
Queens
Bisak
Deer in Captivity Kill Question Probed by Courts
A dispute arises between the State Forest Fish and Game Commission and Ford Chars of Loon Lake Hotel Company over whether an owner may kill captive deer in the close season. Courts will rule on the issue after Mr Chase, who bought deer in Canada, slaughtered five of them last month at his yard.
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Malone, N
State Forest, Fish and Game Commission
Ford Chars
Loon Lake Hotel Company
Chase
Canada
Auto Accident in Connecticut Injures Two On West Main Street
Frederick Arnold eight is hospitalized with a fractured skull after being struck by E Tocker of Larchmont driven by his son on West Main street Stamford. A second collision injured Patrick Reed whose left leg was broken by Dr Charles A Groves East Orange on West Main street as they returned from a tour. Swenven, the Groves chauffeur, was arrested.
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the Tribune
Stamford
Conn
Frederick Arnold
Tocker
Larchmont
West Main Street
Main Street
East Orange
Patrick Reed
Two Held for Connecticut Murder
New London Conn Sept 14 John G Bogar ius a private in the 160th Company United States Coast Artillery and William L Kiley of this elite charged with the murder of liver Copeland on September 6 were held without bail today
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New London, Conn
John G. Bogarius
160Th Company
United States Coast Artillery
William L. Kiley
Liver Copeland
Murder and self-inflicted death near Albany shock town
Albany Sept 4 police view as murder and suicide after the bodies of Michael J. O Leary a saloon keeper and his wife were found shot in the kitchen of H A Wilkinson s home on the Troy road. Wilkinson s sister said the couple stayed the previous night while watch for chicken thieves. She heard pleas for a revolver followed by two shots and found the two bodies with a revolver near O Leary.
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Albany
Troy Road
Michael J. O'Leary
H. A. Wilkingon
Thaw Transferred to White Plains Jail for Sanity Hearing
Harry K Thaw was moved from Poughkeepsie to White Plains where he will be confined until after the sanity hearing before Justice Mills on Monday He traveled by train and trolley carrying a tin box of papers and a battered suitcase with new clothing Horton the jail keeper helped place him inside and reporters were barred Thaw said he felt bully and hoped for freedom soon.
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Harry K. Thaw
Poughkeepsie
White Plains
Justice Mills
Supreme Court
Thaw
Sam” Horton
Tarrytown
Stanford White
Express
Horton
Portrait of Evelyn Thaw Seized in Leniency Spat Over Bill
Deputy Sheriff attaches a portrait of Evelyn Nesbit Thaw in a civil case brought by milliner Elise Hartwig for 253.25 dollars. Thaw allegedly owed Hartwig for pills after a regular patronage, refused payment, and left the portrait with Nassau Street attorneys as security. The case notes the "Angel Child" costume from Thaw’s trial, said to be designed by the architect who commissioned the portrait.
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McGigney
Foley
Elise Hartwig
West 29Th Street
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw
Thaw
Miss Hartwig
Daniel O'Reilly
Stiit
Thaw Rule Granted Over Contempt Claim in Pittsburgh
Albert F. Myers of Stone & Stone appeared before Judge Archbold in Scranton to seek a rule to show cause why Harry K. Thaw should not be held in contempt for failing to appear at a Pittsburg hearing before Referee Blair in the Thaw bankruptcy case. The court set Monday at 4 pm for arguments.
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Scranton
Penn
Albert F. Myers
Pittsburg
Archbold
Harry K. Thaw
Blair
Archbald
Myers
Stone & Stone
Archhbald
Poughkeepsie
Thaw
Minnehaha Survives Three Day Coal Fire At Sea
The Atlantic Transport liner Minnehaha returned after a three day mid Atlantic fire in her coal bunkers. Officers kept the incident quiet until the ship reached port and passengers learned of the blaze. No damage beyond the coal was reported.
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Mid- Atlantic
Japanese Spy Hunt in Boston Forces In Pursuit
Washington orders in Boston to locate and take into custody two Japanese believed to be spies. One photographed Winthrop and Revere fortifications, the other drawn outer harbor defenses. Authorities act pending investigation.
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The
Tribune
Boston
Washington
Winthrop and
Revere
Outer Harbor
Porto Rican Children Enter New York Schools After Ship Voyage
The New York and Porto Rico Steamship Co failed to provide nurseries on its steamers, sparking mischief as thirty Porto Rican youths disembarked in New York to pursue education. Officers and passengers on the Coamo recalled the pranks and the crew noted furniture and fittings scratched during the voyage.
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New York and
Porto Rico
Coamo
Oyster tongers arrested in Maryland
Enow Hill Md Sept 14 Sheriff Townsend has made thirty arrests among the oyster tongers who were last week engaged in despoiling the young oyster grounds of Sinepuxent Bay. The arrests were accomplished without any display of force. It grew out of wholesale violations of the law prohibiting taking oysters under two and a half inches long.
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Enow Hill
Townsend
Sinepuxent Bay
Army and Navy News Culting to Quit C A
Washington September 14 rumors swirl over leadership shake up at Citizens Union and plans for further service pay legislation. Congress faces tough odds on pay equity for officers and a line of promotions or retirement reforms. Movements of ships and key orders also reported.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Congress
Capitol
House
Senate
Naval and Military Committees
War and Navy Departments
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
James Beagles
Medical Corps
Eben C. Hill
Medical Reserve Corps
G. S. Willits
Ossining
Navy Yard
Puget Sound
W. M. Parks
Newport News
New York
R. T. Hall
J. ©. Fremont, Jr
Naval Proving Ground
Indian Head
Ensira D. L. Howard
Olympia
E. H. H. Old
Naval Hospital
Norfolk
H. L. Dollard
Rhode Island
G. G. Hart
Metcalf Praises Marines at Washington Welcome
Washington September reports a cordial welcome for the Marine Corps team admired for strong performances at Camp Perry and Sea Girt. General Elliot and officers greeted the unit at Union Station as the Marine Corps band played, with Metcalf noting Navy Department satisfaction in a letter to the commandant.
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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 announced by Roosevelt
President Roosevelt authorized names for ten torpedo boat destroyers led by Hiram Paulding and Percival Drayton, plus fifteen submarines named Stingray to Tuna. Colliers named Jupiter Cyclops and future purchases Vulcan Mars Hector. Names honor notable Civil War and early naval figures with public commendations.
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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
Farragut
Mobile Bay
Roe
Perkins
Andrew Sterret
Enterprise
Burrows
Warrington
Mayran
Court Martial of Captain Frank A Cook Concludes
Washington September 14 the court martial of Captain Frank A Cook of the subsistence department ends after several days of trial. Findings were not made public but will be sent through military channels to the President for review.
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Washington
Frank A. Cook
Subsistence Department of the Army
City Death Rate Drops to Seven Day Low
Last week the city recorded a death rate of 14.78, the lowest seven day period since June 20 when it was 13.45. Tuberculosis caused 153 deaths, Bright's disease and nephritis 102, with total deaths 1,219, 110 fewer than the 1970 week. Queens had the lowest rate at 12.56, Brooklyn 13.73, Manhattan 14.22, Richmond 17.01, The Bronx 19.11, and tenement houses show a year over year decrease.
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Bright
Queens
Brooklyn
Manhattan
Richmond
Bronx
Grand jury to probe M. and T. Bank in Brooklyn
Judge Lewis L. Fawcett returned to duty at the Brooklyn courthouse to swear in the September grand jury. The panel will investigate the Mechanics and Traders Bank and Gravesend racetrack cases, with representatives from the district attorney's office present.
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Lewis L. Fawcett
Brooklyn
Mechanics and Traders’ Bank
Coler
Elder
Gravesend
L trains on new bridge Wednesday test
Preliminary tests of elevated trains on the Williamsburg Bridge were successful yesterday. The real test follows today and regular elevated service should operate tomorrow. A separate notice mentions airline telephone woes affecting Saratoga and the Manchester conventions before the Tribune Office.
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New Bridge
Williamsburg Bridge
Reguar
Lone Airiines
Saratoga Anchester
Tribune
No Hardships for Colonel Stewart
Los Angeles reports Colonel W. S. Schuyler, senior officer in Arizona Territory, says Colonel W. F. Stewart at Fort Grant faces no undue hardship. Stewart, aged 59, claims he is fit for duty and will seek a court martial to gain a hearing. He plans to return to Fort Grant after a Wilcox stop.
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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 Schools
Chicago pupils resisting the board’s order to abandon fraternities mostly attend classes after signing “under protest” to abandon societies. Hyde Park saw some suspensions kept, with one girl forced to leave after police-aid threat. Board President Schneider argued signatures under protest preserve right to court action. Superintendent Croley met with fraternity reps to dissuade continued opposition. John C. Wilson prepared to seek court admission of pupils regardless of fraternity status.
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Chicago
Hyde Park
Loomis
Schneider
E. G. Croley
John C. Wilson
Return of Labrador Explorers to St John s
Eugene Delano of New York and Clarke Washburn of Chicago completed a Labrador expedition. They sailed from the seacoast to Grand Falls, a three hundred mile inland cascade, after ten weeks of difficult travel. The only prior American party, led by Henry Bryant of Philadelphia, reached the falls in 1892.
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St. John's
N. F
Labrador
Eugene Delano
New York
Clarke Washburn
Chicago
St. John’s
Grand Falls
Henry Bryant
Philadelphia
Steamboats Go Aground In Fog On Delaware
Heavy fog on the Delaware River and bay delayed shipping as two steamboats ran aground. About 200 passengers stayed aboard the Sylvan Glen after striking a jetty near Fort Mifflin. The Haverford carried 300 Liverpool passengers and anchored until visibility improved. The Pleasant Valley went aground near the navy yard and a government tug evacuated riders to the navy yard.
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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 For Society
The October Delineator notes that American society is shaped by a few limelight seekers who harm its reputation abroad. Mrs Astor laments their circus like entertainments and praises genuine hosts who welcome guests with introductions. She critiques political salons and predicts successors will rise as she steps down. She compliments New York youths as not degenerate and foresees a republic where money influences society.
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Mrs. Astor
America
Mr. Roosevelt
New York
Salesmanship Training at Boston Union Becomes Notable
A strong salesmanship training program at the Women's Educational and Industrial Union in Boston draws attention from educators social workers and business leaders nationwide. It links classroom study with half day store experience enabling saleswomen to learn by doing while teachers gain practical store knowledge and initiative.
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Women’s Educational and Industrial Union
Boston
Women's Union
Boston Union
Treatment of Drunkenness Highlighted by Bellevue Report
Bellevue and Allied Hospitals urge provision for treating drunks amid rising alcohol related insanity. Authorities call current leniency towards noncriminal drinkers uneconomic and push for out-door care and farm labor colonies to compel rehabilitation and remove liquor access.
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Bellevue
Allied Hospitals
T. Armstrong
M. S. Gregory
Armstrong
New York
Gregory
Antis in Syracuse Draw Large Suffrage Contingent
A Syracuse state fair segment drew large anti and pro suffrage factions with the New York State Association Opposed to Woman Suffrage led by Albany auxiliary leaders and Mrs Witten Douglas Miller. no speeches, literature and enrollments conducted at the women’s building while suffragists plan a Wednesday meeting led by Ella Hawley Crossett and Elizabeth Cook to discuss reform and the ballot.
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Syracuse
New York State Association
Albany
Witten
Douglas Miller
Miller
Thousand Islands
Arthur M. Dodge
New York
State Association
League For the Civic Education of Women
Richard Watson Gilder
Guidon Clu
Rossiter Johnson
Julian Heath
Ella Hawley Crossett
Warsaw
New York State Suffrage Association
Elizabeth Cook
Cornells
Orange jelly cups and charlotte russe tale in kitchen tips
A collection of kitchen guidance covers making orange jelly cups from halved oranges and half the juice, filling with charlotte russe, and pairing them. It includes using leftover fish in a cream sauce, serving chocolate beverages frozen to mush, and notes on sugar, salt, water, milk, alcohol flavors, and white pepper. It also warns on stove firebox fullness, reoxygenating canned goods, and rinsing vegetables before use. Charlotte russe is noted with jetty reference.
Surplice Styles Set Fashion Tone for Autumn
The Tribune Pattern notes surplice styles are feminine and versatile for the coming season. The simple overblouse offers a graceful, novel look suitable for various materials. Satin finished fabrics are forecast to have great vogue for autumn.
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Keeper
Evelyn Thaw
Minnehaha
Army and Navy News
C. A
Tacoma
Port Au Prince
Milwaukee
Amapala
San Francisco
Ranger
Colombo
Aden
John J. Murphy
Citizens Union
R. Fulton Cutting
Murphy
Union
Cutting
Europe
Executive Committee
Citizens of
City of
Grand Jury
T. Bank
Return OF
Altast
Alpia
Kentucky
Fates Andes
Lady Washington
Teleher
Belcher
Ophir
Overman
Savage Wees Confidence Ates
Sag Belcher
Cal & Eens
Sierra Nevada Tees
Imperial
Crown
Utah
Gould & Curry Hale & Norcross Steeeee
Limelight
Antis
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