Commissioner Bingham retracts crime figures controversy ends
Commissioner Bingham returns from vacation and disavows fault in the Jewish crime statistics he published. He explains he did not compile the figures, which were found unreliable, and says no prejudice was intended. Jewish leaders plan to form a research bureau to verify facts and continue the discussion.
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Bingham
York City
J. Katz
North American Review
New York
House of Refuge
Secret Service
Katz
Mr. Kats
Bureau of Research
Baker
Bughe
Hanson
Woods
Francis J. Oppenheimer
Louis Marshall
Joseph Barendess
Clinton Hall
No Resignations for Bingham Emphasizes Staff Stability
Commissioner Bingham stated he has received no resignations from his deputy staff and does not expect any. He denied contemplating resigning and said he is unaware of any threats of resignations, adding the Mayor has not asked him to step down.
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Bingham
Bugher
Old Guard Hosts Wa Wa Yanda Club Marquee Visit
Fifty eight members of the Old Guard were guests yesterday of Major Charles A. Stadler at the Wa Wa Yanda Fishing Club. Captain Henry Oakley piloted the party across Great South Bay from Babylon to Cap Island in a club launch named after the club. After a formal welcome and flag salute, the group dined under C. J. Warner’s supervision with speakers including Major Stadler and General A. L. Kline. Commissioner Clarence Barrom and J. C. Bathorn also attended the event.
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Old Guard
Charles A. Stadler
Wa Wa Yanda
Henry Oakley
John Adams
Great South Bay
Babylon
Cap Island
C. J. Warner
Major Stadler
Wasson
A. L. Kline
Horace H. Brock
State game protectors ready for Adirondack hunting season
Albany reports the start of the year season in the Adirondacks runs from D-day to October 31. The State Forest Fish and Game Commission orders hunters to carry licenses. Twenty two protectors departed for the Adirondacks to enforce the new game laws. In August 10,000 licenses were issued and more are expected in September as hunting applications surge.
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Albany
Adirondacks
State Forest, Fish and Game Commission
Typothetes Officers Re-Elected In United Typothetes
The United Typothetes of America re elected principal officers for another year. E Lawrence Fell of Philadelphia remains president with Wilson H Lee of Ben Haven as vice president and John Macintyre of New York as secretary. A M Glassbrenner of Indianapolis was chosen treasurer. An executive committee of nineteen members was also elected. The national head quarters will stay in New York. The policy declaration approved by the executive committee in February was adopted.
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United Typothétes of America
E. Lawrence Fell
Philadelphia
Wilson H. Lee
Ben Haven
John Macintyre
New York
A. M. Glassbrenner
Indianapolis
$30,000 Check Forger Named In Washington City Case
Biographical sketch traces the subject from public schools in Sylvania and St. James College to Yale and various Wall Street firms. It details a career across Gould Brims Bouldin Hunter Clarke Jacob and Cooper & Co, with a noted forgery error by Clarke, a Sing Sing term, and the eventual dissolution of Cooper & Co in 1899. The piece notes clubs, homes at The Den in Larchmont, and a wife seeking him.
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Lehman H. Webb
Philadelphia
S. V. White
Cooper
Gould, Brims & Bouldin
No. 5
Wall Street
Hunter
Clarke
New York
Sing Sing
John Hunter, Jr
Hunter & Battle
F. K. Hunter
New York Stock Exchange
House of Cooper & Co
Arthur M. Hunter
The
Stock Exchange
Calumet
Manhattan
Yale and
Westchester
Yale Alumni Association
Metropolitan Club
Washington
Larchmont
Den
Gerald S. Haywood
Broker's Wife Afraid of Kidnapping at Wall Street
Mrs. William G. Stoughton, living apart since February, told Tenderloin police she fears her broker husband will kidnap her and send her to an insane asylum. She requested protection, claiming he threatened a prior attempt and has offices at 29 Wall Street. She appeared nervous but mentally sound.
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William G. Stoughton
Wall Street
Tenderloin
Dempsey
Stoughton
Bobbin Boy General Bronze Dedication at State House
In Boston on September 16 a bronze statue of Major General Nathaniel P. Banks was unveiled on the State House grounds. Descendants of Banks attended along with Gen Banks's comrade officers. Acting Governor Draper accepted the statue for the state while ex-Attorney General Parker delivered the oration.
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N. P. Banks
State House Grounds
Boston
Nathaniel P. Banks
Henry E. Kitson
State House
General Banks
Paul Sterling
Melrose
Paul Sterling, Jr
Banks
Eben S. Draper
Herbert Parker
Seminary Dedication in Catskill Mount Saint Anthony on the Hudson
Archbishop Falconio Apostolic Delegate to the United States from Rome arrives in Catskill New York with Father Blecke and Dr Ferrari to attend the dedication of the Franciscan Seminary to be named Mount St Anthony on the Hudson. A reception committee of diocesan priests Knights of Columbus Holy Name Society seminary student body and St Patrick's Academy pupils meet the delegation at the ferry.
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Catskill
N. Y
Archbishop Falconio
United States
Rome
Father Blecke
Ferrari
New York City
Washington
Mount St. Anthony
Hudson
Falconio
Ferry
Knights of Columbus
Holy Name Society
St. Patrick’s Academy
3 Cent Fare Line Incorporated In New York
Albany reports the Greater New York Traction Company has been incorporated to operate a mile of electric street railway. Capital is 15000 with 1500 paid in. Route from Chambers and William through William to Maiden Lane and onward to Broadway Cortlandt West Fulton South streets. Incorporators include C F Thum Arthur G Still Joseph W Spencer Frank S Burns Charles M Koop John A Gallagher A C Austin Jr E M Fuller and R W Alexander.
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Albany
Greater New York Traction Company
Chambers and
William Streets
William Street
Maiden Lane
Broadway
Cortlandt Street
West Street
Fulton Street
South Street
Nichols & Walsh
No. 128
Madison Avenue
R. W. Alexander
Westth Street
New York City
Chief of Police Arrested in Narragansett Pier Gambling Case
Narragansett Pier chief James D. Ca was arrested by Constable Lyman Cransto of South Kingstown on a complaint by John G. Cross for wilful and unlawful neglect and refusal to enforce state gambling laws. The charge centers on not closing alleged gambling places at Narragansett Pier.
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Narragansett Pier
R. L
James D. Ca
Naragansett Pier
Lyman K. Cransto
South Kingstown
John G. Cross
Narragensett Pice
Warning to all clubs on new excise law powers
The act expands excise powers to search premises suspected of illegal liquor storage or sales. Clubs without licenses must stop selling to members and guests or face confiscation. In Manhattan and The Bronx, a rush of applications and bonds accompanied the rollout with certificates dated October 1 for a one year term.
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Excise Department
Office of the Commissioner of Excise
Bronx
Manhattan
Moses M. McKee
Madison Avenue
Guatemala Opens International Central American Bureau
Dr Ramon Bengoechea Consul General of Guatemala in this city received a cable from Senior Barrios Minister of Foreign Affairs announcing the official opening in Guatemala City of the International Central American Bureau. President Cabrera officiated at the ceremonies. the bureau mirrors the Bureau of American Republics in Washington but operates independently. It is a product of the Washington peace conference and aims to strengthen relations among Central American republics.
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Ramon Bengoechea
Guatemala
Barrios
Republic
Guatemala City
International Central American Bureau
Estrada Cabrera
Central America
Bureau of American Republics
Washington
Cabrera
Russia to float 400 million franc loan in Paris
Paris reports indicate Russia plans a new 400 million franc loan to fund the retirement of 800 million francs of 5 percent treasury notes due next spring and to take up 414 percent bonds, shifting debt in the French market.
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Paris
Treasury
freight rate hike urged by traveling agents
In Seattle on September 16 the American Association of Travelling Passenger Agents adopted a resolution urging higher freight rates. The group aimed to present the railroad view to the public and seek cooperation to restore prosperity for about 1,700,000 railroad employees.
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Seattle
American Association of Travelling Passenger Agents
American Association of Travelling
Railroad shops go on full time in Scranton
Scranton Delaware Lackawanna and Western Railroad shops here were ordered on full time today after weeks on short time. The decision affects employed workers and shop operations in the Scranton facility.
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Scranton
Penn
Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad
Reading Company Yearly Report Highlights Earnings Surplus
The Reading Company and its allied firms report fiscal year results ending June 30. Railway receipts fell slightly to 42.66 million with net earnings of 17.2 million. Coal and iron earnings rose to 3.71 million, while total group surplus reached 9.45 million. Traffic declines offset by other income boosts amid fare law issues. Anthracite production rose to 11.914 million tons with lower mining costs and higher realized prices.
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Reading Company
Philadelphia & Reading Railway Company
Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company
Coal and Iron Company
Interstate Commerce Commission
Pennsylvania Railroad
Supreme Court of
State
Commonwealth
Philadelphia & Reading Railway
Welcome for Fleet to Meet Atlantic Squadron in Homecoming
Washington announces plans for a joint military naval parade and shore demonstration as the Atlantic fleet returns. Likely rendezvous at Gibraltar with battleships New Hampshire Idaho Mississippi and possibly Montana and North Carolina under Rear Admiral Conway. Ships then sail to Cuban waters for target practice before maneuvers and overhaul at New York and other yards.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Navy Department
Lkely
Gibraltar
New Hampshire
Idah
Mississippi
Montana
North Carolina
C. H. Conway
Dolphin
Cuban
Guantanamo
New York
Congress
Reward for Arrest of Deserters in Washington
Washington September 16 A War Department order announces a five dollar reward for delivering a deserter to a military post or designated place. The payment covers all expenses. secretary of war may reduce the amount in special cases.
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Washington
War Department
Secretary of War
Martin L. Hellings Killed By Train Near Devon
Martin L. Hellings fifty head of the United States signal corps at Havana during the Spanish American War was struck by a train and killed while walking on the Pennsylvania railroad tracks near his Devon home today.
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Philadelphia
Martin L. Hellings
United States Signal Corps
Havana
Devon
Mr. Hellings
Submarine Deep Dive Off Buzzard's Bay
Newport R I Sept 16 It was learned tonight that the submarine Octopus submerged to a depth of 107 feet during the planned attack on the cruiser Yankee in Buzzards Bay last Friday The vessel carried Lieutenant Charles E Courtney and ten crewmen marking one of the deepest dives under similar conditions Previously the same boat sank two hundred feet off Boston Light last year but with no crew aboard.
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Newport
R. I
Yankee
Buzzard
Ebay
Octopus
Charles E. Courtney
Boston Light
Iron Trade Conditions Reported Amid Election Hesitation
The Iron Age notes buyer hesitation due to elections while Pittsburg reports robbers eyeing sheets pipes and wire. Some pig iron inquiries for 1903 exist but sellers seek higher prices. Prices in Chicago fall from 17 to 1650 for No 2 foundry iron as demand weakens. The Iron Trade Review sees slow recovery. rail buys aid brief, 200000 tons ore sold, forest fires disrupt miners, and Southern iron pressures prices.
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Pittsburg
South
Southwest
Pacific Coast
Alabama
Virginia
Chicago
The
Iron Trade Review
Cleveland
German professor and wife discuss kindergartens abroad
Mrs. Carl Clemens, wife of Bonn University theology professor, travels to Chicago with her husband to lecture while she explains her focus on cooking and housework plus study of Froebelian and German kindergarten methods. They note differing norms for married women, co education, and rising athletics under the current emperor.
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Carl Clemens
Bonn University
New York
Chicago
Clemens
Comenius Seminar
Bonn
Germany
Froebel
America
England
Dr. Clemens
The Millinery Review Smears Paradise Birds Gift
The Millinery Review ridicules the American Museum of Natural History bird of Paradise collection. It mocks critics who condemn a milliner for owning or displaying the birds while praising wealthier society women for similar holdings. The piece calls out double standards among Audubon supporters and editorial praise.
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Mi‘linery - Se
American Museum of Natural History
Audubons
Tricks of the trade and oyster boosting practice cited
Cattle dealers sometimes feed cattle water before scales to inflate weight and oysters undergo a “drinking” process in fresh water to swell and look plump. An authority warns the method risks polluted water and oyster germs entering the food, tainting the product and posing health concerns.
Ways of getting a gown and dress agencies in London
The article explains how dress agencies help women with limited incomes maintain fashionable appearances. Buyers scout Paris and Viennese houses, ship models to London, and finalize alterations locally. Agencies avoid secondhand gowns, do not copy designs, and enable high priced gowns or multiple affordable options, aiding women to stay in style while budgets constrain.
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Paris
London
The Happiest Woman in the World Says Dr Aked
Rev Dr Charles F Aked argues in The New Idea Magazine that the American wife is the happiest woman, having leisure money independence and influence. He contrasts American women with foreign counterparts and condemns domestic tyranny, noting class disparities and a push for equality in marriage.
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Charles F. Aked
Fifth Avenue Artist Church
Aked
America
Jill
Jack
Old Landy
Trade League Congress Plans National Convention
The Woman's Trade Union League to hold a national convention September 26 23 in three sections at Chicago Boston and New York Delegates from Pennsylvania New Jersey New York and Connecticut will attend The New York meeting features red unions The event opens with a reception hosted by Miss Dreier at 6 Montague Terrace Brooklyn Raymond Robins will speak at Berkeley Lyceum Labor Temple will host Sunday meetings Ball at Clinton Hall Monday night closes the convention with a folk dance and labor song chorus
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Woman's Trade Union League
Chicago
Boston
New York
Pennsylvania
New Jarsey
Connecticut
Miss Dreier
The
Lrag
Elegant draperies gain season’s simple skirt trend
The Tribune Pattern notes long clinging draperies dominate the season with an easy to make skirt. The example uses safe satin and button trimming, suited to many fabrics as soft draping is emphasized. Chiffon broadcloth would be handsome in this treatment.
Pattern No 623 Offers Wide Range of Dress Materials
The notice describes fabrics like crepe and satin to suit vogue for various sizes, detailing required yardage for medium size and pattern No 623 cut to several waist measures. Pattern Department of the New York Tribune asks readers to send the pattern number and waist size with payment, offering mail service by return postage for urgent requests.
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New York Tribune
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