The Downfall of New Yorks Underworld and Becker Doom
A sprawling 1912 era tale traces the rise and fall of Herman Rosenthal Becker and the underworld in Forty fifth Street Broadway and Tenderloin New York City The piece depicts Becker the Magnificent policing power and his histrionic allies the gunmen and gamblers led to Rosenthal murder and a wider exposure of police corruption and underworld operations across Harlem and the Metropole and the Bowery.
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New York
Becker
Jack
Blue
Sing Sing
Forty-fifth Street
Sixth Avenue
Broadway
Putridl
House of Aung
Heérman
Caarley
Acral
Torney
Rosenthal
Nits
New Yok City
Catskill
Jack Rose
Rose
Union Square
Hecker
Lamb
Waldo
Um Press
Corelgan
McAdoo
Gaynor
Bose
Ruge
Brotherhood
Becher
Leas Akillful Béchker
Shane
Bowery
Ag Graas
Harry Vallon
Roxe
Andy
Zelig
Firat
Zellg
Zelle
Hia Far
Underworld
Lotster
Col Sternberger
New York National Guard
Rowse
Whitey” Lewis
Letty Lyle
Hose
Zella
Zeligs
Herman Rosenthal
Lieut Becker
Whitman
Fes
Weill
Boston
Baltimore
San Francisco
Sherlock Holmes
Lewis
Letty Louis
Hiveralde Drive
Whitechapel
Jack Relig
Gyp
Lefty
Loule
Order of Turkish Bath
New York City
Hosa
Bridney
Webber
Forner
Forty-second Street
Liautenant
Don
Rozen
Charley
Walton
Lowie
Lafayette Bathe
Burns
Himselé
Charles & Whitman
Sing Bing
Ramaina
Hotel Metropole
Grand Jury
Law and Order
Egme
Jack Hulk
Manier
HY Rose
Bridgey* Webber
Metropole
Lesa
Herman
Bedker
Roneutside
Murray Hil
Thia
Hease
Jack Rowe
Forty-seventh Street
Barker
Italian Refugees From Austria Crowd Milan
Italian refugees from Trieste Pola and nearby districts pour into Milan after long odyssey. Women and children predominate with few men. Refugees describe deportation by Austrian authorities into cattle cars, harsh conditions, and swift repatriation via Switzerland aided by Red Cross. Many find shelter in Milan and await family reunification while the war effort and Italian resilience are noted.
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Austria
Milan
Italy
Trieste
Pola
Legion
Babas
pHifulneas
Triste
Polu
Vence
United States
Switzerland
Penfield
Vienna
Lipnitz
Poland
Hungary
Pinfield
Buchs
Swiss Red Cross
Republic
Chiasso
Como Red Cross Committee
Soi Ag
Rel Cross
Ble
Asylum
Virginia State Bar Association Elects New Officers
Special to The Washington Post White Sulphur Springs West Virginia August 1 The Virginia State Bar Association unanimously elected the slate recommended by the nominations committee Eppa Hunton of Richmond as President a line of vice presidents N C Manson Jr of Lynchburg Fitzhugh Elder of Staunton H N Hawthorne and Joseph A Massie of Newport News and Richard Wilson Secretary and Treasurer John B Miner of Richmond L H Macken of Alexandria James H Corbitt of Suffolk were elected to the executive committee Delegates to the American Bar Association meeting Henry W Anderson and Eugene C Massie of Richmond Judge R T W Duke of Charlottesville
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Washington Post
White Sulphur Springs
W Va
Virginia tSute Bar Association
Eppa Hunton
Richmond
N C Manson, Jr
Lynchburg
Fitzhugh Elder
Staunton
H. N Hawthorne
Joseph Aa Massie
Newport News
Richard Wilson
John B Miner
L H
Suit Goes On Despite War Over Wireless Station Sale
In Trenton New Jersey Chancellor Stevens refused a German corporation’s request to postpone a hearing in a French suit seeking to compel the German firm to dispose of its wireless telegraph station at Tuckerton. The ruling holds that the war cannot halt litigation over land title and that New Jersey courts have exclusive jurisdiction.
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Trenton
Augus
Stevens
Court of Chancery
Court of Chancery of
New Jersey
Tuckerton NJ
Dange Stevens
Diver Dies in Intake at Highland Park Pittsburgh
Hundreds gathered in Highland Park Monday as police and water bureau workers freed diver Charles Carpenter from a Blind pipe between reservoirs. A cable snapped as he entered to clear an obstruction, trapping him behind a heavy iron door. Divers and pumps continued, and five hours passed before Carpenter's body was recovered. His mother and sister waited in the crowd for news.
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Pittsburgh
Highland Park
Water Bureau
Charles Carpenter
Carpenter
Pacific Mail to Withdraw Transpacific Liners
The Pacific Mail Steamship Company announced the cessation of its five transpacific liners with the Mongolia to depart San Francisco on November 2. The move follows the La Follette seamen's law taking effect November 4, leaving Japanese lines with a monopoly on transpacific trade out of the port.
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Mail Steamship Company
San Francisco
Cal
Pacific Mail Steamamp Company
Immense
Steamship Corporation
Pacific Ocean
Orient
Mongolia
la Follette
Transpacffc Bdusineba
Misery in the Orient and India’s Caste Slavery
A report on Sev enth Day Adventists leader A G Daniella’s tour of Asia and India. He condemns caste oppression and Heathenism, noting thriving missions and schools, with witnesses of extreme poverty among outcastes. He claims caste bars marriage and literacy are widespread in India.
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India
Ching
A. G
Daniella
General
World Conference of
Seventh Day Adventists
Takoma Park
Camella
Kaiyan
Bombay
Weod
Washington
Preventing Coal Mine Explosions Through Dust Barriers
The Bureau of Mines concludes explosions can be prevented if precautions are followed and dust clumps are controlled. Only 15 of 100 mines examined used protections, with many lacking systematic watering. Rock dust barriers, shelves of stone dust, could smother flames and stop secondary explosions, George Rice notes.
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Bureau of Mines
George & Rice
Bureau
Mr Rice
Benera
Helgium
Nongasoua
Burad
Burgaus
Reunion of Odd Fellows in Pen Mar Park Draws Thousands
The initial reunion of the Odd Fellows of Maryland Pennsylvania Virginia West Virginia and the District of Columbia drew about ten thousand attendees at Pen Mar Park August. Exercises occurred in the park with exhibition drill by Patriarchs Militant and Daughters of Rebekah. Esther Rebekah lodge of Washington featured a drill. Grand Master Maryland William H Hofstetter Jr of Baltimore led the program, with Grand Master the Rev David J Ash of West Virginia delivering the invocation and past Grand Master Wilson K Mohr delivering the principal address.
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Washington Post
Hagerstown
Odd Fellows of
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Virginia
West Virginia
District of Columbia
Pen Mar Park
Park
Patriarchs
Militant
Daughters
Rebekah
Weat
Wilson K Mohr
Alton B Parker in Pulpit at Berkeley Meeting
Judge Alton B Parker Democratic candidate for president in 1904 spoke at Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church in Berkeley on August 7 urging public support for stronger submarine defenses. He argued Congress must build submarines and bases for protection of wealth and sons, noting his attendance at the Word's Day Congress in Oakland.
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Berkeley
Cal
Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church
A. B Parker
Congress
Judge Parker
Oakland
Haiti in Need of Food Amid Revolution and Famine
Haiti faces widespread hunger with cities on the verge of starvation. Reports indicate food supplies and sanitary relief are likely needed as a step toward rehabilitating the government.
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Haiti
Freckles treated with ethine double strength claim
An old advertisement promotes ethine double strength skin treatment for freckles. It promises removal of spots with nightly applications and asserts most freckles vanish, claiming a full refund if results fail. The copy emphasizes a clear complexion and urges asking for double strength ethine.
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Richard Harding Davis
Nawapapera
Forty Fifth Street
Charley Becher
Lerman
Pears
Jackal Schloyer
Black Rose
McAnuiffe
Hermans
Bey “Sorehead
Minach Tvl
Leutenant Rosenthal
jStreet
Polo Ground
New Yorks
Bridge
Ello
Gras
Tramit
Chous
ASD
Berman Rosenthal
Gatbler
Saue
Leibnitz
Gratz
Ttali
Malan
America
Joffie
Gen Cadorna
Gen Cadornag
Ital
Verona
Itaily
Colosseum
Vaat
Witnesa
Charles Whitman
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spapLeRhl
Hunton
Richmiond
Att
Daniels
China
ODD Fellows
Rebekaha
Pen Mar Gathenag
Alton B Parker
Spapreltlhivve
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