Cadets Face Dismissal Over Hazing At West Point
A West Point inquiry found eight cadets guilty of hazing plebes with brutal rites including ant counting, toe seating at meals, and forced endurance stunts. One first class cadet faced unique cruelty by forcing plebes to perform menial room chores and struck them in the stomach. The board recommended dismissal under Army rules, with final decision resting with Secretary of War Wright.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plebe
Military Academy
Secretary of War
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
West Point
Col. Scott
Col. Howze
Capt. Herron
Wright
Adrift in Open Boat Off Long Island Sound
Verona New Jersey Concord Church party of a dozen went to Bridgeport by motorboat. A broken spring forced a return to fetch a second tow. The Jaeger family and others drifted far, were lost for two days, then towed back to camp by a tug. They faced hunger and thirst but no severe weather.
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Verona
N. J
Tony Brook
L. I
Charles Jaeger
Edward Ederbecker
Bridgeport
Jaeger
Mr. Pratt
Verona Congregational Church
Man Confesses to Murder After Long Flight
Eberhard, found sane after a spree of flight, admits to killing his aunt and firing on his cousin amid an escape that covered cities from Hackensack to Detroit. He described a calculated plan and later led authorities to his caches including $2,259 in American money and six gulden.
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Eberhard
Paterson
Jersey City
Hackensack
North River
Twenty-eighth Street
Tenth Avenue
Grand Central Station
Albany
Troy
Binghamton
Rochester
Buffalo
Toronto
Detroit
Chicago
Lansing
Adrian
New York
Cincinnati
Pappa
Halstead
Forty-second
Jim Allen
Ottilie Eberhard
Bergmann
Augustus Eberhard
Eberha
Newark
Totowa
Koester
Dunn
Mr. Koester
Little Falls
Saddle River
Winter in California Hospital Reported Unchanged
New York drama critic William Winter was moved to California Hospital yesterday after a nervous shock. He remained unchanged today, with a comfortable night reported for the patient.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Cal
William Winter
New York
California Hospital
Burglar Spy in Old Auto Strikes Westchester Homes
A gang looted George L. Nichols and J. H. Seaman homes last night, stealing jewelry, silver, and clothing worth about 5000 dollars at Nichols and 900 dollars at Seaman. A suspicious man with a cheap auto was seen near Katonah and Harrison-on-the-Sound, linked by Sheriff Lane to the burglar ring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
White Plains
N. Y
George L. Nichols
Wall Street
Bedford Road
Katonah
Westchester County
New York
Connecticut
Nichols
Sheriff Lane
J. H. Seaman
Charles Park
Harrison-on-the-Sound
Clarence Whitman
Merchants’ Association of New York
Whitman
Judge overrules court on addressing negroes as Mr or Miss
Judge Spruance in Wilmington Delaware overrules Judge Cochran who had banned using Mr Mrs or Miss for black defendants in municipal court. Christopher Brooks, colored, was fined five dollars for persistence and jailed in default before Spruance ordered his discharge.
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Wilmington
Del
Spruance
Superior Court
Eawin R Cochran
Cochran
Christopher’ Brooks
Brooks
Police raid on Henry Street gambling house nets 55 prisoners
Inspector Burfeind Captain Schlottmann and Madison Street Station detectives raided an alleged Henry Street gambling house last evening. Fifty five prisoners were captured. two men were charged as poolroom proprietors identified as James Murphy of 510 Pearl Street and Charles Weil of 510 West 124th Street.
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Burfeind
Schlottmann
Madison Street
Henry Street
James Murphy
510
Pearl Street
Charles Weil
West 124Th Street
Policeman's Affair Ties Tragic Brooklyn Death
Barbara Reig, 80, found shot in Irving Park Brooklyn, is identified as factory worker engaged to truckman Adolph Hack. Detective Patrolman David Shellard admits six months of acquaintance with Reig. he says she killed herself after urging him to leave his wife. He is arrested for homicide as investigation unfolds with family and witnesses.
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Irving Park
Brooklyn
Barbara Reig
Mauser Street
Brookiyh
David Shellard
Hamburg Avenue
Shellard
Manhattan
Eva Belg
Daniel
Sackett & Wilhelm
Morgan Avenue
Grand Street
Adolph Hack
Maspeth
L. I
Reig
Barbara
Hough
Elg
Maujer Street
Daniel Reig
Mary Thompson
Dave
Bob Reig
Sadie Lee
Miss Lee
Inspector Hussey
Avid Shellard
Rudolph Kohler
Park and Station
Hussey
Wormell
St. Nicholas Avenue
Irving Square Park
Halsey Street
Billy
Leelee
Régues
Gates Avenue
Tramps Kill Local Man in Summit Incident
Charles Kane, brother of Erie police Lieutenant William Kane, died after a confrontation with tramps near Middletown at the Summit. Ten tramps were jailed in Goshen as authorities pursued others. Kane left a widow and four children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Middletown
N. Y
Charles Kane
William Kane
Erie Police
Goshen
Erie
Thrall
Charles
Kane
Port Jervis
Gass
Otisville
W. J. Rankin
John J. Meyers
Merger of Gould Roads Forms Denver & Rio Grande Railway
Denver in July reports the Denver Rio Grande and Rio Grande Western railways plus Colorado and Utah subsidiaries join to form the Denver and Rio Grande Railway Company. It will issue 150 million dollars in bonds and 88 million dollars in stock to retire debts and exchange for existing shares. Directors include Gould, Jeffery, Pierce, Calef, Schlacks, Vail. Officers to be elected in New York: President Jeffery, VP Schlacks, Secretary Little, Treasurer Gilluby, General Counsel Vail.
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Denver, Col
Denver& Rio Grande Railroad Company
Rio Grande Western Railroad Company
Colorado
Utah
Rio Grande Southern
Denver & Rio Grande Railway Company
Denver & Rio Grande
Rio Grande Western
Consolidated Company
George J. Gould
E. T. Jeffery
Winslow S. Pierce
Amos H. Calef
Howard Gould
Arthur Coppell
Edwin Gould
C. H. Schlacks
Joel F. Vail
New York
Stephen Little
Joseph Gilluby
Died for Love of a Girl After Mercury Poisoning
Frank De Nicholas drank two mercury tablets last week to end his life over a forbidden marriage. He left St. Joseph's Hospital Yonkers despite warnings he would die within days, declaring he would rather die than live without his beloved girl. He later fell ill at home and died yesterday after transfer to St. John's Hospital.
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Frank de Nicholas
St. Joseph's Hospital
Yonkers
de Nicholas
Fischman
Willow Street
Brooklyn Woman Aged 103 Dies After Stroke At Kings County Hospital
Mrs Ellen Pugh aged 103 of 356 Baltic Street Brooklyn died Wednesday in Kings County Hospital. Born in County Sligo Ireland she had lived in Brooklyn since 1825 and suffered a paralytic stroke last year. Her husband William Pugh died three years ago leaving a nephew and three nieces.
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Ellen Pugh
Baltic Street
Brooklyn
Kings County Hospital
County Sligo
Ireland
William Pugh
Storms Kill Six Militiamen and Strike New Jersey
Heavy afternoon storms sweeping from New Jersey into New York caused deaths and injuries. A 14-year-old boy, Samuel Gerson of 308 Ocean Avenue Jersey City, died after a lightning flash as he sheltered from the rain. Lightning struck a Florida bank president's home cupola, a vacant Bergen Avenue house, and the Pennsylv ania Railroad station flagpole. In Bloomfield, Henry Hoffman escaped death when a live wire fell across his team. The National Casket Company building flagpole was shattered on Great Jones Street, and oil from Standard Oil tanks was blown toward Bayonne as rain drenched Manhattan and nearby areas.
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New Jersey
Jersey City
New York
Manhattan
Bronx
Samuel Gerson
Ocean Avenue
Gerson
Stevens
Rutgers Avenues
E. F. C. Young
First National Bank of
Bergen Avenue
Pennsylvania Railroad
Washington
Christ's Hospital
Henry Hoffman
Richfield
N. J
Bloomfield
Broad Street
Newark
James H. Harkey
Sever
Hoffman
National Casket Company
Great Jones Street
Standard Oil Company
Constable Hook
Bayonne
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Serts
Coney Island
Cortlandt St
Broadway
Atterbury System
United States
New York City
Cortlandt St. Bet
Sth Ave
Prisresas
Fulton St
Westchester
Superior Court of Delaware
Wood
Flood
Carey
Murray
Roddy
David Shelard
Atlantic City
West 23d
Desbrosses and
Cortlandt Streets
Gould Roads
WM. Vogel & Son
Houston Street
31St St
Warren St
Gray
of CO
Brooklyn Flatbush Ave
Bedford Avs
Leonard
Worth St
Read
Wellville
Chiris
Euler & Robeson
Dept.a
Piatt
Cooper Square
Browning, King ’& Company
32Nd Street
Sth Street
Fulton Street
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