Sigrid Eckstrom Murder Probe Fails to Find Clues
In the Bronx, six year old Sigrid Eckstrom was found murdered in a basement passageway of her Ogden Avenue building. Police report strangulation with a fractured hyoid bone, no conclusive clues, and a witness clue involving a penny giver described by the victim’s brother. Detectives pursue a mystery man as the funeral plans proceed with neighbors and classmates laying flowers.
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Sigrid Eckstrom
John Eckstrom
Ogden Avenue
Bronx
John Riegelman
Eckstrom
Pee
Hadwin Eckstrom
Sigrid
Edwin
Kitty Grady
Boylan
Elizabeth Boylan
Highbridge
Yale Student Fined After Grand Concourse Stop
Henry Gross of Yale appeared before Magistrate Freschi in the Morrisania Court after Motor Cycle Policeman Donovan halted his car on the Grand Concourse with six college friends aboard. Gross pled guilty and paid a $10 fine. the others contributed $1.50 each to cover the total. They cheered Magistrate Dan and urged Donovan to attend the Yale Princeton baseball game at Princeton that day.
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Henry Gross
Yale
Freschi
Morrisania
Donovan
Grand Concourse
Gross
Dan
Princeton
Siamese Legation Summer Home Destroyed by Fire
The Siamese Legation summer home at Gloucester Massachusetts burned down today causing half a million dollars in losses. Firefighters battled the flames but the structure suffered extensive damage and nearly all contents were destroyed. No injuries were reported and the cause is under investigation by local authorities.
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Gloucester
Mass
India
Seitz Urges Newspapers to Charge for All Advertising
Don Seitz of The New York World told the Canadian Press Association that papers should exact payment for every line of advertising and expose deceptive ads as studies by agents of New York papers. He named railroads boom towns and baseball managers as main offenders and urged compact, accurate news and independent newspaper merit.
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New York Times
Ottawa
Ontario
Don Seitz
The
New York World
Canadian Press Association
New York
Seitz
United States Post Office
Plague Deaths Reported at Tien-Tsin
Two plague deaths occurred at Tien-Tsin with pulmonary symptoms. An international Mukden conference found death likely within six days of attack, but isolation possible for those exposed. Foreigners and Chinese cooperate to locate contacts of the two victims from Hong Kong where bubonic plague prevails.
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Tien-Tsin
Manchuria
Mukden
Hong Kong
Pistol Identified as Dorrs Revolver in Marsh Case
Lynn investigators say a automatic revolver found on Lynn marshes near where George St Marsh, the soap magnate, was found April 11, matches one purchased by William A Dorr in Stockton California. The weapon number 83191 is tied to a Stockton dealer sale, and Dorr remains jailed in Essex County.
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Lynn
Mass
Lynn Marshes
George St. Marsh
William A. Dorr
Stockton
Cal
Dorr
Essex County
Marsh
Fight over school area theatre on East Forty second Street
In East Forty second Street near Second and Third Avenues a theatre planned for 5 and 10 cent shows prompts a protest to the License Bureau. Fire and Building Department inspectors inspected as neighborhoods fear a block of school buildings and 1,800 to 2,000 daily children will be exposed to evening crowds. Church and school leaders, led by St Bartholomew's Parish House and Public School 27, oppose the project citing safety and character concerns. Theater owner Moses defends the project, noting $9,000 spent on construction and claims of safety and sanitation.
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East Forty-second Street
Second
Third Avenues
Moving Picture Theatre
Y Esterday
St. Bartholomew’s Parish House
John Fiske
Third Avenue
Moving Picture House
Thut
Edward Cornell Zabriskie
Public School 27
Fire and Building Departments
Zabriskie
Noe
Si Moses
6000 Soldiers Ready For Cuba Intervention
6000 soldiers already at Guantanamo prepare for possible Cuba intervention amid fears for American property in Oriente Province. Officials discuss limited mobilization, with debate over whether to defend towns while Cuban forces handle field fighting. Estenoz denial of race war cited, while transports noted ready in six hours.
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Guantanamo
Oriente
Cuba
Pee Ore Ana
Gome
Jugtag
United States
State Department
Estenoz
Insurrecto
George Collister
Estenez
Public alarm over US troop plan in Oriente Cuba
Havana dispatches claim the War Department may send 5000 troops to Oriente prompting popular fear of intervention. Congress authorizes 1 million dollars for military prep while President Gomez warns against sensational reporting and calls all citizens to join volunteers. In Santiago region US ships bring Marines and garrisons are positioned to protect mines and sugar interests as tensions rise.
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Havana
American War Department
Oriente
Gomez
United States
Cuba
House of Representatives
Senate
Congress
Monteagudo
Dnone
Guantanamo
Marianao
Juan Ducassi
Rabi
Wonteagudo
Santiago
Ohio
Minnesota
Prairie
Manzanillo
Eagle
Paducah
Philip Torrey
el Cuevo
Gulic
Punta Do Sal
Siboney
Cobre
Titanic Inquiry Hearings On Collision Speed
Edward Wilding, an architect on the Titanic, testifies that steering the ship toward the iceberg would have allowed safe harbor if hit stem first at twenty one knots. He notes many crew would be killed if not for a starboard helm. Chef Mauge says sixty restaurant staff died on the third class deck as sailors and stewards barred escape.
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London
Edward Wilding
Lord Mersey
Mauge
One Titanic Body Found Near St John s Newfoundland
The steamer Algerine, sent by White Star Line to recover Titanic victims, returned with one unidentified body to St John s. Reports from Rapahannock and Halifax note a near collision with a large iceberg, with foggy conditions and many icebergs about 250 miles east of Cape Race.
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ST. John’s
Newfoundland
Algerine
White Star Line
Rapahannock
Halifax
St.ohn
N. B
London
Cape Race
Watson Bound Over In Objectionable Mail Matter Case
Augusta Ga June 7 Thomas E Watson former Populist leader and presidential candidate was bound over on 500 bond for sending objectionable matter through the mails He was arrested last week and appeared before a United States Commissioner The article in Watsons magazine attacked the Roman Catholic Hierarchy and prompted the case
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T. E. Watson
Augusta
Thomas E. Watson
United States
Watson's
Cuban Speaker Ferrara Visited Key West Denies Washington Plans
Cuban House Speaker Orestes Ferrara landed at Key West and departed by train to the North. He denied plans to visit Washington and said he would travel to New York on private business. Ferrara is accompanied by Senora Ferrara. In Havana officials note his departure and speculate he may be acting as President Gomez’s special agent to Washington.
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New York Times
Key West
Fla
Col
Orestes Ferrara
House of Representatives
Sénor Carasca
Washington
New York
Senora Ferrara
Havana
Speaker Ferrara
West
Gomez
Darrow Case Focuses On Franklin Testimony In Trial
In Los Angeles on June 7 the Darrow trial centered on Bert H. Franklin who testified about alleged bribery schemes. Franklin recounted talks with Lecompte Davis and says he faced a two year sentence if he pled guilty to bribing George N. Lockwood. He described family sacrifices and needed arrangements with his lawyer Adams while juror Golding questioned him about payment. Franklin said he never received money from Darrow after November 28, 1911, but did receive 1300 dollars from Davis in December.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Clarence S. Darrow
Bert H. Franklin
Franklin
Lecompte Davis
George N. Lockwood
Mr. Darrow
Birds carry pellagra theory shocks dermatology meeting
Atlantic City June 7. Dr M L Ravitch of Louisville proposes that germs carried by robins and other migrating birds contain pellagra, devastating poor Southern districts. He cites over 2000 pellagra cases in Kentucky and suggests Georgia and other Southern states have double that number. He disputes the corn meal and rice theories as the disease’s cause.
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New York Times
Atlantic City
N. J
M. L. Ravitch
Louisville
American Medical Association
Ravitch
Kentucky
Georgia
British Leaders Defer Strike Order
The threat of a national transport workers strike was postponed again as leaders vowed to issue strike orders only if employers accept terms, but employers cannot respond to government proposals until Monday. The situation in Charleroi basin worsened in Borinats with strikers firing on strike breakers and injuries reported as troops occupy key road stations.
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London
Tuesay
Brussels
Charleroi
Borinags
Men's Shirts at $1.35 in Summer Equipment Sale
The store offers soft style shirts for men priced at $1.35, down from $1.75 and $2. The mercerized cotton shirts feature French turn-back cuffs, in attractive patterns and colors, available in sizes 14 to 17 on the Main Floor.
Mens Underwear Styles and Prices for Summer Wear
Various men s underwear options offered in crossbarred madras satin striped madras silk and silk linen fabrics. Prices range from 60c to 3.25 with B V D Gotham shirts and drawers also included. Regular gauze cotton French lisle and pure silk garments priced 50c to 3.50 per piece. Union suits in nainsook or white cotton at 1.00, lisle at 1.50 and 2.50.
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Madras
Gotham
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Man
Little Brother
Dorr’s
G. R. Marsh
License Bureau
Aleshire
Cuba Copper Company
el Cobre
Beaupre
Pompo-Manganese Company
Legation
Waia
St. Johns
N. F
Darrow
46Th ST
Robespierre
Charming
Avenge
45Th Street
Patterson
Gimbels
Gimbel Brothers
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