Wife, a Smoker, Testifies in Separation Suit
Frances S. B. McCormick testifies before Justice Blanchard in a separation case against Robert C. BicCormick the deputy district attorney. She recalls smoking in restaurants trains and homes and says her husband mocked her mother’s nerves by drinking. He allegedly threatened to divorcing her and mocked her smoking habit. The trial continues.
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Frances
McCormick
Pullmans
Tusband
Justice Blanchard
Supreme Court
Robert C. BicCormick
Hearst Buys Julius Caesar Room From English Mansion
Hearst is reported to have purchased the Julius Caesar Room also called the Elizabethan Oak Room from the Rotherwas estate in Hereford England. The Banquet Hall formerly shown in Newark now enhances Herbert Pratt’s Glen Cove residence. The room features late Elizabethan to early Jacobean decor with polychrome arms and carvings tied to Bodenham and de la Barre lines.
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Hearst
Charles
London
W R. Hearst
Rotherwas
Hereford
England
Newark
Herbert Ll. Pratt
Glen Cove
Hood Buys His Old Home in Plainfield
Mrs. Frances Sparks Hood, freshly divorced from Richard Haden Hood, sells their estate The Hoses in Plainfield to her former husband for 75000. Hood had previously sought possession of The Roses and over 10000 in furnishings, but court rulings favored Hood on personalty while denying him the realty.
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New York Times
Plainfield
N. J
Frances Sparks Hood
Richard Haden Hood
Hood
Stevens
Court of Errors and Appeals
Andin Hood
Honor George T. Wilson Thirty Nine Years at Equitable
George T. Wilson celebrated forty years with the Equitable Life Assurance Society. Beginning as a $3 a week office boy he rose to Second Vice President after careers as stenographer secretary executive clerk and various executive posts. He was honored at a Union League Club dinner with a Sevres vase. He belongs to several clubs and helped found the Pilgrims Society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George T. Wilson
Equitable Life Assurance Society
Equitable
Wss
Union League Club
Wilson
James W. Alexander
Metropolitan
New York Yacht, Union League
Bankers’ Clubs
Pilgrims’ Society
Peace Oration Wins at New York University Sandham Prize
Albert Parsons Lewin, senior in the College of Arts, won first prize of 100 dollars in the University Sandham Prize ovation contest during NYU commencement exercises. Daniel E. Schwartz took second prize of 75 dollars, with honorable mention to William F. Draper Jr. The event also featured Pai Beta Kappa key ceremonies and class day plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University Sandham
New York University
Albert Parsons Lewin
College of Arts
Robin Ellis-Clendinning
William Reed Blackie
Percy B. Wightman
Daniel E. Schwartz
William F. Draper, Jr
Anna M. Sandham
Daniel W. Herring
Ttt
New York
Mail fraud order upheld in Postmaster case
Judge Mayer denied Albert T. Landen’s bid to block the Postmaster General from stopping mail to Sanden Electric. Sanden was tried for using the mails to defraud belt buyers but acquitted. the fraud order remains and another action against Lim is pending. The court urged support for postal powers to protect the public and noted a speedy trial for the complainant.
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Mayer
Federal District Court
Albert T. Landen
Morgan
Sanden Electric Company
Sanden
Lim
Jude
Sauden
Hearse Collision on Second Avenue Sends Coffin Into Street
A northbound Second Avenue surface car struck a hearse near Fifty-second Street, throwing the coffin and body into the street. The Boston bound body of Mrs. Anne Clarke, age 55, was jolted. she was bruised. Patrolman John Didlworth stopped the frightened horses owned by C Johann & Bon Undertakers. The body was moved to a nearby funeral home.
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Second Avenue
Fifty-second Street
C. Johann& Bon Undertakers
Sixth Avenue
Snon Street
College Point
S. 1
Boston
Grand Central Station
John Didlworth
East Fifty-first Street
Anne Clarke
Kingston Avenue
Corona
Women attempt poison at Grand Central Station
Two women tried to take poison at Grand Central Station with one sent to Flower Hospital in serious condition and the other to Bellevue Prison Ward? both claiming false names. A Montreal actress identified as Dorothy Van Ardate reportedly consumed laudanum and later bichloride of mercury. a second woman named Genevieve Andrews of Binghamton was identified in clothing and notes but not confirmed. Police investigated at East Fifty fifth Street Station with conflicting information and shifting identities.
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Grand Central Station
Flower Hospital
Bellevue
East Fifty-firet Street
Second Branch
Lexington Avenue
Forty-second Street
Dorothy van Ardate
Montreal
Cumberland
Fifty-fourth Street
Broadway
the Cumberland
The
W. W. Ormsbee
New York
Canada
Salaeberg
Genevieve Andrews
Binghamton
N. Y
Suits for 550000 Joined In Rail Crash Case
Justice Aspinall ordered a joint trial Monday in Long Island City on actions totaling 550,000 brought by Mrs. Elizabeth Warden Pell and Mrs. William Laimbeer against the Long Island Rail Road over an Aug 3 1915 collision at the Long Beach crossing that killed Osgood Pell and two Laimb eers and seriously injured Mrs. Laimbeer. Pell seeks 1270 000 damages and Laimbeer 300 000 for husband’s death and injuries. Counsel include Charles Pope Caldwell for Pell and Hatch Sheehan for Laimbeer with Augustus Van Wyck as trial counsel and Martin W. Littleton for the railroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Justice Aspinall
Supreme Court
Long Island City
Elizabeth Warden Pell
William Laimbeer
Long Island Railroad
Long Beach
Osgood Pell
Riots in Ceylon erupt on Buddha's birthday
An official dispatch reports Buddhist mobs looting Muslim shops in Kandy and Colombo starting May 25. Martial law ordered across several provinces as clashes spread. many deaths and looting occur, though the violence is not aimed at Europeans. The governor says the situation is now improving.
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Ceylon
Kandy
Colombo
Sahara
Gamuwa
Mosiem
Release Bulgarian Guns Evidence in Copenhagen Dispatch
A Copenhagen telegraph report states Denmark will send automatic guns to Bulgaria after earlier reports these arms were seized by Germans. It also notes the Swedish steamer Pan carried rifles bound for Bulgaria, later seen near Falsterbo, then returned to a Swedish port with claims of duping by the Germans seeking safe passage through the Kaiser Wilhelm Canal.
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London
Exchange
Copenhagen
Herlin
Denmark
Bulgaria
Pan
Suez Canal Company to Oust Heineken at June Meeting
Paris June 7 The Suez Canal Company plans to remove Phillip Heineken of the North German Lloyd Co as a director at the June 14 annual meeting. The balance sheet shows net profits of 50,200,000 francs after carrying over 15,700,000 francs to surplus, with a 24 percent dividend.
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Paris
Suez Canal Company
Phillip Heineken
North German Lloyd Company
Rumania Tied to Teutons in Alleged 1920 Treaty
Berlin reports a possible formal treaty among Austria Germany and Romania. The pact reportedly binds Romania to refrain from attacking its allies in time of war and runs through 1920. The wireless dispatch from Berlin discusses Bucharest debates over the agreement.
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London
Berlin
Bucharest
Rumania
Austria
Germany
Sunlight Sunk Off Ireland With Molasses Cargo
The Sugar Products Company received a cablegram from Liverpool agents reporting the British freighter Sunlight, under charter to New York, sunk Sunday by a German submarine off the coast of Ireland. Molasses cargo valued at $75,000.
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Sugar Products Company of
Wall Street
Liverpool
Sunlight
New York
Ireland
Music teacher Hartigan ends life in Harlem boarding house
Violin teacher Michael Hartigan, 65, of Harlem, died last night by inhaling gas in his fourth floor room at Mrs. Kate Sheridan's boarding house on Lexington Avenue near 125th Street. Boarder Thomas Syrnes smelled gas and authorities found him in bed with a tube in his mouth. doctors could not revive him. Hartigan had prospered with many pupils in the past but recently their numbers declined.
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Michael Hartigan
Harlem
Kate Sheridan
Lexington Avenue
125Th Street
Thomas Syrnes
Policeman Waterhouse
Hartigan
Dr. Braisted
Harlem Hospital
Consolidated Gas Company
Sheridan
Barwell Pigeons Win Endurance Contest in Newark
William Barwell of Newark won the first American Trippler Flying Association event of the season with eleven hours and twenty four minutes of flight. Bunker Brothers of Hoboken exited after six hours thirty minutes as Barwell hoped to beat the American record of twelve hours fifty three minutes. Weather was ideal for Appler flying and Barwell’s birds stayed out of sight for long intervals. Endurance tests will repeat on the second Sunday for two months.
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American Trippler Flying Association
William Barwell
Newark
Bunker Brothers
Hoboken
Barwell
Republicans threaten district reapportionment fight in state convention
Albany June 7 Republicans influential in the Constitutional Convention plan to push a general reapportionment of Senate and Assembly districts fearing fall elections. Leaders Brackett Quigg Smith Betts back the move while Root Schurman Wicker Sham and Stimson oppose it. Taft and Harvard's Lowell set to speak at hearings as the convention nears its end.
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New York Times
Albany
Assembly
Constitutional Convention
Senate
Elihu Root
Jacob Gould Schurman
George W. Wickersham
Louis Marshall
Herbert Parsons
Henry L. Stimson
E. T. Brackett
Saratoga
Lemuel E. Quigg
Ray B. Smith
Onondaga
Charles H. Betts
Wayne
Committee On Legislative Organization
Quigg
Brackett
Schurman
Brewer
Ray Bb. Smith
William Church Osborn
Democratic State Committee
Taft
Committee On State Finance
Frederick C. Tanner
Lowell
Harvard
Reform battle over short ballot faces up-State opposition
Advocates push for a short ballot with backing from leading convention figures. Both major parties endorsed it in the fall platforms, but up-State Republicans largely aligned with those who favor reappointment threaten the reform. Ex-Senator Brackett signals leadership against reducing elective state officials and woman suffragists plan a hearing before the Suffrage Committee on Parsons and Marshall proposals for this fall.
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Brackett
Committee On Suffrage
Parsons and Marshall
Upsets Duke's Divorce Ruling by Louisiana Supreme Court
New Orleans June 7 The Louisiana Supreme Court set aside a decree of absolute divorce granted by a New Orleans district court to the Duke of Massari from his first wife. The court ruled Italian law did not permit absolute divorce based on an Italian separation decree. The Duke, who had married Countess Rita Zucconi, and his second wife are in Italy.
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New Orleans
Ciial District Court
Duke of Massari
Louisiana Supreme Court
Rita Zucconi
Florence
Italy
Zucconi
Supreme Court
Louisiana
Order of Elks Convention Opens in Troy
The State convention of the Order of Elks meets in Troy and runs to Thursday with a parade. State officers are chosen tomorrow morning. Leading candidates are William J. Drunslane of Albany and Michael A. Tierney of Troy. A ritualistic contest, a visit to Water View Arsenal, and a public dance on State Street at 8 PM are on the program.
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Troy
the Order of Elks
William J. Drnslane
Albany
Michael A. Tierney
Waterview Arsenal
State Street
Chief Saves Six Firemen In Dramatic Basement Rescue
Battalion Chief McKiernan directed six Engine Company 54 firefighters through smoke filled basement passages at 302 West Forty-seventh Street. An explosion from a gas pipe scattered the men, but his rapid instructions enabled all to reach the street safely. Property damage was about 1,000.
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McKiernan
Engine Company 54
West Forty-seventh Street
Henry Spenzig
Jein
Hubbard Wills Filed After Lusitania Loss
Wills of El bert Hubbard and wife filed for probate in Buffalo. They divide the estate equally between Albert Hubbard Watson and Miriam Hubbard, omitting children from Hubbard's first marriage. Estate value is uncertain. life insurance around 100 000 and real estate at East Aurora noted. Walter Hines Page, U S ambassador, was received by King George at Buckingham Palace during a medal ceremony in New Orleans marking a century of peace.
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Buffalo
Elbert Hubbard
Mr. Hubbard
Albert Hubbard
Wason
Miriam
Hubbard
King
Ambassador Page
London
Walter Hines Page
Buckingham Palace
King George
New Orleans
United States
Great Britain
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