Roosevelt Escapes Train Crash After Boulder Strike Near Tarrytown
Col Roosevelt and party ride the Lake Shore Limited from Grand Central to Chicago. A two-foot rock rolled onto the tracks by youths struck the locomotive near Tarrytown, puncturing an air brake pipe and forcing a hard stop. No one injured. train to Poughkeepsie for repairs. three under ten-year-olds held by police.
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Stotesbury Supports Taft Over Roosevelt
Philadelphia banker E. T. Stotesbury told The New York Times he favors Taft for the presidency and dismisses talk of Wall Street backing Roosevelt. He plans to use his influence for Taft’s nomination if selected, while noting his return from Europe and attendance at the Horse Show as an American director.
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Woman Held for Five Deaths in Lindorf Family Case
Louise Lindorf, a Chicago Spiritualist, is arrested on suspicion of poisoning her two husbands and three children. Henry Ruby, a boarder, is detained as a potential informant as coroner postmortems seek causes of multiple Lindorf family deaths dating back to 1905, with several insured sums.
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Eagle Seizes Two-Year-Old In Westport Botched Abduction
A 27 pound eagle swooped on Randolph Creewald’s home on Compo Street in Westport and grabbed his two-year-old daughter Anna. The father frightened the bird into releasing the child and shot the eagle twice, killing it at ten feet. The girl suffered torn clothing but no injuries.
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Commodore Swain Casts First Vote at 76 in Boston
Commodore Richard Swain of the Japanese naval reserve, aged 76, cast his first vote for President in Boston. Though long served under a foreign flag, he is a good American citizen, likely to back Roosevelt if nominated but also fond of Taft. He arrived on the Cymric with his wife and plans a year’s stay at Nantucket before returning to Japan.
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Warner school address speaker dies during graduation
Clarence F. Carroll former Rochester superintendent fainted while delivering a Warner High School graduation address and died minutes later. He had long taught in normal schools across Pennsylvania New Jersey and Connecticut and was Yale Class of 1875.
Twelve Shot in New Jersey Strike Riot
In Perth Amboy on June 14, a clash between strikers and armed guards at the American Smelting and Refining Company works left two dead and twelve wounded. Deputies fired on the crowd as a 2,000-strong mob advanced. seven youths were shot while fleeing a deputy line. Several victims were taken to City Hospital with non life threatening injuries. Local unrest prompted militia mobilization from Red Bank.
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Owen Johnson Prize Awards Tomorrow
Two college essays have been selected as winners of the 150 and 100 prize donations by the author of Stover at Yale. Names of the winners and their essays will be printed in Tomorrow's College Section.
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Yale
Tomorrow
Asquith Attacked at King's Birthday Reception by Suffragettes
Militants disrupt official India Office reception for the King's birthday in London. A suffragette grabs Asquith by the epaulets, is restrained, and ejected. A youth assaults him in the corridor, and a woman strikes with a fan before order is restored. Attendees include Princess Henry of Battenberg and several princes and ambassadors.
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Sherman Won't Run Again for Vice President
Washington reports on June 14 that Vice President Sherman has decided against seeking renomination. He will retire to the Adirondacks, avoiding the convention scene, with Senator Bacon to preside temporarily. Official confirmation comes from Senator Bradley. Cannon has lost interest and will not attend.
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Lyddite Bomb Sent to Importer's Wife in Yonkers
Mrs. Henry Sidenberg, wife of silk importer Henry Sidenberg of 395 Broadway, received a German lyddite package to her Summer home in Hastings on Hudson. Police and Post Office Inspectors traced threats tied to a German relative. Chief Landy of Yonkers Bureau of Combustibles examined the device, which contained enough explosive to blow a 2000 ton rock, yet proved harmless after testing.
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Longworth Fiddles for Prize at Sher man Hotel
Congressmen Longworth famed Roosevelt in law seeks prize at the Sherman Hotel as the American Guild of Violinists tests old versus new violins. Longworth owns a Guarnerius violin and studied with noted masters. The Paris contest last year favored new violins. The guild aims to elevate American violinists to European standing amid a convention of top U S violinists with displays valued around 350000 dollars.
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Oxford suffragists clash with crowd at open air meeting
Hundreds of Oxford undergraduates disrupted a suffrage rally featuring Annie Kenney Sylvia Pankhurst and Rachel Barrett. The crowd shouted for Christabel and used gas while roughing up women and children. trucks were dragged amid a police confrontation before the speakers escaped in cabs.
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Newbold Says Most Maryland Electors Favor Roosevelt
Baltimore June 14 David M Newbold legal adviser to Roosevelt forces in Maryland said seven of eight Maryland electors would vote for Col Roosevelt over Taft in the Electoral College if both were nominees. He stated this regardless of which candidate held the Republican nomination at Chicago.
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Crown gall in plants likened to human cancer
Washington reports Dr. Erwin Smith of the Bureau of Plant Pathology compares crown gall disease in plants to cancer in humans after extensive study. He notes similar spreading patterns through the organism and hopes the work aids understanding of cancer, which remains poorly known.
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Gates Heir Receives 250000 From Uncle Beneath Will Conditions
In Aurora Illinois Henry Baker nephew of the late John W Gates plans to travel to California for TB treatment. Charles and Mrs Gates along with other heirs decided to release the 250000 estate bequest without will conditions. The party arrived from St Louis to meet before departure.
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New York Times
Aurora
Ill
Henry Baker
John W. Gates
California
Charles Gates
Kimberley Club Raid Seizes Gambling Paraphernalia
Police led by Inspector Hayes raided the Kimberley Club at 120 West Sixty-fifth Street, finding a roulette wheel and betting gear on the third floor. The four story brownstone was deserted with no arrests, while a crowd of over 500 watched as ventibule doors were destroyed.
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West Point Hotel Burns After Fire Destroys Building
The old West Point Hotel in West Point New York burned today a four story brick structure owned by the Government. The entire military force at the academy fought the blaze and helped remove furniture as the hotel which had been under new management for two months was refitted. Officials think the fire started from a defective flue.
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Wireless Conference Proposes Silence Every Fifteen Minutes
At the international radio telegraphic conference session held in London on June M a resolution was adopted urging wireless operators on ships to transmit three minutes of silence out of each fifteen minutes for danger calls. The measure aims to improve safety at sea and ensure clear emergency signaling.
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Reduced Rates to Baltimore for Democratic Convention
Tickets offered from Pennsylvanian Railroad stations south and east of Williamsport and east of Huntingdon Bellefonte to Baltimore at reduced fares. Sale dates June 23 24 26 27 returning to original starting point on or before July 3. Consult nearest ticket agent for full particulars.
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Roosevelt Nominated on First Ballot Foretold by Taft Leads
Chicago June 14 Roosevelt supporters push for Roosevelt on the first ballot while Taft managers claim 580 votes and show a 165 to 9 edge in contests. Bribery charges fly as a Mississippi Negro delegate returns money taft funds. Senator Root arrives to contest chairmanship as Roosevelt factions clash in heated convention coverage.
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