Speeding arrests flood Brooklyn and Long Island roads
A flurry of motor violations leads to arrests across Brooklyn and Huntington area. Paul Funk and Bernard Rentrop, each named designers and dyers, face charges over a car crash on Ridgewood avenue. Others, including Edward Hutton and Edward Buchanan, are fined or held on speeding offenses as sheriffs deploy a motorcycle squad to curb fast driving.
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Dresden Street
Brooklyn
Paul Funk
Bedford Avenue
Bernard Rentrop
Clinton Avenue
Funk
Rentrop
Ridgewood Avenue
August Giese
Rockaway Road
Ozone Park
August Giese, Jr
Mr. Giese
Pr. Davis
Bradford Street Hospital
Huntington
Long Island
de Rabyson
Tims
Bustanoby Brothers
Chateau Des Beaux Arts
Huntington Bay
John S. Wells
James Russell
F. Murray Gibson
Babylon
F. W. Parsons
Percy E. Owens
East 34Th Street
Bingham
Ward F. Hutton
New Street
West Sith Street
Edward F. Buchanan
Broadstreet
Walford Astoria
William G. Gould
East With Street
Poley Rockett
West 18Th Street
August Reiss
Edgewater
N. J
M. C. Abrams
A. B. Greene
Manhattan Hotel
Gerrish H. Milliken
Leonard Street
Madison Avenue
First Avenue
36Th
39Th Streets
East 35Th Street
Vic
G A R Veteran Stricken In Auto In Oakville Memorial Day
Peter Sanford a 65 year old engineer at Waterbury Clock Company died of heart disease in Oakville while driving with his wife and daughter. The Grand Army veteran had marched in the Memorial Day parade and said he never missed the event, but grew dizzy and faint near the end before collapsing.
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Br Telegraph
the Tribune
Veterbury, Conn
Peter Sanford
Oakville
Sanford
Waterbury
Tragic Gas and Morphine Incident at East 2kth Street
Henry Carleton Jones, recent arrival from the South, was found unconscious in a boarding house room at 122 East 2kth Street. Gas filled the room with a closed window. a bottle of chloroform and morphine tablets were nearby. Dr. Perkins failed to resuscitate him. he was taken to Bellevue Prison Ward. A letter from Fond du Lac and several golf club cards were found among his belongings.
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Henry Carleton Jones
Truisa Etberson
Jones
Dr. Perkins
Bellevue
Elberson
Henry Cooper Spacey
110Th Street
Riverside Drive
Florida
Fond du Lac
Wis
Emily de B. Levin
Magistrate denounces Sunday law ruling on arrests
Magistrate House ordered precincts to stop arresting Beast Side storekeepers in Essex Market court after arraignments. He blasted the Sunday law as wrong for local conditions, noting cigars candy ice cream and cooked meat are treated differently from raw meat vegetables or groceries. He urged Legislature to visit on Sunday to inspect conditions.
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Essex Market Court
Magistrate House
Anid
Prize for political article contest by Republican committee
Washington May 71 A Republican Congressional Committee offers 150 for the best article not over one thousand words on why the Republican Party should be successful next November. Open to the entire country with manuscripts due by July 15. Award to be made around August 15. Manuscripts mailed to the Republican Congressional Committee Washington. No manuscripts returned. The winning piece will be widely used.
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Washington
Republican Congressional Committee
Hse
Republican Party
Literary Bureau
Guarding a speculative account in bonds and securities
The World’s Work argues against business in speculative accounts or bonds without active monitoring. It warns that one must watch the ticker and be able to buy or sell at a moment’s notice rather than rely on next morning prices, or risk eventual loss. It contrasts this with guaranteed mortgages offering passive income and higher current returns than ordinary stocks and bonds.
Koch visits Molokai leper settlement in quest for cures
German bacteriologist Professor Robert Koch returns to Honolulu after visiting Molokai to study leprosy treatment, care, and environmental factors. He tours the Federal Leprosy Hospital Baldwin Home for Boys Bishop Home for Girls Bayview Home and mourns Father Damien’s grave while discussing census methods with Dr. Goodhue and others.
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Honolulu
Robert Koch
Molokai
Orient
Keach
William Pfotenhauer
Walter Reyckerhoff
J. F E. Cofer
United States Marine Hospital Service
H. Focke
Koch
Federal Leprosy Hospital
Baldwin Home
Bishop Home
Bayview
W. J. Goodhue
Germany
Drags Horses From Mud Hole At Coney Island
William C. Moore, Ellis Island superintendent, had a rough night as his two trotters and a night runabout sank into a deep mud hole at Coney Island and Ditmas avenues in Flatbush. Rain-soaked dirt turned to ooze after recent excavation. Firemen and a wrecking crew freed Moore after a half hour, drawing out the horses by a derrick. both horses were uninjured.
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William C. Moore
Ellis Island
Coney Island
Ditmas Avenues
Flatbush
Moore
Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company
Senator Stone Talks Political Fight and Denies Filibuster
Senator W. J. Stone of Missouri, who aided in delaying the currency bill in the Senate, was seen at the Hoffman House last night. He predicts Governor Folk will likely win renomination, and doubts any Democrat could beat Denver candidate Bryan. Stone says he opposed the currency bill as a bad measure and helped delay it to inform the public. He cautions Taft faces a fight, with Roosevelt unlikely to be renominated and Bryan a weaker challenger in the coming campaign.
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W. J. Stone
Missouri
Senate
Hoffman House
Folk
Washington
la Follette
Stone
William Jennings Bryan
Denver
Johnson
Minnesota
Roosevelt
Senator Stone
Chicago
Taft
Bryan
Aeronaut Alexander arrives here amid flying talk and mystery
Wealthy English aeronaut Patrick G Alexander, famed for cross country hops and aeronautical experiments, is staying at the Hotel Manhattan. He plans to depart Wednesday on the Campania, aiming for Europe, while denying any royal or Wright brothers connections and avoiding reporters. He cites health and scientific curiosity as motives for his voyage.
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Patrick G. Alexander
Alexander
America
Hotel Manhattan
Wright Brothers
New York
Paris
Wilbur Wright
Ohio
Wright
Mr. Alexander
Manhattan
Hotel
Taft to Speak Before Convention
Secretary Taft spoke after delivering an address at Grant's tomb and departed for Washington at 9 25 a m yesterday. Asked if the speech was his last before the Chicago convention he said he hoped not and that he might be called on to make good on one or two floating promises.
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Taft
Grant
Washington
Chicago
Governor Glenn backs Bryan at state convention
Raleigh May 386 Governor Glenn says he favors instructions for Bryan by the North Carolina Democratic State Convention and reports sentiment for Bryan among Democrats at the Governors conference in Washington.
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Raleigh
Glenn
Bryan
North Carolina
Washington
Printers and Publishers Reach Scale Agreement
An accord between newspaper publishers and the Big Six union printers sets wages for assistants. The National Board of Arbitration extended the rate until May 1, 1999. Arbitrator James J. Murphy awarded $1859 weekly for assistants serving one or two machines, with a two machine limit, against original employer offers of 16 to 20 dollars.
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Big Six
National Board of Arbitration
James J. Murphy
Printers’ League of America
Franklin Association of Pressmen
Fright Leads to Three Women Jumping From Streetcar
Fright from a controller box explosion on a rapid open streetcar near 1058 Myrtle Avenue in Williamsburg last night caused three women to jump to the street. Elizabeth Reid and Elizabeth Hann, both from Brooklyn addresses, were among the riders. a third unnamed woman suffered a fractured skull and severe internal injuries, likely fatal, as medics rushed them to Bushwick Avenue and Eastern District Hospitals. Reid sustained a broken left ankle and head injuries. Hann had serious internal injuries.
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Williamsburg
Myrtle Avenue
Ridgewood
Manhattan
Elizabeth Reid
Powers Street
Elizabeth Hann
Stanhope Street
Brooklyn
Reid
Eastern District Hospital
Miss Hann
Bushwick Avenue Hospital
Cannon Tour With Fines To Be Paid In Fall
Washington May 31 Speaker Cannon Senator Hemenway of Indiana Representative Landis of Indiana and L W Busbey left Washington by automobile for Landis Delhi Indiana trip. Gettysburg Penn May 31 Cannon party arrived after claiming to have sped from the capital. A bicycle policeman stopped them near the White House and Cannon said he would pay any fines when he returned to Washington in December.
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Washington
Cannon
Hemenway
Indiana
Representative Landis
L. W. Busbey
Landis
Delhi
Ind
Gettysburg
Penn
National
Pennsylvania Avenue
White House
Sylvester
Earthquake Shocks Allentown as Buildings Rock and Chimneys Fall
An earthquake shock struck Allentown Pennsylvania at 2 12 p m rattling buildings and windows and knocking down chimneys. Residents rushed from homes and children cried as mothers carried them to safety. Rumors of nearby explosions followed by false reports were dispelled, recalling a similar quake twenty four years earlier.
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Allentown
Penn
Aventown
Woman Shoots Self After Mentioning Change of Gown
Mrs Henrietta Butzel 58 wife of Solomon H Butzel woollens dealer at 1 Sth Street Brooklyn shot herself in the right temple on the second floor of their home last night after telling her husband she would change her gown. She died two hours later.
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Henrietta Butzel
Solomon H. Butzel
Butzel
Judge Loving Moves to Florida After Acquittal
Ex Judge William G. Loving, former Oak Ridge manager for Thomas F. Ryan, heads to Tallahassee to serve as assistant counsel for Seaboard Air Line Railway. He will be joined by his family after his acquittal in the Theodore Estes murder case. The Lovingston community had offered social ostracism following Estes's death and a monument for Estes was unveiled by Nelson County women.
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the Tribune
Richmond
Lovingston
Nelson County
William G. Loving
Thomas F. Ryan
Oak Ridge
Tallahassee
Fla
Seaboard Air Line Railway
Judge Loving
Theodore Estes
Foul tip kills amateur catcher in city baseball game
John Walcotte aged nineteen, an assistant foreman at a Cincinnati factory, was catcher in a local amateur game when a foul ball struck him behind the right ear, fracturing his skull and killing him instantly.
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The
Tribune
Cincinnati
John Walcotte
Yale Prompted Tugboat Chase In New York Harbor
Officers and tugboats chased the Metropolitan turbine steamer Yale as it neared Boston after leaving the Battery. Three women, bound for a honeymoon, were found aboard the Lennox and brought to shore at the Battery. Rumors of injuries and a riot circulated but no confirmation followed.
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Yale
Boston
Velox
Fire Department
Fred B. Dalzeil
East River
Margaret Lennox
Brooklyn Bridge
Lennox
the Battery
Constable Kills Brother Officer in Vermillion Duel
In Vermillion Illinois May 31 Constable Bruce Northup thirty five was shot to death in a pistol duel with Constable Charles Crawford twenty one who surrendered and is jailed The feud followed a wrestling match Crawford won the bout Northup drew Crawford's pistol and threatened to keep it Crawford returned with another pistol and fired after exchanging several shots Northup died from a head wound Mrs Northup witnessed the shooting
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Bruce Northup
Charles Crawford
Crawford
Northup
Falen
Motives of Prince Questioned at Vacation Legislation Meeting
Tension rose at a Central Federated Union meeting as ex Assemblyman Prince, linked to the Cigar Packers' Union, faced charges of political maneuvering after claiming meetings at the Mayor's office and with the Corporation Counsel about the Hoey vacation bill. The union backed the executive report and appointed a committee to confer with Alderman Delaney on pursuing an ordinance, while Prince proposed a gubernatorial directive to push the original Hoey bill but faced pushback.
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Central Federated Union
Prince
Cigar Packers’ Union
Delaney
Board of Aldermen
Huey
Brown
Cigarmakers’ Union
Coakley
Lithographic Apprentices’ Union
Alderman Delaney
Hoey
Dog Attacks Father and Son in Huntington Incident
William Walters of Huntington Long Island was bitten on the nose wrist and left thumb while trying to save his thirteen year old son Charles from a large mongrel that attacked them in the yard. Walters may seek rabies treatment if the brain test at the Pasteur Institute confirms rabies. The dog had been released from the local pound after town officials failed to pay two dollars per head.
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Charles
William Walters
Huntington
Long Island
Walters
Pasteur Institute
Night riders destroy tobacco beds in Arvonia
Telegraph report from Arvonia Virginia notes night riders visited Jeff Johnson a negro planter and destroyed his tobacco beds pulling up plants by the roots. Johnson a successful farmer not part of the tobacco organization has offered a $1 reward for the robbers and recalls a barn fire that recently destroyed hay and a barn, believed incendiary.
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Tribune
International Tuberculosis Congress to Meet in Washington
President Roosevelt accepts presidency of the International Congress on Tuberculosis to be held in Washington from September 21 to October 12. He emphasizes the crusade against TB, the economic and social costs of the disease, and the value of new doctrines and international cooperation in stamping out TB.
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Washington
Roosevelt
L. E. Flick
Philadelphia
White House
Pe Sk
International Congress
Cortelye
Atvenes
Tiberculos
Theodore Roosevelt
Open Air Tuberculosis Exhibition at De Witt Clinton Park
The Department of Health will host an open air stereopticon exhibition at De Witt Clinton Park on 524 Street and Eleventh Avenue tomorrow at 8 PM. The session will outline prevention and treatment efforts in the city and teach attendees how to avoid contamination and protect others.
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Department of Health
de Witt Clinton Park
Eleventh Avenue
Kosher Meat Dealers Hit by Wholesale Price Rise
Indignation spreads through East Side as kosher retailers learn prices for chops and flank steak jump from 14 to 18 or 19 cents a pound. The Mogen David Butchers Association plans a boycott until old prices return, with meetings at East 46th Street and Sheriff Street to coordinate action. The surge is blamed on speculators who control supply from wholesalers.
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East Side
Mogen David Hebrew Butchers’ Protective Association
Brooklyn
East 46Th Street
Sheriff Street
Boy Finds Father Dead in Cellar at 49 West 45th Street
Harold Blows fifteen discovers his father Frank H. Blows fifty four dead in the cellar of their New York home. A partially emptied carbolic acid phial lay nearby. Neighbors recall the elder Blows worked as a coachman for J. Pierpont Morgan and once drove in Madison Square Garden horse shows. Police label the death as self inflicted. Mrs. Blows cites apoplexy and authorities note the man had not been seen since Friday noon.
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Harold Blows
West 45Th Street
Frank H. Blows
J. Pierpont Morgan
Madison Square Garden
Cartwell
Roosevelt Hospital
Blows
Aged Women Break Records At Fair Booths
Five elderly residents of the Home of the Daughters of Jacob plus aged staff sold chances at a fair to raise funds for a 2000 dollar annex debt. The five beat all cash records in an hour, led by Mrs. Bella Zaplow and others aged 72 to 86. The home, housing 122 seniors, plans a hospital ward roof garden and elevators in the new annex, with 350 applicants awaiting admission.
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Jacob
Bella Zaplow
Zella Toker
Sarah Goldheimer
Pauling Harrison
Nathalia Wolf
Fast Broadway
Esther Davis
Rosie Aaronwald
Daughters of Jacob
A. J. Dworsky
Death by suicide and mail bag theft in city news in brief
The body of Delia Ryan, who died by her own hand by jumping into the East River from Bellevue Hospital grounds where she was treated for tuberculosis, was recovered by two morgue keepers. A. Rumler, charged with cutting open a mail bag on the steamship Amerika where he was a second class passenger, was taken to Ellis Island for a board of special inquiry and likely deportation.
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Delia Ryan
Bellevue Hospital
Amerika
A. Rumler
Ellis Island
Coney Island Busy Opening Day Amid Fire and Traffic
Crowds flocked to Coney Island and Brighton Beach for a sunny opening day with water fine and visitors from Manhattan. A fire near Stauch’s restaurant disrupted a parade as animals panicked. another blaze aboard the Iroquois at Dooley Street was extinguished with minor damage. Police and ambulances handled incidents as Brooklyn’s new Brighton Beach express wick conducted smoothly and attracted riders from the old route. Patrolman Grace was injured after a collision with a dog and a speeding car, carried to hospital by a bystander. several licensed pickpockets were arrested, bailed, then released.
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Corey Island
Brighton
Coney Island
Manhattan Bureau Ang Deem
Dreamland
Luna Park
Satan
Stauch’s
Lewis B. Hewitt
Lundyp Dock
Dooley Street
Sheepshead Bay
John Luger
Thalman Street
Brookly
Luger
Luke H. Grace
Brolyn
Seacate
Neptune Ae
Grace
West 24
Joseph Mangia
Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company
Brighton Beach
American Pearls Arriving From Clammers and Dealers
A report on the American pearl trade notes early success of clammers along the Mississippi and Illinois rivers, with dealer Philip J. Mackay describing improving quality and handling. It highlights pearl curing, distribution by wholesale gem houses, and the steady employment provided by the shell and pearl industry despite market fluctuations.
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Maiden Lane
Clamermen
Iowa
Philip J. Mackay
Astor House
Illinois
Mississippi
Prairie du Chien
Mackey
Memorial service honors veterans with timeless praise
About twenty white haired veterans attended a memorial service at Metropolitan Temple on 10th Street and Seventh Avenue. Rev Dr Joe Wesley Hill delivered an encomium of their exploits and drew contrasts between ancient leaders and modern generals, praising Grant's chivalry at Appomattox.
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Metropolitan Templth Street
Seventh Avenue
Joe Wesley Hill
Themistocles
Dewey
Grant
Appomattox
Outdoor Commencement Exercises Ordered For This Year
Syracuse May 31 Chancellor of University orders that the commencement exercises and the baccalaureate service be held outdoors this year.
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Syracual
Syracuse
University
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