Taft Addresses Bryn Mawr as Suitcase and Overcoat Go Missing
President Taft spoke at Bryn Mawr College on Higher Education for Women, arguing education strengthens independence and societal contribution. He faced travel misfortune with a missing suitcase and overcoat, delivered in traveling clothes before heading to Ada, Ohio for another commencement.
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Graft graft probes touch Albany and Schenectady
In Albany officials debate direct nominations as Merritt braces for renomination while Speaker Wadsworth travels amid possible no term plans. In Schenectady, 36 indictments and 19 arrests unfold from an extraordinary court term probing county graft and misdeeds tied to a $600,000 courthouse project.
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Double Cross Tale in Illinois Bribery Probe
Sangamon County Grand Jury focused on killing a fishermen bill, hearing that over 500 dollars may have been paid to defeat the measure. Governor Deneen pledged executive aid, urging exposure of organizers and clearing innocent legislators.
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William Lorimer
Sangamon County Grand Jury
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Burke
Beckemeyer
Grand Jury
Deneen
Middy Battle at Annapolis Repulsed in Realistic Drill
At the Naval Academy during June week a mock battle saw the second battalion of midshipmen attack the campus. They breached the first line and entered the grounds before being repulsed and crowded back over the outer wall. Tonight the first class German, a key commencement week event, was held in the armory.
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Chorus Girl Margaret Owens Dies In Gas Suicide
Margaret Owens a eighteen year old chorus girl at Star Theatre Brooklyn died by inhaling illuminating gas in the Rutherford Hotel apartment of her brother in law Jacques Gruenberg at 208 East 17th Street. She had planned the act and stayed in while the Gruenbergs went to supper. Police investigation follows.
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Brooklyn
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East 17Th Street
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ERROR CAUSES WOMAN'S DEATH
A telephoned miscommunication leads to Mrs. Lillian Engler learning of her sister Rose Herbert's death. She collapses and dies moments later in Waterbury Connecticut. The message claimed a nurse was ill and prompted the fatal mistaken report.
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Conn
Martin Seibert
Lillian Engler
Veteran dies playing ball at Brooklyn Parade Grounds
Civil War veteran and former navy sailor John Halpin collapsed and died of heart disease while playing baseball with boys at the Parade Grounds near Prospect Park in Brooklyn yesterday afternoon. He was 64, survived by his wife Mary Griffin and a married daughter. funeral arrangements not listed.
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United States Navy
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Pastor Goes to Muldoon's for Rest in White Plains
The Rev. Dr. T. Calvin McClelland pastor of Memorial Presbyterian Church and former Brooklyn moderator travels to Muldoon's farm in White Plains to recuperate. He will not preach in Brooklyn until the third Sunday in September and plans a Scotland trip in July resuming preaching in Glasgow in August. His wife says he is worn out rather than seriously ill and that overwork on his book The Mind of Christ contributed to his condition.
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Memorial Presbyterian Church
Brooklyn
MuLdoon
White Plains
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Glasgow
Kohler Holds His Own in Court With Claims Challenged
The third day of Chief Kohler's trial on immorality and drunkenness featured a key witness who contradicted earlier defense claims. The detective said Kohler never ordered beating a reporter, only noting the boy needed a licking. Prosecution setbacks included a lecture on the Golden Rule not an instruction to ignore offences.
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