Baby Strangled at Play by Tape Harness
Max Baline a three year old of 310 Delancey street died yesterday after a tape tied around his neck while playing horse. Neighbors heard screams and found him unconscious. An ambulance took him to Gouverneur Hospital where he died en route. Autopsy showed the tape wound around his neck three times. Police infer he tripped on the string and choked.
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Max Baline
Delancey Street
Max
Gouverneur Hospital
Aviator Charles K Hamilton Promises Philadelphia Flight
Crowds of 10 000 watch Charles K Hamilton perform at Mineola as he plans a New York to Philadelphia round trip by air. He promises more flights today and narrates dives at low altitude while offering a free outdoor cure during the event.
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Charies K. Hamilton
Jer
Hamil
Pracven Aeronautics
Mr. Hamilton
St. Louis
Hamilton
Minenla
Procter Visits Princeton Hints at Renewed Graduate College Gift
William Cooper Procter visited Princeton with his wife for the first time since withdrawing a 500000 gift last year. Moses Taylor Pyne and Dean Andrew F West hosted them, with speculation the gift may be renewed at the June 15 trustees meeting. President Woodrow Wilson and Mrs Cleveland attended a luncheon as optimism grows.
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the Tribune
Princeton
N. J
Princeton University
William Cooper Procter
Moses Taylor Pyne
Andrew F. West
Procter
Graduate College
Turner Meeting Debates Harriman Name Change
Middletown New York June 4 objectors to renaming Turner to Harriman convened after two and a half hours of speeches. Elwood C Smith was named chairman and the group ratified a May 17 Business Men's Association vote favoring the change by a large margin. Supporters cited a 366 of 450 resident petition to Congressman Bradley for Post Office Department recognition.
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Middletown
N. Y
Turner
Harriman
Patrick J. McAran
Brian G. Hughes
New York
Charles T. Ford
Hughes
Ramapo Mountains
Bradley
Postofice Department
Helped from Nantucket Water by Fishermen
Peter Larsen of Boston endured two nights and a day in a 30-foot motor boat after losing the propeller off Nauset during a fifty mph gale. The exhausted 27 year old reached Coatue beach near Nantucket with the boat dashed ashore and water flooding in as fishermen spotted him.
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Nantucket
Mass
Nantucket Sound
Peter Larsen
Boston
Coatue To-Da
Larsen
New York
Nauset
Caught Between Bases Fatality on Junior Baseball Play
John Bauden of Riverside Lane died after a play for the Haws Avenue Sunday school team left him stranded between bases. He hit the ball, stole second, started for third, then fell while retracing to second as a throw arrived. Attempts to revive him failed.
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Tribune
Norristoenm
Penn
Haws Avenue
John Bauden
Riverside Lane
Bauden
Acquittal in Cleveland Trial for Victor Nelson in Murder Case
Victor Nelson was acquitted of first degree murder after five hours of jury deliberation in General Sessions Cleveland. Defense by W Bourke Cochran cited Nelsons good character and requested mercy, while prosecutors were praised for presenting the case. Nelson left the courthouse a free man with a job offer in hand, amid a courtroom celebration by jurors and counsel.
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Victor Nelson
Nelson
W. Bourke Cochran
Adam Groll
Groll
Cochran
Cleveland
Judge O'Sullivan
McCormick
O'Sullivan
Oratory
Claude Humphreys
Humphreys
New York
Immigrant 107 Year Old German Arrives At Ellis Island
Peter Bekel 107, traveling with son George and relatives, arrived aboard the Lusitania and was admitted after providing a $4,000 roll. His family includes multiple generations and grandchildren, with plans to live in North Dakota. The centenarian enjoyed sharing tales of Halley’s comet and remained alert during the inspection.
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Ellis Island
Duke of of Wellington
Peter Bekel
Grafton
N. C
Bekel
Russia
George Bekel
George
Frederick
North Dakota
Lusitania
Taft Links Socialism to Nation’s Great Issue in Jackson Speech
President Taft in Jackson Michigan proclaims socialism the great problem facing the United States and argues the Republican party has the proven ability to meet major questions. He denounces partisan aims while praising party history from the Civil War through growth, credit, and imperial endeavors.
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Taft
Keeley Park
Ada
Ohio
Republican Party
Canada
Jackson
Buffalo
Michigan Central Railroad
Detroit
White House
Lincoln
England
United States
Baker Drops In Casually at West 47th Street Police Station
An unnamed well dressed man enters the busy West 47th Street station and reveals himself as Commissioner Baker. He commends Lt Cavanaugh and Sgt Fennell for handling the crowded night, declines a formal inspection, and departs after a private talk with the officials.
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West 47Th Street
Fennell
Commissioner Baker
Cavanaugh
Neutenant
Helped Wreck Bank Jailed in Mount Pleasant Case
E. H. Steinman once head of major Pittsburgh area firms was convicted of aiding and abetting ex cashier Charles E. Mullin in misusing Farmers and Merchants National Bank funds. He received a five year sentence at Leavenworth Kansas. Flying Machine may offer view of Hudson River from Day Line route to better Adams Street.
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Hamilton
Mr. Nolan
Hewilton
Baldwin
Seymour
Seymour Were the Air Simultaneously. Withert Hamilton
Pittsburg
E. H. Steinman
Mount Pleasant
Penn
Charlies E. Mullin
Farmers and Merchants’ National Bank
Teavenworth
Kan
Hudson River
Trolley Car Rampages Through Mount Vernon Collision
A trolley on the Chester Hill branch of the Westchester Electric Railway leaped tracks near Mount Vernon, crossed a road for fifty feet, climbed a curb and fence, injuring five passengers and four others. Among the seriously hurt were Concordia College students Walter Hansen and Ward Wenzel. Hansen was pinned under the car and freed with a jack. Three women were cut by glass and shaken, later taken home by automobile. two Italian bystanders escaped with bruises.
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Chester Hill
Westchester Electric Railway Company
Mount Vernon
Walter Hansen
Ward Wenzel
Concordia College
Hansen
Royal Blue Wreck Near Wilmington Causes Delays
A Royal Blue express on the Baltimore and Ohio bound from Washington to New York wrecked at East Junction near Wilmington as the engine misread a switch. Fireman A. J. Rubetsch, trapped under the engine for over two hours, was rescued with serious injuries. Engineer Charles Smith had a broken rib. Messenger George Rittenberg and baggage master J. R. Grayson escaped from the baggage car after cutting their way out. Passengers resumed travel after a three and a half hour delay.
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Tribune
Wilmington
Del
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Washington
New York
East Junction
Here
A. J. Rubetsch
Charles Smith
George Rittenberg
J. R. Grayson
Philadelphia
Fireman Stops Runaway Horse In Central Park Crowd
A group of May partygoers in Central Park faced panic as four runaway horses charged down Third Avenue. Fireman Pierre de Baum of Engine Company 8 sprang into action from a streetcar rear platform and seized a bridle to halt the animal, with reporters noting plans to commend his bravery to Commissioner Waldo.
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Third Avenue
Pierre de Baum
Engine Company 8
Te Lavon
Barefoot Dance at Public Garden In Boston
Telegraph report from Boston dated June 4 describes forty girls ages four to fifteen in white gowns dancing barefoot on the Public Garden grass in a scene unseen for centuries. Miss Lilla Wiles Wyman provided the Greek style Spring Idyll with a city permit allowing the grassy display.
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the Tribune
Boston
Lilla Wiles Wyman
Boy Reinjured In Bronx Auto Crash At Melrose Avenue
Henry Falender ten years old of 389 East 163d street was returned to Lebanon Hospital after being hit while crossing 161st street. He suffered a dislocated shoulder and scalp wound. The car’s chauffeur left the scene before police recovered the abandoned auto at Morrisania station.
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Henry Falender
East 163d Street
Lebanon Hospital
Falender
Melrose Avenue
First Street
161St Street
Gottlieb
11St Street
Morrisania
Diamonds Smuggling Charge Snares New York Dealer
Isaac Marcuson a diamond dealer living at 421 West 182nd Street was arrested on charges of smuggling gems valued at $12 000 into the United States aboard the Lusitania on April 16 Lee Reichman alleged he learned of the scheme from Antwerp dealer Max Tom who promised to ship diamonds after Marcuson paid duties Marcuson was arraigned before U S Commissioner Gilchrist and released on his own recognizance pending Monday Secret Service agents prepared warrants to search his home Marcuson claimed the diamonds came from Max Tom but were mailed from London to Peru
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Isaac Marcuson
West 182d Street
Lusitania
Lee Reichman
Max Tom
Antwerp
Belgium
Marcuson
United States
Gilchrist
Federal
Secret Service
London
Peru
Health book author dies by own action in New York rooming house
Rochester reports Professor J De Camp, author of a health and disease book, found dead in a Croton-on-Hudson home rooming house. He died by inhaling gas after placing a coat over his head. Letters from police chiefs in several cities hint at a search for his wife Clara De Camp, a fortune teller. Advt. for Dewey's Wines appears at end.
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Rochester
J. de Camp
Croton-on-Hudson
Clara de Camp
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