Princeton's Big Day Honors To Educators
Princeton New Jersey June 15 The 1624 annual commencement exercises at Princeton University were held with ideal weather on campus. President Woodrow Wilson led the procession from Nassau Hall to Alexander Hall where degrees were conferred and honors awarded including Doctors of Laws to Charles Francis Adams and Dr Frank Hartier. Alumni luncheon followed with talks by Wilson Lowell and Crothers.
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Princeton University
Nassau Hall
Woodrow Wilson
Alexander Hall
Wilson
Lawrence Fenninger
Philadelphia
Charlies W. McAlpin
Issac Thomas
Pottstown
Penn
Grover Cleveland
Abbott Lawrence Lowell
Harvard
Charles Francis Adams
Lowell
Andrew Fleming West
Graduate School
Frank Hartier
New York
Dean West
John White Alexander
National Academy of Design
Samuel McChord Crothers
John Carrington
Siam
Gutzon Borglum
Adams
3. M. Crothers
Manhattan College Exercises Ends With Prizes and Credits
At Carnegie Hall two men endured a mock bow routine during Manhattan College commencement. Robert J. Ghee dominated prize awards including the alumni English essay purse and several medals. George J. Martin also captured multiple medals and endorsements. Seventeen graduates received degrees, with five graduate and two honorary degrees. News from Brown University notes Alumni Day and a Brown honorary degree for Mrs. Howe, with Governor Hughes and Rev. Lyons in attendance.
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Manhattan College
Carnegie Hall
Monsignor Lavelle
Robert J. Ghee
Shea
Alumni Association
Kelly
Develin
Colege
William ©. Pommmerer
Bureau of Commerce of
Joan W. Keefe
Providence
Saathaneen
Fraether Matthew
Webher Gleeson
Connecticut
John J. Fitzgerald
Women’s College
Brown University
Rho@ieland Alpha
Phi Beta Kappa
William E. Lyons
Brookline
Maes
Juhin Ward Howe
Boston
Charles E. Hughes
New York
Brown Mw
PREDICTS GREAT GROWTH
At Rhode Island State College graduation Dean Eugene Davenport predicts the end of cheap bread in the U S within a century citing expanding population and depleted fertile land He warns landless families will face hardship as food supply tightens and production must rise through advanced methods and new acres
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Kingston
Eugene Davenport
University of Mlinois
Urbana
Rhode Island State College
Dean Davenport
Aram J. Pothier
Rhode Island
United States
Mayor McClellan Delivers Founders Day Address at Lawrenceville
Mayor McClellan of New York spoke at Lawrenceville School commencement as nearly one hundred graduates received diplomas. He urged students to stay true to their best, warned against striving for publicity, and reflected on aging, success, and the value of work well done.
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Trenton
Mayor McClellan
New York
Lawrenceville School
Mayer McClellan
Senator Hoar
McClellan
Heinze Indicted in United Copper Ledger Mutilation Case
Fritz Augustus Heinze, his brother Arthur P. Heinze, and three associates including Sanford Robinson and Carlos Warfield were indicted by the federal grand jury for conspiring to mutilate and remove books of the United Copper Company. The charges allege obstruction of justice related to the grand jury probe into the ledger and other vital records, connected to A. Heinze’s control of the Mercantile National Bank.
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Fritz Augustus Heinze
Arthur P. Heinze
United Copper Company
Federal Grand Jury
A. Heinze
Mercantile National Bank
Heinzes
Sanford Robinson
Carr & Robinson
Carlos Warfield
Ohio Copper Company
Heinze
Mr. Robinson
John Geer
Ray
United States Circuit Court
Grand Jury
Geer
Arthur Heinze
Robinson
Tracy S. Buckingham
Joseph P. Cotton, Jr
K. A. Heinze
Divorced Wife Wins Probate Conflict Over Grout Will
Greenfield Mass June 18 An agreement filed with Judge Francis M Thompson ends the contest over the will of William Lt Grout Orange manufacturer who died in April 1968 The divorced wife Ellen H Grout will receive 65000 and five of her children plus two grandchildren gain specified sums while the second wife Elzira R Grout’s share remains unchanged The will left the first wife nothing and residuary legacy to Frank J Grout with total estate about 5400000
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Francis M. Thompson
William Lt. Grout
Grout
Ellen H. Grout
Elzira R. Grout
Soan
Frank J. Grout
Orange
Nellie A. Graves
Jennie L. Mille
Springfield
Fred FE. Grout
Mexico
Charles B. Grout
Carl A. Grout
Lewis W. Grout
Helen W. Grout
New Haven Wins Control Of Boston Rail Lines
Boston passage of the Governor Eben Draper bill ends a three year fight over New England railroads. The Boston Railroad Holding Company will be incorporated by three Massachusetts citizens and financed by a railroad company, likely the New Haven, which gains practical control of about three quarters of the region's mileage with Massachusetts supervision on parts. The measure, already approved by the Senate, awaits engrossment and likely becomes law before week’s end.
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House
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New England
New York, New Haven & Hartford
Boston & Maine
Eben & Draper
Senate
Boston Railroad Holding Company
Massachusetts
Walter ©. Baylies
Robert M. Burnett
Southborpe
Frederic C. Dumaine
Concord
Arrest in Ohio Black Hand case linked to Lima family
Sebastian Lima was arrested in Marion and brought to Toledo along with Salvatore Lima on charges of conspiracy to defraud via the U S mails. Bond for each was set at 5000 dollars as investigators expand the Ohio Black Hand inquiry with a planned Cleveland meeting and further action.
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Ohio
Sebastian Lima
Salvatore Lima
Bost
Marion
E. F. Hutches
R. M. C. Hosford
United States
Day
Joseph Batagna
Salvatore Rizzo
Gaines
Trouble Over Vacancy in Army Judge Advocate General
Washington reports a major vacancy in the judge advocate general’s department sparks War Department trouble. Colonel Edgar B. Dudley retires from the Military Academy, with Captain B A Read initially nominated, then withdrawn at General Bell’s request to favor Captain M F Davis who is to retire for disability. Other captains push to precede Read, risking discontent and discipline concerns within the service.
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Washington
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Army
War Department
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Dudley
Military Academy
B A. Read
Cavalry Arm
Judge Advocate
Department of Texas
Read
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Edgar S&s Dudley
Het
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Colden L.H. Ruggles
Sandy Hook Proving Grounds
John BR. Sanford
25Th Infantry
Madison Harracks
Fort Lawton
John D. Long
12Th Cavalry
Mounted Service School
Fort Riley
Ibleyn W
John J. Pershing
Sage Laboratory Opens at RPI Marking 85th Anniversary
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute celebrated its eighty fifth anniversary by opening a state of the art mechanical and electrical engineering laboratory funded in part by Mrs Sage who contributed 1600 dollars while the project total exceeded 400000 dollars. Prominent engineers and society leaders attended including Robert L De Forest Jesse M Smith and Louis B Stillwell. A luncheon followed with a baseball game against MIT and senior events concluded with dances and reunions. Commencement is scheduled for Music Hall tomorrow with Onward Bates delivering the address and E Hennicker winning the Macdonald prize for the best thesis.
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Institute Nine
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Music Hall
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Chicago
American Society of Civil Engineers
Macdonald
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Baltimore
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Andrew Carnegie
Yale Not Ocensured Says Stokes
New Haven June 15 Secretary Anson P Stokes of the Yale Corporation issued a statement today denying reports that the Carnegie Foundation expressed dissatisfaction with Yale entrance requirements The foundation is studying entrance methods of universities and plans to send a representative to New Haven Yale authorities plan to cooperate About 18 percent of final candidates and 28 percent of preliminary candidates were not admitted in the last eight years with 136 preliminaries failing last year.
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New Haven
Anson P. Stokes
Yale Corporation
Carnegie Foundation
Yale University
Foundation
Yale
Pritchett
Attempted assassination targets Bellefontaine mayor in firebombing
In Bellefontaine Ohio on June 15 a bottle filled with kerosene wrapped in rags was thrown through Mayor William Fr Niven's window and set fire to the room. The mayor was away and police chased a fleeing man. officials doubt Black Hand links and blame enemies of his dry laws enforcement.
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Ohio
William Fr. Niven
Niven
State Committee
Police chiefs and Black Hand in crime menace probe
In Buffalo on June 15 the International Association of Police Chiefs adopts a plan to urge a world police congress in Washington next year. Major Richard Sylvester, president of the association, says America cannot crush the Black Hand without aid from European police bodies.
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the Tribune
Buffalo
Black Hand Society
International Association of Police Chiefs
Federal State Department
Washington
Richard Sylvester
America
Labor troubles at navy yard in Brooklyn prompt union inquiry
Workmen at the Brooklyn Navy Yard appeal to the Central Labor Union for help over wage cuts, political pressure, and felt unfair promotions amid consolidation plans. A three member committee is to investigate and report at the upcoming Sunday meeting, signaling potential radical changes if relief fails.
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Brooklyn
Central Labor Union of Brooklyn
Central Labor Union
Army and Navy Orders From The Tribune June 15
The Tribune Bureau reports issued orders for Army and Navy movements. Officers listed include retirement and reassignment across bases such as Fort Lawton and Military Academy, with another section detailing ship movements among Manly Standish Albany and others to ports from Philadelphia to Yokohama and liberty sailings for the Atlantic fleet divisions to ports including Boston Marblehead and Penobscot Bay.
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Preacher Plans Name Change in New Jersey Notice
Elizabeth NJ June 15 Pursuant to an act Henry Hale Sleeper rector Grace Episcopal Church will apply to Union County Court of Common Pleas for an order to assume the name Henry Hale Gifford He has served Grace Church twenty years and is held in esteem by his parishioners
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Henry Hale Gifford
State of
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Court of Common Pleas
County of Union
Roswell H Lamson Torpedo Boat Fails Launch at Cramp Yard
The torpedo boat destroyer Roswell H Lamson did not launch today at William Cramp & Sons in Philadelphia. It was named by Mrs Henry S Grove, wife of the shipyard president, but stuck on the ways halfway into the water and will rest until the next high tide for release. The destroyer is slated for 28 knot speed with a 2% foot length and armament of five 3 inch guns three deck torpedo tubes and two auto guns.
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United States Torpedo Boat
Roswell H. Lamson
William Cramp & Sons Ship and Engine Building Company
Henry S. Grove
The
Shipbuilding Corporation
Train Wreck Wounds Several Near Hermosillo Mexico
A passenger train on the main Southern Pacific branch was wrecked last night at Pesquera near Hermosillo. Conductor A. Budge of Nogales and eighteen passengers were injured though none seriously. All coaches except the sleeper turned over. most injured are Mexican.
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Mai
Southern Pacific Railroad
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Hermosillo
Mexico
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Nogales
Life for Slayer of Sweetheart in Baltimore Suburb
Joseph J. Mueller pleaded guilty to the March 8 murder of his sweetheart Misa Regina Reed at Mount Washington. He was sentenced to life in the state penitentiary after initially claiming a highwayman killed her and later saying the shooting was accidental. The judge noted he could not impose the death penalty.
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Misa Regina Reed
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Mueller
Miss Reed
South Avenue
Hilltop
Knights Templar Parade in Syracuse Draws 4000 Participants
Syracuse June 15 four thousand men marched through the city streets accompanied by thirty bands. Thousands watched from Clinton Square grandstand as Apollo Commandery Troy drilled before the crowd. Visiting knights and about one thousand women guests attended theater and a ball at the Alhambra. A business session elected officers led by Edwin C Hall.
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New York
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Elmira
T. Henry Dumary
Albany
Edward A. Kraussman
New York City
John B. Mullan
Rochester
Edward C. Hubbard
Brooklyn
George A. Newell
Medina
John H. Bonnington
William F. Elmendorf
Buffalo
William H. Patterson
Naval officers anxious over plucking out board selections
Washington June 15 naval officers fear the upcoming plucking out board will determine compulsory retirements to meet nineteen vacancies created by naval personnel law. Sealed applications for voluntary retirements are to be opened June 30, with critics saying the process spurs instability and discontent across ranks from commander up to captain.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Secretary of the Navy
Craptain
Rockefeller Pastor A Banker Now
Cleveland June 15 The Rev Carmene Sue who was brought to Cleveland years ago by John D Rockefeller and made associate pastor of the Euclid Avenue Baptist Church has left religious duties to enter banking For months officers of a large bank have planned to protect foreign depositors and educate them in American banking The Rev Mr Luci began duties today to act for foreigners
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John D. Rockefeller
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Luci
Loeb Inspecting Bay Customs In New Smuggling Probe
Collector Loeb and Deputy Stuart toured the Kaiser Wilhelm de Grasse and North German Lloyd dock area to observe baggage screening. New discoveries in the Lonstor case include undeclared fur and other dutiable goods. trunks sent to seizure rooms for appraisal. Kilgannon, Elizabeth, and partner White face circuit court on smuggling charges linked to recent investigations, alongside earlier “sleepers” cases.
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Educated Monkey Grievance Sparks Coney Island Ire
News from New York reports an announcement that a new Consul monkey will join the Coney Island display. In the Bostock arena the monkey house buzzed with chatter and dissatisfaction as Toams Consul occupies a suite during breakfast. Young Consul was finishing grapefruit coffee rolls and eggs when told of the anticipated arrival.
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