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New York Tribune

Location

New York, New York, United States of America

Date

Jun 18, 1907

Page

24

Cornell Seniors Celebrate Class Day at Ithaca Campus

Six hundred Cornell seniors prepare for class day ceremonies with ivy planting at new buildings and the main events in Goldwin Smith Hall. The day features address by William Winthrop Taylor and a class prophecy read by Adolphus Kiendl, with a large armory ball and an academic procession planned for Thursday morning.

Ithaca N. J Cornell Goldwin Smith Julian A. Pollak Charles Frederick Agoffin Mary Veronica Donnellan Mary Elizabeth McCabe William Winthrop Taylor Brooklyn Adolphus Cornelius Kiendl Isaac Lande George W. Roesch Clara Josephine Cagwin Mabel Ford Yeomans Alfred Pettus Howes Utica Harold Joseph Roig Armory M. V. Balliere J. A. Pollak F. S. Sly B. G. Lewis William John Dugan Francis L. Durk Francisco Allman Robert Neil Gordon Darby A. G Mar- Everett Drennan Metcal George Robert Sailor Edmund Henry Fite Marsied Elias J. Durand Charles L. Durham Wilder D. Vancroft Diemeritus Robert Henry Treman Andrew PD. White Frank A. Barton Cornell University Corps of Cadets W. W. Taylor C. F. Magoffin Alice E. Rowe Elizabeth P. Donnam George R. Sailor Nelson J. Darling Mabel F. Yeomans Clara J. Cagwin A. C. Kiendl- Orater I. Lande Ivy Crater H. J. Reid A. P Howes G. W. Roesch J. A. Ferguson Sage Chapel Chi Psi

Rutgers Honor Men Announced At Graduation

New Brunswick N J June 17 a class of thirty eight will graduate this week. The senior honor men include Solomon Perth Amboy first classical George A Leukel own N J second Charles M Doolittle unellent scientific William R Hughes Jr Lew Brunswick second Harry A Marmer Wood fd Alpert K Johnson Raven Rock first ener George A Leukel second Isaac thine third Harry J Steckum A laureate sermon was preached by Rev Newell Dwight Hillis Plymouth Church Brooklyn

New Brunswick N. J Rutgers Solomon Perth Amboy George A. Leakel Own Charles M. Doolittle Unellent Scientific William R. Hughes, Jr Lew Brunswick Harry A. Marmer Woodfd Alpert K New Haven Yale William Stewart Colorado George Peabody Wetmore Rhode Island Fred” T. Dubois Idaho Morgan G. Bulkeley Connecticut Morgan G. Bulkeley, Jr Frank B. Brandegee Thomas Collier Platt New York Livingston Platt Philander C. Knox Pennsylvania Knox Hugh Smith Knox Mass Adrian Terry Knoxville Homer B. Sprague Newton Joseph Lord Laingsburg Mich Eliphalet Whittlesey Washington Daniel Henshaw Providence Lewis Grout Brattleboro Robert W. Forbes New York City Cyrus Northrop University of Minnesota George M. Woodruff Litefield Luther Trowbridge Detroit Robert Brown Yale Astronomical Observatory Harrison B. Freeman Hartford Henry Holt William Woolsey Johnson United States Naval Academy Franklin MacVeagh Chicago Pierce N. Welch Wetmore George A. Adee Wallace Bruce Brooklyn Robert E. de Forest Bridgeport Matthew D. Mann Buffalo Howard Talbot Wisconsin Dubois A. Heaton Robertson John W. Wescott Camden Theodore Woolsey Edward Thacher Thacher Schod California Filward H. Jenkins Connecticutricultural Experiment Station W. L. Cushing Westminster School Sims Joan J. Montgomery Sears Boston Charles F. Chapin Waterbury American Albert RB. Coxe Philadelpha William Lyon Phelps Haward Eastwood New London Jason Teller Ler Henry Yate 11 Meim- Graves Lee Mebbers N. A. Smyth Jeronoff Amos R Yale Swimming Association Hov Francis McStone

Ivy Day at Smith College Observed with Ceremonies

Ivy Day at Smith College Northampton Mass was observed with processions in white gowns each senior bearing a bouquet of ivy and led by Miss Lula M Sanborn. The ivy was planted on Seelye Mall after which Marian Severe delivered the ivy oration at Assembly Hall. A campus concert and a president's reception followed.

Northampton Mass Smith Dicge Seelye Mall Lula M. Sanborn Saginaw, Mich Assembly Hall Marian Severe Medfield Yale Ussue Sheffield Scientifi School Giumnt Advisory Board Woodbridge Hall Hadley Henry G. Jepson Yale Foreign Missionary Society Frederick Wells Williams Sheffield Scientific School Hillhouse Avenun Yale Law School Hendrie Hall Charles Serne Munson Williamsport Penn Holt United States District Court Hammersley Connecticut Supreme Court Frank B. Arandegee Connecticut John Carroll Slade Kellogesville N. Y Albert Packer McKinstry Worcester William Kernan Cambles Philadelphia Yale Medical School Frederick C. Shattuck Harvard Medical School Old South Middle William D. Barnes, Jr Mansfield Edward H. Hart Brooklyn Harvey P. Perrin Indianapolis Harold 5. Wells Scranton Livingston Platt New York City Glee Club Woolsey Hall Alumni Hall Yale Corporation Eli Whitney Whitney

Class Day Observed At Brown University

Sunny weather aided Brown University class day activities starting with a Sayles Hall convocation. George Turley of Providence delivered the class presidency address and Kelph N. Dennett of North Adams gave the oration. A ball game with Alabama followed at Andrews Field before campus exercises and the class tree dedication.

Providence Brown University Sayles Hall George Tiurley Kelph N. Dennett North Adams Mass Joseph Boardman, Jr Plymouth Andrews Field Brown University of Alabama Harry Duane Bruce Moretown Francis Maurice Anderson Albany Herbert Beers Keen Camden N. J Faunce

Cardinal Gibbons Visits Holy Cross in Worcester

Cardinal Gibbons arrives from New York to Worcester and is greeted by thousands. Mayor Duggan welcomes him at the station and a 2590-strong Catholic civic procession escorts him through Main Street before he stays for the night at Holy Cross College ahead of tomorrow's commencement.

Worcester Mass Holy Cross College Cardinal Gibbons New York Duggan Main Street

New Head for Virginia Military Institute

Lexington Virginia June 17 The Board of Visitors accepted the resignation of Superintendent General Scott Shipp after seventeen years in office and named Colonel Edward W Nichols as temporary superintendent Professor Thomas A Jones was appointed in applied mathematics Commencement included signaling with heliographs and flags and rendering first 21 to wounded drivers

Lexington Board of Visitors Virginia Military Institute Scott Shipp Edward W. Nichols Thomas A. Jones Dri

Closing exercises set for Immaculate Conception School

The Immaculate Conception School on East Th street plans closing events at the Academy of Music. The boys perform Monday evening and the girls on Friday, events scheduled for late June with attendance by students and families.

School of the ImMaculate Conception East Mth Street Academy of Music

Elaborate Exercises Planned for Young Women at Church

The rector Monsignor William G. Murphy prepared the program for two entertainments and the events will be devoted exclusively to the young women.

William G. Murphy

Archbishop Farley Denounces Catholics Failing Parochial Support

At Carnegie Hall the Archbishop condemned rich Catholics for not funding parochial schools and urged alumni to send sons to Catholic institutions. He and Dr Brann attacked secular and “mollycoddle” schools while praising the poor for sustaining church education amid a graduation ceremony with 19 BA degrees and honorary LLD for Justice Carr.

Archbishop Farley Carnegie Hall College of St. Francis Xavier William J. Carr Supreme Court Henry A. Brann St. Agnes’s Church Brann Pluto Brain Plato L. Hamilton Rainey Edward 8. Dore Farley

Runaway Horse Triggers Park Collision in Central Park

Dr William Dreyfus of East 96th Street loses control of his horse in Central Park last night. The runaway dashes into two carriages and an automobile, then wrecks the runabout. no serious injuries reported. The horse is eventually captured by Mounted Patrolman Callan.

Willian Dreyfus East 96Th Street Central Park West $24 Street Horn E. M. Sattle Fifth Avenue 38Th Street Cailan Dr. Dreyfus

Flying Log Kills Workman In City Tunnel Blast

A premature blast in the Ninth Avenue and 32nd Street Pennsylvania tunnel excavation fatally injured Workman No. 62 who died at the French Hospital. Laborer No. 52 Clark was struck by a long plank on Ninth Avenue and died shortly after. James Ross, a drill helper, survived after a head injury from the blast. Foreman James Sullivan was arrested and held for coroner’s inquest on a $2000 bail.

Pennsylvania Ninth Avenue 32D Street French Hospital Clark St. Michael's Church Samuints James Ross James Sullivan Butts Harburger

Big Ed Kelly Sentenced for Murder in Auburn Prison

Rochester reports "Big Ed" TM Kelly of Boston was sentenced to life in Auburn prison for the second degree murder of Edward Pullman of Sodus. Kelly claimed perjury and labeled Justice Sutherland as the thirteenth juror after a defense motion for a new trial was denied. The prosecution indicated James McCormick’s trial would start soon, as Wayne County officials cover expenses.

Rochester Big Ed ™ Kelly Boston Edward Pullman Sodus Auburn Supreme Court Kelly Wayne County George Raines James McCormick Monroe County

Magistrate Butts Sparks Clash Over Court Customs

On his first day as a city magistrate in the West Side court Butts denounces summonses and the old practice of lawyers gathering near the bench. He orders any such summonses halted and warns he will not issue them this term. A lawyer seeks a warrant for a client’s husband and a woman collapses when denied.

Butts Corporation Counsel's Office West Side Sammon Board of City Magistrates Wahle Maagistrate

Republican Club Votes for Franchise Study

The Republican Club voted 23 to 18 to back a sub committee report and send a delegation to a Friday City Hall hearing on the Atlantic Telephone Company franchise. The group criticized current rates and service as unsatisfactory, urging remedies before seeking city approval.

Republican Club Committee On Atlantic Telephone Company James Anderson Hawes Perley Morse Lindon Hates Board of Estimate

Hypnotized Woman Aims at Astrologer in New York

Katie Gillespie, 21, visited Professor Mack Barth at 2150 Third Avenue about 6 pm yesterday and allegedly tried to shoot him with a .38 revolver after removing a package wrapping. Barth knocked the weapon away. Gillespie claims hypnosis, doctors deem her potentially insane, and she will be examined at Bellevue. She formerly worked as a nurse on Ward's Island and came to New York from Ireland three years ago. Barth, six feet nine inches tall, once on stage, led a June Walk festival drum major and used the alias Colonel C. E. Mack in Duss's band.

Katie Gillespie Miss Gillespie Barth East 126Th Street Henry Hauser Rossano Harlem Bellevue Ward's Island New York Ireland Morris Park Colonel C. E. Mack Duss

Nutley handwriting expert wins chicken and pigeon dispute

William J. Kinsley a handwriting expert and poultry keeper was allowed by Vice-Chancellor Bergen to keep chickens and pigeons if he stops all night crowing and cooing. Clarence E B Iliffe had sued claiming a nuisance from the rear yard sparking neighbor complaints and a Board of Health inquiry.

William J. Kinsley Clarence EB. Iliffe Bergen Cliffe Kinsley Nutley Board of Health Hiffe Kinsly Board of Health of George B. Philhower Mr. Kinsley Iliffe L. H. Jones Pigmy Poultry Association

Boys Capture Armed Italian in East New York Stand

Two 12 year old boys in East New York restrained an armed man after he fired three shots at Dumont and Sutter avenues. Mike Harland held the revolver while Louis Rodinsky clung to his legs, aiding a neighborhood takedown until police arrived. The suspect was Salvatore Mes of 166 Sutter Avenue.

Dumont and Sutter Avenues New York Mike” Harland No. S71 Sutter Avenue Louis Rodinsky Blake Avenue Mike Louis Salvatore Mes No. 166

Idaho bank official among trio found guilty on two counts

In Moscow Idaho on June 17 a jury convicted G H Kesler W Dwyer and W J Kettenbach on two counts of the North Idaho land conspiracy indictments and acquitted them on three. Kettenbach is president and Kesler cashier of the Lewiston National Bank. Dwyer is a Lewiston timber cruiser.

Moscow Idaho North Idaho G. H. Kesler William Dwyer W. J. Kettenbach Kettenbach Kesler Lewiston National Bank

Bingham on 8 B R T Arrests

Police Commissioner Bingham announced an investigation into the Brooklyn Rapid Transit system trouble from last Sunday. He said Deputy Commissioner O Keeffe would be tasked to stop such occurrences and that all special police used to regulate rush crowds would be uniformed.

Bingham Brooklyn O'Keeffe

New Union Station Proposal Set For Kansas City Vote

Kansas City voters will decide in a special election on granting the Kansas City Terminal Railway Company a 200 year franchise to build a new union station and passenger terminals. Railroads and City Council agreed on the franchise length and plan to push preparations for a $20,000,000 construction project.

Union Station Kansas City Kansas City Terminal Railway Company

Auto Kills Man And Speeds Away In Woodside

Police report a red bodied car struck Joseph Likfa a 35 year old Polish farm hand from Greenpoint and Woodside avenues as he crossed Woodside and Thompson avenues in Woodside. The vehicle sped off and Likfa died at the scene.

Woodside Long Island Joseph Likfa Greenpoint Woodside Avenues Likfa Thompson Avenues

Jury Short One for Dr Guy Trial in Far Rockaway

The trial of Dr Samuel S Guy a Far Rockaway dentist for his wife s murder lacks a juror as opening approaches Foreman J Ryder believed related to the victim but was ruled ineligible after court review Prosecutor seeks sanity defense to be challenged by an insanity expert while defense counsel Mr Mathet frail from illness hopes to testify before traveling west after the case

Samuel S. Guy Far Rockaway J. Ryder Jaycox Ryder Mathot Guy Rockland County Flushing Mathet Guy House

Auto Over Embankment Fatal. Three Likely Dead

In Sanbornville New Hampshire last night an automobile plunged over a high embankment burying its occupants. Three people were fatally injured including Dr. Ben Hicks Metcalf head of Metcalf's Hospital Winthrop Massachusetts, Mrs Metcalf and Miss Churchill matron of the hospital with Miss Churchill most seriously hurt.

Sanbornville N. H Ttn Ben Hicks Metcalf Metcalf's Hospital Winthrop Mass

Ministers Fail to Censure Syracuse Chancellor Over Stand

Methodist Ministers Association debated a resolution denouncing Chancellor Kay of Syracuse University for backing President Roosevelt’s foes and praising railroad magnates. After a heated exchange Rev. T M Gable urged censure but withdrew as strong opposition blocked the measure.

Telegrapa Philadelphia Methodist Ministers' Association Kay Syracuse University Roosevelt Howard H. Harriman Lammore T. M. Gable Methodist Church Lfe

Fire destroys thirty five to forty cars in Boston blaze

A fire in Boston on June 17 damaged between thirty five and forty automobiles and caused an estimated $100,000 loss. The Back Bay Automobile Company garage housed over fifty machines and the blaze, started by spontaneous combustion, was contained despite explosions and a flare that reached a neighboring Pope Toledo firm.

Boston Back Jay Automobile Company Fremen Back Bay Automobile Company Pope-Toledo Company

Ste Genevieve Votes Dry After 172 Years

Ste Genevieve Missouri shut ten saloons yesterday in a historic move to become a dry town for the first time since its founding in 1735. The action followed advice from the prosecuting attorney and marks a 172 year record of open drinking establishments in the town.

Ste. Genevieve

Conference names committee on va grants at national session

In Minneapolis on June 17 the National Conference of Charities and Correction formed a fifteen member committee to handle va grants. New York members R. W. Hebberd William R. Stewart O F Lewis and Ward T Devine joined, with Thomas M Mulley elected president. Next year the conference will convene in Richmond Virginia.

Minneapolis National Conference of Charities and Correction R. W. Hebberd William R. Stewart O. F. Lewis Ward T. Devine New York Richmond Thomas M. Mulley

Eighteen Hurt In Santa Fe Wreck Near Earl

Eighteen passengers injured and three probably fatally when an eastbound Santa Fe train derailed near Earl Colorado. The wreck was caused by a defective brake beam or a spreading rail. Baggage, smoking, chair, two tourist sleeping cars and one standard sleeping car left the rails.

Trinidad Col Santa Fé Earl

Boston Plans Shoe Exposition Next Year in Fenway

Boston, June 17. Plans are announced for a shoe and leather exposition to be held next year in a large building to be erected in the Fenway. A company will be incorporated and to include representatives of the shoe industry from across the region.

the Tribune Boston Fenway

Canada and United States adopt identical railroad accounting

Washington June 17 United States and Canada reach an agreement to standardize railroad accounting. Canada through its Bureau of Railroad Statistics signals acceptance of ICC classification changes. Railroads must follow new rules starting July 1 with the first report due June 3, 1908. Copies sent to Controller Payne. Canada to implement by July 1.

Washington United States Dominion of Canada Canada Bureau of Railroad Statistics Interstate Commerce Commission J. L. Payne Railroad Statistics of Payne

Prosecution Prepared in Tobacco Trust Case

Washington reports J C McReynolds, special attorney in charge of the tobacco trust probe, met Attorney General Bonaparte and Purdy. Officials gave no details, but the discussion centered on the tobacco case and action under the Sherman anti trust act is expected soon.

Washington J. C. McReynolds Department of Justice United States Tobacco Trust Bonaparte Purdy McReynolda

Poison Squad to Be Disbanded on July First

Washington June 7 Dr. Wiley chief chemist of the Department of Agriculture will depart for France next Wednesday as the American member of the jury at the Bordeaux Maritime Exposition. The poison squad of young men who volunteered for experiments will be disbanded July 1 after completing long terms with free food. They are on a normal diet now to regain condition.

Tribune Bureau Wassington Dr. Wiley Department of Agriculture France Bordeaux Wiley Congress Pure Food Commission

Ripley Leaves Canal Service

Joseph Ripley resigns as consulting engineer on the Panama Canal Commission to pursue more lucrative work in the United States. He served on the former International board of consulting engineers and assisted Colonel Goethals on the lock design, noted for his Soo locks experience.

Washington Joseph Ripley Panama Canal Commission Ripley International Board of Consulting Engineers Stevens Goethals

Man and Wife Killed in Runaway in Vermont

White River Junction Vermont June 17 A North Hartland couple Mr and Mrs N C Wood were killed when their light buggy was frightened by a dog the carriage toppled over an embankment and both occupants died instantly at the edge of town.

White River Junction N. C. Wood North Hartland

Howard denies skimpy charges in marital dispute

Baltimore June 17 George Bronson Howard responding to a clipping of his wife calling him a cad and a coward said the remark was merely his opinion He claimed he spent about 2300 on the matter refused to pay unreasonable bills and offered to send her back to Norfolk if she chose Miss Schenck He said he is not afraid and dismissed a reporter's claim about a meeting with Mr Skinner as invented

Telegraph the Tribune Baltimore George Bronson Howard Norfolk Miss Schenck Mr. Howard Mr. Skinner

Tunnel Company's Big Debts Revealed in Bankruptcy Schedules

The New York Tunnel Company shows debts of 1 122 454 with assets of 2 05. Taxes owed total 16 447. Rapid Transit Subway Construction Company holds a 20 000 mortgage claim, and notes from Rapid Transit amount to 609 304. Other creditors list smaller claims. undisclosed claims total 333 308. Assets include cash 2 21, notes 0, and machinery 63 458.

New York Tunnel Company David L. Hough Rapid Transit Subway Construction Company Scranton and Lehigh Coal Company Pennsylvania and West Virginia Company Albert H. Hastorf United Building Company W. K. Niven Coal Company

Water Company Stealing In Across Rail Right of Way

Engineer Griffin of the Jersey City Water Department reports to the Street and Water Board that a private water company is entering the Lackawanna Railroad right of way to sell water to the Erie and other railways and potentially private customers. He warns this could cut rates and deprive the city of an income of 350000 to 10000 annually and urges action to secure an act granting cities with their own waterworks exclusive rights within their limits.

Griffin Water Department Jersey City Street and Water Board Lackawanna Railroad Erie House of Assembly

Bronx Mosquito Plague Spurs Punk Campaign and Fireworks Demand

In the Bronx a mosquito infestation coincides with a surge in punk sales used to light fireworks. Shoppers flood local stores for punk sticks as darkness yields smoldering lights on stoops. The Bronx Association for the Extermination of Mosquitoes plans a formal campaign against the insects.

Bronx Colonel Gorgas Panama Zoological Garden Harlem River

Body of Dead Woman Identified on Long Island

The woman found dead in Great River near Islip on June 3 is identified as Karoline Kram. She had worked as a maid at the home of Julian P. Davies of Davies Stone and Auerbach lawyers at 32 Nassau Street New York.

Islip Long Island Great River Here Karoline Kram Julian P. Davies Davies, Stone & Auerbach Nassau Street New York

Woman sues piano company for ten thousand dollars

Miss Helen Cantor sues a Baltimore piano dealer for 10,000 damages alleging a salesman dropped a piano lid on her face in the warerooms. She says the impact broke her nose and harmed her breathing and appearance.

the Tribune Baltimore Helen Cantor

Motion to appoint sanity commission in Theodore case

Notice served on District Attorney Jerome by R J Haire, counsel for Theodore, former policeman charged with abducting and assaulting Elizabeth Grady, requests a commission to inquire into Theodore's sanity. The motion is to be heard tomorrow morning.

Jerome R. J. Haire Theodore Elizabeth Grady

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