Poison Fatality Shocks Hotel Scene In New York
Frances Bloomer twenty nine daughter of James Frank Bloomer died after ingesting cyanide of potassium at her brother Ralph J. Bloomer’s apartment in New York’s Madison Square area. Coroner and police investigated while the brother and maid described jewelry laundering the day of the incident.
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Frances Bloomer
James Frank Bloomer
Hotel Arms
Walnut Hills
Ralph J. Bloomer
Froad
the Square
East Street
Grank
Miss Bloomer
Ralph Quick
Forbes Hawkes
Quh Street
Madison Square
Jeptein McCauley
New West 20Th
Acritelli
Pierre
Joe Acritelli
Cincinnati
Death of William H. Marsh Attributed To Rabies
Medico Legal Society discussed the death of William H. Marsh at Waldorf. The diagnosis of rabies was debated with inoculation debate and germ explanation. Dr Clark Bell noted fear’s potency. society will reconvene in October.
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William H. Marsh
Waldorf
Marsh Diddie
Marsh
van Giesen
Hve Animale
Ahs
Clark Bell
Sciety
Subway push gains support at Brooklyn mass meeting
Hurley led a Prospect Hall gathering urging a Fourth Avenue subway as part of city development. Speakers included ex Mayor Booty Borough President Coler and others urging faster action despite Metropolitan era injunctions and debts tied to unpaid tracts.
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Hurley
Rapid Transit Com
Fourth Avenue
Prospect Hall
Brooklyn
Metz
Botley
Wilms
Ae E. Clark
Andrew McLean
Cedman
Coler
E!piper
Allied Boards of
City News In Brief From Tribeca Courthouse Stages
Shanley charged with perjury in a bar admission case was held on 5.9% bail on two counts and sent to the Tombs. Clara Sannialgo died Wednesday at her home 226 East 146th. Marie Arrinarco of 2 East 148th Ree was arrested on a complaint by Philippi at the same address accused of harboring her. A Methot was granted an interlocutory divorce yesterday by Justice Mixer in the Supreme Court from John.
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Id. Shanley
Clara Sannialgo
East
Marie Arrinarco
Philippi
A. Methot
Mixer Supreme Court
John
Girl Thrown 30 Feet In Yonkers Auto Crash
Miss Dorothy Crehore, daughter of Albert C. Crehore, was struck by a speeding car on North Broadway near Hudson Terrace and hurled thirty feet onto the sidewalk. She lay unconscious as witnesses reported the plate 24 110 NY, owned by Joseph Eastman of East 70th Street.
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Dorothy Crehore
Albert C. Crehore
New York
North Broadway
Yonkers
Hudson Terrace
Crehore
William Laytons
Warburton Avenue
Marguerite Fulton
Glenwood Avenue
N. Y
Joseph Eastman
East 70Th Street
Eastman
Tarrytown
Muscular Blacksmith Fights Off Police at West 47th Street
James Calley of 446 West 48th Street, a six foot two blacksmith, clashed with officers at Tenth Avenue saloons near 47th Street. He knocked down Patrolmen Hayden and McGee and led reserves in a long scuffle. Calley was jailed at West 47th Street station after a chaotic brawl that left two officers injured.
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James Calley
West 48Th Street
West 4Ith Street
Tenth Avenue
47Th Street
Hayden
McGee
Calley
Westth Street
Hoare
Kennedy
Flagler
Quick
Twilliger
West 47Th Street
Dr. Derby
Roosevelt Hospital
Hayden and
Fischer-Hansen describes extortion case in court
Carl Fischer-Hansen testified in his own defense before Justice Goff and a jury on extortion charges. He recounted an appeal from the boy Macaluso to pursue an assault case against O'Brien, and described Dowling pressing for a $25 000 settlement to keep O'Brien from learning details. The defense opening stressed character but was limited by the judge.
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Carl Fischer-Hansen
Justice Goff
Supreme Court
Macaluso
Philadelphiagn
O'Brien
Dowling
O’brien
A. ©. Palmer
Palmer
Gof
Fischer-Hansen
Sues Ironmaster for Separation in White Plains Court
Mrs. Mary Bogardus Tower sues Albert E. Tower a wealthy Poughkeepsie iron master for separation and alimony. She testified he treated her cruelly swore at her and once said he would get rid of her by fair means or foul. Trial began after a failed compromise and continued today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Bogardus Tower
Albert E. Tower
Poughkeepsie
Supreme Court
White Plains
Keogh
Tower
Governor Hughes Praised At Brown Commencement Dinner
Providence R I June 17 Governor Hughes of New York drew a hearty reception as the principal guest at Brown University 140th commencement. He urged honoring democratic rules, fidelity to the Constitution and reasoned government, and noted he was there to enjoy time with classmates rather than pursue business or politics. The ceremony in Sayles Memorial Hall honored about 125 graduates with honorary degrees for leaders and educators.
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Providence
R. L
Hughes
New York
Brown
First Baptist Meeting House
Governor Hughes
Henry 8. Pritchett
Carnegie Foundation For Teachers
Sayles Memorial Hall
Fred Davis Aldrich
Worcester Academy
Sam Walter Foss
Somerville
Mass
James Henry Higgins
Rhode Island
Cornelius Samuel Savage
Willis Frye Thomas
Charles Sumner Chapin
Rhode Island Normal School
Alfred Williams Anthony
Cobb Divinity School
Henry Smith Pritchett
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Seton Hall conferred four Doctors of Laws at annual commencement
In South Orange on June 17 four individuals received Doctor of Laws degrees from Seton Hall College. Governor John Franklin Fort accepted in absentia while Luke D. Stapleton, James F. Minturn, and Peter F. Collier also were honored. Bishop John J. O'Connor presented the degrees and Justice Stapleton delivered the address to sixteen graduates.
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South Orange
N. J
Seton Hall College
John Franklin Fort
Governor Fort
Chicago
Supreme Court
Luke D. Stapleton
New York
James F. Minturn
Jersey City
Peter F. Collier
Smith College Head Resigns After Long Presidency
Smith College president L. Clark Seelye resigns after 57 years in office due to reaching age seventy. Trustees will seek to persuade him to stay until a successor is chosen. He plans to sail for England on July 1, preferring private life when replacement is arranged.
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Northampton
Mass
L. Clark Seelye
Smith College
Seelye
England
Fordham University holds 63rd commencement with multiple honors
The sixty third annual commencement at St s College Fordham University was held yesterday afternoon. Four honorary Bachelor of Laws degrees were awarded to Martin H. Givnn State Controller Judge Peter A. Hendrick Dr Charles E Namnack and Justice James A O Gorman. Archbishop John M Farley presided with Bishop Thomas Hendrick and Father Daniel J. Quinn S J. Presentations included Archbishop Farley bestowing the sheepskin to Bishop Hendrick as Judge Hendrick received his degree from his brother.
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Sts College
Fordham University
John M. Farley
Thomas F. Hendrick
Philippine Islands
Daniel J. Quinn
S. J
Martin H. Givnn
Peter A. Hendrick
Charles E. Namnack
James A. O'Gorman
Archbishop Farley
Bishop Hendrick
University of Pennsylvania 132d Commencement Honors
Six hundred graduates received diplomas at the University of Pennsylvania 132nd annual commencement at the Academy of Music in Philadelphia. Honorary degrees were conferred on Henry Calwalader Chapman and Edwin Grant Conklin as Doctors of Science, Lloyd Mifflin as Doctor of Literature, and James Alan Montgomery as Doctor of Sacred Theology.
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U. OF
Philadelphia
University of Pennsylvania
Academy of Music
Henry Calwalader Chapman
Edwin Grant Conklin
Lloyd Mifflin
James Alan Montgomery
Girl Defends Home in Larceny Case at Essex Market
Samuel Dorovitz of 338 East sth street faced Essex Market police court after allegedly stealing four overcoats and three women's suits from Mrs Lottie Lassiter at 281 Monroe street. Seventeen year old Marie Andres chased him to a tenement roof, fought him, and grabbed a blackjack before riotous cries drew police. Dorovitz waived examination and was held in $1000 bail for the grand jury.
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Samuel Dorovitz
East Sth Street
Essex Market
Lottie Lassiter
Monroe Street
Marie Andres
Dorovitz
Monro Street
Crimmins
Delancey Street
Finn
Wu Tingfang Delivers Commencement Address at Iowa University
Wu Ting-fang spoke to graduates on Chinese Students in America at Iowa University. He urged continued friendly relations between the United States and China and received an LL.D. honor. An open air address followed the ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City
Iowa
Wu Ting-fang
Iowa University
America
United States
China
Five-Cent Husband Jailed After Abusive Marriage
Jacob Schwartz twenty one of 24 Metropolitan avenue Williamsburg appeared before Magistrate Furlong on abuse charges against wife Clara nineteen. The emaciated mother recounted seventeen months of mistreatment with desertions and forced work. The magistrate condemned the five cent husband remark and ordered him jailed for a year.
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Jacob Schwartz
Metropolitan Avenue
Willamsburg
Furlong
Lee Avenue
Clara
Schwartz
Florida results hint at split in Bryan camp
Jacksonville June 17 returns from yesterday's second Democratic primary show Duncan A. Fletcher elected to the United States Senate over Governor Broward by a small margin. Albert W. Gilchrist defeats John N. C. Stockton for governor by a large majority, with Gilchrist backing local option in the prohibition fight. The Bryan faction appears to have only a partial delegation to the Denver convention.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Duncan A. Fletcher
United States Senate
Broward
Albert W. Gilchrist
John N. C. Stockton
Gilchrist
Bryan
Denver
Mississippi Democrats instruct for Bryan at state convention
Jackson Mississippi June 17 The Democratic State Convention unanimously instructed delegates to the national convention to vote for William J Bryan. Delegates-at-large include Senator A J Mc Laurin Representative John Sharp Williams Governor E F Noel ex Governor J K Vardaman ex Governor Lowery and ex Governor Longino. Sixteen district delegates were chosen.
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Mississippi
Bryan
Jackson
Miss
William J. Bryan
A. J. McLaurin
John Sharp Williams
E. F. Noel
J. K. Vardaman
Lowery
Longino
Bryan Gets Tennessee Delegation
The Democratic state convention instructed the Tennessee delegates to vote for Bryan at the national convention. Delegates-at-large named are N. D. Tyson, C. D. Fitzhugh, U. S. Senator James B. Frasier, and Robert L. Taylor. John A. Johnson of Minnesota was recommended for Vice-President in the resolutions.
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Tribune
Nashville
Tenn
Bryan
N. D. Tyson
C. D. Fitzhugh
United States
James B. Frasier
Robert L. Taylor
John A. Johnson
Minnesota
Fire at Kaul Lumber plant burns large Birmingham mill
A June 17 fire at the Kaul Lumber Company sawmill in Hollins, Birmingham, caused damage estimated between 500 000 and 550 000 dollars. The blaze destroyed the plant and over six million feet of lumber, likely starting from a spark in the slab pit.
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Birmingham
Ala
Kaul Lumber Company
Hollins
Fire Devastates Richmond Stove Plant
A large blaze in Richmond destroys the Richmond Stove Company plant and offices, threatening the adjacent American Tobacco Company facilities. Estimated loss about 306000 dollars with 100000 insured. About two hundred workers are left temporarily unemployed.
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the Tribune
Richmond, Vs
Richmond Stove Company
American Tobacco Company
Cornell Alumni Celebrate Fortieth Anniversary
Ithaca N Y June 17 More than two thousand Cornell alumni gathered to mark the fortieth anniversary of the university with class reunions and a mass meeting in Goldwin Smith Hall. Andrew D White, Judge Frank H Hiscock and President Schurman addressed the gathering praising Cornell as a leading educator and advocate for practical education and agricultural and industrial training.
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Ithaca
N. Y
Cornell
Goldwin Smith Hall
Cornell University
Andrew D. White
Germany
Frank H. Hiscock
Schurman
State of New York
Marine Killed in Bout Aboard Battleship Mississippi
Thomas Hagen a 28 year old Marine stationed at League Island Navy Yard died from a heart blow after a six round fight with local boxer Johnny Hogan aboard the battleship Mississippi during an entertainment smoker. Hogan vanished after Hagen collapsed and was not found by late hour.
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Philadelphia
Thomas Hagen
League Island Navy Yard
Johnny” Hogan
Navy Yard
Hagen
Hogan
Governor's Daughter Elopes With Governor’s Former Coachman
In St John New Brunswick Governor Lemuel J Tweedie learns by telephone after a wedding that his daughter Miss Mary Tweedie aged nineteen eloped with David McKeown twenty one formerly coachman to the governor. They wed and sailed toward Montreal with plans to sail for England.
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St. John
N. B
Tweedie
McKeown
Scotland
Miss Tweedie
St. Stephen
Montreal
England
Supreme Court denies mandamus in tenement shaft case
Justice Gerard refused the writ sought by Thomas Krekeler to compel Edmund J. Butler Tenement House Commissioner to approve a shaft in the four story building at 523 East 15th Street. The shaft would reduce the area of the two new bedrooms per flat from seventy four to under seventy square feet in sixteen flats, raising issues of light ventilation and floor space under the 1903 act and its section 5 and 70 requirements.
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Justice Gerard
Supreme Court
Thomas Krekeler
Edmund J. Butler
East 15Th Street
William Hauser
Krekeler
Saint Louis Levee Submerged in Record Flood
The Mississippi River reached 33.7 feet flooding the levee area in St. Louis and submerging storefront cellars. Thousands of sacks were moved to reinforce temporary levees while rail embankments failed, flooding four thousand acres of farm land near St. Charles. Across Louisiana, flood victims rose to about 4,300 with two thousand destitute in Arroyelles and Raphe parishes.
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St. Charles
Kansas City
New Orleans
Louisiana
Major Foote
U. A
Aroyelles
Raphes Parishes
Red River
Black River District
Aged Man Saves Girls From Runaway Team
In Worcester Massachusetts on June 17 Bernard Cotton a 94 year old man acted to rescue two girls playing in the street. He seized the bridles and twisted them away from the road as a runaway wagon sped past. He was dragged nearly 100 yards before bystanders halted the horses and he collapsed. He later revived and returned home.
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the Tribune
Worcester
Mass
Bernard Cotton
Cotton
Carnegie Tech Holds First Commencement Exercises
Pittsburg June 17 The Carnegie Technical Schools held its first commencement with 59 graduates. Dr. Robert S. Woodward, president of the Carnegie Institute in Washington, delivered the address to the class.
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Pittsburg
Carnegie Technical Schools
Robert 8. Woodward
Carnegie Institute
Washington
Canadian Affairs Review of Ontario Quebec Elections
The piece surveys Ontario and Quebec provincial results, noting Whitner's strong Labor of the Whitner government, and Bourassa's dynamic rise in Quebec amid graft accusations against Turgeon. It highlights Bourassa as a potent force opposing Gouin and remarks on Conservative resurgence nationwide plus franchise politics shaping Ottawa's debate.
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Whitney
Niagara
Ottawa
Ontario
Master
Man
Cochrane
Quebec
Gouin
Henri Bourassane
Papineau
Cartier
Mercier
Chapleau
Laurier
Bourassa
S. N. Parent
Furether
Wilfrid Laurier
Montreal
le Blanc
New Brunswick
Manitoba
British Columbia
Dominion Conservative Party
Rescued Swede Almost Drowns Saving Newfoundland
Jansen Johnson, a muscular Swede, nearly drowned while attempting to save a Newfoundland swept from the recreation pier at East 21th Street. Three East 2d Street police officers pulled both him and the dog from the water as a crowd of about four hundred watched.
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Jansen Johnson
No. S
East 2Th Street
East 21Th Street
Johnson
Werz
Sanders
Quinlin
East 2d Street
Black Robbers Bind and Rob Bellmore Butcher at Mineola Farm
Two Black men and a white man ambushed George Bloch a Bellmore butcher as he fed horses in his barn near Mineola. They beat him and rifled his property, taking 750 dollars in cash and one thousand in checks before fleeing. Sheriff Foster organized posses and searches span the region for the trio.
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Mineola
Long Island
George Bloch
Butcher
Bellmore
Foster
Bloch
Blankmeyer Arrested in Brooklyn for Family Fatalities
Joan Blankmeyer a racetrack bartender was charged with killing his mother-in-law and wounding his wife on Tuesday. Police arrested him at Greene and Franklin avenues Brooklyn after a caller reported his location. A six chamber revolver with two empty shells and three cartridges was found on him. Detectives took him to Classen avenue station for identification by his wife who was in critical condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joan Blankmeyer
Greene and
Franklin Avenues
Brooklyn
Blankmeyer
Classen Avenue
Friedhoff
Greene Avenue
Manhattan
Steeplechase Park Hosts Large Summer Outings
Georges C. Tilyeu's Steeplechase Park is the scene for all day festivals with large groups expected. Royal Arcanamites numbering forty thousand will be entertained, Butler Association members fifteen thousand, and Allied Firms Employes' Association thirty thousand will hold its annual festival on July 25.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georges C. Tilyeu
Royal
Troops to Guard Royal Mines After Outrage
Butler Pennsylvania June 17 authorities summon state constabulary after the dynamite attack at the Royal mines Argentine near here. Non-union miners refuse to return to work and an air of uneasiness prevails.
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Butler
Penn
Royal Mines
Argentine
State Constabulary
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Idico-Legal Investigators
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Interborough
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Gov. Hughes
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President Schurman
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ST. Louis Levee
Carnegie “Tech
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