Poison Cracker Fatal: Miss Bloomer Dies After Cyanide In Water
Frances Bloomer twenty nine daughter of James Bloomer died after ingesting cyanide from a glass in her brother Ralph J. Bloomer's apartment at 40 East Rank Street Madison Square. He tried stomach pumping and whiskey but could not save her. The maid reported jewelry purchases and references to potassium in the water. Coroner's inquest followed. the sister had been dining plans and returned to Cincinnati.
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Sye
Ant
Ralph
Forbes Hawkes
Acritelli
Cincinnati
Sini
Singh
Oxell
Hamilton & Dayton
Martin B. Bloomer
Iat Chain Belt Company
New Jersey
Bloomer
Ralph J. Bloomer & Co
Broad Street
Yale
Ber
Rabies Death Probe Prompts Medical Legal Society Talk
The Medical Legal Society discussed the death of William H. Marsh with Jimmittes reporting Rabies as a possible cause while others questioned the diagnosis. The group debated inoculation, virus experiments, and the ethics of drug use as they plan further inquiries to assess disease and treatment.
Subways Urged in Brooklyn Protest Meeting
At Prospect Hall Brooklyn leaders including ex mayor Boody Borough President Coler and Andrew McLean urged funding for the Fourteenth Avenue subway via sale of unpaid city debt with speakers pressing alternative financing. The meeting followed by remarks criticizing Controller Metz and calling for urgent construction to serve the greater city.
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Hurley
Rapid Transit
Prospect Hall
Brooklyn
Metz
Mies Bend
E Clark
Border
Boody
Andrew McLean
Cedman
Coler
Elif Pier
Allied Boards
City News In Brief
Joe Shanley faces perjury charges for swearing he was admitted to the bar. He was denied bail and sent to the Tombs. Clara Sannialgo died suddenly at her home 252 East 148th Street. A person named Philippi filed a complaint about an arrest. Methot received an interlocutory divorce from John yesterday in Supreme Court Justice Mixer’s court.
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Seid
Ball
Clara Sannialgo
Philippi
Methot
Mixer
Supreme Court
John
Yonkers Bicycle Tragedy Involves 30 Foot Throw
Miss Dorothy Crehore daughter of Albert C Crehore an electrical engineer from Yonkers was struck riding a bicycle on North Broadway near Hudson Terrace. She was thrown thirty feet landed unconscious as a car sped away. Witnesses William Laytons and Miss Marguerite Fulton reported plate 24110NY owned by Joseph Eastman who denied knowledge of an accident.
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Dorothy Crehore
Albert C. Crehore
New York
North Broadway
Yonkers
Hudson Terrace
Miss Crehore
William Laytons
Warburton Avenue
Marguerite Fulton
Grenwood Avenue
N. Y
Joseph Eastman
East 70Th Street
Eastman
Tarrytown
Blacksmith Fights Police After Saloon Row Near 47th
A six foot two inch blacksmith calling himself James Calley of 446 West 48th street clashed with police on Tenth Avenue near 47th, knocking down officers including Patrolmen Hayden and McGee. Reserve officers contained him after a lengthy scuffle as crowds watched. Hayden and McGee later reported injuries and were sent home. Calley remained in custody at West 47th Street station.
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James Calley
West 48Th Street
West 47Th Street
Tenth Avenue
47Th Street
Hayden
McGee
Calley
Westth Street
Hoare
Kennedy
Flagler
Quick
Twilliger
Dr. Derby
Roosevelt Hospital
Hayden and
Fischer-Hansen Trial Tells of Extortion Case Details
Carl Fischer-Hansen testified in his own extortion trial before Justice Goff and a Supreme Court jury. He described Macaluso's appeal to settle the assault suit with O'Brien and Dowling's involvement offering a $25,000 settlement so O'Brien would not learn of the terms. The defense opened with character framing, but the judge barred such testimony.
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Carl Fischer-Hansen
Justice Goff
Supreme Court
Macaluso
O'Brien
Dowling
A.C. Palmer
Palmer
Fischer-Hansen
Tower Seeks Separation from Iron Master in Court
Mrs Mary Bogardus Tower sues Albert E Tower wealthy Poughkeepsie iron master for separation and alimony in White Plains Supreme Court. She testifies he treated her cruelly swore at her and threatened to get rid of her by fair means or foul. Husband offered compromise but would not commit to nightly homecomings. hearing to continue tomorrow.
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Mary Bogardus Tower
Albert E. Tower
Poughkeepsie
Supreme Court
White Plains
Justin Keogh
Tower
Girl Clutches Burglary Suspect After Rooftop Standoff
Samuel Derovitz, arraigned in Essex Market court, is charged with grand larceny for stealing four overcoats and three women’s suits from Mrs. Lottie Lassiter. Seventeen-year-old Marie Andres restrained him after a rooftop escape, causing a riot of residents before Patrolman Crimmins arrested him. held on $1,000 bail.
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Samuel Derovitz
East 15Th Street
Essex Market
Lottie Lassiter
Monroe Street
Marie Andres
Dorovitz
Crimmins
Delancey Street
Finn
Five-Cent Husbands Woman Abuser Sentenced
Jacob Schwartz twenty one of 24 Metropolitan avenue Williamsburg faced Magistrate Furlong on abuse charges after his wife Clara nineteen detailed a seventeen month pattern of beating desertion and forcing her to work He admitted giving five cents to his wife sparking the magistrate to condemn the husband and order arrest for potential jail time.
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Jacob Schwartz
Metropolitan Avenue
Williamsburg
Furlong
Lee Avenue
Clara
Schwartz
Fire at Kaul Lumber Plant Burns in Birmingham
A blaze at the Kaul Lumber Company sawmill in Hollins Birmingham caused damage estimated between 350000 and 509000 dollars. The fire consumed the plant and over six million feet of lumber, suspected to have started from a spark in the slab pit.
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Birmingham
Ala
Kaul Lumber Company
Hollins
Governor Hughes Honored at Brown Commencement Dinner
Providence June 17 Governor Hughes of New York was the guest of honor at Brown Universitys 140th commencement. He received an enthusiastic welcome as principal speaker at Sayles Memorial Hall alongside Henry Smith Pritchett. About 125 graduates were capped in the First Baptist Meeting House and several honorary degrees were awarded including Aldrich Foss Higgins Savage Frye Thomas Chapin Anthony and Henry S Pritchett.
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Providence
R. L
Hughes
New York
Brown
First Baptist Meeting House
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 Grants Doctor of Laws to Four Notables
Governor John Franklin Fort received the degree in absentia while in Chicago. Also honored were Supreme Court Justices Luke D. Stapleton and James F. Minturn and Peter F. Collier. Bishop John J. O'Connor presented the degrees and Justice Stapleton spoke to the sixteen graduates.
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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 President Resigns at Seventy
Northampton Massachusetts June 17 the resignation of T Clark Seelye president of Smith College since its founding in 1873 was announced by the trustees. He says he wishes to retire at seventy but will stay until a successor is chosen and will sail for England July 1.
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Northampton
Mass
T. Clark Seelye
Smith College
Seelye
Seelve
England
Fordham University Holds Sixty-Third Commencement
The sixty third annual commencement at St. College Fordham University honored fourteen graduates with diplomas. Archbishop Farley presided with Bishop Hendrick and President Father Quinn. Four honorary Bachelor of Laws degrees were awarded to Martin H. Givnn Judge Peter A. Hendrick Dr Charles Namnack and Justice James A O Gorman. Bishop Hendrick received the degree from his brother, the Judge, as Archbishop Farley officiated.
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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
Degrees Conferred at University of Pennsylvania Commencement
More than six hundred men and women received diplomas at the 152d annual commencement of the University of Pennsylvania at the Academy of Music. Honorary degrees were awarded to Henry Walder Chapman and Edwin Grant Conklin Doctors of Science Lloyd Mifflin Doctor of Literature and James Alan Montgomery Doctor of Sacred Theology.
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U. OF
Philadelphia
University of Pennsylvania
Academy of Music
Henry (Alwalader Chapman
Edwin Grant Conklin
Lloyd Mifflin
James Alan Montgomery
Iowa Degree for Wu Ting Fang at Iowa University
Wu Ting Fang delivered the commencement address at the University of Iowa on Chinese Students in America. He received the honorary LL.D. degree and spoke again in an open air address this afternoon.
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Iowa
WU Ting-Fang
Iowa City
Iowa University
America
United States
China
Bryan May Lose Part of Florida
Jacksonville reports show in yesterday's second Democratic primary Duncan A. Fletcher won the U S Senate seat over Governor Broward by a small margin. Albert W. Gilchrist defeated John N C Stockton for Governor by a large majority. Gilchrist backed local option in prohibition. The Bryan faction appears to have only partly carried Denver convention delegates.
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Fla
Duncan A. Fletcher
United States Senate
Broward
Albert W. Gilchrist
John N. C. Stockton
Gilchrist
Bryan
Denver
Mississippi delegates back Bryan at state convention
Jackson Mississippi June 17 The Democratic State Convention instructed national delegates to vote for William J Bryan The delegates-at-large named are Senator A J McLaurin 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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Jackson
Miss
William J. Bryan
A. J. McLaurin
John Sharp Williams
E. F. Noel
J. K. Vardaman
Lowery
Longino
Bryan Gets Tennessee Delegation to Bryan Vote
National convention delegates from Tennessee were instructed to vote for Bryan at the Democratic state convention in Nashville on June 17. The at large delegates named were In D. Tyson C. D. Fitzhugh James B. Frames 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
D. Tyson
D. Fitzhugh
United States
James B. Frames
Robert L. Taylor
John A. Johnson
Minnesota
Fire Destroys Richmond Steve Company Plant
A major blaze in Richmond Virginia destroyed the Richmond Steve Company plant and offices covering nearly a city block. The fire threatened the adjacent American Tobacco Company plant. Estimated loss tops 306000 with 100000 insured. About two hundred workers were left temporarily jobless.
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the Tribune
Richmond
Richmond Steve Company
American Tobacco Company
Cornell Alumni Celebrate Fortieth Founding Anniversary
Ithaca New York June 17 More than two thousand Cornell alumni mark the fortieth anniversary of the university with reunions from classes 69 to the present. Goldwin Smith Hall hosts a mass meeting after tents line the athletic field. Andrew D White Judge Frank H Hiscock and President Schurman address the gathering. Schurman urges Cornell as a land grant leader to expand science driven education and to extend work training via day and night schools for rural and urban districts.
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N. Y
Cornell
Goldwin Smith Hall
Cornell University
Andrew D. White
Germany
Frank H. Hiscock
Schurman
State of New York
Blow killed marine in six round bout on Mississippi
Thomas Hagen, a 28 year old marine at League Island Navy Yard, died from a blow to the heart after a six round boxing match with local fighter Johnny Hogan aboard the battleship Mississippi. Hogan vanished in the crowd after Hagen collapsed and was not found by nightfall.
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Philadelphia
Thomas Hagen
League Island Navy Yard
Vna
Johnny” Hogan
Mississippi
Navy Yard
Hagen
Hogan
Governor's Daughter Elopes With Governor's Coachman
St John New Brunswick June 17 Governor Lemuel J Tweedie arrived for the wedding of Chief Justice Barker's daughter Miss Mary Tweedie aged nineteen in Chatham. News by telephone says she eloped with David McKeown twenty one, formerly the governor's coachman, who left his post last week. The couple married today and departed for Montreal en route to England.
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N. B
McKeown
Scotland
Miss Tweedie
St. Stephen
Montreal
England
Supreme Court Denies Mandamus Over Tenement Shaft Plan
Justice Gerard refused Thomas Krekeler's request to force Edmund J. Butler Tenement House Commissioner to approve a shaft in the four story building at 523 East 15th Street. The plan would shrink near space in sixteen flats from seventy four to under seventy square feet per room.
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Justice Gerard
Supreme Court
Thomas Krekeler
Edmund J. Butler
East 15Th Street
William Hanser
Krekeler
St Louis Levee Submerged as Flood Reaches Record Level
The Mississippi River hits 33.7 feet flooding the levee area in St Louis. Cellars flood and 5000 sacks are moved to bolster temporary defenses. A 400 foot stretch of the Missouri Kansas and Texas Railway embankment fails at St Charles flooding 4000 acres. A eleven foot wall of water sweeps the crevasse as families seek high ground. In Louisiana flood victims rise to about 4300 with 2000 destitute in Royal and Rapides parishes and earlier Black River district counts.
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Mississippi
East St. Louis
Eads
Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway
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Kansas City
Aged Man Saves Girls From Runaway Team
Worcester June 17 Bernard Cotton aged ninety four saved two girls by grabbing the bridles and twisting them clear of a runaway wagon. The horses dragged him about a hundred yards before bystanders stopped them. He collapsed but revived and went home. He weighs only 92 pounds and has been in poor health for years.
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the Tribune
Worcester
Mass
Bernard Cotton
Cotton
Carnegie Tech Holds First Commencement Exercises
The Carnegie Technical Schools held its first commencement ceremonies in Pittsburg with a graduating class of fifty nine. Dr. Robert S. Woodward president of the Carnegie Institute in Washington delivered the address.
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Carnegie Technical Schools
Robert 8. Woodward
Carnegie Institute
Washington
Canadian politics spark in Ontario and Quebec
In Ontario and Quebec elections, Prime Minister Whitney's Liberals hold sway while Bourassa reshapes Quebec politics. Ontario swings Conservative amid public trust in leadership. Bourassa challenges Gouin in Montreal battles, signaling shifts that may ripple through Dominion contests. Weather and crops improve as election tensions rise.
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Bourassa
Goulm
P. E. le Blanc
Montreal
Swede Rescues Drowning Dog Tugged Under Water
Jansen Johnson of 54 East 2th Street nearly drowned while trying to save a Newfoundland pushed from the recreation pier at East 21th Street. Three East 22d Street officers, Sergeant Werz and Officers Sanders and Quinlim, pulled him and the dog from the water as a crowd of about four hundred watched and applauded.
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Two Negroes and a White Man Rob Long Island Butcher
Mineola Long Island June 17 two negroes and a white man lay in wait for George Bloch a Bellmore butcher as he entered his barn to feed his horses they knocked him senseless and rifled his pockets taking 730 dollars in cash and 1660 in checks search is being made across the region Sheriff Foster has organized several posses to pursue the suspects the men had inquired about Bloch s Bellmore home last night and may be traced soon
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Long Island
George Bloch
Butcher
Bellmore
Bloch
Foster
Blankmeyer Arrested After Brooklyn Shooting Case
Joann Blankmeyer, a racetrack bartender, is charged with killing his mother-in-law and wounding his wife in Brooklyn. He was arrested near Greene and Franklin avenues after a telephone tip, with a six chamber revolver found on him. Detectives from Manhattan transported him to a hospital for wife identification.
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Greene and
Franklin Avenues
Brooklyn
Blankmeyer
Classen Avenue
Friedhoff
Greene Avenue
Manhattan
Steeplechase Park Hosts Large Summer Outings
Summer outing parties plan all day events at George C. Tilyou's Steeplechase Park. The park is set for big festivals with 40000 Royal Arcanamites on the 23rd, 15000 Butler Association members on the 2th, and 30000 Allied Firms Employes Association members on July 25.
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George C. Tilyou
Troops to Guard Royal Mines After Amite Outrage
Butler Pennsylvania June 17. Following yesterday's dynamite attack at the Royal mines near Argentine the state constabulary has been summoned. Non-union miners refuse to return to work and an air of uneasiness prevails.
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Penn
Royal Mines
Argentine
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