Midshipman Nelson Accused in Naval Exam Theft Scheme
A court of inquiry at the Naval Academy heard testimony that Midshipman Halph M. Nelson led a scheme to obtain exam questions in advance with aid from younger midshipmen. Witnesses described entering rooms to copy papers, with several classmates named as recipients of the leaked materials. Additional midshipmen were brought to Bancroft Hall for questioning as the investigation expands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tea Tabane Annapelie
Naval Academy
Court of Inquiry
Halph M. Nelson
Charles M. Reagel
James E Waddell
Lenant
W. W. Torner
Ohn B HcTernan
Nelven
Reagel
Turner
James E. Waddell
Oficers
Alan
Graham
Waddell
Midshi Ran Nelson
Elson
James E. Moss
Eal Islus
Nelson
Ensign Graham
Hough
Dexch
King
Barnet
Huctor
Kriver
H Tisen
PR. Adams
Nyre
Miasnipmar Wyneavenvia
Sitnens
Trask Memorial to Be Unveiled in Saratoga Springs
Spenser Trask memorial ceremony scheduled next Saturday features unveiling of The Spirit of Life bronze statue by Daniel Chester French. Minx Katr ina van Dyke will reveal the statue, with George Foster Peabody presenting and Mayor Walter P. Butler receiving it. Dr John H Finley will speak on Conserving the Natural Resources as Skidmore Arts choral numbers close the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John H. Finley
University of the States of New York
Skidmore School of Arts
Ironworkers strike wider reach in Greater New York
A general strike of inside ironworkers paralyzed 725 shops in Greater New York as Local 164 led actions. Officials anticipate 10,000 workers joining today with calls for sympathy from outside ironworkers. Settlements planned for tomorrow as demand grows for a forty hour work week and minimum wages of 22 dollars weekly for finishers and 16 to 19 dollars weekly for helpers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Inside Ironwork
Greater
New York
Inside Iron Workers’ Union
International Association of Bridge and Structural Iron Workers
Daylight burglar stopped by woman in Harlem chase
Emma Elder of 1085 Seventh Avenue woke to a burglary in her apartment and identified Joseph Kelly as the intruder who ransacked her jewel case a revolver butt and a chase by Detective Birmingham through Lenox and Mount Morris Park culminating when Kelly struck the detective with a hammer like object and then fled with jewelry and $15 in cash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Kelly
Mount Morris Park West
Harlem
Emma Elder
Seventh Avenue
Kelly
119Th Street
110Th Street
Birmingham
Lenox Avenue
120Th Street
Mount Morris Park
Bireringham
Water main breaks flood Times Square subway area
A 12 inch cutout on a 20,000 gallon water main beneath Forty third Street and Seventh Avenue burst last night flooding the Times Square area. Engineers shut off the flow by midnight, but water reached knee depth in the Times Building sub-cellar and pooled on nearby tracks raising fears of undermining supports for the new subway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forty-third Street
Seventh Avenue
Public Service Commission
G. H Clark
Holbrook, Cabot & Robtins Corporation
Times Square
Interborough
Times
Socialists Attack Bryan Draw Crowded Gatherings
A Carnegie Hall crowd applauded Bryan while a Cooper Union socialist gathering condemned him and the war, with speakers labeling his resignation from the Cabinet a minor act and attacking war munitions, capitalists, the Kaiser, and German Americans amid calls to end arms shipments and avoid civil conflict.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carnegie Hall
Bryan
Cooper Union
Jong
Joseph D. Cannon
Wiera Federation of Minors
Morris Mill
Sson
Kaiser
John D. Rockefeller
Germany
Mr. Millquit
Herman Ridder
Mr. London
Poirson
Battleships Texas and Utah Leave Navy Yard for Newport
The battleships Texas and Utah departed the navy yard heading to Newport to join Admiral Fletcher's flotilla. The Arkansas flagship Mayo and Wyoming flagship North Atlantic fleet were noted for later departures. Lieutenant A W Atkins left the Texas after two years in the machinery division amid well wishes from officers. The Texas narrowly avoided a collision with the granite walkhead during exit, and Lt Cmdr Louis C Richardson received praise for machinery division leadership during the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Utah
Fletcher
Navy Yard
Newpart
Admiral Fletcher
Arkan
Sas
Mayo
Wyoming
Ontil
A. W. Atkins
Louis C. Richardson
Arizona
McGrath case looms as Mayoral patrol revolt grows
Rehearings opened under Deputy Commissioner Godley as Matt McGrath the athlete faces potential loss of his degree and pay after a long saga from a 1910 home intrusion case through police duty, suspensions, and reinstatements driven by mayoral authority and court actions. Deputy Commissioner Doolley also ruled on four cases, recommending reinstatement for one patrolman.
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Godley
Matt McGrath
Lord
McGrath
Ater
George Walker
Tinet Fifth Street
Flatbush
Dike
Cropsey
Walker
Waldo
Port Pitty First Street
Citizens Union
Taxpayers
Paymakter
East 104Th Street
Mitchel
Polk
Foster
Doolley
George T. Cooper
Cooper
Henry Zirk
Murray
Zirk
Joseph C. Hickey
Denis Sweeney
Health Department
West 1234
Hickey
Sweeney
Mickey Yeste
Police Back to School for Sergeant Promotion Exams
Police Commissioner Woods launches eleven training schools across the five boroughs to prepare 3034 patrolmen for sergeant promotion exams. Experienced instructors will lead sessions with officers of rank addressing the group. Precinct circular asks for volunteer participation in the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iife
Woods
Civil Service
Austrian Squad Seizes 400 Men in Daring Action
A small Austrian patrol captured a Russian general and a colonel with almost 400 men after a clash with Cossacks. The rout involved von Pindter leading Landwehr and Uhlans in pursuit, with Austrian artillery fire, a northern freight train, and swift actions that resulted in 15 guns and numerous horses and carts seized. A separate incident reports a woman and husband with the wife gravely hurt and taken to a hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
von Pindter
Landwehr
Uhluns
Tarnow
New York Central
Death's Alley
Joseph Risbole
Eighth Street
Shead
Pechtig
Polyclinic
Tumulty denies hunting McCombs chairmanship rumors
Washington reports quote Joseph P. Tumulty secretary to President Wilson denying stories that William F. McCombs will retire or that Tumulty schemes to replace him. He says his ties with Bryan are friendly and intimate and rebuts insinuations of a campaign to undermine McCombs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robinson
William Robinson
Waterbury
Trinity
Waterfury
Harvard
Brown
Luther
Frm
Democratic National Committee
Tumulty
Bryan
Mr. Bryan
New York
Thomas J. Pence
Iécombs
Fred M. Lynch
Minnesota
Washington
Mx. Lynch
National Committee
Wilson
White House
Austrian gun detachment aids retreating force in war report
With help from an Austrian machine gun detachment that arrived later, von Pindter is alleged to have taken prisoners and loot to the rear and handed them over to corps headquarters for disposition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
von Pindter
Crane Fall Kills and Burns Two Workers
A crane collapsed during dock construction near Silver City, injuring engineer Thomas Sexton and fireman James Murphy. Boiling water and escaping steam scalded both men as fellow workers attempted to free them. Murphy died or may die soon, while Sexton suffered severe burns. Doctors say prognosis is uncertain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St Hilver
Peehtig
Auto Crash Hurts Bank President and Others
A Jamaica Savings Bank president was bruised and lacerated when his limousine collided with a voiturette at Ray Street and Shelton Avenue. Four people were treated at St. Marys Hospital, including Preston J. Ketcham and Roland Litchenstein. Multiple crashes reported in New Jersey injured several others. cases include Mrs. A C Bartlett and L White near Mahwah, and Frannie Smiths daughter Ethel in Flatbushville. A Cedar Grove collision on Pompton Avenue left Mrs. Henry Munch with a fractured shoulder. Burnshes and Patrolman Brown escaped serious injury after a west side accident near the New York Central tracks. James P. Haste, an engine man in the Fire Department, was arrested in Jamaica court and held on $250 bail for a hearing tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jamaica
Cole Liston
Ray Steset
Shelton Avenue
Preston J. Ketcham
Roland Litchenstein
Rockville Centre
Jes B. Earle
St. Mary's Hospital
Mahwah
N.J
A. C. Bartlett
Eleventh Street
Ck L. White
White
Newton
N. J
Frannie Smith
Flatbrookville
Ethel
Bruiser
Mia
Smith
Pompton Avenue
Verona
N. Jy
Henry Munch
Cedar Grove
George Gould
Mountainside Hospital
Montclair
Wi Burnshes
New York Central
231Et Street
Broadway
Burnshes
Harry Brown
West 177Th Street
James P. Haste
West Twelfth, Street
New York Fire Department
Shelley
Sprinfield
Long Island
Jammaria ‘Court
Yale Law School grads hear Swayze speak at Yale
Yale commencement week included the Law School exercises where Justice Francis Joseph Swayze of the New Jersey Supreme Court urged restraint of broad legal theories and focus on case specifics. Alumni dinner speakers included Judge Henry Wade Rogers and George Havens Putnam, with prizes awarded to John Francis Collins, Roland Obenchain, Philip Burnham Burcell, and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Wade Rogers
Edward Gavegan
J. van Vechten Olcott
George Havens Putnam
New York City
Charles H. Sherrill
William Howard Taft
Townsend
John Francis Collins
Opelika
Als
Michael Moses
Newburgh
N.Y
Archibal’d Leish
Glencoe
Ill
Edwin Burtt
Sandusky
Thomas Simont Conners
New Yo
Charles Ule
Buffalo
Elaeg
Willis J. Sweney
Sheffield Scientide School
Copper men win point in prize court appeal decision
London reports that prize court president Evans granted the right of appeal to copper owners from the cargo of the Swedish steamer Zamora. Sir Samuel urged world views not to fear that Orders in Council would breach the law of nations. He found Order 29 not repugnant to international law for historical reasons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Sune
Amner Evans
War Department
Samuel
Teverenc
Alumni Demand Trustees Clear Reasons for Nearing Dismissal
Alumni of the University of Pennsylvania press for a formal statement from trustees explaining why Dr Scott Nearing was not reappointed as assistant professor of economics at the Wharton School. They warn that silence on grounds could undermine free speech and academic independence. A joint panel and faculty group plan to pursue the matter with the trustees, seeking explicit justification.
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Hartford
Conm
Trinity College
Thomas Herbert Robinson
Waterbury
Trinity
Robinson
Douglas
Reymond J. Gettell
Gettell
Amherst
Profesor Babbitt
Urban
Horace Cheney Swan
Dla
Sear
Wharton Schogh
Sringine I
Ay vi University
John Dewey
Ted University
Ansteg
Mery
Nearing
Unk of
Pennsylvania
Tan
Samit Nearing
University
Dr. Nearing
United States
Be Nearing
Becaue
Lruatens
Alumi
Pites Nee Clared
Edgar Fahs Smith
Jed
American Logical Association
American Comic Association
The
Science Association
Wharton School
Scott Nearing
School of Finance
Roswell Cheney McCrea
Whartes School
Wharta School
Columbia Professors Uphold Scott Nearing
Columbia professors of political economy rally in support of Dr. Scott Nearing after his dismissal from the University of Pennsylvania faculty. They condemn the action as hostile to academic independence and cite endorsements from colleagues and the economics department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia
Scott
Pathy
Scott Nearing
University of Pennsylvania Betanat
Charles A. Beard
Civic Vice
Bureau of Municipal Research
Samuel McCune Lindsay
University of Sylvania
Hughly
Gittons
Philadelphia
Tindsay
Clyde S. King
Leo Rowe
E.R. A. Seligmatsshy Iman
F Economics Association
Nearin
Boxing bouts feature Young OLeary Ketchell and more at clubs
Boxing cards headline Cara Young OLeary against Young Ketchell at the Brooklyn Way Sporting Club tonight. Pinkey Burns meets Young at Street Sporting Club and Al McCoy faces Wallet Athletic Club in later bouts.
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Cara Young O'Leary
Young Ketchell
B Way Sporting Club
Brooklyn
Pinkey Burns
Young
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Ose
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Newport
Mgrath
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Hartford Institution
Joseph
Meyers
Williams
Ols. Tumulty
Martin
McCarths
McCombs
the Provident
New Jersey
Swayze
YALE
Jersey
British Prize Court
Bic
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