Doctor O'Brien Found After Missing Week in City
Dr O'Brien of Wappingers Falls reappears in New York after a disappearance preceding his wedding. He suffers concussion from a road accident and recalls little of Sunday night while in Dr Kearns sanitarium. His fiancee Miss Agnes Timmins waits in Brooklyn as doctors assess his memory and condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Freeman
O'Brien
Wappingers Falls
Thomas J. Kearn
West Sixty-ninth Street
Agnes Olive Timmins
Brooklyn
Kearns
O’prien
Beacon
Poughkeepwe
East Twenty-third Street
Dr. O'Brien
Second Avenue
Moran Residence Blaze Briefly Damages Home
Fire started in a wood pile under a kitchen stove at the Moran residence 23 Wawayanda avenue at 8 15 Sunday morning. A still alarm brought Chief Higham with Excelsiors Eagles and Monhagens, but occupants had already extinguished the fire before the fire department arrived.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Moran
Wawayanda Avenue
Higham
Excelsiors
Eagles
Monhagens
Negro Fatally Hurt in Fight at Atlas Brick Yard Roseton
Henry Cragg died in St. Luke's Hospital at 10 this morning from injuries suffered in a fight at the Atlas Brick Company yard in Roseton. Cragg and Henry Distler, both brick workers, reportedly drank and quarrelled, with Cragg struck by an axe handle. Det. Alex Weeks Jr. is investigating after Disner disappeared.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newburgh
Henry Cragg
St. Luke's Hospital
Atlas Brick Company
Roseton
Cragg
Henry Distler
Alex Weeks
Orange County
Disner
Brick Company
Impressive Funeral Service for Edwin W. Van Duzer
Edwin W. Van Duzer is remembered at a Saturday funeral conducted at 2:30 PM with songs Abide With Me and Lead Kindly Light. Rev. Dr. A F. Pierce gave remarks. Hoffman Lodge 412 F and A M led the grave service with Cyprus Commandery 67 K T and Lancelot Lodge 169 K P in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin W. van Duzer
A. H. Dillabough
A. F. Pierce
Hoffman Lodge
A. M
Hillside
Irving W. Davey
D. Butler
Lodge
Dr. Pierce
Cyprus Commandery
K. T
W. L. Dickerson
Lancelot Lodge
K. of P
Frank McDermott
Newburgh Auto Collision Injures Four Near Windsor
Four people were injured in a head on auto crash on a state road near Newburgh Sunday night about 9 30. The cars were driven by Harry Rosenberg and Abraham Levinson, both of Newburgh, each blaming the other after the collision. The injured include Mr and Mrs Hoyt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newburgh
New Windsor
Harry ©. Rosenberg
Abraham Levinson
Hoyt
Wire Tapping Probe Starts In New York City
Grand jury and Senator George F. Thompson explore the telephone wire tapping scandal. Seymour Seymour firm invites the grand jury to examine alleged line taps by Burns detectives linked to J. P. Morgan and European war munitions contracts. Mayor Mitchel to testify tomorrow. Police Commissioner Woods to review 360 tapped wires in executive session. Kings County grand jury poised to file several indictments today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Grand Jury
George F. Thompson
Legislative Committee
Seymour @ Seymour
Burns
J. P. Morgan & Company
Mitchel
Woods
Kings County Grand Jury
Mrs Mary A Adams Dies in Wisconsin
Mrs Mary A Adams widow of Carl L DeSombre died in Fon Du Lac Wisconsin on Friday. She was 67 and survived by a daughter Abe and sister Mrs Dalla Wadsworth of Binghamton. Her body was taken to Sussex New Jersey for funeral at 1 30 PM Tuesday at the Baptist Church with interment in Sussex.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary A. Adams
Carl L. DeSombre
Fon du Lac
Wis
Parkinson
Mary Adams
Sussex
N. J
Erie No. 4
Baptist Church
Abe
Dalla Wadsworth
Binghamton
Leton Horton
New York
DeSombre
Horton
Ella
Miss K Levinson And Morris Hoyt Injured In Car Incident
Miss K Levinson and Morris Hoyt were thrown from a car. Hoyt sustained a severe head gash and sprains to both wrists while Mrs. Hoyt suffered a severely wrenched spine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss K. Levinson
Morris Hoyt
Mr. Hoyt
Mrs. Hoyt
Jury Selected to Try Waite for Murder of Father-in-law
A New York jury was selected to try Dr. Arthur Warren Waite on charges of murdering his father-in-law John E. Peck of Grand Rapids Michigan. Insanity will be Waite's defense with alienist Dr. Allen R. Biesendorf to testify. Mrs Waite arrived but will be a witness only when required.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Arthur Warren Waite
John E. Peck
Grand Rapides
Mich
Walte
Walter R. Dewel
Allen R. Biesendorf
Thomas Widdecombe
James N. Jeffares
A. Douglas
F. Donnelly
Joseph H. Trant
Houston Avenue Repairs Underway In City Project
Monday workmen under Overseer Lawrence Sutton began Houston avenue repairs from Prospect Sprague to Prospect avenues. The work mirrors Prospect avenue with crushed stone and oil, regrading, and three stone layers before a light top coat. Dirt from a hill cut will fill the space between the Erie and the M and A tracks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence Sutton
Houston Avenue
Prospect Sprague Avenues
Prospect Avenue
Erie
Arctic Explorer Returns From Greenland Expedition
London reports Maurice C. Tanquary of Chicago is the first member to arrive from the American Arctic Cracker Land expedition. He states that scientific results were obtained by the expedition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Maurice C. Tanquary
Chicago
Greenland
Woman Arrested After Hair Pulling At Cottage Street Store
Motorcycle patrolman August Mass witnessed a confrontation at Nicholas Mauro's Cottage Street general store. Mary Zamppino pleaded guilty to assault in the third degree and paid a $10 fine after alleged knife use against Rosa Meola. Mrs Mauro aided in separating the pair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
August Mass
Nicholas Mauro
Cottage Street
Pleads Guilty to Assault Charge in Local Proceeding
Joseph Wood faced Recorder Howard Starr over an assault claim by Frank Lewis of James H. Horton’s livery. Initially not guilty, Wood altered plea to guilty after a brief court appearance and paid a $10 fine and released.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Wood
Howard M. Starr
Frank Lewis
James H. Horton
Wood
Mulberry
Fulton Streets
Mass
Lewis
French Repulse German Attacks Near Verdun
Paris reports heavy fighting last night around Verdun with New drive repulsed near Dead Man's Hill. French occupy blockhouses in Avecourt wood and quarries. east of the Meuse at Haudremont infantry clashes continue with German attacks repulsed and heavy losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Avecourt
Dead Man's Hill
War Office
Meuse
Haudremont
Governor vetoes Middletown Hospital stenographer item
Albany May 22 Governor Whitman vetoed the $408 stenographer item for Middletown State Hospital, saying the line creates a new and unnecessary position in the general appropriation bill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
Whitman
Middletown State Hospital
Compulsory School Athletics Under Whitman Plan
Governor Whitman signs a bill making athletic training in schools mandatory. Superintendent Tuthill says districts will receive official guidance soon and by June all students over eight must take athletic instruction, after years without instructors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitman
Tuthill
State Department of Education
Aldermen Tour Wood Block Pavement Ride
President Charles Miles and four aldermen joined by H H Smith and Rossell Gardner on a car trip to inspect wood block pavement in Poughkeepsie Newburgh Highland and Peekskill to evaluate West Main street paving. The 147 mile journey included a dinner at Nelson Honore and a look at Washington street with no accidents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles 8. Miles
Common Council
Babcock, Cox, Herres and Cole
H. H. Smith
Poughkeepsié
Rossell Gardner
Truick
Gardner
West Main Street
Wickham Avenue
Monhagen Avenue
Newburgh
Highland
Poughkeepsie
Bridge City
Nelson Honore
Washington Street
Peekhill
Beacon
Montgomery
Goshen
Ford Touring Car Turned Turtle Near Montgomery
On May 22 near the Edward Whigam home in Newchurch a new Ford touring car carrying Mr. and Mrs. James Degraw, Daniel Saracino, and Miss Pasqualina Masci wrecked after a broken steering wheel. Degraw suffered head and facial injuries. Mrs. Degraw cut hands and head modestly. Masci had a rib and leg broken. The car top windshield and wheels were damaged. The scene drew many spectators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Macci
Undertaker Pinkel Completes Sussex Funeral Transfer
G F Pinkel, an undertaker of Sussex, traveled from Susse x to Sussex to take charge of the body of Mrs. DeSombre. The corpse was brought from Fon Du Lac Wisconsin and moved to Sussex. Pinkel arrived with a new auto hearse for the service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pinkel
G. F B. Pinkel
Sussex
Mexican Rebels Gain Control Across San Juan Del Rio District
General Juan Castro and Colonel Alfredo Chaves renounce allegiance to the de facto Mexican government and claim control of San Juan Del Rio Maras and La Gua districts and Torreon suburbs. Yaqui Indians press US punitive expedition as 6th Cavalry arrivals bolster defense and Pershing’s forces fall back north of Namiquipa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International
Chihuahua
el Paso
Tex
Juan Castro
Alfredo Chaves
Pedro Rodriguez
Jose Lozano
Trevino
San Juan del Rio
Maras
la Gua
Torreon
Carranza
Mexico
Rio Bend
United States
6Th Cavalry
Marathon
Boquillas
Juarez
Gavira
Scott
Obregon
Pershing
Namiquipa
4Th Cavalry
Deemer’s
Evans
Signal Corps
Sibley
Langhorne
San Antonio
Funston
Washington
Coast Guard
Coast Guards
Big Bend
Baker
Hanmer Property Sited for Central Grammar School
The residence of Dr. J. L. Hanmer on Highland Avenue opposite the State Armory is proposed as the site for a Central Grammar School. Dr. Hanmer said he offered the property for 12000 years ago and would sell it for that amount now if the community wants it for the school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. L. Hanmer
Highland Avenue
State Armory
Armory
Harry Ensteceker Joins Central Garage as Assistant Manager
Harry enestecker, formerly with Central New England RR Co at Maybreck, has accepted the post of assistant manager at the Central Garage in this city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Enestecker
Central New Eagland RR. Co
Maybreck
Central Garage
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Cam
DR. O’brien
Blaze
Sheepshead Bay
William Millman
Negro
Wisconsion
Waite
Verdun
Mr. Smith
Hanmer
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