Society Girl Drowns at Sea
Miss Elizabeth Mary Cromwell twenty one daughter of Mr and Mrs Lincoln Cromwell of 711 Park Avenue and a Junior league member drowned at sea during a summer voyage to Rotterdam Accompanied by cousin Mrs Stocks Miller of Chicago the loss recalled the deaths of her cousins Dorothea and Gladys Cromwell who leaped from the Lorraine years ago The father suggested vertigo or dizziness at the rail as a possible cause and noted she feared heights
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Lincoln Cromwell
Park Avenue
Junior League
Rotterdam
Stocks Miller
Chicago
Cromwell
Frederick Mills
Union Square
Soythan Fallon
Mgs Bank
Miss Cromwell
Dorothea
Gladys Cromwell
Lorraine
Bordeaux
Frederick Cromwell
New York Stock Exchange
MacMillan Begins Ninth Arctic Voyage Aboard Peary
Lieutenant Commander Donald B. MacMillan sails from Charlestown on the steamer Peary for his ninth Arctic expedition. The voyage may delay Crockerland exploration to allow search for Captain Amundsen.
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MacMillan
Boston
Donald B. MacMillan
Charlestown Navy Yard
Arctic
Crockerland
Amundsen
Courtroom Exchange as Giles Refuses To Confess
A lawyer questions Giles about handwriting under oath in a courtroom scene. The witness denies resemblance, insisting he cannot write, while the attorney presses with pointed questions and a sly smile. The exchange ends with Giles acknowledging his doubt about his own writing ability.
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Giles
Ancient Greek ship varnish and Roman mural colors
The Greeks used paint as a preservative on ships and wax boiling for hull coating claimed to resist sea wind and sun. Pliny notes wax painting, while Romans limited architectural decoration though Pompeii ruins reveal surviving murals in red yellow blue on dark backgrounds.
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Pliny
Pompeii
17 Year Old Girl Guilty of Manslaughter in New York
Dorothy Perkins age seventeen was found guilty of manslaughter in the first degree by a New York jury. Described by her counsel as a product of tenements and the daughter of a drunkard, she allegedly shot to reach her sweetheart Thomas Templeton. The girl fainted upon the verdict.
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New York
Dorothy Perkins
Dorothy
Thomas Templeton
Widow of Dodge to Wed Lumberman in June
Mrs Matilda R Dodge widow of John F Dodge will marry lumberman Alfred G Wilson on June 29 at her home in Grosse Pointe Detroit. The match follows an April engagement announcement and links to the Dodge fortune valued at about 100000000 dollars.
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John H. Dodge
Detroit
Mich
Matilda R. Dodge
John F. Dodge
Alfred G. Wilson
Grosse Point
Parley on Arms Traffic Ends With Signings
The international conference on arms and munitions control ended with eighteen countries signing the arms traffic convention and twenty seven subscribing to the protocol outlawing bacteria and poison gas. The American delegation signed both documents.
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U. S
Geneva
Wisconsin Senator LaFollette's Condition Deteriorates
The condition of Senator Robert M. LaFollette of Wisconsin, now at his home in Washington, has taken a turn for the worse due to bronchial asthma. Physicians and family members say the situation is not alarming.
Admiral Robison Named Commander of U S Fleet
Admiral Samuel S S Robison, commander of the battle fleet, was appointed commander in chief of the United States fleet by Secretary Wilbur. He will succeed Admiral Robert H Coontz after the amendment steering something.
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Washington
Samuel S.S. Robison
Battle Fleet
United States Fleet
Wilbur
Robert H. Coontz
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