Citizen soldiers endure grueling Pine Camp drills
At Pine Camp New Jersey on June 16 National Guardsmen joined regulars in three hours of rough riding through brush and mossy ground. Cavalry and infantry faced strenuous evolutions, while a military automobile test showcased rugged terrain handling. Contraband liquor was seized and sent back, as drills promise tougher maneuvers next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Pine Camp
N. J
Pins Camp
Manhattan
Brooklyn
United States Army
United States
Pine Plains
Hay Hill
Rockies
Albany
C. A. Hatfield
Thirteenth
United States Cavalry
Syracuse
National Guards
Bridgman
Squadron A
Twentythird Regiment
Massachusetts
Long Agze
Col. Stokes
Col. Chamberlain
Department of the East
Brushwood
Tme
Field Artillery
National Guard
Grant
R. M. C. Schofield
Department of the New York
Carthage
Hog Hill
Watertown
Great Bend
Fells Mills
Black River
Col. Glenn
Jefferson County
New York
Philadelphia
Forts Hamilton and Wadsworth Readied for Shore Bombardment
Coast defense drills unfold as Fort Hamilton and Fort Wadsworth fire twelve and ten inch guns toward floating targets off Gravesend Bay. National Guard units join regulars in coast defense exercise expected to run through the afternoon.
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Hamilton
Wadsworth
Upper Bay
Bath Beach
Bensonhurst
Bay Ridge
Coney Island
Sea Gate
Gravesend Bay
Sea Gate Colony
Fort Wadsworth
Henry L. Ludlow
Fort Hamilton
Swinburne’s Island
National Guardsmen
Regular Army
Coast Defense
Sam
Piper
Brown
Richmond
Traffic Club Debates Rail Freight Hike At Astor Hotel
A stormy Traffic Club meeting at the Hotel Astor last night debated a proposed 10 percent rise in railway freight rates. Members from railroads and major eastern industries clashed over the issue and a resolution for a hearing was shelved amid fears it might disrupt the club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hotel Astor
New York
Board of Governors
M. F. Anderson
Standard Table Oilcloth Company
Cc. F. Daly
New York Central Railroad
Anderson
Daly
C M. Baldwin
Swift & Co
Bombardment Stir Near Fort Adams Shakes Newport
Summer residents near Fort Adams in Newport report severe shelling from mortars and 12 inch guns during target practice. State troops arrive to join regulars for three forts drills, promising near all night maneuvers for a week, disrupting sleep and forcing some residents to seek alternative lodging.
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New York Times
Newport
R. I
Fort Adams
Fort Wetherill
Economik
Halidona
Ocean
Elsie French Vanderbilt
F. O. French
Lorillard Spencer
John Nicholas Brown
Theodore M. Davis
Edwin D. Morgan
William Grosvenor
Rosa Grosvenor
Hugh PD
Auchincloss
Exporters Blame Railroads Names Committee to Take Up Grain Rate Discrimination
A Produce Exchange meeting formed a five member committee to discuss railroad grain rates east of Buffalo to New York. The group, including J Ward Warner, James F Parker, Vale Kneeland, William H Kemp, and A C Fetteroff, sought to address freight declines blamed on rail rates. Resolutions noted all water routes to Montreal as 4.25 cents per bushel and Chicago Toledo routes not exceeding 8.75 cents per bushel, with no attack on railroads intended.
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Buffalo
New York
Georgian Bay
Montreal
Welding Ring
Produce Exchange
St. Lawrence
Ring
James F. Parker
Ely Bernays
York
Parker
White Star Line
Exchange
J. Ward Warner
J. G. Heagemeyer
Parker & Graff
Vale Kneeland
Power, Son & Co
Wiliam H. Kemp
Milmine, Bodman & Co
A. C. Fetteroff
International Mercantile Marine Company
Duluth
Fort William
Chicago
Toledo
Convention to be held by Southeastern Traffic Association at Waldorf Astoria
The Southeastern Traffic Association will hold its regular convention at the Waldorf Astoria today. John M. Beall General Passenger Agent of the Mobile and Ohio Railroad and W P Turner Passenger Traffic Manager of the Merchants and Miners Transportation Company arrived yesterday afternoon to attend the meeting. The traffic managers will stay in New York for three days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southeastern Traffic Association
Waldorf-Astoria
John M. Beall
Mobile & Ohio Raiload
W. P. Turner
Merchants and Miners’ Transportation Company
New York
Miss Koten Hysterical in Murder Plea Hearing
Sarah Koten, the Russian nurse who killed Dr. Martin Auspitz in the vestibule of 131 West 136th Street last Sunday, pleaded not guilty to murder in the first degree before Judge Mulqueen. She collapsed in tears when asked to plead and was removed to the Tombs. later at the inquest she claimed the other man was the murderer, while the coroner’s jury ruled the death caused by her pistol shot.
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Sarah Koten
Martin Auspitz
West 136Th Street
Perkins
la Chelle
Dr. Auspitz
Bloomingdale Brothers Buy $100,000 Mortgage on Liberty and Cedar Streets
Bloomingdale Brothers arrange a $100000 mortgage on the Engineering Building properties at 114 116 118 Liberty Street and 45 47 Cedar Street. The deal originated with Lawyers' Title Insurance & Trust Company, which quickly located a buyer for the parcel from the dry goods owners.
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Bloomingdale Bros
Liberty Street
Cedar Street
Bloomingdale Brothers
Lawyers' Title Insurance & Trust Company
Trial reveals payments in Fischer Hansen extortion case
John J. McCarthy testified about negotiations for 15000 and later 10000 paid to Carl Fischer Hansen as threats to publish incriminating letters. He described meetings at the Manhattan Hotel and Fischer Hansen’s house with Dowling and O'Brien, and the involvement of lawyer Buckley to recover papers for 5000 more. Cross brake, Macaluso said he would sue O'Brien. McIntyre urged dismissal, but Justice Goff denied.
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John J. McCarthy
Francis B. Dowling
Joseph E. O’brien
Philadelphia
Carl Fischer- Hansen
Hansen
Justice Goff
Supreme Court
McCarthy
Fischer-Hansen
Manhattan
Dowling
O’brien
John J. Buckley
Buckley
Mr. Palmer
Antonio Macaluso
Fischer- Hansen
John F. McIntyre
Bischer-Hansen
Smyth
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NEW York Telephone CO
Uneeda
Produce Exchange Names Committee
Miss Koten
O'Brien
McCarthy Testi
Fies
Jerome
Macaluso
D Sadie
Shorty
By Sewell Ford
F. W. Wilson
Mitchell Kennerley
Qadies
Orient
Bloomingdales
Lex
3D Ave
59Th
60Th St
Brill Clothes
Brill
Broadway
Chambers ST
Union
14Th
Cortlandt ST
Greenwich
125Th Street
Cor
80 Avenue
Harlem
Stern Brothers
West Twenty-third Street
H. P
Rainier
56Th St
Saginaw, Michigan
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