Army manoeuvres in Massachusetts faulted over supply and transport
Lieut. Col. Willard C. Fisk of the Seventh Regiment and Col. John H. Foote of the Fourteenth Regiment, N G N Y, signed reports condemning the summer manoeuvres commanded by Major General Leonard Wood. They fault rations, lack of ambulances and transport, and poor train support, urging a congressional inquiry for future exercises.
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Willard C. Fisk
John H. Foote
Fourteenth Regiment
Massachusetts
Leonard Wood
New York
Col. Fiske
Seventh
Col
Apgleton
Mer
Train Kills Accused Girl in Schenectady
Beatrice Clute, 20, daughter of Lyman W. Clute of A. Brown & Son in Schenectady, reportedly threw herself before an approaching freight train on the Boston & Maine. Her heart was found about twenty feet away. Parents deny suicide. she was named in a divorce suit linked to Scotia. friends note the case may reach the Supreme Court next term. Miss Clute was a Schenectady High School graduate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Schenectady
N. Y
Beatrice Clute
Lyman W. Clute
A. Brown & Son Company
Boston & Maine
H. C. Crane
Scotia
H. J. Crane
Supreme Court
Clute
Schenectady High School
Mayor Wins Points In Bingham Suit
Supreme Court Justice Greenbaum overruled Bingham's demurrer to Gaynor's defenses of privilege and justification in the $100,000 damages suit over the Duffy boy letter. The decision holds Gaynor liable for writing and for alleged instigation of publication, limiting his protection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bingham
Theodore A. Bingham
Gaynor
Duffy Boy
Supreme Court
Greenbaum
McClellan
Boy Reported Kidnapped in Manhattan After Suspected Abduction
Mrs. Jennie Pelechano of 22 Catharine Street reports her 14 year old son Pietro missing after a man named Tony led him away. A general alarm is issued as detectives search nearby houses and a woods area between Elizabeth and Newark. Separately three year old Michael Scimeca remains missing with no ransom paid.
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Jennie Pelechano
Catharine Street
Pietro
Tony
Michael Scimeca
Prince Street
Dr. Scimeca
G. Scimeca
Theodore Nellis
Bleecker Street
Agai
Elizabeth
Newark
Batonyi Case Settled In New Jersey Superior Court
In Newport R I a suit by Aurel Batonyi against Mrs Burke Roche Frank Work and Frank K Sturgis over 150000 damages for alleged missing property from the Two Mile Corner farm in Middletown was settled with no costs after Batonyi failed to prove value and asked for a continuance. The case ended during jury selection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Newport
R. L
Aurel Batonyi
Burke Roche
Frank Work
Frank K. Sturgis
Two Mile Corner Farm
Midletown
Superior Court
Batonyi
Lee
Baton
Acquitted in Glover Case at East Cambridge Court
In Cambridge Massachusetts Judge Stevens directed a not guilty verdict for Mrs Lillian Glover and six others accused as accessories after the murder of Clarence F Glover. The group including her attorneys Seymour Glover and the Freemans faced charges tied to aiding hide Hattie Leblanc. Leblanc’s trial is scheduled for September.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cambridge
Mass
James J. Higgins
Stevens
East Cambridge
Glover
Glovers
Leblanc
Browne Case Goes to Jury in Illinois Loreimer Vote Charge
In Chicago on June 24 the Browne case moved to the jury. Lee ONeill Browne, Democratic minority leader in the Illinois House, stands accused of paying Representative Charles A. White $1000 to secure White's vote for William Lorimer for U S Senator. State Attorney Wayman delivered closing remarks defending the state case and attacking Browne's defense. The judge cautioned on uncorroborated accomplice testimony and potential immunity considerations for witnesses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Lee O'Neill Browne
Illinois House of Representatives
Charles A. White
William Lorimer
United States
Wayman
Browne
McSurley
Hammerstein Files Voluntary Bankruptcy in Philadelphia
Harry Hammerstein son of Oscar Hammerstein filed a voluntary bankruptcy petition in U S District Court Philadelphia. Liabilities listed at 19452.68 with assets of 247. Several civil suits note a Delaware County claim of 1117.10 for car hire. He has managed the Philadelphia Opera House and previously worked with the Manhattan Opera House and other theatres run by Oscar Hammerstein.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Harry Hammerstein
Oscar Hammerstein
United States District Court
Delaware County
Philadelphia Opera House
Manhattan Opera House
First man convicted under New Jersey white slave law
Frank Rhoades was sentenced by Judge Thomas A. Davis in the Court of Quarter Sessions, New ark, to seven years in the State Prison. He wore the uniform of a private in the Daiwen States Engineers during the court proceedings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Rhoades
Expunging Criticism of Ice Prosecutors Deliberate Court Action
Justice Goff in the Criminal Branch ordered expungement of the April 1908 Grand Jury presentment about the American Ice Company. The document criticized Attorney General deputies and implied misconduct by officials, while the court held presentments have no legal force unless tied to an indictment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Justice Goff
Supreme Court
Grand Jury
American Ice Company
Grand
James W. Osborne
George Gordon Battle
William A. de Ford
O'Sullivan
Ice Company
Oler
Attorney General
Goff
Rockefeller Grand Jury and Law Above All Citizens
The text argues that grand juries are bound by law and not above it, rejecting any notion of plenary power. It contrasts Rockefeller Grand Jury actions with Judge O Sullivan’s case and notes differing views on deputies’ conduct. It recalls the American Ice Company indictment for monopoly, a $35,000 state cost, and a $5,000 fine unpaid, plus an expungement order issued to Justice Goff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Jury
O'Sullivan
Rockefeller Grand Jury
American Ice Company
B. & M. Raises Wages for Boston Area Workers
Twenty five hundred Boston & Maine Railroad employees won a wage increase of 5 to 25 percent after a conference today between a committee and General Superintendent C. E. Lee. Affected workers include baggagemen station men receiving and delivery clerks checkers and freight handlers at all stations outside the Boston terminal division.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Boston & Maine Railroad
C. E. Lee
Bostom Terminal
Canadian Pacific Accepts Wage Award in Dispute
Montreal June 24 The Canadian Pacific Railway Company filed with Ottawa its acceptance of the conciliation committee award in the wage dispute with conductors and trainmen. Grand Trunk has deferred action and 15 000 workers on both lines will likely vote on strike next week seeking a 25 percent raise matching American trunk lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montreal
Canadian Pacifica Railway Company
Labor Department
Ottawa
Grand Trunk Company
Japanese Bride on Lusitania Wedding Trip to America
Among yesterday’s Lusitania arrivals were T Akahoshi of Tokyo a wealthy merchant and his bride on a wedding world trip. Akahoshi a graduate of the Core of Pennsylvania speaks English. His wife had never seen America and he promised to show her the country where he studied.
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America
Lusitania
T. Akahoshi
Tokio
Mr. Akahoshi
Pennsylvania
Edwards Nominated for Captain of Company I
First Lieut. W. S. Edwards of the Twenty second Regiment Engineers N G N Y has been nominated for Captain of Company I to fill the vacancy created by Capt. MacGrathy's promotion to Major. Edwards joined the regiment in 1900 and completed ten years of service last February.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. S. Edwards
Twenty-second Regiment Engineers
MacGrathy
Lieut. Edwards
Twenty-Second
Army officers reassigned to Fort Thomas and other duties
Special to The New York Times reports Capt. B. H. Watkins takes over construction at Fort Thomas Kentucky relieving Capt. Shuttleworth. Major J. G. Galbraith leaves Army War College. First Lieut. J. W. Lyon moved to unassigned status. Yellowstone designated as station for Capt. Willing. Orders shift Capt. Westervelt to Fort Riley with Arsenal duty. Capt. Kessler to New Castle for submarine mine inspections. Patterson becomes Recorder of Retiring Board in Washington. Capt. Carpenter relieved as Recorder as Iglehart case proceeds.
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Washington
B. H. Watkins
Second Infantry
Fort Thomas
E. A. Shuttleworth
J. G. Galbraith
Fourth Cavalry
Army War College
W. Lyon
Coast Artillery Corps
Artillery District
Boston
Yellowstone National Park Reservation
Wyoming
W. Willing
Corps of Engineers
W. S. Westervelt
Ordnance Department
Fort Riley
Kan
Frankford Arsenal
Philadelphia
P. M. Kessler
New Castle
Penn
Torpedo Depot
Fort Totten
WN On
Carpenter
Sacuphenien
E. B. Iglehart
Third Infantry
Patterson
Navy assigns officers to new inspection and staff duties
Rear Admiral K Niles detached from Lighthouse Board to serve as General Inspector of Ordnance for the Navy. Capt. W B Caperton detached from Naval Secretary duties to attend a conference at the Naval War College. Lieut Commander J Dayto stationed at Cavite, P I.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
K. Niles
Lighthouse Board
Department of Commerce and Labor
Navy
W. B. Caperton
Naval Secretary
Naval War College
J. . Dayto
Cavite
Maritime Log Notes On Movements Across Ports
The entry lists vessels and routes including Arrived Wolverine at Racine Lawrence and San Francisco Goldsborough Rowan Baliewo with Satich Nanshan from Nagasaki for Woo aung Grampua Pike Fortune and Justin from Port Sea Lois for Santa Barbara. The Dela departs Norfolk Navy Waré on July 3 for the West Indies.
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Wolverine
Racine
Lawrence
San Francisco
Goldsborough
Rowan
Baliewo
Satich
Nanshan
Nagasaki
Wooaung
Grampua
Pike
Fortune
Justin
Port Sea Lois
Santa Barbara
Dela
Norfolk Navy
West Indie
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United States Quartermaster’s Department
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Rcality
Fisk
Train
Pietro Pelechano
Sclimeca
Horseman
Talesmen
Lorimer
H. Hammerstein
ICE
Harmiese
C. P
Grand Trunk
22D Regiment
the United Service
The
Army
C. H. Patterson
Washington, D. C
E. Carpenter
the Navy
Taft
Margaret Illington
Uncle Sam
Nordica
Sulu
Turgenieff
England
Togo
Hy. Mayer
Roosevelt
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