Wall St Men Enter Military Camp Near Plattsburg
Wall Street bankers lawyers and merchants will join a four week military training camp for civilians near Plattsburg Barracks New York from August 10 to September 6. The effort backed by Wilson and top generals aims to teach drill discipline sanitation and marksmanship to about 1000 attendees from New York and across the country. Certificates will qualify participants for appointment as Second Lieutenants in a volunteer army if crisis arises.
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Plattsburg Barracks
N. Y
United States
Wilson
Garrison
Hugh L. Scott
Leonard Wood
Army
Governors Island
Wall Street
Plattsburg
Harvard Club
Harvard
Wood
Ile
America
New York
New York City
Yale
Princeton
Cornell
Columbia
Pennsylvania
New York University
Michigan
Wisconsin
Virginia
Amherst
Williams
Brown
Chicago
California
Granville Clark
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr
William W. Hoffman
Philip A. Carroll
Langdon P. Marvin
Frank Butterworth
Schuyler N. Meyer
I. ¥. Biglow, Jr
Harry Hooker
Navy
Roosevelt
Leland Garretson
George 38. Hornblower
A Os. Merle-Smith
Gordon MacDonald
Willard D. Straight
Harold Herrick
Wlliams
Colgate Hoyt, Jr
Intercollegiate Committee
Br Street
Department
Halstead Corey
Gordon Johnston
General Wood
Massachusetts
Maryland
Illinois
Volunteer Army
Slaton Recalls Frank Case and Commutes Sentence
Governor Slaton defended his decision to commute Frank's death penalty saying there was no solid evidence of guilt. He described facing mobs and public pressure, noting no credit for the act, and emphasized justice over vengeance. Mrs. Slaton recounted sleepless nights and menacing calls as crowds sought to punish Frank.
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Amon
Education Board
Atlanta
Mr. Slaton
Frank
Frenk
Cross Toilet Case for Women in Colored Morocca
Description of a ladies toilet case with morocco exterior and gilt clasp. Includes white celluloid fitted interior with hair brush, tooth powder holder, salve jar, soap box, tooth and nail brushes, nail file, comb, button-hook. Folded measures 7 1/4 by 9 1/2 by 13 inches. Price $8.50.
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Morocco
Monogram Belts And Buckles For Men
Detachable belt strips for the above buckle in pigskin calfskin and sealion priced from 1.50 to 2.50. Buckle center 14kt gold with two or three initials complete with tan or black belt priced at 17.00. Watch guard one initial sterling silver to attach to belt with chain 2.00. Black sealion belt with covered buckle 2.50. Tan or black hide leather belts with brass or nickel buckles from 1.00.
Week End Suit Case In English Design For Men And Women
English designed week end suit case described in black enamel cloth with rosette leather bindings. Boxwood frame with reinforced riveted corners and cretonne lining. Removable tray and inside pocket. Size 23 2137 inches. Price nine dollars. Painting two or more letters cost seven and a half cents each.
Kingsbury asks 397832 for 1915 charity bonds
Alderman Curran was elected Vice Chairman succeeding Esterbrook who became City Magistrate. Stevenson and Smith named to Finance Committee. Crane elected Alderman. Queens German Societies protested Steinway Tunnel renaming to Queensboro Subway, filed. John A. Kingsbury asked for 397,832 in special revenue bonds for 1915 to cover deficits and higher inmate census. Budget Committee cut nearly 500,000.
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Henry H. Curran
O. Grant Esterbrook
Curran
Frederick H. Stevenson
Brooklyn
Frederick Smith
McDonough Street
Esterbrook
Sidney Clinton Crane
West 180Th Street
Manhattan
John H. Boschen
Stevenson
Smith
Crane
Mitchel
United German Societies of Queens
Steinway Tunnel
Queensboro Subway
Public Service Commiss
Commissioner of Charities
John A. Kingsbury
Board of Estimate
Fifth Avenue Association appoints finance and dinner committees
At a meeting in the Manhattan Hotel the Executive Committee admitted Michael V. Friedsam Theodore Metzler Ancell H Ball and Henry Cochran as members. A Finance Committee was formed with Friedsam Cretcer and Cochran and a Fall annual dinner committee with Arthur Williams as Chairman was created.
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Fifth Avenue Association
Manhattan Hotel
Michael V. Friedsam
B. Altman & Co
Theodore Metzler
Fifth Avenue Bank
Ancell H. Ball
Best & Co
Henry Cochran
The
Astor Trust Company
Messrs. Friedsam
Cretcer
An Cochran
Arthur Williams
Mind Reader Freed After Court Demonstrations
W. Bert Reese once again faced court after appeals on a disorderly conduct fortune telling charge. In General Sessions Judge Rosalsky accepted his demonstrations as proof of unusual powers and discharged him, despite prior conviction. Reese, aged over 70, denied taking money for fortune telling and cited prior appearances before European royalty.
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W. Bert Reese
Thomas A. Edison
William Hanna Thompson
Rosalsky
Barlow
Reese
Bostwick and
Flint
West Ninety-ninth Street
Adele Priess
General Sessions
Transfer Slaton Rioters In Georgia Civil Jurisdiction
Georgia civil authorities assumed jurisdiction over twenty six men arrested by the militia near ex Governor Slaton home following demonstrations against Leo M Franks sentence commutation. The case will not be tried by a military court after a conference by Adjt Gen Nash Solicitor Dorsey and Judge Hill. No formal charges were filed. Four men arrested near the Slaton estate were released.
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Atlanta
Georgia
Slaton
Leo M. Frank
Adjt
Nash
Dorsey
Hill
Superior Court
Canada graft case grows in Manitoba Parliament project
Special to The New York Times from Toronto June 29 evidence in the graft case connected to Manitoba Parliament buildings names Canada’s Public Works Minister Robert Rogers and Sir William Mackenzie as influential in obtaining counsel for Roblin’s supporters. The report details a Winnipeg contractor’s $800,000 for $60,000 foundations and links to Roblin’s Conservative campaign fund, with threats of a large graft and a looming royal commission proceeding.
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New York Times
Toronto
Manitoba
Royal Commission
Public Works
Canada
Robert Rogers
William Mackenzie
Canadian Northern Railway
Roblinites
Cameron
Roblin
Te Kelly
Winnipeg
Rogers
William
Phippen
Tilley
Meighen
Lash
Arthur Meighen
Z. A. Lash
K. C
Great Northwestern Telegraph Company
Canadian Northern
Grand Trunk Railways
Canadian Pacific
Norris
Mathers
Thioyal
Referendum urged on world league by U S chamber directors
Directors of the United States Chamber of Commerce voted yesterday to seek member referendum on proposals to stabilize international conditions. Drafted by Edward A. Filene of Boston, the plan calls for a league of nations, a judicial tribunal, a Council of Conciliation, and joint economic and military measures against aggressors. The committee includes George Roberts, P. H. Gasden, Charles ton, Herbert S. Houston, Herbert A. Meldrum, Paul H. Saunders, and Hom H. Johnson.
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Chamber of Commerce of the
United States
Edward A. Filene
Boston
League of All the Nations
Council of Conciliation
Tribunal
Judicial Tribunal
Mr. Filene
George Roberts
Ational City Bank
P. H. Gasden
Charleston Railway and Light Company
Charleston, S. C
Herbert S. Houston
Doubleday, Page & Co
Herbert A. Meldrum
Meldrum Company
Ieffalo
Paul H. Saunders
New Orleans
Hom ~ H. Johnson
Coveland Chamber of Commerce
Pink Wang-Soko At Sea Baffles Zoo Oracle
English breeder G Tyrwhitt Drake arrives in New York with a fascinating menagerie for the Bronx Zoological Park. He claims a vast private collection at Cob Tree Manor near Maidstone. A pink wang-soko from Formosa draws special interest for its moonlit color and rare status.
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G. Tyrwhitt Drake
Minnehaha
London
Zoological Park
Bronx
Cob Tree Manor
Maidstone
Kent
Dingley Dell
Charles Dickens
Formosa
Wozzie
Wozzle
Siam
San Diego
Frank F. H. Claret
China
Shan-Hai-Kwan
Zoological Garden
W. T. Hornaday
Chicago Plea for Becker Becomes City Campaign
Chicago Anti Capital Punishment Society launches a drive to save former Police Lieutenant Charles Becker from the death sentence at Sing Sing for the Herman Rosenthal murder. Organizers plan to seek Governor Whitman's commute to life imprisonment using petition signatures similar to Leo Frank efforts.
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New York Times
Chicago
Chicago Anti-Capital Punishment Society
Charles Becker
Sing Sing Prison
Herman Rosenthal
Whitman
Leo M. Frank
Becker
Trials of Soldiers Wives in Canada Fund Restrict Travel
The Canadian Patriotic Fund will discourage wives and families from sailing to Great Britain while husbands are in Canada or on furlough. Many have applied for aid and about 13,000 have been sent to England in recent months. planners fear discharges would send families back to the enlistment locale, leaving them stranded in Canada.
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England
Canada
Canadian Patriotic Fund
Great Britain
Tmnen
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Conley
Mary Phagan
Coney
New England
Union
Colony of
Ogelthorpe
Minas
Hartmann
Wrante Coa
Fifth Avenue
37Th Street
Broadway
Tremont Street
Regent Street
Kingsbury
Mind Reader
Judge Rosalsky
Attor
Sireeess
Transfer Slaton
Militia
Tribunal OF Nations
Chamber of Commerce of
U. S
Naughty Kuss-Kuss
Wilfred Wozzle
Lum
Anti-Capital Punishment Society
Paris
Equitable
Equitable Building Corporation
Madison Avenue
Alexander
Sixth Avenue
Nineteenth St
45Th St
Iggins & Seiter
East
Tiffany Co
Higgins & Seiter
Haviland
Nina
Vogt
Force
Ock & Son
Williams, Foisom & Strouse Attorneys
Tre
John St
York City
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