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Newspaper
New York Tribune
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1916
Page
10
Immersed in oil and mud, new recruits face a rainy drill at Plattsburg camp as instructors oversee rifle handling and marching. An accident delays training but the force continues with repeated instruction, camp routines, and gear checks.
The training camp introduces electives in infantry cavalry field artillery engineer signal and medical corps. Fresh recruits attend morning courses with optional afternoon electives. The government takes over the camp paper The Camp News edited by Captain W H Waldron. About 250 tons of ice will be needed to cool 20 000 troops mobilizing at Greenhaven next month.
Louis D Brandeis of Boston took his seat as associate justice of the Supreme Court becoming the sixty second citizen to reach that rank Chief Justice White administered the oath and Brandeis was seated on the left with Justice Pitney offering congratulations The nomination followed a bitter battle and the courtroom was crowded with many standing in the aisles
A New York based Defence Reports Committee asks the Republican platform to remove politics from defence by placing only army and navy men in top offices. The request, delivered to platform members in Chicago, calls for eliminating at least two cabinet posts from political control and restoring professional military leadership.
A sheriff’s jury awarded Fran Nosenberg and Kuno Heberlein $41,883 against Knut C. Wideen for a $37,200 investment in a claimed secret rubber process. Wideen, who purportedly owned a factory in Brooklyn, vanished after the investors saw machinery and alleged rubber material. The court ruled in favor without defense. Wideen’s whereabouts are unknown. A $500 bank balance is cited.
Government rested its case late yesterday in the mail fraud proceeding against J. Grant Lyman who defended himself. Witnesses testified on financial transactions while Lyman requested delay to confer with witnesses. Judge Wolverton granted a continuation into the next morning as bankers and officials testified.
James Davison of Jamesburg was shot and killed after a joy ride near Deans New Jersey. Michelangelo Tufano, a Penns Railroad worker from Deans, fled the scene after allegedly firing the fatal shot as Davison and companions retired to a hotel rear area.
Detective William J. Burns faces a possible grand jury hold as Chief Magistrate McAdoo questioned whether Burns violated laws by entering Seymour and Seymour in the Equitable Building. The inquiry, sparked by Burns detecting alleged fraud, ended abruptly after the district attorney and Sultzer discussed a cotton liner brokerage scheme tied to J. P. Morgan & Co. The proceedings reveal Burns’s counsel urging an end, while testimonies described multiple visits and undercover actions leading to the alleged misdeeds.
Justice Benton indicates leniency if the defendant is frank about the Sexmvonr matter. He claims no money or broker on munition and describes the grapevine method as overhearing valuable information in restaurants and cafes to relay it.
Mayor Mitchel said Senator Thompson must finish his inquiry into police wire tapping and would not pursue action against Monsignor Dunn and others until the Thompson committee ends its labors on July 1. Police Commissioner Woods testified about tainted wiretapping by police without authorization.
A terrified mother, claiming to be Margaret Gleason and wife of William Minsky, threw her newborn from a third story rear window at a rooming house on Wil Con street Williamsburg after failing to seek help. A police ledger and Coroner Wagner attended the scene as the infant lay dead in weeds. The mother was hospitalized with infanticide charges.
Hoboken School Superintendent Abraham Demarest sues for divorce in Newark before Chancellor Foster. Edwin W. Oliver, Newark Public Schools principal and Demarest’s former friend, is named as a co respondent over alleged misconduct at the Demarest home and other places with Mrs. Demarest. The superintendent cites their year old son Stanley as basis for suspicions, while denying the suit stems from a quarrel over his wife’s estate management.
German Embassy personnel will occupy Cowles Graham and Render cottages at Rye on the Sound this summer. Herr Haniel von Haimhausen moved into the Cowles Place with attaches Schon and Dr Ahrens. Fourteen clerks will work at the main office near town. Ambassador vor Dernstorf plans to stay in New York or Washington. Rock formerly of Rock and Fulton filed for bankruptcy with assets of 2402 dollars, a 2400 dollar salary due and two dollars cash, tied to the production of The Candy Shop.
Belmont testified about buying City Island and Pelham Park railroad lines for 270000 and selling them for 16000 Interborough stock, clearing over 1500000. He explained franchise motives, subway charter issues, and opposition from powerful financial interests. The hearing also examined paint purchases, commissions, and ballast rock bids related to the subway project.
Charles S Waldron Arty a real estate broker died yesterday from a stroke of apoplexy. He had lived with his mother at 45 West Thirty-fifth Street for five years. The body was found fully dressed in his bedroom.
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