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Newspaper
New York Tribune
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1915
Page
9
An old advertisement touts Cross Luggage Toilet Case sets for women and men, featuring morocco and tan hide leather designs with white celluloid interiors. Women’s case includes a hair brush, tooth powder holder, soap box, nail file, and comb with a snap closure. men’s includes a military brush, file, and comb. Complete set priced at $8.50.
Heavy gold plate belt buckle with Sterling block initials priced at $2.50. Detachable belt strips in pigskin calfskin and sea lion range $1.50 to $2.50. Centre buckle in 14 karat gold features one to three initials with tan or black belt at $17.00. Watch guard one initial Sterling silver with chain $2.00. Black tan belt with covered buckle $2.50. Tan or black hide leather belts with brass or nickel buckles from $1.00.
Black enamel cloth covering with russet leather binding. Boxwood frame reinforced with rivets and cornice. Exterior trimmed in flowered cretonne or tan linen. Removable strap, inner pocket under cover. Price nine dollars. Remarks mention painting two or more letters at seventy five.
For men or women a Rite-Hite design Hartmann item forty inches high fitted with clothes hangers for ten suits or gowns three drawers for apparel one deep drawer for a form for same constructed of ply veneer with green fibre covering and brown fibre binding priced at $25.00.
Washington reports an intensifying Mexican crisis as Huerta era plots unfold near the capital. Zapata forces number 25,000 in Mexico City with clashes north of the city. U.S. officials say Angeles faces probe over alleged involvement while multiple factions pursue Carranza and Villa ties, warning against foreign-led movements and potential raids.
General Huerta remains unshaken as reports surface of conspirators plotting his downfall in Fort Bliss area. Secret service units keep watch around the apartment building where he resides, but Huerta, the guest of Colonel George H, presents a calm exterior amid the perilous rumors.
Reports from Fort Worth indicate General Huerta faces possible trial for alleged neutrality law violations while secret police monitor his movements in El Paso. The rumor mill links Huerta and General Orozco to plans to cross the border and raise troops against Villa, with a preliminary hearing set for Thursday.
Automobile salesman James A. Kerr died at Washington Heights Hospital after a tractor backed into his truck on 18th Street near Audubon Avenue. Another man and a nine year old Newark girl were killed as a motor truck swerved into a child riding in a car. Driver Joseph Heerek was detained by police. Herman Smith, fifty four, of Philadelphia, was struck and killed on Broad Street near Clintes Avenue, Newark.
At the Slade conspiracy trial over a $50 000 breach of promise suit Rae Tanzer vs James W Osborne, Oliver Osborne’s ghost looms as a key yet elusive witness. Ex prosecutor Mart in Littleton presses Osborne to explain his pursuit of Tanzer and why he involved federal officials rather than state courts, amid courtroom tension and comic spectators. The defense seeks to link Osborne to alleged blackmail while the jurors hear letters known as the "Honey Bug" letters and mourners sob as the mystery deepens.
A witness and Mr Littleton spar over indictments linked to Tanzer and a complex network. Oliver Osborne’s Stamford‑area movements are debated, with Osborn acknowledging a crucial phone message and later disclosing his confidence collapsed after searches failed to locate Osborne.
Washington June 28 private manufactures seek to hire army ordnance officers for war plants prompting a clash of legal views. Army Judge Advocate General Crowns says the War Secretary must accept resignations, while Navy JAG Captain Ridley McLean says the Secretary may accept or reject. Acting Secretary Daniels has used discretion to deny some resignations. Garrison has not yet decided what he will do if the Attorney General rules against him.
Warden Thomas Mott Osborne and Sing Sing officials deny Albany charges that trustees may open official mail. Deputy Warden Charles Johnson says he personally opened all reports. A messenger from Albany ordered seventy four prisoners moved to Great Meadows today, with notice given 24 hours prior. Officials warn of potential disorder as transfers become known to inmates.
A strike ultimatum from International Dies Garment Workers Union and Cloak and Skirt Makers unions threatens a general walkout unless manufacturers meet demands within one week. They seek uniform piecework pay, job security against unjust discharges, and a two week arbitration by Mayor Mitchel or Paul Brandeis chaired committee. Protective Association chair Charles Heineman labels the move as radical socialism and warns of high costs if concessions are made.
Miss Ernie Mook Burroughs and Francis Marma Luke Potter wed at Metuchen Reformed Church after Potter's trip from Tunisia. He plans to finish the global circle by taking the bride to India via San Francisco and Japan. Potter is an Oxford graduate who recently led Voorhees College in Vellore, South India.
The wedding joined a Rutgers class of 1999 graduate and Rhodes scholar with a bride from a New Jersey family. The ceremony was led by Rev. John Anton and attended by Mir Ruth Burroughs, Edith Nell Campbell Potter, and Edward Allen Burroughs with clergy including Rev. Theodore Wal Morristown and Rev. M. Andrea of Glen Rock. A reception followed at the bride’s Middle Sex Avenue home.
ExGovernor John son and Mrs Slaton arrive in Atlanta with a large party to greet them at the terminal. They plan to go to New York after the inauguration but postpone. Four men were arrested and to be released while twenty six men face prosecutions as Colonel Hall reports test results to the Governor and Attorney General Grice. The Governor is expected to announce his decision tomorrow.
Denver reports detective Burns claims Leo Frank will soon be freed from Georgia prison after being vindicated in the Mary Phagan murder. He asserts the crime will be laid on principal witnesses and ex Governor Slaton disgraced. Burns says Atlantans believe Frank innocent and witnesses who testified for the state have repudiated their perjured testimony.
Yesterday morning at 6:80 o'clock Charles Hakelberg sixty nine of 415 West Fiftieth Street sent a special delivery letter to Samuel Howard of Goi West Forty ninth Street announcing an intended suicide. The letter arrived at 8 ovelack Howard alerted a patrolman and Hakelberg was found by a friend and the officer about to hang himself.
Mrs Alice Brewer of 20 Prospect Street South Orange received a telegram saying her son Theodore G Brewer twenty died last night when a canoe overturned in a squall on Kennedage Lake Maine. He was the son of the late Graham H Brower former Village President.
The Merchants Association opposes a proposed amendment for Stock Exchange incorporation before the Constitutional Convention. President William Fellowes Morgan sent a letter to Jacob Brenner outlining objections, arguing the Daye proposal could hamper legitimate business and create divergent, obstacle-ridden stock transactions compared with other leading centers.
Charles Nelson Bell, husband of Adele Ritchie, was condemned in Newart night for assault and battery. He received a three year probation with a weekly payment of two dollars, totaling two dollars each week over the period.
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