A New Morgan Leadership Urged by Governor Guild
Former Governor Curtis Guild writes a double leaded editorial to John Pierpont Morgan urging him to lead Massachusetts railroads through reform. He references Morgan Mellen conflict, the New Haven system, and calls for restraint, leadership, and mutual sacrifice to avert economic ruin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Curtis Guild
Commercial Bulletin
John Pierpont Morgan
Banker
Boston Post
New Haven
Massachusetts
Morgan
House
John N. Cole
Senate
Morgan-Mellen Combine
Boston Journal
State House
Mellen
Subway Wire Fatality in Boston Subway Loop
Vito Dascole aged 28 an employee of the Boston Elevated Street Railway Company was electrocuted while cleaning ventilating fans at the Brattle street loop near Hanover street just after midnight. He touched a 6500 volt switch and died on scene with two coworkers reporting he doubled up and fell. He lived at 8 Charter street and died after a physician from Relief Hospital attended him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vito Dascole
Boston Elevated Street Railway Company
Brattle Street
Hanover Street
Dascole
Haymarket Square
Road Department of Division
Charter Street
Dairy drug food commissioners close session in Portland
The American dairy drug and food commissioners convention ends in Portland Maine after a week of sessions. Officers elected include President Dr S J Crumbine of Kansas Vice presidents E F Ladd North Dakota and H C Smith Utah Treasurer Frank A Jackson Rhode Island Executive committee James H Wallis Idaho and F H Fricke Missouri The next meeting will be in Berkeley California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
American Dairy, Drug and Food Commissioners
J. Crumbine
Kansas
E. F. Ladd
North Dakota
H. C. Smith
Utah
A. M. G. Soule
Maine
Frank A. Jackson
Rhode Island
James H. Wallis
Idaho
Cambridge Rubber Co Owed Over Eighteen Thousand
The Cambridge Rubber Company petitioned into bankruptcy by creditors owes $18,255.32 according to schedules filed in U S District Court yesterday. Assets are estimated at $11,588.63.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cambridge Rubber Company
United States District Court
Golden Wedding Anniversary for Wakefield Couple
Fifty years ago Miss Charlotte Ann Ayscough married Thomas Thrush at Christ Church Surrey England. The couple quietly celebrated their golden anniversary at 30 Franklin Street Wakefield as deaths in the family affected observances. They have eight children seven living and five grandchildren with longtime ties to Franklin School where Mr Thrush served as janitor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlotte Ann Ayscough
Thomas Thrush
Christ Church
Surrey
London
Eng
Wakefield
Franklin Street
Augustus Jenkins
Plan Suit Against New Haven Next Week
Official notice of the action of the New Haven directors in New York yesterday rejects Massachusetts terms for the Boston & Maine stock sale. The government aims for rapid litigation and possible dissolution. New Haven may confess judgment to speed the case. The bill details losses from street railways, steamships, and New England holdings, with potential triple damages under the Sherman act and a court-appointed official to recover funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston & Maine
Boston Railroad
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
United States
New England
Massachusetts
Senate of the United States
Congressional Record
Morgan
Mr. Mellen
Boston
New York
New Haven
Old New England Railroad
Willimantic
Hartford
Danbury
New England States
New Haven Holdings
Treasury
Rhode Island
Connecticut
Vermont
Ledyard and
Pratt
Westchester
New York City
Whipple Seeks Restitution Suit Against New Haven Directors
Sherman L. Whipple files a Massachusetts suit on behalf of minority stockholders seeking a special receiver to pursue restitution from current and former New Haven directors. Claims range from 102 million to 306 million with an injunction to halt defendants from selling their holdings. Defendants include William Rockefeller, Charles Pratt, Henry McHarg, J. Pierpont Morgan executors, and others across New York, Connecticut, and Massachusetts. The court requests appearance to show cause and determine amounts due.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whipple
New Haven
New York
Sherman L. Whipple
Massachusetts Supreme Court
Justice Braley
Olea Vaughan Bull
Ralph §. Bartlett
Amelia Shapaleigh
New Haven Railroad
William Rockefeller
Charles M. Pratt
Lewis Cass Ledyard
H. McK. Twombly
George Mac
J. P. Morgan
W. P. Hamilton
H. L. Satterlee
L. ©. Ledyard
Edward Milner
de Ver H. Warner
Amory A. Lawrence
Outbreak in Port au Prince Suppressed by Gov Forces
A revolutionary outbreak with heavy shooting erupted in Port au Prince at 10 this morning. Government forces quickly contained the revolt and restored order in the Haitian capital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port AU Prince
Haiti
Huerta Reaches Puerto and Plans Escape by Sea
General Victoriano Huerta arrived at Puerto Mexico with 3500 guards after a long train journey from Tierra Blanca. His family boarded the British cruiser Bristol while the German cruiser Dresden waited offshore, with Jamaica named as a rumored destination and reports of possible travel to Canada or the United States. Provisional President Carbajal inviting Carranza drew disgust from Huerta’s advance guard.
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Puerto
Mexico
Victoriano Huerta
Lionel Carden
Tierra Blanca
Vera Cruz
Huerta
Mexico City
Senora Huerta
Bristol
Dresden
Jamaica
Havana
Canada
United States
Carbajal
Carranza
Washington presses for peace in Mexico and talks with Zapata
Washington mobilizes all diplomatic channels to end Huerta rule in Mexico andback a peaceful transfer to Carranza. Officials say Emilo Zapata with 24000 loyalists could menace a new government, but talks aim to bring him to support the peace plan and align with Carbajal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Mexico
Huerta
Carranza
Francisco Carbajal
Mexico City
Emilo Zapata
Zapata
State Department
Carranzas
Carbajal
Jose Castellot
Castellot
Orchestra Leader and Cellist Hurt in Brookline Incident
Bela Nyany, an orchestra leader at Hotel Lenox, and cellist Otto Yadla of Brookline were injured at 12 30 am while boarding a Reservoir Brookline car at Huntington Avenue and Irvington Street. Nyary suffered a severe head and back laceration. Yadla was less hurt. They were rushed to the Lenox, Dr. Stevens attending. Musicians say the conductor signaled the car start before they boarded, throwing them to the street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bela Nyany
Fenwood Jroad
Brookline
Stevens
Senate committees advance anti trust bill discussions
Washington July 17 Senate committees tightened scrutiny of the administrations anti trust program and made progress on the Clayton bill regulating securities on common carriers and the trade commission bill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Senate debates on unfair competition and securities controls
The Senate discussed the Interstate Trade Commission proposal and the unfair competition section criticized as vague. The Interstate Commerce Committee eyed amendments and a full court review, while a securities issuance bill awaits report. The judiciary panel sought stronger holding company provisions in the Clayton bill, with further consideration planned tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Interstate Trade Commission
Senate
Works
California
Interstate Commerce Committee
Proposed Trade Commission
Interstate Commerce Commission
Commission
Judiciary Committee
Edith Goddard Roelker Weds Charles P Curtis Jr in East Greenwich
Miss Edith Goddard Roelker daughter of the late Mr and Mrs W G Roelker of New York city married Charles Pelham Curtis Jr son of Charles P Curtis of Boston president of Mutual National Bank today in St Luke's Church East Greenwich. Relatives and many guests attended the quiet wedding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edith Goddard Roelker
Charles Pelham Curtis, JR
Boston
ST. Luke's Church
East Greenwich
R. I
R. L
W. G. Roelker
New York City
Charles P. Curtis
Mutual National Bank
Interdenominational Wedding at Greene Farm
The ceremony was led by Rev Daniel Goodwin D D rector of the parish with William Greene Roelker giving away the bride. Miss Anita Grosvenor of Providence served as maid of honor and six bridesmaids including Ellen S Curtis, Hope Thacher, Edith Foster, Gertrude Amory, Anna Bradley and Katherine Eckstein attended. Richard Curtis Harvard 16 brother of the groom was best man with ushers from Boston Cambridge Philadelphia Cincinnati and Newport. The bride wore white satin with lace and tulle veil, and the ceremony concluded with a reception at the Roelker home Greene Farm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel Goodwin
William Greene Roelker
W. G. Roelker
Anita Grosvenor
Providence
R. I
Ellen S. Curtis
Boston
Hope Thacher
Edith Foster
Gertrude Amory
Anna B. Bradley
Convent
N. J
Katherine Eckstein
Cincinnati
Ohio
Richard €. Curtis
Harvard
John S. Parker
William A. Parker
Bayard Warren
Stephen Hopkins
Frederick Parker, Jr
A. M. Goodale
Cambridge
Griscom Bettle
Philadelphia
One Killed When Train Hits Hand-Car Near Pine Hill
Ten men on a motor-driven hand-car were overtaken by a milk train on the Lehigh Valley railroad near Pine Hill New Jersey. One man is dead, three are mortally hurt, and the remaining six are seriously injured.
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Phillipsburg
N. J
Lehigh Valley
Pine Hill
Fire in Waste Paper Storehouse at Southampton
Spontaneous combustion caused a 500 blaze yesterday afternoon in the storehouse of B. N. Graham & Co. at 454 Southampton. The waste paper dealer’s building threatened tenement houses and nearby wooden structures in the South Moston district before the fire was controlled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. N. Graham & Co
Southampton Street
South Moston
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Neve
Commonwealth
Chamber of Commerce
Steamship Combine
Creators of
Anarchy
Jay Gould
Erie Treasury
Billard
Howard Elliott
Walker D. Hines
Messrs. Elliott
Hines
Hale
England
Dick Whittington
France
Bourges
Joan of Arc
Studebaker
Middleman
Studebaker Six
Detroit
Donovan Motor Car Company
Commonwealth Ave
Cambridge Rubber CO
Atima
Albany Journal
Knoxville Journal and Tribune
Omaha
Ati
Hurt
John T. Connor CO
Union ST
Washington ST
Greater
Brookside
Henfeld
Ib. Globe
Lenox
Guakist
Valencia
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