Billard Witness Vanishes in New Haven Case Probe
Washington May 1 Interes t grew in the Interstate Commerce Commission inquiry into New Haven railroad finances and the Billard Company as John Hall McKay, a key witness, skipped a summons and sailed to an unnamed location. Samuel Hemingway, former treasurer of Billard, testified on capitalizations, while disclosures revealed political contributions by Mellen not on the company books and director approval of funds from “unexpected profits.” Julian Tomlinson cited personal fund reimbursements and payments to McKay and to the New England Navigation Company.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
New Haven Railroad
Billard Company
John Hall McKay
Mellen
Folk
Stevenson Taylor
Samuel Hemingway
Second National Bank of New Haven
Hemingway
New Haven
Treasury
Julian M. Tomlinson
The
Consolidated Railroad Company
Robbins
Tomlinson
New England Navigation Company
Anti-Trust Bill Next Proposed by Senate Unit
Senators move the drastic interstate trade commission bill into the Senate shortly after the Panama tolls repeal debate begins. The measure creates a five member commission with a secretary, empowers investigations, reports, and enforcement, and tightens prohibitions on interlocking directors and related dealings in banks and carriers.
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Washington
Interstate Trade Commission
Senate
Interstate Commerce Committee
Congress
Interstate Commerce Commission
Mother and daughter clash in Boston property suit
In a Boston Superior Court equity session, 70 year old Mrs. Carrie Wentworth of Salem sues her daughter Mrs. Mae Payne of Boston to recover three mortgages and a $200 note totaling 3500, claiming she transferred the property to her daughter while ill with an understanding of restoration. Mildred Weymouth, Payne’s daughter, testified for the grandmother as the trial opened before Judge Waitt. Payne and husband defended, asserting the transfer was permanent.
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Carrie E. Wentworth
Salem
H. Mae F. Payne
Boston
Mildred Weymouth
Payne
Superior Court
Waitt
Mae F. Payne
Commonwealth Avenue
Wentworth
Harry B. Payne
Mrs. Wentworth
Maine
Waterville
Attorney Jackson
Charles V. Stewart
Melrose
Ultimatum to B and M on working agreements
The Boston and Maine railroad faces a Monday deadline to decide whether it will fully observe longstanding deals with the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Engineers. The unions plan joint action, with telegraphers pledging support, as engineers and firemen press for adherence to existing terms on hours, overtime, and away-from-home trips. A high-stakes North Station meeting is set to define the road’s position.
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Pollock
Tyter
Boston & Maine Railroad
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
The
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Engineers
Thomas M. Fearson
New England
Brotherhoods
North Station
Holders of St. Louis & San Francisco Bonds Offered Cash Advance
The undersigned with Bankers Trust Company arrange a May 1 1914 interest advance for holders of Certificates of Deposit for St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad Company General Lien 5% Gold Bonds issued under the 1913 Bondholders Agreement. The advance, dated April 27 1914 with Speyer Co, is for convenience and available May 1 to May 29 1914 upon presentation of Certificates for notation.
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St. Louis & San Francisco Railroad Company
Bankers Trust Company
Speyer & Co
Bondholders Urged to Deposit Bonds by May 29 1914
Bondholders who have not deposited their bonds may do so under the Bondholders' Agreement at Bankers Trust Company New York 16 Wall Street by May 29 1914. A majority of the issue has been deposited and the Certificates of Deposit are listed on the New York Stock Exchange. SPEYER & CO.
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Bankers Trust Company
Wall Street
New York
New York Stock Exchange
Speyer & CO
Strike Poll Threat Looms Over System Labor Row
Last night officials announced that unless a satisfactory adjustment is reached before Monday, a strike poll will be ordered by system workers. The temper has long favored a strike, and a march of talks at 164 Canal Street, headquarters of the engineers, concluded with leaders Clarence R. Mitchell T. E. Donovan and J. B. Bode stating decisive action could follow if engineers and fitters must strike.
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Real
Canal Street
Engineers
General System
Clarence R
Ripley Sibley of Amesbury Dead
E Ripley Sibley 82 president of the Powow River National Bank died at his home in Amesbury this afternoon. He was trustee of the Provident Institution for Savings founder of the Sibley Relief Association for injured firemen and organizer treasurer of the Powow Water Company for 20 years. Born in Montpelier Vermont he served in the Civil War with the Eleventh New Hampshire regiment. He married Susan J. Clarke in 1871 and settled in 1877 after his father’s death.
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Amesbury
E. Ripley Sibley
Powow River National Bank
Susan J. Clarke
Suit over Hotel Lenox control and liquor license
William E. Toppin, manager of the Hotel Lenox, files a bill in equity in Superior Court alleging Fred F. Blanchard and others seek to take control of the hotel management and transfer the liquor license to the Associated Hotels Trust Inc. He seeks a receiver, an accounting, and an injunction. Toppin alleges Blanchard controls the hotel company as trustee and that the defendants intend to depress hotel value to trigger liability on a $150,000 mortgage guaranteeing bonds.
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Hotel Lenox
Equity
Superior Court
Fred F. Blanchard
Associated Hotels Trust, Inc
Hotel Lenox Company
Blanchard
Associated Hotels Trust
Harvard Names Exchange Professors for West and Europe
The Harvard Corporation named Dr. Lawrence J. Henderson of Harvard Medical School as exchange professor for Knox College Belgit Colorado and Grinnell College in the West for the second half of the next college year. Waldemar Voigt of the University of Goettingen Germany was chosen to be Harvard’s exchange professor for the first half of the next college year.
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Harvard Medical School
Harvard Corporation
Knox, Belgit
Colorado
Grinnell
Corporation
Waldemar Voigt
University of Goettingen
Germany
Harvard
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