Morgan Firm Quits New Haven Bank Role Amid Debate
At a New Haven executive committee meeting the Morgan firm announced it wished to leave the railroad's banking relationship but would consider new terms if the new management preferred. President Elliott voiced uncertainty over future bankers as the board renewed safety and steel car expansion plans, approving $365,000 for signaling and pledging continued all steel passenger equipment.
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Howard Elliott
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J. P. Morgan
J. P. Morgan & Co
Mr.Morgan
Pujo
Samuel Untermyer
Louis Brandeis
Morgan Company
Charles F. Brooker
Ansonia
Conn
Elliott
James S. Hemingway
Rea
Pennsylvania Railroad
T. Dewitt Cuvier
Philadelphia
William Rockefeller
William Skinner
Holyoke
Mass
Springfield
Petition Seeks Dissolution of Rail and Water Carrier Alliances
Washington reports that the Baltimore Merchants and Manufacturers Association asks the Attorney General to dissolve the alliance between the New York New Haven Hartford Railroad and the Merchants and Miners steamship line and the Pennsylvania Railroad with other steamship firms. The petition, filed with the Justice Department, cites the Sherman act and a Bureau of Corporations report to claim East Coast water carriers are controlled and competition is destroyed, harming New York Philadelphia Baltimore Boston and Providence. It names several railroads and steamship companies as targets of dissolution and notes identical through traffic rates despite cheaper water transport. The petition awaits presentation today or tomorrow to McReynolds.
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McReynolds
Baltimore Merchants and Manufacturers Association
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
Merchants and Miners Steamship Line
Pennsylvania Railroad
Bureau of Corporations
Department of Justice
G. Carroll Todd
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Philadelphia
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Boston
Providence
New England Navigation Company
New England Steamship Company
Hartford & New York Transportation Company
Philadelphia, Baltimore & Washington Railroad
Delaware Railroad
Baltimore, Chesapeake & Atlantic Railway
Maryland, Delaware and Virginia
Commissioner of Corporations
Death in Hartford Division Wreck Ties to Obsolete Banjo Signals
New Haven officials concede the banjo signal system used for nearly 25 years on the Hartford division is inferior and fault it for a deadly collision that killed 21. Inter State Commerce Commission hearings reveal engineers drifted by danger signals in fog, with testimony detailing prior warnings, halted orders, and multiple near-misses. Coroner’s inquest continues as investigators review minutes, discipline records, and flagging practices to determine responsibility.
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New Haven
New York, New Haven & Hartford
Inter-State Commerce Commission
Inter-State Commerce
McChord
Protestant Churches Urged to Seek Social Progress Ahead of 300th Anniversary
The Massachusetts Federation of Churches urges churches across the Commonwealth to seven years of united effort for social progress in anticipation of the Pilgrim Fathers 300th landing celebration. Reports include ministers preaching future Sundays and assignments, with institution reopenings and personnel changes across New England.
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Massachusetts Federation of Churches
Churches of the Commonwealth
Developments in New Haven Affairs and Rail Wreck Notes
John Pierpont Morgan warns New Haven directors of future banking ties without new contract amid blame for regional misfortunes. Sidney W Winslow resigns from the New Haven road board, citing policy differences since reorganization. W Murray Crane nominated to the executive committee. Engineer Miller suspended after a death train incident. Bar Harbor train flagman C H Murray deemed unqualified. Bar Harbor Express ran by signals. brakes failed on a car after Springfield departure. Coroner Mix reports corpses robbed by ghouls at North Haven wreck. seeks suspects.
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Bar Harbor
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New York, New Haven & Hartford
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C.L. Bardo
Hi. Murray
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White Mountain
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Mix
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Engineer Miller
Tit
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Wilson's
Connecticut Valley
Mass
Rufus W. Wands
John Pierpont Morgan
Sidney W. Winslow
United Shoe Machinery Company
New Haven Road
W. Murray Crane
C. H. Murray
Wreck Robberies Reported as Coroner Seeks Arrests
New Haven reports wholesale theft from bodies after the North Haven railroad wreck. Coroner Mix told Chief Smith witnesses described fingers cut from dead passengers to take rings and thieves rifling clothing for money and valuables. Four detectives were dispatched after testimony.
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New Haven
North Haven
Mix
Smith
Engineer Miller
White Mountain
Winslow Resigns From New Haven Board
Sidney W. Winslow, president of United Shoe Machinery, resigns from the New Haven railroad board. He was a close friend and ally of Charles S. Mellen and opposed the railroad's new policy after the executive department reorganization.
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United Shoe Machinery Company
New Haven Railroad
Charless. Mellen
Road
Seats for 106,000 on Wednesday in Boston schools
Boston public schools plan to enroll 106,000 to 107,000 pupils next Wednesday with 2,000 extra accommodations. New 12 room South End school on Groton street and eight room West Roxbury school will open, plus four room Dorchester Walk Hill, 10 room East Boston Prescott street, and High School of Practical Arts in Roxbury. Additional enlargements add 850 places at Public Latin, 250 at Brighton High, and 250 at Marshall School, while 3064 teachers are hired.
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Latin School
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Roxbury High School
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Franklin District
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Robert G. Shaw
Schoolhouse Commission
Paul V. Donovan
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Orient Heights
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Christopher Gibson
Arthur L. Gould
Martin
Dearborn
Gardner P. Balch
Francis R. Morse
Cyrus W. Collins
Elias H. Marston
No Lives Lost in Hurricane Strikes Pamlico Sound
Reports from Beaufort North Carolina say no loss of life occurred on Ocracoke or Portsmouth islands in Pamlico Sound during the storm. Earlier rumors of hundreds dead on Ocracoke were denied as the gale passed with little damage there. Atlantic near Portsmouth Island suffered some damage and wreckage, with debris and uprooted trees reported in Pamlico Sound.
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Addition to Alice Mill at Woonsocket
The Woonsocket Rubber Company will start work immediately on an addition to its Alice Mill at Woonsocket Rhode Island. George Schlosser, superintendent. Plans by Lockwood Greene Co of Boston show a four story steel building 56 by 80 feet with a basement. Eastern Construction Company of Woonsocket has the contract.
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R. 1
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Boston
Eastern Construction Company
Prize offered to qufit tobacco smoker Gravel E Acker
New York on September 5 reports a prize of forty eight thousand dollars or more for young Gravel E W Acker who must prove he has abstained absolutely from the use of paper cigarettes. The address is not given.
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Young Gravel
E. W. Acker
Workman's pick cuts off phones at Marblehead
Telephone service between Boston and North Shore resorts was nearly severed yesterday after an Italian laborer drove his pick through a conduit with 180 pairs of wires in a Marblehead cable.
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North Shore
Marblehead
Laborer’s pick causes major Boston north shore telephone outage
A laborer digging a conduit inadvertently cut trunk lines between Boston and Salem and disrupted about 100 telephones in Phillips Beach and Clifton. Emergency linemen replaced the damaged cable, restoring service by morning. The Italian worker denied causing the break as officials hurried to fix the widespread telegraph and phone outages along the north shore.
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Salem
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Clifton
North Shore
Marblehes
ASK MAYOR FOR ENFORCEMENT OF PARK DEPARTMENT LAW
A committee from Engineers Union 16 will press Mayor Fitzgerald to enforce a law governing engineers working seven days a week in the Aquarium park department. J A Nash said talks with the Mayor and officials failed to fix the issue. The group will cooperate with the Co. L U grievance committee and report next Friday night. A new wage schedule will also be discussed.
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Engineers’ Union 16
Aquarium
J. A. Nash
Co. L. U
Jordan Marsh Picnic at Lexington Today
The Jordan Marsh Company outing and field day will be held today at Lexington Park with several thousand participants. Athletic contests and games for both girls and men are planned on the athletic field, featuring a variety of sports and events.
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Jordan Marsh Company
Lexington Park
Wilson nominates Willard and Ewing to posts in Madrid and Honduras
President Wilson announces John Ewing of Louisiana as minister to Honduras and elevates Joseph E. Willard from minister to Spain to ambassador as Congress upgrades Madrid legation to embassy. The nominations await Senate action.
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Presiden Wilson
John Ewing
Louisiana
Honduras
Joseph E. Willard
Spain
Congress
Madrid
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