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Kansas City Star

Location

Kansas City, Missouri, United States of America

Date

Apr 19, 1908

Page

26

Commerce Bank Reopens After Four Month Struggle

The National Bank of Commerce returns to business at 9:30 AM after a lengthy reorganization. William Ridgely and directors promise stability as vaults hold $6 million in cash and exchange. Officers include Edward Ridgely as Cashier and a slate of Kansas City leaders guiding recovery.

W. T. Kemper Washington Ridgely L. M. Shaw Ees W. B. Ridgely Shaw George T. Cutts Woods W. Bb. Ridgely Kan City W. T. Ridgely Bank Tee W. RB. Ridgely Kansas City National Bank of Commerce Tomrrow Wiliam Barrett Ridgely Knickerbocker Trust Company of New York Jeas Edward Ridgely William W. BR. Clarke O. Duider J. J. Swofford United States Walnut Street Eighth Twelfth Streets James T. Bradley National Bank Commerce W. A. Rule Tenth Walnut Streets Kansas City Savings Association Bank of Commerce W. S. Woods Dr. Woods Grimes, Woods, LaForce & Co Fourth Delaware Streets Sixth and Delaware Metropolitan National Bank New York Life Midland National Bank

No Lockout Claimed By State Mine Inspector

Peter Hanraty, state mine inspector and former McAlester coal miner, refutes J Luther Langston's claim of an impending lockout in Oklahoma mines. Hanraty says a convention in Kansas City March 30 will decide the scale, with no one certain of the outcome. He cites Fort Smith official Fred Holt denying authority for such statements and says the talked of strike has not occurred and will likely not occur.

Fred W. Holt United Mines Workers of America Fort Smith

Salvation Army aid mostly goes to transients in city

Adjutant Robert Cairnes of the Salvation Army reported that nearly all relief appeals come from transient men passing through the city. He noted the demand remains high while few local residents seek aid, many migrants claim unemployment, yet some Kansas City residents have returned to work and improved after several difficult months.

Salvation Army Kansas City Robert Cairnes Cairnes

People Must Control Public Transit Franchises

The outlook argues that citizens should not run public services directly but must control the conditions of franchise grants and patronage. It criticizes New York Metropolitan system managers as failures and asserts the obligation of the people to set terms for franchise privileges.

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