Payn's Check in Burnham Trial Sparks Sectional Drama
Testimony in the George Burnham Jr case includes a $10,000 check drawn on the National Butchers and Drovers Bank, endorsed to United States Express Company, with connections to Lou Payn and Senator Platt. The trial also covers alleged holds and loans involving Frederick Burnham, J. Wells, and related officers of Mutual Reserve Life Insurance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Burnham, Jr
Mutual Reserve Life Insurance Company
Greenbaum
J. D. Wells
Frederick A. Burnham
Lou Payn
Mutual Reserve
National Butchers and Drovers’ Bank
Timothy Donovan
Exempt Firemen’s Benevolent Fund
United States Express Company
Platt
Ays
Nott
Frederick Burnham
Payn
Fireman’s Association
Thomas Y. Watkins
George B. Patterson
Washington
New York
Col James Not Blamed In Burnham Testimony
Examination of Burnham's testimony shows a Times report misattributed blame to Col. James for alleged irregular methods of meat by Mutual Reserve Life. Burnham did not blame James. he testified James advised settlement of various litigations and James died six months before many parties were drawn into the case.
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George B. Patterson
Patterson
Exempt Firemen Benevolent Fund
Burnham
Times
George Burnham, Jr
Col. James
Mutual Reserve Life Snow Company
Rag
Memphis woman sues for $11,000 diamond necklace
Mrs. Helen Dwelle of Memphis testifies in Jefferson Market Court against Adolph J. Davis charging larceny of an $11,000 diamond necklace. Both admit engagement ended Thursday. Davis claims advances and deceit. Dwelle says necklace was for wedding trousseau. Case adjourned to Sunday morning. Davis released in counsel’s custody.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Dwelle
Memphis
Tenn
Gotham
Jefferson Market Court
Adolph J. Davis
Davis
Belle
Dinner to Prof Stevenson at NYU in honor of long-time geology head
The Alumni Association of New York University hosted a dinner at the Hotel Astor for Prof John J Stevenson longtime head of NYU geology. Chancellor Henry M MacCracken presented a violet case with Stevenson's dates as text. An engraved silver loving cup was also presented to Stevenson.
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Alumni Association of
New York University
Hotel Astor
John J. Stevenson
Albert Warner Ferris
Stevenson
Smith E. Lane
Henry M. MacCracken
Prof. Stevenson
William Fletcher Johnson
Alumni Association
John H. Finley
City College
Champe S. Andrews
Thomas R. Slicer
Fire Kills Sick Boy in Bronx Home Blaze
A two story frame house at 1971 Clin ton Avenue Bronx owned by silversmith Michael Murray caught fire after 6 pm. Thomas Murray two years old died from smoke suffocation while eight other children escaped with mother Annie Murray. Fire traced to an overheated basement furnace. Loss estimated at 6900 dollars.
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Michael Murray
Clinton Avenue
Bronx
Thomas Murray
Annie Murray
Thomas
Tommy
George W. Morgan Resigns as Elections Superintendent
Announcement yesterday stated George Wilson Morgan resigned as Superintendent of Elections, effective November 30 while in Albany. Gov Higgins may name his successor, with Deputy Sept. Lewis M. Swasey named by Kings Republican leaders as a candidate. The position pays $5 000 annually.
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George Wilson Morgan
Albany
Higgins
Woodruff
Lewis M. Swasey
Kings
New York
Proxies in Insurance Vote Face Ruling Protest
Supt. Otto T. Kelsey ruled proxy holders need not deliver ballots in person on Dec. 18 for Mutual Life and New York Life elections. The International Policy Holders' Committee contests the ruling citing risks of forged ballots and seeks more Inspectors of Election to safeguard the process.
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Otto T. Kelsey
State Insurance Department
Mutual
New York Life Insurance
James McKeen
The
Mutual Life
Armstrong
Kelsey
International Committee
Samuel Untermyer
New York Life
Mutual Life Insurance Companies
Tennessee's rebuke on insurance campaign conduct
Tennessee Insurance Commissioner Folk announced that agents from Mutual Life and New York Life violated the spirit of New York State law by actively campaigning for administration tickets using company machinery and funds. He held that officials and agents may not form organized campaigns or act in concert to influence votes.
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Nashville, Tenn
Folk
Mutual Life
New York Life Insurance Companies
New York
Falk
Dooley on Finance and a Stock Exchange Love Triangle
A Mr Dooley quip ridicules the Irish banker culture and a dramatic scene at the Stock Exchange. He jests about a wife seeking her husband, Hinnessy and a foreign noblewoman writing to a mysterious recipient, illustrating social satire in a Sunday Times advance notice.
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Hinnessy
Stock Exchange
Dooley
TIMES
Sunday Times Today
Adv
Appeal to Court of Appeals in Merchants' Trust action
Appellate Division Third Department decision allows an appeal by Jacob L. Phillips and other intervening stockholders in the Merchants' Trust Company of New York case. Depositors with special contracts and those with none seek guidance on interest rights after receivers were appointed on May 23, 1906 and May 23, 1905 respectively.
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Albany
Appellate Division
Third Department
Court of Appeals
Merchants’ Trust Company of New York
Jacob L. Phillips
Trust Company
Railroad Worker Killed Near Mott Haven Station
New York Central Railroad employee Joseph Keiser was run over by a train near Mott Haven station late last night and killed. Fellow worker James Bangar ten of 62 East 178th Street sustained serious injuries.
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New York Central Railroad
Joseph Keiser
Mott Haven Station
James Bangarten
East 178Th Street
New York Times Saturday Review of Books Praised
James Lane Allen and Will N Harben critics hail the review as vital and fair. The selection highlights brevity and freshness in judgments and temper, praising its thoughtfulness and justice.
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James Lane Allen
Kentucky
New York Times Saturday Review of Books
Will N. Harben
Pole Baker
Ann Boyd
Saturday Review
TIMES
The Saturday Review of Books Emerges as a Century-Long Beacon
The New York Times founded The Saturday Review of Books in 1896 to expand literary coverage. It grew from eight pages to fifty-six at times, then settled around sixteen pages, praised for fairness and judgment and for reflecting a public demand for serious thought and imagination in journalism.
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New York Times Saturday Review of Books
United States
New York Times
Saturday Review OF Books
the Times
New York
Saturday Review
Churchill praise cited for New York Times Book Review
The excerpt features Winston Churchill and James Whitcomb Riley praising The New York Times Book Review for its sympathetic and insightful reviews. It underscores the esteem held by critics and writers for the publication's balanced literary judgments.
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T. €. Platt
Muse
George D. Eldredge
Wells
Mr. Nott
Insurance Department
J. Thompson Patterson
Foster
Pldtridge
J. Lindsay Gordon
Mr Burnham
Castoria
George W. Morgan
Gov. Higgins
Supt. Kelsey
Untermyer
Russia
Germany
Austria
England
France
America
Cairo
Boston
Nestor Gianaclis
Londen
Tennessee
Palace
Grees d. Oldsmobile Co
N. Cutting & Larson
Mr Cecktore
Broadway
5List
Carl H. Schultz
C-P Ems
Merchants’ Trust CO. Case
Mott Haven
Madison Square South
Vitals Benguiat
Budd
Madison Square West
Bishop Potter
Andrew Carnegie
Thomas Nelson Page
Virginia
Marie Chan
Hamilton W. Mabie
Outlook
Madison Cawein
Owen Wister
Lady Baltimore
Cation
Winston Churchill
James
Whitcomb Riley
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