Seaboard Receivers Named by Judge Pritchard
Judge Pritchard appoints R Lancaster Williams of Richmond and S Davies Warfield of Baltimore as receivers for the Seaboard Air Line. The bond is fixed at $50,000 each. The road spans 2,882 miles from Portsmouth to Tampa with branches coastwise and to Atlanta Montgomery and Birmingham. Williams and Warfield are linked to Baltimore banking houses including Middendorf Williams & Co and Continental Trust Co.
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New York Times
Richmond
Pitcherd
United States Circuit Court
R. Lancaster Williams
S. Davies Warfield
Baltimore
Seaboard Air Line
Williams
Middendorf, Williams & Co
Warfield
Continental Trust Company
John S. Williams & Sons
Ryan
Seaboard
Washington
Judge Pritchard
Bankers deny dissensions over Seaboard Air Line receivers
Bankers tied to Seaboard Air Line said no plan has been formed yet to readjust the road finances after the receivership is appointed. Committees to protect stockholders and bondholders are likely, with representatives from all interests. Wall Street notes one of two receivers is Williams interests, signaling broad approval. The receivership order allows borrowing to meet past due coupons and equipment trust installments.
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John Skelton Williams
Seaboard Air Line
Seaboard Securities
Messrs
Ryan, Blair
Coolidge
Seaboard Air Line Railway
Ryan
Williams
New York
Baltimore
Leigh R. Watts
James Byrne
Samuel Untermyer
Continental Trust Company of Baltimore
Wall Street
Blair & Co
Ladenburg, Thalmann & Co
Williams Victory Tied to Seaboard Receivership
Special to The New York Times Atlanta Jan 2 1908 Rail commissioner McLendon says John Skelton Williams secured a victory for Williams by placing Seaboard Air Line into receivership amid reports of mismanagement by Thomas F Ryan. Gross earnings in Georgia rose from 3.528 million in 1906 to 3.696 million in 1907.
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New York Times
Atlanta
Seaboard Air Line
McLendon
Railroad Commission
John. Skelton Williams
Willams
Thomas F. Ryan
Ryan
Williams
Seaboard
John Skelton Williams
Grose
Georgia
Georgia Railroad Commission
Women Die in Rochester Fireworks Plant Explosion
An explosion at the Rochester Fireworks Company plant on Main Street East injures and kills workers. Sadie Ernst, 20, died instantly. Lillian O Connor, 28, died at Homeopathic Hospital. May Calligan, seriously burned but expected to recover. Six women were in the finishing room when the one story building failed. Company officers withheld discussion as investigators probe the cause.
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Rochester
Rochester Fireworks Company
Sadie Ernst
Lillian.o’connor
Homeopathic Hospital
May_Calligan
Main Street
Four Hurt in Wreck at Westeborough Mass
Five Chicago Express cars derailed near Westeborough Massachusetts after a wheel broke. Four dining car workers were injured lightly while all passengers escaped serious harm. A Boston bound train narrowly avoided collision as the derailed cars blocked the east bound track.
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Westeborough
Mass
Chicago Express
Boston and Albany
Boston
Controller objects to new subway plan in Brooklyn
Public controversy erupts as the Public Service Commission proposes a Broadway to Lexington Avenue route with two Bronx spurs. Controller Metz opposes the plan, urging funding for Brooklyn’s Fourth Avenue subway first, while the Commission argues plans will not hinder existing routes and emphasizes budget constraints.
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Public Service Commission
Manhattan
Broadway
Eleventh Street
Lexington Avenue
Bronx
Metz
Fourth Avenue
Brooklyn
Rapid Transit Commission
Board of Estimate
Rapid ‘Transit Commission
Brooklyn Subway
Public Service
Soda Link
Willcom
Commission
Bassett
Lexington Hne
Manhattan Bridge
Fourth Avenue Ashe
Interborough Rapid Transit Company
Seventh Avenue
Interborough
N“ Rapid Transit Commission
Lexington
Farm Hand May Have Been Murdered In New Jersey
George D. Hieldamer of New York was found dead in bed at the Summer home of Oscar Frommel in High Bridge Morristown New Jersey under circumstances indicating murder. Hieldamer and two other men from New York had been employed on the Frommel farm for about six months and all slept on the same floor of the building.
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Moristown
N. J
George D. Hieldamer
New York
Oscar Frommel
High Bridge
Reildamer
Gus
Frommel
Children confess to burglaries run by play inspired gang
Red Townsend and his brother George, ages 10 and 8, with 9-year-old William ReGigan known as Fatty, confessed to a string of thefts from stores on Amsterdam Avenue and Broadway after seeing crime in a play. Detectives Boyle and O Grady say the boys’ stories match police records of the Barnett department store and other holds ups. The youths were in Gerry Society custody and may face further arrests.
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Red
John
Townsend
George
Amsterdam Avenue
William ReGigan
Fatty
West Sixty-sixth Street
Gerry Society
Boyle
O'Grady
Eleventh Avenue
Columbus Avenue
Seventy-fourth Street
Sixty-fifth
Sixty-sixth
Barnett's
Broadway
Seventy-first Street
Albany
Barnett
Bank Closed by Rumors in Rockyford
The State Bank of Rockyford shut doors after a 19 day run, with liabilities exceeding 400000 and assets around 525000 mainly loans on Buckeane farm lands. The bank, capital 30000 and surplus 30600, hopes to resume soon. two other Rockyford banks remain unaffected. An officer alleged local financial interests spread rumors about solvency to trigger the closure.
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Rockyford
Col
State Bank of
Arkansas Valley
State Bank
Tax Commission Opens Real Property Books for Appraisal
City officials announce the opening of the annual books for assessed valuation of real and personal property from January seeing Monday to March 31. A New York Traveling Men's Association vaudeville event is set for Harlem Casino. Frederick L. Mathey dies of heart disease at Hotel Walton. Sidney B. Mills' car catches fire from a leaking tank on Spurten Duyvn Parkway Riverdale Avenue, value $2,000. Hezekiah McDowdell is arrested in the disappearance of five diamond rings from 68 West Ninety-first Street.
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9 Tax Commission
New York Traveling Nothing Men's Association
Harlem Casino
124Th Street
Seventh Avenue
Frederick L. Mathey
Walton
Sidney B. Mills
Spurten Duyvn Parkway
Riverdale Avenue
Hezekiah McDowdell
Steerage Rush Continues on Provence Voyage
About 200 steerage passengers remaining in the crowd sought passage on the Provence as she sailed yesterday morning. The sailing showed the pre Christmas rush persists despite forecasts of an end by January 1. Many travelers were from Pennsylvania mining districts and sought work abroad. among those aboard were Robert P. Skinner US Consul General at Marseilles and several named passengers.
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Provence
Pennsylvania
Robert P. Skinner
United States
Marseilles
Skinner
Louis Abreu
Henry Brown
E. §. Clark
W. A. Euart
R. Gabriel
Samuel Heymsfeld
W. T. Hirkpatrick
Frank Martin
W. H. Parker
Andrew M. Reid
O. G. Robinson
Moritz Samuels
Henry Trombetta
Simon J. Velez
Francisco Henriques de Zubiria
New York State Education Chief Warns on School Completion Rates
Dr Andrew Draper, state commissioner of education, presents figures on elementary school attendance by grade in Albany. He notes only a fraction of students finish their courses and few go beyond the fifth and sixth grades. The report covers several cities excluding New York.
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New York Times
Albany
Andrew S. Draper
Draper
7000 Coke Ovens to Resume in Connellsville District
Pittsburg dispatch reports renewed activity in the coal and steel region as 7000 coke ovens in Connellsville district planned to reopen within ten days. Frick Coke Company also stated its ovens would run five days a week from now. Union Switch and Signal and Pittsburg Plate Glass at Ford City resumed operations, bringing 1300 and 1500 workers back to work respectively.
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New York Times
Pittsburg
H. C. Frick Coke Company
Connellsville
É¢ Company
Union Switch and Signal Company
Westinghouse
Pittsburg Plate Glass Company
Ford City
British freighter Comerford anchors after rough voyage
The Comerford, a British freighter, anchored off Liberty Island after a seven week West Africa run. She carries 1 004 mahogany logs and reported storm damage from near Bermuda as Captain Luckham described a three day gale. A second vessel, the Arabistan, unloads in Brooklyn with 80 000 dates 7 000 bales of Persian rugs and 900 bales of wool valued at about 1 000 000 including a cage of nightingales from Muscat.
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Comerford
Liberty Island
Africa
Luckham
Bermuda
Somerford
Brooklyn
Arabistan
Persian Gulf
Muscat
Pirie Must Stay In Jail As Nonresident Status Upheld
Allan Hawkins Pirie, jailed in Nassau County since December 19, had his request to vacate the jail order rejected by Supreme Court Justice Davis. He faces his wife’s separation suit. the court found evidence supports Pirie being a nonresident, despite his claim of Sea Cliff, Long Island, as his home and voting address. His father is Chicago dry goods merchant John Pirie. defense cites $20,000 annual income, which Pirie denies.
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Allan Hawkins Pirie
Nassau County
Mineola
Supreme Court
Davis
Pirie
Sea Cliff
L. I
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Merl
Smith-Gray
New York Broadway
Warren &J
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Flatbush Ave
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Earl & Wilson
Anderson’s
Scotch Madras
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Lad
Rogers Bros
Royal Baby Plate
Meriden Brit& O
Switch and Glass Companies
Japan
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Jinrikisha
Towers
France
Paris
Four Arts
Cafe of Death
Black Cat
Heaven
Pierrefonds
Fontainebleau
Morocco
Fez
Burton Holmes Travelogues
McClure’s Tourists’ Agency
Pineside Travel
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East
Burton Holmes
Lord & Taylor Stationery Department
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