Coffin Attacks Bank Law Compliance in Walsh Trial
In Chicago on January 4, George M. Coffin testified that many National banks ignore certain banking laws and that excessive loans and memorandum notes are common. He said controllers issued formal letters urging reductions but banks seldom followed up, while cross examination highlighted lack of memorandum control at Chicago National Bank.
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Chicago
Farvas
George M. Coffin
New York
John R. Walsh
Chicago National Bank
Coffin
John &. ‘Willer
Walsh
Controller's Office
Fletcher Dobyns
Colfin
Dobyns
Memphis Courthouse Interior and Exterior Sculpture Contract Awarded
The Memphis Tennessee courthouse project worth about 2,000,000 dollars awards the sculptural adornment contract to I Massey Rhind of 2es East Twentieth Street. His designs were chosen after competition with several rivals. The approximate total sum for the sculpture is 75,600 pounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memphis
Court House
Tenn
I. Massey Rhind
East Twentieth Street
Rhind
Senate Finance Panel Debates Currency Reform Plans
Senator Aldrich, leader of the Finance Committee, met with Republican members in New York to discuss financial legislation. They await Treasury data on emergency circulation and Clearing House certificates from Secretary Cortelyou. The panel considers Treasury notes or a centralized bank, rejecting asset currency and central bank proposals. The committee plans a meeting Tuesday to review options.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Aldrich
Senate Committee On Finance
New York
Senate
Treasury Department
Cortelyou
Treasury of
National Bank
House
Committee On Finance
Taft to Decide Fates of Officers Failing Riding Test
Secretary Taft plans to announce early next week how to handle regular army officers who failed the riding test. The aim is to retain valuable personnel for river and harbor duties while maintaining the mounted service standard. Regulations now require careful fitness assessment for mounted capability, with officers classified by name into three groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Taft
Roosevelt
War Department
United States Military Academy
Fight Negro Soldier's Suit About Pay Dispute
Attorney General Bonaparte received court papers in the case of Private Reid of Company C Twenty-fifth Infantry suing for pay after muster out. Secretary Taft directs the Judge Advocate General to assist in defense with a DOJ special attorney. Government plans to seek dismissal via demurrer arguing only the Court of Claims can decide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Bonaparte
Circuit Court
New York
Reid
Company C
Twenty-fifth Infantry
Taft
Department of Justice
Court of Claims
Roosevelt Ousts Eagleson as Idaho Surveyor General
President Roosevelt asked for the resignation of Ernst G. Eagleson Surveyor General of Idaho. Senator Heyburn announced at the White House that general dissatisfaction and Interior Department complaints led to a broader cleaning of the Surveyor General's Office in Boise. No successor had been chosen.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Ernst G. Eagleson
Idaho
White House
Heyburn
Eagleson
Interior Department
Life
Boiss
Feagleson
Hamilton Bank Reorganizes with Grant as President
Frank L. Grant, vice president of the Carnegie Trust, becomes president of the reorganized Hamilton Bank after a New Year meeting. Frederick D. Ives is re elected vice president, with Montgomery ousted. New directors include Charles A. O Donohue Theodore Haebler Edward M. Morgan John P. Lee and Grant. old directors retained. Four banks ready to back the reopens, with final restart likely late next week.
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Hamilton Bank
Frank L. Grant
Carnegie Trust Company
Frederick D. Ives
William R. Montgomery
Hamilton
Monty
Ives
Charles A. ‘O'Donohue
Theodore Haebler
Ebling Brewing Company
Edward M. Morgan
John P. Lee
Washington Heights
Mr. Grant
William A. Martin
Adolph Reisenberg
George F. Brown
Martin B. Fink
125Th Street
Dyck, Robin
Riverside Bank
Robin
Thomases
James R.gifford
Supt. Clark, Willams
State Banking Department
Montgomery
Transit orders aim to fix Staten Island trolley service
The Public Service Commission issued final orders to Richmond Light & Railroad Company and Staten Island Midland Railway to improve ferry and streetcar service on St George Elizabethport routes and to repair and equip cars. Plans include more frequent cars after ferry arrivals, extended routes, upgraded wiring, brakes, gear cases, headlights, fenders, sand supplies, and track repairs by May 15 1908. James Blaine Walker named Second Assistant Secretary to replace Hammitt.
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Staten Islanders
H. E. Rogers
Public Service Commission
Richmond Light & Railroad Company
Richmond Light& Railroad Company
St. George
Elizabethport
Manhattan
Richmond Terrace
Richmond Avenue
Port Richmond
Elizabethport Ferry
St.George
New York Ferry
Jay Street
Richmond Light and Railroad Company
Castleton Avenue
Columbia Street
Staten Island Midland Railway Company
Silver Lake
Richmond Turnpike
Bemis
St. Louis
James Blaine Walker
J.O Hammitt
Selden man dies saving dog in burning farm home
David Duffield Jr a crippled 30 year old of Selden L L died yesterday morning after entering a burning Duffield house to rescue a pet setter dog. With his mother saved by his father both escaped through a window to the porch roof. The son perished in the cellar with the dog.
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David Duffield, Jr
Selden
L. L
Duffield
Duffields
Lawyers to Greet Bryce at New York Bar Meeting
The New York State Bar Association holds its annual meeting January 24 and 25 in West Forty-fourth Street. Joseph HH Choate presides and delivers the presidential address. British Ambassador James Bruce will speak on The Methods and Conditions of Legislation at Carnegie Hall. A reception and Waldorf Astoria dinner follow, with papers on Land Title Registration Torrens and related systems by Henry Pegram.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York State Bar Association
Bar Association
West Forty-fourth Street
Joseph HH. Choate
James Bruce
Carnegie Hall
Waldorf-Astoria
Henry Pegram
New York
Ontario
Maryland
City Club
State Association
Pettibone Free Moyer Discharged in Steunenberg Case
Boise Idaho January fourth verdicts released two men charged in the Steunenberg murder case. Pettibone and Moyer were discharged while Haywood had been acquitted earlier. Orchard’s case remains to be brought before Caldwell next term. Simpkins remains a fugitive. Pettibone smiled as jurors found him not guilty. Moyer’s bail exonerated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boise
Idaho
Frank Steunenberg
Harry Orchard
Jack Simpkins
George A. Pettibone
Charles H. Moyer
Western Federation of Miners
William D. Haywood
Steunenberg
Moyer
Pettibone
Denver
Haywood
Orchard
van Duyn
Canyon County
Caldwell
Simpkins
Boisé
Wood
James H. Hawley
Dr. Magee
C. W. Aller
Haywoot ‘Se
Moyeray
Colorado
Mitchell freed in hard fought extradition case
In H. Mitchell president of the Joquiana Gold Mining Co was released by Judge Wellborn in Los Angeles after an indictment from Wilkes Barre Penn Delaware? stockholders alleged a $7000 loss. The judge found the indictment defective and the statute of limitations barred prosecution. Extradition had been long resisted by ex governor Pardee.
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Los Angeles
Cal
California
United States District Court
Wellborn
H. Mitchell
Joquiana Gold Mining Company
Wilkesbarre
Penn
Pennsylvania
Mitchell
Tex-Gov.pardee
Miners Desert The Union In Nevada Strike
Desertions from the Western Federation rise as miners seek work before imported labor lowers wages. Mine owners hire former federation men while hope grows for all mines to operate within ten days. A Roosevelt commission report from Goldfield leads to a letter to Gov. Sparks outlining the situation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western Federation
Federation
Goldfield
Nevada
Washington
Nev
Roosevelt
Special Commission
Murray
Smith
Neil
Department of Commerce and Labor
Sparks
White House
Thief in Woman’s Clothes Robs Servant in North Pelham
Elizabeth Woodward, a servant for H. Elliott Coe of North Pelham, was robbed by two men at Eighth Avenue and Fourth Street. One wore a woman’s suit and the other a mask, with a revolver at her throat before the pair fled after realising their mistake. Police have a description of the masked man.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Woodward
H. Elliott Coe
North Pelham
Eighth Avenue
Fourth Street
Miss Woodward
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