Provident Life Grand Jury Responds to Rittenhouse Report
The Provident Life Society faces a grand jury review after a Rittenhouse report cited a large cash balance and alleged mismanagement. Key witnesses included William Kinsman Jr and John Vrooman as the inquiry continued under Assistant District Attorney Kresel. The society defends its cash holdings and says some securities were unsuitable to hold at the time, while pledging to report crimes to authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rittenhouse
Provident Life Assurance Society
Provident Life
Dowling
William Kinsman, Jr
New Amsterdam National Bank
John Vrooman
the Provident Life
F. K. Hubbard
Arthur Baur
Kresel
Grand Jury
Grand
Provident Savings Life Assurance Society
Thomas
Messrs
E. R
O. F. Thomas
Colorado
S. H. Wolfe
Leo Wolfe
Society
Armstrong Legislative Committee
Lawyer Accused Of Theft In City Case
Maurice Fitzgerald a lawyer of 55 West 144th Street was arraigned in the Tombs Court on a charge of larceny and held in 2000 bail for examination January 27. Complainant Mrs Teresa Happle of 409 East Sixteenth Street said Fitzgerald collected 8500 from the City Controller in a settlement for damages for the death of her four year old son but did not inform her, implying the suit remained active.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maurice Fitzgerald
West 144Th Street
Seventeenth Street
Avenue C
Magistrate Droege to explain alleged prison irregularities
Magistrate Droege will appear before Assistant District Attorney Smyth to explain irregularities claimed at Jefferson Market Court where prisoners avoided serving terms on the island. Mark Alter the lawyer who allegedly gave 100 to a reporter was before Smyth and will visit again. Alter said, Everything will be cleared up.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Droege
Smyth
Jefferson Market Court
Mark Alter
Mr. Alter
Bavarian pianist sues Steinway for breach of contract
Angelo Patricclo a Bavarian pianist brings suit in the Supreme Court against Steinway & Sons piano makers seeking 100000 dollars in damages. Attorney Isaac Miller says Patricclo was engaged to perform two to three concerts daily at the Jamestown Exposition using Steinway pianos, but found another firm held the concession.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court
Angelo Patricclo
Steinway & Sons
Isaac 3 Miller
203
Broadway
Steinway
Steinways
Heinze Trial Postponed to January in Federal Court
The trial of F Augustus Heinze once controlling stake in the Mercantile National Bank on charges of overcertifying checks totaling 437 144 for the benefit of Otto C Heinze Co and his brothers partners has been postponed until January 27 in the Federal Court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. Augustus Heinze
Mercantile National Bank
Otto C. Heinze & Co
Hispanic Museum Opens to Invited Guests on 156th Street
The Hispanic Museum erected by Arch er MM Huntington and the Hispanic Society near Broadway and Riverside Drive opened yesterday to invited guests. It will be open to the public next week featuring a large collection of Spanish relics and curiosities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hispanic Museum
Archer MM. Huntington
The
Hispanic Society
156Th Street
Broadway
Riverside Drive
To Cure Cold in One Day quảng Bromg Quinine Tablets
Advertisement for a cold cure claiming one day relief with laxative bromg quinine tablets. Refund promised if it fails to cure. Mentions a signature on each box and a 36a Adv reference.
Immigration station building funding passes House
The House approved a $250,000 appropriation to erect a new immigration station in Philadelphia after a full day of debate on immigration policy. Representative Kuster man calculated Congress time at $150 a minute, noting the bill’s passage followed lengthy argument and regional objections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Washington
J. Hampton Moore
Philadelphia
Philadelpia
Goulden
New York
Asell
Moore
Col. Stepburn
Iowa
Bourke Cochran
Murphy
Wisconsin
O'Connell
Massachusetts
Bartholdt
Misouri
Kusterman
Congress
Tennessee
Plan to Improve Teachers Through Targeted Training
Board considers mandatory fifteen hour courses for teachers with five or more years’ experience who show weaknesses in specific subjects. Superintendent Maxwell argues many teachers miss opportunities for study and needs consistent advancement for a 16 000 strong corps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frea
Maxwell
Supt
Board of Education
Guest in New York Hotel Misunderstands Electric Fan
A guest from Abilene, Kane, staying at the Hotel Astor in Times Square, struggled with room equipment. He believed the electric fan would power the lights, prompting a hotel page to explain that turning off the fan restored the room’s electricity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hotel Astor
Times Square
Abilene
Kane
New York
Wheatlands
Notable Passengers Sail Kronprinzessin Cecilie
Among those sailing today on the North German Lloyd liner Kronprinzessin Cecilie are George Taylor Brown Mrs. Robert Bartlett Mr and Mrs G D B Lonbright Gen and Mrs Godfrey L Carden Mr and Mrs Hugo Deuster Prof Adolf Fischer Scientific Attaché to the German Legation at Peking Arthur S Fairchild Mr and Mrs Charles L Hutchinson Mr and Mrs Charles H Hap om Mr and Mrs William A Ingersoll James N Jarvie Edgar A Kennedy Mr and Mrs Max Loewenthall Mr and Mrs Martin A Ryerson H W Savage Mrs John M Satterfield Lady Schaunessee H D Turner Charles Weatherhog Mr and Mrs A Mr Young and Bernard J Shoninger Vice President of American Chamber of Commerce of Paris and Mrs Shoninger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kronprinzessin
Cecilie
George Taylor Brown
Robert Bartlett
G. D. B. Lonbright
Godfrey L. Carden
Hugo Deuster
Adolf Fischer
Peking
Arthur 8. Fairchild
Charles L. Hutchinson
Charles H. Hap
William A.ingersoll
James N. Jarvie
A. iXennedy
Max Loewenthall
Martin A. Ryerson
H.W. Savage
John. M. Satterfield
Schaunessee
H. D. Turner
Charles Weatherhog
A. Mr. Young
Bernard J Shoninger
American Chamber of Commerce of Paris
Mrs. Shoninger
Spooner Argues Rate Case in Alabama Hearing
United States Senator Spooner led the railroad rate case before Judge Thomas in Montgomery to determine if new rates on the Central of Georgia are enforceable. The Central Trust Company of New York represents a challenge arguing rate cuts would prevent the railroad from paying interest. The hearings seek to decide if state laws render railroads unable to operate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
United
Constantine makes suicide attempt in Joliet prison
Frank J Constantine serving a life term for the murder of Mrs Louise Gentry in Chicago leaped from the seventh gallery of Joliet Penitentiary last night. He fell thirty feet to the cellhouse floor and is believed to be despondent. Gentry was killed in her La Salle Avenue apartment in January 1906. Constantine had boarded there and later fled to Europe before being arrested in New York.
Three Italian murder victims found near Florence suspect
Dead bodies of Dominic Minichello Ercola Buffetti and Mrs Frank Palmmetta were buried 150 yards from Antonio Nernino's home, who is jailed for murder. Police seek the fourth missing man, Minichello's brother. Nernino reportedly revealed the burial site and threatened hanging.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florence
Col
Antonio Nernino
Anto Bavari
Dominic Minichello
Nernino
Ercola Buffetti
Frank Palmetta
Minichello
Insurance Loan Practices Prompt Calls for Regulation
Insurance leaders push for new legislation to curb policy loan freedoms after a panic. Reports show New York Life loaned 26.0 million dollars in the year with similar figures expected from major firms.
No Pocahontas Con Debts Yet in Lynchburg Report
Vice President Thorne outlined in Lynchburg Va that Pocahontas Consolidated Collieries has not yet secured all stock of the original company and that the Virginia suit seeks a cash appraisal or receiver appointment. He stressed the plan does not affect credit as current bills through Dec 31 and bond interest are paid, with a Jan 1 dividend on preferred stock and 46 percent on common stock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Life Insurance Company
Life Companie
Lynchburg
Pocahontas Consolidated Collieries Company
Thorne
Pocahontas Collieries Company
Virginia
Fire destroys Rhoades Opera House in Boyertown tragedy
Berks County authorities launch an inquiry into the Rhoades Opera House fire that killed nearly 200 people. Twenty four unidentified bodies were buried yesterday. Warren Jones, a ticket taker, testified that one of five doors allegedly swung shut and may have been bolted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boyertown
Penn
Parade of Hungry Unemployed in New Britain
More than 1,000 unemployed men paraded through New Britain in a demonstration led by marchers with a banner reading Parade of Hungry People Looking for Work. Leaders said the term hungry referred to eagerness for work, not physical hunger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Britain
Conn
Leg Nightstick Proof In Night Court
Policeman Berl of the Tenderloin Station described Patrick Leonard a laborer as stupefied after being found asleep in a Sixth Avenue doorway. Magistrate Kernochan heard Leonard explain his left leg was “nightstick proof” due to a wooden leg, and Leonard paid a $1 fine before leaving the court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berl
Tenderloin Station
Patrick Leonard
Sixth Avenue
Kernochan
Leonard
Banker Morosini Improves After Fall At Office
Giovanni P. Morosini, 74, the veteran banker, who fell in his private office last May and injured his head, is reported in better health despite Wall Street rumors of his dying. He was taken to his Riverdale home and doctors at Connor & Co. on Nassau Street expect him to be up in a few days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Giovanni P. Morosini
Wall Street
Mr. Morosini
Riverdale
Connor & Co
Nassau Street
A Trip to California via Union Pacific North Western Line
Promotion of travel to California highlighting outdoor life and sports. Advertises the Chicago Union Pacific and North Western Line as the best route with direct service. For booklets and information contact R. M. Johnson, General Agent, C. and W. Ry. at 61 Broadway, New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. A. Hutchison Manager Tourist Department
Chicago
Union Pacific & North-Western Line
Broadway
New York
California
Union Pacific & North Western
R. M. Johnson
Indictment moves in Cortese assassination plot
Three of five prisoners linked to Justice Cortese killing were arraigned in Paterson. Mrs. Michaels faces a charge for a threatening letter to Minnie Duvall and posted bail. Mario Braga and Pasquale Giangiante admitted receiving notes but were released on their own recognizance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Paterson
N. J
Justice Cortese
Frank Amazzono
Carroll
Michaels
Mario Braga
Pasquale Giangiante
Braga
Giangiante
Amazzone
Joseph Mustol
Michael Monochino
Pasquale Garafola
Black Hand Gang
Joseph Rebuffo
Newark
Cortese
Joseph Romano
Amazzano
Mustol
Monochino
Lamport Will Contest Triggers Family Court Inquiry
Miss Mary Clementine Smedley, once nurse and chief beneficiary, testified in Surrogate Beckett about alleged undue influence and Lamport’s mental competency. Opponents Althea Grant Jewell and relatives seek to overturn the will as testimony reveals securities transfers, life policies totaling $20,000, and a changing salary arrangement from Mr. Lamport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Clementine Smediey
Hiram H. Lamport
Beckett
Althea Grant Jewell
Miss Smedley
Lamport
Tie
Papa
Sunday Schools Need Funds Dinner Sparks Reform Call
The first annual dinner of the Sunday School Association of New York was held at Bretton Hall. About 150 superintendents and assistants from Manhattan and the Bronx attended with Rev. A F Schaufler presiding. William H. Sage urged better organization and funding, noting only 64 of 408 schools contributed to the association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sunday School Association of
New York
Manhattan
Bronx
Bretton Hall
Eigby-sixth Street
Broadway
A. F. Schauffler
William H. Sage
Harlem
Young Men's Christian Association
Pullman Shops to Close as Demand Slumps
Chicago January 20 lack of demand for freight cars and no new orders amid traffic stagnation will close the Pullman Company's shops on February 1. Two thousand of six thousand employees will be laid off while the shops continue limited output and the repair department stays open.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Chicago
Pullman Company
Airr
Robert T. Lincoln
Pullman
Linderman Faces Involuntary Bankruptcy Petition
First National Bank of Saratoga Six Counties Mortgage and Realty Co and Irving W Wiswall file in involuntary bankruptcy against Garrett B Linderman coal and steel operator of South Bethlehem Pennsylvania alleging he transferred Fisher Island to Lehigh Valley National Bank creating a preference. Subpoena to Linderman returnable in Philadelphia January 31 with claims totaling $20000. Linderman says he is not insolvent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Schenectady
First National Bank of Saratoga
Six Counties Mortgage and Realty
Irving W. Wiswall
Saratoga
Garrett B. Linderman
South Bethlehem, Penn
Linderman
Fisher's Island
New York
Lehigh Valley National Bank of Bethlehem
Penn
Philadelphia
Army Officers Assigned to New Posts in United Service
First Lieut Pillow of the Thirteenth Cavalry becomes professor of Military Science and Tactics at Carlisle Military Academy in Arlington Texas. First Lieut J A Abbott of the Signal Corps is put in charge of the Signal Corps general supply depot at Beneca Barracks Cal to relieve First Lieut P W Beck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Washington
Pillow
Thirteenth Cavalry
Carlisle Military Academy
Arlington
Texas
J. A. Abbott
Signal Corps
Signal.Corps General Supply
Beneca Barracks
Cal
P. W. Beck
Navy Assignments and Duties Upheld for 1908
The record lists multiple duty transfers within 1908 including Commander FE Simpson to Montgomery, Commander T F Carter to home and wait orders, Lieut Commander W C Herbert to Pensacola, Lieut R L Berry to Chicago, Naval Constructor T G Roberts to New York, Chief Carpenter J Burke to Brooklyn, Carpenter J W Costello to Boston, Carpenter W C Crockett to Brooklyn, and Carpenter S Fleathe to New Orleans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
FE. Simpson
Bureau of Ordnance
Washington, D. C
Montgomery
T. F. Carter
Navy Yard
Pensacola
W. C. Herbert
Works
New York Shipbuilding Company
Camden
N. J
Department of Steam Engineering
Fla
R. L. Berry
Chicago
T. G. Roberts
Naval Station
New Orleans
New York
Department
J. Burke
Boston
Brooklyn
W. C. Crockett
League Island
Carpenter S. Fleathe
Naval vessels listed arriving and sailing to yards and ports
The report lists ships arriving at navy yards in New York and Guan tanamo and at Newport and Magdalena Bay with names such as Arrived Triton Arethusa and others, and sailing from Pensacola Manila and Acapulco with ships including Machias Hannibal Caesar Saturn Chicago and Supply. It notes routes from Rio de Janeiro Magdalena Bay and San Francisco and to Mare Island final trial.
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Triton
Washington
Hopkins
Hull
Stewart
Whipple
Lawrence
Rio
de Janeiro
Sioux
Newport
Potomac
Navy Yard
New York
Fagle
Guantanamo
Arethusa
Rio de Janeiro
Charleston
Perry
Preble
Magdalena Bay
Machias
Hannibal
Pensacola
Caesar
Hampton Roads
Saturn
Mare Island
California
San Francisco
Supply
Guam
Manila
Chicago
Acapulco
Callao
Divorce Granted to Mrs A M Pell by Supreme Court
Supreme Court Justice Blanchard grants an absolute divorce to Mrs Alexander Mercer Pell and awards custody of their eight year old son. Pell married in 1808 and ran a dairy farm after sinking 50000. Mrs Pell later managed hotels in England and works with the Bureau for Social Requirements at Fifth Avenue. Co respondent described as not of social prominence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court
Blanchard
Alexander Mercer Pell
Aging Groom Claims 136 as Age in Marriage Bureau Line
William Brooks Mason a minister of the Gospel listed in City Hall marriage licenses swore he was 136 years old though his appearance and tract history suggest otherwise. He said he was born in Havana and lives at 118 East 134th Street. His fiancée Miss Ella Haynes of 68 West 133d Street gave her age as 28.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Marriage
Lcense
William Brooks Mason
Washington
Havana
East 134Th Street
Ella Haynes
West 133d Street
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Oxford
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31St St
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Flatbush Ave
Bedford Ave
23Rd St
Proctor
Alcohol Utilities Company
W. 23Rd St
Ima TY
London
Zephyr
Regent St. Mark Cross
Fifth Wavenue
Summer Street
Provident Lif
Thomases
Sutes
Myron W. Thayer
Fox Street
Katherine Thayer
Western Electric Company
Heinze
Kansan
Hotel
Astor
Kronprinzessin Cecilie
Spooner
Georgia
Constantine
Gentry
Eventh
Joliet Prison
Opera House
Britain
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MR. Lamport
the United Service
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the Navy
A. M. Pell
Justice Blanchard
WM. Vogel & Son
Houston Street
Monarch Typewriter Company
F. Street
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Washington, D.C
Syracuse, N. Y
H. H. Topakyan
Persia
264Th Avenue
Corner 29Th Street
George H. Welgert
Alexander
Nineteenth Street
Mme. Tetrazzini
Barbiere de Siviglia
Romeo E Giulietta
Vals
Gounod
Sonnambula
Cabaletto
Bellini
Lucia di Lammermoor
Rigoletto
Caro Nome
Sol. Bloom
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