Equitable board crisis widens as Harriman ties loom
Report of internal fights over Harriman security sales at the Equitable Life Assurance Society grows tenser. Gov. Higgins and Attorney General plan probing actions while directors weigh a new chairman as Hyde allies push a court fight to oust vice president Hyde amid resignations at the Equitable and its subsidiaries.
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Hendricks
Mr. Hlyde
The
Equitable
Hyde
Will
Higgins
Ingalls Resignation Gutters Equitable Mismanagement
Cincinnati June 5 Melville BE Ingalls resigning as director of the Equitable Life Assurance Society to be in New York. He says a spirit of the majority blocks changes and criticizes management. He cites outside investments and large balances, urging reform by new leadership and noting the issue hinges on corporate officers and subsidiary interests.
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Cincinnati
Melville BE
Ingalls
Equitable Life Assurate
New York
Alexander and Hyde
Equitable
Karitable
Dufterestead
Wah Nowise
Ane
Mquitable
Equitable board calls for management overhaul after probe
The committee found disorganized accounts and extravagant negligence at the Equitable. It urged resignations of senior officers, creation of a new Chairman role to oversee all affairs, and replacement of Alexander and Hyde with a new manager while keeping the company solvent and profitable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ike
Alexander and Hyde
The
Equitable
Frick in Conference With Union Trust Aide over Equitable Affairs
Pittsburg June 5 H C McEldowney president of the Union Trust Company met with Henry Clay Frick in Frick's office. Visitors included A W Mellon president of Mellon National Bank and James H Hyde a director of Equitable Life. Frick declined further comment on resignations or liquidating the Equitable account, saying questions were personal to the gentlemen involved.
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New York Times
Pittsburg
H. C. McEldowney
Union Trust Company
H. C. Frick
Mr. Frick
Equitable Life Assurance Society
James H. Hyde
Equitable Company
Messrs. Frick
Hyde
Mr. Hyde
Mellon
Mellon’ National Bank
McEldowney
The
Trust Company
National Bank
Equitable
Equitable Life Society
Shipbuilding suit in Nassau County delayed over other case
Mineola June 5 Justice Keogh adjourned the Shipbuilding suit brought by Ida E. Wood against the Commonwealth Trust Company and the Mercantile Trust Company until Wednesday. The delay hinges on whether the case should proceed while a similar matter awaits a decision in the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court.
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Mineola, L. I
Ida E. Wood
Commonwealth Trust Company
Mercantile Trust Company
Keogh
Supreme Court
Barber Joe Minaldi Wins Reversal in Astor House Suit
Appellate Term reverses Municipal Court ruling in favor of Joe Minaldi the Astor House barber. It held the record failed to show any express agreement or promise to pay for 980 shaves and 70 haircuts over four years and ordered a new trial against Alfred H. Thurston.
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Supreme Court
Joe Minaldi
Astor House
Alfred H. Thurston
Joe
Justice Fallon
Thurston
Man Fearfully Clubbed in Essex Market Court Case
Harry Smith twenty years old of Hatfield House Ridge Street faced a felonious assault charge brought by Patrolman Walter Gerhardt of Union Market Station in Essex Market Court. Smith suffered a broken jaw, eye injury, eighteen head stitches and two days unconscious at Bellevue Hospital after being beaten at Hamilton Fish Park and later in a patrol wagon and station house. Lawyer Charles Newman denounced the act as outrageous and pledged to file a complaint with Police Commissioner McAdoo.
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Harry Smith
Hatfield House
Ridge Street
McAvoy
Essex Market Court
Walter Gerhardt
Union Market Station
Smith
Gerhardt
Bellevue Hospital
Charles Newman
Lamilton Fish Park
Capt
Handy
Newman
McAdoo
Farewell Dinner for Ex Senator Ox at Democratic Club
A farewell dinner at the Democratic Club honored ex Senator John Ox, club president, with thirteen friends in attendance. Mr Fox will depart Wednesday for a three months Europe trip, joined by Cord Meyer Robert B Roosevelt City Court Judge Edward F O Dwyer Special Sessions Justice Wyatt Andrew Freedman and John J Senannell.
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Democratic Club
John Ox
Fox
Europe
Cord Meyer
Robert B. Roosevelt
Edward F. O'Dwyer
Wyatt
Andrew Freedman
John J. Senannell
Staten Island Woman Seeks Pistol Permit in Divorce Case
In a Staten Island police court yesterday Mrs. John Abdel Nour sought permission to carry a pistol to deter her husband from taking their nine year old son. She testified she believed he would fear the weapon and be reluctant to approach.
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Staten Island
John Abdel Nour
New Roosevelt Doctrine on Neutral Ports for Russian Ships
Washington June 5 Admiral Enquist denied time to repair Russian cruisers at Manila because damage occurred in battle. President Roosevelt and Secretary Taft order internment until end of hostilities, signaling a new neutral wartime rule. Critics say the policy narrows prior exceptions and may anger Russia but echoes Lena precedent in San Francisco.
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Admiral Enquist
Manila
Roosevelt
Taft
Morton
American Naval Board
Gov. Wright
Enquist
Train
Asiatic
United States
Converse
Bureau of Navigation
Department of State
Loomis
Great Britain
Bahamas
Philippines
Grant
Spain
England
Russia
Japan
San Francisco
Decision Left to Enquist On Russian Cruisers
Reports from St. Petersburg say the Foreign Office and Admiralty left the choice to Admiral Enquist whether to disarm the three cruisers at Manila or attempt to reach a Russian port. London dispatch notes possible internment and mentions the Aurora Oleg and Jemchug crews with breech blocks removed as a precaution.
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ST. Petersburg
Foreign Office
Admiralty
Manila
Enquist
London
The
Daily, Mail
Corregador Island
Aurora
Oleg
Jemtchug
Fourth Squadron to Far East Planned for German Seamen
Hamburg June 5 News from Libau reports German seamen once employed with the Fourth Russian Squadron were planned for transfer to service with a Far East force awaiting deployment.
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Hamburg
Jime
Libau
Far East
Return Home After Contract Cancellation
Soldiers report orders to return home as their current contracts are canceled by recent events. The move follows new developments prompting reassignment or discharge, affecting personnel and unit status.
Admiral Rojestvensky Shows Favorable Health in Tokyo
The chief surgeon at Sasebo Naval Hospital reports Admiral Rojestvensky's condition improving. Pulse and temperature normal, no brain complications evident. A large bruise on the inside of his right thigh and a pierced wound in the left foot are noted, with no signs of pus.
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Tokio
Sasebo Naval Hospital
Rojestvensky
Togo and Rojestvensky Speak in Broken English in Hospital Interview
London June 6 The Sasebo corresp ondent of The Daily Telegraph prints the hospital talk between Vice Admirals Togo and Rojestvensky. Togo expresses sympathy for the wounded and praises the enemy. Rojestvensky thanks him and compliments the Japanese fleet and leadership. Overall Russian losses are given as 14 000 dead 4 600 captured and 3 000 escaped with many prisoners ill.
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London
Sasebo
Daily Telegraph
Togo
Rojestvensky
Japan
Russian Cruisers May Be Raised After Sinking
Tokyo June 5 Russian armored cruisers Admiral Nakhimoff Vladimir Monomakh and Dmitri Donskoi sunk in shallow water and may be raised according to reports from the naval front.
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Japan
Tokio
Admiral Nakhimoff
Vladimir Monomakh
Dmitri Donskoi
Japanese warships reach Shanghai amid Russian patrols
The Japanese flagship To kiwa with Vice Admiral Uriu and several cruisers and destroyers arrived off Gutzlaff Island Hangchow Bay, with more cruisers expected. Uriu has returned from the Tsu Islands near Formosa in search of Russian vessels. Meanwhile in Hong Kong the Russian volunteer fleet is said to overhaul merchant ships northeast of the port, observed by the Ping Suey.
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Shanghai
Tokiwa
Uriu
Naniwa
Takachiho
Murasame
Saguanami
Gutzlaff Island
Hangchow Bay
Tsu Islands
Formosa
Hong Kong
Ping Suey
Deputy Fire Chief Injured In City Street Collision
Deputy Fire Chief Thomas Lally of Brooklyn was severely cut and bruised after a high speed collision with a trolley car at State and Smith Streets while responding to an alarm. His driver Edward L. Tarlton and fireman Thomas Doran were shaken but uninjured. Lally will be off duty for a week.
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Thomas Lally
Brooklyn
Martin W Littleton
Lally
State
Smith Streets
Court Street
Smith Street
State Street
Mr. Littleton
Sally
Tarlton
Littleton
Long Island College Hospital
36Ing Street
Manhattan
Doran
Speedy Runabout Crash Sends Couple to Hospital Night
Frank Moffett a department store buyer and his wife were shaken after a runabout overturned at Broadway and One Hundred Thirty-sixth Street. A Yale student in a touring car frightened the horses, Mrs Moffett was thrown onto bricks, but both escaped serious injury after Winslow rushed to fetch a doctor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Moffett
West End
One Hundred and Seventy-third Street
Boulevard Lafayette
Mr. Moffett
Lawrence Larmer Winslow
Yale
Pearl Wright Named Louisiana Member of RNC
Postmaster General Cortelyou as RNC chairman announced Pearl Wright of New Orleans as the Louisiana member of the Republican National Committee. Wright is a business man active in state Republican councils.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pearl Wright
Washington
Cortelyou
Republican National Committee
New Orleans
Louisiana
Wright
Mutual Life Trustees Re elected for Four-Year Terms
The Mutual Life Insurance Company re elected nine trustees at the annual election. Frederic Cromwell, Robert A. Granniss, William Babcock, Stuyvesant Fish, Augustus D. Juilliard, George G. Haven, James Speyer, William H. Truesdale, and Cornelius Vanderbilt were chosen for four year terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Mutual Life Insurance Company
Frederic Cromwell
Robert A. Granniss
William Babcock
Stuyvesant Fish
Augustus D. Juilliard
George G. Haven
James Speyer
William H. Truesdale
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Horgford's Acid Phosphate Advertise Nerve Soother
An Adv notice promotes Horgford's Acid Phosphate as a nerve calmer relief for nausea sick headache and to induce refreshing sleep. The claim states soothing effects and helper properties for discomfort and rest.
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Horgford
Great Powers Unite to Curb Japan War Effort
Washington reports a broad mood among neutral powers backing direct negotiations between belligerents. President Roosevelt pursues peace talks with Japan and Russia, while Count Cassini and Takahira meet at the White House amid hints of Japan's war party seeking favorable terms. In St Petersburg, Cassini's dispatch is deemed informal and Russia signals continued war resolve.
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Washington
Count Cassini
Japan
Europe
St. Petersburg
Tokio
Cassini
Takahira
White House
Jusserand
O’bierne
Count Hirosawa
Takashita
England
Russia
Mikado
Togo
Roosevelt
Far
John Zeller Jr Improves After Explosion Injury
John Zeller Jr who was injured when his father blew up the house on Sunday is reported by doctors at St Marys Hospital to be doing as well as could be expected.
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John Zeller, Jr
St. Mary's Hospital
Yesterday's fires list multiple blazes across Manhattan
A roundup of overnight fires from Sunday night to Monday night shows numerous incidents. Property damage ranges from modest to substantial with locations including 912 Ninth Avenue Michael Faciero. Pier 32 East River Long Island Warhead. 77 Avenue C Louis Gratichowsky. Thirty-second Street and Twelfth Avenue New York Central Railroad. Avenue D and Thirteenth Street Unionport. 1567 West Houston Street. 52 East One Hundred Seventh Street Samuel Garrett. Total damages documented include amounts up to $1,500.
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Ninth Avenue
Michael Faceiro
Pier
East River
Long Island
77 Avenue_C
Louis Gratichowsky
Thirty-second Street
Twelfth Oe
New York Central Railroad
Avenue D
Thirteenth Street
Unionport
West
Houston Stree
East One Hundred and Seventh Street
Samuel Garrett
Robbery Victim Drowned Near Governors Island
Jacob Kolb of Riverside Connecticut was found dead in Dead Man's Cove on Governors Island after being robbed on May 24 on the Bowery. Police suspect foul play and pursue the case, with Thomas Flemming, a plasterer, jailed on $1,000 bail awaiting trial. Kolb had sent $200 home to Holland and had $21 on him when robbed. $158 was recovered from Flemming.
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Jacob Kolb
Riverside
Conn
Kolb
New York
Mills Hotel
Bleecker Street
Bowery
Bayard Street
Connecticut
Holland
Flemming
Higgins names successor to Van Brunt for New York high court
Albany June 5 Gov Higgins announced he will appoint a successor to the late Justice Van Brunt on the Supreme Court bench and designate a presiding Justice of the Appellate Division First Department. Names floated include Hatch Clarke Blanchard. Democrats favor Morgan J O’Brien for presiding and Francis M Scott for associate.
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New York Times
Albany
Justice van Brunt
John Proctor Clarke
First Judicial District
Higgins
Blanchard
Morgan J. O’brien
Francis M. Scott
Runaway Race Horse Injures Police Officer in Chase
Policeman Robert Gartin of the Sheepshead Bay station was seriously injured while pursuing a runaway horse owned by Mr Graham of the Sheepshead Bay Jockey Club. After grabbing the bridle he was dragged, kicked, and taken to Emergency Hospital. Bystanders restrained the horse as witnesses intervened.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Gartin
Sheepshead Bay
Graham
50 000 May Strike Threat Looms in Garment Industry
The Board of Walking Delegates of the United Brotherhood of Cloakmakers announced a meeting to decide on a general strike against the open shop and wage cuts. The action could affect 50,000 workers in New York, its vicinity, and Newark, N J. The employers are alleged to be hiring Italians at low wages, despite appeals for action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Brotherhood of Cloakmakers
Hebrew Institute
New York
Newark
N. J
Venezuelan President Recognizes Colombian Confidential Agent
Caracas June 6 President Castro recognizes José Ignacio Granado as the Confidential Agent of Colombia. The designation marks a formal acknowledgment by the Venezuelan head of state of Granado's role in Colombian affairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caracas
Venezuela
José Ignacio Granado
Castro
Colombia
One Flag War Drama Plays Out In Court Room
In the Eighth District Municipal Court yesterday a melodramatic dispute over a flag tied to the War of 1812 unfolded. Col Asa Bird Gardiner and Col. Morehouse clashed over ownership while Marty Reese locked the flag in a City Hall cellar. Justice Moore reserved decision.
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Eighth District
Asa Bird Gardiner
Sarah C. Morehouse
Hiram Cronk
Morehouse
Col. Gardiner
Society of the
Marty Reese
City Hall
Marty
United States
E. Hiatt
M. Kronacher
Keese
Gardiner
Society of the War of 1812
Justice Moore
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Harriman
Mr. Harriman
Hivde
Shimes H. Hyde
Brefore
Gov. Higgins
Eplire
Govduesins- Sail
Bliss
Mr. Hendricks
Gage B. Tarbell
Gerald Brown
Robert Hunter
Driscol
James H. Tryde
Cornelius N. Bliss
Betts, Sheffield, & Betts
James Reo Sheffield
Sheffield
Republican. National Committee
Equitabie
Lyde
Baud
George Gray
Dekiware
Air. Hiyde
James B. Forgan
Chicago
Robert Poduineeln
Equitable Board
D. O. Mills
John A. Stewart
August Belmont
Forgan
Tincaln
Bedmont
Mills
Jon
Acs Stewart
Mr.Mills
Pervini
Feomin Tha
Stewart
Es. Leion
Gray
Lincoln
Myron
FRICK
Pittsburg Trust Companies
the Barber
John Fox
Husband
Enquist Awarts
Hongkong
Dynamiter’s
van Brunt
Clarke
Library Bureau
Broadway
Morgan & Brother
West 47Th Street
Col. Morehouse
Cronk Funeral
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Railroad
Desb
Cort. Sts
Chicago, Ar
Pullman
W. W. Atterbury
J. R. Wood
Geo W. Boyd
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