Vote Count Begins at Mutual Life Election
Election day at Mutual Life Insurance offices saw about 21 000 mail ballots and a smaller in person vote. Inspectors and custodians handle ballot security as counts proceed over weeks with many trustees named on both tickets and Sol Rosenblatt leading the opposition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mutual Life Insurance Company
Insurance Hotchkiss
Hotchkiss
Sol Rosenblatt
Chicago
Gov. Wilson
New Jersey
Emile O. Phillipps
Paris
John J. Mitchell
John G. Shedd
Marshall Field & Co
James M Beck
New York
Charles S. Brown
Joseph H. Choate, Jr
New_York
Emory W. Clark
Detroit
Mich
James C. Col
Bennington
Cyrus Kk. Curtis
Delphia
Julien T. Davies
Am B. Dean
St. Paul
H. Rieman Duval
Frederick H. Eaton
William F. Harrity
Philadelhia
Augustus D. Juilliard
William H. Lambert
Philadelphia
Wayne MacVeagh
Washington
Emory McClintock
Alfred E. Marling
Edwin S. Marston
George P. Miller
Milwaukee
Thomas M. Mulry
Charles A. Peabody
William H. Porter
Erman Ridder
Stewart Shilitto
Cincinnati
Anred M. Shook
Nashville
Leroy Springs
Lancaster
de Louis Stern
Henry W. Taft
Benjamin F. Tracy
William H. Truesdale
Greenwich
Conn
Cornelius Vanderbilt
James H. Wilson
Wilmington
Del
Robert B. Woodward
Samuel Untermyer
Well-dressed woman demands return of 20 million dollars
A 45-year-old woman identified as Mrs Theodore Heitland demanded Detective Armstrong return 20 million dollars she says he took in April. After a confrontation, Armstrong arrested her for disorderly conduct and she was placed in Bellevue’s Psychopathic Ward. she previously visited Corn Exchange Bank and Bellevue Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Armstrong
Theodore Heitland
Highth Avenue
New York
Bellevue
Corn Exchange Bank
Bellevue Hospital
Wife Sues Prof Shepard in Reno Divorce Suit
Mrs Ruth Bradley Shepard files for divorce from Yale professor William Kent Shepard. She alleges desertion and over a year of failure to provide support since their April 1906 New York marriage. They have one child and she has lived quietly with her mother in a Reno cottage.
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New York Times
Reno
Ruth Bradley Shepard
William Kent Shepard
Yale
New York
Preventive Charity Emphasized by Vincent de Paul Delegates
Boston June 5 delegates at the National Conference of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul met in Lorimer Hall after mass at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross. Thomas W. Hynes of Brooklyn presided and urged preventive charity to address tuberculosis linked to bad housing and unsanitary workshops, and to combat intemperance as a major social problem.
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Boston
Cathedral of the Holy Cross
Society of St. Vincent de Paul
Lorimer Hall
Thomas W. Hynes
Particular Council
Brooklyn
N. Y
Lady Duff-Gordon Probed in Lucile Limited Valuation Case
Lady Lucy Duff-Gordon appeared with counsel Bainbridge Colby to discuss undervaluation allegations against Lucile Limited. Government probes began after disclosures to District Attorney Wise. two arrests have been made. Duff-Gordon says she lent her name but had no involvement beyond salary for designing garments. Lucile Limited was raided May 25. Thomas Duggan and Abraham Merritt were arrested and bailed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucy Duff-Gordon
Trederan
Bainbridge Colby
United States
Wemple
Lucile, Limited
Wise
Lucile Limited
West Thirty-sixth Street
Marshal Henkel
Thomas J. Duggan
Abraham Merritt
Jary
Mrs Erlanger Sues Over Consolidation Motion
Adelaide Louise Erlanger sues in the Supreme Court with actions to consolidate Municipal Court and Supreme Court cases. Abraham L Erlanger and Ruth Litt, trustee, are defendants. Amit Max Steuer represents the plaintiff, Jerome Rand Kiesel defend. Justice Mitchell L Erlanger is disqualified as he is Abraham’s brother. motion could be argued in chambers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court
Adelaide Louise Erlanger
Abraham L. Erlanger
Ruth Litt
Jacob Tatt
Max Steuer
Jerome
Rand & Kiesel
Mitchell L. Erlanger
Erlanger
Rare Gold Coins Sold at Elder Auction in San Francisco
The 1850 $50 Wass, Molitor & Co. pioneer gold coin fetched $310 for Kansas City collector Leonard at the Elder sale in Hotel Bartholdi. Daniel R. Kennedy acted as auctioneer. Other California pieces included Augustus Humbert $50 octagonals at $125 each, a 1866 gold dollar proof at $17, and 1872 proof at $10.75. Sears paid $17.25 for 1859 and 1869 $3 proofs, Heisstein paid $23.25 for a 1865 $3 uncirculated piece, and a rare 1868 $3 proof sold to Sears for $17.25. The Pike's Peak 1860 $5 coin sold for $32, while Utah $5 coins with the Mormon Eye of Providence brought $29 and $34. Sale ends today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wass, Molitor & Co
San Francisco
Leonard
Kansas City
Bartholdi
Daniel R. Kennedy
Augustus Humbert
Sears
Fall River
Mass
Heisstein
New Haven
Pike's Peak
Utah
Providence
Ex City Chamberlain Hyde Seeks Immediate Trial
Ex city chamberlain Charles H. Hyde, under bribery indictment in the Carnegie Trust case, appeared before Justice Vernon M. Davis with counsel James W. Osborne. Hyde moved for an immediate trial. the judge and district attorney said trials must await the fate of Carnegie Trust’s Reichmann and Cummins. Osborne said Untermyer was replaced after sailing for Europe. Davis gave Hyde until Wednesday to file further motions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles H. Hyde
Carnegie Trust Company
Vernon M. Davis
Supreme Court
James W. Osborne
Davis
Hyde
Joseph B. Reichmann
William J. Cummins
Mr. Osborne
Justice Davis
Samuel Untermyer
Mr. Untermyer
Europe
Mr. Hyde
Astor Demands Rent From Foley At Astor House
William Waldorf Astor sues John Foley Jr. for $484 rent on the Astor House lease with stock to be sold under an attachment after a Municipal Court judgment. Foley, who decorated the frontage, contests the judgment claiming improper service and argues eviction occurred a month before lease expiry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Foley, Jr
Astor House
Foley
William Waldorf Astor
Baldwin Favors License Not Prohibition
New Haven Governor Simeon Baldwin says he opposes the Prohibitionist platform and will not address the National Prohibitionist Convention. He favors license for New Haven, arguing prohibiting the city is impractical, while endorsing abstinence as a health safeguard. The Voter notes his past Democratic rally ties to a local brewer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
New. Haven
Conn
Prohibitionist Party
Simeon Baldwin
South Manchester
New Haven
Baldwin
Prohibitionists
Legacy of a Brooklyn fortune drives a desperate act
Ursula Ross, 23, Despondent over losing a $20,000 legacy from her father, attempted suicide by swallowing bichloride of mercury. Policeman Volmer rushed, fed her six eggs, and she was rushed to Harlem Hospital where doctors warned of grave danger.
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Bersula Ross
Volmer
126Th Street
Lexington Avenue
125Th Street
Harlem
Martin
William Gettys
Avenue O
Flatbush
Wall Street
Augus Augustus Ross
Ursula
Brooklyn
Ersula
Manhattan
Sherwood Roosevelt
West 134Th Street
Miss Ross
Fire alarm at Luna Park. smoke prompts noon scare
A cloud of smoke at Luna Park in Coney Island caused a speedy response from fire units on Surf Avenue but no blaze was confirmed. Park officials claimed the fire started outside the walls in a shack on West Twelfth Street and was extinguished by a private fire department, while police and firefighters reported it occurred beneath the Mountain Torrent water ride in the park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luna Park
Coney Island
Park
Surf Avenue
West Twelfth Street
Dutch linguist studies Blackfoot language in Montana
Prof C C Uhlenbeck of Leiden University arrives on the Nieuw Amsterdam to study the American Indian. He and his wife will spend five months on the Blackfoot reservation in Montana living with the Inčians to learn their language and the sun dance while noting concerns about cultural exploitation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. C. Uhlenbeck
University of Lleyden
Holland
Mr. Uhlenbeck
New York
Montana
Growth of Science Church Officers Elected in Boston
At the annual Christian Science Mother Church meeting in Boston on June 5, officers were elected including President Judge Clifford P. Smith First Reader John C. Lathrop Second Reader Grace E. Collins Treasurer Stephen A. Chase Clerk John V. Dittemore The clerk reported record membership growth and the treasurer noted ample funds and satisfactory finances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Mass
Christian Science Mother Church
Clifford P. Smith
John C. Lathrop
New York
Grace E. Collins
Stephen A. Chase
Fall River
John V. Dittemore
Water Cure for Wife's Grip Sued for Separate Maintenance
John W. Steger of Chicago and Steger Till, owner of Steger factories, is sued by his wife for separate maintenance. Married since 1873, she alleges wealth drew him away from family while she and seven children live in inadequate clothing and hotel rooms. She cites a 1909 ice water cure during her grip convalescence. she receives $20 weekly for clothing and medical bills. The husband could not be located. the son calls the matter a misunderstanding to be quickly settled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Chicago
John W. Steger
Steger
Till
C. G. Steger
Four Pinioned Auto Escape Near Nett's Corners
Dr Hunting of Quincy Mass his wife their 8 year old daughter and a companion escaped serious injury when their car went over a four foot embankment near Nett's Corners in West Hartford. The car rolled onto them pinning them beneath the vehicle but they suffered only slight bruises and a shaking up. The women and child proceeded to Hartford to catch a train to Boston while Dr Hunting stayed with the machine. The party had just begun a tour of Western Connecticut.
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West Hartford
Conn
Hunting
Quincy
Mass
Nett’s Corners
Troley Tracks
Hartford
Boston
Dr. Hunting
Arty
Connecticut
Oswego Man Leaps To Genesee River, Dies In Rochester
William J. Baker a 55 year old carriage maker from Oswego leaped from the Smith Street Bridge into the Genesee River in Rochester and died at St Marys Hospital an hour later. He fell 150 feet puncturing a lung after being pulled from the river by two men. Baker had come to visit a sister and was distressed by business reverses. He had planned to leap into the river at Niagara Falls but was deterred by the falls and returned to Rochester. He fought the ambulance surgeon on the way to the hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Rochester
N. Y
William J. Baker
Oswego
Smith Street
Genesee River
St. Mary’s Hospital
Baker
Niagara Falls
Vanderbilt Squares To Surround Yale With Dormitories
Plans for completing Vanderbilt Square at Yale’s Sheffield Scientific School push forward as Frederick W. Vanderbilt funds more dormitories. The school has bought the Henry Trowbridge and Ezekiel Stoddard residences and seeks to take Grove Street sites from the New Haven Colony Historical Society to build on the Wayland Fellows estate and another Vanderbilt dormitory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Haven
Trolley Car Kills Two in St Louis Intracity Run
Henry E. Knolle vice president of Mound City Chair Company and Miss Millie Strebenz died when a suburban car hit them near Mitchell. Knolle’s body rolled into Long Lake and Strebenz was dragged 350 feet along the track and decapitated. The pair had spent the day at Long Lake with Moose members from Granite City en route to Alton for an initiation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
ST. Louis
Henry E. Knolle
Mound City Chair Company
Mary Knolle
Magazine Street
Millie Strebenz
Mitchell
Knolle
Long Lake
Loyal Order of Moose
Granite City
Alton
Seven more trust firms admitted to Clearing House
Seven more trust companies were admitted to the Clearing House at a meeting yesterday, bringing total members to fourteen. The new entrants include the Title Guarantee and Trust, Merchants Trust, Lawyers Fidelity Insurance and Trust, Standard Trust, People's New York, the Franklin, and the Lincoln. Metropolitan Trust and Nassau National Bank of Brooklyn await action as admissions committee has not reported on them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Title Guarantee and Trust Company
Merecantile Trust Company
The
Lawyers Dle Insurance and Trust Company
Standard Trust Company
People's, Pies New York
Franklin
Lincoln
Metropolitan Trust
Nassau National Bank of Brooklyn
Committee On Admissions
Cotton Exchange Elects Regulars in Landmark Vote
George W. Neville heads the regular ticket to become president of the New York Cotton Exchange, defeating insurgent Thomas E. Hicks by 195 to 164. Edward K. Cone wins vice president over George F. Jones by 180 to 178 as reform sentiments surge amid debates on grading methods and quarterly Revision Committee meetings.
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New York Cotton Exchange
George W. Neville
Neville
Thomas E. Hicks
Edward K. Cone
George F. Jones
Arthur R. Marsh
The
Exchange
Board of Managers
Leopold S. Bache
J. T. Gawathmey
William Mohr
Edward P. Walker
Adolph L. Wolff
Charles I. Long
Luitpola Mandelbaum
Charles Stillman
Mandelbaum
Stillman
William G. Carr
Charles H. Gothran
William A. Bozer
J. T. Munds
Boger
Munds
N. L. Carpenter
R. A. Springs
Carpenter
Springs
George M. Shutt
W. H. Hubbard
Congress
New York Exchange
New Orleans Exchange
May coke and pig iron output sharply falls across nation
Production of coke and anthropic pig iron dropped in May, The Iron Trade Review shows May output at 1,856,916 tons vs 2,044,904 in April. Daily average fell to 59,200 tons from 68,163, with 13 fewer active blast furnaces by month end, from 220 to 207.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Ohio
Iron Trade Review
Ancients' Day Celebrated by Boston Militia Company
Boston marked the 273rd anniversary of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company with reveille by fifers and drummers. Guests stayed at hotels, visited officers, and attended anniversary exercises at Old South Church with delegations from New York and Connecticut units.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company
Faneuil Hall
Old South Church
New York Veteran Artillery
Old Guard of
New York
Governor's Foot Guard of
Connecticut
Worcester Continentals
U S Steel Sets Buy of Coal Lands in Pittsburg Area
Ex Judge E H Gary said agreements were completed for U S Steel to purchase 17.4 acres of coal lands from Pittsburg Coal Co and its Monongahela River Consolidated unit for about 18 million dollars. Directors to ratify sale Thursday while long negotiations continue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. H. Gary
United States Steel Corporation
Pittsburg Coal Company
Monongahela River
Monongahela Company
Carnegie Steel Company
Connellsville
H. C. Frick Coke Company
Pittsburg
Suspension of F. D. Bush for Clearing House balance fail
The Consolidated Stock Exchange yesterday announced the suspension of trader F. D. Bush for failure to meet his Clearing House balance. The involved amount is described as small.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. D. Bush
Clearing House
Consolidated Stock Exchange
Weather Bureau Forecast for Cotton and Grain States
The United States Weather Bureau forecast calls for scattered thundershowers and cooler conditions across the cotton and grain states. Tennessee Kentucky and Ohio expect showers Tuesday with fair conditions by Wednesday. Texas Oklahoma and Kansas show generally fair weather with cooler trends in some areas. Minnesota Wisconsin Michigan Nebraska and the Dakotas feature a mix of fair and unsettled conditions with variable winds.
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New York Times
Washington
United States Weather Bureau
North
South Carolina
Georgia
Florida
Alabama
Louisiana
Texas
Utah
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Tennessee
Kentucky
Ohio
Indiana
Michigan
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Town
Missouri
South Dakota
Nebraska
Kansas
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Mrs
Theodore Heidand
Wife Sues
Prof
Shepard
Mr. Hynes
Lady Duff-Gordon
Corporation
Litt
Carnegie
Astor
Girl
Growth OF Science Church
Cheltenham Advertising Service
Fifth Ave
20Th St
Auto
W. J. Baker
F. W. Vanderbilt
Sheffield Scientific School
H. E. Knolle
Fiancee
Cotton Exchange
Progressives All
Robert C. Cairns
Clement ©. Moore
N. L. Morison
George B. Post, Jr
Henry H. Royce
Clayton EB. Rich, Jr
R. H. Springs
George E. Adams
George W. Baily
WW. H. Carpenter
Ludwig Ellinger
Ww. H. Judson
Charles A. Kittle
William Ray
Allan Bona
AL Ginding 4
Ga. Wy. A
Pune
U. S. Steel
Pittsburg Coal Co
Little Board Trader
Poland
Hiram Ricker & Sons
Props
South Poland
Maine
Broadway
28Th St
Guced Fak
West Shore R. R
New York Tral
Buffalo
New York Central
E. J. O'Hayer
Agen
B. Akman & CO
B. Akan & CO
Hitth Avenue
34Th and
35Th Streets
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