Merchants Appeal for Flood Victims City relief drive urged
The Mississippi flood relief fund, led by the Merchants Association with H Outerbridge as chair and W A Marble as treasurer, appeals New York to donate for 200,000 homeless and 15,000 square miles submerged. The effort, slow to start, aims to provide food shelter and farming tools through the Red Cross and reliable channels. Contributions from firms and individuals are listed, with a grand total noted as $20,121.98 and ongoing solicitation coordinated with the Mayor's Committee.
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Mississippi
Merchants’ Association
H. Outerbridge
William A. Marble
War Department
New York
Mississippi Valley
Red Cross Society
W. A. Marble
Lafayette Street
J. G. White
Yale & Towne Manufacturing Co
Rogers, Peet & Co
Pachgiss
Fred Butterfield & Company
Paris, Allen & Company
Robert Schwarzenbach
Serees
H. B. Claflin Company
Strobel & Wilken Company
Frederick Vietor & Acelis
Stewart, Warren & Company
Chamber of Commerce
John Claflin
James Speyer
Chamber
Speyer
Jacob H. Schiff
Red Cross
William D. Buckner
Southern Society
William H. Bliss
Dedix
Metropolitan Tobacco Co
Grand Lodge of Independent Order of
Essg Usercia Ee
Etter
The
Misses Wisner
S-Cesseseee
Mary Mildred Sullivan
United Daughters of Confederacy
Fort Washington
C. E. Society
First Reformed _Church
Bayonne
N. J
Zee
C. K. Lawshe
Sastaca
Francis Guerrlich
Sipteees
Eurekciadis
Sisataleleirese
Aiamevaein
Geib
Elizabeth Taylor
Gaia Saat
Ethel
R. Graeme Gein
Church of the Transfigura- Waa
Tararede Egees
Margaret
Billy Duryea
Saranack Sheanaesy
Phebe T. Whitney
Woodbury
Starieea
Rose Glazier
Seiemerace
Watkins
Odeit
Westchester County
Long Island
Public Service Corporation of
New Jersey
Barron G. Coler
Tub Times
Priscilla P
Wireless memorial tablet proposed for Trinity Church
Funds for the Jack Phillips Memorial total $1,779 85 with $98 20 added yesterday via C C Galbraith at 42 Broadway. A suggestion was made to ask Rev W W T Manning rector of Trinity Church to erect a memorial tablet honoring Jack Phillips, the wireless operator who perished on the Titanic.
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Pacific Coast
C. S. Sezpanek
Great Lakes
Jack Phillips
Galbraith
Atlantic
Selden Bacon
Fanna Winey Assarate
C. W. Kragh
Robbins & Myers Co
Murphy
S. S. Saratoga
New York
Havana
Esc
Frank G. Robins
Phillipe Rodriguez
Rosenfeld
S. S. Princess Anne
Norfolk
Albert Schmidt
Sam Hanff
Walter Jacobs
S. S. Arapahoe
Clyde Line
Charleston
Milton Smith
Williams
S. Thames
C. CG. Brown
AMI Allegh Va Cas van Ty Ines Cock
D. M. Glassford
Frances Clancy
H. M. Emerick
J. B. Cogmey
C. L. Hendee
C. F. Crowley
L. D. Hawkins
C. F. Goodrich
O. E. Straub
Gallup
Ie Tees
Theodore EB. Devine
T. W. Hickey
F.C. McCrary
Ieee
W. F. Higgins
J. W. Reilly
M. Church
C. S. Burg
Wintres
M. O. Owen
Smith
Goree
T. L. Dreyer
J. BE. Nelson
J. Falcombe
Walter W. Jardella
Pajeeare
EP Vco
Ds. Coca Ceed Asaeesas
H. Fisher
W. P. Mitchell
H. H. Garfield
W. D. Ferguson
H. H. Wilson
A. C
J. H. Diehl
E J. Kenney
J. Howlett
Icacossseess
C.C. Galbraith
Broadway
Clyde
Savannah
Old Dominion
Ward Lines
Broad Silk Manufacturers Adopt Uniform Trade Rules
At a meeting of the Broad Silk Manufacturers of the United States Division D of the Silk Association of America held at 487 Broadway, rules to govern buyers and sellers of bread silks nationwide were adopted. The by laws and recommendations urge reference of unusual cases to the Division D Executive Committee, require written contracts, set delivery and billing deadlines, prohibit certain on memorandum or consignments, and discourage price openers and rebates. Thirty five manufacturers attended and endorsed the move away from broken promises with the Executive Committee reelected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Broad Silk Manufacturers
United States
Silk Association of America
Silk Association
Broadway
Executive Committee
Division D
Bureau of Adjustment and Complaints of
Robert Schwarzenbach
D. G. Dee H
B. Cheney
Carl Forsch
M. C
Migel
G. A. Post
Albert Tilt
Edgebrook Edgewater Ferry Riders Protest Poor Service
About 400 of 5,000 New Jersey commuters using the Fort Lee Ferry met at Edgewater Town Hall to condemn the service. They urged reductions and reforms, including lowering fares from five to three cents, reviewing time tables, and appointing a citizens committee to press Bergen County Freeholders for improvements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Jersey
Fort Lee
West 180Th Street
New York
Edgewater
N. J
Edgewater Ferry Company
Bergen County
Jersey Shore
Hudson
John P. Towle
Dock Department of
Towle
Bonie
Don Tomes
State bonds attract strong demand amid bond market glut
Albany June 6 state controller Lohmer reports bids for 29.95 million dollars of New York State 4 per cent gold bonds, tax exempt, indicating good demand despite a glut. Class 1 oversubscribed at 9 million, while Class 2 and 3 show varied subscription, with several banks and trust companies among winners.
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New York Times
Albany
N. Y
Lohmer
New York State
Saratoga State Reservation
Bad Day in Dry Goods Markets Amid Rainfall
The New York dry goods market saw slowed activity as rain kept out-of-town buyers and dampened demand. Wholesalers faced an unusually poor single day, with wash goods and silks falling off while mail orders remained steady and Southern points showed cautious optimism amid a cautious climate.
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New
Middle West
Standard Oil Money in Varied Business
An examination traces extended activity of Standard Oil money not from New Jersey Company funds but from Rockefeller and a close circle. Dividends from the old Trust totaled over 700 million up to its 1911 dissolution, with investments ranging to railroads, manufacturing, stock-market operations, and newer holdings like Childs restaurants, indicating vast outside enterprises controlled by a small group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic Mutual Insuranc
Brooklyn Trust Company
Farmers Loan & Trust Company
Hanover National Bank
Long Island Safe Deposit Company
New York Trust Company
Mechanics and Metals National Bank
Merchants Fire Insurance Company
Metropolitan Trust Company
National City Bank
Plainfield Trust Company
Southport Trust Company
Title Guarantee and Trust Union Mortgage Company
United States Trust Company
Standard Oil Company of
New Jersey
Rockefeller Capital
Amalgamated Copper Company
United Metals Selling Company
William Rockefeller
Tennessee Copper Company
William G. Rockefeller
Inspiration Consolidated
Standard Oil
Standard Oil Money
New Jersey Company
John D. Rockefeller
Oil Trust
Flaglers
Bedford
Pratt and Tilford
Stock Exchange
Childs
Times
Standard
Officers Named by Wheeling & Lake Erie Minority Group
In Cleveland on June 4 the minority stockholders of the Wheeling and Lake Erie Railroad elected officers at the Union Club. Appointed were Joseph Ramsay Jr as President, R E Slaven and G P Rust as vice presidents, R J Woods as secretary, and Howard L Barkdull as assistant secretary. Executive committee members include Ramsay, Slaven, F E Palmer, A G Nae Cleveland, and F E Henry. The majority stockholders, Wabash Pittsburgh Terminal, dispute the legality of the Ramsay faction’s control and plan to hold the annual meeting next Wednesday. Ramsay supporters say the May 1 meeting was valid, adjourned to June 4, and postponed again to the following Wednesday.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Wheeling & Lake Erie Railroad
Toni Ht
Union Club
Joseph Ramsay, Jr
Newark
R. E. Slaven
New York
G. P. Rust
R. J. Woods
Howard L. Barkdull
R. Te. Slaven
F. E. Palmer
A. G. Nae Ceveland
F. E. Henry
Cleveand
Wabash- Pittsburgh Terminal Company
Ramsay
Penett
Bennington Gets Liberty in Habeas Corpus Ruling
Newton Bennington of Bensonhurst a detained mentally ill patient was released by Justice Kelley in the Brooklyn Supreme Court in habeas corpus proceedings. A guardian will be appointed, and Mrs Benedicton’s lawyer said she will care for him. Dr Robert C Woodman testified to improved mental state and reduced risk if released.
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Newton Bennington
Bensonhurst
Middletown
N.Y
Kelley
Supreme Court
Brooklyn
Brooks Named Special Assistant D A Against Loan Sharks
District Attorney Whitman appointed Assemblyman Franklin Brooks as special assistant district attorney to prosecute cases against alleged loan sharks. All current cases were prepared by former assistant district attorney Lloyd D. Stryker who resigned to partner with George W. Whiteside, general attorney for the Credit Men's Association.
Boston Woman Sues Mason Seaman Over Taxi Injury
Nellie Grant Guertin of Boston sues Mason Seaman Transportation in Federal District Court for 75000 in damages claiming a May 9 1911 taxicab ride to Grand Central Station ended with her thrown to the pavement due to the chauffeur's carelessness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cab Co
Nellie
Grant Guertin
Boston
Federal District Court
Mason-Seaman Transportation Company
Grand Central Station
Morey
Ship Trust Hearings to Open in New York Next Week
Charles E. Pickett, clerk of the U S District Court and special Commissioner, announced hearings in the Government suit against Hamburg American and other lines for dissolution of the North Atlantic Conference. Sessions run through November with Chicago and possibly Europe hearings. J Bruce Ismay slated as a key witness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Haven
Charles E. Pickett
United States District Court
Here
New York
J. Bruce Ismay
Mauretania Arrives Ambrose Channel Lightship Dockside
Wireless message reports the steamship Mauretania expected to reach Ambrose Channel Lightship at 7 this morning and dock about three hours later. Governor Dix is aboard as a passenger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mauretania
W. T. Turner
Ambrose Channel
Gov. Dix
Boston Cars Tied Up In Impending Strike
Preparations for a strike on the Boston Elevated Street Railway were made by company officials and the newly unionized workers. Union leaders said a strike seems almost inevitable as the firm hires new men and discharges those who joined the union. If called, twelve cities would feel the impact on a system moving about one million passengers daily with roughly five thousand operating staff and three thousand other employees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Philadelphia
New York
Southerners Buy Seaboard in Southern Syndicate Control
A Baltimore led syndicate headed by S Davies Warfield acquires large blocks of Seaboard Air Line stock from Cumberland Corporation. The purchase gives the group an actual majority of preferred and common stock and plans to trust the block for five years with Warfield as chairman. The deal emphasizes Southern control and advocates board representation from Southern states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cumberland Corporation
Seaboard Air Line
S. Davies Warfield
Baltimore
Warfield
Seaboard
Mr. Warfield
New York
Frank A. Vanderlip
Albert FH. Wiggin
Blair & Co
Benjamin 8 . Jr
Charles H. Sabin
Samuel L. R
Kissel, Kinnicut & Co
Ros Walker
Rock Island Company
Ryan and Coolidge
Thomas F. Ryan
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Phillips Fund
Trinity Church
Assails
Edgewater Meeting
Bond Market
Yee Nk
Nichols & Co
Columbia’ National
National _Bank , Bank
Buffalo
City Bank of New York
Colonial Assurance Co
H I Nicholas & Railroad Earnings. Co
C. Harrison
Canadian Northern
Phila
Alliance Trust
Hamilton Trust Co
Chesapeake & Ohio
Seasongood & Haas
Mutual’ Trust Rochester
Orange
Detroit & Mackinac
Livingston & Co
Sutro- Bros
Bond & Goodwin
Detroit United
New Yo
Peoples’ Trust Co
American Exchange Great
Northern Railway
Bank
Mechanics’ & Far
International & Great Northern
Levincon
New- York Horse
Wasaau Trust Coi
Louisville & Nashville
Public Bank of New
Esterbrook & Co
Thomas Denny
Minneapolis & 8
Western Maryland Railroad
Ins
Mis- Co
South Pacific
Mobile & Ohi
Standard Rhoades & Co
di- Burr & Co
Toledo
Peoria & Western
Peekskill
Stand- Whitney & Sons
Hess & Hess
New Tern
Nant. York
ST. Louis & Wes
Corporal Harris
Forbes
Railroad and Trons. Co
Equitable Trust
Sous Capital
Eee
Clark, Dodge
Denver & Rio Grande Ae
Amalgamated Copper
Rae
Ark
American Light and Power
American Tobacco
Atlantic Coast Atlas Tack
Electric Railway
M. .& H Clarkson
Boylston Manufacturing
Brooklyn City R
Brooklyn Union Gas
Ackay & Co
Oneness Reed
Chelsea Fibre Mills
Aeneee Livingston
Coal Creek Mining and Mfg
Aoe
Colorado Fuel and Iron
Harris
Mil
Cuba
Seco Sereneseer
Ind
Vans
Ings Bank
OC Newburger
Hender
Electric Utilities Corporation
Son Loeb
Florida East Coast Railway
Central National
Great Western Power Sewerrae
International Cigar Machinery
Cleveland Trust Co
Interlake Pulp & Paper
Cleveland Ohio
International Railway
Curtis & Sanger
International Traction
R. R
Cc J Turner
Locke
Sons
Canada
Marsh Lumber
Eaene Evar
Werner Brothers
Grand Trunk Raley
Morris Building
Goldschmidt
Matheson
Stout & Co
Millbrook
Eames
Peninsular & Occidental Steamship. . Co
Rosendale-Raddaway Belting
Fisk & Robinson, Eeeeee
Ione Dhsence Hares Tees Pa Seenne
New York Unio
Virginian Railway
Virginia & Southwestern
Union Pacific Railroa
Goodwin
S. Eeeeses
Other Inc
Vv. & O. Press Company
Sutro Brothers
Pisteialetio
Western Power
FB. L. Day & Co
Detroit
Grand Hay Western Union Telegraph
Onondaga County Savings Bank
Milwaukee
Seasongood & Aas
Financial Institutions
Inc
tSurplus
Minneapolis & Airtree
Oth. Inc
Mobile & Ohio
Louis Nashwhelle
Chattanooga & ST
Norfolk & Western
YLA
Dass
Bennington
Liberty
Ship Trust
Pickett
Ismay
Roger W. Babson
Sunday’s Times
America
William James
John Dewey
Compton Mackenzie
Oscar Wilde
Henri Bergson
Fox
Regnault
France
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