Ship Combine Threat: Morgan Overtures Insufficient in Paris
Paris authority on French steamship navigation says Morgan Ocean Trust targets France and other nonparticipants. French lines wanted to meet Morgan via Ambassador Porter but were ignored. He notes French firms lose traffic while Transatlantic Company faces high costs and port restrictions.
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London Times
NEW York Times
London
the Times
Paris
Morgan Ocean Trust
France
Morgan
Ambassador Porter
England
Germany
United States
Messageries Maritime
Genoa
Leghorn
Transatlantic Company
Havre
Hamburg
Cherbourg
Cardiff
Plymouth
French interpellation on American shipping combine sparks debate
Paris seethes as M Etienne requests permission to interpellate Minister Trouillot over the threat of an American shipping combine. Prominent French executives warn of grave impact on merchant marine, fearing a South American monopoly and urging government intervention to protect national lines and interests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Paris
M. Etienne
Chamber of Deputies
M. Trouillot
Atlantic Combine
Combine
United States
Europe
Stocks strong in daily market report
Financial markets show gains with grain prices listed for Wheat No 2 red 79 14c corn No 2 mixed 70c oats No 2 mixed 47c cotton middling 9716c iron Northern No 1 foundry 21 50 butter Western Creamery 2114c. Several sections noted including Amusements Arrivals at Hotels and Out of Town Buyers and various pages such as Business Troubles Court Calendars Legal Notes and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Service
Brooklyn undergraduates to ring up fares this summer
Brooklyn plans hiring undergraduates to work as attendants this summer to handle fare collection and related tasks, as reported by the newspaper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooklyn
NEW York Times
Ghost stories prove truth stranger than fiction in Sunday Times
Dr R K Mason presents true stories in the Sunday New York Times ahead of Christmas, claiming research shows spirits and telepathy are worth telling. C J Post adds illustrations to the feature, emphasizing the uncanny nature of the tales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. Kegga Mason
NEW York Times
C. J. Post
Adv
Pennsylvania Fast Train to Chicago Opens June Fifteen
Pennsylvania Railroad launches the Fast Train after June 15, shaving travel time to Chicago to twenty hours via the Pennsylvania Special. Edgewood Inn in Greenwich, Connecticut opens June 14 as a modern hotel with forty five private baths and forty five minutes from Grand Central Station, managed by Frank F. Shute.
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Pennsylvania Railroad
Chicago
Pennsylvania
Edgewood Inn
Greenwich
Conn
Grand Central Station
Frank F. Shute
New York
French Government Faces Immediate Danger from Shipping Combine
Observers warn that the combine’s actions threaten French shipping and could be disastrous depending on enforcement. The public risk is deemed serious enough to demand government response.
Chicago Jury Bribery Case Faces Damaging Testimony
Special to The New York Times reports seven defendants in the Austin-Union Traction Transfer jury bribery case exposed to damaging links. Homer Michaels repeated his Grand Jury confession with corroboration about meetings involving Bill Gallagher Public Administrator O'Donnell and Michaels in the Women's Temple Building rotunda. John Ashworth testified he was offered as a juror by Charles Woerner's office clerk, but refused to serve to avoid lying.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Austin-Union Traction
Homer Michaels
Bill” Gallagher
Ee O’donnell
Michaels
Women’s Temple
Joseph W. Taylor
Taylor
Charlie’ Mathews
Gallagher
John Ashworth
Charles Woerner
O'Donnell & Brady
Traction
Henry Siegel to Acquire Schlesinger Mayer in Chicago
Henry Siegel of the Simpson Crawford Company will take Leopold Schlesinger's half of Schlesinger Mayer, expanding capital from 1 million to 6 million dollars. A new steel skyscraper will rise on Madison and State Streets with land at Wabash Avenue added. Schlesinger retires after 31 years. Levy Mayer announced the move today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Henry Siegel
Simpson-Crawford Company of
New York
Leopold Schlesinger
Schlesinger & Mayer
Madison and
State Streets
Levy Mayer
Schlesinger
Peanut prices rise on crop shortage across markets
In Baltimore on June 13 the peanut market rose as a short crop pushes prices higher. Fancy grades fetch 4% cents, with overall increases driven by South cleaners amid crop shortage. Dealers warn prices will climb before the new crop arrives next Fall as holdings dwindle from 1.2 million bushels to about 200,000 bags, mainly with cleaners. Southampton County Virginia holds about 50,000 bags of the total.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Southampton County
Syndicate Eyes Navassa Island Buy for Health Resort
A New York and Baltimore financier group with medical men aims to purchase Navassa Island off Haiti. They plan a winter health spa with a hotel, arguing the climate aids consumptives. The island, 3.5 by 1.5 miles, is owned by a Baltimore firm led by John F. Sipple.
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Baltimore
New York
Navassa Island
John F. Sipple
Third National Bank
Navy Department
Three Cornered Fight for Vermont Governor Nomination
In Vermont the Republican contest for the governorship shifts from caucuses to the State Convention. Delegates tally 322 for McCullough, 219 for Clement, 169 for Proctor, with Essex County caucus returns incomplete. No candidate can win on the first ballot.
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Burlington
Green Mountain
McCullough
Clement
Proctor
Essex County
Chinese Laborers Ordered Deported From Cuba
The Board of Immigration ruled that forty three Chinese laborers who arrived in Havana on the Monterey from New York must be sent back to New York by the Ward Line steamship company under Cuba's new immigration law.
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Havana
Board of Immigration
Ward Line
Monterey
New York
Steamship Company
Cuba
A Dollar an Hour Adv Hits New York to Niagara Falls
An advertisement touts travel at 9 percent fare from New York to Niagara Falls by the New York Central. The offer promises fast service at a low hourly rate, framing a rapid trip for potential passengers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Niagara Falls
New York Central
Bicycles and Outing Wear Advertised by A Ray mond Co
A Raymond & Co advertising Nassau at Fulton Street offers bicycles and outing suits in varied fabrics including serge flannel wool crash and linen. The catalog highlights menswear and travel apparel for summer use.
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A. Raymond & Co
Nassau
Cor
Fulton St
Baron Hiichi Shibusawa Arrives in New York on World Tour
Baron Hiichi Shibusawa of Japan, called the J. P. Morgan of Japan, arrives at the Hotel Majestic with a retinue of nine. He meets Japanese residents with formal bows, and travels next to Philadelphia, Bryn Mawr, Niagara Falls, Pittsburg, and Philadelphia before meeting President Roosevelt in Washington.
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Hiichi Shibusawa
Japan
Hotel Majestic
Klondike
J. P. Morgan
Marquis Ito
Pennsylvania Railroad
Twenty-third Street
D. A. Smith
Pennsylvania Road
W.H. Avery
Oriental Steamship Company
Pacific Coast
Baroness Shibusawa
Nishigawa
Ichihara
Yale University
University of Tokio
T. Shimizu
Dai Ichi Ginko
G. Hagiwara
Tokio
San Francisco
Philadelphia
Gerard College
Bryn Mawr
Avery
Denver
Chicago
Shibusawa
Niagara Falls
Baron
Pittsburg
Washington
Roosevelt
White House
New York
Pee
Majestic
England
France
Germany
Europe
Pennsylvania Railroad Case Seeks Proxy to Vote 160000 B and O Shares
In Philadelphia on June 13 the second vice president of the Pennsylvania Railroad explained a suit in equity filed to compel the Pennsylvania Company for Insurance on Lives and Granting of Annuities to execute a proxy. The aim is to enable voting of 160,000 Baltimore and Ohio shares. A friendly suit seeks to decide who may vote stock held in trust by trustees. The PRR does not seek control but to maintain influence over the principal minority stake.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Railroad
Common Pleas Court
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Pennsylvania Company
Baltimore and Ohio
Pennsylvania Company For
Insurance On Lives
Pennsylvania
Marconi unveils sensitive detector for wireless signals
William Marconi claimed at a Royal Institution lecture to have invented a highly sensitive magnetic detector for electric waves allowing about thirty words per minute in wireless telegraphy. An advertisement promotes Johann Hoff's Extract for strength and parades travel ads for trains and steamers with routes and schedule hints.
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London
Royal Institution of Great Britain
William Marconi
Boer Surrenders Near 17,000 as War Winds Down
The Times reports from Pretoria that 4 000 to 5 000 more Boers may surrender before June 17, pushing total surrenders toward 17 000. Many are noncombatants, and exhaustion shows in ragged commandos. Civil governance and repatriation loom large as Lord Milner faces new, complex tasks after the war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London Times
New York Times
London
the Times
Pretoria
Botha
Times
National Scouts
Lord Milner
England
Arthur J. Kahn Arrested in Atlantic City Flight from New York suit
Arthur J. Kahn, a New York jeweler formerly of 39 Maiden Lane, was arrested in Atlantic City on a Trenton capias and jailed in default of $50,000 bail. He had fled New York amid a $100,000 tort suit and $392,624 bankruptcy liabilities with assets $222,086.
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New York
Atlantic City
N. J
Arthur J. Kahn
Maiden Lane
Justice Gummere
Trenton
Kahn
New York City
Jacques Kryn
Charles
August Wauters
Johnson
Hotel Chelsea
Arthur J. Kahn &Co
Wauter Brothers
Brooklyn
Erysipelas From Money Threatens Illinois Theatre Treasurer
In Chicago on June 13 Thomas J. Noonan, treasurer of the Illinois Theatre, nearly died after erysipelas spread from money handling. Doctors say a bacillus erysipelosus traveled from a coin to his finger and nostrils, with a perilous crisis and 103-degree fever reported before improvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Ill
Thomas J. Noonan
Ilinois Theatre
Taylor Street
Werter Avenue
Theodore C. Koessel
Koessel
Co education a court issue in Cook County
Chicago sees a legal confrontation over co education at the University of Chicago as Rev Jenkin Lloyd Jones and other observers push petitions from the Businesswoman's Exchange. They oppose segregation of junior college students and seek court action to prevent changes in mixing in classrooms and social settings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Cook County
Jenkin Lloyd Jones
All Souls’ Church
University of Chicago
Businesswoman's Exchange
Rev Turner B Oliver Resigns From Brooklyn Church
The Rev Turner B Oliver resigns as rector of St Bartholomew's Protestant Episcopal Church in Brooklyn after fifteen years of service. He came from Manchester England and plans to return to London, with resignation effective October 1.
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Turner B. Oliver
St. Bartholomew's Protestant Episcopal Church
Pacific Street
Bedford Avenue
Brooklyn
Manchester
England
London
Dewey's Wines Advertises Makers at Fulton Street
An early 20th century ad from H. T. Dewey & Sons Co. at 138 Fulton Street advertises Dewey's Wines as pure and claims buyers are consuming products from the makers themselves. The brief copy emphasizes authenticity and direct production.
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Dewey
H. T. Dewey & Sons Co
Fulton St
New York to Colorado by the Colorado Special Train
Round trip from New York to Colorado priced at 25 dollars aboard the Colorado Special departing Chicago at 6 30 P M daily via Chicago and Northwestern and Union Pacific Bus. Offices located at 287 and 461 Broadway.
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New York
Colorado
Chicago
Chicago & Northwestern
Union Pacific Bus
Broadway
Burnett's Vanilla Is Pure and Worthy of Trust
A short consumer note asserts Burnett's Vanilla is pure and urges shoppers not to accept substitutes from grocers. It emphasizes quality and reliability of the brand for home use.
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Burnett
Mine Fire Bosses Join Strikers Readies Expulsions
In Wilkes Barre Penn on June 13 strikers extend targets to fire bosses clerks and others who filled in for workers who quit. Dozens join the strike while engineers firemen and pumpmen face expulsion if not joining by tomorrow night. Police cover Duryea Lehigh Valley mine area as strike tension persists.
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Wilkesbarre
Penn
Mine Workers’ Union
Lehigh Valley Company
William A
Duryea
Miners’ Union
Mitchell
West Virginia
Striking Miners Threaten Valley Fold in Tamaqua
In Tamaqua Pennsylvania panther Creek Valley sees labor unrest as delegations of striking miners warn non-union workers not to report to work. Five of nine valley pumps are idle and efforts to pull in carpenters machinists and molders heighten tension amid public anxiety.
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Tamaqua
Penn
Panther Creek
Fis
Operators Outline Plan To Cut Mine Workforce
Operators announce a phased reduction to one third of the current labor force and a shift to individual hiring after a strike. They promise steadier work, higher earnings, and fewer mines open at first, with more cars and controlled costs as demand rises.
Miners Return to Work in Pocahontas Fields
Norfolk and Western officials report improved conditions in the Pocahontas coal fields with more miners resuming work. A mine added 100 union men in one day, 250 cars of coal were loaded yesterday, and all operations are increasing output as the strike shows progress toward full resumption.
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Roanoke
Norfolk and Western Railway Company
Pocahontas
Mile Branch Company Concedes to Miners Push
Charleston West Virginia June 13 The Mile Branch Company grants concessions including lower powder price a nine hour day and biweekly pay after miners vote to return to work the concessions followed a men’s vote.
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Charleston
West Va
Mile Branch Company
Nearly 350 Hotels Listed in The Prophets Chamber Series
Advertisement for a travel guide listing nearly 350 hotels and boarding houses in New York and New England in The Prophet's Chamber. It promotes day line steamers to West Point or Newburgh and return for $1.00 with tickets valid for the New Landing stop at W 129th Street, 9:15 A.M.
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New York
New England
Prophet's Chamber
G. H. Daniels
Grand Central Station
West Point
Newburg
New Landing
129Th St
Coal Strike Shifts as Miners Return to Work in West Virginia
In Flat Top the majority of striking miners return to work with loading nearly doubling. Tug River district shows little coal pushed. Up-river towns report more men at work than during the strike start. Mother Jones meeting at Worthington proceeds with marshals observing no violations. Striker camp numbers drop from 200 to 30 amid ongoing agitator trial.
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Bluefield
West Va
Flat Top
Tug River
Elkhorn
Fairmont
Mother Jones
Worthington
United States
Soft coal carriers hopeful on strike actions and tensions
Representatives of coal firms deny any new arbitration plan for the anthracite strike while suggesting a possible memorial to President Roosevelt. West Virginia soft coal miners may return to work, and Mitchell of the United Mine Workers could push influence on switchmen. Bituminous miners face contract risks, and sympathetic actions seem unlikely. Rooms at Ann Street reopen with few hires observed by the Firemen and Engineers unions.
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Truesdale
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Road
Roosevelt
Carroll D. Wright
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad
Il Broadway
West Virginia
Mitchell
United Mine Workers
Pennsylvania
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Ann Street
Firemen’s and Engineers’ Union
Perkins Calls at White House On Visit To President
George W. Perkins of J Pierpont Morgan & Co. visited the White House for about an hour on June 13 and then returned to New York. Reportedly not connected to the coal strike, though the topic might have come up.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
George W. Perkins
J. Pierpont Morgan & Co
White House
New York
Tobacco Trust Accused in Supreme Court Conspiracy Case
In New York Supreme Court Justice Clarke heard arguments on two motions to examine James B. Duke and Thomas F. Ryan in a suit by Susan K. Elms and George P. Butler against the Consolidated Company and its parent American Tobacco Company. Butler seeks return of shares and Elms seeks accounting and fund distribution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Tobacco Company
Continental Tobacco Company
Consolidated Tobacco Company
Justice Clarke
Supreme Court
W. Bourke Cochran
de Lancey Nicoll
Consolidated Company
James B. Duke
American and Consolidated Companies
Thomas F. Ryan
Susan K. Elms
George P. Butler
Duke
Treasury
Nicoll
Cockran
American Company
Congress
Cochran
Third Avenue Railroad
New Buffalo Limited Fast Train to Start June 15
The Buffalo Limited, a new NY Central daily train, begins service June 15 leaving New York at 12 50 P M and stopping at Albany Schenectady Utica Syracuse Rochester to reach Buffalo at 11 00 P M Adv.
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Buffalo Limited
New York Central
New York
Albany
Schenectady
Utica
Syracuse
Rochester
Buffalo
Carls Bad Sprudel Salt Endorsement
A morning dose of the genuine Carls Bad Sprudel Salt is touted to keep one cool all day with a warning to avoid substitutes.
President's Appeal Widens Breach in GOP Over Cuba
The President urged Congress to pass reciprocity with Cuba, framing it as a Republican issue and warning beet sugar Senators. Administration leaders say the move deepens party rifts, while beet sugar factions vow to resist and Democrats solidify against the bill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
Cuba
White House
Bailey
Texas
Senate
Allison
Spooner
Teller
Minnesota
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J. Pierpont Morgan
Porter
Austin-Union
The
Vermont
Baron Shibusawa
Marconi
Johann Hoff
Richard Peck
New Haven
Illinois Theatre
Bres
Virginia
Hocking
Valley
Mile
G. W. Perkins
J. P. Morgan & Co
Tobacco Trust
Bourke Cochran
Consolidated
Tawney
House
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