Trust Agreement Details for Equitable Policyholder Directors
Thomas F. Ryan and partners unveil a trust plan transferring majority stock control of the Equitable Life to Trustees. Policy holders with over one year of coverage may designate seven of thirteen annual directors. Trustees choose the rest to form a 28 of 52 director board. Trustees urge timely written designations by November 1 at 120 Broadway New York City.
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Equitable
Broadway
New York City
Board of of Directors
General Corporation Law
State of
New York
Thomas F. Ryan
Grover Cleveland
Morgan J. O'Brien
GEO. Westinghouse
Mr. Slyde
George Westinghouse
Nix
Equitable Life Assurance Society
Simehares
The
Equitable Society
Hyde
Equitable Life Assurance Society of the
United States
Board ‘of Directors
Interest in Germany sparks board representation push
In Berlin on June 15 policyholders of the New York Equitable Life Assurance Society seek representation on the reorganized company board. The move emerges from a General Committee sub committee of the Association of German Fire Insurance Companies seen as fostering distrust of American institutions. German papers accuse American life insurance of instability while praising government bans on many U S firms.
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Berlin
New York Equitable Life Assurance Society
Germany
Ccompany
Association of German Fire Insurance Companies
Equitable
Enquitable
Intervene in Brownes Suit Against Equitable Life
In the U S Circuit Court Browne’s suit against the Equitable Life Assurance Society gains two more interveners. Henry B French of Philadelphia holds policies totaling 100000 dollars and A P Davis of Kansas City resides in Washington D C with a 5000 dollar policy. Eleven policyholders in total have sought to intervene as party plaintiffs with Browne.
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United States Circuit Court
J. Willcox
Browne
Equitable Life Assurance Society
Equitable
Henry B. French
Philadelphia
A. P. Davis
Kansas
Washington, D. C
Mr. Browne
Grand Duke Alexis Resigns as Naval Head in Russia
News from St. Petersburg reports Grand Duke Alexis High Admiral and uncle to the Emperor resigning from the navy amid public criticism of naval administration. Admiral Avellan also steps down, with potential successors named among Vice Admirals Biriloff and Chouknin as Russia reassesses its once great fleet.
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ST. Petersburg
Grand Duke
Alexis
Avellan
Alexander III
Russia
Japan
Fleet ‘and Marine Department
Nicholas
Nasha Shisa
Popular Fund
Sea of Japan
Marine Department
Department
Clado
Neva
Lost, Strayed or Stolen Ads Available
Lost, stray, or stolen articles may be recovered through the advertisement column in The Times Lost and Found. One line costs ten cents. Adv.
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THE
Times
Washington Chosen For Peace Parley
President Roosevelt negotiates a peace conference with Russia and Japan using Washington as the scene. Plenipotentiaries from both sides to be named with dates possibly in September. The White House plans provide reading rooms and private offices for the talks and privacy from outside influence.
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Takahira
White House
Russia
Washington
Japan
Marquis Ito
Baron Komura
Marshal Yamagata
Mortimer Durand
Morocco
Senate
House of Representatives
Capitol
Washington chosen as meeting center for peace negotiators
The New York Times reports June 15 that Washington offers optimal facilities for rapid contact with Tokyo and St Petersburg. Diplomatic missions here provide archives and staff to support talks, with plans including state and Library of Congress rooms under Secretary of State guidance.
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New York Times
Washington
Tokio
St. Petersburg
Paris
United States
Spain
Loomis
State Department
Joint High Commission
Library of Congress
Hope of Peace in Russia in London Times and New York Times
London and New York press report strengthened chance for peace talks with Washington as venue. Russia and Japan to name plenipotentiaries with Ito Komura and Kamagata possible for Japan, Rosen and Nelidorf for Russia. armistice debate unsettled while Manchuria remains volatile.
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ST. Petersburg
Washington
Japan
Paris
Russia
The
Hague
Roosevelt
Marquis Ito
Privy Council
Baron Komura
Marshal 2Amagata
Baron Rosen
Count Cassin
M. Nelidorf
Witte
Committee of Ministers
Manchuria
Oyama
Linevitch
Teven
Japan Considers Withdrawal From Peace Talks
London and New York Times report Japan doubts Russia sincerity in proposing M. Nelidoff as Moscow plenipotentiary and Paris as meeting site. Japan seeks lasting peace but may stay at war to secure demands, aided by sea dominance and access to Sakhalin and Siberia, while reserving right to withdraw if Russia shows bad faith.
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London Times
New York Times
TOKIO
M. Nelidoff
Paris
Japan
Russia
Sakhalin
Siberia
Manchuria
Roosevelt
Washington chosen as site for peace talks signals US influence
London papers hail Washington as the venue for peace negotiations with Japan and see it as proof of the United States growing role in global diplomacy. They note Japan’s willingness to seek moderate terms and praise using diplomats over soldiers to avert military deadlock. The Daily Telegraph suggests Japanese demands may be unexpectedly moderate.
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London
Washington
Roosevelt
United States
Japan
The
Daily News
Daily Telegraph
Court Clears Exchange in Philadelphia Stock Case
Judge Martin vacated the temporary receivership of the Consolidated Stock Exchange of Philadelphia and refused to enjoin its operations. The proceedings claimed gambling in stocks and illegality, but the court found no evidence the Exchange conducted an illegal or gambling business.
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Philadelphia
Martin
Common Pleas Court
Consolidated Stock Exchange of Philadelphia
Exchange
J. Hector MacNeal
A. Perrand
Equity
Russians Retreat Under Japanese Pressure In Manchuria
Telegraphs from Manchuria report Russian forces withdrawing from advanced positions along the railway bridge amid Japanese flanking efforts. Fear grows they may fall back toward Knntu Ling as officials express guarded confidence Linovitch can hold. Officers threaten resignations if peace overtures are made.
Rainy season begins early on battlefield front
At Gen Nogi's field headquarters dated June 13 a strong detachment of Gen Mistchenko's cavalry remains on the left front with no flank raid expected. Heavy thunderstorms and rain have begun, softening the Liao River Valley alluvial soil and signaling abnormal seasonal conditions.
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London Times
NEW York Times
Nogi
Mistchenko
Liao River Valley
Army in field holds duty above peace hope
General Kuroki's headquarters report notes the army remains ready to endure further sacrifices to prevent bloodshed. It expresses no opinion on peace negotiations beyond a wish to avoid delays and continues to strengthen forces as Russia delays diplomacy, while Linovitch's numbers are fed daily.
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Kuroki
Russia
Linovitch
German steamer Tetartos sunk by Russian cruiser Don
London reports the German steamer Tetartos sunk May 30 in the China Sea by the Russian auxiliary cruiser Don. Tetartos carried wooden sleepers from Otaru to a Chinese port, no contraband. Don previously served as the Hamburg American liner Fuerst Bismarck. crew of Tetartos reported at Priok.
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London
Tetartos
Lloyd's
Otaru
Japan
Tien-Tsin
Batavia
Java
Amsterdam
Don
Priok
Berlin
China Sea
Donis
Russia
Flensburg Steam Shipping Company
Fuerst Bismarck
Officials Blamed for Riots in European Jewry
A Geneva telegraph from the Bund in Lodz accuses officials of provoking anti Jewish riots in Brest Litowsk Minsk and Warsaw aided by soldiers and reservists. The May meeting of Lodz officials and military men reportedly planned to stage riots with Bund support from the European committee.
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New York
The
Bund
Geneva
Brest
Litowsk
Minsk
Warsaw
Lodz
Ninth Circuit
European Committee of the Bund
Price couple in kitchen quarrel ends with injury
Rodman M. Price, an engineer in the Brooklyn Parks Dept, is nursing a bruised head at St Marys Hospital after a fight with Emma, the cook, at 102 Elton Street. Police say she struck with a rolling pin during a dinner dispute.
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Rodman M. Price
Department of Parks of
Brooklyn
St. Mary’s Hospital
Price
Steamship Bermudian Near Sandy Hook Heading Toward Dock
At 9 o clock the Bermudian of Quebec Steamship Company was 255 miles south of Sandy Hook at 7 35 P M and expected to dock about 11 o clock this morning. The Maine steamship North Star, which left New York at 5 10 yesterday afternoon, was then forty miles out.
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de Forest Wireless Telegraph Company
Bermudian
Quebec Steamship Company
Sandy Hook
Maine
North Star
New York
Fires report from 12 to 12 shows multiple incidents
A day long fire report lists several addresses with varying damage. Notable entries include 59 Sheriff Street with trifling damage, 271 West Thirty-ninth Street to Wilcox with 50 dollars, 636 and 638 Columbus Avenue with 50 dollars, 17 and 19 Hancock Street damaged and 100 dollars, and Columbia Leather Goods at 454 Broadway with trifling damage. Additional incidents mention 5 West One Hundred on Thirty third Street and 122 Third Avenue with trifling damage due to the blaze.
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Sheriff Street
West
Thirty-ninth Street
Ee Wilcox
Columbus Avenue
Hancock Street
Guo
Broadway
Columbia Leather Goods
Thirtythird Street
Third Avenue
Stuyvesant Estate
Jerome Attacks Equitable Financiers at Dinner
District Attorney William Jerome denounced Equitable Life Assurance Society leaders as morally as Summerfield the con man and urged stricter laws to curb high finance crimes. He praised Merchants Protective Association for supporting key ethics bills and recounted battles in Albany to pass reforms.
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William Travers Jerome
Merchants’ Protective Association
Equitable Life Assurance Society
Larry ” Summerfield
Delmonico
Edward W. Page
Association
Jerome
James J. Frawley
Martin Saxe
United States
Ingland
France
Europe
Albany
Brdckett
Frawley
Saxe
Equitable
Larry Summerfield
Summerfield
Sing Sing
High Finance
White Rose Tea Purity and Packaging Claim
An advertisement extols White Rose Tea as the best and pure, claiming no hand touching after picking, machine preparation, and local packing to preserve flavor. It promotes uniform quality with sealed foil packaging in Black Mixed or Natural Green varieties and lists prices for large and trial packages.
Tammany figures spar over humor and integrity
Mr. Jerome is greeted as he sits while Abram I. Elkus and Clarence Whitman join Senators Frawley and Saxe. Frawley defends Tammany’s good men against District Attorney criticism, Jerome concedes some honesty exists and pays tribute to several officials in a light exchange.
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Mr. Jerome
Abram I. Elkus
Clarence Whitman
Merchants’ Association
Frawley and
Saxe
Frawley
Tammany
Senator Frawley
Berkeley Springs Wedding Reproduces Crichton Family History
Miss Elizabeth Macpherson Crichton wed William Hawes Clarke in Ravenswood Berkeley ceremony echoing her parents’ marriage forty years prior. Attendants included Esther Kennedy and Margaret MacLennon with James Crichton as best man. The Crichton-Clarke couple left for their honeymoon amid a New York Washington Baltimore guest list.
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New York Times
Berkeley Springs
West Va
Elizabeth Macpherson Crichton
Malcolm Crichton
Baltimore
William Hawes Clarke
New York
Ravenswood
Berkeley
Great Central Hall
Dr. Shaw
Old Rose Point
Macpherson Crichton
Esther Kennedy
Margaret MacLennon
Washington, D. C
Gertrude R. Tomlinson
James Crichton
Washington
Snowden Ashford
Pee
Crichton-Clarke
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Democratic National Committee
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Baron Kaneko
York Times
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Vitch
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Knntu-Ling
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