Savings banks threaten dividend drop over tax repeal promises
New York savings banks threaten to cut dividends from 4 percent to at least 3 percent if the Legislature does not repeal the surplus tax during a June special session. Bank presidents warn Gov. Higgins and state lawmakers that tax repeal promises from the last campaign are crucial, with about 300,000 depositors affected across Bowery and Seaman's banks.
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Seaman’s Bank For Savings
Bowery Bank
W. W. Smith
Seaman's
Index to Departments and Page References
The page list shows sections including Commercial World Amusements Arrivals of Out-of-Town Buyers and Real Estate. It notes page numbers for court calendars marine intelligence new corporations society and United Service. A stray line mentions Kather Revort on page 2.
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Miller to resign as Assistant Secretary of the Interior
Melville W. Miller of Lafayette Indiana is asked to resign and will depart tomorrow. Jesse Wilson of Rensselaer Indiana will be named to replace him, with Beveridge and Fairbanks not consulted on the change. Miller reformed pension appeal cases reducing docket from 15,000 to 3,500 and deciding over 30,000 in about two years. Wilson is backed by Beveridge Hemenway New and Crumparker. Miller's pay has been 4000 dollars, raised to 4500 by Congress.
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New York Times
Washington
Melville W. Miller
Lafayette
Ind
Pee
Jesse Wilson
Rensselaer
Beveridge
Miller
Lafayette Journal
Willis Vandeventer
United States
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Fairbanks
Interior Department
Pension Bureau
Wilson
Burglary Plot Foiled At Harriman Residence
Three boys led by a 14 year old attempted to break into E H Harriman's Fifth Avenue home while the family was away at Arden Farms. William Kennedy and George Miller were arrested, Albert Schulerich implicated. Miller and Schulerich gave accounts of their plans and guardianship.
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Young Schulerich
Metropolitan Street Railway Company
Maiden Lane
Court Tightens Grip on Subways Amid City Debate
A Supreme Court injunction stops city leaders from acting on new subway routes until the Appellate Division rules on the law’s constitutionality. The dispute pits Mayor McClellan, Controller Grout, and Brooklyn President Littleton against rapid transit plans and franchise limits. The Water Board also approved 100000 for general expenses and 7500 for an engineering force.
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Grout
Board of Estimate
Justice Blanchard
Supreme Court
Kellogg & Rose
Littleton
Brooklyn
Rapid Transit Commission
Mr. Littleton
Corporation Counsel
New Water Board
New Jersey Bar Association Elects Officers
Atlantic City June 16 The New Jersey State Bar Association elected officers for the coming year Judge Allen B. Endicott of Atlantic City was chosen president James E. Howell of Newark is first vice president John Ambler Armstrong of Camden is second vice president Albert C. Wall of Jersey City is secretary and Charles C. Black of Jersey City is treasurer.
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Atlantic City
New Jersey State Bar Association
Allen B. Endicott
James E. Howell
Newark
John Ambler Armstrong
Camden
Albert C. Wall
Jersey City
Charles C. Black
Pennsylvania Railroad Announces Asbury Park Service
Beginning June 25 frequent fast trains run both directions. New flyer departs Asbury Park at 8 10 A M weekdays and reaches New York at 9 46. High grade equipment advertised.
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Pennsylvania Railroad
NEW Asbury Park Service
New Flyer
Asbury Park
New A. York
New Twenty Dollar Gold Certificate Issued
The Treasury Department introduces an original design twenty dollar gold certificate to replace the old notes. The front features Washington’s portrait with yellow tinted numerals 20 and In au Coin text, heavy black margins, and bold corner numbers. The back shows the Great Seal at center with a darker printing shade.
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Washington
Treasury Department
United States
Yonkers Demands Lower Fare In Subway Contention
At a Yonkers meeting of taxpayers and Aldermen a joint committee urged the Central to reduce Yonkers to New York fare. They warned annexation would be demanded if no concession. The group noted fares were cheaper forty years ago and E K Martin cited tax impacts on Central passengers.
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New York Times
Yonkers
the Central
New York
Central
E. K. Martin
Board of Trade
Summer Time Change Notice for New York Center
Daily papers announce regulatory shift implementing daylight saving time in New York Center with clocks moving Sunday June 18, affecting schedules and timekeeping nationwide.
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Rk Cenoe
Naval officer too keen at Charleston dry dock
Lieut. James Wilson Grimes Walker, son of Admiral Walker, is transferred by order of Secretary Morton after a protracted dispute with the New York Continental Jewell Filtration Company and contractors building the Charleston Dry Dock. Walker's strict inspections, including rejecting oversized crushed stone, led to friction and his removal. Rear Admiral Endicott praised his conscientious work, while Morton's override sparked navy circles.
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New York and
Continental Jewell Filtration Company
Charleston Dry Dock
James Wilson Grimes Walker
Trasfer
Lieut
Walker
Morton
Lieut. Walker
Civil Service
Admiral Walker
Charleston
Endicott
Bureau of Yards and Docks
Navy
Elevator Boy Saves Twenty One Families From Fire
George Green, a 19 year old elevator boy at 124 West 117th Street, guided residents to safety after a fire broke out in Joseph Willard’s fourth floor apartment. Firefighters fought the blaze for nearly an hour. Green sustained burns as he ferried tenants from the lower floors to the street. The Willards were away. damage estimated at $2000.
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George Green
Charles Hammerstein
Joseph Willard
Willards
Charles Soderson
Green
Intruder Surrenders After Rescue By Woman and Crowd
A man claiming to be William L Fogarty, 34, of Norwich Connecticut, hid in a third floor room and was trapped by a locked door as a crowd gathered below the fire escape. Mrs James Fitzgerald and her husband directed the police to the scene before the intruder surrendered at Macdougal Street Station. He claimed a murder warrant in Norwich but offered no details to officers. The incident followed a missing truck and horse from 25 Bond Street, with the truck later found but the horse still missing.
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William L. Fogarty
Boswell Avenue
Norwich
Conn
James Fitzgerald
West Eighth Street
Marion
Fitzgerald
Macdougal Street
Mr. Fitzgerald
Governor La Follette Nominates Railroad Commission Members
Governor La Follette names Prof. Balthasar H Meyer Halford Erickson and Nils P Haugen for confirmation to the Wisconsin Railroad Commission. The Senate, angered by the nominations, declines to vote while praising the rate bill and resisting making the commission political.
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New York Times
Madison
Wis
la Follette
Balthasar
H. Meyer
Halford Erickson
Nills P. Haugen
Senate
Railroad Commission
Meyer
Old Custis Home Woodlawn Sells To Elizabeth M. Sharpe
Washington reports Woodlawn, historic Virginia estate tied to George Washington through Nellie Custis, sold today to Miss Elizabeth M. Sharpe of Orange New Jersey. The property on four miles from Mount Vernon features a large manor once part of the Mount Vernon tract. Previously owned by playwright Paul Kester who has since acquired a country place in England.
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New York Times
Washington
Peace Loan for Japan to Aid Her Industries
K Takahashi, Japan’s foreign financial agent, is recalled to Tokyo to discuss further foreign loans as war ends. He cites prospects of peace with Russia, possible new loans in America or England, and Roosevelt praised as a bold peacemaker. He notes about 140 million remains in foreign loan allocations.
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Holland House
Imperial
Tokio
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New York
Imperial Cabinet
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Russia
America
England
Roosevelt
Treachery in Beef Cases as Grand Jury Targets Firms
Chicago reports District Attorney Morrison presenting names of officials from at least five packing firms to the federal grand jury for indictment. Expected 12 to 40 cases include conspiracy anti trust perjury and witness intimidation. Pack‑house rivals accuse each other as homes claimed robbed by Secret Service in probe. Government plans to use State's evidence to obtain testimony.
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Chicago
Federal Grand Jury
C. B. Morrison
Secret Service
Cornell students fall ill at Dryden survey camp
Forty civil engineering students out of sixty five camping at Dryden near Ithaca became suddenly ill. Camp doctors suspect water impurity caused ptomaine like poisoning, since no canned meats were eaten. The illness began last night as the group surveyed in the field for their university course.
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New York Times
Ithaga
Cornell
Dryden
College of Civil Engineering
Texas to Auction 6 Million Acres of Public Land
Austin, June 16. The cattle interests face a historic setback as 6,000,000 acres of public land are set for sale September 15. Land will be sold to actual settlers at $1 per acre in 40 annual installments at 3 percent interest. Purchasers must reside on the land for three years to obtain title. the state retains 12,000,000 acres still under lease to cattlemen.
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New York Times
Austin
Texas
State Land Chammist
118 Bro 18- mais Betereirge Loees mT
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Fulton St
B’klyn
Taft to Succeed Fuller as Chief Justice Rumor
A rumor from Washington says Chief Justice Fuller may retire and be named to the International Board of Arbitration. Secretary Taft would then be appointed to the Supreme Court to replace Fuller, though the report is not credited. Some expect Taft to seek the presidency later.
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Fuller
United States Supreme Court
International Board of Arbitration
Taft
Supreme Court
Justice Fuller
Mr. Taft
Gorman for Subway Chief in New York Move
Chicago June 16 James Gorman Freight Traffic Manager of the Santa Fe Railroad is reported to head a new Metropolitan subway project in New York at the invitation of Paul Morton. Gorman left Chicago for New York by telegram and sailed to Galveston, with a return expected in days.
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New York Times
Chicago
James Gorman
Santa Fé Railroad
New York
Paul Morton
Gorman
Metropolitan
Equitable Life Assurance Society
Santa Fé
Mr. Morton
Morton
Mr. Gorman
Galveston
Rothschild Leaves 8 Million for Charity and Hospital
Baron Nathaniel de Rothschild died June 13 leaving 4 million dollars for general charity and 4 million for a hospital aiding nervous disorders other than epilepsy insanity and incurable spinal issues. He had long suffered a nervous malady and spent winters abroad. He was a brother of the Austrian head of the banking firm.
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Vienna
Nathaniel de Rothschild
Baron Nathaniel de Rothschild
Hill Aims to Defeat Rail Rate Opponents in Minn North Dakota
Minneapolis dated June 16 reports say President James J. Hill of the Great Northern mobilizes supporters against lawmakers backing government rate controls. Hill targets Senator Hansbrough and seeks a legislature in North Dakota to elect a Hansbrough successor, signaling a broad political offensive across Hill’s Minnesota and North Dakota interests.
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Minneapolis
James J. Hill
The
Great Northern
Minnesota
North Dakota
Hill
Hansbrough
President's Tuskegee visit planned for October
Booker T. Washington called on the President to discuss Roosevelt's October trip to Tuskegee Alabama. The President expects to spend most of October 23 at Tuskegee, with student demonstrations and a reviewed procession. He will tour the institute and deliver an address.
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Washington
Booker T. Washington
Tuskegee Institute
Tuskegee
Ala
German immigrant walks asleep from train in New York
Bernard Rademacher, a young German passenger who landed in New York on Tuesday, awoke on a Suspension Bridge train platform and walked off while asleep. He suffered severe head injuries, wandered two days through Sullivan County, then reached Mountaindale where he was taken to a hospital in Middletown.
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New York Times
Middletown
N. Y
Bernard Rademacher
New York
Rademacher
Suspension Bridge
Sullivan County
Mountaindale
Fordham College to Honor Mayor Mc Clellan Next Wednesday
Fordham College will confer an honorary LL D on Mayor Mc Clellan at next Wednesday’s commencement. He will address the graduates wearing a Princeton gown and hood. Borough President Haffen, Corporation Counsel Delany, and Dr. G H Butler will also receive honorary degrees.
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Princeton University
McClellan
Princeton
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Haffen
Delany
G. H. Butler
Fordham Medical College
Twentieth Century Limited Schedule Change
The Twentieth Century Limited from New York Central will depart Grand Central at 3 30 P M instead of 2 45 and reach Chicago at 8 30 A M next day. The trip time is now eighteen hours with the adjusted schedule.
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New York Central
Grand Central Station
Chicago
New York
Czar's Great Army May Be Encircled In Manchuria
London reports The Daily Telegraph states Gen Linovitch's army is encircled by a Japanese ring about a hundred miles across in Manchuria. Russian depots sit at Gunshu Pass with rail links to the north. Japanese advance moves proceed despite rains. Kawamura's army of the Yalu is said to be coordinating with others.
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Tokilo
Daily Telegraph
Manchuria
Linovitch
Gunshu Pass
Linevitch
Morning Post
Omoso
Kawamura
Yalu
Tien-Tsin
Curtain Dropped on Battle In Manchuria News Update
Reports from St. Petersburg dated June 15 and 16 describe Russian turning movements near IuIantizi and Vanloungon on June 11 and 12 driving back Japanese forces. Brig Gen Barry and American attachés plan to travel to Manchuria for observation after hostilities pause. An official denial contests claims of generals appealing to the Emperor against peace.
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ST. Petersburg
Linevitch
Nicholas
Iulantizi
Tein
Vanloungon
Nanshantchenzi
Thomas H. Barry
Manchuria
Linovitch
Moscow Army Stores Burned In Russian Fire
Four army commissariat depots and a mineral water factory in Moscow were destroyed by fire after three explosions. Large quantities of Far East stores were lost. The blaze was not yet under control and the cause remained unknown. In Libau Courland Russia ten men fired at a pastor during church services injuring him.
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Moscow
Army Commissariat
Far East
Libau
Courland
Russia
Fight On The Elevated At Sixth Avenue Incident
Conductor Ravener was unable to stop a man in a dress suit from crawling over a gate on a southbound elevated train at Sixth Avenue and Twenty-eighth Street. The man punched the conductor, and three others joined in a brawl before detectives and patrolmen intervened. Two attackers were arrested at West Thirtieth Street Police Station. suspects named as Arthur Williams and Frederick Murphy.
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Sixth Avenue
Twenty-eighth Street
Rovener
Martha
West Thirtieth Street
Arthur Williams
West Seventy-ninth Street
Frederick Murphy
West Sixty-fourth Street
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