Metropolitan reorganization plan may use income bonds and stock adjustment
The planIl integrated for the Metropolitan Street Railway could rely on an income bond issue to satisfy bondholders and accident judgments while preserving a scaled stock interest for holders. Interborough Metropolitan Company faces large stock assessments and a possible bond subscription to fund the overhaul as Public Service Commission reviews the restructuring. Col Ladds litigation and settlements influence the estate, with fees and claims shaping the recovery and future dividend structure.
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Tee
All Street
Interborough Metropolitan Company
Metropolian
Blic Service Commission
W. W. Ladd
New York City Railway
Metropolitan Securities Company
Ladd
Latombe
Nterborough
Nterborough Metropolitan Company
Col. Ladd
Securities Company
New York City
Hay
United States Circuit Court
Metropolitan Street Railway
Metrolitan
Metropolitan
Public Service Commission
Pblic
Fuure
Pinchot Considered for Governor By Reform Group
In Pittsburg on June 93 Gifford Pinchot is floated as a possible Pennsylvania governor candidate with Roosevelt's backing. The Leader notes Pinchot’s Milford home makes him eligible and predicts party lines could fade if he runs on a Roosevelt platform. A reform mass meeting is planned in the city to launch the campaign.
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Pittsburg
Gifford Pinchot
Pennsylvania
Milliam Flinn
Senator Penrose
Pinchot
Roosevelt
Milford
Penn
Mr. Pinchot
Reform Movement
Alexander P. Moore
Pittsboro
New York
Reform Independent Voters
Ncot
Thieves Dine In State In Roslyn Heights Homes
Sheriff Joe Foster hunts burglars who broke into two wealthy Roslyn Heights residences in Mineola. Victims William Armstrong and James Raylis reported intruders stole about 15 in cash, left silverware and valuables, and helped themselves to wine cigars and food, including items in the kitchen.
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Mineola
L.I
Joe Foster
Roslyn Heights
William Armstrong
James
Leavitt Will Leaves Charity and Legacies
The will of Mary E. Leavitt dated December 2 1907 filed after her death June 20 at the Waldorf Astoria directs gifts to St Luke's Hospital and Sheltering Arms to honor Elizabeth Bell Barker, $7000 to friend David Costello, residue to Tarrant Putnam as executor, and $1000 to brother Charles B Barker.
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Mary E. Leavitt
Waldorf-Astoria
St. Luke’s Hospital
Fourth of July Country Getaway Ads in Times Columns
Plans for the Fourth of July invite readers to escape to the country. Special Saturday to Monday rates are advertised in the Country Board columns of The New York Times.
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The
New York Times
Cobb Direct Nominations bill faces amendments in Albany
Albany June 28 Cobb Direct Nominations bill, accepted by Gov Hughes as a compromise, will be amended in the Senate with Griscom and Agnew proposing changes to county exemptions and direct primaries. Tam many Hall and the Republican County organization back the edits. A separate plan by Senator Kissel introduces a State income tax and slot machine licenses, likely extending the session by weeks.
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New York Times
Albany
Gov. Hughes
Hinman-Green
Senate
George B. Agnew
New York
Griscom
New York County Republican Committee
Tammany Hall
Tammany
Republican County Organization of New York
Republican Organization
Labrador
Pennsylvania
Assembly
Congress
Friends of
New York County
Tower House
Kissel
Kings
Grady
New Liquor Law a Boon in Statewide Reforms
Albany June 28 State Commissioner of Excise Clement hailed the Conklin amendments to the liquor tax law as the most important changes since 1896 He credited hotelroom limits secret guest registries bans on false names and the 750 population per drinkinghouse ratio with curbing Raines law abuses He noted support from New York City hotelkeepers ministers reform groups labor councils and brewers and pointed to rising prosecutions as evidence of stronger enforcement and public sentiment for reform.
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Albany
Clement
Department
Conklin
Hugres
Raines Law
New York
Hotelkeepers’ Association of
New York City
Boldt
Waldorf-Astori
Bain
Newburg
State Association
Anti-saloon League
Reform Associations
Labor
Cobalt Central Mines Defends Against False Dividend Claims
The Cobalt Central Mines Company replies to Hector M. Hitchings alleging false dividends and stock juggling by stating the charges are false and misleading. It cites past litigation by Hitchings and a prior case against Nevins, asserting dividends were paid from actual earnings and reviewed by chartered accountants.
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Cobalt Central Mines Company
United States
Hector M. Hitchings
Hitchings
Nevins
Chartered Accountants
Popper Declared In Contempt In Bankruptcy Hearing
Edward Popper, broker for Popper & Stern and James R. Keene, was held in contempt by Referee Stanley W. Dexter for refusing to answer two questions in the Lathrop Haskins & Co bankruptcy hearing. He did not attend in person, sending word through counsel he would not testify. The matter, before Judge Hough, concerns market value of securities for Keene as of January 15, 1910 and Keene's account status on January 18. Abram I. Elkus will move for punishment on July 11 in the U S District Court. The next hearing is set for the afternoon of July 8.
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Edward Popper
Stock Exchange
Popper
Abram I. Elkus
Lathrop, Haskins & Co
Keene
Hocking Pool
J. M. Fiske & Co
Roberts, Hall & Criss
Elkus
Attack on Vanderbilt worker ends in assault arrest
Emil Hubinsky of 184 Java Street Brooklyn faced a street threat as he worked at 49 East Fifty-second Street. After midday break, several men attacked. one, Joseph A. Selbold of 108% Diamond Street Brooklyn, jailed for felonious assault. Hubinsky hospitalized with a broken jaw and two fractured ribs.
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Emil Hubinsky
Java Street
Brooklyn
Vanderbilt
East Fifty-second Street
Hubinsky
Berger
Joseph A. Selbold
Diamond Street
Iron Workers’ Union
McLaughlin Boy Safe After Kidnapping Claim
Michael L. McLaughlin, Albany real estate man, says his son was kidnapped from their home and believes the boy is with his mother, now Mrs. Henry P. Holt. He hopes the child is returned soon and asserts the boy needs discipline he fears his mother cannot provide.
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Michael L. McLaughlin
Albany
Henry P. Holt
Cosmopolitan Hotel
McLaughlin
Roosevelt in Boston Class Reunion Addresses Law Alumni
Theodore Roosevelt Harvard 80 attended the Harvard Law School Alumni Association meeting at the Harvard Union and spoke briefly. He later led the alumni parade to Memorial Hall and will speak at the commencement dinner while skipping the exercises.
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Boston
Theodore Roosevelt
Harvard
Algonquin Club
Back Bay
Col. Roosevelt
New York
Lowell
Harvard University
Cambridge
College Yard
Harvard Law School Alumni Association
Harvard Union
Col. Hoosevelt
Francis C. Lowell
United States Circuit Court
Arthur D. Hill
Suffolk County
Cty
E. H. Wells
Robert Homans
Memorial Hall
Law School
Langdell Hall
Supreme Court
Thanks From the Colonel As Roosevelts Return Costs City
The return reception for Col. Roosevelt on June 18 drew a cost just under 10000 dollars. The Mayor's Committee reported at its windup that about 12000 dollars had been subscribed by 215 of 800 members, with all bills paid.
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Col. Roosevelt
Pennsylvania Special Speeds from New York to Chicago
The banker the lawyer and the business man leave New York on the Pennsylvania Special at 8 65 P M today and arrive in Chicago at 8 55 tomorrow morning. It highlights track signal and motive power progress and the railroad mans experience and pride in the rock ballast line and safe comfortable fastest service along a scenic route.
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New York
Pennsylvania
Chicago
Pennsylvania Railroad
Roosevelt expected to head peace commission
Washington June 28 ex-President Roosevelt is expected to be named by President Taft as Chairman of the commission created by Congress to report plans for permanent and worldwide peace. Representative Bartholdt of Missouri urged Roosevelt’s appointment and is expected to join the body.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Taft
Congress
Bartholdt
Missouri
Beverly
Mrs. von Clausen pressures court in million-dollar suit
Mrs. Tha von Clausen bursts into the County Clerk’s office demanding service of papers in a purported million-dollar suit against Theodore Roosevelt Charles Graves and others. She alleges slander and seeks £1,900,000, claiming officials conspired with Roosevelt and Robert Bacon to ruin her.
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Tha von Clausen
Court of
Sweden
County Court
Theodore Roosevelt
Charles Graves
Alice Wright Graves
Robert Bacon
France
Supreme Court of the United States
Matthew Halpin
Supreme Court
T. Roosevelt
Stockholm
State Department
Oscar
Aldermen Approve Most Of New Corporate Budget
The Board of Aldermen approved nearly all items in the new corporate stock budget for permanent improvements with a fight over four large appropriations. President Mitchel locked the doors to finish the votes as heat and discipline tested the body.
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Board of Estimate
Manhattan Bridge
Alderman Johnson
Dyker Beach Park
Brooklyn
Death by own action day after marriage in Uniontown
Max Rosenburg a wealthy distiller residing in Uniontown was found dead in his rooms over the First National Bank Building with a bullet wound to his temple and a revolver beside him. Authorities say he killed himself. Detectives report he married last night in Pittsburg and brought his bride to Uniontown.
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Uniontown
Benn
Max Rosenburg
First National Bank
Rosenburg
Pittsburg
Clara Morris Faces Foreclosure of Yonkers Home
Actress Clara Morris, aged 65, dying at The Pines Yonkers, faces foreclosure sale of her home within weeks. Her husband Frederick Harriott says she will not live three weeks, while lenders move to auction the estate tied to earlier mortgages.
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Clara Morris
Actres
Pines
Riverdall Avenue
Yonkers
Martin Keogh
White Plains
the Pines
Lawyers Trade Insurance and Trust Company
W. R. Hearst
Miss Morris
Title Insurance and Trust Company
Mr. Harriott
Coggeshall
Comtesse de Somerive
Camille
Merritt Renominated by St. Lawrence GOP at Canton
In the Cond Assembly District Republican Convention in Canton E A Merritt majority leader of the New York Assembly was renominated. The body opposed any direct primary bill and backed Merritt. In Ogdensburg the First District Convention renominated Assemblyman J Jray.
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Watertown
N. Y
St. Lawrence County
Canton
E. A. Merritt
New York Assembly
Ogdensburg
J. Jray
Browne Jury Passes 102 Hours Deliberating Browne Case
The jury in the Browne bribery case against legislative minority leader Lee O'Neil Browne reached 102 hours of deliberation in Chicago without nearing a verdict. The panel had been considering charges that Browne bribed C A White to vote for William Lorimer for U S Senator.
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Chicago
Lee O'Neil Browne
C. A. White
William Lorimer
United States
Secretary of War Dickinson sails for Orient to inspect Hawaiian fortifications
Secretary of War J. M. Dickinson leads a party including his wife, son, and Brig. Gen Clarence Edwards aboard the Siberia. He plans to inspect fortifications in the Hawaiian Islands and visit the Philippines before returning home via Europe.
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San Francisco
J. M. Dickinson
Clarence Edwards
Bureau of Insular Affairs
Siberia
Hawaiian Islands
Europe
Sea Breezes and Mountain Air Benefit City Workers
A booklet from The Bauer Chemical Company promotes Sanatosen as a concentrated food tonic to relieve neurasthenia from overwork. It claims sea and mountain air boost appetite and digestion, while city workers suffer from albumen and phosphorus starvation. The American Disease explains uses and testimonials to support its claims.
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Bauer Chemical Company
Everett Building
Union Square
New York
Sanatosen
Sanatogen
Smoky autos face new misdemeanor penalties under city ordinance
Warnings were sent to city garages as a new smokeless era law targets automobile smoke nuisances. Special police will patrol Fifth Avenue and Thirty-fourth Street to arrest chauffeurs whose engines emit dense smoke, with health officials backing reduced emissions and enhanced enforcement.
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National Highways Protective Association
Highways Protective Association
Thirty-fourth Street
Fifth Avenue
Friy
Lederle
Offen O
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Cobalt Central Defense
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Lathrop-Haskins
Iron Men’s Union
Mclaughlin Boy
President Lowell
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Fourth Avenue
Mr. Vanderbilt
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Bent
City Hall
Alderman Bent
Arman Walsh
Flrsband
Merritt
Lorimer
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Broad Street
Everitt
Broadway
Newark
Halsey St. Montclair
Broomfield Av
Livingston St. Paters
Paterson East Orange
Main St
Janday
Fifth Av
Tiffany's
West 34Th St
McCreery
Youg
Victor
Carpet L& W. Williams
Columbus
West
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