Banker Walsh Receives Five Years In Federal Penitentiary
John R. Walsh former president of the Chicago National Bank was denied a new trial and sentenced to five years in Fort Leavenworth. He faced concurrent counts and was freed on $50,000 bond pending appeal. The judge said bankers must serve their bank above all other interests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
John R. Walsh
Chicago National Bank
Anderson
United States District Court
Federal Penitentiary
Fort Leavenworth
Hart
Court of Appeals
Walsh
Grosscup
United States Court of Appeals
National Bank
Lusitania Sets World Record for Day's Run on Westward Voyage
The Cunard liner Lusitania arrived with a new world record for a day's run, covering 2,889 knots on a long course and 627 knots for the day ending at noon Tuesday, 625 knots yesterday. The voyage took 5 days 4 hours 39 minutes at an average speed of 23.17 knots. Passengers included the Marquis and Marchioness of Headfort, Miss Rosie Boote, and others. the ship had been drydocked and overhauled with midship stanchions added to reduce vibration.
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Cunard
Lusitania
Marquis
Marchioness of
Headfort
Peter F. Collier
Etonvlle
California
Rosie Boote
C. H. Kuan
Kuan
Loke Yew
Straits Settlement
China
J. H. Darling
Robert Fleming
Auto Crash Sends Victim to Club After Brooklyn Spill
A car raced down Cumberland Street Brooklyn and hit a Fulton Street trolley injuring two occupants. The male driver Allen Alderman of 248 Union Street and his female companion were taken to the Long Island Automobile Club. Police disputed identities with the club later claiming the woman was actress Jen nie Anderson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cumberland Street
Brooklyn
Fulton Street
Stephen Grogan
Joseph Greenland
Long Island Automobile Club
Thomas Gibbons
Jessie Orterson
East
Newsies Aid Kruger Fund At Lodging House
At the Newsboys' Lodging House in New Chambers Street last night a weekly entertainment featured many prominent guests. Glick Flannigan proposed a subscription drive for Chief Kruger who died in a fire. Hat passed, $18.89 collected. The fund total reached $13,844.21 with a $50 donation from Egerton L Winthrop, President of the Board of Education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newsboys
New Chambers Street
Glick’ Flannigan
Kruger
Kruger, and Firemen’s Memorial
Egerton L Winthrop
Board of Education
Rent Free To Tenants At South Prince Street Property
F S Copley of 339 Richmond Street Stapleton S I collected rents at 44 46 and 48 South Prince Street Flushing in December 1906 and told a tenant his brother had died and he was a bachelor He then died and no one has claimed the rents Six families Mrs Catherine Cantwell Mrs Christine Nix Frederick York Louis Dietz John Moore and the Misses Bricketz occupied the flats maintaining repairs at their own expense.
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F. S. Copley
Richmond Street
Stapleton
S. I
Prince Street
Flushing
Copley
Catherine Cantwell
Christine Nix
Frederick York
Louis Dietz
John Moore
Misses Brickets
East Side Water Scarcity Sparks Real Estate Meeting
About 300 members of the House and Real Estate Owners Association gathered at New York Turn Hall to press for relief from upper east side water shortages. A deputation opposed the Saxe bill in Albany over real estate sale disclosures. Allan Robinson discussed subways, criticizing the Fyroig law of 1906 and detailing proposed amendments favoring private capital and extended subway leases with city resale options.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House and Real Estate Owners’ Association
New York Turn Hall
Eighty-fifth Street
Lexington Avenue
Upper East Side
Senate Judiciary Committee
Albany
Allan Robinson
Government vs Eleven Milliners Valuation Decision
J. F. Fischer, United States General Appraiser, ruled on the case of the Government against eleven milliners. Trunks aboard the Oceanic were sent to the Appraiser's Warehouse for valuation review. The decision orders a 50 percent advance on declarations of four importers and sustains valuations in seven other cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. F. Fischer
United States
Oceanic
Lawyer M K Flagg Accidentally Shot
Mortimer Kennedy Flagg a New York lawyer was accidentally shot at his Briar Cliff Manor home as he alighted from a car. The revolver discharged hitting his abdomen with the bullet not yet located and his condition described as serious by Dr M W Barnum of Ossining.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. K. Flagg
Ossining
N. Y
Mortimer Kennedy Flagg
New York
Briar Cliff Manor
British Macedonia Governor Proposal Under Consideration
The British note proposing a permanent Governor of Macedonia has been received and is being considered in St. Petersburg. It is understood Russia may announce willingness to support Great Britain's proposal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Petersburg
Macedonia
Russia
Great Britain
Bankrupt Petition Against G W Morse In Insolvency Fight
Charles A. Hanna receiver of the National Bank of North America and two ex clerks filed an involuntary bankruptcy petition against Charles W Morse in federal court. The bank seeks $203 321 and ex clerks $8 819 each for stock sold to them under allegedly false pretenses.
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Charles A. Hanna
National Bank of North America
Charles W. Morse
United States District Court
Morse
Holt
Hanna
Thomas E. Wing
Wing
Mr. Hanna
Philip J. Britt
Fourteenth Street National Bank
Britt
Butterick Company
Mexican Coal and Coke Company
Knickerbocker Real Estate Company
Arizona Smelting Company
Chelsea Realty Company
United Copper
George W. Wilder
Campbell Wall Paper Company
F. S. Moseley & Co
New Amsterdam National Bank
Garfield National Bank
Mercantile National Bank
Knickerbocker Trust Company
Hudson, Navigation Company
Fifth Avenue
East Fifty-ninth Street
John E. Berwind
New York and Cuba Mail Steamship Company
Consolidated Steamship Company
Hudson Navigation Company
Washington Heights
Bailey Syndicate
Broadway
Charles T. Barney
Knickerbocker, Trust Company
R. A. C. Smith
Edward C. Pringle
Edward B. Shotwell
Foreign Exchange Department
Mercedes Import Company
Katherine Gould
Howard Gould
E. C. de Witt
Jewelry Firm Liquidation Plan Approved by Court
Judge Lacombe authorized Charles Hanna to enter a liquidation plan for Joseph Frankel's Sons Company and related firms. Bank claims are assigned to liquidating trustees James Cannon Louis Kahn and John Van Cleef. Liabilities total about 4.55 million with assets over 6 million. Bankers' Trust Company acts as depository for creditors.
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Lacombe
United States Circuit Court
Charles Hanna
New Amsterdam National Bank
Joseph Frankel
B. J. Frankel
Frankel
E. M. Gattle
James G. Cannon
Louis Kahn
John C. van Cleef
Joseph Frankel’s Sons Company
Joseph Frankel’s Sons
E. M. Gattle & Co
Gattle, Ellinger & Hammel
Bankers’ Trust Company
Autoraces Through Tunnel A Mile Long
Continued from page one the American car presses on to Hanna and then toward San Francisco despite warnings. Night travel is deemed necessary to make up lost distance and win the lead, though the route remains dangerous and unpredictable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hanna
San Francisco
Appellate Court Hears Oriental Case Appeal Arguments
Appellate Division justices hear Attorney General Jackson's appeal from Justice O Gorman's order dismissing bank receivers and approving the liquidation plan with Metropolitan Trust. Ex Justice Stover argues state law constraints. Beekman for the bank questions solvency. depositors seek reopening. Decision reserved.
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Supreme Court
Jackson
O’gorman
Metropolitan Trust Company
Martin L. Stover
Beekman of Philbin
Beekman & Menken
Clark Williams
Justice Clarke
Justice Clarke From the Bench. Mr. Beekman
Beekman
David McClure
De Dion Car Struggles Through Iowa Mud For Paris Dream
The De Dion racing team spent a second sleepless night in mud between Logan and Crescent Iowa. They fought to free the car with farmers and ropes, five hours of back-breaking work, and a six foot mud wall. In Omaha they sought repair parts, with Chaffray vowing to reach Paris first despite the million dollar effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Crescent
Hell of
Dante
Logan
Saint Chaffray
G. Bourcier Saint Chaffray
Omaha
Paris
West
Indiana
Musical union seeks higher wages for theatre musicians
The Musical Mutual Protective Union demands a new scale for theatre orchestras effective July 1, arguing wages have stagnated for forty years while living costs rise. The plan raises pay from 1 to 14 dollars weekly based on skill. a Kruger Memorial committee will meet Monday, and managers fear some theatres may replace orchestras with city musicians if talks fail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Musical Mutual Protective Union
Yorkville Casino
Europe
Charles Burnham
Warlack’s
Managers’ Association
Burnham
Hotel Astor
Musical Union
Metropolitan Opera
David Belasco
Protos Tires Trouble Slow German Car In Race
Protos from New York to Paris pageant advances only thirty eight miles as tire trouble slows progress. Heavy roads force a return to Ames Iowa for help with no tires left. Supply plans to Alaska and Siberia complicate transit and risk delays through the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Ames
Iowa
New York
Paris
United States
Alaska
Siberia
Seattle
Chicago
Missionary Society Organizes Indian Education Effort Near Reno
A group led by Mrs. Bayard Cutting and others forms a society to teach Indians near Reno with Sybil Carter directing. Miss Jessie Hemenway arrived from New York to introduce Italian lacemaking and Roman cut work at Walker River Reservation. She notes strong progress among California Moguls in education efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reno
Bayard Cutting
W. K. Vanderbilt
W. J. Sloane
Potter Palmer
W. K. Vanderbilt, Jr
H. McKay Twombly
George Gould
Sybil Carter
Nevada
Jessie Hemenway
New York
Lost Jewelry and Money Highlight Time’s Lost and Found
An assortment from The Times Lost and Found column shows items including a pearl necklace with a three stone diamond clasp a roll of bills totaling 50 to 60 dollars a diamond a butterfly pin three stone gypsy ring an emerald rhinestone pin a gold watch a lady’s gold watch and three gold pins in a package also containing a lace waist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Times
Motobloc reaches Cedar Rapids on long cross country run
Charles Godard reports after an eighty one mile leg from Clinton to Cedar Rapids that the Motobloc car ran well with repairs and new tires. He left Clinton at seven in the morning and arrived at seven thirty in the evening praising improved roads and tire reliability while aiming to reach Paris after many days on the road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Cedar Rapids
Clinton
Paris
America
Siberia
Russia
Charles Godard
Clyde Liner Chippewa Disabled After Steering Gear Accident
The tug Coney brought in the Clyde liner Chippewa to Brunswick on March 13 after a steering gear failure. The Apache towed her toward New York and a wireless asked Jacksonville for another tug due to an impending northeast gale. The Katahdin will tow the Chippewa from Brunswick to New York.
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Brunswick
New York
Jacksonville
Ford will cuts two sons off from share and bequeaths house
John Ford of 52 Erasmus Street Brooklyn dies testator directs 1800 for a monument in Holy Cross Cemetery and leaves remainder to be divided among his family except his two sons Andrew and Joseph Ford who receive five dollars each Annie Martin, his housekeeper of 22 years, gets the house at 32 Erasmus Place.
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John Ford
Erasmus Street
Brooklyn
Kings County
Andrew
Joseph Ford
Holy Cross
Erasmus Place
Annie Martin
Twenty Ton English Linden Moved at St. Patrick's Newark
A English linden over twenty tons and sixty feet tall was relocated yesterday at St. Patrick's Cathedral rectory in Newark. Workers dug a fifteen foot circle, cut an eighteen by five foot trench, and jacked the tree into a timber cradle before sliding it on beams to a new site.
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St. Patrick’s Cathedral
Newark
Sing Sing Warden Denies Water Theft Accusations
Ossining March 13 Warden Frost rejects claims by Col Michael Padden and inspectors that Sing Sing Prison has stolen water from New York City. He notes a history of water supply changes from a four inch pipe to an eight inch line and back, and says two pipes exist but only the larger is in use now.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Ossining
N. Y
Frost
Sing Sing Prison
New York City
Michael Padden
Parker to lecture on New York to Paris auto race
Orrel A. Parker will address the Automobile Club of America on Tuesday evening March 17 detailing the New York to Paris car race. A set of stereopticon slides will show the race expeditions through snow and highlights of the Alaska and Siberia route.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orrel A. Parker
New York
Paris
Automobile Club of America
Alaska
Siberia
Ivins Addresses Cooper Union on City Government
William M. Ivins spoke to the People's Institute at Cooper Union on municipal government. He urged practical problem solving and favored a short term for the mayoral office, insisting the man, not the office, determines its character.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ivins
William M. Ivins
People’s Institute
Cooper Union
Directors of New Haven Railways Conclude Meeting
Directors of the New York New Haven and Hartford Railway met yesterday afternoon at the Grand Central Station offices to discuss a threatened car workers strike. The board adjourned after several hours with officials saying no statements would be released until final adjournment.
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New York, New Haven & Hartford Railway
Genta
Grand Central Statio
Mellen
Veroform Liquid Soap Promoted by Major Sellers
An advertisement extols Veroform Liquid Soap highlighting superior materials and hygienic benefits. It notes its higher cost and asserts no soap surpasses its quality and soothing feel. Available at Hegeman & Co. and other major outlets, with bottles priced at 50 and 25 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Wanamaker
R. H. Macy & Co
Kalish Pharmacy
Simpson-Crawford Co
Circle Pharmacy
Lord & Taylor
Four New Jersey Wardens Seize 265 Bird Boxes in Jersey City
Four New Jersey Game Wardens seized 265 boxes containing thousands of plover and grouse from the Merchants Refrigerating Company vaults in Jersey City. They photographed and sealed the boxes as evidence. Fines for each bird exceed $20 and if the three New York firms named face full penalties could reach $350000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Jersey
Merchants’ Refrigerating Company
Second
Warren Streets
Jersey City
Dane, Hall, Ballingham
Shorter
New York City
Quigg Denial on Jobs for Votes in Primaries
John A. Freund of the Workingman's Independent Republican Club denied that Lemuel Ely Quigg offered Interborough jobs in exchange for votes in the upcoming primaries. Freund asserted the accusation was unfounded and attributed to rumor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quigg
Lemuel Ely Quigg
Interborough
John A. Freund
Workingman’s Independent Republican Club
Mr. As
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Masters
The
Court
Palmer
Wallingford
Oklahoma
Serene Payne
Panama Canal
Saturday Evening Post
Currie Pustishing Company
Philadelphia
Nick Meyer
West 18Th St
Cunarder
Companion
Newsies’ Aid
Kruger Fund
Glick Flannigan
East Side
Britain
G. W. Morse
National Bank of
North America
New Amsterdam Banka
Frankels and Gattles
Hale
Pike
Paxe 1
Oriental
Justice Laughlin
Torney General
DE Dion
St. Chaffray
Ray
Alex D Shaw & CO
Broad St
Ingaas
STG AZ
Musical Union Out
Ter
Protos
Motobloc
Baron. Godard
Big Linden
New York-Paris
New Haven
Ns Stends
Steinway & Sons
Steinway Hall
14Th St
Oppenheimer
Oppenheimer Institute
West 34Th St
Hegeman & Co., Riker's
Barton @ Guestier
Bordeaux
Park @ Tilford
Twenty-First
Fifty-ninth Street
Sixth Avenue
Ninth Street
Columbus Ave
Seventy-second Street
101St Street
Govall Md
A. W. Brewster
M. D
Ear Hospital
Edw. Johnson
Marcum Kenyon
Manhattan
M. Linderoth
Ehrlich &Dond
Sky
Nassau St
Ann St
Sixth Ave
Astor House
15Th St
Lavender
the Crown Perfumery CO. OF
London
East 20Th Street
Jeunesse Doree
Uneeda
Parker
California Fig Syrup CO
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