Rickmers Salvaged After Long Night of Gale and Fire Island
Seventy three men aboard the German four mast Rickmers clinged to spars and rails as a northeast gale drove the ship ashore at Short Beach Long Island. Lifesavers from Freeport battled to launch a breeches buoy after five line attempts failed. The crew and wrecking crew were rescued in three surfboat trips. oil salvaging attracts local boatmen and fishermen, with many earning up to fifty dollars daily. Captain Bachman stayed ashore hopeful of salvage.
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Rickmers
Bachman
Chapman & Merritt Company
Ona
Calvin Chichester
Peter Rickmers
Short Beach
L. 1
Merritt & Chapman Wrecking Company
New York
Nero
Freeport
Ecoxswain
Bowman
Montz Finke
Long Island City
Times
Staten Island
Rickmers Company
Fire Island
Chichester
William George
R. R. Smith
Receiver named for Inman Estate in Atlanta
Forrest Adair of Atlanta was today appointed receiver for the Walker Predii man estate valued around $1000.04. The action, ordered by Indee Pendleton on the application of John L. Hopkins & Sons and King Snalding & Little, follows recent receiverships tied to the Inman cotton firm and notes James R. Gray as an heir. The receiver bond was set at $50,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Forrest Adair
Walker Predii
Indee Pendleton
John L. Hopkins & Sons
King, Snalding & Little
Inman & Co
Augusta
James R. Gray
Walker P. Inman_estate
Major catches at Moosehead and Belgrade Lakes
The passage notes huge recent catches at Moosehead Lake in Maine and Belgrade Lakes suggesting record fishing activity. It implies anglers from the Boston area are taking part in these lakes and highlights the popularity of the region for big catches.
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Moosehead
Belgrade
Boston
Adv
Unemployed Convention Sees Berkman Ejected After Free Speech Clash
Alexander Berkman was forcibly removed by four policemen from a National Convention of the Unemployed in Manhattan Lyceum after demanding to speak on free speech. The disturbance ended when order was restored and resolutions urged a $150 million public works program to relieve unemployment.
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National Convention of the Unemployed
Manhattan
Lyceum
East Fourth Street
Alexander Berkman
Berkman
L. T. Rush
Harry Kelly
Kelly
Mr. How
Mr Kelly
United States
Congress
Falling Man Succumbs On Madison Street Scene
Henry Nisbet of 158 East Forty fourth Street, 65, died yesterday afternoon near Madison Avenue and Fortieth Street after witnessing a horse stuck in a Subway manhole. The horse, driven by Julius Redher, was struck by a Madison Avenue car and strangled during removal. Nisbet had been en route to Presbyterian Hospital for his son’s operation.
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Henry Nisbet
East Forty-fourth Street
Madison Avenue
Navy
Army and Naval Union
George D. Nisbet
West Forty-second Street
Presbyterian Hospital
Manhattan Hotel
Mr. Nisbet
Julius Redher
East Thirty-second Street
Accient
New Gold Piece Mutilation Sparks Treasury Mark Change
Farran Zerbe shows a new gold coin marking for light-weight gold pieces. The double eagle bears a large 3 in the center bulging the reverse and making the coin worthless for circulation. It comes from a Columbus bank as part of 3800 light-weight pieces returned to the New York Sub-Treasury.
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Sub-Treasury
Farran Zerbe
American Numismatic Association
Columbus
Sherry Waiters Accused in Theft Case
Bela Reiss and Nicholas Fisher, waiters at Sherry s, Brooklyn, were jailed at Police Headquarters. Reiss charged with stealing a $300 cigarette case. Fisher with receiving stolen goods. Complainant James A Blair Jr of Blair Co. says the case vanished after April 28 dinner. Reiss confessed to finding the case and passing it to Fisher for a five dollar loan. Fisher says he did not know it was stolen. Jefferson Market Court held Reiss on $2000 bail. Fisher discharged.
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Bela Reiss
East 140Th Street
Nicholas Fisher
St. Mark's Place
Brooklyn
Sherry’s
Reiss
Fisher
James A. Blair, Jr
Blair & Co
Tiche and
Carvonell
Headquarters
Jefferson Market
Insurgent Republicans Press Currency Bill Details
A wave of letters from House Republicans to Chairman Vreeland urges strict locality limits for National banks within a single association, single association membership for each bank, and accountability for each member bank. They seek a redemption fund and fear conference maneuvering in the Aldrich process.
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New York Times
Washington, May
House
Vreeland
Treasury
Senate
Aldrich
Adrian Realty Records Reveal Estate Holdings of Michael J. Adrian
Executors transfer six deeds to Michael J. Adrian Corp to keep the late banker’s estate intact. The new corporation is capitalized at 1 782 000 dollars and covers extensive properties on Allen Street Bond Street Delancey Street Eldridge Street Grand Street Chrystie Street Mangin Street Tompkins Street East Third Street Second Avenue Canal Street East Broadway and others. The list includes 149th Street south side parcel and numerous addresses in Manhattan.
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Michael J. Adrian
German Exchange Bank
Charles L
Joseph M. Adrian
Michael J. Adrian Corporation
Allen Street
Bond Street
Sools Bowery
Delancey Street
Eldridge Street
Grand Street
Chrystie Street
Mangin Street
Tompkins Street
East Third Street
Second Avenue
Avenue C
East Sixth Street
Third Avenue
Sixth Avenue
Canal Street
East Broadway
1Ifth Street
East 126Th Street
Eighth Avenue
125Th Street
126Th Street
Ninth Avenue
Twenty-fourth Street
Thirty- Sixth Street
149Th Street
Tobacco Trust Faces Chancery Trial Over Duke Conduct
In Newark, New Jersey, charges allege James B. Duke as head of the American Tobacco Company violated pacts, restrained competition, and sought to control rivals. Testimony by Robert P. Richardson Jr. described nuisance and actual value concepts used by the trust and an offer to sell Richardson interests for $500,000.
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New Jersey
R. P. Richardson, Jr.,& Co
Richardsons
Robert P. Richardson, Jr
Duke
American Tobacco Company
Richardson
Hope To End Singer Building Strike
The strike at the Singer Building affects trades including plasterers and plumbers, with over 300 workers out. Union vs nonunion wood joining and store fitters are central, and contractors worry about delaying complete work as the General Arbitration Board considers a possible settlement today.
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Singer
Ainst
General Arbitration Board of the Building Trades
Bimberg Disinherits Wife and Daughter in 1906 Will
Meyer R. Bimberg known as Bim the Button Man left his estate to his brother Bernard K. Bimberg in a 1906 will filed for probate. Wife and daughter Edna, 15, receive no legacy. wife protests probate but considers a $5,000 quit claim for herself and $10,000 for Edna. Executor Leo Sondheim cites good reasons. Mrs. Bimberg says she knew nothing of the will until after death and cannot fathom the motive.
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Meyer R. Bimberg
Bim
Bernard K. Bimberg
Edna
New Jersey
Secret Door Used by Pittsburg Bank Cashier in Defalcation
William Montgomery, cashier of the Allegheny National Bank, was arrested on defalcation charges after a secret wall panel door helped him exit during a bank examiner visit. He allegedly loaned large sums to friends to cover shortages, with backing from Henry Reiber and others, and a deficit of about 469000. U S Bank Examiner William L Folds described a cash based system using the secret door and rear vault access.
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New York Times
Pittsburg
May
William L. Folds
William Montgomery
Allegheny National Bank
Folds
Montgomery
Farmers’ Deposit National Bank
Henry Reiber
Farmers’ Bank
William Stewart
Seaboard National and
Park National Banks of
New York
Allegheny Bank
Enterprise National Bank
United States Bank Examiner
John Young
Farmers’ National Bank
The
Commonwealth
Robert McAfee
Harrisburg
Montgomery faces preliminary hearing on bank case
President Stewart formed the facts and a touching scene occurred with the Board of Directors as Montgomery awaits a Monday May 18 preliminary hearing. Further information is expected then, but bail is not anticipated to rise.
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Stewart
Montgomery
Three Charged with Misappropriation in Bank case
The U S Grand Jury indicted Ernest W Bowman ex cashier of Citizens National Bank of Tionesta Penn and two lumber dealers Joseph W Landers and William G Wyman for misappropriation of bank funds and aiding and abetting the crime in Pittsburg Penn May 8.
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Pittsburg
Penn
United States Grand Jury
Ernest W. Bowman
Citizens’ National Bank of
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Allon
Rigkhers
Brill
Chamber Union
Squariz
Cortisdt
Greenwich
Ss P. Cormer
Nottingham
Lexington
Y Av
Path St
Inman Estate
LABOR
J. A. Blair, Jr
Adrian Realty
Building Trades Arbitration Board
Bimberg
Aminer
Pnet
Asa John Jameson
Sica
W.A. Taylor & Co
B’ Way
L. Nason
Queneer
Chas.Friedgen
Geo. Minrath
Munsch
Protzmatin & Co
H. Lowe
Pond, Bowes & Cartwright
American Drug Co
W. Schoonmaker
Dougan & Merritt
Ieid
Yeomans & Cubit
Koehler
Woell
Feigelman & Dolon
Wm. Raabe
Paul L. Caplan
Hans Ph Cy
Rencroft Drag
Sta Rehfuss
Kaims
E V. Schur
Perry-Winans Co
Hutton & Anderso Reid & Yeomans
Wilson’s
Vincent & Seym
R. Burkhardt
Huets
R. C. Knipe
St Join Wischerth
Aes
Osborn Ch
Fanning
Staten Islam Becker
Schwa
Riker's
Hegeman & Co
J. Milhau
Kalish Ph
J. Jungmann
Kinsman Drug Co
Caswell-Massey Co
the Alper
Ramsdell Drug Co
R. Hudnut
Circle Pharmacy
FE. McIntyre & Son
Pp Drug Co
Gold St
New York City
Foreign Office
Berlin
Germany
Ge Vero-Form Hygieni
Lowe Bros
AR Rockaway
F. C. Doolitile
Onkers
Ssining— Rice Eros
Iyack John Blauvelt
R. H. Macy & Co
Siexel Cooper Co
John Wanamaker
Simpson Crawford Co
A. Hearn
Lord & Taylor
Desmil
England
Violet
Eret
Crown
Jeunesse Doree
London
Crown Perfumery Co. OF
ONDON
East 20Th Sc
Dept
At Martin's
Rector's, Murrays
Hotel Astor
Waldorf Astoria
Plaza
Chicago
Clysmic Spring CO
Waukesha, Wis
Fifth Avenue
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