Shipbuilding suits settle for cash after five year fight
D. Leroy Dresser and underwriters settle with Mercantile Trust Company and others over the United States Shipbuilding promotion. The Nassau County Supreme Court approved a cash settlement of under $200,000 after Dresser's lawyer said he could not substantiate the charges. Dresser leaves court in anger as the group resolves the decade‑long litigation and related bankruptcies.
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D. Leroy Dresser
Trust Company of the Republic
Mercantile Trust
Dresser
Nassau
Mineola
United States Shippbuilding Company
Samuel Untermyer
Untermyer
Mercantile Trust Company
Nassau County Supreme Court
Resser
Shipbuilding Company
Commonwealth Trust Company
Actress Bee Hayes Punished For Court Contempt
Supreme Court Justice Aspinall in Brooklyn grants Moses A. Sachs motion to punish Edmond Jayes for contempt for stopping alimony payments in a July 1906 divorce case. Alimony had been paid through January this year. Hayes, now touring in the New England states, with sister Sabel Johnson, in vaudeville.
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Justice Aspinall
Supreme Court of Brooklyn
Moses A. Sachs
Park Row
Bee Hayes
Shusband
Edmond Jayes
Hayes
New England States
Sabel Johnson
jealous husband kills brother at Canova farm stand
At the Canova farm near Manassas Virginia a jealous husband Edward Fair shot and killed his brother Allen Fair after rushing from a neighbor Tucker Posey’s home. Posey intervened preserving the wife, but Fair then died in a struggle. Edward Fair and his wife were children of the late Carter Fair a prominent county figure.
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Manassas
Old Fair
Canova
Edward Fair
Allen Fair
Tucker Posey
Posey
Allen
Fair
Fair Brothers
Carter Fair
Polls Open 7 A.M. to 10 P.M. for Election Day
Voters may cast ballots from 7 in the morning until 10 at night. Those not registered cannot vote on November 3. Prospective primary participants must enroll at registration.
Delegates Split on Congress Results at Tuberculosis Meeting
A Times report shows foreign delegates largely satisfied with the congress and the Resolution Committee work on tenement reform, while many others express disappointment. Rev T Hunter Boyd of Canada defends the committee against charges of real estate influence. Twenty medical delegates toured Bellevue Hospital and the Rockefeller Institute with Dr John W Brannan and Commission Hebbard touring the river institutions.
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Times
Times Office
T. Hunter Boyd
Canada
Congress
Boyd
Bellevue Hospital
John W. Brannan
Patrd of Trustees
Rockefeller Institute
Sixty-fourth Street
East River
Hebbard
Mauretania's Builder Arrives in New York Aboard Lusitania
G P Hunter head of Swans Hunter of Wallsend on Tyne arrives in the United States aboard the Lusitania to oversee Mauretania related business. He says the hull shows no damage and the liner will sail from Liverpool today for a final trip of the season. The ship will dock in Birkenhead for a dry dock in November and December to fit a new eight ton prop shaft cast. He predicts future very large Atlantic liners and notes the size limit depends on port capacity. Other notable passengers include Franklin and Mrs Bartlett and Baroness de Pallandt among a group aboard.
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G! P. Hunter
Swans Hunter
Wallsend-on-Tyne
England
Iit
Hunter
Liverpool
Mauretania
Birkenhead
Queenstown
Atlanti
Lusitania
Franklin Bartlett
Bartlett
W. A. M. Burden
I.hsend Burden
J. Sergeant Cram
K. Martin Erdmann
W. H. W. Elliot
George H. Kinsolving
Caroline. Lippincott
Mary P. Lippincott
Abandon Schooner in a Gale Rescued by Seminole
The Baltimore schooner John A. Matheson with seven men endured four days and nights at sea after a September gale tore her masts and damaged her hull. Rescued by the steamer Seminole from Santo Domingo, the exhausted crew were landed at port, having kept the craft afloat with pumps and a salvaged lifeboat.
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Baltimore
John A. Matheson
Santo Domingo
Themé¢n
Hines O Matheson
Fortun Island
Hines
Nolathe
Essex
Gulf Deep Waterways Association Calls for Immediate Channel Opening
The Gulf Deep Waterways Association closes its session in Chicago with resolutions urging open access for the Great Lakes to the Gulf of Mexico. Shonts condemns state operation of railways, urges regulated yet privately run systems and warns against political ownership.
Ice Freight Rate Hearing Examines Mountain Ice Complaint
W Bahrenburg, president of Mountain Ice Company, testified at a federal hearing about delays and shrinkage of ice shipments on Lackawanna lines. Officials noted carriers’ transit times and proposed rate reductions. railroads described efforts to expedite ice handling as hearings continued.
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W. Bahrenburg
Mountain Ice Company
Federal
Lackawanna
H. C. Reynolds
J.H. Donnelly
Bahrenburg
Meris
Donnelly
Prouty
Baltimore & Ohio
Chi- Indiana & Southern
F. Ferber
Tobyhanna Creek Ice Company
K & Eastern
Susquehanna & Stern
Regulation Seeks Fair Returns and Self-Management
The text argues for rate fixes under review to ensure a fair return on investments and the right to operate owned properties under proper regulation. It emphasizes that this framework is essential, enabling property owners to manage their holdings effectively.
Monopolistic Fight Lines Up Economic Power and Public Service Commission
Buffalo observers report a heated commission inquiry into the Economic Power and Construction Company. Simon Fleischmann cites the New York Power Securities Company and alleges GE and NECA seek to crush a rival. Chairman Stevens defends the commission's mandate and questions the company’s charter and stock value.
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New York Times
Buffalo
Economic Power and Construction Company
Public Services Commission
New York Power Securities Company
Stevens
Simon Fleischmann
New York Company
Commission
General Electric Company
Fleischmann
General Electric
National Electric Light Association
Pal Service Commission
Econ
Economic Company
Hughes Answers Shonts on Public Service Commission Law
Hughes of New York declares the Public Service Commissions law does not interfere with legitimate enterprises. He says it enforces public rights and benefits those who deal with the public fairly, in a formal statement issued after questions at the Waterways Convention in Chicago.
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Chicago
Great Lakes
Gulf of Mexico
New Orleans
Olf
Gulf Deep Waterways Association
Shonts
New York Public Service
Mr. Shonts
New York State
New York
Webb City
Public Service Commissions Law
Theodore P. Shonts
Gov. Hughes
Public Service Commissions
Westchester Electric Railway Franchise Denied by Mount Vernon
Mount Vernon authorities announce the city will not grant a new franchise to Westchester Electric Railway. The original pact allowed a 5 cent fare to 129th Street, Manhattan, but riders now travel to 238th Street Bronx and pay a second fare. The proposed franchise would require routes and transfers without cross-line transfers.
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Westchester Electric Railway
Mount Vernon
Tnig
Union Railway System
129Th Street
Manhattan
238D Street
Bronx
Bequest Grants 81040 to Four Charities Under Eleanor Aricks Will
Under the will of Miss Eleanor Aricks filed for probate in the Surrogates' office, Mount Sinai Hospital United Hebrew Charities the Hebrew Free School Association and the Montefiore Home for Chronic Invalids will each receive 81040 as soon as certain real estate is disposed of. The estate value exceeds $10,000 in personal property and over $1,000 in real estate.
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Eleanor Aricks
Mount Sinai Hospital
United Hebrew Charities
Hebrew Free School Association
Montefiore Home
Canal Bid Witness Accused of Perjury
Col. Goethals and George D. Brooks explained how Lidgerwood Manufacturing won the Panama Canal earth carrying devices contract for Gatun Lock construction. William A. Brothers shouted perjury accusations. hearing adjourned briefly before resuming.
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Gatun
Panama Canal
Lidgerwood Manufacturing Company
George W. Goethals
George D. Brooks
E. A. Garlington
Col. Goethals
William A. Brothers
Balance Cable Company
Mr. Brothers
Spencer Miller
Lidgerwood Company
Miller
Gen. Garlington
Brothers
Mr. Brouthers
Gen
Garlington
Senator Slater
Government considers Lidgerwood contract pending legal clearance
Miller and Mr. Rousseau indicated the government would favor closing a Lidgerwood Company contract if legal issues do not block it. He added that any proof of discrimination in favor of Lidgerwood should be shown. The hearing will resume today.
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Brothers
Slater
Woods
Mr. Brothers
Col. Seibert
Spencer Miller
Mattby
Washington
Lidgerwood Company
Dodges Day & Co
Maltby
United States
Great Lake
New York Cableway Company
Major Seibert
Hy. H. Houy§eauy
Col. Goethals
Rousseau
Miller
City Budget Hearings Call for Urgent Economies
The Board of Estimate held a public hearing on the budget urging strict economy as debt risk rises. Speakers pressed for longer city employee hours, resisted pay cuts for teachers, and questioned highway funding while a time keeping system and cash-based purchases were urged.
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Board of Estimate
Brush
Metz
Alfred R. Conklin
Heso
Bureau of Highways
Queens
Charity Organization Society
Butler
Drs. Jacoby
Emile Mayer
City Club
Bureau of Municipal Research
Grand Jury Bias Challenge in Hains Case Denied
Justice Garretson in Flushing Supreme Court refused to allow a bias challenge against the Queens County Grand Jury in the Hains murder case. He noted only three prior instances of such challenges and said the indictment process would proceed with Sprechvirus as possible, with T Jenkins Hains to be indicted first.
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Peter C. Hains, Jr
T. Jenkins Hains
William E. Annis
Queens County Grand Jury
Garretson
Flushing
New York State
Darrin
Hains
Capt. Hains
Public Service Commission weighs Fifty ninth Street transfer case
Hearing on transfers continues as Wood cites abuses and a rider who used eight transfers on a single fare. Milburn says the company paid 25 in penalties. Webencker notes for every dollar gross earnings there is 2 to 3 dollars needed in investment. At current rate the Metropolitan cannot fund new equipment and operation may rely on gross income if transfers end.
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Public Service Commission
Wood
M Politan Street Railway Company
John T. Milburn
Charles F. Awebencker
Valuation Case Over Imported Artwork By Sir Jest
The court ruled on the valuation of imports from Loafidon including a portrait titled Lady by Sir Jest. Officials had assessed $12 075 total value with a 1 percent diary and a $200 invoice premium, determining the amount under customs valuation.
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Bovard of
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