Police Crackdown on Taxicab Strikers After Citywide Attacks
Police boosted patrols at taxi stands and hotel entrances after attacks on taxicabs near the Majestic Plaza Hotels and Rector's Restaurant. A taxicab superintendent was assaulted, a hotel dining room window was broken by a brick, and detectives continued patrols to deter further violence. Officer Berry fired at a touring car fleeing after an assault on driver Edward L. Carlin.
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Majestic
Plaza
Rector's
Hotel Majestic
Central Park
Joseph F. Wiggins
West Sixty-eighth Street
Hotel Empire
Victoria Hotel
Broadway
Twenty-seventh Street
Knickerbocker
James B.regan
New York
J. A. Rierdon
Bureau of Licenses
Rene
Edward L. Carlin
Carlin
Berry
Fifty-ninth Street
Eighth Avenue
Vows Parson Kissed Her Sparks Local Scandal
Special to The New York Times from Bag Harbor Illinois reports charges against Rev. Frederick W. Fairfield Baptist minister from Brooklyn accused of kissing a young parishioner and hugging a matron. He denies and threatens slander suit.
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New York Times
Bag Harbor
L.il
Frederick W. Fairfield
The
Baptist Church
Brooklyn
Fairfield
Manhattan
May Rohm
Samuel Tuttle
Southampton
Mr. Tuttle
Mr. Fairfield
Tuttle
Mrs Dunn Granted Alimony On Trial Basis
Supreme Court Justice Glegerich ordered Charles E Dunn to pay wife Margaret Dunn $20 weekly alimony and $10 counsel fee pending trial of separation. Mrs Dunn claimed her husband’s income reached at least $15,000 a year and had gambling house interests.
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Dunn
Margaret Dunn
Charles E. Dunn
Supreme Court
Glegerich
Coler Enlists Aldermen in Probe of Accounts Board
The Aldermen at yesterday's meeting voted to investigate the Commissioners of Accounts who have been probing other city departments. The Commissioners submitted a 1907 1908 statement detailing expenditures and staffing in borough presidents investigations and other departments. A debate followed with Coler claiming bonds overissue and book alterations were involved, then the board moved to address the issue as a group.
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Commissioners of Accounts
Celer
Brooklyn
Queens
Manhattan
Bioux
Richmond
Coler
Tim” Sullivan
Cen
Ashokan Dam
Ford Commission
Little Tim” Sullivan
McGowan
Sinking Fund Commission
Pastor Young Is Released To Brooklyn Church
Pittsburg Presbytery voted 49 to 1 to release Rev. S. Edward Young from Second Presbyterian Pittsburg to Bedford Presbyterian Church in Brooklyn. Young said he will preach his farewell here next Sunday and outlined a new, more intellectual approach for Brooklyn. Plans for a new Bedford Church in Brooklyn were approved for immediate erection.
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New York Times
Pittsburg
Penn
S. Edward ‘Young
Second Presbyterian Church
Bedford
Dr. Young
Brooklyn
Wife obstructs arrest in Flatbush accountant case
Central Office Detectives Wilbur and Gegan arrested accountant Alexander O. Uhlitz at 710 Elmore Place Flatbush on a $250 theft complaint from M I Seward. Mrs Uhlitz resisted and threatened to shoot, later denying involvement as officers and a lawyer argued over warrants and legality.
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Central Office
Wilbur and
Gegan
Alexander O. Uhlitz
Elmore Place
Flatbush
Uhlitz
Ie Uhlitz
M. I. Seward
Broadway
Wilbur
Robbed baker turns on gas and ends his life
David J. Marcus, 54, was held up by six men who robbed him of $960 borrowed to start a bake shop at 27 First Avenue. He left a note and died by suicide in the store rear. Marcus had a long baking career on East Side and nine children.
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David JL. Marcus
First Avenue
Marcus
Allen Street
False Notice Triggers BankDepositors Rush at Court
About fifty depositors, mainly Russians and Jews from the Polone Mogilewsky Werner bank at 391 Grand Street, gathered at the U S District Court after a forged notice claimed funds were available. The bank, petitioned into bankruptcy on Sept 29, faced testimony by receiver Leo Oppenheimer, with clerks revealing fictitious forged notes used to obtain money elsewhere.
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Polone
Mogilewsky & Werner
Grand Street
United States District Court
United States District Court Clerk's Office
Leo Oppenheimer
United States
Alexander
Railroad executives report traffic back to normal in Southwest
President Winchell of the Chicago Rock Island Pacific says railroad traffic in his territory is nearly normal with only small car shortages at some points. He notes gains in lumber and merchandise movement, discusses rate disputes with Western roads, and details a new stockholders and employees association aiming to curb what they call unreasonable regulation.
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Winchell
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railways Company
Wichell
Inter-State Commerce Commission
Association of Railroad Stoockholders
Earling
St. Paul
Union Pacific meeting acts on mortgage and bonds
At the Salt Lake City annual stockholders meeting Union Pacific directors were re elected. Shareholders authorized transferring the first mortgage to Equitable Trust Company of New York to reflect a first lien and refunding mortgage and approved increasing the bonds to 200 million dollars. They also authorized purchase of the South Omaha and Western Railroad Nebraska line.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Union Pacific Railroad Company
Equitable Trust Company of
New York
Equitable Trust Company
South Omaha & Western Railroad
Nebraska
Wisconsin Central elects four new directors at Milwaukee meeting
Newman Erb C Dickinson J A S Graves and George J Gould elected to the Wisconsin Central Railway board. They replace M T Cox J F Hill G A W Dodge and C C Rasmus. Annual report shows gross earnings 7 307 311 35 and net 2 175 668 26. Erb Dickinson linked to Fernald syndicate stock stake.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Wisconsin Central Railway
Newman Erb
C. Dickindon
J. A
Graves
Gould
Wisconsin Central
All Winter Swimmer Dies of Cramps
Harry Walsh of Bay Twenty-third Street Bath Avenue Bath Beach died after cramps while swimming daily this fall. He entered the water off Bay Twenty-third Street yesterday afternoon as friends watched and William Cooney leapt in to aid him, but Walsh died after being brought ashore.
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Harry Walsh
Bay
Twentieth Street
Bath Avenue
Bath Beach
Bay Twenty-third Street
William Cooney
Fire losses list across Manhattan addresses
A compiled chart records yesterday's fires with addresses and apparent losses. Notable entries include 415 Madison Av and 500 West 159th St with small to moderate figures, and a $5 000 loss at 117th St East with Wallsesch Bros. The list notes trifling or minor losses at several locations and lists firms like New York Bill Posting Company and Great Northern Paper among entries.
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A. M
West 69Th St
Allen Sheppard
Madison Av
Bleecker St
40Th St
S. Friedlander
West 173d St
Isaac Siessinger
N. Goodman
C. J. Sullivan Advi. Co
F. M
St. Ann's
New York Bill Posting Company
108Th St
H. Budde
117Th St
Wallsesch Bros
Ing
Broadway
Ssth St
A. van Beuren & Co Lice Dees
Elizabeth St
A. Alter
Pier
N. R
Great Northern Paper
F. Butterfield
4Th St
E. E. Sentein
Ead Athr Ou
Pease Sv
Chisholm St
M. Zender
Goulds Plan Big Outlay For Denver Terminals
Denver plans to spend 10 to 12 million dollars to expand the Denver & Rio Grande terminals and equipment. The expansion aims to handle business from the Western Pacific Railway completion to San Francisco with major yard facilities in Denver. Additional orders include cars and locomotives, with land acquisitions and cross-line connections contemplated.
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New York Times
Denver
Col
Denver & Rio
Pueblo
Grand Junction
Salida
Salt Lake
Western Pacific Railway
San Francisco
Gould Companies
Pacific
Missouri Pacific
Lenora
Kan
Goulds
Gary on Southern Board Elects Gary to Chair
Samuel Spencer's death led to a Southern Railway board vacancy filled by F E Gary of United States Steel. Wages cuts or rate increases loom, Finley says, with a favor toward raising rates as business recovers. H C Fahnestock W W Finley and Charles Steele re elected by stockholders at Richmond meeting.
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Southern Railway
Samuel Spencer
The
Road
F E. H. Gary
United States Steel Corporation
Messrs
H. C. Fahnestock
W. W. Finley
Charles Steele
Richmond
Finley
Brayton Ives Elected President of Northwestern Consolidated Milling
Brayton Ives of New York was elected president at the Northwestern Consolidated Milling Company annual meeting in Minneapolis on October 13, succeeding Albert C. Loring who had held the post since 1899. Harry P. Gallaher remains active as Vice President and General Manager, with Major W. D. Hale as Secretary and H. E. Kent as Treasurer.
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Minneapolis
Erie Directors Re–elected at Annual Railroad Meeting
At the Erie Railroad annual meeting retiring directors led by E H Harriman were re-elected to the board. Extracts from the annual report were read for stockholders present, with the report not yet distributed. The earnings statement showed gross year claim of 50,007,003 and operating income after taxes 8,918,570 while last year’s net earnings after expenses and taxes were 15,747,788.
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The
Erie Railroad
E H. Harriman
Syndicate Buys Leeds Estate Shares in American Can
A syndicate led by D. G. Reid J. H. Moore W. H. Moore and W. T. Graham has acquired about 4000 American Can Company shares and the Leeds collateral trust bonds of the Rock Island. Leeds helped organize American Can and the same group previously gained control of the old Rock Island Railway. The purchase signals reduced market supply as American Can preferred rose 34 points.
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W. B. Leeds
American Can Company
D. G. Reid
J. H. Moore
W. H. Moore
W. T. Graham
Leeds
Rock Island
Mr. Leeds
Old Rock Island Railway
Leeds ‘Holdings
American Can Preferred
Rail and finance notes from early 1900s markets and companies
Voting trust of Lehigh Valley Transit to be extended three years. Strong demand for Mexican Irrigation Bonds Syndicate seen in Europe and U S. Wabash Railroad stockholders pre elect officers in Toledo with 75 percent stock and 95 percent debenture votes. board to meet in New York. Orphan Copper Company refutes sale talk to Miami Copper Company. Spencer Trask and N W Harris buy one million dollars jointly. Milwaukee Electric Railway issues 4 percent bonds to refund city railways bonds due 1908 at 95 and interest.
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Lehigh Valley Transit Company
Philadelphia
Europe
Wabash Railroad Company
Toledo
New York
Melville D. Chapman
The
Orphan Copper Company
Miami Copper Company
Spencer, Trask & Co
N. W. Harris & Co
Milwaukee Electric Railway and Light Company
Milwaukee City Railways
Missionaries hail changes in the East at 99th board convention
The ninety ninth American Board of Foreign Missions convention opened in Brooklyn with delegates filling the Academy of Music. Leaders praised reforms in Turkey China and India and urged expansion, noting need for sixty new missionaries and reporting a $3,082 gain but a $79,891 deficit.
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American Board of Foreign Missions
Academy of Music
Brooklyn
R. J. Kent
Lewis Avenue
Albert J. Lyman
Samuel B. Capen
Boston
Turkey
China
India
Cornelius H. Patton
Harry Wade Hicks
Express Co fight on again over dividends after directors meeting
Shareholders pressure Platt management to raise liberal dividends after a fall 1907 raise and spring 1908 cut to 2 percent. Court action may compel a shareholder meeting to assert majority rights as six months earnings surpass last year.
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United States Express Company
Platt
Platts
Adams
American Express
United States
Hart and Banister
Thomas C. Platt
Rival committee forms to challenge railway bondholders group
A new rival to the Bondholders Protective Committee for the Tarrytown Whits Plains and Mamaroneck Railway was announced. It includes Charles Remsen G Howland Leavitt and William Manice. Sutro Brothers organized it. The subsidiary of Third Avenue Railway was in receivership since January and defaulted September 1 interest. David B. Kirby of 55 William Street is secretary. Knickerbocker Trust Company holds the bond depository.
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Tarrytown, Whits Plains
Sunday golf clash at Plainfield Country Club planned
Plainfield Country Club seeks to permit Sunday golf for the third time in two years. A special meeting is planned for next Tuesday to vote on a constitutional amendment. Backers include ex councilman Mellick and Elliott Barrows. opposed by Wall Street figures and Craig Marsh who Leads the opposition.
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New York Times
Plainfield
Plainfield Country Club
Ballustol
Westfield
Plainfield Club
George P. Mellick
New York Banker
Elliott T. Barrows
New York Produce Exchange
Wall Street
Craig A.marsh
UN County Bar Association
Banks Agree to Settlement in Convertibles and New Stock
The Readuitment Committee of Westinghouse Electric says four major creditors the National Park Chase National the National Bank of Commerce and New York Life Insurance and Trust will take TM percent in convertible bonds and 50 percent in new stock to settle their claims. This move is expected to encourage other banks to follow suit and end the receivership.
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Westinghouse Electric Company
National Park
Chase National
National Bank of Commerce
New York Life Insurance and Trust Company
Russian Exhibition and sale at Neal Russian Lapees fairbanks
Special 49 The Nav Vofs Times advertises a Russian exhibition and sale featuring lacquers, tapestries, crash linen, curved wood items, lacquerware and more. Open 10. ModamM Wholesale and Idtail. Vladimiie home 6 West 21st St. Ne K strat.
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Vladimie F Ome
West
21St ST
K Strat
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