Equitable Loan Discovery Triggers Suit for Recovery
Paul Morton reveals a second large loan link to the Mercantile Trust Company tied to the Equitable Life, seeking recovery of 718264.96 plus 265000 already paid on 485000 loan. The disclosure traces back to the Western National Bank era and namae indorsers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Morton
Equitable Life Assurance Society
Equitable
Mercantile Trust Company
James W. Alexander
Thomas D. Jordan
James H. Hyde
Mr. Morton
Western National
Old Western National Bank
National Bank
John W. Young
United States Shipbuilding Company
Gen. Fitzgerald
George W. Turner
Equitable Life
Commercial Trust Company of Philadelphia
Western National Bank
Equitable Trust
Alexander
Henry B. Hyde
Morton
Indexes and Notices on Hotel Amusements and Mail Pages
A listing from a 19th century newspaper shows sections for Amusements Arrivals of Out-of-Town Buyers and Marine Intelligence. It references pages for Business Troubles Court Calendars Real Estate Society Weather and other items with Maiden Lane New York as the location.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Service
Weather Report
Reyes Dictator of Colombia Reported From Panama
Unconfirmed reports from Panama say Gen Rafael Reyes President of Colombia declared himself dictator on September 8 and imprisoned Supreme Court members in Bogota. Rioters were fired on at the Presidential palace. many were killed or wounded. Revolutions were reported in Antioquia and Santander.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panama
Rafael Reyes
Colombia
Supreme Court
Bogota
Antioquia
Santander
Sergeant Saves Captain andOfficer in Runaway Horse Incident
Detective Sergeant Patrick Darcy of the High Bridge Police Station stopped a runaway horse after it bolted toward Capt. Charles C. Wendell and Det. William Curran. Darcy clung to the bridle despite being dragged and cut, guiding the horse away from the station house and returning it safely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patrick Darcy
High Bridge
William
Curran
Sedgwick Avenue
Darcy
Capt
Wendell
Wolf Street
Clergymen Rally Over Rabbi Levy Manchuria Remarks
Rabbi Leonard Levy who spoke after returning from Japan faced sharp criticism at the Presbyterian Ministers meeting in Pittsburg. Dr. H D Lindsay denounced Levy as prejudiced and said claims about converts to boost missionary funds lack any foundation and would be disproved by local clergy and laity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Pittsburg
Leonard Levy
Japan
Chicago
Manchuria
Presbyterian Ministers
Levy
H. D. Lindsay
Pennsylvania Railroad Fall Tour to Gettysburg and Washington
Pennsylvania Railroad conducts a five day fall tour from Sept 23 to 28 leaving New York City. The package costs $22 covering all necessary expenses. Consult Co. Studds EB P A 263 Fifth Avenue New York for details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gettysburg
Washington
Pennsylvania Railroad
New York City
Consult Co. Studds, EB. P. A
Fifth Avenue
New York
Promoters Arrested for Larceny in Wall Street Case
Charles Augustus Seton and Harrison H. McElhiney were arrested on grand larceny charges alleging thefts totaling 23,400 dollars from multiple electrical and related firms. Police say Seton & Co. solicited financing deals, misappropriating funds from the Houston Galveston and Interurban Railroad and other companies. The pair were seized after investigations linked to promises of bond placements and fake investment schemes. Their arraignment was scheduled for today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston, Galveston and Interurban Railroad Company
Charles Augustus Seton
Wall Street
Harrison H. McElhiney
McConville
Mulry
Taylor
McElhiney
Seton
Wall Street Exchange
C. Augustus Seton & Co
Hifth Avenue
O. H. Behnke
Fox River Railroad Company
Manitowoc
Wis
Seton & Co
J’ McKenzie
Manitoba Water Power Company
Ira Bliss Stewart
International Silver Company
Trolley
Houston, Galveston and
Slasson
Texas
J. M. Coleman
Houston
Garvan
Fifth Avenue
Rogues
Cleveland
Ohio
Mabel Hanna
Senator Hanna
Shied
Automobile racer Robert Kidd killed in New Jersey crash
Trenton report says Robert L. Kidd of Elberon New Jersey was killed when a car driven by S Hinman Bird of New York City left the road near Hightstown. Bird was injured and under care at the Railroad Hotel. Kidd served in the Rough Riders and in the Philippines and China conflicts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Trenton
Robert L. Kidd
Elberon
N. J
S. Hinman Bird
New York City
Princeton University
Hightstown
Ay Entor
Bird
Kidd
George H. Franklin
Charles T. Cook
Tiffany & Co
Clarence Porter
Staten Island
Rough Riders
Roosevelt
China
Philippines
Fall Excursions to Adirondack Mountains
Tickets on sale to Saranac Lake Lake Placid and other points from Sept 15 to 30 with return until Oct 81 Single fare plus 1.00 for the round trip Inquire of New York Central Agents Adyv.
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Adirondack Mountains
Saranac Lake
Lake Placid
New York Central
Adyv
Reforms Promised in Russia as election moves advance
A tsarist ukase will grant freedom of meeting speech and press and immunity from arrest as soon as measures are drafted. Poland gains more National Assembly seats. Odessa registers only 115 of 7000 voters amid military bans, prompting officials to seek another deputy. Four days left for registration.
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Odessa
National Assembly
Kieff
Ekaterinostaff
Kharkoff
Miss Alice Roosevelt Rides In Royal Seoul Palanquin
Miss Alice Roosevelt travels in the imperial yellow palanquin through crowded Seoul streets. She is greeted by American officials, Korean guards, and a welcoming band as the party proceeds to the American Legation after a special train.
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Seoul
Imperial Bodyguard
Alice Roosevelt
Legation
Roosevelt
Train
Newlands
Boardman
McMillin
Longworth
Gillette
Miss Roosevelt
Mrs. Newlands
Imperial Palace
Reverend Chamberlain’s suicide attempt shocks Idaho town
The Rev H W Chamberlain pastor at Priest River Idaho tried to blow out his brains to save a quarrelsome neighbor after a line fence dispute. He fired a rifle at his head but only made a scalp wound and survived with his wife tending him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Tacoma
H. W. Chamberlain
Priest River
Idaho
Chamberlain
Newport
Senator Cannon hailed as hero by Mothers Congress leader
Mrs. Frederick Schaff of Philadelphia, president of the National Mothers' Congress, calls Senator Frank J. Cannon of Utah a hero and martyr while blasting Mormon practices. She claims his father, a Mormon apostle, disowned him for opposing church hierarchy and teachings. She warns of possible assassination risks to his secretary and cites alleged polygamy in Utah.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Denver
Col
Frank J. Cannon
Utah
Frederick Schaff
Philadelphia
National Mothers’ Congress
Cannon
United States of
America
Rome
Goebel Named Head of Harvard Germanic Department
Dr. Julius Goebel, recently dismissed from Stanford, accepted Harvard University President Charles W. Eliot’s telegraphed offer to head the Germanic language department at Harvard. The move places Goebel in a leading academic post following the Stanford dismissal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Julius Goebel
Stanford University
Harvard
Charles W. Eliot
Harvard University
Majestic Arrives at Queenstown En Route to Liverpool
Steamship Majestic, sailing from New York to Liverpool, reached Queenstown at 2 43 this morning and continued its voyage.
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Majestic
New York
Liverpool
Queenstown
Great Gettysburg Battlefield Pennsylvania Rail Road Tour
The Pennsylvania Railroad Tour to Gettysburg and Washington departs September 23 at $22 round trip from New York. It covers Gettysburg for one day and two days in Washington with all expenses included. Also notes that good health depends on pure food and vanilla is pure with no substitutes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great
Gettysburg Battlefield
Gettysburg
Washington
New York
Bremen Liner Bremen Towed to Halifax After Towline Snapped
The North German Lloyd liner Bremen, with 850 passengers, was towed 320 miles to Halifax after its port propeller shaft broke and the starboard propeller failed. The Lucigen towed the disabled ship through fog to Sambro, and passengers await transfer or return to New York once salvage is decided in England.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Halifax
N. S
Bremen
New York
Plymouth
Cherbourg
Manila
Lucigen
Sambro
Citadel
Baltimore
England
Steamer Tropic Loses Seventeen Crew At Chilean Coast
Captain Barber and First Officer Liversage recount a disaster after Tropic ran aground fifteen miles from Putu Chile. A lifeboat carrying fifteen sailors and two officers vanished after clearing the ship amid high seas. The vessel later floated after jettisoning one sixth of its cargo of nitrate and iodine.
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New York Times
Boston
Barber
Liversage
Constitucion
Chile
Valparaiso
Putu
Dowbiggin
James Owen
Panic at Grand Central as Gasoline Barrel Explodes
A gasoline barrel exploded in the Grand Central area causing a panic among travelers yesterday. The blast occurred in a basement near Forty third Street and Vanderbilt Avenue, delaying trains as police and fire crews battled the flames and cleared crowds.
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Grand Central Station
Forty-third
Forty-fourth Streets
Vanderbilt and
Madison Avenues
Vanderbilt Avenue
Coynes
Train of the Century Twentieth Century Limited
The Train of the Century is the Twentieth Century Limited an 18 hourNYC Chicago run. It leaves New York at 3 30 P M and arrives Chicago at 8 30 next morning a night ride.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Chicago
New York Central Lines
Adyv
Man Leaps From Hamburg-American Liner Prinz Oskar
While Prinz Oskar entering Palermo harbor, American passenger William Rens jumped overboard and drowned. The liner was en route from Genoa to Naples and New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Rens
Palermo Harbor
Palermo
Genoa
Naples
New York
Boy Injured by Gen Butt Auto In New London
Martin Felix, 13, of New London, was struck by an auto owned by Gen McCoskry Butt of New York near the Pequot summer residence. He suffered a fractured skull, a broken thigh, and internal injuries and is not expected to live. Authorities believe he darted into the street while fleeing a companion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New London
Conn
Martin Felix
Gen. McCoskry Butt
New York
Archbishop Glennon Returns With Cathedral Plan for St Louis
Archbishop John J Glennon, head of the Catholic Archdiocese of St Louis, returns from two months abroad with plans for a $1,000,000 cathedral. He met architects in Paris and Berlin and says the new church will be one of the most imposing in the country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis
John J.glennon
Roosevelt Jr Cleared for Harvard Admission
J G Hart announced Theodore Roosevelt Jr has passed Harvard entrance exams and will reside in Clavery Hall. As a Groton alumnus he knows leaders in college politics, and his father’s Porcellian membership ensures his place in the famed Harvard club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Cambridge
Mass
J.G. Hart
IH H
Harvard
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr
University
Clavery Hall
Groton
Harvard Club
Robbery at Rear Admiral Bowles Home in Boston
Two men posing as telephone inspectors entered the home of Rear Admiral Francis T Bowles and stole a gold chain and diamond locket from a box containing valuable papers. The box was returned within three hours by express, but the jewelry valued at 250 dollars remained missing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Boston
Francis T. Bowles
Fore River Ship and Engine Company
Bureau of Naval Construction of the Navy
Express
The Cumbal Brought Into New York After Ma gellan Straits Standoff
The steamship Cumbal, stranded 127 days in the Straits of Magellan and later freed, reached New York with 10,000 tons of cargo mostly lost. It had been en route from New York to the west coast of Africa and was later drydocked in Buenos Aires for temporary repairs before permanent fixes in New York.
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Straits of Magellan
Buenos
Ayres
New York
Buenos Ayres
Africa
Leiter Mansion Powers Russian Embassy Move View
Washington reports the marble Leiter residence on Du Pont Circle is under negotiations to house the Russian Embassy. Count Cassini held nearby Scott Circle home for six years, but Rosen seeks a more elegant, roomy embassy. Mrs. Leiter, opposed before, may rethink as agents press for a sale or rental.
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New York Times
Washington
Levi Z. Leiter
du Pont Circle
Count Cassini
Prof
Bell
Scott Circle
Baron Rosen
Marshall Denied Bail in Pittsburg Fraud Case
Detectives returned from New York City with Arthur G. Marshall after five indictments by the Grand Jury. Marshall cannot post bail and is jailed in Allegheny County. Authorities say his frauds and accomplices netted over 1 million dollars. He claims to be penniless and planned to flee with partner Dunbar after collecting funds from agents. Marshall headed several mutual insurance companies including Duquesne Mutual, North American Mutual, Lafayette Mutual, and the Pennsylvania Insurance Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Pittsburg
Rice
Arthur G. Marshall
New York City
Marshall
Allegheny County
Dunbar
Duquesne Mutual Insurance Company
North American Mutual
Lafayette Mutual
Pennsylvania Insurance Company
Pony event ends with rider shaken but expected to recover
Glen Cove New York rider Anderson Diana son of Paul Dana was thrown over hurdles yesterday afternoon. He was shaken up and taken home. Doctors will monitor him for some time but no serious injuries are expected.
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Glen Cove
L. I
Anderson Diana
Paul Dana
Excursion to Atlantic City From New York Sunday
A special Pennsy Railroad excursion to Atlantic City departs New York at 6 45 A M with stops at Newark and Elizabeth and returns from Atlantic City at 7 00 P M The season ends with this last trip and the fare is 2 50 round trip.
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Atlantic City
Pennsyvania Railroad
New York
Newark
Elizabeth
Adyv
Plunkitt Defeated as New York Primaries Roil City
Riots and fraud accusations marked yesterday’s primaries across Greater New York as Thomas J. McManus and Alderman Richter toppled George W. Plunkitt in Manhattan’s Fifteenth. Across the city party leaders mostly held, with McCarren expanding control in Brooklyn and other districts reporting tight races.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manhattan
Greater New
Tammany Primaries End in Political Upheaval and Victories
The Democratic leaders faced clashes in the Fifteenth and other districts as McManus Richter defeated Plunkitt Dordan by 371 votes. Prendergast held Fifth District control with 1,116 to O Neill’s 546. Harburger swept Tenth District with 1,300 to Maas’s 171 while Mandel pursued assault charges against Harburger’s son. Martin won Twenty seventh District with 1,219 to 165.
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Tammany
Thomas J. McManus
Alderman Richter
Plunkitt-Dordan
Thirty-second
Julius Harburger
George W. Plunkitt
John E. Dordan
McManus
Plunkitt
Fifth
Joseph F. Prendergast
Gos
George S. O'Neil
O'Neil
William Astor Chanler
Prendergast
Martin
Samuel Maas
Maas
Arthur C. Mandel
Broadway
Harry Harburger
Young Harburger
Yorkville Court
Baker
Mandel
Tenth
Harburger
Fourth District
Second Avenue
First Street
Twenty-seventh
James J. Martin
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Turner Loans
Salt Lake
Fort Douglass
R. R. Co
Eastern Ry. Co
Salt Lake Dock Co
Prowers
Colic
Society
Louis Fitzgerald
Turner
Trust Company
Marcellus Hartley
John E. Searles
W. N. Coler, Jr
H. B. Hyde
Maiden Lane
Diego Mendoza
United States
Reyes
Marroquin
Mexico
Diaz
Porfirio Diaz
Spain
Enrique
Nestor
Mr. Levy
Seton and
Sev
Eral
Telegraph
Russia
London TimEs
ST. Petersburg
Poland
Royal Palanquin
Clergyman
Senator Cannon
Dr. Goebel
Hawser
Tropic
Grand Central
Gen. Butt
New London Street
Archbishop Glennon
Admiral Bowles
Magellan Rocks
Leiter
Czar
Mich
Ael Blake
May
York
Fifteenth Assembly
Richter
Bronx
New York County
W. H. Douglas
Theodore P. Gillman
Herman Joveshof
Michael Blake
Fifteenth
Fifth Assembly
McCarren
Kings County
Brooklyn
Michael E. Butler
Matthew FE. Dooley
Dordan
J. Daniel FE. Finn
Thomas Murphy
Frank J. Goodwin
M. Featherson
JuHus Harburger
Thomas E. Rush
William H. Sinnott
William Dalton
Isaac A. Hopper
J. Seutly
Peter J. Dooling
Nicholas J. Hayes
John T. Oakley
James J. Frawley
Thesa McManus
Nicholas J. Haynes
Patrick Keenan
South Side
John F Curry
Eugene J. McGuire
F. Murphy
North Side
James J. Hagan
Louis F. Haffen
O'Neill
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