New Haven Railroa d Directors Scorned in ICC Report
Interstate Commerce Commission faulted the New York New Haven and Hartford system over the North Haven wreck killing 21 and injuring many. It named directors led by Rockefeller and Morgenson, urging safety reforms and possible federal action if the railroad fails to act.
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Mperial
New York Times
Washington
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Company
Interstate Commerce Commission
White Mountain Express
Bar Harbor Express
North Haven
Conn
William Rockefeller
J. Pierpont Morgson
Kameé
Congress
Howard Elliott
New Haven
McChord
Bardo
Springfield
Airboat courtship to wed Miss Wharton in cloudland romance
L A Willis, wealthy polo player and aviator, to marry Susanne Wharton of Plainfield New Jersey. The engagement is announced by her parents at a luncheon. The couple fell in love during flights over the St Lawrence and Lake Michigan regions. Willis has flown an airboat from Alexandria Bay to Detroit, and has lived in Chicago for years.
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L. A. Willis
Susanne Wharton
Belvidere Avenue
Plainfield
N. J
Chicago
Miss Wharton
Clifton Wharton, Jr
Mr. Vilas
Whartons
Thousand Islands
Alexandria Bay
St. Lawrence
Young Vilas
Vilas
Osgood Pell
Nathan Straus
Long Island Sound
St. Joseph
Detroit
Mich
Lake Michigan
Engineer Killed Crossing Tracks Before Retirement
Irwin De Raney, 60, of 230 Park Avenue Hoboken, an engineer on the Delaware Lackawanna and Western Railroad, was struck and killed by an incoming train as he crossed tracks near the Hoboken terminal just after bidding farewell to his locomotive on the eve of retirement. His brother John, another engineer, identified him among onlookers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irwin de Raney
Park Avenue
Hoboken
Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad
de Raney
John
Lackawanna Limited
Buffalo
Winthrop Gems Stolen From Jericho Road Home
Henry Rodgers Winthrop banker living near Cold Spring Harbor reports to Sheriff De Mott a Thursday night or early Friday morning jewelry valued at 9000 dollars stolen from his wife’s bedroom. No doors forced indicates possible inside involvement with six women servants and two butlers present. Stolen items include rings watches and necklaces. The Winthrops had returned from a European trip to Cold Spring Harbor.
Divorce Suit Reveals Grace Drew Married Status
In Clayton Missouri a suit for divorce against Grace Drew reveals she was once Mrs. John W. Drew of St. Louis a carriage manufacturer. Drew charges desertion stating they wed in September 1907 separated May 25 1912 and that Mrs Drew now resides with her mother in St Louis while rehearsing in New York for a new musical comedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis
Clayton
Grace Drew
Drew
John W. Drew
Oregon Sets 9 25 Weekly Wages for Women Clerks
The Industrial Welfare Commission of Oregon announces a rule to take effect November 23 fixing a minimum wage of 9 25 a week for adult women clerks not apprentices. It defines a workday as eight hours and twenty minutes and a workweek as fifty hours with 6 PM as the latest shopping hour for year round. The order ends Saturday shopping and Christmas holiday night shopping in mercantile stores, despite protests from some department store owners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Ore
Industrial Welfare Commission of Oregon
TS Pre. Etara
Mayor Gaynor left five children most of estate in will
Brooklyn mayoral will leaves widow and five children most of a 1.0 to 1.5 million estate with $1000 to each married daughter and two-sevenths of residue to Rufus with a codicil ending trust at age 30. Real estate includes Brooklyn homes, Fulton Street building, Myrtle Avenue tenements, and Deepwells estate at St James.
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Gaynor
Brooklyn
Mr. Gaynor
New York Times
Europe
Hoboken
Wills
Royal Baking Powder Company
Suffolk County
Baking Powder Company
William Ziegler
Eighth Avenue
Fulton Street
Myrtle Avenue
Navy Street
Deepwells
St. James
Ink Sweet James
Williams. Champ
Realty Trust
Ziegler
Edith A. Gaynor
Harry K. Wingut
Gertrude Gaynor
W. Seward Webb, Jr
W. Seward Webb
Furst
Rufus Gaynor
Whaley accused of buying congressional seat in Charleston
Mayor John P Grace of Charleston files a sworn petition with Speaker Clark alleging Representative Richard Whaley spent at least sixty thousand dollars to win the First district seat. Grace claims Whaley violated the Federal Campaign Publicity Law and committed multiple perjuries by underreporting campaign expenditures while seeking reelection. The petition is referred to the House Elections Committee amid Whaley's denial that the charges are true.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Washington
John P. Grace
Charleston
S. C
Clark
Richard §. Whaley
Congress
First
South Carolina
Grace
Whaley
House
House Elections Committee
Geo S. Legare
Richard Ss. Whaley
House of Representatives
Grace Petition
Criminal Code of
Supreme Court
United Kingdom Employers Defense Union Formed to Back Firms
A new association named the United Kingdom Employers' Defense Union seeks to amass a 250 million pound guarantee fund to back employers during strikes. Major donors pledge 250k each with other gifts. calls to the fund capped at 7 percent annually. The group claims no anti union stance but aims to defend contracts, prevent intimidation, and amend the Trade Disputes Act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marconi Transatlantic
New York Times
London
Times
United Kingdom
Employers’ Defense Union
Defense Union
Guarantee Fund
Testimony Freely Advocates Sulzer Use of Funds
Schiff testified that the general intent was for Gov. Sulzer to use $2,500 as he pleased and that it could have been available for any purpose, including campaign expenses. Morgenthau described giving a $1,000 check to Sulzer, saying he hoped to help him become governor and acknowledging his generosity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gov. Sulzer
Jacob H. Schiff
National Committee
Henry Morgenthau
Albany
Sulzer
Schiff
Louis Marshall
Schiff and
Morgenthau
Thomas Godwin
Farmers’ Loan and Trust Company of
New York
William Sulzer
Lyman A. Spalding
Godwin
Mr. Sulzer
Farmers’ Loan and
Ust
Spalding
Orig Feweek LL Colwell
Boyer & Old
Edison Confronted by New Lab Office Boy
Thomas A. Edison, entering the West Orange laboratory yard, was stopped by a 16 year old attached to the office force who refused entry to strangers. The inventor then asked to see the office representative William H Meadowcroft and agreed to employ a worker willing to apply at times. He praised the boy for enforcing laboratory rules and expressed hope the policy would be upheld.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas A. Edison
Edison
West Orange
N. J
Mr. Edison
William H. Meadowcroft
Meadowcroft
Lanston Released on Bond in Wife’s Abduction Case
Aubrey Lanston, arrested on his wife’s claim he planned to flee to join an affinity in Belgium, was released on a $2000 bond. Settlement talks for $200 a month to Mrs. Lanston continue, while she plans to seek a limited divorce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Washington
Aubrey Lanston
Belgium
Brewer Dies in Court During Damages Trial
Max E. Bernheimer president and treasurer of Bernheimer & Schwartz Pilsner Brewing Company collapsed in Brooklyn Supreme Court IV while testimony was given in a damages suit. He was 65 and died instantly after losing consciousness as a subpoena was handed to him. The hearing sought $10,000 for injuries at the brewery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Max E. Bernheimer
Bernheimer & Schwartz Pilsner Brewing Company
Amsterdam Avenue
128Th Street
Sfpreme
Brooklyn
Yesternoon
Bernheimer
George M. Conrady
Justice van Sielen
Justice van Siclen
Buckley
Brooklyn Hospital
West Seventy-second Street
Manhattan
New York City
Gustav Kerz
Independence League Turmoil as Hopper Faction Loses Control
A stormy Arlington Hall meeting of Hearst’s Independence League ends with James A. Allen’s faction seizing power over county officer elections while Hopper supporters accuse Tammany manipulation and vow to quit. Donegan chairs amid uproar as Hopper’s camp loses key posts and unity dissolves.
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Independence League
William R. Hearst
Cnll
Arlington Hall
John J. Hopper
McAneny
Fusion
Hearst
F. Murphy
Charles
Hopper
League
Tammany
Perodo Hearst
L. J. O'Reilly
Sonal
James A. Allen
John Pur
Hearst Roy Mitchel
Per
Gehring
Marcus M. Marks
Nis
Hopfusion
Charlies S. Dlidate
Hhe
Ing
Arlington Hall of Opper
Allen
Ily
James A
Tom Hopper
Donegan
William Jennings Bryan
Tammany All
William S. Henchy
Tempora
Edward Endelman
Endelman
James Parker
Twenty-third District
Mor
Mr. O'Reilly
O'Reilly
Tammany Halli
Hones
Charles F. Murphy
Prinzess Irene Arrives at Naples Sep 13 in Shipping News
Latest Shipping News reports the arrival of the SS Prinzess Irene at Naples on September 13. The item is part of a period advertisement urging an ambitious advertising man to join The Independent on its new management and format, inviting letters to J. S. Hamilton at 119 West 40th Street.
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Naples
New England
Independent
Next
J. 5
Hamilton
West 40Th
Norwich Player Severely Injured in Holy Cross Game
Vernon Belyea left half back of Norwich University suffered a fracture of the sixth spinal vertebra during the September 24 game with Holy Cross in Worcester Massachusetts. He is hospitalized at St. Vincent's with a serious condition. his home is Greenfield Massachusetts.
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Worcester
Mass
Vernon Belyea
Norwich University
Holy Cross
Belyea
St. Vincent's Hospital
Ees
Greenfield
Fire Breaks Out Between Walls at Vanderbilts’ Home
A mysterious fire started late last evening in the hallway between brick walls of 3 West Fifty-seventh Street, home of Mrs Frederick Pearson near Mrs Cornelius Vanderbilt. John Davis felt heat on the wall and alerted police. Firemen found no wiring, chopped away the wall, but the damage was trifling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Fifty-seventh Street
Frederick Pearson
Cornelius Vanderbilt
John Davis
Grace
Fox
Mount Temple Steamship Runs Ashore Off Montreal
The Mount Temple of the Canadian Pacific Railway ran ashore in the St Lawrence off Maissoneuve in fog shortly after leaving Montreal for London. The vessel is reported badly damaged with only five passengers aboard.
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Montreal
Quebec
Mount Temple
Canadian Pacific Railway
London
St. Lawrence
Maissoneuve
Vassar Bans Butter for Health at College
Poughkeepsie September 24. After a yearlong health study Vassar College orders cotton mattresses and butter banned from the table. Girls will sleep on hair mattresses as dust and discomfort provoke protest and fruitless objections. Authorities removed and burned cotton mattresses during Summer vacation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Poughkeepsie
Vassar College
Syracuse High Schools Strike Over New Hours
In Syracuse on September 24, a mass meeting backed by leading citizens, parents, and pupils condemned the 9 A M to 2 30 P M school hours as outrageous and unhealthful. The Board of Education wants a fair trial for the schedule while more than 1,000 strikers have been suspended indefinitely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Syracuse
Board of Education
Impeachment Trial Nears Close as High Court Votes
Sulzer counsel rejoices as impeachment managers claim exoneration cannot erase larceny charges. Court votes 49 to 7 to decide law with facts at trial end. Cullen again leads, his views align with Sulzer outline and uphold assembly acts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Court
Impeachment Trial Opens in Sulzer Case in Albany
The High Court of Impeachment hears whether William Sulzer is guilty of corrupt and willful misconduct. Witnesses include Jacob Schiff and Henry Morgenthau testifying on campaign contributions and their use. Testimony notes doubts over signatures and funds, with implications for accounting and possible perjury charges.
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New York Times
Albany
High Court
William Sulzer
Edgar M. Cullen
Sulzer
Jacob H. Schiff
New York
Henry Morgenthau
Turkey
Schiff
Morgenthau
Mr. Sulzer
Mr. Schiff
Mr. Morgenthau
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Defense
Lanston
Brewer
M. E. Bernheimer
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J. A. Donegan
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