Harriman Optimistic on Rail Rates and Prosperity
Edward H Harriman predicts a more rational national mood on pres ent railroad issues and expands. He argues prosperity from higher crop production and farmer sales, urges railroad credit and improved efficiency, supports regulated publicity but opposes forced competition. He notes railroad and steamship rate publishing rulings may hurt transshipment. He plans a Pacific Coast visit to discuss tunnel finance and train improvements amid growing freight needs.
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Edward H. Harrigan
Roosevelt
Taft
Interstate Com- Commission
Railroads
Trans- Steamship Lines
Harriman Repis
Harriman
Herriman
Pacific Coast
San Francisco
Pelican Bay Lodge
Klamath Lake
Oregon
Texas Rail Commission to file complaint over rail rate increases
Washington August 7 After a conference between Interstate Commerce Commission chairs Knepp and Gements and Texas representatives a formal complaint will be filed by Assistant Attorney General Claude Pollard. The Texas Railroad Commission seeks to suspend the proposed carriage rate hike citing arbitrary rates set by an association based in St Louis. The petition requests action under the Sherman act to restrain enforcement and urges reopening of a prior ICC decision deeming current rates excessive.
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Washington
Knepp
Gements
Interstate Commerce Commissio
Southwest
Texas
Louis
Chicago
Cincinnati
Pittsburg
At - Seaboard
Interstate Commerce Commission
United States Attorney General
Steerage Rate War Talks Open in Paris
Paris hosts an international conference of major shipping firms at the Grand Hotel chaired by Heinrich Wiegand of North German Lloyd. Forty delegates attend as committees prepare to study rate-cut issues and seek a mutual understanding after months of damaging competition between the Mediterranean, America, and England. The deliberations proceed over several days.
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Paris
Mediterranean
America
England
Grand Hotel
Heinrich Wiegand
Lioyd Steamship Company
Tate
Paper price hike announces from 225 to 225 2 hundred pounds
An International Paper Company announcement from Watertown New York states that the price of newspaper base has increased from 225 to 225 2 hundred pounds. The strike situation remains unchanged.
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Watertown
N. YT
Mae
International Paper Company
Missing banker in South Africa and Indiana man letter
Indianapolis man Henry A. Miles received a telegraph letter from Seth M. Richcreek former president of Richcreek Bank who vanished months ago with about 300000 of depositors funds. Richcreek reportedly in Johannesburg South Africa as Rich M. Smith says he is not afraid of capture, is making money, and hopes press coverage ends.
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The
Tribune
Indianapolis
Henry A. Miles
Seth M. Richcreek
Richcreek Bank
Richcreek
Johannesburg
South Africa
Rich M. Smith
MAX STEINERT'S SON ARRESTED FOR GRAND LARCENY
Charles M. Steinert, nineteen, clerk and son of lawyer Max Steinert, was arrested by Central Office Detectives Heine and Hegney on grand larceny charges. Bail posted at $2000 by hotel keeper Louis Jacobs. Accused allegedly took thirteen pieces of jewelry and $74 from Miss Mabel Wilson of Hotel Bayard.
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Charles M. Steinert
Max Steinert
East Sith Street
Henry Steinert
Central Office
Heine and Hegney
Louis Jacobs
West 61Th Street
Young Steinert
Mabel Wilson
Bayard
West 49Th Street
Steinert
First vanadium steel plate rolled in Pennsylvania
Coatesville reports the Worth Brothers plant produced the state's first vanadium steel plate today. Though costly now, its tensile strength of 90 pounds per square inch and resistance to crystallization suggest a future revolution in steel. Producers expect cost reductions may enable structural use.
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Tribune
Coatesville
Penn
Worth Brothers
Eastman Suit Entered Against Partners in Brokerage
In Chicago on Aug 7 a Municipal Court filing named Robert FE Eastman and John T Garrison, once New York brokers, as defendants in an attachment action by Mechanics National Bank of New York and Fidelity Deposit Company of Maryland. Securities worth 16.09 were seized, held by Chicago police after Eastman’s arrest on a fugitive warrant.
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Chicago
Robert FE. Eastman
John T. Garrison
New York
Mechanics’ National Bank
Fidelity Deposit Company
Maryland
Eastman
Fall River Market Sees Slack Demand In Print Cloth
Sales in the print cloth market for the week are estimated at 51000 pieces with quiet trading and a slightly weaker tone than last week. Mills will curtail production until demand improves, with prices listed for several sizes. ANOTHER PAPER MILL SHUTS DOWN in Corinth, International Paper plant halts all departments by order from New York for an indefinite period.
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Fall River
Mass
Saratoga
International Paper Company
Corinth
New York City
Wabash to Issue First Lien Bonds
Federal Judge Archbald ordered the receiver of the Wabash Railroad to issue 700000 in first lien bonds and kept under advisement a similar request for the West Side Belt Line of Pittsburgh. Objections from Mercantile Trust and Equitable Trust opposed making the new issue a first lien.
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Wabash
Scranton
Penn
Archbald
Wabash Railroad
West Side Belt Line
Pittsburg
The
Mercantile Trust Company
New York
Equitable Trust Company
Paterson Silk Firm Assigns for Creditors
The Taylor Silk Manufacturing Company of Paterson today made an assignment for the benefit of its creditors. Anton Schmidt of New York was named assignee. Liabilities run about $80,000 with principal creditors in raw silk. The assignee hopes to complete all obligations in full if the trade improves this fall.
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Paterson
Taylor Silk Manufacturing Company
Anton Schmidt
New York
Five-Cent Piece Strangles Child Tragedy
In Paterson on August 7 a seven year old girl Ethel Murray swallowed a five cent piece given by her father. The coin lodged in her windpipe and she died during an operation at the General Hospital.
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Paterson
Ethel Murray
General Hospital
City News In Brief: Several Sentences and Releases
John Kirby of 5 Catharine street was freed after authorities found the wife’s death natural. Charlie Barry was sentenced in General Sessions to one to five years in Sing Sing for a note swindle. James Parma of 318 East 112th street got fifteen years in Sing Sing for robbing and beating Pietro Pace of Bridgeport on July 21. Joseph Casey of 414 Henry street Brooklyn held in $1,000 in Tombs court for obtaining money from Tom Sharkey under false pretences. John Harrison and John O'Brien arrested after a housetop chase on West 8th street and remanded in $1,000 bail each.
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Charlies Barry
General Sessions
Sing Sing
James Parma
East 112Th Street
Pietro Pace
Bridgeport
Joseph Casey
Henry Street
Brooklyn
Tombs Court
Tom” Sharkey
John Harrison
John O’brien
West $8Th Street
West Side Court
Bondholders Demand Audit Of Hudson River Power Firms
A minority of Hudson River Electric Power Company bondholders form a committee to seek an independent audit of the company and its subsidiaries. They oppose funding coupons with 6 percent notes and a 10 percent stock bonus, and warn of legal action if needed. Company President Eugene L Ashley cites weak earnings and a $600,000 floating debt as reasons for the funding plan and missed August 1 interest.
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Hudson River Electric Power Company
Hudson River Water Power Company
Hudson River Electric Company
Hudson River Power Transmission Company
John A. Young
Windsor Trust Company
LeRoy W. Baldwin
Empire Trust Company
City
James C. Chapin
Colonial Trust Company
Pittsburg
Harlan W.W. Whipple
Central Trust and Savings Company
Philadelphia
Eugene L. Ashley
Crop Conditions Update From The U S Department Of Agriculture
The Agriculture Department bulletin reports August 1 crop conditions across major grains. Corn stands at 82.5 percent of normal nationwide, with state figures from Illinois 77 to Georgia 89. Wheat yields projected at about 143 bushels per acre, total 425.94 million bushels, while spring wheat shows 79 percent of normal. Oats average 76.8 percent, barley 82.1, rye 88.3. Buckwheat acreage down about 1.46 percent. White potatoes 89 percent, tobacco 85.8, flax 86.1. Hay acreage up 1.2 percent to 44,538,900 acres with hay at 92.1 condition.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Iowa
Texas
Missouri
Nebraska
Kansas
Oklahoma
Indiana
Georgia
Ohio
Kentucky
Tennessee
Alabama
North Carolina
Arkansas
Mississippi
United States
North Dakota
Minnesota
South Dakota
Illinois
Nebraska corn crop booms with rapid state-wide improvement
Omaha dispatch notes Nebraska corn conditions improved dramatically since the August 1 government report. Five days of extreme heat followed by widespread rain in the last day boosted growth, with every county now soaked and the crop ahead of government estimates.
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The
Tribune
Omaha
Nebraska
Rain Over Grain Belt in Missouri and Kansas
Heavy and much needed rain fell last night and this morning across Western Missouri and extending into eastern and southern Kansas, aiding crops and easing drought conditions. The showers brought relief to farmers and could influence ongoing harvest prospects. Localities reported varying rainfall amounts and accompanying cloud cover.
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Kansas City
Missouri
Kansas
Kingsley Eyes Friendliness of Europe for American Firms
Darwin P. Kingsley, president of New York Life, just returned from Europe, saying hostile attitudes toward Americans are absent. He reports European insurance departments friendly to American companies and notes strong demand for U S products. He cites Spain and Russia as welcoming despite tensions with Japan, and says Americans are seen as a land of opportunity. White Star Line reports year ending May 31 passenger gains from Southampton to New York, with 42,280 travelers and cabin bookings nearly doubled, alongside increased bookings for Nord German Lloyd and Hamburg American Lines.
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Europe
Darwin P. Kingsley
New York Life Insurance Company
Continental
New York
Spain
Russia
America
Japan
United States
White Star Line
Southampton
White Star
Lloyd
Record Bull Market Sparks Daring Push in 1908
The piece urges calm amid a booming market, warning against panic while detailing sharp swings and rapid gains. It notes Bay State, Trinity, Smelters, Lead, Yukon, and First National movements, plus a planned Monday advertising push to lift prices and attract buyers. It cites heavy trading in Bay State and First National, with millions of shares changing hands in Boston and New York.
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Trinity
Bay State
Yukon
Bay
First National
Boston
York
Still Use Chemicals in Food Preservatives Debate
Mackinac Island reports at the convention of the Association of State Dairy Departments that food manufacturers and state regulators are divided over chemical preservatives. Sebastian Mueller and William Hapgood defend use, while critics warn of adulteration. several claim no honest fruit or vegetable product can be packed without preservatives.
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the Tribune
Mackinac Island
Mich
Convention of Selves
Association of State Dairy Departments
Sebastian Mueller
Repres
Gaged
Makin Ucs
William FP. Hapgood
Indianapolis
Thaw to be examined in two hearings at once
County Judge Hasbrouck orders Harry K. Thaw to appear before Referee Holmes Vandewater at 10 a.m. Monday to answer questions about indebtedness to Dr. J. P. Wilson in supplementary proceedings brought by creditor Mrs. Ella B. Hast. Simultaneously Referee Schlosser has adjourned the hearing on valuing Dr. Wilson's services as an expert to Monday at 9 a.m. in Fishkill Landing.
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Poughkeepsie
Hasbrouck
Harry K. Thaw
Holmes Vandewater
J. P. Wilson
Ella B. Hast
Fred E. Ackerman
Hast
Thaw
Schlosser
Fishkill Landing
Wilson
Vandewater
Fishkill
Turk Held In Murder Of Boy Tuffa Shashem
Chicago police questioned Hassin Nemmer a Turkish peddler after two boys, August Cardersell and Dominick Larado, said Shashem aged thirteen disappeared with Nemmer on the day he vanished. The body was later found dismembered in Mud Lake. Police found blood stains and weapons in Nemmer’s room and continue probing possible links to other cases.
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Chicago
Tuffa Shashem
Mud Lake
August Cardersell
Dominick Larado
Dorman
Young Shashem
Hassin Nemmer
Nemmer
Shashem
Union Station
Tuffa
Forts Men Shut Out Of New Jersey Republican Committee Balloting
Hamilton Fish Kean moved to bar those not regularly elected from voting at Newark meeting. Ex Governor Stokes seconded and won, excluding four Fort appointees Samuel Robbins Joseph Frelinghuysen Frank Sommer and Joseph Congdon. Sommer attended. convention set for September 2 to pick electors as primary looms. Murphy warned of a strenuous campaign despite expected national ticket victory.
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Fort
New Jersey Republican Committee
Newark
Hamilton Fish Kean
Union
Stokes
Samuel K. Robbins
Burlington
Joseph 8. Frelinghuysen
Somerset
Frank H. Sommer
Essex
Joseph W. Congdon
Passaic
Sommer
Murphy
Mother Gave Children to Gypsies Near Long Island City
Brooklyn Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children recovered two young children once left with gypsy camps near North Beach after their mother Florence Howard, deserted and penniless, could not obtain work. The gypsies claimed custody, but the children Fannie Shellick, seven, and Harry Howard were returned to the care of the society. Mrs. Howard will be helped to find a home, and no action was taken against the gypsies.
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Brooklyn Society For the Prevention of Cruelty
Long Island City
Florence Howard
North Beach
Mrs. Howard
Panel Drawn of 150 Salesmen for Racetrack Case Trials
A panel of 150 salesmen was drawn in Kings County by Jacob Brenner Commissioner of Jurors to qualify for jury duty in trials of men indicted under the anti racetrack gambling law. A special grand jury will be in session during the trials.
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Kings County
Jacob Brenner
Public Service OK for Bath electric plant plan
Albany August 7 Public Service Commission 2d District grants Citizens' Electric Service Company of Bath permission to construct an electric light plant in Bath and nearby areas. The ruling states a company failing to serve the public properly and not operating on the proper basis deserves little consideration when seeking to exclude competition.
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Albany
Citizens’ Electric Service Company of
Bath
Public Service Commission
Ninth street station opens for Hudson tunnel route
The Ninth street station of the Hudson tunnel route to New Jersey opened for business at seven minutes after midnight with General Superintendent Hedley present and about twenty five passengers on the first train. Hedley called the completion a conquest of the worst obstacles, including subterranean streams and a heavy L structure above, making that section the most difficult along the line.
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Ninth Street
Hudson Tunnel
New Jersey
Hedley
Child Falls in Puddle in Waterbury Pool
A missing ten year old, Harold Verreiker, was found in a pool after a heavy shower flooded an excavation in the South End. He was pulled out unconscious and doctors offer no hope of recovery.
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the Tribune
Waterbury
Conn
South End
Harold Verreiker
Candy shop owner arraigned over noisy exhaust pipe
George Yanocopoulo, proprietor of a candy store on East 18th Street, was arraigned in night court before Magistrate Harris on a nuisance charge for a loud exhaust pipe in his cellar. Captain Henry reported complaints for six weeks. the noise could be heard as far as University Place. The case adjourned to next Monday evening.
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George Yanocopoulo
East 18Th Street
Harris
Henry
Mercer Street
University Place
Northfield meeting praises and talks of church renewal
In East Northfield Massachusetts a large praise service was led by Charles Alexander who unveiled a revival song written by Robert Harkness. ministers and laymen discussed using church members to solve city issues while socialists and political theories were debated. The day featured talks by Rev. Percy S. Grant and Dr. Len G. Broughton with A T Pierson addressing monarchy and democracy.
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East Northfield
Mass
Northfield
Charles Alexander
Cho Fe
England
Australia
Robert Harkness
Alexander
Percy S. Grant
New York
A. T. Pierson
Len G Broughton
Atlanta
Japanese Smuggling Ring Exposed In Texas
Galveston reports the capture of eight Japanese in Sonora County revealing an organized scheme to smuggle 25 to 50 Japanese per voyage from Mexico into Texas by water. A steam tug carried migrants from a Tampico area northward gulf route landing near Corpus Christi as authorities tighten crackdown.
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the Tribune
Galveston
Sonora County
United States
Mexico
Gulf
Tampico
Corpus Christi
Tex
Texas
Not to Stop Electrification Plan Delayed by Money Conditions
Telegraphing to The Tribune New Haven reports a statement on the Stamford to New York electric service tie up. Officials refused to disclose causes but denied that the New Haven extension was postponed indefinitely. They attributed the delay to unfavorable money conditions.
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the Tribune
New Haven
Stamford
New York
Stamford New York
Faude to Wed Miss Schayer in Tuckahoe
The Rev. Paul Faude pastor of St. John's Episcopal Church in Lafayette will travel to Tuckahoe New York where he is to marry Miss Claire Schayer of Washington next Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tribune
Lafayette
Ind
Paul Faude
St. John’s Episcopal Church
Tuckahoe
N. Y
Claire Schayer
Washington
Wealthy "Forty-Niner" Elope With Bride in Massachusetts
From New Haven Aug 7 telegraph. Colonel Charles L. Morse a wealthy forty-niner ages sixty eight marries Mrs Sarah B benham sixty two after eloping. They were married by a clergyman in Chicopee Falls Mass and planned a California honeymoon to celebrate his long fortune earned in gold. Relatives opposed the union due to the groom's age.
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Tribune
New Haven
Charles L. Morse
Sarah
Benham
Chicopee Falls
Mass
Morse
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