Brooklyn Rapid Transit probe reveals political payments and edifice gifts
Public Service Commission inquiry details $4,000 Brenner payments to the Kings County Republican Committee and multiple other vouchers linked to political uses. The records show Harriman and Brady through Flower & Co and Woodruff backing Adelphi Academy and Civic Federation, with extensive discussion of campaign like disbursements and ethical questions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. H. Harriman
Adelphi Academy
Timothy L. Woodruff
Public Service Commission
Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company
Jacob Brenner
Kings County Republican Committee
Sheehan
Collin
Anthony N. Brady
William M. Ivins
Timothy S. Williams
Brooklyn Rapid Transit
Harriman & Co
H. H. Porter
Flower & Co
Williams
Edwin W. Winter
Adelphi
Valentine
Colonel Williams
Timothy JL. Woodruff
Perkins
Mr. Ivins
Porter
Ivins
O.K
Brady
Mr. Breamer
Mr. Brenner
Brenner
Civic Federation
W. G. Guthrie
Sheehar & Collin
Sund Ry
Sheehan & Collin
W. F. Sheehan
William F. Sheehan
Swarthmore Considers Jeanes Bequest Condition On Sports
Swarthmore College weighs accepting Anna Jeanes bequest tied to abolishing intercollegiate sports. A coal lands valuation requires an engineer, with March second Tuesday set for a conclusive report. Presidents Wilson and Eliot offer cautious views, most expect rejection of the gift.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Swarthmore
Penn
Swarthmore College
Anna T. Jeanes
Philadelphia
Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of Friends
Joseph Swain
Cornell
Hegeman Perjury Indictments Go Forward in Trial
Justice Dowling quashed seven forgery indictments against John R. Hegeman president of Metropolitan Life. Three perjury indictments, arising from statements to the State Banking Department, were sustained and await trial. The decision details year end transactions and loans challenged as false entries, with trial likely unless an appeal succeeds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John R. Hegeman
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
Justice Dowling
Supreme Court
Mr. Hegeman
State Banking Department
Morgan J. O'Brien
John G. Milburn
DeLancey Nico
Hughes-Armstrong
Hegeman
Metropolitan
State Insurance Department
Vermilye & Co
Wall Street
State Superintendent of Insurance
Mount Temple Strands on Ironbound Island in Severe Storm
The Mount Temple carrying 633 immigrants ran ashore in a blinding snowstorm near Ironbound Island, Nova Scotia. Passengers were landed safely by lifeboat baskets and on shore as rescuers worked amid heavy seas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Tribune
Halifax
Canadian Pacific Railway
Mount Temple
Antwerp
St. John
N. B
la Have River
Bridgewater
Nova Scotia
Ironbound
Boothby
Canadian Pacific
Newcastle
England
Havemeyer in Critical Condition at Northport Home
Henry O. Havemeyer III lies critically ill at his Northport country home on Long Island with acute indigestion. Family members were summoned as physicians from New York and Brentwood attend him. doctors fear his age may lessen his chances of recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry O. Havemeyer
Northport
Long Island
Mr. Havemeyer
Francis Kinnicut
Francis Elafield
Robert Abbe
William Ross
Brentwood
Havemeyer
Treasurer in Trouble at Chelsea Savings Bank
Detroit news reports State Treasurer Frank P. Glazier left about $684,000 of state funds deposited in Chelsea Savings Bank as Banking Commissioner Zimmerman ordered the bank closed to avoid a run. Five Detroit banks sought a receiver for Glazier Stove Co to protect about $600,000 in paper, while officials said the state bond coverage plus liquidation would prevent losses to taxpayers. Governor Warner said the state likely would recover funds on dissolution with no loss to the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Zimmerman
Chelsea Savings Bank
Frank P. Glazier
Michigan
Bird
Warner
People’s State Savings Bank
Old Detroit National
The
First National
Citizens’ Savings Bank
Union Trust Company
Glazier
Glazier Stove Company
Chelsea
Stove Company
Emigration figures shift in Italy during American crisis
The Fiernale d Italia reports that about 100000 Italians who planned to emigrate to the United States will stay in Italy due to the American crisis. An additional 200000 will return home, forcing 300000 men to seek work locally. The Government Council and Emigration Bureau discussed the issue with Consul General Raybaudi Massiglia in New York present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Fiernale d'Italia
United States
America
Italy
Government Council
Emigration Bureau
New York
Raybaudi Massiglia
Denial by Hyde Counsel Over Million Dollar Offer
Samuel Untermyer at his Yonkers home denied a report that James Hazen Hyde offered about 1 million dollars to the Equitable Life Assurance Society to withdraw all lawsuits. The report linked the Attorney General’s refusals to drop suits in the people's name as halting negotiations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Untermyer
Yonkers
James Hazen Hyde
Equitable Life Assurance Society
People of
New York
Royal Blue Line direct South connections announced
Baltimore and Ohio Jersey Central and Reading Line trains from New York on the even hours connect at New Union Station Washington with all trains south. Passengers avoid city transfers as they board through without leaving the station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore & Ohio
Jersey Central
Reading
New York
New Union Station
Washington
Advt
60th Congress Opens With Quiet Business Tone
The 60th Congress convened with large Republican majorities in both houses. Speaker Cannon and President pro tempore Fairbanks preside as sessions begin with cautious optimism for prudent appropriations and a focus on the anticipated financial measure. New Senators take oaths. Alabama leaders Bankhead and Johnston to be sworn in tomorrow. The House quickly forms into a functional body amid high attendance and public interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tribune Bureau
Washington
Congress
Charles Warren Fairbanks
Joseph G. Cannon
Spooner
Roosevelt
Senate
Senator Platt
Senator Depew
Morgan
Pettis
Fairbanks
Stephenson
Clay
Baker
la Follette
Bacon
Bailey
Borah
Bourne
Sworty
Lodge
Briggs
New Jersey
Oklahoma
Messrs. Gore
Owen
Allisom
Teller
Alabama
Messrs
Bankhead
Johnston
Also Mentioned on This Page
P.r. T. Contributions
J. Brenner
A. N. Brady, Adelphi College
Harriman
Usher
Woodrow Wilson
Princeton
Butler
Columbia
Jeanes
Eliot
Harvard
Pennsylvania
Schurman
Judson
Chicago University
Harris & Ewing
Insurance Company
Federal Trust Company
William A. Read
James P. Moran
National Shoe and Leather Bank
DEWEY
H. T. Dewey & Sons Co
Fulton St
H. O. Havemeyer III
Chelsea Savings Bank of Detroit
Pinch
J. H. Hyde
Equitable
Cannon
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