Pickets Signal Customs as Sugar Scale Fraud Trial Persists
The ongoing trial of six former American Sugar Refining Company workers in Williamsburg hear witnesses describe signals used to alert dockside watchers to approaching customs officials. Testimony details steamlight signals, the steel spring tampering device, and staff removals tied to alleged weigh scale manipulation at Havemeyer & Elder docks during the 1907 raid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Sugar Refining Company
Havemeyer & Elder
Williamsburg
Frederick B. Sanders
Metro
John Rochefort
Thomas N. Stenson
Stenson
Richard Parr
Clarence Lexow
Oliver Spitzer
Mr. Parr
Ephraim Japha
Parr
Winfred T. Denison
Henry L. Stimson
Boston Express
Lexen
Vermont
James L. Martin
Japha
Jepha
John R. Coyle
Edward A. Boyle
Thomas Kehoe
No. 1
Spitzer
Mr. Lesow
Hennessey
Whalley
Charles &. Pettingill
Boyle, Coyle and Kehoe
Boyle
White Pettingill
United States
Youngs
Tf Brookion
Coyle
Kehoe
Robert Jones
Voelker
Halligan
Jones
A. Leslie Lambert
Sanders
Rochefort
James F. Vail
Clarkson
City to save millions by coal burning study
A mayoral conference will discuss cutting fuel costs through scientific coal burning and buying when cheap. Engineers Polakov and Russell, named by the Board, will monitor city methods. Chief Engineer Lewis, M F Rice, and coal experts from city departments will attend. Controller Metz hints at enabling acts to buy coal in off peak periods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Estimate and Apportionment
Walter N. Polakov
William A. Russell
Brooklyn Water Department
Nelson P. Lewis
M. F. Rice
Coal Merchants’ Association
Metz
Toledo Home Telephone Company Books Examined Under Court Injunction
In Toledo and Cleveland, Hauxhurst of Cleveland represents Stifel with an expert accountant inspecting the Toledo Home Telephone Company ledgers under a Common Pleas Court injunction. Stifel, a director and stockholder, seeks to establish whether Bell Co. is the true buyer of independent properties, including the local firm, tied to James Brailey Jr. Brailey’s former associate. In Cleveland, the hearing ordered witnesses to answer after three days of refusal to testify.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toledo
Dec
H. A. Hauxhurst
Cleveland
H. (. Stifel
St. Louts
Toledo Home Telephone Company
Common Pleas Court
Stifel
Bell
James 8. Brailey, Jr
James 8. Brailey
Morgan Firm Changes Name to Morgan Grenfell & Co
The London bank J P Morgan & Co will become Morgan Grenfell & Co from January 1, with remaining partners from J P Morgan & Co and Drexel & Co joining. Edward Grenfell joins the London firm, a Bank of England director, as the Paris firm Morgan Harjes & Co shares identical membership. Joint members include J Pierpont Morgan, Edward Stotesbury, and others. Morgan Jr and Temple Bowdoin sit on the New York Stock Exchange.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
J. P. Morgan & Co
J. P. Morgan
J.P Morgan, Jr
Morgan, Grenfell & Co
New York
Drexel & Co
Philadelphia
Paris
Morgan, Harjes & Co
J. P. Morgen & Co
Edward Charles Grenfell
London House
J. S&s Morgan & Co
Bank of England
J. Pierpont Morgan
Edward T. Stotesbury
Charles Steele
George W. Perkins
J. Pierpont Morgan, Jr
Edward F Whitney
Temple Bowdoin
Arthur KE. Newbold
FE. M. Robinson
William Pierson Hamilton
Henry P. Davison
J. Prp. Morgan, Jr
New York Stock Exchange
Morse Loses Appeal as New Trial Bid Looms
Former banker Charles W. Morse faces a stalled bid for a new trial after the Supreme Court denied certiorari. Littleton plans to push for a motion based on newly discovered evidence while Morse remains in the Tombs on bail, with potential further stays and court actions possible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles W. Morse
United States Supreme Court
Martin W. Littleton
Littleton
Morse
Atlanta
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Henry L. Stimson
Circuit Court
Supreme Court
Circuit Court of Appeals
Court of Appeals
Liberty
Hudson Navigation Company
Metropolitan Steamship Company
Maine
Moisé
J. Kearney Rice
Consolidated Arizona Smelting Company
Emerson Hill property deals reshuffle acreage on the Clove
W. W. Price acquired about twenty acres from Cornelius G. Kolff on Emerson Hill north by the Clove and now owns roughly twenty six acres on the hill. Kolff also sold Charles T. Brown five acres on Emerson Hill spanning Douglas Road to Richmond Road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. W. Price
Cornelius G. Kolff
Emerson Hill
Mr. Kolff
Charles T. Brown
Douglas Road
Richmond Road
Marine Intelligence Mini Almanac And Mails
Marine notes list sunrise and sunset times with moon data, high water at Sandy Hook and Governor's Island, and wireless reports on vessels like Statendam and Chicago. Shipping lines, ports, and sailings are detailed with vessel names, dates, and ports of call across this December section.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Water
Sandy Hook
Peter Errry
Governor's Island
Statendam
Chicago
Sand Hook
State ownership proposal surfaced for Boston Holding and railroads
Herbert F. Keith of Washington filed a petition with the Secretary of State in Boston proposing state ownership of the Boston Holding Company and oversight of the Boston and Maine Railroad. The plan will be reviewed by the Legislature's Committee on Railroads, reopening the merger debate between Boston and Maine and the New York New Haven and Hartford railroads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Boston Holding Company
Boston & Maine Railroad
Herbert F. Keith
Washington
Committee On Railroads
Boston & Maine
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
Louis Sherry Buys Schenck Farm in Manhasset L I
Navahoe Realty sells a large acreage tract known as Schenck Farm at Manhasset Long Island to Louis Sherry. He plans to build a dwelling for his own occupancy. The property adjoins the country places of Payne Whitney Ralph Pulitzer Francis Pendleton Griswold and other notable residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis Sherry
L. I
Osgood Pell & Co
Navahoe Realty Company
Schenck
Manhasset
Long Island
Payne Whitney
Ralph Pulitzer
Francis K. Pendieteon
Frank Gray Griswold
Arrival list of steamers with cargo and passengers
Ships arriving and passing quarantine are listed with ports, dates, and line names. Minnesota Amelia Caledonia Marava Frutera Coamo La Bretagne Manna Hata Comus Mills Lapland Dunstan Arabic Bulgaria Limpasas Verona Lux Lyra Norfolk details show cabin and steerage counts, mails, moise, and bar/quarantine status.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnesota
Nor
Port Antonio
Cuneo Importing Co
Bar
Amelia
Atlantic Fruit Co
Caledonia
Glasgow
Moville
Henderson Bros
Marava
Trinidad
Grenada
Trinidad Shipping and Trading Co
Frutera
Puerto Barrios
Puerto Cortez
Bocas del Toro
United Fruit Co
Coamo
Ponce
Mayaz
Aguadilla
San Juan
New York
Porto Rico
Baltimore Transportation Line
Moise
Comus
New Orleans
Southern Pacific Co
Mills
Lapland
Berg
Antwerp
Dover
Red Star
Far
Bulgaria
Ger
Hamburg
Mdise
Limpasas
Mobile
Tampa
Key West
Mallory Si Co
Verona
Ital
Philadelphia
Lux
Olicante
Lyra
Texas City
Monroe
Norfolk
Jamestown
Shipping Movements From December Port Calls
Maritime notices list vessels like Mauretania, Clan Macpherson, Haddon Hall, Kasama, Magdalena, B Barenfels, Prinzess Irene, Columbia, Volturno, ABirma, Montserrat, Tagus, Wells City, Ocean ia and Idaho bound for New York via routes from Naples, Spezzia, Cape Town, Hamburg, Southampton and other ports with multiple transatlantic legs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fishguard
Mauretania
New York
Queenstown
Liverpool
Naples
Perugia
Spezzia
Clan Macpherson
Cagliari
Catania
Port Natal
Haddon Hall
Hong Kong
Berra
Kasama
Cape Town
Parbados
Magdalena
Southampton
Colon
Kurrachee
Barenfels
Ger
Port Faid
Hamburg
Buffalo
Genoa
Prinzess Irene
Glasgow
Columbia
Moville
Christiansand
United States
Dan
Copenhagen
Rotterdam
Volturno
Libau
Abirma
Cadiz
Montserrat
Span
Kingston
Jamaica
Tagus
Rule
Barbados
Swansea
Wells City
Bristol
Oceania
Ital
New
Hull
Idaho
Para
Napo
Argenfels
Limousine Luxury for Chauffeurs and Owners
Advert sees luxury for car use with box cloth great coats cut Russian style fur collars and fur lined coats for owners. Fur caps gauntlets and fleece lined over boots waterproofs goggles and other comforts for winter motoring. Leather goods novelties heavy wool underwear English cloth hats and two shoe style for comfort. Redman collars bulk sale and tuxedo vests priced from six to eight dollars with discounts.
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Martin
Cochrane
New-York Tribune
Nessau Street
Write Or Call
Board of Estimate
Morgan
E. ©. Grenfell
Tacoma
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Marine Intelligence
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Fara
Heath
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Adriatic
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Montevideo
Prince
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Malllory
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Havre Hein
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OSORM
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Max Fiedler
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Ulements
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Schum
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George Longy
Tyson
Rome
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Damask
Spinning Wheel
James McCutcheon & Co
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Ad Telegraph
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Hudson
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Etna
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Criterion Pway
44Th St
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Knigkerbosker
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George Nash
Savoy
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GENEE
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Bella Alten Soboint Beals
Warren
Rocers Peer & Company
Warren St
Metropolitan Opera House
Tadde
Toxea
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Nim
Zaer Und Zimmermann
Brooklyn Academy of Music
Subway
Mmes de Pasquita
Pia Mendelsohn
Edwin Grasse
Hans
Mas Popular Siento Matinee Soc
Astor Pssr
Srvesist Mt
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