Kelsey Gaus Deputy Named to Take Office January First
Albany Dec 14 State Controller Charles H Gaus announced he offered Otto Kelsey State Superintendent of Insurance the post of first deputy in the Controller’s office the appointment to take effect January 1 Kelsey accepted The move surprised many and drew varying interpretations about Republican state machine politics versus the Governor
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Tribune
Albany
Charles H. Gaus
Otto Kelsey
Kelsey
Kelsey Named Likely Next State Controller Deputy
The piece discusses Otto Kelsey’s anticipated appointment as first deputy state controller after retirement from the Insurance Department. It notes Republican backing, potential successors including Matthew Fleming and several senators, and Governor Hughes’ and Mayor Gaus’s exchanges. Kelsey accepts the deputy controller post with intent to aid in effective state administration.
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Kelsey
Mr. Gaus
State Department
Power for United Railroads Move Tied to Stanislaus Plant Buy
Bankers associated with the United Railways Investment Company of San Francisco announced negotiations with the Stanislaus Water Power Company protective committee to acquire and control its plants. The deal aims to secure abundant power for years and place about 0.90 horsepower for manufacturing and other uses on the market. The Stanislaus entity carries $3,000,000 in 6 per cent preferred stock and $2,009,000 in common stock.
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United Railways Investment Compens
San Francisco
Stanislaus Water Power Company
United Railroads of
United Railways Investment Company
United Rallrueds
Seaboard receivers cited in DC court show cause
Davies Warfield of Baltimore R Lencaster Williams of Richmond and Edward Duncan of Raleigh were ordered by Justice Wright to show cause on January 12 why they have not rendered an accounting of Seaboard Air Line Railroad assets. The court may order sale and a 4.9 percent judgment for Hoover and Denham who supplied dining car goods. The merchants had threatened to attach express trains but were persuaded otherwise.
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Washington
Davies Warfield
Baltimore
R. Lencaster Williams
Richmond
Edward ©. Duncan
Raleigh
N. C
Seaboard Air Line Railroad
Justice Wright
Supreme Court of the
District of Columbia
Hoover & Denham
Seaboard
Seaboard Certificates Authorized in Receivership Plan
In Richmond on December 14, Judge Pritchard allowed a sale of 4.25 million in Seaboard certificates issued to fund debts and improvements of the Seaboard Rail Line under receivers Davies Werstelaé R Lancaster Williams and Edward Duncan. Semiannual 5 percent coupons total 6,559. The syndicate purchasing the issue is led by National City Bank of New York.
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Richmond
Davies Werstelaé
R. Lancaster Williams
Edward Duncan
Seaboard Rail Line Railway
Pritchard
National City Bank of New
Receiver Sought For St Louis Transit Over $10 Million Claim
J Brooks Johnson petitions Circuit Court for a receiver to collect alleged overpayments and profits tied to the 1899 exchange of St Louis Transit stock for United Railways stock. He cites Brown Brothers & Co., James Campbell, Murray Carleton, Judge Henry Priest and others in a complex swap benefiting insiders. The United Railways of St Louis dominates after a 1898 reorganization, with bonds and stock rearrangements erasing much transit debt. The case is docketed with no immediate hearing timetable.
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St. Louis
David R. Francis
Murray Carleton
James Campbell
Henry Priest
Brown Brothers & Co
New York
St. Louis Transit Company
J. Brooks Johnson
Circuit Court
United Railways Company
Johnson
Transit Company
Treasury
W. F. Boyle
Henry S. Priest
Charles D. McClure
United Railways
Brown Bros. & Co
Elevated freight viaduct and rapid transit plan for West Street
A Merchants Association report chaired by Walter C Kerr proposes removing New York Central West Side freight tracks and building a two to four track freight viaduct along West Street with a parallel rapid transit line from the Battery to Fort George. The plan includes warehouses, elevator facilities, cross connections to the Putnam division, and an eventual subway segment beyond 8th Street powered by electricity, to be reviewed by the Public Service Commission.
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The
Merchants’ Asso
Walter c. Kerr
Westinghouse, Church, Kerr & Co
New York Central
West Side
West Street
Ed Ware
Battery
Fort George
Public Service Commission
59Th Street
St. John's Park
33D Street
Hath Street
Spuyten Duyvil
Putnam Division
11Th Street
Gansevoort Street
West Battery Place
Castles Leaves Guaranty Trust Presidency and Board
John W. Castles offered resignation as director and president of Guaranty Trust Company to take effect by year end. He cites other business interests, likely to focus on Metropolitan Street Railway rehabilitation with R. E. Tripp, while Castles also leads Hudson Companies. Deposits rose from 334,000 to over 71,000,000 since 1894 as surplus grew.
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John W. Castles
Guaranty Trust Company
Casties
Wall Street
Metropolitan
R. E. Tripp
Tripp
Stone & Webster
Boston
United States
Castles
Walter G Gekman
Hudson Companies
McAdoo
Mr. Castles
New York
New Orleans
Hibernia Bank and Trust Company
South
State May Buy Penitentiaries in Four Cities
Albany December 14 The State Prison Commission will urge legislation to place the four penitentiaries at Albany Jamesville Rochester and Buffalo under state control The institutions are not self supporting and can be purchased for less than 1 090 000 The commission aims to use them as state workhouses and to establish marketable industries based on their products
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Albany
Jamesville
Rochester
Buffalo
State
McLaughlin
City ferries shut down sparks chaotic rush and legal fight
Disorder erupts as the New York Terminal Company closes five Broadway ferries without notice. Police restore order after trucks swarm streets and commuters flood the reopened gates. Courts, officials and the company gird for contempt and injunction battles while workers fear layoffs.
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New York Terminal Company
Broadway
Williamsburg
Bedford
Lee Avenue
Roosevelt Street
Grand Street
D Street
Broadway Ferry Company
New York Terrminal Company
William O. Maden
Supreme Court
Blackmar
Maden
Pendleton
Stapleton
William C. Maden
Stapletop
Thomas
Hahlo
Allaire
Metz
Board of Estimate
McClellan
R. R. Gavin
Terminal Company
Wall Street
New York
Housecoat Sale And Variety Items At Warren Street
A late 19th or early 20th century advertisement lists 261 house coats in double faced fabrics with outer blues blacks and grays and inner plaids and stripes. Prices stated include minimums of 9.48 and 9.98 with a holiday tag of 5.85. The ad also promotes suit cases hat boxes razors steamer rugs traveling bags and other small goods. Contact details reference Warren Street 13th Street and 34th Street with phone numbers 258 842 1302.
Man held on perjury charge over dead child fraud
Martin Nathan of 107 East Sixth Street was remanded in the Tombs court in 3.00 bail on a perjury charge. He allegedly swore in Surrogate's Court on November 24 that his daughter Dora, eight, was dead to obtain probate and to sell a $15,000 mortgage, while seeking guardianship and bond-backed funds. Detectives found the daughter alive at his home.
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Martin Nathan
East Sith Street
Tombs
Steinert
Nathan
Dora
Labor Watch Urges Farmers to Secure Help Now
Henry H. Kracke, Assistant Commissioner of Agriculture, says farm labor will be scarce this year and urges farmers to submit applications early. He notes last year skilled workers left farms for factory and mill jobs during the panic, but as conditions improve these workers have returned to industry, leaving farmers to plan ahead for needed help.
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Henry H. Kracke
Park Row
No Equitable Building Decision Yet From President Morton
President Paul Morton authorized a statement denying that Equitable Life published stories originated from the society. No firm plan or date for a new building exists. Preliminary bids are being sought to compare costs with architect estimates, aiming to prepare a prospectus for board review. Morton promised action would reflect credit on the city and policyholders and stay within sound business judgment.
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Equitable
Paul Morton
Equitable Life Assurance Society
Aigher
Board of
Tramp Camps Proposed by State Legislature
A bill to establish three state colonies for tramps will be introduced in the next legislative session. Railroads back the plan, citing multi million dollar annual losses from tramp damage including explosions, signal interference, fires, and track obstructions injuring workers. Prominent advocates include Edmund Kelly R Fulton Cutting Robert W de Forest Robert W Hebbard and Samuel J Barrows working to shape the bill into law.
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Knights of the Road
Edmund Kelly
R. Fulton Cutting
Robert W. de Forest
Robert W. Hebbard
Charities
Samuel J. Barrows
Fie
Marine Intelligence Miniature Almanac
Sunrise times and high water data cover Sandy Hook Gov Island Hell Gate and related tides. La Bretagne, reported 340 miles east of Sandy Hook at noon yesterday, is expected to dock about 11 am today.
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High Water
A.M
Sandy Hook
Gov. Island
Hell Gate
Sndy Hook
la Bretagne
Vessel schedules and port legs for December voyage list
The fragment lists vessels and routes with times across multiple ports including Seminole Rotterdam Holland Am City of Savannah Jacksonville Clyde Hamilton Norfolk Lusitania Liverpool Cunard Southampton White Star etc. It shows departures and port calls on Wednesday December 14 and Thursday December 17 with times ranging from early morning to late afternoon across Atlantic and Caribbean ports.
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San Demings
Rotterdam
Holland
City of
Savannah
Apache
Jacksonville
Clyde
Hamilton
Norfolk
Lusitania
Liverpool
Cunard
Southampton
White Star
Mexico
Havana
Ward
Ceterieres
Guiana
Barbados
Quebec
Jonton
Trinidad
Prince
la Bretagn
Havre
Londin
Irisbrook
Swansea
New Orleans
ESDAY
Columbia
Glasgow
Hasil
Para
Booth Perugrators
Palermo
Ans
Pac el Ri
Galveston
So Pac Vad
Antwerp
Red Star
White Star Hiremen
Echarnherst
Toye
Pretoria
Hamburg
Decembe
Kamb
New York
Iy Swanson
Rirtato Momus O
Fac
Great Northern and Allouez Bay Dock Buy Duluth Road Assets
Deeds filed in Madison state that the Great Northern Railway Company of St Paul and its subsidiary Allouez Bay Dock Company of Superior acquire all property of the Duluth Superior and Western Railroad Company for 2879 dollars.
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Madison, Wis
Great Northern Railway Company
St. Paul
Allouez Bay Dock Company
Superior
Great Northern
Duluth, Superior & Western Railroad Company
Lincoln centennial endowment committee plans investment split
The Lincoln centennial endowment committee in Cumberland Gap Tenn decided to propose investing half of the funds already contributed in New York securities and the other half near the university site. A sub committee was formed to widen the general committee to forty and an executive committee was organized with General O O Howard Frederick T Martin General Thomas Hubbard George R Sheldon and Isaac N Seligman. The university was founded ten years ago by General Howard.
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Lincoln Centennial
Lincoln Memorial University
Cumberland Gap
Tenn
New York Securities
O. O. Howard
Frederick T. Martin
Thomas Hubbard
George R. Sheldon
Isaac N. Seligman
University
General Howard
Railroad Denies Big Steel Rails Purchase
Reports from Philadelphia claimed the Pennsylvania Railroad ordered 135000 tons of steel rails for delivery next year but officials in this city dismissed the report as premature James McCrea president of the Pennsylvania Railroad issued the denial in Philadelphia
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Railroad
James McCrea
Transpacific steamship schedules amid wartime travel
A list of ships and routes through December and January shows destinations including Hawaii Japan Korea China and the Philippine Islands via San Francisco Tacoma Seattle and Vancouver. Sailings reference several vessels such as Mariposa Empress of China Nippon Maru and Tosa Maru with times noted in the 6:29 to 6:39 pm range and multiple departures around late December and early January.
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New York
Hawaii
Japan
Corea
China
Philipine Islands
San Francisco
Torea
Ngtan Aden Oeen
Tahiti
Marquesas Islands
New Zealand
Australia
West
Mariposa A
Tacoma
Teucer
Vitepatete
Philippine Islands
Vancouver
Victoria
Fiji Islands
New Caledonia
Guam
U. & Transport
Shipping News: List of Steamers Arriving and Departing
A maritime notices page details multiple ships with origins, destinations, passenger or cargo marks, and bar arrivals. Vessels include Celtic from Liverpool to White Star Line with 182 cabin and 206 steerage, San Juan to Guanica with 13 passengers, and Ida Cuneo fruit shipments. Also notes Bar arrivals, quarantine, ballast movements, and wind conditions at Sandy Hook on June 14.
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Celtic
Hamberton
Liverpool
Queenstown
White Star Line
San Juan
Evans
Guanica
Humacao
Mayagues
Ponce
New York
Porto Rico
Rosario di Giorgio
Nor
Matheson
Port Antonio
Atlantic Fruit Co
Lianwerni
Lightfoot
Buenos Ayres
St Lucia
Norton & Son
Gar
Ida Cuneo
Iversen
Cuneo Importing Co
el Monte Woolward
Galveston
Southern Pacific Co
Moise
Highlands
Jefferson
Dole
Newport News
Norfolk
Dominions
Samly Hook
Harburg
Hamburg
Plymouth
Fowey
Har
Fagerton
Jacobsen
Manzanillo
Winchester
Morewoll & Co
Bar
Kyleakin
Lennox
Perth Amboy
American Smelting and Refining Co
Navahoe
Hale
Georgetown
Wilmington
Clyde Ss Co
Mdse
Long Branch
Chesapeake
Charles
Baltimore
New York and Baltimore Transportation Line
Mds
Gallia Fri
Rouleue
Marseilles
Denla
J W Elwell & Co
Karen (Nor
Pedersen
Key West
Bennett, Hoosler & To
Philadelphia
Crockett
Boulton, Bliss & Dallett
Malis
Sandy Hook
Mee
Corner in broom corn shocks markets in Paris bids
Terre Haute Ind Dec 4 broom corn brokers have cornered the available Illnets supply and Paris firms offer 130 dollars a ton for a thousand tons bought at 250. Paris offers as high as 150 for first class brush while little is for sale at any price. Broom factories have raised the price of the lowest grades eight cents a day.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Paris
Steamers at foreign ports Arrived and reported
Shipping news lists vessels arriving at and sailing from New York and European ports. Entries include ships such as Kaiser Wilhelm II Magdalen a Grosser Kitefurst Katner Wilhelm II Catran Albano Neuenfels Ravenfels and more with destinations to Cherbourg Bremen Calcutta Colombo Genoa Bombay and Rio Janeiro among others. Several ships are reported bailed and awaiting next departures.
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Liverpool
Delaware
New York
Cedric
Queenstown
London
Minnetonka
Bri
Plymouth
Kaiser Wilhelm II
Ger
Cherbourg
Bremen
Southampton
Magdalena
Kingston
Celon
Port Said
Aden
Calurn
Ravenfels
Bombay
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W. J. Tully
Corning
H. Hi. Bender
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Association of Life Insurance Presidents
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Gaus
State Controller's Office
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ASK Transit
Guaranty Trust
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Earl & Wilson
Rocers, Peet & Company
Warren St
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Marine Intelligence
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Amsterdam
Nemo
Gall T Theatre
46Th St
Rice
Cale
Ant Joseph O’mara
Peggy Machree
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Mats
45Th St
F. Ziegfeld, Jr
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Doe
Jeber Nnne Bussell
Wallage
Astor
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Stuyvesant
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Blanche Bates
Hting Hope
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Blaney's
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Fatima
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Wayside Inn
Carnegie Lyceum
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Kneisel Quartet Asset Trust
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Haminade
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Academy OF
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Eve of
Naa Ciro
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Europe
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Home Avenue
55Th Street
Sophie EB. Langdon
Rand
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Sol Ouse
Eng
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Hertz Thurs
America
Cavalleria Rusticana
M. Destinn
Gay
Goetterdaem
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Mmes
Homer
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Ior
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Seabrich
Bonci Ampanario
Spetrini
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Martin Not
Wscanin
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Brooklyn Academy OF Music
MM. Martin
Scott
Weber
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Matt Fon
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Ties
Lola Glaser
Ieee
Daly
WM. Faversham
Ess Herald SQ
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Manhattan
Ohe
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Grand Opera
Tales OF Hoffann
Miles Espinasse
Zeppilit
Trentint
Mmee Maziska
Aldrich
Dalimores Reneet Crabbe
Dadd J. Granel-Galrett
Chariier
Eve
Tosca
Mile Labia
Weischaelman
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