Commission Appointed by Governor Hughes
Horace White named to fill vacancy on state commission by order of Governor Hughes. Banished by G. G. Bain, the commission gains new chair Charles Sprague Smith, c. a. schifren, as noted in the briefing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
VG Commission
Hughes
Horace White
Brright
G. G. Bain
Wall Street Welcomes Governor Hughes Investigative Panel
Governor Hughes named a nine member committee to probe New York exchanges and Wall Street conditions. Leaders from the New York Stock Exchange and Consolidated Stock Exchange praised the move as a thorough, voluntary inquiry with no legislative power, aiming to protect investors and preserve fair trading.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hughes
Wall Street
Financial
David Leventritt
Supreme Court
Consolidated Stock Exchange
New York Stock Exchange
Litte Board
Willard V. King
New Jersey
Morristown
Horace White
Hepburn Commission
White
Wilard V. King
Clark Williams
John B. Clark
Columbia University
R. H. Thomas
Exchange
Charles H. Badean
Foy
Tobacco Firms Lose in Antitrust Decree Filed by Court
The United States Circuit Court final decree in the Interstate Commerce Act suit dissolves the American Tobacco Company American Snuff Company R J Reynolds Pierre Lorillard and Blackwell Durh am Company, restraining them from foreign and interstate trade. Receiverships denied and appeals stay the decree pending Supreme Court action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Circuit Court
American Tobacco Company
Commissioner Shields
Interstate Commerce Act
American Snuff Company
R. J. Reynolds Company
Pierre Lorillard
Blackwell's
Durham Company
United States Supreme Court
Imperial Tobacco Company of Great Britain and Ireland, Limited
British-American Tobacco Company
W. S. Mathews & Sons
T. C. Williams Company
David Dunlop
Exempt From Civil Service Ruling for Sheriff Appointees
New York Court of Appeals upholds ex Sheriff Flaherty of Kings County claim that his civil prison guard appointees are his personal agents and exempt from Civil Service law. The decision directs the Civil Service Commission to approve the payrolls, noting only van drivers belong to the civil service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
Flaherty
Kings County
Court of Appeals
State Civil Service Commission
Sixty Kinds of Bananas Varieties and Hawaii Growth
The Los Angeles Times notes there are over sixty banana varieties, with Hawaii alone hosting more than forty. Varieties range from delicately flavored to cookable only, and banana clumps are common in almost every home, thriving with minimal care as new plants replace those that fruit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hawaii
Kuleana
Los Angeles Times
Public Service Commission to sue railroads for unfiled reports
The commission adopted a resolution to sue Bronx Traction East Broadway and Battery Railroad and others for failure to file reports by November 30. Each day of disobedience may incur a $100 fine. McAdoo given 30 days to file amended Hudson and Manhattan report. Bronx residents urged Third Avenue elevated improvements to speed trips to City Hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Public Service Commission
Bronx Traction Company
East Broadway and Battery Railroad Company
Frederick W. Whitridge
Forty-second Street
Manhattanville
St. Nicholas Avenue
Fulton Street Railroad Company
Gilbert H. Montague
Kingsbridge Railway Company
Metropolitan Street Railway Company
Adrian H. Joline
Douglas Robinson
New York City Railway
William W. Ladd
Rockaway Electric Railway Company
Southern Boulevard Railroad Company
Southfield Beach
Staten Island Railway Company
Staten Island Rapid Transit Railway Company
Third Avenue Railroad Company
Union Railway Company
New York City
Westchester Electric Railroad Company
J. Addison Young
W. G. McAdoo
Hudson and Manhattan Railroad Company
McAdoo
Coler
Brooklyn
Commission
Flatbush Avenue
Manhattan Bridge
Hudson Avenue
Nassau Street
Fulton Street
Bassett
P. J. Duffy Company
Brooklyn Heights Railroad Company
12D Street
Bronx
Eustis
Third Avenue
Harlem
Bedford Park
City Hall
18Th Street
193D Street
149Th Street
177Th Street
Coal Reserves Estimate For Next Century By Scranton Expert
Professor William Griffith, mining geologist of Scranton Pennsylvania, testified before a federal anti trust inquiry on railroads and coal trusts. He estimated unmined anthracite at 2 229 201 450 tons for 1995 and said shipments to market frame the supply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wiliam Griffith
Scranton
Penn
Federal Commission
Griffith
Mr. Griffith
Harvey Fisk & Sons
New York
Delaware, Lackawanna & Western
Delaware & Hudson
Erie & Wyoming Valley
Erie Railroad
New York, Ontario & Western
New York, Susquehanna & Western
Delaware, Susquehanna & Western
Pennsylvania
Central of New Jersey
Lehigh Valley
Philadelphia & Reading
Major Warren
New C. U. President Likely William J Schieffelin
William Jay Schieffelin is expected to be chosen as president of the Citizens Union at an adjourned meeting on December 28, succeeding R Fulton Cutting who resigned on Monday night. Cutting leaves to devote time to the Bureau of Municipal Research directed by Henry Bruere who said the New York bureau is organizing bureaus in other American cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wall Street
Consolidated Exchange
George Brennecke
New York Cotton Exchange
E.S. Mendels
Broad Street
Wee
Hughes
Exchange
Henry Clews
North River
Jules S. Bache
J. S. Bache & Co
A. Barton Hepburn
William Jay Schieffelin
Citizens Union
R. Fulton Cutting
Cutting
Bureau of Municipal Research
Henry Bruere
Bruere
New York
Citizens Union Inquiry Aims at Municipal Finances
William Jay Schieffelin is likely to lead the Citizens Union as it explores municipal finances. George McAneny resigns from the Bureau of Municipal Research to focus on politics. Bruere notes new bureaus in Memphis Philadelphia and a pending Cincinnati study funded by local sums. Seattle pledges $4,000 but distances hinder work. All investigations are coordinated from New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George McAneny
Bureau of Municipal Research
City Club
Bruere
Cincinnati
New York Bureau
Ohio City
Memphis
New York
Philadelphia
Tribune
Seattle
Judge Denies Receiver for Thompson Starrett Company
Justice Seabury in the Supreme Court refused Theodore Starrett’s request for a company receiver, saying no party would benefit and appointment would harm the property. He deemed granting the motion an abuse of judicial discretion and unnecessary to protect the plaintiff’s rights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Justice Seabury
Supreme Court
Theodore Starrett
Thompson-Starrett Company
Seabury
Marine Almanac Notes Ship Schedules and Tides
A condensed marine almanac lists sunrise and sunset times, tide highs at Sandy Hook and Governor Island, and steamer arrivals and sails. The section details incoming vessels from ports like Glasgow and Havana, plus Transpacific and Pacific mail deadlines, with dates in December and key routes to New York, Bermuda, and Havre.
Red Man collar additions and varied accessories on sale
A local ad lists new Red Man collars with small rounded wings and Bogwood priced 2 for 25 cents. It promotes a wide range of neckwear gloves silk hats opera hats collar bags clothes brushes and more with locations at Warren Street 13th Street and 34th Street.
Shipping News from Port of New York December 15 1908
Arrival and departure notes for multiple steamers including African Prince, Atlas, Elise Marie, Havana, La Bretagne, Prinz Joachim, Lampasas, Princess Anne, Ogeeches, Joseph J Cuneo, Aller, Comanche, Creole, Kansas City, and others. Entries list origins, destinations, cargoes or passengers, quarantine status, and bar arrivals. Weather at Sandy Hook noted with wind and haze.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
African Prince
Anderson
New Orleans
Paul F Gerhard & Co
South Africa
Atlas
Sargent
Wilmington
Simpson, Spence & Young
Bellast
Elise Marie
Ger) Stege
Biaze
Barry
Philip Ruprecht
Bar
Havana
Knight
New York & Cuba Mail Si Co
la Bretagne
Tourrette
Havre
Compagnie Generale Transatlantique
Prinz Joachim
Ger
Devantier
Lavantila
Port Simon
Colon S. Kingston
Fortune Island
Moise
Lampasas
Johnstone
Galveston
Mallory Si Co
Princess Anne
Tapley
Newport News
Norfolk
Old Dominion Ss Co
Mdise
Long Branch
Ogeeches
Fickett
Brunswick
Brunswick Ss Co
Mdse
Highlands
Joseph J Cuneo
Nor
Aamadi
Port Antonio
Cuneo Importing Co
Aller
Olsen
Demerara
LW & P Armstrong
Comanche
Watson
Jacksonville
Charleston
Circle Si Co
Creole
Jacobs
Southern Pacific
Kansas City
Johnson
Savannah
Queean Qs Co
Sandy Hook
Ocean liner movements list with December sailings
A compiled summary of ships and routes sailing to and from New York in December. Entries include Queenstown and Lisbon departures, vessels such as Kaiser Wilhelm II Irene Laura and Aberjour with destinations Melbourne Barcelona and Barcelona via multiple ports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Queenstown
Lucanda
New York
Liverpool
Bremen
Kaiser Wilhelm II
Ger
Plymouth
Cherbourg
Copenhagen
Excelsior
Pirzeus
Irene
Oran
Trieste
Laura
Valencia
Panaghi Lykiardopoulo
Barcelona
Table Bay
Aberjour
Melbourne
Sydney
Nsw
Daldorch
Also Mentioned on This Page
Charles Sprague Smith
C. A. Schifren
Edward D. Page
Samuel H. Ordway
James W Wadsworth, Jr
Assembly
C. U
W. J. Schieffelin
R. F Cutting
The
Thompson Starrett CO
Marine Intelligence
Gov. Island
Hell Gate
Copperame Intdad
Awe
Prince Ibadon
Prince
Columbia
Glasgow
Basil
Parta
Booth Aursole
London
Inisbrook
Swansea
Perugia
Alermo
Chalmette
So Pac
Rio
Vaderland
Red Star
Tectonic
Southampton
White Star Charnherst
NG Lieyd
Pretoria
Hamburg
Imbe F
Hamb-Am
Ing
Imber
Bristol Momus
Orleans
la Provence
Ancona
Genoa
Pring Bitel F'drich
Santa Marta
Esperanza
sVera Cruz
Olon
Panama
Gibraltar
Shimosa
Abyssinia
Hamb- Am Vinland
Hull
Nueces
Imadiary el Alba
Alvesteen
Line
Lusitania
Cunard
Wees
Divam Oceanic
White Star
Alleghany
Hayti
Admiral Schley
Jamaica
Bermudian
Bermuda
Quebec
Finland
Antwerp
Comal
Mallory
Alamo
Tampa
Jefferson
Nuffolk
Old Dowinion
la Lretagne
French
Ward
Budes Quebec
Cearense
Booth
Kansas
Savannah Evannah
Dertnion
Vigilancia
Nassau
Uller
St Kitts
Rue Nay
Willem HU
Rox Ho
Clyde
Hamilton
Transpacific
Japan
Corea
China
Philipine Islands
San Francisco
Esas Tabit
Marquesas Islands
New
Australia
Mariposa
Tacoma
Teucer Vees Anita
Philippine Islands
Vancouver
Victoria
Empress of China
Neesenees
New Zealand
Fiji Islands
New Caledonia
B. C
Marama
Guam
San Franciseco
U. S&s
Seatte Lyo Maru
Kage Mare
Cine
Racers, Peet & Company
Broadway
Warren St
13Th St
34Th St
Shipping News
Port of
Ida Cuneo
Relay
Cristobal
Rosetti
Manchester
Statendam
Rotterdam
el Sud
City of
Froeign
Lisbon
Erika
Seville
Thornley
Nanhattan
St. Av
Oscar Hammerstein
Miles
Espinasse
Zeppilli
Trentini
Mmes
Doria
Mariska-Aldrich
MM Renaud
Dufranne
Valles
Crabbe
de Segurd
Vieuille
Campanini
Mischaelman
Eve
Tales OF Hoffmann
Miles Espinasse
Mariska- Aldrich
Daimores
Renaud
Gilibert
Daddi
Gianoli-Galletti
Charlier
Boheme
Mme
Melba
Mile Trentini
Zenatelio
Sammarcoe
de Segureta
Manhattan Opera
J. Townsend Russell
Carnegie Lyceum
Serran Theat
Academy OF Music Montgomery
Stone
Blaney
Lincoln
Barden Theatre
Irving Place
15Th ST
St. and Irving PL Co
Sane Red Mill
Ulin Rouge IR
Knowles
Othe ‘Ma Dail
Lammerstein
Lucy West
Alhambra
Delly
Clayton White
Marie Stuart
Ruth
Allen & London Johnnies
Marcel
Will Rogers
Ete
Alice Lloyd
Henry Lee
de Kellinos
Barrows-Lancaster
the McNaughtons
Binns
Binns & Binns
St. Paul's
St Nicholas
Musee Northern Europe
Rover To Rescue
Empire
Zsr
John
Jack Straw
Maupe Adams
Tom
Ethel Barry More
wRepenie
Nt “Dion Theatre
Garrick
Sian
Eeteae
William Voller
Rataigy
Knickerboskes
SAVOY
Henry Millex
Hag A. Op
Metropolisan
Tiefland
Schmedes
Fernhals
Hinckil
Thurs
America
LE Ville
Alda
Bond
Amato
Canalleria
Ana
Contrerdare
Farrar
Martin
Gag Mart N. Didi
Emma Eames
Hom Carus Amare
Erspoon
Spet Wed
Tristan Typ Isolde
Fremstad Omer
M3 Schmedes
Aida
Brooklyn Academy OF Music
Madama
Forni
Martin Doctor
Toscanini
Weber
New Amsterdam
Nemo
Theatre
St. Nr
le Nemo
Ladies and Childres
Wiss
Ndiaia Thesian T Ae Maria
Joseph O'Mara
Liberty
S. Eves
VIA. Wireless
Bijcu
Genti
Wississippe
Joe Weber
Annie
Wallace
Marie S Saile
Astor
Hodge
Sturvesant
Flanghe Bates
Belasso
Arliss
St Eves
Bagkett
Mrs
Hippodrome
Pally Sporting Mien Baliet “Erie Days
NEW ciRets
HE Skies
Lyriges
the Blue Mouse
Eve S
Mat DE Worr Morees
Majestic
Daly's
Ver. Herald SQ
Lulu Glaser
W P
West Eves
Vent Musical Art Society
Frank Damresch
Lasse Eiga
Corti Sons
Pirecto
Children of Bethlehem
Wwe
Bispham
West 34Th St . Hal
Henry O. Tanner
Elman the Wonderful Violenest
Smendorf
Yellowstone
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