Receivership Sought for Seaboard Air Line Railway
Richmond reports judge delays action, seeking federal circuit judge conference near North Carolina line. Washington meeting included Untermyer and Williams. rumors of receivership grow as details unfold. Richmond and Danville dispatches note preparations and committee plans to safeguard bondholders in coming receivership action.
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Tribune
Richmond
Edmund Waddill
United States District Court
Seaboard Air Line Railway
Washington
Jeter C. Pritchard
Asheville
North Carolina
Judge Pritchard
Railway
Samuel
Untermyer
New York
John Skelton
Williams
Lancaster Williams
Norfolk Traction Company
Eppa Hunton
Thomas F. Ryan
Seaboard
Danville
Peter C. Pritchard
N. C
Seaboard Air Line Railway Company
Pritchard
Southern Railway
Prefers death to distress in 1908 tragedy at 350 West 71st
Archibald Paul Mitchell aged 27 died by inhaling gas at his home 350 West 71st Street after a quarrel with his wife and business reverses. He left no note. The Vernon building overlooks the North River. Mitchell, son of Archibald Mitchell, had invested in cigarettes with William Camp and suffered losses. His wife Augusta Herne Mitchell had income cuts and a strained home life preceded the tragedy.
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Archibald Paul Mitchell
Lucie Mitchell Lawson
Thomas W. Lawson
Boston
Thomas A. McIntyre
West Tist Street
Vernon
Mitchell
North River
Mrs. Mitchell
Martha Johnson
Colonial Theatre
Dorothy Russell
Lillian Russell
Miss Russell
John Foehrenbach
Dr. Cochran
No. 35
West 71St Street
William Camp
West 44Th Street
McIntyre
Herbert Barnum Seeley
P. T. Barnum
Seeley
Arnold Lawson
St. Thomas’s Church
Taft Men Rule in Ohio Delegates via Direct Primaries
Taft campaign leaders say the Republican State Committee will call a state convention for the first or second week in February. Delegates will be chosen by direct vote primaries with counties voting on the same day statewide. The committee plans two or three delegate lists headed Taft Foraker and possibly unpledged. A large majority of the committee is pledged to Taft’s wishes.
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Tribune
Columbus
Ohio
Taft
Republican State Committee
Foraker
Mount Royal Missing Off Antwerp With 400 Aboard
Canadian Pacific liner Mount Royal, out of Antwerp twenty five days, carries about four hundred passengers and eighty crew. Reports say a four-smashed steamer was seen off Sable Island on Monday on the Mount Royal’s course, with no signals. Anxiety grows as no vessel reports in three weeks.
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Tribune
St. John
N. B
Mount Royal
Antwerp
Purcell
Sable Island
N. S&s
Lake Champlain
Liverpool
Webster
Governor Hughes issues broad reform recommendations in message
The message urges making bookmaking at racetracks a felony with no fines option, special agricultural subsidies to offset revenue losses, and supervision over insolvent banks and building and loan losses. It also calls equality of trust companies with banks, extended labor bureau authority, new investigations into industrial accidents, and expanded public service regulation, plus forest land expansion, a hunting license, and constitutional and ballot reforms.
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Public Service Commissions
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Bureau
Boards of Health
New York State
Quarantine Commission
Ton
May Lose Franchises Westchester Roads Up
The Board of Estimate may forfeit the New York and Port Chester and New York Westchester and Boston rail franchises at its January 10 meeting due to delays in construction. The New Haven system owns the lines via Millbrook, with little progress in nine months, prompting threats to revoke rights and halt Bronx improvements.
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New York & Port Chester
New York, Westchester & Boston
Board of Estimate
New York, New Haven & Hartford Company
Millbrook Company
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Company
Mellen
New Haven Company
Nelson P. Lewis
Board of Estimate and Apportionment
New York & Port Chester Railroad Company
New York, Westchester & Boston Railroad Company
Harlem River
North Shore
Connecticut
Board of Aldermen
Charles E. Hughes
Port Chester
Westchester Company
Westchester
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
Bronx
Haffen
Lewis
Riot in Vancouver Leaves Fireman Wounded in Japanese Quarter
In Vancouver B C on January 1 Allen Anderson a fireman died of his injuries and two other young firemen were wounded in a clash with a large number of Japanese in the Japanese quarter The riot marks the worst violence since September riots and underscores rising tensions in the city.
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Vancouver
B. C
Allen Anderson
George Ade Enters Politics as Republican Delegate Candidate
Indianapolis on January 1 George Ade announced his candidacy for delegate to the Republican National Convention following Winston Churchill's example. HAAN'S RESTAURANT in Park Row Building advertises long famed cuisine and service with music.
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the Tribune
Indianapolis
George Ade
Winston Churchill
Haan
Park Row Bldg
Jersey City Faces Ripper Effect in Change of Mayors
Fagan exits as Wittpenn takes over Jersey City government amid the r ipper bill sweep that ends Democratic control of city departments. Republicans and Democrats clash over the act's impact as quo warranto actions loom and outgoings prepare to challenge successors in Newark and Jersey City.
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Jersey City
Mark M. Fagan
H. Otto Wittpenn
Robert Davis
Hudson County
Trenton
Newark
Hamilton Bank Delayed Opening on West 125th Street
The Hamilton Bank on West 125th Street will not reopen today as announced. President William R. Montgomery cites remaining clerical work and seeks approval from State Superintendent Clark Williams, expected Monday. An officer and director election is planned Saturday amid anticipated depositor interest.
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Hamilton Bank
West 125Th Street
William R. Montgomery
Justice Betts
Supreme Court
Clark Wiliams
Bomb Explodes in Five Story Tenement
A bomb placed by Ciro Poggioriale at No 332 East 11th Street injured one man and caused extensive damage in the ground floor hallway of the tenement. The blast shattered windows throughout the building and sent fifty tenants into a panic. El Franco and Geroci are named stores nearby with the explosion affecting the Italian Bank of Giuseppe Serrio & Co. No other injuries are reported. Dr Ruschi treated a broken foot from broken glass. Public notice from Florida Information Bureau appears at end.
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Ciro Poggioriale
East 11Th Street
Nicholas el Franco
Nathal Geroci
Giuseppe Serrio & Co
Thomas el Franco
Ruschi
Bellevue Hospital
Surprise at Governor Hughes Message Delivers Mixed Ballot Reform Push
Albany dispatch reports Governor Hughes in his second annual message urged repeal of the Percy Gray law and punishment of racetrack gambling by imprisonment while pressing for adoption of the Massachusetts ballot and direct primary. The message hints at sharp clashes with lawmakers over these reforms, signaling a tense session ahead.
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McCarren-Sullivan
Massachusetts
John Raines
Woodruff
Wiseac
A Hughes Conference In Albany On Hughes Candidacy
Friends of Governor Hughes from across New York plan an informal Albany gathering to discuss building a Hughes presidential delegation. About 15 to 20 attendees expected, including Senators Page Saxe and Armstrong and Assemblyman Wainwright, with secrecy and no official approval attached to the meeting.
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Tribune
Albany
Hughes
Republican Club of
New York
Page and
Saxe
Travis
Kings
Hinman
Broome County
Tully
Steuben
Armstrong
Monroe
Assemblyman
Wainwright
Westchester
Salvation Army anti suicide campaign review of year
London reports General Booth reviews a year of anti death by own action work. About 1 125 men and 9 percent women sought help in London and many more in other cities. Most seekers were middle class facing financial hardship. Clergymen, officers, doctors, journalists, bakers among those saved. Bureaus to have permanent place in Salvation Army operations.
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London
Booth
Salvation Army
Express Wrecked Fifteen Hurt Near Barrie Ontario
The southbound Pene tang Express on the Grand Trunk Railway left the track seven miles north of Barrie Ontario. The train plunged down a forty foot embankment, rolled three times, and caught fire after a stove ignited in the second car. Fifteen passengers were rescued and hospitalized with injuries described as not serious.
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Barrie
Ont
Penetang
Grand Trunk Railway
Here
Legislature Opens with Quiet First Session in Albany
The 131st annual session began at noon with a tame opening due to the holiday. Senators and assembly members organized swiftly, with Speaker Wadsworth greeted by cheers as Ray B. Smith became Assembly clerk. Governor’s message read. discussions touched on the Public Service Commission and Brooklyn Bridge issues.
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Tribune
Albany
Woodruff
Senate
Raines
Herbert Parsons
New York County Republican Committee
Assembly
Ray B. Smith
Archie E. Baxter
Wadsworth
Merritt
Palmer
Chanler
McCarren
Grady
Bishop Deane
New York Legislature Debuts Major Bills on City Affairs
Albany dispatch reports the opening day of the legislative session featuring ambitious measures aimed at New York City governance. Senator Page proposed an 11 member Governor appointed commission to probe city and county government with subpoena power and a $30,000 funding line from the Board of Estimate. Other proposals include McCarren’s repeal of the Elsberg transit act, McCall’s Wagner fare bills, stricter banking branch rules, a Governor salary increase to 25,000, reorganizing the Court of Special Sessions, and tax and tax-collection adjustments for franchises. Senator Taylor seeks a $30,000 fireproof museum in Newburg and Senator Travis plans a direct primary nomination bill.
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Albany
Jan. T
New York City
Page
Charter Revision Commission
City of
New York
Board of Estimate of
McCarren
Public Service Commission
McCall
Coney Island
Agnew
Saxe
Court of Special Sessions
Cullen
Taylor
Washington
Newburg
Travis
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