Receivership Sought for Seaboard Air Line in Virginia
Richmond reports Judge Wat Lana advises filing for a federal receivership with Judge Jeter C. Pritchard to be consulted near the North Carolina line. Involved are Seaboard Air Line Railway executives including S. Davies Warfield and Randolph Williams, amid financial pressures and coupon payments. a formal petition expected in Virginia.
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Richmond
Edmund Watlail
United States District Court
Seaboard Air Line Railway
Washington
Jeter C. Pritchard
Asheville
North Carolina
Pritchard
Danville
N.C
Seaboard Air Line Railway Company
Seaboard
Southern Railway
Blair & Co
Seaboard Air Line
W. A. Garrett
L. Sevier
T. F. Whittelsey
R. L. Nutt
D. C. Porteous
Y. van den Bere
H. Clay Pierce
Davies Warfield
James H. Dooley
B. F. Yoakum
Ernst Thalmann
H. Rieman Duval
James
Death by gas in New York apartment linked to misfortune
Archibald Paul Mitchell 27, heir to Archibald Mitchell funds, committed death by own action at No 350 West 71st Street by turning on four gas jets while alone in his floodlit Vernon apartment overlooking the North River. Family quarrels and business reverses blamed. Mitchells wife Augusta Herne Mitchell had her allowance cut, and his last venture was cigarette manufacturing with William Camp. His sister Lucie Mitchell Lawson, once Mrs Herbert Barnum Seeley, later married Arnold Lawson, son of Thomas W Lawson.
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Archibald Paul Mitchell
Lucie Mitchell Lawson
Thomas W. Lawson
Boston
Thomas A. McIntyre
West 71St Street
Vernon
Mitchell
North River
Mrs. Mitchell
Martha Johnson
Colonial Theatre
Dorothy Russell
Lillian Russell
Miss Russell
John Foehrenbach
Dr. Cochran
No. 35
William Camp
West 44Th Street
Thomas A. MelIntyre
MeIntyre
Herbert Barnum Seeley
P. T. Barnum
Seeley
Arnold Lawson
St. Thomas’s Church
Taft Men Rule In Ohio Delegates Next February Plan
Columbus reports that Secretary Taft camp declares the Republican State Committee will call a February state convention with direct vote primaries across counties. Delegates to be listed as Taft, Foraker, or possibly unpledged. The committee shows an overwhelming pro Taft majority.
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Tribune
Columbus
Ohio
Taft
Republican State Committee
Foraker
Mount Royal Still Missing After 25 Days at Sea
The Canadian Pacific liner Mount Royal with Captain Purcell and about 400 aboard remains unreported after leaving Antwerp twenty five days ago. No ships have seen her in three weeks, raising fears the vessel could not endure heavy seas. On board were 305 steerage passengers including Galicians, Russian Jews, Finns and Belgians, plus eighty crew. A report from St John notes a passing of a similar four mast steamer near Sable Island by Lake Champlain but lacking identification. The case underscores peril of the North Atlantic voyage amid storms.
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Tribune
St. John
N. B
Mount Royal
Antwerp
Purcell
Associated Press
Sable Island
N.S
Lake Champlain
Liverpool
Webster
Governor Hughes Proposes Wide Range of State Reforms
Highlights include making bookmaking at racetracks a felony with fines abolished, funding for agricultural societies, banks supervision by the State Superintendent of Banks, applying bank laws to trust companies, expanding insurance and labor law enforcement, a special commission for New York conditions, tenement law strengthening, more forest land and hunting licenses, abolition of the Quarantine Commission, judiciary salary equalization, subway bonds excluded from city debt, streamlined ballots, direct primaries, a board of control for charitable institutions, and further constitutional amendments.
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State Superintendent of Banks
Public Service Commissions
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Boards of Health
New York State
Quarantine Commission
May Lose Franchises Westchester Roads Up
The Board of Estimate may declare forfeiture of the New York & Port Chester and New York, Westchester & Boston railway franchises due to delay in construction. The Millbrook holding company, owned by the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, controls the lines. Officials note little progress, risking revocation if building does not start soon.
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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 Firemen Wounded
In Vancouver British Columbia a fireman named Allen Anderson died and two other young firefighters were wounded after a chaotic clash with a large group of Japanese residents in the Japanese quarter. The riot tops the city’s recent violence, surpassing the September unrest.
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Vancouver
B. C
Allen Anderson
George Ade Enters Politics as Republican Delegate Candidate
Indianapolis January report says writer George Ade has joined the political arena following Winston Churchill, announcing his candidacy to serve as a delegate to the Republican National Convention. The note appears amid a notice for Haan's Restaurant in Park Row Building. The dispatch notes Ade’s move as part of a broader public profile.
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The
Tribune
Indianapolis
Jan. L
George Ade
Winston Churchill
Fagan Out Wittpenn II Seizes Jersey City Government
Jersey City's fighting Mayor Mark M Fagan leaves office and H Otto Wittpenn II assumes control as the ripper bill sweeps through. Democrats take all departments, Republicans challenge, quo warranto moves threaten the new administration, with the act applying to Newark and Jersey City.
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Jersey City
Mark M. Fagan
H. Otto Wittpenn
Robert Davis
Hudson County
Cruse
Trenton
Newark
Hamilton Bank Opening Delayed on West 125th Street
The Hamilton Bank on West 125th Street will not reopen today as announced. President William R. Montgomery cites extensive clerical work and awaits State Superintendent Clark Williams’s approval, likely Monday. An officer and director election is planned Saturday with probable reorganization.
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Hamilton Bank
West 125Th Street
William R. Montgomery
Justice Betts
Supreme Court
Clark Williams
Bomb in tenement targets Italian baggage dealer and grocer
A bomb planted in the hallway of a five story tenement at 332 East 11th Street by Ciro Poggioriale wrecked the ground floor and shattered windows. Fifty tenants panicked, many escaping via fire escapes. One man, El Franco’s brother, was injured by glass. Dr. Ruschli from Bellevue Hospital treated him. No arrests noted.
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Ciro Poggioriale
East 11Th Street
Nicholas el Franco
Nathal Geroci
Giuseppe Serrio & Co
Thomas el Franco
Ruschli
Bellevue Hospital
Surprise at Governor Hughes Message Signals Battle Ahead
Albany January report says Governor Hughes’s second annual message shocks by what it omits and urges. It calls for repeal of the Percy-Gray law, punishment of racetrack gambling, adoption of the Massachusetts ballot, and direct primaries. The message promises clashes with legislators as he presses overlooked items and signals no retreat.
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Tribune
Albany
Hughes
McCarren-Sullivan
Massachusetts
John Raines
Woodruff
Wiseac
Hughes Conference to Promote Governor Hughes for President
A secret Hughes conference will be held in Albany tomorrow night with 15 to 20 attendees including Senators Page Saxe and Armstrong and Assemblyman Wainwright. The meeting aims to discuss methods to back Hughes and form a state wide movement to enlist Republican clubs in support of his candidacy, with no official authorization.
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Tribone
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 issued
London report shows 1125 men and 125 women sought help from the Salvation Army London bureau to avoid self destruction during the year. Similar numbers applied in other cities. Most seekers were middle class, with poverty and financial embarrassment as main motives. About 5 percent were diverted from suicide. Clergy, naval and military officers, doctors, journalists and bakers were among those saved. The results justify permanent bureau rollout in Salvation Army operations.
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London
General Booth
Salvation’ Army
Booth
Salvation Army
Express Wrecked Fifteen Hurt Near Barrie Ontario
Southbound Panetang Express on Grand Trunk Railway left the track seven miles north of Barrie Ontario. The entire train except the locomotive rolled down a forty foot embankment and burned after a stove ignition. Fifteen passengers were injured and taken to a hospital with non serious injuries.
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Barrie
Ont
Penetang
Grand Trunk Railway
Here
Legislature Meets In Quiet Opening Session
The opening of the first annual New York Legislature session began at noon with a tame tone due to holidays. The Senate and Assembly organized quickly, with Speaker Wadsworth cheered into his chair as party leaders and officers were chosen.
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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
Public Service Commission
Brooklyn Bridge
Grady
Doane
Many Bills Introduced on First Day of Legislature
Telegraph report from Albany notes a busy opening day with bills of NYC interest. Senator Page pushes a city charter revision commission bill with power to investigate local government, subpoena records, and require a $30,000 NY Board of Estimate appropriation. Other measures include Elsberg rapid transit repeal, Wagner and half fare proposals for Coney Island and school children, banking law amendments, a governor salary raise, and restructuring of the Court of Special Sessions.
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Albany
New York City
Page
Charter Revision Commission
New York
Board of Estimate of
McCarren
Miust
Agnew
Saxe
Court of Special Sessions
New York County
Kings
Queens
Richmond
For Cullen
Taylor
Newburg
Travis
Will
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John Skelton Williams
Lancaster Williams
Norfolk Traction Company
Eppa Hunton
Williams
Thomas F. Ryan
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Virginia
S. Davies Warfield
Continental Trust Company
Ryan
Randolph Williams
Messrs
F. S. Hambleton
Fred G. Boyce
John B. Ramsay
B. N. Baker
A. H. S. Post
Douglas H. Gordon
Bok
Portsmouth
Norfolk
Atlanta
Tampa
Fla
Seaboard Company
Seaboard System
J. P. Morgan
Seaboard Air Line System
Atlantic
A. P. Mitchell
Usher
Adv
Westchester Roads
Estimate Board
Fagan
Wittpenn
Hamilton
Florida Information Bureau
30Th St
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
Express
DEWEY
H. T. Dewey & Sons Co
Fulton St
Legislature
Tame
Woodruff and Parsons
MccCarren
Telegraph
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