Third Avenue Railroad Receivers Work to Separate Interests
Frederick W. Whitridge appointed temporary receiver for the Third Avenue Railroad. Edward A. Maher named manager of the system as legal steps to sever the New York City Railway ties begin. Transfers between lines may be halted soon to improve receipts, with legal questions and bondholders involved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick W. Whitridge
Third Avenue Railroad
New York City Railway
Third Avenue
Whitridge
Edward A. Maher
Union Railway Company
Mr. Whitridge
Adrian H. Joline
Douglas Robinson
New York City
Arthur H. Masten
Willcox
Public Service Commission
Hughes
Public Service Corporation
Public Service
New York City Road
Stockholders’ Committee
William N. Kremer
Edward M. Shepard
Burglars in New Rochelle Stash Photographs and Loot
Police found photographs of women and a list of over a hundred wealthy New Yorkers in trunks owned by James Harland and Ralph Taylor, two alleged burglars. The pair, arrested in New Rochelle, looted homes across several cities and kept hundreds of silver and jewelry items among other valuables.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Rochelle
James Harland
Ralph Taylor
110Th Street
Westchester County
Mount Vernon
Port Chester
Greenwich
Stamford
New Britain
Conn
J. D. Luttberg
Wiliam Bantel
W. H. Lyon
William
Notable Names in New Rochelle and Nearby Areas
H Atwood and Mrs C W Inslee of New Rochelle, Walter Marshall of Port Chester, and H Smith of New Britain Conn appear in an item listing several residents and their local origins. The piece notes their connections to surrounding towns and states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. Atwood
C. W. Inslee
New Rochelle
Walter Marshall
Port Chester
H. Smith
New Britain
Conn
Georgia’s Prohibition Flight Ships Out for Savannah Party
A party of sixteen thirsty Georgians fled dry Georgia aboard the steamer City of Savannah after leaving Savannah. They included ten colonels five majors and a Kentucky colonel who sought whiskey and cigars beyond the state line. Colonel Acheson described the sudden dash as they found Kentucky whiskey offshore. The Savannah purser provided pajamas and toothbrushes as the group celebrated with toasts praising Kentucky whiskey and Georgian heritage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City of Columbus
Savannah
State of Georgia
Death Valley
City of
Tybee Light
Kentucky
Acheson
Georgia
Guckenheimer
Mitchell
Capes
Standard Oil Defense Aims to Nullify Big Fine
Chicago January 7. Attorneys for Standard Oil reveal a legal point to escape the 29 240 000 fine imposed last summer by Judge Landis. They argue the Elkins law used to levy the penalty was repealed by the Hepburn act. If upheld, the fine and related prosecutions would be void. District Attorney Sims asks raising the bond to 29 240 000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tribune
Chicago
Standard Oil Company
Supreme Court
Landis
John S. Miller
Elkins
Sims
VAWOM
Tobacco leaders respond to Governor in Kentucky clash
President F G Ewing of the Dark Tobacco Growers Association writes to Governor Willson denying involvement in lawlessness. He defends the association’s aims, rejects personal attacks, and vows to act within law if needed while urging patience for the state and the group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
President Ewing
Dark Growers’ Association
Clarksville, Tenn
F. G. Ewing
The
Dark Tobacco Growers’ Association
Willson
Kentucky
Wanmaker Named Appraiser for Port of New York
The confirmation of George W. Wanmaker as Appraiser of the Port of New York was reported by The Tribune earlier. His nomination was sent to the Senate, and he has served as deputy appraiser since J. Hart Brewer's death in 1899. Advocates included Senators Platt and Depew and Representatives Parsons Olcott and Bennet of New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George W. Wanmaker
Port of
New York
Roosevelt
Tribune
Wanmaker
Senate
J. Hart Brewer
Platt and Depew
Parsons, Olcott and Bennet
Arrest Reveals Theft Scheme Tied to Merchants
Bernard Zoltz, a picture frame dealer, was arrested at 260 Grand Street on charges of defrauding the Charles Broadway Rouss Company in concert with two firm employees. Police allege a long running scam involving shipments of extra boxes and falsified invoices costing the firm tens of thousands over fifteen years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernard Zoltz
Grand Street
Zolt2
Raynes
District Attorney's Office
Charles Broadway Rouss Company
Broadway
Rouss
O. K
Zoltz
Peter W. Reuss
Whitmore arraigned in Harrison on wife murder charge
Theodore S. Whitmore was arraigned and held without bail in Harrison New Jersey on a formal murder charge after his wife's body was found in a swamp days after Christmas. The case involves witnesses, bail, and an expected court hearing set for tomorrow at 2 p m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theodore S. Whitmore
Harrison
N. J
Justice Branegan
Caleb Coakley
Alexander Simpson
Whitmore
Branegan
Vickers
William Bartlett
Kuehne
Brooklyn
Bartlett
Englert
Rodgers
Converse
Matthew Salter
Schenectady
McCormick
Harry Dickenson
No. 242
West 34Th Street
Georgiana Cook
Dickenson
Tombs Court
J. Harry Hendrickson
Raymond Street
Maddox
Supreme Court
Elder
Hudson County
Hendrickson
New Jersey
Fred. W. Elliott
Boston & Albany Railroad
Newton
Mass
New York
Elliott
Bold Bandits Fail in Kansas City Train Robbery
Four men tried to rob passengers on the Missouri Kansas & Texas flyer at Union Station in Kansas City. They demanded valuables from German immigrants before two robbers fled when conductor H W Drew and porter David White intervened, leaving two suitcases captured. police pursued but two suspects escaped, described as local crooks with one tall leader about sixty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Missouri, Kansas & Texas
Union Station
Southwest
M. H. Kennedy
H. W. Drew
David White
Drew
Mayor to Open University Heights Bridge Across Harlem River
Mayor McClellan will officially open the University Heights Bridge at 3:30 PM connecting University Heights Bronx to Manhattan 207th Street. The steel and masonry span, 1990 feet total, carries a 34 foot roadway and 8 to 6 foot sidewalks, operated by electricity, built under C M Ingersoll with Snare and Trieft as contractors at about 1 million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McClellan
University Heights
Harlem River
Bronx
14Th Street
207Th Street
Manhattan
Ship Canal
Broadway
C. M. Ingersoll
Department of Bridges
J. A. Lockwood
Martin Gay
Snare & Trieft Company
Dr A J Wheeler Dies by Self Destruction at Sea
Hartford Conn Jan 7 Dr A J Wheeler who ran a cancer sanatorium at Cornwall on the Hudson N Y jumped from a Sound steamer on its trip from New York to Hartford last night He leaves a wife and several children and his business was described as prosperous Funeral plans not announced at this time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartford, Conn
A. J. Wheeler
Cornwall-on-the-Hudson
Hartford
New York
Newburg
N. Y
Sullivan County
Movement of Reserves Highlights Bank Cash Shifts
The National City Bank monthly circular notes large cash shifts between December and August. Central reserve cities ran $32.4 million under reserves while other cities were $3.5 million under. country banks held $103.7 million above. Central and reserve cities lost $87 million in cash as country banks gained $46 million. Government bond deposits rose $62 million securing notes as treasury demand shifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National City Bank
New York City
Central Reserve
Reserve
Aew Department
United States
Treasury Department
May Take Father Damien's Place Candidate Arrives Here
Rev Vincent Masoni, a Roman Catholic seminarian, arrived aboard the Red Star Vaderland and may go to Molokai to lead the leper colony. He will stay three months at the College of the Sacred Heart Order in Fairhaven Massachusetts and awaits orders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vincent Masoni
Hawaiian Islands
Molokai
Red Star
Vaderland
Damien
College of the Sacred Heart Order
Fairhaven
Mass
Night riders strike in Kentucky towns leaves property burned
In a nighttime raid masked night riders hit Sherburne Fleming County and Bethel Bath County. They burned A. R. Robinson tobacco warehouse and Peters Brothers store in Bethel and destroyed Daugherty Brothers warehouse in Sherburne. No shots fired, but telephone and telegraph wires were cut.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Burley
Sherburne
Fleming County
Bethel
Bath County
A. R. Robinson
Peters Brothers
Daugherty Brothers
Amateur Concert Club Holds Bowery Mission Recital
The Amateur Concert Club directed by Mrs. William B. Osgood Field held its annual concert at the Bowery Mission last night. The crowded mission featured soloists Miss Gladys Rice Miss Cornelia Barnes Miss Marie Kiechhoefer Miss Dorothy Innis Miss Marion Gaylord Mrs. Berry Barnes H. Morris Lawrence Butler and Evert Wendell with a chorus of fifteen or more members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William B. Osgood Field
Bowery Mission
Gladys Rice
Cornelia Barnes
Marie Kiechhoefer
Dorothy Innis
Marion Gaylord
Berry Barnes
H. Morris
Lawrence Butler
Evert Wendell
Today’s events mix of museum admissions and society meetings
Free admission displayed for the Metropolitan Museum of Art American Museum of Natural History and Zoological Gardens. A packed schedule includes meetings of the National Commercial Gas Association Ladies Kennel Association Emma Willard Association New York Browning Society and others with lectures dinner dances and club events across several venues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Metropolitan Museum of Art
American Museum of Natural History
Zoological Gardens
National Commercial Gas Association
Cadillac
Ladies’ Kennel Association of America
Waldorf-Astoria
Emma Willard Asociation
Manhattan
New York
Browning Society
Waldorf- Astoria
George T. Powell
American Institute
Berkeley
Lyceum
New York Board of Trade and Transportation
Broadway
Board of Education
Park Avenus
59Th Street
Wheeler
Columbia University
New York Wholesale Grocers’ Association
Hotel Manhattan
Oceanic Near Nantucket Lightship Expected Dock Early
Marine intelligence lists sunris es and moon age with high water times. The Oceanic, reported to South Wellfleet as 130 miles southeast of Nantucket Lightship at 4 pm yesterday, is forecast to dock around 8 am today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wireless
Oceanic
South Wellfleet
Nantucket
Maritime Passenger Schedules and Voyage Listings Across Ports
A dense roster of ships and routes lists arrivals, departures, and itineraries among Bermuda, Quebec, Finland, Jamaica, Antwerp, New Orleans, and several Caribbean and Atlantic ports. It includes line names such as Red Star, Holland America, Ward, and Old Dominion, with sailing times ranging from early morning to late afternoon and dates around January.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vesssi Weesel
Mali
Zatis
Bermudian
Bermuda
Quebec
Grecia
Jamaica
Hamb-Amer
Finland
Antwerp
Red Star
Statendam
Rotterdam
Holland-Amer
Madonna
Naples
Fabre
Nueces
Galveston
Mallory
Antilles
New Orleans
Jamestown
Norfolk
Old Domin
la Gascogne
Havre
French
Coronda
Argentina
Norton
Symra
Paraguay
Barber
Dunottar Castle
Colon
Panama
Celtic
Liverpool
White Star
Antilla
Santiago
Ward
City of Savannah
Savannah
Arapahoe
Jacksonville
Clyde
Jefferson
Old Dominion
Vigilancia
Nassau
Esparta
Port Limon
Grecian Prince
Pernambuco
Prince
Colorado
Brunswick
Mallory Ye
Hamilton
Shipping News Arrivals and Departures Across Ports
Vessels including Steamer Algeria Steamer Saratoga Steamer Bay Port Steamer Carib Steamer Richmond Steamer Furnessia Steamer Curityba Steamer Zulla Steamer Jersey City Steamer Buffalo Steamer Finance Steamer Joseph J Cuneo Steamer Jefferson report arrivals at bars quarantine passages and sailings from Bar to Sandy Hook and other ports. Listings note cargo passenger mail and moisture oddities with times and destinations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Algeria
McLean
Marseilles
Loanoa
Henderson Ros
Wit
Bar
Saratoga
Downs
Havana
New York and Cuba
Carib
Packard
Georgetown
Wilmington
Clyde 8S Co
Moise
Richmond
Chisholm
Atlantic Coast Lumber Corporation
Mdse
Sandy Hook
Furnessia
Lumsdane
Glasgow
Henderson Bros
Panama Railway Ss Co
Pessenters
Malls
Joseph J Cuneo
Nor
Aumadt
Port Antonio
Cuneo Importing Co
Jefferson
Dole
Newport News
Norfolk
Old Dominions Co
Foseesee
Transatlantic Ship Movements Arrive Daily to New York
A dense list of ships arriving or sailing from ports such as Amsterdam Rotterdam Barbados Buenos Aires Algiers Palermo Lisbon and Gibraltar bound for New York with dates in January and notes on vessels including Magalena Mohawk Sicilian Prince and Hyades among others, highlighting active transatlantic traffic and multiple national flags.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amsterdam
Antwerp
Zeeland
New York
Buenos Ayres
Welbury
Baltimore
St Lucia
Algiers
Moralis
Grk
Naples
Smyrna
Mohawk
Palermo
Piraeus
Barry
Carlton
Para
Hyades
Barbados
Ger
Santos, Etc
Lisbon
Hersilla
Also Mentioned on This Page
F. W. Whitridge
Standard Oil
Glad Wanmaker
Tribune Almanac
C. B. Reuss
Cornwall
Father Damien
Marine Intelligence
A.M
Gov. Island
Hell Gate
Queenstown
Tagus
Kingston
RMSIP
Lincoln
Gibraltar
Hamb-Am
Hamb-Am Sigismund
Sannio Naples
Hamburg
Hamb-Amberty
Austrian Venez
Eee Dre Sen Marcos
Exeter City
Swansea
Bristo el Paso
So Pacific Devi
Parima St Thomas
Quebec & Dutz Bremen
Lloyd Moskva Rotterdam
Russian Hudson
Comus New Orleans
Pacific Kansas C . Savannah
Ps Savannah
Bives
Wriday
Valdiva Inagua
Herald
Port Arthur
Am Ady
Telegram
Grays Garden
AL R
Drowning Ballet
Sousa
Funabashi
Daly
E. M. Holland
Matinee Sa
Fiske Rosmersholw
Hackett
Bren
John Mason
Lew Fields
Herald Sq
Metropolitan
Sembrich
Girerd
Jacoby
Caruso
Scotti
Dufriche
Begue
Navarini
Tecchi
Ferrari
Thurs
Tristan Und Isolde
Fremstad
Homer
Knote
van Rooy
Biass
Muhlmann
Reiss
Mahler
Fri
Mefistofele
Cava- Meri
Rappold
Chaliapine
Martin
Marta
Bond
Journet
Barocchi
Aida
Gadski
Kirkby-Lunn
Lucas
Stracciari
Blass
Richard Wagner
Hertz
Mon
At &la Traviata
Ferrari Web
DIE Meistersinger
Mattfeld
Goritz
Muhimann
Hertz Thurs
S—Tosca
Emma Eames
Scott Dufriche
Eng
Farrar
Muhrmann
Weber
Wallacer
T Dewey ‘E. 14Th St. Ladies
Jolly Girls CO
Edmund Hayes
St. Ladies
Oinam the
Lady Birds
Hippo Odrome Sousa
Wdigar
Saturaday
Southampton
American
St. Paul
Carmania
Cunard
la Lorraine
Mark
Transpacific
Hawaii
Japan
Corea
China
Philippine Islands
San Francisco
Nippon Maru
da Veyagesteceessccucee
Seattle
Suverie
Alameda
New Zealand
Australia
Samoan Islands
New Caledonia
Vancouver
Victoria
Asia
Guam
US Transport
South
Brazil
Shipping News
Kronpring Wilhelm
Bremen
Plymouth
Cherbourg
Algonquin
Charleston
Bovie
Chickahominy
Boca del Toro
City of Colum Savannah
City of Everett
Boston
Dorado
Princess Anne
Sikh
Singapore
Hong Kong
Mesaba
London
New
Empire Theatre
Way
St Eves
Maude Adams
Wes Quality Street
Miss Adams
Criterion ‘Theatre
St. Nr
Ethel Barrymore
Clyde al
Cosmo Garden
Lennox
Garric
38Th Street
Victor Moore
Sieee M Theatre
Burton
45Th
Mats
Kyrle Bellew
Margaret Illington
Carnegie Ball
Holm
IES
Lyceum Theatre
Motion
Berlin
Vienna
Fann
Fez
Morocco
S4th St
Sth
Ave
Louise
Mary Garden
Mme
Bressler-Glanoli
MM. Dalmores
Gilbert
Mus
Campanini Thurs
At & Pop. PR
Mmea Agostinelli
de Cisneres
MM. Bassi
Ancona
Arimonél
Dalmorea Gilibert
Campanini
LA Traviata
Fetrazzinl
Bassi
Gilibert
Pamnation DE Faust
Jomelli
Renaud
Dalmores
Crabbe
Mimes Russ
de Cisneros
Zeppili
MM. Zenatello
Sammarco
Arimondi
AMS Sterdam
AVAGE
Annabel
Piway & Slat
Liberty
Brway
Frederic
Mabel Tait Ae
Tho
Polly
York
Whit Cunliffe
Ida Fuller
Kitts & Wildrum
le Carmen Troupe
Jordan & Harvey
Belasco
Warrens
Virginia
Stuyvesant
David
Bs Sge
Warfield Acces
Madison Sq. Theatre
Mary Monday
Katherine Eer
Bway
Henry W._ Savage
Blaney
BAD
Colona
Ethel Levey
MR. Hymack
Joe Welch
Ryan & Richfield
Ines
Binns
New Circle
Yorke & Adams
R. G. Knowles
Truly Shattuc
Sydney Drew
Genaro
Sleed’s Pa Co
the Kinsons
Felix & Catre
Hitachiyama
FIRST
Teresa Garreno
Everett
Karl Muck
Royal Opera
National Academy
S.1r
Carl Wendling
Tyson
Fine Arts
West 57Th St
Carnegie Hall
Schelling
Steinway
East 17Th St
St. Eve
Mammoth Screen
St. Nicholas Rink
Éch
St. & Columbus
Princeton
Dartmouth
General Purchasing Officer
Panama Railroad Company
Mills Building
Washington, DC
State Street
New Col
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