Thaw Jury Completes astrial panel for Thaw White case
The twelfth juror for the Harry Kendall Thaw murder trial was sworn in as opening arguments loom. Justice Dowling praised the swift panel process after 372 talesmen were examined, with jurors including Charles Grennell and Arthur Naething.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Kendall Thaw
Stanford White
Justice Dowling
Thaw
Jerome
Charles E.grennell
East 1Th
Arthur P. Naething
Baker
Seventh Avenue
George W. Cary
Arygoods
Churchill
George C. Rupprecht
West 149Th Street
John H. Holebert
Longwood Avenue
The
Bronx
A. Arrowsmith, Jr
136Th Street
William F. Doolittle
West
148Th Street
William EH. M'Hugh
Madison Avenue
Frank 3
Howell
West List Street
William Burck
Bowery Young Men's Christian Association
Francis Duvale
James A. Hooper
Broadway
Lasted Jury Pick in Noted Trial Recounted
Chief clerk John A. Henneberry remained eligible as details of a prior trial were noted. After a fifteen minute recess Jerome and Littleton said they were satisfied with the jury. At the first trial 399 talesmen were examined from 550 summoned over eight days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John A. Henneberry
Jerome
Mr. Littleton
Talesmen
Merchant Bach Held in Criminal Libel Case
Isaac M. Bach of Bach Brothers dry goods firm was arrested in Yorkville court on criminal libel charges. The case stems from testimony given in a Sunday law violation trial after police arrested eight merchants for Sunday openings. A letter signed I Bach & Co claimed an East Side dealers fund bought immunity from arrest. Bach denied writing it and was held after magistrate Wahie compared his handwriting with the letter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isaac M. Bach
Bach Brothers
First Avenue
7Sth Street
Yorkville
Bach
Cooney
East 67Th Street
Frederick W. Wachtel
75Th Street
Second Avenue
Bingham
I. Bach & Co
East Side
Wahie
Railroad withdraws lobbyist from state capital
Colonel Richard B. Reading, longtime Pennsylvania Railroad legislative representative at Trenton, will not return this winter. The railroad will rely on its law department for future legislative attention, a plan also adopted in Pennsylvania. Reading tracked all bills affecting the railroad, reporting quickly on any measure. He sought to kill opposed bills and push favored ones with vigorous effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trenton
Richard B. Reading
Pennsylvania Railroad
State House
Law
Pennsylvania
Reading
Eleven Drop With the Bends in Idle Yard
Eleven men collapsed with the bends in the shaft yard of the Pennsylvania Railroad system in Long Island City as they emerged from compressed air work in zero weather. They were treated in the hospital airlock and most recovered, but William Barker of Manhattan, 35, died after hours in care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania Railroad
Long Island City
William Barker
West 62d Street
Manhattan
St. John’s Hospital
Land Island City
Dispute Over New York School Census Figures
Board of Education critics challenge the police’s biennial census, citing a large gap between 362 506 projected in school and 34 06 more needed. Discrepancies blamed on duplicated names and unverified truancy reports, with 176 of 270 truancy cases misreported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Education
New York
Maxwell
Police Department
Smallpox Visitor Halts City Hall in Paterson
A man calling himself James Smith, from Schenectady, announced he had a full case of smallpox at Paterson City Hall. Dr Briody placed him in isolation. corridors were fumigated and city business resumed once the Health Department cleared the building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paterson
City Hall
James Smith
Briody
Smith
Health Department
Schnectady
Trains Collapse On Trestle Killing Five In Alabama
A head on crash on the Alabama & Mississippi Railroad near Vinegar Bend Alabama involved a passenger train and a logging train. Five people died and two were seriously hurt when the trestle failed and the engines and cars plunged twenty feet into a ravine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wick
Alabama
Mobile
Vinegar Bend
Ala
Alabama & Mississippi
Walker Extradition Delay Ties Up Mexico Case
W. Z. Walker, the New Britain banker who defaulted, remains in Mexico as extradition papers delay the transfer to U S authorities. The Foreign Office suggests it may take weeks before the case proceeds in the Mexican system and Walker could seek last legal avenues before return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Tribune
Mexico
Foreign Office
William F. Walker
New Britain
Conn
United States
Walker
Newark Diocese to Present Peter's Peace Fund to Pope
The Newark diocese reports a total Peter's Peace collection of 16 240 from several hundred churches. Bayonne's St. Mary's parish gave 1 400, and a group from Newark will travel to Rome for the presentation in the coming months.
Court blocks merger plan for two New York railways
Appellate Division sustained an injunction halting until trial a proposed contract between the New York, Westchester & Boston Railway and the New York & Port Chester Railroad. The ruling centers on control issues and the value of Westchester’s extensive investments and charter. Justice Scott notes the risk to the corporation’s interests and minority stockholders if the merger proceeds under an unsettled charter. The dissent argues the contract could allow Port Chester to fund road work while leaving Westchester exposed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York, Westchester & Boston Railway Company
New York & Port Chester Railroad Company
Supreme Court
Port Chester Railroad
177Th Street
City
Westchester Company
Port Chester Company
President Mellen
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
Milbrook Company
Port Chester
Westchester
Robert E. Robinson
Westchester Road
Scott
Ingraham
Port Chester Village
He Westchester Company
Verdict Reversed in $450000 suit against Gould and syndicate
John S. Jones sued for $450000 after aiding the Little Kanawha Syndicate led by George J. Gould William E. Guy and Joseph Ramsey Jr to acquire Ohio coal lands. Jones testified he advanced $370000 plus $8000 expenses under a repayment and commission plan. The Appellate Division ruled the suit should have targeted the syndicate rather than individual members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George J. Gould
John S. Jones
Jones
Ohio
Mr. Gould
William E. Guy
Joseph Ramsey, Jr
Little Kanawha Syndicate
Big Judgment Set Aside In Train Car Crash Case
The Appellate Division set aside a $120,410 verdict won by Mrs. Sarah Co. L. Read against New York Central over a fatal June accident at Van Cortlandt Park. The ruling found contributory negligence by the automobile party and reversed the prior judgments, citing the duty to heed an approaching train.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah Co. L
New York Central
van Cortlandt Park
Appellate Division
Margaret Noakes
Iron City Dividend 45 Percent Declared by Court
Report of auditors for the Iron City Trust Company receivers filed in U S District Court shows deposits due reduced from 1 163 250 to 767 022 since October 23. Judge Ewing confirmed nisi and on January 21 will be confirmed absolutely. a 45 percent dividend will be declared unless exceptions are filed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Iron City Trust Company
United States District Court
Ewing
Burlington Merges Leased Railroads in Central West
The Burlington Railroad will consolidate all leased roads it operates in Nebraska Wyoming and Kansas into the parent system. The move unites thirty seven small lines once operated under lease as part of Burlington's expansion policy to form new extensions under separate companies before final consolidation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Tribune
Otaha
Jan
Burlington Railroad
Nebraska
Wyoming
Kansas
Burlington
Briefs Filed in Stuyvesant Fish Voting Case
Briefs detailing points of law in the litigation by Stuyvesant Fish to stop votes of Minors Central stock held by Union Pacific and Railroad Securities were filed with Judge Ball. EB Harriman and other defendants filed the briefs and reply briefs are due within ten days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Stuyvesant Fish
Central
Union Pacific Railroad Company
Railroad Securities Company
Tobacco situation splits over night riders and pledges
The state meeting of the American Society of Equity denounces night riders as criminals and defends its peaceful outreach while Governor Willson’s raids are denied. In Hopkinsville three tobacco buyers commit to not purchase pledged tobacco to contradict reports of farmers being urged to break pledges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henderson
American Society of Equity
Willson
Hopkinsville, Ky
Hopkinsville
Imperial Tobacco Company
American Snuff Company
Tandy & Farleigh Tobacco Company
Dark Tobacco Association
Tobacco Fight Abroad Details at Government Hearing
E president Harris of the American Tobacco Company testified at yesterday’s government hearing. He described the firm’s foreign operations and efforts to curb tobacco growth in China Japan and Australia. He denied any arrangement with Portugal and noted failures in growing tobacco outside established producing nations. A. H. Hillmar then testified and refused to produce books, amid claims that Metropolitan Tobacco’s entry boosted Hillman Company business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harris
American Tobacco Company
Tobacco Company
China
Japan
Australia
Junius Parke
A. H. Hillmar
Hillman Company
Metropolitan Tobacco Company
Expelled broker linked to alleged misstatements
W. P. Wilkinson of 43 Exchange Place was expelled from the Consolidated Stock Exchange for making wilful misstatements to the membership committee during his application. Ogden D. Budd, the exchange's president, said the board found him guilty, noting it was a rare offense. Wilkinson called the expulsion absurd and suggested personal enmity may be involved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. P. Wilkinson
No. 43
Exchange Place
Consolidated Stock Exchange
Exchange
Ogden D. Budd
Consolidated Exchange
Mr. Wilkinson
Board of Governors
Committee On
Wilkinson
Budd
Trust Companies Split On Clearing House Membership
A tour of leading trust firms in the financial district shows near consensus against joining the Clearing House. One president opposes membership as the firm does no banking, while another favors entry if representation is guaranteed. Some urge separate clearing houses for banks and trust companies, else joint entry with representation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Financial District
Clearing House
Old Line Trust Companies
Clearing House Association
Pittsburg Exchange To Open After Board Meeting
Pittsburg stock exchange directors plan a Monday session to decide on resuming business with a reopening anticipated the following Monday. A prior Clearing House consult is set, reflecting the October suspension during financial trouble as the district expects about ten thousand workers back in small plants next week. In Wheeling the La Belle plant of American Tin Plate will resume fully by January 2 or 22, restoring about seven hundred jobs, while Riverside plant of National Tube Company is also expected to restart, with around three thousand workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Wheeling
W. Va
la Belle
American Tin Plate Company
Riverside
National Tube Company
Rotary Composing Machine Company Formed in New York
Albany Jan 10 The Rotary Composing Machine Company of New York with capital 2,600,000 organized to manufacture printing machinery filed its certificate of incorporation. Directors are William G McGrath William C Evans and William H Webb all of New York City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
Rotary Composing Machine Company of
New York
Wiliam G. McGrath
William C. Evans
William H. Webb
New York City
Colorado & Southern marks ninth anniversary with board meeting
Twelve of thirteen Colorado & Southern Railway directors attended an informal anniversary meeting. President Trumbull presented development figures and potential future growth. No dividend action was taken on first and second preferred stock. plan to discuss at the March meeting. Directors found the figures satisfactory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colorado & Southern Railway Company
Trumbull
Pig Iron Production to Resume in Birmingham
Birmingham officials report a surplus of pig iron has fallen from 90 000 tons to under 55 000 tons since October. Curtailed production will be phased out soon with only small dealers taking orders for No 2 foundry iron under 1 50 a ton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Ala
No. 2 Foundry
Anthracite Coal Trade Slows After Record Year
Philadelphia on January 10 reports a halt in the great coal boom that had driven record production through the year end. The mild winter weather mainly causes the suspension of activity in the anthracite trade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Coal output curtailed as industry shuts down strains supply
Tailment of product and the shutting down of industries have been contributing factors. Dealers nationwide report good anthracite stocks and a new year begins with few orders for producers. No immediate curtailment planned, but output may fall if demand does not improve.
Insurance firms push broader interpretation of New York law
Albany delegates from several insurers urged Deputy Attorney General Williams to adopt a broader reading of Section 9 1 2 of the insurance law. They argued that probable lapses on new business should not be counted in the annual expenses allowed for acquiring new business. Milburn represented Metropolitan Life, Lindabury Prudential, Cox ALIP, with Patterson of the State Insurance Department opposing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
Williams
Insurance Department
John G. Milburn
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
Lindabury
Prudential
Robert Lynn Cox
Association of Life Insurance
John 3. Patterson
State Insurance Department
Kelsey
Transit Accidents in December Reported to PSC
A December transit accident report to the Public Service Commission shows 51 deaths, 3 993 accidents, and 363 injuries among transit workers in Greater New York. Car collisions numbered 216 with many injuries during boarding and alighting. fourteen skull fractures, five amputations, and thirty six broken limbs noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greater
New York
Public Service Commission
Whitney
Hearing on Transit Amendments Set for January 17
The Public Service Commission schedules a public hearing at 2 p m on Friday January 17 on amendments to the rapid transit law. Citizens discuss possible constitutional changes to permit rapid transit construction by the city and whether the 1 per cent indebtedness limit hampers projects. The meeting will also consider criticism of the Elsberg act amending the transit law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Public Service Commission
Heavy selling signals possible trouble for Southern Railway
The Southern Railway Company faced heavy selling that unsettled the market. The common stock fell 2 percent and the preferred 5 points, with first mortgage bonds down 86.5 points from Thursday. Financiers tied to the company dismissed receivership rumors, noting a potential decline in the preferred dividend as a possible cause of weakness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Railway Company
Southern Railway
Judge orders transfer of Third Avenue Railroad to receiver
Judge Lacombe in the United States Circuit Court authorized Frederick W. Whitridge the Third Avenue Railroad receiver to take charge at midnight and ordered Joline and Robinson receivers for the New York City Railway Company to turn over all Third Avenue property. The Third Avenue line will operate independently from Sunday morning but no plan to disrupt existing transfer exchanges is expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City Railway Company
Warned Against Wage Reduction by Longshoremen Leader
The International Longshoremen's Association reports President Keefe warned members that employers may propose wage cuts. He noted annual talks with lake carriers and dock managers were postponed this year after prior conferences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International Longshoremen’s Association
Keefe
Northern Central quits Jim Crow cars on interstate trains
The Northern Central Railway ends the practice of running Jim Crow cars on interstate trains. Trains from Pennsylvania through Maryland no longer carry separate cars for Negro passengers, though separate coaches remain on purely local trains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tribune
Baltimore
Jan
Northern Central Railway
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Bronx Sewer Suit Dismissed in River Valley Case
Justice Mills announced the Bronx sewer case filed by taxpayer Angelia L Meiers to halt a Mack Contracting Co contract will be dismissed after the Bronx River Valley Sewer Commission resigns the contract to cure a fault. The suit seeks to permanently reinstate the injunction against the sewer project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Angelia L. Meiers
Bronx River Valley Sewer Commission
Mack Contracting Company
Justice Mills
Commission
Woman Shoots Self Before Train In Newark
Mrs Marie Lemcke Bohme 23 wife of Henry Bohme of Fairview avenue Newark threw herself before a Lackawanna train this forenoon. She left home saying she would visit her baby. The body was taken to a local morgue and identified by her brother Ralph Bohme.
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Orange
Marie Lemcke Bohme
Lackawanna
Newark
Fairview Avenue
Henry Oo. Bohme
Ernest E. Lemcke
Fuller Terrace
Hudson Harmony Near After Jersey County GOP Chair Vote
County Clerk John Rotherham was elected Hudson County Republican chair last night without opposition, defeating Colonel Samuel D. Dickinson as party leader in Hudson and the state. Sheriff John Kaiser was excluded from the membership roll over a technicality, prompting claims of a trick by Dickinson opponents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Rotherham
Hudson County
Republican Committee
Samuel D. Dickinson
Hudson
Dickinson
Rotherham
Dickinsonites
John Kaiser
Kaiser
McCarthy
Arrest in Murder Case Brings Georgiana Dickinson in Cambridge
Mrs Georgiana Dickinson alias Charlotte McDonald wanted in New Jersey for aiding the murder of Helena Whitmore. She was arrested in Essex Street Cambridge by Boston detectives Watts and Shields and jailed in the Tombs. She will be taken to New Jersey tomorrow and says she will cooperate. She sent a telegram to her husband in New York. Prosecutor Vickers was informed and a midnight transfer was planned. She offers to return without extradition papers and admits her identity. A clipping from Albany foreshadows a fortunes case involving John Smith Whitmore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Georgiana Dickinson
Charlotte McDonald
Harrison
N. J
Helena Whitmore
Essex Street
Cambridge
Watts
William J. Shields
New Jersey
Mrs. Dickinson
New York
Whitmore
Albany
John Smith Whitmore
Yates Avenue
Ann Jermond-Whitmore
Holland
Jermond
Fire Alarm Privilege Dispute Across New York City
A. J. Baldwin of the New York Protective Fire Company accuses Manhattan Fire Alarm Company of cutting and altering city telegraphic signal boxes. He cites charter Section 723 barring any interference with the fire alarm system and seeks similar privileges for his group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. J. Baldwin
New York Protective Fire Company
Lantry
Manhattan Fire Alarm Company
Baldwin
Greater New York
Manhattan Company
Twelfth Regiment Cheers Dyer at First Return
The 12th Regiment welcomed Colonel George R. Dyer back to the armory after the court of inquiry vindicated him. After the review, the band played as the command dismissed the companies and the regimental dance followed. Guests included Mr. and Mrs. Elisha Dyer and attorney James Osborne.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George R. Dyer
Dyer
Elisha Dyer
James Osborne
Ill Wind Over Cement Dust Yields Local Magnate
John Kelly of Buffington Indiana rose from poverty as a truck farmer to a cement block manufacturer. His home sits two blocks from the Hlnot s Steel Company cement works where a $3000 plant turns slag into Portland cement. Dust from the plant blankets his yard as he shields his garden with a billboard style barrier and blends gravel with cement to mold blocks sold locally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
John Kelly
Buffington
Ind
Kelly
Hlinots Steel Company
Fatal Grade Crossing Crash Near Otisville
Middletown, Jan. Marshall Brundage is dead and Dewitt Ogden is probably fatally injured after their wagon was struck by an Erie engine at Otisville grade crossing. Both men were thrown from the rig. Brundage died at Middletown Hospital and Ogden was admitted with serious injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
Marshall Brundage
Dewitt Ogden
Otisville
Here
Erie Tracks
Brundage
Ogden
Gillette Case Hearing Ends In Albany
The Albany hearing on Chester Gillette's appeal from a murder conviction and death sentence for the Grace Brown case at Big Moose Lake was completed. George W. Ward argued final points countering earlier defense claims that evidence was improperly admitted and that procedural errors warrant a new trial. A ruling was not expected soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
Chester Gillette
Cortland
Grace Brown
Big Moose Lake
George W. Ward
Doigeville
Herkimer County
A. M. Mills
Little Falls
Gillette
Old Letter Carrier William Nolan Buried at Holy Cross
William Nolan, a veteran post office letter carrier for twenty years, was buried yesterday at Holy Cross Cemetery. He died after a two week illness at Presbyterian Hospital. The Letter Carriers' Band led the funeral procession. he resided at 96 Bay 15th Street, Bath Beach, and leaves a wife and three children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Nolan
General Post Office
Holy Cross
Nolan
Letter Carriers’ Association
Lower Maiden Lane
Presbyterian Hospital
Bay 15Th Street
Bath Beach
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Stageland
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Frank J. Howell
West 81St Street
William L. Sondheim
Bowery
Young Men's Christian Association
Henry Duschnes
Mr. Sondheim
Almarag
Merchant
T Maxwell
Smallpox
W. Z. Walker
Mellen
J. S. Jones
Gould
Iron City
Society of Equity
American Company
Colorado
Southern
Whitridge
Northern Central
QUITS
JIM Crows
Hudson Harmony
Jersey City
Armory
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