Knickerbocker Trust to Reopen by March Said
Justice Clark in Staten Island granted a two week extension for appointing a permanent receiver. More than 85 percent of depositors approved the reorganization plan totaling about 35 million dollars. Directors resigned. Hamilton Bank to reopen with over 2000 dollars in cash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Justice Clark
Supreme Court
St. George
Staten Island
Knickerbocker Trust Company
Satterlee-Parsons
Cortelyou
Julien T. Davies
Trust Company
Herbert L. Satterlee
Satterlee
Jackson
Justice Clarke
Mark Twain urges Knickerbocker depositors to accept Satterlee plan
Mark Twain releases a letter urging depositors who have not yet agreed to support the Satterlee plan for resuming Knickerbocker Trust. He insists acceptance protects all money, warns a permanent receivership would follow otherwise, and recalls past failed experiences with receiverships. He adds Cleveland endorses the plan and urges immediate action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mark Twain
Knickerbocker Trust Company
Grover Cleveland
Satterlee
Move cash to Hamilton Bank ahead of reopening
Nearly $1,000,000 in cash was moved to the Harlem bank from the Title Guarantee and Trust Co in lower Broadway ahead of Hamilton Bank’s reopening after a three month suspension. About $935,000 was transferred with $42,000 in corn in boxes and bags weighing roughly a ton and a half.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamilton Bank
Harlem
Title Guarantee and Trust Company
Lower Broadway
Fat Women and Housework
A self help piece argues that housework is the best exercise for fat women and rejects dieting or extra exercise. It promotes a home remedy blend of Marmola Fluid Cascara and Syrup Simplex with instructions to take a teaspoon after meals and at bedtime, claiming safe weight loss without stomach distress or wrinkles.
Walsh Found Guilty on Fifty Four Counts of Bank Misuse
John R. Walsh, former president of the Chicago National Bank, convicted on fifty four counts of misapplication of bank funds. The aged financier faced imprisonment up to ten years per count. Jury deliberated about thirty six hours. juryman Elbert Palmer wept as he acquiesced in the verdict.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
John R. Walsh
Chicago National Bank
Federal District Court
Walsh
John S. Miller
Elbert Palmer
Harvard
Palmer
Anderson
Miller
Ireland
Western News Company
Middle West
American News Company
Chicago Inter- Ocean
H. H. Kohlsaat
Chicago Herald
Chicago Chronicle
The
Herald
National Bank of Illinois
West Park
F. M Blount
Interference in Hayti Draws U S and Haitian Official Debate
Washington reports show Haitian Minister Léger initially regretting American Minister Furniss and Commander Marvell protesting the bombardment of St. Marc and Gonai ves. The State Department says such action follows modern war rules and Hague norms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Léger
Furniss
Marvell
Hayti
St. Marc
Gonaives
State Department
Hayui
Navy Department
Guantanamo
Eagle
Port Au Prince
Bacon
Gonatves
Long and Short Haul
IPC commission rules on long and short haul in Bovaird Supply Co case against Atchison Topeka Santa Fe and others. It rejects unjustified lower long haul rates. notes that unlawful rate findings do not prove reasonableness of higher lawful rates. emphasizes dissimilar circumstances, competition and misapplied rates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Clark
Bovaird Supply Company
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fé Railway
San Francisco
Independence
Kan
Mississippi River
Chicago
Commission
Discrimination Charged Against Major Rail Carriers
Compliant filed with the Interstate Commerce Commission by the Saginaw Board of Trade and the Flint Improvement League alleges illegitimate freight rates from Atlantic seaboard points to the Saginaw Valley. It names the Grand Trunk Railway Company and 36 other carriers as parties, contending rates exceed those to Chicago by more than a set margin and were arranged by concerted action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Jan
Interstate Commerce Commission Today
Saginaw Board of Trade
Flint Improvement League
Michigan
Grand Trunk Railway Company
Central and Eastern Railway
Atlantic Seaboard
New York City
Saginaw Valley
Chicago
New museum to open by Hispanic Society in Audubon Park
The Hispanic Society of America library and museum in Audubon Park near 156th Street and Broadway opens tomorrow. Archer M Huntington endowed the society, which houses over fifty thousand library volumes and a world class collection including bronze Arabic doors from a Cairo mosque and artifacts spanning centuries of Spanish and Portuguese history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Hispanic Society of America
Audubon Park
156Th Street
Broadway
Archer M. Huntington
Collis P. Huntington
Huntington
United States
South America
Indiana
Cairo
America
New Car Line Receivers Named by Supreme Court
Justice Mills at a special term in White Plains appointed Leslie Sutherland as temporary receiver of the new car line, continuing court action in the case filed yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Justice Mills
Supreme Court
White Plains
Leslie Sutherland
Prohibition Bills Up in Senate Committee Hearing
Washington January 18 The Senate Judiciary Committee took up prohibition measures and heard Senator Tillman argue Congress may regulate interstate liquor trade while state police powers apply to enforcement. Senator Bacon pressed constitutional questions as Knox and Nelson noted existing Supreme Court rulings on state bans and interstate commerce. Tillman warned whiskey drives crime and urged federal action to regulate states already acting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate Committee On the Judiciary
Tillman
Congress
Bacon
Nelson
Supreme Court
Knox
Fulton
Con
Senate
Bartholdt
Missouri
Lcenses
Bartholdi
Yerkes
Internal Revenue
Dolliver
Yonkers Rail Receivers Appointed For Westchester Lines
Yonkers Street Railroad and J Addison Young of New Rochelle named temporary receivers for Westchester Electric Railway Company. Bonds filed for $20 000. Debts of Union Railway system exceed 5 million with limited assets. Tarrytown White Plains Mamaroneck line receivership sought. hearings set for Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yonkers Street Railroad
J. Addison Young
New Rochelle
Westchester Electric Railway Company
Mount Vernon
Sutherland
Yonkers
Westchester County
Young
Union Railway
Huckleberry
Bronx
J. A. Young
Westchester Company
New Rochelle Trust Company
Westchester Trust Company of
Leslie Sutherland
Westchester County Electric Railroads
Special Service for Strangers at Fifth Avenue Church
Robert E. Speer head of the Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions to lead a special meeting for strangers at the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church on 66th Street and Fifth Avenue tonight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert E. Speer
Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions
Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church
66Th Street
Fifth Avenue
Pond search fails for missing Caplette and Marrier
Webster Pond in Webster was scoured without success for Peter Caplette aged 22 and Annie Marrier aged 19 who disappeared after being last seen skating toward open water. Separate incidents claim two more youths drowned: Robert Armstrong 12 at Crystal Lake Newtonville and Edward Tremaine 13 in the Cocheco River Rochester New Hampshire after breaking through ice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Webster Pond
Webster
Peter Caplette
Annie Marrier
Robert Armstrong
Crystal Lake
Newtonville
Edward Tremaine
Cocheco River
Rochester
N. H
Goethals Testifies on Gatun Dams and Canal Locks
Colonel Goethals, chairing the Isthmian Canal Commission, testifies on dam and lock structures and says Gatun will be safe for the largest ships. He supports night work on sections and notes cement mixing should run continuously once locks begin in January. He cites 110 feet as sufficient lock width and 108-foot beam ships as the likely maximum. Hearing continues Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Colonel Goethals
Isthmian Canal Commission
Senate Canal Committee
Gatun
Goethals
Gorgas
Sanitary Department
May cripple naturalization law funding by Feb 1
Washington reports that without immediate congressional funding the naturalization force will be dropped by February 1. Alford W. Cooley asked the House Appropriations Committee for 125000 to cover costs to July 1, noting the original 100000 budget was inadequate after examiner pay requirements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
Alford W. Cooley
H House Committee On Appropriations
Legal Department
Secretary of Commerce and Labor
Is Peruna Useful for Catarrh
Peruna is claimed to combine remedies from several medical schools and pharmacology to treat chronic catarrh. The text argues for universal efficacy of each ingredient, cites Dr. Hartman, and asserts direct home delivery with honest, uniform preparation and low cost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartman
Crook Edwin Starr Arrested in Frisco
Edwin Starr alias Joseph Murphy alias John Sweeney, a NY wanted criminal for grand larceny, was arrested in San Francisco and held awaiting NY police advice. Authorities say there may be additional charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Edwin Starr
Joseph Murphy
John Sweeney
New York
Starr
West 17Th Street
Elsie Blank
Philadelphia
Paterson
N. J
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Arthur Terry
Frank J. Grant
Frank White
Justice Betts
Knickerbocker
Hispanic Society
Senator Tillman
Mass
Park &Tilford
Joseph P. McHugh & CO
Opp. Library
Lawson
Guinness Stout
O'Gorman
Seirs
William O'Gorman
Register’s Office
Frisco
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