State bankers meet as Gilbert speaks at Frontenac
Alexander Gilbert president of the New York Clearing House addressed the New York State Bankers Association convention at the Hotel Frontenac. Bankers from across the state gathered for the fifteenth annual meeting with plans to elect officers and discuss measures to curb over speculation and improve currency and banking policy. The session featured remarks by Gilbert and James Emery, with expected leadership changes and a public ceremony presenting a carved gavel to outgoing president Charles Elliot Warren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tribune
Frontenac
Alexander Gilpert
New York Clearing House
Seid
New York State Bankers’ Association
Gsefe
Empire State
New York State
Sessi
Charles Eliotenn
Warren
E. O. Eldredge
M. S. Sanford
Alexander Gilbert
James A. Emery
Joseph T. Talvice
Commercial National of
Chicago
William H. McElroy
New York
E. S. Tefft
Charles Elliot Warren
Gilbert
Orlarce
Association
Clark Williams
Thousand Islands
Rochester
Job Hedges
James M. Emery
Joseph T. Talbert
C. R. Leach
New York City
Louis E. Pierson
Irving National Bank of New York
E. J. Newell
People’s Bank of Buffalo
E. D. Fisher
The
Flatbush Trust Company
F. A. Mead
First National Bank of Albany
First National Bank of Syracuse
Wild Car Hints at Summit Train Crash
A brake chain on a coal car broke during a switch at Summit New Jersey causing a car to roll down the grade. The car struck a freight train at a curve as both derailed at about twenty miles per hour. Engineer Bailey and conductor Benzoni were badly hurt and taken to Middletown hospital along with conductor Wilson who suffered slight injuries. The engine and four cars left the rails.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York, Susquehanna & Western
Summit
N. J
Wilson
Bailey
Benzoni
Union Station in Buffalo Shaped by Site Clash and Railroads
A New York Central official outlined why a Buffalo union station remains contentious as Public Service Commission hearings continue. He notes capacity upgrades, a new 20 foot wide concrete subway, and plans to consolidate fourteen tracks, while favoring Fillmore avenue as ideal from a railroad view, the city opposing its distance from the main square. Rail lines involved include New York Central Erie Lehigh Valley Delaware, Lackawanna & Western with others like Michigan Central Lake Shore Nickel Plate and Buffalo Rochester & Pittsburg potentially joining.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Central & Hudson River Railroad Company
Buffalo
Public Service Commission
A. H. Smith
New York Central
Grand Central Station
Erie
Lehigh Valley
Delaware, Lackawanna & Western
Michigan Central
Lake Shore
Michigan Southern
Nickel Plate
Buffalo & Susquehanna
Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburg
Wabash
Grand Trunk
Toronto, Hamilton,& Buffalo
Record Rush to Prison After Belmont Hotel Heist
Nathan Levine captured after entering Major Cookson’s 14th floor Belmont Hotel apartment by inch wide ledge. He bound Mrs Cookson, threatened to kill, then was fought off by Major Cookson and arrested by police. He confessed to multiple hotel robberies and was sent toward Sing Sing after quick grand jury action.
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Sing Sing
Hotel Belmont
Nathan Levine
Mostyn Cookson
Belmont
Nathan Schultz
Major Cookson
Cookson
Levine
Court of General Sessions
No. 325
East 82
Baltic
Tor
Street
Case
Warrant Required For Raid On Poolroom Says Magistrate
Magistrate Wahle at Jefferson Market Court discharged five men arrested in a Wednesday night raid on a Broadway poolroom near 39th street. He warned that police cannot break in without a warrant and allowed broad citizen resistance if no warrant is shown. Solomon Mannheimer of West 92nd Street, charged with interfering, was also freed as the case concluded.
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Wahle
Jefferson Market Court
Conklin
Schindler
Kennedy
McMullen
Broadway
39Th Street
Solomon Mannheimer
West 92d Street
Mannheimer
Dismisses Case Against Bettor at Brooklyn Racetrack
Magistrate Tighe in Adams Street court Brooklyn dismissed the proceedings against Charles J Hart arrested at Sheepshead Bay racetrack after he bet a dinner for four that horse Creation would win in the second race. An order was issued to return the cash bail. Ulmann and Lefkowitz faces similar disposition today.
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Justice Bischoff
Tighe
Adams Street Court
Brooklyn
Charles J. Hart
Sheepshead Bay
Noonan
Creation
Hart
Ulmann
Lefkowitz
Paul Kelly Aids Police In East Side Shootout
Paul Kelly once a feared East Side gang figure helped Patrolman Wey arrest two men after a shooting at 320 East 113th street. A mob of about a thousand Italians swarmed Second Avenue as Kelly and the officer cornered Mauro and Leonardo Gucci at 2184 Second Avenue. The wounded man, Feleso Caenento of 337 East 14th Street, was in critical condition at Harlem Hospital.
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Paul Kelly
East Side
Kelly
Wey
East 104Th Street
East 113Th Street
Second Avenue
No. 2184
Mauro
Leonardo Gucci
Feleso Caenento
No. 337
East 14Th Street
Harlem Hospital
Plot to kidnap Corral's children in El Paso
Consul Lomeli of Mexico with Galveston police foiled a plot by Mexican malcontents to kidnap Vice-President Corral's children after their arrival in El Paso with their mother. Corral's family was guarded by plainclothes police and hotel guards, then escorted home to Mexico City. A two hour conference in Washington between Acting Secretary Bacon and Ambassador Creel resulted in near perfect understanding to enforce neutrality laws on the Mexican border with no complaints from the ambassador.
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Tribune
el Paso
Tex
Lomeli
Mexico
Galveston
Corral
Lomell
Washington
United States
Bacon
Creel
Gambling Indictments Expected By Kings County Grand Jury
Indictments tied to racetrack gambling expected today in County Court as Kings County Grand Jury prepares. Assistant District Attorney Robert H. Elder pursues links between betting ring and racing association. He aims to prove bookmakers pay a regular fee and that John B. Cavanagh oversees collections. Three aides of Cavanagh Michael Curry Edward Waugh and Joseph Reydell were subpoenaed and examined yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kings County Grand Jury
Robert H. Elder
Racing Association
John B. Cavanagh
Cavanagh
Michael Curry
Edward Waugh
Joseph Reydell
Nassau Trust Increases Capital Stock Unanimously
Nassau Trust Company votes to increase capital from 500000 to 600000 and approve rising stock to 1000000 with new bonds. The board plans to sell shares at 180 each to add 5000 to surplus as required by law, with branches statewide and October 30 deadline for compliance.
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Nassau Trust Company
Com Avenue
Brooklyn
Ba Trust Company
Lafayette
Reed
Pany
Broadway
Bedford
Flatbush Trust Companies
Woman and Spaniard Discharged in Market Court
The romance of Mrs. Elizabeth Washburn of Lafayette Indiana and Enrique Llamas of Colombia ended with his arrest on a charge of taking more than $12,000 from his sweetheart. In Jefferson Market court yesterday both were arraigned and Washburn promised to return home with her husband.
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Elizabeth Washburn
Lafayette
Ind
Enrique Llamas
Colombia
Jefferson Market Court
Mra
Washburn
Discharged man chastised as a rat by magistrate
Liamas agreed to leave the city and was discharged. Magistrate Wahle delivered a severe rebuke to Llamas, calling him a rat during the proceedings.
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Liamas
Llamas
Wahle
Parsons boom launched at Taft Sherman ratification meet
William H. Wadhams led a Madison Square Republican Club gathering at 24 West Ith Street to launch Herbert Parsons as a potential governor. Parsons, introduced amid praise, contrasted Taft and Sherman with Democratic promises, praising the convention and criticizing the opposition while noting trusted figures like Judge Wadhams, Ezra P. Prentice, and other local leaders.
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Herbert Parsons
William H. Wadhams
Madison Square Republican Club
West Ith Street
Parsons
Judge Wadhams
Mr. Parsons
Club
Chicago
Democratic Party
Sherman
Congress
Taft
Hughes
Ezra P. Prentice
25Th Assembly
Wadhams
Secret Death of Greenbaum's Secretary Found in Mount Vernon Hotel
John Macelroy of Brooklyn, private secretary to Justice Greenbaum of the Supreme Court, was identified as the man found dead in a Mount Vernon hotel room after heat fever. Detectives traced a well dressed woman seen with him to Brooklyn and learned his alias James McKinnon. Macelroy, about 35 and a lawyer, died quietly after registering. his wife and children are unaware.
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Mount Vernon
John Macelroy
Brooklyn
Justice Greenbaum
Supreme Court
van Patten
Silverstein
Macelroy
Davis
Potter's Field
Richard Bb. Tillinghast
No. 161
Broadway
Tillinghast
Adirondacks
Mary Anderson Hotel for Chorus Girls Planned on Broadway
A New York project aims to establish a women only hotel between 38th and 45th streets on Broadway called the Mary Anderson. Promoters Augustus F. Groll Co and backers from the West plan a low rate lodging with baths gymnasium beauty parlor stage and other amenities for chorus girls connected to the Three Twins. A mass meeting at Herald Square Theatre and a private press office wire to Wall Street are planned as negotiations for vacant hotels like the Normandie Parker and Saranac continue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
38Th
45Th Streets
Broadway
Augustus F. Groll & Co
Pulitzer
Mary Anderson
Groll & Co
Pittsburg
Parker
Saranac
Martha Washington
Herald Square Theatre
P. S
Wall Street
Lawyers' Tithe Insurance Building Signs Roof Ad
A sixteen story Lawyers' Tithe Insurance and Trust Company building at 166 Broadway plans a roof sign visible from nearby towers and across Manhattan. Moving in next month, the company will take time evacuating vast records as it relocates to the new office.
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Lawyers’ Tithe Insurance and Trust Company
No. 166
Broadway
Lower Manhattan
Singer
City
Bitants
Mars
Moon
Inha
Four Armies Formed at Pine Camp Maneuvers Begin
Pine Camp New York July 9 troops divided into four armies blue and brown regulars and two militia units under Colonel Macklin and Colonel Price. Major Decker and Major McDonald command the regulars. Colonel Paulding leads the infantry brigade with multiple regiments and cavalry. Forces bivouack miles apart and plan dawn clashes to practice outpost duties. General Grant appoints a seven officer commission to study Pine Camp as a permanent site.
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Pine Camp
Blue Army of Militia
Macklin
Maryland
Price
Pennsylvania
Brown
Decker
5Th Infantry
McDonald
11Th Cavalry
Paulding
Massachusetts Cadets
Maryland Infantry
24Th Regular Infantry
1St Connecticut Colored Infantry
15Th
13Th Cavalry
Artillery
Blue
Blue Army
Sterlingville
Grant
War Department
Army and Navy News Orders Issued and Movements
Washington July 9. Army orders transfer Colonel William B Homer to retirement and assign coast artillery officers to various companies on August 1. Also lists transfers and leaves, plus Navy promotions and detachments. Movements of warships report arrivals at Bradford Mare Island Honolulu New London and other ports with several vessels sailing.
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Edwin H. Glenn
Department of the East
Philippines
William B. Homer
Coast Artillery
William R. Smith
Elmer J. R. Allace
Samuel M. English
Richard H. Williams
Joseph Matson
Henry H. Scott
Benjamin H. Kerfoot
Ralph E. Herring
Carl E. Wiggin
Richard L Mkenney
Walter Singles
Jacob A. Mack
Leroy Bartlett
Basil G. Moon
Ellery W. Niles
Adelio Gibson
Sidney H. Guthrie
Listh
Thomas F. Dwyer
Lawrence S. Miller
Jacob C. Johnson
John R. Procter
Jacob M. Coward
Kenneth C. Mastellor
Edward Canfield, Jr
F. Lecoc
Charles H. Patterson
Walter B. M'Caskey
12Th Infantry
Fort Sheridan
Fort Niagara
Charles & Reese
Ned M. Green
15Th Infantry
Leon Springs
Seaborn G. Chiles
Lth Infantry
Charles §. Blakely
3D Field Artillery
William. B. Homer
Bradford
Buffalo
Mare Island
Nevada
New London
Glacier
Honolulu
Panther
Navy Yard
New York
Yankee
Newport News
Alexander
Guam
Rainbow
Denver
Cleveland
Woo-Sung
General Marshall to Oversee Harbor Work in New York
General William L. Marshall announced after a conference with Secretary Wright that he will divide time between Washington and New York to direct harbor improvement. He aims to make Ambrose Channel 1000 feet wide and 40 feet deep by January 1, with Secretary Wright’s approval.
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Washington
Wright
William L. Marshall
New York
Ambrose Channel
Battleship Nebraska Sails to Rejoin Fleet
The Atlantic fleet battleship Nebraska, held in quarantine for scarlet fever, has been fumigated and sails from San Francisco to rejoin the fleet at Honolulu. Wireless messages from the fleet report position near 4 7 N 127 15 W at ten knots, course south 48 degrees magnetic, and plans to place wireless tests en route to Molokai and Honolulu.
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San Francisco
Nebraska
Honolulu
Portland
Ore
United
Great Circle
Molokai
Heat toll rises with two deaths and many prostrations
One death and one prostration were reported amid continuing heat, with the 18 month old Thomas Bland of West 31st Street dying and 54 year old David Barrie of Mills Hotel at Rivington and Forsyth streets succumbing to the heat at New York Hospital. Weather forecasts predicted cooler conditions with easterly winds.
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Thomas Bland
West 31St Street
David Barrie
Mills Hotel
Rivington and
Forsyth Streets
New York
Sanitary Soda Fountain Opens at Broad Way and 28th
Carl H. Schultz Inc opens a store at Broad Way and 28th street selling artificial mineral waters and ice cream sodas. The fountains are designed with handsomest construction, featuring silver plated metals and glass, with waters distilled from chemically pure salts and ice cream prepared to Department of Agriculture standards.
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Carl H. Schultz (Inc
Broadway
28Th Street
Department of Agriculture
Washington
Bridegroom Fires on Serenaders in Allentown Crowd
Amandus Miller of Danielsville shot into a serenading crowd at his home injuring five men, two seriously. He yelled teach them a lesson as guests fled, including women. The incident occurred tonight as the bride of a fortnight accompanied by a wedding party gathered nearby.
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Tribune
Allentown
Penn
Amandus Miller
Danielsville
Gold brick deficit charged at Interborough line hearing
Alfred Skitt, president of the New York City Interborough Railway, told the Public Service Commission that the road was a gold brick and a deficit project. He cited fixed charges of 990,000 yearly on only 600,000 in construction costs and said receivership loomed with each added mile.
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Public Service Commission
Alfred Skitt
New York City
Interborough Railway Company
Robert €. Wood
John C. Tomlinson
Wood
Skitt
Tomlinson
Imterborough
Rapid Transit Subway Construction Company
Kenyon
Interborough Rapid Transit Company
Mr. Skitt
White bankruptcy schedule filed in former McIntyre partner case
Edward T. White, ex partner of T. A. McIntyre & Co., files bankruptcy schedules showing liabilities of 1,398,498.05 and assets of 1,194,089.79. Of liabilities, 1,250,999 is unsecured. Assets include cash on hand 2,756.30, bills and notes 353,500, office furniture 2,389, personal property 90,000, open accounts 822,007.92, stocks and bonds 171,583.57, and money in banks. Personal prop includes three Cotton Exchange seats valued after a loan failure. White also lists individual assets at 1,550.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward T. White
T. A. McIntyre & Co
White
Sil
Cotton Exchange
Summer session at Columbia draws diverse scholars
About 1300 students, half women, register for Columbia University’s summer session. Growth matches regular work, with four hours daily in class to curb overwork. Women focus on languages, pedagogy, and education, while men and others pursue degrees, extra work, and professional aims across states and nations.
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Columbia
Harvard
Columbia University
Texas
Pacific Coast
Germany
Peru
Canada
Japan
Porto Rico
Whittemore
Jack
Edward Lee Thorndike
Dean Russell
Richard E. Dodge
Charles E. Richards
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Aldrich-Vreeland
Mr. Gilbert
Want Union Station
the Tribune
Une
Nassau Trust
Madison Square Club
Congressman
Greenbaum
Army and Navy News
Tribune Bureau
NAVY
J. E Pillsbury
A. Marix
R. P. Rodgers
W. W. Smith
Dubuque
Salem
J. H. Blackburn
Montana
O. G. Marfin
H. K. Cage
Dolphin
N. E. Nichols
Marine Corps
A. A. Radicol
Ijr
P. M. Bannon
Marine Barracks
Philadelphia
P. F. Archer
Navy Department
Prairie
Hampton Roads
Tompkinsville
General Marshall
Sanitary Soda Fountain
President Skitt
Interborough
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