Spitzer Named Chief Suspect In Sugar Refinery Fraud
The defense in the United States Circuit Court case against Charles R Heike Ernest Gerbracht and James F Bendernagel centers on Oliver Spitzer as the mastermind of refinery fraud. Witnesses for Gerbracht will testify and the trial may reach a jury by Friday with Spitzer already implicated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Havemeyer & Elder
Oliver &Bitzer
Charles R. Heike
Ernest Gerbracht
James F. Bendernagel
United States Circuit Court
Bendernagel
Spitzer
Henry F. Cochrane
George Mackeilar
Gerb
Federal Building
Mackellar
Gerbracht
H. C. Havemeier
Winfred T. Dennison
Burr
Maddox
Stimson
Smuggling Arrest at Hoboken Hull on Pearl Necklace Case
Inspector Timothy Donahue stopped Minneapolis banker H R Lyon at the Hamburg American Line pier in Hoboken for attempting to evade customs duties on two pearl necklaces and other jewelry valued at more than 34000. Lyon posted 2500 bail for further examination as trunks and jewelry were seized and sent to the Appraiser's Stores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Timothy Donahue
H. R. Lyon
Minneapolis
Hamburg-American Line
Hoboken
Mr. Lyon
Tim
Donohue
Inspector Donohue
Tim” Donohue
Lyon
Smyth
Grand Trunk Railway Places $2000 Rolling Stock Order
Montreal reports the Grand Trunk Railway of Canada placed an order for new rolling stock at a total cost of $2,000. The announcement notes the purchase aims to expand and modernize the fleet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Trunk
Montreal
Grand Trunk Railway of Canada
Whitman Fellows Dinner Sparks Protest at Brevoort
At the Walt Whitman Fellowship annual dinner at Hotel Brevoort Andre Tridon quoted Whitman poems provoking offense. Street & Smith’s Mr. Street interrupted and withdrew with companions after protests from women present. Speakers contrasted Whitman’s freedom with Roosevelt race views and other theories as poets honored Whitman for truth and democracy. About one hundred attendees heard readings and a late afternoon session featured J G Phelps Stokes Jr Horace Troubel and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walt Whitman
Hotel Brevoort
Andre Tridon
Whitman
Street
Street & Smith
Roosevelt
Charles Zeublin
Bolton Hall
William Davenport
Zeublin
J. G. Phelps Stokes, Jr
Fast Side Settlement
Horace Troubel
Court Reform Conference Begins With ABA and Civic Federation
Special committees of the American Bar Association and the American Civic Federation opened a joint conference at 42 West 41st Street to study remedies and draft bills to curb delay and costs in litigation. The group plans to present reports to their organizations and push state and federal lawmakers toward enacted reforms, naming members from major cities across the country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Bar Association
The
American Civic Federation
No. 42
West 41Th Street
Everett P. Wheeler
New York City
Roscoe Pound
Chicago
H. Amidon
Far N. D
J. H. Beale
Cambridge
Mass
Frank Irving
Ithaca
N. Y
C. Eastman
Concord
N. H
Samuel Scoville
Philadelphia
H. D. Easterbrook
E. T. Sanford
Knoxville
H. Alien
Topeka
Charles Jewett
New Albany
Ind
T. W. Shelter
Norfolk
William Saulsbury
Wilmington
Del
A. M. Eaton
Providence
Lawrence Cooper
Huntsville
Ala
W. J. MacIntyre
Thomasville
J. F. Vaile
Denver
C. L. Monson
Williamsport
Penn
Naked Man Detained After Park Wall Sighting
West 68th street patrolman Helms in Central Park West yesterday heard a man singing and found a naked man on the park wall. The bartender, identified as John T. Bess of 232 Bowery, was captured but refused to clothe himself. He was taken to J Hood Wright Hospital as an alcoholic patient amid a 200 strong crowd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helms
West 68Th Street
Central Fork West
Central Park
J. Hood Wright Hospital
Dr. Well
John T. Bess
Bowery
TRY TO FORCE WALDO'S HAND
Three New York retail fireworks dealers petitioned Justice Erlanger for a court order forcing Fire Commissioner Waldo to issue sale permits from June 16 to July 10. The motion alleges an autocratic, unlawful stance and cites statutes authorizing permits. The proposed rule could affect 1,509 dealers citywide. Assistant Corporation Counsel Weil notes the Explosives Commission required sprinklered sale locations. Decision reserved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mirabeau I. Towns
Justice Erlanger
Supremes Court
Waldo
Gaynor
Town
New York
Arnold C. Weil
Municip Explosives Commission
Erlanger
Lehigh Valley Prices Break and Fare Increases Reported
Cotton prices fell sharply on the Lehigh Valley exchange and in New Orleans trading as May delivery expired. Bears and bulls blamed private crop estimates and Patten’s shipments. the market showed heavy activity with July and other options slipping before partial recovery. Concurrently the Lehigh Valley Railroad announced commuter fare increases aligned with New Jersey Central, applying to most stations except Elizabeth with notable rises for 60 and 50 trip tickets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bulls
Bears
Shorts
Europe
James A. Patten
Lehigh Valley Railroad
Interstate Commerce Commission
New York
Elizabeth
Lehigh Valley
New York City
Bull Clique
Patten
Brown
Haynes
Scales
New Orleans
New Jersey Central
Central
C. S. Lee
Jersey Central
Lackawanna
Erie
Southern Cotton Buyers to Adjourn London Bill of Lading Protest
PLAN COTTON SURETY COMPANY Atlanta May 31 For ap pointing a representative to go to London to protest against the demand that all Southern cotton be shipped on port bills of lading the Southern Cotton Buyers Association will hold a meeting in this city next Thursday The representative probably will be authorized to propose a surety company as protection for the through bills of lading as now used The present demands of foreign bankers is the result of recent failures of two big Southern exporting firms Knight Yancey Co of Decatur Alabama and Steele Miller Co of Corinth Mississippi by which the foreigners lost about 1 000 000
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
London
Southern Cotton Buyers’ Association
Knight, Yancey & Co
Decatur, Aila
Steele, Miller & Co
Corinth
Miss
New York Tax Reform Protest Over Inheritance Tax Bill
The New York Tax Reform Association protests Governor Hughes on a progressive inheritance tax bill that passed the Legislature. A Pleydell, secretary, says the bill was rushed through with minimal hearings, introduced late in April, and hurried on May 13 and adjournment day, depriving the public of discussion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Tax Reform Association
Hughes
A. ©. Pleydell
Association
Committee On
Assembly
Senate Tax Committee
Student Nurses Win Prizes at Jewish Hospital Exercises
More than five hundred attended the graduating exercises of the Jewish Hospital training school for nurses at the Willoughby mansion. Four prizes were awarded: Mabel Rodman won a gold medal and 75 dollars, Isabelle Martin received 50 dollars, Mary Gallavin got a suitcase and fittings, and Hortense H. Craig, the valedictorian, earned a similar prize. Addresses by Pren dergast, Dr. H. B. De Latour, Isaac Isaacson, Abraham Abrams, Monsignor White, and Edward Lazinsky followed, with a musical program and dancing into the night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jewish Hospital
Willoughby Mansion
Willoughby Avenue
Throop Avenue
Mabel Rodman
Isabelle Martin
Mary Gallavin
Hortense H. Craig
Controller Prendergast
H. B. de Latour
Isaac Isaacson
Abraham Abrams
William J. White
Edward Lazinsky
Receivers Appointed for American Union Telephone Co
In Trenton New Jersey receivers were appointed for the American Union Telephone Company a subsidiary of Continental Telephone and Telegraph Company. Judges Bellstab named Charles West and Frank D Houck as receivers. The filing contends mismanagement and asset misuse by officers and cites contracts for acquiring properties including American Union. The case arose from a prior order issued May 24 requiring show cause why a receiver should not be appointed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trenton
N. J
American Union Telephone Company
Continental Telephone and Telegraph Company
American Union Company
Continental Company
Dean Electric Company
Elyria
Ohio
Howard
ALL MET SYSTEM AT SALE FOR AUCTION
The Metropolitan Street Railway system will be sold at auction on July 1 at noon under court decrees of foreclosure. Judge Lacombe set the date. upset price is 10 million dollars in cash. The sale, approved by the U S Circuit Court of Appeals, may reject any unsatisfactory bids. The Morton Trust Company foreclosure covers the remainder, allowing the whole system to be offered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lacombe
United States Circuit Court
Guaranty Trust Company
Morton Trust Company
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Bondsman Indicted for Perjury in Queens Court
Michael H. Feeney named in Fosdick report as a large bail business operator in Brooklyn was held in 5000 bail before Judge Humphrey in Queens County Court Long Island City on perjury charges. The indictment stems from Feeney's $326 bail for John O'Brien facing grand larceny charges with a prior offense. Feeney allegedly swore the Sterling Place Brooklyn property securing the bail was free and clear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michael H. Feeney
Fosdick
Brooklyn
Humphrey
Queens County Court
Long Island City
Feeney
John O'Brien
Sterling Place
O'Brien
Night and Day Bank trims hours to sixteen daily
The Night and Day Bank abandons its 24 hour policy to operate from 6 am to midnight with two clerk shifts. Located at Fifth Avenue and 44th Street, it opened on April 30, 1906, serving out of town clients with round-the-clock drafts and deposits, supported by a notable list of early directors and executives including Oakleigh Thorne and J. W. Harriman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fifth Avenue
44Th Street
Brook Club
Oakleigh Thorne
J. W. Harriman
J. Borden Harriman
Robert Bacon
O. H. P. Belmont
E. H. Harriman
Charles T. Barney
P. A. B. Widener
Myron T. Herrick
Cleveland
Marsden J. Perry
James S. Kuhn
Pittsburg
Mr. Thorne
A. D. Bennett
Port Huron
Mich
Samuel S. Campbell
Frederick Phillips
T. B. Clarke, Jr
Shipping News Arrivals and Quarantines Reported at Bar
A long list of steamers arriving and departing quarantine stations with dates and ports, including Mesaba Prinz August Wilhelm Alice Kaiser Wilhelm II Athinas Oscar II Werdenfels Delaware Indrapura Bertha Denver Manna Hata City of Atlanta Seneca Hesperus Arapahoe Alliance Hurbo Bank Cubana Hamilton Jamestown Simon Dumols and others. Each entry notes origin, destination, passenger and cargo counts, mails or moise, and arrival or quarantine status. The report also lists wind and sea conditions at Sandy Hook and final notes on vessels and routes such as Westfalen Ryndam Kronprins Wilhelm Moltke and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mesaba
London
Atlantic Transport Line
Moise
Bar
Prinz August Wilhelm
Ger
Savanilla
Port Simon
Colon
Kingston
Fortune Island
Alice
Trieste
Patras
Palermo
Algiers
Phelps Bros & Co
Kaiser Wilhelm II
Bremen
Southampton
Cherbourge
Celrichs& Co
Athinas
Constantinople
Smyrna
Finch, Edge & Co
Delaware
Georgetown
Wilmington
N C
Clyde Ss Co
Indrapura
Manila
Trollo
Cebu
Singapore
Sabang
Suez i
Port Said
Gibraltar
Funchye & Co
Bertha
Nor
Port Antonio
Unco Importing Co
Denver
Galveston
Key West
Mallory Ss Co
Mdse
Manna Hata
Baltimore
New York & Baltimore Transportation Line
Puerto Padre
Munson
Cubana
Caibarien
Matenzas
Cardenas
Hamilton
Newport News
Norfolk
Old Dominion Ss Co
Jamestown
Gers
Simon Dumols
Puerto Plata
Atlantic Fruit Co
Sandy Hook
Recreation Director Chosen for Manhattan and Richmond
Howard Bradstreet, secretary of the Parks and Playgrounds Association, is slated by Commissioner Stover to become Supervisor of Recreation for Manhattan and Richmond. The announcement was delayed by Mr Stover's indisposition. Bradstreet active in recent public hearings and outdoor groups, tied to many civic societies in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Bradstreet
Parks and Playgrounds Association
Stover
Manhattan
Richmond
Bradstreet
Park Board
Cooper Union
Teutonic Expected to Dock Tomorrow After Wireless Report
Marine intelligence lists the Teutonic as 710 miles east of Sandy Hook at 8 am yesterday. It is expected to dock tomorrow forenoon, according to wireless reports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Teutonic
Sandy Hook
Transatlantic Steamship Movements Through Hamburg May 30–31
A dense list of ships with origins and destinations in New York service from Hamburg and nearby ports. Vessels include Graf Waldersee, Kaiserin Augusta Victoria, Atrato Bri, Furnessia, Venesia, Verona, Platea, Brantwood, Chiverstone, Campania, Kronprinzessin Cedlie, and others, detailing routes via Plymouth, Cherbourg, Naples, Genoa, and Le Havre with dates in late May.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamburg
Graf Waldersee
Ger
New York
Plymouth
Cherbourg
Kaiserin Auguste Victoria
Southampton
Atrato «Bri
Kingston
Colon
Glasgow
Furnessia
Marseflies
Venesia
Fri
Naples
Iiam
Verona
Italy
Philadelphia
Genoa
Platea
Galveston
Norfolk
Coronel
Brantwood
Dunkirk
Chiverstone
Havre
Fishguard
Campania
Liverpool
Kronprinzessin Cedlie
Bremen
Groseer Kurfiret
Plysmouth
Victoria
Brazil
Grecian Prince
Arbados
Pernambuco
Etc
Para
Clement
Bri
Maritime Vessel Schedule Fragment
Fragmentary OCR list shows ships and routes with times and ports. Entries include Mauretania Cunard Adriatic S ham pter and Amsterdam lines. Bermuda Quebec Seminole Santo Domingo and Rotterdam Ancona Navies Italian routes. Antilla Guantanamo Proteus New Orleans Iroquois Jacksonville Clyde times noted with scattered am pm stamps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saratoga
Havana
Ward
Cwicna
Anal el Alba
Jgalveston
Lusitania
Liverpool
Cunard
Teutonic Southampton
Star Floride
Havre
Azores
New Orleans
Jacksonville
Clyde
Bermuda
Antilla
Guantanamo
Proteus
Iroquois
Special Powder Bargains at Warren Street Store
At Warren Street store only, fifty odd travelling bags and suitcases, the more expensive qualities, at considerable reductions. Discontinued patterns. About half are black bags formerly six to seven dollars, now four thirty five.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren St
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Heike
Hetke
Cochrane
Eastern District Hospital
Williamsburg Savings Bank
hburar@ of Education
American Sugar Refining Company
Williamsburg
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O. K
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New-York Tribune
Strange Man
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C. McCain
Trunk Line Association
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Phone CO
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C. G. Gunther's
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Hayti
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Ola
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Shipping News
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Wilister
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el Dorado
Pawnee
City of Macon
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Princess Anne
DPD
Luckenbach
Kroonland Hergs
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Rotterdam
Kronprins Wilhelm
Moltke
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Marine Intelligence
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Roders Peet & Company
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Charles Dillinghaw
46Th St
Jas. C. Morton
EF. F. Moore
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Penman
de Welf Hopper
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Mt. Ton
Lews' Werald Sq
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Lyric
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Ay Mat
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Eo Irlowe
Hamlet
Jimmy Valente
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Keith & Prectes
Thomem Luna
Tore ‘Altz
the Little Stranger
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Dinkelspie
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Rock Steger
Dundy's Park
NPS
Shimidu
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Magdalena
Bran Soushamasen
Barbados
New Yor St Luci
Afghanistan
Ante
Fagasta
New York Care
Bostom
Lshart
Atrato
Meneter
Coton
Rotenfels
Gert
Durbay
Taku Bar
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