Thomas liquidation plan before creditors described
A creditors committee finalized a proposed liquidating plan for the Thomas firm, detailing an immediate 300000 payment and annual installments totaling about 3099000 to settle debts. The plan assigns all debtors property to trustees, with creditors receiving pro rata cash and asset proceeds, and names committee members and trustees from prominent firms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tors
R. Thomas
O. F. Thomas
Robert Ae
Elverton R. Chapman
Ney
Credie
Cromwell
Unter
J. Horace
Knickerbocker Trust Company
Bien H. Taxier
Bowling Green Trust
Wiliam C Allison
Consolidated Compens Nk
Charles I. McBurney
Stickney
McBurner
Trust Company
Lequiees
Sullivan & Cromwell
E. R. Thomas
Samuel Thomas
Mery
H Wee
Thomas
Knickerbecker Tee Company
R Thomas
Thomas and Maclay
Thomases
Wires Skitt Comments on Manhattan Railway Bond Sale
Wires Skitt vice-president of the Manhattan Refinery Company said the Public Service Commission limited bond sale to not less than a fixed rate but Manhattan Railway bonds brought a higher price. The commission authorized 11,712,000 dollars in bonds to refund 6 percent Metropolitan Elevated Railroad bonds due May 1, sold to Redmond & Co. Holders of maturing bonds could exchange for new Manhattan bonds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wires Skitt
Manhattan Refieny Company
Manhattan Railway Company
Public Serve Commission
Redmond & Co
Manhattan
Exchange Committees Formed By New York Produce Trade Board
The New York Produce Trade Board yesterday named standing committees for the year. Trade and transportation committee members include Charles A. Coffin chairing with J. Wardiner A. C. Fetterolf James F. Parker and Yale Iceland. Flour committee members are Russell C. Johnson chair J. E. Reamer J. G. Wade and William Rogers. All trade and transportation members except Coffin, now in Europe, also sit on the special committee appointed to confer with trunk line railroads to seek inland grain rate reductions to the port. The action follows White Star Line pulling five high steamers due to rail rate cuts to Montreal. The first meeting with railroad officials is today at the Trunk Line Association offices, 143 Liberty Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Comei
Trade and Transportation Emittee
Charles A. Coffin
J. Wardiner
A.C. Fetterolf
James F. Parker
Yale Inceland
Russell C. Johnson
J. E. Reamer
J. G. Wade
William Rogers
Trade and Transportation Committee
Mr. Coffin
Europe
Trunk Line
White Star Line
Montreal
Railrood
Trunk Line Association
Liberty Street
Westinghouse Plan Faces Reorganization Committee Hurdles
Reports claimed the Westinghouse reorganization committee was trying to block the plan while James N. Jarvie and Adrian H. Larkin returned from a Pittsburgh inspection trip with other officers briefed on the company works.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company
James N. Jarvie
Adrian H. Larkin
Pittsburg
Westinghouse Company
BANKERS CONVENTION SPEAKERS NAMED AT FRONTENAC
David H. Pierson announced speakers for the New York State Bankers Association annual convention at the Frontenac Hotel Thousand Islands July 8 and 9. Alexander Gilbert of the Lex York Clearing House and Market and Fulton National Bank. James A. Emery on The Banker and Class Legislation. Joseph T. Talbot of Chicago's Commercial National Bank. W. H. Melley and Job E. Hedges of New York City are listed as speakers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David H. Pierson
New York State Bankers’ Asociation
Commercial National Bank
Chicago
W. H. Meley
Job E. Hedges
New York City
Republic Iron and Steel Keeps Dividend Suspension Decision
Directors of Republic Iron and Steel Company announced no Republic dividend despite favorable earnings. The board cited mortgage covenants requiring a minimum $6.5 million quick assets balance and opted to suspend further improvements and reconstruction to preserve liquidity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Republic Iron and Steel Company
Missing Bank Teller Ketcham Sought On Embezzlement Charge
The American Surety Company seeks Albert T. Ketcham on embezzlement charges connected to Broadway Savings Institution at No 5 Park Place. He vanished March 19 after leaving a memo of theft and a note to his wife saying an accident occurred. Inspectors cite no signs of lavish living and expect arrest soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Surety Company
Albert T. Ketcham
Broadway Savings Institution
Park Place
Mr. Ketcham
Ketcham
West 133d Street
Mrs Tower's Sister Testifies In Separation Suit
Grace Bogardus testified in the separation case of Mrs Mary Bogerdus Tower against Albert E Tower, the Poughkeepsie iron man. She described the Erl King yacht trip to Newport, noted alleged visits with Mrs Wels, and claimed Tower drank heavily while his wife faced humiliation. Other witnesses contradicted aspects, with several men on the yacht praising Tower's sobriety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Bogerdus Tower
Albert E. Tower
Poughkeepsie
Newport
Mrs. Wels
Larchmont
Tower
John B. Rice, Jr
Lucy Butts
Toledo Banker Indicted Over Bank Closure
Toledo on June 18 George G Metzger prominent Toledo banker and Broadway Bank president, indicted by the grand jury on charges of embezzlement and misappropriation of funds after the bank closed its doors weeks earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toledo
George G. Metzger
Broadway Bank
Gould Hires Estate Near Wife in Greenwich
Frank Jay Gould hires the R. P. Reddington estate in Belle Haven adjoining Mrs. Gould's property in Greenwich Connecticut. Part of Gould's furniture arrives as he travels on his yacht Helenia. after a two hour visit with his two children, the yacht leaves. One child is seriously ill and Mrs. Gould is out of town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenwich
Conn
Frank Jay Gould
R. P. Reddington
Belle Haven
Royal Guest to Marry Again
Royal Guest a coal merchant of West List street plans marriage to Frances Peters Bang a week from tomorrow. Bang a dressmaker of Seventh avenue obtained divorce from Richard C Bang on October 1 196. The court awarded custody of their son to Bang and Guest received custody of Russell Guest. Guest and Bang secured a marriage license at City Hall yesterday. Domestic troubles had drawn attention with prior lawsuits for divorce and alienation of affections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Royal Guest
West List Street
Helen L. Guest
Frances Peters Bang
Seventh Avenue
Richard C. Bang
Mr. Guest
Russell Guest
Guest
Found Dead Near Open Gas Jet In West Lat h Street
Miss Mary Jane Steeves sister of John F. Steeves and member of Church E Gates & Co was found dead in the bathroom at her brother 62 West Lat h street by her sister in law early yesterday morning the strong odor of gas coming from an open jet led to the discovery. Her brother and physician consider death an accident due to years of fainting spells.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Jane Steeves
John F. Steeves
Church E. Gates & Co
West Lath Street
Miss Steeves
G A R Elects Daniels State Commander in Buffalo
General William H. Daniels of Ogdensburg was elected state commander of the Grand Army of the Republic in Buffalo. Other officers chosen include senior vice commander William A. Boyd of New York junior vice commander R. P. Bush of Horseheads and chaplain H Weeds of Bath. Daniels also reappointed William S Bull as division adjutant general.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo
William H. Daniels
Ogdensburg
Grand Army of the Republic
William A. Boyd
New York
R. P. Bush
Horseheads
H. ©. Weeds
Bath
Daniels
William 8. Bull
Gunness Bodies Buried in Chicago
The bodies of Mrs Gunnese and her three children from Laporte Indiana were shipped to Chicago where an undertaker arranged burial permits at City Hall and the family was interred at Forest Hill Cemetery in a businesslike procession.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Gunnese
Laporte
Ind
City Hall
Forest Hill Cemetery
Enlarge Court Powers Says Supreme Court Justice
Associate Justice David J. Brewer urged at Clark College that the restraining power of the court of equity should be enlarged not diminished. He argued injunctions protect public welfare, noting courts act against all parties and that restraint is needed amid dense population and rising urban vice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Worcester
Mass
David J. Brewer
United States Supreme Court
Clark College
Court of Equity
Equity Court
Criminal Court
Evaporating Warning on Unlicensed Health and Accident Society
State Insurance Department examiners warn that the National Health and Accident Society, listed at No 32 Broadway, is not authorized to operate in the state. No mail, no known address, and unclear representation hinder identity. Reports from Gary and West Virginia indicate many spoof policies with signatures by L. Printer, R. F. Mitchell, and B. E. Ross.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Insurance Department
National Health and Accident Society
No. 32
Broadway
Kelsey
National Accident Society
West Virginia
Gary
W. Va
L. Printer
R. F. Mitchell
B. E. Ross
Mitchell
Ross
Nekoosa Edwards Paper Company Forms 3 Plant Merger
Appleton Wis June 18 With the incorporation of the Nekoosa Edwards Paper Company capitalized at 3 000 000 one of the largest paper mill mergers in recent years is completed Three major plants in Wisconsin connect Nekoosa Paper Company Port Edwards Fibre Company and John Edwards Manufacturing Company all in Wood County The merger also includes thousands of acres of timber lands in Wisconsin and upper Michigan The three plants have a combined output of 280000 pounds of print paper 200000 pounds of ground wood pulp and 200000 pounds of sulphite fibre
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Appleton
Wis
Nekoosa-Edwards Paper Company
Wisconsin
Nekoosa Paper Company
Nekoosa
John Edwards Manufacturing Company
Port Edwards Fibre Company
Port Edwards
Wood County
Upper Michigan
Subway Vote Held Up By Supreme Court Adjournment
Justice Blanchard adjourned the case until Monday over the injunction restraining the Board of Estimate from voting on Fourth Avenue subway contracts. Harlem interests threatened another injunction. debate over a referee and standing in court cloud the proceeding as Borough President Coler and officials contest the injunction’s form and scope.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Justice Blanchard
Supreme Court
Board of Estimate
Fourth Avenue Subway
Harlem
Jefferson M. Levy
Coler
John F. Dillon
J. Hampden Dougherty
Pendleton
John FP. Caldwell
Blanchard
Ex Governor Spriggs Denies Butte Man Mental Breakdown
Ex Governor A E Spriggs in the city says reports that H L Frank of Butte suffered a mental breakdown are false. He cites word from Frank in Cincinnati with his mother and from Frank's brother attributing the condition to stomach disorder and overwork. KEENE AND DWYER WANT Liberty. P J Dwyer Brooklyn Jockey Club president backs the Personal Liberty League. He notes James R Keene is enthusiastic and might accept the presidency, with Colonel Franklin Bartlett eyed for vice president and counsel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. E. Spriggs
Montana
H. L. Frank
Butte
Keene
Dwyer
P. J. Dwyer
Brooklyn Jockey Club
Personal Liberty League
James R. Keene
Franklin Bartlett
Relief funds set for Louisiana flood victims
Washington June 18 An amount of money deemed adequate has been placed at Major Stephen M Foote coast artillery to spearhead relief for flood sufferers in Louisiana He will act promptly with relief measures as reports indicate serious conditions below Alexandria and in the Black River country
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Stephen M. Foote
Coast Artilery
Louisiana
Foote
War Department
Alexandria
Black River
Coroner Acritelli Faces Court in Two Indictments
Coroner Acritelli appeared before Justice Goff in the Supreme Court criminal branch to answer two indictments. He faces charges of making false answers to an elections inspector and of hiding and abetting false registration, a felony. He was ordered to plead today with bail set at $1,000 on each charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Acritelli
Justice Goff
Supreme Court
Board of Elections
Extortion Trial Ends in Supreme Court Case
The extortion trial of Carl Fischer-Hansen in the Supreme Court adjourned with Justice Goff to charge the jury. Fischer-Hansen testified at length denying threats and detailing payments. Witnesses included Reverend Evers and Reverend Wade, who questioned his character. Closing arguments attacked the District Attorney’s office and Dowling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Fischer-Hansen
Justice Goff
Supreme Court
Fischer-Hansen
O’brien
Philadelphia
Dowling
O'Brien
Macaluso
McCarthy
Smyth
Hansen
Alexander Michaelson
Michaelson
Robert Townsend
Fischer- Hansen
Luke J. Evers
John Armstrong Wade
Tombs
McIntyre
Palmer
Mr. Smyth
District Attorney's Office
Macalusa
Hamburg-American to Launch Two New Steamers Next Spring
Emil L. Boas, resident director and general manager of Hamburg American Line, arrived on the Deutschland after a three week trip. The line will launch two new steamers next spring, named Cincinnati and Cleveland, built by Blohm & Voss in Hamburg to replace the Pennsylvania Pretoria and Patricia. The ships will be 18,500 tons and speed sixteen knots, designed as a blend of Amerika and President Lincoln types.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emil L. Boas
Hamburg-American Line
Deutschland
Hamburg
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Blohm & Voss
Pennsylvania
Pretoria
Patricia
President Lincoln
American and Foreign Teachers Agency Seeks Professors and Tutors
The American and Foreign Teachers' Agency offers professors teachers tutors and governnesses to colleges schools and families. Applications are to be addressed to Mrs M J Young Fulton 23 Union Square.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American and Foreign Teachers’ Agency
Mra
M J. Young-Fulton
Union Square
Erie Railroad to Buy Coupons to Meet 1908 Shortfall
Erie Railroad Company announces it will buy interest coupons due before July 1, 1909 at par in cash to raise funds after a deficit in the current fiscal year ending June 30, 1908. The move, aided by collateral notes, aims to finance ongoing improvements and stabilize security for General and General Mortgage Bonds. J P Morgan & Co. confirms preference for purchasing July 1 1908 coupons at par up to June 30 1908.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Erie Railroad
Messrs
J .P. Morzan & Co
Wall Street
New York
Erie Railroad Company
F. PD. Underwood
Erie Railroad extends bonds to 1918 under Morgan plan
Erie Railroad with J P Morgan Co proposes to extend 1.5 million dollar First Mortgage Bonds and 1 million dollar Second Lien Bonds of the Buffalo and Southwestern Division to July 1, 1918. Interest remains 5 percent in gold coin, payments due January 1 and July 1. Bondholders may deposit by June 30, 1908 to extend. non-extending bonds may be bought at par after maturity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canadia Pacific
Denver & Rio Grande
Iowa Central
Ternational
Great Northern
Minneapolis & ST. Louis
Missouri Pacific
Central Branch
ST. Louis Southwestern
Texas & Pacific
Jun
Baltimore & Ohio
Montreal Street Railway
Bangor & Aroostook
Aanos
Kcel& 1
Ambs
Babcock & W
Barney & Pratt & Wpf
Vno Borden
Sun
New York
Erie Railroad Company
Messrs. J. P. Morgan &O
Buffalo & Southwestern Railroad Company
Buffalo & Southwestern
Erie Railroad
United States
Messrs
J. P. Morgan & Co
Messrs. J. P. Morgan & Co
F. D. Underwood
Supplemental summons in United States Trust Co. v. multiple defendants
The United States Trust Company of New York sues Phillips Phoenix and numerous co defendants in New York County. Court orders publication of the summons directing each defendant to answer within twenty days, failing which a default judgment may be entered. Dated March 30, 1908. Stewart & Shearer, plaintiffs attorneys, 45 Wall Street, Manhattan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nupreme Court
New York
United States Trust Company of New York
Phillips Phoenix
Lloyd Phoenix
Ferdinand W. Suydam
Theodore C. Camp
Harriette W. Berryman
Maria W. Livingston
Caroline S. Fellowes
Everetta C. Whitney
Mary S. Kernochan
George Henry Warren
Whitney Warren
Lloyd Warren
Mary Caroline Warren
Harriette W. Goelet
Edith c. Miller
John Percy Coleman Alden
George Henry Warren Alden
Robert Walton Goelet
Edith Miller
Constance Whitney Warren
Charlotte Warren Greenough
Gabrielle Warren
Silas B. Brownell
Isaac Bronson
Julia Ethel Princess Rospigliosi
Alice W. Bronson
Elene Maria Alice Rospigliosi
Guillo Rospigliosi
Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To Animals
Anna French
John Mclean Nash
Stephen W. Phoenix
Columbia College
Georgiana
McClellan
Emeline D. Winthrop
Cornelia I. Heckscher
Charles D. Dickey, Jr
Henry Whitney
Stephen Whitney
New York Trust Company
Louise J. Whitney
Louise W. Dickey
Hannah W. Blodgett
Stephen Whitney, Jr
Ereretta Whitney
J. Frederic Kernochan
William Whitney
Josephine Whitney
Stephen S. Whitney
Mary S. Sevens
Arthur Whitney
Agnes M Cromwell
Mary S. Stevens
Esther B. Stevens
James McV. Whitney
Arthur T. Whity
Frederic Cromwell
Seymour L. Cromwell
Whitney Cromwell
Mary S. Whitney
Robert L. Stevens
County of New York
County Court House
Borough of
Manhattan
City of New York
Stewart & Shearer
Wall Street
Borough
City of
NEW York Supreme Court
New York County
Fortuna Machine Company
Plaintift
Ve. Benne
Fischer
Tefendant
Mayr
Jans Redding
Greeley & Austin
Park Row
Borough of Manhattan
New York City
Renzo Flecher
Charles L. Guy
Supreme Court of the State of
Redding, Greeley & Astin
Plaintiff
Adkiresa
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Acs
Westinghouse
Bankers’ Convention
the Tribune
Tribune
Co Ny
A. T. Ketcham
Broadway Savings
Wife
Iron Man
Jr. Gould
Department
Gunness
Justice Brewer
AN Evanescent Insurance Company
State Department
Subway
Fourth Avenue Road
San Francisco
Julia
Audes
Kentucky Belcher
Aese Best & Belcher
Ophir
Utah
Goula
Hele & Norer
Church Street
J. FP. Morgan & CO
Office OF
Berlitz School OF Languages
Madison Square
Lenox Ave
127Th
Brooklyn
Court St
Asbury Park
RYE Seminary
Mra. S&s. J. Life
the Misses
Agency
Magnolia Ave
Holyoke
Masa
Steed Entra
Lake HO
Cts
Liberty ST
Atlantic City
Niagara Falls
Montreal and Lakes
White Mountains
Nova Scotia
Old South Country
Saguenay River
the Provinces
Gt Lakes
Yellowstone Park
T. H. Hendrickson
Fulton St
West Point
Newburgh
Palace Iron Day Line
Stemers
B’klyn
Ames
Wheeling
West Shore
Central
Thousand Islands
Rapids
Cook & Son
Madison Ave
Glenwood
Orient
BE. R
Hanover
N.o
Pier
Starin
Long Island Sound
Hudson River
Glen
Richard Peck
East River
New Haven
New Ifen
Red Bank
Franklin St
N. R
Highlands
Long Branch
Hod H. Beckett
William F. Palmenberg
Sackett & Lang
Nassau
Dorothy M. Palmenberg
Executri
Attorners
Executrix
Nassau Street
Charles JP
Sackett
York
Abby
Thompson
New Jerk
Fisher A. Baker
Ferris
Isher A. Baker, Jorney
Walt
CN Rush
Mary H
Charles H. Beckett
Ena
Mary H. Brush
Brookline
Charles P. Latting
Pine Street
Frances A. Findlay
M van Buren
Pine NW
Marhattan
Quartermaster General
U.S Army
U. S. Army
Ashington
D.C
Panama Rail Road Company
State St
Jane Is
Xee
Giles Offen
Capitol
Groumis
U. & Senate
Ellicit Woods
Capitol Building
OFICE
Commissioners
Tueeday
District of Columbia
Hene
Macfarland
Henry L. W Jay J. Morrow
Commissionera
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