Gould Trial Lively Witnesses in Tangled Testimony
The Gould separation suit revived as numerous witnesses testified about Mrs. Gould's conduct and habits. Contradictions emerged regarding her associations with Florence Garner, Dustin Farnum, and hotel bills, while Judge Dowling allowed key evidence including a batch of St Regis restaurant checks. The day featured heated exchanges over the checks and further testimony from hotel staff and actors, with Mrs. Gould set to return to the stand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gould
Katherine Clemmons Gould
Howard Gould
Douglas Robinson
Theodore Roosevelt
James A. Paulson
Virginian” Company
Flynn
James H. Brennan
St. Beris
Mr. Nicoll
Clarence Shearn
Justice Dowling
Mr. Shearn
George Gruber
St. Regis
Shearn
Hand
Art Hanson
Castle Gould
Nicoll
Hedwig Jacobson
Castie Gould
James J. Brennan
Gabriel Chevalier
Gifts for Chief Croker Celebrate 25 Years of Service
Fire Chief Croker marked a quarter century with the department as his desk overflowed with floral tributes from crews and companies. After visiting hospitals to view the arrangements, Croker reaffirmed his intent to stay, while Commissioner Hayes praised him as the best fire chief in the world.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Croker
Fire Department
Commissioner Hayes
Big Bill Edwards Questioned by Aldermen Over Auto Spending
Aldermen opened the forenoon with budget cleanups approving items including 500 for Bellevue Hospital laundry, 759 to remove Brooklyn grade crossings, 227000 for topographical bureaus in Brooklyn Bronx and Queens, 34738945 for public charities deficiencies, and 155 for vocational schools and playgrounds. Street Cleaning Commissioner Edwards faced a roasting over an 8500 auto budget as Morrison challenged Sunday Garden City routes and women commissioners. The board preserved the item for later reconsideration after a 4 point of order defense by Little Tim Sullivan and President McGowan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Estimate
Bellevue Hospital
Brooklyn
Bronx
Queens
Department of Public Charities
Board of Education
Edwards
Alderman Morrison
Garden City
Morrison
Tim’ Sullivan
McGowan
Diazlibel suit backed by Mexican officials headline
Carlo de Fornaro once on a New York paper and author of Diaz the Czar of Mexico was arraigned in General Sessions on libel charges brought by El Imparcial editor Raffael Espinosa. The case adjourned to October 20 to hear witness depositions in Mexico including Diaz and top officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carlo de Fornaro
New York
Diaz
Mexico
Foster
Raffael Raves Espinosa
el Imparcial
Mexico City
Porfirio Diaz
Felix Diaz
Fornaro
Raffael Rayes Espinosa
el Diario
Shot Wounds Engineer Near L I City at Train's Meadow
Robert Thompson, a civil engineer for Citizens' Water Supply Co., was shot in the breast while working at Train's Meadow near North Beach. Frank Chadser witnessed the incident. Thompson was taken to St. John's Hospital, with police suggesting a musk rat hunter as the probable shooter. Company workers were asked to pause and help search the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Thompson
Elmhurst
Frank Chadser
Rapelyea Avenue
Corona
Citizens’ Water Supply Company
Train's Meadow
North Beach
Mr. Thompson
St. John’s Hospital
Long Island City
Treii
Son Dies as Patrolman Is Put on Trial for Murder
In Brooklyn a patrolman James F Dillon faces murder charges for shooting nineteen year old Louis Probber after a grocery store incident. Key testimony centers on cuts in Dillon coat and claims of provocation by Mrs Probber. Prosecutors say Dillon acted on impulse and that no attack occurred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James F. Dillon
Adams Street
Brooklyn
Louis Probber
Dillon
Supreme Court
Gussie Probber
Myrtle Avenue
Abraham Sellman
Kuhlman
Clarke
Sellman
Cornelius O'Leary
Brooklyn Hospital
Emil Hartung
Isaac Probber
Max
Exchange House Fails as NYSE Members Assign Assets
The firm Smith & Holran of 36 Wall Street, NYSE members, assigned to Goodwin Brown and Frank P. Holran after hours. Liabilities estimated around $21,000 with assets mainly in stocks and a Stock Exchange seat valued at about $351,000, while other debts to customers total under $4,000. Brown, once State Commissioner in Lunacy, is the assignee. Holran’s past ties include Howard Lapsley & Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smith
Missouri
Kansas & Texas
American Can Common
Southern Pacific
Stock Exchange
Holran
Smith & Holran
Paterson
Elliott C. Smith
Frank P. Holran
Howard Lapsley & Co
Brown
International Trust Company
Yonkers
Lackawanna Has Plan For Segregating Coal Lands
The Delaware Lackawanna and Western directors met to outline a plan required by a Supreme Court ruling. They plan to form a selling company to buy coal stocks from the railroad and lease coal properties while preserving legal independence. A cash dividend may be declared to cover stock subscriptions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Company
Supreme Court
W. 5. Jenney
Withhheld
the Tribune
Lackawanna
Treasury
Nebraska banks sue to block state deposit guarantee act
John L. Webster and ex Senator W. V. Allen lead Omaha and Lincoln lawyers for Nebraska banking interests in federal court seeking a restraining order against the State Banking Board and secretary Patterson. Fifty two banks join the petition claiming the act is confiscatory and unconstitutional, with indefinite assessments and impossible immediate depositor payment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln, Neb
John L. Webster
Omaha
W. V. Allen
Nebraska
State Banking Board
Samuel Patterson
State Board
Patterson
National
State
Order Amended in Metropolitan Street Railway Receivership
Judge Lacombe granted Soline and Robinson’s plea to amend the receivership order. The modification targets accounting methods and bookkeeping, with additions to be written and approved by all parties and the court. Details to be finalized by the trustees’ counsel and referred to the special master when needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lacombe
Controller Metz and his fingerprints on record
Controller Metz said his thumb prints are on file in the Brooklyn Police Department but he would not appeal to Justice Gay or have them removed. He recalled visiting Brooklyn Police Headquarters years ago when the Bertillon system was demonstrated and fingerprints were taken and filed. He sent a letter requesting the record but received no reply and believes his prints remain indexed in Brooklyn or Mulberry Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Metz
Brooklyn
Justice Gaynor
Mulberry Street
Arrest in kidnap case over adopting boy
A healthy blond boy was advertised for adoption and drew a woman named Mrs. Elizabeth Bourke who claimed wealth and a West address. She met the boy’s mother Alma Williams at her home, offered to adopt the child, and provided a fictitious address. Williams alerted police. Bourke was arrested but discharged for lack of proof, with the dispute unresolved and the child reportedly to go with Bourke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Bourke
Sixth Avenue
Alma Williams
Readjustment plan action by Cincinnati Railway committee
May 7 notice from the Cincinnati Hamilton and Dayton Railway Company committee led by J N Wallace states that a majority of the 15000 notes and most certificates of deposit have assented to a plan of readjustment. Deposits must be endorsed and mailed to Central Trust Company New York by July 9 with possible penalties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton Railway Company
J. N. Wallace
Central Trust Company of New York Arts
Wall Street
New York
Bronson Displays Africa Hunt Trophies at Gunther’s S ons
Edgar B. Bronson returned from an Africa hunting trip and unveiled his big game collection at C. G. Gunther's Sons furriers on Fifth Avenue. About fifty specimens include elephant skin and tusks, rhinoceros, giraffe, and buffalo. Bronson described the hunts and the incidents of capture, noting the elephant as the highlight and third largest ever killed in Africa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edgar B. Bronson
Africa
C. G. Gunther
Bronson
Morgan & Co Take Up Erie Paper From par cash deal
J P Morgan & Co purchase at par for cash the Erie Railroad car trust certificates series L dated July 1 197 and maturing July 1 1909 and the coupons due July 1 on prior ten and general ten Erie bonds and bonds of subsidiary companies. Coupons due April 1 were paid by the company. It is said the $36 000 000 collateral trust bonds planned with the Public Service Commission is abandoned and a plan for $9 0M of first convertible bonds substituted. The arrangement with Morgan would supply funds to reinvest in property pending new financing steps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. P Morgan & Co
Erie Railroad Car Trust
Erie Railroad Company
Public Service Commission
J. P. Morgan & Co
Revive Trade in Asia Promoted by Ottawa Plan
Ottawa reports growing concern over reduced American exports to Asia due to a sharp drop in silver exchanges. The Fair Exchanges League supports Goschen 1891 proposals with open Indian mints, backed by J. J. Hill of Great Northern Railway. Hill urges awaiting Monetary Commission proposals as consuls warn Asia now shuns U S goods amid high silver costs.
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Ottawa
Canada
Pacific
Fair Exchanges League
British Empire
United States
India
J. J. Him
Great Northern Railway
Mr. Hill
Monetary Commission
Washington
Asia
Shanghai
Demurrer Overruled in Heinze Robinson Case
Judge Ray overruled the demurrer to the indictment of Sanford Robinson in the Heinze case. Arthur P. Heinze’s trial to proceed today, with Robinson’s trial planned for Thursday. Cotton contests deputy marshal interference, while Wise pushes Heinze’s trial first, expecting a one day proceeding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray
United States Circuit Court
Sanford Robinson
Heinze
Henry A. Wise
United States District Attorney
Arthur P. Heinze
Robinson
Administration of Justice
Tracy Buckingham
Canada
Joseph P. Cotton, Jr
United States
Cotton
Wise
Marine Intelligence Almanac Miniature Clock and Tides
Sunrise and sunset times, lunar data, and high water predictions for Sandy Hook, Governor's Island, and Hell Gate. Includes am and pm tide levels with specific coordinates and moon age.
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Sandy Hook
Gov Island
Hell Gate
Leeds & Catlin Receiver Named
Judge Hard appointed Theodore M Taft of Taft and Sherman receiver for the Leeds and Catlin Company phonograph and records makers with factory at Middletown Conn bond set at 15000. Company defaulted on bond interest wages unpaid rent threatened dispossession. Supreme Court enjoined manufacture infringing Victor Talking Machine. Real estate tied by 20000 mortgage. asset seizure risk. Edwin F Leeds former president died August 11 1908 and Henry Leeds treasurer died May 1908 leaving his son Henry Leeds as successor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theodore M. Taft
Taft & Sherman
Leeds & Catlin Company
East 11Th Street
Middletown
Conn
Taft
United States Supreme Court
Victor Talking Machine Company
Edwin F. Leeds
Henry Leeds
Hudson tunnels to open July 19 with Jersey City celebration
William G. McAdoo, president of the Hudson & Manhattan Railway, announced that the downtown tunnels from Hudson Terminal Buildings in Manhattan to the Pennsylvania Railroad station in Jersey City will open for operation on July 19. The full tunnel system to Erie and Lackawanna stations and Pennsylvania Station will be ready then, but the Erie and Lackawanna tubes may be delayed until August 2 due to car shortages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William G. McAdoo
Hudson & Manhattan Railway Company
Hudson
Hudson Terminal
Manhattan
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Jersey City
Jersey City Terminal
Erie
Lackawanna
Pennsylvania Station
Erie and Lackawanna Tubes
Conductor Herbert Van Name Ends His Life at Cousin’s Home
Herbert Van Name an Erie Railroad conductor residing in Binghamton New York killed himself yesterday morning with a razor at his cousin Dr Frederick Niles home 2139 Seventh avenue He had shown no sign of distress and appeared in excellent health and spirits according to reports
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert van Name
Erie Railroad
Binghamton, N. Y
Frederick Niles
Seventh Avenue
Wage Increase for 1200 Steel Workers in Empire Mills
Allentown reports Empire Steel and Iron Company restores wages to the pre cut scale for twelve hundred workers. The pay rise covers furnaces at Catasauqua Macungie and Tipton Pennsylvania and ore mines at Oxford and Mount Hope New Jersey. The change takes effect July 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allentown
Penn
Pennsylvania
Empire Steel and Iron Company
Catasauqua
Macungie
Tipton
Oxford
Mount Hope
New Jersey
No Carnegie Trust Election Yet Delayed A Week
The adjourned annual election of directors of the Carnegie Trust Company was postponed for one week. Absence of several large stockholders and incomplete details for taking over the Van Norden Trust Company and the Twelfth and Nineteenth Ward banks led to the delay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carnegie Trust Company
van Norden Trust Company
Husband Held In Stabbing Case At Harlem Court
Mrs. Mary Casey aged 40 was found stabbed at 602 West 135th Street and is resting at J Hood Wright Hospital. Her husband Thomas P Casey a lawyer and carb broker was arrested as a suspicious person and arraigned before Magistrate House in Harlem Court, remanded without bail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Casey
West 135Th Street
J. Hood Wright Hospital
Thomas P. Casey
Harlem Court
Judge Grants Injunction vs 2-Cent Fare Act
Charleston WV June 22 Judge Burdett of the Circuit Court issued an injunction shielding the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad by barring Attorney General Conley and county prosecutors from enforcing the 2-cent fare act against the railroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W. Va
Burdett
Circuit Court
Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad Today
Conley
Pittsburg Cut-Off for the Central Railroad Plans Approved
A Pittsburg dispatch reports approval of a seventy mile rail line from Port Vue to Clymer Penn on the Pittsburg & Clearfield division of the New York Central. The route would shorten Eastbound tonnage moves by bypassing the current Pittsburg to Youngstown route and Newcastle lines, while giving the Pittsburg & Lake Erie division an eastern outlet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Port Vue
Clymer
Penn
Pittsburg & Clearfield
New York Central
Youngstown
Newcastle
Lake Erie
New York Central System
Bicycle Policeman Frank Cleared by Magistrate on Extortion Charge
William C C Frank a bicycle officer in Queens was discharged by Magistrate Gilroy after the People failed to prove he accused detectives of law violations or threatened arrest. Detectives had set a trap claiming Frank held up automobiles and swore a marked bill was found on him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William cC. Frank
Queens
Gilroy
Frank
Street corners listed at Warren Street and nearby avenues
A compact map note lists intersections at Warren Street along with 13th Street, Ith Street, and Mth Street marked for reference.
Bank Leaders Among Adriatic Passengers
George F. Baker, chairman of the board of the First National Bank, and James Speyer, head of Speyer & Co., will be among the passengers on the Adriatic sailing this morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George F. Baker
First National Bank
James Speyer
Speyer & Co
Receivership of American Strawboard Co Ends in Chicago
In Chicago on June 22 the receivership of the American Strawboard Company was formally terminated. All ancillary receiverships were lifted, with officials noting the company is again on a sound footing after prior financial distress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
American Strawboard Company
Transpacific Steamship Schedules From New York to Pacific Ports
A dated list of ships and itineraries shows destinations to Hawaii Japan Corea China and Philippine Islands via San Francisco Seattle and Vancouver with ships including Kaga Maru Inveric Hiltonian Empress of Japan Aorangt and routes priced in US dollars. Timings are 6:30 pm on various late June to early July dates with connections through San Francisco Seattle and Vancouver.
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New York
Hawaii
Japan
Corea
China
Philippine Islands
San Francisco
Chiyo Francisco
Mariposa
Guam
Seattie
Kaga Maru
Marth
Inveric
Hitlonian
Tahiti
Marquesas Islands
New Zealand
Australia
San Hawaii
Asia
Vancouver
Victoria
B. C
West
Fiji Islands
New Caledonia
Shipping News Port of New York June 22 1909 Arrivals
Shipping news from Port of New York lists arrivals on Tuesday June 22 1909. Steamers City of Columbus Denver Carib Mohawk Kaiser Wilhelm II Zulia and more with passengers mails and freight. Quarantine times noted for several vessels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port of
New York
City of Columbus
Bury
Savannah
Ocean Ss Co
Denver
Staples
Galveston
Mallory Ss Co
Ideo
Kate
Carib
Packer
Georgetown
Wilmington
Clyde Ss Co
Moise
Mohawk
Kemble
Jacksonville
Charleston
Kaiser Wilhelm II
Ger
Fremen
Southampton
Cherbourg
D¢etrichs & Co
Bar
Zulia
Bennett
Maracaibo
Curacao
la Guayra
Mayaguez
Boulton, Buss & Dallet
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Tale of
Chief Croker
Hayes
Harriman
Ramapo Mountains
Tribune
Big Bill
L. I City
Water Company
Exchange House
Gaynor
West 11Th Street
C., H. & D. Railway Company
J. J. Hill
Robinson Demurrer
A. P. Heinze
Marine Intelligence
Leeds & Catlin
Hudson Tubes
Carnegie Trust
Vesnet
Assay
Oas Ward
Panama
Ristehbal
Saratoga
Havana
Ward
Crispin
Hamb-Am
Lusitania
Liverpool
Cunard la Provence
Havre
Verona
Napies
Italia
Vera Cruz
Caroline
Moncensio
Gibraltar
Pace Co
Colorado
Alveston
Mallory
Nainsock
Racers Peet & Company
Broadway
Warren St
Ith St
Mth St
Thea Eves
Motor Girl
Bianc Neine
Daly
Lew Fields
Eves
Jettarson de Angels Herald
Ned
R. Ian
Ziegfeld
Revue Jardin de Paris
Bradvar _E
Garrick
Collier
Man
Astor
Joe Weber
Girl
Rectors
Coney’ S
Dreamland
Luna Park
Muississippi
Woops Amusement Park
130Th St
N. Ys Percy
Alhambra Cone
Valadon
Ammerstein
Sia
Annette Kellermany
Victoria Thea
Eden World
Van
Cinematograph
Musee Fotofo Letto Opera
New York Telephone Company
New York and New Jersey Telephone Company
New York City
Transpacific
Mat
Salls Adriatic Gouthampton
White Star
Campania
Lverpool
Cunard
Turk’s Island
Clyde
Maraval
Grenada
Trinidad
Voltaire
Argentina
Lamp & Hoyt
Martha Washington
Naples
Lituania
Liban
Huron
San Marcos
Galves
Grosser Kurfurst
Bremen
N G L
Morro Castle
Cristobal
Helligav
Christiansand
Regina d'Italia
Jayd
Shipping News
Sheepshead Bay
Bastle Street
Brock
Ion Bridge
Borough Hall
Boerum Place
Va Se Street
Y. S
N.Y. Side Ave
Culver Road
Atlanta Ave
Row
Williamsburg Bridge
Raglan Castle
Agassiz
Rottenta
Halifax
Northwest Transport Line
Jefferson
Dole
Newport News
Norfol
Old Dominion Ss Co
Ang Mise
Vincenzo di Gloreio
Xor
Jacobsen
Port Antonio
Atlantic Fruit Co
Sibtria
Tarnow
Inagua
Port au-Prince
Kingston
Colom
Port Simon
Hambure- Amer
Mal's
Mdise
Latilla
Mason
Brunswick
Brunswick Ss Co
Barnton
Ross
Cardenas
Vana
Munson
Artie
Seneca, Lambert
Norfolk Tune
Dominion Ss Co
Suwanee
Philip Ruprecht
T Sa
Ind Southwet
Noormiam
Duteh
Helm der Grosse
Ttalla
Karones
Lutza
Kinaga
Montevideo
el Rio
Macon
Hamilton
Norfolk
Copenhagen
United States ‘Dam
Orig Tot
St Thomas
Korona
Demerara Cebu
Inverclyde
New _Vortsert Samarang
Alonda
Ve Stee Ee Aanarawadi
New Tork Vim
Singapore
New Hamburg
Lincoln
Plymouth
Cherbeurs
Kroonland
Berg
New
Ntwerp
Genoa
Batavia
Gaees Oe Ona Atal
Enoa
Bhadramayoo Akohams
Hiega
Aden
Asghal
Hong Kong
Fess
Sabang
New York- Para
Horatio
Caronta
Queen Town
New York Shields
Aberlour
Bermuda
Para
Horatius
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