Dresser Refuses to Resign Amid Shipbuilding Case
Daniel Le Roy Dresser ex president of the defunct Trust Company of the Republic testified in the Kavanaugh case. He said he was asked to resign after returning from Europe in November 1992 but refused, arguing the trust company’s interests had been sacrificed. He described loans to Lewis Nixon and shipbuilding securities, plus later efforts to rebuild the company’s credit and deposits before the 1993 bankruptcy.
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Saratoga Springs
N. Y
Daniel Leroy Dresser
Trust Company of the Republic
United States Shipbuilding Company
Charles H. Kavanaugh
Dresser
Europe
Shipbuilding Company
Sheldon Syndicate
Trust Company
Herbert L Satterlee
Satterlee
Lewis Nixon
Nixon
Nixon and
Paris
New York
Amsterdam
Hamburg
London
John W. Young
George J. Gould
Shipbuilding
Charlie M. Schwab
United States Steel Corporation
Compa
Bethlehem Steel Company
Steel Company
Mercantile Trust Company
Harris, Gates & Co
Speeding contractor rushes injured man to hospital
E M Helmer Inger of West 14th Street drove at breakneck speed through 2nd to 1st Avenues with siren warning. He carried a fallen coal worker with a fractured skull to Bellevue Hospital. doctors said recovery possible. He was arrested briefly but released as he slowed to turn.
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Sixth Avenue
First Avenue
E. M. Helmer
Inger
No. Sil West 14Th Street
29Th Street
Heimerdinger
Bellevue Hospital
Graduation gowns made by Chestnut Grammar School students
One hundred girls who graduated from Chestnut Grammar School wore gowns made by the students themselves. Principal Candlin aimed to show domestic science in public schools is practical and that a stylish graduation dress can be affordable. The white gowns cost a little under two dollars each.
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the Tribune
Springfield
Masc
Chestnut ‘ Grammar School
Candlin
Bull Terrier Attack Injures Boys In Paterson
In Paterson New Jersey a bull terrier attacked two youths Cornelius Ahert twenty and Raymond Ahert twelve while on a leash. The elder sustained fatal injuries and died after the dog’s jaws were pried from his arm. The cousin and others were taken to General Hospital in serious condition with bites to the legs face and arms.
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Paterson, N. J
Cornelius Ahert
Raymond Ahert
Ahert
Munroe Dives In To Save Witness In Court Heat
Former heavyweight boxer and mine owner Jack Munroe aided a witness during a hot Supreme Court session. William S Mitchell sues Eric Hamilton Rose over cobalt mining. Rose fainted. Munroe freed him with water and a sponge until medical help arrived.
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Jack” Munroe
Supreme Court
Munroe
William S Mitchell
Eric Hamilton Rose
Anale
Rose
Justice Greenbaum
Hudson Street House of Relief
Mob crowds around Sixth Avenue car after boy killed
A two year old, Frank Dietsche, was struck and killed by a car on Sixth Avenue as his mother cried out for her baby. In the ensuing mob scene, Italians shouted for vengeance and the motorman Michael Crehan fled to the Macdougal Street station where he faced a homicide charge. The boy lived at 412 West Broadway with his mother Mrs. Fred Dietsche.
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Sixth Avenue
Macdougal Street
Cavone
Michael Crehan
Frank Dietsche
West Broadway
Fred Dietsche
Police Guard Conduits After Downtown Bomb Exploits
Chicago June 28 The City Council acting on Mayor Busse's recommendation offered a 3000 reward for those responsible for last night's bomb explosion in the downtown district. The mayor suspects electrical workers union involvement amid a six week Chicago Telephone Company strike. One hundred police guard conduits at the telephone plant as Chief Shippy, often ill, is replaced by Assistant Chief Scheuttler with Lavin as acting assistant chief to lead the hunt.
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Tribune
Chicago
Busse
Electrical Workers’ Union
Chicago Telephone Company
Shippy
Averbach
Scheuttler
Inspector Lavin
Lavin
Vanderbilt Arrested For Speeding In Madison Avenue
Cornelius Vanderbilt faced Yorkville court on a speeding charge after allegedly driving twenty four miles per hour on Madison avenue. Magistrate Finn parole granted for bond with Vanderbilt vowing to produce bonds next morning, stating it is his first court experience.
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Yorkville
Madison Avenue
Finn
Vanderbilt
Mr. Vanderbilt
Indictment unlikely in May drop sugar case says counsel
After a long conference with U S Attorney Henry A Wise the American Sugar Refining Co case faces possible closure due to statute of limitations. Grand jury proceedings continued with hope of possible indictable evidence but officials warned no new charges if restraint of trade cannot be proven beyond the December 1903 loan and related actions. Washington B Thomas and other company counsel expressed cooperation with the government on prior matters including weight frauds and Havemeyer dock raids.
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United States
John G Milburn
American Sugar Refining Company
William D. Guthrie
Gustav E. Kissel
John M. Bowers
John E. Parsons
American Company
Mr. Wise
Pennsylvania Sugar Refining Company
Adolph Segal
Pennsylvania
Messrs. Milburn
Guthrie
Bowers
Mr Wise
Paris
Panama Canal
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Grand Jury
William H Ramsey
B. Gordon Bromley
Philadelphia
E. B. Smith
Wise
Grand
Milburn
Washington B. Thomas
Havemeyer & Elder
Tax debate on corporate tax rate and revenue plans
The Senate faces possible reductions to a 2 percent corporate tax rate if revenues from both the tax and tariffs meet government needs. President and leaders fear deficits in early years. amendments risk constitutional concerns, while White House optimism persists and Aldrich pushes a constitutional tax amendment.
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Congress
Clapp
Supreme Court
Secretary of State
Culberson
House of Congress
White House
Zeppelin Goes to Metz Balloon Stationed on Frontier
The balloon Zeppelin I began a late night flight to Metz and will be permanently stationed there for military purposes at the fortress on the Franco German frontier.
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Zeppelin
Metz
Friedrichshafen
Winnipeg bans US circus unless flag is British
Official orders issued in Winnipeg prohibit parading any United States circus on the streets unless it flies a British flag instead of an American flag.
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Winnipeg
United States
Dynamites Suffragist in Des Moines Car Crash
Miss Gertrude Von Petzold English suffragist and church pastor along with Mrs. James Berryhill Dr Adel Fuchs and a chauffeur rode in a touring car when a dynamite firecracker hurled by a boy exploded under the vehicle. The car’s side and floor were blown apart and a three foot square hole opened under the chauffeur. The attacker fled and was not captured.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Gertrude von Petzold
First Unitarian
Held After Long Chase in Los Angeles
Preston La Baw, sought in New York for alleged forgeries totaling thousands of dollars, was seized from the German steamer Erna at Redondo. Detective Chapman made the arrest on information from Inspector McCafferty. A warrant, issued June 3 on John Rooney’s complaint, accuses La Baw of third degree forgery and larceny of $10,000. He is 37 and from Plainfield, New Jersey.
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Los Angeles
Preston la Baw
New York
Redondo
Chapman
McCafferty
la Baw
John Rooney
No. 155
East 23d Street
Rooney Electric Lamp Company
Plainfield
N. J
Cincinnati May Gain Daylight Plan Introduced
Cincinnati City Council debates a daylight saving ordinance to advance clocks one hour from May 1 to October 1 each year starting January 1, 1910. The measure, supported by business houses, argues earlier activity benefits health and welfare without altering railroad or factory schedules.
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Tribune
Cincinnati
Auto Turns Turtle In Bronx Crash
Shortly before 1 am a large touring car turning from Eastern Boulevard into Pelham Parkway in the Bronx crashed into a tree and rolled over. Five aboard including a chauffeur were injured, two men named John Moore of Glen Ridge New Jersey and E E Selhridge of Orange New Jersey suffered fractures. All were taken to Fordham Hospital in stable condition.
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Eastern Boulevard
Pelham Parkway
Bronx
John Moore
Ridgewood Avenue
Glen Ridge
N. J
E. E. Selhridge
Cleveland Avenue
Orange
Fordham Hospital
Taft Hosts Novel Roof Dinner At White House
Washington June 28 President Taft served a dinner on the roof between the White House sections with guests including Secretary MacVeagh Attorney General Wickersham Secretary Nagel Secretary Wilson and several Senators and Representatives The event featured cooling trees soft lights and a breeze from the Potomac as politics was set aside for the gathering.
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Washington
Taft
White House
West Wire
Potomac
MacVeagh
Wickersham
Nagel
Wilson
Flood in the Subway Causes Panic at 157th Street
A northbound Broadway express train struck a flood at the 157th street station after heavy rain flooded Washington Heights. Water swept into the car, fuses blew, darkness followed, and passengers evacuated as traffic slowed for about thirty minutes before the water subsided.
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Broadway
157Th Street
Washington Heights
Lynn Shoe Workers Plan for Brotherhood Alliance
An elaborate Lynn plan envisions a fraternal society uniting employers and employes with a grand lodge as supreme tribunal to settle disputes. A. E. Little heads the committee. Thirty thousand Lynn shoe operatives pledge to join. An insurance fund will support disability and accident benefits.
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the Tribune
Lynn
Mass
Grand Lodge
A. E. Little
Fall River Group Protests Corporation Earnings Tax
Fall River Massachusetts June 28 A protest against the proposed tax on corporate earnings will be sent to Washington by the Fall River Manufacturers Association following an executive committee vote. A protest committee was appointed to draft the document and forward it to Representative W S Greene.
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Fall River
Mass
Washington
First Cotton Bale Sells At Cotton Exchange
Houston June 28 The first bale for this season sold at auction on the Cotton Exchange floor for 25 dollars. The Mercedes Hidalgo County bale weighed 368 pounds. The report notes prices were revived to "before the war" levels as trading opened.
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Houston
Tex
Cotton Exchange
Mercedes
Hidalgo County
Ginners Report Shows Cotton Condition Drop
National Ginners' Association reports cotton condition at 75.6 based on data to June 24. Abandoned acreage runs 7 percent, totaling 9.8 percent less than last year, reflecting reduced growing area and ongoing adjustments in supply.
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Memphis
National Ginners’ Association
M Vicker Judgment Reversed In Medical Fee Case
The Appellate Court reversed a Circuit Court award of 100000 to Dr L C H Zigler against the estate of Mrs Harriet G McVicker widow of J H McVicker once Chicago theater manager. The contract paying after her death for medical care was ruled void as contrary to public policy though Dr Zigler is not accused of fault. Mrs McVicker died in Pasadena California in 194 after about five years of Zigler care.
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Chicago
Circuit Court Today
L. C H. Zigler
Harriet G McVicker
J. H. McVicker
Governor Brown Arrives Capitol With Gourd Dipper
Georgia Governor Joseph Brown, sworn in last Saturday in simple fashion, arrives at the Capitol with a primitive gourd dipper on a long handle. He places the cup at a water cooler in the reception room, signaling a modest start to his tenure.
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Atlanta
Joseph Brown
Capitol
Big Storm Deluges City Strands Transit and Fires
A severe storm drenched the city causing fires and telephone and transit outages. Lightning struck at multiple sites including a Polo Grounds flagpole, injuring and killing residents. Long Island rail and trolley lines halted, hundreds walked home as canals and landslides blocked tracks. Numerous injuries and five drowning deaths were reported along with property damage across boroughs and Westchester.
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Polo Grounds
New York
Brooklyn
Centrefield
John Keenan
Weldon Street
East New York
Crescent Street
Glen Street
Long Island
Long Island City
Long Island Railroad
New York & Queens County Electric Railway
Purvis Street
Jackson Avenue
Woodside Junction
Penny Bridge
Nine More Die In Philadelphia Heat
Nine more deaths were added to Philadelphia’s heat victims, pushing the toll to over forty in the ongoing hot spell. Humidity reached 91 percent as temperatures climbed to a peak around four in the afternoon.
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Philadelphia
Heat kills ten in Chicago
Ten people died in Chicago as a heat wave swept the city with temperatures near the eighties all day. A Chicago police sergeant Leonard Rockholz died at his home after collapsing from heat prostration. Carl Sommers leaped into Lake Michigan in a heat induced frenzy, was rescued, but died later in hospital.
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Chicago
Lernard Rockholz
Carl Sommers
Lake Michigan
Fatal Heat Wave Strikes Cleveland Five Affected
One man died and another attempted self harm as four others were prostrated in a severe heat wave in Cleveland. The day saw the highest temperature reached with intense humidity affecting residents during the afternoon.
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Cleveland
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