Coler claims Metz lied as Metz inquiry opens at City Hall
Borough President Coler testifies before Commissioners of Accounts detailing budget tensions in 1907 1908 and saying the Controller lied about funding. He criticizes public building cleaning costs and explains purchases through Lawrence and the Bureau. He cites a $84 courthouse repair and notes automobile use and payroll staff handling. He aims to conclude testimony with potential city work reforms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coler
Commissioners of Accounts
City Hall
Bruce Crane
Hurley
William S. Hurley
Rapid Transit
Brooklyn
Metz
Oler
Mitchel
Board of Aldermen
Bureau of Public Buildings and Offices
Lawrence
Mina
Mr. Coler
Celer
Actors’ Union
Commissioner Mitchel
Mr. Mitchel
James 4. Rooney
Rooney
Bureau of Sewers
E. J. Fort
James Dunn
Equitable Life Report Forwarded After Long Inquiry
The Equitable Life Assurance Society report was sent to Albany by Deputy Superintendent Charles R. Fowler after nearly a year of review by the State Insurance Department. Only three investigators worked on Mutual Life while ten were needed, delaying final findings and a full submission to the State Superintendent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Equitable Life Assurance Society
Albany
Charles R. Fowler
State Insurance Department
Equitable Company
Fowler
Insurance Department
Mutual Life Insurance Company
State Superintendent of Insurance
Mutual
The
Metropolitan Life
Equitable
Duffy Decision Ready Mayor Expected to Speak Tomorrow
Mayor McClellan finalizes the Duffy case report and sends it to print with expected early forenoon announcement. City Hall sources anticipate harsh criticisms of police handling, possible exoneration of Duffy, and a call for Rogues Gallery removal while avoiding blame on Commissioner Bingham.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McClellan
Duffy
Tribune
City Hall
Brooklyn
Russell
Kuhne
Dillon
Louis Probber
Bingham
Fifth Avenue Association Expands Membership Reach
A noon meeting at Hotel Lorraine 45th Street and Fifth Avenue approved expanding eligibility for Fifth Avenue Association membership. The group aims to address Riverside Drive bus access, curb loiterers and fake auctions, and to improve street illumination with 11 pm closing for shop lights. Notables present included Robert G. Cooke Simon Brentano J Howes Burton Andrew J Connick Colonel Marceau Curtis Bell Henry A Liebrecht John A Young and Paul W Orvis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fifth Avenue Association
Fifth Avenue
Lorraine
45Th Street
Riverside Drive
F. Laconthbre
Department of Water Supply, Gas and Electricity
Robert G. Cooke
Simon Brentano
J. Howes Burton
Andrew J. Connick
Colonel Marceau
Curtis Bell
Henry A. Liebrecht
John A. Young
Paul W. Orvis
Youths Bomb Prank Captured at Police Station
Edward Fox a fifteen year old from No S34 Rivington Street was arraigned in the Children's Court on a serious charge after tossing a large firecracker into the Eldridge Street police station. He received a suspended sentence after a stern lecture from Justice Olmsted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Justice Olmsted
Edward Fox
No. S34
Rivington Street
Children’s Court
Eddie
Eldridge Street
Moriarity
Pleads Guilty Yet Claims Innocence in Larceny Case
Michael J. Ryan pleaded guilty to grand larceny in the second degree in General Sessions Court but proclaimed his innocence and alleged police persecution over testimony that convicted a Brooklyn officer. Judge Rosalsky remanded him until July 9 for further investigation amid threats to a key witness. Ryan, 31, of 11 Sth street Brooklyn, faced charges from June 6 involving a stolen pocket book on a Chambers Street car.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ryan
Sth Street
Brooklyn
William Bagler
Lenox Avenue
Chambers Street
Elizabeth Street
National Association for the Promotion of Kindergarten Education Formed
Prominent individuals establish the National Association for the Promotion of Kindergarten Education and apply to the Supreme Court for incorporation. Directors include Mrs. John D. Archbold Miss Mary Harriman Rev David D Wyke Spencer Trask Herbert F. Gunnison George W. Perkins Henry A. Wise and Miss Bessie Locke. The group seeks nationwide kindergarten expansion with offers of bequests and reflects inspiration from the New York Free Kindergarten Association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Association For the Promotion
Supreme Court
United States
John D. Archbold
Mary Harriman
David D. Wyle
Spencer Trask
Herbert F. Gunnison
George W. Perkins
Henry A. Wise
Bessie Locke
New York Free Kindergarten Association
Long Island Electric Railway Seeks 1.5 Million Stock Reduction
The Public Service Commission received its first application for a capital stock reduction from 2 1/2 million to 1 1/2 million by the Long Island Electric Railway Company. The surface line runs 17 miles from Brooklyn through Jamaica and Far Rockaway with a Belmont Park branch. The old North Shore Railway was consolidated with stranded mortgage value. Stockholders agreed to surrender 1 1/2 million in capital to reflect property value.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Public Service Commission
Long Island Electric Railway Company
Brooklyn
Jamaica
Far Rockaway
Belmont Park
New York & North Shore Railway Company
Old North Shore Company
Long Island Electric Railway
Washington sugar inquiry decision stirs federal action
The investigation into the American Sugar Refining Company moves to Washington as Oliver Pagan meets Attorney General Wickersham after reviewing indictments and a key brief. The immunity argument, time limits, and Knight case influence weigh on whether to indict, with grand jury action possible before week’s end and Wise returning in August.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
American Sugar Refining Company
Federal
Oliver Pagan
Department of Justice
Wickersham
Henry A. Wise
United States Attorney
Pagan
John E. Milburn
American Company
John M. Bowers
John E. Parsons
William D. Guthrie
Gustav E. Kissel
Mr. Guthrie
Pennsylvania Sugar Refining Company
New Jersey
Supreme Court of the United States
E. ©. Knight Company
Messrs. Parsons
Thomas
Kissel
Pennsylvania Company
Parsons
Samuel Untermyer
Adolph Segal
United States Supreme Court
Bonaparte
Segal
George H. Earle, Jr
Knight Company
Circuit Court
District of
Pennsylvania
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Franklin Sugar Company
Spreckels Sugar Refining Company
Delaware
Wise
United States
Illinois
Supreme Court
Federal Grand Jury
Paris
Smuggling Trunk Case Deepens With Grand Jury
Federal grand jury hears more on five sleeper trunks seized in spring valued at 352000 in gowns and finery. Kilgannon and wife pleaded guilty in 147 to sleeper trunk operations with George C White. Kilgannon sentenced to one year on Blackwell's Island. wife fined 5000. White to two years in Atlanta. Their sentences may hinge on further testimony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal Grand Jury
William H Kilgannon
George C White
United States Attorney's Office
Kilgannon
Blackwell’s Island
White
Atlanta
Rockefellers Head for Cleveland Summer Home
Mr and Mrs John D Rockefeller left the city for the summer in Cleveland. John D Rockefeller Jr joined the trip as the party traveled from Pocantico Hills to their West End townhouse and then to Cleveland on the Lake Shore Limited with Mrs Rockefeller ill and aided by her son and husband.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John D. Rockefeller
Cleveland
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Mr. Rockefeller
Pocantico Hills
West Adth Street
May Buy In Third Avenue Line Foreclosure Plan
If the Public Service Commission rejects its plans the Third Avenue Railroad's reorganization committee will bid at foreclosure to wipe out $16,000,000 in stock. It may then deposit bonds with a trust company and issue beneficial certificates against them to let bondholders share profits without changing bond status.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Public Service Commission
Third Avenue Railroad Company
Stern Brothers Sale of Imported Madras Shirts
Announcement of a sale at Stern Brothers on West Twenty third Street offering woven Madras shirts at unusually low prices. The balance includes plaited and plain bosoms coat models with attached or detached cuffs priced from 1.45, down from 2.25 to 3.00 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madras
Brandenburg Acquitted On Grand Larceny Charge
Brandenburg was acquitted by a seven day jury in the Criminal Branch of the Supreme Court. The trial centered on an article in The Times alleged to be signed by the late President Cleveland. After verdict, Brandenburg was arrested on a kidnapping charge involving his stepson in St. Louis and held on $10,000 bail. The judge noted the Missouri kidnapping penalty is life imprisonment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Broughton Brandenburg
Supreme Court
Fitzgerald
Times
Cleveland
Brandenburg
James Shepard Cabanne, Jr
St. Louis
California
Mr. Nott
Grover Cleveland
United States
Nott
Cornell
Missouri
Ban on street noise ordinance passes in aldermanic vote
Alderman Schloss of the upper West side leads passage of a public nuisance ordinance aimed at stopping pedlars and hucksters from blowing horns or making loud noises to draw attention to wares. Penalty capped at five dollars per offence. Excludes licensed vendors at Paddy's Market on Ninth Avenue between 38th and 42nd streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schloss
Upper West Side
Schioss
Ninth Avenue
Central Trust Stock Sale Lays Groundwork for Independence
A block of nearly 3000 shares of Central Trust Company of New York stock sold at 1.00 a share, largely from the Mutual Life Insurance Company which may be forced to divest. Other insurers held small blocks as officials say the stock has been distributed among trustees and friends to ensure broad ownership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Trust Company of New York
Mutual Life Insurance Company
Central Trust Company
Mutual Life
Board of Trustees
Auerbach & Co Faces Trouble Over Contracts
Auerbach & Co., cottonseed product dealers with offices in the Produce Exchange Building, said yesterday they could not meet their contracts. The firm blamed a sharp drop in July cottonseed oil futures, but E. F. Auerbach insisted the troubles extend beyond cottonseed oil and said an assignment had not been decided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Auerbach & Co
Produce Exchange
E. F. Auerbach
Chicago Grain and Provisions Market Summary
Chicago June 29 The wheat market rises on liberal world stocks and buoyant foreign news with gains up to 1?1?c. Corn and provisions firm, oats weak amid favorable weather. Decline in world stocks spurs late buyback. July delivery liquidations and a 1.8c cash grain drop weigh on activity. Provisions end higher on short covering and hog price drop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Liverpool
Morgan Purchases 10 Million Interborough Bond Issue
J P Morgan & Co bought ten million dollars of Interborough Rapid Transit first mortgage five percent bonds. Proceeds will cover short term notes maturing March 1 1910. Public Service Commission had approved part of the related mortgage and bond plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. P. Morgan & Co
Interborough Rapid Transit Company
Morgan
Metropolitan Street Railway Company
Interborough Metropolitan Company
Public Service Commission
Toledo Railways and Light Bondholders Report July Default
The bondholders' committee warns of no July 1 payment on principal or interest for Toledo Railways and Light Company first mortgage bonds. A stockholders' protective committee considers refunding with secured collateral trust notes. Large portions of bonds and secured indebtedness have been deposited. some bond maturities are extended to January 1, 1912.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toledo Railways and Light Company
Toledo Consolidated Street Railway Company
Toledo Traction Company
Maritime Almanac and Wireless Traffic Update
Marine intelligence notes sunrise and sunset, tides at Sandy Hook and Governors Island, and wireless reports of eastward-moving transports mature with dock expectations. It lists ship names such as Oceanic Argentina Kaga Maru Empress of Japan Aorangi Alameda Hionian Gymeric Mariposa and schedules across July and August with destinations Hawaii Japan China and Australia via various routes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sandy Hook
Argentina
New York
Hawaii
Guam
Philippine Islands
San Francisco
Japan
Corea
China
Philippine
Seattle
Asia
Vancouver
Victoria
B C
Taeae
Australia
West
New Zealand
Fiji Islands
New Caledonia
Aorangi
Alameda
Gymeric
Tahiti
Marquesas Islands
Mariposa
Shipping News Arrivals at Port of New York June 29 1909
The Port of New York lists arrivals including Steamer Ole Bull from Norway with sugar for United Fruit Co and Steamer Kronprinz Wilhelm from Bremen with 380 cabin and 622 steerage passengers. Also noted are Rosario di Giorgio from Port Antonio with fruit, Apache with passengers, Alamo with passengers, Romsdalen with magnesite ore, and Ryndam from Rotterdam Boulogne with 359 cabin and 783 steerage passengers. Arrival times are shown for several ships.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Ole Bull
Nor
Wilhelmsen
Nipe
United Fruit Co
Kronprinz Wilhelm
Ger
Mathiesean
Port Antonio
Atlantic Fruit Co
Bar
Apache
Staples
Jacksonville
Charleston
Clyde Ss Co
Moise
Alamo
Davidson
Galveston
Mallory Ss Co
Romsdalen
Morgan
Limni
Massi
Algiers
Simpson, Spence & Young
The
Ryndam
Rogmerern
Rotterdam
Boulogne
Crown of Granada
Cruchr
Perth Amboy
Trinidad Shipping Trading Co
Hamilton
Boaz
Newport News
Norfolk
Old Dominions Co
Mdse
Navance
Hale
Georgetown
Wilmington
Clyde 'S
Matanzas
Von_Lettner
Savanilla
Port Limon
Colon
Kingston
Fortune Island
Caronta
Don
Liverpool
Queenstown
White Star Line
Fire Island
Seneca
Lambert
Old Dominion Si Co
Highlands
Sandy Hook
Youths Sale Cuts Prices On Suits Across Sizes
Rocks Peet & Company offers deep discounts on youths and men suits at three Broadway stores and three street locations. Suits that previously ranged from 16 to 28 dollars now sell for 15 to 28 dollars with chest sizes 32 to 35 on offer for work or play.
Ships and Routes Passages Noted From Queenstown to New York
A late June listing details vessel movements including Campania Newark Queenstown Liverpool via St Michaels and Plymouth routes. Kaiserin der German ships via Plymouth to Bremen. Principe di Piemonte New York Montevideo. Germania Fry New Naptes Genoa. Azul Principe di Piemonte and others with itineraries to Shanghai, Suez, Aden, Singapore, and Manila. The compilation shows numerous vessels arriving or sailing from New York to European and Asian ports with dates in June.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Queenstown
Campania
NC York
Liverpool
London
Balakant
New York
Glasgow
Furnessia
Cherbourg
Kaiser Wilhelm der
Ger
Plymouth
Bremen
Amsterd
Pring
Willem
West Indies
Venezuela
Havre
Marseilles
Germania
Fry New Naptes
Genoa
Principe di Piemonte
Tal
New Yor
Montevideo
Hilarius
Suez
Indramayo
Yokohama
Etc
Boste
Naples
Athinal Greek
Fae Ida Ital
Port Natal
Brett Huel
Ip & Vincent
Saigon
Haiphong
Brisbane
Altona
St Cent
Fremantle
Sydney
Nsw
Ascot
Sid Vincent
Baron Cawdor
New York York
Wis Port Yors
Aragon
St Michaels
Prins Maurits
Amsiam
Also Mentioned on This Page
Metz Lied
Equitable Report
Brooklyn Police
Eldridge Street Station
Form Kindergarten Association
Atlantic City
R. BR
Atlantic
Long Island Electric
Attorney General
Mrs. Kilgannon
Third Avenue Line
Stern Brothers
West Twenty-third Street
Acquits
Central Trust
Mutual Life Holdings
Chicago Grain and Provisions
Toledo Railways
Marine Intelligence
Gov. Island
Hell Gate
Turks Island
Clyde
Havana Havana
Harry Luckenbach
Porto Rico
Insular
Oceaniic Arenes
Southampton
White Star
Maracaibo Curacao
NG Lloy
Citta di Messina
Gibraltar
Kenigin Luise Enca
Lloyd Duca di Genova
el Monte
Carpathia Osi
Eine Cae Fiume
Eenee Cunard
Horatius Arses
Para
Guiana
St Thomas
Quebec Huron Jacksonville
Clyde Argent Pre
Tralian Pennsylvani Hambur
Hamb-Am el Albance Ae
New Orleans
SO Pac
Monterey
Havana
Friedrich Santa Marta
Hamb-Am
Santiago
Tenfuegos
Campens Santos
Holt Volturno
Hamburg
Sal Lusitania
Cunard
Alta
Majestic
Colombia
Parima
Barbados
Bec
Advance
Cristobal
Nama
President Grant
Rio Grande
Tampa
Mallory
Colorado
George Washington
la Provence
Mexico
Pannonia
Savannah
Macon
Byron
South Brazil
Lamp & Sipe
Prins Willem Il Hayti
Vigilancia
Nassau
Ward
Manzanillo
Progreso
Transpacific
Shipping News
Rocks Peet & Company
Broadway
Peeas
Warren St
13Th St
34Th St
LYRIG
Midnight Sons
Bla Oe
Daly
Lew Fields
Jefferson de Angello Herald SQ. Mat
JAS. T. Casino Sxtic-divcrs
SS Eaves
Mississippi
Ziegfeld
Luna Park
Greater Dreamland
Pier Over Sea
Dreamland
Pain
Joe Weber
Regton
Merstein
Eden Mlulsee
World IN
Gypsy Muse
Ifotofone
Kaiser Wilhelm H
el Valle
Lazio Ital
Aras
Hull
Arapahoe
Sunderland
Manila
Indrant
Boston
Sabang
Inverclrde
Roma
Altonta
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