Settlement Offered to End Traction Suits Totals 5.5 Million
The end of litigation in three suits brought by William W Ladd as receiver for the New York City Railway Company against the Metropolitan Securities Company and the Interborough Metropolitan Company was announced. A plan of adjustment totaling 5 500 000 in cash and notes would be funded by 4 600 000 from the Interborough Metropolitan Company and 1 500 000 from former Metropolitan directors to settle claims and end the long running case aiding possible reorganization. Judge Lacombe set July 7 for court consideration and notices will go to all parties and creditors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William W. Ladd
New York City Railway Company
Metropolitan Securities Company
Interborough Metropolitan Company
The
Securities Company
Mr. Ladd
Lewis Cass Ledyard
Robert W. de Forest
Lacombe
Pennsylvania Steel Company
Morton and Guaranty Trust Companies
Metropolitan Street Railway Company
de Forest
Ladd
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Supreme Court
Thomas Fortune Ryan
Paul D. Craveth
Metrolitan Securities Company
Interborough Metrolitan Company
Rovides
Theodore P. Shonts
Interborough-Metropolitan Company
Thomas F. Ryan
Mortimer L Schiff
Peter A. B. Widener
John D. Crimmins
Thomas P. Fowler
Paul D. Revath
Herbert H. Vreeland
Thomas Dolan
EF. W. Sayre
Adrien H. Joline
Douglas Robinson
Metropolitan Ecurities Company
Leddle
Metropolitan
Mr. Roosevelt
Hughes
Empire State
Roosevelt
New York
Oyster Bay
Albany
Sagamore Hill
Mr. Hughes
President Roosevelt
Archie Sanders
Box at School Exercises Sparks Jersey City bout
In Public School 9 ungraded class closing exercises Jersey City yesterday a sparring match between Bruno Hasse a white boy and Marshall Biddle a Negro drew a crowd. Referee ruled a draw with Mrs. Bessie Clements supervising and Police Captain Murphy who organized an Anti-Swearing League arranged the event.
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Public School 9
Jersey City
Bruno Hasse
Marshall Biddle
Jeffries
Johnson
Veto Conference Fails Over Lords Power
London reports a government Oppositions conference on the Lords veto power has failed to reach agreement. Asquith plans to announce in the Commons that no pact was formed and Parliament may open an autumn session to settle House relations. The talks, ongoing since June 17, involved key ministers and party leaders.
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London
House of Lords
Asquith
House of Commons
David Lloyd-George
Earl of Crewe
Man Held for Extortion Over Poisoned Horses Case
David Eichner, 24, of No 124 Sheriff Street, jailed at Police Headquarters on extortion charges. Sherman & Gore livery stable owner paid 500 dollars after a March 16 letter demanded 1500 to stop further losses. seven more horses later poisoned, a second letter demanded 1000, detectives observed payment at a Fifth Avenue address, Eichner arrested.
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David Eichner
Sheriff Street
Sherman & Gore
East 11Th Street
David Eichenbaum
Gore
Eichenbaum
Fifth Avenue
Sth Street
Six Die in Floods at Saylersville Kentucky
Six people drowned when the Licking River surged after rains and a cloudburst at dawn. About twenty are missing, including three entire families. Two bodies recovered but unidentified. a woman's body seen but unreachable. The 3 a.m. storm destroyed buildings and crops with extensive damage anticipated.
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Saylersville
Licking River
Fire at Euclid Hall Sparks Bellboy Efforts
Early this morning a couch inside Henry Mendelson’s apartment at Euclid Hall on 86th Street and Broadway caught fire from its stuffing. Bellboys battled the blaze until it was extinguished before firefighters arrived, causing about 500 dollars in damage as tenants awoke and returned to sleep in scanty garments.
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Euclid Hall
86Th Street
Broadway
Henry Mendelson
Mendelson
Mendelsons
Supreme Court bars Bible prayers and hymns in Illinois schools
The Illinois Supreme Court rules against religious exercises in public schools, barring Bible readings prayers and hymns in all forms. The decision, prompted by Catholic residents of Winchester Scott County, reverses a lower court ruling and settles the long contested issue.
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the Tribune
Springfield
Ill
Supreme Court
Winchester
Scott County
Stocks Fall on Ruling Against Roads Market Turmoil Deepens
Wall Street fell as Interstate Commerce Commission actions on Western railroads sparked fear of lower freight rates. Heavy liquidation hit Union Pacific and Southern Pacific while Hariman and Reading also declined. Traders chased cash, amplifying a broad market retreat with many active issues at year lows.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Rock Island
Wall Street
Congress
Harriman
Union Pacific
Southern Pacific
St. Paul
Manhattan
Ons Ai
Atchison
Wily
Gt Northern Pf
Y Central Eee
Northern Pacific Eee
Pennsylvania
Southern Pac
Ili
Scandal over Auto Drivers in Philadelphia Courts
Philadelphia judge denounces the running of automobiles as a public scandal and condemns two dangerous driver classes. He cites lawless, brutal motorists and immature young drivers harming street rights as the June grand jury is discharged.
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Philadelphia
Bregg
Criminal Court
Paterson Reports First Indian Child Born at General Hospital
Paterson New Jersey June 29 1909 birth certificate expected today for Annie Lord mother of the first Indian child born in Paterson at the General Hospital. The mother is a full blooded Cherokee.
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Paterson
N. J
General Hospital
Annie Lord
Crowd at Madison Square Garden plans cloakmaker strike
About 20 000 cloakmakers packed Madison Square Garden to vote on a general strike over wages and conditions. Outdoor meetings drew many more as speakers from AFL President Gompers to Abraham Rosenberg urged unity. Ballots set for Forsyth Street and East 4th Street, with further sites to be announced.
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Madison Square Garden
Inspector Walsh
Captain Hayes
Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Abraham Rosenberg
Internationa Women’s Garment Workers
Forsyth Street
East 4Th Street
25Th Street
Madison Avenue
Frederick Golden
East 8Th Street
Golden
Nat Lisnow
Corrigan
Lisnow
Docks for 60 000 ton ships planned by Cunard
Liverpool authorities announce plans to construct a great new dock able to accommodate the proposed 60 000 ton Cunard steamers. Earlier reports indicated Cunard planned two ships larger than any then contemplated, signaling a major expansion of the fleet.
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Liverpool
Cunard
Mersey
Cunard Company
Cunard Line
Roosevelts Egypt policy may pave paths to new posts
The Daily Telegraph reports ex President Roosevelt’s Egypt criticisms may influence promotions. Sir Eldon Gorst could become ambassador at Constantinople, with Sir G A Lowther moving to St Petersburg to become Permanent Under Secretary of the Foreign Office. This may clear the way for Lord Kitchener to become British Agent at Cairo.
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London
Roosevelt
Daily Telegraph
Eldon Gorst
Cairo
Constantinople
G. A. Lowther
St. Petersburg
A. Nicolson
Foreign Office
Telegraph
Lord Kitchener
Cuban budget held up by House in Havana
The House refused to accept the Senate budget and sent it to a conference. With a constitutional deadline of midnight tomorrow, leaders doubt an agreement before adjournment and expect the session to be extended at least a week due to numerous bills before Congress.
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Havana
House
Senate
Congress
Rescue Fails as Boy Drowns in Central Park Lake
Sydney Baum nine, fell into Harlem Mere in Central Park while playing with companions. Patrolman Edward Crosby swam to him, brought him to surface, then a boatman assisted. Despite revival efforts, the boy died at Presbyterian Hospital ten minutes after admission.
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Sydney Baum
East 113Th Street
Harlem Mere
Central Park
Edward Crosby
104Th Street
Fifth Avenue
Sydney
Crosby
Presbyterian Hospital
Judge Holt Urges Death Penalty to Curb Unpunished Crime
Milwaukee reports Judge George C. Holt of New York urged the death penalty for habitual criminals as a remedy for unpunished crime. He warned mob violence as a grave menace and cited estimated lynching participation, noting no executions for lynching murders in forty years. He pinned much of the problem on Southern states and called for strong federal action.
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Milwaukee
George C. Holt
United States District Court of New York
Wisconsin State Bar Association
Holt
Roosevelt backs Cobb bill after Hughes meeting at Harvard
President Roosevelt meets with Governor Hughes at Harvard and endorses the Cobb bill. The exchange triggers alarm among Albany insiders as plans pivot toward a caucus system and a mass move from machine politics to the primary.
Roosevelt backs Cobb bill direct nominations push gains steam
Ex president Theodore Roosevelt and Governor Hughes aligned on the Cobb direct nominating bill. Roosevelt urged Lloyd Griscom to back passage as reform forces gain momentum in Albany and Boston. The fight centers on party leaders, with the old guard facing rising progressive influence as petitions and key Republicans rally for a caucus vote and bill passage.
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Lloyd C. Griscom
Republican County Committee
William Street
New York
Hughes
Theodore Roosevelt
Tribune
Boston
Roosevelt
Harvard
Griscom
Charles E. Hughes
Albany
New York County
Old Guard
Greiner
Erie
Wadsworth-Barnes- Woodruff
Wadsworth
Hinman- Green
Capitol
Washington
Assembly
Hinman-Green
Ray B. Smith
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Paul Thompson
Met
U. S. Court
Interborough Metropolitan
N. Y. City Railway
Interborough
City Railway Company
Kentucky
Illinois Supreme Court
Thei
Poli
Curtis
Rockdrillers Union
Herman Robinson
Morrison
Kitchener
Egypt
Sir E. Gorst
Bay
Machine Chariot
Cambridge, Mass
Governor Hughes
Massachusetts
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