Morse Demurs to Involuntary Bankruptcy Petition in Bank Case
Charles W. Morse's counsel filed a demurrer to the involuntary bankruptcy petition by Receiver Hanna of the National Bank of North America and others. Morse denies insolvency, contests creditor status, and cites collateral security exceeding the claim, with further contest of transfers and alleged preferences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene P. Carver
Charles W. Morse
United States District Court
Hanna
The
National Bank of North America
Frank c. Pringle
Edward D. Shotwell
Vetiioners
Gifex’. Hobbs & Beard
Qurt Morse
Petigon
Qiacca
Qgen
Hanna Feeay
Charles Aanna
Pringle and Shotwell
Morse
Nations Bank of America
Bank
Zeinst Morse
Britain's Power on Sea Defies World in 1911
Lord Tweedmouth told the Lords Britain would not rush battleships as experiments. He praised the Temeraire vessels and said three St Vincent class ships would form three four ship squadrons by spring 1911. He claimed no power could assemble an equal first class fleet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Lord Tweedmouth
Admiralty
House of Lords
Great Britain
President Labor Clash Over Proposed Relief Bill
Washington reports detail a White House conference between Seth Low and Samuel Gompers showing labor leaders withholding full support from Roosevelt's relief plan. Disputes center on boycotts and Sherman anti trust exemptions with no consensus reached on framing the bill for Congress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Seth Low
New York
Civic Federation
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Roosevelt
Gompers
White House
Organized Labor
American Federation
Congress
Low
Supreme Court
House
Representative Hepburn
Town
Senate
Longworth
Cannon
Smith Morse attachment under scrutiny in Supreme Court
Arguments on an order to show cause why the attachment against Morse, obtained by Smith, should not be set aside and Morse allowed to reopen and defend the action likely to be heard tomorrow morning. The case centers on shares of North America Bank stock, an alliance with Boardman and Platt, and alleged settlements involving Smith and Morse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morse
Fourteenth Street Bank
Philip J. Britt
Gage
Britt
Robert A. C. Smith
Smith
A. B. Boardman
Mr. Boardman
O'Gor- Man
Supreme Court
R. A. C. Smith
Charles W. Morse
Wes Sarated
Charles A. Hanna
Nesteriay
Mber
Bennet
Bank “ North America
Smith Beaune
Morgan J. O'Brien
Albert Ban
Frank H. Platt
O'Brien
Boardman & Platt
Laer
Capie
Ac Gues Te Merse
Shen
Husband Beater Jailed After Court Scuffle
Mrs Barbara Schenck 35 wife of Henry Schenck a retired wheelwright of Tompkinsville Staten Island was jailed five days in Richmond County for beating her husband after a court decision. She had appeared with her mother on a summons to repay borrowed money and punched and slapped him as they left. The husband fled the courtroom and she warned of a worse beating after release.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barbara Schenck
Henry Schenck
Tompkinsville
Staten Island
Richmond Court of Special Sessions
Schenck
Forgan Defends Bankers Against La Follette Charge
Chicago March 18 James B Forgan president of the First National Bank of Chicago and ABA currency committee chair denounces Senator La Follette as false and a panderer to class prejudice. He rejects the claim that few control commerce and denies bankers caused the recent financial panic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
James B. Forgan
First National Bank of Chicago
American Bankers’ Association
la Follette
Wisconsin
Senate
Forgan
Senator la Follette
Senatora Follette
Spirit Influence Claimed In Hooker Will Hearing
Mrs. Katherine Powers of Brookline contests the will of her grandmother Isabella Beecher Hooker claiming spirits influenced her mother Mary Burton s directives. Hartford witnesses including Dr Edward Beecher Hooker testify as the hearing on the probate appeal continues before Judge Milton T Shumway.
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Tribunal
Hartford
Henry Ward Beecher
Brooklyn
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Puerto Rico Legislature Adjourns With Clock Turned Back
San Juan Puerto Rico March 18 The Legislature adjourned after a forty eight hour clock reset Three hundred fifteen bills were introduced Ninety four became laws The lottery and cock fighting measures were killed in executive council The public utilities bid passed Larger education and good roads appropriations were approved
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San Juan
P. R
House
Executive Council
New York
Old Car Barns To Go May Be Tunnel Project
The block bounded by Fourth and Lexington Avenues and 4th and 33rd streets, opposite Park Avenue Hotel, faces razing. A tunnel terminal site for the New York New Haven and Hartford Railroad is rumored, linking to Pennsylvania tubes and the New York Connecting Railway.
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Fourth and
Lexington Avenues
Park Avenue
Murphy
Buildings Department
New York City Railway Company
New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Company
Pennsylvania
Long Island
New York
New Haven
Westchester County
New Haven Railroad
Mellen
New Haven Road
Pennsylvania Road
Postoffice
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Sed Street
Seventh Avenue
4Th Street
Fourth Avenue
Alfred G. Vanderbilt
Morell
324 Street
Mutiny at Stanford Over Dismissed Students
San Francisco March 18 mutiny erupts at Leland Stanford Junior University after twelve students are expelled for participating in a campus anti liquor demonstration. Three hundred students gather before Professor Clark's house, denounce rules, petition for reinstatement or suspension of all, and threaten boycotts if refused.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Leland Stanford Junior University
Clark
Governor Curtis Guild in critical condition in Boston
Boston dispatch reports at 11 o clock that Governor Curtis Guild remains in a critical state after two weeks of illness. Dr Winslow with Drs Shattuck and Joslin in consultation. Attorney General Dana Malone notes a complication of diseases, with no fatal termination anticipated within the next twelve hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Curtis Guild
Frederick B. Winslow
F. C. Shattuck
Elliott P. Joslin
Winslow
Dana Malone
Greenfield
Guild
President plans leave Washington after Chicago convention
The President will depart Washington for Oyster Bay around June 25 after the Chicago convention news arrives. He may stay at Oyster Bay until about October. News from the convention will reach him via running stories, bulletins, and messages from trusted aides through enhanced telegraph links.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Tribune
Chicago
White House
Oyster Bay
Woodruff Chairmanship Rumor Denied in Washington
The Tribune reports a rumor that President Roosevelt plans to depose Timothy L. Woodruff as New York GOP chair. William Barnes Jr. and William L. Ward visited Washington for talks, but Barnes dismisses any plan and Ward was too ill to travel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tribune Bureau
Washington
Timothy L. Woodruff
New York State Republican Committee
Chicago
New York
Roosevelt
William L. Ward
William Barnes, Jr
Mr. Woodruff
Ward
Mr. Barnes
Barnes
Girl aids dying man amid brutal street attack in New York
Samuel White was beaten by a group of youths on Fulton street near Alabama avenue after a boy grabbed his coat. A passing woman knelt, staunched the bleeding with a lace handkerchief, and kept his head in her lap until an ambulance arrived. White, with a fractured skull, likely faces death. Police were absent as bystanders let the assailants flee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Samuel White
Jamaica Avenue
Fulton Street
Alabama Avenue
Bradford Street
White
No Chicago Monkey Dinner Stirs Society in Chicago Benefit
Chicago March 18 A plan to feature a monkey dinner at a charity benefit for Illinois Children’s Homes faces strong opposition from society women who refuse to attend. The monkey named Mr Dooley belongs to an actress who would perform and host a stage tea to meet him. Mrs J Ogden Armour vows to avoid involvement, joined by Mrs Charles G Dawes and Mrs Chauncey Blair Borland in declining.
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the Tribune
Chicago
Illinois
Dooley
J. Ogden Armour
Charles G. Dawes
Chauncey Blair Borland
North German Lloyd Declares 4 Percent Dividend
The North German Lloyd Steamship Company announced an annual dividend of 4 percent, down from 8 percent last year. The annual report shows gross earnings of 1,200,000 marks, versus 2,823,509 dollars the previous year, with 461,000 marks added to reserve from 1,239,250.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North German Lloyd Steamship Company
Rescue ends with cats instead of baby in New Brunswick blaze
Firemen at Morris Rosen home in New Brunswick answered a cry that proved to be two live cats rescued along with the smoke filled house. Assistant Foreman Davison and a Washington Engine Company member entered the blaze and carried out the animals after nearly being overcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Brunswick
Morris Rosen
Davison
Washington Engine Company
Bridghams Buy Fifth Avenue House Move Planned
Samuel W. Bridgham buys the five story American basement dwelling at 954 Fifth Avenue for about 500000 from J Horace Harding. Mrs Bridgham is Miss Fanny Schermerhorn. They had occupied 49 West 23d Street amid speculation the Schermerhorn site may become a business building. Broker Herbert A. Sherman handled the sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel W. Bridgham
Fifth Avenue
23D Street
W. C. Schermerhorn
Bridgham
Schermerhorn
76Th Street
J. J. Wysong
East 34Th Street
Upset lamp causes deadly fire in East New York home
Four people burned as a lamp toppled by Mrs. Sarah Goldstein at 200 Osborn Street exploded. The mother, two children Paul and Carrie, and three neighbors were injured while flames spread through two rooms and stairs. Paul fled to Watkin Street fire station as firemen and St Marys Hospital treated the victims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East New York
Sarah Goldstein
Osborn Street
Paul
Carrie
Watkin Street
Goldstein
St. Mary’s Hospital
J. E. Boeck Caught After Long Jewelry Swindle Probe
Pinkertons nabbed J Edward Boeck in San Francisco after nearly a year on the run. The New York swindler allegedly stole pearls valued at 60000 and converted 200000 worth of jewelry to his own account. He left New York May 10 1907 with gems for Edward W Dayton and had a Broadway office. Patrons included J Pierpont Morgan and Solomon Guggenheim among others. He will be sent back to New York once officers arrive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
J. Edward Boeck
New York
Pinkertons
Boeck
Edward W. Dayton
West 32d Street
Beeck
Broadway
J. Pierpont Morgan
Solomon & Guggenheim
Senator Clark
Montana
Orient
Labor Conference in Washington on AFL I T U A injunctions
A joint AFL executive council and International Trade Unions of America meeting in Washington considers Supreme Court injunctions affecting labor, plans a memorial urging congressional action and Sherry anti trust law amendments, with 27 000 locals represented. President Gompers elected permanent chairman and Frank Morrison secretary. For first time delegates from Farmers National Union and Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers attend. Duchess of Aosta arrives in Enterbe Uganda amid attempt at an elephant hunting trip blocked by government concerns.
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Washington
American Federation of Labor
International Trade Unions of America
Gompers
Supreme Court of the United States
Danbury Hatters
Congres
Supreme Court
Presoiet Gompers
Frank Morrison
Farmers’ National Union
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
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Britain
President and Labor
Capitol
Dalzell
Sherman
Aldrich
Husband Beater
Will
Beecher’s
Porto Rico
Tim” Sullivan
Stanford
Governor Guild
Dewey’s
H. T. Dewey & Sons Co
Fulton 5 St
Woodruff
North German Lloyd
Fifth Ave
S. W. Bridgham
Old Schermerhorn Place
West 23d Street
Herman Pensak
Harry Wetkin
J. E. Boeck
Labor Conference
Duchess OF Aosta
Enterbe
Uganda
Susan Iicks
Gondokoro
Congo
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