Brooklyn Bank to reopen under old name plan
Plans unveiled to reopen the Brooklyn Bank as the International Trust Company buys 70 percent of its stock. Depositors are to be paid in full, with 30 percent of Brooklyn Bank stock to be purchased on deferred terms, and a $250,000 loan arranged to resume operations within two weeks.
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Brooklyn Bank
Brooklyn
International Trust Company
Stanwood Menken
Philbin, Beekman & Menken
Menken
Trust Company
Tatal
Borough Bank
Tui
Justice Betts
Kingston
Capitol Jury Completes Second Panel in Harrisburg Case
The second Capitol Jury finished its afternoon session in Harrisburg and adjourned until tomorrow morning. Defendants include U.S. Representative H Burd Cassel of Marietta head of the Pennsylvania Construction Company, Joseph M. Huston of Philadelphia Capitol architect, William P. Snyder of Spring City former Auditor General, William A. Mathues of Media former State Treasurer, James M. Shuaker of Johnstown former Superintendent of Public Grounds and Buildings, and Frank M. Irvine traveling auditor in the Auditor General department. Jury foreman is Samuel Cole, janitor of a Steelton public school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herrisburg
Penn
Capitol
H. Burd Cassel
Marietta
Pennsylvania Construction Company
Joseph M. Huston
Philadelphia
William P. Snyder
Spring City
William AL. Mathues
Media
James M. Shuiaker
Johnstown
Frank M. Irvine
Auditor General's Department
Samuel Cole
Metro
Steelton
Bequest In Clem mons Will Leaves Widow Whole Estate
By Telegraph to The Tribune Pittefield May 12 Mrs Howard Gould of New York and her sister Ella receive $1 each from the will of their father Seldon P Clem mons filed here today His $6000 estate goes to his widow his second wife for life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Tribune
Pittefield
Howard Gould
New York
Ella
San Francisco
Seldon P. Clemmons
Coward Shoe Coward Shoe Across Manhattan Transit
A brief listing notes behavior at Manhattan transit points including all ferries bridges subways tunnels and railroad termini. The text records a general reference to avoiding or addressing a specific shoe brand or style across multiple transit hubs.
The Allen Dead Grant and the Wickedest Man Controversy
The article recounts The Allen dead grant confessing to police boards that evidence against Allen’s club failed, shifting blame to the District Attorney amid five old gambling indictments. Colonel Gardiner avoided action. Allen defends himself, claiming not wicked, cites a life of missteps, and notes two political contributions to Lincoln and Jerome.
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Grant
Board of Police Commissioners
Allen
Colonel Gardiner
Police Board
Gardiner
St. Peter
Abraham Lincoln
Jerome
Panic as Borough Hall floor sags under petitioners crowd
A crowded floor in Queens Borough Hall gave way as about a hundred Farmers and Taxpayers Association delegates protested tax assessments. A central pillar trembled from its socket and a five ton safe and a heavy bookcase threatened those below as officers urged a swift evacuation. No injuries reported.
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Farmers and Taxpayers’ Association
Queens Borough
Borough Hall
Purdy
Department of Arrears
Amherst College Junior Drowns in Canoe Accident
George H. Clough of New York City, 21, a Amherst College junior and Delta Upsilon member, drowned while canoeing on the Connecticut River in Amherst Massachusetts. He was accompanied by classmate Hubert B. Goodrich of Auburndale. A high wind capsized the canoe. Goodrich held on, but Clough likely suffered cramps while swimming ashore and his body was not recovered.
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Amherst
Mass
George H. Clough
New York City
Amherst College
Delta Upsilon
Connecticut River
Clough
Hubert B. Goodrich
Auburndale
Goodrich
Gunness mystery deepens as three more victims named
La Porte Indiana May 12 evidence identifies three more possible victims in the Gunness case while post mortem findings raise questions about death causes and identity. Prosecutors press to link Ray Lamphere to the crimes as coroner jury weighs an open verdict and new clues surface from the recovered rings and clothing.
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Mack
R. N. Smith
Ray Lamphere
J. J. Gray
H. H. Long
J- H. William Meyer
F. T. Wilcox
Peter Gunness
Baltimore
E. A. Schell
la Porte
Ind
Gunness
Methodist Episcopal
Lamphere
Quill Club Night At Manhattan Ends In Skit And Elections
Quill Club members at Hotel Manhattan held a jovial meeting electing officers and enjoying songs and speeches. A playful skit titled improving the breed of horses featured D E Lorenz in a police captain’s uniform claiming riches and a $200,000 Hope diamond purchase. New officers include Rev G A Wenner as president with Duane S Everson as vice president and Rev Dr Thomas J Harris as assistant secretary.
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Quill Club
Hotel Manhattan
Board of Aldermen
Alexander S. Bacon
D. E. Lorenz
Coney Island
Eugene Gray Foster
Easymoney
New York
Charles Biggs
J. Cleveland Cady
Robert Watchorn
Selkirk Mountains
FE. M. Bacon
Shakespeare
Leggend
Tarrytown
George Gardner Rockwood
Evert Jansen Wendell
G. A. Wenner
Christ Lutheran Church
Thomas J. Harris
Duane S. Everson
Thomas C. Conant
C. P. Fagnani
Rubber stamp magnate R Hale Smith ends life in office
Springfield May 12 R Hale Smith sixty three a leading rubber stamp maker since 1865 and city supervisor shot himself in his office. Earlier an explosion of illuminating gas had been reported. authorities cited exhaustion and a lamp. No motive is known.
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Tribune
Springfield
Mass
R. Hale Smith
United States
Smith
Governor signs Yale water bill limits Putnam access
Albany May 12 Governor Hughes signed Assemblyman Yale bill allowing New York City to enter all towns in Putnam County except Carmel and Putnam Valley and condemn land for water purposes. The Catskill Croton water projects influence shaped opposition and support.
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Tribune
Albany
Hughes
Yale
New York
Putnam County
Carmel
Putnam Valley
Westchester
Putnam Counties
Westchester County
Putnam
Catskill
Croton
Say Miss Whaley Has Returned
Floretta Whaley returns to Mineola with her sister Edna as the final settlement of their father's estate is arranged by executor grandmother Mrs Kaziah Whaley. Both sisters have been cited to appear before the surrogate and stand to receive $5000 each after the grandmother’s death unless she relinquishes.
Fire Department inquiry lingers after witness testimony
Captain G S Curtis of the New York Board of Fire Underwriters testified that New York’s fire department lacks sufficient technical talent to optimize engine use, especially where water supply is weak. He noted engines pumped limited water at Joy Line pier fire, and described issues with engine connections and the value of chemical engines. Chemist Stephen K Pickham audited coal quality, citing one bad sample, and warned hose material was linen not pure Para rubber though acceptable. J J Gormley listed firms supplying inferior ice to the Tire Department. Hearing adjourned indefinitely.
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G. S. Curtis
New York Board of Fire Underwriters
Fire Department
United States
Curtis
New York
Joy Line Pier
Broadway
Boston
Baltimore
Stephen K. Pickham
West 17Th Street
Mr. Pickham
J. J. Gormley
Commissioners of Accounts
Tire Department
Peter Rickmers Wrecked After 30 Hours at Sea
Lifesavers report the German four masted ship Peter Rickmers from which seventy men were rescued, has likely cracked her backbone and is near total loss. A large portion of the cargo and oil will be spilled. Wreckers saved part of the broken mast and rigging as Captain Bachman stays at a lifesaving station awaiting the final outcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fire Island
Peter Rickmers
Bachman
Stit
Clergy Gather in Garden City Amid Convention Mixup
An error in a religious notice shifted the Episco pal Diocese of Long Island convention from next Tuesday to yesterday. Clergymen from across the island travelled to Garden City, bearing travel costs but viewing the mix as a positive turn in their dilemma.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Episcopal Diocese of
Long Island
Garden City
Eight Die In Mine Fire At Wyoming Temple Colliery
Wilkes Barre Penn May 12 seven mine workers were killed instantly and more than a dozen injured in an explosion at the Mount Lockout colliery of the Temple Coal and Iron Company near Wyoming. The blast occurred six hundred feet underground and eighteen hundred feet from the shaft exit. A miner named Kosmith left a gas feeder burning in a gangway end last night, igniting timbers and coal. A fire boss found the blaze this morning and fighting continued all day. An initial small explosion burned four men lightly. a second blast killed seven fire fighters and injured others this afternoon. Rescue teams worked into the night to bring all the men to the surface.
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Wilkes-Barre
Penn
Mount Lockout
Temple Coal and Iron Company
Wyoming
John Kosmith
Police officer mauled amid West 157th street brawl
James Connors doorman at West 20th street station was beaten as he tried to separate two youths. Police say Paul Euell and his son George Euell were arrested for assault and felonious assault. Connors suffered broken teeth and facial bruising.
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James Connors
New West 20Th Street
Amsterdam Avenue
West 157Th Street
Paul Euell
George
West 152d Street
Conners
Thomas F. McAvoy
Tammany
23D Assembly
Connors
Maybelle
Paul
George Euell
Brooklyn druggists oppose national drug booklet distribution
A Kings County Pharmaceutical Society meeting denounced a National Association of Retail Druggists booklet critical of proprietary medicines. Brooklyn druggists distribute reform literature promoting United States Pharmacopeia standards. A resolution asks the Metropolitan Association of Retail Druggists to curb distribution in New York City and Brooklyn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kings County Pharmaceutical Society
National Association of Retail Druggists
Chicago
Physicians of
New York City
Brooklyn Society
United States
Brooklyn
National Society
Kings County
A. E. Hegeman
Metropolitan Association of Retail Druggists
National Association
Tyrone Embezzler Gets Two Years
David M. Wolfe, charged with embezzling $12,000 from a Tyrone bank, received a two year sentence in the Western Penitentiary after a dramatic 25,000 mile pursuit by officers. Judge Archibald noted a partial law break and cited his family as mitigating factors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Tribune
Pittsburg
United States District Court
David M. Wolfe
Tyrone
Archibald
Western Penitentiary
Alpha Delta Phi Manhattan Chapter celebration begins
Alpha Delta Phi members from the Manhattan Chapter at the College of the City of New York gathered in the Dutch Room of the Rathskeller for a dinner signaling the start of a college wide celebration. Everett Mottow presided, with Tours F. Dodd as dinner committee chairman.
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Alpha Delts
Alpha Delta
Martinique
Rathskeller
Manhattan
Alpha Delta Phi
College of the City of New York
Mottow Everett DP. Wheeler
Tours F. Dodd
Twelve Year Term for Methodist Bishop Proposal
Baltimore May 12 An important memorial moved to Episcopal Committee proposing that bishops be elected for a twelve year term with no re election. The memorial urged end of life tenure and that after term completion bishops become members of the conference from which elected. It also notes calls for ecumenical conferences and tithing plans. Prominent pastors and bishops attended, with gifts and addresses noted.
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Tribune
Baltimore
Methodist Episcopal Conference
E. A. Schell
Coker
General Conference
Methodist Episcopal
Edinburgh
Scotland
United States
Canada
Boyle
G. G. Logan
African Methodist Episcopal Church
African Zion Methodist Episcopal Church
Colored Methodist Episcopal Church
Francisco
San
Wilson
Bishop Wilson
Maryland
A. B. Kendig
Hartzell
Africa
Algiers
John A. Patten
Chattanooga
Berry
Hoch
Kansas
Dolliver
Iowa
W. M. Batch
Trinity Church
Lincoln
Neb
Methodist Episcopal Church
Levi Gilbert
The
Western Christian Advocate
James I. Bartholomew
New England Southern Conference
John Handley
New Jersey
James Joy
Newark
Mrs Mary Baker G Eddy Transfers Chestnut Hill Estate
Mrs Mary Baker G Eddy files two deeds in Middlesex registry transferring the Chestnut Hill estate to trustees Henry M Baker Josiah E Fernald and Archibald McLellan. The move accompanies her ongoing leadership role in the Christian Science Church and places the property under the trustees for estate management.
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Boston
Mary Baker G. Eddy
Christian Science Church
Middlesex County
Henry M. Baker
Bow
N. H
Josiah E. Fernald
Concord
Archibald McLellan
Chestnut Hill
Boom in Iron and Steel Trade
United States Steel Corporation orders urged vacations for Carnegie Steel and subsidiaries to end by mid summer. Markets expect a boom in front and steel trades later this year. Grading on two small Pittsburg railroads began as 10 cars of structural material were shipped to coast railroads in the past week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tribune
Pittsburg
United States Steel Corporation
New York
Als
Carnegie Steel Company
Boston Christian Scientist lecture at Belfast disrupted by mob
Edward Kimball of Boston spoke at Exhibition Hall A in Belfast. A hostile crowd mainly Queen's College students surged the doors, rapped with drums and pans, hurled stones, and smashed windows. After expulsion, missiles littered the stage but order was restored and the lecture proceeded.
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Belfast
Edward Kimball
Boston
Exhibition Hall
Queen's College
Urge New Transit Law By Civic Real Estate Groups
A meeting of civic and real estate representatives in New York decided to travel to Albany to advocate an Elsberg act amendment. The proposal would allow private capital four transit franchises while letting the city acquire rights within fifty years and permit private lines leased by the city for thirty-five years. Ex-Senator George W. Brush was elected chairman of the Transit Conference of 1908, with G. Richard Davis as secretary.
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New York
Broadway
Albany
Elsberg
T. B. Ackerson
Manufacturers’ Association of New York
Ackerson
George W. Brush
Brooklyn League
Transit Conference
G. Richard Davis
Subways under fire as contractor opposes routes
Controller and contractor clash over new subway routes citing cost and passenger projections. Mc Donald backs an East Side extension via Lexington to Pelham Bay Park and a West Side line to Battery, plus a Canal Street link to Brooklyn Manhattan loop. He criticizes Fourth Avenue Brooklyn route for sparse population and urges two tracks suffice, proposing another two-track line to Williamsburg Bridge. Public hearing set for 4 pm at the Tribune Building to discuss station locations and designs.
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John B McDonald
42D Street
Lexington Avenue
Southern Boulevard
Westchester Avenue
Pelham Bay Park
the Battery
Broadway
45Th Street
Seventh Avenue
Greenwich Street
West Broadway
Battery Park
Canal Street
Brooklyn-Manhattan
Pennsylvania Station
Brooke Tynttes
Fourth Avenue
Brooklyn
Bedford
Lafayette Avenues
Williamsburg Bridge
Public Service Commission
Tribune
Microbe Hunt on East Side Streetcars Sparks Scrutiny
Frederick W. Whitridge, receiver of the Third Avenue Railroad, defends car cleanliness amid aldermanic criticism. A Public Service Commission inquiry finds most cars dirty, with 23 examined cars showing only a minority of clean seats, sides, and windows. Some germs blamed on passengers rather than cars.
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Frederick W. Whitridge
Third Avenue
Board of Aldermen
Mr. Whitridge
East Side
M. Burr Bright
Westchester
Public Service Commission
Grand Jury Discharged. May Term to Continue Inquiry
The federal grand jury for the April term of the United States District Court was discharged yesterday by Judge Adams. Most of the session focused on the investigation of the Paper Manufacturers’ Association. The inquiry will be continued by the May grand jury sworn in today.
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United States District Court
Adams
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Mrs. Gould
James S. Coward
Greenwich St
Queens Borough Hall
Amherst College Junior
Connecticut
Miss Whaley
Rickmers
L. I. Rectors
McAvoy
Stirs Kings Druggist's
Methodist General Conference
Christian Science AT
McDonald
Ith
Grand Central Station
Whitridge
Wright
Transit Inspection Bureau
Elis
Grand Jury
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