Morgan Saves Banks Equitable Takes Over Three Institutions
A New York meeting of bankers and officials led to the Madison Trust Company Twelfth Ward Bank and Nineteenth Ward Bank being taken over or merged into the Equitable Trust with Morgan assistance. Carson assets were replaced with cash to reassure the public. Officials said all three banks and their branches, nine in total, remain sound under new arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Paul D. Cravath
Madison Trust Company
van Norden Trust Company
Twelfth Ward Bank
Nineteenth Ward Bank
Carnegie Trust Company
Joseph G. Robin
J. Pierpont Morgan & Co
Henry P. Davidson
New York Clearing House Association
A. Barton Hepburn
Chase National Bank
Lawrence Phipps, Jr
Standard Oil Company
Equitable Life Assurance Society
Paul Morton
H. Cheney
Bradley Martin, Jr
Watkins Crockett
Frank B. French
James G. Cannon
Fourth National Bank
Mr. Cravath
Equitable Trust Company
Supt
Cheney
Vetrenteenth Ward Bank
Morgans
Nineteenth ‘Ward Bank
Carnegie
Joseph T. Lowell
Banking Department
Whitman
Multiple Obituaries Notice Fragments From 1911
Baltimore and Maryland notices list deaths and funeral details for George W Alten ine Poore Sarah C Brown Ward A Cumberland Eldridge Mary Jay Fraser Ellen S Fraser Calllmer Florence Virginia Green Alfred C Hawley Kaiser Annin George Will Keenan John W Richey Frank Austen Joseph Leonard and others with funeral dates locations and interment at Rock Creek Mount Olivet and private services indicating a busy obituary page fragment from January 1911.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W.m
George W
Mary A. Alten
Baltimore
Ebrown
Elmer Stewart
Maryland Park
Sarah C
John W. Brown
Zurhorst
Rock Creek
Cumberland
el Street
Henry A
E. i. Cumberland
Eldridge
Richard Gundry Hone
Catonsville
Mary Jay
Wiliam feath El@rilga
Commodore Foxhall A. Parker, Jr
Robert Bogardus
New_York
St. Anne's Episcopal Church
Annapolis
Philadelphia
New York
Fraser
Donald
Thirteenth Street
Ellen S Fraseh
Sixth Street
Green
Wat K_street
Nancy Green
Auburn
Mass
Hawley
Twenty Fifth Street
Alfred Clark Hawley
Ppd Marine Brigade
Fifth
Iowa Cavalry
Minnesota Voleunteer Infantry
Ariington Cemetery
Chicago
St. Paul
Minn
Kaiser
Annim
Henry and
Elizabeth Kaiser
Street Northwest
Keenan
George Will
Mary V. Keenan
New York Avenue
Richey
John W
Bell Richey
Hindle
St. Aloysius' Church
Spencer
Joseph Leonard
Christopher C
Rosalina West
Ladensburg Road
D. C
Church of the Holy Name
Mount Olivet Cemetery
FAMOUS CHEMIST AND HIS FIANCEE
The Bureau of Chemistry staff in Washington organizes a large subscription to buy a wedding gift for Dr. Harvey W. Wiley and his fiancée Miss Anna G. Kelton. Clerks report funds running high and uncertainty about the gift, joking that a silver service may be presented to the government’s famed food expert.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bureau of Chemistry
Department of Agriculture
Harvey W. Wiley
The
Post
Dr. Wiley
Anna G. Kelton
Washington
H. W. Wiley
A. G. Kelton
Carnegie Trust Crisis Draws Morgan Help and DA Scrutiny
The Madison Trust Company faces absorption by Equitable Trust with Morgan cooperation while the district attorney weighs charges and grand jury action. Andrew Carnegie’s name is disputed in influence over the trust, as mayoral and city officials consider measures to free municipal funds tied to Northern Bank and the Carnegie Trust Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Jury
Trust Company
Hotel Iroquois
Andrew Carnegie
Leslie Shaw
the Treasury
Charles M. Schwab
Albany
Andrew Carnegie Trust Company
Carnegie
City
Northern Bank
Carnegie Trust Company
Joseph G. Robin
Slyde
Legislative
Prendergast
Funeral Directors of Washington DC Services and Chapels
A column listing numerous funeral directors and embalmers in Washington DC with addresses on Fourteenth Street Seventh Street and Capitol Hill. Firms include Harvey's Sons, Sardo & Co, Surgeon, Costello, Pumphrey & Son, Hindle, Geter's Sons, Speare, Zurhorst, J William Lee, Wright Co. and others with details on chapels, cremations, and phone numbers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. F. Harvey's Sons
WM. H. Sardo & CO
Modern Chapel
Linentia
Thos
Sergeon
Cain
Thos A. Costello
H Street
W. R. Pumphrey & Son
Chanel
Mthstow
Thomas M. Hindle
Frank Geter
Seventh ST NW
W. R. Speare
F Street
N. W
Frank As
Speare
Zurhorst
John R. Wright CO
Tenth At
Mrs Schenk to Face Poison Trial Opens Today
Wheeling West Virginia January eight thirty two witnesses summoned by the State for the trial of Mrs Laura Farnsworth Schenk on charges of attempted poisoning her husband John O Schenk a millionaire pork packer. Prosecutor Handlan outlined the plan to prove poison sources and timing while defense cites heredity insanity and conspiracy among relatives. State witnesses will include Dr Ackerman Dr Hupp and chauffeur Lundy Wilson as the case proceeds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wheelinge
W. Va
Laura Farnsworth Schenk
Criminal Court of
Ohio County
John O. Schenk
J. B. Handlan
Schenk
Jenn B. Handlan
A. ©. Ackerman
Frank Lemoyne Hupp
Lundy Wilson
Schenks
Hasty weddings blamed for divorces by local judge
Scranton Iowa January H M Edwards president judge of Lackawanna county notes that in Cleveland high prices with small incomes trigger divorces but locally he sees hasty marriages as the main cause. He says couples married in haste with little reflection often divorce, unlike those who have lived together longer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scranton
H. M. Edwards
Lackawanna County
Neff
Cleveland
Edwards
Binghamton
Health Office Record Deaths At City Hospitals And Homes
Health office records list deaths with names and ages including Lake K Jones 91 at 71 Tth street se Sallie A Bonyers 3 years at 1522 Fla ave ne Patherine Burke 66 at 324 T st mw Emerson W Tiss 91 at 1443 Chapin st nw Ellen Fraser 65 at 1012 13th st nw Horace F Lyons 55 at Emergency Hospital Hugh R Stewart 75 at 929 5th st se Barah Miles 6 at 914 Fla ave nw Robert Payne 29 at Washington Asylum Hospital Dorothy Carter 3 at 2351 Champlain nw Edward Sullivan 26 at Freedmen's Hospital Elizabeth Lewis 42 at 924 Wi ost nw
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake K. Jones
Sallie A. Bonyers
Fla
Ave. Ne
Patherine Burke
T St. Mw
Emerson W. Tiss
Chapin st_nw
Ellen Fraser
13Th St Nw
Horace F. Lyons
Hugh R Stewart
5Th St. Se
Barah Miles
Fla. Ave
Robert Payne
Washington Asylum Hospital
Dorothy Carter
Champlain
Edward Sullivan
Freedmen's Hospital
Elizabeth Lewis
Wi Ost
Taft Faces Unified Support On Reciprocity Amid Harmony In Congress
President Taft has secured assurances from both U S leaders and Canadian officials that reciprocity with Canada will receive favorable congressional consideration. Insurgents and regulars join in backing a reasonable reciprocity bill, while a Lorimer case minority report threatens to complicate the Senate agenda as lawmakers push a broad legislative program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taft
Canada
Congress
Earl Grey
Laurier
Senate
Taft Snow
Panama Canal
South America
Equator
Lorimer
Beveridge
Arbitration Idea Welcomed by Times and Standards
London dispatches report a revived push for a general arbitration treaty between the United States and Great Britain. The Times expects a favorable British reception if Taft’s proposals clear Senate hurdles, while The Standard urges delaying unless Senate support seems probable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
The
Times
Taft
Great Britain
United States
Senate
Firmin Kept Aboard Ship At Cape Haitien
Rumor of Gen Antenor Firmin landing triggers Haitian troop watch at Cap Haitien as the Montreal remains offshore. Firmin says his voyage is for health, not politics, while authorities seal Haitian mail and guard the coast. The Montreal sails to Port au Prince with Firmin still aboard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montreal
Cape Haitien
Haitien
Haiti
Antenor Firmin
Great Britain
Firmin
St. Thomas
Danish West Indies
Port Au Prince
Picked Up in Boat at Sea Near Sand Key
John Dougherty, working on the Florida East Coast Railway near Sand Key, was rescued in Pensacola aboard the Dutch steamer Dordrecht after 21 hours adrift at sea. He was exhausted by hunger and exposure and said one oar broke as he tried to cross a channel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pensacola
Mia
John Dougherty
Florida East Coast Railway
Sand Key
Dordrecht
Dougherty
Hornet Still at Ruatan Amid Honduran Revolt
State Department reports Ruatan island held by Honduran revolutionists with American Consul Dawson and Minister McCreery confirming the situation. Gunboat Tacoma investigates while Dolphin prepares for West Indies patrol to aid policing along Honduras amid the pending revolution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Department
Ruatan
Honduras
Dawson
Puerto Cortez
United States
Tacoma
Puerto Corte
Hornet
McCreery
Dolphin
West Indies
Gomez Firm in Power in Cuba Year Two
Havana reports Gen. Gomez solidly entrenched as Cuba enters the second year of his rule since Magoon's provisional government ended. Observers note stability despite U S rumors of revolution and a third intervention, which are dismissed as propaganda against Cuban self government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Havana
Cuba
Gen. Gomez
Gov. Magoon
United States
War minister quits as cabinet reshuffle looms
A dispatch from Galveston cites Gen Manuel Gonzalez Cozio resigning as war minister after Diaz condemned army failures. Diaz may overhaul the cabinet with Senor Jimantour's resignation rumored. Senor de la Barra offered foreign affairs portfolio. Government reports Guerrero captured without resistance. Casas Grande and Ojinaga now under government control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ambassador de la Barra
Republic
Casas Grande
Ojinaga
Washington Post
New York
Galveston
New York Herald
Mexico City
Don Manuel Gonzalez Cozio
Twar
Diaz
Cozio
Senor Jimantour
Senor de la Barra
United States
Mexico
Guerrero
Gen. Navarro
Honduras Hurries Deal On Bond Debt and Railroad Plans
Honduras seeks quick settlement of its loan of 10 million with J P Morgan & Co as deposit certificates issued in London expire February 4. Senor Juan B Paredes says talks with the Morgan syndicate aim to take over the debt and push the interoceanic railway, with U S government aid expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jd. P. Morgan & Co
Honduras
Morgan Syndicate
Senor
Juan B. Paredes
the Treasury
State Department
Senor Paredes
London
United States
Guatemala’s Loan Plans and Berlin Legation Move
Senor Juan Barrios, Guatemala’s foreign relations minister, touring Germany, said his mission was to establish a Berlin legation and not to influence the $40 million loan talks. He noted growing Guatemala Germany ties due to a large German population, with only a consular presence in Berlin. Three American financiers’ proposals for taking over Guatemala’s debt remain under Guatemala’s consideration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senor Juan Barrios
Guatemala
Germany
Berlin
Sener Barrios
Guatemaa
Taft to Sit for Halmi Portrait in New York
President Taft will pose for painter Arthur Halmi this week as Halmi, famed for portraits of Prince Herbert von Bismarck and other society figures, continues work in New York. Halmi, who trained in Munich and Paris, plans to paint several society women and has been praised as Munkacsy's protege. Mayor Gaynor is among those considered to sit for him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taft
Arthur Halmi
Herbert von Bismarck
Count Ester[hazy
Halmi
Munich
Budapest
Munkacsy
Halfini
Paris
Haimi
Europe
Gaynor
Taft to Be Speaker at Southern Commercial Congress
The Southern Commercial Congress in Atlanta March 8 to 10 lists President Taft as headlining. The program, issued by G Grosvenor Dawe, includes Col Roosevelt Woodrow Wilson Gov elect New Jersey Ambassador Junserand and other leaders. Topics focus on southern commercial development and the event is expected to be the most important yet held.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Commercial Congress
Atlanta
G. Grosvenor Dawe
Congress
Taft
Col. Roosevelt
Woodrow Wilson
New Jersey
Junserand
France
James Wilson
Department of Agriculture
Department of Agriculture; Secretary of War Dickinson
Gaynor
New York
Bryce
England
Dela Barra
Mexico
George Westinghouse
Pittsburg
George W. Perkins
John Barrett
Washington
Duncan Wu. Fletcher
Florida
Elihu Root
E. W. Robertson
Columbia
S. C
Leland Hume
Nashville
Tenn
Edward Hines
Chicago
Joseph M. Brown
Georgia
Julian S. Carr
Durham
N. C
South
Socialist Pastor Loux Resigns in Meriden Church
The Rev. Dr. Dubois H. Loux of Center Congregational Church in Meriden Conn resigns after embracing socialism and publishing a novel on social reform. In his letter he denounces organized Christianity as dissolved and warns churches must align with wealth interests. Also notes Maj. C. McK Saltzman of the signal corps at Walter Reed Hospital, age 99, ill with typhoid and hospitalized since December 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meriden
Conn
Jan
Dubois H. Loux
Center Congregational Church
Christ
Maj. C. McK
Saltzman
Signal Corps
Walter Reed Hospital
Takoma Park
Mendota
Waahingten
Tragedy Near Lamond Ends In Gruesome Decapitation
A National Soldiers' Home inmate identified as John Owings was killed near Lamond Md when an express train struck him. His body was ground to pieces and scattered along the track. A bankbook showing $1,000 in deposits and $41 cash were found. The man was on leave from the home. officials investigate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Speeding Express
Baltimore and Ohio
Lamond
John Owings
National Soldiers
H. Hoffman
Washington
Chicago
G. A. Kimmett
Cumberland
Hoffmann
Stotts Station
Nevitt
Union Savings Bank of Washington
Death of Mrs Louise Cippin Cott at Newark gas leak
Special to The Washington Post Newark police hold Arthur Lippincott after he was found at his home. Mrs Louise Cippin Cott 99 died from gas escaping from a partly opened ceiling jet over her bed. The authorities investigate possible foul play or accident as a mystery surrounds the death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
New York
Jan
Louise Cippincott
Newark
Lippincott
Sixth Precinct
Smallpox Quarantine at Omaha YMCA Tightens Travel
Quarantine imposed at the Omaha YMCA after smallpox discovery. The building, occupied by young men with upper floor rooms, housed about 150 people when the measure began. Vaccination of the entire group started immediately.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha, Nebr
Omaha ¥. M. C
Says Husband Took Child in Absurd Story
Helen Wall Cayvan Stevenson accuses her estranged husband Clarence J. A. Stevenson of taking their 2 year old daughter Muriel. Stevenson says the tale is absurd and notes he has been in Spray, North Carolina, overseeing railroad construction while he and Mrs De Giers deny involvement. A custody hearing had granted Stevenson custody, and Mrs Stevenson was to be served with divorce papers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ife
F. J. de Giers
Washington
New York
Jan
Helen Wall Cayvan Stevenson
Clarence J.A. Stevenson
Francis J. de Giers
Muriel
No Report on Explosion Indicts Grand Jury Contempt
Los Angeles January report states the grand jury probing the Times explosion has not issued a report. Judge Walter Bordwell warned the panel that any report would be contempt of court. He forbade a report to prevent legal violations and confusion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles Grand Jury
Dosa Angeles
Cal
Jan
Los Angeles Times
Walter Bordwell
Superior Court
Grand Jury
Grand
The
Times
Gale Lifts Roofs And Skies In Colorado And Wyoming
A Denver report details a gale gusting to seven miles an hour that caused bizarre incidents across Colorado and Wyoming. In Cheyenne a box car roof was torn off, sending a brakeman riding aloft in an aeroplane arc before he landed with a broken arm and bruises. A Cheyenne merchant lost $100 in currency blown from a bank book. County Judge Clark was knocked off his feet and fractured facial bones after being slammed into a hitching post. Colorado and Southern Railroad Supt Garner was hurled under a moving train, losing an arm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
Denver
Colo
Colorado
Wyoming
Cheyenne
Clark
Garner
Colorado and Southern Railroad
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Morgan
Banks
Equitable
Apapera
Vincinnati Inquirer
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Chicago Record-Herald
Buffalo Courier
New York Times
Boston Globe
Providence Journal
Syracuse
Pout-Standard
St Paul
Pioneer Press
Rochester Herald
St Louis Republic
Pittsburg Dispatch
Public Ledges
Newspaper of
Phive
Chemist
Stan
Monuments Mausoleums
M. J. Falvey
Mrs. Schene
Judge Edwards
Health Office Record
Gordon Dry
Tokalon Wine CO
London Times
Committee On Foreign Relations
Island
Chinwatua
Barrios
Ladies” Cloak, Suit, and Furnishing
Pennsylvania Ave
Wm. H. McKnew
WM. H. McKnew CO
Pa. Ave
Wim. H. McKnew Co
Ave
Maj. Saltzman
Lamond, MD
Omaha
R. Harris & CO
the Jewelers
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