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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-07-19
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Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1912-09-10
Big Five of
Clearing House
They Comprise the Greatest
Banking Power In the
Country.

ulaue nS name Wen known 10 every
student of banking and economics. but
to the average man his name is IA
nlllar only incidentally as banker
and chiefly as a militant Christian.
Mr.. Cannon was the chief lay figure
in the men and religion forward move
ment. which commanded attention a
few months ago, and he is recognized
among church workers ASA leader in
active movements for reyiving reli-
giOus life He has been one of the
most forcefui spirits in y. NJ G. A
work. 80
His banking career is the traditional
story OF a rise from the bottom. Born
in Delhi. y. Y. he removed to New
York city early enough to get his edu
cation in the city schools. He began
his banking career In 1876 at the age
OF eighteen, Starting as a messenger
with the Fifth Avenue bank His
specially as d banker has been cred
It's" and it was largely his pioneer
work which brought about the highly
perfected systems with which the
banks work now in this most impor
tant department.
Walter + Frew, president OF the
Corn Exchange bank. is the other of
the two present committeeman who be-
gan at the bottom in banking. He has
been connected with bank in some
capacity or another ever since he left
school at fifteen He WAS born i'm
Brooklyn in 1861
DelateId Vanderlip. Barnard and
Cannon are all giants physically. Frew
Is of the small wiry type, which some
times shows such astonishing capacity
for continuous labor. physical and men
tai His first business experience WAS
with the banking and brokerage house
of Sheppard Knapp 4 Co After six
years with that firm he went over to
the Eleventh Ward bank in 1885 and
in four years took the position Of cash
Ter with the Queens County bank Of
Long Island City. He had reached the
presidency in four years more q ID
stayed there until he went over to tn,
Corn Exchange bank in 1899 to become
vice president. His bank has the lar
geSt number Of branches of any In New ,
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1912-09-10

York and probably in the country and
therefore makes heavy demands on its
executives
Richard Delatield, president OF the
National Park bank. is the merchant
banker member Of the group. He is by
Inheritance associated with New York
commercial greatness, being a son OF
Rufus King Delateld and descended
from line of New York merchants
whose fOrbear was John Delafield, who
came over from England in 1888. 1t is
not many months since the Delatied
family Incorporated itself with the Idea
OF assuring to al OF the descendants Ut
this John Delatie d collegiate or pro
fessionaI education "or other suitable
education to such members Of the Della
field family as may be designated or
approved by majority of the direct
ors. Other purposes of this novel cor
pOration are the preservation Of Della
field heirloomS and the extending OF
pecuniary aid other than loans to the
wives. widows and daughters Of lineal
Delafields
Richard Deiatield had a long career
as a nerchan before he became
banker He began as clerk, but at
the age OF twenty seven be had en-
barked on his own account in the Cali
fornia trade His firms We're Della
field. Morgan. kissell 4 Co. and Della
field. McGovern 4 Co. which had
branches in st. Lonis and San Fran
cisco. They were reputed the largest
dealers in Pacific coast products. In
1890 he became IA vice president OF the
National Park bank and has been pres
ident since 1900
Otto T. Barnard. president of the
New York Trust company. Is named
last in the roster Of members OF the
clea ring house committee. He was
first lawyer and became president OF
the Continental Trust company. which
was merged with the New York Trust
and Security company TO form the
present institution. after twelve years
OF law practice and few Years as
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1912-09-10

secretary of the TREASURY After four
years he went to the National City
bank of New York us vice president.
and in January, 1909. when James Still
man retired from the presidency. Van
derlip succeeded him
President VanderIips chief claim to
fame outside of his financial activities
IL as an author and promoter of
business education
Like the president of the National
City bank. President la mes g. Cannon
of the Fourth National bank. who fol
lows him on the roster of the clearing
house committee. Is an author. His
Clearing Houses" Is the standard au-
thority on the subject and is so com
plete treatise that the ma tional none
tary commission In its monumental re
port on monetary and banking sys
TENS Of the world transferred it bodily
into its documents, This work has
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1912-09-10
Notice Consolidating Township:
i In Ormsby County

Notice is hereby given that by
order of the Board Of county
Commissioners of Ormsby County,
Nevada, made at their regular
meeting held on the 9th day OF
August, A. ID. 1912, the Township
heretofore known as the Empire
Township was duly consolidated
with and made a part of Carson
Township the whole to be known
as Carson Township.
|, f. o. Patterson, the duly
elected, qualified and acting
County Clerk and eX officio Clerk
of the Board of County Commits
sioners, do hereby certify that the
foregoing is a true and correct
copy of the Judicial Township as
appears upon the minutes and
records of Ormsby County, Neva-
da. as adopted by said Board OF
County Commissioners at regu-
lar meeting held August 5th, 1912
(SeaD f. O. PATTERSON,
County Clerk and ex Officio Clerk
of the Board of County Com
missioners, Ormsby County,
Nevada.
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1912-09-10

One found newspaper work the STEP
other steered into his place through
the law and brief later career as
manufactures. and third coming of
family of merchants, cut off his mer.
camille connections To become exclu-
s1vely a banker after gradual en-
trance into the field through his activ-
tiles us IA director in banking institu.
tons. Only two climbed the banking
ladder from the bottom
President Vanderip of the National
City bank never worked in banking
Institution until d dozen years ago. At
the age of thirty Seven he resigned his
assistant secretaryship of the treasury
to become vice president of the insti-
tuition of which he is now the active
head. Although it was as a reporter
and later us u financial writer that he
first began to carve out his career, he
really started to make his own way in
life as machine shop apprentice in
his native town of Aurora. Iii. He was
born farmers boy there in 1864
When Lyman j. Gage became secre-
tary OF the treasury he took Vanderlip
with him aS private secretary, but
Vanderlip quickly proved himself too
big for that job. aud within few
months he had been appointed assistant
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1912-09-10

Box Ball, the best of all kinds
OF drinks and cigars at Paxton s.
No need Of going away tor va
cation when you can get all OF
this right at home.
Try that famous Fredericks-
burg Beer. You can get it at the
Sacramento Saloon.
Nothing better to drink these warm
days than Virginia Steam Beer. Try
it at the Nevada Saloon.
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1912-09-10

That finest of Beers, Virginia
Steam Beer at the Nevada Saloon.
Subscribe for the Appeal. now
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1912-09-10
The Powerful
New York's
F. A. VanderIip, J. G. Cannon,
W. E. FreW, R. DeIafieId
and o. T. Barnard.

KNTHEN the congressional COM
mittee investigating the
" money trust" held its SEES
sions in New York. attention
was focused on the clearing house
committee, which it was testified prac'
ucally embodied the power of the
Clearing House association. IMPLYING
In its turn the banking power Of New
York and OF the United States. The
five men who constitute that commit
tee are Frank A. Vanderlip, James q.
Cannon. Walter E. Frew. Richard Del
afield and Otto T. Barnard.
To be named among this annually
changing group is. from the bankers
point of view. to be listed in the roll of
honor of finance.
The five are men of widely differing
personalities. tastes and experiences
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1912-09-10
G O O D P r I N 7 / N G

The Appeal Job Printing plant IS
now fully prepared to turn out the
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Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1912-09-10

.,-,,5 of the DOLPHIN 1ute mills OF Fat
erSon. a. D. tie WAS Commissioners VI
the board Of education under Mayor
Strnnn and WAS the Repnhllcan callul
a1,, fsr u,;,vnt If New York I'D l5lo
81 !. il :t.i.iu'e " Yale
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1912-12-20

so many railroad lines, is justly en-
titled to and hereafter shall have
the same distrihutive rates per mile
into and out of said city as is en-
joyed by Spokane, Seattle, Tacoma,
and all Coast iobbing centers. Ken
newick spent thousands of dollars
and much effort to obtain this de-
cree and is now enabled by it to
distribute to and concentrate from
a distance of 100 miles in every di-
rection, in district which is al
ready populated by about 100, 900
people. and which in It's potential
tiles and possibilities for the future
is unsurpassed if not unequalled by
any district of like size in Western
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1912-12-20

$4,000. The building has capac-
ity of 100000 cubic feet, with
ample facilities for warm, cold or
ordinary storage, and trackage from
all railway systems at the doors,
without any switching or transfer
charges.
The Pacific Power & Light COM
pany has been using this point for
the past two years as distributing
station for their central Washington
territory. This corporation is now
build ing an additional warehouse
in which to store the immense
amount of material necessary to the
development and maintenance of it's
properties in Washington, Oregon
and Idaho.
Among the other large distribu-
tors from Kennewick may be men
toned the Kennewick Fruit & Pro-
duce Co., whose large concrete
warehouse was completed this fall ;
the Chas. H. Collins Co.. one of the
many branches of the wholesale
commission merchants, Ryan-New-
ton Co., of Spokane; the H. H.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1912-12-20

structed from Beverly toward Ken
newick as far as Hanford, less than
forty miles ava y; and the Hill sys-
tenn has filed the map of its projected
line, which is named the Kenne-
wick Northern Railroad, which will
be 125 miles in length and is de-.
signed to connect the present main
line of the Great Northern with the
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1912-12-20
."Where Rail and Water. Nee"
Kennewck Destined by Reason Of Its Location to Become
Most Important Traffic Center in the Inland Empire y =

That Kennewick is destined to
become one of the most important
traffic centers in the Inland Empire
is the firm belief of every business
man in this city, and the same con-
clusion must be arrived at by any,
one who will study Kennewick's
peculiarly strategetic location.
Kennewick, in addition to having
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1912-12-20

Milwaukee and the Great Northern
railroads is only a matter of time,
and it is not at all improbable that
both of these lines will have rails
laid into this city within two years.
The Milwaukee now has it's line con-
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1912-12-20

the most sheltered and commodious
natural harbor on the middle Col
umbia River. is now served by three
great transcontinental lines of rail-
road, the Northern Pacific, the Ore
Washington Rail & Navigation
Co., and the Spokane, Portland &
Seattle. Connection, also, with the
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1912-12-20

Davis Co., jobbers and wholesalers
of fruit, produce and cereals; and
the Kennewick District Fruit Grow
ers' Association, cooperative hand
lers of Kennewick Valley products.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1912-12-20

steamer lines, and the Northern
Pacific, Spokane, Portland & Seattle
and the Hartman systems of rail-
roads, and being the only city in
central or eastern Washington hav-
ing both water transportation and
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1912-12-20

America. In this field Kennewick
is now absolutely without compe-
tition on an even cost basis.
Since being favored by the Public
Service Commissions distributive
rate order, the Commercial Club has
been bending its efforts toward in
teresting Spokane and Coast jobbers
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1912-12-20

Spokane, Portland & Seattle at
Kennewick.
On October l, 1912, The Wash-
ington State Public Service Com
mission decreed by their order in
Case No. 5S3, that Kennewick by
reason of its location at the junction
of the Columbia and Snake River
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1912-12-20

in establishing wholesale stocks here
for distribution. To accommodate
the demand for warehouse space the
Kennewick Distributing company
has just completed a splendid con-
crete warehouse at cost of about
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1912-12-20

Freeman, Dick
Hawkins. E. H.
Jordan, Miss
Jennings, c. A.
Layson, Mrs. (2)
Stewart, Mrs. Ed
CARDS
Bacon, Roy H.
Clark, Mrs. VIM.
Dixon, Mrs. Dave
Lutz, Mrs. M. j.
Smith, Mrs.
The evening world., 1912-05-16

wadsworth was acting for Stanford
white. who was In New York. All this
was brought out in Evelyn Thaw's tes-
timony at the trial in 1907. She des-
cribed In detail her life with Thaw In
Europe during the summer previous
to their marriage in Pittsburgh. April
4. 1906.
Mr.. wadsworth said he knew Of moth
ing that might have interested Harry
Thaw In or aroused his animosity
toward Mr.. Davis or Mr.. Francklyn.
J. c. Bancroft Davis IL a member NJ
the Knickerbocker Club and a local
ofYioal Of the Standard Oil Company.
Why he should have been at the head
of the list marked "Kill' Is a mystery.
He 10 well known in New York society
and club lne He IL a son Of the late
Judge John Davis Of the United states
Court Of Claims. His mother Is the wife
Of Lieut. Col. Charles Laurie McCawley
Of the United States Marine Corps a
sister IL Mrs. George Cabot Lodge, q
daughter-in-law Of Senator Henry Cabot
Lodge OF Massachusetts Mr.. Davis
could not be found last night. but fellow
members Of the Knickerbocker could
not imagine any interest Thaw might
have had In him at any time.
Mr.. Francklyn's connection with thu
case Is equally as difficult TO under
stand. His mother resides In Paris ant
mis- home II at No. 1S East Thirty
! eighth street, but he 10 not in the city
The evening world., 1912-05-16

He II not known TO Broadway and II
not active IN club life. He Is . son OF
Reginald II. ID. Francllyn, who died In
his country homo at Short Hills, ~ j..
In 1900.
The newly discovered letter was writ
ten At a time when Harry Thaw might
have been considerably excited over his
affairs with Evelyn Nesbit. She and
her mother were living at the Audubon.
after Thnw had sent Evelyn back from
Europe In November. 1903.
He had come back from Europe Just
before tho letter was written and had
seen Evelyn Nesbit, and, she testified at
the trial, she had pefused TO have any
thing TO do with him. She told him she
had heard stories about him. One story
was that he had turned scalding water
on a young woman after putting her
into n bath tub and another that he
had tied girl to a bedpost in a hotel
and beaten her with whip.
Evelyn Thaw at the trial repeated the
names OK the men who had told her
these stories In whisper to District
Attorney Jerome, but he said to-day
that as far as he could recall the names
did not include Mr.. Davis, Mr.. Gebhard
or Mr.. Franckiyn as the source of her
information. He also said he could not
connect these men with the Thaw case
in any OF Its ramihcations. however re-
mote.
Thaw returned to New York after the
xiii" letter and succeeded In winning
Evelyn Nesbit back. One of the mer
who helped him was the one to whom
The evening world., 1912-05-16

never forfeited Thaw's friendship OF
confidence.
LETTER FROM PIrTseURo AND
TO AGENT HERE.
The writing in the letter has been
identified as that Of Thaw. How II
escaped the repeated search for docu-
mentary evidence during the trials and
before, is not explained.
On the envelope was written, besides
the address Of the recipient in New
York, Return to Box 1856. Pittsburg.
Pa" There are many Thaws In Fits.
burgh and Harry X. Thaw gave as his
address there -. C. Thaw" with that
numbered post office box.
The text Of the letter was on the first
page of the sheet and set out on an
other page were the Ave names ana the
notations kill"
It is believed "Bin' refers to a reia-
tive Of Thaw. we'll known on Broadway
at that time.
The writing Is almost lllegibie because
of the scrawl. The anxiety shown
about happe nings In the Audubon Hotel
Is supposed TO be due to the fact tina,
Evelyn Thaw lived there at the time.
There is no doubt that the initials
IS. W." in the Thaw letter mean
Stanford White. -. II. B. D." are
the inltals-wfth one letter wrong-oi
J c. Bancroft Davis. II. w. p" are
the initials of Henry Poor. the banker
and publisher Of ''Poor's Manual"
Mr.. Poor was an intimate friend ei
Stanford White. The architect super
intended the remodehng and deoora
lions Of the Poor home. at No. 1 Lex
ington avenue, across the street from
the White mansdon and one Of tn
finest homes IN the city. The Poo
mansion was sold following tho 5000.
900 failure of Mr.. Poor in 1908. and al
apartment house now occupies the site
In 1906 Mr.. Poor gave tho famou
The evening world., 1912-05-16
POSLAM KILLS
GERM LIFE
ON THE SKIN

Any abrasion Of the skin. cut. boil.
blister. rash or open sore spot, IL dsn-
gcrous as a possible source Of infection
leading to serious skin disease and
should be treated promptly with Poe
lam. the antiseptic healing remedy. /.
Poslam readily shows its power 70
kill germ life by stopping a,litchins end
causing the trouble to disappear. Pos
lam acts in this manner in any skin
disorder. including al! ecssmas, acne.
salt rheum. psoriasis. skin scale. seven
year itch, BARRIERS itch and similar
diseases. Minor affections, such -
pimplcs, are quickly driven away.
AL druggists sell Poslam $50 ccnts)
and POSLAM SOAP. the beautifying
skin soap (25 cents.
For free sample Of Poslam. write TO
the Emergency Laboratories, Sc West
25th street. New York City.
The evening world., 1912-05-16
TO WIDEN FIFTH AVENUE.
rs Feet 20 ne Added From Four
teenth to Twenty-third streets.

The work Of widening Fifth avenue.
which has been accompanied by slicins
or the fronts Of many old residences. i'
to be extended to that portion OF the
avenue between Fourteenth and Twen-
ty-third streets Authority for this Inn
provement was given President Nc
Aneny to-day by the Board Of Estimate.
The width OF the avenue Is to be In
creased from 10 to IS feet. This will be
accomplished by taking on ~ feet from
either sidewalk. When completed the
new sidewalks will be % feet wide.
The evening world., 1912-05-16

Thsw might have assumed that Mr..
The evening world., 1912-05-16
.THAW MARKED
THREE FOR DEATH
IN 1903 LETTER
Kill" Written Alongside the
Names of Bancroft Davis
T and Freddy Gebhard.

New mystery was added to the spec
&aouaar career of Harry X. Thaw to-
~ by letter It is said the State will
~ In dts forthcoming attempt to keep
Thaw in Matteawan.
There are Ave names in Thaw's
Handwriting. three Of them with KILL"
unAerscored. after them. Stanford
WhAte's name was third The other
two names 50 marked were Bancroft
Davis and Freddy Gerhard.
Tue two names without the sinister
notation are those OF Craig wadSworth
and REGINALD Franckiyn.
The letter was written from Pitts
eurgh In December 1906. almost three
years before Thaw shot Stanford White
- death on. the Madison Square Garden
root.
0sbhard, whose name was second on
the list. died Sept 5, 1910. Mr.. Wads-
werth's name was mentioned In both
the Thaw trials, but there has never
bean anything published. or spoken in
public. connecting Mr.. Davis. Mr.. Geb-
hArdt or Mr.. Francklyn even remotely
with the tragedy OF Madison Square
Garden on June Is. 1906
NOTORIOUS LETTER NAMES
THREE TO "kILL."
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw's dramatic testi-
neny on the witness stand of the story
- told Of herself and Stanford White
- Harry Thaw In Paris In 1903 Is gen.
eeaIy credited with being responsible
Tor his acquittal Of murder. The letter
lust made public In dated only q few
mouths after the date Of her alleged dis
lseksr:
J. c. Thaw, p. o. Box loss,
Pittsburgh. Pa, December. 1908.
Dear Mr.. '''''s.
Bill Is all right. Hope to see you
Asxt week.
Please send q man to ]. H. B. DIS
place.
Ask the servant what sort Of new
exercise he takes since a week. Is
he getting strong armed? I don't
care, but I want TO know. Do you
know Of any colored elevator or bell
boy In the Audubon. Bw'y q s9th
ST. hope you will have all those
curious reports Of the '''''' and Of
n, W. q H. W. P.'s other freaks.
when will F. Gebhard 20 to Phila..
even for . day OF sol Please return
1hls ~ . good rule.
THAW.
bancroft Davis KILL
Freddy Gebhard KILL
Stanford White KILL
Craig Wadsworth
Reginald Francirlyu
q, was written to = man well know
to Thaws family. and who had ofte
done favors for the young millionaire
lie was q sort OF protector for the or
ratio youth and never Quarrelled witt
him over his whims. and for this reasol
The evening world., 1912-05-16

the letter vas written. He made her
believe the stories she had heard werc
false, and few weeks later carried her
away from the stage OF the Madison
Square Theatre and began an associa-
sion that lasted dhtii no killed Stanford
white.
Acting District Attorney Mott. asked
regarding the letter. said: II have never
seen It. but I have heard that there Yves
such n letter Its existence simply
tends to confirm our contention that to
set Thaw at liberty would be menace
10 human life.
The evening world., 1912-05-16

Word Wants work Wonders
The Detroit times., 1912-10-14
FUMES FROM GAS
HEATER ARE FATAL
Husband of Mrs. Blanche Hustled
Finds Her Dead-Daugh-
ter Overcome

Escaping fumes from a gas heater
caused the death OF Mrs. Blanche
Horsted, ~ years old, OF No. 1441
Gratiot-aye., Sunday night, and Mrs.
Edith House. her 23-year-old daugb-
ter, was unconscious and nearly dead
when her husbands timely arrival
revealed the tragedy. Roy o. House.
the husband, returning from work at
the plant Of the Seamless Steel Tube
Co., found the fiat filed with the
deadly fumes and stumbled over the
unconscious form OF his wife, who
was lying between the dining room
anC kitchen. Mrs. Housted was
found lying on the bath room floor,
still breathing, but close TO death.
House hurriedly summoned DIR. w.
G. Leonard. Of No. III Grand-ave., but
Mrs Housted was dead when he ar
rived Mrs. House was revived and
later was rushed to Grace hospital.
where she Is still in serious condi-
tion.
The gas heater had not been pro-
vided with an outlet pipe, though the
family had been warned by the land
lord not to use IL until such steu
was taken.