The evening world. Newspaper, October 23, 1907, Page 3

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——_——wel-as-byhis-office: > THE SECRET CABINET. For the first time to-day was revealed the names of the executive com- mittee of the Knickerbocker Company, which, under Charles T. Barney, the| _fetired ‘president, managed all the big affairs of the Institution in secret conclave. This committee voted all loans and negotiated the big deals which Daye aroused the criticism of the banking world. The following were members of Mr. Barney‘s cabinet: ~ bach, of Davies, Stone & Auerbach; Harry B. Hollins, of H. B. Hollins & Co.; A. Foster Higgins, of Higgins & Cox, now president of the Knickerbocker; Henry 8, Dimock: Frederick G.-Bourne, president of the Singer Company, and Frederick L. Eldridge, the vice-president, who ‘snow tn Dr. THE EVENING WORLD We wav ed WAL! OCTOBER 23, - STATE OFFICIALS INFULL CHARGE ~ KNICKERBOCKEF Sixty Million Dollar Concern Fails to Open Its Doors to the Clamoring _ Throngs of Depositors Who ee Their. Cash. clamoring. ine of ese by the State Banking Department and Jackson is getting reports from various batik examiners at work on the’ upon which, te 1s a nee =suspended-company's-bodks- begin receivership procezdings.’ It was pointed out by the Attorney- General this afternoon that al ucht by stockholders or eapslis as; receivership action might be br en Gueseroleely in uel iorney-General_Jackson. Mr. } : Simaee: TS - > _Crowds Besieging tie Colonial Trust Company’ vay and Picture otf the President Evening World by a Staff Artist.) _ Office in Broadw. (Photographed § Heres the first opportunity ever given’ you to Bay Rimes from the| Manufacturer at. Wholesale Factory Prices. We are offering for ths tes 10 Days Only this magnificent and massive guaranteed PUBLIC NOTICE 223321 0 mil es, Boston Leather Morris Chair ct from-the-miaker at our regular Wholesale @anitarium suffering from a brokun le; SOME BARNEY LOANS, iM This Executive Committee met to-day at the main office of the company, | the awd No. 66 Broadway, and after an examination of the loan account, found: Joins amounts there which even they as an executive committee had never passed | 7° ie eet own upon. A member of the Executive Committee told an Evening World reporter! tM Barney had mad: these loans upon his own 1 -|a comparatively that Mr. ey le PO! individual respon |eot any Uihed i Df $8,002, sibility. company, the crowds were ug! out to protect all offices of the cbmpany. closing road: vs “State of New York, Oct, 22, “ ferred upon me by Cheper 637 of the Laws of 1892 I do hereby take possession and charge of the Knickerbocker Trust Company. “GEORGE I. - BR, z oe AS “Acting Bank Examiner of the State of New York." Shorily-after these-notices were ‘posted on the Jocked:-andg=barred omcesy ” ef the trust company Mr. Skinner issued the following statement; “the Knickerbocker Trust Company andts branch offices. The support to the institution which was expected yesterday has not becn furnished. “A bank examiner is to-day in charge, of every office. be received of obligations due to the trust company, but no payments will be Payments should be made in cash. lateral will not be surrendered until it {s shown that ft fs not pledged for. dther Indebtedness to the institution.” — : ALTORNEY- GENERAL ACTIYV-E..- ‘ins, of the Knickerbocker, said to- -day that he —was- undecided -whether-to -apply—for. he: -appointment--of-a-receiver—of tot; y in the hands of Acting Supt. Skinner and | Attorney-General has established his head- 3-Hroadway, trom —which-he-is directing his staff of dep-7 gag Ses of en.assigned- with bank.oxaminersjo-every-institutlon-that,tor_thelr predicament, fe-subject- to-inquiry;“Phere-nre-also-bark-exammors“In several nuitiorials 125e before o'clock” banks that were formerly controlled by the Heinze-Morse-Thomas ring. Sincé the stofmay mieetiig of trust compan late Monday night, when Charles T. Barney was forced to resign the prest~ ty he has kept in, close seclusion. x-called at his home yesterday they were notifie He could not be found later in the niade by the examiner in charge, President A, Foster H Jeave the affairs of-the compan Attorney-General Jackson. Th APL ES a ENo- -lities, who have’ dency of the Knickerboc ker Compan Evening World repor that he was getting some needed sleep. day. twas the sajne last night and to-day, no one being any sort of statement or interview Company. =Trow the situato: closing of this $0),0K),W00 “institution Same about ix told in the inside story: of the events wile e is hOweable to present, SHarles / the-former Presl- gant_ot. ih Toaati Joseph S. Auer- Bull's Pursuant to authority con- Payments will Col- y heads and bankers at Sherry's the ex:president of the Tr | which caused thé) of $500,000 to, the Btock=Huchange house which he Is a/ Mr. B}rnay was forced to ub Knickerbocker property whieh he owned at Forty-elghth street 4 & Gouig, in peclul partner, ed ening Wo: 4{ Sa 7 | | EL th 31,00. Henry Great Dulut Company, Bullding, jin ‘front | money. ANY REM D {several railroad OF HA i Ht Mo: fav Oucot the Kail take some tite yesterday al Bottom of whe 0 [celved) ono-six comparatively st the com e building down," “tear it In x ny | its ire cash gurplus Rode “The eager, half-frantic crowds who swarmed about the central offices (Mime iene wih and branches of the Knickerbocker Trust*Company, were notified at 10 o'clock to-day that no money would ‘be pald out. _posted saying that the State Banking Departmenf had taken charge of the |’ phe and threatening. Police reserves were called | The placards announcing the|< of the Trust Com: ig [pany of Amerlea and a personal frlend | 2 Mr Barney When the placards were | Conta c chorus of me. when. towering Srrerey aunt naa Tacha EniaTt Srey se0e rpronitged not_to b In the strong b yeults are muny valuable securiti cluding tne bonds of the H $2,500,000 Pound on Barred Doors. Hoyt, a director; bonds of the | orthern bonds of the Stanislaus Power of Califurnia; bonds -of Chi-! huahua Mining Company and bonds of ‘Thousands Wait in Vain at-Central BranchDoors' Manhattan Lite, tontose hasbeen orale of this’ character. mutterings and Only the fact ; the line | seemed ta prevent a _domonstration, _At the doors of the a position “of vantage bounded on the vulldings those in the usual SR paserd witout gn of life from. within, Tho mandger of the branch and hie staf obtained entnince through a reas passageway, oscaping the mob b: Ing tirough an adjoining butane, Psy he mlope iss, of the Knickerbocker, Club, the Knickerbocker! were posted at the head of the line at ‘Trust Corhpany has Its several offices, were Jammed with depositors houra be); fore the usual Two young women, who seemed great nervous distress, came at 2 o'clock From then on couplea and individuais atraggled Into line. of the fAnancts day, Two sergeants and twelve police- men were posted In the lobbies at 7 o'clock to soothe the excited and squelch the disorderly. It .was_a different sort.of.throng from yesterday’s that poured into the Broad- [way butlding this mo: * Seventh ave- “The howling a dismal chorus: unt. branch of the Knickerbocker began to n_notice Stating “aktm—down--Fitth~erente-and—emerge id i en extrava- | 4 “TOME CUE OF EFIGA TRUST Ghimbaein Wari Martin Gets Per He was fot wlone in his ugly senti-| MUSSION From Justice Me- ments, however, and as the \ wating and ihe news of fts hopeless. is made itself fel i threats: eee Keneral. iil Call in Supreme Court, afternoon to with funds {deposit <in- othe /f. = Company the Amount of $1941 others, and redeposiiing the money ne Bankers’ Trast Company | Also to withdraw would “not discuss ‘Mall Your OTS CINE ocak wal RARER PHIE hundred (Ow) tefl, Only. one = Factory Frice,— $ f at retail storen at 24.50.) , Fives Year Written Guarantee. Payment Down Sent io you at our. expense ON AP- PROVAL. We ‘allow the freight: If perfectly Satisfactory, when received, send-trs aaa ant, BY 50Cents W eekly. eae pas until paid for; if, nat, return. ae Bie CO évery two weeks if you prefer.) i ratdeter ne raetenier: TtaRtec Tea DE ee EMPIRE URN TURE, MFG. CO. Between Zit “vind 224° stay STE ORDER erlain James J Martin got from Justice MeCail this others a Vandeveor and hela sporunt| ale vependine? tie dlsplitel over its whem an thelr cages and Oiflocs it tox! | ow vetween Joseph Harvey Rue and Urought poopie, runaing: teyiy | Laden George fothers sevoort Branch of US heme aio Inthe Po Street Bank and Importers and ‘Traders’ W, Munroe and TRUST ae ~Fifth Avenue. and 60th St the ovens and ery time of thelr se thelr butlers apd maids and sent them into the line with bankbs ‘Giex of clocks. - A Mitle inter other well-d: there were hun—ton. came afout a Poel iony etethar endo Mienline ed, stretching avenue and over a bridg deep excavation where bias When Acting Captain” {Tf ikeitehor-arrived and. around fourth-strectwhere {t strung along most to Sixth avenue before 9 o'cloc! here Were many women In Uris To! tstied, orgerly throng, dressed in start-| ling Kowns and millinery erections froin | ame {me outwtandng.! which drooped plumes jn downy cas-} thelr shoulders. woul pulled on and oft their gloves] | 2 eer ee oh | “| STOCKHOLDERS RATIFY 7 $25,000,000" BOND=ISSUE Ks and bun- {dreds Jammed into the corrider, ct. The stock ONE ECTIONERY- id. Southern | Ant —rotel | weatnst the Rlass_dobrs te: img into! trust company's offices. us close as Nen-thev begun crying: “Open ‘the doors ant give ley were still More police were summoned and ie able to obtain | efort made to clear the lobbies police, however, not attempt to use-force, phe ofMicers-nixl directors “of the bank did Hot gv throngh the throng to thetr “lipped in from-a- little}. tsloor in the-rear. Waited In Van. , “recto Fi were gentle and aa the purchase Tatock and other impr They ——evatlon with Charlies WW. do ee OR a A aE ee EAS ER. Sasaick zs 2 Barney Asked to Explain. Eta wpeculiting In7 varios “kts Had been made to lini byt eae known his fvilow-c ele Tatame Barney was catie! to book. He] 7 ats ahs private ies MnK at SIE of the Kanickerbod aker F directors, t plats Was given toa. ve own ort trian, “init Wito: had Confessed that he was prac tHenlly, Following. the. reafsnation-of Barnoy tho directors took up the g he Trust—Conmy Three direc- tors opposed the opening of the doors on the ground that such a move was unfatr to the great majority of de-jdent and directors of the Knicker- obcker Trust Company I wlah to say “AL present there Is of payments belng resumed within the Text couple of days, The question Vote, und the Uiree dissenting directors Tried to Ralse Funds. When )qu sve @ man pulling muitcy axay in his nat ing Ubgit! one whe has taken advan ef) Liteln ortunitien, Can son aay Aa mitch’ for yourselt? . ee Hf ate, have sen EA fap Cie yee Oven A NEW LEAS. he next question’taken up by. the tors was the obtalning of funds as (10 moet any run on the bank. Nenotlation s companies and bank presidents , and overtures were ex- stating In offoct that, {f the Guar sompunledsewould raise $8,000,000 | Winns id: $8,000,000 Was put up by the, bank-| ing interests, together A the $,0.0,04) would be the grand Weal Ot $18,000,000 eet the demands Of siepos' his Phin to save the Beale yer conmummated, VUxay | er you muy he sure You ary Kaz- id oi ee if ul th er Buy; Sql [will be pald. in full, d ran ule Inrond a by. thi PROFILED BY THEM? de Lanse fons } HAVE) INBIATED rast ae “1 wish Jopen to-day. of groans.) State yeatorday wdle to pay [hundred b) }tearfinl anit { [MESSENGERS IN LINE AVE nue the, poltes In handling the long ine of w ase apatet » ONE OF THY is women Ws gathered there early fa ihe awit We COM~ day.) Be: 1 meatenger boys, acting for..6us breakdown, and at every Fuper, 2 : property a Oxlathng the chocolates made and ered out on Broadway and within tie ‘Manhation Life FAL 10.10 A:-C.-Judson, mughostse way Aa press, got. upon and held up ite band. sable looking wan: with Cowie” white whiskers. He sald! to . mmelling: pottie: portable toll bank. examiner, BORE Sd ot AOR Caasr a: a-high marble coping diamonds and rubies, houses Kot Ale out of their] tons pelng even out Qecttie cabs and ere they stepped town the bronze portals: of the -marhic bullcines : pushing or shoving Iii LATE LETTER LET BILE HIM. O Harry Ioitle, Brooklyn, and announcement ny-sodld | on behalf of the Arting State “Siper f(g, Intendent of Banks, Mr, Skinner. Trust Company will not On behalt of the presi- nde wher 4 SN. A iE apt. heierst aie ae ae ane 8 » woul 20. announced that there w : seaslanene ue SS Bedford avenue, Hum) a Jetter tilling him of thelr | Knickerbocker | WAIT AT DOORS FROM MIDNIGHT IN HARLEM. rhe letter was de layed but the reptiles | anpetite back. {came on time 1 a dealer in animals, fpex without knowing a rattler was. in Hit-tind the snake Dit him Eastern District Hospital to-day The snake ran around th piting Holle, but he corner it and ca no probability Certainly no pay- ments will be made to-da: son was interrupted by a deep chorus further statement,” growing almost with indignation at catcalls and jibes, as to the affairs of the Knickerbocker musts come from Act- in the THE LAXATIVE CHEWING GUM| Bo great was (hd throng that Invested tho Harlem branch of the Knickerbocker’ Trust Company at-One—Hundred and ‘Twonty-fitth street and Lanox avenue that the reserves from three police sta~ tlons were-sent there to preserve order, Squads from the East One Hundred and A} rourth, West One Hundred and) Twenty- | fitth and East One Hundred and’ Twenty- | stations were front of the bullding at 7 o'clock that hour there wer floor afte hie resunied, Ys “weil Trust ner reiterate what ho said : fi A brain regularly nourished by proper, food will bave in- centive and power for ‘suce Lax when cessful work, - Grape-Nuts is a true braia of it ‘Trust Company Meposttors in tulle won climbed down ftom his ARN Aa Mr. UhGs edestal and the crowd. his passing Wan re ted hisves and moans [disperse but hung carried out, for the run Was FARO GI A CUTRS?, #0 Neavy that at 12.30" o'clock yistarday | ania ty Choa co ete several hundred around, yontins thelr] J denunciation ecla ee gampany. methods. lock there we ALLL S108 skating tho Tobhles ing oUt of trolley cars. re atill several minjority: swarn whole wheat ard contains the clements of vital energy—quickly absurbed by he .system—which thence to One and ‘Twenty-fourth sireet ar ‘on giat street almost to In front-of the doors i mob gathered out of curios ‘Then, thera were the {tora who had turned out in force, aw if} dn the expectation that siped about In hopeless attitudes. tamillos of sere \ ENUE BRANCH. | At the marble, building on Fifth ave-/ald in wringing money ‘from, the trust t tthe “depositors numbers would “There's a Reason.” ta” Wellvill* Read | EUS) SCAKES in | on Weekly. ot Atenthly 2 ste bldak hours n thy yerge of nerys | =PURE The CocoaBeans usedin y | hoard | Fe of that-menten-Cor-tne cre {making the tamptingly- deli ‘ of mortgage bond. | — cious Park & Tilford con- ~tections are selected with the utmost care. Only the highest grace, to which at- A taches aperfectionol aroma, “bana ||| is permitted to enter into the |_making of the tich-exqui- sr; {tel savoredcostings —of- afred byPark&Tilford. — Soldat all-aur stores.and | at ‘ail principal drug stores, = eliveries mace out 0 town ren:| Poor Apion is often. caused t Chew Gum- cons It’s i CURES CONSTIPATION Gum, C Give it to 1 Ity 1 1106 for sample box, fae ae | Gunes a the brain eee eee f ON Ci aU Kor MEN. WOMEN Also 181 Smith Street, “Brooklya,| Open Eventage, CAPITAE-AND-SURPLUS as - SAFE DEPOSIT VAUETS. ~ ABSOLUTELY SECURE. CONVENIENT. Van Norden Safe Deposit Co ipation and bring your a mild laxative opened the | that tones up the stomas’ BRANCHES; 1107, “Amsterdam ay. | 194 White een ay. 13hth st. and 7th ay. i 183d st. and-gt-av, 785 Tremont av. : 138th st., East of Willis ay. DIRECTORS: 2 MARTIN: D. ea Co. Wholesale ApOLrH ee ERG soas Plumbers. WILLIAM A, MARTIN, Real vatate, HERMAN, AARON FREDERICK D, IVES, Vice-President. Parkers & 5 Aarons » Drugtate, OMe Bromn eal Rata Mr. Wal Uroatdent jtmel burdeall & War Natfonal Bolt Works. tes as igood as the confection {ren will chew Gum- y avan't take pills.| WILLIAM R. MONTGOMERY, FREDERICK D, IVES, nit FIFTH AVE. & 36™ST., NEW YORK CAPITAL. & SURPLUS $1,400,000 Interest Paid on Daily Balances DIRECTORS JAMIN ALTMAN, SX jank. PEABODY, Mutual Life Ins. Go. y. PERKIN ROBERT W AL THOMAS W. LAMO: vi foe-Prea't Hanke: MA RETO cer +e CONVERSE. President. THOMAS COCHRAN, Jr.. Vice-Frem MH. STEVENS, Vice-P GEO. W COAST, Cashinr, AID PROSSEI, Vices Pree WOWARD BOOCOCK, Ass't Seo. VAN NORDEN | ANY, OPEN 9.AcM=—5 P. M: 7 SAFES $5-A-YEAR-UP. 5th Avenue a 60th Street,” New York, 215 West-125th Sirest = “ESTABLISHED 188: RESOURCES, “This Bank Has No Downtown Afliatons Fast MONTGOMERY, ident. OFFICERS, President. Vice-President, J. ©. JOY, Cashier. ACCOUNTS INVITED. IT IS AN ACT OF CHARITY TO PRESENT AN IDLE MAN WITH THE WORLD'S “HELP WANT" DIRECTORY,

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