Wall Street Money Deals Analyst Frank Sturgis
Reporter Frank Sturgis outlines high finance maneuvers on Wall Street detailing methods, players, and potential risks in a concise money brief.
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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1912
Page
1
Spirited Argument Over Stock Exchange Manipulation
Washington reports the House Banking and Currency Committee grilling Frank K. Sturgis of Strong, Sturgis & Co., on stock market practices. He says the Exchange cannot prevent manipulation by pools and syndicates and cannot reveal buyer or seller motives, while defending hypothecation and broker loans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stock Exchange
Washington
New York Stock Exchange
House Banking and Currency Committee
Frank K. Sturgis
Strong, Sturgis & Co
the Stock Exchange
Sturgis
Samuel Untermeyer
Exchange
Untermeyer
Parish Jail Vacated as Prisoners Moved to Ruston and Other Posts
Deputy Sheriff Arthur Grant moved twelve prisoners to Ruston jail, one to the asylum, and two to the parish road camp after closing the insanitary parish jail. Will Bell, declared insane, heads to Pineville for psychiatric care while C. W. Watkins awaits transfer in Shreveport for defrauding merchants and banks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Grant
Will Bell
Pineville
Bell
Dr. Dowling
State Board of Health
Ruston
Parish Road
Bastrop
C. W. Watkins
Monroe
Shreveport
Mrs. R. W. Tucker Dies After Stroke in Ruston
Mrs. R W Tucker wife of Presiding Elder Hk W Tucker of the Ruston district died at 1 05 this morning after a paralytic stroke suffered early Thursday. Elder Tucker was away at the Methodist Conference in Monroe when word of her illness reached him and he arrived before she passed.
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Ruston
I. W. Tucker
Hk. W. Tucker
Tucker
Monroe
New Orleans Port Board Tensions Over Resignations
Governor Hall allegedly sought resignations of Port of New Orleans figures William Kernaghan and Thomas Kelly during their Cincinnati tour despite prior assurances of board stability. Dock Board members authorized bids for riverfront improvements totaling over 600000 pounds, signaling work continues.
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New Orleans
Cincinnati
New York
Hall
Board of Port Commissioners
William A. Kernaghan
Thos. J. Kelly
Dock Board
Kernaghan
Kelly
Andrew Stewart
Messrs
Bell
New York Chauffeurs Win 12 Hour Wage Increase
Eight hundred New York chauffeurs secured an advance in wages to $2.76 for twelve hours of work.
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New York
Dunbar Child Memorial Day Mystery at Conference
Detectives probe clues from a conference leading to Lucedale Mississippi as tributes flow to ministers who died this year. The report notes ongoing follow up by investigators and readers urged for information.
Kidnap suspect jailed as clues point to Lucedale area
In Mobile on December 3 Edgar Hooks was arrested for kidnapping of four year old Robert Dunbar of Opelousas La. Detectives Cowan and the child's father traveled toward Lucedale Miss seeking the boy, with a clue the child may be concealed there. A separate church conference in Ruston announced the death of Mrs. R W Tucker and noted Bible Society activities and ministerial changes.
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Associated Press
Mobile
Ala
Robert Dunbar
Joseph Dunbar
Opelousas
Sevral
R. C. Cowan
New Orleans
Cowan
Lucedale
Miss
Edgar Hooks
R. W. Tucker
Mouton
Rev. H. Armstrong
Paul
Timothy
M. C. Holt
Ruston
T. H. Morris
Texas
J. J. Morgan
American Bible Society
Morgan
Southwest
Louisiana
Arkansas
Oklahoma
The
Bible Society
Mr. Morgan
Gideons
China
W. T. Woodward
Ed. F. Cook
Secretary of Foreign Missions
Nashville
Tenn
D. A. Morris
Methodist Episcopal Church
W. H. Long
Baptist Church
Methodist Church
Mr. Long
Bro. Long
Confernee
Kidnapping Suspect Arrested in Mobile
Edgar Hooks a 35 year old Birmingham resident and alleged kidnapper of four year old Robert Dunbar of Opelousas La was lodged in Mobile Alabama police custody after a week long probe by Burny detectives. Investigators say Hooks knows the child’s whereabouts and trace his movements from Opelousas to New Orleans Mobile Pensacola and Dixie Alabama.
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Mobile
Ale
Robert Dunbar
Opelousas
Burny
Edgar Hooks
Birmingham
Hooks
Dunbar
Crenshaw
Macon
Opelouses
New Orleans
Pensacola
Louisville & Nashville Railroad
Alabama River
Dixie
White Man Beaten by Masked Robed Group in Dalton
In Dalton Georgia this morning a band of masked robed men abducted James Watkins from his home and beat him severely in the town center. He was ordered to leave town after he refused to eject several alleged disorderly white women from a house he owned.
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Dalton
Klu Klux Klan
James Watkins
Watkins
Gettysburg
Judge Watkins
General Greek Army Launches Epirus Offensive
A Greek general offensive began along the entire line in Epirus on Wednesday. After repeated attacks, Greek forces occupied Turkish advance posts near the Visati fortifications and seized three quick firing cannons, substantial war material, and numerous tents.
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Associated Press
Athens
Bec
Epirus
Visati
Boosters Meet on Oil and Gas At City Hall
Boosters are summoned to the city court room at City Hall tonight at 8 o'clock to discuss the gas and oil well proposition. The outcome will determine whether Monroe residents will pursue a thorough test to confirm oil or gas in paying quantities.
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Monroe
Proposed Peace Must Be Honorable for Turkey
Paris December News: Rechad Pasha, Ottoman plenipotentiary en route to the London peace conference, warns that if a peace honoring Turkey is not granted, hostilities will resume at once. He states the Turkish army is growing, with 179 600 well armed troops at Tchatalja prepared to renew fighting.
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Paris
Turkey
Rechad Pasha
London
Tchatalja
Hot Springs raid halts street burning of gambling paraphernalia
In Hot Springs Arkansas on December 13 a posse led by Henry Fowler raided the Ohio Club Room seizing gambling gear and forcing removal to the sidewalk before a match could be lit. City Detective Will Laughlin intervened and ordered the articles off the street amid tense confrontations with armed men. An old Circuit Court order was shown, and the raid involved men connected to a local house rumored to be linked to the raid.
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Hot Springs
Ark
Henry Fowler
Mountain Valley Township
Ohio Club
Will Laughlin
Loughlin
Six Year Hobby Won Distributes Millions Among Southerners
Judge Watkins wins House passage of a cotton claims bill after six years of lobbying to pay Southern claimants nearly six million dollars. The measure removes any loyalty test for claims on cotton seized after June 1, 1865, and directs courts to consider the money due regardless of wartime loyalties. Louisiana Democrat Speaker pro tempore Mann opposed with procedural tactics.
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Louisiana
Treasury
Washington
Watkins
House
Mann
Congress
Court of Claims
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Frank Sturgis
Weather Report
Carter
Long
C. W Carter
J. D. Harper
F. S. Parker
John A. Miller
Thos. J. Upton
H. O. White
S. J. Davies
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