Williamsburg Trust Pledges Million to Cover Shortage
Directors of Williamsburg Trust Company sign a million dollar pledge to cover any deficiency as it faces investigation by the Kings County Grand Jury. Jenkins Trust resumes with half a million in outside support, totaling 1.25 million needed for re Opening. Depositors’ Committee claims the receivership report understates conditions at Borough Bank amid loan and asset disputes.
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Williamsburg Trust Company
Brooklyn
Kings County Grand Jury
Justice Setts
Jenkins Trust Company
Mulhall
Borough Bank
Mr. Edwards
Europe
Williamsburg Trust
Marshall S. Driggs
Orr
Bapst
Driggs
Tr. Way
Williamsburg City Fire Insurance Copny
Williamsurg Trust Company
Lie
Williamsburg City Fire Insurance Company
Way
Boost
Justice Betts
Albany
Williamsburg
Redh
Betts
William S. Hurley
Harry E. Lee
Hurley
Paul Grout
Harry K. Lee
White House conference on financial legislation with Senators
Senators Aldrich and Crane met with the President at the White House for two and a half hours to discuss the financial situation and possible legislation this session. The talks followed a request conveyed via Senator Lodge and focused on gaining administration support to draft a bill acceptable to banking, manufacturing, and business interests to restore confidence.
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New York Times
Washington
Aldrich
Crane
White House
Congress
Lodge
Parson backs up Ishmen over Leary charges
Herbert Parsons Republican County Chairman lends support to charges against William Leary State Superintendent of Elections for the Metropolitan District. Parson’s move, tied to Max Simson’s petition, marks a rare GOP intra party clash as Gov. Hughes weighs appointing a hearing commissioner.
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Herbert Parsons
Republican County Committee
William Leary
Max F. Shmson
Parsons
Simson
Leary
Albany
Mutual Wins In Kentucky License Ruling
The Kentucky Court of Appeals reversed Insurance Commissioner Prewitt in a dispute with Mutual Life Insurance Co of New York. It held the commissioner cannot revoke a company's license to do business without statutory justification. Chief Justice O'Rear and Judges Lassing and Nunn dissented.
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Frankfort
Court of Appeals
Hobson
Prewitt
Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York
O’rear
Lassing and Nunn
Kentucky
Biscoe Hindman
Franklin Circuit
Alabama Adopts Georgia Freight Rate and 2 Percent Passenger Rate
Gov Comer announced after talks with President Emerson and ACL General Counsel Alexander Hamilton that Alabama will implement the Georgia freight rate on articles named in the Railroad Rate bills and the 2 percent passenger rate. The sides agreed to hear all railroad injunction cases in Federal Court on Jan 6. He signed additional railroad regulation bills before departing for Washington, including penalties for denying access to trains after offering to pay the rate.
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Montgomery
Ala
Comer
Emerson
Alexander Hamilton
Atlantic Coast Line
Coast Line
Alabama
Georgia
Leavin
Washington
Harbors
Congress
Capture and Divide Harems on Moroccan Caravan Route
Mountain tribes seized a large caravan of ministers wives on the road to Rabat. The escort was killed while the women were moved to tribal harems and the treasure shared. Fez and Rabat fear a broader attack as authorities seek reinforcements.
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Tangier
Abd-el-Aziz
Rabat
Bourma
Fez
Grand Jury Probes Williamsburg Trust Firm Loans
The Kings County Grand Jury investigated Williamsburg Trust Company tied to Frank Jenkins former president now indicted for forgery. The probe focused on loans to the brokerage Frank & John Jenkins Jr via company books and use of dummies, with officials such as Madison Conklin and Beere among witnesses.
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Williamsburg Trust Company
Frank Jenkins
Kings County Grand Jury
Frank & John
Jenkins, Jr
En Tire Company
Farmer Attacked by Boar. Son Rescues With Shotgun
Long Branch New Jersey December 3 1930s report. W Irving Green a Ocean Township farmer fought a wild boar until his son John saved him with a shotgun. Green was hospitalized at Monmouth Memorial Hospital with a severely injured left hand.
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Long Branch
N. J
W. Irving Green
Ocean Township
John
Green
Monmouth Memorial Hospital
Dewey & Sons Co Advertises at 188 Fulton NY
An advertisement lists Dewey and Sons Co located at 188 Fulton Street in New York City. The notice indicates the business presence in the local market and directs readers to engage with the firm for goods or services.
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Dewey & Sons Co
Fulton Bi
New York
Aoki Called Home Likely Recall From Washington
Viscount Aoki, Japanese ambassador, has been summoned to Tokyo to report on his work in the United States. Officials deny strain but note friction with the State Department and immigration issues. Counselor Miyaoka will act as Chargé d Affaires until a new ambassador arrives.
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New York Times
Washington
Viscount Aoki
Tokio
Aoki
United States
Ambassador Aoki
White House
State Department
San Francisco
Tesunejira Miyaoka
Japanese Ambassador Recall Causes London Alarm
London observers misread placards as signaling a rupture with Japan after reports of Viscount Aoki's departure from Washington. Official channels at the Japanese Embassy offered no new news while diplomats weigh immigration talks and potential conferences. Some see the move as an unfortunate incident amid Roosevelt's silence on immigration.
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New York Times
London
Washington
Aoki
Baron Komura
San Francisco
Tokio
Viscount Aoki
Roosevelt
Kansjo Succeeds Aoki Rumor Teases Tokyo Ambassadorship
Reports from Tokyo on December 3 suggest Viscount Aoki may resign as Japan's ambassador to the United States. If he leaves, Baron Kaneko or Baron Chinda are cited as likely successors. Chinda is noted for his US familiarity and efforts on immigration issues.
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Tokio
Viscount Aoki
United States
Geome
Aoki
Japan
Foreign Office
Washington
Baron Kaneko
Baron Chinda
For Office
America
Morgan Charged by German Paper as Blackmailer Dictator
Berlin reports the Tageblatt titles Morgan as a dictator and calls for his arrest for blackmail. It accuses J Pierpont Morgan of sending emissaries to President Roosevelt and warning of a panic if federal action delays the Tennessee Coal and Iron Company and United States Stock Corporation merger.
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NEW York Times
Berlin
Morgan
Tageblatt
J. Pierpont Morgan
Roosevelt
Tennessee Coal and Iron Company
United States Stock Corporation
The
Mr. Morgan
Bryan Shifts Base to Push Bank Deposit Insurance
In Washington on December 3, William Jennings Bryan moved to the Senate wing to advocate a plan for government insured national bank deposits. He addressed Democratic readers including Tillman and Teller, held a Marble Room reception, and stayed for over an hour during the President's message before leaving for an executive session.
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New York Times
Washington
William Jennings Bryan
Senate
Mr. Bryan
Kansas City
Bryan
Tillman
Teller
McLaurin
Woman Captures Burglary Suspect in Williamsburg
Mrs Theresa Colonio returned to her apartment at 74 Eldert Street Williamsburg to find a burglar packing valuables in the parlor She restrained the man as he struggled Neighbors and Officer Benninger from Ralph Avenue Station aided and took the suspect Otto Enwick 08 years old to the station police say he was recently released from prison.
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Theresa Colonio
Eldert Street
Williamsburg
Benninger
Otto Enwick
Jewelry Stolen on Train in Richmond Route
In a Pullman car leaving Jersey City at 10 last night, $10,000 of jewelry vanished from a handbag of Dr Edward Fribourg of Paris aboard the Richmond Fredericksburg and Potomac line. The theft was found when passengers woke between Fredericksburg and Richmond as detectives detained the servants and searched travelers for clues.
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Richmond
Jersey City
Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac Railroad
Pennsylvania Railroad
Edward Fribourg
Paris
North Carolina
Fredericksburg
Dr. Fribourg
Malcolm McKenzie
New York
Russian-born gunner's mate Piro shoots self aboard Connecticut
H N Piro a gunner's mate on the flagship Connecticut shot himself on the gundeck early yesterday. Born a Russian Pole he fled Poland for Nihilist activity and had just learned relatives were executed at home. He will be militarily interred at Naval Cemetery and the sailing date was not halted. The schedule was moved to Thursday to catch the outgoing tide.
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H. N. Piro
Admiral Evans
Connecticut
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Hampton Roads
Piro
Naval Cemetery
Admiral Goodrich
Navy Yard
Car Hits Acid Wagon Sparks Panic on Eighth Avenue
Motorman John McCann of an Eighth Avenue trolley collided with a two horse truck carrying carboys of sulphuric acid at 123d Street after 11 PM. Horses were knocked down, driver Frank Bennett of Shade New Jersey was hurled over them and injured. Passengers panic. several windows broken. Bennett treated at Harlem Hospital. one horse badly burned and treated by a vet.
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John McCann
Eighth Avenue
125Th Street
123D Street
Frank Bennett
Shade, N. J
Fischer
Bennett
Harlem
Standard Oil to Supply Cold-Weather Lubricant for New York Paris Race
The Standard Oil Company announced a zero to forty degree below lubricating oil named zeroline designed to prevent freezing for cars in the New York to Paris race. Officials said tests show the oil will keep engines lubricated through extreme cold, with supplies staged along the route in cooperation with the Matin and The New York Times.
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New York
Paris
Paris Matin
New York Times
Standard Oil Company
Yukon Territory
Bering Straits
Standard Oil
Broadway
Standard of
K. R. Kingsbury
Times
Standard Oil Laboratories
Kingsbury
Times Square
Attempt on Guatemalan President Cabrera Averted
Passengers aboard the steamer Anselm report a bomb exploded beneath President Cabrera's carriage in Guatemala two weeks earlier. The coachman was killed and the carriage wrecked, while Cabrera survived with minor injuries.
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New Orleans
Cabrera
Guatemala
Anselm
Rumor of Colombian Invasion of Jurado Denied
In Panama City rumors spread that 500 Colombian soldiers seized Jurado on the frontier and jailed local authorities. Ricardo Arias, Secretary of Foreign Affairs, says the rumor is false and has received reports from Jurado denying the event.
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Panama
Jurado
Colombia
Ricardo Arias
Reading Company Reports October Net Earnings Rise
The October 1907 report for the Philadelphia Reading Railway shows a net earnings rise of 152,465 dollars over October 1906 despite the 2 cent rate law. For Reading companies, four months from July 1 to November 1 show a total gain of 1? on the prior year.
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Philadelphia
Philadelphia & Reading Railway Company
Reading
Carnegie Steel Chief Denies Wage Cut Notices
Pittsburg December 3. President A C Dinkey of Carnegie Steel Company said no notices reducing wages from 10 to 20 percent have been posted. He added that labor conditions are under serious consideration and offered no further comment.
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New York Times
Pittsburg
A. C. Dinkey
Carnegie Steel Company
Chicago Banks Move to Cancel Clearing House Checks
Chicago banks cancel outstanding Clearing House checks, with 140000 dollars paid and checks no longer printed. Large companies paid wages in currency, and savings banks dispensed funds to most customers, unless withdrawals indicated hoarding amid financial stringency.
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New York Times
Chicago
Plot to Kill the Czar Stuns St Petersburg
Paris dispatch reports Russian police uncovered a terrorist plot to assassinate the Emperor blow up the imperial palace and the Duma and loot the Imperial Bank of Russia. One arrest has been made in connection with the alleged plan.
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Patch
Duma
Imperial Bank of Russia
Bear Sent to President Roosevelt From Mobile
A black bear consigned by Haas Brothers of Mobile is in transit to Washington to reach President Roosevelt by Thursday noon. The bruin, about a year and a half old and fat, was killed in South Alabama and is en route via Birmingham express.
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Birmingham
Ala
Roosevelt
Washington
Mobile
Haas Brothers
Bruin
Alabama
Roosevelt's Dubiety
John Sharp Williams described the President as briefly surprised by news of Congress in session then recovered. Serena Payne asked about the President's mood and Williams said he detected a look of dubiety before explanation surpassed.
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New York Times
Washington
Congress
John Sharp Williams
Capitol
White House
Mr. Williams
Serena Payne
Fire destroys upper floors of Franklin building in Brooklyn
A blaze on the sixth floor of the Franklin at 186 Remsen Street rapidly spread to three upper stories, threatening nearby landmarks and prompting a third alarm. Fire Chief Sally noted several firefighters overcome by smoke but later revived. total loss estimated at 50,000 dollars as Fulton Street surface cars halted.
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Franklin
Remsen Street
Brooklyn
J. M. Thompson
Temple Bar
Dime Savings Bank
Brooklyn Union Gas Company
Title Guarantee and Trust Company
Garfield
Sally
Fulton Street
Commuter for 35 Years
John B. McNeil a senior member of the Chicago wholesale firm McNeill & Higgins has traveled roughly 756000 miles over 35 years between Elgin and Chicago. His daily 72 mile commute takes an hour, totaling about 600 hours per year and 2625 working days across seven years on trains. Railroad tickets cost about 4200 dollars.
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New York Times
Chicago
Ill
John B. McNeil
McNeill & Higgins
Elgin
Havemeyer Still Seriously Ill at Merrivale Home
H. Havemeyer president of the American Sugar Refining Co remains ill with acute indigestion at Merrivale on Northport L I since Thanksgiving Day. Dr Francis P Kinnicutt states there is no improvement though he calls the condition not yet alarming. His wife son and daughter stay at his bedside.
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New York Times
Northport
L. I
H. Havemeyer
American Sugar Refining Company
Merrivale
Francis P. Kinnicutt
East Thirty-fifth Street
Manhattan
Manchester Cotton Association hears weighers fraud claim
At the Manchester meeting Thomas Coates, chairman of the Buying Company and Cotton Congress delegate, accused US government cotton weighers of adding five pounds per bale in American deliveries to spinners, describing the practice as barefaced and fraudulent.
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Manchester
Manchester Cotton Association
Thomas Coates
Coates
Atlanta
United States
America
Sunday amusements barred by New York court ruling
Police Commissioner Bingham to close every form of Sunday entertainment after Justice O Gorman ruled William Hammerstein s license revoked for Sunday performances The decision cites Section 1481 of the New York City Charter and anticipates widespread enforcement affecting opera, concerts, and minstrelsy with potential legislative fights ahead involved parties Hammerstein Vorhaus Klaw Erlanger Shubert Keith Proctor and Pendleton among others
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Supreme Court
O’gorman
William Hammerstein
Victoria Theatre
Lawrence
Hammerstein
Bingham
Louis J. Vorhaus
Vorhaus
Klaw & Erlanger
B. F. Keith
Boston
Keith
City of New York
New York
William
Oscar Hammerstein
Pendleton
Mutual Reserve Affairs Insurance Probe Narrows Deficit Findings
State Insurance Department investigators report a deficit in Mutual Reserve Life Insurance Company assets. A hearing before Superintendent Kelsey is set for next Monday to decide whether to refer the case to the Attorney General. Attorneys for the company contest examiner findings and argue asset values.
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State Insurance Department
Mutual Reserve Life Insurance Company
Armstrong Insurance
Kelsey
Hatch
Parker, Hatch & Sheehan
Mrs Bryan Leaves Lincoln for Visit with Daughter
Mrs J Bryan departed Lincoln today with her daughter for an undisclosed trip. The party sails Saturday aboard a carrier named in city chatter as they confirm travel plans and destinations.
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W. J. Bryan
Lincoln
Neb
J. Bryan
Bryan Pene
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Metz
Cty
Color Chemical Company
Fnally
Aldrich and
Ihmsen
Mutual
Kaneko
Chinda
Alarmist Report
Beaight
Berlin Tageblatt
Modesty
Sible Point
Philadelphia & Reading
Czar
St. Petersburg
Black Bear
J. B. McNeil
H. C. Havemeyer
Lawe
Rence
Hammerstein’s
Mutual Reserve Affairs
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