Fifth Avenue Branch Services and Vault Boxes
The Fifth Avenue Branch offers interest on depository accounts and letters of credit. It handles foreign money and travelers checks and provides vault boxes for customer use.
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Newspaper
New York Times
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1909
Page
3
The Fifth Avenue Branch offers interest on depository accounts and letters of credit. It handles foreign money and travelers checks and provides vault boxes for customer use.
Reports from Washington say acceptance of Madriz peace terms plus Admiral Kimball’s call on Madriz suggest possible U S recognition of the Madriz government in Nicaragua. Estrada rejects Madriz terms while Madriz seeks disarmament and a six month election pledge.
Zelaya, exiled Nicaraguan president, says he is free to go where he chooses and will not return to Nicaragua until peace is restored. He favors friendly Mexican and U.S. intervention to consolidate Central American republics. He doubts being held as a prisoner and mentions possible exile in Belgium.
The Oratorio Society offered the first of two Christmas Messiah performances at Carnegie Hall, with Damrosch directing. The chorus showed spirit and restraint, soloists Mme Jomelli, Miss Koenen, Alfred Shaw, and David Bispham delivered solidly, and the audience reaction was favorable.
The ex-President sought asylum in a skiff and would be allowed aboard only if he agreed not to return to Nicaragua. Zelaya balked at the condition, losing permission to stay on the Shearwater. He later accepted the terms when set by the Mexican government.
The Circle Publishing Company withdrew from publishing a five foot shelf of books unauthorized by Dr. Charles W. Eliot and secured a permanent injunction against advertising or selling the set. Counsel said the firm misapprehended facts and acted to withdraw early. Attorneys sparred over the influence of the project on Collier’s profits and the validity of the Jones edition versus Eliot’s list. Justice Newburger reserved ruling on the permanent injunction.
On the Atlantic Highway several liners depart for European ports. LUSITANIA sails from Liverpool with passengers including Capt. C D A Barber Major J G Beresford and many others. TEUTONIC departs Southampton with a mixed list of passengers. ZEELAND heads to Antwerp carrying Mrs Fielding Bell and other travelers.
Madison Square Garden Company president Frank K. Sturgis denied rumors of a sale after reports linked a syndicate led by Max Marx to a $3,000,000 deal. Marx confirmed negotiations were ongoing but no binding agreement existed.
San Francisco December 28 Homer C Davenport cartoonist is seriously ill at a friend's home with a complete nervous collapse his condition regarded as critical by doctors and family members.
A three member Stock Exchange committee probes the Rock Island surge amid chaotic Monday trading. Brokers are questioned about buying orders and possible manipulation while Wall Street notes rapid gains and losses and large client losses from stop orders and sudden price swings.
A British broker explained a holiday miscommunication caused a New York order to buy Rock Island shares at varying prices from 50 to 76. The price later fell to about 50 again, leaving the broker to bear the loss after his client suggested no limit.
Mrs Sidney Drew using pen George Cameron and stage name Gladys Rankin sought an injunction from Justice McCall to stop the Shuberts from presenting Billy alleging character cuts spoil the work. The defense cited a cast dispute with Sidney Drew and replacement actor Edgar Ely with a road company reducing roles from fourteen to twelve. Decision reserved.
A New York committee plans a Carnegie Hall gathering Sunday to protest police action against striking waistmakers pickets. The group cites arrests and harsh sentences, backed by leaders including Mrs O H P Belmont and Miss Anne Morgan, with several clubs and unions in support. A watching cadre will monitor strikers from Clinton Hall. In Memphis a youth, James F Roach, barricaded a house after shooting at his mother, then escaped. the mother, Mrs Saille E Miller, is expected to recover.
Harvard psychologist David Bloomfield spends Christmas at the Bronx Park Zoo trying to teach Mimi the orangutan to unlock a door. The monkey studies the key but tosses it away, delaying the experiment as Bloomfield plans to test other apes and a chimpanzee. Bridge opening news notes Manhattan Bridge to open to vehicular traffic Friday with mayor and party on site and pedestrian access limited the next day.
Supreme Court Justice MacLean approves the incorporation of the Jai Alai Club to train players and stage exhibitions. Incorporators include Emanuel Gestera of 147 East Thirtieth Street Emanuel Palos of 192 Pearl Street Emanuel Hernida of 192 Pearl Street and Emanuel Fernandez of 114 Roosevelt Street. A past effort to bring jai alai from Havana to the city faced betting concerns.
The Imperial Order of the Dragon, formed by Boxers era veterans, will hold its annual dinner and reunion at Colaizzi’s on West Twenty fourth Street tonight. Frederick C. Madden Grand Viceroy will respond to toasts, with Dc A Lomas presiding. Letters of regret arrive from retired Admiral McCalla and Admiral Seymour.
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