Bank of North America Placed in Liquidation Rumors Sweep Wall Street
The National Bank of North America was closed by the Controller and placed in liquidation. Receiver Charles A. Hanna and staff full day work with assets and quick-distribution timing uncertain. Rumors of withdrawals and Morse-related loans floated, but denials issued and bank officials at their posts. Clearing House debt of 2.2 million secured by collateral.
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National Bank of North America
Financial
Wall Street Exchange
Charles A. Hanna
Ridgely
Havemeyer
Hanna
Financial District
New York
Henry Chapin, Jr
Morse
William A. Nash
Nash
Clearing Harvee Committee
Heinze Withdraws Plea In Bank Overcertification Case
Ex Bank president Heinze, represented by Wallace Lauterbach and Tomlinson, demurs to indictments charging overcertification of fifteen checks totaling 456 000. Heinze's not guilty plea is temporarily withdrawn. Judge Wallace indicates a possible motion to quash the indictment on February 11.
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Wallace
Edward Lauterbach
John C. Tomlinson
Fe Augustus Heinze
Mercantile National Bank
Chatfield
United States Circuit Court
Heinze
Treasurers Treat for Aldrich Bill Draws Banker Support
Charles H. Treat United States Treasurer spent several days in Poston addressing financial groups on current conditions. He said bankers in Paris and Berlin expressed hope the Aldrich bill would pass and that reassurance had increased in New England after his talks.
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Charles H. Treat
United States
Poston
Edward
Fowler
Treat
New England
Paris
Berlin
California Savings Bank Suspends Operations
Cel Bilach reports Citizens' Savings Bank of this city suspended on January 27 due to withdrawals exceeding available funds. The institution could not meet demand.
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California
Long Bilach
Cel
Citizens’ Savings Bank
This
Tosday
Fidelity Trust Co Deposits Grow
Fidelity Trust Co shows deposits of 2 509 000 as of December 19, up from 2 486 000 on August 22. The 28 000 gain is the sole rise among fifty companies in a period that saw a total loss of 3221 948 000.
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Fidelity Trust Co
Fidelity Trust Company
State Banking Department of Condition
Trust Company
New York Suffragists Prepare American Parade
The New York suffragettes plan a large parade in the coming days to show earnest demand for the ballot. The event will be American in form, led by the Woman's Progressive Suffrage Union, with banners and literature to advocate home and national rights. The Collegiate Suffrage League eyes a March campaign at Vassar Cornell Rochester Syracuse and other universities.
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New York
Great Britain
New ‘York
Woman's Progressive Suffrage Union
Equal Suffrage
Madison Square
Eanal’ Suffrage League
College Women of New York
Vassar College
Cornell
Rochester
Syracuse
Statue of Perseus Refused by Montclair Merchant
Otto Jaeger of Montclair New Jersey refused delivery of a bronze Perseus statue shipped from abroad arguing the figure lacked sufficient clothing. He had commissioned Italian artist Chiarazzi to copy two works, and the museum style nude Perseus was deemed unsuitable for his home.
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Otto Jaeger
Montclair
N. J
Mr. Jaeger
Fifth Avenue
Prospect Terrace
Europe
Perseus
Pompeii
Chiarazzi
Neckar
Victory
Captain Reynolds Reinstated After Supreme Court Ruling
Captain James G. Reynolds of Brooklyn, after 35 years in the Police Department, wins reinstatement with back pay. Justice Maddox rules removal for defective sight illegal and cites cause linked to long service. orders back pay and $50 costs, with Commissioner Bingham to reinstate him.
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James G. Reynolds
Brooklyn
McAdoo
Reynolds
Supreme Court
Bingham
Capt. Reynolds
Maddox
Capt
Woman Falls Before Train in West Sixty-Sixth Street Cause
Mrs Florence Valiche died after jumping under a southbound Ninth Avenue elevated train at Sixty-sixth Street station. Police reported conflicting family statements about motive, including debts and forthcoming marriage, while a friend cited a foot disease. The wrecking train cleared the area after about an hour.
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Florence Valiche
Sixty-sixth Street
Ninth Avenue
Forendon
Lillie
Sixty-eighth Street
Valiche
West Sixty-third Street
Mrs. Valiche
Tea Experts Board Establishes Import Standards
A seven member Special Board of United States tea experts met at the Appraiser’s Warehouse to test teas and set import standards for the year. George Hewlett of this city was named Chairman of the board, with merchants from various regions represented and appointed by the Secretary of the Treasury.
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United States
Secretary of the Treasury
George Hewlett
Currency Reform Debate At New York Bankers Dinner
New York bankers at the Waldorf Astoria heard President Butler urge currency reform and critics question New York’s lack of representation in Congress. Alexander Gilbert as toastmaster introduced speakers including J. Morgan as “uncrowned king of finance” while Rev. Dr. Aked urged moral influence in finance. The event drew leaders such as John D. Archbold, John Jacob Astor, Hamilton Fish, and Gen. Fred D. Grant among about three hundred guests including many women in the gallery.
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New York City
State Bankers’ Association
Waldorf-Astoria
J. P. Morgan
Nicholas Murray Butler
Columbia University
New York
Congress
Butler
Wall Street
East River
Trinity Church
China
United States
Senate
House
Maine
Rhode Island
West Virginia
Illinois
Washington
Alexander Gilbert
Market
Fulton National Bank
Gilbert
Morgan
King of Finance
Roosevelt
Charles F. Aked
Cape Cod
Radis
Olives
Amandes Salees
Baltimore
Aile de Volaille
Linne
Perrier
John D. Archbold
John Jacob Astor
George Ft. Baker
Stephen Baker
C. Ledyard Blair
Sir Caspar Purdonarke
Dumont Clarke
Hamilton Fish
Stuyvesant Fish
John H. Flagler
E. H. Gary
Fred. .D. Grant
William F. Havemeyer
A. Barton Hepburn
Controller Metz
Cord Meyer
Andrew Mills
William A. Nash
George W. Perkins
William B. Ridgely
J. Edward Simmons
F. A. Vanderuip
Girls Refuse Homes After City Roundup in Pittsburg
Eighty eight young women, all under twenty, arrested over the weekend in Pittsburg, refused church efforts to place them in homes. Eleven from New York agreed to reform and left for New York with probation support. others rejected offers or accepted minimal releases. One woman, Annie J. Nelson, married Harry D. Russell today.
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New York Times
Pittsburg
Central
McQuaide
C. L. Thurgood
Bethesda
J. B. Masters
Rescue Home
Bertha E. Acklin
Women's Christian Temperance Union
Ada M. Selby
Salvation Army Home
Adji
Charles E. Sykes
The
Volunteers of America
Rudolph Coffee
Nannie Oppenheimer
Miss Oppenheimer
New York City
New York
the Good Shepherd
Salvation Army
Annie J. Nelson
Harry D. Russell
Ohio
Contest of Ellwanger Will Ends Today in New York
In Rochester New York the will of George Ellwanger faces contest as Surrogate Judge Seiden S. Brown nears adjudication. Two Ellwanger granddaughters for contestants continue summarizing evidence and will be followed by Wy A Sutherland for proponents. Contestants argue lack of mental competence at codicil time.
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York Times
Rochester
N. Y
George Ellwanger
Seiden S. Brown
Wy. A. Sutherland
Edward Ellwanger
Russian immigrant brings father in steerage on liner St Louis
Samuel Findowitz, a Russian passenger, arrived in second cabin on the American liner St Louis with his 80 year old father Isaac in steerage to save costs. An interpreter told the elder he must go to Ellis Island while his son lands. the father feared his son would try to have him sent back to Russia. Isaac said the son had been sent to London a decade ago to open a clothing store and prosper.
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Samuel Findowitz
St. Louis
Isaac
Ellis Island
Russia
London
Stunned baker struck by falling stove on Eighth Avenue
George Morgan a baker of 414 West Forty-second Street was hit on the head by a heavy stove on Eighth Avenue last night. A stove in a room at 206 Eighth Avenue belonging to Mrs Margaret Wallace flared and nearly exploded. a boarder threw it from a window. Morgan was taken to New York Hospital with a scalp wound. the boarder fled before police could arrest her.
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George Morgan
West Forty-second Street
Eighth Avenue
Margaret Wallace
Morgan
New York
Uospital
Erie Railroad firemen hold yearly Adjustment Committee meet
The Adjust ment Committee of the Erie Railroad fire men opened its annual gathering at the Broadway Central Hotel. No wage demands are expected as officials note low traffic and fewer workers needed. Similar meetings for engineers conductors and trainmen across theater rail roads will follow with no wage demands anticipated.
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Erie Railroad
Broadway Central
Erie
Woman Held for Kidnapping Extradition Fight Expected
Boston police reported arrest of Mrs. Maud G. Clark in Manhattan on a kidnapping charge involving her four year old son Carl ton Clark Kremer. The boy, adopted by Dr. G Kremer of 857 Lexington Avenue, was taken on October 15. Mrs Clark plans to fight extradition.
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Clark
Boston
Manhattan
Maud G.clark
Carlton Clark Kremer
Dr. G. Kremer
Lexington Avenue
Coal dealers cut price to $6.50 after storm relief
Retail coal dealers dropped domestic anthracite by 50 cents to $6.50 a ton yesterday. The rate was added during Thursday night’s storm and promised to return to the old price once traffic normalized. Sunday rain cleared streets and the emergency price was lifted.
Policeman John Loughman Dies After Jan Night Shootings
Patrolman John Loughman died at Harlem Hospital after six bullet wounds in a Third Avenue car at 116th Street on Jan 19. He had been undergoing surgery deemed life saving. last rites were given by Father Doran from St Mark's Church as Conway faced Harlem Court without bail.
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John Loughman
Third Avenue
116Th Street
John Allen
Thomas Conway
Harlem Hospital
Doran
St. Mark’s Roman Catholic Church
Conway
Harlem Court
McKinley
Girl Held For Larceny In District Attorney Case
Miss Tidlen Flack of East 87th Street faced grand larceny charges for forging hundreds of checks totaling about 25009. Committed to the Tombs in General Sessions by Judge Crain in default of 5000 bail. Her counsel claimed embezzled funds were under 54400 and that she sought restitution via a stenography school and jewel sale after losses in Walk Street and a Pittsburgh trip.
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Tidlen KE
East Bighty-seventh Street
Crain
People's Bank
Joseph E. Ellery
Siu
Pittsburg
Miss Flack
Walk Street
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England
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Uneeda
Bank OF N. America
Chas. A. Hanna
Aldrich Bill
Leary
Independence League
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Nation's Bank
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the Capital
Louis Tracy
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Loughman
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