Morgan Explains Subway Offer and Bond Deal
J P Morgan & Co issued a warning to the Public Service Commission about financing the Interborough subway plan. Critics like President Mitchel and Commissioner Marble questioned selling bonds to Morgan at 93 1/2 redeemable at 110 with city credit backing the issue. The letter, prepared by Morgan and Davison with Lamont, was delivered to Willcox's secretary in Manhattan after a lengthy conference.
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J. P. Morgan & Co
Willcox
Public Service Commission
Interborough
Mitchel
Marble
J. P. Morgan, Jr
H. P. Davison
T. W. Lamont
Metropolitan Club
Charles Farnham
Farnham
the Times
Public Notice on Interborough Transit Bond Financing Deal
A 1918 letter to New York Public Service Commission chair W R Willcox details a plan with the Interborough Rapid Transit Company to fund new subways. It explains bond issuances of about 170 million dollars, sinking fund provisions, premium calls at 110, and a 5 percent net return for the city group plus a 2 percent syndicate fee, with a 280-participant domestic and foreign syndicate.
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Deer
Interborough Rapid Transit Company
Interborough Company
Adamson's Botanic of Balsam for eu al druggists
A historical note describes Adamson's Botanic of Balsam marketed for druggists. The item references a botanical remedy promoted to medical shops with claims of curing ailments.
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Adamson
EU al
DIES IN CITY COLLEGE POOL
Isadore Thomashefsky 16 a Townsend Harris High School student drowned in City College pool during a noon gym session with about twenty classmates. He sank from exhaustion as friends found his clothing in the locker room and divers attempted resuscitation alongside Drs Story and Boyd.
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City College Gymnasium
Isadore Thomashefsky
Townsend-Harris High School
Lionel B. McKenzie
Thomashefsky
Wittner
Mr. McKenzie
Story
William C. Boyd
McKenzie
Consolidated Gas Company
New York City
Schwab Attacks Inquiries At Engineers Society
Charles M. Schwab, Bethlehem Steel president, criticized Willam Ellis Corey before about 1,000 guests in Pittsburgh. He warned that inquisitorial steps could spark a great industrial calamity and defended the industry against efforts to destroy its economic foundation. He spoke after F Hopkinson Smith addressed the gathering.
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New York Times
Pittsburgh
Charles M. Schwab
Bethlehem Steel Company
Engineers’ Society
Willam Ellis Corey
Steel Investigation Committee
Schwab
F. Hopkinson Smith
Mr. Schwab
Corey
Murder In Pell Street Reveals Tong Connection
Police arrest Luy Yee Huen after a 6:30 p.m. shooting at 10 Pell Street leaves Lee Suey dead from five bullets. The suspect, cousin to the victim, belongs to the Hip Sing Tong whose HQ sits at 18 Pell Street across from the restaurant. Huen, a former yacht steward, is in custody at Elizabeth Street station.
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Pell Street
Walsh
Elizabeth Street
Dovers Street
Chinaman
Lee Suey
Luy Yee Huen
Huen
Suey
Nolice
Lucy
Hip Sing Tong
Howard Gould
Nlagare
Measles Quarantine Death of 6 Month Old on North Brother Island
A 6 month old measles patient died of pneumonia after being sent to an island reception hospital from the Post Graduate Hospital. A medical committee probes the practice and possible reforms to avoid isolating infants without families’ notice, including a call for a dedicated child isolation facility.
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North Brother Island
General Hospital
Health Department
Faculty Association
East River
James N. West
Manhattan
West
Lederle
Riverside Hospital
James Smith
Edward
Margaret Smith
Second Avenue
North Prother Island
Riverside
East Sixteenth Street
Walker
Baby
Southeastern Limited Leaves New York Daily at 12:08 P M
Southern Railway announces the Southeastern Limited departs New York daily at 12 08 P M with drawing room sleeping and dining cars. Tickets and reservations available at New York office 284 Sixth Avenue corner 2nd Street.
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Aiken
Augusta
Florida
Southern Railway
Southeastern Limited
New York
N. Y
Genuine Deerfoot Farm Sausages Warn About Imitations
Authentic Deerfoot Farm sausages are never sold in bulk and must be sold in parchment paper or marked in red ink. The notice cautions buyers to beware of imitations and confirms proper labeling by the producer.
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Deerfoot Farm
United States Social Reform Lags German Policies
Dr. F. E. Junge presents a comparative analysis of social policies, detailing workingmen's insurance in the United States versus Germany in the Kaiser's realm as discussed for next Sunday’s Times.
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United States
Germany
F. E. Junge
Chase Across Jerome Avenue Ends With Auto Thieves Arrested
Five men riding in a stolen auto fled at 11 pm through the Bronx toward Kingsbridge. Police Pursuit led by Sergeant Colgan and Officers Carney and Keefe ended with four detainees under arrest and one fatally wounded in the neck, while the car and its tires were damaged. The suspects claimed a friend urged them to ride, but authorities believe at least one was the driver.
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Bronx
Jerome Avenue
Burnside Avenue
Kingsbridge Road
Fordham Road
Smith
Policeman Carney
John Colgan
Policeman O'Keefe
Dr. Muth
Fordham Hospital
Colgan
High Bridge
Eighth Avenue
George Nye
Ninety-third Street
Nye
John Flanagan
West 142d Street
Serigt
Carney and
Keefe
Jerome
Charles V. Paterno
182D Street
Riverside Drive
Homer Walters
Fifty-fifth Street
Nes Orm Avenue
Colgen
Carney
Hey
Highbridge
Perfect Service to California on the Golden State Limited
Exceeding comfort and speed, this pioneer de luxe train offers a three day journey from Chicago or St. Louis to Southern California via Rock Island Line. Direct route minimizes altitudes with a mile by mile premium on every segment.
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California
Golden State Limited
Chicago
St. Louis
Rock Island
Ass Poadway
Thorpe confession costs Amateurs cups and Sweden gains
James Thorpe, Carlisle Indian School star, confessed to playing professional baseball in 1900 and 1910, disqualifying himself from amateur competition. The AAU and Swedish authorities must reclaim the Pentathlon Trophy and Decathlon Cup, adjust Olympic totals from 85 to 80 for the U S and 27 to 33 for Sweden, and reassign medals to runners up. Thorpe’s letter explains his error and seeks leniency, noting he played for fun and rejected money offers.
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James Thorpe
Sac and Fox
Carlisle
Amateur Athletic Union
Thorpe
America
Swedish Olympic Committee
Sweden
Sullivan
Charles Clancy
Worcester
Mass
Penn
James E. Sullivan
New York
N. Y
Sir
Clancy
Winsiton-Saliem
Warner
Haseen
Rocky Mount
Fayetteville
N. C
North
Schoor
Stockholm
Mr. Sullivan
United States
Gustave V
Russia
Celtic Park
F. R. Bie
Norway
J. J. Donohue
California
H. Wieslander
G. Lomberg
G. Holmer
Wieslander
Kaiser's Birthday Marks Reconciliation With Crown Prince
Berlin reports a thaw in royal strife as Kaiser and Crown Prince attend theatre together with the Crown Princess. The Crown Prince is promoted to Colonel in the Prussian Army, a gesture readers see as a welcome end to the past quarrel. Public mood remains upbeat at the birthday parade before the palace.
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Crown Prince
Berlin
Danzig
Disappointed in Friedmann Tuberculosis Cure In Berlin
J B Mc Cluskey banker and Dr C T Rogers sailed to Berlin to assess Dr Friedmann's cure and report the trip useless. George C Butts, in Berlin, cables that Friedmann's discovery is very uncertain.
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New York Times
Muskogee
Okla
J. B. McCluskey
C. T. Rogers
Berlin
Friedmann
George C. Butts
Albany Resolutions Demand Telephone Rate Reform
Resolutions introduced in Albany urge the Public Service Commission to study the New York Telephone Company and establish an equitable flat annual rate tied to actual investment. Separate measures seek a joint committee to probe casualty and accident insurance and to review Bloomingdale Asylum affairs.
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New York Times
Albany
Weil
New York
Public Service Commission
New York Telephone Company
Greenberg
New York Democrat
Assemblyman Madden
Westchester
Bloomingdale Asylum
Refusal by Venezuela on Castro Deportation Evidence
The United States sought evidence from Venezuela to help deport Gen Cipriano Castro, detained at Ellis Island. Venezuela declined, saying the allegations against Castro are a purely domestic matter and would not provide information on killings or other offenses.
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New York Times
Washington
United States
Venezuela
Cipriano Castro
Republic
Ellis Island
Caracas
Castro
Antonio Paredes
Move to bar Biblical plays reaches Massachusetts State House
Boston January 27 The move to exclude scenes from the life of Christ in city playhouses was discussed before the Legislature Committee on Legal Affairs. The theatre lobby was absent. Theodore W. Curtis urged the bill as a safeguard against thought control while Rev Leopold A Nies cited church authorities opposing the measure.
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Bay
Christ
Boston
State House
Theodore W. Curtis
Aes
Leopold A. Nies
Bromfield Street Methodist Church
Lawrence
Ee Mallalieu
Nies
Priest Bets $100 on Baptist Minister Answer
Fort Morgan Colorado January 27 Roman Catholic Father Juily deposits $100 in a bank to wager that Baptist Pastor Rev Ballard cannot answer five questions on Catholic faith The offer follows Ballard sermon condemning mediaevalism and Modernism in the Catholic Church Juily invites Ballard to match the stake in a dispute over Modernism words
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New York Times
Fort Morgan
Col
J. F. Juily
A. H. Ballard
Baptist Church
Father Juily
Father Jully
Ballard
Mrs. Guggenheim Persists in Divorce Challenge
In Chicago on January 27, Judge Oscar H. Heard heard Mrs Grace Brown Guggenheim and William Guggenheim's divorce case arguments seeking expungement of the court record on grounds of fraud in the 1901 decree. S. S. Gregory for Mr Guggenheim denied a midnight conference at Judge Heard's Mount Carroll home. Hearing adjourned to February 7.
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Chicago
Grace Brown Guggenheim
William Guggenheim
Oscar H
Circuit Court
Gregory
Guggenheim
Judge Heard
Mount Carroll
Ill
Mr. Guggenheim
Heard
Florida Special train schedule notice to Key West
A Havana to Key West through service on the Atlantic Coast Line is listed at 12 38 noon with the Florida Special. The address 1218 Broadway is noted for advertisement and ticketing.
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Havana
Key West
Atlantic Coast Line
Florida
Sulzer Pushes Curb Rules on Exchanges
Sulzer urges curbs on stock exchanges while keeping incorporation open. He recommends laws to stop manipulation wash sales and illegitimate short selling. Proposes criminalizing false ads and new enactments on hypothecation and bucketing wanted bills prepared.
Governor Urges Stock Exchange Reform in Albany
Gov. Sulzer sends special message urging remedial legislation to curb abuses in New York stock markets. Proposals include ending wash and short selling abuses, bolstering insolvency rules, banning bucketing, tightening disclosure, and reviewing exemptions and usury caps. Bills drafted under his supervision. Senate leader supports action to protect investors and restore public confidence.
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Albany
Sulzer
Wagner
Stock Exchange
Gov. Sulzer
Hughes
Stoc
United States
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Chase
Health Board
Mile
Carlisle School
Finland
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Marcon
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