Court Approves Oriental Bank Receivership Dismissal
Justice O Gorman approves plan to dismiss the Oriental Bank receivers and to begin immediate depositors payments. Metropolitan Trust to pay depositors first week, with accounts certified and paid alphabetically. Attorney General Jackson declines comment on case, while bank officials confirm readiness to implement liquidation plan.
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Supreme Court
Oriental Hank
Kromél
Metrenphtan Pree. Company
Ihe
Brayton Ives
Recropolitan Trust Company
Jackson
Tthe
Fie
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Beek, Philbin & Menken
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The
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O'Gorman
Beekman
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Body disinterred in New Jersey murder inquiry
Coroners jury will view the Baker case remains in Ridgewood after the body was moved from Bogota. Prosecutor Koester will present findings to the April Grand Jury. Walter F F Baker died October 27 and his heir Natalie Hurd faces a large fortune amid ongoing investigations.
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Rank H. Hurd
Bogota
N. J
Ae de
Ridgewood
Hackensack
Iast Vail
Koester
Bergen County
Hurd
Borate
Malcolm
Roberts
Natalie
Baker
George W. Young
C. Hurd
Olher
New York Times
Boston
Edward F. Baker
Walter Farnsworth Baker
Dan
New Jersey
Natalie Hurd
Public School 165 Fire Drills Yield Calm Evacuation
Fire drill at Public School 165 in Harlem emptied 2,500 students and staff in one minute after smoke appeared on the top floor. No injuries reported. teachers and monitors led orderly exits as engines arrived and the blaze was contained.
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109Th Street
Betwen Broadway
Amsterdam Avenue
West Thirteenth Street
Collinwood
Ohio
Ith Street
Ethedral Heights
109Th
108Th Street
Leroy Jierbert
Celeste Valladon
South Street
Sth Street
David E. Gaddis
Purdy Addresses Suffrage Talk At Astor Hotel
Lawson M. Purdy, president of the Tax Board, told the Woman's Equal Suffrage League at the Hotel Astor that while taxes were his focus he supports women's suffrage. He warned of potential dangers to individual liberty if women gain voting power, saying reforms may be harder and demanding women work to influence rather than control. The exchange touched on vice laws and the drink habit, with mixed views from league members and speakers.
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Lawson M. Purdy
Tax Board
Mr. Purdy
League
Willie
Dake Wonton
Luke Towarn
Pher Walt
Mr. Murcy
Johnston Wood
Fire escapes for city schools debated at board meeting
At a Board of Estimate session the Controller proposed 41715 for school fire escapes, with a select committee to confer with the Board of Education. President McGowan argued escapes unnecessary, citing rapid building clearance. Other items included 260000 for fire hose, 1350000 for Brooklyn water system extension, 600000 in other requests, and an 11 million supply request from the Water Board. Controller Metz showed city liability for contracts and land acquisitions at 115,096,265.
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Board of Estimate
Board of Education
McGowan
John IE O'Brien
Brooklyn
Bensel
Board of Water
Metz
50 Burials in Collinwood Public School Fire
Cleveland news reports a day of continuous funerals in Col linwood for children killed in the Wednesday school fire. From 9 a.m. to dusk the processions and services continue, marking a tragic community response to the loss.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Collinwood
Collinwood School Fire Funerales and Reforms Outline
Testimony at the coroner’s inquest details the Collinwood school fire deaths as fifty burials occur today with more to come and a mass funeral planned for unidentified victims. With $25,000 appropriated by the Ohio Legislature and local funds, Cleveland board to fireproof basements replace wooden stairs install enclosed fire escapes and remove rear entrance partitions.
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Jenitor Hirter
Hirter
F. P. Whitney
Collinwood Choors
Wallace
Cleveland Fire Department
Collinwood
Senool
Lis
Cleveland
Ohio
Protect New York Schools Examination of School Safeguards
Commissioner A A Draper of the State Education Department directed city boards and school districts to immediately examine school buildings. If buildings do not meet legal requirements, boards must take prompt action to bring them into proper condition.
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Albany
N.Y
AA. S. Draper
State Education Department
Builders Hear Skyscraper Height Limits Debate at City Hall
The Build ing Code Commission heard Ernest Flagg advocate height limits tied to street width and a 20 percent maximum land area for high portions. George W. Babb urged minimums of 60 feet for non fireproof and 180 feet for fireproof structures, noting no building is truly fireproof.
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New Building Code Commission
Ernest Flagg
Singer
Ile
Flagg
George W. Babb
Board of Fire Underwriters
Mutual Reserve Receivers in Court Legal Battle
Justice O Gorman heard arguments on whether the State receivers of the Mutual Reserve Life Insurance Company should be made permanent. Samuel Untermyer supported the State receivers while John B Stanchfield spoke for those named in the Federal court. Decision was reserved.
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Mutual Reserve Life Insurance Company
Justice O'Gorman
Supreme Court
Samuel Untermyer
John B. Stanchfield
Federal Court
Hippopotamus Caliph N Aids Central Park Birth Record
The eighth Central Park hippo was born yesterday morning weighing about sixty pounds. Keeper Snyder announced the male calf named Caliph N as a $5000 asset, with the birth drawing cheers from the lion leopard and tiger in the park. Park officials planned a Sunday viewing.
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Miss Murphy
Animal Exchange
Keeper Snyder
Yello
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Snyder
Smith
Arsenal
Caliph N
Georgia
Mississippi Delta
Women Leaders Form Drive to Aid Labor Then and Now
Prominent women from major cities met at J Pierpont Morgan’s residence to form a national women’s auxiliary of the National Civic Federation. They will inspect factories and homes, offer friendly suggestions to employers, and organize New York committees to study conditions and welfare without seeking new laws.
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Madison Avenue
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Joseph Medill McCormick
Chicago
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Senator Hanna
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Birmingham
Ala
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Boston
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Cleveland
Ohio
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Philadelphia
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Julia K. West
New York
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Harriman
Valesh
American Federation of Labor
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International Stational Firemen’s Union
Edward Gould
Teamsters’ Union
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Egerton Winthrop, Jr
Ralph Pulitzer
Mary Parsons
Cornelia Delafield
Virginia Potter
Edward Henderson
Maude Adams
Cadwalader Jones
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George Brewster
Seth Low
William Jay Schieffelin
Mary Harriman
Malevolm Whitman
Miss Hewitt
John Hammond
Arthur Dodge
John Corbin
Danial Frohman
Emma Fumes
Story
J. William Fellowes Morgan
Whitney
August Belmont
Henry C. Potter
Richard Wainwright
William Corcoran Hustis
Torpedo Plot a Myth Arises in Brooklyn Court
Heinrich Wilhelm Esser, a German mechanic, was held in ten dollars in the Adams Street Police Court in Brooklyn on a theft charge from the E. W. Bliss Company. A rumor linked him to stealing torpedo secrets for foreign governments, but the tale faded when it was learned the Bliss-Leavitt torpedo is purchasable by any government with money.
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Heinrich Wilhelm Esser
Adams Street
Brooklyn
E. W. Bliss Company of
Bliss-Leavitt
Merchants’ Association Disclaims King Charges Link
The Merchants' Association yesterday sent a letter disavowing any involvement in the charges brought against District Attorney Jerome by former association president William F. King. King’s ties to the group ended in TWH.
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Merchants’ Association
Jerome
William F. King
Association
Mr. King
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