Bank Grand Jury Probe Expands Across Brooklyn Institutions
Grand Jury in Kings County opens hearings into four, possibly five banks and trust companies that failed early in the financial crisis. State Superintendent Williams joins the probe with evidence of illegal overloans and forged paper. Additional banks including Borough Bank, Jenkins Trust, Brooklyn Bank, and Williamsburg Trust may face questioning. First National Bank could be drawn in.
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Grand Jury
Kings County
Brooklyn
Robert H. Elder
Clarke
Jackson
Borough Bank
Jenkins Trust Company
Elder
Brooklyn Bank
Williamsburg Trust Company
National
Williams
Clark Williams
Kings County District Attorney's Office
Jenkins
Williamsburg Trust Companies
Grand
First National
Mauretania Maiden Voyage Speeds Reported
The Mauretania on its maiden voyage to the United States travels at 24 knots as of 6 PM near Queenstown. Reports state light seas and a strong head wind with the chief engineer praising engine performance. Continuous updates show speeds averaging about 25.5 knots between 6 and 10 PM as the liner progressed toward Fasnet.
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New York Times
London
Mauretania
Crookhaven
Queenstown
Daunts Light
United States
Fasnet
Liverpool
Pritchard
Roche's Point
Kaiser’s 700 pheasants in a day shocks London crowd
London reports the German Emperor shot over 700 pheasants in one day at Windsor using a single light gun. He then attended the Windsor State Banquet and rode through London the next day, dining at the Guildhall, underscoring remarkable stamina during a grueling forty eight hour span.
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Marcon
New York Times
London
Windsor
Keiser
Windsor Palace
Guildhall
Stone HIts Austrian Ambassador in St Petersburg
The Austrian Ambassador to Russia Count Berchold was struck but not seriously hurt by a stone thrown through a dining car window on a return trip to St. Petersburg from vacation. Stoning of fast trains entering or leaving the city is common as resentment toward aristocrats, with several serious accidents reported.
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ST. Petersburg
Russia
Count Berchold
GE Denies Westinghouse Absorption Rumor
Special report from Schenectady New York on November 17 states General Electric denies absorbing Westinghouse stock or seeking control. A GE official says GE is not buying Westinghouse and could not use its plants, though it plans a local plant expansion. Official sources note last month’s business was GE’s largest in company history.
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New York Times
Schenectady
N. Y
General Electric Company
Westinghouse Electric Company
Westinghouse
Westinghouse Company
Rumor on Westinghouse Buyout Said Unlikely
Pittsburg reports little credence to claims that General Electric is systematically absorbing Westinghouse Electric by stock purchases. The rumor is linked to Kuhn, Loeb & Co. letter to Westinghouse debenture bond holders seeking direct contact with them.
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New York Times
Pittsburg
General Electric
Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company
Kuhn, Loeb & Co
Westinghouse
Man Kills Two Chicken Thieves In Yonkers Trap
Benjamin Van Tassel farm near Van Cortlandt Park becomes scene of fatal ambush as Lyman I. King shoots two Italian men during a prearranged chicken theft trap. Nicholas Larosa of Kingsbridge dies at Fordham Hospital. Bruno Pedulla of Yonkers dies later. King posted $5,000 bail.
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Benjamin van Tassel
Broadway
van Cortlandt Park
Lyman I. King
Nicholas Larosa
Kingsbridge
Morrisania
van Tassel Place
van Tassels
Rhode Island
Plymouth Rocks
King
Mr. van Tansel
William van Tassel
Benjamin
E. P. Lasher
230Th Street
Fordham Hospital
van Cortlandt Park Station
Putnam Division
Wild rides for five men in loco test
Five volunteers will ride in specially built boxes on locomotive pilots for a test by the Pennsylva nia Railroad on the Fort Wayne Division. They will observe while engines run at top speed as a steep stretch requires a trade but a level par miles will be provided for speed observations.
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New York Times
Lima
Ohio
Pennsylvania Railroad
Fort Wayne
Mexico Allows U S Navy Coaling Ships at Magdalena Bay
Mexico City reports the United States may keep two coaling ships at Magdalena Bay for three years. The concession follows Secretary Root’s Mexico visit and matches a three year Senate grant. Washington confirms the agreement contingent on reciprocal U S concessions.
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Magdalena Bay
Mexico City
Mexico
United States Navy
California
Root
United States
State Department
Diaz
Senate
Washington
Atlee
Lower California
Flagship in Sailing Trip Preparations Near New York
Five of sixteen U S battleships prepare at Brooklyn Navy Yard for a Pacific cruise set to depart December 16 from Hampton Roads. Eleven more receive tuning repairs at Norfolk Boston and League Island. Eleven or twelve may rendezvous at New York before sailing to San Francisco. Connecticut exits drydock sailing trim. Ohio to be docked for final painting. Louisiana Rhode Island and Alabama are being fitted out.
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Pacific
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Norfolk
Boston
League Island Navy Yards
New York
Hampton Roads
San Francisco
Connecticut
Ohio
Louisiana
Rhode Island
Alabama
Dying boys left to freeze in Pennsylvania
In York Pennsylvania on November 17 Irving Hoover aged 15 and his older brother William Hoover 37 were shot by three men in a buggy on a rural highway after a quarrel. Irving died at home and William near death in hospital. Coroner to hold examination. Lester Kaufman Oscar Hoover and Henry Snyder arrested. father accuses relatives of the crime.
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New York Times
York
Penn
Irving Hoover
William E. Hoover
William
Charles H. Hoover
Pleasureville
Irving
M. T. Coberly
Lester Kaufman
Oscar Hoover
Henry Snyder
Starview
Sloop Ashore at Rockaway Beach as 13 Rescued
A forty foot sloop Bella Lockwood ran aground inside Rockaway Park bar in thick fog. Captain Louis Olsen and five fishermen refused evacuation while 13 others were hauled to safety by Rockaway Point life savers. The vessel, carrying 19 aboard, sailed from Jersey City and Gravesend Bay for codfishing, with the crew awaiting rescue as waves pounded the grounded craft.
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Bella Lockwood
Louis Olsen
Rockaway Point
Gravesend Bay
Rockaway Park
Olsen
Abrams
Cleveland Seeks Democratic Leadership Question
Ex President Grover Cleveland, visiting Princeton, discusses Willaim Jennings Bryan’s renomination and asks who should lead the Democratic Party. He notes Democratic revival in New Jersey and appears vigorous despite reports of poor health.
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New York Times
Princeton
N. J
Grover Cleveland
William Jennings Bryan
Times
Cleveland
Jersey
New Jersey
Mr. Bryan
Commoner
Bryan
Democratic Party
Woman Dies Suddenly On Caronia En Route To New York
Mrs. Mary Fitzsimmons, a Brooklyn resident born in Ireland, collapsed and died on the Cunarder Caronia as it neared New York Harbor. Her brother Johan was aboard and the ship’s doctor, Dr. Ernest Tinker, responded but she was dead on deck.
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Mary Fitasimmins
New York
Brooklyn
Ireland
Fitzsimmons
Johan
Sandy Hook
Singer Dies in Church Fall at St. Alphonsus
James Walsh a choir singer from 38 Leroy Street collapsed and died in the choir stall after morning services at St. Alphonsus Catholic Church on West Broadway near Canal Street. Father Costello administered last rites as Dr. Keene declared him dead. Walsh was moved to a nearby office before the Coroner’s office was notified.
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James Walsh
Leroy Street
St. Alphonsus’s Catholic Church
West Broadway
Canal Street
Father Costello
William Keene
Walsh
Peter Grein
Coroners’ Office
Admiral McClintock Dead A Royal Navy Leader
Admiral Sir Francis Leopold McClintock, KC B, DC L, died aged 98. Born 1819 he joined the Royal Navy at 12 and led arctic expeditions. He traced Franklin’s fate in 1859 and wrote The Fate of Sir John Franklin and The Voyage of the Fox. He held Jamaica Commodore post, Portsmouth Dockyard chief, and North American station commander.
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London
Francis Leopold McClintock
Royal Navy
Franklin
Sir John Franklin
Jamaica
Portsmouth
North American and
West Indian
Bellevue Hospital helper killed by Second Avenue trolley
A bellevue Hospital helper named ula McGinns was struck and killed by a northbound Second Avenue trolley at 118th Street last night. A large crowd gathered and police reserves were called to keep order as motorman John Moran was jailed on a charge and conductor Gustav Otto was kept as a witness.
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Ula McGinns
Bellevue Hospital
Second Avenue
118Th Street
John Moran
Gustav Otto
Government Accepts Cashier Checks for Revenue Stamps
Bernhard Bettmann, Cincinnati collector, says a telegram from Commissioner John G. Capers grants authority to accept cashiers' checks drafts and certificates of deposit in payment for revenue stamps used on liquors.
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Cincinnati
Bernhard Bettmann
Internal Revenue
John G. Capers
Washington
Sixty Three Japanese Killed in Formosa Incident
A Tokyo report to The Times describes a revolt by Chinese troops in Formosa that left sixty three Japanese policemen and civilians dead. The dispatch notes rising unease in Tokyo over the loyalty of the Chinese mercenaries involved.
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Formosa
London
Tokio
the Times
Duke of Parma Die at Reggio from Heart Disease
Prince Robert Charles Louis Marie de Bourbon Duke of Parma died of heart disease near Reggio Italy He was born in 1848 and lost his succession in 1860 when Parma joined Italy He married Maria Pia and Maria Antonia and fathered twenty one children leaving an estimated fortune of 40000000 dollars The last child was born June 17 1905.
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Rome
Robert Charles Louis Marie de Bourbon
Parma
Reggio
Robert
Duchy of
Italy
Maria Pia
Princess of Bourbon
Sicily
Maria Antonia
Infanta of
Portugal
Hold Family of Fashion Arrests in Baltimore Case
Ruth McCracken and her three children were arrested in Baltimore on a warrant charging grand larceny for alleged false pretenses, involving 12 000 dollars in goods from Washington merchants. Police had sought the family for days, and Miss Gene McCracken faces a separate charge.
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Washington
Ruth McCracken
Connecticut Avenue
Baltimore
Gene McCracken
Nine Year Old Hero Rescues Drowning Girl
Florence Hartman fell into Cromwell Creek as she lost balance yesterday. Jacob Scherer age nine ran down the embankment, grasped her dress, and pulled her from the stream. He with other children kept her head above water until she recovered, and she was reported none the worse for the incident.
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Florence Hartman
East 149Th Street
Cromwell Creek
Jacob Scherer
Florence
Jacob
Hartman
Boy 15 Dies After Football Injury in Pittsburg
John Boylan aged 15 died at Mercy Hospital from injuries suffered in a football game. The McColloughs Row area reports three recent deaths in ten days, including Katie Green 12 choking on an onion and James Thornton 7 choking on a button, prompting fear and moves by families. The victims lived in Nos 6, 8, and 7, with superstition stirring among residents.
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New York Times
Pittsburg
John Boylan
Mercy Hospital
McCollough
No. 7
Boylan
No. 6
Flinn Aims to Secure United States Senate Seat
Pittsburg reports state Senator William Flinn plans to dominate state and local races to push his U S Senate bid to succeed Boles Penrose. He reportedly set aside 2 000 000 dollars to achieve the goal and leads a slate with himself for Senate Governor candidate A J Barchfeld and Allegheny Mayor Charles Kirschler for Greater Pittsburg mayor.
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New York Times
Pittsburg
William Flinn
United States
Boles Penrose
A. J. Barchfeld
Charles ¥. Kirschler
Allegheny
Hunting Preserve Tragedy Claims Asheville Sportsman
James D. Carrier a prominent Asheville sportsman was accidentally killed while hunting alone at Newton North Carolina on the Catawba Club preserve. The coroner ruled the death an accident with his body found the following day. Members of the Newton party included W Gould Brokaw Frederick Mears J J McClosey Fred Adickes William B Hayden and Holland Page among others.
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New York Times
Asheville
N. C
James D. Carrier
Newton
Catawba Club
New York
Philadelphia
Carrier
Mr. Carrier
W. Gould Brokaw
Frederick Mears
J. J. McClosey
Fred Adickes
William B. Hayden
Holland Page
Federal Aid Bonds Set to Reach Investors Soon
Federal aid up to 450 million dollars to be issued with 50 dollar engraved certificates. Receipts will be given as notes prepared. The program runs for one year and aims to attract small investors while banks plan to use the bonds.
Roosevelt Declares Push to End Money Stringency
President Roosevelt pledges the government will curb financial stringency with major measures possible but not all may be required. He signals a broader effort to stabilize the economy while balancing fiscal restraint and public confidence.
Roosevelt presses new currency plan to ease money strain
President Roosevelt announced White House measures to inject up to 160 million dollars into the money market to relieve financial stringency. Plans include 50 million in 2 percent Panama bonds and 100 million in 8 percent Treasury notes with bids due November 30. The notes aim to attract small investors while bonds likely fund banks for additional circulation.
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White House
Washington
Cortelyou
Panama
Congress
Theodorhd. Roosevelt
New York Times
Roosevelt
Treasury Department
Treasury
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Time and Trust
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Kaiser
Stone
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Conn
Barnes Gilbert
New Haven
Yale College
Charles B. Everett
Everett
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Coop
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MR. Cleveland
Criea
Singer
Priest
Admiral McClintock
Collector of Internal Revenue
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