Bank Officials Seek Reopen Cosmopolitan Bank After Closure
Directors of the Cosmopolitan National Bank plan a Tuesday meeting to request permission to reopen the bank, arguing no cause existed for its closure by the Currency Controller. Vice President Kitzmiller accuses Bank Examiner Cunningham of intoxication as the bank faces a run and potential damages suit.
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New York Times
Pittsburg
Penn
Cosmopolitan National Bank
John B Cunningham
E. A. Kitzmiller
Cunningham
John McClurg
West View
State Bank
James C. Cover
Mount Washington Savings and Trust Company
State
Berkey
E. Weiler
Trust Company
John B. Cunningham
Rosslyn
Cuningham
Cosmopolitan
Robert Wardrop
D. J. Richardson
United States
Richardson
Dequesne Club
Enterprise National Bank
Mail Thefts Rising Despite Bigger Post Staff
A New York postal official warned mail thefts by department employees have increased even as salaries rose and staff expanded. He cited dishonest pawnbrokers and saloonkeepers who cash checks at a 25 cent discount, often with counterfeit or multiple signatures, and noted courts rarely recover stolen funds. The official cited a clerk who robbed $400 for Redemptorist donors and received a light sentence after a dramatic courtroom scene, prompting higher concern from postal authorities.
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Newark
IMES
Post Office
Smith
Evelyn Thaw
Jerome
New York
Chicago
Pittsburg
Bank examiner’s closing of Cosmopolitan National Bank upheld
Deputy Controller Kane says the bank’s assets were in bad shape and the closing was justified though Cunningham may have been drunk earlier. no complaints reached the office by 12:30 pm. Mount Washington Savings and Trust Company replies that reserves exceed legal requirements and business may resume barring irreparable damage from notices or rumors.
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New York Times
Washington
Kane
Cunningham
Cosmopolitan National Bank of
Pittsburg
Ixane
Kans
George M. Gordon
Mount Washington Savings and Trust Company
White
Valet Charged With Stealing Jewelry From Carey
Alfred Fista, a valet at 302 East Sixty-fifth Street, is jailed in West Side Court on charges of stealing a $500 locket and clothing from Henry T. Carey of 38 West Seventy-first Street. Detectives reported finding the items in Fista’s rooms along with pawn tickets and books.
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Alfred Fista
East Sixty-fifth Street
West Side Court
Henry T. Carey
West Seventy-first Street
Hermann
Central Office
O’donnell
Mcliver
Fista
Carey
Senator Depew
W Fista
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen Clarifies Political Stance
Victor Rosewater released a statement from P H Morrissey Grand Master declaring the Brotherhood has no political program and endorses no party. Lodges are not authorized to use funds for partisan aims and members should challenge any officer or member who seeks endorsement. The group urges members to study platforms and elect friends while opposing enemies.
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Chicago
Victor Rosewater
Republican National Committee
P. H. Morrissey
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
Cleveland
Ohio
Brotherhood
Socialist Exiles Oust Holloway for Spirit Marriage Plans
Walter V. Holloway National lecturer for the Socialist Party and two others are expelled for conduct deemed a menace to the party. He promoted spiritual marriage involving multiple wives and a proposed "house of heaven" described as a harem, while a young witness reported being invited to a sealed marriage.
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New York Times
Los Angeles
Cal
Walter V. Holloway
Socialist Party
Alice Holloway
Bertha M. Daily
Holloway
House of Heaven
Cancer Specialist A Wreck on Way to Suicide
A former world famous cancer specialist, once based in Pittsburgh, attempted suicide at the Church of the Holy Innocents rectory on Saturday night. The 60-year-old man, now a physical and mental wreck, had priorly fallen from medical prominence after owning a fashionable New York residence. Father O Keefe and police withheld his name.
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Father O'Keefe
Church of the Holy Innocents
Thirty-seventh Street
Pittsburg
Father O’keefe
New York
Father Maced
Persians Fight Again In Tabриз Run War Forthwith
British Vice-Consul in Tabriz arranged renewed talks between nationalist leaders and Ain-Ed-Dowleh but strong forces resist compromise. Hostilities resumed as nationalist forces bombarded royalist lines today.
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Tabriz
Ain-Ed-Dowleh
Not American to Be Slick Hughes Address at Old Home Week
Gov. Hughes spoke to about 40 000 in Troy at the opening of the Home Week celebration after an all night ride from Youngstown Ohio. The program featured a patriotic service with thousands of children waving flags and urged conservation of natural resources and trust in American manhood. Lieut Gov Chanler Speaker Wadsworth and Secretary Whalen also spoke.
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Troy
Ept
Hughes
Youngstown
Ohio
Chandler
Wadsworth
Whaler
Prospect Park
Elias P. Mann
Great Brotherhood
America
Chanler
Whalen
Banker's Plunge From Barber Chair Stuns City
Vincenzo Locicero Italian banker of 659 First Avenue fled after allegedly withholding $50 sent to relatives in Italy. Detected at his home by detectives, he ducked into a barber shop and tried to hide with a lathered face before being chased. Held in $8,000 bail in Tombs Court. Katherine Chreafie reprimanded for detaining officers.
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Vincenzo Locicero
First Avenue
Savestino Conti
Thirty-ninth Street
Locicero
Italy
Dondero
Degilio
Seventy-eighth Street
Katherine - Chreafie
Katherine
Tombs Court
Katherine Chreafie
Important Sale of French Lace Trimmed Linens and Curtains
A sale offering Renaissance and Cluny lace trimmed linens with lower prices. Centrepieces and scalloped embroidered linens priced from about 0.35 to 6.75, various widths and lengths. lace curtains from multiple value lines listed. Rugs purchased may be held for future delivery if desired.
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icated—Trust Company
H. T. Carey
Morrissey
Home Week
Packard Motor Car Co
N.Y
Broadway
Jems
Chas. E. Matthews
Canal Street
B’way
Bonwit, Harris & Co
Broadway and
5Th Av
21St St
Uneeda Biscuit
National Biscuit Company
Stern Brothers
Lynx Leipzig
Black Lynx
Naturae
Directoire
Laget Arabe
Renaissance Stores
Portieres
West Twenty-third Street
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