Hearst Keene Oil Strike Reported Near Ojinaga
Read of oil discovery near Ojinaga Chihuahua by Hearst and Keene after two years and expenditure over 165000 dollars. Three wells show paying oil with a paraffin base, gas used for drilling, and concessions sought for up to 200000 acres. Mexican duties affect imports. Trexel pitched the project to Hearst. Mrs. Hearst owns a million acre Texas ranch nearby.
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Chihuahua
Mexico
William R. Hearst
James R. Keene
Ojinaga
Kansas City, Mexico & Orient Railroad
Rio Grande
Hearst-Keene
Creel
Mexico City
New Mexico
Texas
Pecos
Toyah
Brewster County
Chihuahue
Presidio del Norte
Coahuila
Santa Rosa
Carlsbad
N. M
Tex
United States
Waters-Pierce Company
Tampico
Vera Cruz
Hearst-Keene Syndicate
C. R. Trexel
Phebe A. Hearst
Shaw Addresses Bankers on Finance and Capital
Leslie M. Shaw, the Treasury secretary, spoke to the Bankers' Club in Des Moines on the era of financial reform. He criticized harsh denunciations of business while defending safeguards, noted few 1907-like panics, and urged careful currency policy with limited supplemental notes taxed at five percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
Leslie M. Shaw
The
Treasury
Bankers’ Club
Europe
Elias A Cohen Released on Court Order
On Justice Joseph I. Green's order the East Side real estate dealer Elias A. Cohen was freed from county jail after paying a 26 fine for contempt. He had been sued by Expire Woodworking Company to recover £1 18. A receiver was appointed for Cohen, who paid 3 dollars on account and sent a letter protesting the action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph I. Green
Elias A Cohen
East Side
Justice Green
Cohen
Expire Woodworking
Knickerbocker Trust faces two week adjournment bid
Counsel for the Knickerbocker Trust Company and its depositors seek a further two week extension as the bid to make permanent the receivership returns for a hearing before Justice Clark. Speaking for depositors committees, officials say more than 3 million dollars have assented to the resumption plan, with 6 to 7 percent of depositors already backing it and obstacles noted in gathering wider consent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knickerbocker Trust Company
Justice Clark
Herbert L. Satterlee
Parsons Depositors
Comittee
Knickerbocker
Charles A. Conant
Morton Trust Company
Provident not insolvent but barred from new business
Officials said the Provident Savings Life Assurance Society shows capital impairment in the Insurance Department report yet is not insolvent. A temporary embargo on new business is expected to last nine to twelve months while the company works to restore solvency.
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Provident Savings Life Assurance Society
Insurance Department
Provident Society
Otto Kelsey
State Superintendent of Insurance
Provident Savings Society
Rittenhouse
Colorado State Insurance Examiner
Jelsey
The
Kelsey
Barthh
Philadelphia
E. R
F. Thomas
Thomases
Fish Lieutenant Back in Illinois Central Fight Arrives in New York
Winthrop E. Scarritt, former Automobile Club of America president and Fish lieutenant, arrived aboard the Cunard liner Lusitania. He reported securing proxies for 90 percent of English shareholders in favor of Jay Gould Fish against Harriman interests, with help from Lord Rothschild and investors across Holland and England. Scarritt, injured in a balloon accident, uses crutches after a broken ankle.
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Winthrop E. Scarritt
Automobile Club of America
Stuyvesant Fish
Illinois Central
Fish
Harriman
Cunard
Lusitania
Scarritt
Lycania
Alexander G. Hackstaff
Lin
Hendrick Loeffler
Mr. Fish
Hackstaff
Lord Rothschild
English Association of American Bond and Share Holders, Ltd
J. S. Morgan & Co
Ralli Brothers
Alfred
Edwin Tates
Brooks
Huddersfield
Holland
American Securities
Charles Rolls
Chelmsford
London
Finley Lowers Rates for South Carolina Rail Travel
President W W Finley of the Southern Railway announces a voluntary intrastate fare reduction in South Carolina. The plan includes a flat 24.2 cents per mile, 15 cent surcharge for tickets not bought at stations, 2 cent per mile mileage books for firms, 2 cent per mile for 1000 mile books, and 24 cent per mile for 500 mile family books, all valid one year.
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Columbia
S. C
South Carolina
W. W. Finley
The
Southern Railway
Ansel
Train and advertisement notices from The Tribune uptown office
Advertising and subscription details for The Tribune list uptown address at 1364 Broadway and multiple transit offices. Rail schedules cover B&O Royal Blue Line to Baltimore Washington, Royal Limited, westbound trains, and New York terminal stops with daily and weekend variations. Also notes N Y H & H Hartford and Grand Central services with ticket offices across multiple stations and cities.
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The
Tribune
Uptown
Broadway
6Th Ave
12Th St
14Th St
125Th St
77Th Sts
61St St
Ist Ave
9Th St
Tremont Ave
3D Ave
NEW Jersey Central
Philadelphia
Liberty
Baltimore
Washington
Ly. W
Liberty ST
Atlantic City
Lakewood
Lakehurst
Liae ST
LONG
Ao Anch
Ental
RY Park
West 234
Chelsea
Astor House
Fifth Av
Fifth
Union Square West
West 125Th St
Columbus
New York
Court St
Fulton St
Nostrand
WiHhe
New York Transfer Co
W. G. Besler
W.C. Hope
Pass’r
Baltimore & Ohio R
Royal Blue Line
BEXW
St. Lib Y St
Royal Ltd
Krowee Delly
Chicago
Pittsburg
Sam
Bureau of Information
Hartford
Lakeville & Norf
Barrington
Stockbridge
Lenox
Pittsfield
cGd. Cent
Union Sq
Col Ave
5Th Ave
Mad
Bkiyn
Cf Court St
Nostrand Ave
tExcept
iParior Car Limited
Perlor
Vic
Wear
76Th
77Th
New-York Tribune
Profits of U S Steel Employes Turn In Stock At Original Price
United States Steel Corporation workers who bought preferred stock under the 1992 profit sharing plan and kept it for five years may exchange it for the original $82.50 per share price during January and February. Despite a market high near 89, few are expected to redeem. Dividends and a future special dividend totaling about $60 per share have accrued, with additional forthcoming profits. A. G. Becker joins Westinghouse creditors' committee in Chicago, with J. N. Jarvie potentially joining George Westinghouse in managing properties as readjustment talks proceed.
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United States Steel Corporation
A. G. Becker
Chicago
Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company
J. N. Jarvie
George Westinghouse
Westinghouses
Jenkins Indictment Questioned in Kings County Court
Stephen Baldwin for John G. Jenkins Jr and three sons challenged the conspiracy indictment as multi crime, while District Attorney Clarke argued its legality. Judge Fawcett reserved decision. Depositors’ and Williamsburg Trust directors’ committees met at 86 Broadway about reopening plans.
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Stephen (. Baldwin
John G. Jenkins, Jr
Kings County Court
Fawcett
Jenkinses
Clarke
Baldwin
Williamsburg Trust Company
Williamsburg
Profit-Sharing Plan Distributes Large Customer Bonus
E. T. Bedford of Corn Products Refining Company announces a profit sharing distribution to customers totaling 300000 to 410000 and confirms the plan will continue through the current year.
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E. T. Bedford
Corn Products Refining Company
Banks Order Retirement of Clearing House Certificates
Kansas City banks have ordered the retirement of all Clearing House certificates as the financial situation is declared normal.
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The
Tribune
Kansas City
January Sale Offers Deep Discounts on Muslin Underwear
Pa lists room for January Sale of Muslin Underwear with opportune reductions on Canton Flannel Drawers Corset Covers Night Dresses Petticoats Skirts and Children's Flannelette garments. Prices show dramatic markdowns from values such as 59 to 2s for various items and knit wear.
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Carte
Rotel
Martinique
Williem Tanner & Seon, Inc
Hearst-Keene Wells
MR. Shaw
Bankers
Elias A. Cohen
I. C
Finley
Cermamn Lloy
Plymouth
Cherbourg
Bremen
Kronprinz
Cecilie
New
Cecilienw
K. Wm
Kronpriz
Cécilie
Naples
Genoa
Gibraltar
K. Larise
Neckar
Irene
Irene Friedrich
Friedrich
Albert
Ilgiers
Wmits
Enoa
Hoboken
LLOYD
Oelrichs & CO
Louis H. Meyer
Walnut St
Phila
Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse Kronprinz Wilhelm Kronprinzessin
Cecilie and Kaiser Wilhelm IL
Patricia
Paris
Amerika
Hamburg
Ingnew
S Am
Batavia
Moltke
Alexandria
Lowing
Pier 15
N. K
Southampton St. Louis
Paul
RED Star
Antwerp
Kroonland
Vaderland
Finland
Zeeland
Nstown
Liverpool
Celtic
Southampton
Adriatic
Majestic
Teutonic
Italy
Egypt
Azores
Madeira
Algiers
Republi
Whitehall Bidg
Battery Pl
Dominion Lime
Old Point Comfort
Norfolk
Portsmouth
Pinner's Point
Newport News
Petersburg
Richmos
Virginia Beach
Washington, D. C
Pier 26
Beach St
L Woodrow
la Guiyra
Puerto Cabelio
Curacao
Maracaibo
San Juan
P. R
Caracas
Ia Guayra
S. Zulla
S. Maracaibo
Boulton. Bliss & Dallett
Wall St. S
Ap & Veloce
Pier 64
North River
34Th St
Hartfield
Solari & Co
Wall St
Pratt Gan
Tith
Queenstown
Campania
Retania
Lucania
Mauretania
Fiume
Trieste
Slavonia
Pannonia
Carpathia
Carmenia
CarMania
Vern H. Brown
State St
el Ee Coe Ae
Porto Rico
RED
Pier 11
Wall St. Ferry
Brooklyn
U.S. Caracas
U.S. Philadelphia
Boulton, Bliss & Dallatt
General Managers
COOK
Thos. Cock & Son
Fall River
Bosio
Newport
Providence
Warren St
Norwich
New London
St. Clarkson St
E.R. St
Central Hudson Line
Newburg
Poughkeepsie
Kingston
Pier
Railroads
Legion Footer
Cortland Daily
Sunecena
Buffalo Express
Affalo
Chicago Express
Brick
Cateago
Toronto Express
Tand Desbrosses
Sus
Banksoobs
Dry Dock & Institution
Nearn
Fourteenth Street
Fifth Avenue
U. S. Steel
Jenkins
Carpet Cleaning Works
West 45Th ST
Edwin Lentz
W. H. Jordan
East 48Th St
COE & B
NDT
Salki Wes Sks
I. G. Sellew
Fulton
George Buddy
Madison St
Rypewriters
Gorman
Nassau St
Cortlandt
Viennas
Meltons
Kerseys
Nearseal Coats
Skinner
Copenhagen
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