Insurance expert warns New York has greatest uninsured realty risk
A well known insurance expert told reporters that New York City holds the largest uninsured realty portfolio among the five boroughs. He estimated city buildings could reach half a billion dollars in value, with no fire insurance except for municipal ferryboats. He urged improved fire protection and better apparatus, noting current hose inadequacies threaten conflagration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City of
New York
Five Boroughs
Commissioners of Taxes
Baltimore
National Board of Fire Underwriters
Commissioners of Accounts
Parker Building
Fire Department
Complainant Held for Perjury in Local Court
Gereld OQrachio of Morris avenue was held in $5 bail for perjury after denying in Morrisania Court that Peter Mocelo of East 24th Street robbed him. Magistrate House denounced a system of fixing and intimidating witnesses, vowing to devote time to eradicating such practices and urging honest testimony to ensure justice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gereld Oqrachio
Morris Avenue
Peter Mocelo
East 24 Street
Morrisania Court
Orachie
Moccie
Mocete
Railroad chiefs ordered to appear on February 15 in Tennessee
The Tennessee Railroad Commission issued an order directing M. H. Smith of the Louisville and Nashville Bellpesd J. W. Thames of the Nashville Chatia and St. Louis Railway and J. T. Harahan of the Alpois Contral Railroad to appear before the commission for further consideration of reducing passenger rates in Tennessee. The presidents declined a voluntary rate cut at Governor Patterson's conference on Tuesday and said they would take the matter to court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashville, Tenn
Jen
Tennessee Railroad Commmission
M. H. Smith
Louisville & Nashville Bellpesd
J. W. Thames
Nashville
Patterson
Prisoner Claims Turnkeys Extorted Money At Tombs Jail
James F. Mendel, arrested for passing worthless checks, testified at the Tombs court that turnkeys at Everett House in Union Square extorted money. He said a seven word telegram cost two dollars and a candle and newspaper access added more. Magistrate Butts remanded him on bail of 2105, bond posted by the Everett House proprietor’s wife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James F. Mendel
Everett House
Union Square
Butts
Tombs Court
Mendel
Bingham
City News In Brief From Brooklyn and Nearby Areas
Thomae Kristic of the Kristic Institute at 21 Ke. Gi West 4h Street was sentenced in the Court of Special Sessions to six months for running an employment bureau without a license. He admitted taking money from men he taught the railroad service to secure positions. Adelphi College in Brooklyn hosts a midwinter convocation tonight at 9 o'clock with Controller Metz and Professor Frederick W. Osborn delivering addresses. Mary S. Moffett of 1166 Pacific Street was indicted for forging a check for Ho to her employer Florence Colcate of East List Street, with Judge Crain assigning defense counsel. John Graham Brooks will present the fourth lecture in his course at the Hudson Theatre tomorrow at 1, The Education that Overcomes Prejudice, under the League for Political Education. tickets at 22 West 4th Street league office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomae Kristic
Kristic Institute
Gi West
Wopr
Railsead
Obiala
Smmel
Adelphi College
Brooklyn
Collerge
Metz
John Graham Brooks
Hudson Theatre
League For Political
League
West 4Th Street
Poor Shiver In Nooks Sends Thousands to Saloons
The city faced a brutal cold as thousands of unemployed sought shelter in East Side and Bowery saloons and at municipal lodging houses. Two deaths were reported from freezing and ice accidents. Overcrowding led to reallocation of beds, vaccination of applicants, and eased access for women and children at shelters. Recruiting stations rejected nearly two thousand men, while charity groups rushed clothing to the needy as supplies near exhaustion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Side
Bowery
Municipal
Commissioner Hebberd
East 26Th Street
Salvation Army
Cherry Street
Weather Bureau
Pennsylvania
New England
John J. Harrington
Wis Wyse Avenue
Tye Bronx
66Th Street
Health Department
United States Army
Yorke
Fort Slocum
Charity Organization Society
New York Association
United Charities
Helen Ingram
Season's Coldest Weather Seen Upstate Utica Area
Utica and central northern New York endured the coldest weather of the season with temperatures around 1% below zero at 6 am and no rise above zero by late morning. Reading from Adirondacks and nearby towns reached as low as 21 below in Orange and Sullivan counties, with many locales reporting subzero readings and ice harvest beginning.
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Utica
N. Y
New York
Adirondacks
Maione
Gwishead
Lake Titus
Plattsburg
Upper Chateaueau Lake
Saranac Lake
Lake Placid
Interlaken
Gloversville
Watertown
Rome
Delta
Syracuse
Amsterdam
Hagaman
Orange
Sullivan Counties
SCHOONER HELEN E TAFT SUNK NEAR CAPE LOOKOUT
The U S revenue cutter Seminole intercepts a wireless from Clyde liner Comanche reporting the four masted schooner Helen E Taft sunk six miles west of Cape Lookout Light. The Comanche carries Taft’s master and ten crew members. Upplands reports collision with Taft. no lives confirmed lost and Seminolees warns nearby vessels.
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Wilmington
Southport
United States Revenue
Beminole
J. J. Quinan
Helen E. Taft
Fulese
Baltimeare
Galveston
Cape Lookout
Taft
Upplands
Perrson
Port Arthur
Rotterdam
Cardiff
Seminole
Bluefields
Philadelphia
Jacksonville
Village Fire Destroys Twin Lakes Leaves 200 Homeless
Fire swept Twin Lakes Michigan nine miles southwest of Albert Lea early today. no structures survived and more than two hundred residents are homeless due to absent fire protection. Separately, Big Stone Gap Virginia suffered its worst blaze with the United States Court Building damaged and losses around 125000. In Warynesbors Georgia a fire killed Dr J C Brigham and razed eight shops with losses near 25000. Gas City Indiana Diamond Window factory burned, losses about 100000.
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Albert Lea
Mian
Twin Lakes
Here
Big Stone Gap
Eday
Taylor
United States Court
Warynesbors
Girard
J. C. Brigham
Brigham
Oriental Bank Collapse Reveals Long Bank History
The Oriental Bank, linked to the Seventh National and other New York lenders, failed amid a wider banking crisis. Reports detail assets, liabilities, and director reelection, with depositor pay assurances and state intervention at Mechanics and Traders’ Bank.
Takes New Amsterdam Bank Into Temporary Receivership
Charlies A. Hanna, national bank examiner and permanent receiver of the National Bank of North America, was named temporary receiver of the New Amsterdam National Bank. He appointed Thomas E. Wing as attorney. With liquidation of both banks completed, local national bank 상황 is cleared and no further suspensions are expected. John G. Hamerich, vice-president of the New Amsterdam, commented on the bank’s status.
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Amsterdam National Bank
William Sherer
Mechanics and Traders’ Bank
Nationa Bank of North America
Oriental Bank
New Amsterdam National Bank
Sherer
Clearing House
David A. Sullivan
The
Charlies A. Hanna
National Bank of North America
Thomas E. Wing
No. 22
Pine Street
Special Railway Meeting Called To Curb Empty Car Losses
Chicago January 30 special meeting of the American Railway Association set for February 7 to adopt measures halting losses from empty car movements. The push includes suspending the 50 cent per diem rule from March 1 until the crisis eases. New Haven officials watch the potential suspension as the per diem issue remains unsettled after New Haven withdrew in October and now carries about 700000 dollars in separate per diem charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
American Railway Association
New Haven
New Haven Company
Delaware and Hudson discloses December and year earnings
The Delaware and Hudson Company released earnings for December and the past year to counter charges by a lawyers’ firm acting for undisclosed bondholders opposing a new securities issue. Surplus available for dividends in 197 was $5,791,173.42. a 9 percent dividend on $42,400,000 of stock would cost $5,716,000, leaving $2,075,173.42.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delaware and Hudson Company
Receivers Appointed for Howard & Co Jewelers
Howard and Co jewelers of Fifth Avenue and 41st Street placed in receivership with three trustees to protect creditors amid jewelry market stagnation. Company capital is listed at a substantial amount with officers Joseph P. Howard president and E. S. Newell secretary. trustees include James G. Cannon Louis Kahn and John C. Van Cleaf, who also serve for multiple other large diamond firms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard & Co
Fifth Avenue
41Th Street
Jis
Joseph P. Howard
E. 8. Newell
James G. Cannon
Fourth National Bank
Louis Kahn
L. & M. Kahn
John C. van Cleaf
National Park Bank
Joseph Frankel’s Son Company
Joseph Frankel's Sons
Gattle, Ettinger & Hammel
M. Gattle & Co
Witness appeals for protection amid threats in Pouren case
Carl Hoffmeister, a Russian government witness in the Pouren extradition case, appealed to federal authorities for protection after receiving death threats. He reported that a Jewish socialist meeting pledged funds to kill traitors, and that a photograph circulation linked him to Lettish socialist circles amid ongoing accusations of murders robberies and arson by Pouren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jan Janoff Peuren
Carl Hoffmeister
Pouren
Riga
M. de Lodygensky
Commiestoner Shields
Hoffmeister
Jewish Socialist Society
Gustav Abelton
St. Mark's Place
The
Lettish Socialist Society
Hoeffmeister
Abelton
Carriage maker shoots three children in Chicago tragedy
William H. Mentsch, a carriage maker, killed one five year old daughter and fatally wounded his two other children in a Chicago home today. Police think he is of unsound mind and he confessed he planned to kill another daughter aged eighteen who was away at the time. He told Captain Harding the children were better off dead than under their mother's curses and a "ving hell" at home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
William H. Mentsch
Mentsch
Harding
East Side Evangelistic Campaign Sermon Tonight
The evangelistic campaign at Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church East 18th street continues with Rev. Howard Hoople of Brooklyn preaching this evening at o clock. J H Cannon of the Wesley Evangelists assists pastor Rev Dr Charles H Grubb as the campaign proceeds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church
East 18Th Street
Howard Hoople
Brooklyn
J. H. Cannon
Wesley Evangelists
Charles H. Grubb
Friday events at museums, clubs, and schools in New York
A dense schedule lists activities across New York venues including the American Museum of Natural History with a 10 am to 6 pm program and a 9 pm talk by Miss Janet E. Richards. Delmonico's hosts an evening talk on Current History. Brooklyn holds a Woman's National Sabbath Alliance meeting at YMCA Building. Democratic Club meets at Hoffman House. Mass with the Right Rev H. Brent at Trinity Church. Cornell, Harvard, and Williams alumni events follow at various venues. Public lectures run at multiple public schools with illustrated programs on Poe, California frontier, Burns songs, and the Industrial Revolution, among others, with many speakers and locations across Manhattan and adjacent boroughs.
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American Museum of Natural History
Douaniyah Gavan Gap Geog
Janet E. Richards
National Society of United States Daughters of 1812
Delmonico’s
Woman's National Sabbath Alliance
Young Men's Christian Association
Futter St
Brooklyn
Oo Democratic Club
Hoffman House
H. Brent
The
Phillippines
Trinity Church
Paul M. Warburg
Kuhn, Loeb 2 Co
Eart Hall
Catacasre University
Henry Hopkins
Williams Alumni Association
Belmenico’s
Cornell University
Stewart L. Woodford
Waldorf
Harvard Club
Im West 44Th St
Shakespeare Club
Friends of Ireland
Shgnsey’s
Broadway
Public Service Commission
William @. Meadoo
Hudgen Companies
Frank Parsons
People's Institute
Cooper Union
Caleb T. Winchester
Wesleyan University
Myrtle Room
Board of Education
Wadleigh High School
Seventh Avenue
Harry G. Paul
Edgar Allan Poe
Philippines
Academy Street
Vermilyea Avenue
Inwood
Willam Curtis Stiles
St. Nicholas Avenue
327Th Street
Paul Klapper
England
Avenue A
Tith
Pacific Coast
160Th Street
Wallace Ker
Fleatria Railways
Moshely Parkway
Wed Park
Charlier J. Flautentiick
Ely
Poulg Schoey
City
Tremont
Hawaii
Beaumont
Cambrelene
Dawson
Castiew
Danube
Cyng
Rloneptresteld
Talonpert
George Fo Seward
Roosevelt’s Aims Highlight Business Friend in White House
Herbert Krex Smith of the Bureau of Corporations lauds President Roosevelt as the greatest friend to business at a Brooklyn Manufacturers’ Association dinner. James W. Van Pileaye and others spoke on industrial law, fair competition, and expanding foreign markets as key to 1908 efforts.
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Roosevelt
White House
Herbert Krex Smith
United States Bureau of Corporations
Manufacturers’ Association
Union League Civic
Brooklyn
Smith
James W. van Pileaye
National Association of Manufacturers
R. J. MacFarland
Mr. Smith
Sis
Bureau of Corporations
van Cleave
Jook Bribe From Immigrant In Ellis Island Case
James MacDougall an Ellis Island employee at 307 Montgomery Street Jersey City was arrested for taking a $52 bribe from a Russian immigrant named Harry Schwane to help him escape from Ellis Island. Schwane had faced a charge of stealing 310.08 and fled to Montreal on January 4 before being traced back. MacDougall admitted guilt and faces a potential sentence of up to two years in prison or a fine or both.
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James @ MacDougall
Montgomery Street
Jersey City
Ellis Island
Els Island
MacDougall
Harry Schwane
Montreal
Hero fund aids Darr mine disaster widows and children
Pittsburg January 2 at a Carnegie Mer e Commission executive meeting five dollars was donated to the widows and children of the 230 miners killed in the Darr mine disaster at Jacob's Creek. The fund was turned over to the Darr mine relief committee in this city for distribution under local conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Carnegie Mere Commission
Jacob’s Creek
Darr
New Yorker Dies in Worcester Public Library Reading Room
A New Yorker, A. Austin, a dispatcher living at 215 West Street, New York, collapsed and died in Worcester Public Library reading room this afternoon. Medical examiner Walter at City Hospital morgue ruled death due to heart condition.
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Worcester
Mass
Austin
West Street
New York
Public
Walter
City Hospital
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Charles K. Beekman
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George F. Keeney
Richard B. Kelly
Charles E. Levy
William McCarroll
Alexander McDonald
Arthur W. Preston
John C. Whitney
Richard W. Jones, Jr
Kansas City
American National Bank
International Trust Company
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Kings County
Borough Bank
Jones
Brooklyn Bank
First National of
Jamaica
Guardian Trust Company
Monroe National Bank
Monroe
Texas Bank and Trust
Cuba
Seventh National Bank
Seventh National
John Street
No. 122
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Mr. Heath
Pletcher
Henry Marquand & Co
E. R. Thomas
William H. Kimball
Thomas
Samuel Thomas
Edwin Gould
Mercantile National
Broadway National
Kimball
United States Circuit Court
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G. L. Rose
Sullivan
Clark Williams
M. W. Hutchins
Hutchins
Wallabout Market
George Dressler
Wallabout Market Merchants’ Association
Brooklyn Lodge of Elks
Greenpoint
Manhattan
Greenpoint Avenues
Albany
the Mechanics and Traders’ Bank of New York
New Amsterdam
C. A. Hanna
John G. Hamerich
New
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Association For Improving
American Association
Grand Rapids Furniture Company
East Side Evangelistic Campaign
MR. Roosevelts
Desree
United States
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Jook
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