Insurance expert warns New York has greatest uninsured realty value
A renowned insurance specialist warned that New York City holds the largest unrealized uninsured realty among the five boroughs. He noted city buildings, valued in the hundreds of millions, with land and structures possibly reaching half a billion, lacking full fire insurance. Fire protection upgrades and upgraded hoses were urged amid concerns over potential large losses and systemic financial impact.
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 Morrisania Court
Gereld Qradhjo of Morrisania, who accused Peter Moccio of robbery, denied the affidavit yesterday and was held in five dollars bail for perjury by Magistrate House. The magistrate vowed to abandon a February 15 trip to pursue operators who fix complaints and intimidate witnesses, noting systemic corruption in peace courts. Qradhjo admitted Moccio as the man he previously identified, but later said the assailant was taller and heavier and could not identify Moccio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gereld Qradhjo
Morris Evenut
Peter Moccio
Fast 24 Street
Morrisania Court
Magistrate House
Orachie
Moccio
Rail heads ordered to appear on February 1 in Tennessee
The Tennessee Railroad Commission directed Presidents M. H. Smith of the Louisville and Nashville, J. W. Thoms of the Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis, and J. T. Harahan of the United Central to attend a February 1 session for broader consideration of reducing passenger rates inMessesey. The three executives were mailed the order after they declined to lower rates at Governor Patterson’s recent conference and indicated they would take the issue to court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashville, Tenn
Tennessee Railroad Commission
M. H. Smith
Louisvill & Nashville Bellvend
J. W. Thoms
Nashville, Chatta 3 & St. Louis Raiiread
J. T. Harahan
Uipais Central Railroad
Wennesey
Ther
Patterson
Prisoner Claims Keys Extorted Money At Police Head Quarters
James F. Biendel, a guest at Everett House, testifies in Tombs court that turkeys bled him and he was charged for a telegram, a soiled newspaper, a candle and a 3 cent paper. Magistrate Butts directs filing with Commissioner Bingham and holds him in 21.0% ball. wife of Wyeres House proprietor posts bond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James F. Biendel
Everett House
Union Square
Butts
Tombs Court
Mendel
Bingham
Wyeres House
City News In Brief Includes License Case And College Event
Thomas Kristic head of the Kristic Institute was sentenced to six months for running an unlicensed employment bureau. Adelphi College Brooklyn hosts midwinter convocation at Assembly Hall with Metz and Osborn to speak. Mary S Moffett indicted for forging employer’s name on a check. John Graham Brooks to lecture at Hudson Theatre on Education that Overcomes Prejudice under the League for Political Education. tickets at 22 West 4th Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Kristic
Kristic Institute
West 47Th Street
Adelphi College
Brooklyn
Metz
Board of
Frederick W. Osborn
Facillty
Mary S. Moffett
Pacific Street
Florence Coicat
East List Street
Crain
Court of General Sessions
John Graham Brooks
Ier
Hudson Theatre
A.m
League For Political Education
League
Poor shiver in nooks of East Side and Bowery saloons
Thousands of unemployed sought shelter in saloons and municipal lodging houses as record cold gripped the city. Two deaths were reported from freezing, with many applicants turned away or vaccinated due to overcrowding and disease concerns. Rejections at army enlistment rose as relief agencies scrambled to distribute scant clothing and beds at city shelters.
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
Health Department
United States Army
Yorke
Fort Slocum
Charity Organization Society
New York Association
United Cnerities
Helen Ingram
Relief
Coldest Weather Sweeps Upstate New York
Utica and central northern New York chilled to record low temperatures last night with readings around 1% below zero in Utica and much colder in Adirondacks. Adirondack towns reported minus numbers, with Malone two below and Lake Placid 35 below. Ice harvest begins amid widespread subzero readings across Grange Sullivan regions and surrounding areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Utica
N. Y
New York
Adirondacks
Malone
Cowlshead
Lake Titus
Plattsburg
Upper Chateaueau Lake
Baranac Lake
Lake Placid
Interlaken
Gloversville
Watertown
Rome
Delta
Syracuse
Amsterdam
Hagaman
Grange
Sullianites
van Co
SCHOONER HELEN E TAFT SUNK NEAR CAPE LEESKOUT LIGHT
The United States revenue cutter Seminole intercepted a wireless report that the four masted schooner Helen E Taft, sailing from Baltimore to Galveston, had sunk six miles west by west of Cape Leekout Light. The Taft crew included the master and ten men. No lives were known lost. The Seminole searched for the ill fated Bluefields, five days overdue from Philadelphia to Jacksonville, and warned other ships of the danger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilmington
N.C
Southport
N. C
United States Revenue
Beminole
J. H. Quinan
Clyde Line
Apache
Helen
Taft
Fales
Baltimore
Galveston
Cape Leekeout
Comanche
Upplands
Perrson
Port Arthur
Rotterdam
Cardiff
Ision
Philadelphia
Jacksonville
Fire Destroys Entire Village In Minnesota
Fire swept Twin Lakes Minnesota nine miles southwest of Albert Lea early today leaving no standing structures and forcing more than two hundred residents into homelessness. The town lacked any fire fighting apparatus. Elsewhere Big Stone Gap Virginia suffered its worst fire, damaging the United States Court Building with about 125000 in losses. Girard Georgia saw a fatal blaze near Waynesboro with Dr J C Brigham perishing and eight stores and homes burning, about 25 miles away. Gas City Indiana glass factory fire destroyed the Diamond Window plant with losses near 100000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Lea
Minn
Twin Lakes
Here
Big Stone Gap
Taylor
United States Court
Waynesboro
Girard
J. C. Brigham
Marion
Ind
Gas City
Oriental Bank Crisis Reveals Leadership and History
The report covers the Oriental Bank's financials and liabilities, its leadership changes, and ties to the Seventh National Bank. It outlines deposits, reserves, and certificates, notes history from Bowery origins, and details the closure and Solvency claims by Mechanics and Traders Bank, Amsterdam National Bank, and clearinghouse actions.
New Amsterdam National Bank Placed Under Receiver
Charlies A. Hanna acting as temporary receiver of New Amsterdam National Bank, with Thomas E. Wing named as attorney. Following liquidation of New Amsterdam and National Bank of North America, local national banks are reported to be in strong position and free of suspensions. John G. Hamerich, vice-president of the New Amsterdam bank, noted progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hugh Kelly
Nelson G. Ayres
Ludwig Nissen
Erskine Hewitt
Charles J. Day
Charles K. Beekman
Samuel Betile
Eugene Britten
Stephen R. Halsey
Isidore Hernsheim
George FE. Keeney
Richard B. Kelly
Charles E. Levy
William McCarroll
Alexander McDonald
Arthur W. Preston
John C. Whitney
Richard W. Jones, Jr
Oriental Bank
New York
Kansas City
American National Bank
International Trust Company
William Gow
Kings County
Borough Bank
Jones
Brooklyn
Brooklyn Bank
First National of
Jamaica
Guardian Trust Company
Monroe National Bank
Monroe
Texas Bank and Trust Company
Galveston
United Holding Company
Hugh Kelly & Co
Central Ansonia Sugar Company
Central Teresa Sugar Company
Perventr Sugar Company
Emigrant Industrial Savings Bank
Occitania Sugar Company
Robert Appleton Company
United Fruit Company
Cuba
Oriental
Bank
Amsterdam National Bank
Mechanics and Traders’ Bank
National Bank of North America
New Amsterdam National Bank
Sherer
Clearing Hauge
David A. Sullivan
Charlies A. Hanna
Thomas E. Wing
No. 22
Pine Street
Special Railway Meeting Called Over Car Penalty
Chicago January 30 special meeting of the American Railway Association set for February 7 to stop losses from empty cars. It will suspend the per day rule on March 1 pending demand, as officials note a historic crisis. New Haven officials watch the potential change after withdrawing from the association last year and charging 60 cents per diem separately, now totaling about $760,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wallabout Market
George Dressler
Wallabout Market Merchants’ Association
Brooklyn Lodge of Elks
Borough Bank
Greenpoint
Mechanics and Traders’ Bank
Manhattan
Greenpoint Avenues
Chicago
American Railway Association
New Haven
Conn
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Company
New Haven Company
Delaware and Hudson disputes charges with earnings figures
The Delaware and Hudson Company issued a statement showing December and twelve month earnings to counter charges from lawyers allied with undisclosed bondholders opposing a new securities issue. It reports 1907 surplus for dividends at 5,791,173.42 dollars and a 9 percent dividend on 42,400,000 dollars of stock, totaling 4,571,600 dollars, leaving a balance of 2,075,173.42 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delaware and Hudson Company
Securits
Receivers Appointed for Howard & Co Jewellers
Howard & Co, Fifth Avenue and 41st Street jewelers, placed in the hands of three trustees along with four other large diamond dealers. The corporation, capitalized at 500000, lists Joseph P. Howard as president and E S Newell as secretary. Trustees James G. Cannon Louis Kahn and John C. Van Cleaf also serve for several other major diamond houses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard & Co
Fifth Avenue
41Th Street
Joseph P. Howard
E. 5. Newell
James G. Cannon
Yigee
Fourth National Bank
Louis Kahn
L. & M. Kahn
John C. van Cleaf
National Park Bank
Joseph Frankel’s Son Company
Josenoh Frankel’s Sons
Gattle, Ettinger & Hammel
E. M. Gattle & Co
Witness Seeks Federal Help Against Threats in Pouren Case
Carl Hoffmeister, a Russian government witness in the Pouren extradition case, appealed to federal authorities after receiving death threats over alleged crimes near Riga. He reported a Jewish socialist meeting pledged $50 to murder traitors, and that a photograph of Hoffmeister circulated amid claims involving Gustav Abelton of 15 St. Mark's Place and Lettish socialist links.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jan Janoff Pouren
Carl Hoffmeister
Pouren
Riga
M. de Lodygensky
Shields
Hoffmeister
Jewish Socialist Society
Gustav Abelton
St. Mark's Place
The
Lettish Socialist Society
Abdelton
Chicago Carriage Maker Kills One Child in Family Tragedy
William H. Mentsch shot and killed his five year old daughter and fatally wounded two other children in Chicago. Police say he is of unsound mind and he confessed planning to kill a third daughter who was away. He criticized the children's mother and described the home as a “fiving hell.”
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
William H. Mentsch
Mentsch
Harding
East Side Evangelistic Campaign at Trinity Church
Rev Howard Hoople of Brooklyn will preach this evening at Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church East 18th street as part of the ongoing East Side evangelistic campaign. J H Cannon leads the Wesley Evangelists with Pastor Rev Dr Charles H Grubb, and the campaign will continue for some time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church
East 18Th Street
Howard Hoople
Brooklyn
J. H. Cannon
Wesley Evangelists
Charles H. Grubb
Busy New York City Event Day With Multiple Talks and Dinners
A wide range of activities fills today from the American Museum of Natural History and Zoological Gardens hours to lectures by Janet E Richards at Delmonico's and other venues. Several church and alumni events plus free public talks at schools and the Waldorf line up through the evening with noted speakers and illustrated programs across Manhattan and Brooklyn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Museum of Natural History
Zoological Gardens
Janet E. Richards
National Soeciety of
United States Daughters of 1512
Delmonico’s
Woman's National Sabbath Alliance
Young Men's Christian Association
Futter St
Brooklyn
Meeting of Women's Democratic Chub
Hoffman House
Bes
Cc. H. Brent
Philippines
Trinity Church
Paul M. Warburg
Kuhn, Loeb & Co
Egri
Columbia University
Henry Hopkins
Williams Alummni Association
Belmenico’s
University
Stewart L. Woodford
Waldorf
Harvard Club
Tm West 44Th St
Shakespeare Club
Friends of Ireland
Shgnsey's
Broadway
Wee A. McAdoo
Hudgen Companies
Public
Academy Street
Vermilyea Avenue
Inwood
William Curtis Stiles
Public School
St. Nicholas Avenue
127Th Street
Paul Klapper
England
Pulette
Avenue A
77Th
Tsth
Jorg D. Barry
Pacific Coast
360Th Street
Tring Avenue
W. Wallace Ker
Puyile Schect
Moshol Parkway
Balooridgs Avenues
Vetteharjes Jaulendeck
Anthony
Tremont
James Menry
Hawaii
Beaumont
Cambrelenge
Dawson
Danube
Jermene Avenue
Séth
Tnfonpert
George Ho Seward
Roosevelt Aims Highlight Business Friend Of President
Herbert Knox Smith, commissioner of the Bureau of Corporations, praised President Roosevelt as the greatest friend the business man ever had at a Manufacturers' Association dinner in Brooklyn. Smith and James W. Van Cleave outlined reforms to curb corporate power, expand fair practice, and boost foreign markets while urging wage growth and education for workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
White House
Herbert Knox Smith
United States Bureau of Corporations
Manufacturers’ Association
Union League Club
Brooklyn
Mr. Smith
James W. Van @leaye
National Association of Manufacturers
R J. MacFarland
Bureau of Corporations
van Cleave
United States
Jook Bribe From Immigrant In Ellis Island Scandal
James MacDougall of Jersey City admitted taking a 259 bribe from an immigrant and helping him escape Ellis Island. The Russian suspect, Harry Schwane, faced a 310,000 theft charge. he fled to Montreal on January 4 with MacDougall’s aid. Penalty for MacDougall includes fine or two years in prison or both.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James
MacDougall
St Montgomer
Jersey City
Ellis Island
Harry Schwane
Montreal
Hero fund for Darr mine victims established
Pittsburg January 2 at a Carnests Mere road Commission executive meeting a $25,000 donation was pledged to the widows and children of 250 miners killed in the Darr mine disaster at Jacob's Creek. Funds given to the Darr mine relief committee to be distributed as conditions warrant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Carnests Mere Road Commission
Jacob's Creek
New Yorker Dies in Worcester Public Library Reading Room
A New Yorker, identified as A. Austin, a painter of 25 West Street, New York, collapsed and died this afternoon in the Worcester public library reading room. Walter of the city morgue pronounced the cause of death to be heart failure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Worcester
Mass
A. Austin
West Street
New York
Public
Medina Examiner
Walter
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Tennessee Commission
Turnekeys
City News
Ruis
Helen E. Taft
Bluefields
Neem Ee Eeet Eee
Eeees Specie Legal Banks
T. Treas
U. S
American Surety
New York State
New York State Building and Loan Associations
Aso. Co
Seventh National Bank
Seventh National
John Street
O Oriental
No. 122
Seventh Ward National
East Broadway
Seventh Ward Bank
Peter Cooper
Perry 8
Heath
Mr. Heath
Fletcher
E. R. Thomas
William H. Kimball
Thomas
Samuel Thomas
Edwin Gould
Mercantile National
Broadway National
Oriental Paris
Kimball
United States Circuit Court
Marquaid & Co
G. L. Rose
R. S. Minturn
Treas
Fulton Cutting
Association For Improving
William Sherer
Sullivan
Clark Williams
M. W. Hutchins
Hutchins
Williams
Albany
the Mechanics and Traders’ Bank of New York
New Amsterdam
C. A. Hanna
John G. Hamerich
New
American Association
Grand Rapids Furniture Company
East Side Evangelistic Campaign
MR. Roosevelts
Jook
Hero Fund
New Yorker
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