Kieran Denies 4.5 Million Loss In Fidelity Funding Case
Washington reports ex president P J Kieran denying most claims by Receiver Gilroy about Fidelity Funding. He asserts the firm holds a 3.8 million dollar assets base with 3.5 million liabilities and accuses Gilroy of acting for Windsor Trust. The case involves notes and bonds tied to Catholic institutions and a Benedictine sisterhood, with reports that hundreds of stockholders and creditors may lose funds.
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Washington
P. J. Kieran
Fidelity Funding Company
Thomas Gilroy
Kieran
Gilroy
Windsor Trust Company
Mpany
Priegs
Pennsylvania
Towa
Missouri
Texas
Tinois
Ohio
Ington
Canada
St. Mary's Academy
Nauvoo, M
Catholic church loan losses tied to Fidelity Funding holdings
The receiver says secured mortgaged property under Fidelity Funding may yield varying recoveries. Fidelity Funding showed £5,000,000 authorized capital with $2,500,000 surplus, largely priests and nuns as stockholders. Leslie M. Shaw is listed as lending $80,000 and buying $10,000 of stock, with Vincent's College of Chicago holding notes totaling $300,000 beyond a $200,000 mortgage, and St. Thomas Aquinas Church in Cleveland implicated for $125,000.
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Vincent's College of Chicago
St. Thomas Aquinas Church
Cleveland
Decline in U S Birth Rate Cited by Bishop Doane
Bishop William Doane told the federal council that the United States faces the greatest birth rate decline among nations. He blamed loss of responsibility to God and warned that easy divorce threatens the family, urging moral renewal to counteract these trends.
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Doane
Philadelphia
William Doane
Protestant Episcopal Diocese of
Albany
Federal Council
United States
Hite
King Edward Ill Illness Forces Royal Cancellations
London reports King Edward the Third is ill at Buckingham Palace with neuritis and an inflammation near the appendix. Officials fear a recurrence of perityphlitis. A medical exam by Sir Francis Laking and London specialists is set for today at the palace.
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London
Edward
Buckingham Palace
Francis Laking
Bank Robbery in Portland Affects City Hall Bid
Three masked men armed with revolvers robbed a Portland bank of $16,500. President Newhall and his son were forced to surrender the cash. the robbers fled toward Chicago. The report also notes Chicago city hall construction bids, including Noel Construction Co. of Baltimore at $3,205,000.
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Portland
Ore
Side Bank
Newhall
Chicago
Noel Construction Company
Baltimore
Taft Urges South To Vote With North At Dinner
President elect William H. Taft urged southern voters to align with northern policy, calling for removal of old party ties and emphasis on economic beliefs. He spoke at the North Carolinians dinner in New York, supporting unity and opposing “negro domination” in the south.
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Taft
South
North
New York
William H. Taft
North Carolina Society
Mr. Taft
Aft
Republican Party
Pat Crowe Evangelist to Save Others From a Life of Crime
Chicago. Pat Crowe, once notorious as a picturesque bad man, has abandoned crime and embraced Christianity. He plans to travel as an evangelist to preach the gospel and steer men away from the wild path he once walked after his kidnapping charge involving Eddie Cudahy.
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Chicago
Dec
Pat Crow
Eddie Cudahy
New Cabinet for Cuba Names Gomez Officials in Havana
In Havana on December 8 the cabinet of President Elect Jose Miguel Gomez is listed with Justo Garcia Velez as secretary of state Pelayo Garcia as secretary of justice Mercelino Diax de Villegas as treasury Dr Eusebio Hernandes as government secretary Ortello Follo as agriculture secretary Gamon Mesa as public instruction secretary Benito Luguarela as public works secretary and Dr Nicolas Alberdi as sanitation secretary A Havana women group petitions Governor Magoon asking him to bar women from government roles claiming such employment is demoralizing and urging that these posts be filled by men.
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Magoon
Havana
Jose Miguel Gomez
Justo Garcia Velez
Pelayo Garcia
Treasury
Mercelino” Diax de Villegas
Eusebio Hernandes
Ortello Follo
Gamon Mesa
Benito Luguarela
Kaiser Melancholia Keeps Emperor Secluded in Grief
Kaiser lies in seclusion for two weeks showing melancholia over loss of prestige. He avoids talking even to household members, though can walk and ride. He laments limits on speech by ministers and chancellors after dinner in conversations with foreigners. Nearby market notes and commodity prices appear in the same text.
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Potadam
Dee
Baron von Rheinbaden
General von Hinem
Berthann Holweg
von Bulow
Bankers Expelled by New Jersey Club Over Reckless Driving
The New Jersey Automobile and Motor Vehicle Club expelled Ek. Thomas, once a New York banker, for alleged reckless driving at Long Branch on August 14. The club trustees voted to remove him from membership amid the charge and pending outcome.
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New Jersey Automobile Club
Newark
New Jersey Automobile and Motor Vehice Clan
Ek. Thomas
New York
Long Branch
Thomas
Engineer inherits German estate share worth seven hundred thousand
Hartford December 8 John Worthner an engineer at Traut &ine Manufacturing Co New Britain has become the heir to a portion of an estate valued at over seven hundred thousand left by his brother George Worthner a manufacturer. The probate court in a German town notified him of the legacy through official documents.
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Workingman
Germany
Hartford
Conn
John Worthner
Traut &Ine Manufacturing Company
New Britain
George Worthner
Worthner
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