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...this curious competition. Both races committed practically the same number of murders. In ten Southern cities there were last year 731 killings, an average rate of 38.6 murders per 100,000. In the country's six largest communities the number was twice as great (1,513), the rate one-fourth as high...
...first New York Stock Exchange seat to be sold since the adoption of the 25% membership increase brought, last week, $625,000, the same figure as for the last seat sold prior to the increase. But last week's purchase included the seat with its extra one-fourth right; in other words, five-fourths of a seat was purchased. Thus a precedent was established for valuing each quarter-seat at $125,000 and a seat at $500,000. The seat was bought by Ferdinand A. Straus from Robert L. Leeds, Mr. Leeds purchased his seat early in January, paid...
...arrange with four members to purchase one-fourth of a seat from each...
Members of the New York Stock Exchange last week approved, 782 to 133, their Board of Governors' plan to increase the Exchange membership from 1,100 to 1,375 (TIME, Feb. 4). Since the increase adds 25% to the membership, each present member has a one-fourth interest in a new seat, or, in other words, each present member now owns five-fourths of a membership. The prospective purchaser of an Exchange seat may therefore acquire membership in one of the following three ways...
...Indiana and stout friend of Oilman Sinclair, if he had "received" any of the Continental profits. "No," answered Oilman Stewart. He declined to say if he knew anyone who did "receive" the profits. For his silence the Senate indicted Col. Stewart for contempt. Also having learned that one-fourth of the Continental profits had been delivered to Col. Stewart the Senate indicted Col. Stewart for perjury. His explanation was that by "received" he thought the Senators had meant "profited personally." He admitted he had "received" the profits physically, "as a messenger boy" and conveyed them to his company...