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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Bishop Cannon's first Kable & Co. venture was an investment of $2,500 in August 1927. His judgment in general was proved sound although at one time he owed the firm $91,000. His best day was April 10, 1928, when he sold $75,078 worth of stock, purchased $58,353. In more than 30 transactions, he was a loser only six times...
...understood, in the first place, that he had been buying securities "on the instalment plan," not gambling. Then he explained that during the last presidential campaign Senator Carter Glass (Va.) telegraphed to him: "For some unexplained reason affidavits have today been placed in my hands relating to alleged stock gambling on margin by you with the late bucketshop firm of Kable & Co. . . . Would you have me promptly deny for you participation in any such transaction? . . ." The Bishop, who said that he first properly "digested and appraised" this ''suggestive skilfully-worded telegram," answered: "Affidavits evidently sent you for purely...
...Rico's stock now sold at a new high in Gangland. Not satisfied to remain leader merely of the Vettori gang, he began seizing rival territory. Everything was daisy? until one night a screaming woman recognized Joe on his dance floor as one of the principals in the roadhouse job. They arrested Joe. Without much third-degree, he turned State's evidence. Soon the "bulls" got Otero, Rico's faithful bodyguard, who stayed behind to shoot it out while Rico ran. And soon after that a detective got Rico in a corner. There was a long spurt of flame. Rico...
...president of the new company. The directorate will include Morgan-Men William Ewing and Henry P. Davison. The Morgan interest in the merger was accented by the personal friendship long existing between Morgan-Partner Cochran and Major Fleischmann, and by the Morgan ownership of a considerable portion of Fleischmann stock (estimated at 400,000 shares) purchased...
...Royal Baking Powder already owned two-thirds of the capital stock of E. W. Gillett, Ltd., which is largest Canadian baking-powder maker...