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Show MORE BROKERS ADMIT FAILURE Important Philadelphia Firm Suspends; Others Go Into Court. NEW YORK, March 3 The whirl- i pool of misfortune continued to drag j down brokerage houses today. The failure of George W Kendrlck and COmpany of Philadelphia was announced an-nounced from the- rostrum of the New York stock exchange and the Consolidated Consol-idated Stock exchange announced the suspension o:' Charles A. Bcrtrand Of C . A. bertrand and Company of this city. An lnvoluntury bankruptcy petition against C A. Hcrlrand and Company was filed In lederal court. No estimate esti-mate was made of liabilities and I,K(.IT S FAR PHILADELPHIA, March 3. The 1 suspension of George W. Kenrlck and j Company, stock brokers, was announced an-nounced today. The suspension was announced on the New 1'ork Stock exchange, although al-though the main office of tbe firm U In Philadelphia. The concern also held membership in the Philadelphia exchange. ex-change. The- members of the firm are George V. Kenrlck. who holds the I New York seat, and Clarence H. Clark. The suspension was rugarded In local financial circles as one of the most Important of the series of fall- i ures among stock brokers that has oc- j curred here In tbe last two weeks. An involuntary petition in bunrupt-cy bunrupt-cy was filed in the United States district dis-trict couit here today against L, A. Gerson and Company, stock brokers. No statement of liabilities was filed, but counsel for creditors said they would amount to $125,000 and assets about ?5r.0U0. |