Kerosene King Proves Good Witness in Oil Case
John D. Rockefeller testified for hours in the government’s anti trust case against Standard Oil. Kellogg pressed him on rebates, dividends, and long term earnings, while Rockefeller defended profits and argued risks from fires and supply fluctuations in the refining business.
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Mr. Kellogg
Mr. Rockefeller
Pennsylvania Railroad
Pennsylvania
Southern
Kellogg
Rockefeller
Standard Oil Company
O' Day
O'Day
Columbia Conduit Company
The
Standard
Day
Cassatt
American Transfer Company
Lake Shore Road
Rebellion Grips Southern Haiti Under General Simon
Revolutionary forces seize Les Cayes and the surrounding area as General Antoine Simon declares rebellion after refusing to meet President Nord Alexis. Telegraphs are cut and government troops move to retake the south.
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Haiti
Simon
Les Cayes
Port Au Prince
Antoine Simon
Nord Alexis
Celestin Cyriaque
Lecinte
Jamacai
St. Thomas
Emperors attacked in Reichstag during finance debate
Berlin November 20 A Morning Journal Special Leased Wire report says socialist Herr Grier pressed Chancellor von Buelow about his interview with the emperor. He argued for guarantees against ongoing burdens from army navy and colonies while the Reichstag debated finance bills.
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Reichs Apzeiger
Herr Grier
Count von Btolberg
Morning Journal
el Paso
Texas
Westinghouse Plans $10 Million Capital Boost and Board Expansion
Westinghouse Electric to seek a $10,000,000 increase to $60,000,000 capitalization at the annual meeting. Directors would rise from twelve to sixteen as receivership is to be discharged within days. Creditors receive new par stock and five percent convertible bonds. $6,000,000 of new stock to be sold for cash under the plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Westinghouse Electric Company
West Inghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company
Night Fire Traps Dozens In Red Lodge Coal Mine Disaster
Morning Journal reports from Butte Montana that three miners are dead and sixty or more are missing at the Northwestern Improvement coal mine in Red Lodge. Rescue teams work amid intense flames as reports vary on survivors and total fatalities.
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Western Improvement Company
Red Lodge
William Haggerty
Northern Pacific
Vast fire consumes 500 square miles in New Wenigo range
El Paso Texas reports a 500 square mile grazing area north of Roswell New Mexico is ablaze. Ranchmen fight back fires to protect homes with no reported deaths.
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New Wenigo Range
Roswell
N. M
Torrance Automobile Survives Flaming Prairie Escape
A Tor rance bound automobile escaped a wildfire near Roswell after a wide detour and soaking blankets around tanks to avert explosion. The blaze scorched twenty five miles of prairie with strong winds fanning it into timber belts north of Roswell. Cowboys and ranchers fear heavy losses though no deaths reported yet as crews search the burned area.
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Roswell
Torrance
Forgery Case Review Reveals Large Forgeries Total
Chicago reports after examining documents in the office of Peter Van Vlissingen the forgeries total $1 539 423. Van Vlissingen confessed and awaits sentencing while the receiver William C Niblock of the Chicago Tithe and Trust Co investigates loans numbered 2016 to 3244 to determine the full scope.
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Chicago
Peter van Vlissingen
William C. Niblack
Chicago Tithe and Trust Company
van Viissingen
van Vlissingen
Joliet
Proprietor Joseph Brien Dies at 43 in Richmond
Richmond Times-Dispatch owner Joseph Brien died at his home tonight aged 43. He was widely known as the city’s best known citizen and his passing marks a major loss for local journalism and society.
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Richmond
Joseph Brien
The
Richmond Times-Dispatch
Cannon Stands On Republican Platform
Danville Tile reports Speaker Cannon supports the Republican platform and will abide by party action as Taft would oppose his re election to the speakership over tariff revision. Cannon says he believes the president elect will not organize the House and endorses the Republican platform.
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Danville
Tile
New 20
Cannon
Hot Springs
Taft
Uncle Joe
Republican Equcus
Sixty-First Congress
Young runners begin 241 mile relay to Washington
In New York the relay race organized by the Y M C A starts at 5 45 p m with hundreds of schoolmates cheering. Riders carry a silver tube containing a message for President Roosevelt from the Y M C A international headquarters on Fast Twenty eighth Street to West Twenty third Street ferry as the first leg begins.
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New York
Ehours
M.C A
Young Men's Christian Association
Washington
Roosevelt
Fast Twenty-eighth Street
R. (. Morse
Association
East Twenty-eighth Street
West Twenty-third Street
Relay message route planned from Jersey City to Washington
A relay plan runs 150 yards from Jersey City to Newark and then extends to Elizabeth Plainsfield Princeton and Trenton overnight. The message resumes Saturday morning toward Camden Wilmington and Baltimore to reach the president by 11 30 PM. About 700 punters will run and Quentin Roosevelt will not carry it to Washington. The message content is unknown except a request from the boys to the president.
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Jersey City
Newark
Elizabeth
Plainsfield
Princeton
Trenton
Washington
Camden
Wilmington
Baltimore
Quentin
Government Plans to Aid Unemployed Outlined
Secretary Straus unveiled a comprehensive plan to aid the unemployed, drawing on principles from the immigration service bureau. The plan, to be detailed in an upcoming annual report, involves gathering job seeker information and distributing it to those seeking work.
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Washington
Meyer
Garfield
Wilson
Straus
Department of Commerce and Labor
Bureau of Information
Immigration Service
New Commander for Army in Philippines
Washington announces Major General John N Westen, now in command of the Philippines, is reassigned to the Department of California with San Francisco headquarters. Brigadier General Fred Smith to other duties. Major General W P Duvall to succeed in the Philippine command.
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Washington
John N. Westen
Philippines
Department of California
San Francisco
Fred Smith
W. P Duvall
Philippine Command
Peonage Case Ends as Government Costs Mount
Charles W. Russell informed Judge Hough that he would not proceed against Francisco Sabbi on indictments for kidnapping men and sending them to labor camps in the Florida Keys. The action ends the Florida peonage prosecution after three years of preparation costing the United States government $500,600, with no conviction in this district.
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New York
Charles W. Russell
United States Attorney General
Hough
United States Circuit Court
Francisco Sabbi
Florida Keys
Florida
United States
Chicago Politicians Indicted in August Primary Frauds
William Herman assistant chief clerk of the municipal court and Samuel B. Panama a well known local politician were indicted today in connection with alleged frauds in the August primaries. Eight other indictments were returned.
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Chicago
William Herman
Samuel B. Panama
Chinese Ordered Deported From Topeka
Deputy U S Marshal Need left for San Francisco with Dom Lee and Hom Wah two Chinese convicted under the exclusion act They slipped into the country from Mexico last summer in a car of ore They were arrested at Salina Four other Chinese convicted have appealed their cases The two deportees will be sent to China on the Asia sailing next week
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Topeka
Kan
United States
Need
San Francisco
Dom Lee
Hom Wah
Mexico
Salina
China
Asia
Fever Patient Jumps to Death in Swiss Incident
Paris dispatch reports Count Rhenar second secretary of the German legation leapt from a second story window during a fever attack in Derne Switzerland and died. He was son of Baroness von Nieust and engaged to a niece of Chancellor Prince von Buelow.
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Paris
Derne
Switzerland
Count Rhenar
Baronness von Nieust
Charles of Baden
von Bue~low
Princes Snubbed by Diplomatic Incident in Belgrade
At the Belgrade palace entrance Crown Prince George and Austro Hungarian minister Count Forgach met. Forgach failed to greet the prince and, after brief apologies, the heir apparent turned away, indicating recognition confusion and a tense exchange likely to draw further attention.
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Belgrade
Servia
Novy. 20
George
Court Porgach
Count Forgach
Bryan Arrives in Laredo En Route to Monterey Trip
William J Bryan reached Laredo Texas on November 20 en route to Monterey Mexico where he and his wife will stay briefly as guests of Colonel J A Robertson proprietor of the Monterey News. Local citizens welcomed the Bryan party in Laredo and Nueva Laredo with cordial receptions. He plans ten days in Monterey then a short hunting trip on the lower Rio Grande before visiting Austin and Galveston and returning to Nebraska.
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Laredo
Texas
Wiliam J Bryan
Monterey
Mexico
J. A. Robertson
Monterey News
Bryan
Nueva Laredo
Fifteen Lives Lost in Gas Explosion in Brooklyn Street
A New York Morning Journal Special reports a massive gas explosion on Gold Street Brooklyn at York to Front streets. Fifteen workers buried, ten missing, as a water main and sewer work were under construction. Only four escaped amid wreckage and rising flames, with crowds flocking to the scene.
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Morning Journal Special
New York
Gold Street
Brooklyn
York
Front Streets
Samuel Trout
Frank Sehwold
John Crane
Arthur Strand
John
Strand
Plor
Gap Main
Charles Farrell
Comecrete Works
Fred Schefegnier
Seweers
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John D. Rockefeller
Standard Oil
Standard «Il Company
Rocckefeller
Ohio
Oklahoma
John (. Milburn
Milburn
Seaboard
Henry M. Flagler
John D. Archbold
Willian Rockefeller
Rockfeller
State of Pennsylvania
United Pipeline
Pennsyylvania Railroad
Vuit
United Pipe Line Company
Nova
Reichstag
Prince von Buelow
Berlin
Westinghouse Company
Sity
Montana
Butte, Mont
Missouri
Jefferson City
Nav
William Howatt
Clovernor Folk
Tutt
Hrgan
Debs
Chafin
Hiagen
Watson
Preston
Socialist Labor
Portland
Ore
William Grandjean
Carrie Swotford
Torrance Automobile
Diphonaaat
Tryan
Mealco
Crustave Anderson
Dare Penters
Taleine
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