Foraker Answers Hearst Charges in Kline Letter
Senator Joseph B. Foraker released a letter from Virg il P. Kline rebutting Hearst claims that Foraker took oil trust fees and acted as counsel. The Kline letter details a two year engagement on Standard Oil of Ohio cases, with extensive investigations and consultations in Ohio New York and Washington.
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Kline
Standard Oil
Cincinnati
Joseph
B. Foraker
Virgil P. Kline
William Randolph Hearst
Hearst
Foraker
Standard Oil Company
Mkline
Supreme Court
State of
Ohio
Standard Oil Company of
New York
Columbus
Washington
Standard Oil Company of Ohio
Taft At Shaft Ceremony For Prison Ship Martyrs Monument
New York reports the Prison Ship Martyrs monument dedication in Brooklyn with Taft delivering the day’s oration after a Jersey City arrival from Hot Springs. Secretary Wright gave the government address and Gov. Hughes accepted for New York. A 270 foot Doric column marks the burial site with about 20 000 soldiers marines and veterans in a large parade.
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New York
Booklyn
Taft
Hot, Springs
Jersey City
Brooklyn
Wright
Charles E. Hughes
Fort Greene Park
Charles
F. Roe
N. G
United States Army and Navy
National Guard
Uaal Dalian
Grand Army of the Republic
Veterans’ Associations
Jersey
Wallabout Bay
New York State
Fort Green Park
Heney Shot in Frisco Courthouse Silent After Night of Tension
The San Francisco shooting of Francis J. Heney during the Ruef prosecution ends a tense night as doctors report signs of improvement and Heney shows resilience. Police guard suspect Morris Haas in a county jail cell while Ruef remains in custody. A large crowd and Citizens' League of Justice memos push for accelerated corruption prosecutions.
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San Francisco
Francis J. Heney
Abraham Ruef
Lane Hospital
Morris Haas
Heney
Haas
Ruet
Lawler
Mr. Heney
Citizens’ League of Justice
Country Life Body Meets in Lexington Meeting
Members of the country life committee appointed by President Roosevelt arrived in Lexington Kentucky on Saturday and conducted a gathering that followed the game plan of earlier sessions held in other cities as part of the nationwide program.
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Country Life Body
Lexington
Country Life Committee
Roosevelt
Fire Claims Two Children in Saskatchewan Farm Home
Fire destroyed the home of Joseph Hanchliffe, a farmer 15 miles northwest of Lloydminster, Sask. in Winnipeg Manitoba. The blaze killed two children aged five and eight years.
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Winnipeg
Man
Joseph Hanchliffe
Lloyd-Minster, Sask
Fire at Dodd Brothers Bookstore Causes $100000 Loss
A rear origin fire at the Dodd & Brothers bookstore on Fifth and Main streets in Little Rock caused an estimated property loss of $100,000 on Saturday. Fire department investigations are ongoing to determine the cause.
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Little Rock
Mexico City
Mex
Dodd & Brothers
Fifth
Main Streets
Murder at Gunness Farm Reveals Stomach Examinations
Laporte Ind Nov 16 Coroner Mack testified on cross examination about death by strychnine and suffocation at Mrs Gunness farm. He described removal of stomachs from three bodies, two examined by analysts in Chicago, and noted ten bodies plus an extra skull exhumed from the site.
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N. D. McCormick
Walter Haines
Chicago
Mack
Gunness Farm
National Bank of Commerce Takes Commonwealth Trust
In St Louis on November 16 officials report that the National Bank of Commerce has assumed the commercial and banking accounts of the Commonwealth Trust Company. The consolidation raises the bank's deposits by about 9 million dollars.
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St. Louis
National Bank of Commerce of
Night Riders Move Toward Union City After March
Union City Tenn Nov 16 At daybreak Saturday 100 militiamen who have patrolled Reelfoot Lake for a month began a 25 mile march toward Union City to return home. The troops also held 60 alleged night riders en route to the city.
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Union City
Tenn
Reelfoot Lake
Fear for six imprisoned in Mississippi lynch rumors
Fear spread in Senatorla Mississippi as six negroes under arrest on murder charges in the Veazey case faced possible lynching. Reports described large crowds and heightened excitement as rumors circulated about the threatened mob action.
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Senatorla
Miss
Veazey
Arhabut Credit
New Mexican ambassador chosen for Washington post
Francisco L. de la Barra, then minister to the Netherlands based in Brussels, has been appointed as Mexican ambassador to Washington, succeeding Enrique C. Creel. The announcement comes from Mexico City, dated November 14.
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Mexico
Mexico City
Mex
Francisco L. de la Barra
Netherlands
Brussels
Enrique C. Creel
Washington
Explorer Sven Hedin Meets Empress in Tokyo Garden Party
In Tokyo on Saturday the imperial garden party drew 1 500 guests including many foreigners and all diplomats. Swedish explorer Sven Hedin was presented to the empress as part of the event.
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Explorer
Tokyo
Sven Hedin
Koiko Assigned as Consul General in Mukden
Choso Koiko, incoming consul general of Japan in San Francisco, who led a Pacific coast business mission to the United States, has been transferred to Mukden to serve as consul general.
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Koiko
Mukden
Tokyo
Choso Koiko
Japan
San Francisco
No China Grab Japan Promises No Action After Dowager Death
Tokyo reports indicate Japan will not move against China and will await a collective decision by powers. Dowager empress of Chun mortally ill at Peking, regent Prince Chun named, government confirms. In Beijing officials announce the emperor is ill, wants new physicians and rewards for curing officials.
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Tokyo
Associated Press
China
Japan
Peking
Chun
Foreign Board
Legation
Prince Chun
Noted Divine Injured Fatally
Rev. Dr. G. Brinley Morgan, a leading Connecticut Episcopal clergyman and rector of Christ's Church, New Haven, was struck by an automobile Saturday afternoon and fatally hurt. He was taken to a private hospital with reports of a fractured skull.
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New Haven
Conn
G. Brinley Morgan
Connecticut
Christ’s Church
Mystery in Double Murder in Greenville Miss
Greenville Miss Nov 16 authorities disclosed a double murder after bodies found in a cottage on the city outskirts. William A Biggs of a prominent family and a woman known as Pearl Boone died from blows with a heavy piece of wood found in the room. no suspects or motive yet.
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Greenville
Miss
William A. Biggs
Pearl Boone
Daughters Narrowly Vote on UDC Membership Rule
Atlanta convention of the United Daughters of the Confederacy rejected a proposal to exclude women by birth from future membership who become connected through marriage to Confederate descendants. The vote occurred during the annual meeting here on Saturday.
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Atlanta
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Metcalf Resigns Navy Post Citing Ill Health
Secretary of the Navy Victor H. Metcalf has resigned to take effect December 1 due to ill health. Assistant Secretary Truman H. Newberry will be named as his successor. Metcalf has endured a long illness, including a nervous breakdown, that forced him from active duties after a life in naval affairs and government.
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Washington
Victor H. Metcalf
Truman H. Newberry
Metcalf
California
Atlantic
House Committee On Naval Affairs
Congress
Commerce and Labor
Rockefeller to Be Witness In Oil Trust Case
New York reports that John D. Rockefeller is expected to take the witness stand when the government suit to dissolve the Standard Oil Company resumes. He is said to be willing and eager to clear up matters regarding the vast corporation. The Standard Oil office confirms subpoenas for Rockefeller, Archbold, and Moffett as witnesses, with Archbold and Moffett likely to follow Rockefeller.
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New York
John D. Rockefeller
Standard Oil Company
Rockefeller
John D. Archbold
J. A. Moffett
Mr. Archbold
Mr. Moffett
Mr. Rockefeller
Pullman Company Wins Before Texas Railroad Commission
In the United States circuit court of appeals, Saturday afternoon, the Pullman Company won again against the Texas railroad commission. The case challenged the Texas code mandating about a 20 percent reduction in Pullman charges in Texas.
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Pullman Company
New Orleans
Navy
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Texas Railroad Commission
Texas Commission
Texas
Empress 19 Dead and Emperor Follows in China
Peking reports the death of the dowager empress Tsze Hih An and the emperor Kuang Hsu. Pu Yi, the regent's son, is named heir presumptive as the court enters mourning. Foreign legations were notified. officials vow continued administration with strict mourning for three years. Both rulers died alone and unattended despite onlookers, with the emperor having refused foreign doctors for months.
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Peking
China
Kwang Hsu
Prince Pu Yi
Prince Chun
Pu Yi
Desperate Black desperado Deckard dies in Okmulgee blaze
In Okmulgee Oklahoma on November 16 eight people died and ten were injured in a clash between Jim Deckard a Black desperado and officers. Deckard disabled Indian boy Steve Grayson at the railroad station then shot and fatally wounded Officer Klaber and five Black deputies before being killed as his house was set ablaze by a mob. Armed groups patrol the streets afterward.
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Okmulgee
Okla
Jim Deckard
St. Louis & San Francisco
Steve Grayson
Grayson
Klaber
Deckard
Robinson
Deckards
Elkins Denies Engagement With Italian Duke
Washington dispatch reports Senator S. B. Elkins declaring there is no engagement between his daughter Katherine Elkins and the Duke of Abruzzi of the Italian Navy. The elder Elkins and Katherine support publicly releasing the denial amid intense public interest.
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Miss Elkins
Washington, D. C
S. B. Elkins
Katherine
Abruzzi
Miss Elkings
Fund Aids Frisco Churches From Topeka Committee
The committee of the home missions of the Methodist Episcopal church allocated $100,000 for rebuilding churches damaged or destroyed by the San Francisco earthquake. It was suggested that a further $100,000 was badly needed.
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Topeka
Kas
Home Missions
Th Methodist Episcopal Church
San Francisco
Grand Duke Alexis Dead Reported in Paris
Grand Duke Alexis died in Paris and the news reached St Petersburg on the 14th. The report caused little impression on Russian society.
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Alexis
St. Petersburg
Paris
Petersburg
Indiana Reformatory Fire Destroys Plant in Jeffersonville
A blaze yesterday destroyed five buildings of the Indiana State Reformatory and nearly the entire Indiana Manufacturing Company plant across the Ohio River in Jeffersonville. Losses are estimated at about 250,000 dollars with no fatalities among inmates. Inmates remained in cells as they sent cheers through grated windows watching the fire.
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Indiana Reformatory
Louisvile
Indiana State Reformatory
Indiana Manufacturing Compan
Jeffersonville
Ind
Ont River
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Rev. Morgan
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Standard
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