Taft faces storm over voluntary federal corporate charter plan
Washington reports that the Wickersham anti trust measure would let interstate companies obtain a federal charter voluntarily via the Bureau of Commerce and Labor. Critics note there is no compulsory provision, while Congress awaits Taft's January 5 message outlining the bill.
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Washington
Wickersham
Taft
White House
Congress
Bureau
Bureau of Commerce and Labor
Hannibal Murderer Sentenced to Life in Prison
John A. Johnson confessed to killing Mrs. Anna Sherley of Hannibal on December 15. Judge Parish sentenced him to life imprisonment at Waupun, saying he killed because she accused him of laziness and refusal to work.
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Medford
Wis
John A. Johnson
Hannibal
Anna Sherley
Parish
Waupun
Morse Nears Prison as Court Denies New Trial
New York December 30 Charles W Morse once a king of finance faces a fifteen year sentence in Atlanta federal prison after Judge Hough denied a new trial. Lawyer Martin W Littleton plans a circuit court writ of error while noting jurors drank and were guarded by secret service men. If denied Morse will begin serving the national banking violations sentence. Mrs Morse stays loyal and may accompany him south. Littleton’s motion provides a temporary stay of execution.
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New York
Charles W. Morse
Tce King
Atlanta
Hough
United States
Circuit Court
Martin W. Littleton
Supreme Court of the United States
Littleton
Morse
Secret Service
Local merchants swindle target in Bemidji check scheme
Bemidji Minnesota December 30 local business men report losses from 1600 to 3000 after cashing checks alleged to be drawn on Crookston Lumber company signed by J S Hanson chief cashier. Checks were passed Friday after banks closed and not discovered until presented at First National bank. Two men operated the scam one short and one tall. both remained at large.
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Bemidji
Minn
Crookston Lumber Company
J. S. Hanson
First National Bank
Crookston Company
Will Be Explained to Taft in Northwest Strike Report
St Paul reports developments in the switchmen strike hinge on H B Perham's Washington trip to present Northwest labor findings to the Interstate Commerce Commission. AFL officials likely to brief Taft or Gompers as Northwest concerns and possible broader wage effects are discussed. Crookston warns fuel supplies may tighten if the strike widens.
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Frank T. Hawley
Switchmen’s Union
Mr. Perham
Washington
Hawley
Perham
American Federation of Labor
Taft
Northwest
Regulation lumbershell evita sad in the tt 14
Believed to be part of the same gang that operated at Bemidjl aré members of the gang that fooled Bemidjl and Case Laken.
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Cuackimane
Bemidjl
Bena
Case Laken
Switchmen Return to Work in Butte After Strike Relief
In Butte Montana Coal shortage had already forced 700 layoffs at West Stewart and original mines with Clark properties at risk of 1200 losses. Northern Pacific yardmen reported returning to work easing the crisis after a Tuesday meeting, ending fears of extended closures.
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Butte
Mont
Eberhart
Minnesota
Brotherhood of Railway
Northern Pacific
Great Northern
West Stewart
Clark
Nerve test with a pipe and gunfire in a mining town
A veteran engineer recalls a veranda confrontation where a wild shooter aimed at him. A bullet passed through his meerschaum pipe, then through the bowl, prompting bravado and later a fainting spell when he returned to his room. He jokes about nerve and a safe nose after the attack.
Unusual Russia Tour Tale of Strauss and the Czarinas Carriage
A tired Johann Strauss faced czarinas orders to perform thrice with an empty royal carriage in front of his orchestra. The empress, laid up with gout, reclined in the carriage while the concerts proceeded to accustom horses to a full string band. After an encore of Vienna music, Strauss declared exhaustion.
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Johann Strauss
Russia
Czarinas
Her
Strauss
Vienna
Baths of Old Rome Show Vast Public Hydration Network
The late third century in Rome boasted 11 large and 926 small baths. Caracalla could host 1600, Diocletian 3600, and with averages of 1500 for public and 50 for private baths, bathing capacity reached about 62 000 at any moment for a 2 000 000 population, suggesting daily ample privileges for inhabitants.
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Old
Rome
Caracalla
Diocletian
New York American
Sir W S Gilbert and his caustic stage censorship view
London Tit-Bits recalls Sir W S Gilbert famed for defending stage censorship. He responds to Burne Jones’s women with a sharp quip about their long necks and a suggestive remark on joints and stockings, illustrating his biting wit.
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W.S. Gilbert
Burne Jones
London
A Pleasure of Memory and a Morbid Demand
Drolchon bought a phonograph and pressed his mother-in-law to record her voice. When she refused he urged that a few words would give him pleasure to hear her voice after she is gone, a remark noted by Paris Figaro.
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Drolchon
Paris Figaro
Jones
Bright
St. Vitus
Nothing of the Kind Major Gossip Monologue
A quoted exchange from Smart Set mocks social propriety as Mrs Askit and Mrs No naught-Merer discuss abroad behavior and royalty hobnobbing in a satirical tone. The lines imply strict manners and public image in high society.
Two Men Killed In Wreck Near Traverse City
In Traverse City Michigan on December 30 two men were killed and four others injured when brakes failed on a heavily loaded Pere Marquette logging train divided to gain a steep grade. Ten cars crashed down the incline into a following snowplow.
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Traverse City
Mich
Pere Marquette
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