Roosevelt hosts labor leaders at White House dinner
President Roosevelt gathers cabinet members and Supreme Court justices with labor leaders for a long evening of questioning and dialogue. Labor asks Congress for a bill of rights and a publicity board to publish labor disputes, while the president remains noncommittal as discussions run late and harmony prevails.
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Washington
Supreme Court of the United
Interior Department
Oscar S.S. Straus
Department of Commerce and Labor
Charles P. Neill
Federal Bureau of Labor
F. BE. Clark
Interstate Commerce Commission
T. W. Powderly
Bureau of Information
Immigration Service
Robert Bacon
Leonard Wood
Gifford Pinchot
Forester
United States
New York
Herbert Parsons
Congress
United States Supreme Court
Justice Moody
Straus
Garfield
Roosevelt
P. H. Morrissey
Publicity Board
T. J. Dolan
Heney Recovers Rapidly. Prosecution Expected Soon
Francia J. Heney shows rapid recovery in San Francisco with no blood poisoning. Wound soreness eases and he can swallow liquids, prompting forecasts he will resume graft case prosecutions within weeks.
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San Francisco
Francia J. Heney
Threats Against Mrs Gunness Highlight Lamphere Murder Trial
In Laporte Indiana on November 18 witnesses testified that Ray Lamphere made numerous threats against Mrs Bella Gunness and that his motive may have been the conflict with her. The defense counters with suicide theories while the prosecutor builds for arson and murder.
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Austin Cutler
Worden
Famous Old Inn Destroyed in Mountain Fire
The famous Lookout Inn on Lookout Mountain in Chattanooga burned to the ground with all contents. Owners Jung and Shammotulski had just finalized a sale for 135000 dollars, a fire that prevented closing. Four cottages and their contents also burned, with total losses around 16000 dollars. The incline power house suffered heavy damage and a bluff-face trestle caught fire for a time. The blaze started in the south wing likely from a defective flue and swept through the tinder-dry building aided by a west wind.
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Chattanooza
Tenn
Taft Leaves Cincinnati After Home Visit
President elect Taft departs Cincinnati for Hot Springs Virginia ending his stay in his hometown. He says he has not discussed politics and accomplished a personal business matter with no public interest.
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Cincinnati
Taft
Hot Springs
Emperor William Yields To Constitutional Policy In Germany
Emperor William promised to act through the chancellor and ministers after public pressure over his Daily Telegraph interview. Chancellor von Buelow presented German opinion, and the emperor expressed confidence in the government’s constitutional methods and policy stability.
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Berlin
William
Germany
London Daily Telegraph
Reichstag
von Buelow
New
Potsdam
Reichsanzeiger
Empire
Prince Buelow
Daily Telegraph
Prince von Buelow
Charges of Fraud Denied by American Sugar Refining Co
New York Nov 18 The American Sugar Refining Company denies government claims of sugar weighing fraud used to base duties. The government seeks 21 600 000 while alleging six years of unpaid duties. the company says it paid nearly 300 900 000 in duties and that the alleged shortfall is about half a percent of that amount. The firm contends fair witnesses could not agree on such a variance and calls the charges refutable. It pledges cooperation and offers to pay any duties proven omitted.
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New York
United States
American Sugar Refining Company
Attempt on life of Kaiser shocks German empire
Berlin reports a possible assassination attempt on Emperor William II following the Reichstag crisis. A dynamite cartridge was found on parallel tracks near Muhleim between Frankfort and Hanna, not on the imperial route. Experts doubt a planned attack against the emperor.
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Berlin
German Empire
Reichstag
William II
Frankfort-on-the-Main
Willam
Donauesehingen
Muhleim
Frankfort
Hanna
Railroads Agree on 3 Percent Freight Rate Increase
W. C. Brown of New York Central and F. W. Upham in Chicago announced that railroads have agreed on a 3 percent freight rate rise to meet road needs, replacing the previously threatened 10 percent hike that had prompted shipper opposition months earlier.
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Chicago
W. C. Brown
New York Central Lines
F. W. Upham
Jacksonville Lumber President Killed by Bookkeeper
E. A. Rawls, president of Bradford Lumber Co. in Jacksonville, was shot and killed near Astor, Florida by T. S. Glover, the company bookkeeper. No motive has been determined.
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Jacksonville
Fla
E. A. Rawls
Bradford Lumber Company
T. S. Glover
Astor
Forgers Affairs tangled as Van Vlis sengen delays sentence
Chicago reports Peter Van Vlis sengen will stay in the city to untangle his snarled forged notes and mortgages business, with assignees revealing losses of at least eighty thousand dollars and brewers among victims. He plans to begin serving his sentence after assisting the estate and seeing no visitors except his wife briefly. A receiver was appointed for his property.
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Chicago
Peter van Vlissengen
Chicago Title and Trust Company
van Vlissengen
Hight
van Vussengen
State’s Attorney's Office
Bethea
United States District Court
Vineland Youth Confesses Grandfather Murder Plot
Walter Zeller eighteen admits involvement in the killing of William Read during a home invasion plan with Cline Wheeler and Herbert Griggs. Zeller states Wheeler beat Read and fired to avoid recognition, then all fled without completing the robbery. Wheeler was arrested. Griggs remained missing. Read was killed Friday at his daughter Mrs. E W Cooper's home.
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Vineland
N. J
Walter Zeller
William Read
Cline Wheeler
Herbert Griggs
Zeller
Wheeler
Griges
Reed
Griggs
Read
E. W. Cooper
Cooper
Restatement of US Japanese China Position Draws Diplomats Interest
In Washington on November 18 diplomats show marked interest in a proposed restatement of the US and Japan stance on China. They note both nations have clear intentions, and question why Japan would seek a restatement of her position.
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Washington
United States
Japan
China
Convicts' Mine Fire Plot in Pratt City Ends Deadly
Fifty state convicts in Pratt City plotted to ignite No. 3 mine and escape. Eight burned to death, one missing, forty-one trapped in stockade. Nine suffocated. guards trapped others as flames broke out. One employee alerted guards. rescue recovered all but one missing man. Fire caused little mine damage.
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Birmingham
Ala
Pratt City
Cooper forfeits his bail in San Diego forgery case
Fargo officials forfeited the $3,000 bond of C S Cooper of San Diego after he failed to appear for trial before Judge Pollock. The court ordered a thorough manhunt. Simultaneously Cooper’s attorney claimed he would appear. A Boston letter purporting to be from Cooper reported he was robbed and injured and could not remember details. Linwood Lewis of Mount Vernon forwarded the incoherent letter to police.
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Fargo
N. D
C. S. Cooper
San Diego
Cal
Pollock
Cooper
Ltambaugh
Boston
Linwood Lewis
Mount Vernon
N. Y
Lewis
Bryan predicts enduring Democratic party and reforms
William J. Bryan speaks in San Antonio on the future of democracy and the Democratic party. He says he may not run for office again but will act when needed and believes reforms advocated by the party will win voter support. Mr and Mrs Bryan are en route to Mexico.
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San Antonio
Tex
William J. Bryan
Democratic Party
Mrs
Bryan
Mexico
Wins Suit Against Trust In Des Moines Oil Clash
Crystal Oil of Des Moines won a damages verdict of 6120 against Standard Oil Company of Indiana in district court. The jury found unfair methods damaged Crystal Oil by entering Des Moines retail oil to drive the plaintiff from business and by lowering prices beyond Crystal Oil’s ability to compete.
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Des Moines
Crystal Oil Company of
Standard Oil Company of
Indiana
Standard Oil Company
Crystal Company
North Dakota Case: Cooper Forgery and Narrow Escape
The case centers on Cooper who forged a document in Wheatland North Dakota about two years ago and vanished. He was located in San Diego California and returned after a perilous midnight automobile pursuit and a rapid officer chase with the prisoner.
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North Dakota
Cooper
Wheatland
San Diego
Cal
Second day of municipal league convention highlights issues
In Pittsburg on November 18 the National Municipal League and the American Civic Association discussed billboards dust and noise nuisances mosquitoes liquor problem and urban park-like cemeteries. Prominent men and women from across the United States delivered addresses.
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Pittsburg
National Municipal League
American Civic Association
United States
Indianola Fire Destroys Cotton Compress Plant and Adjacent Buildings
A blaze in Indianola Mississippi destroyed the Indianaola Cotton Compress and Warehouse plant and several neighboring structures. Estimated loss stands around 20 000 with the cause under investigation and damage impacting local storage and processing facilities.
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Indianola
Miss
Indianaola Cotton Compress and Warehouse Company
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Warren 8. Stone
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
John G. Hanrahan
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
W. S. Carter
The
International Brotherhood of Steam Shovel and
A. L. Faulkner
National Window Glass Workers
David Mackay
Building Trades Organization
John J. Towers
New York State Council of Carpenters
HENEY
Mrs. Gunness
Ray Lamphere
Aiser
Romises
Prince von
Buelow
Chan
Cellor
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Mulheim
Forger
Wiesely
Alabama
Stockade
San Antonio, Tex
Iona Oil Company
Civic Association
Mississippi
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