Morse Defends Wall Street Role Under Cross Examination
Charles W. Morse testified for over six hours in New York court defending his financial operations tied to the National Bank of North America. U.S. District Attorney Stimson pressed him on loans to Miss Katherine Wilson and other related transactions as Morse insisted on explanations rather than direct answers.
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New York
Charles W. Morse
Wall Street
United States Circuit Court
National Bank of North America
Morse
Alfred H. Curtis
United States
Stimson
Sharp
Mr. Morse
Mr. Stimson
Katherine A. Wilson
Jlorse
Stinson
Fee
Curtis
Worse
Evidence Strong Against Night Riders In Rankin Case
Governor Patterson claims ample proof of guilt among night rider suspects after Rankin murder and Tayvier shooting. He cites Ferriner Hogg Morris Tid Burton confessions, naming the rope thrower and first shooter, with three more prisoners added as the inquiry continues.
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Camp Nemo
Reelfoot Lake
Tenn
Rankin
Patterson
Tayvier
Frank Ferriner
Taylor
Rockefeller Standard Oil attack mocked by White House
White House officials called Rockefeller’s circulation via a Standard Oil press agent a calculated trick to harm Taft, asserting the administration’s actions against Standard Oil fueled the bitterness. Frank H Hitchcock, Republican chairman, denied any financial support from Standard Oil or related officers asking for campaign contributor lists to prove the claim false.
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Washington
White House
Rockefeller
Standard Off Company
Standard OO
Standard Oil Company
Standard Oil
Taft
New York
Frank H. Hitchcock
Republican National Committee
Thirty Hurt As Freight Train Hits Trolley Car
Thirty persons injured when a coal train backing from a siding collided with a Wyoming Valley Traction trolley in Dorranceton near Wilkesbarre Pa. The impact overturned the trolley and sent passengers scrambling. Six were hospitalized while others were rushed home in ambulances.
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Wilhesberre
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad
Wyoming Valley Traction Company
Dorranceton
Fiagman
Winter storm hits Mohawk Valley with heavy snow
The first strong snowstorm of the season reached northern New York and Mohawk valley on October 31. Drift winds whitened the region as temperatures dropped below zero in many places. Reports indicate heavy snow in the north and heavy flakes from Buffalo east to Gloversville.
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tHica
MW. Y
Mohawk Valley
Buffalo
Gloversville
Taft Attacks Gompers on Labor Vote in Utica Speech
Taft denounces Gompers Bryan labor legislation plan as audacious and alleges AFL leaders are breaking with him. He cites John Mitchell James Duncan Daniel Keefe and others and says labor is pressured to act politically while urging protection for workers and constitutional concerns. He hails Utica and Batavia rallies with large crowds and calls out Gompers for pushing a special labor class program.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Gompers-Bryan
William H. Taft
Taft
American Federation of Labor
Gompers
Federation of Labor
John Mitchell
James Duncan
Daniel Keefe
Gempers
Judge Taft
James Kerr Dies Democratic Leader From Pennsylvania
James Kerr a Pennsylvania Democrat and former state chairman died at his summer home in New Rochelle after an intestinal operation. He served in the Fifty first Congress and was a longtime Democratic committeeman. J D Bryan visited him earlier, and Kerr suffered a nervous collapse before surgery. Born 1851 in Mifflin County he later moved to Clearfield and remained active in politics.
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New York
James Kerr
Pennsylvania
New Rochelle
J. Bryan
Kerr
Mr. Kerr
Mifflin County
Clearfield
Pattison-Delamater
National Democratic Committee
Mile a Minute Flight by Henry Farman
Henry Farman completed a 20 mile flight from Mourmelon to Rheims in a single ascent. The aeroplane took 20 minutes, reaching 129 to 160 feet, and Farman planned to return to Mourmelon by air the next morning. An hour after landing a telegram confirmed his safe arrival at Rheims.
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Mourmelon
France
Henry Farman
Rhetas
Minshap
Farman
Rie
Rheime
Merning
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Murphy’s
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Eclipse Lumber Co
C. M. Emmons
Regarged
York
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Federation of Labor—Classes
Gom
Pers
Samuel Gompers
Utica
Mr. Taft
James S. Sherman
Batavia
Convention Hall
Broadway Arsenal
Ohiean
Hart Schaffner & Marx
Hart Schaffner & Marx Clothes
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