Prominent Leaders Gather to Discuss Labor Capital Issues
National Civic Federation convenes at the Park Avenue Hotel with reformers and industry chiefs to address income and inheritance taxes, government by injunction, and child labor. Speakers include Carnegie, Archbishop Ireland, Gompers, and other leaders from business, labor, and education. Proceedings span two days.
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New York
Fiaw
Park Avenue Hotel
National Civic Federation
The
Coun
Andrew Carnegie
Ireland
Charles W. Elliott
Angus Belmont
Oscar 8. Straus
Samue Gompers
N. J. Bachelder
National Grange
Alfred Moseley
Geo &. Foster
Finance
Canada
Henry Schumaker
University of Berlin
Water piping plan contest offers $50 reward
The Bluefield and Graham Improvement Company announces a $50 reward for written proposals by December 15, 1906, detailing a system to pipe spring water to a 75,006 gallon tank at Midway and through West Bluefield and East Graham streets. Proposals limited to nonresident engineers. judges and payment terms specified. additional land sale incentives offered.
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Midway
Bluefield
Graham Streets
Bluefield & Graham Imp. CO
W. D. Roberts
Graham
Town Topics Editor on Trial for Perjury
New York December 12 The case of Col William D Alton Mann proprietor of Town Topics opens in the court of general sessions charged with perjury The perjury charge centers on a letter inscription allegedly written by Count Reginald Ward witnessed by Moses Elli Wooster in the Norman Hapwood libel case on Justice Denel’s complaint Wooster testified Mann’s hand wrote the inscription on the back of the letter.
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New York
William D’alton Mann
Court of General Sessions
Colonel Mann
Norman Hapwood
Denel
Moses Elli Wooster
Reginald Ward
Three Great Steamers for Coastwise Trade
The Southern Pacific Company launched the first of three large steamers for the New York to New Orleans route. The Momus leads, with sisters Creole and Antille to follow later. All three are highly powerful with first-class passenger berths for 152.
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New York
Southern Pacific Company
New Orleans
Momus
An Ear
Iate
American League Magnates Conclude Session in Chicago
American League baseball magnates met at the Auditorium Annex, Chicago, under Ban Johnson’s call. The closed door conference discussed a possible shortening of the playing season, with final action to wait until the spring schedule meeting in New York.
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Chicago
Ban Johnson
Auditorium
New York
Hundred Persons Trapped Rescued by Firemen in Harlem Fire
A Harlem apartment house fire trapped about 100 residents. Flames began in the basement spreading to stairs, forcing inmates from beds to the roof in night attire. Firemen pulled all to safety using sealine and extension ladders as the roof began to cave in. Several women suffered illnesses from the blast.
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New York
Harlem
Christmas Gift for Great Northern Stockholders
New York reports Great Northern Rail stockholders will receive a six million stock issue pro rata at par as a rich Christmas present. The move announced today offers added value to existing investors across the holder base.
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New York
Great Northern Railroad
Vatican Protests French Church Seizure and Riots
Rome reports Vatican protests French seizure of church property and limits on worship. In Paris serious rioting expected as clerics plan Mass. police and troops prepared. Over fifty arrests, including the bishop, after police evicted clergy. mobs clash in Janey and Avignon with no serious injuries reported.
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Rome
Paris
France
Norrow
Janey
Wid Fisheries Plan To Extend Mail Vessel Subsidy
A report is expected to be agreed upon tomorrow on extending the Oriental and South America lines subsidy scheme. Only vessels carrying mail or eligible gain bounty. Sixteen lines are allotted aid with annual expenditure ranging from 1.86 to 3.22 million dollars.
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South America
Baden
Insurance Men Charge Morton Witt Disloyalty
New York December reports allege Paul Morton president of the Equitable Life plans to organize residents of thirty principal insurance companies to meet and confer on safeguarding policyholders interests. Prominent insurance men levy charges of disloyalty amid stirred feelings.
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New York
Paul Morton
Equitable Life Assurance Society
Morton
Sillette Sentenced to Auburn Prison in Electric Chair Case
In Herkimer, N Y, Ches Jellett was driven to Auburn Prison after being sentenced for the Big Moose Lake murder. The defendant, Brown, was moved from here to Auburn where he faces the electric chair in the week ending January 28. His mother accompanies him to the prison facilities.
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Herkimer, N
Race Brown
Big Moose Lake
W ‘Aken
Auburn
Archbishop Declines to Comment on Roosevelt Storer Incident
New York December 12 Archbishop Land said on the Roosevelt Storer matter that for him the incident is dead and gone. He refused further discussion citing the case's resolution and lack of current relevance.
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New York
Negro Soldiers in Philippines Murder Lieutenant Calvert
A letter to Mrs M H Jackson recounts a riot by Twenty fourth Infantry soldiers in the Philippines that led to the murder of Lieutenant Calvert. The entire company is under arrest and an appeal to President Roosevelt is planned to urge punishment for the guilty.
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Philippines
Calvert
Kokomo
Ind
Brownsville
M. H. Jackson
Compan
Calert
Thentire Company
Roosvelt
Procrastination in Bluefield Real Estate Drives Demand
The note urges action on Bluefield property, recalling past low prices and missed chances. It questions continued demand for homes across classes and hints Fairview as a logical new housing option, suggesting readers respond to Telegraph notices.
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Bluefield
Fairview
Roosevelt to Seek ICC Power Over Freight Car Distribution
President Roosevelt is expected to send a special message to Congress recommending granting the Interstate Commerce Commission jurisdiction over freight car distribution. The issue cites discrimination against certain shippers as pushing firms out of business due to shipping restraints. The bill, prepared by Judge J. K. Cowan of Texas, has Roosevelt's endorsement.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Interstate Commerce Commission
3. K. Cowan
Texas
Carnegie to Supplement Nobel Peace Award
Andrew Carnegie notified President Roosevelt that he will add 40000 dollars to the Nobel prize if the president accepts the award. The funds would create a permanent headquarters for the industrial peace committee Roosevelt proposed to found with the Nobel money.
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Washington
Andrew Carnegie
Mr. Roosevelt
Industrial Peace Committee
M. Roosevelt
Nobel
Oldest Missouri resident Levi Boster dies at 116
Levi Boster a Virginian born June 3 1790 in Christiansburg Virginia dies in Springfield Missouri at 116 He carved homespun clothing wore cowhide boots and a hickory shirt He never used a coal stove voted Democratic for every president since Andrew Jackson He is survived by two sons William B Beever 76 and Doc Boster 67.
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St. Louis
Springfield
Missouri
Leysester
Christiansburg
Boster
Andrew Jackson
William B. Beever
Doc. Boster
Australian Rider Falls In Six Day Race
In a desperate bid to gain a lap Pye of Australia crashed in the six day race near midnight. He fell before other riders and nearly went over the track edge. He was stunned and took about fifteen minutes to recover. The Root Folger team, last year’s winners, blame spectators for greasy or thrown objects. All teams had covered 125 laps except Walthour Bedell who trailed by a lap at ten o'clock tonight.
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New York
Pye
Wren
Root-Folger
Walthour-Bedell
Secretary Root Urges Uniformity of Legislation
Secretary Root at the Pennsylvania Society dinner urges nationwide uniformity in state laws to preserve power and authority. He advocates uniform divorce laws and a general sense of conformity to prevent illegal combinations from becoming possible across states.
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New York
Tate Root
Pennsylvania Society
Monarch Sinks in Lake Superior After Grounding
The big freight steamer Monarch, grounded off Isle Royale, broke in two and sank in Lake Superior. Value of cargo flour and grain is $175,000. Monarch owned by Northern Navigation Company.
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Lake Superior
Winnipeg
Man
Monarch
Isle Royele
Northern Navigation Company
Murdered for Money and Thrown Into Lake
The body of J. Lee, wealthy president of the Advertising Agency, was found in the lake. Bruises suggest murder for robbery as the money he carried is missing.
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Chicago
J. Lee
Te Advertising Agency
Municipal Ownership Wins Telecom Vote in Winnipeg
Winnipeg voters approved municipal ownership of telephones by a three to one margin in a decision announced today. The December 12 vote shifts control of telephone services to the city, reflecting a major policy change for Winnipeg, Manitoba.
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Winnipeg
Man
Austrian Emperor Seeks Treasured Necklace
Paris dispatch reports Emperor Joseph has sent a trusted envoy to Corfu to locate a famed necklace once owned by his murdered consort the Empress Elizabeth. The piece, nicknamed the tears of the Madonna, vanished as the empress withdrew from jewels in later years.
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Ine Eiftii
Joseph
Corfu
Ascer Ain
Elizabeth
Tentative agreement on ship subsidy reached
Washington reports a tentative agreement has been reached by house leaders on the ship subsidy. The committee on merchant marine completed negotiations and prepared the proposal for final action.
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Washington
House
jThe Committee On Merchant Marine
Necklace Hidden Undersea by Empress at Corfu
An imperial plan in Corfu involved burying a royal necklace in a water-filled box on an island to restore its radiance for a year. The empress and a court lady hid the piece, but at expiration the chain was found cut and the necklace missing, with the mystery unsolved.
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Hen
Orfu
Thedea
Geneva
Lucehent
Jonor
Wits Gilman Tries to Leap From Hospital Window
Dayton reports new developments in the Dana Gilman murder mystery. A charge against half-witted David Artis was heard and medical experts said the autopsy failed to prove an assault. Rumors say Gilman’s mother attempted to leap from the hospital window. Gilman remains in critical condition.
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Gilman
Dayton
Ohio
Dana Gilman Muter
David Artis
Secial
C ‘Eilman
Adow
German Emperor pressures Reichstag over colonial policy
Berlin December 12 The emperor authorizes Chancellor von Buelow to dissolve the Reichstag and call new elections if government supplemental appropriations are not passed. The move is seen as part of a plan to coerce the Reichstag into backing the imperial colonial policy.
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Berlin
von Buelow
Sichstag
Reichstag
Trying to Establish Title to Chicago Real Estate
Fourteen suits against the city of Chicago with four thousand individual defendants have been filed by Sidney Smith of Cambridge Mass to establish title to 2.5 million dollars of land on the aristocratic south side. Smith claims the land was granted by the government in 1892 and that the grantee died before the grant was recorded. He purchased the heirs' claims.
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Chienzo
Chicago
Sidney Smith
Cambridge
Mass
Smith
Smit
Harry Pulliam Re elected National League President
Harry C Pulliam was reelected president of the National Baseball League for the ensuing year at a meeting of baseball men in New York today.
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Harry Pulliam
National League Presiden
New York
Harry C. Pulliam
UK National Baseball League
Local Real Estate Ad Critique Sparks Subscriptions
An advertiser from Bluefield praises Norfolk lots as best for investment. He denies selling lots and claims conniption fits if the paper prints more about the sales pitch. He jokes about withdrawing subscriptions while questioning the paper’s coverage.
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Bluefield
Norfolk
Berstalle
Coast of Deal at the Flat Top rink tonight
The coast of Deal is set to perform at the Flat Top rink tonight in an evening event likely drawing local skating fans.
American wedding in British capital reaches New York couple
London and New York reports unite on the marriage of Miss Evelyn Bigelow, daughter of Poultney Bigelow, to J Francis A Clark of Boston. The ceremony at St George Hanover Square drew embassy staff and London society. The couple, after a wedding tour in the south of France, plan to reside at 13 East Thirty eighth Street New York.
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London
Byvelyn Bigelow
Poultney Bigelow
John Bigelow
France
St. George's Church
Hanover Square
James Francis Aloysius Clark
Boston
New York
Evelyn Bigelow
J. Francis A. Clark
Laugter
Europe
Miss Bigelow
Clark
Reston
Stock Exchange
Owever
Akota
Ince
Kinzer Reliable Jeweler Promises Honest Deals
Chas J Kinzer of Bluefield markets himself as trustworthy, guaranteeing gold silver and filled or plated items as described. He invites customers to visit at 3 Princeton Avenue to learn more, touting his increasing trade and straightforward dealings.
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Ealing
Princeton Avenue
Chas
J. Kinzer
Bluefield
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United Mine Workers
Georg R. Peck
Americas Bar Association
Chicago, Milwaukee & St Paul Railway Company
H. B. Fuller
Railway Brother
Walter Drew
National Iron Erectors’ Association
Frederick N. Judson
National
Carey’s
W. VA
the Art Stationery Co
Town Topics
Perjur
Great Northern
Jatican
Avignon
Morton Witt
Sillette
His Mothe
General Insurance
State Bank Building
Carnegie
Levi Boster
Christiansburg, Va
Eaves
Ustralian
Secretary Root
OLD & Young
Wenzell, Keller, Fisher & Others
White Pharmacy
Reichste
York City
Kinzer
Mount Vernon Flour
Nk Tasetor Fyerine
Fanuarnieed
R. L. Speas
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