13 Dec 1910
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Newspaper
Bluefield Evening Leader
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1910
Page
1
Financial analysts fear the new Supreme Court will dissolve Standard Oil and other large trusts when the January case arrives. The potential dissolutions could affect over one billion dollars, triggering unrest in financial centers.
Reports from Brussels state Princess Louise of Belgium seeks $8 million from her late father King Leopold's estate held by the Meyer Fullback Foundation. Belgium government claims the money, saying it originated in the Congo and belongs to the state. She also summons Leopold's valet and others to account for three trunks turned over at Lasken Palace to Baroness Vaughan.
In Cambridge Massachusetts Det Matailie Le Blanc faces a life or death verdict after closing arguments. Defense attorney Johnson argues the state failed to prove murder and seeks acquittal, while conceding if murder occurred it was not shown that Hattie committed it.
National League of Baseball Clubs magnates open their annual session at the Waldorf Astoria New York. President Thomas J. Lynch expects reelection with key support from Dreytise, Brush, Herman, and Dover. American League executives are present, mainly to discuss new rules and regulations.
Chicago December 13 Joseph Lecuck sixteen years old was shot and a girl strike breaker was beaten by three men due to riot in the garment workers strike. The shot aimed at the boy by a policeman guarding him from a mob of strikers.
Philadelphia hosts the 12th annual Philadelphia Poultry Pigeon and Pot Block show opening at the Second Regiment Armory. About 1,167 classes showcase valued fowl as judges from several states deliberate. Attending poultry clubs join meetings in Philadelphia during the event.
A large party of British farmers will visit London and Dee arranged by rural colleges experimental stations and farms of the United States and Canada this year to study methods that may improve English agriculture.
President Taft conferred with Senators Hale and Lodge urging dispatch in confirming judicial nominees. Calls to Senate to act quickly on appointments including Lamar and Van Wyck, with Caleb Powers of Kentucky among callers requesting C. M. Cade be named U.S. Marshal to replace Jack Abernathy who resigned recently.
Union City Indiana December 1 Citizens in Union City and nearby towns along the Indiana Ohio border question whether a strip of land along the border belongs to Indiana or Ohio If the claim were upheld many residents would become Buckeyes and Hoosiers fear loss of state identity Local residents vow to fight to keep Hoosier status.
Gen Irving Walker of Thramwell says his district could soon form a Second Regiment National Guard battalion. He notes the effort aims to strengthen this corner of the state and mentions the Norfolk and Western line.
FINED TH FAAS and Vince Lambert colored were fined 410 in Judge Akers court for rivaling an overmant belonging to Dr P Claytor of the West End livery stable. Officer H W Watters located the stolen coat and a warrant was issued for Lambert. Arrested by Officer JL Bownh, the accused was placed in the county jail. The description of the coat traced to Harper, a Baltimore clothing dealer who has finished his season and will return home for the holidays.
Col Roosevelt will address the New Haven Chamber of Commerce banquet tonight. Governor elect Baldwin is unlikely to attend or share a table, amid recent campaign feuds and legal actions sparked by former President Roosevelt.
The report notes a frigid night with temperatures dipping to near record lows. At midday the thermometer reached 72 degrees, while the lowest reading earlier fell to around twenty. Records from the weather office show a warmer trend than previous Decembers.
A charity event at a Waldorf Astoria hotel drew society crowds to aid sufferers from tuberculosis. Funds will be devoted to the Stony Wold sanitarium in the Adirondacks for self supporting women and for children afflicted with incipient tuberculosis, with beneficiaries returning to health.
Chicago railway workers assemble at the Auditor ium at 1 am to open a winter meeting of the Association of Transportation and accounting officers. Reports cover freight transportation costs, passenger mileage rates, and a new car coding system.
Promoters in Bluefeld discuss opening a fencing wire factory to meet strong regional demand from farmers and railroad rights of way. They argue low capital, potential high returns, and cheaper production locally, citing historical success with early fencing wire ventures and rising timber scarcity driving wire usage.
Disjointed early trading on Wall Street from New York reports shows mixed openings among major rail and industrial stocks including Union Pacific, Lehigh Valley, Southern Pacific, and Northern Pacific. The session ends with sporadic gains and widespread uncertainty as typhoid fever fears and other factors weigh on market sentiment.
The report claims the government and opposition each lost twenty two members with twenty two gained, while total costs loom at two to five million pounds. It notes the election will settle nothing and that Parliament remains deadlocked as spending climbs.
iH Schoch of Wilmington Delaware is appointed to supervise the restoration of a new powder magazine at Nemours ten miles west of Bluefield. The work will be inaugurated at once to meet the increased trade of the Dupont Powder Company in this region.
The Canadian Society held a meeting in New York to discuss trade between the United States and Canada. Discussion centered on free trade prospects, with speakers noting potential economic gains and policy themes.
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