Carnegie Says Steel Industry Needs No Tariff Protection
Andrew Carnegie testifies before the House Ways and Means Committee saying the U S steel industry has reached world competition readiness and does not need tariffs. He avoids numbers, citing a $158 million profit claim by Gary and Schwab and argues prices depend on results not figures.
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Washington
United States
Andrew Carnegie
Committee On Ways and Means
House of Representatives
Carnegie
Gary
Steel Corporation
Schwab
Cochran
Becavse
Europe
Gladstone
Sixteenth District is Now All Dry in Ohio Vote
Holmes county voted dry by 995 in local option election. Millersburg also dry by 166. in the district, three distilleries and four saloons went out of business. Wayne, Tuscarawas, Coshocton, and Licking counties all voted dry with many saloons closed.
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Columbus
Holmes County
Millersburg
Wayne County
Tuscarawas
Coshocton
Licking
Governor Proposes State Farm Colonies for Tramps
Albany New York December 32 Governor Hughes is urged by Commissioner Hebberd to include in the annual message a plan for state farm colonies to detain reform and instruct vagrants habitual drunkards and those guilty of railroad offenses such as stealing rides and obstructing tracks.
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Albany
N. Y
Hughes
Hebberd
New York City
German ambassador von Bernstorff and family arrive in Washington
Count John Heinrich von Bernstorff arrives in New York with the countess and their daughter aboard the Hamburg American liner Amerika. He plans an open, straightforward approach in Washington to build mutual goodwill and foster good faith with the United States, succeeding Baron Sternburg.
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New York
John Heinrich von Bernstorff
United States
Washington
America
von Bernetorf
Count Bernstorff
Baron Sternburg
Autos Take Heavy Toll in Chicago Injuries Rise
Chicago reports 20 killed in auto crashes in January to November, up from 15 last year, and 327 nonfatal injuries versus 231. City statistician attributes the rise to reckless driving and speeding as council seeks curb.
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Chicago
Gary steel plant begins actual production in Calumet region
The Calumet region gains a major steel hub as blast furnace No 12 at Gary Indiana is blown in marking the start of production at the $25,000,000 Gary mill. The plant already operates and will rapidly grow employment toward an expected 25,000 workers.
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Hammond
Ind
Gary
Calumet Region
Railroad President Resigns From New York Central
W H Newman resigns today as president of the New York Central system effective February 1st, with the move announced from New York. The survival of leadership changes comes as the railroad plans ongoing operations and potential restructuring.
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New York
W. H. Newman
New York Central System
Gary defends steel cost figures before congress hearing
E H Gary president of the Steel Corporation board says Carnegie’s testimony did not discredit his figures. He asserts the production cost per ton cited to the Ways and Means Committee is absolutely accurate and based on thorough investigation and experience. He stresses the importance of truthful testimony to Congress.
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New York
E. H. Gary
The
Steel Corporation
Andrew Carnegie
Ways and Means Committee
Carnegie
Ways and Means
Gary
Congress
Bryan Delivers The Prince of Peace In Uniontown
William J. Bryan spoke at the West End theater Uniontown to a crowded audience. He attended a Lyceum banquet with 700 plates and later met about 100 prominent citizens at the Country club hosted by George Whyel.
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Uniontown
William J. Bryan
West End
Lyceum
Bryan
George Whyel
Pittsburg Councilmen and Bankers Arrested on Conspiracy Charges
Seven councilmen and two bankers in Pittsburg were arrested on charges of conspiracy corrupt solicitation and bribery brought by the Voters' Civic league led by A. Leo Weil. Bail amounts ranged from 14 000 to 30 000. The case alleges payment to aid passage of depository designations and related ordinances.
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Pittsburg
Voters’ Civic League
A. Leo Weil
Common Council
William Brand
Joseph C. Wasson
W. H. Melaney
John F. Klein
Hugh Ferguson
Jacob Soffel, Jr
T. O. Atkinson
W. A. Ramsey
August A. Vilsack
German National Bank
Melaney
Ferguson
So?fel
Atkinson
Brand
Wasson
Klein
Vilsack
Ramsey
Bishop John Michaud Dies in New York
New York report states Bishop John Michaud of Burlington Vermont diocese died in the city today. Michaud served as head of the Vermont diocese and his death ends a long clerical career.
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John Michaud
New York
Burlington
Yankee's Grew Stand by Skipper
Boston December 22 The court of inquiry at the Charleston navy yard opened into the Yankee grounding at Spindle Rock Buzzards Bay on September 23 Captain Herbert Winslow presided and the crew stood in orderly line The commander and officers testified the accident stemmed from avoiding a collision with the passenger steamer New Hampshire The inquiry was to hear further testimony and conclude today
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Boston
Charleston Navy Yard
Yankee
Spindle Rock
Buzzards Bay
Herbert Winslow
Cander Marsh
March
New Hampshire
Marsh
Corpse Found In Burlap Bag Recovered In Delaware River
A decomposed body wrapped in a clothesline and weighted with railroad spikes was found in burlap bag in the Delaware River near Lambertville New Jersey. The sex could not be determined from the state of the body.
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Lambertville
N. J
Delaware River
Here
Purchase Goal Land in Oklahoma
Norfolk dispatch notes two U S warships sailing under sealed orders from Hampton Roads. The North Carolina with the Montana is to convey President elect Taft to Panama on January 25. Both ships are believed bound for Venezuelan waters.
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Norfolk
North Carolina
Maine
Hampton Roads
Montana
Taft
Panama
Byesville Men Close Deal for Oklahoma Coal Territory
Prominent Byesville and Guernsey county citizens led by W A Clark have nearly closed a deal to buy a large Oklahoma coal region, including seven thousand acres, four miles of railroad, and a working coal plant, with closing expected soon and possession by February first. The purchase, about the $100000 mark, is routed through A R McCulloch and J W Baxter, with G G Gheen holding most stock in the Poteau Coal and Merchandise Co and the Port Smith Poteau and Western Railroad.
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Byesville
W. A. Clark
A. R. McCulloch
Oklahoma
Frisco
Guernsey County
Clark
Poteau Coal and Merchandise Co
Borts Poteau & Western Railroad
Poteau
J. W. Baxter
Port Smith, Poteau and Western Railroad
G. G. Gheen
Ohio
Gheen
Baxter
Annis Testifies in Hains Murder Trial in Queens
Mrs Helene Annis widow of William E Annis described the boat killing of her husband at Bayside Yacht Club as Thornton Hains Jr allegedly fired from the tiller. The courtroom heard a dramatic account with the defendant appearing dejected as authorities sought to refute the new “beckoning” evidence.
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William FE. Annis
Peter C. Hains,Jr
Bayside
N. Y
Thornton J. Hains
Thornton Hains
Flushing
Thornton Jenkins Hains
Helene E. Annis
William E. Annis
Peter C. Hains
Bayside Yacht Club
Annis
Froat
McIntyre
Baltic romance ends in burial not wedding for Utah groom
New York report of Miss Priscilla Hewisson of Whitehaven England dying at sea on the Baltic voyage after peritonitis. Charles C. Clark of Eureka Utah had waited years to wed her. Ship surgeon could not operate. Friends including Mrs. Whitelaw Reid funded return for burial in New York. Clark and Hewisson had been childhood sweethearts with plans to marry once a home was established.
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New York
Charlies C. Clark
Eureka
Utah
Priscilla Hewisson
White Haven
Eng
Chauffeurs Strike in New York Ends Tie-Up at 15 Stables
New York on December 22 reports leaders of the chauffeurs strike calling out one thousand men who were still at work in fifteen stables. The move ties up all stables and garages owned by the Livery Owners Association.
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New York
Livery Owners Association
Erb Murder Trial Postponed to December 29
Media Pennsylvania December 22 The murder trial of Mrs. Florence Erb and her sister Mrs. Catherine Beisel for the death of J. Clayton Erb at Village Green Delaware County has been postponed until December 29.
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Media
Florence Erb
Catherine Beisel
J. Clayton Erb
Village Green
Delaware County
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Count von Bernstorff
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Wm. J. Bryan
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Yankee’s
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Purchase Goal Land
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