Tobacco crop value sets record as war boosted prices
Secretary Wilson reports the 1918 tobacco crop valued near $100 million, the highest on record with about 900 million pounds. He notes prices highest since before the war, widened by favorable market conditions and large yields. His annual review highlights experiments in growing, curing, rotation, fertilizers, soil improvement, and disease control across multiple states to sustain high yields and soil fertility.
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Commercial Tribune Bureau
Munsey Building
Washington, D. C
Commercial Tribune
Washington
James Wilson
Massachusetts
Connecticut
New Cine
Ohio
Kentucky
Maryland
Whrna
North Carolina
Florida
Georgia
Texas
New York
Watco ‘Lands
Woridy
Granville
Beatty attacks Burley leaders over receivership scheme
Editor William A. Beatty of The Winchester News accuses Burley Tobacco society officials led by Le Bus of Lexington of driving a receivership bid through county boards. He cites allegedly coordinated resolutions claiming current management is satisfactory while masking gains for Le Bus and opponents in the Clark circuit court case.
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Commercial Tribune
Inchester
William A. Beatty
Winchester News
le Bus
Burley Tobacco Society
Burley Society
Key Society
Lexington
Burley
Beatty
la Receiver
Clark
Versailles
Woodford County
Tobacco Society of the
LeBus
Ruef Seeks Bail After Health Fight in San Francisco
Former political boss Abra m Ruef petitions the superior court for bail citing enablement of health decline from confinement. Twenty physicians report heart and lung issues and blurred eyesight. He remains under a fourteen year sentence for bribery related to an overhead trolley franchise. Judge Cabani set for a formal hearing tomorrow.
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Associated Press Dispatch
San Francisco
Cal
Abraham Ruef
Superior Court
Ruef
Judge Advocates Death for Insane and Criminals
Charles Amidon of North Dakota urged execution for professionals criminals and the hopelessly insane in a Congregational church address. He argued it costs as much to keep a man in prison as to educate him and claimed well behaved youths should not finance crime with public funds. He said reform among professional criminals is rare and favored humane death for the hopelessly insane.
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Associated Press Dispatch
Fargo
N. D
Charles Amidon
United Court For North Dakota
Congregational Church
Coat Amidon
Nine Men in Jury Box To Try the Night Riders
After a two day recess another attempt to complete the jury for the murder trial of Garrett Johnson and Arthur Clear, alleged leaders of the Reel foot night riders, was made today. The day saw bitter wrangles between state and defense attorneys as two more jurors were secured, bringing the total to nine.
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Union
City,tenny
Associated Press
Garrett Johnson
Arthur Clear
Reelfoot Night Riders
Quentin Rankin
Lords Vote To Submit Budget To The People
London November 30. The House of Lords refused formal assent to the budget bill and referred it to the country for judgment thereby challenging royal authority and signaling possible constitutional changes. The chamber was packed as six days of debate ended in a division at 11 30 tonight with a large audience witnessing the historic event.
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Associated Press
London
Rosebery
Morley
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Lord Cromer
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Courtney
Canterbury
York
House of Lords
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Ine
May Be Bones of Prehistoric Race Unearthed
Special Dispatch reports Sidney Ohio November 30 workers digging a gravel pit on P R Hunt farm in Green township uncovered twenty one human skeletons about three feet deep all in a compact cluster some in a seated posture. The bones are believed to belong to a prehistoric race with no known light shed by local history.
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Commercial
Tribune
Sidney, O
P.R. Hunt
Green Township
Sidney
Brownsville Testimony Reopens Raids Case Against Negro Troops
The Brownsville court of inquiry heard new witnesses including Celso Olivier and Manuel Morales who claimed evidence undermines the defense of black soldiers accused of a 1906 town shooting. Officers acknowledged knowledge of who fired but feared family repercussions, while the court plans further hearings and will reconvene in Washington.
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Associated Press Dispatch
Brownsville
Tex
Celso Oavier
Manuel Morales
Olivier
Macklin
Naval academy football player Earl D. Wilson improved in bed
Midshipman Earl D. Wilson of Covington Kentucky quarterback of the Naval academy team who was paralyzed from the head down after an injury in a game with Villa Nova has shown improvement today by sitting up in bed for a short time. Surgeons are encouraged that the spinal cord compression from a fractured vertebra has been removed and that full recovery may follow.
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Associated Press Dispatch
Annapolis
Earl D. Wilson
Covington
Naval Academy
Villa Nova
Antisaloon Conference Focuses on National Shipping Law
At Chicago opening, William H. Anderson and Dr. P A Baker outlined plans to push federal anti liquor shipping prohibition. Baker noted Alabama prohibition amendment defeats but vowed continued state ideals and future battles in Virginia South Carolina Florida Arkansas Oregon and Texas. Indiana county votes dry in Warren victory.
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Associated Press Dispatch
Chicago
Washington
Antisaloon League of America
William H. Anderson
League
Congress
P. A. Baker
The
Alabama
Old Virginia
South Carolina
Florida
Arkansas
Oregon
Texas
Dr. Baker
King Manuel and President Fallieres Hunt at Rambouillet
In Rambouillet Paris on November 30 King Manuel of Portugal and President Fallieres hunted together and killed 650 head of game. They later attended the performance Love Watches at the Comedie Francaise.
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Associated Préss
Manuel
Portugal
Fallieres
Rambouillet
Comedie Francaise
Northwest switchmen strike halts rail traffic in Twin Cities area
After fifteen days of negotiations, 2300 switchmen launched a strike at 6 PM affecting rail lines west and north of St. Paul from Superior to the Pacific coast. Managers report wage and service changes demands including double pay on Sundays and overtime, a meal hour issue, and penalties, while both sides issued statements amid potential traffic disruption.
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St. Paul
Superior
Pacific Coast
Chicago
Twin Cities
Duluth
Railway Managers’ Committee
Northwest Territory
Farmer Drinks and Loses Suit in Bizarre Mixup
Special Dispatch to Commercial Tribune. William Farmer of the south of Columbus went to town with a new suit and shared a drink with a soldier from the barracks. He awoke wearing the soldier’s khaki attire after the soldier deserted. Farmer was found in a dopey state near Hocking Valley yards.
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Commercial Tribune
Columbus
William Farmer
Farmer
Hocking Valley
Theories to Aid Wage Earners May Be Tested
New York November 30 Theories for improving the condition of wage earners discussed by the National Civic Federation will be tested by a committee. John Hays Hammond John Mitchell Samuel Mather James Elliott D W Brunton named to study mining accident causes and push a federal mining bureau George W Perkins appointed to lead inquiries into amending state laws on employer liability and workers compensation uniformity.
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Associated Press
National Civic Federation
John Hays Hammond
John Mitchell
Samuel Mather
James Elliott
Southwestern Interstate Coal Operators’ Association
J. A. Holmes
United States Geological] Survey
D. W. Brunton
American Institute of Mining Engineers
George W. Perkins
Eight Miners Trapped by Fire at London Copper Mine
Eight miners were entombed by a fire and a cave-in at the London copper mine in Ducktown Tennessee. Rescue teams with oxygen helmets supplied food and prepared to bring them to the surface. The trapped men include Harry Thompson Luther Thompson Dave McCoy George Moss John Smiley N A Tilley H McMahon McClendon.
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Tennessee
Ducktown
Tenfi
Taft's Economy Policy Cuts Deficit More Than Half
Washington reports the president's fiscal plan halves the deficit with reduced departmental estimates and booming internal revenue. The cabinet notes a working treasury balance of 26.5 million and a general fund balance near 82 million while Panama bonds remain largely unissued.
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Panama. Canal
Treasury
General Fund
Treasury of
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Panama
Teim
Bendernagel Refuses To Be The Goat In Sugar Fraud Case
James F. Bendernagel refuses to bear guilt for alleged sugar underweighting by the American Sugar Refining Company. He may testify for the government before trial, alongside five former company employees charged in the case in U S circuit court. The testimony notes payments claimed as bribes and details of the alleged conspiracy.
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Dernagel
American Sugar Refining Company
United States
Corruption price alleged in sugar trust case
Testimony places money paid to former Brooklyn plant official Bendernagel. He argues he acted under orders and will not shield others. Lawyer George W Beattie defends the client, denying company involvement and any salaries.
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Bendernagel
Ennedferd
Brooklyn
George W.beattié
Labor Leaders Free Until Supreme Court Gives Opinion
The D C Court of Appeals stayed the contempt mandate against Samuel Gompers John Mitchell and Frank Morrison of the AFL indefinitely pending appeal to the U S Supreme Court. The stay postpones imprisonment while the high court reviews the case.
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Supreme Court
Washington
Associated Press
Court of Appeals of
District of Columbia
Samuel Gompers
John Mitchell
Frank Morrison
American Federation of Labor
Supreme Court of the United States
Pinchot Fights for Public Control of Coal and Water Power
Gifford Pinchot, head of the United States Forest Service, argues in a letter to Dr. Lyman Abbott that congress must decide if great coal fields and water power sites remain public or go to monopolies. He warns private control could seize industrial power and urges public ownership or strict public oversight, condemning perpetual grants and advocating fair distribution of natural-resource benefits.
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Associated Press Dispatch
Wasitien
Giffard Pinchot
United States Forest Service
the Interior
Ballinger
Congress
Pinchot
Lyman Abbott
New York
Dr. Abbott
Congréss
Mr. Pinchot
Taft Walks in Evening Along Streets in Capital
President Taft promenades along Pennsylvania Avenue amid a steady crowd in the capital. He nods and tips his hat to admirers as electric lights illuminate him, followed closely by Captain Butt and two secret service agents.
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Capital
Washington
Associated, Press
Pennsylvania ‘Avenue
Butt
Secret Service
Thirty Three Dead and Thirty Seven Wounded in Hunting
Chicago dispatch reports a confirmed total of thirty three killed and thirty seven wounded in the opening hunting season across Wisconsin and Michigan since September 1. Officials note many remote camps may yield additional fatalities and injuries as reports continue to arrive with the season closing.
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Associated Press
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Michigan
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