Settle status of General Eagan and Army reorganization
Washington reports that the Army reform bill would allow the President to retire General Eagan and promote the acting Commissary General to Brigadier General with full rank. Eagan, suspended from duty, seeks reinstatement while Secretary Root remains firm. The piece also notes accompanying wartime budget items for Ohio districts and comments by Representative Phillips and Senator Taylor on ship subsidies.
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Commercial Tribune
Washington
Eagan
House
Senate
Fagan
Commissary Department
War Department
Root
Department
Railways clash over a crossing at Weapakoneta
Riot was narrowly averted as Cincinnati Hamilton and Dayton personnel clashed with Columbus Northwestern workers over an interlocking switch at the crossing. Deputies guarded arrested C H and D engineers, and a steel cable prevented further damage. Property losses totaled about $10,000.
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Weapakoneta
Commercial Tribune
Wapakoneta
Columbus & Northwestern
Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton Railways
H.&d
Heuss
W. C. Shoemaker
T. 8. Tehan
J. O. Jennings
W. Snyder
Senate Passes House Bill on Subsidy Debate
Washington December 5 The Senate concluded Senator Frye s remarks on the ship subsidy measure and then entered executive session. The House celebrated the establishment of the National Government in Washington and passed the measure without opposition.
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Washington
Frye
Senate
Gaston Ae
House
National
Army Bill Sparks Brief Congressional Debate in Senate
Washington December 5 The House devoted the day to the army reorganization bill under a two hour per side special order. Support came from Chairman Hull and Mr Parker with several Republicans and a few Democrats opposing briefly. Mr McCall of Massachusetts led a contrasting attack on Philippine policy and warned of dangers of colonial policy, likening Philippine resistance to Washington at Valley Forge.
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Washington
House
Miles
Army
Hull
Mr. Parker
New Jersey
Military Committee
Messrs. Cochrane
Missouri
Kleberg
Texas
McClellan
New York
Shafroth
Colorado
Cummings
Cox
Tennessee
McCall
Massachusetts
Philippines
Valley Forge
Clared
Boer farmers to form colony on Long Island new land deal
A real estate firm reports a colony of Boer farmers will settle on 1 113 acres in Nassau County between Hicksville and Syosset. The Boer Refugee Aid Committee signed the contract and plans for twenty three families arriving December 28. Seventy families in total will occupy the tract with five to twenty five acres each. The committee operates with branches in England and continental Europe.
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New York
Long Island
Hicksville
Syosset
Nassau County
England
Count Boni de Castellane and wife seek London home
Vanity Fair reports Count Boni de Castellane and Countess Boni de Castellane negotiating for a London house. They plan to spend part of the year abroad as Boni laments the lack of sympathy from friends during recent financial troubles.
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London
Count
Countess Boni de Castellane
Vanity Fair
Boni
Lyons Shamed by Sells Letters in Australian Case
Det. 5 George Peters reports Harry Lyons testified under cross examination about sickly love letters to Mrs. Sells. Lyons admitted infatuation, denied relations except letters, and contradicted himself repeatedly before saying I don’t know. Adjournment gave relief to the nervous witness.
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Commercial Tribune
Columbus
O. Det
George
Peters
Peter Sells
Harry Lyons
Mrs. Sells
Australia
Laker
Logan
Pittsburg
Sue
Lyons
Falsely accused banker confesses long crime spree
William M. Gates, longtime office manager at Frank & Dubois, reportedly confessed to extensive embezzlement likely totaling fifty thousand dollars or more. He fled from Brooklyn after leaving his wife and six year old son, as experts at 47 William Street work to untangle seven years of books while the firm, described as the world's largest insurance brokerage, faces no immediate ruin.
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New York
Frank & Dubois
William M. Gates
Gatesig
Brooklyn
Emil Frank
Cornelius Dubois
Roosevelt plans Colorado hunting trip to kill mountain lions
Vice President-elect Roosevelt will visit Colorado this winter for a hunting trip. He has asked a hotel proprietor to reserve accommodations for him and his party the week before the New York Legislature convenes in January to pursue mountain lion hunting.
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Chicago
Meeker
Col
Roosevelt
Colorado
New York
Murky Allegations Over Exam Fees and Missing Receipts
A historic account notes rumors of Will Ziegler diverting fifty cent exam fees from teachers. It cites a new book showing per person fees and dates from May 1898 to November 1904, with varying totals and counts of examinations and questionable receipt practices.
Receipts Found In City Treasury Linked To Ziegler Payments
A Commercial Tribune probe found Will Ziegler paid city examination fees on multiple dates. Receipts show seven payments on July 9 1900 totaling significant sums. Assistant City Treasurer Henry Dilg Jr signed the receipts.
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Commercial Tribune
Will Ziegler
City Treasury
W. C. Ziegler
Henry Dilg, Jr
Ziegler
D. F. Cash
Board of ‘Examiners
Poth
Cash
Board of Examiners
Nampa
Treasury
Commércial Tribune
D. F
Henry Day, Jr
Ziegier
Receipts in Duplicate in City Finance Case
Henry Dilg explains signing foolscap receipts for Will Ziegler and entering amounts on stubs. He says duplicates were created by pasting normal receipts into Ziegler’s entry books and stamping them duplicate. Ziegler filed the duplicate receipts with the Board of Education.
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Ziegler
Mr. Dilg
Commercial Tribune
Board of Education
Henry Dilg
Will Ziegler
Special Meeting of Board of Examiners on Ziegler Shortage
The Board met at City Building led by Otto Renner to discuss accusations that Will Ziegler was short in his accounts. Clerk Cash defended Ziegler's integrity, stating he never handled money and supported requesting Colonel Bonebrake to review Ziegler's books and accounts. The board unanimously adopted the motion with Williams and Boone to present action to Bonebrake.
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Board OF Examiners
Otto Renner
Messrs
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Whallen
Williams
Cash
Renner
Ziegler
Will Zens
Wille
Ziéglete
Will Ziegler
Bonebrake
Ziegier
Board of Education
Iman Renner
Mesers
Wiliams and Boone
Colonel Bonebrake
War Revenue Tax Cut Aims Ahead of Christmas
Washington December 5. Chairman Payne introduces a bill to reduce war revenue taxes by about 40 million dollars, with detailed cuts across beer cigars special taxes and schedules A and B. The measure seeks quick House passage before Christmas, marking changes in stamps on various goods and broker fees.
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Washington
Payne
Ways and Means Committee
Tobacco Company Quits After Insolvency
The Brooklyn Tobacco Manufacturing and Novelty Company filed for voluntary dissolution in Supreme Court. The firm with a Lorimer Street factory has assets of 8,700.52 and liabilities of 9,188.93, and owes creditors to show cause why a receiver should not be appointed on March 5, 1961.
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Commercial Tribune
New York
Borough of
Brooklyn Tobacco Manufacturng and Novelty Company
Supreme Court
Lorimer Street
Justice Maddox
Harry W. Michell
Charles M. Davison
Charles B. Farrington
Edward H. Schlueter
Wto
Supreme Court Examines Philippines Property Duty Case
Washington reports rising unease among officials over whether the constitution follows the flag in United States v Fourteen Gold Rings. Pepke, a discharged soldier, brought home fourteen diamond rings from the Philippines. San Francisco seized them for duty, challenging if the islands’ status and treaty rights permit such taxation. The case tests whether U S citizens retain full constitutional rights in ceded territory and whether customs on Philippine goods violates constitutional authority. The decision could reshape colonial policy and spark debate among Republicans amid Puerto Rico tariff shifts.
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Commercial Tribune
Washington
Philadelphia Public Ledger
Supreme Court
United States Circuit Court
Ninth Judicial Circuit
United States
Philippines
Pepke
San Francisco
Pilippines
District of Columbia
Dent
Finduhy
Reme Court
Ac ‘ Peckham
Justice Harlan
Rural free delivery brings mail to isolated Eastern Tennessee districts
In Jonesboro Tennessee on December 1 rural free delivery began in Washington County. Thirty five carriers with mounted routes serve towns including Jonesboro Limestone Johnson City and Telford. Boxes and new distributing cases await mail along mountain roads as post offices in the fourth class are abolished and rural service expands county by county.
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Commercial Tribune
Jonesboro
Tenn
Tennessee
Washington County
Post Office Department
Washington
Carroll County
Indiana
Brownlow
A. B. Smith
Smith
Limestone
Johnson City
Telford
Fall Branch
Chucky City
Southern
Johnson County
Buffalo
Clinch
Vine Street
Cincinnati
Uncle Sam
E.H. R
Obituary of Jacob Shearer Methodist Exhorter
Jacob Shearer died Wednesday morning at his daughter Mrs Miles Morton's home in Madisonville. A longtime religious worker he formed a class that became the foundation for McKendree M E Church in the city.
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Jacob Shearer
Miles Morton
Madisonville
McKendree M. E. Church
Cured Cold Remedies Mentioned In Vague Memo
A fragmented note discusses a cold remedy with references to Bromo Quinine and a signature read as Groves. The readable text is garbled, offering no concrete event date location or outcome.
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W. Groves
Convention Opens as AFL Meets in Music Hall
More than two hundred delegates are expected for the twentieth annual AFL convention in Louisville at Music Hall. President Gompers presides. Higgins delivers welcome. Morrison and Gompers address credentials, reports, and messages. Women delegates include Sarah Groshaus of Streator and Mrs Lampheer of Galesburg, both active in labor groups.
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Louisville
Music Hall
American Federation of Labor
Gompers
Executive Council
William Higgins
Frank Morrison
Sarah Groshaus
Streator
United Garment Makers of America
Lamp
Towne Offered and Accepts U.S. Senate Appointment
Charles A. Towne of Duluth confirmed he has accepted the United States Senate appointment to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Senator C. K. Davis. Governor Lind had tendered the post and declined to confirm or deny the report, though the information is considered credible.
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Charles A. Towne
Duluth
United States
C. K. Davis
Lind
Towne
Davis
G. K. Davis
Maurice Thompson reported gravely ill in Crawfordsville
Maurice Thompson the author is bedridden at his home in Crawfordsville Indiana after weeks of illness. Local doctors fear his condition may be fatal and provide no hopeful prognosis at this time.
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Maurice Thompson
Crawfordsville
Ind
Clem Brice Seeks U S Navy Apprenticeship
W Clem Brice of Cleveland Ohio nephew of former Senator Brice applied at the steamship Michigan in Erie for enrollment as a paved apprentice.
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Clem Brice
Commercial Tribune
Erie
W. Clem Brice
Cleveland
Brice
Ohio
United States Steamship Michigan Today
Child murderer Gibson captured in Carter County
Gibson the child murderer was captured this morning at Iron Hill Carter County by John Davis of that place. He was brought to Sheriff Field's home and later moved to Maysville for safekeeping by County Judge L T Everett. Deputy William Geiger and Jailer I S Hurd departed with the prisoner for Russell to catch the 4 40 train to Maysville. The town remains unaware of the capture.
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Commercial Tribune
Catlettsburg
Gibson
Iron Hill
Carter County
John Davis
Maysville
William Geiger
I. S. Hurd
Russell
Duke of Manchester Plans West Visit After Royal Wedding
In Cincinnati bound proceedings the Duke says he may pursue business in the West while maintaining ties to Britain. A visiting count declined to reveal his name and promised another interview with the Duke tomorrow. The Duke plans American clothes trials and hopes to learn of business prospects.
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Cincinnati
West
London
House of Lords
Duke
Manchester
John Jacob Astor
German envoy Sternberg marries Miss Langham in London
Baron Herman Speck Von Sternberg former secretary to the German Embassy in Washington and new Consul General for Germany at Calcutta wed Miss Lillian May Langham of Louisville Kentucky in a quiet ceremony at St George's Church Hanover Square London. The bridegroom was supported by Joseph H Choate the U S ambassador and the bride’s mother and sisters attended.
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London
Herman Speck von Sternberg
Washington
Germany
Calcutta
St. George's Church
Hanover Square
Lillian May Langham
Louisville
Joseph H. Choate
United States
Grape-Nuts Credited With Restoring Starved Nerves
Grinnell Iowa resident D Horine reports rapid aid from Grape-Nuts, saying the food is easily digested and rebuilt his strength after illness and bedridden weakness. He claims nervous prostration stems from nerve starvation and credits Grape-Nuts with restored spirits and daily tasks.
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D. Horine
Grinnell
Iowa
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