Miners Testify to Blacklisting At Coal Strike Hearings
In Scranton Pa the miners testify about alleged blacklisting by coal operators during the strike. Witnesses include blinded veterans and injured workers as the commission weighs the dangers of mining and potential settlements. Father Curran defends the miners and questions boycott practices, urging fair treatment and safer labor conditions.
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Scrawfox
Céat
Alk
Uriah! Er
Curran
Romen Fatholle
Elmgryeman
Witkenbarre
Witrese
Darrow
Gray
Lmay
J. J. Curran
Cegan
Wilkesbarre
Father Curran
Father Klussie
Hazleton
From Wabash Teacher to International Banking President
Will L. Moyer, native of Wabash County and former Chester Township country schoolteacher, rose to become President of the International Banking Corporation of New York. His career spanned roles at Citi zens' Bank, First National Bank of Anthony, and the Chicago bank run by Gilbert B. Shaw, culminating in a five year contract as bank head with broad authority and international reach. The bank serves as U S fiscal agent in China, the Philippines and Hawaii and maintains Orient branches. directors include E. H. Harriman and Alfred Vanderbilt. His mother remains in the county.
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Commercial Tribune
Wabash, Ind
Will L. Moyer
International Banking Corporation of New York
Wabash County
Chester Township
O. W. Conner & Co
Citizens’ Bank
First National Bank of
Anthony
Kan
Gilbert B. Shaw
American Trust and Savings Bank
Chicago
Shaw
Marcus Daly
Montana Copper King
New York
Western National
National Shoe and Leather Bank
The
International
Moyer
United States
China
Philippines
Hawaii
Orient
E. H. Harriman
Union-Pacific
James Alexander
Lewis Denies Report Of Officer's Shortage
Secretary Wilson of the United Mineworkers received a message from National Vice President Lewis denying a Parkersburg report alleging a shortage of over 1200 dollars in a relief fund account. The exchange followed a trip with President Mitchell and involved other high officials amid the Virginia District inquiry.
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Lewis
Indianapolis
Wilson
United Mineworkers
National Organization
Parkersburg
W. Va
Virginia
Larshy
Mitchell
Asa
Abe
Mitch
MacVeagh Rules Out Outside Settlement on Coal Strike
Wayne MacVeagh arrived in New York and stated emphatically that there will be no settlement outside the commission and no further conferences except to tidy minor details. He said the Nal would continue to Washington for a coal strike-related visit, not connected to negotiations.
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Wayne MacVeagh
Erie Railroad
Ettorney
Parker
Lackawanna Railroad
New York
Associated Press
Gray
Wayne Mace Veagh
Scranton
Waldorf,Astoria
Commission
Nal
Washington
Priand
Mutiny on board ship linked to mutineers
A mid ocean ship story reports mutineers led by Hobbs killed Mr. Nixon and shot the captain, who later recovered from wounds. The mutineers aimed to murder officers and crew who refused to join and steer for Pitcairn Island. Hobbs is said to be from Illinois with Seave from Idaho and James Turner from Portland, Oregon.
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Gu Henstow
Brutichetster Castle
San Frana
Hera Peattie
Hobbs
Nixon
Pitcairn Island
Illinois
Seave
Idaho
James Turner
Portland
Ore
Hotel Proprietor and Clerk Arrested in Lincoln Hotel Fire
Fred A. Smith proprietor and night clerk B C Weber were arraigned in Harrison Street Police Court on manslaughter charges as accessories before the fact after fourteen men perished in a fire at the Lincoln Hotel. Bail bonds posted by Alderman John J Brennan, hearing set for December 15.
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Chicago
Fred A. Smith
Lincoln
B. C. Weber
Cincinnati
Harrison Street
Traeger
O'Neil
John J Brennan
Smith
Weber
Alderman Brennan
Publicity for trusts favored by subcommittee
Cabinet met for an hour and a half with all members present except Knox and Root. Hay warned of a potential hitch in Havana talks on a Cuban reciprocity treaty. Twenty five Postmasters were appointed including William H. Tucker to be reappointed as Postmaster at Toledo Ohio.
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Hitech
Washington
Knox
Root
Hay
Havana
William H. Tucker
Toledo
Miss Richardson's wedding plans spark a city mystery
East Liverpool Ohio December 6 An odd development surrounds Miss Richardson who planned to wed Homer Williams of Canton. A former suitor Jere Hagen now a Cleveland pharmacy clerk resurfaced and allegedly secured a license without her knowledge. The town ponders whether a prior romance ends in mystery or mischief.
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Liverpool
Miss Richardson
Homer Williams
Canton
Then&e
Jera Hagen
Cleveland
Hazen
Miss. Richardson
Williams
Jereams
Missichardson
Voters Urged to Ensure Clean Registration Before Court Case
Voters face registration issues as clerks transfer names to new books. Secretary Laylin relies on Section 226 V.6 for guidance. Attorney General Sheets and State School Commissioner Bonébrake plan a Supreme Court test over hamlet versus village status in Cuyahoga County.
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Laylin
Sheets
Bonébrake
Supreme Court
Defeated Candidate Files Court Contest Over Election
James B. Thomas, defeated candidate for Probate Judge, files a court contest in Portsmouth alleging unlocked ballot boxes in several precincts, improper handling by non officers, officers closing polls and removing boxes for meals, minor voters, and destroyed Thomas votes not counted.
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Commercial Tribune
Portsmouth
James
Thomas
IF. L. Sikes
Ohio bar exam results list 94 passers and 38 failures
Columbus reports the semi annual bar admission examinations produced 94 successful candidates and 38 failures. Included among passers is Margaret Land of Cadiz, one of the few women to gain admission. The list names dozens of new Ohio attorneys by city and surname, spanning Cleveland to New Philadelphia.
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Commercial Tribune
Columbus, CO
Supreme Court
Margaret Land
Cadiz
Vivian Abernethy
Mansfield
Henry Altsohn
Springfield
Harvey J. Bachtel
Akron
Arthur D. Baldwin
Cleveland
Wm. P. Barnum, Jr
Youngstown
A. Bean
J. M. Bechtel
Norwalk
Harry F. Bell
Clifford L. Bell
Woodsfield
James Boulger
Chillicothe
Oliver 8
Bryant
Cincinnati
Harley HB. Burns
Columbus
E. L. Byer
Leo
R. M. Caffee
Charles BE. Capple
William H. Clarke
Mr. Vernon
Lindsay K. Cooper
Ironton
Frank J. Cowdrey
Archer E. Cregg
J. W. Deffenbaugh
Circleville
Seney A. Decker
Tiffin
C. Howard Denison
George C. Dissette
Wm B. Duck
Toledo
Thomas D. Evans
Newark
Philip Ferrell
Deshler
Albert H. Fiebach
North Amherst
G. W.gatehouse
Doylestown
Myer Gelord
Richard Gailey
N. Mitton
Greenberger
Akror
Edwin’ G. Guthery
Wm .S. Hatman
David K. Hempstead
James W. Hoffert
E. M. Hoffman
James B. Harber
Miler
Eipnos
George W. Lindsay
Newcomerstown
Leonard C. ‘Little
River Styx
Alphonse B. Babe
Shelby
James M. McCleary
Margaret McFarland
J. J. McGee
West Mansfield
Charles M. Mills
William A. Moeller
Howard B. Moore
Levi B. Moore
Waverly
Frank H. Murphy
A. D. Murray
Hollidaysbury
Otto W. Naef
Conneaut
Hugh W. Neuhart
Caldwell
Robert J. O'Dell
Washington D. H
A. W. Overmeyer
Fremont
Charles W. Owen
Lancelot Packer
Walter St. Page
Thomas E., Parks
Grover Hill
Harry 8. Redkey
Hillsboro
Co. O
W. D. Voorhees
Scio
Samuel R. Watkins
Carbon Hill
Narrow Escape From Chicago Hotel Lincoln Fire
J E B Herbert, a survivor of Chicago Hotel Lincoln’s blaze, arrived home in Salineville after jumping to the roof from the burning building with a woman and her child. He suffered internal injuries and pain with every movement. Herbert is a mail clerk on the Ft Wayne line between Pittsburg and Chicago.
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Commercial Tribune
East Liverpool
J. EB. Herbert
Lincoln
Chicago
Salineville
Herbert
Ft. Wayne Road
Pittsburg
Gould to Seek Court Order Over Stock Voting
The Times reports George Gould plans to seek an injunction to stop using stock votes held in others names at the Colorado Fuel and Iron Company. He bought Fuel and Iron shares via brokers and cannot determine former owners. If stock is in a former owner's name on transfer books Gould may be barred from voting.
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Denver
the Times
George Gould
Colorado Fuel and Iron Company
New York
Gould
Student Bucket Brigade Saves University Building
In Princeton New Jersey Dickinson Hall narrowly escaped a major blaze when a fire lit in the third story during Prof J Mark Baldwins psychology class. Students formed a bucket brigade as the local fire department responded and the fire was brought under control. Loss estimated at 3000 dollars.
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Princeton
N. J
Dickinson Hall
J. Mark Baldwin
Choctaws Emigrating to Indian Territory
Emigration of hundreds of Choctaw Indians from Mississippi to Indian Territory has begun. Families arrived in Ardmore for Dawes Commission enrollment and to prove Choctaw identity before allotment. Thousands likely to arrive before February 1, with many not speaking English.
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Ardmore
J. T
Mississippi
Indian Territory
Dawes Commission
Fear Treaty With Cuba Will Not Be Completed
Washington December 5 Officials here were surprised by a Havana shift in Cuban treaty talks. Minister Squier’s reports had suggested an accomplished fact. The treaty now faces the Havana House with a nationality clause viewed as hostile to closer US ties and may be rejected or amended beyond acceptance.
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Washington
Havana
Squier
House of Representatives
United States
Governor Nash declines pardon for habitual criminals in Ohio
Columbus, Dec 5. Governor Nash refuses to pardon twenty eight habitual criminals still serving terms under the habitual criminal act, repealed last spring. He notes no reason exists to release them beyond their habitual status and would have vetoed repeal if possible. He also pardons Frank Kostyho of Cleveland, sentenced to life for murder in 1895.
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Commercial Tribune
Columbus
Durance Vile
George K. Nash
Charles Kline
Daytonn
Frank Kostyho
Cleveland
Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets Claim Quick Cold Cure
Ad promotes Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets promising a one day cure for a cold. Includes a refund guarantee and E. W. Grove signature on each box. The price listed is 250.
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E. W. Grove
Death of Charles B. Hatton Former Fresno Republican Founder
Charles B. Hatton, a longtime newspaper man born in Indiana and a Chicago Tribune reporter, died of consumption in San Bernardino at age forty eight. He moved west in the 1880s and founded the Fresno Republican in 1897.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Charles B.hatton
San Bernardino
Mr. Hatton
Vies Ind
Chicago Tribune
Fresno Republican
Officers appointed for January officer examination at Columbus
A board of officers has been named to examine candidates for second lieutenants in the army. The panel includes Major Guy L. Edie, Surgeon United States Army, Major Ammon A. Auinur of the Twentieth Infantry, Captain Frederick V. Krug and Captain Berry J. Wired of the Sixty Infantry, First Lieutenant James W. Vandusen as Assistant Surgeon, United States Army, and First Lieutenant James K. Parsons of the Twentieth Infantry as Recorder.
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Washington
Columbus Tracks
Clyl
Guy L. Edie
United States Army
Ammon A.auinur
Twentietty Infantry
Frederick V. Krug
Twentieth Infantry
Berry J. Wired
Strentiots Infantry
James W. Vandusen
James K. Parsons
Recorder
Indicted for Perjury in Des Moines Case
Mrs. Ella Gallagher, formerly acquitted in Iowa City of her husband’s murder, is indicted for perjury and is believed to have fled to Canada. Witness Charles Holaday, who pled guilty, was sentenced to life imprisonment.
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Des Moins
Ella Gallagher
Iowa City
Canada
Charles Holaday
Holaday
Grove's Black Root Liver Pills Advert
An 19th century style advertisement promotes Grove's Black Root Liver Pills made from Black Root extract. Claims to activate the liver without calomel, cause no lead in the system, and relieve sickness stomach or constipation. Priced at 28 cents and promises cures.
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Grove
Garfield Club Banquet Draws 300 Republicans Across Seven Counties
About three hundred Republicans from seven counties attended the Garfield Club banquet in Warren Ohio to back candidate James Kennedy of Youngstown. Toastmaster was James Kennedy with speakers including Albert Douglas Chillisngthe Charles Lawyer Ashtabula Goipty KL Miles Summit H L Ball Portage Hollenbeck Geauga E E Roberts Trumbull M A Norris Mahoning and B S Shankland Lake County. T. H. Gillmer was elected President.
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Commercial Tribune
Warren
Garfield Club
Old and New
Nineteenth Congressional District
Toll Fongrea Smart
James Kennedy
Youngstown
Albert Douglas
Chillingthe
Charles Lawyer
Ashtabula Goipty
KL. C. Miles
Summit County
H. L. Ball
Portage County
H.H. Hollenbeck
Marine Shipping Movements Across Ports
Marine notices show arrivals and sailings across Glasgow Boston Queenstown and Liverpool. The Livenian arrived in Boston while the Siberian departed for St John Newfoundland and Philadelphia. The Rhyndam sailed from Queenstown to Philadelphia and the Nordnam passed from Rotterdam to New York. The Irishman reached Liverpool bound for Portland while the Nomadic sailed for New York. The Lauren tine arrived from Glasgow and The Pretorian sailed from Liverpool to Halifax and St John.
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Boston
St. Hne
New Foundland
Philadelphia
Queenstown
Rhyndand
Ishi. OF
New York
Liverpool
Halifax
N. S
St. John
N. B
Board of Appeals Rules Tax On Stock and Property
The Board of Appeals ruled that Procter & Gamble must pay tax on the additional authorized capital stock amount of 1.5 million rather than the issued amount. It also held that the Covington and Cincinnati Bridge Company is a foreign corporation and should pay tax on 40 percent of its property located in Ohio.
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Commercial Tribune
Columbus. C
Board of Appeals
Wills
Procter & Gambie Company
Cincinnati
Covington and Cincinnati Bridge Company
Ohio
Ohio corporate filings reveal new ventures and chartered firms
The Tourist Club of Cincinnati led by Henry Thomann and others, the Park Specialty Company of Greenville with 45000 capital, and the Charles E. Baker Company of New Jersey with 25000 capital are filed or admitted by the Ohio Secretary of State in Columbus on December 5.
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Commercial Tribune
Columbus
The
Tourist Club
Cincinnat
Henry Thomann
Emile Sehmitt
Wil- Ha . Streicher
Harry
J. Arnold
Christ. Schumacher
Park Specialty Company
Greenville
Capital Stock
Charles E. Baker Company
New Jersey
Charter
Ohio
Cleveland
Piles Remedy Advertises Quick Cure Guarantee
An odd old medical ad promises relief for itching burning and protruding piles with a money back guarantee if not cured. It claims rapid action in days and a unique positive guarantee despite long standing cases.
Patrick seeks new trial in Rice murder case
In New York on December 6, Albert T. Patrick argued for a new trial before Recorder Goff. The case centers on the alleged murder of William Marsh Rice, the aged millionaire, with the session adjourned to continue tomorrow.
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New York
Albert T. Patrick
William Marsh Rice
Goff
Negro arrestee freed in Ada Gilbert Dennis murder case
Richard Cots, the man arrested in the Ada Gilbert Dennis murder inquiry, was released today after the District Attorney said there was no evidence to support further detention.
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Washington
Richard Cots
Ada Gilbert Dennis
Reappoints Superintendent at several employment bureaus
State Labor Commissioner Michael D. Ratchford reappoints J. B. Richardson in Cincinnati John Iliff and Daston Samuel Cobn in Toledo and Dayton office clerk Minnie I. Graham in Dayton.
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Commercial Tribune
Columbus
Michael D. Ratchford
J. 8S
Richardson
Cincinnati
John Iliff Et
Daston
Samuel Cobn
Toledo
Minnie I. Graham
Dayton
Heirs Named in Valparaiso Estate Case
Valparaiso Indiana December 5 heirs to half of an estate valued over 100000 dollars following death of a Canadian uncle. The heirs are Mrs John Chif ford Mrs Laforce Mrs Daniel Magee and Mitchell Laforce all of Valparaiso and Mrs Ade Mine Myers of Chicago.
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Commercial Tribune
Valparaiso
Ind
John. Chifford
Joseph -Laforce
Wealthy farmer Samuel K. Newman dies near Ind.
Samuel K. Newman a wealthy farmer near Indiana died suddenly today of heart disease. He reportedly accumulated more than a half million dollars and leaves a widow and one son.
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Commercial Tribune
RERO
Thompson Sets Miller Blackmail Case for Monday
United States Judge A C Thompson ordered all Miller blackmail indictments held for Monday. Ivor Hughes and counsel pleaded not guilty and posted bonds. Joseph Miller remained jailed after failing to post bail. District Attorney Bundy pledged no salacious evidence and warned witnesses against harm.
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Commercial Tribune
Columbus
United States
A. C. Thompson
Ivor Hughes
Henry J. Boots
J. T. Holmes
Hughes
Mesers
Thompson
Ada Horman
Bar
Evansville Youth Confesses to Arson Rampage
In Evansville Indiana 13 year old William Olmstead confessed to burning two residences and four large barns after a months long mystery of fires. He was arrested on suspicion and the motive cited was a mania.
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Evansville
Ind
William Olmstead
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