Carnegie Gift Embarrasses President in Bond Form
Washington reports that Mr Carnegie's 10 million gift to a national university will be in United States Steel Company bonds at par This arrangement provokes friction with labor unions and invites congressional scrutiny The plan raises questions over trust terms and potential government actions on the steel bonds and related legislation.
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Commercial Tribune
Washington
Carnegie
National University
United States Steel Company
Roosevelt
United States Steel
Congress
Mr. Carnegie
Dowie Receives Testimony In Receivership Suit In Chicago
John Alexander Dowie head of the Christ Catholic Church faces continued receivership action for Zion lace industries with testimony from Samuel Stevenson, Dowie’s brother in law. Stevenson recounts Dowie courting Dowie’s sister and manipulating investments including a $50,000 check amid prayers and transfers.
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Chicago
Alexander Dowie
Christ Catholic Church
Dowie
Stevenson
America
Samuel W. Packard
Minister from Columbus to Detroit fits Broad Escapee
Rev. G F B Howard once jailed in Ohio Penitentiary was released then rearrested by U S Marshal Al Bauer and prepared for transfer to Detroit Michigan. He faces nine and a half years for mail fraud across eight indictments and twenty two counts as an ex editor of the convict newspaper. He fled in 1897 and was recaptured in Horton Michigan while preaching to a flock. He plans to fight charges but acknowledges long odds.
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Columbus
G. F. B. Howard
Ohio Penitentiary
United States
al Bauer
Johnson
Howard
Fagin
Detroit
Tennessee
Ohio Penitentiary News
Michigan
Horton
Mich
England
Aing
Skeleton of colossal prehistoric animal found near Enid
Kansas City dispatch reports discovery of a giant prehistoric skeleton near Enid Oklahoma with a throat six feet wide and 80 feet long. The finder, William Fulton, insured the bones at Drennon and Marston in the New England Building and aims to exhibit the specimen in New York.
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Commercial Tribune
Kansas City
Senate
Enid
Oklo
Drennon & Marston
New England
Drennon
William Fulton
Okla
Mr. Fulton
Hill resigns from Northern Pacific Board of Directors
New York December reports James J. Hill has broken with the Northern Pacific Railroad Company by resigning from its board. The move is not attributed to the attacks on the Northern Securities Company or to actions involving the Great Northern.
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Senate
McLaurin
Wellington
New York
James J. Hill
Ofern Pacific Railroad Company
Northern Securities Company
Hill
Northern Pacific
Booth Tarkington Aiming for Congress and Legislature
Indianapolis December report notes Booth Tarkington author of The Gentleman From Indiana and Monsieur Beaucaire may seek Republican nomination for Clark County Representative in the State Legislature. Tarkington says public duty beyond his profession could lead to a bid for a Congress seat if successful in the state race.
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Commercial Tribune
Indianapolis
Booth Tarkington
Indiana
Tarkington
Jaguar Tries Faith Cure On Time at Lincoln Park
Despatch from Chicago reports Old Billy the rheumatic jaguar at Lincoln Park receiving Christian Science treatment. A white-haired woman claimed to be an earnest Christian Scientist from Ping Grove and Wightwood avenues visits daily, reading Eddy works beside the jaguar’s cage during winter twinges.
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Commercial Tribune
Chicago
Billy
Lincolln Park
Second Church of Christ
Mayors and Board Fight Florida Style Political Moves
In Clevheand Ohio December 4 1912 reports swirl that Senator Hanna backs a ripper law to oust Mayor Johnson and wipe out his Board of Control. A plan would appoint a city board through Governor Nash and replace Johnson allies, amid growing unpopularity. The gambit aims to sidestep courts by appealing to the Legislature if needed.
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Commercial Tribune
Clevheand
Ituis
Hanna
Mayon
Johnson
Board of Control
Wofa
Nash
Stokes to Be Tried in Chicago Court
Chicago December report says a conference between United States District Attorney Bethea and a Postoffice Inspector decided to bring Charles Stokes from Brooklyn for a hearing on charges of possessing proceeds from a Chicago Post Office robbery. Investigators believe the robbers remain in Chicago and that stolen stamps were sent to New York via a suburban town.
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Representative Coombs
California
United States
Coombs
Immigration Bureau
Philippines
Hawaii
Chicago
Attorne
Bethea
Postoffice
Charles Stokes
Brooklyni
New York
Depew to Marry Miss Palmer in Nice France at Christmas
New York December 12 report states United States Senator Chauncey M Depew will wed Miss Palmer in Nice France on Christmas Day The Times notes the couple will marry in a French ceremony with family and prominent guests expected to attend
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the Times
United States
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Miss "Palmer
Nicé
France
Labor Organizer Convicted in Conspiracy Case in Porto Rico
In San Juan, Porto Rico, Tiago Iglesias, head of the Porto Rico Workmen, and nine companions were tried for conspiracy. Iglesias received four years. others were sentenced to three years and four months. The local federation of labor has been ordered dissolved as illegal. A building housing the federation was fired upon by opponents, with no arrests. Iglesias appeals to the Supreme Court of Porto Rico and remains at liberty during the appeal.
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Porto Rico
Tiago Iglesias
Workmen
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Iglesias
Federatin
American Federation
Samuel
Savage
Dist
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Spreme Court
American Federation of Labor
Hunt
AFL Leader Gompers Pledges Effort to Free Iglesias
Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, said the federation would spare no effort to secure the release of Iglesias if his conviction rests on conspiratorial charges to raise Puerto Rican workers’ wages. He urged changing laws to American standards, calling the current Porto Rican code relic and a violation of guaranteed rights. The AFL executive council was in session when the AP cable arrived, and he expected the convention to take up the matter before adjournment.
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Scranton
Associated Press
San Juan
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Iglesias
Gompers
Wagon Party of Eighteen Struck by Train Near Kokomo
A freight train collided with a hay wagon carrying eighteen youths en route to the country. One man, Frank Keifer, was killed and three girls Nora Weishaar Laura McFittle Lizzie Barnhart were injured. Driver Paul Wishaar and others suffered minor injuries. the girls are expected to recover.
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Commercial Tribune
Kokomo
Ind
the Panhandle
Frank Keifer
Nora Weishaar
Laura McFittle
Lizzie Barnhart
Paul Wishaar
Robbery in Vestibule at Manhattan Apartment House
William Leeds a prominent booker and owner of the Manhasset apartment house in Columbus Ohio was robbed in the vestibule shortly before daylight two masked men seized him struck him in the face and forced him to surrender two diamond rings a diamond stud a gold watch cash totaling 360 with diamonds worth 300.
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Commercial Tribune
Columbus
William Leeds
Manhasset
Theil Avenue
Leeds
Manhassett
Argentine calls on reserves to prepare for war
The Buenos Aires government mobilizes 60 000 reserves from 1878 and 1879 and deposits 2 100 000 pounds in London to cover debt coupons as Chile mobilizes ships and awaits a verdict on strategic road demands. The press urges caution while arbitration terms are sought.
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Chile
Air
Great Britain
London
Buenos Ayres
Diplomats foresee no Chile Argentine war in present crisis
Secretary Hay received cables from Ministers Lord at Buenos Ayres and Wilson at Santiago de Chile saying the situation is grave but the best opinion is that war between Chile and Argentina will not follow.
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Washington
Hay
Lord
Buenos Ayres
Wilson
Tiago de Chile
Chilé
National Council of the Grand Army fixes next encampment in Washington
The National Council of the Grand Army of the Republic decided at a meeting in Chicago to hold the next annual encampment in Washington D C in the fall. Atlantic City and Denver were considered but Washington was chosen unanimously due to the Sherman monument dedication timeline.
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Chicago
National Council of the Grand. Army
The
National Capital
William T. Sherman
Banks Seek $22,495.87 From Corkran Fraud Case
Attorneys for several Western banks filed claims in Towson's Clerk of Court seeking $22,495.87 plus protest fees against the Manor Parkton and Suburban Winter Companies of Baltimore County. Charles Corkran of New York is accused of operating a fraudulent enterprise. Banks named include Ft Dearborn National Bank First National Commercial National and Western National Banks of Chicago First National Bank of Fond du Lac First National Bank of Hillsdale Michigan.
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Charles Corkran
New York
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Robs and kills his mother then dies by own hand
Special Despatch reports UPPER SANDUSKY Ohio tale of Jacob Wisebaker who robbed and murdered his mother then shot himself. Mrs Valentine Wisebaker found dying in kitchen. a bloody stove poker nearby. A man’s body later found in Long’s livery stable with a bullet wound and a revolver. Pension money reportedly provided motive. The son left a widow and four children.
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Wisebaker
Valentine Wisebaker
Catdinee
Es Son ‘Jacou
Long
Whitecaps Active in Crawford County Indiana
News from New Albany Indiana reports a whitecap outbreak in Crawford County near English where masked assailants whipped three residents from their beds using hickory switches. Victims William Cunningham former Justice of the Peace Jesse Tyree and Miss Alice Haycock of Sterling Township were accused of immoral practices and warned to stop. The incident provokes community indignation and marks Crawford County’s first such outbreak in years.
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New
Albany
Ind
Crawford County
English
William Cunningham
Jesse Tyree
Alice Haycock
Sterling Township
Crawford
New Leaders Named for Jewish Theological Seminary
The Jewish Theological Seminary will reorganize on broader lines with Dr. Schechter named President of the faculty and Dr. Cyrus Adler as Chairman of the Board of Trustees. Donations totaling $200,000 enable the plan, with Schiff giving 100,000 and Guggenheim and Lewisohn 50,000 each. Schechter will assume faculty presency with arrival in spring and start in fall term. Adler will manage executive affairs from New York with part-time work in Washington.
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NEW _ YORK
Jewish’Theological Seminary
Jacob H. Schiff
Daniel Guggenheim
Leonard Lewissohn
Schechter
Adler
Washington
New York
Foraker Praises New Treaty Strengthening U S Defense
Senator Foraker lauds the new treaty as a safeguard for the nation. He argues robust fortifications would not constitute war and emphasize that the U S is well protected by the agreement and related measures.
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Sen.foraker
Spooner
Tillman and Bailey
United States
Chamber
Perkins
Nelson
Great Britain
Senate to Vote Monday on Hay Pauncefote Canal Treaty
The Senate agreed to vote on the Hay Pauncefote treaty before adjournment on Monday. Debate focused on canal control and defense rights, with Spooner Money Foraker and Bacon among principal speakers. The discussion covered fortifications, blockade rights, and coastwise differential rates amid sharp exchanges.
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Washington
Senate
Senator Lodge
Lodge
Spooner
Senator Money
Foraker
Money
United States
Senator Foraker
Great Britain
Morgan Credits Great Britain Delay Reported by Committee
The Committee on Isthmian Canals authorized a favorable report on Senator Morgan's bill detailing a purchase plan. Morgan attributes the delay to Great Britain. Continued on Second Page.
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Great Britain
Washington
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