Fire consumes six story factory district. $60,000 loss
A wind driven blaze at 210 214 East Ninth Street, a six story brick complex housing Richter & Co Rusche & Co and Freeman, destroys most of the building. Insurance covers the damage. Firemen suffer minor injuries as 150 workers are displaced. A separate street incident ends with two men charged after a knife and brick confrontation.
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East Ninth Street
Joseph Richter
Richter & Co
Rusche & Co
Louis G. Freeman
Ninth Street
Furst Bros
Second National Bank
J. H. Locke Company
Louis C. Freeman
Freeman
Main Street
Otto Goetz
William Welsh
Engine Company No. 2
Welsh
Kane
McSorley
Charles Wiggins
Central Avenue
George Grainer
Race Street
Grainer
Wiggins
Goebel killing trial details unfold in Georgetown trial
Depositions in the Powers Goebel case feature Albert Helton and J L Hopkins testifying on Youtsey and the Marlin rifle. Former Governor Taylor denies involvement while W S Taylor's 1908 deposition is read. Judge Brown corroborates Howard's London visit.
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Commercial Tribune
Georgetown
Caleb Poweers
James B. Howard
W. M. Smith
Howard
Albert Helton
Goebel
J. L. Hopkins
Henry Youtsey
William Goebel
Youtsey
Secretary of State
W. J. Davidson
Bradley
Caleb Powers
W. S. Taylor
Powers
W. L. Brown
Laurel Circuit Court
London
Laurel County
Cantrill
Taylor
W. 8
Commonwealth
J. N. Hubbard
Grayson
Hubbard
Newport
Cincinnati
Hopkins
Franklin
J. B. Noe
Heaton
Helton
Harlan Urges State and National Rights at Plaza Dinner
Associate Justice Harlan spoke at the Kentucky Association dinner in New York urging cooperation of state and federal branches and liberal construction of the Constitution. He cited Kentucky motto United We Stand and warned against fears for the nation’s future amid diverse populations.
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Commercial Tribune
New York
Harlan
United States Supreme Court
Hotel Plaza
Kentucky Association
Kentucky
Justice Harlan
Commonwealth
United States
Federation of Labor Ordered to Stop Boycott in DC Ruling
A DC Supreme Court injunction restrains the American Federation of Labor from listing Buck Stove and Range Company of St Louis on unfair patronage lists or enforcing boycotts. Buck Stove must compensate defendants for damages if the injunction is violated. The January Federationist prints the company as unpatronized despite the order with no comment from the federation.
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Commercial Tribune
Washington
Justice Gould
Supreme Court of the District of Columbia
American Federation of Labor
Buck Store
On Range Company of
St. Louis
Federationist
Fleet Has Safe Passage Through Dragon's Mouth
The Atlantic battleship fleet with sixteen vessels anchored in four columns in the Gulf of Paria near Port of Spain after a smooth passage from Hampton Roads. Minor mishaps included steering gear disarrangements on the Kentucky Illinois and Georgia. Measles on the Glacier and a burial of Ordinary Seaman Pipes marked the voyage as officers plan boat races and other events during Christmas week.
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New York Herald Co
Commercial Tribune
Port OF Spain
Trinidad
Dragon’s Mouth
Gulf of Paria
Hampton Roads
Hatteras
Kentucky
Illinois
Georgia
Missouri
Glacier
Panther
Rio Janeiro
Equator
Magellan Straits
Pacific
Far East
Japan
Roosevelt hailed as peacemaker in Berlin article
Berlin dispatch notes The Deutsche Tages Zeitung prints a leading piece titled Roosevelt as Peacemaker. It lauds the President for seeking peace in the Central American republics, linking U.S. actions to securing the Panama Canal and noting benefits for European and German commercial interests.
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Berlin
Deutsche Tages- Zeitung
Roosevelt
United States
Panama Canal
Wage checks as emergency currency in the financial crisis
Frank C. Harper argues that wage checks, backed by the Clearing House, offer a practical emergency currency during a credit spasm. They convert labor wages into bank credit and reflect the solidarity of banks, though they impose extra bookkeeping and carry forgery risks.
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Clearing House
Pittsburg
Cincinnati
St. Louis
Buffalo
Cleveland
New York
Clearing House Committee
Admiral Evans Fails to Save Fireman Northway at Sea
Rear Admiral Evans efforts to save Benjamin Northway a first class fireman on the battleship Missouri failed after his illness peritonitis during the voyage from Hampton Roads. Northway a resident of Gloucester Massachusetts died soon after Missouri reached San Juan and will be buried in the San Juan Military Cemetery.
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Washington
Evans
Benjamin Northway
Missouri
Hampton Roads
San Juan
Northway
Gloucester
Mass
San Juan Military
Girl Ayo Leads Thief Gang Confession in Springfield
Cleo Waugh a 19 year old who married last June but is separated from her husband confessed to Chief O'Brien that she leads a two month gang stealing from stores and hen houses. She claims involvement in all but one robbery reported recently as officers recount arrests at Arga Bright's grocery.
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Commercial Tribune
Springfield
Cleo Waugh
O’brien
Joseph Creager
Argabright
Cincinnati Hosts Three Presidential Possibilities Taft Foraker Harmon
Secretary of War William Howard Taft meets in Cincinnati with Senator Foraker and Judge Judson Harmon as three presidential aspirants in one city. Taft, visiting after his Washington return, deflects politics while explaining the fleets voyage tests and naval endurance. Harmon’s candidacy remains unconfirmed by the judge. his supporters push for a Democratic bid.
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Cincinnati
William Howard Taft
Joseph Benson Foraker
Judson Harmon
Taft
Senator Foraker
Harmton
Mets
William Jennings Bryan
Washington
Charles P. Taft
Pike Street
Spring Grove Cemetery
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Charles Rust
Rusche
Henry Luesing
Haines
Pancoast Alley
Hit
Jim Howard
Vidson
Gobel
Dick Combs Head
Supreme Court Justice
Ken
Tucky Association
Fairbanks
Cannon Also
Supreme Court of the United States
Cannon
Paper Prints
Gon
Connecticut
G. E. Pipes
Alabama
Lawrence
Sir Henry Jackson
Peagemaker
Uncle Sam
Santa
Chicago
Inter Ocean
Frank C. Harper
Mr. Morgan
Mr. Frick
Mr. Rockefeller
Cmercial Tribune
Ayo
Secretary OF War
Foraker
Cincin
Nati
Presi
Russia
Ohio
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