Wealth Concentration Debate Roils A A S Sessions
Henry Laurens Call attacked John D Rockefeller's fortune as not natural but built by a "vicious" corporation. Louis G McPherson defended Rockefeller noting his early struggles and good deeds. Mrs Rockefeller quipped they were too poor for oysters illustrating cash shortages despite wealth. Dr C M Woodward spoke on education Birth Rate and Child Labor. Samuel M Lindsay urged more federal data while condemning the Civic Federation for tampering with child labor statistics.
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Commercial Tribune
New York
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Henry Laurens Call
Washington
John D. Rockefeller
Call
Louis G. McPherson
Samuel Spencer
Southern Railway
Rockefeller
Mr. McPherson
the Economic Association
the Sociological Society
United States
Samuel M. Lindsay
University of Pennsylvania
National Child Labor Committee
Civic Federation
Sandusky youth admits for gery
Dan F. Loveland claiming to be son of merchant F. W. Loveland of Sandusky surrendered after forging a $250 check on Elyria bank with intent to return home for Christmas He was released after a botched jail hold and later tied to a forged $250 check in St Louis prompting detectives to pursue him and hold him until his Sandusky father could be contacted
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Commercial Tribune
ST. Louis
Dan F. Loveland
F. W. Loveland
Central Avenue
Sandusky
Loveland
Savings Deposit Bank
Elyria
Ohio
Savings Bank of
Danaher
Birnes
Eighteenth
Market Streets
Daniel Loveland
State National Bank of St. Louis
Ana Here
Bank official silent on Loveland land deal return
In Elyria Ohio officials of a savings bank refuse to discuss the Daniel F. Loveland land transaction and whether the bank desires Loveland to return. The bank president notes the involved sum is only $250.
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Commercial Tribune
Elyria, O
Savings Bank
Daniel F. Loveland
Loveland
Chicago Woman Defies Judge Then Apologizes
Dr Effie L Lobdell accused of contempt after refusing to answer expert questions in Judge Crowe's Court unless paid. She apologized through an attorney and said no disrespect was intended. Judge Crowe accepted the explanation and the case continued.
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Special Dispatch
Toe Commercial Tribune
Chicago
Ill
Effie L. Lobdell
Mayor Lets Lid-Lifting Ordinance Pass by Default
Mayor Dempsey did not sign several ordinances, including the new lid lifting rule extending saloon hours, effective about January 10 after legal advertising. The move also let police and fire salary increases stand, along with other city pay raises and street light orders, amid varied patronage effects downtown.
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Dempsey
Daniel Bauer
Harlan Cleveland
Archibald
Millikin
Board ‘of Public Service
Foraker May Win Confrontation Over Brownsville Inquiry
Special dispatch from Washington reports Senator Foraker plans to push a resolution to investigate the Brownsville affair with little Democratic support. The piece notes mixed stances among Republicans, Roosevelt's fragile position, Taft’s cautious actions, and Senator Culberson's pivotal role in gathering evidence to support presidential authority.
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Commercial Tribune
Washington
Foraker
Brownsville
Tillman
South Carolina
Daniel
Virginia
Ohio
Culberson
Texas
Judge F. C. Ampt Dies of Heart Trouble
Francis C. Ampt longtime Insolvency Court judge died yesterday afternoon in Avondale Alameda Flats. Born June 10, 1848 in Trenton Ohio he had served as council solicitor and Wyoming village mayor. Probate Judge Malshary praised him as a fine lawyer and upright judge. Funeral set for Sunday at 2 30 p m at Spring Grove chapel with Rev Charles F Goss officiating.
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Francis C. Ampt
Alameda
Avondale
Judge Ampt
Trenton
Germantown
Oberlin College
Miamisburg
William M. Ampt
Wyoming
Charles F. Ampt
Anna R. Ampt
Hamann
Carl A.‘ Hamann
Cleveland
Ampt
Weaver
Spring Grove
Charles F. Goss
Foreman Buried as Flood Sweeps Belmont Tunnel
In Long Island City workers fractured the earth as water and sand surged from the Belmont East River Tunnel. Foreman Thomas Brown stayed to aid his crew and has not been seen since the rush forced the laborers from the shaft.
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Commercial Tribune
New York
Thomas Brown
Long Island City
Belmont East River
Brown
Local Saloon Worker Inherits 30000 Real Estate
Mt Vernon Ohio December 27 John Holland McVicker a well known town character has learned he will inherit thirty thousand dollars in real estate from his uncle John McVicker of Vandalia Sr McVicker has worked around saloons and has occasionally stayed at the Knox County Infirmary He placed the letters in the hands of Hon Lewis B Houck this afternoon
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Commercial Tribune
MT. Vernon
John Holland McVicker
John McVicker
Vandalia
McVicker
Knox County Infirmary
Lewis B. Houck
Ku Klux Leader Kills Moonshiner in Kentucky Tragedy
In Boones Fork Kentucky a Ku Klux leader Clark Vanover aged 24 killed Willie Ellswick aged 21 with a shotgun after a confrontation. Ellswick struck Vanover with three gunshots, Vanover's three shots wounded Ellswick fatally. Vanover later collapsed and survived with serious head wounds.
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Commercial Tribune
Mayking
Boones Fork
Willie Ellswick
Clark
Vanover
Ellswick
William Warrick
Warrick
Oxford Professor Towed Engagement Noted for German Prof Handshin
Announcement from Oxford announces the engagement of Dr Charles Handschin professor of German at Miami University to Fraulein Daummerlaung daughter of a noted Nuremberg painter They met during a trip to Germany last summer and plan a wedding in August
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Commercial Tribune
Hamilton
Oxford
Charles ‘Hart Handschin
Miami University
Fraulein Daummerlaung
Nuremburg
Germany
Pony Strikes Dinner Table Scares Family Child
In Marion Ohio a pony owned by John McKinstry burst through a window during dinner causing fright. Louis Mendenhall Jr., three years old, required a doctor after the pony bolted and children were pitched into a snowdrift while being driven by several youngsters.
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Commercial Tribune
Marion, O
Louis Mendenhall
John McKinstry
Woman Starves to Death in Springfield Shanty
Rosa Higgins aged 58 died of starvation in a Buck Creek dump shanty on Spencer Street in Springfield Ohio. Her twelve-year-old son was present and believed she had simply gone to sleep.
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Commercial Tribune
Springfield
Rosa Higgins
Spencer Street
Buck Creek
Banker Sentenced to Jail in Lincoln Bank Default
W. J. Atkinson, proprietor of the defunct Lincoln Bank of Morton Park, was sent to jail in default of bonds of 25 000 after a court hearing. The receiver and U S Marshal reported lack of aid in winding up the bank as funds were questioned, with handwriting and ledger entries cited in court. The judge ordered the commitment and a continuance was granted due to the attorney's illness.
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Commercial Tribune
Chicago
W. J. Atkinson
Lincoln Bank
Morton Park
Sentato
Atkinson
Atttorney Ringer
United States
Hoy
Landis
Brother
George H. Atkinson
Lebrock
Jail bird captured after days in downtown hotel
Hugh G. Gastright one of nine county jail escapees was recaptured with help from a hotel clerk at the Hotel Ranc. It is stated that he used the name H M Crawford since Christmas Day and stayed in Room 311. He was identified after staff compared him to a published photo and police were alerted. He admitted some details of the escape but gave different specifics about the route and crew. He describes jumping from a Board of Review Building roof and injuring his ankle before entering downtown streets.
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Foraker
Republican Party
Senate
Roosevelt
Senator Foraker
Spooner
Congress
White House
Hugh G. Gastright
Ranc
Gastright
H. M. Crawford
Fifth Street
Lloyd Wolf
Commercial Tribune
Wolf
Louis Terhune
Terhune
Poppe
Dwyer
Kelly
Police
Crawford
Millikin
Ness
Clarendon Henri
Sutton
Board of Review
Main Street
Rand
Gibson House
Mexican massacre reported near Valencia by Yaqui Indians
Nogales Mexico dispatch details a Yaqui attack near Valencia sixty miles below Guaymas. Eight Mexicans were killed and tents burned as about a hundred attackers moved through the area. Southern Pacific Railroad workers fear for safety and may abandon the route to Guadalajara.
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Commercial Tribune
EL Paso
Tex
Nogales
Mexico
Valencia
Guaymas
Southern Pacific Railroad
Guadalajara
Standard Oil Firms Admit Ownership Ties in Ohio Suits
In Lima on December 27 three defendant oil companies answered Attorney General Ellis s ouster suits. They acknowledge Standard Oil Company of New Jersey owns all but five shares of Buckeye Pipe Line Company Solar Refining Company and Ohio Oil Company. A company asks dismissal as to them.
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Commercial Tribune
Lima
Ellis
Standard Oil Company
New Jersey
Buckeye Pipe Line Company
Solar Refining Company
Ohio Oil Company
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