Ohio Guards Ordered to Quell Youngstown Riots
Four regiments with more than 2600 National Guardsmen were mobilized to Youngstown Ohio to support local authorities amid steelworker strike riots. Brigadier General John C. Speaks commanded the move with Colonel B L Barger leading the Fourth Regiment and Colonels Zimmerman and Wollrath commanding the Fifth and Eighth Regiments respectively. Governor Willis ordered troops after urgent requests from Mahoning County Sheriff J C Umstead and a grave assessment from General Speaks.
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John C. Speaks
Columbus
Youngstown
B. L. Barger
Cleveland
Charles X. Zimmerman
Bucyrus
E. C. Wollrath
Willis
J. C. Umstead
Mahoning County
Speaks
Ohio Regiments Ordered to Youngstown Riots
The Ohio National Guard announces approximate strengths of regiments assigned to quell riots in Youngstown. Fifth Regiment totals 737 with multiple companies stationed in Cleveland and nearby towns. Fourth Regiment totals 815 with headquarters in Columbus. An engineers battalion from Cleveland will join, adding about 200 men under Major Fred M. Fanning.
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Columbus
Youngstown
Hough
Battalion of Engineers
Ohio National Guard
Cleveland
Willis
Fred M. Fanning
Refusal of Steel Mill Con cern To Meet Wage De mands
STATE GUARDS RUSHED TO PLACE OF TROUBLE YOUNGSTOWN O Jan 7 3 a.m The militia began mobilizing outside the city but no troops until daylight Armed citizens patrolled the strike zone The fire was still raging at 3 o clock estimates put the loss between 500 000 and 1 000 000 Buildings along East Youngstown main street lay in ruins Fire damage and injuries mounted A stray bullet wounded Robert Davis a railroad worker in critical condition An unidentified foreigner was also shot and badly injured with uncertain recovery Others escaped serious harm.
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Youngstown
East Youngstown
Yellow Creek
Struthers
Robert Davis
Jurors Slow to Act Locked Up for Night in New Haven Case
Jurors in a New Haven case failed to report for duty and were locked up for the night as court officials considered next steps. Proceedings paused until jurors appear for selections or further instructions.
Jury Deliberations Continue in Rockefeller Conspiracy Case
In New York on January 7 the jury in the Sherman law conspiracy trial of William Rockefeller and ten other ex directors of the New Haven Railroad failed to reach a verdict by 11 pm. Judge Hunt's charge stressed that a continuous 1890 to indictment date conspiracy and a three year statute of limitations must be proven, with acquittal if not. The defendants, save Rockefeller who was ill, remained in court with potential one year penalties if convicted.
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New York
William Rockefeller
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
Boston & Maine
Hunt
New Haven
New England
Charles S. Mellen
Lewis Cass Ledoyard
Wealth of New Haven directors tops 300 million
Government trials show eight of eleven current or former New Haven system directors are worth over a million each, with the total listed at 300.3 million. Names include Charles M. Taft Henry K. McHarg Charles F. Brooker W.N. Newton Barney A. Heaton Robertson James S. Hemingway Edward D. Robbins and others.
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New Haven
Henry K. McHarg
Charles F. Brooker
WN. Newton Barney
New Haven Directors Face Sherman Antitrust Indictment
Eleven New Haven Railroad directors were brought to Federal District Court in New York City on October 13 charged with conspiring to monopolize transport of passengers and goods from New England to other states. The indictment, dated February 26, 1915, cites seven methods to attain control including stock and lease moves, eliminating competitors, and harassing litigation.
Redfield Warns Nation Trade Boom Will End
Secretary Redfield warns that wartime inflation of commerce will dwindle after the war and urges business foresight for peace. He notes the US leads international trade but warns against false values that promise security. He cites a sound financial system with vast gold reserves and mobilized finance to seize future opportunities.
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Redfield
Nation
Washington
Wilson
United States
Defender of German Americans Faces Opposing View in House
In Washington on January 7 Representative Nicholas Longworth of Cincinnati defended German Americans against charges by Representative Augustus Gardner of Massachusetts linking them to pacifism and treason. Longworth urged loyalty to America while noting German Americans support the Fatherland in Europe but remain law abiding and patriotic. Congressman Fess of Ohio said he would speak next Tuesday on freedom of the seas and respond to Gardner.
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Longworth
Cincinnati
America
Massachusetts
Fess
Ohio
House
Gardner
American Spouse of Aviator White Seeks Separation
Mrs Claude Grahame-White wife of the aviator and Royal Naval Air Service flight commander has filed a petition for restitution of conjugal rights a step toward divorce. Claude Grahame White and Dorothy Caldwell Taylor married in Widford England in June 1912. They met at sea and she later joined his aviation meetings at Herndon and flew with him across the English Channel a month after their marriage.
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London
Claude Grahame-White
Royal Naval Air Service
Dorothy Caldwell Taylor
Bertrand Leroy Taf Ior
New York
Widford
England
Mid Ocean
Taylor
Grahame-White
Herndon
English Channel
Skull of slain wife shown in Price murder trial
Expert pathologists testified that Mrs. Price did not die from a fall from the East River cliff. They said blows to the head caused death, supporting the State’s claim Price killed his wife for her fortune. The skull was admitted as evidence amid the Minneapolis society case.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Frederick T. Price
Price
Female cigar workers strike in Poughkeepsie icicle attack
More than 100 female strikers gathered before Samuel I. Davis & Co. cigar factory in Poughkeepsie New York and bombarded the windows with icicles and missiles. Three strikers were arrested and fined five dollars each for the incident. The workers demanded 5 cents more per 100 cigars.
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Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Samuel I. Davis
Desire To Study Psychology At Close Range Causes Trouble
Dr. John M. Parker of Asheville North Carolina provoked a security alert at the State Department by asking a guard what would stop him from placing a bomb in the building. The physician insisted he merely wished to study the psychological effect of a bomb scare, prompting officers to trail him before he was recognized and talked down.
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the Commercial Tribune
Washington
John M. Parker
Asheville
N. C
State Department
Ciates
Snowbound Gateway reconnected with town after trail opened
Grand Junction Colorado January 7 Communication with Gateway a mining camp forty miles southwest of here long snowbound was restored today when wagons from the town reached the camp over a newly broken trail Residents said Gateway suffered no losses during the isolation
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Grand Junction
Col
Gateway
Here
Rioting and Fire Rampage in East Youngstown Grows Quiet
After hours of looting shooting and arson in East Youngstown a riot cooled as dawn neared. Fire destroyed about fifty buildings as the city solicitor led armed citizens against the mob wounding about half a dozen rioters. Police arrested nearly fifty men and hauled others to their homes or the county jail amid ongoing fear of a new outbreak.
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The
Commercial Tribune
Youngstown
Oscar Diser
East Youngstown
Diser
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