Starch Trust Under Fire At Tariff Hearing
Washington November 19 The starch trust represented by J B Walton of the Corn Products Refining Co faced scrutiny during a House Ways and Means tariff hearing. Walton admitted lower UK prices for corn starch and a loss abroad, while members pressed why protect a firm selling at a loss and seeking foreign markets. Representative Clayton of Alabama called a Democratic caucus for December 5 to choose a minority leader.
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Washington
Starch Trust
House Committee On Ways and Means
J. B. Walton
Corn Products Refining Company
Walton
United Kingdom
Great Britain
Boutell
England
Gaines
Bonynge
Payne
Clayton
Alabama
House of Representatives
Labor Dinner at White House Aims for Open Access to Presidents
Washington reports detail a White House labor dinner and follow up talks with labor leaders and attorneys to forge a clearer path for labor interests. Officials stress open access, equality in conferences, and possible later policy issues for Congress.
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White House
Washington
Charles P. Neill
United States
Henry L. Stimson
New York
Edw. J. Gavegan
Charles I. Sherrill
Friends of Labor
Troubles in Miquelon as free schools divide colony
Reports from St Pierre Miquelon describe ongoing agitation over free schooling with crowds marching calmly yet clashs erupting at the government Schoolhouse. Clerical backers faced stone throwing while Judge Siegfried was targeted as a new school policy clash draws in church and colonial authorities. A midnight appeal urged restraint until ministerial guidance arrives. In Kansas City area, a westbound Santa Fe collision injured thirteen aboard. Mrs Beery of Cameron Missouri among the more seriously hurt with leg and possible internal injuries.
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St. Johns
St. Pierre-Miquelon
United States
Siegfried
Kansasity
Santa Fe
H. 8
Beery
Cameron
R. James
Quincy
Inl
Taft Cabinet Plan Favored Root as Premier of Cabinet
A Hot Springs conference with Taft and Sherman discussed post election plans. The group favored Elihu Root as premier of Taft's cabinet, with Taft also open to keeping Secretary of State under possible senatorial ambitions. Sherman supported Cannon’s continued speakership in the Sixty-first Congress.
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Hot Springs
Taft
New York
Sherman
William Ward
National Republican
Root
Cannon
Croker Sails Home After Funeral Visit
On board the Lusitania off coast of North America ex-Tammany leader Hibbard Croker spoke of meeting old friends and plans a winter in California. He noted many friends are passing away and recalled his son Frank’s funeral after the Florida auto crash. He remained reticent on politics, though he follows U.S. affairs.
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Halifax
North American
Hibbard Croker
Tammany
United States
Croker
Frank
Ormond
Fla
Croxer
California
Federation Parleys Over Jurisdictional Disputes at Labor Conference
Denver reports that nearly all sessions of the Federation of Labor addressed adjustments and jurisdictional conflicts. Disputes, including those involving brewery teamsters, were often referred to the executive council or the opposing unions amid threats of secession from brewery workers. Wright Narrowly Escapes Crash in Le Mans Flight.
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Federation
Denver
Convention of the Federation of Labor
Committee On Adjustments
Executive Council
Wilbur Wright
le Mans
Orville
Fort Myer
Wilbur
Wright
Milwaukee forgery case hits Val Blatz estate losses
Milwaukee residents learn that Peter Van Vlissingen of Chicago has forged securities, with heavy losses anticipated in the city. The Val Blatz estate was among Milwaukee institutions that invested through Van Vlissingen.
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Milwaukee
Peter van Viissingen
Chicago
van Vlissingen
Val Blatz
Chicago’s Packey McFarland Fights Murphy in Philadelphia
Packey McFarland of Chicago and Tommy Murphy of New York battled six rounds in Philadelphia with few clean hits. Both missed many swings but McFarland carried the argument by a shade at the finish.
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Packy
McFarland and Murphy
Philadelphia
Packey” McFarland
Chicago
Tommy Murphy
New York
National Athletic Cub
McIarland
Mirror weighing six and a half tons arrives in New York
A six and one half ton mirror valued at $60 000 arrives in New York aboard the steamer St An on its Atlantic crossing. The oversized article is described as the most valuable single merchandise item ever carried across the ocean, signaling a notable shipment for the era.
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New York
Atlantic Ocean
St. An
Deep Waterway Convention Reelects Moore and Burke
In Baltimore the Deep Waterway convention renewed J Hampton Moore as president and Addison J Burke as secretary treasurer. Both men are from Philadelphia. The event concluded with a Lyric banquet for six hundred guests after days of sessions advocating an inland deep channel from Cape Cod to Key West.
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Baltimore
Cape Cod
Key West
J. Hampton Moore
Addison J. Burke
Whisky Fire Destroys Distillery Warehouses in Bardstown
Two Tom Moore Distilling warehouses at Bardstown burned destroying 15 000 barrels of whisky. The firm faces about 700 000 dollars in losses and the government about 750 000 dollars. A nearby creek was flooded with liquor, creating a spectacular scene.
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Toursville
Tom Moore Distilling Company
Bardstown
Markets Report from Chicago and East Buffalo Prices
Chicago Board of Trade quotations cover Wheat Corn Oats Pork Lard and Short Ribs with Dec May July ranges. Live stock in Chicago and East Buffalo show receipts and price bands for hogs cattle sheep and calves. A classroom joke closes with a pupil misinterpreting Half a league meaning. London
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Chicago
Chicago Board of Trade
Pork- Nec
Illinois
Indiana
Wisconsin
East Buffalo
N. Y
Dunning & Stevens
Live Stock Commission
Flower of the Ranch and Devil at Bucklen Theatre
The Rosar Mason company drew packed houses at Bucklen with The Flower of the Ranch and praise for Miss Hileen Rosar and Cash Tomilson. Alfred K. Aarons brings The Devil to Bucklen next Tuesday, with Joseph Kilgour in the lead, while Sawyer headlines a Sunday séance event. Brewster's Millions and The Servant In the House also feature in upcoming engagements with elaborate stage effects and a large company.
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Rosar Mason Company
Buck- Jen
Hileen Rosar
Cash Tomilson
the Lion and the Mouse
Gen. Washington
Capt. Barrington
The Servant in the House at South Bend Opera House
Henry Miller presents Charles Rann Kennedy and The Servant in the House for a week starting November 30. The play, praised as a beautiful modern drama by major papers, blends comedy and tragedy with a human story that resonates with wide audiences and clergy alike.
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Opera House
South Bend
Henry Miller
Charles Rann Kennedy
Chicago Daily News
New York Evening Post
New York
Chicago
San Francisco
West
East
Clarissa Don's set discouraged and Matinpa order
A fragmented humor item shows Clarissa Don’s set discouraged with a request to order Gold Medal Flour. Dialogues mix between playful banter about a bull terrier and mistaken identity. The clipped bits reference Matinpa and a quip about paying four fifty for a dog.
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Clarissa Don
Matinpa
Vinci tonic restore strength praised by John Kinney
Indianapolis man credits Vincl with restoring strength after grippe leaving him nervous and run down. The ad claims Vinci is a peptonate iron tonic with cod liver oil elements, boosts appetite, enhances digestion, and builds red blood and muscle tissue with a money back guarantee from Houseworth Bros. druggists in Elkhart.
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John Kinney
Indianapolis
Ind
Vinci
Houseworth Bros., Druggists
Elkhart
Wood and Feed We Offer All Kinds
An old classified line promotes wood and various feeds with contact by two phones for C. E. Paxson at 1743 for ordering and inquiries.
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C. E. Paxson
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