Church Leaders Clash Over Labor in Cincinnati Meeting
Rev. E C Jennings of Western Book Concern denounces unsanctified labor unions as tyranny while Rev D W D Cole warns there are two sides to every question. They insist the church supports workers but also upholds employers rights in wage disputes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
E. C. Jennings
Western Book Concern
Methodist Episcopal Church
Cincinnati Methodist
D.W. D. Cole
St. Paul's Church
Dr. Cole
Plan Declared A Plan For Labor Representation
Ministers debate a plan to seek representation on the floor of labor bodies so workers can speak and advise. Dr Cole suggests a formal approach while Dr Jennings calls the plan a failure after limited trials. He warns wage pressures, boycotts, and weekend vice harms threaten the workingman and church, urging limits and church participation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cole
Jennings
Linif
Injunction in Effect Against AFL in Buck Stove Case
A temporary injunction from Justice Gould of the District of Columbia Supreme Court restrains the American Federation of Labor from publishing Buck Stove and Range Company in unfair lists or enforcing boycotts while the case is pending. The order covers the St. Louis company and bars actions against third parties for continuing to buy its products.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Justice Gould
Supreme Court of the District of Columbia
American Federation of Labor
Buck Stove and Range Company
St. Louis
Goldfield Mine Owners Seek Dissolution of W I M Branch
Federal court urged to dissolve the Goldfield branch of the Woodmen of the World or Military? association as lawless and anarchic. Roosevelt trip to Pine Knot Virginia with Mrs Roosevelt and Theodore Roosevelt Jr noted. New Bedford cotton mills pay 1907 dividends record high for the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goldfield Mine Owners’ Association
Goldfield
Roosevelt
Pine Knot
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr
New Bedford
Mass
The Financial Situation
A dated editorial argues confidence alone cannot fix the recent financial flurry. It blames high rates, risky banking, and gambling speculation for losses yet urges banks to lower rates and merchant prudence. It predicts cautious improvement and calls on law makers to prevent future crises while encouraging continued business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Mayor Fined for Assault in Elgin Police Station
May or Price was found guilty of assaulting journalist Jack Reavis in the Elgin police station on December 4. A fine of 50 plus costs was imposed. an appeal was filed. The mayor testified he acted to eject Reavis, claiming official capacity.
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Elgin
Til
Justice of the Peace
George
Mallory's Successor Appointed to Senate Seat
Governor Broward appoints William J. Bryan of Jacksonville to the U S Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Mallory for the remainder of the term ending March 4, 1909. Bryan, 31, is a prominent local attorney and county solicitor for Duval County. He is not related to William Jennings Bryan.
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Mallory
Jacksonville
Fla
Broward
William J. Bryan
United States
Vice Mallory
Devan
Duval
William Jennings Bryan
Battle Over Command of Navy Hospital Ships
Washington December 26 A rift exists between the navy bureaus of navigation and medicine over who should command hospital ships The Surgeon General Dr Presley M Rixey says medical officers should lead while Rear Admiral Brownson chief of navigation resigns The dispute centers on whether the president will appoint a medical officer to command the Relief and how unified medical services should be managed
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Rixey
Brownson
President
Washington
Bureau of Navigation
Bureau of Medicine of the Navy
Presley M. Rixey
Navy
Surgeon
Army
Interference over Japanese naval hospital ships debated
A speaker argues naval hospital ships should be commanded by medical officers, not line officers, both in peace and war. He contends these floating hospitals fall under the medical department and that line officers cannot or should not take command, emphasizing consistent control regardless of conflict.
Hospital ships and naval policy sparks interservice dispute
A mid wartime dispute over hospital ship neutrality and command touches Geneva and The Plague era accords. The speaker criticizes the bureau of navigation for delaying the Relief on a battleship's footing, leaving a fleet of fifteen thousand men without a hospital ship until Magdalena Bay, and questions Admiral Brownson's involvement in hospital ship officering.
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Russia
Bureau of Medicine and Surgery
Bureau of Navigation
Magdalena Bay
Brownson
Line in the Disputation Sides with Rixey
The article discusses a dispute where the president backs Rixey over Brownson in appointing command of the hospital ship Relief. Brownson resigns in protest, claiming staff officers should not command naval vessels. Brownson argues commissioned line officers and navigation-trained personnel are needed aboard hospital ships.
Two Die for Illicit Loves in Philadelphia Tragedy
In Philadelphia a 35-year-old man Geo A Green shot and fatally wounded 22-year-old Edith Wonderly after leaving a love letter and then killed himself. Green was separated from his wife and claimed in a letter they died for love denied by Wonderly's mother. Police suspect a pact to die together. no letters found on Wonderly.
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Philadelphia
Geo. A. Green
Edith Wonderly
Green
Miss Wonderly
Christmas Celebration At Dr Stephenson Home
Libertyville honored Dr. R B Stephenson on his fiftieth birthday with a large gathering of about seventy five guests. Gifts included a book case and a hall tree while speeches praised his kindness and Christian service. A Sunday school program followed amid festive music and a warm community mood.
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R. B. Stephenson
Libertyville
Dr. Stevenson
Christian Endeavor Society of the
Presbyterian Church
Stephenson
Birthday Club
Krev
W. B. Macnell
Libertyville Presbyterian Church
Lfe
Jessie Bb. Macneil
Frank Kurst
Ireland
M_ FE
Gibernyville
Frances Carter
Nina Youmans
Z. ‘T. Moore
Boltz
Fairfield
Western Slope
Frank Fell
S. K. Davis
Winn
Santa Claus In Disguise Aids Burglary Case Wonder
New York police report a burglar alarm led John Distler to confront a feared intruder. Distler’s loud clatter scared the intruder away, leaving behind a large quantity of silverware not previously seen by Distler. The article suggests the thief removed goods from other houses before fleeing.
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New York
Santa Claus
John Distler
Distler
Leong
Cat tle and Sheep Sink After Jersey City Cargo Loss
Nearly 300 cattle and 1,000 sheep drift in the Atlantic after a cattle float from Jersey City to Brooklyn sprang a leak and sank near the dock. About 1,000 sheep and most cattle are lost or washed from the sinking vessel with only ninety-two cattle surviving.
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New York
Atlantic Ocean
Jersey City
Brooklyn
Harry Thaw’s Christmas Bounty at The Tombs
Harry Thaw distributed gifts at the Tombs where he has lived since the June 1906 murder of Stanford White. He gave each keeper a box of cigars and each matron a half dozen handkerchiefs. Male prisoners received a box of delicate and two cigars, while female prisoners received handkerchiefs.
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Harry Thaw
New York
Stanford White
Christmas Day at Home In Chicago Recap
Christmas Day passed with generosity in Chicago as the Nation Army volunteers churches and charitable groups fed the hungry housed the homeless aided the afflicted and spread goodwill. The city saw many acts of benevolence across churches fraternal societies and civic groups.
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Chicago
Flere
Nation Army
Ena
Christmas Program Recitations and Songs Planned by Sunday School
A list of students and groups performing recitations songs and exercises for a Christmas program. Participants include Freda Pearson Marie Allison Violet Wireman Edna Pollock Bertha Pearson Chloe Smith Nellie Swannson Grace Metleary Opal Nelson Goldie And son Mary Carter Nina Youmans Josephine Pollock Ruth Maenett Dora Hibbard Ola Yost and others with pieces like A Legend of Santa Claus In the Manger Cradle When Santa Claus fa Resident The Borrowed Chimney The Sweet Old Story and Oh Bethlehem Beloved.
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Santa Claus
Freda Pearson
Marie Allison
Richard Allen
Santa Claus Fa
Raymond Swanson
Violet Wireman
Edna Pollock
Bertha Pearson
Chloe Smith
Maude Machride
Nellie Swannson
Billy Miller
Windon Davis
Willie
Grace Metleary
Littl
Goldie Hl
Bethlehem
Ola Yost
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Him
Bat the Buck Company
Federation
Brownson Lore
Hixey
Army and Navy Board of Medical Officers
Secretary of War
Secretary of the Navy
Reau
Admiral Brownson
White House
Ter. Rixey
Charles ¥. Stokes
Relief
Mare Island Navy Yard
Bureau
Army Hospital
Methodist
Port of Spain
Prince School
Trinidad
Admiral Evans
Connecticut
Parn
Para
Thoronglfares
Uick
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