Supreme Court Rules Against Labor Leaders in Bucks Case
The DC Supreme Court, Justice Wright, convicts Buck Stove and Range officials Gompers, Mitchell, and Morrison on contempt and boycott charges. Gompers gets 12 months, Mitchell nine, Morrison six. all released on bail pending appeal. Prosecution began in 1907 as an test to bar unions from lists attacking firms. The ruling cites defiance of court orders and defends the rights of labor while criticizing unlawful acts.
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Supreme Court of the District of Columbia
Bucks Store and Range Company
Washington
Buck Stove and Range Company
Presdent Gompers
Mitchell
Morrison
American Federation of Labor
Wright
Jumpers
United States Court of Appeals of
District of Columbia
Gompers
Federation
Yar
United Mine Workers
John Walker
Ilinois
Samuel Gompers
John Mitchell
Frank Morrison
ARGA Stories Fiction at Argo Plant Shootings Questioned
Chicago December 24 Detectives and Coroner Hoffman debunk reports that workers at the American Corn Products Refining plant under construction at Argo were shot to escape. Coroner Hoffman calls the claims fiction and says investigations do not support peonage accusations or use of workers as shooting targets.
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Chicago
American Corn Products Refining Company
Argo
Federal
Peer M. Hoffman
Hoffman
Hains case nears end as defendant’s letter exposed
In Flushing New York on December 24 the trial of Thornton J. Hains for the killing of publisher William E. Annis continues. Prosecutors introduce a June letter from Hains to Julian Ripley calling Annis a rascal and a scoundrel, signaling possible background for defense. A police testimony notes Hains’ remark about harming Annis.
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Flushing
N. Y
Thornton J. Hains
William E. Annis
Peter C. Hains
Thornton Hains
Captain Hains
Julian Ripley
Willam E. Annis
Annis
Eugene Fallon
American Savants Meet for Pan American Congress
Santiago Chile December 24 North South and Central American learned men assemble today for the opening of the Pan American scientific congress. The United States is represented by ten men of high standing including professors Coolidge of Harvard and Reinshen of Wisconsin, and Colonel Guegas of the U S Army along with Holmes Moses Rommel Shepherd and others from major universities and the Smithsonian.
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Santiago
Chile
North
South
Central America
United States of America
A. C. Coolidge
Harvard Historical Department
Hiram Bineham
Harvard
Leo S. Rowe
Universion of Penneyiva
Uroessor
Paul S. Reinseh
Usive.ch
Wisconsin
William ©. Guegas
United States Army
William H. Holmes
Bureau of American Ethnology
Smithsonian Institution
Bernard Moses
University of California
George MM. Rommel
Department of Agriculture
William M., Shepherd
Columbia University
William B. Smith
Tulane University
Louisiana
Robber Steals $10,000 Tray of Diamonds in Helena
A tray of diamonds valued at $10,000 was snatched from a counter at Jacque min's jewelry store in Helena Montana. The robber leaped into a waiting motor car and fled the scene. Police launched a search but no arrest was reported by press time.
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Helena
Mont
Jacquemin
Weather Forecast for Midwest States
The forecast covers Illinois and Indiana with cloudy skies, lower Michigan partly cloudy, and Wisconsin and Iowa expecting snow flurries.
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Ilinois
Indiana
Lower
Michigan
Wisconsin
Iowa
Called Carmack Scoundrel in Nashville Bail Hearing
Six witnesses testified in the bail hearing for Colonel Duncan B and Robin Cooper and ex Sheriff John D Sharp charged with killing former Senator FE Carmack. J B Craig former state treasurer described trying to broker a reconciliation between Cooper and Carmack at the Tulane hotel. Colonel Cooper, enraged, called Carmack a scoundrel and said if his name kept appearing in the Tennessean editorials either he or Carmack must die.
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Cooper
Nashville
Tenn
Duncan B
Robin Cooper
John D. Sharp
FE. W. Carmack
J. B. Craig
Carmack
Tulane
The
Tennesseean
Harriman Denies Illness Reports in Wall Street Gossip
Albert C. Wells, Harriman's secretary, denies a serious illness claim in Wall Street gossip. He says Harriman has only a slight bilious attack and that the reports of a grave condition are untrue. The assertion originated from an afternoon paper's bolded remark about a more serious illness.
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New York
B. H. Harriman
Albert C. Wells
Harriman
Wall Street
Market Report Chicago Wheat and Live Stock Prices
Winter and spring wheat prices shown for No 2 and No 3 grades with samples across red and hard categories. Corn and oats values listed by sample. Hogs receipts 33,000 with price ranges from 4.75 to 5.85 for various grades. Cattle receipts 21,000 with prime fat steers 7.40 to 7.90 and other categories from 3.75 to 8.75 as applicable.
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East Buffalo
N. Y
Dunning & Stevens
Live Stock Commission
Best
Elgin
Chicago
Long chase for thief ends with Brander’s capture abroad
Charles B Brander a former assistant cashier in the American Express Chicago office was arrested in Cartagena Colombia after a two continent pursuit by detectives He is charged with stealing thousands of dollars from the company funds in Chicago December 24 report says Brander was pursued from Chicago to Colombia across the continent and finally detained in South America The case highlights a wide manhunt involving international cooperation and corporate crime investigations
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Chicago
Charles B. Brander
American Express Company
Cartagena
Colombia
South America
The Landlady Chooses Chicken Order
A short stage line shows Mr. Newcomer asking for a portion of chicken while the landlady offers a slice of the outside. The exchange reveals a brisk, humorous tone with a quirky kitchen dialogue.
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Mr. Newcomer
Puck
Stock purchase note amid scattered handwriting
An unreadable fragment notes a stock purchase, mentioning a near flight compass and a person named Swen Dresto, with unclear details. The text appears as a rough transcription of a handwritten memo containing financial references and names but lacks coherent context or dates.
Packers Face Federal Probe
Federal grand jury summonses target Morris & Co and other packers in Chicago as investigators probe interstate commerce rebates and anti trust violations. District Attorney Sims and Attorney General Bonaparte discussed prosecutions after months of secret service and ICC evidence gathering at the stockyards and with railroad officials.
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Sims
Bonaparte
Chicago
Morris & Co
United States
Morris
Washington
Secret Service
Department of Commerce and Labor
Interstate Commerce Commission
District Attorney's Office
Wallassineton
Castro A Fox Resort Deposed President Eyes Egypt Stay
Reported remarks from Castro's suite say the deposed Venezuelan president has no concrete plans yet and may reside in Egypt for a time. Some speculate the move is a stratagem to mislead powers while Acting President Jomes handles international issues.
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Egypt
Pertin
Bec
Castro
Jomes
Fol ey's Honey and Tar praised for cough relief
Hoarse coughs and stuffy colds that may develop into pneumonia overnight are quickly cured by Fol ey's Honey and Tar. The remedy soothes inflamed membranes, heals the lungs, and expels the cold from the system. H. J. Moogk and Wm. F. Jungkunz.
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Foley
H. J. Moogk
Wm. F. Jungkunz
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Pickard
China
Periece
Emerick, Barrett & Co
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