Rockefeller Recalls Oil History in Defense of Trust Suit
In New York, former Standard Oil president John D. Rockefeller testified for over two hours before Judge Franklin Ferris in a U.S. government effort to dissolve the trust. Rockefeller, retired from active management, answered questions from attorney Joby Milburn as a large crowd watched the proceedings at the enatoria building.
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New York
D. Rockefeller
Standard Oil Company
United States
Franklin Ferra
Enatoria
Rockefeller
Joby G. Milburn
Tle
Rockefeller and the Rise of the Standard Oil Trust
The passage recalls John D. Rockefeller entering the oil business in Cleveland in 1862 with a $4,000 capital, detailing a decade of preliminaries that culminated in the creation of a powerful trust. Rockefeller testifies on Wednesday denying involvement in the South Improvement Company, a disputed venture tied to regional inflation and monopolistic aims from crude oil to refined product delivered to eastern markets.
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Oil Buminesis
Cleveland
Seaboard
Youths Admit Killing Aged Grandfather In Robbery
Vineland New Jersey Walter Zeller 19 and Cline Wheeler 20 confessed to murdering William Reed grandfather of Zeller. Wheeler denied actual commission. Herbert Orige 18 implicated but has disappeared. Motive robbery after Reed, wealthy 70 plus, was found shot and beaten. Money he displayed missing.
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Vineland
N. J
Walter Zeller
Cline Wheeler
Hiis
Wiliam Reed
Zeller
Wheeler
Herbert Orige
Timp
Reed
William
BE. Cooper
Zotler
Cooper
Alimony Granted to Katherine Gould in Separation Case
New York Supreme Court Justice Firehom rules Katherine Clemmons Gould may receive alimony of 25 000 dollars annually payable monthly while her separation suit from Howard Gould is adjudicated. The order maintains the same support Mr Gould had provided pend ing the action and also grants 5 000 dollars in legal fees.
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New York
Tragic death of heroic miners in Utah copper mine
In Bingham Utah, three miners died and forty more fell victim to deadly gas while attempting to rescue an exhausted Italian worker in a gopher shaft. Rescue teams led by Kent Smith entered the shaft. two brakemen died at the entrance, others overcome but revived, as crews evacuated dozens of workers and halted mine operations.
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Salt Lake Uly
Unih Copper
Bingham
Hellevine
Gopher
Kent Smith
Hexleton
al Copper Company
Pugh Burne
George Wilson
O8eir Mann
Ruby
Boston Consolidated
Utah Consolidated Companies
Gote
Cost of Campaign Receipts and Expenditures Revealed
The Democratic National Committee reported total receipts of 620 044.77 and expenditures of 619 410 068 for the recent presidential campaign, leaving a balance of 1 294.71. The figures will be filed with the New York secretary of state per Lincoln Neb resolution. The release also includes a certificate from Myron J D King, auditor for the committee.
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Chicago
Democratic National Committee
Secretary of State
New York
National Committee
Lincoln
Neb
Myron
JD. King
Rhode Island Turkey Bound for White House Thanksgiving
The Rhode Island turkey from Horace Vose, set to grace the White House table on Thanksgiving, was selected as the top chestnut-fed candidate. Weighing 26 pounds, it shipped to Washington after Sunday auction and Monday transport.
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Westerly
Rhode Island
Horace Vose
White House
Washington
Carnegie argues tariffs no longer aid infant industries
Andrew Carnegie declares in a Century Magazine article that infant industries no longer need protection. He argues steel and other sectors have grown beyond tariff protection and that duties on luxury goods for the rich should remain, while duties on manufactured articles should be greatly reduced or abolished when no longer needed.
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New York
Andrew Carnegie
Century
Montana Pioneer Shot in Back Near Red Lodge
Hed Laidee Montana dispatch reports Tismus Helland a Joliet coal camp owner wounded near Joliet by Byrd, a former partner. Byrd allegedly ambushed Helland after a saloon incident, firing three times with bullets striking his stomach and back as he lay dying.
Reputed Words of Emperor Exhibition of Egotism
The World prints an alleged interview with Emperor William of Germany via Dr. William Bayard Hale in which Britain China and Japan are cited as factors in a looming European conflict. The World retracts the piece as a fabrication while Bayard Mile law disputes the sensational account.
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New York
William
Germany
William Bayard
The
World
Me World
Hale
Hate
Bergen
Norway
Dr. Hale
Edward
Great Briton
Europe
France
Russia
Britain
England
Japan
India
America
Ameren
Montis
Willin Bayard Mile
Mayor Johnson the Poor Man Who Lost His Fortune
Cleveland mayor Tom L. Johnson announces he has lost his fortune and will move from a grand home to a cottage. He says he will sell luxuries and give up cars to manage his deceased brother Albert’s estate and help his nieces and nephews. He explains his move is for happiness not philanthropy and vows to run again for office.
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Cleveland, O
Tom L. Johnson
Aet Avenue
Albert
Traction
Proportien
Dollare
Buelld Avenue
Explosion in Gold Street Brooklyn Claims Many Lives
A gas explosion in a 50 foot deep Gold Street excavation between York and Front in Brooklyn tears up a block and buries workers. At least 25 people die or are missing with dozens more injured as debris and earth collapse into the trench near a water main leak. Children nearby suffer minor injuries as the street is ripped open and debris rains over the area.
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New York
Goldtrees
Brooklyn
Gold Street
York
Front Streets
Toearetep
Goldetree
Regent Chan Rules in China Amid Imperial Power Shift
A Chinese regent asserts control, claiming authority from the late empress Dowager Yehonala and demanding strict obedience. The edict threatens severe punishment for disobedience as the regent consolidates power away from the dowager empress and grand council.
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Pekin
Prince Chan
Ager
Yehonala
Dowaker
American Baseball Team Opens Japan Tour With Win
In Tokyo an enthusiastic crowd of over 8,000 saw the American baseball team open its Japan tour by defeating Waseda University. The visitors showed strong play though the Waseda lineup failed to advance a runner past first base. Count Okun, labeled the sage of Waseda, pitched the ceremonial first ball for the hosts.
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Tokyo
Japan
Waseda University
Waseda
Count Okun
Robbers Ransack Butte Saloon for Cash
Two masked men robbed John Michalloff's saloon at 229 South Malin Street in Butte Montana early Sunday. They beat bartender Manio Menoff, escaping with nearly $100 after forcing entry and striking him as he fled toward the rear door.
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Butte
Mont
John Michalloff
Malin Street
Manio Menoff
Mono
Alleged Leader of Springfield Rioters Found Not Guilty
After four hours the jury acquitted Abe Raymer, alleged mob leader, on a charge of malicious destruction of property in the Springfield race riot case. He had earlier been found not guilty of murder in connection with the Lynching of W K Donnigan.
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Springfield
Abe Raymer
W. K. Donnigan
Raymer
Mrs. Reed Faces Trial Over Blackmail Attempt
Denver district attorney files charges against Mrs. Allen Read in a complex case involving assault with intent to cause great bodily harm and blackmail. Complainant Mrs. Gene Vieve Chandler Phipps alleges Read forced her into a car on November 9 and demanded $20,000 at a bank, threatening dynamite. Police and detectives, including J. P. McDonald, investigated the attempted robbery and dynamiting case.
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Denver
Cole
Allen FP
Read
Gene Vieve
Chandler Phipps
George Stldeer
Phipps
J. P. McDonald
Disease Causes Alarm As Contagion Officials Probe
Washington reports alarming results from the outbreak of cattle fever in New York and Pennsylvania prompting quarantines on shipments. Advices to Secretary of Agriculture Wilson note four children in Danville Pennsylvania contracted the disease and an field investigation will determine if more cases exist. Officials fear spread but aim to check the contagion.
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Washington
New York
Pennsylvania
Wison
Danville
Emperor Nicholas to follow Grand Duke Alexis funeral on foot
In St Petersburg the funeral of Grand Duke Alexis will be attended by Emperor Nicholas in person. The emperor will walk beside the casket through the city streets, a rare public appearance since 1904. Spectators may line the route except on bridges and near certain crowded points.
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St. Petersburg
Petersburg
Duke Alexis
Nicholas
Alexis
Smuggling Opium Into Manila From China
Evidence of an extensive plot to bring opium into Manila from China has been discovered. Workmen at Camp Stotenberg uncovered opium concealed in cement shipped from Hong Kong. The opium was found inside a cement barrel and turned over to customs as the government investigates the case.
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Manila
China
Camp Stotxenberg
Hongkong
Bomb Attack Strikes Gasellow Saloon Roof in Chicago
A mysterious bomber who has eluded Chicago police for two years hurled a bomb onto the roof of John D Gaselow’s saloon on Saturday night. The blast tore roof and shattered windows though no injuries were reported. Residents from nearby blocks and fifty women at a charitable institution fled to the streets.
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Chicago
John D. Gasselow
Fighting Bob Evans to Manage Steamship Line
Los Angeles reports that a steamship line will launch between San Pedro and San Salvador with intermediate ports under the Los Angeles Harbor company. Rear Admiral Robley D. Evans, recently retired, is named chairman of the board and plans to relocate to Los Angeles in March to oversee the project.
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Bob’ Evans
Los Angeles
Sion Pedro
San Salvador
Pointe
Sos Angeles Harbor Company
Robley DT
Evans
Iate Thursday
Marcel
Lawsuit Seeks 16 Million Against Spring Valley Water
Henry S. Ripley filed a suit in the United States circuit court on Friday on behalf of numerous claimants against the Spring Valley Water Company to recover 16.85 million dollars. The plaintiffs allege losses due to the system’s inadequacy and failure to supply water during a critical period in April 1906.
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San Francisco
Rumor of Testimony Could Shield Oj King From Punishment
Washington Attorney General Bonaparte said the Justice Department would not rule on whether John D. Rockefeller’s testimony in the Standard Oil hearing could grant him immunity from possible criminal prosecution until such a need arose.
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Washington
Boneparte
John 10
Stockefeller
New York
Department of Justice
Department
Auto party plunges into river near Torrence bridge
A speeding automobile veered toward Chicago and swerved near the Torrence avenue bridge over the Calumet river. The car, carrying four chauffeurs and four young women arriving at 2200 Armour avenue, plunged off an embankment into the water. Two people drowned and six were rescued.
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Chicago
Torrence Avenue
Calumet River
Armour Avenue
Fourteen Plead Guilty in Valley County Manslaughter Case
In Great Falls Montana fourteen men pleaded guilty to manslaughter for the cabin raid that killed John Hays and his daughter during a claim jump dispute. Earlier two men were already sentenced to 35 and 13 years after murder convictions. The raid involved firing on the Hays cabin at midnight and an attempt to start a fire, with several hundred shots exchanged and several others wounded.
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Great Falls
Mont
Valley County
Yarloue
John Hays
Hays
Walter Long
Long
Haye
Newspaper feud over European royal match and American influence
Rome reports escalating tension as the Jintina press mocks Amperlen for commenting on the Duke of Abrosel and Miss Katherine Eiking. A Tallon piece by monarchical mouthpiece Sienor Monlegazen claims the duke would have wed without rank, while Miss Elkings refused, arguing Americans think dollars can purchase aristocratic ties.
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Rome
Jintina Presa
Amperlen
Duke of Abrosel
Katherine Eiking
Eikina
West Virginia
Aly
Sienor Monlegazen
Patrick's Petition Denied in Habeas Corpus Case
Washington The US Supreme Court denied Alerta T Patrick New York lawyer seeking habeas corpus to overturn his Sing Sing death sentence for murdering millionaire William M Rice The petitioner claimed a conspiracy and that Governor Hughes altered the punishment to life imprisonment The decision announced by Chief Justice Fuller.
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Washington
Alerta T. Patrick
New York
Sing Sing
William M. Rice
Supreme Court of the United States
Patrick
Highins
Fuller
Government to Bar Labels Claiming Government Pure Goods
Washington reports a sweeping decision by the commissioner of patents forbidding any label that reads Guaranteed under the pure food and drug acts June 1906 to imply government responsibility for product purity. Officials say the government only accepts the manufacturer’s claim of purity and then investigates the seller.
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Washington
Commissioner of Patents
Preferred Death to Disgrace in Springfield Riots
Rollo T. Sturgis, a key witness against Abe Raymer in the Springfield race riots, chose suicide over arrest for forgery. A waiter at Loper's restaurant, Sturgis was injured protecting the business during the mob attack, losing his belongings and facing poverty that drove the forgery act.
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Springfield
Whl
Rollo T. Sturgis
Abe Raymer
Sturgis
Loper
Lawyers Place
Auto Driver Killed in Race on Birmingham Track
Emile Stricker was instantly killed and Leon Barrows seriously injured when a Renault car driven at high speed on the Birmingham fair grounds track crashed after a tire burst on a poorly lit curve at the west end. The crash ended a bid to lower the twenty four hour auto record.
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Hirmingham
Ala
Emile Stricker
Fair Grounds
Leon Barrows
Stricker
Bradley Jury Banqueted
Washington telegrams report the jury that acquitted Mrs. Annie Hradley, killer of Senator Arthur Brown of Utah, sent congratulations. The banquet honored Daniel A. Newman, a juror, with news of the jury’s past acquittal and Mrs. Hradley’s newspaper work in Salt Lake City.
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Washington
Annie Hradley
Arthur Brown
Utah
Hradley
Salt Lake City
Daniel A. Newman
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John D. Rockefeller
Oil Trust
Katherine Clemmons Gould
Turkey
Roosevelt
Carnegie
Montana
New York World
Slaoon
Mrs. Reed
Czar
Uncle
Water Company
Auto Party
Montana Mob
Elkins
Bradley
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