Morgan Buys Control of Equitable Life
Morgan and partners acquire majority stock of the Equitable Life Assurance Society once controlled by Thomas F. Ryan, transferring vast assets to the Morgan group. The move reverses decades of insurance companies directing banks and trust firms, with voting trustees for policyholders remaining in place and no price disclosed yet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Equitable Life Assurance Society
Thomas F. Ryan
J. Pierpont Morgan
Finance
Bank and Trust Companies
Morgan & Co
Morgan
Thomas KF. Ryan
Grover Cleveland
Morgan J. O’brien
George Westinghouse
Mr. Ryan
James H. Hyde
Ryan
Equitable
Edward H. Harriman
Armstrong Insurance
Harriman
The
Equitable Society
Paul Morton
Navy Moves Forces to Coast of Central America
Navy ships and troops are dispatched toward Nicaragua to protect American lives and property. The troopship Prairie carries 700 marines to the Isthmus of Panama and possibly Nicaragua. Albany Yorktown Des Moines and Tacoma patrol off Central American coasts as Vicksburg and Princeton move toward Corinto. Rear Admiral William W. Kimball is appointed to command the American naval forces in the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
United States
Central America
Nicaragua
Philadelphia
Prairie
Panama
Magdalena Bay
Albany
Yorkown
Corinto
Pacific
Navy Department
Willam W. Kimball
Colon
Pittsburg Church Treasurer Missing Funds Revealed
William C Lilley former treasurer of the Vittisburg Presbytery disappeared on September 24 and is short 21484 in church accounts. The board of trustees states the Fourth Presbyterian church sale proceeds of 18816 are charged to J Kleys indebtedness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Wlliam C. Lilley
Vittisburg
American Bible Society seeks funds for December goal
The American Bible Society aims to raise 200000 this December to complete a 500000 treasury objective by December 31 to match a similar endowment from Mrs Russell Sage. Subscriptions this week included a 25000 anonymous gift and a 10 cent donation from four impoverished Georgia women, underscoring broad support from women.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Bible Society
Russell Sage
Georgia
Sham Battle Plans for Perry Memorial on Great Lakes
Ohio Pennsylvania Michigan Illinois and Wisconsin commissions outline a Lake Erie centennial celebration from July 4 to September 10, 1913. Plans include replica Perry and Barclay ships in a sham battle near West Sister Island, a hull raise for the flagship Lawrence, and land recreations of Fort Meigs and Maumee campaigns. A $500000 memorial structure at Put in Bay is proposed with broader interstate cooperation and permission to assemble war vessels on Lake Erie.
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Toledo
Oliver Hazard Perry
Perry
Putin Bay
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Michigan
Illiois
Wisconsin
Congress
Erie
Robert H. Barclay
Detroit
West Sister Island
Great Lakes
Lawrence
Put-dn-Bay
New York
Kentucky
Indiana
Minnesota
Rhode Island
State Department
Lake Erie
Taft Forms Endowment Committee for Red Cross Aid
President Taft names an endowment fund committee for the American Red Cross Relief Society with Secretary MacVeagh and Charles D. Norton as leaders. A New York subcommittee of Robert Bacon Charles Hallam Keep Lloyd Griscom H. P. Davidson and Felix Warburg is named, with more to follow in other cities. The aim is a permanent, efficient endowment of 2 million dollars to elevate the national society in the world relief body.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
American Red Cross
Taft
the Treasury
MacVeagh
Charles D. Norton
Red Cross
New York
Robert Bacon
Charles Hallam Keep
Llyod, Griscom
H. P. Davidson
Felix Warburg
United States
Youth Shoots Two Mates in Sudden Impulse
In South Bend Indiana 14 year old Clarence Lichty told companions Donald Foster 13 and Carl McCormick 13 I’m going to shoot both of you Then he fired buckshot hitting Foster critically and McCormick non seriously Lichty is held by a probation officer with authorities citing an unexplained impulse motive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Bend
Ind
Clarence Lichty
Donald Foster
Carl McCormick
Foster
McCormick
Lichty
Miller
Americans' Bodies Burned After Nicaragua Executions
Passengers aboard the Dietator from Nicaragua ports report that the bodies of Leroy Cannon and Leonard Chace were burned by order of President Zelaya to conceal their identities. Zelaya later acknowledged the killings and informed the U S State Department in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Leroy Cannon
Lwonard Chace
Zelaya
Nicaragua
Dietator
State Department
Washington
Trainmen to Ask Wages Increase on Eastern Railways
Eastern railroad unions plan a wage increase request starting January 1. The move involves about 101,000 workers including engineers and conductors across all eastern lines, according to reliable advices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
King Edward to Arbitrate Alsoplaim Dispute
King Edward through the foreign office formally accepted the invitation to act as arbitrator of the Alsoplaim dispute between the United States and Chile.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward
Foreign Office
United States
Chile
Gusts at Hand in Nicaragua Case Over U S Action
Secretary of State Knox returned Felipe Rodriguez’s passport and denounced President Zelaya, signaling U S recognition of Nicaraguan revolutionists. The note labels Zelaya a violator of international law and warns both sides will be held accountable for actions affecting Americans. The move frames a quasi war stance without a formal declaration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Knox
Felipe Rodriguez
Legation
Zelaya
United States
Congress
Imperial Window Glass Company Formed in Pennsylvania
Bradford officials announce the 60 hand blown glass plants will apply for incorporation as the Imperial Window Glass Company of the United States with a $10,000,000 capital. The firm seeks a selling agency, to adjust supply to demand, protect hand workers, and meet machine-made glass competition. Officers: Myron L. Case, M. J. Healy, Joseph R. Sayre, J. R. Johnston. Wage increases promised.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bradford
Pennsylvania
Imperial Window Glass Company
United States
Myron L. Case
Bowling Green
Oi M. J. Healy
Joseph R. Sayre
Columbus
J. R. Johnston
Hartford City
Ind
Conscience flight prompts 30 cent repayment for old ride
In Toledo Ohio a Wabash rail line conscience tale emerges as P E Dumbaugh local agent receives a letter from an unknown Napoleon resident. It enclosed 20 cents for a 10 mile fare at three cents a mile, noting the ticket was not used and later used again over 25 years. The writer refrains from exploiting the current two cent rate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toledo
P. E. Dumbaugh
Napoleon, O
Walsh loses appeal in bank funds case
Chicago. The federal circuit court of appeals denied John R. Walsh a retrial and refused to continue bail, leaving five years to serve in Knavenworth federal prison for misapplying funds of the Chicago National Bank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Knavenworth
Chicago National Bank
John R. Walsh
Federal Circuit Court of Appeals
Cook Records Safe Arrives in Christiansand
Christiania secretary to Dr. Frederick A. Cook, Walter Lonsdale, arrives at Christiansand with all of Cook’s North Pole expedition records and reports. He states he has the full set of documents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christiania
Walter Lonsdale
Frederick A. Cook
Christiansand
Dr. Cook
North Pole
Banana Society Arrest in Marion O
Post office inspectors arrest another alleged Banana Society member in Marion. Joseph Ignesia faces charges of conspiracy and using the mails to coerce Columbus produce merchant John Amicon into paying a large sum under threat of death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Banana Society
Marion
O Post Office
Society of the Banana Here
Joseph Ignesia
John Amicon
Columbus
Earthquake Destroys Villages near Bitlis
An official dispatch from Bitlis in Asiatic Turkey reports several small villages leveled by a powerful earthquake. No casualty figures were available in the message.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Constantinople
Bitlis
Turkey
Strikers Fire Into Train Near Bridgeport Ohio
About 100 strike breakers at the Aetna Standard plant of American Sheet and in Plate Company were being sent home after a eight hour day. A Cleveland and Pittsburgh train stopping in the mill yard was fired upon by a crowd of 700. A bullet narrowly missed G C Nagle, Wheeling general manager, and a traveling man’s hat was struck. A strike breaker named Cled Conway was beaten on his Bridgeport porch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wheeling
Cleveland & Pittsburg
Bridgeport
Aetna-Standard
American Sheet and In Plate Company
G. C. Nagle
Wheeling Traction Company
Cleveland & Pittsburg Company
Tran
Cled Conway
Coal Deal Transfers 18 Mines and Timber Tracts
Indian Southern Coal Company of Chicago deeds eighteen mines mineral rights and timber tracts to Alliance Coal Company. The property spans Bigo Clay Sullivan and Greene counties in Indiana. Purchase price is $1,500,000. Deed signed by John K Seifert receiver for Indian Southern Company amid John R Walsh financial difficulties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terre Haute
Ind
Indian Southern Coal Company
Chicago
Alliance Coal Company
Bigo
Clay
Sullivan
Greene Counties
John K. Seifert
Indian Southern Company
John R. Walsh
Old Swindle Catches Two in Oil City Crime
Police seek a clever swindler who offered to sell two Franklin residents $1,000 in counterfeit money for 50. He named himself Mr. Wilgon and sent them to wait at a street corner. After hours, the victims filed descriptions with authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oil City
Franklin
Frankin
Wilgon
Taft to open National Civic Federation in Washington
President Taft will open the National Civic Federation convention in Washington as it begins work January 17. Governors from across states meet January 18 19 and 20 with aims to harmonize standards including uniform divorce laws.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Taft
National Civic Federation
Lowis
Federation
President Taft Bars Disclosure to Congress in Washington
President Taft issues an order prohibiting any bureau officer or division chief or any officer of the army or navy or marine corps stationed in Washington from divulging official information to any committee of the House or Senate or any member of Congress except as authorized by the head of the department in which he serves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Taft
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
House
Senate
Congress
Postmasterships Go Begging in Arkansas
Little Rock Six fourth class post offices in Arkansas were discontinued because no one was willing to accept the postmasterships. F W Tucker, chairman of the Republican State committee, said rural residents are prosperous and will not take offices offering small pay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rock
Arkansas
F. W. Tucker
Republican State Committee
Harriman Estate Appraisal Reaches 149 Million
Final appraisal of the late BH Harriman estate in Orange County values the sum at 149 million dollars. The bulk consists of railroad stocks and bonds, mainly Union Pacific and Southern Pacific, plus real estate holdings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harriman
New York
H. Harriman
Orange County
Union Pacific
Southern Pacific
Baltimore Inferno At 104 South Sharp Street
Fire erupted at 104 South Sharp Street near the 1904 blaze site in Baltimore. It spread quickly causing damage estimated between 100000 and 150000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
South
Sharp Street
Indicted for Rebating in Louisville Railroads
A special Federal grand jury indicted the Louisville and Nashville Railroad the Louisville Henderson and St Louis Railroad and the American Tobacco Company for rebating in alleged interstate commerce law violations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville
Louisville & Nashville
Burlington Adopts Commission Form Of City Government
Burlington voters approve the commission plan by 2638 to 1268, adopting a new city government structure. The measure shifts governance to a three or more commissioners with overlapping duties, replacing the previous system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burlington
Spanish episcopate seeks closure of lay and modern schools
Telegraphic briefs report the Spanish episcopate petitioned the government to shut all lay and modern schools in the kingdom. Other items note Admiral Toga's retirement to the military council, a passenger train collision in Petersburg killing engineer J W McCallister, and Chicago Police Inspector Edward McCann being denied a new trial after his corruption conviction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madrid
Tokio
Toga
Military Council
Petersburg
J. W. McCallister
Chicago
Edward McCann
Dover Captain John Downing Dies at 103
Captain John Downing age 103 died at his Little Creek home. Born July 4 he celebrated his 103rd birthday and served in the Civil War as master-at-arms on the gunboat Yankee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dover
Del
John Downing
Little Creek
Downing
Woman on Trial for Husband's Murder in Newark
In Newark New Jersey state case Mary J Wilhelm is charged with murdering her wealthy contractor husband Frank Wilhelm. Real estate dealer Nichols S Blea is indicted in a separate trial as a co defendant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newark
N. J
Frank Wilhelm
Mary J. Wilhelm
Nichols S. Blea
Congress Must Act On Conservation Policy Clash
U S forest service chief Gifford Pinchot warns Congress must decide this session whether coal fields stay public or go to monopolies and whether water power rights are given to special interests or kept under public control. He says private development should occur under public oversight and warns against perpetual private rights without compensation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Gifford Pinchot
United States
Forest Service
Interior
Ballinger
Congress
Pinchot
Lyman Abbott
New York
Dr. Abbott
Lords Budget Rejected Refers Bill to Country
London reports a historic House of Lords rejection of the budget bill. After six days of debate the Lords approved Lord Lansdowne's amendment by 350 to 75, declaring the bill unjustified without national judgment, amid mixed cheers as the announcement was made.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Rosebery
Morley
James
Hereford
Lord Cromer
Lord Balfour of
Burleigh
Earl of Lytton
Lord Courtney
Canterbury
York
House of Lords
Lord Lansdowne
Run closes Ohio bank in Hartville linked to Collinwood
Cleveland reports Hartville Banking Company near Canton faced a run after rumors of ties to the defunct Collinwood Bank. E W Christy, promoter of Collinwood, held 50 Hartville shares but recently sold them to his cousin C O Christy, fueling market chatter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Hartville Banking Company
Hartville
Canton
Collinwood Bank
E. W. Christy
Collinwood Institution
Hartville Bank
C. O. Christy
Customs Inspector Suspended and Friction at New York Customs
Washington reports another shakeup in the New York Custom House as Treasury officials suspend Inspector Timothy Lane on charges and approve the discharge of ten assistant weighers. In addition, one inspector and one watchman are removed for accepting gratuities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
New York Custom House
Treasury Department
Timothy TD. Lane
New York Customs House
Gompers Petition Granted in Contempt Case
The Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia granted the petition of Samuel Gompers, John Mitchell and Frank Morrison for a stay of execution of the mandate sending them to jail pending appeal to the Supreme Court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gompers
Washington, D. C
Court of Appeals of the
District of Columbia
Samuel Gompers
John Mitchell
Frank Morrison
Supreme Court of the United States
Chicago Posts Warmest November On Record
Chicago recorded its warmest November since 1872 with a mean temperature of 48.7 degrees, surpassing the long term average of 49.2 degrees. The local weather bureau notes all high temperature records for November were broken this year.
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Chicago
Weather Bureau
Secretary Wilson hails record year for American farms
Secretary Wilson reports the farm sector reached its most prosperous year ending June 30 with farm products valued at 8.76 billion dollars, up 869 million from the prior year. He notes beef retail margins rose 38 percent in 50 cities while hog prices favored farmers and industry cooperates with food and drug laws.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Wilson
Agricultural Department
Man blown to pieces in Cameron after nitroglycerin blast
Cameron West Virginia shaken when a Marietta Torpedo Company nitro magazine exploded as Anthony Shuster 30 an oil well shooter in Greene County Pennsylvania was loading a wagon to shoot a well. Shuster and his two horses were blown apart while windows shattered and buildings jarred Bristeria and nearby areas also rattled. Shuster's wife collapsed unconscious at home and is said to be recovering after the tragedy leaving one child.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cameron
W. Va
Anthony Shuster
Marietta Torpedo Company
Shuster
Aleppo
Greene County
Bristeria
Beate
Dancing Girl Sues Gould Over Divorce Battle
New York dancer Bessie De Vole, who says she won Frank Jay Gould's heart while with the Rogers Brothers, files a 200000 suit not for breach of promise but on unknown grounds. Lawyers pledge to vindicate her character amid Gould family troubles. The action is thought to claim Gould promised to seek a modification of his divorce decree to remarry in this state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Bessie de Vole
Frank Jay Gould
Rogers Brothers
Millionaire
Gould
Miss de Vole
Alabama goes wet votes overwhelming state prohibition
Alabama defeated a state prohibition amendment by a large majority estimated at 20 000 to 25 000. It marked the first popular expression on liquor sale prohibition in the state after a legislature elected on a local option platform passed the statewide bill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Ala
Alabama
Probing Mine Accidents Prompts Federal Mining Bureau Plan
John Hays Hammond heads a committee named by the National Civic Federation to test theories for improving workers’ welfare. The group includes John Mitchell Samuel Mather James Eliott J A Holmes and D W Bruntton and aims to investigate mining accident causes and push for a Federal Mining Bureau.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Hays Hammond
New York
National Civic Federation
John Mitchell
Samuel Mather
James Eliott
Southwestern “Inter-State Coal Operators’ Association
J. A. Holmes
United States Geological Survey
D. W. Brunton
American Institute of Mining Engineers
Federal Mining Bureau
New War College Leader Appointed in Washington DC
Brigadier General W W Wetherspoon becomes president of the Army War College in Washington. Brigadier General Tasker H Bliss moves from college head to succeed Wetherspoon on the general staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War College
Washington, D. C
W. W. Wetherspoon
War Department
Army War College
Tasker H. Bliss
General Wetherspoon
General Staff
Switchmen's Strike Expands Across Northwest Rail Lines
After fifteen days of talks between the Switchmen's Union of North America and a joint railroad managers committee for 13 Northwest railroads, 2300 switchmen went on strike effective November 30. The action covers territory from Lake Superior to the Pacific Coast. Chicago authorities move to curb street noise as hucksters banned from shouting wares on streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Switchmen’s
St. Paul
Switchmen’s Union of North America
Joint Committee of
Northwest
Lake Superior
Paffic
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W. D. Booth
Agricultura
Sues Gould
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