Untermyer Opens Probe Hearings into Bank Clearing Houses
Samuel Untermyer questions two Baltimore bankers during House Banking hearing on alleged bank “freeze out” tactics. President Cloud of Maryland and John R. Bland of U S Fidelity and Guarantee Company testify as clearing house practices and stock exchange links are examined. Committee plans wider witness list and notes secrecy. C A Pugsley may be first witness. New York figures and brokers expected.
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Ashington
Varios
Samuel Untermyer
Baltimore
Trust Committee
Cloud
State Air of Maryland
John R. Bland
U. S. Fidelity and Guaranteeompany
Equitable Morthouse
Waldo Newcomer
Reclearing House
House
Jean
Pujo
Thearacter
Fovmors
New York Stock Exchange
C. A. Pugsley
Peekskill
Amerian Bankers’ Association
Samuel Untermey
Senate
Mmitee
State Bank
Maryland
Baltimore Clearing House
Clearing House
Dead Aviator Constantine Killed By Turks During Flight
Sofia reports an official inquiry into the death of Jules Constantine a French aviator serving with Bulgarian forces. He was shot in the air over the Turkish lines near Surma and the aircraft returned to camp with his body guiding it to land.
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Budapest
Sofia
Jules Constantine
Chatalja
Constantine
Surma
British Rail Strike Expands in North England
A Newcastle dispatch reports a serious railway strike with 3000 trainmen on the eastern line walking out and an engineer suspended. By today about 9 men remained out as the movement spreads to other railways, threatening passenger and freight traffic in northern England.
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London
Newcastle
Eastern Railway
North
England
Blizzard Ties Up Boats at Ault Ste. Marie
Fourteen steamers lay at Webor harbor seeking shelter as a severe blizzard sweeps Lake Superior. Messages report heavy seas at Whitefish light and driving snow hindering navigation. Some ships bound for the Soo are four miles away and unable to move.
Stock Yards Carrier Control Decision Clarified
The Interstate Commerce Commission has decided that the Junction Railway Company may operate under its control and that the Union Stock Yards Company in Chicago is recognized as a common carrier.
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Mashington
Igsu- Steet
K Junction Railway Company
Tay
Interthaygymerce Commission
Union Stock Yards Company
Chicago
Six Negroes Hanged by Fell Choir Ferry Reach
A report from Choctaw county says a group of six Negroes were hanged today by a ferry operation. The note indicates further captives are being brought to this city for safety amid the event.
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Os Bile
Ala
Choctaw County
Closing of La Crosse red light district cuts crime
Police Chief John Webber says crime dropped at least 59 percent since the district’s closure on the first anniversary of the action. County court records show a 75 percent drop in criminal cases in the four months after the crackdown. City Attorney A H Schubert credits the closure with improved morals and predicts a reopening would harm any candidate’s chances.
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la Crosse
John Webber
Houses of Ill Fame
Wendell A. Anderson
Ori J. Sorensen
A. H. Schubert
Board of Trade to Hear Ganalplan Waterway Proposal
The Lake to Gulf Waterway plan will be presented to business leaders by the Board of Trade. Officials expect discussion on the project’s potential economic impact and regional development.
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Board OF Trade
Ganalplan
Lake-to-Gulf
John Dengler
Dengler
la Crosse
Special Board of Government Engineers
Congress
Lake Superior
St. Croix River
Mississippi
Gulf of Mexico
Beard
Board of Engineers
Duluth
Minn
War Department
Roosevelt leads New York progressives to Chicago meeting
Colonel Roosevelt and nearly 200 Progressive leaders from New York and New England arrive in Chicago. A crowd at Twelfth Street station gathers as the candidate is located and greeted. Tomorrow’s session moves between La Salle and Orchestra Hotel depending on attendance with Jane Addams presiding.
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Chicago
Roosevelt
New York
New England
Twelfth Street
T. R
National Executive Committee
George W. Perkins
Perkins
Hotel la Salle
Dixon
Medill McCormick
National
Illinois
Orchestra Hotel
la Salle
Senator Dixon
Jane Addams
Hull House
National Progressive Executive Committee
Taft Panama trip eyed as Arkansas sails for canal review
President Taft will decide this afternoon if he will voyage to the Panama canal aboard the battleship Arkansas. If he goes the party will include his brother Charles Taft and secretary Charles Hills with aides and canal officials. The trip would last about two weeks and include a full canal inspection with Christmas planned at Christobal.
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Washington
Taft
White House
Panama Canal
U.S
Arkansas
Key West
Hampton Roads
New York
Panama
Delaware
Charles P. Taft
Charles D. Hilles
Major Rhodes
Timmons
Canal Commission
Christobal
Terauchi Not Yet Accepts Premier Post
Tokio officials report Lieut General Count Terauchi has not accepted the premiership tender and the decision remains unsettled. Close friends say he would not take the post without a free hand, amid unprecedented cabinet reorganization and political confusion in Japan.
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Tokio
Count Terauchi
Japan
Milwaukee Shivered As Cold Wave Takes Hold
Milwaukee, Wis. saw a drastic drop in temperatures from forty to eight above last night as a cold wave gripped the city with minimal relief expected before tomorrow night. The local forecaster warned of continued icy conditions ahead.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Winter Wheat Sown Area Drops 2.5 Percent
The Department of Agriculture reports winter wheat area sown this fall at 22,387,000 acres, down 828,000 from 1911. December 1 condition stands at 93.2 versus 86.6 a year earlier, signaling a firmer crop outlook despite reduced plantings.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Explosion at Bellewood quarry storehouse kills ten
Ten men were reported dead after a dynamite explosion at the O'Loughlin stone quarry storehouse in Bellewood, a western suburb. Windows shattered in several west side homes from the blast.
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Chicago
O'Loughlin
Bellewood
Crowd greets T. R. in Chicago
A crowd gathers in Chicago to greet Theodore Roosevelt during a conference visit, with supporters applauding as the former president arrives and speaks to attendees.
Rev Henry Faville Resigns Pastorate at First Congregational
The pastor of the First Congregational Church announces retirement, planning to step down on December 1, 1913, after years of service to the church and community.
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Henry Faville
First Congregational Church
la Crosse
Faville
Delavan
Janesville
Evansville
Oshkosh
Racine
Sun Prairie
Wis
Mitchell
Iowa
Pastors’ Union
Board of Trade
The
Children’s Home Society
Federation of Reforms
National Council of Congregational Churches
Lake
Elijah
Eliza Faville
Wisconsin
Faville Grove
Lake Mills
Lawrence University
Appleton
Boston School of Theology
Harriet A. Conant
Harold
Theodore Rush Faville
Roberts College
Constant
American League President Arranges Magnate Meeting
Ban B. Johnson, head of the American League, returned from southern Illinois to arrange the league magnates meeting in Chicago set for Wednesday and Thursday.
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Chicago
Illinois
Ban B. Johnson
American League
Wisconsin Sues Diamond Match for Child Labor Violations
The state of Wisconsin filed the most sweeping child labor case yet against Diamond Match Co at Oshkosh. Officials faced fines totaling 19,900 dollars for over 240 alleged violations discovered by the Industrial Commission.
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Wisconsin
Madison
Wis
Diamond Match Company
Oshkosh
Industrial Commission
Mystery Fire Destroys Viroqua Main Block
A second early morning fire in three days swept the Tate block in Viroqua, causing total loss of the wooden structure and trapping residents in their sleep. Firefighters saved most contents of shops and residences while authorities investigate possible arson as insurance coverage totals are reported.
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Viroqua
Tate
Elmer H
Bigley
Samuel Lillis
Bailey Bakery
J. Masser
Thomas Sandwich Clothing
Benton Millinery
Adolph Sorenson
Turkey Will Let Albania Be Taken
London dispatch reports ongoing peace conference preparations and ambassadorship talks amid rumors of near east fighting. Turkish grand vizier indicates Turkey would consent to Albania being cut up, while Austria seizes Servian flour bound for Durazzo and guards await armistice in London.
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London
Near East
Austria-Hungary
Servia
Cetinnje
Abbania
Scutari
Turkey
Greece
Athens
Constantinople
Austria- Hungary
Adriatic
Durazzo
Kiamil Pasha
Albania
Austria
Belgrade
Fiume
Durrazo
Gallipoli
Asia Minor
Trieste
Balkan
Mediterranean
Opera group evacuated as Putnam Hotel fire rages
One hundred opera singers and New England Conservatory students were awakened by a blaze in Boston. Bernard Olshansky, a singer, raised the alarm and occupants fled to a cafe on the premises. Firefighters extinguished the flames after several hours.
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Boston
New England Conservatory of Music
Putnam Hotel
Bernard Olshansky
Conservatory
Zionists Allow Invalid to Die in Zion City
In Zion City, authorities probe the death of Arthur Reed, 22, a Voliva follower. Reed reportedly suffered for a month with blood poisoning before death, as prayers were offered by the faithful and no physician was called. Investigators cite other deaths they say could have been prevented without medical care.
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Waukegan, II
Zion City
John Alexander Dowie
Arthur Reed
Voliva
Dowie
Reed
Patrick on farm near St. Louis after Sing Sing pardon
Albert T. Patrick the attorney recently pardoned for the Rice murder spent December 9 working on his brother in law John T. Milliken’s farm near St. Louis to gain strength for his hoped return to vindicate himself.
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ST. Louis
Albert T. Patrick
Sing Sing
William Marsh Rice
John T. Milliken
Patrick
Milliken
Potatoes Rate Increase Refused by ICC
The Interstate Commerce Commission refused to grant a rate increase for potato shipments from South Dakota and Nebraska to Chicago and other points. Railroads including the Chicago & North Western, Chicago, Burlington & Quincy, Union Pacific and others sought higher carload rates, but the commission ruled current rates fair to both carriers and shippers.
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Washington
South Dakota
Nebraska
Interstate Commerce Commission
Chicago & Northwestern Railroad Company
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company
Union Pacific Railroad Company
Sympathy Plan Discussed for Carnegie Mills Strike
In Pittsburg tentative plans were announced for a general sympathetic strike in the Homestead Braddock Mills area as I W W organizer William D Haywood and steel workers consider extending action beyond a handful of trainmen still on strike.
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Pittsburg
Homestead and Braddock
Carnegie Steel Company
William D. Haywood
Weather Update for Upper Midwest and Great Lakes
The forecast calls for fair weather tonight and Tuesday across La Crosse Wisconsin Minnesota and Iowa with warmer temperatures tonight. Temperatures ranged from six degrees below zero in northern Minnesota and North Dakota to 28 degrees above zero in the same regions this morning with Montreal recording two degrees below zero. Overall low pressure covers northern states from the upper lakes to the North Pacific while a high sits from the mid Atlantic coast. Very little snow falls in the northwest with light snow in lake regions and rain in the Atlantic states while most areas remain generally fair with little cloudiness.
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Minnesota
North Dakota
Manitoba
Montana
Canadian Territory
Montreal
Upper Lakes
North Pacific Coast
Canadian Northwest
Plateau
South Atlantic
Northwest
Lake
Atlantic States
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Wational Committee
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Henry Faville D. D
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