Rebate Claim Targets Carnegie Iron Ore Rates
Senator Oliver charged United States Steel and its railroads overcharged for lake ore shipments to Pittsburg, deeming 96 cents per ton excessive while costing about 28 cents to move. He proposed 50 cents as a fair profit margin and tied the issue to Carnegie’s alleged railroad control scheme.
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Washington
United States Steel Corporation
Lake Points
Pittsburg
Oliver
Pennsylvania
Stanley Steel
Conneaut
Ohio
Erie
Andrew Carnegie
Lake Erle
Carnegie
Sec
Eight Army Men In Dynamiting Charge
Fort Riley dynamiting cases dominate local talk as eight men are under arrest with more likely. A fifty page confession by Private Michael Quirk is said to implicate others, with a preliminary hearing planned for early next week. In Altus Oklahoma the Rev Thomas M Brewer denied involvement and asserted an alibi.
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Junction City
Kan
Fort Riley
Michael Quirk
Chase
Charge
Charge Altus, Okla
Thomas M. Brewer
U. S. Army
Kas
Steel Trusts and Through Rates on Short Lines
Oliver outlined how the Steel trust extracted high through rates on all commodities carried by their short lines. He argued these elevated percentages enabled the trust to maintain dominance in the steel business and pressure competitors.
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Oliver
Steel Trust
Lindbergh urges money trust probe in House hearing
Representative Lindbergh of Minnesota appears before the rules committee to back a resolution for a special committee to investigate the money trust. He accuses New York capitalists of dominating national bank reserves and calls the financial system false and a burden on the people amid criticism of the Aldrich plan.
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Washington
Lindbergh
Rep
Minn
Rules Committee
House
New York
Wall Street
Aldrich
King to Sign Industrial Insurance Bill After Lords Amendments
London Dec 15 The house of commons approved the Lords amendments to Lloyd George industrial insurance bill. The measure now awaits royal assent and King George will issue a notice confirming his approval tomorrow. The act is among the government’s major recent initiatives and will attract international attention.
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London
House of Commons
Lords
Lloyd George
George
May Break With Russia Discussed by Officials
Washington reports a temporary halt in U S Russian commerce could occur if the 1832 treaty is reopened near San Pedro. Representative Sulzer after talks with Secretary Knox described a revised satisfactory treaty as the aim.
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Russia
Washington
United States
San Pedro
Era
Sulzer
Dem
N. Y
Knox
Mayors plan to oust Lindsey denied by County official
Mayors scheme to remove Judge Ben R Lindsey of the juvenile court by force was alleged by County Assessor Henry J Arnold who said Supervisor Meyers blocked the action. Arnold vowed to fight in court while Governor Shafroth condemned Arnold’s ouster as illegal and anarchistic.
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Lindsay
Denver
Col
Speer
Ben R. Lindsey
Juvenile Court
Henry J. Arnold
Arnold
Lindsey
Meyers
Jury acquits Graham and Conrad in Stokes shooting case
In New York on December 15 the jury found Lillian Graham and Ethel Conrad not guilty after a trial over the June 6 shooting of millionaire W E D Stokes. The defendants were accused of harming Stokes tied to the downfall of Lillian Graham at his Leixington stock farm.
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New York
Lillian Graham
Ethel Conrad
Milionaire
W. E. D. Stokes
Stokes
Leixington
Wool growers and wearers duped by middlemen says Brown
Mc Magnus Brown of Minnesota told the Wool Growers convention in Omaha that middlemen are draining profits from wool. He argued the wool tariff barely affects fabric prices and urged wool production and producer to consumer sales to cut out middlemen profits.
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Omaha
Neb
McMagnus Brown
Farmington, Minn
Minnesota Wool Growers’ Association
Wool Growers’ Convention
Brown
Miss Lulu Latamore Weds Alfred Gilbertson In Private Ceremony
Miss Lulu May Latamore of 1107 Jackson street and Alfred S. Gilbertson of 1112 Market street were married by Justice T. J. Ritter at his home on Avon street. The ceremony was private with relatives only. The couple will reside at 1112 Market street after a wedding trip.
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Lulu May Latamore
Jackson Street
Alfred S. Gilbertson
Market Street
Justice T. J. Ritter
Avon Street
la Crosse
Mr. Gilbertson
Eckert Will Declared Valid in Sanity Ruling
Surrogate Holahan ruled that Thomas T. Eckert was of sound mind when he willed the bulk of his estate to his son Thomas T. Eckert Jr. The will had been challenged by another son Clendennin Eckert who received $50,000.
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New York
Thomas T. Eckert
Western Union Telegraph Company
Thomas T. Eckert, Jr
Holahan
Clendennin Eckert
Lorimer Case Record Reaches 3.5 Million Words
The Lorimer case record totals 3.5 million words across eighteen volumes. Lawyers note it is so lengthy that senators may study it on Sunday afternoons.
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Washington
Lorimer
Four Labor Leaders May Be Arrested
A federal grand jury in Los Angeles has gathered information to arrest four San Francisco labor leaders. Assistant Attorney General Lawler reported to Attorney General Wickersham and suggested pursuing warrants from Judge Wellborn in Los Angeles or transferring to Indianapolis authorities for arrests.
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Washington
Federal
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Lawler
Wickersham
Wellborn
Indianapolis
Armour President Admits British Ban Delay on Contracts
J Ogden Armour head of Armour & Co says the British government notified that no bids can be received on British army contracts until the Sherman act suit against the packers is resolved. Armour declined to comment.
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Chicago
J. Ogden Armour
Armour & Co
Armour
Plan to used Aunt Samuella as nurse for child welfare
Washington December 15 Uncle Sam may summon Aunt Samuella to be official nurse to American kids if Congress grants the Children's Bureau charge of child welfare labor and health duties under the plan.
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Washington
Sam
Samuella
Congress
Children's Bureau
Mine Disaster to Be Probed Briceville Tenn
Government investigators led by Dr. Rutledge begin examining Cross Mountain mine disaster in Briceville Tennessee where sixty seven were dead and twenty bodies feared still inside. The study will assess dust sprinkling methods ventilation and rescue procedures while a Carnegie hero commission agent travels to identify local heroes.
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Briceville
Tenn
Dr. Rutledge
United States Bureau of Mines
Cross Mountain Mile
Tennessee
Carnegie Hero Commission
Man’s effort shown by grunt not strength
Commentary notes that a person’s loud breathing during weight lifting does not reliably indicate how much weight is being lifted. The statement emphasizes perception error in judging effort from noise.
Knox says no danger to Shuster needs aid, Sulzer told
Secretary of State Knox said aid from Congress to protect W. Morgan Shuster is not required after a long talk with Congressman Sulzer, chairman of the House Foreign Relations Committee. He stated there is no personal danger to Shuster.
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Washington
Congress
W. Morgan Shuster
Knox
Sulzer
House Committee On Foreign Relations
Shuster
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