Erdman Act May Now Be Employed
A three hour conference in Washington involving H B Perham head of the railway division AFL Commissioner Neill and Interstate Commerce Chairman Knapp failed to produce any agreement on settling the switchmen strike on Northwestern railroads. The session adjourned for lunch at 1 pm with no agreement and a resumption planned for 2 pm. A telegram from Minneapolis Mayor Haynes urged President Taft to lend official influence.
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Washington D. C
H. B. Perham
A. F. of L
Neill
Knapp
Interstate Commerce Commission
Northwestern
Haynes
Minneapolis
Taft
Northwest in standstill awaiting Perham mission update
In Minneapolis on December 31 the northwest situation remains essentially static pending the outcome of Mr. Perham’s mission.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Erdman Act Mediation and Arbitration Overview
The Erdman act provides a two method framework for settling interstate labor disputes involving common carriers. Mediation by the labor commissioner and ICC chairmen precedes a three arbitrator panel, with finality in 30 days, and a one year in-force period post-award. Discharges or resignations require just cause and notice.
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Labor Organization
Board of Arbitration
Deserted wife seeks husband in La Crosse search
Mrs E C Nash of Minneapolis charges her husband Ed Nash deserted her while she was ill and robbed of all she had. She says he is believed alive in La Crosse, though a death notice was reported, and asks Sheriff Duncan to locate him. A cemetery inquiry found no record in Oak Grove, and authorities will continue the search.
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E. C. Nash
Minneapolis
Ed Nash
la Crosse
Duncan
Tomah
Wis
Obridge
EB. C. Nash
Calvert
Man vows to blow up U S Senate in final months
A Chicago letter claiming the writer has six months to live threatens to blow up the United States Senate with nitro glycerine. Authorities, including US District Attorney Sims and Chief Post Office Inspector Stuart, sweep the city, treating the note as a serious threat and seeking to capture the author at once.
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Chicago
United States Senate
United States
Sims
Stuart
Wheat Slides in Final Trading, Chicago Wheat Declines
Chicago December wheat futures closed six and a half cents lower than yesterday's finish after slipping six cents in the last half hour of trading. The session ended with prices down from the opening levels.
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Chicago
Ambassador Robert Bacon Presented to President Fallieres
Robert Bacon the new American ambassador to France was formally received by President Fallieres in Paris this afternoon marking a pivotal diplomatic welcome for the envoy.
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Bacon
Paris
Robert Bacon
France
Fallieres
Opera managers deny Hammerstein million offer
The Metropolitan Opera company managers deny today the report that they offered Oscar Hammerstein one million dollars to withdraw from the opera field in New York.
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New York
Metropolitan Opera Company
Oscar Hammerstein
Police aimed at wipeout of white girl traffic
Police Inspector John Wheeler announced this afternoon a plan to wipe out the traffic in white girls. A witness described seeing Chinamen bringing white girls to houses at 3 o clock in the morning and at times two dozen girls there, with the girls disappearing by daybreak as mysteriously as they came.
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John Wheeler
Yeggs Surprised Informant Shot in Oklahoma City
Oklahoma City December 31. Frank Carpenter who tipped the bank robbery plot was shot by mistake when officers surprised two men attempting to force the Harrah bank door. Carpenter died after reaching St Anthony's hospital. fellow felons Frank Quiggs was killed instantly and a third man escaped.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
Frank Carpenter
Harrah
Here
Vegemen
Carpenter
St. Anthony’s Hospital
Frank Quiggs
Kansas City
Quiggs
Spencer Trask Dies In Wreck Near Croton
Spencer Trask a New York banker and head of Spencer Trask & Co. was killed when the Montreal Express was run down by a southbound freight at Croton on the New York Central main line. Two porters were injured. engineers and fireman arrested for inquiry. Trask born 1844, Princeton graduate, banker and investor in Edison ventures with broad city and real estate interests.
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New York
Spencer Trask
Spencer Trask & Co
Montreal Express
New York Central
Croton
James E. Bell
Scipio Jackson
Ossining
Eugene Flanigan
Westchester County
Ritter
Princeton
Wall Street
Edison Electrical Enterprises
Broadway Realty Company
Lake George Real Estate Company
Trask
Metropolitan
Union League
City, Reform
National Arts and Lawyers’ Clubs
Norden's Annual Ball a Success
At Lienlokken's hall last evening about 150 Norden society members and friends gathered for the annual banquet and ball. Dr Adolph Gunderson acted as toastmaster and many toasts followed. Prof P Pederson played violin selections and Kreutz's orchestra provided music for a grand ball that continued into the early morning.
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Lienlokken’s
Norden Society
Adolph Gunderson
P. Pederson
North Side
Kreutz
Rich Girl Gone Mystery in Case
Detectives across eastern cities scour for Roberta Buist de Janon the 16 year old daughter of Ferdinand de Janon of New York and heiress of Robert Buist the millionaire merchant as frantic family members plead for clues in Philadelphia.
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Philadelphia
Roberta Buist de Janon
Ferdinand de Janon
New York
Robert Buist
A Girl Detective Rumor Circulates About Pennsylvanian Heiress
Friends of Miss Roberta B. de Janon of Philadelphia say she may have left to become a detective. They note her fondness for dime novels of the Old Sleuth type and her repeated declarations that she intended to pursue a career as a detective.
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New York
Roberta B. de Janon
Philadelphia
Missing Belle Vue girl elopes with hotel waiter
The Belle Vue Stratford girl has been missing since Wednesday. Frederick Cohen a 50 year old waiter and Buist apartments attendant is charged with abduction and fled town with the girl. Police report they were traced to Broad Street Station boarding a train to New York.
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Bellevue-Stratford
Frederick Cohen
Buist
Miss de Janon
Cohen
Broad Street Station
New York
Frisco Voters Approve Municipal Street Railway Bond
San Francisco residents celebrate the victory for a municipal owned street railway. Voted 31 185 to 11 694 to fund an eight mile conduit line replacing the Geary Street Railway once controlled by United Railroads. Opposition from United Railroads reportedly spent about 100000 to defeat the plan previously rejected in 1902 1903 and 1909 by narrow margins.
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San Francisco
Cal
United States
Industrial Fund Reaches 103000 With Local Subscriptions
James Schwebach donated the first thousand dollars as the soliciting committee forms sub committees to raise 103000. The board of trade authorized steps toward incorporation and will report at the January 7 meeting. Nine directors were unanimously chosen to oversee La Crosse's industrial welfare for three years. New subscribers are listed.
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James Schwebach
Wing
Madison
Board of Trade
la Crosse
Assassination of Has sin Tashim Pasha reported
News from Constantinople states Has sin Tashim Pasha governor general of the Yemen Villayet was killed last Tuesday. The murder follows his criticism of the Young Turks and is attributed directly to that opposition.
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Constantinople
Hassin Tashim Pasha
Yemen
Young Turks Party
Keefe Business College Praised by Local Graduates
La Crosse residents commend Keefe Business College for short term programs in bookkeeping shorthand and typewriting. Letters from Loyd Anderson and others attest to progress and securing good positions with Heileman Brewing La Crosse Floral Burlington R. A. and L. C. Smith Typewriter Co.
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Northwest
la Crosse
Wis
Keefe Business College
William
la Crosse Floral Company
JOS. Zenker
South Eighth Street
Lester Covey
Maurice
Burlington R. A
McDonald
Keefe
Jas. Coughlin
Wood St
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Wade
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Switchmen’s
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Néill
Perham
C. J. Erdman
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Detroit
Lai King
Mary May
U. S. Senate
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