Rockefeller Reflects On Corporate Attacks And Prosperity
John D Rockefeller at Pocantico Hills notes that annual inventories show losses from shrinkage in share values despite broad prosperity. He says attacks on corporate interests hurt capitalists first and then workers, warns of broader harm to the man with the dinner pail, and expresses faith in American people and businessmen for the coming year.
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New York
John D Rockefeller
Pocantico Hills
California Assembly to push immigration restrain resolution
San Francisco report states Assemblyman lan will present to the legislature a resolution directing California's delegation in Congress to press for a bill restricting Japanese immigration. The move aligns with ongoing debates on immigration policy.
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Scripps News Association
San Francisco
Assemblymanlan
California
Congress
Lumbering boom on Willamette and Columbia rivers
Portland reports at least twenty vessels loading lumber for California. Most cargoes go to San Francisco as coast vessels and salmon boats are pressed into service. An estimated 15,000,000 units of fuel will be shipped in coming days. John G. Price confesses to Maurice K. Lewis murder, saying the victim's baby's cries haunted him.
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Scripps News Association
Portland
Oregon
Willamette
Columbia Rivers
California
San Francisco
iScripps News Association
Philadelphia
John G. Price
Maurice K. Lewis
Price
Lone Man Attempts Robbery on Seaboard Train
A lone passenger aged about 25 attempted a hold up on Seaboard Air Line train No. 81 about seventy five miles south of Richmond. He forced a Pullman porter to lock cabin doors, robbed about eight dollars, then shot the conductor who entered the sleeper. The conductor was not seriously wounded and the robber escaped.
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Scripps News Association
Richmond
Seaboard Air Line
Here
Disorderly Conduct and Assault Cases At Local Court
Recorder court reports multiple arrests. RR Kelley was fined 25 dollars for disorderly abusive language. a com plaint and warrant target Rayburn. Wm Palmer pled guilty to assault and battery with a 25 dollar fine. John Doe remains jailed awaiting trial on disorderly conduct. Dan Phillips faced arrest, pleaded not guilty, posted 50 dollar bail. trial set for next Wednesday afternoon.
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RR Kelley
Rayburn
Kelly
Washington
Wm Palmer
J M M. Ferguson
John Doe
Frank Bartmess
Dan Phillips
Snook
Wealthy Mexican Merchant Arrested in Jimenez Raid
San Antonio December 31 Patricio Guerra of Coahuila a wealthy Mexican merchant and landowner is arrested charged as a leader in the Jimenez raid He owns a million acres and is described as the revolutionists biggest catch.
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Serippa News
San Antonio
Tex
Patricio Guerra
Coahuila
Mexico
Emancipation Day Observed by Hartford Colored Community
On December 31 the city’s Black residents met at Zen Church to sing the emancipation proclamation then heard an address by Rev. Dr. A. Clayton Powell of New Haven.
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Scrippa News Association
Hartford
Genn
A. Clayton Powell
New Haven
Governor Warner Ill Delays Detroit Inauguration
Farmington Michigan December 31 Governor Warner is ill with bronchial trouble and unless his recovery is rapid he will be unable to go to Detroit to be inaugurated tomorrow.
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Scripps News Association
Farmington, Mich
Warner
Detroit
Herman and Gans Ready or Go to the Finish
James J. Corbett notes both boxers Herman and Gans in fine condition for the fight. Gans is favored at three to one and holds reach and footwork advantage but is weaker in punching. Herman is praised for cleverness and likely to wear down the opponent if he can withstand early rounds.
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Herman and
Gans
Cleveland
James J. Corbett
Newspaper Enterprise Association
Herman
Harman
Herrman
Nelson
Local Highs to Meet City Team Tomorrow in Free-Admission Clash
Local football players prepare for a game against a city team assembled in place of captain Bacon who is sidelined since Christmas. The one thirty whistle signals kickoff as La Grande’s unofficial city team faces the highs, with lineups listed for both sides and no admission fee noted.
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Bacon
Forty Dead and Eighty Hurt in Terra Cotta Wreck
Washington reports indicate the Terra Cotta wreck left about forty dead and eighty injured. Authorities confirm morgue count near thirty four, with five crewmen from the empty train arrested as investigators proceed in Baltimore.
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Scripps News Association
Washington
Terra Cotta
Federal court rules Employers Liability Act unconstitutional
The court held the act unconstitutional as it would regulate intrastate and interstate commerce. In the case NG pay administratrix v Southern Pacific, a Kentucky resident sought $25,000 damages after her son was killed in Kansas.
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Louisville
My. Bec
Southern Pacific
Kentucky
Kansas
Houston House ad seeks white domestics amid race fear
Advertisers at the Houston House promise domestic service only to white applicants while blaming Negro help for recent violence. They cite an attempted shooting of Mrs. McGregor and a poisoning plot as context,? and connect tensions to Jim Crow streetcar rules and national agitation.
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Houston
Tex
Houston House
T P McGregor
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