Taft sends treaty abrogation to Senate over Russian discrimination
President Taft asks the Senate to ratify the January 1 1913 termination of the 1832 treaty with Russia citing anti Jewish discrimination. The House is bypassed as the Foreign Affairs Committee unanimously supports ratification with Lodge and Heyburn opposing delay. State Department warns a new treaty is unlikely and a tariff clash could follow. Ambassador Guild’s letter supports ending the old pact. The United States fears reciprocal rights could be wider than desired.
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Washington
Taft
Senate
Russia
House of Representatives
St. Petersburg
United States
Foreign Affairs Committee
Lodge
House
Congress
Heyburn
Idaho
State Department
American Federation of Coal Operators Organized
Coal operators from all bituminous fields except Pennsylvania and Ohio formed the American Federation of Coal Operators in Chicago. Harry M. Taylor was elected president with J. Kolesem as vice president and C. S. Geroggs as secretary treasurer. The group plans a wage scale set before April 1, 1912 and aims to include Pennsylvania and Ohio in future conferences.
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Associated Press
Chicago
United States
Pennsylvania
Ohio
American Federation of Coal Operators
Harry M. Taylor
Illinois Coal Operators’ Association
J. €. Kolesem
Indiana
C. S. Geroggs
Taylor
Government moves to dissolve Pacific Coast Plumbing trust
The government filed in federal court in Los Angeles a suit to dissolve the so called plumbing trust. The bill alleges since 1907 the Pacific Coast Plumbing Supply Association and others conspired to restrain trade and interstate commerce.
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Associated Fresa
Los Angeles
Cal
Plumbing Trust
Pacific Coast Plumbing Supply_Association
Rotten eggs prompt firm name incomplete report
New York dispatch reports F E Rosebrock and Company involved in an unclear matter about rotten eggs with fragments suggesting a business or legal note. No further details are provided in the readable text.
Knox lists foreign discrimination against American trade
Secretary Knox reports to Senator Curtis on foreign practices harming U S commerce. He proposes amending the 1909 act to flex tariff rates to counter discrimination by Belgium Germany Italy Austria Hungary Bulgaria Portugal Spain Venezuela and others. Countries cited include rail bids favoring Russian oil and embargoes on American meats and refined oils.
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Belgium
Germany
Italy
Austria-Hungary
Bulgaria
Portugal
Spain
Venezuela
Washington
Knox
Curtis
Kansas
Department
State Department
State Railways
Continental Petroleum Company of
Antwerp
Austria
Russia
United States
Europe
Fugitive Fleeing Mob Goes Fifty Blocks in Chillicothe
In Chillicothe Missouri on December 18 Gordon Kyles, an African American ex convict, was pursued by about 200 residents after fatally stabbing Thomas Watts with a butcher knife near a reported insult to Mrs Emma Dougherty. He eluded capture for fifty blocks before surrendering.
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Chillicothe
Gordon Kyles
Emma_ ‘Dougherty
Justice Graves Dies After Long Illness at 62
Ezra B. Graves longtime city contractor and justice of the peace died at St Joseph hospital after a brain cancer growth. He was sixty two and survived by his wife three daughters two sisters a nephew and three grandchildren. Funeral services will be at his residence 9 Standley street at 1 30 this afternoon conducted by Rev George Crum with burial at Mt Hope. He was a member of Eel River Lodge S O O F and Canton Lodge.
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Ezra
B. Graves
St. Joseph Hospital
Justice Graves
R. J. Butler
Andrew Reid
James Johnson
Charles Beckley
Royal Centre
William Burton
Lucerne
Walter Lumbar
Eel River Lodge
Canton Lodge
Standley Street
George Crum
The
Universalist Church
Mt. Hope
Indianapolis grand jury follows McNamara dynamiting trail
J M Douglass and Taylor Girton, local grand jurors, spent Sunday at home then returned to Indianapolis to resume work. Adjournment for Christmas set for Friday. Jurors are instructed to reveal nothing seen or heard. The panel examined hotel registers linked to suspects, including Thomas J Reftington of Youngstown Ohio, seeking records to identify payments and suppliers for dynamiting operations across multiple states.
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J. M. Douglass
Taylor Girton
Federal Grand Jury
Indianapolis
McNamara
Associated Press
Ind
McNamaras
Ortie E. McManigal
Thomas J. Reftington
Youngstown
Ohio
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Delano Named Receiver Oversees Wabash Railroad Transfer
New York and St Louis reports confirm Frederick J. Delano Edward Pryor and W K Bixby named receivers for the Wabash Railroad on petition by Westinghouse Air Brake Co. Bonds set at 300000 each. Receivership follows committee readjustment amid 114 million dollar bonded debt and ongoing earnings decline.
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New York
Wabash
Delano
St. Louis
Westinghouse Air Brake Company
Elmer B.adams
United States
Frederick J. Delano
Edward B. Pryor
W. K. Bixby
Wabash Railroad Company
Wells -H. Blodgett
Haseen
J. Delano
Road
Pryor
Wall Street
Bombadier Wells Fights Johnson After Prohibition Order
London report notes Bombadier Wells, whose scheduled bout with Jack Johnson was barred in September by authorities, appearing in the ring at the National Sporting Club amid ongoing controversy over boxing limits and governance.
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Associated Press
London
Bombadier Wells
Jack Johnson
National
Sporting ‘Club
Prosecution rests in Triangular Waist case manslaughter
In New York on December 1 the prosecution finished presenting evidence against Harris and Blanck, owners of the Triangular Waist Company, in the Margaret Schwartz death case from the March factory fire. Kate Alterman testified that a ninth floor door was locked and Margaret cried that the door was locked. The defense argued the key was in the lock and panicked workers crowded the door, delaying escape.
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Tion
Harris and Blanck
Triangular Waist Company
Margaret
Cotton Denies Padding Charges in Steel Trust Probe
Joseph B. Cotton former attorney for Duluth Missabe and Northern railroad testified before the House steel trust investigating committee that C H Martz claim of padding costs in a report to the Minnesota railroad and warehouse commission was false. Cotton produced documents to refute Martz and noted Martz cost estimates were not submitted to the commission. The hearing included George Murray counsel for John D Rockefeller and featured a exchange with Chairman Stanley over testimony. The panel will hear more witnesses to illuminate Rockefeller absorption of ore properties and related dealings involving the Merritt brothers and Rev F D Gates.
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Washington
Joseph B. Cotton
Duuluth, Massabe & Northern Railroad
House Steel Trust
C. H. Martz
Minnesota Railroad and Warehouse Commission
Cotton
Martz
George Murray
John D. Rockefeller
Stanley
Young and Gardner
Duluth, Missabe & Northern Railroad
Twelve Victims in Collision on C. M. St. P. Road
A collision on the C. M. St. P. road leaves twelve dead or maimed. Officials report multiple injuries and seek details on the crash as traffic authorities investigate the scene.
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C.M
Two Operators and Brakeman Blamed in Tragic Train Crash
Odessa scene reports twelve dead and many injured when Silk train No. 2 of the Chicago Milwaukee St Paul Railroad struck a rear sleeper of the Colum bian Flyer at the Odessa station. Deaths include Dr R F Whetstone and Mrs Whetstone of Minneapolis, Mrs Myers of Newcastle Indiana, Mrs Richards of Mobridge South Dakota, Miss Richards, Miss Peterson of Green Bay, McKone of Minneapolis, Thomas Alexander of Newark and an unidentified man. Injuries listed for Cragin of New York and W H Swan of Toronto. Officials attribute blame to Ortonville Junction operator and local crew for failure to stop or flag appropriately. Rescue efforts led by G F Schuster of the battleship West Virginia among others.
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Chicago, Sulwaukee & St. Paul
R. F ‘Whetstone
Minneapolis
R. F. Whetstone
R. C. Myers
Newcastle
Ind
J. F. Richards
Mobridge
S.D
Richards
Chicago, Milwaukee & St
Paul Railroad
Wessie Richards
Miss Peterson
Green Bay
Wis
McKone
Thomas Alexander
Newark
N. J
Cragin
New York
W. H. Swan
Toronto
Canada
G. F. Schuster
Jackie
United States
Westginia
Re Iedo
Plan Big Convention for Albany January 16
Albany delegates announce a major agricultural convention set for January 16 in Albany New York to discuss food prices and related tax issues. The meeting aims to address statewide concerns and coordinate policy plans among state representatives.
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Albany
N.Y
Alabany
New York’ State
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