Harriman Calls Fair Treatment of Railways for Mineral Trade
Delegates at the American Mining Congress heard E. H. Harriman urge fair handling of transportation for mineral products. He cited large U S coal and mineral outputs, low freight rates for non perishable cargo, and the need for railways to expand capacity to meet rapid growth. Arbitration center stage as UMWA head condemns outsider mediation versus joint employer employee talks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
American Mining Congress
E. H. Harriman
Garfield
Harriman
United States
T. L. Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
George Gray
Delaware
Steinheil Inquiry Presses On in Paris
The examination of Mme Steinheil before Magistrate Andre continues at the Palace of Justice. Authorities believe she plotted and carried out the murders of her husband and stepmother in Paris last May. Secrecy surrounds the case as evidence is gathered and the residence scene is to be reconstructed for further questioning.
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Paris
Mme. Steinheil
Palace of Justice
André
France
Steinheil
Mme
Postum Replaces Coffee in Family Health Boost Says Woman
A young woman attests that Postum improved health in a family of twelve, easing headaches dizziness sour stomach and heart trouble once linked to coffee. She notes her mother brother and sister all benefited after switching to Postum and credits doctors’ advice for avoiding coffee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Postum
Possum
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Conference on naval warfare laws opens in London
The Paris conference of major powers meets in London to draft legal rules for naval warfare and prize issues. Participants include the United States, Great Britain, France, Russia, Italy, Austria Hungary, Spain, Holland, and Japan led by Rear Admiral Stockton and Professors Wilson and Gibbons. Debates hinge on contraband, blockades, and neutral ship rights with Britain advocating unrestricted search and broad belligerent rights, while continental powers push limits on seizures and coal visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Great Britain
Hugue Ngress
Christmans’ H Bt
United States
France
Imany
Italy
Austria-Hungary
Russia
Spain
Holland
Japan
Charles H. Stockton
George Grafton Wilson
Brown University
John H. Gibbons
Earl of Desarte
Charles L. Ottley
Naval Intelligence
Committee of Imperial Defense
Edward Grey
Germany
America
Alabama
Great Brun
Charity case tests foster care rules in court
Eight year old May Champlain, white, and Lizzie Johns, a colored woman, faced Magistrate Krotel after Agent Butts of the Children's Society accused Johns of fostering the child without a Board of Health permit. The matter was moved to the Children's Court as the foster mother prepared to testify.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
May Champlain
Lizzie Johns
Krotel
West Side
Agent Butts
Children’s Society
Board of Health
Woman Held on Charge of Stealing Watches in Sixth Avenue Store
Miss Edna Lawrence, 19, a stenographer from 221 West Forty-third Street, is jailed on $500 bail after police and store detectives accuse her of stealing two gunmetal watches. Detectives Miss Katherine Mara and Miss Elinor Hoffman say Lawrence struck them when confronted. she claims a soda and a stranger caused the act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edna Lawrence
West Forty-third Street
Wall Street
Moss
Sixth Avenue
Katherine Mara
Elinor Hoffman
Miss Lawrence
Miss Mara
Miss Hoffman
Wall
Revolution in Salvador Captures Cities in Nicaragua Report
Dispatches from San Salvador report a revolution in El Salvador led by former Vice President Prudencio Alfaro. Ahuachapan and Santana fell to revolutionaries. many political figures opposed to the government were imprisoned. Alfaro is named as leader, though he is abroad, with Barahona faction supporters implicated. The Dec 1 dispatch says tranquility prevailed afterward.
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Managua
Nicaragua
Salvador
Prudencio Alfaro
Ahuachapan Ro
Santana
San Salvador
Eroa
Mart
Sonsonate
Alfaro
Barahona
Interborough accused over pay and hours by labor delegates
Three labor delegates Matthew McConville Francis Crane and Thomas J Curtis complain to the Public Service Commission about the Interborough Rapid Transit Company at Ninety sixth Street and Broadway and Bowling Green where new switch systems and shuttle tracks are being built. They allege engineers receive 3 50 a day and drivers 3 a day for ten hour shifts instead of the then prevailing rates. The complaint will be taken up later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Labor
Matthew McConville
Francis Crane
Thomas J. Curtis
Public Service Commission
Interborough Rapid Transit Company
Ninety-sixth Street
Broadway
Bowling Nore
South Ferry
Homeopaths Urge Alumni to Back Schools in Battle for Funds
At Hotel Astor a dinner welcomed Dr. Royal S Copeland and united seven deans from major homeopathic colleges. Speakers urged alumni to endow independent schools, recruit students, and support medical legislation to keep homeopathy from falling behind the larger universities.
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New York Homeopathic Medical College
Flower Hospital
Hotel Astor
Royal S&s. Copeland
Homeopathic College
University of Michigan
New York Institution
New York
Wilbert B. Hinsdale
Michigan Institution
Michigan
Homoeopathic Colleges
Homoeopathic Medical College
America
Henry C.allen
Hering Medical College
Chicago
Howard R. Chissett
Hahnemann Medical College and Hospital of
Helen Cooley Palmer
New York Medical College and Hospital For Women
John P. Sutherland
Boston University School of Medicine
George Royal
The
Homeopathic Medical College
State of
Iowa
Wilbert Hinsdale
Charles E. Walton
Pulte Medical College
Cincinnati
Royal 8. Copeland
Hamilton F. Biggar
American Institute of Homeopathy
Chislett
Jon Prentice Rand
Alumni Association
Prof
Bartlett
Hahnemann Medical College of
Philadelphia
McDowell
King Names Irish University Title National University of Ireland
Dublin reports King Edward awards letters patent creating the National University of Ireland after an extended controversy. The decision settles the long debated status of the institution and aligns with royal approval.
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King
Irish University
Dublin
Edward
National University of Ireland
Jail for inciting a strike stirs Lamplighters case
Francesco Yannicola, a tailor of 88 James Street and former Lamplighters Union president, was sentenced by Justice Zeller to one year in the penitentiary for conspiracy to stir a strike among lamplighters at the Welsbach Street Lighting Company. Three union members testified he called a meeting and urged action to damage the company. The judge condemned his character and warned such acts disrupt employer relations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francesco Yannicola
James Street
Lamplighters’ Union
Justice Zeller
Welsbach Street Lighting Company
Yannicola
Welsbach Company
Old Street Cars Burned for Fuel in Harlem
Frederick W. Whitridge keeper for the Third Avenue road ordered the giveaway of sixty abandoned trolleys for wood fuel. A crowd at 129th Street and Lexington Avenue stormed the car barns smashing cars for firewood and scavenging brass fittings for sale. About thirty cars had been destroyed by Monday with thirty more to follow by week’s end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Third Avenue Railroad Company
Dinner in honor of Vice President-elect Sherman at Union League
Charles H. Duell of New Rochelle hosted a dinner at the Union League Club honoring James R. Sherman, Vice President-elect. The guest list included Frank H. Hitchcock, George R. Sheldon, William L. Ward, Timothy L. Woodruff, ex-Gov. Black, Odell, Barnes Jr., Hendricks, Aldridge, Richard S. Sherman, Louis A. Coolidge, and other Republican leaders and officials.
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Charles.h. Duell
New Rochelle
Supreme Court
United States Commissioner of Patents
Union League Club
James 8. Sherman
Duell
Frank H. Hitchcock
Republican National Committee
George R. Sheldon
Republican National
the Treasury
Louis A. Coolidge
W. W. Cocks
George R. Malloy
George N.thwick
George W. Fairchild
J. van Vechten Olcott
William 8. Bennet
Edward B. Vreeland
Charles G. Bennett
United States Senate
Louis Emerson
Holland
Duvil
John K. Stewart
Amsterdam
N. Y
John T. Mott
Oswego
Charles H. Young
Republican Club
F. P. Fairfield
Roosevelt Not in Danger Says White House
A White House statement denies reports of the President narrowly escaping danger from an automobile or a fire engine. It explains the carriage stood on a broad deserted street and the engine halted a block away, with no risk to the President.
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Washington
White House
New Hampshire Avenue
Coler Attacks Payroll Change At Board Meeting
Brooklyn Borough President Coler led a tense Board of Estimate session over new blank payroll forms that allegedly require a specific $500 typewriter. He warned the change could cost hundreds of thousands if departments must buy the machines, while Controller Metz called Coler's remarks another crazy crack.
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Coler
Brooklyn
Board of Estimate
Metz
Una
Frederick A. Cleveland Jeau
Municipal _Research
Easil
Coney Island
McGowan
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Catholic Weekly
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Luyties Brothers
U.S
Carter
Lackawanna
Buffalo
Mining Congress
Charity
Gerry
Interborough
Far East
Deans
Dr. Royal S
Whitridge
Sherman
C. H. Duell
Roosevelt
Brill
Melton
Oxford
Journey
Cambridge
Wauto Mill
Memient Stores
125Th Street
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Atu Neteye
W. A. Taylor & Co. Agts
B’way
Winston
Europe
C. H. Forbes-Lindsay
Crown
Agp
Ae Neler
Scotland
India
Greece
Palestine
Romola
Vienna
Rome
Tom Brown
Morocco
Florence
Hyperion
England
Constantinople
Ireland
Wits and Beaux of Socie Queena
Lincoln
Wayne Whipple
Frank Miles Day
W. Hinckle Smith
William S. Walsh
Hurlbut
Plutarch’s
Hamilton W. Mabie
Clough
Edward S. Ellis
Geronimo
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Jesus
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