Trusts Fight Shapes First Anti-Trust Move in House
In Washington on December 17 the House passed the first anti trust measure of the session as an amendment to the Legislative, Executive, and Judicial Appropriation Bill. The $500,000 appropriation to enforce the Sherman law was backed by Democrats and opposed by Republicans who later signaled a shift toward enforcement. Bartlett and Hepburn led competing proposals while debates highlighted party strategy and criticisms of past administrations.
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New York Times
Washington
Treasury
Department of Justice
United States
Bartlett
Georgia
Overstreet
Rep
Ind
Judiciary Committee
Ray
House
Senate
Col. Hepburn
Town
Cannon
Illinois
Cochran
Dem
Gen. Grosvenor
Ohio
Atlantic Ocean
Pacific
Rhode Island
Nevada
Grosvenor
Ice Trust of
New York
City of
Cleveland
Underwood
Ala
Republican Party
Amusements and Notices Across the City Pages
A list of sections and page references appears, including Commercial World, Arrivals at Hotels, Business Troubles, Court Calendars, Insurance Notes, Losses by Fire, Marine Intelligence, New Corporations, Railroads, Real Estate, Society, Weather, and Yesterday's Fires, indicating a multipage summary of local notices and features.
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United Service
Weather Report
Royal Blue Tours to Washington for 12 Dollar Package
Royal Blue offers a three day Washington tour from New York at 12 dollars all inclusive including rail and hotel. Trips scheduled December 29 January 1 February 19 March 12 26 April 9 27 and May 7. Inquire at Baltimore and Ohio Ticket Offices.
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Royal Blue
Washington
New York
Baltimore & Ohio
Deerfoot Farm Sausages Ad Emphasizes Purity
An advertisement promotes Deerfoot Farm sausages by linking purity and cleanliness to healthful eating and consumer discernment as awareness of food safety grows.
Senator Hoar Seeks Trust Regulation Bill
Senator Hoar obtained Senate permission to file a trust regulation bill with the secretary while the Senate is not in session. He did not reveal the bill’s specifics but said he would prepare and file the measure before next Saturday.
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Washington
Hoar
Senate
One Way of Raising Wages in Railroads
Western railroads struggle to hire enough clerks as mechanical staff earns high wages. Some lines including Santa Fé cut salaries for office employees to trim costs. No clerks' union exists, but protests against pay reductions are expected.
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Topeka
Kan
Santa Fé
Cass County backs L. B. Hanna for U S Senate
The Cass County legislative delegation met in Fargo and resolved to support L. B. Hanna a banker and nephew of Senator Hanna of Ohio for United States Senate Cass County believes he is the only candidate who can unite the factions Hansbrough backers claim he can win with or without Cass County
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Fargo
N. D
Cass County
L. B. Hanna
United State
Hanna
Ohio
Hansbrough
Hunter charges conspiracy in Guatemala case
In a Louisville letter, W Godfrey Hunter claims five men plotted to kill his son in Guatemala City last month. He says he has evidence of a conspiracy to drive him out of Guatemala and to assassinate Hunter Jr. and James G. Bailey, secretary of the American Legation.
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Louisville
Guatemala
Fodfrey Hunter, Jr
James G. Bailey
Paola Man Leaves Three Wills and 100000 Estate
Washington reports Charles L. Pullman of Paola died last week leaving an estate over 100000 and three wills. The latest will dated December 3 names Helen West as executrix and splits half the estate to Mrs West and quarter shares to Emma Hauk and Stuart West. Other heirs include Clara J. Pullman and William C. Pullman.
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New York Times
Paola
Kan
Washington
Charles L. Pullman
Pullmit
George M. Pullman
The
Register For Wills
New York
Emma Hauk
Stuart West
Clara J. Pullman
New Hall plans sugar refinery to rival trust in New York
The New Hall Engineering Company nears completion of plans for a New York City sugar refinery for a competing firm. The project includes a nine story filter house, an eight story pan and melter house, and a five story engine house. Bids are expected in about ten days.
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New York Times
Philadelphia
New Hall Engineering Company
New York City
Trust
Take Your Mail with You Pennsylvanian Special Ad
An official stenographer is at the instant command of passengers to Chicago on the Pennsylvania Special. Finish correspondence en route. Adv. No more acceptable gift for lady or gent than Krementz One Piece Collar Buttons. All Jewelers.
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Chicago
Pennsylvania
Break in December corn triggers suspension of McCleary & Co
The December corn market falls from 5.23 to 4.71 cents amid margin calls on McCleary & Co. amid Cleage pool trouble. W. D. Cleage and W. D. McCleary face unsettled accounts as the pool's position and transfers draw scrutiny across St Louis Chicago and Kansas City.
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St. Louis
Cleage Faces Market Pressure in December Corn Deal
St Louis December corn market shows Thomas A. Cleage, leader of the December corn deal, amid speculative bombardment. After a tense session he closes 5 cents lower than Tuesday while denying ties to broker W W McCleary’s suspension. Cleage trades via many Chicago brokers and through his own large office, with margins intact and profits paid weekly.
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New York Times
ST. Louis
Thomas A. Cleage
Cleage
W. W. McCleary
Chicago
Thomas. A. Cleage
McCleary
New York
Cleaged
Fourth National Bank
Anheuser-Busch Brewing Company
Merchants’ Exchange
Aged Brothers Die, One Deadly Starvation Case in Brooklyn
Two elderly brothers, Michael Ruthven aged 73 and Jacob 67, starved in a rear shoe shop at 690 Gates Avenue Brooklyn. Neighbors unaware, Mrs Caroline Heiser alerted police after hearing groans. Michael was found dead. Jacob barely conscious was taken to Cumberland Street Hospital. doctors described extreme emaciation.
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Brooklyn
Michael Ruthven
Jacob
Gates Avenue
Caroline Heiser
Cumberland Street
Suit Over Legacy For Leutze Painting At Academy
Henry R. Towne files a suit in the U S Circuit Court claiming the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts violated John H Towne's will by not preserving the painting Landing of the Northmen on the Coast of America and $5,000. Towne seeks the painting’s return or the value plus the legacy, asserting Leutze's work is worth $2,500. The painting sold for $90 in 1898 to Simon Leopold of New York.
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New York Times
Philadelphia
United States Circuit Court
Henry R. Towne
New York
John H. ‘Rowne
Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts
America
E. Leutze
John H. Towne
Academy
Simon Leopold
Towne
Leutze
Black and White Scotch Whisky Ad Hype
An advertisement promotes Dewar's Scotch under the label Black and White claiming a pleasant taste. The copy notes the product in vivid terms and mentions yesterday and today as a cadence for the brand.
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Adv
Cars Telescope In Sixth Avenue Elevated Crash
A shuttle motor car with about a dozen passengers collided with a five car locomotive train at the Fiftieth Street station on the Sixth Avenue line at 7 15. Both cars suffered platform and shed damage but no injuries were reported and service resumed after a partial delay.
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Fifty-eighth Street
Fiftieth Street
Sixth Avenue
Cemetery tactic blocks saloon near Fulton hotel
In Kalamazoo Michigan on December 17 temperance activists formed a cemetery association and filed papers to place a cemetery within eighty rods of Bay Weeks hotel to block a saloon license. Weeks's application was denied.
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New York Times
Kalamazoo
Mich
Fulton
Summer Bay
Temperance People
Woman reports loss of jewelry and cash valued at over $5,000
Mrs. Fannie Mansfield of 168 East 122nd Street told Tenderloin police she misplaced or had stolen a chamois purse containing five diamond rings totaling about 16.5 carats a turquoise ring set with diamonds and earrings totaling several carats plus a three carat bar pin and $30 between Eighteenth Street and Sixth Avenue. A $500 reward is offered for recovered items.
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Fannie Mansfield
East One Hundred and Twenty-second Street
Twelfth Ward National Bank
Harlem
Tenderloin
Eighteenth Street
Sixth Avenue
Fifty-ninth Street
How Callahan Escaped From Tombs Prison
James alias Red Callahan, who escaped Tombs Prison in New York, has taken a cell in St. Louis Waldover and refuses to return to New York. He described his escape to Chief Desmond, detailing a ladder fashioned from junk iron pipe and his stockade work as a plumber. He said his Navy service aided the climb and that he plans to stay away from New York after a divorce in South Dakota.
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New York Times
ST. Louis
James
Red
Callahan
Tombs
New York
Navy
South Dakota
Death to the boll weevil Convention in Dallas acts to curb pest
Six hundred delegates met in Dallas for a Texas State convention to fight boll weevil damage in cotton belts. Papers by experts, farmer and public discussions, and committees urged $15,000 yearly for the State A and M College to educate farmers on pests. Weevil losses exceed $50 million in five years. Lawmakers were urged to stop killing birds, cited as reducing natural pest control.
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New York Times
Dallas
Texas
State Agricultural and Mechanical College
Chicago Banks Quietly Lure Time Loans From Railroads
Eastern borrowers seek time loans in Chicago despite the New York money pool. A Chicago bank bid 614 for six months from a major railroad with New York headquarters. A New York manufacturing firm bid 6 percent for a short time loan but did not secure it.
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New York Times
Chicago
New York
Connoisseur’s Pall Mall London Cigarettes AGW Ad
An AGW era advertisement for Connoisseur’s Pall Mall London Cigarettes appears, highlighting branding, likely pricing and distribution details, and a brief product appeal aimed at adult smokers.
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Pall Mall London Cigarettes
AGW
Steel trust activity fuels talks of Pittsburg mergers
Pittsburg rumors say United States Steel Corporation may merge with Jones and Laughlin and Cambria Steel as part of a broader consolidation. Analysts argue a Morgan syndicate rail community of interest could favor such ties by easing raw material access and distribution, while officials deny any confirmed negotiations.
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Pittsburg
Iron and Steel
United States Steel Corporation
Jones and Laughlin
Cambria Steel
Morgar Syndicate
Morgan Syndicate
Pennsylvania
Jones & Laughlin Company
Willis L. King
B. F. Jones
New York
United States Steel bids for Shelby stock in exchange deal
United States Steel Corporation seeks outstanding Shelby Steel Tube Company stock. Shelby holders who did not exchange last year receive bids of 18 for common and 40 for preferred, up from prior levels. Exchange terms convert four Shelby common to one US Steel common and two and two thirds Shelby preferred to one US Steel preferred. Some Chicago holders are still converting as receipts are issued. Albany reports Breaker Island steel plant sold to US Steel for 1.5 million. operation unlikely.
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Chicago
United States Steel Corporation
Shelby Steel- Tube Company
Shelby Company
The
Steel Corporation
Shelby Common
United States Steel Common
Shelby
Steel
United States Steel
Albany
Great Breaker Island
Troy Steel Company
Damages Awarded in Diphtheria Negligence Case
In Augusta Maine Chief Justice Wiswell presided as A D Ramsden administratrix sued Dr J B Grady of Eastport alleging negligence caused her husband to die of diphtheria. A jury awarded $3 000 to the plaintiff while defense argued the verdict excessive and not supported by the evidence.
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New York Times
Augusta
Law Court
Wiswell
A. D. Ramsdenl
J. B. Grady
Eastport
Colorado Democrats Upheld In Canvassing Board Ruling
The Colorado Court of Appeals barred court interference with the State Canvassing Board and rebuked Judge Palmer for a mandate while ruling that Republicans Cooper and Stevens cannot appeal to the District Court for their seats. The Canvassing Board may rule on a U.S. Senator seat. If Whitelaw and Aguilar are seated, Republicans would hold one House majority. Samuel W. Jones is ill, risking GOP control and potential Democratic unseating on joint ballot.
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New York Times
Denver
Court of Appeals
Palmer
C. A. Cooper
San Juan
S. H. Stevens
Las Animas
Whitelaw
Aguilar
House of Representatives
Samuel W. Jones
Hot Springs
Ark
House
Girl Killed by Train at Park Hill Station
Lola Leonard nineteen of 628 Van Cortlandt Park Avenue Yonkers died in St Josephs Hospital from injuries after being run over by the Putnam Division train at Park Hill station on her way home from visiting friends. She wrote I am Lola Leonard I live in Caryl before losing speech. Funeral service will be held Friday in the suburban settlement.
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Yonkers
N. Y
Lola
Leonard
van Cortlandt Park Avenue
New York City
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Putnam Division
New York Central Railroad
Park Hill
Lola Leonard
Caryl
Poland Water Depot Advertisement Claim
Poland Water is presented as invaluable for kidney and stomach diseases with claims of cures for typhoid fever and Bright's disease. The ad promotes the Poland Water book mailed free and lists a Park Place New York specification for the Poland Water Depot.
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Poland
Water Depot
Park Place
New York
980 Miles in 20 Hours The 20th Century Limited
The new 20th Century Limited of the New York Central and Lake Shore runs daily racing between the East and West. It promises great savings for the busy traveler by shortening journey times and boosting efficiency.
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New York Central
Lake Shore
Morris defeated in his own district in party clash
In a high tension intra party vote the Morris led faction lost by about two to one to the Mason Elsberg aligned ticket at the Twenty-ninth District Republican Club election. Bainbridge Colby headed the winning slate with Edgar Lauer and Franklin Ware as vice presidents and Lucien Bonheut as secretary. The result triggers possible opposition to Morris as County Committee Chairman.
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Republican Club
Robert Co. Morris
County Republican Committee
Morris
Newbold Morris
Mason
Bainbridge Colby
Elsberg
Alexander T. Mason
Mr. Morris
August Schwarzler
Simon Hess
Yorkville Club
George Manchester
Assembly
John A. Weekes, Jr
Manchester
Edgar J. Lauer
Franklin, B. Ware
Lucien L. Bonheut
New Six-Masted Schooner Addie M Lawrence Launched
The six masted schooner Addie M Lawrence slid into Bath harbor at Percy & Small yard. Miss Lawrence of Fairfield christened the vessel with champagne as Capt William Kreger served a cabin banquet. The ship, named for Miss Lawrence, is nearly complete and expected to sail next Saturday.
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New York Times
Bath
Addie M. Lawrence
Percy & Small
Miss Lawrence
Fairfield
Edward J. Lawrence
William R. Kreger
Vanderbilt's Condition Reported Unchanged Yet Serious
The Vanderbilt patriarch Cornelius Vanderbilt remains in an unchanged condition per Dr. Austin Flint at 7 10 last night. Flint left the Vanderbilt residence at 10 45 stating no change and the patient sleeping. Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt visited. a New York message says his heart weakness renders the condition serious. Reginald Vanderbilt Mrs Alfred G Vanderbilt and Kathleen Neilson prepare to return to New York.
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Cornelius Vanderbilt
Austin Flint
Newport
R. I
New York
Reginald
Alfred G. Vanderbilt
Kathleen Neilson
General Wager Swayne Near Death at Hotel Renaissance
Gen Wager Swayne lay dying after a ten day illness at the Hotel Renaissance in New York. Once apparently improving despite a heart weakened by diabetes he deteriorated two days ago with no hope of recovery, his physician Dr Andrew H Smith reported.
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Gen
Wager Swayne
Hotel Renaissance
West Forty-third Street
Andrew H. Smith
East Fortysixth Street
Union Railway gets trolley extension across Bronx streets
Albany reports the State Railroad Commission authorized the Union Railway Company of New York to use the averted trolley lines in extensions along several Bronx streets. The move allows expanded service in the borough.
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Albany
State Railroad Commission
Union Railway Company of New York
Bronx
Beewigh
Investors Read The Wall Street Journal Watchwords
Investors read the Wall Street Journal as accuracy and completeness guide publisher standards. Dow Jones & Co Ady.
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Wall Street Journal
Dow. Jonss & Co
Ady
An Appeal to the Ladies on the Pennsylvania Special
A note highlights the services of the ladies' maid aboard the Pennsylvan ia Special, praising the train s palatial atmosphere and the convenience offered to female travelers.
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Pennsylvania
Venezuela dispute to be arbitrated
Caracas reports that the Venezuela dispute will be arbitrated with United States Minister Bowen likely as an arbitrator. A leading Caracas note requests full powers for Bowen to end the conflict, reflecting business and creditor concerns amid Allied pressure from Germany and Britain.
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Venezuela
Caracas
United States
Bowen
Castro
United States of Venezuela
Germany
Great Britain
Allies to bomb Fort San Carlos today
Caracas dispatch reports the Matin saying allied forces plan to bombard Fort San Carlos in the Gulf of Maracaibo today. The note cites a direct announcement from the Caracas correspondent this December 18.
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FARIS
Caracas
The
Matin
Fort San Carlos
Gulf of Maracaibo
British Seek End to Trouble in Venezuelan Imbroglio
Henry Norman argues pacific settlement best for Britain amid Venezuela crisis. UK Government faced questions on war risk and potential belligerent blockade, with US stance and German involvement shaping public debate. Newspapers question how Washington would view Britain’s war conditions.
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London
Balfour
Venezuela
Admiralty
United States
Great Britain
Venezuelan
Germany
Henry Norman
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