Standard Oil Facts From Court Hearings On Pacific Coast Expansion
Testimony details Standard Oil ownership of refining and storage assets, and the Pacific Coast acquisition in 1900 for 761000 with a 1906 name change to Standard. Questions probe pipeline operations, profits, and the Barnsdall contract while witnesses discuss storage costs, rail rebates, and corporate structure amid adjournments and forthcoming re-direct examinations.
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Pacific Coast
Pacific Coast Oil Company
Standard
Archbold
Barnsdall
Plans for Two Mile Boardwalk at Coney Island
Plans for a nearly two mile boardwalk sixty feet wide would run between Ocean Parkway and West Street over the dune area. The Board of Estimate and Apportionment will hear proposals with an estimated cost from 525 to 877 thousand dollars. Proposed approaches connect with existing waterline routes at West Street West 1st West 2nd West 34th West 2th and West Mh, listing several streets for alignment. The project is presented as a new series of city improvements to extend the oceanfront system. The Sun Tribune notes the dramatic, timely nature of the plan.
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Board of Estimate
Ocean Parkway
Weert Zith Street
Scean
Jow
Woollen and Worsted Makers Dinner Defends Tariff
The American Association of Woollen and Worsted Manufacturers held its second annual dinner at the Waldorf Astoria with 250 present. William Whitman, president of the National Association of Woollen Manufacturers, spoke on tariff revision and denied personal graft in the Dingley law while praising careful committee work. Other speakers urged no radical tariff revision and emphasized cooperation among woollens, clothing makers, and dyestuffs.
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American Association of Woollen and Worsted Manufacturers
Waldorf-Astoria
William Whitman
National Association of Woollen Manufacturers
Ways and Means Committee
House
Washington
Ways and Means
Mr. Whitman
National Association
Manufacturers’ Club of
Philadelphia
Congress
Charles Fletcher
Wars and Means
Champ Clark
S. N. D. North
Whitman
Controller Metz
H. M. Metz & Co
Marcus M. Marks
National Association of Clothiers
John P. Wood
Adin P. Capron
Rhode Island
Abram I. Elkus
James E. Fletcher
Edward Moir
Charles Porter, Jr
H. M. Steel
House Committee On Ways and Means
Woollen mill stocks rise amid nationwide market gain
Reston reports a nationwide rush at woollen mills has pushed stock prices up about 2 percent from May lows. Despite the advance, prices remain 15 to 20 percent below last year’s peak.
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Telegraph
the Tribune
Reston
New England
Engineers in Session at Mechanical Engineers Meeting
The annual meeting of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers convened in the Engineers' Building on West 39th Street. M. S. Holman resigned from the chair due to health. Frederick J. Miller will preside rest of sessions as delegates tour city sites and view engineering exhibits.
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American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Engineers
West 39Th Street
M. S. Holman
Society
New York
Frederick J. Miller
Center Bridge
Penn
New Manhattan Bridge
Pennsylvania Railroad
Greenville
N. J
Pennsylvania Tunnels
Gansevoort Market Station
Oklahoma Dispensary System Abolished by Vote
Guthrie Oklahoma December 3 Governor Haskell proclaims the state dispensary system abolished by the recent election leaving residents without lawful in state access for medicinal purchases. The issue rests with the Legislature to remedy and the governor will refer to the court whether the liquor sales for scientific or industrial purposes remain repealed or not.
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Guthrie
Okla
Haskell
Oklahoma
Railroads win approval to sell liquor on moving trains
Attorneys for Pennsylvania Wabash and Baltimore and Ohio railroads announce that law allows liquor sales on trains while in motion through dry states like Ohio but ban sales at stations. Railroads oppose the ruling, arguing porters collect the money while the company bears the odium.
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Tribune
Pittsburg
Pennsylvania
Wabash
Baltimore & Ohio
Ohio
Boer General Viljoen Becomes U S Citizen
General B J Viljoen, a Boer leader who refused allegiance to Great Britain, has filed final papers and become a U S citizen in Chamberino New Mexico where he now resides. Governor Curry, in Washington, telegraphed congratulations and noted his appointment as a colonel on the governor's staff.
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Tribune Abureau
Washington
B. J. Viljoen
Great Britain
South Africa
United States
Chamberina
New Mexico
Viljoen
Curry
Quiet Port au Prince charge sparks doubt in Cauvin case
In Port au Prince the quiet accusation remained personal and unpersuasive. Cauvin claimed amity with the American Minister whose conduct the President found correct. Washington reports say the State Department would not be swayed to intervene in Hayti on behalf of American business, noting German interests there dwarf those of others.
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Cauvin
Washington
United States
Hayti
State Department
Germany
Haytian Revolution Frees Exile and Homecoming Hopes
Brooklyn Corsican exile Jose M. Giordani, linked to earlier Hayti unrest and a counterfeiting case, sees the Haiti upheaval as progress. He expects return of Nord Alexis’s ouster era. allies in New York foresee Firmin rising to presidency asLegitime might yield to popular request. Giordani also notes his son may join him from Cuba.
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Hart
Jose M. Giordani
Prospect Place
Brooklyn
Hayti
Harti
Nord Alexis
Giordant
Cuba
Giordani
New York
Juneau
United States Secret Service
Haytian Gourdes
Haiti
Firmin
Progressive Party
Hoyt
Alexis
St. Thomas
Simon
General Legitime
GIVES $300000 IN WILL Caleb Chase Leaves Boston Firm Workers Generous Bequests
Caleb Chase wholesale grocer of Boston dies last Saturday. His will public tonight allocates over $300000 to many employees of his firm and to charities including People’s Palace Salvation Army. Ten charitable institutions receive $10000 each and ten receive $5000 each. Remainder of estate goes to widow in trust.
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Boston
Republic
Caleb Chase
People’s Palace
Salvation Army
Prohibition Confiscatory Echoed by NY Liquor Dealers
The New York State Wholesale Liquor Dealers Association held its second annual convention at the Hotel Astor. E. La Montagne urged licensing by applicant character, not fees, as the governing factor. The afternoon adopted the National Association platform opposing prohibition and local option. Strasser highlighted anticipated aggressive Anti-Saloon League campaigns in New York. La Montagne reelected president with Fisher as treasurer and Arthur L. Strasser as secretary.
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New York State Wholesale Liquor Dealers’ Association
College
Hotel Astor
E. ©. la Montagne
Indiana
Ohio
National Liquor Dealers’ Association
Joseph A. Strasser
Anti-Saloon League
New York State
Mr. la Montagne
Joseph M. Fisher
Arthur L. Strasser
Verdict of Guilty in Coal Conspiracy Trial
A Salt Lake jury found the Union Pacific Railroad Union Pacific Coal Company Oregon Short Line Railway Everett Buckingham and J M Moore guilty of conspiring to restrain interstate commerce. The indictment charged Moore sales agent and Buckingham traffic manager acted to cut Wyoming coal supply to Salt Lake dealer David J Sharp by advertising below prevailing prices.
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Salt Lake
United States District
Union Pacific Railroad
Union Pacific Coal Company
Oregon Short Line Railway
Everett Buckingham
J. M. Moore
United States
Moore
Buckingham
Wyoming
David J. Sharp
Sharp
Wallace Contest Dismissed in Queens County Race
Justice Samuel J. Maddox of the Supreme Court dismissed Dana Wallace's contest against Frederick De Witt who, with returns, was elected District Attorney of Queens County. The Board of Canvassers meets today to issue a certificate to De Witt. Wallace was Republican nominee with Independence League support.
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Wallace
Samuel J. Maddox
Supreme Court
Dana Wallace
Frederick de Witt
District Atlorney
Queens Nunty
Board of
Ts Witr
Independence League
Victory dinner honors Taft aides at Republican Club
Members of the Republican Club on West 40th Street held a celebratory dinner honoring Frank H. Hitchcock George R. Sheldon and William J Ward with James Sherman in attendance. Toasts praised Theodore Roosevelt and President Taft while roguish humor and letters from the President and Judge Taft entertained the guests.
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Republican Club
West 40Th Street
Frank H. Hitchcock
George R. Sheldon
James 8. Sherman
Judge Taft
Charlie” Young
Young
Hitchcock
President Young
Mr. Sherman
Mr. Sheldon
Ward
Horace Porter
Depew
Charles F. Brooker
F. M. Davenport
Oneida County
William S. Bennet
Walter M. Chandler
Leslie M. Shaw
William Miller Collier
Spain
Messrs
Sherman
Sheldon
Theodore Roosevelt
Reuben Leslie Maynard
Maynard
Taft
Marnard
Sunny Jim
Oyster Bay
Africa
Woodruff
Fingy’ Conners
Albany
John the Baptist
Sis
Professor Davenport
Chandler
Parsons
New York County Committee
Horace White
Samuel 8S. Koenig
James 93. Clarkson
Henry Givason
William Leary
Louis Stern
Otto T. Barnard
Justice M. Linn Bruce
Lafayette B
George W. Aldridge
Frederick Gretner
Charles K. Lexow
Robert J. Collier
Ira G. Darrin
James Kk. Apgar
J. Mayhew Wainwright
H. Boynton
Fire Sweeps Grand Trunk Docks in Portland
A blaze in the No 1 freight shed at Portland Maine's Grand Trunk pier spread to No 2 and threatened all eight company docks. Three ships tied at the wharves faced possible damage while conveyors were torn down to halt spread. Elevators valued at over 200000, freight losses expected above 100000, docks about 10000 each, Grand Trunk property total 3600000.
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Portland
Grand Trunk Railroad
Cervona
Thomson
Cornishman
Dominion Line
No. 2
No. 3
Grand Trunk Road
Plan to Eliminate Tramps Through State Institution
Albany December 3 notes a proposal by Joseph Baldwin Jr of Mount Kisco member of the State Board of Charities. He seeks legislative action to establish a state farm for detention of tramps and to require county and city almshouses to stop taking them. The plan aims to have tramps work in a self supporting facility or be sent to a penitentiary under Penal Code provisions.
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Albany
Joseph ©. Baldwin, Jr
Mount Kisco
State Board of Charities
Baldwin
Peter Cooper Post 313 G A R Celebrates 25th Anniversary
The Peter Cooper Post No 313 G A R marked its twenty fifth anniversary at the 69th Regiment Armory. Led by Martin Spencer and Joseph Silver, the oldest members, comrades marched to the Hotel Belmore for a dinner. Speakers included William J. Matthews John F. O'Brien Colonel Duffy Senator James Owens Dr B B Reed and Joseph W Rose.
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Peter Cooper
69Th Regiment
Martin Spencer
Joseph Silver
Belmore
William J. Matthews
John F. O'Brien
Colonel Duffy
James Owens
B. B. Reed
Joseph W. Rose
E H Gary on U S Steel
Ex Judge E H Gary chair of United States Steel board comments on Thomas W Lawson broadside ad promising a suit by steel preferred holders and alleged misconduct by the company's management with disclosures about the October panic. He says the public is well acquainted with the company and its management.
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E. H. Gary
United States Steel Corporation
Thomas W. Lawson
Steel Preferred
Lawson
Gary
Student tries suicide near Madison Avenue apartment
Mayer Stein a Columbia University medical student attempted death by own action in a hallway near his mother in law’s apartment at 1562 Madison Avenue. Found by his wife after they had separated due to his inability to support her. He was taken to Harlem Hospital and, according to police, is expected to recover.
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Mayer Stein
Columbia University
Madison Avenue
Stein
Harlem
Balestier Arrested In Larceny Case In Brattleboro
Beatty S Balestier Kipling’s brother in law a real estate agent was arrested in Brattleboro on larceny charges filed by Mrs Agnes A Baker of Cleveland. He posted $1000 bail. Accused of diverting Mrs Baker’s summer home assets including horses cattle chickens and fertilizer and of renting out the land while keeping rents. The warrant cites $300 value of property misused.
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the Tribune
Brattleboro
Beatty S. Balestier
Rudyard Kipling
Agnes A. Baker
Cleveland
Balestier
Baker
Pillsbury Washburn Flour Mills Report Details Unauthorized Notes
In Minneapolis on December 3, the Pillsbury Washburn Flour Mills Company directors to shareholders filed a detailed report. They allege unauthorized notes totaling about 1.8 million dollars were issued in the company's name by two officers without board or management committee knowledge, amid receivership disclosures. The report also praises receivers and creditors' committee and offers grounds for optimism after presenting their financial statement.
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Minneapolis
Pillsbury-Washburn Flour Mills Company, Limited
Marwick, Mitchell & Co
Committee of Management
Predicts Failure in Philippines by Anti Imperialist Leader
Cambridge, Dec 3. Moorfield Storey, head of the Anti Imperialistic League, denounces U S rule in the Philippines before Harvard Union undergraduates. He asserts seven million Filipinos are held by force, condemns governance as cruel and doomed, and argues neutrality could replace colonial control rather than surrender to another power.
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Cambridge, Mass
Philippine Islands
Moorfield Storey
Anti-Imperialistic League
Harvard Union
Philippines
America
Holland
Switzerland
Hobley Heads City Committee
The Republican City Committee organized for the ensuing year last night at the Murray Hill Lyceum electing Sheriff Alfred T. Hobley as president and Thomas W. Whittle as secretary. They chose permanent officers and named an executive committee with Herbert Parsons as chairman.
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Republican City Committee
Murray Hill Lyceum
Alfred T. Hobley
Kings
Thomas W. Whittle
Bronx
Hobley
Whittle
Joseph G. Kammerlohs
Anti-Saloon League Defended by Baldwin and Funk
Tru man H. Baldwin and Isaac R. Funk announce the Anti-Saloon League is honest and efficient, noting annual audits by a certified public accounting firm and accessible reports. They defend the organization amid public criticism as Cyrus Townsend Brady previews a broader battle in the Tribune.
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Anti-Saloon League
Truman H. Baldwin
Isaac R. Funk
Certified Public
Cyrus Townsend Brady
Sundar
Tribune
City Budget Debates Overhaul Urged By Schiff
City budget reform calls for a holistic approach prioritizing health policing education and welfare. Schiff warns current method is haphazard with departments bidding down requests and neglecting core needs. Chamber committee granted access to records and counsel while Hull Harbor and Shipping panel targets the Passaic Valley Sewerage Commission trunk line sewer proposal. A plan to study life insurance is circulating with a January 15 Legislature report deadline.
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Mr. Schiff
Committee On Foreign Commerce and Revenue Laws
Gustav Schwab
Calvin Tomkins
Jersey City
Brooklyn
Manhattan
W. J. Wilgus
Foster Higgins
Committee On
Harbor and Shipping
Harbor Line Board
Passaic Valley Sewerage Commission
Governors Confer On Mutual Interests Between States
Governors Hughes and Fort met at the Albany executive mansion to discuss mutual concerns and potential legislation. They touched on public utilities and a proposed Passaic Valley sewer, with no formal statements issued after the informal talks. Fort traveled from East Orange. Hughes’s military secretary attended.
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Tribune
Albany
Hughes
Governor Fort
New Jersey
Executive
New York
Governor Forts
Passaic Valley
New York State Department of Health
New York City Health Department
East Orange
Grand Central Station
Treadwell
Governor Hughes
Hooker and Koenig See Governor in Albany
Senator S Percy Hooker of Leroy Genesee County met Governor Hughes in Albany to discuss a possible appointment to the new State Highway Commission. Hooker said he will not return to the Senate. Samuel S Koenig Secretary of State elect also visited to discuss inauguration plans and appointments set for December 1.
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Albany
S. Percy Hooker
Leroy
Genesee County
Hughes
State Highway Commission
Hooker
Senate
Samuel S. Koenig
Aiso
John S.S. Whalen
Profanity Not Illegal in Arkansas, Judge Rules
Dec 3 report from Little Rock states Circuit Judge E W Winfield held that using profane language is not an offence against the peace and dignity of Arkansas. Attorneys for Will E Stewart challenged the state law as improperly enacted, but the demurrer arguing no public offense existence was sustained.
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New Jersey
Comneel
Tribune
Little Rock
Ark
Arkansas
E. W. Winfield
Will E. Stewart
Stewart
Winfeld
COL GORGAS TAKES PARTY TO CHILL FOR CONGRESS
Col W C Gorgas chief sanitary officer of the Canal Zone sails from the isthmus with a party of five for Valparaiso to attend the Pan American Scientific Congress in Santiago Chile on Christmas Day He will read a paper on The Control of Yellow Fever in the Tropics The seventy seven day voyage includes Mrs Gorgas Miss Gorgas Miss Laura Carter Miss Keene of Philadelphia and Judge Evans of Cincinnati Dr Pedro Obarrio superintendent of the Hospital of Santo Tomas Panama City also sails on the same steamer for Panama Republic.
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W. C. Gorgas
Canal Zone
Isthmus
Valparaiso
Hileo
Santiago
Chile
Gorgas
United States
Tropics
Colonel Gorgas
Laura Carter
Keene
Philadelphia
Evans
Cincinnati
Pedro Obarrio
Hospital of Santo Tomas
Panama City
Republic of Panama
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