Harvard President Calls for Central Government Power in Economy
Dr. Charles W. Eliot of Harvard urged central government control of commercial associations at a Civic Federation dinner, supporting government incorporation of corporations and a national divorce law to resolve industrial conflicts. He praised Canada’s 1907 approach and warned that only a strong federal power can regulate labor unions and monopolies across states. Samuel Gompers criticized profit sharing and wage cuts, urging protection of workers while questioning effects on wages and living standards.
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Charles W. Eliot
Harvard University
National Civic Federation
Hotel Astor
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Eliot
United States Steel Corporation
George W. Perkins
Gompers
Republic of Ours
Civic Federation
Dr. Eliot
Canada
United States
Massachusetts
New York
Maine
New Jersey
Cambridge
New England
Harvard
Tomer
Italians Murdered and Wounded in Tremont Labor Turmoil
Three Italian immigrants have been killed and two wounded in Louisiana as white workers oppose Tremont Lumber Company using migrant labor. A mob near Tremont killed one and wounded two more fleeing Italians. Labor agency brought the workers from New Orleans. six black suspects were arrested. Italian officials plan inquiries, with the ambassador and consul coordinating, while the State Department may review findings.
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Tribune
Chathamville
Tremont Lumber Company
Here
Tremont
Winnifield
Lumber Company
New Orleans
Washington
Baron Mayor Des Planches
Lionello Scelsi
Louisiana
State Department
South
Auto Cists Locomotive Transformation in Prussia
Berlin reports a sweeping shift in Prussia with automobile passenger cars replacing locomotives on rail lines except major trunks. The motorized cars, each with a 60 horsepower engine, will run singly along existing rails, and hundreds have been ordered after successful experiments showing large economic benefits.
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Berlin
Prussia
Naming Hughes for President at East Side Republican Club
A large Republican Club meeting at the East 40th Street clubhouse adopted a motion for a special session next Monday to consider a resolution backing Governor Hughes for President at the Chicago convention next June. The club also urged the next state Republican convention in spring 1908 be held in New York City.
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Republican Club
East 40Th Street
A. B. Humphreys
Hughes
United States
Chicago
Republican Party
New York
Famous Taber Diamonds Sold at Auction in Denver
The famous Taber diamonds, held as security for an $8,650 loan, were auctioned in Denver today for $8,750. The late Senator valued the gems highly and claimed one diamond belonged to Queen Isabella of Spain and was pawned to fund Columbus’s voyage.
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The
Tribune
Denver
Taber
Isabella of Spain
Columbus
Betsy Ross Descendant Seeks Help for Illness
Eunice E. Baker of Denver, a Betsy Ross granddaughter, suffers rheumatism and paralysis. Her son, a two day laborer, cannot pay for treatment and she appeals through a newspaper for financial assistance. She has been an invalid for years.
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the Tribune
Denver
Eunice E. Baker
Betsy Ross
Cabmen Go On Strike In New York City
Three thousand five hundred cab drivers were ordered to strike at Grail Hall near Lexington Avenue after a meeting of the Liberty Dawn Cab Drivers Association and the New York District Council of the United Teamsters. The 6 am action affects all NYC cab drivers including those with livery stables theatres hotels and railroad stations. They demand 15 dollars weekly and twelve hours off daily, up from 14 dollars and ten hours off.
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Liberty Dawn Cab Drivers’ Association
New York
Taft Delayed by Storm Aboard President Grant
The President Grant carrying Secretary Taft Mrs Taft and Charles faced rough seas after departing Hamburg December 7. Expected arrival in New York delayed to late Friday or Saturday. Charles ill but improving. Taft spoke on Russia and the Czar while at sea and declined comment on Roosevelt’s renomination. Wireless news reached three hundred miles east of Cape Race.
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President Grant
Cape Race
N. F
Taft
Charles
New York
Hamburg
White House
Roosevelt
Russia
Newfoundland
Governor Hughes Denies Criticism of Public Service Commission
Albany December 16 Governor Hughes emphatically denied a published report that he opposed or criticized the Public Service Commission in the first district. He said there is absolutely no truth in the statement and planned a social dinner with commission members, their counsel and secretaries, plus two special guests, Edward B. Whitney and William M. Ivins, at the Executive Mansion.
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Tribune
Albany
Hughes
New York
Today
Public Service Commission
New York City
Public Service Commissions
Executive Mansion
Public Service Commissioners
Edward B. Whitney
William M. Ivins
Executive Chamber
Rare 184 dollar coin found in Worcester exchange
Edwin W. Bond left Worcester with more money after purchasing what he believed was a rare quarter. A money exchange dealer swiftly identified a real 1841 silver dollar in the lot and offered no compensation to Bond. Only four such coins are known to exist.
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The
Tribune
Worcester
Mass
Edwin W. Bond
Bond
Henry Watterson's Daughter Dead in Louisville
Mrs Alexander Gilmour youngest daughter of Colonel Henry Watterson died at Norton Infirmary today after a period of critical illness last week. Advertisements note Dewey's Old Port for the grippe from H T Dewey and Sons Co New York.
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Henry Watterson
Louisville
Alexander Gilmour
Norton Infirmary
DEWEY
H. T. Dewey & Sons Co
Fulton St
New York
Tragic Double Shooting in cab ends in suicide
Elsie Karlies a 20 year old Supreme Court stenographer in Manhattan and Bernard E Wallace a 21 year old stockbroker died after a cab ride on Eastern Parkway Williamsburg. Wallace shot Karlies then killed himself. Both from well to do families with ties to Williamsburg. Police report show no clear motive.
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Elsie Karlies
Supreme Court
Manhattan
Bushwick Avenue
Williamsburg
Bernard E. Wallace
Eastern Parkway
Miss Karlies
Wallace
Knickerbocker
Daniel Gilmartin
West 124Th Street
Gilmartin
Smith
Ralph Avenue
Sullivan
St. Mary’s Hospital
Jefferson Avenue
John
Bath Beach
Alleged tipsters held in postal fraud probe
Detectives arrested William Kitchenmeister and Edward Kelley in the Broadway Central Bank Building on charges under postal law Section 1670 for soliciting bets as inside information on horse races. They used aliases John E. Coleman and Charles H. Sheldon and allegedly collected over $20,000 before moving offices.
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McConville
Nelson
Thorpe
William Kitchenmeister
Edward Kelleher
Broadway Central Bank
Broadway
John E. Coleman
Charles H. Sheldon
President Roosevelt Leads Pacific Fleet Departure
At Old Point Comfort sixteen battleships sailed in a staged West Coast voyage led by President Roosevelt aboard the Mayflower. A formal reception preceded the departure as the fleet formed in double column, while crowds cheered and bands played as the president praised the enlisted men and bid farewell to officers.
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Roosevelt
West Coast
Louisiana
Admiral Evans
Old Point
Connecticut
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30Th St
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Bridge
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Virginia
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Santiago
Presi
Ception
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Panama
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Him
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Berry
Norfolk
Navy Yard
Stringham
Tingey
Capes
Goodby
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Forto
Low
Rikers Drug Stores
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