Pittsburg Bribery Arrests Alarm City Council Officials
Seven finance committee members of Pittsburg Common and Select Councils plus the president and cashier of German Nations Bank are jailed on bribery charges. Bonds range from 15000 to 30000 dollars. Hearings set for next Wednesday at Central police station.
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Tribune
Pittsburg
Finance Committee of Common and Select Council
Teo
Joseph G. Wasgon, Jr
W. H. Melaney
Jacob
Ball
Tensard de Wolfe
Civic League of
Allegheny County
F. J. Brady
Central
Wasson
Kiein
Brand
Tterson
Acheson & Sterritt
Willis F. William B. Rodgers
George B. Guthrie
A. Leo Weil
Civic League
Select and Common Co
Select and Common Councils
City of
Heberton Street Railway
Pere Fourth Avenue
Cou
Depose Bank Officers In Pittsburg Bribery Case
The German National Bank of Pittsburg announced that at a board meeting W. W. Ramsey president and O. A. A. Vilsack cashier have been deposed while under arrest in the councilmanic bribery case. A. A. Frauenheim was elected president and J. F. W. Eversman cashier to replace them, after directors found money had been put to improper use.
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Tribune
Pittsburg
Berk of
W. W. Ramsey
A. A. Vilsack
A. A. Frauenheim
J. F. W. Eversman
Bomb Explodes On Second Avenue Near Red Cross Pharmacy
A large glass bomb filled with pebbles exploded at 7:30 p m outside a restaurant at 2664 Second Avenue. Mrs. Hart, mother of the restaurant owner, was stunned as glass shattered the door and diners were covered. Police suspect the attack targeted the nearby Red Cross Pharmacy. The area crowds were treated by reserves from the 114th Street station.
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Second Avenue
Sarah Hart
Joseph Hart
Seon
Red Cross Pharmacy
Louis Capero
Federezi
Capero
Louis Capere
Capere
Austria Hungary to pay Turkey large compensation for Bosnia annexation
Berlin report from the Frankfurter Zeitung says Austria-Hungary plans to grant Turkey 204 million in compensation for the annexation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The deal reportedly awaits only formal steps.
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Berlin
Frankfurter Zeitune
Austria- Hungary
Turkey
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Royal commission to study British election reform plans
London December 21 The government signals no dissolution of Parliament by creating a royal commission to examine current and proposed methods of electing Parliament The inquiry will cover foreign and colonial systems plural voting women's suffrage and proportional representation and evidence will feed a 1916 electoral reform bill.
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London
Yonkers Cars Halted Over Franchise Breach
Justice Morehauser ordered Yonkers Railroad to stop car service on Elm Walnut and South Broadway lines after franchise terms were violated. Yonkers raised Yonkers to Battery fare from cents to 15 cents. council seeks forfeiture of the road’s $50,000 guarantee. Receiver Leslie Sutherland offered 10 cents if 18 cent fare rule is dropped. city to investigate and pursue franchise forfeiture and bond forfeiture.
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Justice Morehauser
Supreme Court
Yonkers
Leslie Sutherland
Yonkers Railroad Company
Common Council
Morse Houses Put Up For Sale By John N Golding
Fifth Avenue properties owned by Morse are placed on the market through broker John N Golding. The package includes Nos 720 and 722 Fifth Avenue and No 728 Fifth Avenue with a combined value around 1 4 million dollars. Morse may not reside at No 728 again following indictments on federal banking law violations.
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Charles W. Morse
John N. Golding
Fifth Avenue
D6th Street
George Kemp
Morse
57Th Street
William Co. Whitney
Metz Confesses to Doctor Abbott at City Hall
Controller Metz met with Dr. Lyman Abbott at City Hall and confessed that since quitting preaching he has attended church only twice. He said he heard Dr. Hillis and Dr. Cadman, noting he still has his pew.
W L Douglas Shoe Company Plant Fortified By Police Watch
In Marlboro Massachusetts two policemen were stationed tonight at a factory to guard it ahead of the W L Douglas Shoe Company move from Brockton. Officials fear threats may lead to an arson attempt during the transition.
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Marlboro
Mass
W. L. Douglas Shoe Company
Brockton
Douglas
New Provident Head Rittenhouse Named President
Edward E. Rittenhouse, Colorado Insurance Commissioner, to become president and manager of Provident Savings Life Assurance Society on January 1 1909. Arthur G. Langham Louisville will stay as vice president until the April annual meeting. Directors expect policyholder representation on the board and emphasize safeguards, asset growth and continued New York base.
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Edward E. Rittenhouse
Colorado
Provident Savings Life Assurance, Society
Arthur G. Langham
Louisville
Rittenhouse
the Provident
S. Herbert Wolf
Provident
E. R. Thomas
Orlando F. Thomas
Inter-Southern Life Insurance Company
Langham
Nash Rockwood
James L. Scott
Saratoga
George C. Clark
Judge Rockwood
The
Provident Savings Life Assurance Society
New York
E. E. Rittenhouse
Insurance of
Insurance Departments
Thomas
Timothy L. Woodruff
Philadelphia
John J. Coyle
National Association of Insurance Commissioners
Fidelity and Surety
West
Colorado Springs
Colorado Republican State Committee
Man Ringing Mayor’s Doorbell Denied Entry
Francis Donohue a laborer of 821 Jackson avenue Long Island City was arraigned in night court on a disorderly conduct charge for insisting on seeing Mayor MacClellan at 10 Washington Square North. Patrolman Becker testified Donohue talked with the Mayor’s butler and rang the doorbell after midnight. He cited unemployment and claimed plots against the Mayor and admitted drinking. Held on $200 bonds for good behavior for one month.
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Francis Donohue
Jackson Avenue
Long Island City
MacClellan
Washington Square
Becker
Mercer Street
Walsh
Donohue
Carnegie Urges Tariff Repeal On Steel Duties
Andrew Carnegie testified before the Ways and Means Committee in Washington detailing his views on the Dingrey tariff steel duties. He urged repeal, arguing U S steel makers can produce cheaper at home and that imports are negligible while exports rise. He dodged precise figures, defended Judge Gary's figures, and highlighted his own rise from cast iron bridges to the Edgar Thomson works and Carnegie Brothers & Co. He recounted early ventures, partnership shifts, and his decision to retire rather than seek more wealth, noting the sale of mills and his refusal to take common stock.
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Washington
Andrew Carnegie
Ways and Means Committee
United States
Carnegie
FE. H. Gary
Gary
Mr. Carnegie
Chairman Payne
Representative Dalzell
Dalzell
Cochran
Edgar Thomson Steel Works
Mr. Cochran
Edgar Thomson Works
Cockran
Edgar Thomson
Carnegie Iron and Steel Works
Union Iron Mills
Carnegie Brothers & Co
Babes Starve In Pasadena Cottage Authors’ Poverty
In a bare cottage in Pasadena a died child and two others critically ill from starvation as Warren Edward Brokaw and his wife, both writers, neglected the family to pursue books. Brokaw, former editor of The Single Tax Courier, once close to Henry George, says poverty drove him to the last dregs while working on a theory of balanced land tenure.
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Los Angeles
Pasadena
Warren Edward Brokaw
Brokaw
Single Tax Courier
St. Louis
Henry George
Child dies seeking Santa after elevator fall in Chicago
Seven year old Elbert Birdseye rode the street car with his grandmother to find Santa Claus. In a department store he leaned from an elevator landing in search of Santa and was crushed to death on the floor landing. His tragedy occurred as he drifted from sight in the crowded store.
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the Tribune
Chicago
Elbert Birdseye
Santa Claus
North Pole
Yacht club to add annex at West 44th street
The New York Yacht Club bought James B. Haggin’s three story stable building at No 35 West 44th Street next to its clubhouse at No 37 to 41 West 44th Street. The club plans an annex with plans due in January and occupancy expected early next fall, budgeting about 250000 for the project and enlarging the home by about one third.
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New York Yacht Club
James B. Haggin
West 44Th Street
Warren & Wetmore
J. Pierpont Morgan
Making Steel at Gary Starts as Furnace Blows In
Hammond Indiana December 21 actual manufacture of steel at Gary began today when blast furnace No 12 was blown in marking the start of Calumet region’s rise as a major iron and steel center. The $25 000 000 mills are in active operation and work will grow rapidly to employ about twenty five thousand men in the giant mills.
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Hammond
Ind
Gary
Calumet Region
Model steel town planned on Wisconsin shore
A $10,000,000 model city is planned by United States Steel Corporation at the head of Lake Superior near Superior and Duluth. The project includes towns, mills, and a railroad system linking Minnesota Range mines with through lines to Chicago and Milwaukee.
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the Tribune
Milwaukee
United States Steel Corporation
Gary
Ind
Lake Superior
Supertoy
Duluth
Wisconsin
Steel Trust
Minnesota Range
Chicago
Mellon for Carnegie workmen bonus funded dividend
Pittsburg dispatch reports Carnegie Steel Company employees who bought stock on January 1 1900 will receive a special fund distributed January 1. The fund consists of a five dollar per share bonus for all buyers who paid for stock and a share of dividends for those who held on. The total expected dividend runs about 65 dollars per share on a 100 dollar par value.
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The
Tribune
Pittsburg
Carnegie Steel Company
Special Fund
Gomez Wipes Out Castro's Cabinet in Venezuela
Acting President Vicenté Gomez announces a new government in Venezuela after Castro departs for Europe. The old ministry is replaced, with Dr José de Jesus Paul and Dr Baldo among those affected as factions vie for control.
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Trinidad
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Cipriano Castro
Europe
Venezuela
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Holland
Paul
Baldo
Castro
Caracas
Gomez
Gomes
General Arango
United States
France
Dr. Israeli Hospital
Berlin
Hay
Venezuela Names New Cabinet Amid Castro Fallout
The internal reshuffle in Venezuela appoints Linares Alcantara as Interior Minister and Regulo Olivares as War Minister with a lineup including Gonzalez Guinaud and Rafael Carabo Orras. Aquiles Sturbe becomes Caracas governor as unrest and anti Castro demonstrations intensify after President Castro sailed to Europe.
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Gomez
Regulo Olivares
Lina
RES Alcantara
Gonzalez Guinaud
Munoz Tebar
Rafael Caraebano Orras
Roberto Vargas
Dr. Maldonado
Aquiles Sturbe
Caracas
Venezuela
Castro
Europe
Gomes
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