Framing Tariff Bill Sub-Committee Starts Writing Law
The Republican Ways and Means subcommittee begins drafting a new tariff bill to replace the Dingler act. They organize schedules A onward, plan daily closed hearings, and may call J P Morgan Henry C Frick or John Fritz to testify before submitting to Congress at the March special session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tribune Bureau
Washington
Ways and Means Committee
Congress
Taft
W. A. G. Clark
Wheel
Org
Payne
J. P Morgan
Morgan
Routell
McCall
United States
London
Henry C. Frick
John Fritz
Pawne
Todsyr
Cochran
Red Cross to Aid Inauguration Day Activities in Washington
At a conference in Washington Miss Mabel Boardman and Major General J Franklin Bell plan extensive Red Cross representation on Inauguration Day. New York Secretary Mrs W K Draper will send nurses and possibly physicians to man Red Cross stations at Union Station Capitol and along the march. The effort aims to provide first aid and ambulance support and to showcase Red Cross work during Taft’s inauguration. The announcement notes growing Red Cross activity and invites institutional membership from the Federation of Trained Nurses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tribune Bureau
Wesenington
Mabel Boardman
Central Committee
American National Red Cross
J. Franklin Bell
Red Cross
Washington
WK. Draper
New York
Union Station
Capitol
William Howard Taft
Wee
Red Tees
National Red Cross
Nurses' Association
Ballinger Tipped as Interior Secretary for Taft
Washington reports from Taft transition talks that Judge R A Ballinger of Seattle may succeed James R Garfield as Secretary of the Interior. Ballinger reorganized the General Land Office and earned praise from the President Congress and Taft during his 1866-67 tenure as commissioner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fron
Tribune Bureau
Washington
Taft
R. A. Ballinger
Seattle
Wash
James R. Garfield
Garfield
Interior
Ballinger
General Land Office
Binger Hermann
Land Office
Congress
Oliver Indorsed for U S Senator by Allegheny Delegation
Pittsburg Dec 22 George T Oliver owner of The Gazette-Times and The Chronicle Telegraph was unanimously indorsed today by Allegheny County members of the State Legislature for United States Senator to succeed Philander C Knox who becomes Secretary of State in the Taft Cabinet. The caucus with twenty four members of the lower house and six Senators also indorsed John F Cox for Speaker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
George T. Oliver
Gazette-Times
Chronicle-Telegraph
Allegheny County
United States
Philander C. Knox
Taft
Mr. Oliver
James Francis Burke
John Dalzell
John F. Cox
Homestead
Taft Calls For Immediate Caucus In Ohio Senate Fight
In Columbus on December 22 Charles P Taft declared for a caucus to decide the Republican pick to succeed Senator Foraker. He said a caucus is certain and that the canvass for votes is progressing. Taft backers claim he will command about fifty votes in the caucus versus a majority of forty six. Foraker and Representative Burton oppose a caucus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio
Charles P. Taft
Senator Foraker
Representative Burton
Taft
Big Dry Goods Swindle Hits Baltimore Firms
A broad dry goods fraud unmasked in Baltimore implicates wholesale firms and other cities. Victims include Daniel Miller Company and J. M. Sutton & Co with losses around 26000 dollars. About 18000 dollars of goods are recovered from storage in New York and Boston. The scheme used a credit line given after forming a women’s underwaist company. the two men behind it have vanished. The grand jury is reviewing the case with no indictments yet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Daniel Miller Company
J. M. Sutton & Co
Florence W. McCarthy
Cromwell Embroidery Company
Brainard & Armstrong
Southern Embroidery Company
New York
Boston
Grand
Election law inquiries lead to special deputy appointment
Albany dated December 22 a move by the Association for the Prevention of Corrupt Practices at Elections appoints William E Fitzsimmons as special Deputy Attorney General and special counsel to investigate election expenses. The focus includes a $14 03 payment to the Hamilton Trust Company and other Democratic and Republican county committees. Inquiries set for December 21 in Kingston before Supreme Court Justice Betts. officials defend vouchers and explain funds were for watchmen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
Association For the Prevention of Corrupt Practices
William E. Fitzsimmons
Kings County Republican Committee
Charles E. Teale
Hamilton Trust Company
Brooklyn
Kings County
Supreme Court
Betts
Kingston
John E. Smith
Republican Executive Committee
Taft to Visit Texas and the South
President elect William H. Taft plans a southern tour after his inauguration with Dallas as a main stop. Texas businessmen invited him to visit, hoping for closer ties and policy impact. He also declined a Chattanooga trip for Panama planning and aims to visit Atlanta and New Orleans on return, with Southern editors and officials seeking audiences.
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Augusta
William H. Taft
Texas
Congress
Dallas
Lone Star
Taft
Mr. Taft
South
Chattanooga
Tenn
Young Men's Christian Association
Panama
Southland
Atlanta
Charleston
S. C
New Orleans
Hitchenack
Senator Knox
Superior Court
Henry G. Hammond
Savannah Valley
Henry C. Maxwell
Cincinnati
Cost of Cab Strike and Forfeited Guarantees Spark Tension
Edwin Gould of the Liberty Dawn Association reports that Livery Stable Owners have paid for restraint as strikers demand changes. Twenty-seven members signed indemnity totalling 65 500, while about a thousand cabmen remain on strike. The conflict centers on a closed shop clause and open shop stance, with insurers of stable workers seeking protection amid intimidation claims.
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Edwin Gould
Liberty Dawn Association
Alfred D. Boulton
Employers’ Association
Continental
West 34Th Street
M. E. Howlett
Taggart
West 46Th Street
Hotel Imperial
Livery Stable Owners’ Association
Alien Lexow
Lnft
Moulton
Michael O’brien
53D Street
Columbus Avenue
Night Riders terror in Union City court case unfolds
Witnesses identify about twenty seven riders and recount terror visits as guards escort defendants. Emma Jackson and daughter Dora corroborate, while Will Russell testifies under heavy protection after confessing to Rankin murder context.
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Union City
Tenn
Emma Jackson
Dora Jackson
Will” Russell
Russell
Rankin
Lut
Teider Fehringer
Judge Shaw
Reelfoot Lake
Shaw
Martin Leonard
Captain Rankin
Fagan
Harvey
Garret Johnson
Camp Nemo
Anna Jackson
Garrett Johnson
Reelfoot
Capmstance
Mr. Johnson
Johnson
Jackson in Critical Condition in Albany Hospital
Attorney General William Jackson, hospitalized in Albany with typhoid fever, was reported in critical condition tonight. Complications worsened in the last day necessitating an operation. his relatives were notified and his brother arrived.
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Albany
William & Jackson
Chesapeake & Ohio to Issue 30000 000 Bond Mortgage
The Chesapeake & Ohio Railway directors authorize a 3000 million general funding and improvement mortgage issue to fund 7.5 million 6 percent notes due July 1 and cover capital needs. The 20 year 5 percent bonds at 1072 are sold to Kuhn Loeb & Co and J P Morgan & Co. Temporary ten year bonds collateral will be canceled when notes are paid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Company
Kuhn, Loeb & Co
J. P. Morgan & Co
Panama Canal Opens January First, 1915 Officially Claimed
An official message to the California Promotion Committee from Joseph Burcklin Bishop states the Panama Canal will open January 1, 1915. It notes American excavation of about 69,000,000 cubic yards to date, with roughly one third of total effort completed and annual excavation averaging 38 to 43 million cubic yards.
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San Francisco
Panama Canal
California Promotion Committee
Joseph Burcklin Bishop
Canal Commission
Smelting Company Reorganization Approved by Noteholders and Stockholders
The Consolidated Arizona Smelting Company announces a reorganization plan after foreclosure sale. Unsecured noteholders and many stockholders approved, forming a new company with debts paid via cash or new securities. Management and first board to be selected by leading figures from Ladenburg Thalmann, Muller Schall, William Honbright, and S P Pell affiliates. all named parties consent to act.
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Consolidated Arizona Smelting Company
Benjamins. Guinness
Ladenburg, Thalmann & Co
William Schall, Jr
Muller, Schall & Co
Wiliam P. Bonbright
William P. Honbright & Co
Irvine Youth Testifies in Father’s Murder Trial
Beach Hargis, 22, testified in Irvine Kentucky that he killed his father Judge Hargis after years of alleged abuse. He described drinking the day of the killing and said his father maltreated him, often beating him and at times attempting to shoot him.
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Irvine
Hargis
Beach Hargis
Bathhouse John on Trial in Chicago Court
Alderman John Coughlin known as Bathhouse John and a photographer faced a jury in Judge Newcomer's court over an assault case from the 1st Ward Democratic ball. Photographer Lyman Atwell testified that a battered camera served as an incidental receiver for blows aimed at him by Coughlin and others. Coughlin said he raised his hand to avoid panic as a flashlight threat arose.
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Chicago
John Coughlin
Newcomer's Court
Lyman Atwell
Coughlin
Atwell
Wyneie King
Conners Talks With Murphy Over Assembly Leadership
William J. Conners and Charles F Murphy discussed political matters by phone at the Knickerbocker. There was no immediate significance, but talks touched on minority leadership in the Assembly with debate over seniority and possible candidates Miles R Feishie of Schenectady suggested as a younger alternative.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William J. Conners
Democratic State Committee
Charles F Murphy
Conners
Knickerbocker
Murphy
Assembly
Jimmy” Oliver
New York
Miles R. Feishie
Schenectady
Receivers Discharged From Eastern Steamship Firm
The Eastern Steamship Company receivers Calvin Austin and William T. Cobb were discharged by Judge Dodge. The company turns over its property to the firm except cash on hand. The line noted a 7 percent stock return and interest on bonds. Atlantic Gulf and West India holds 35 percent of Eastern stock. Metropolitan Steamship runs to New York. Morse line control wanes. A new Southern Pacific passenger office opens at Mth and Broadway for tickets and information.
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Boston
Eastern Steamship Company
Calvin Austin
William T. Cobb
Judge Dodge
United States District Court
Charles W. Morse
Consolidated Steamship Lines
Maine
St. John
N. B
Atlantic Gulf and West India Steamship Company
Consolidated Company
Eastern Company
Metropolitan Steamship ‘«Company
New York
Morse Lines
Southern Pacific
Southern Pacific Railroad Company
Mth Street
Broadway
Fire Disasters Mark Historic Theatre Tragedies
Details recount several deadly fires in early cinema and stage venues. The Iroquois Theatre blaze in Chicago on January 1, 1904 killed 576, with blame debates over cause. Rhoades Opera House in Bowerstown, Penn, saw 150 dead and 75 injured during a January incident amid a five act tableau. Monetary losses reached about 75 000.
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Chicago
Rhoades Opera House
Bowerstown
Penn
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Bevertoen
Four Men Die in Four Cornered Pistol Fight
In Ocilla Georgia tonight four men were involved in a pistol duel. Charles Moore and Virgil Moore are dead. Officer Cain Walters lies dying. Owen Smith son of Postee Chief Smith is among the wounded.
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Ocilla. Ga
Owen Smith
Smith
Charles Moore
Virgil Moore
Cain Walters
Gold standard settled says Teller
Washington Dec 22 Senator Teller clarified he does not seek to revive the silver question. He said his aim was to alert on exchange conditions among Europe America and Asia. He denied advocating Goschen small note plans and upheld the 1873 gold standard.
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Washington
2 Jeter
Moreton Frewen
Teller
Europe
America
Asis
Monetary Commission
Commission
Mr. Teller
Sir Moreton
United States
Asia
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Andrew Carnegie
Department of Commerce and Labor
New Red Cross Field
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Keystone
C. P. Taft
Foraker
Burton
Friends of
BIG Drygoods
Louth
Park &Tilford
72Nd Street
Columbus Ave
Lehigh Valley
Buffalo
Niagara Falls
Lehigh
Fulton Street
Broad Street
Newark
MR. Jackson
Chesapeake & Ohio
Says
13Th St
Chambers St
Consolidated Arizona
Eastern
S. S
Morse
Surbrug
Herald Square Fire
Sam M. Dunfevr
Shuberts
Herald Square
Johnston
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