Taft Pushes Rail Policy Doubts on Retroactive Stock Selloff
Washington November 24 The President told allies at the White House he favors barring railroads from expanding holdings in competing lines but doubts making any disposal requirement retroactive. He urged completion of reports for the annual message and discussed interstate commerce reform with Attorney General Wickersham and other officials.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
White House
Des Moines
Reeds
Wickersham
Hitchcock
Knapp
Franklin K. Lane
Interstate Commerce Commission
Mann
House Interstate Commerce Committee
Sims
Chicago
Secretary of Commerce and Labor
Prouig
Townsend
Interstate Commerce Court
Taft
Commission
Cabinet
Interstate ‘Commerce Commission
Presim
Interstate Crimery Commission
Railroads Hold Waterway Terminals in Water Trade
Washington reports that a forthcoming Bureau of Corporations study on U S waterways will reveal that waterfront terminals are largely owned by the railroads. The investigation aims to assess terminal control amid plans to deepen Mississippi River channels and tributaries. Commissioner Herbert Knox Smith’s absence leaves details confidential.
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Washington
Bureau of Corporations
Herbert Knox Smith
Tickets to Court Spark Graft Probe in Philadelphia
In Philadelphia the murder trial of Harris Rosenzweig drew tickets selling for 25 cents to gain courtroom access. Minor court attaches including two police officers allegedly sold seats, with janitors James Robinson and George Birrell implicated. Judge Wiltbank ordered the issue to be reviewed by the board of judges.
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Philadelphia
Harris Rosenzweig
Harry Victor
James Robinson
George Birrell
Birrell
Wiltbank
Board of Judges
Convict Swindlers In Mexican Mining Stock Scheme
A jury in the United States Circuit Court found J. Walter Labaree and George W. Emanuel guilty of using the mails in a fraud scheme involving Mexican mining stocks. Cranston Thomas was found not guilty. Labaree and Emanuel await sentencing at the Tombs after a trial that lasted eleven days.
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United States Circuit Court
J. Walter Labarce
George W. Emanuel
Cranston Thomas
Labaree
Emanuel
Thomas
George W. Emanuel & Co
Hand
Coal trial begins as jury drawn by court officers
Philadelphia reports drastic measures to secure a jury in the suit of eleven bituminous coal firms against the Pennsylvania Railroad for damages totaling 31 0 0. After panel exhaustion, officers were sent into buildings to impress citizens for service. A juror was excused and three more were brought in to complete the panel. James Kerr of the Union League was chosen to sit as the final juror and the case opened.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Holland
James Kerr
The
Union League
Odd transplanting of tissue to eye socket reported
Cleveland reports the first known case of fatty tissue from the abdominal wall transplanted to the eye socket of Peter Rowhgery at City Hospital. Dr. A. E. Ibershoff led the operation with Drs. Mark O. Houston and H. J. Lee. The tissue resumed normal function and now forms the base for an artificial eye controllable like a living eye.
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Cleveland
Peter Rowhgery
City Hospital
A. E. Ibershoff
Ibershoff
Mark 0. Houston
H. J. Lee
Knife for Dr Bull's Son to Undergo Appendicitis Operation
William T Bull the fourteens years old son of the famed surgeon is to be operated on for appendicitis this weekend. A Boston surgical consultation found no immediate danger and the operation was postponed pending further assessment. The boy was taken ill from his school to his mother’s villa near Newport for care.
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the Tribune
Newport
Pt. 1
William T. Bull
Wiliam T. Bull
Hhs
Boston
Canal Referendum Carried In New York State
The canal referendum passed by about 1,000 votes in New York, authorizing $7,000,000 to connect Lakes Cayuga and Seneca with the barge canal system. Returns from Jared T. Newman of the Barge Canal Agitation Committee show Brooklyn and Manhattan supporting the measure, offsetting upstate opposition.
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Ithace
SN. Y
Cayuga
Seneca
Jared T. Newman
Barge C
Brooklyn
Manhattan
Lords Waver in Budget Clash Across the Lords
London reports the Lords debate on the budget as Lord Rosebery lobbied against government plans and warned of risks to the unreformed chamber. Lord Milner and others pressed to deny tax changes while Churchill readied Lancashire canvass plans. the constitutional clash deepens with no compromise in sight.
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Cabie
Tribune
London
Lords
Lord Salisbury
Archbishop of Canterbury
Lord Rosebery
Balmoral
Windsor
Sandringham
Commons
Representative House
Winston Spencer Churchill
Lancashire
I BF
House of ‘Commons
Lord Lansdowne
Duchess of Connaught
Timy
House of Lords
Rockefeller Sees Supreme Court Decision on Trusts Urgent
William Rockefeller says Standard Oil will appeal any Supreme Court ruling on the Sherman act. He urges a final court interpretation and notes Moritz Rosenthal has sailed for Europe while an all day meeting on the appeal continues at 26 Broadway.
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Standard Oil Company
Rockefeller
Mortimer F. Elliot
Supreme Court of the United States
Circuit Court
Elliot
Moritz Rosenthal
Europe
Broadway
Rebate law questioned as agent Horvitz charged
New York Life and Pittsburg Life Underwriters seek Pennsylvania courts to rule rebates by an agent may invalidate policies. Bernard Horvitz was arrested for allegedly giving a business man a 51.10 rebate on a 10.44 policy premium. The insured man then attempted suicide two days later.
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Tribune
Pittsburg
New York Life Insurance Company
Pennsylvania
Pittsburg Life
New York Life
Bernard Horvitz
Horvitz
Tafts Bill of Fare Promises Thanksgiving Feasts
Washington November 24. A fifty pound mince pie from New York bakers a sixty pound turkey from Horace Vose Westerly A L and a twenty six pound possum from Georgia are part of President Tafts Thanksgiving. Taft orders military aide Archibald Butt to assist in eating the pie and seeks to have the staff join. The President and his family except Robert will dine at the White House.
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Washington
New York
Horace Vose
Westerly
A. L
Georgia
Taft
Archibald W. Butt
Butt
Robert
New Haven
White House
Woman beaten at boarding house by porter now in custody
Mrs. Ellen Sullivan proprietor of the Helene boarding house on East 1st street was assaulted in her cellar with a wooden potato masher by a man she had hired as porter. The suspect Edward Kane of Everett Mass, a medical student, was captured after a chase and is charged with felonious assault. Mrs. Sullivan hospitalized with scalp wounds and possible skull fracture. bags found in basement arouse robbery suspicions.
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Ellen Sullivan
Helene
East 1St Street
Bellevue Hospital
Knox burglary a joke at Valley Forge home
report says the Knox residence at Valley Forge was not burgled. secretary Knox and wife are in Washington and the house is winterized. a tramp entered the cellar, slept, and was driven off before any theft of state papers occurred. James R. Tindle denied a robbery occurred and noted no papers were kept there.
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Philadelphia
Philander (. Knox
Valley Forge
Knox
Washington
Philander Chase Knox
Cupid's Day in Chicago Marriages Plentiful on Thanksgiving
Chicago plans a bustling Thanksgiving with over a thousand couples expected to wed, per Cook County marriage license bureau. Cincinnati mirrors the trend as a record number of licenses issued in one day amid holiday celebrations.
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Chicago
Cupid
Cook County
Cincinnati
Holiday Storm Delays Sea Son Snow and Wind
A holiday storm brought high winds and the season's first snow. Sea son traffic and events were delayed as gusts battered coastlines and roads. Local officials urged caution and shelter during the winter weather.
Thanksgiving Day Forecast Across the Nation
Thanksgiving Day looks crisp and clear in most regions with temperatures a touch above average. The lower lake region and Atlantic and Gulf States may see cooler conditions as clearing weather follows an Atlantic Coast storm and a disturbance nears the upper Mississippi Valley. Elsewhere in the eastern half, fair conditions prevail on Thanksgiving.
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Weather Bureau
Lower
Lake Region
Atlantic and
Gulf States
Mississippi Valley
White Thanksgiving Blizzards Hit New York City
A major Atlantic coast storm spreads heavy snowfall and high winds through New York City. Moritz Blum, 68, dies after a roof scuttle collapses on him on Stanton Street. Wind speeds reach 16 to 36 mph with littered signs, fences, and stalled traffic across the streets and rivers.
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New York
Atlantic
Moritz Blum
Stanton Street
Gouverneur Hospital
Varied Delays and a Falling Sign from Storm Slows City Transit
A gale delayed ships including Mrs Roosevelt on the Konig Albert and blocked Broadway traffic north of the Custom House. Weather slowed streetcars, caused horse falls, and left Staten Island ferry passengers waiting. A 736 Broadway sign shattered glass and injured two Brooklyn residents as debris fell from 201 Jd street.
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Roosevelt
Prinz Friedrich Wilhelm
Bremen
Teutonic
Southampton
Tagus
Kingstor
Graf Waldersee
Hamburg
Broadway
Custom House
South Ferry
Staten Island Ferry
Solomon Brothers
Anthony Brazzi
Meserole Street
Brooklyn
Peter Christ
Montrose Avenue
Joseph Cohen & Bro.om
Zelaya troops cross border to seize rebels in Costa Rica tale
A Nicaraguan revolutionary reports Zelaya forces crossed the border to arrest Cannon and Grace who were said to be bearing sights from a Costa Rican height. They were tortured and shot within 24 hours after capture at El Castillo on the Colorado River.
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Panama
Bluefields
Cannon
Rece
Zelaya
Costa Rica
Nicaragua
Grace
el Castillo
Colorado River
Julian Irias
No Demand Yet On Zelaya Over Cannon and Grace Case
The United States awaits full proof of whether Cannon and Grace served in Estrada’s army and acted under orders before making any reparations demand on Zelaya. Officials deny plans to shell Nicaraguan ports or mobilize Marines, stressing caution until clear facts are established.
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Washington
Cannon
Grace
Zelaya
United States
Department of State
Cannon and
Estrada
General Estrada
Managua
Department
Atlantic Fleet
Marine Corps
Panama Canal Zone
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Standard Oil
Standard
Nicaragua Military Academy
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Hester Kostaky
St. Mark's Place
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