Morgan says there could be no money trust and favors combination
J Pierpont Morgan told the money trust committee that control is personal to money and credits and that there could be no single money trust. He said he would rather have combination than competition, denied vast power, and described his stake in United States Steel, Equitable Life, and major banks with deposits around 100 million.
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Washington
J. Pierpont Morgan
Money Trust Investiguting
Samuel Watermyer
Morgan
House of Morgan
United States Steel Corporation
Steel Corporation
Morgan Company
New York
United
Reading Road
Weather forecast for Rock Island and Quad Cities area
Generally cloudy tonight and Friday with colder conditions and a freezing point low. Temperature at 7 a.m. 29 with a peak yesterday of 21 and a low last night of 27. Wind 10 mph. humidity 78 percent at 7 p.m. and 63 percent at 7 a.m. No precipitation. water stage up 0.3 in last 24 hours. Astronomical notes list Venus and Saturn evening stars and Mars Mercury Jupiter morning stars. Morgan testifies five hours on the stand defending money trust theories. asserts no money trust and no monopoly of money.
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Rock Island
Davenport
Moline
J. M. Sherier
Hoboes to Publish International Hobo Review Magazine
Jeff Davis new president of the International Brotherhood Welfare association announces a monthly magazine for hoboes titled the International Hobo Review. Contributors include James Cads How Jack Londes James Seymour hobo poet and Robert Hunter. Davis aims to petition the government for free transportation to unemployed workers seeking work elsewhere at the annual convention in New Orleans on June 28.
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Chicago
Jeff Davis
International Brotherhood Welfare Association
International Hobo Review
Davis
Confederacy
James Cads How
St. Louis
Jack Londes
James Seymour
Robert Hunter
United States
New Orleans
Davie
Wilson Ready to Pick Cabinet in New Era
President elect Wilson after a three hour New York conference with William McCombs said he has begun the task of selecting a cabinet. McCombs mentioned Bryan’s name but gave no list. Wilson indicated a meeting with Bryan may occur, but no date was fixed. He suggested McCombs may assist in governing, official or unofficial.
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Princeton
N. J
New York
William F. McCombs
Democratic National Committee
Wilson
Mr. Bryan
Bryan
McCombs
Washington
Mr. Wilson
Trenton
Man Fatally Wounded After Standoff With Police
Memphis, Dec. 19. Adam Boehler who fatally wounded his wife last night held 50 officers at bay for eight hours today in a rooming house stronghold. Police forced entry as fumes from formaldehyde partially overcame him before he was fatally hurt by officers.
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Memphis
Tenn
Adam Boehler
Boehler
Supreme Court Weighs Decree on Southern Pacific Stock
Washington Dec 19 The Supreme Court took under advisement a combined motion by the government and Union Pacific to obtain a more specific decree on rights of Union Pacific stockholders to the 126 million dollar distribution of Southern Pacific stock. Railroad lawyers pushed exclusive privilege for stockholders to buy the stock. the government opposed such exclusivity.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Union Pacific
Southern Pacific
Suffragist Pilgrims Resume March to Albany
In Peekskill New York on December 19 suffragist pilgrims resumed their march toward Albany with a message to Governor Sulzer. Mrs. Jessie Sobbs rejoined the group and declared Albany will be reached even if it takes all winter.
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Albany
Peekskill
N. Y
Sulzer
Jessie Sobbs
Hanna's Majority Shows North Dakota Victory Shift
In Grand Forks North Dakota December 18 L B Henna wins governor race with an official majority of 8277 over Democrat F O Hellstrom. Republican triumph noted as Wilson party support. The result signals a strong GOP win in the state.
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North Dakota
Wilson
Grand Forks
N. D
L. B. Henna
Hellstrom
Son Held for Dual Murder in Missouri Cottage
Columbia Missouri December 19 Henry Lee Moore aged 30 is jailed on an indictment charging the murder of his mother Mrs Georgia Moore 63 and grandmother Mrs H F Wilson 82 with an ax. The bodies were found in their cottage on Mores boulevard
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Columbia
Henry Lee Moore
Georgia Moore
H. F. Wilson
Mores Boulevard
Complex Crime and Election Notes From Historic Report
The report blends a violent crime narrative with political tallies. It notes Boehler and police gunfire, a fatal confrontation, and a coroner verdict on two murdered women. It also lists presidential vote counts for Wilson Roosevelt Taft, a defeated constitutional amendment, and a state elevator approval.
Pardon Granted for Slocum Captain Van Schaick
Washington reports President Taft pardons Captain William Van Schaick commander of the steamer General Slocum, burned in 1904 on the East River, causing 1030 lives. The pardon takes effect Christmas Day after his parole. A petition with about a quarter million signatures supported the request.
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Washington
William van Schaick
General Slocum
East River
New York
Taft
Chicago Women Stage First Egg Parade
In Chicago on December 19 a women’s club organized its first egg parade to sway public opinion against avaricious egg dealers and to promote the public sale of eggs scheduled for tomorrow.
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Chicago
Chicago Club
Prosecution Ties Hockin to Dynamite Conspiracy Iago Claims
Indianapolis dispatch reports Special District Attorney Noel argues Herbert Hockin lied repeatedly while acting as the dynamite conspiracy’s emblem and allegedly helped betray conspirators to protect himself. Meanwhile, a separate Illinois item notes R E Houston, a Springfield carpenter, died after a fifth-floor hotel fall while sleepwalking.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Herbert Hockin
Noel
Hockin
Decaulr, IL
R E. Houston
Springfield
Houston
Government to prosecute Fitzgerald for Chicago subtreasury theft
Chicago December 19. It is estimated the federal government spent 160000 dollars to prosecute George Fitzgerald charged with stealing 173000 dollars from the Chicago subtreasury. The case includes five years of preliminary investigation and is expected to go to the jury today.
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Chicago
George Fitzgerald
Imate
Warrenton Elects Woman as Mayor by Narrow Margin
Warrenton Oregon voters chose Miss Clara Munson as mayor by a margin of 16 votes. She led the citizens ticket in yesterday's election shaping local leadership.
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Warrenton
Oregon
Ore
Clara Munson
Citizens
Kidnappers Hold Girl for Ransom in Kansas City
Police believe Irene Justin eleven year old daughter of Frank Justin a cabinet maker has been kidnapped and held for ransom. Investigators have searched Kansas City since Monday for the whereabouts of the girl and the captors identified by authorities as black suspects.
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Kansas City
Irene Justin
Frank Justin
Woman Aids Chicago Bandit In Robbery and Murders
Chicago police warned to watch for a 25 year old semi mournful dressed woman aiding a male bandit in a robbery where $150 was taken after the man and woman attacked George Liakrakias. A related murder case ties to a man named Moore with blood evidence at a hotel and a train conductor identifying him as a passenger. Mrs Wilson survives six daughters and one son.
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Chicago
George Liakrakias
Moore
Turkey Demands Towns Be Restored at Peace Talks
London reports say peace fate to be decided within 48 hours as Ottoman delegates press to revictual Adrianople and besieged towns. If Balkan allies reject, negotiations may break off. Pash and Salih Pash left the Constantinople palace after a brief session. Paris notes Greek airmen bombarded Janina causing heavy damage.
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London
Turkey
Adrianople
Constantinople
Pash
Salih Pash
Royalty Attends Prince Regent Luitpold Funeral in Munich
Royal procession escorts the body of Prince Regent Luitpold to the Theatines church in Munich as European royal houses send mourners. The regent's heart is embalsmed for interment at Alt-Oetting near the Bavarian shrine. Greenwich reports Edna May Spooner wed Arthur J. Waley in a local ceremony.
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Munich
Luitpold
Saxony
Archduke Ferdinand
Austria-Hungary
Europe
Alt-Oetting
Greenwich, Conn
Edna May Spooner
Arthur J. Waley
San Francisco
Iowa
140 Killed in a Mexican Battle near Huejuquilla
Guadalajara reports a fierce battle at Huejuquilla yesterday in which 100 rebels and 40 rural guards or townspeople were killed. The town was sacked by rebels who committed many outrages.
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Guadalajara
Mexico
Guard Ang
Huejuquilla
Taft Defends Nonpolitical Civil Service Move
President Taft rejected charges that he politicized the 26 000 fourth class postmasters by civil service orders. He said the action aimed at efficient public service and criticized Congress for not enacting broader civil service reform. He urged higher cabinet access to hearings and outlined other reform proposals including land, Alaska, and food law tribunals. The House adjourned for Christmas without acting on his message. The same day, Mrs. Jennie A. Beane, noted as the world’s only woman journeyman plumber, died from injuries after a streetcar accident.
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Washington
Taft
Congress
Internal Revenue
Customs
United States Marshals
Civil Service Law
Senate
House of Congress
Alaska
United States
Remsen Boards
Tribunal OF Appeal
Remsen Board
Roosevelt
San Francisco
Public Utilities Commission
Commission of Fine Arts
HOUSE
Rockford
Ill
Jennie A. Beane
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Equitable
Equitable Life Assurance Society
Ryan
Harriman
Venus
Saturn
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Money Trust Investigation Committee
St Louis
Hugh MacDougall
Sauer
Hanna
Lee Moore
Bowen
Axman
West
Mobeyly
Central Hotel
L. Smith
van Schaick
Slocum
Fitzgerald
Woman IS Aid OF
Chicago Bandit
Paris
Janina
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