Labor Leaders Face Contempt Sentence Debates
Washington discusses sentencing Gompers Mitchell Morrison and appeals at federal courts. The January 11 executive council meeting of the Federation of Labor will set policy amid strong protest from union leaders and Canadian labor figures.
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Washington
Gompers
Mitchell
Morrison
Wright
Executive Council
The
Federation of Labor
Federation
Roosevelt
Samuel Gompers
John Mitchell
Frank Morrison
National Association of Manufacturers
American Federation of Labor
Daniel Thew Wright
District of Columbia
Little Snow for Christmas Predicted Across Nation
Chicago December 24 Professor Garriott head of the local weather station predicts no white Christmas for most of the country. He notes snow along the Atlantic coast from Virginia to New England and in the Rocky Mountains, while the rest of the nation lacks proper Christmas weather. the upper lake region has had little real Christmas weather.
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Chicago
Ill
Garriott
Atlantic
Virginia
New England
Rocky Mountains
Upper Lake Region
Bryan says he plans to stay in politics about twenty years
W J Bryan arrived in Philadelphia to lecture at a local college. He said he hopes 1912 won’t require him to run again and that he will remain in politics about twenty years. He warned he will work to prevent efforts to republicanize the Democratic party.
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Bryan
Philadelphia
W. J. Bryan
Democratic Party
Detached Service Officers Earn Blame From Army Chief
Major General J Franklin Bell in his annual report pins the army’s ills on detached service officers calling the practice a chief cause of desertions among enlisted men He urges an adequate remedy and modernization to end the antiquated system and peace time inadequacies.
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Bell
Washington
United States
J. Franklin Bell
Dramatic Hains Case Keeps Court on Edge in Flushing
In Flushing New York December 24 the Hains murder case saw a cabman Skura accused of perjury after admitting earlier statements were false. Defense lawyer McIntyre pressed for commitment as Skura testified to a drive behind the stage with Mrs Annis and a boast by one of the brothers. The judge refused.
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Flushing
N. Y
Thornton P. Hains
McIntyre
Martin Skura
Skura
Thornton Hains
Hains’ Council
Council For the Defense
Annis
Crane
Thornton J. Hains
William E. Annis
Peter C. Hains
Captain Hains
Julien Ripley
Ofa
William EB. Annis
Lave
Federal power to help C P Taft gains support in Columbus
Wade E. Ellis former Ohio attorney general and now assistant to the U S attorney general arrives in Columbus to back Charles P Taft. Governor Harris declares support for a senatorial caucus strengthening the Taft movement amid local political activity.
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C. P. Taft
Wade E. Ellis
Washington
Ohio
Columbus
United States
Charles P. Taft
Harris
Taft
Tenement Fire Fatal. one killed in New York blaze
A five story apartment building at 122 West 127th Street caught fire early today. One man died and three others were seriously burned, while many residents escaped thanks to quick fireman and tenant actions.
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New York
West One
Pittsburg Graft Scandal Shrinks Council to Easy Bribe Class
In Pittsburg a graft probe traced corruption in the city legislature. Eighty eight councilmen were labeled easy to bribe, with six deemed unbribable. Seven councilmen and two former bankers were bound for trial with bonds up to thirty thousand dollars. Evidence described secret hotel meetings, bribery sums from one hundred dollars to thousands, and a captain’s contempt for the hoodlums.
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Pittsburg
Brady
Voters’ League
Castro ready to step aside to promote peace
A Pittsburg hearing heard that 88 councilmen were accused of taking money from the big six to pass ordinances. It claimed only six councilmen cannot be bought and named T Hart Given of Farmers' Deposit National Bank as accused of manipulating boodle funds. It also cited Wiliam A. Mayes as “all right” per gang reports and that the boodling gang backs the wife of former councilman Martin, jailed for boodling after allegedly offering $10,000 to squeal. A bank president and cashier reportedly left $17,500 with Councilman Klein, with both money and Klein expected to vanish together.
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Pittsburg
T. Hart Given
Farmers’ Deposit National Bank of
Klein
Wiliam A. Mayes
William A. Martin
Martin
Farge
Deposed Venezuelan Ruler Issues Statement From Hospital
Cipriano Castro, in a hospital statement to the Associated Press, asks for time to assess Venezuela events and promises no obstruction to the Caracas government in settling foreign disputes. He will stay two weeks in a sanitarium.
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Venezuela
Berlin
Cipriano Castro
Associated Press
Caracas
Castro
France
The
Hague
Foreign Office
Jose de Paul
Laguaira
Paris
the Hague
Holland
Spurious 1000 Franc Notes Foiled by New York Firm
A New York wholesale swindle involving counterfeit 1000 franc notes from the National Bank of Belgium has surfaced. Zimmerman Forshay on Wall Street detected the fraud after would be sellers offered 20 000 francs and fled with bogus notes. The scheme spread to major cities and no legal action has yet been taken as authorities await Brussels confirmation.
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New York
National Bank of Belgium
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Boston
New Orleans
Chicago
Denver
San Francisco
Zimmerman—Borshay
Wall Street
Walt
Zimmerman & Forshay
Brussels
Flynn
Secret Service
Christmas Gifts in Fire After Rail Collision
Fifty five mail pouches of Christmas gifts and eleven pouches of registered letters and parcels were destroyed when a mail coach burned after a collision between the Alton and Illinois trains in Chicago. Wet burned boxes and melted jewelry littered the post office as 20 clerks tried to sort the loss, with most items damaged beyond use and addresses obliterated. Much of the destroyed mail was headed for the South.
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Chicago
Alton
Baltimore and Ohio
Whitecapping arrests in Humphreys County Tennessee
In Humphreys county a court indictment led to six men brought to Nashville and jailed on whitecapping and ku kluxing charges. Earlier that day fourteen more men were arrested on similar charges amid limited details and surrounding mystery.
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Nashville
Tenn
Humphreys County
Stock Brokers Suspended for Irregular Dealings in New York
W H Martin and Thomas W Moorehead of Marshall Spader company stock brokers were suspended from the New York Stock Exchange for three years. They are charged with doing business in a manner inconsistent with just and equitable trade principles.
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New York
W. H. Martin
Thomas W. Moorehead
Marshall, Spader & Company
Stock Exchange
Conference Proposed on Care for Dependent Children
President Roosevelt calls a January meeting in Washington to discuss caring for dependent children. The letter argues a family home is best and proposes establishing a bureau to collect information on dependent children, amid about 150 000 youths in the U S. classification.
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Washington
Roosevelt
United States
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