Failure on a loan blocks huge merger in packing case
Albert H. Veeder for Swift & Co testified on the packers conspiracy trial detailing a secret pool named post office box No. 347 and a proposed 500 million dollar merger financed by a 90 million dollar loan. The plan unraveled after a looming panic and eastern bankers failed to provide the funds.
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Chicago
Albert H. Veeder
Swift & Co
Packers’ Combination
Packers
Packers’ Pool
Association of Packers
Veeder
National Packing Company
Cudany
Michael Cudahy
Armour, Swift and Morrln
Lafollette as a nation aid points to Wisconsin
Youngstown Ohio December 27 La Follette argues the progressive movement is a peoples movement rooted in the northwest granger origin. He says the nation has profited from Wisconsin civic evolution with prosperity and security statewide, while predictions alarming business proved false. Roosevelt blocks peace dinner attendance after a Bl oomer invitation.
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Youngstown
Ohio
Wisconsin
la Follette
Northwest
Boni loses plea for marriage annulment in Vatican ruling
In Rome Count Boni de Castellane’s request to annul his marriage to Anna Gould was denied by the Vatican. The court ruled the marriage valid since the ceremony followed church rites. In New York Dr. Charles Horace Mayo of Rochester lies improving and resting comfortably.
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Boni
Rome
Count Boni de Castellane
Anna Gould
Prince Helle de Sagan
Vatican
Count Boni
Mayo Gains
New York
Charles Horace Mayo
Rochester
Mina
Weather Forecast Tonight Through Thursday Cold Spell Lingers
The Weather Bureau reports continued cold tonight with a low near five degrees above zero and a rising temperature Thursday. Yesterday's high was 35 with a 12 degree low last night. winds at 7 am around 12 mph. Relative humidity 93 to 94 percent. stage of water at 5.8, up 2 in 24 hours. J M SHERIER, Local Forecaster. Astronomical events show sun set 4 36, rise 7 20, moon rises 12 25 p m.
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J. M. Sherier
Chinese Throne Face Abdication and Sun Yat Sen Presidency
Reports from Peking indicate imperial court members signaled willingness to abdicate to Premier Yuan as provinces discuss terms. Delegates from 18 provinces will meet in Nanking on December 28 to elect Sun Yat Sen as provisional president. The empress dowager has summoned princes to discuss the Shanghai conference proposal.
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Peking
Imperial Court
Yuan
Shanghai
China
Nanking
Sun Yat Sen
Premier Yuan
Meeting of educators opens in Buffalo N Y
Four hundred delegates including prominent scholars gather in Buffalo for the annual meetings of the American Historical Association the American Political Science Association and the Mississippi Valley Historical Association. Theodore Roosevelt will deliver a lecture as first vice president of the American Historical Association this year.
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Buffalo
N. Y
American Historical Association
American Political Science Association
Mississippi Valley Historical Association
Theodore Roosevelt
Duncan Mackay Indicted for Estate Misappropriation
Duncan Mackay once a major San Antonio real estate owner, indicted in Sterling Michigan for misappropriating funds from his father’s estate. A $100,000 judgment was sought years ago, but he vanished before entry and later transfers in San Antonio were made. His current whereabouts are unknown.
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Sterling
Duncan Mackay
San Antonio
Texas
Mackay
Europe
United States
Life Sentence for Muscatine Slayer
Thomas Hoskinson 23 confessed killing Patrolman Gerischef and was sentenced by Judge Horan to life imprisonment in Fort Madison. The verdict was delivered before about 500 people, the largest crowd in the county building’s history.
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Muscatine
Iowa
Thomas Hoskinson
Gerischef
Horan
Fort Madison
Michigan backscratchers reach White House for Taft
A belated Christmas gift arrives at the White House from a Michigan manufacturer. The two backscratchers were presented to President Taft with a quip about their use before 1912. The exchange marks a lighthearted holiday gesture as the year closes.
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Taft
Michigan
Washington
White House
Provisional Russian Bill Targets Americans and Jews
Teheran reports from December 27 describe a Duma proposal by nationalists to exclude American citizens of Jewish faith and to impose a 100 percent tariff unless Russia’s rate undercuts the American schedule. The measure mirrors a Dec 22 tariff bill in its main points.
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St. Petersburg
Duma
United States
Shuster
Teheran
W. Morgan Shuster
Deaths in Berlin Shelter Report Poisoning Incident
Berlin reports four thousand four hundred fourteen destitute men sought refuge at the municipal shelter last night. Several brought spoiled herring, leading to many falling ill and some dying as physicians treated the outbreak.
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Berlin
Isan Ing
Girl Is Still Missing Police Continue Search
Chicago authorities pursue Violet Buehler a 15 year old heiress missing since November 25 with activity split between Chicago area hospitals and Cleveland Ohio. An actor reportedly visiting in an engagement connected to the case, lodging at Violet’s foster mother’s hotel, spurred new interest as hotel roomers described her associations with several men and after theatre dinners.
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Chicago
Violet Buehler
Cleveland
Ohio
Buehler
Violet
Goodby
German Steamer Chief Founders in Bay of Biscay
The German steamer Chief foundered during a recent Bay of Biscay storm off Gibraltar. Only the chief officer and one sailor survived. the rest of the crew perished.
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Gibraltar
Bay of Biscay
160 000 Locked Out in England
In Manchester mills run by the Federation of Master Cotton Spinners workers are locked out with no opening date. About 160000 weavers and an equal number of yards spinners face immediate half time and possible total stoppage. A non union couple from Accrington refuse to join the union, ending hopes to avert the rupture.
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Manchester
England
Federation of Master
Riley
Helene
Accrington
Cold Wave Grips Lake Region With Lower Temperatures
A northwest cold wave chills the Lake region with temperatures dropping from 41 to 22 degrees. Further declines are forecast, bringing more heavy snow to Wisconsin and Michigan. Northwestern states report 6 to 14 below zero, while Missouri valley drops 15 to 20 degrees from yesterday. North Platte records six below, Omaha six above, Des Moines 6 above, and Kansas City 12 above.
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Chicago
Wisconsin
Michigan
Kansas City
Missouri Valley
North Platte, Neb
Omaha
Des Moines
Farley Receives Farewell Audience With Pope
Cardinal Farley was accorded a grand farewell audience in Rome with the pope who granted all requests for honors to New York clergy and laity. The pontiff spoke warmly of the United States and its loyal Catholic population and kept Farley in conversation for about thirty minutes.
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Rome
Cardinal Farley
Farley
New York
America
United States
Public wary trial looms as Richeson faces murder charge
Boston reports growing public interest as Rev Clarence V Richeson awaits trial for the murder of Avis Linnell. District Attorney Pelletier questions Newton Theological Institution president Dr George E Horr about Richeson's engagement with Linnell. A measure to bar nonparticipants from the courtroom is proposed as state legislature convenes next month. Meanwhile, two miners, John Puck and his son, are found drowned near Glencoe after a possible train collision. United States Steel awards 1912 stock shares to employees under its profit sharing plan.
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Richeson
Boston
Mass
Clarence V. T
Avis Linnell
George E. Horr
Newton Theological Institution
Pelletier
Harr
Linnell
St. Clairsville
Ohio
John Puck
John
McMahon's Creek
Glencoe
Baltimore and Ohio
New York
United States Steel Corporation
Plot to Blow Plants Out of Union Case in Monessen Suitcase
Pittsburgh authorities arrest George Bridges in Monessen with seventy two sticks of dynamite and a fuse roll found in a suitcase. He promises to inform police and implicate others in the alleged plan to disrupt union operations at mills employing eight thousand non union workers. Additional dynamite found at McDonald Hartman yards in Rochester.
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Pittsburgh
George Bridges
Monessen
Bridges
Rochester
McDonald & Hartman
Oil trust dissolves into stand-alone units in bid for competition
In New York on December 27 thirty five former Standard Oil companies begin operating as independent units after dissolution. Independent oil men say no major shift yet and it will take time to gauge the plan's effect on competition.
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T. R
New York
Roosevelt
Millward J. Bloomer
Taft
Standard Oil Company
Oil Trust
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