Payne Predicts Busy Session Ahead in Congress
Rep. Serena E. Payne, chairman of the Ways and Means Committee, says the upcoming session will be among the busiest. He cites possible amendments to the Interstate Commerce Law, postal savings bank questions, ship subsidies, and Sherman Antitrust concerns, with no immediate action on the Monetary Commission report. He also notes minimal congressional interference in the Nicaraguan question and the sugar trust issue.
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Postal Savings Bank
Monetary Commission
Payne
Auburn
N. Y
Serena E. Payne
House Committee On Ways and Means
Congress
Leavgt
Washington Payne
Weather and river bulletin with historical notes
Weather overview shows rain tonight or Sunday and a colder Sunday, with hourly wind and humidity figures. River bulletin reports Mississippi levels from Dubuque to Muscatine with minor changes. Also lists historical events, astronomical notes, and a police gambling raid story detailing a large, citywide operation run from a two-room clearing house at 123 Clark Street with multiple agents, telephones, and wager records.
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Tenness
Tennes
Clark Street
Cash Register
Raiders seize gambler Mont Tennes at Clark Street clearing house
Chicago police led by Assistant Chief Schuettler raided the gambler Mont Tennes noted for past bomb explosions. The operation targeted Tennes’ clearing house at 125 Clark Street as part of a citywide crackdown on bookmakers. Trusted staff guarded entrances to warn off regulars.
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Mont Tennes
Chicago
Fwar
Schuettler
Tennes
Clark Street
Steward
Navy ready to act quickly in Nicaragua
Washington Nov 27 The navy waits for a State Department request to intervene in Central America. Ships near Costa Rica and Nicaragua hold position as crews prepare. The gunboat Princeton ordered to Corinto to join Vicksburg, with repairs at Bremerton and a stop in San Francisco en route.
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Washington
Navy
State Department
Ing of the Prairie
Philadelfia
Isthus
Panama
Nicaragua
Albany
Yorktown
Magdanela Bay
Central America
Tacoma
Marietta
Des Moines
Port Loman
Costa Rica
Corinto
Princeton
Navy Department
Vickburg
Bremerton Navy Yard
San Francisco
Attempt HoldUp Caught By Posse In Mazomanie Wis
An 18 year old, George Benbon, entered the Mazomanie bank on a pretext and threatened the assistant cashier Miss Smith with a revolver. She fainted after a scream. The crowd gathered as Benbon tried to flee without stealing. He was captured by the marshal and a posse.
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Mazomanie
Wis
George Benbon
Miss Smith
Benbon
Trust Gets Illinois Oil Leases Sold to Standard for 1 250 000
Parkersburg West Virginia November 27 J W Crawford president and C T Hitshew secretary and treasurer of the North Fork Oil company returned from Chicago and announced the sale of the company's Illinois oil fields leases with a daily production of about 4000 barrels to the Ohio Oil company a branch of the Standard Oil company for 1 250 000.
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West Virginia Company
Standard
Parkersburg
W. Va
J. W. Crawford
C. T. Hitcshew
North Fork Oil Company
Chicago
Illinois
Ohio Oil Company
Standard Oil Company
Labor Leaders Seek Supreme Court Certiorari in Bucks Store Case
On behalf of Gompers, Mitchell and Morrison, a petition was filed in the U S Supreme Court seeking certiorari to require the D C Circuit Court of Appeals to certify the Bucks Store and Range case to the Supreme Court for revision and determination. The petition asserts the issue involves 2,000,000 defendants and重大 public importance affecting millions. It contends a constitutional right to express by word or print not dealing with the plaintiff or its products is at stake.
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Washington
Gompers, Mitchell and Morrison
Supreme Court of the United States
Court of Appeals of
District of Columbia
Uniform Divorce Law Conference Set by National Civic Federation
President Taft and state governors back a uniform divorce law to reduce child legitimacy disparities. Seth Low, head of the National Civic Federation, announces a Washington conference for January 17 to 19 with delegates appointed by governors from every state. The effort, started by the American Bar Association, aims to create cohesive nationwide legislation.
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New York
Taft
Seth Low
National Civic Federation
Washington
Low
Bar Association
American Bar Association
Conference to hear work of special commission
The work of this special commission will be reported at the conference and then come before the committee of governors for action.
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Committee of Governors
Indiana Bank Closed as Assets Tied to Investments
Spencer Ind Nov 27 The private bank of Beem Peden Co was closed by the state auditor for using too much of its assets in investments. Liabilities total 250000 and are believed to be adequately secured.
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Spencer
Oyt
Government seizes flour case dismissed at Des Moines
Des Moines November 27 the United States district attorney dismissed the case against 310 sacks of bleached flour seized by government officers at Fort Des Moines last summer on instruction from Attorney General Wickersham. The ruling cites the flour being government property at the time of seizure.
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Des Moines
Wickersham
United States
Iowa
Fort Des Moines
King Edward as Mediator in Alsop Claim Settlement
South Americans favor Britain for intervention in the Alsop dispute with the United States. A final protocol terms agreement with Chile appears likely within three to four days. King Edward has signified willingness to mediate and is credited with prompting the settlement effort.
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United States
Chile
King Edward
Alsop
Great Britain
Valparaiso
Cannon Confident After Packing House Committees
Special Correspondence reports Joseph G. Cannon ready to resume as speaker on December 6 with renewed confidence in his power. He has allegedly packed key committees, including banking and currency, and post offices and postroads, to align with his Aldrich Taft faction and resist reforms like central banking and postal savings banks.
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TAV
The
Argus
Washington
Joseph G. Cannon
House of Representatives
Joe
House
Congress
Committee On Rules
Aldrich-Taft
Charles N. Fowler
New Jersey
Fowler
Aldrich
Vreeland
Monetary Commission
Wall Street
Rockefeller
Morgan, Et al
House Committee On Banking and Currency
Negotiations Under Way for Dissolution of Rock Island Properties
Negotiations are under way to divide the Rock Island property, a major railroad holding with 8,048 miles, linking Chicago to Denver El Paso and Galveston. The plan would leave the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific and its Colorado and Southern partnership with Trinity and Brazos valley as a gulf outlet, amid party realignments and leadership by B F Yoakum and associates. The move is described as a separation for incompatibility of temper, not a divorce or legal violation of the Sherman Act.
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New York
Rock Island Company
Union Pacific
St. Louis
San Francisco
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific
Missouri
Kansas
Texas
Mr. Yoakum
Rock Island Party
Yoakum
Luddie
Denver
el Paso
Tex
Galveston
Commission Probes Cherry Mine Disaster Details
Illinois Mining Investigation commission holds public details of the Cherry mine disaster. Nine members, including Richard Newsam, will subpoena witnesses and report to governor and legislature. Iowa relief board donates 2500 dollars to Cherry disaster fund. Seal on Cherry mine remains for three weeks due to flame, cave risks. town quiets as families with bodies in the pit resign and troops withdraw.
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Chicago
Illinois Mining Investigation Commission
Cherry Mine
Cherry
Richard Newsam
Thestate
Glenn W. Traer
J. W. Miler
John Walker
Charles M. Burch
Bernard F. Murphy
H. H. Stock
J. A. Holmes
Graham Taylor
Iowa
Oskaloosa
Iowa Mine Workers
at_Cherry
Skoglund
Fiendish Deed On Kansas Road Rocks Frontenac Murder Scene
Frontenac Kansas reports a lonely road north of town as the site of a triple murder and assault on a woman last night. Victims are Mr and Mrs William Bork and their 21 year old son. The attack on Mrs Bork is seen as the motive. Mr Bork is believed to have died defending his wife.
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Frontenac
Kan
Here
William Bork
Bork
Third Death Near in the Feud War in West Virginia
In Williamson West Virginia on Thursday a physician was summoned for Jim Daniels wounded in the Devon area clash between the Christian and Daniels families. The wound may be fatal, which would leave three Daniels family members dead, including Mrs. Charles Daniels and her 16 year old daughter.
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Williamson
W. Va
Christian
Daniels
Devon
Mingo County
Jim Daniels
Charles Daniels
Allen before grand jury promises to tell of Mineral Point bank wreck
Philip Allen Jr, under a 10 year sentence for embezzlement that caused the First National bank of Mineral Point to fail, was taken to the U S grand jury in La Crosse Wisconsin at 9:30 am with a pledge to disclose all he knows about the wrecking of the Mineral Point bank.
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Mineral Point Bank
la Crosse
Wis
Philip Allen, Jr
First National Bank of Mineral
Cook Goes Abroad Amid Theft Allegations
New York reports Dr. Frederick A. Cook sailed to Europe aboard the Caronia. His Arctic observations and papers are said to be en route to Denmark. Allegations claim an attempt to steal the original records was found, prompting Cook to safeguard transmissions, though no danger to him is asserted.
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New York
Frederick A. Cook
Europe
Denmark
Cook
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