Rockefeller Drops Top Post at Standard Oil
New York reports John D. Rockefeller has left the helm of Standard Oil. The dissolution of the oil trust leaves no Rockefeller in officer ranks, with younger executives moving forward while John D. Archibald becomes president of the Standard Oil Company of New Jersey and directs its future.
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New York
John D. Rockefeller
Standard Oil Company
Oil Trust
Rockefeller
Standard Oil Company of
New Jersey
Great Combine
William Rockefeller
William G. Rockefeller
C. N. Pratt
H. M. Flagler
E. T. Bedford
John D. Archibald
Petition Demands Impeachment of Rep Martin W Littleton
A memorial and resolution call for the impeachment and expulsion of New York representative Martin W Littleton have been presented to Speaker Clark by Henry B Martin of the anti trust league. The presentation occurred as Littleton spoke on the house floor denouncing Martin and his anti trust league.
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Littleton
Washington
House of
Martin W. Littleton
New York
Clark
Henry B. Martin
Anti-Trust League
Martin
Sixty-Second Congress Opens Amid Expectation of Long Session
Washington reports the first regular session of the Sixty second Congress convened at noon with most members in their seats and crowded galleries. Leaders predict adjournment may wait until after both major party national conventions, a rarity since 1888.
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Washington
Clark
Cincinnati Mayor-elect Hunt Denounces Charges Against Harmon
Resentment runs high as Cincinnati mayor-elect Hunt and Harmon supporters deny claims from the Denver News and the Commoner that Hunt opposes Harmon for the presidency. The charges are dismissed as hostile propaganda from reform-minded opponents.
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Cincinnati
Denver News
the Commoner
Harmon
Hunt
Government Wins in Coal Land Fraud Case
The U.S. Supreme Court declared that a person or association is limited to one coal land entry in Alaska, marking a sweeping victory for the government in its fight against Alaska coal land frauds.
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Washington
Alaska
Supreme Court of the United States
Establish Clark Headquarters Opens in Louisiana
Louis, Missouri friends of Speaker Champ Clark set up city headquarters in Louisiana to push for the Missourian's 1913 presidential nomination bid without Clark’s prior consultation.
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Clark
Louis
Champ Clark
Louisiana
Prediction of sixty second congress opens Monday
Washington dispatch notes widespread Democratic hopes for the first regular session since the Civil War. The stirling session is anticipated as politicians forecast major policy moves as Congress convenes.
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Stirling
Ashington
Indian Committees Washington Entry Acknowledges Berge Placement
In Washington D C a representative reported assurance of a Berge placement on the Indian committee. The discussion centered on appointive processes and the implications for the Indiananne program.
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Washington, D. C
Anne
McNamara brothers plead and face varying fate in LA bombing case
James B McNamara pleaded guilty to placing a dynamite bomb under the Los Angeles Times building killing 21 people in October 1910. John J McNamara did not plead at this time to the Times indictment but may have charges dismissed. Ortie E McManigal confessed to blowing the Llewellyn iron works. Sentences to be set by Judge Bordwell with life for James and fourteen years for John. mother Mary McNamara laments innocence.
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Los Angeles
McNamara Brothers
James B. McNamara
Los Angeles Times
John J. McNamara
International Association of Bridge and Atractural Iron-Workers
James B
Times
John J.mcnamara
John_ J. McNamara
Lieweslyn Iron Works
John D. Fredericks
John J
Walter Bordwell
Ortie E. McManigal
Llewellyn Iron Works
Bert H. Franklin
McNamara
Cincinnati
Mary. McNamara
Disintegration of Standard Oil Nears Completion
The Standard Oil Company of New Jersey ends its control over more than thirty subsidiaries as the U S Supreme Court decree forces independence. Stock of the former empire shifts to holders of old Standard Oil shares, ending the long bound network of unified operations.
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New York
Standard Oil Company of
New Jersey
Father of Trusts
United States Supreme Court
Oil Trust
Standard Oil
Conspiracy to be Run Down in McNamara Case
Milwaukee to receive Ortie McManigal for trial in a 1910 dynamiting outrage if freed in the west. Assistant District Attorney W Joseph Ford says federal and California authorities cooperate to uncover a vast conspiracy. Ford, in Chicago gathering evidence, notes possible arrests by the federal government linked to prominent labor leaders and the Times explosion.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Ortie McManigal
Leadel
Los Angeles
Cal
United States
California
W. Joseph Ford
John J. McNamara
Mr. Ford
Chicago
Fredericks
Ford
McNamara
US preps Manila expeditionary force for China
The state department says 500 to 2500 soldiers are ready in Manila to be dispatched to China if needed to protect foreigners and keep the Peking sea railway open. It clarifies this is not an intervening force in favor of powers signatory to the Boxer Protocol.
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Washington
United States
Manila
China
Peking
State Department
Opposition to national parcels post voiced in Cleveland
John A. Green of Cleveland argues against a national parcels post, claiming it would drive out small retailers and let large order houses dominate small communities.
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Washington
John A. Green
Cleveland
Coroner's jury praises Ernest Weekly's valor after fatal train rescue
Miss Celeste Ureuil tells how Weekly saved her life at the crossing, shielding her from locomotive glare before perishing under the wheels. His body was sent to Valley Nebraska for burial.
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Chicago
Ernest Weekly
Celeste Ureuill
of Weekly
Ting
Weekly
Valley
Neb
Italian Red Cross members found dead amid wartime mistreatment
Dispatches from Tripoli report severely harmed Italian Red Cross members buried alive up to their shoulders and left to starve, a harrowing account of brutal mistreatment during the conflict.
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Red Cross
Parise
Tripoli
Red Cross Society
Head Off the Chinese Capture Noted in San Francisco Telegram
San Francisco reports a telegram announcing the capture of twenty individuals in a Chinese operation. The brief item notes progress in the forceful pursuit with no further details provided.
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San Francisco
Rome-The Concluding Most Impressive Ceremony
A final ceremonial event in Rome-The marked by a splashy display, drawing attention to its notable participants and the concluding acts that underscored its prominence.
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Rome
Thanksgiving charity floods Armourdale scene
In Armourdale a flood battered shack became a beacon of aid as about a thousand people from town and across the state line donated clothing and food for a destitute family of two adults and five children. Generous crowds filled coal bins and rooms leaving overflow to help neighbors in need.
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Kansas City
Armourdale
Kansas
The
Star
Wo Man
Reign of Piracy Reported Along West River
The article notes that piracy on the West river has been checked at sea by warship guards, but on shore chaos remains. In towns along the river, outrages occur frequently, including in Canton where the military is seen as ineffective.
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Hong Kong
West River
Canton
Jails' Delivery Frustrated by Fort Leavenworth Mutiny
In Leavenworth Kansas authorities halted a mass escape after twelve loaded revolvers and four sticks of dynamite were found in the federal penitentiary yard. The incident followed a mutiny on November 7 that left one guard and three convicts dead and twenty six inmates escaped.
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Leavenworth
Kan
Federal Penitentiary Yard
Fort Leavenworth
Centenarian Saws Wood in Birthday Recovery
Plattemouth Nebraska watcher Will Cook reports his father Isaac Cook of Salem Iowa is nearly recovered from injuries after an accident on his 100th birthday when sawing a log and breaking an instep bone.
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Plattemouth
Neb
Will Cook
Isaac Cook
Salem
Mail workers report attack on union in general order
Chicago dispatch indicates United States mail service employees claim they faced an attack on their union organization. The report references C. P. Grandfield, alleged to be a fierce advocate for the American Federation of Judge workers and suggests involvement by a Gret assistant filiation.
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Chicago
United States Mail Service
Haseen
P.grandfield
Gret
American Federation of Judor
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