Senate Nomination Debate Over Attorney Ties to Steel Makers
Debate on a nominating committee considered the attorney’s prior ties to United States Steel Corporation and armor-plate manufacturers. Proponents argued private practice does not disqualify him. opponents urged evaluation of impartiality. Vote to recommit failed 41 to 7. Follow-up confirmations included John Ames as U S marshal for the Northern district of Illinois and Charles P Hitchcock as U S marshal for the Southern district of Illinois.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Steel Corporation
John €. Ames
Illinois
Charles P. Hitchcock
United States
Ilinois
Resolution Offered by Senator Jones and Anarchy Inquiry
In Washington the Senate heard Senator Jones of Arkansas offer a resolution thanking Admiral Schley and his crew for the July 2 battle off the harbor of San Cuba. The session also included a previously offered anti anarchy measure by Senator West and routine business with Hay Pauncefote treaty discussions in executive session. The day closed with a memorial observance for the late Representative Brosius.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Schley
Senate
Jones
Arkansas
Congress
Sehrey
San Cuba
West
Missouri
Committee On Judiciary
Brosius
Pennsylvania
Eeayore
Danish Treaty of Cession Near Senate Consideration
After talks between Secretary Hay and Danish minister Bean the last obstacles to the cession treaty for the Danish West Indies are removed. The agreement aims to secure Senate passage, possibly before the holiday recess, aided by the Supreme Court insular decisions simplifying the issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Hay
Bean
United States
United States Senate
Supreme Court
Obituary notices from across cities mention deaths and career highlights
Obituary items report several notable deaths across New York Wickford Cincinnati Haverhill and Stated figures including John Swinton 72 former New York Times editor and labor writer Governor Gregory of Rhode Island and Mme Sembrich’s son Mark Knipe among others. Swinton born 1829 near Edinburgh educated in Easthampton Massachusetts edited New York Times 1860s and involved with labor questions. Gregory Rhode Island governor first to die in office in 150 years with Kimball becoming acting governor. Sembrich’s son died in Germany prompting cancellation of a New York engagement. Mark Knipe a noted ornithologist and taxidermist died in Haverhill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Swinton
Edinburgh
Scotland
Easthampton Seminary
Massachusetts
New York Medical College
New York Times
New York Sun
Edicf
John IT
Henry J. Raymond Long
Henry George
Strikoe Ter Life
Wickford
R. I
Gregory
Rhode Island
Charles Kimball
Providence
Cincinnati
Mme. Sembrich
Tew
Germany
Grou Ops
New York
Mesaba
Albert Clerksor
Washington
Kentucky
Dominican Order
Haverhill
Mass
Mark Knipe
Buckingham County
England
Argentina Answers Chile on Peace Terms at Buenos Aires
The Argentine government sent its reply to Chile today at 3 o clock, signaling acceptance of the Chilean note. After ministerial council discussions, Argentina clarified terms affecting the overall accord, aiming to resolve the dispute without further delay. Rome reports rising worry that conflict could trigger civil strife among Italians in Argentina and Chile, with calls to form legions increasing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buenos Ayres
Argentina
Chile
Rome
Movements of Steamers Arrivals and Departures
Movements of steamers report arrivals at Jubenstown Gibraltar and Liverpool with ships Lux Aller Umbria Hesaba and Patricia listed. Patricia sailed for York, while others arrived from Boston New York and London for Genoa and Liverpool respectively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jubenstown
Lux
Boston
Liverpool
Gibraltar
Freedman Wins Injunction In Baseball Dispute
Andrew Freedman obtained a Supreme Court injunction to restrain A G Spalding from presiding over the National Baseball League and from interfering with the National League. The order also bars Nicholas E Young from delivering league books. The case, tied to the rival clubs New York Boston Cincinnati and St Louis, pivots on Spalding’s presidency and Freedman’s contention that future actions will be decided in court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Andrew Freedman
Supreme Court
A. G. Spalding
National Baseball League
National League
Nicholas E. Young
Spalding
League
Holt
Freedman
Boston
Cincinnati
St. Louis
Fifth-avenue
Brooklyn
Philadelphia
Chicago
Pittsburg
Ring
Henry Chadwick
Chadwick
W. H. Conant
Conant
Mr. Soden
Spakling
GENERAL SPORTING NEWS WILL NOT GO ABROAD
University of Pennsylvania chairman Thomas Reath says no crew will be sent to England or Ireland next year. Racing results in New Orleans and Oakland list several winners with fixed odds, while Janice the trotting queen dies of pneumonia at Pierce Bros.' Santa Rosa stock farm after a high earnings run. Georgetown University pulls all athletic ties with Virginia over alleged professionalism charges. Southern League baseball clubs announce 1915 lineup with managers named for Nashville, New Orleans, Atlanta, Birmingham, Memphis, Shreveport, Little Rock, and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Reath
University of Pennsylvania
England
Ireland
New Orleans
Old Fox
Major Mansir
Malay
Trebor
Albert Lee
Oakland
Cal
Frank Bell
Mont Eagle
Josie G
Moler Cure
Plohn
el Oriente
Trotter
Janice
Pierce Bros
Santa Rosa
Delly Dillon
Georgetown University Advisory Board
University of Virginia
Georgetown
Southern Ball League
Southern League of Baseball Clubs
Nashville
Newt Fisher
Abner Powell
Atlanta
Ed Pabst
Chattanooga
Damage by the floods reported across districts
Floods crippled districts with inaccessible roads and strained communications. One death reported, a German named Patten on the Canadian Pacific Railroad after a washout. Madison on the Upper Kennebec river bore the heaviest losses with half a million dollars, mills and logs affected, a million feet of lumber washed away, and heavy damage to Great Northern Paper Company facilities including electrical machinery and finished paper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patten
Canadian Pacific Railroad
Maine Central
Maye
Madison
Kennebec River
Great Northern Paper Company
Nte
Flood and Cold Wave Hit Pittsburg In One Morning
The Monongahela river crest reached twenty five feet eight inches at 8 a.m. on Smithfield street bridge as five degrees above zero chilled Pittsburg. Rivers now fall and temps rise, making a simultaneous flood and cold wave almost unprecedented. Lower Point, Duquesne and South Side areas bear the brunt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Weather Bureau
Ohio
Here
Pittsburg
Portsmouth
Rec
Mercury
Smithfield Street
Monongahela
Point District
Duquesne
Mononeahela River
Flood fears eased by sudden cold snap across region
The 48 degree drop Sunday night prevented widespread floods in western Massachusetts. Across New Jersey, Delawar e river surges caused over $100,000 in Scudder’s Falls and South Trenton damage. Harrisburg factories closed as floodwater rose, with cellars full and residents needing boats for food and fuel. Scranton delegates begin to move toward Philadelphia and New York as water recedes in parts of the Susquehanna basin. Bethlehem faces about $100,000 in losses with 200 houses and many industries submerged. Damages spread to silk mills and utilities. darkness returns as power is disrupted. The Susquehanna’s north branch slowly recedes, but lowlands remain flooded and some residents remain stranded needing boat aid. A dam at Parsons burst, worsening damages to nearby mines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alleghany
Pittsburg & Western
Lacock & Robinson
Hope
Balcan
Walnut
Cherry
Madison
River Avenues
Pittsburg
Weather Bureau
Ohio River
Davis Island
Massachusetts
New Jersey
Scudder’s Falls
Trenton
Delaware River
Harrisburg
Scranton
Philadelphia
New York
Delaware & Hudson
Pennsylvania
Dunburg
American Federation of Labor
Bethlehem
Susquehanna River
Wilkesbarre
Westmore
Parsons
Fires and Explosions Hit Several Cities
Across multiple states on December 16 a series of fires and an explosion caused extensive damage. The Brooklyn Cooperage Company plant in Williamsburg was burned, injuring seventeen firefighters. losses estimated at 150000 to 230000. In Richmond an annex to a female institute burned. no injuries reported. In Grafton an explosion destroyed the Jennings residence. Mrs. Jennings died after jumping from a third story. In Bloomington the Stevenson block was destroyed by fire with 50000 loss. In St Louis a gasoline stove blast badly burned Mrs Mary Gleason and her daughter Mamie, the latter dying en route to hospital. In Troy Mechanicsville Island Foundry Company plant also burned. loss about 50000, partly insured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Brooklyn Cooperage Company
Williamsburg
American Sugar Refining Company
Richmond
Lewisburg
Grafton
W. Va
William Jennings
Jennings
Bloomington
Ill
Stevenson
ST. Louis
Mary Gleason
Mamie
Troy
N. Y
Island Foundry Company
Mechanicsville
Wrecks on Railways injure three as two killed
A sequence of railroad wrecks reports three passengers injured near Lacrosse Wisconsin with one seriously hurt and two killed in separate incidents. In West Virginia a passenger train collision killed conductor J P Maxwell and brakeman Charles Sharpe. Detroit suburb Delray saw two men dead and another badly hurt when a Lake Shore train struck workers on tracks. In Pittsburgh two women, J Glover and Jessie Powell, were fatally crushed after a coal train struck them on the Panhandle tracks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lacrosse
Wis
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
Clark
Henry Turner
Saginaw
Mich
G. R. Odean
Minneapolis
Detroit
del Ray
Lake Shore
Charles Durocher
Ecrpse
Fred Meisler
Delray
Ernest Hemselman
Durocher
Meisler
Hemselman
Pittsburg
J. Glover
Jessie Powell
Rosslyn Heights
Dr. Husler
Panhandle
Explosion on Santa Fe train near Garden City injures crew
An east-bound Santa Fe passenger train No. 8 suffered a gas explosion near Garden City Kansas. The smoker chair car and a sleeper burned. Passengers escaped unharmed. Conductor John O Day and porter Robert Pennington were badly cut and burned about the head and face.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garden City
Kan
Santa Fe
John O'Day
Robert Pennington
Freight Trains Collide Near Wheeling. Brakeman Killed
Two freight trains collided in a wood tunnel one mile north of Wheeling West Virginia this morning. Charles Byers a brakeman riding on the front of one engine was crushed to a jelly. The crews of both trains suffered only minor injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wheeling
W. Va
Wood Tunnel
Charles Byers
Santa Fe Train Collision Kills One in Blizzard Near Guthrie
In a blizzard near Guthrie Oklahoma the Santa Fe northbound passenger train struck a handcar carrying three men. Thomas Kiess was killed and Adolf Farrer fatally injured while Charles Fingle escaped with minor injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guthrie
O. T
Santa Fe
Thomas Kiess
Adolf Farrer
Charles Fingle
Wright In A Quandary On Philippines Puzzle
Manila dispatch notes Acting Civil Governor Wright felt uncertain answering questions about the Philippines after long tenure. A dinner for British Endymion officers drew praise and speeches, while doctors and veterinarians met to address sutra, an East Indian horse disease, which has killed over 3,400 American horses females since onset.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manila
Endymion
Wright
Philippines
Archibishop Chappelle Meets Roosevelt Over Philippines Property
Archibishop Chappelle of New Orleans conferred with President Roosevelt on Catholic Church property in the Philippines. Accompanying him was Filipino friar Tomaso Lorento. The archbishop planned to meet Secretary Root next, then return to New Orleans, with a January return to Washington anticipated for possible conclusions. The transport Hancock departed San Francisco for Manila carrying 21 officers, 3 soldiers, 7 officers and 360 recruits, plus women pannaminees, children, and support staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Archibishop Chappelle
New Orleans
Roosevelt
Philippines
White House
Tomaso Lorento
Root
San Francisco
Hancock
Manila
Fifteenth Cavalry
Hospital Corps
Signal Corps
War Department Reports Warren Sailed from Manila
The War Department received a Manila cablegram announcing the transport Warren sailed on December 15 carrying 756 short term enlisted men. Generals Robert P. Hughes and Fred Funston were aboard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
War Department
Manila
Warren
Robert P. Hughes
Fred Funston
Capt Hobson to Wed Miss Ludlow in Springfield
Captain Richard P. Hobson of Merrimac fame announces engagement to Miss Eleanor Ludlow of Springfield. Hobson met Ludlow during Springfield Y M C A opening events and the couple plan a February wedding. Ludlow is daughter of Charles Ludlow and niece of former Governor Asa Bushnell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Richard P. Hobson
Merrimac
Cupid
Eleanor Ludlow
Captain Hobson
Ludlow
Miss Ludlow
A. C. Miller
Charlies Ludlow
Asa Bushnell
Small Clash Reported at Nombre De Dios Colombia
A schooner from Colon carries news of a clash between government troops and Liberal forces near Nombre De Dios. Seventy government troops routed Liberals who were poorly armed, with eighteen killed and forty wounded. Traffic and manganese mining on the coast are disrupted. The gunboat General Pinzon with 109 troops sails for Code to engage remaining Liberal forces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colon
Colombia
Caribbean
Nombre de Dios
Viento Frieto
General Pinzon
Code
Gen
Lorenzo
Soda
To Cure a Cold in One Day Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets
An advertisement promises a one day cure for colds using Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets with a refund if it fails. E. W. Grove's signature appears on each box.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. W. Grove
Costa Rica seeks reinforcements and munitions at stations
Costa Rica in quest of reinforcements and ammunition. Conservative soldiers landed by General Prizon, now garrisoning stations along the railroad between Colon and Panama in detachments of twenty five to one hundred men.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Costa Rica
Prizon
Colon
Panama
Mutual disarmament in industry eyed to curb strikes
An interview outlines a plan where capital and labor abandon deep distrust and seek peaceful settlement. It recalls the 1900s coal strike settlement through collaboration at J Pierpont Morgan's New York office and credits civic federation efforts with averting a steel strike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
New York
J. Pierpont Morgan
Industrial Bureau
The
Civic Federation
Amalgamated Association
Menike Ralph M. Easley
Chicago
Jenks
University
Schwab
United States Steel Corporation
Cleveland
Return of Captain Tilley to San Francisco
Capt R F Tilley former governor of Tutuila Samoa arrived in San Francisco today aboard the Sonoma with his wife and will travel to Washington via the southern route. He said the verdict of the officers who reviewed the Samoa charges was a complete vindication. Captain Sebree assumed command of the Samoan naval station on November 27.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
R. F. Tilley
Tutuila
Samoa
Sonoma
Washington
Tilley
Sebree
Flood Hits Shamokin Mines Idle Thousands Of Workers
Fourteen thousand men and boys have been rendered idle by floods in Shamokin Pennsylvania mining district. Fourteen collieries owned by the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad and the Pennsylvania Railroad are flooded, halting operations in the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shamokin
Philadelphia & Anne Railroad
Pennsylvania Railroad
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Men
Senator Jones
of Arkansas—Anarchy Inquiry
United
Johan Swinton
Pence
William Gregory
Astoria
N.Y
Westerly
R. 1
Wickford National Bank and Union Trust Company
State Board of Char and Corrections
Utica
Canada Creek
Noblesboro
Hinckley
Trenton Falls
General Sporting News
Pittsburgers
Keyser
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
J. P. Maxwell
Charles Sharpe
Gratton
Chappelle
Hobson
Hero of the
Ain
Psa Pierce
Golden Medical Discovery
Sin
I. B. Staples
Barclay
Osage County
Kans
Dr. Pierce
Olivis
Ruckel
McLean
J. H. McLean Medicine Co
Ivers& Pond Piano
Ivers & Pond
Ivers & Porn Piano Co
M'T'r
Hi. P. Metcalp
C. W. Williams CO
Monument Place
Indianapolis, Ind
Huder’s Drug Store
Washington and
Pennsylvania Sts
Indiana Illustrating Co
Maryland Street
Grand Hotel
Avna Cabinet Co., Inc
Maryland &T
Huntington & Page
East Market
Indianapolis
Power
J. T. Power & Son
North
Pennsylvania St
Omar
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