Papers in Iron Workers case Hint at Higher Ups Involved
Indianapolis dispatch reports federal files from the International Association of Bridge and Structural Iron Workers include letters and newspaper clippings on dynamite and nitroglycerin blasts. The material allegedly links McManigal to "jobs" and suggests additional names and requests to send workers to specific locations.
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Indianapolis
International Association of Bridge and Structural Iron Workers
Grand Jury
McNamaras
McManigal
John J. McNamara
Iron Workers
McNamara
The
Union
Association
Trial of Beef Packers Begins
Chicago December 7. The trial of ten indicted packers for Sherman anti trust violations opened amid lengthy jury selection. Six of thirty government challenges used in four hours. Defendants include Armour & Co and Swift & Co executives. Government lawyers and Senator Kenyon participate as the case proceeds after eight years.
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Chicago
Levy Mayer
John S. Miller
John Barton
Payne
Alfreds. Austrian
George T. Buckingham
Alfred R. Orion
A. V. Peters
United States
J. H Wilkerson
James Sheehan
E. G. Goodman
Pierce Butler
Martin Corneau
Kenyon
J. Ogden Armour
Armour & Co
Louis TF. Swift
Swift & Co
Edward F. Swift
Charles H. Swift
Edward Morris
Morris & Co
Edward Tilden
The
National Packing Company
Arthur Meeker
Thomas J. Connors
Louis H. Heyman
Francis A. Fowler
Foreign relations report outlines arbitration treaties and Mexico events
The message reviews U.S. foreign policy over the past year including new arbitration treaties with Britain and France, and Britain's pact with Japan. It details military mobilization along the Texas border to protect Americans amid Mexican unrest, and notes progress in Central America, Panama relations, and China loans for railways and currency reform.
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Japan
Great Britain
United States
France
Senate
Central America
Nicaragua
Honduras
China
Hunan
Hupeh
Federal dynamite probe to be led by post office inspectors
Post office inspectors will head a federal inquiry into a dynamiters ring, aiming to use postal law violations to build a stronger case. The effort may involve several hundred inspectors pursuing mail based crime linked to interstate plots.
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Los Angeles
Post Office
Troops and Moros Fight Near Jolo in December Clashes
Manila reports ongoing running fights between American troops and Moros near Jolo. Moros suffer twenty killed with many guns captured, while American casualties are few and none fatal.
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Manila
Jolo
Altitude Record for Dirigibles at Paris Flight
A military dirigible led by Adjutant Beau of the French army reached an altitude of 7 060 feet in a two hour flight, setting a new record for dirigibles. Italian losses at Ainzara near Rome on Monday were reported as seventeen killed and ninety four wounded.
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Paris
Adjutant Beau
Ainzara
Rome
Pledge All to Zion City Campaign Tightens Grip
Zion City Illinois reports a pledge drive for the redemption effort led by Wilbur Glenn Voliva. More than 600 men women and children pledge their all and many nonresidents sign to sell property and move to the community. Independent leaders accuse three Volivan aldermen of delaying payrolls to pressure independents. Cook Electrical shifts to new quarters as Voliva’s removal of tracks prompts project disruption.
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Zion City
Ill
Wilbur Glenn Voliva
Volivan
Cook Electrical Company
Voliva
W Morgan Shuster Figure in Persian Crisis
W Morgan Shuster emerges as a key American figure amid the ongoing Persian turmoil. His role as financial controller is highlighted, with attention to tensions between the Persian government and foreign advisers.
Chinese Regent Abdicates After Troubled Regency
Prince Chun, regent and father to the child emperor, abdicates his guardianship of the throne. Jointly replacing him are Shih-lsu, a Manchu prince and former national assembly president, and Hsen-Shi Chang, vice president of the privy council.
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Pekin
China
Prince Chun
Enperor
Shih-lsu
National Assembly
Hsen-Shi Chang
Privy Council
Kwang Su
Wu Ting Pang
Washington
Shanghai
Chun
Republic
Peking
Je-Hol
Illinois Central men lose strike noted by officials
Chicago officials say the strike of the Illinois Central shop employees is a closed incident. The railroad reports 11 800 mechanics on the payroll now versus 13 200 at the strike start. About 7 000 men quit then, many replaced, shops operating at near full capacity. Newark reports Henry Ulrich, acquitted in New York for assault on Booker T. Washington, surrendered at police headquarters amid a pending wife desertion charge.
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Chicago
Minois Central Railroad
Washington
Newark
N. J
Henry
Ulrich
New York
Booker T. Washington
Portugal Arrests a Monarchist In Oporto Conspiracy Charge
Castello Branco, once minister to China during the monarchy, was arrested in Oporto on a conspiracy against the republic while he visited Brazil. The former official faces charges as political tensions simmer in Portugal.
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Portugal
Oporto
American Backed by Parliament Leaders in Persia Crisis
London report says W. Morgan Shuster, American Persia treasurer general, is supported by the Mejliss but clashes with the regent and cabinet over withdrawing gendarmerie from Shaw Sultaneh property. Russian ultimatum followed delays, with regent blocked by parliament. Source claims Russia will honor the Anglo-Russian accord and not seek independence destruction.
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London
W. Morgan Shuster
Persia
Mejliss
Shaw Es Sultaneh
Enzell
Russia
Jury awards $6000 damages in Nobility Act case
The Lafayette superior court awarded $6000 to Mary A. Klinker as administratrix of Edward Klinker’s estate after a twelve hour jury deliberation. The suit against Lafayette Telephone Co and Indiana Lighting Co was the county’s first under the Nobility Act, arising from Klinker’s death by electrocution while repairing a pole.
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Lafayette
Ind
Mary A. Klinker
Edward 8. Klinker
Lafayette Telephone Company
Indiana Lighting Company
Edward Klinker
Sac Pole
$1 A Day for Veterans Plan Heads to House Vote
Washington December 7 The Sherwood bill to grant a dollar a day pensions to Civil War veterans is expected to pass the house before the holidays Representative Underwood Democratic leader says the bill would require about 40 000 000 annually in new appropriations and lift total government pension disbursements to about 2 200 000 000 yearly.
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Washington
Dee
Representative Underwood
Poole Murder Trial Defense Closes as State Rebuttal Opens
In Lafayette Indiana on December 7 the defense in John W. Poole's murder trial closed its case and the state began rebuttal. The cross examination of defense experts aimed to refute degeneracy in Poole's mind while the defense relies on a recurrent insanity theory. State witnesses testified to fifteen years of business dealings with Poole and all found him of sound mind.
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Lafayette
Ind
John W. Poole
Joe Kemper
Poole
Not Called by Committee Prominent Men Decline Invitation
Montclair New Jersey December 2 The Rev Frederick T Gates said at his home that neither he nor Mr Rockfeller has received any invitation verbal or written from Chairman Stanley of the house steel investigating committee to appear before the committee Monday if they care to do so He declined to say whether he would accept an invitation in reply to testimony concerning the Mesaba properties by Leonidas Merrtt and others
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Montclair
N. J
Frederick T. Gates
Rockefeller
Stanley
House Steel
Leonidas Merrtt
Mesaba
Gates
Kansas Farm Products Value Reported At 534 Million
The annual farm report from Secretary of Agriculture F. D. Coburn shows Kansas total value of all agricultural and stock products for the year at 534,559,676 dollars. The release is dated Topeka Kansas December 7.
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Kansas
Topeka
Kan
Secretary of Agriculture
F. D. Coburn
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