Morgan & Co. to Lose Whitney and Perkins in 1917
J P Morgan & Co announces that Edward F Whitney and George W Perkins will retire from the firm on January 1 1917. William H Peter and Thomas Lamont will become partners. Whitney led the foreign exchange unit and Perkins rose from office boy to top roles in insurance steel and public affairs.
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New York
J. P. Morgan & Co
Edward F. Whitney
George W. Perkins
J. P. Morgan
Wall Street
Messera
Mr. Morgan
New York Life Insurance Company
Perkins
Dooley
United States Steel Corporation
Grand Rapids
Harvard
Columbia
National Civic Federation
Palisades Interstate Park Commission
EK. H. Harriman
Italy Gets Charlton Extradition From United States
Porter Charlton, who confessed to murdering his wife Mary Charlton and hiding her body in a trunk before sinking it in Lake Como, will be extradited to Italy. Secretary Knox's decision surprised official circles as Italy had urged extradition since July after Charlton landed in Hoboken and was seized by detectives. The extradition magistrate ordered surrender to Italy on October 4.
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Washington
Porter Charlton
Mary Scott Castle Charlton
Lake Como
Hoboken
Italy
Knox
Charlton
Menlo Moore Freed by Jury in Gibson Murder Case
Not guilty was the verdict in the Menlo Moore murder trial. Moore, a theater manager, was charged with killing Charles F. Gibson, a wealthy oil operator. After the reading, the courtroom crowd cheered, carried Moore from the platform, and the court took no action.
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Vincennes
Ind
Menlo Moore
Charles F. Gibson
Moore
Congress Fast Tracks Bills Before Christmas Recess
Washington reports a rush to finish key business in the house with reforms including the Indian bill and a 31 million river and harbor measure. Urgent requests from Mr Taft push passage of the legislative executive judicial District of Columbia pension and deficiency appropriation bills before holiday adjournment.
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Washington
House of Representatives
District of Columbia
Taft
House
Freight Trains Collide in Dense Fog Near Corinth
Slippery rails and misread train orders caused a Southern Railway freight collision in fog east of Corinth Mississippi. Two engineers died and one critically injured, with several brakemen and a conductor hurt as six freight cars were shattered and wreckage trapped victims. Loss to the railroad estimated at $100000.
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Memphis
Tenn
Southern Railway
Corinth
Miss
J. Porter
Walter Smith
H. J. Smiley
Will Brown
May
Mitchell
Ernest Berry
Smiley
Water Congress Adopts Wide Waterway Reform Resolutions
The rivers and harbors congress finished its three day convention in Washington with calls for at least 50 million dollars yearly for river and harbor improvements and a larger army corps of engineers. It urged army engineers approval for any new project and backed broadening the interstate commerce commission to regulate competing lines and water carriers. Joseph F. Ransdell was re elected president with J F Ellison as secretary and treasurer.
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Washington
Congress
Corps of Generneers
Army
Interstate Commerce Commission
Joseph F. Ransdell
Louisville
J. F. Ellison
Cincinnati
Former Jacksonville official confesses shortage of 48000 dollars
William M. Morrisey, ex attorney and city collector for Jacksonville under indictment for a $48,000 shortage, arrived from McCook Nebraska. A bench warrant had been issued after he volunteered here. He acknowledged the shortage but said he handed the money to others.
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Jacksonville
William
Morrisey
McCook
Neb
U. S. Fleet Sails for Home from Cherbourg
The second division of the United States Atlantic Fleet sailed for Portland Maine returning from Cherbourg France on December 10.
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U. S
Cherbourg
France
United States Atlantic Fleet
Portland Me
Chicago Markets Report Cash Grain and Live Stock Quotations
Chicago cash grain prices for wheat corn and oats with various grade listings and spring prices. Live stock quotes from Chicago Omaha East Buffalo and Buffalo dealers show receipts and price ranges for hogs cattle sheep and calves with noted shifts in value across categories.
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Chicago
Chicago garment strike riots stun police as destitution found
Rioting at West Eighteenth Street and Blue Island Avenue injures several policemen and leads to the arrest of a striker. About 44 workers live in squalid conditions in one room near Clybourn, with 26 women and 18 men displaced and destitute. Welfare aid wanes as evictions rise.
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Chicago
Hart, Schaffner & Marx
Royal Tailors
West Eighteenth Street
Blue Island Avenue
Oppenheimer & Co
West Twentieth Street
South Western Avenue
Women's Trade Union League
Clybourn Avenue
Clybourn Place
Women
Trade Union League
Calcutta
PACCIUENT TAF OFFERS LIST OF MEN FOR BENCH
Michigan City Indiana reports letters from home and more would be welcome as five students from the University of Michigan faced a locker room theft. In the gym area intruders took money watches jewelry fountain pens and other personal items totaling more than several hundred dollars.
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Michigan City
Ind
Albert W. Frehse, Jr
Henry and
Wil Schreiber
George Cibell
University of Michigan
Market Summary for Hogs Cattle and Sheep in Chicago
Estimated receipts 11000. hogs 10 higher than yesterday's average with light hogs at 7.45 to 7.80, mixed packers 7.40 to 7.82, heavy shipping grades 7.40 to 7.60, rough 7.40 to 7.55. Cattle down 400 with prospects steady. sheep 2000 with prospects strong at yesterday's close.
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Chicago
Omaha
Texas
East Buffalo
Dunning & Stevens
Live Stock Commission
N. Y
Hog Market Receipts and Prices Reported
Estimated receipts today for hogs mark 11000 with yesterday’s official receipts 18356 and shipments 4607. Leftovers 1965. Tomorrow’s receipts forecast 38000. Market prices show Bulk 760 to 775, Light 745 to 780, Mixed packers 760 to 785, Heavy 740 to 750, Rough 740 to 765, Porkers 770 to 780, Pigs 685 to 770.
Estimated receipts 400 Market steadies
Market observers report steady tone with estimated receipts at 400 units. Traders note stable demand across sectors despite minor fluctuations. Officials project continued steadiness into the next reporting period.
Market Report Shows Steady Cattle and Sheep Prices
Market notes indicate cattle steady with quotes 5 to 10 higher than early quota, light 7 65 to 7 80, mixed packers 7 55 to 7 90, heavy shipping 7 50 to 7 95, rough 7 50 to 7 70. Sheep also steady.
Grain futures summary from Chicago exchange dated December 10 1910
Furnished by Beach Wickham Grain Co Chicago prices show wheat and corn futures with near and deferred months. Wheat closes around May July contracts with slight gains or losses while corn oats display mixed moves and notable bid offers in Dec and May trading.
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Beach-Wickham Grain Company
Chicago
Ilinois
Weather update for Great Lakes states today
Illinois Indiana and Wisconsin forecast snow or rain with a mix of precipitation. Conditions turn fair and colder later with variable winds.
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Illinois
Indiana
Wisconsin
Local Market Prices in Washington City
Prevailing market rates include hay by load at 12.00 per unit and hay by bale, straw by load and bale, flour per sack at 1.60 to 1.70, bran per hundred at 1.35, shorts per hundred at 1.50, corn meal per 100 pounds at 20, and butter priced per unit.
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Washington City
Consuls Senators on the Supreme Court Vacancies
Washington reports President tasking a list of ten candidates for two associate justices alongside Justice Hughes as possible chief justice. Names include Francis J. Swayze, Joseph Rothar, Gordon Russell, William Clock, Willis Vanter, John Pollock, John Bradley Willisow, Senator George Sutherland, and W. D. McHugh. Decision expected after further consultation.
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Washington
United States Supreme Court
Charles B. Hughes
Francis J. Swayze
Oneme Court of
New Jersey
Joseph Rothar
Augusta
Georgia Supreme Court
Gordon Russell
United States District Court of Teves
Wiam ¢Look
Leavenworth
Kan
Eighth United States Circuuit
Willis Vanter
Cheyenne
Circuit
John
Veka
United States
John Bradley Wilsow
Supreme Court of
Onsin
George Sutherland
Utah
W. D. McHugh
Omaha
Neb
Supreme Court
Merce
Democrat Is Selected of the Vacancies It Will Be Jfell of Texas. Mr. McHugh
Sutherland
Massacre of Christians reported near Kerak and surrounding losses
Telegram from Jerusalem says Bedouins massacred the Turkish garrison at Kerak and killed over 100 Christian inhabitants in revenge for a Bedouin chief’s execution. The district shows ongoing fighting and massacres against Christians. American missionaries are in Smyrna, Beirut, Trebizond, and near Alexandretta, with dozens of workers in the region.
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Constantinople
Jerusalem
Kerak
Beirut
Trebizond
Alexandretta
Big Four Pays Novel Fine in Shelbyville Car Case
The Big Four railroad at Sheth Ville submits to a judgment and costs over intoxicating liquor in a Pullman car on a Shelbyville track. It is reported as the first such case in eastern Uli nois, with court action in an antisaloon territory.
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Springfield
Ulinois
Big Four
Sheth Ville
Shelbyville
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