Mayor Johnson declares loss of fortune and vows to live in cottage
Cleveland date Nov 20 Mayor Tom L Johnson says he has lost everything and will move from his Euclid avenue home to smaller quarters He cites his brother Albert’s estate as the cause and says he will give up luxuries including his automobile He plans to run for mayor again after his term ends despite creditors actions and threats to sue through banks and a tramway company in federal court.
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Cleveland
Tom L. Johnson
Euclid Avenue
Albert
Wayor
Mayor Johnson
Municipal Traction Company
Johnson
Deposits Savings and Trust Company
Lorain
New York
John D. Rockefeller
Standard Oil Company
John D. Archbold
Rockefeller
Frank B. Kellogg
Standart
Long Island Refining Company
de Voe Manufacturing Company
Long Island
Imperial Refining Oil Company
Ol City
Charles M. Pratt & Co
Brooklyn
H. H. Rogers
Warden, Frew & Co
Atlantic Refining Co
Philadelphia
Model Oil Co
Pittsburg
Porter, Moreland & Co
Bennett, Warner & Co
Titusville
Eme Oil Co
American Lubricating of) Co
Mica Axle Grease Co
Standard
Empire ‘Transportation Company
Pennsylvania Railway
Pennsylvania
Empire Company
Thomas Scott
Not a Pursuer of Dollars Declares His Motivations
The speaker says he would fight a thousand battles for enemies and rejects wealth as a motive. He asserts he never profited from street railways as mayor or as treasurer of the Municipal Traction company and claims he paid only his assessed campaign amount. He argues he quit business to fulfill public duties rather than seek money.
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Wall Street
Municipal Traction Company
Navy Deserter Hartlove Given One Year Jail Term
Secretary Metcalf approves a court martial sentence for Charles J. Hartlove a first class musician who deserted to marry the daughter of the late Senator Arthur P. Gorman. Hartlove receives one year imprisonment and a dishonorable discharge from the Navy.
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Navy
Washington
Philadelphia
Metcalf
Charles J. Hartlove
C. J. Magness
Arthur P. Gorman
Maryland
Contributing Aid to Strikers in Vancouver
Vancouver reports members of the Canadian Pacific railway Mechanical unions will give financial assistance to eastern division workers not recalled after the machinists' strike. Each local shop union man contributed a dollar this week to start a fund for needy workers.
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Vancouver
B. C
Canadian Pacific Railway Mechanical Unions
Taft Seeks Thorough Tariff Revision and Party Harmony
President elect Taft shows a vigorous determination to push a thorough tariff revision in good faith in line with party pledges. He advocates early organization of the next Congress to enable harmonious legislative and executive action and discussed the speakership with Representative Burton of Ohio. Meanwhile the Ways and Means Committee hears requests on duties for fruits rice coffee and tea including a Porto Rico delegate demanding five cents a pound on coffee.
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Not Springs
Taft
Representative Burton
Ohio
Washington
House
Ways and Means
Porto Rico
Change of regime in China could spark trouble says London analyst
An English observer in London warns that the Manchus and Chinese power balance risks violent upheaval after the Chinese regime shift. He says Chinese demand for government share may trigger upheaval unless the powers ensure fair representation, and notes strong Chinese influence in high offices and nationwide reforms led by Yuan Shikai and Tang Shaoyi with American ties.
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London
China
Peking
Manchuria
Yuan Shi- Kai
Tang Shao YL
America
Europe
State funds settled in late Floyd Whittemore estate case
Springfield Illinois November 20 payment of 7557 18 made to the state from the estate of Floyd Whittemore following a supreme court ruling that fees retained by state treasurers and auditors revert to the state Louis G Pavey auditor from 1899 to 1903 also paid in 10782 21.
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Springfield
Illinois
Floyd Whittemore
Supreme Court
Whittemore
Louis G. Pavey
Croker greeted with cheers on Lusitania voyage
The Lusitania was sighted off New York with Richard Croker aboard as Tammany politicians crowded a chartered excursion steamer to welcome him. Croker appeared well and said he felt fine, though avoiding political talk amid Democratic losses. He planned to stay in the United States for several months to renew friendships before returning to Ireland.
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New York
Lusitania
Richard Croker
Bay
Tammany Braves
Tammany
Narrows
Croker
Mrs William Astor Will Distributes Estate To Daughters
New York nov 20 under the will of Mrs William Astor most of her estate goes to her daughters Mrs Charlotte A Haig and Mrs Caroline S Wilson. To her son John Jacob Astor are bequeathed certain heir looms and jewelry. The will notes he shares less due to ample provision by his father and not lack of affection. An asylum for destitute blind receives 5000 dollars and a butler an equal amount.
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New York
William Astor
Charlotte A. Haig
Caroline S. Wilson
John Jacob Astor
Governor elect Shallenberger fractures leg at Shriners initiation
Lincoln Neb Nov 20 Governor elect Shallenberger is confined to his room at the Lincoln Hotel with a fractured leg from an initiation as a Shriners member. He was injured during the ceremonial proceedings.
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Lincoln, Neb
Netherlands proposes international committee for third peace conference
The Dutch government urges convocation of an international committee to organize a third global peace conference, aiming to restart negotiations and secure broad participation among nations.
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Netherlands
Fourteen-Year-Old Killed in Mill Accident at Fremont
Peter Walters aged fourteen son of miller John Walters was suffocated when rye chutes at the family's flour mill clogged. While helping his father clear the blockage, he fell into the draw-chutes and was buried under 800 bushels of rye.
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Fremont, Mich
Peter Walters
John Walters
Peter
Jury List Challenge in Abe Raymer Case
Springfield Ill November 20 For the second time the jury list in the Abe Raymer destruction of property case has been challenged. The challenge claims veniremen were not selected at least twenty days before court opening. Judge Creighton overruled the challenge.
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Raymer
Springfield
Ill
Abe Raymer
Creighton
Japanese loan oversubscribed in London at $10 million
In two hours at London a Japanese loan of $10,000,000 was oversubscribed five times. Willemstad Curaçao reports President Castro of Venezuela closed the port of Maracaibo. The Germans seek clarity on Kaiser's concession. Irish Chicagoans led by Bourke Cochran honored Col. John F. Finerty. US shipbuilding output for year ended June 30 reached a historic high.
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London
Willemstad
Curacoa
Castro
Venezuela
Maracaibo
Kaiser
Chicago
Bourke Cochran
John F. Finerty
United States
High School Fraternity Ban Affects University Matriculation
A notice by E. C. Moore, superintendent of city schools, states high school pupils who are fraternity members cannot obtain the necessary recommendations to matriculate at universities in this state or others without examination.
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Los Angeles
Cal
E. C. Moore
Navy Officers Must Hike Exercise Order From Roosevelt
Acting Secretary Newberry is directed by President Roosevelt to require every active Navy officer to walk fifty miles in twenty hours over three days to prove fitness. Foreign service officers will begin the walk at the first port visited by their ships.
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Washington
Newberry
Roosevelt
Burglar Finds Folding Bed After Safe Baffle
Two would be thieves exchange reports about a failed burglary. One notes their night spent attempting to blow open a safe, only to discover it contained a folding bed instead.
Chicago Markets Hogs Cattle Sheep Prices Nov 20 1908
Market notes show hog receipts estimated at 35 000 with prices 5 cents lower for light hogs and heavy shipping grades 30 to 60 cents. cattle and sheep markets variously weak or steady. Official yesterday receipts 31 686 shipments 3 833 with estimated receipts today 35 000 and tomorrow 20 000. beef prices range 1 50 to 7 60 and sheep 2 40 to 4 60, with Western and Texas stock movements highlighted.
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Texas
Poet
Chicago
John A Babcock Chicago You’ll Get a Square Deal
A Chicago note from John A Babcock promises a square deal and timely responses. The message emphasizes reliability and prompt service.
Industrial education convention opens in Atlanta today
The second annual convention of the National Society for the Promotion of Industrial Education gathers prominent educators in Atlanta to discuss training American youth for future vocations. Carroll D. Wright chairs the organization as president, with Magnus W. Alexander, Frederic B. Pratt, and James P. Haney among officers. Walter G. Cooper cites waste of raw material and urges expanded technical schooling to rival Germany in industrial output.
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Atlanta
National Society For the Promotion of Industrial Education
United States
Carrol D. Wright
Carroll D. Wright
Clark College
United States Commissioner of Labor
Magnus W. Alexander
Lynn
Mass
Frederic B. Pratt
Pratt Institute
Brooklyn
James P. Haney
New York
Walter G. Cooper
South
Germany
Chicago
Pritchet
Roosevelt African hunting trip framed as science mission
Major A. E. Mearns U S A surgeon connected with the Smithsonian says the expedition with President Roosevelt will not be a slaughtering voyage but a scientific venture. He will collect two or three specimens of each species for the National Museum in Washington and advise on natural history.
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New York
Roosevelt
A. E. Mearns
U. S A
Fort Totten
Washington
Mearns
Smithsonian Institution
Museum
Major Mearns
National Museum
Grand Duke Alexis funeral to be led by Emperor Nicholas
In St Petersburg on November 20 the funeral of Grand Duke Alexis who died in Paris on November 14 will be attended by Emperor Nicholas in person. He will follow the casket on foot through the streets marking a notable display of improving public sentiment.
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St. Petersburg
Grand Duke
Alexis
Paris
Nicholas
Foot and Mouth Disease Quarantine Orders Enacted
The East Buffalo Stockyards are closed for cleanup and investigation of foot and mouth disease. The New York and Pennsylvania states are quarantined by the department of agriculture.
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Buffalo
East Buffalo
New York
Pennsylvania
Department of Agriculture
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Washington Star
Congress
Tom Scott
Cain
Ana Sin
Beach- Wickham Grain Company
John A. Babcock
The
North American Commission Company
Chicago, Ill
Industrial Education Society
Objects of the Society
Africa
Major A. E. Mearns
Russia
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