Steel Giant Averts Crash Seen Buying Tennessee Coal and Iron
Elbert H. Gary, chairman of United States Steel, testified before a Stanley steel trust committee that Morgan backed the 1907 purchase of Tennessee Coal and Iron at a price beyond its value to prevent a bank collapse. He said government control of corporations is coming and urged a trustworthy public line for guidance.
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Steel Corporation
House
Roosevelt
Elbert H. Gary
United States Steel Company
Stanley Steel Trust
J. Pierpont Morgan
Ife
John W. Gates
Tennessee Coal and Iron Company
New York
Moore & Schley
Gary
Tennessee Concern
Henry C. Frick
Morgan
Root
Views on Sherman Act and Morgan plan in 1907 crisis
The text recounts opinions on the Sherman antitrust act as archaic and inadequate for modern markets and cites Taft and Roosevelt on antitrust reform. It details J P Morgan’s involvement with loan arrangements to Tennessee Coal and Iron, Moore and Schley, and pressure on banks during the Panic of 1907. The narrative frames federal price fixing and publicity, with references to the United States Steel Corporation and political figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tennessee Corl and Iron Company
United States Steel Corporation
Morgan
George Kessler
Tennessee Coal and Iron Company
Grant B. Schley
Tennessee Company
Frick
Kessler
United States
Tennessee Coal and Thron Company
Schley
Iain
Tennessee Coal and Iron
Garye
Moore & Schley
Ledyard
Washington
Attempted dynamite plot targets Mexican leader Madero
El Paso dated June 2 reports a plot to dynamite Francisco I. Madero during a Juarez ball. Insurrectos say the plan involved 50 participants, with a time fuse in a dynamite can. Juarez police link the incident to a broader conspiracy against Madero.
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el Paso
Tex
Francisco I. Madero
Mexico City
Insurrectos
Senor Madero
Juarez
Senor Cruzrey
Jefe Politico of Guadalupe
Madero
Insurrecto Secret Service
Chinese Death Toll in Torreon and Surrounding Areas
The Tapachula Chinese community of 300 faced mob violence as the American consulate served as refuge for dozens. The Chinese legation filed a claim of 2,003,000 pesos with the Mexican government for damages. Reported Chinese deaths include 308 in Torreon and 50 in surrounding regions.
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Tapachula
Torreon
Hotel Victoria to Go for New 20 Story Block
The Hotel Victoria on Fifth Avenue, built in 1877 by Paran Stevens, is to be torn down for a 20 story business building. The Johnson-Kahn Company acquired the property today for about $8,000,000 from heirs Lady Aimeric Hugh Paget and John B. Melcher. The hotel remains leased to the American Hotel Company with three years left on the lease.
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Washington Port
New York
Victoria
Fifth Avenue
Paran Stevens
Johnson-Kahn Company
Aimeric Hugh Paget
John 8. Melcher
American Hotel Company
Boy Drowns in River Near Virginia Shore
Eleven year old Charles Hudson, son of Mr and Mrs A M C Hudson of 816 Fifteenth Street NW, disappeared into the Potomac River while with companions who fled in fear. His body was recovered about an hour later as pedestrians joined police in the search. The tragedy, witnessed by waiting mother at a window, prompted frantic appeals and police caution.
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Cananea
Sonora
Red” Lopez
Francisco L. Madery, Jr
Axua Prieta
Lopez
Lomiell
Charles Hudson
A. M. C. Hudson
Fifteenth Street
Potomac River
Virginia Shore
New Railroad Bridge
Monument Grounds
A. M. C Hudson
Hudson
R. B. Parrott & Co
Hibbs
Clarksburg
Taft and Roosevelt to Confer in Baltimore Tuesday
Washington dispatch notes Roosevelt and Taft will discuss policy questions in a public meeting in Baltimore next Tuesday. The talk centers on Ballinger Pinchot controversy, Taft administration, and Roosevelt's stance on renomination. Secretary Meyer attended Roosevelt at Oyster Bay setting up the meeting aboard the presidential yacht Sylph.
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Washington Post
New York
Washington Dispatch
New York World
Col. Roosevelt
Nile
United States
Africa
Roosevelt
Taft
Ballinger-Pinchot
Gifford Pinchot
Baltimore
Mr. Taft
George von L. Meyer
Navy
Oyster Bay
New York City
Meyer
Lost Heiress a Waitress Special in The Washington Post
Joseph H Choate led a two year hunt for Margaret Ingersoll heiress to a fortune around one million dollars. She worked as a cashier in a Marietta Georgia restaurant after wandering with parents earlier. Her father later grew rich and moved to New York, then learned of her whereabouts before dying and bequeathing all to her.
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Washington Post
Atlanta
Joseph H. Choate
Margaret Ingersoll
Marietta
New York
Delays on Prosecution of Trust Officials
Special to The Washington Foat reports that Attorney General Wickersham will press criminal cases against Standard Oil and American Tobacco Company officials after the Supreme Court dissolutions deadlines expire. Officials say Taft and Wickersham will not allow any reachable trust officials to escape, but will defer proceedings until court mandates are executed.
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Mexico City
President de la Barra
Porfirio Diaz
Francisco J. Madero, Jr
Washington
New York
Washington Dispatch
New York World
Wickersham
Standard Oil Company
American Tobacco Company
United States Supreme Court
Taft
Supreme Court
University of Minnesota cashier arrested on embezzlement charge
J D Bren university cashier told controller he was attacked and robbed of 13826 from a satchel after drawing funds from a safe vault for student refunds. Police investigated and Bren was arrested on embezzlement charges.
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Washington Post
Minneapolis
Minn
J. D. Bren
University of Minnesota
George Hayes
Bren
Died Rather Than Starve At New York Home
Frederick Schultz a Polish tailor who refused to join a union and could find work only about two months yearly killed his wife by gas at their Third Avenue home after declaring he would rather die than starve. He wrote in his native tongue that he could not find work and would not join a union.
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Washington
New York
Frederick Schultz
Third Avenue
Schultz
Lightning Strikes Soldiers In French Thunderstorm
Paris reports a severe storm causing damage in Grenoble where a battery commander was killed and six soldiers injured. Evreux’s law courts burned with all archives lost. In Baltimore a 10 year old boy Leroy Jackson drowned while bathing in the Eastern Branch.
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Paris
Grenoble
Evreux
Law Courts
Secret Picture Payment Blocks House Committee Inquiry
President Taft and Secretary Knox refuse to hand over State Department books on a $2450 portrait purchase citing emergency fund authorization. Roosevelt certified the payment, Hamlin warns of floor action, and Knox notes possible concealment of undisclosed expenditures. Senator Root to testify next Tuesday.
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House
State Department
Taft
Knox
House Committee
Justice Day
Rosenthal
Congress
Roosevelt
Hamlin
Missouri
Knoke
Michael
Calcutta
Garmige
Polk
Bay
Root
Trust Sought to Avert Pante Attempt to Dynanate Madero
Pares. Judson Would Close Hospital. Haunted He Ends Life. Navy and Army News feature in this issue with insurance bills before Congress and a Panama wide crew recount. Baby member enters Congress and a series of editorials commentary on society and sports.
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Pante
Madero
Judson
Naval Academy
Army and Navy News
Congress
Derby Angers English Bookmakers Lose 5 Million
A World wire from London reports Sun Star winner J B Joel earned 150000 in the Derby but the big loser was English bookmakers who borrowed to pay winners. Dr Bolton, Calcutta Turf Club agent, won nearly 350000. second prize went to Auberry. Bets to be settled next Monday as bookmakers face large losses.
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Washington Post
New York
New York World
London
J. B. Joel
Sun Star
Dr. Bolton
Trinidad
Coolies
Calcutta
Auberry
Warrington
Monday Evening Club Proposes Social Betterment Plan
The district commissioners heard a nine teen point platform from the Monday Evening Club advocating social reform for Washington. Discussion touched on closing the Emergency Hospital with Georgetown and George Washington hospitals deemed capable of handling emergencies. The group suggested reviewing district school finances and noted a related Board of Trade report as contentious.
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Georgetown
George Washington
Civic Association
Washington
Monday Evening Club
Rudolph
Judson
George M. Kober
District Board of Charities
Georgetown University Hospital
George Washington University Hospital
Kober
Walter 5. Ufford
Board of Trade
John van Schaieck
Frederick L. Siddons
Oliver P. Newman
Ella Henderson West
Edna K. Bushee
George 8. Wilson
Walter 8. Ufford
Charles F. Nesbitt
William J. Kerby
John D. Colpoys
Congress
Union Agent Admits Murder in Labor Dispute Case
Maurice Enright, business agent of the steamfitters union, confessed to shooting William Gentleman in a saloon on May 22, denying knowledge of killing Vincent Altman or Bernard Malloy. He cleared labor union officers of responsibility, linking the case to broader jurisdictional violence between the junior steamfitters and plumbers unions. Public scrutiny follows a wave of arrests amid mounting tensions.
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Chicago
Maurice Enright
Steamfitters’ Union
Vincent Altman
William Gentleman
Gentleman
Enright
Altman
Bernard Malloy
Plumbers’ Union
Tragedy in State War and Navy Building Ends in Death
James Murphy, watchman, killed himself after firing at a desk portrait of a girl holding a cat. A letter left describes his plan and the fancy that led to the deadly act. Neighbors found him at 806 12 I street northwest. coroner cited death by own action.
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James Murphy
Bal
State
War
Navy
Murphy
Nevitt
WEDSSON S DIVORCED WIFE MARRIAGE SHOCKS CANADA
Special to The Washington Post from Hamilton Ontario reports A Whyte of the customs staff marries Mrs Alexander Whyte Jr the divorced wife of Whyte son. The couple wed in a U S city undisclosed. Whyte 60 and bride 25 each has been married three times. The ceremony makes Whyte the stepfather of his own grandson.
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Washington Post
Hamilton
Ont
Canada
A. BR. Whyte
Alexander Whyte, Jr
United States
Whyte
Mr. Whyte
Norway Churches Bar Her
The head of the church council in Christiania refused permission for Rev Anna Shaw to preach in Norwegian churches. The ongoing dispute over women in the clergy has caused disunion, with bishops opposing women seeking holy orders. Supporters hoped Shaw would break the opposition, but they were disappointed.
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Washington Post
Christiania
Church Council
Anna Shaw
Norway
Waren
Holy Orders
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