Billion Dollar Merger Ties Postal Telegraph to AT&T
The Postal Telegraph and Mackay companies push toward a billion dollar merger with the American Telephone and Telegraph. Officials report the plan aims to combine networks and save vast sums, with Western Union stock and Gould holdings affecting control. The absorption would create a large, integrated communications entity, while executives discuss leadership shifts and the scope of the deal.
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Postal
American Telephone and Telegraph
Systema
Mackay
New York
Mackey Companies
Bis
Hoster
Western Union
American Tel Pine and Telegraph Company
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Pos Teerapaible
American Telephone and Tel “Ph Company
Port Western Union
Edwin Frank
Jay
Howard Gould
Mt In
American Telephone Company
Bell Company
Haaven
Sontral
Telephone Company
Jail entry for Warriner and associates in embezzlement case
Cincinnati navy officer Warriner and Mrs Jeanette Ford are jailed amid embezzlement claims involving $642,000 siphoned from a railroad treasury. Warriner pleads not guilty, bond set at $20,000. Authorities arrest Ford at her upscale apartment as part of the widening investigation with additional officers securing other defendants.
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Cincinnati Navy
Charles E. Warriner
Ideal
Bix
Railroed
Jeanette Stewart
Ford
Warriner
Hunt
Mother Confesses to Murder of 8 Year Old Near Chesapeake Junction
Edna Batson admits killing her daughter Mary after taking her on a trip from Washington, then along the Chesapeake Beach line into woods near the railroad. She says she struck the child with a razor during a supposed abuse dispute and hid the body. a man who owns the razor is being held as a witness as Batson awaits transfer to Maryland authorities.
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Ruth Butler
Ruth
Iattle
Gal Wan
Chesapeake Junction
Evang
Mullen
Central
Colter
Fitna Miller
Seaton Street
Muller
Berman
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Fifteenth
First Precinct Notive
Maryland
Ault
Sixth Precinct
Will of gambler George Brown Jr. vows repayment of winnings
The will filed in probate court vows to repay every person, man, woman or child, any money won by gambling during his life with interest from the date of winning. It also provides a tombstone for him and his wife bearing only their given names.
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Washington Post
Kansas City
George Brown, Jr
Hame Brown
Jam
Jana
Sheeitt Bkowlund
Fokert
Lake
Sherine Skoglund
Onittin
Pellagra Case Reported at Cleveland City Hospital
A Cleveland Onto Navy 14 A pellagra case, newly identified by the United States government, is reported to Federal authorities from Cleveland City Hospital. Mrs James F Long is the patient, with physicians noting she cannot provide a history of her illness. Also, the Argentine Legation sale of furnishings at 3800 Mass begins at 10 this morning.
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Navy
United States
Cleveland City Hospital
Onlo Mra
James F Long
Legation
Diners Plot to Dynamite Sleepers Cars Spurs Troop Request
Discoveries of a dynamite plot tied to Galesburg and Cherry mine workers lead Sheriff Skoglund to seek State troops. More than 500 pounds of explosives were removed from the county storehouse after dark. Red Cross Director Bicknell appeals for food clothing and money as families of trapped miners await surface rescue or news.
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Washington Post
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Bureau County
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Galesburg
Kewanee
St Paul
Earling
Chicago
Milwaukee and St Paul Railroad
Sherif Shoglund
Skoglund
Lorder
Odp Bicknell
Washington DC
National Red Cross Society
Chara ‘Tty
Mrs Stetson Yields In Hidden Church Dispute
Mrs Augusta B Stetson of New York says she will obey the leader and unite with those supporting the mother church directors after a secret conference with the First Church of Christ Scientist board in Boston. She cites Mary Baker Eddy’s guidance, notes 20 years of seeking direction, and claims the directorate’s stance shifts amid controversy.
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Mother Church
Mass
Augusta B Stetsuh
New York
First Church of Christ Scientist
Immer Council
Stetson
Mary Baker Diddy
Oor
Our Church
Brookline
Virgil O Strickler
Moter Church
Bryan nominato r Disbarred by Nebraska Supreme Court
Agnabas J Dunn of Omaha, assistant city attorney, who nominated William J Bryan at the Denver convention, was found in contempt by the Nebraska Supreme Court. He is disbarred for an indefinite period and ordered to pay the costs. Dunn had previously apologized but the court deemed the apology insufficient.
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Agnabas J Dunn
Omaha
Supreme Court
Washington Post
Nebr Noy
Jenatus J Dunn
Omage
Wiliam J Bryan
Denver
Nebraska Supreme Court
Dunnin
Dunn
Lassiter Seat Prompted Contest for Fourth District
Special to The Washington Fort Petersburg reports Judge Alan Watkins of Farmville announced his candidacy for Congress from the Fourth district subject to the Democratic primary set for January next. He competes with Charles T Lassiter of Petersburg and Robert Turnbull of Brunswick County, both declaring their bids after the death of Francis R Lassiter.
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Washington Fort Petersburg
Alan Watkins
Farmville
Congress
Francis R Lassiter
Charles T Lassiter
Petersburg
Robert Turnbull
Brunswick County
Murder mystery at Fifteenth and Adama streets interval
Police investigate the shooting death of Joseph C Squires found with a heart wound near Fifteenth and Adama streets northeast. Capt Daley and Central Office detectives question boys and search the scene while letters from women and a card of a woman living in P Street NW emerge. A letter from Senator Quay requests Squires’s promotion dating to 2001.
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Syoddy
Fifteenth
Adama
Daley
Ninth Precinct
Central Office
Burlingame Baur Cornwel
Springman
O Brien
Squires
Capt Daley
Wally
P Street
Norman
Richard Gol
Fifteenth Street
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Causa
Theo
Senator Quay
Alewanes Uy Seanar Atten Stanley Quay
Pennsylvania
Cyrus Bussey
Interior Department
Nqcires
Richmond
Nourmahal Yacht Missing After West Indies Hurricane
Friends search for Col Jonn Jacob Astor aboard the Nourmahal, reported missing after the yacht sailed from Jamaica for Puerto Rico on November 4, amid West Indies hurricane activity. The vessel, once linked to Cat Astor and William Astor, had been in Caribbean waters for weeks with uncertain fate.
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West India
Washington Post
New York
Jonn Jacob Astor
Thie City
Maritime Exchange
Nourmahat
Caribbean
Newmahal
Col Astor
Nist
Vinicent
Port Antoino
Jamaica
Porto Rico
West Indies
Nourmahal
Cat Astor
Sather
William Astor
Wfe
George Crocker Ill at Fifth Avenue Home
George Crocker son of Charles Crocker nears serious illness at his Fifth Avenue residence in New York. Elder brother William H Crocker rushed from Europe to be by his side. Doctors have not disclosed the illness but it is reported as a stomach disorder.
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New York
George Crocker
Charles Crocker
Fifth Avenue
William H Crocker
Europe
All Aboard for Air Trips Airship Voyage Company Formed
The Airship Voyage Company was incorporated in Frankfurt with capital stock of 370900. Hamburg contributed 12500, Munich 12500, and Baden-Baden 0000. The firm plans spring start from Friedrichshafen, New York to follow. A Princeton graduate and NY reporter allegedly attempted suicide by jumping from the Harlem River bridge.
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Germany
Washington Post
Berlin
Airthip Voyage Company
Frankfort Mill
Hamburg
Munich
Baden-Baden
Friedrichenaten
New York
New Ii
Raliph
Anough
Princeton
Washington Bridge
Harlem
Premier Denounces Budget Fight as Unconstitutional
The premier vows to condemn the Lords battle over the budget as unconstitutional, signaling a constitutional clash at the highest level. Opposition leaders counter with calls for legislative restraint and judicial review of the action.
Lords Move For Election Shocks Cabinet Crisis
British House of Lords moves to reject the budget, triggering a general election in January. Premier Asquith faces pressure as Lord Lansdowne seeks dissolution, while Liberal papers brand the move as destruction and a return to royal prerogative battles. Winston Churchill banners the crisis in a manifesto.
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Enrique Chronicle
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Ing Intenten
Commons
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Lord Lansdown
Asquith
Cabinet Council
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Balfour
Manchester
Lansdowne S Menon
Daily Chronicle
Weds
Bribe charged witness recalls threat to Morse at office
New York case details Briggs of Coeymans NY testifying that he once bitterly resented Charles W Morse former head of the American Ice Company. He said Morse warned him he would sell him all he wanted after a confrontation about company actions and speculation connected to the Hudson activities.
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New York
Briggs
Morse
Death by own action after fatal fire in Brooklyn factory
Robert Minzison, shaken by a fatal blaze at a celluloid factory in Brooklyn that killed ten people including his son, committed suicide at home after returning from Long Island College Hospital. He was found dead in his bath from gas suffocation, with a note of despair after the tragedy and escape barriers cited.
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Washington Post
New York
Brooklyn
Rovert Min Zison
Moeristn
Long Island College
Robert Morifaan
Moncon
Orphanage Seeks $100000 for New Dormitory Plan
The Presbyterian Orphans Home trustees in Lynchburg Virginia meet to authorize site selection and building plans after a fire destroyed the girls dormitory. They aim to raise 1000000 within the year, appoint new board members, and fill vacancies.
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Lynchburg
Presbyterian Orphans Home
Synod of Virgin
Wen
Hey F Or McFaden
Richmond
F T Glastow
Lexington
Willama
Woodstock
H Af Payne
Charles
Judson Taft’s Choice for Supreme Court Vacancy
President Taft mulls a Southern Democrat for the Supreme Court seat amid interstate commerce and antitrust debates. Frederick W Judson of St Louis emerges as the leading candidate, praised by influential advisers and aligned with Taft’s preference for a Southern jurist. Talks also reference Judge Horace Lurton and Gen Luke Wright as near alternatives.
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Senate
Supreme Court
Frederick W Judson
St Louis
West
Judson
Nagel
Mississipp Valley
Myr Judson
Regio
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Hoth
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Horace Lurton
Tennessee
Luke Wright
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Taft
Gor Judson Harmon
Ohio
Roosevelt
Santa Fe
Colorado Fuel and Iron Company
Paul Morton
Mr Morton
Navy
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Messrs Harmon and
Bailey
Bouthera
Government Must Await Supreme Court Ruling on Trust Limitations
The sugar trust prosecutions hinge on the Supreme Court decision on the statute of limitations. Officials warn that a Holt ruling could bar convictions for top executives if their first overt act occurred long ago, complicating DOJ and Treasury efforts amid cabinet discussions on sugar trust strategies and amendments to antitrust and interstate commerce laws.
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Cong Ss
MacVeagh
Wickersham
Department of Justlee
Kott
Sugar Trust
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