Morgan questioned on railroad ties and fiscal roles
J Pierpont Morgan testified before the money trust committee, citing $100 million in deposits and detailing fiscal agency work for New York Central, New Haven and Hartford, Michigan Central, Lake Shore, and others. He said some roles were by board resolution or tacit arrangements, with few firm agreements.
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Washington
J. Pierpont Morgan
Money Trust
R. V. Lindabury
Joseph H. Choate
de Jancey Nicol
John F. Spooner
Morgan
Mr. Untermyer
New York
Untermyer
Mr. Morgan
J. P. Morgan & Co
New York Central
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Company
United States Steel Corporation
Mr. Unter
Nnger
Steel Corporation
Morgan House
Morgan & Co. Werg
Michigan Central
Lake Shore
Cleveland
Cincinnati
Chicago
St. Louis
N. ¥. C. Securities
New York Central Security
New Haven
Morgan & Co
Mr. Untermy
Boston & Maine
New Haven & Hartford
Chas
Mellen
Woodrow Wilson to sleep at birthplace on birthday
President-elect Woodrow Wilson plans to travel from Princeton to Staunton Virginia on December 27 arriving that night to sleep in the Fresbyterian parsonage where he was born. A birthday jubilee is planned in Staunton the following day.
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Princeton
N. J
Woodrow Wilson
Staunton
Trustees Reports Spark Debate Over Interstate Securities
The dialogue centers on reports from voting trustees for Northern Pacific and Southern Pacific. Attorneys identify the documents as accounts of trusteeship while Morgan defends openness but cautions about sales freedom for interstate securities.
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Voting Trust
Northern Pacific
Southern Pacific
Untermyer
Morgan
Lindabury
Mr. Catermyer
Mr. Morgan
Suffragets Return to Albany March in Rain
In Peekskill on December 19 a group of eight suffragist pilgrims, led by General Rosalie G. Jones and joined by Mrs Jessie Stubbs and two others, resume a 16 mile walk to Fishkill and Albany. Mrs Oliver Schultze reports heavy mud from Albany to Fishkill while preparations for a reception await them in Fishkill.
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Peekskill
N. Y
Albany
New York
Sulzer
Fishkill
Oliver Schultze
Rosalie G. Jones
Jessie Stubbs
Garrison
Alphonse Majors
Dr Stevenson Dies After Illness at 80
John O Stevenson 80 retired minister of the Congregational church and registrar for the general Congregational conference died at his home 611 Washington street at 1 20 this morning after a recurrence of asthma and heart disease following several days in bed expressions of high tribute came from citizens praising his rare powers and service to the church
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John O. Stevenson
Congregational Church
General Congregational Conference
Washington Street
Steven
Funeral rites for Dr Stevenson note long ministry and writings
Native of Scotland born 1841 at Bannockburn Dr Stevenson taught in Texas Yale graduate edited the Woman's Standard and contributed weekly to the Waterloo Evening Courier He died after years as a pastor in Ellsworth Shenandoah Waterloo and left four children and five grandchildren Funeral Friday at the First Congregational church with burial in Shenandoah Flowers respectfully declined in his memory
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Evening Courier
Stevenson
Scotland
Dr. Stevenson
Bannockburn
Glasgow University
America
Texas
South- West
Yale University
Qberlin College
Tabor College
Ellsworth
Woman's Standard
Waterloo
John C. Stevenson, Jr
F. M. Wood
Ohiowa
Neb
Abram Stevenson
San Francisco
R. S. Tassett
Harris
First Congregational Church
W.H. Rollins
Shenandoah
Convict Yates Promised Escape Before Christmas
Ossining reporters note Chester Yates escaped from Sing Sing prison yesterday after four months into a 21 year sentence. Warden Kennedy recalled his boast to be free by Christmas and said the escape appeared clever though the method remains unclear. Yates had links to the Aaron Bancroft jewelry robbery last March and was later captured in California with $7000 worth of jewels.
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Ossining
Novv
Chester Yates
Singsing
Oxsining
Kennedy
Yates
Aaron Bancroft
FSA Ami
California
Kidnapped 11 year old Irene Justin in Kansas City
Police hunt for Irene Justin daughter of cabinet maker Frank Justin after she disappeared from Holmes Square on Sunday. A Negro man and woman were seen with the girl who reportedly left with them to aid her ill mother, with no trace found after days of searching.
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Kansas City
Irena Justin
Frank Justin
Irene
Holmes Square
Milwaukee to Take Over Puget Sound Railways
Chicago, Dec. 19. The Chicago Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway plans to take over the entire property and assets of the Puget Sound lines, over which it has exercised control. The Puget Sound lines run about 2,000 miles of railroad in North Dakota, Montana, Idaho and Washington.
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Chicago
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Company
Chicago, Milwaukee & Puget Sound Railway Company
New York
Puget Sound
North
Dakota
Montana
Idaho
Washington
Dead Bavarian ruler given kingly honors funeral
The body of Prince Regent Luutpold of Bavaria was carried to the Theatines church for burial beside King Maximilian I. Dignitaries including the German emperor and Archduke Francis Ferdinand led the procession as bells tolled and minute guns sounded. The heart was interred separately at Alt-Oetting.
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Luutpold
Thia City
Maximilian I
Francis Ferdinand
Austria-Hungary
Europe
Bavaria
Luuitpold
Alt-Oetting
Des Moines Shooting Ends in Suicide After Wounding Wife
Clifford Wood, a sign painter, shot his divorced wife Esther on a crowded Des Moines street car exit and then killed himself. Physicians removed three bullets. the woman is expected to recover. Adjournments in Washington delay the Christmas recess to January 2 without Taft’s message.
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Des Moines
Clifford Wood
Esther
WIFE SLAYER DEFIES CAPTURE IN MEMPHIS RAZOR ATTACK
A man barricaded in a central Memphis house after decapitating his wife and wounding others resisted arrest. Police, backed by several vantage points, bombarded with fire and gas before storming the residence. One officer seriously wounded, a drug clerk shot, and a fourth victim in grave condition. The fugitive vowed not to be taken alive.
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Memphis
Tetin
Dec
Moehler
Fer
Boehler
Tenn
Adam M. Boehler
Adam Boehler
Charles Davis
Jesse Wooten
Spaulding Parsons
Boshler
Indiana
Waterloo Courier to Print New Year Portrait Feature
The Waterloo Evening Courier plans two extra pages for an editorial greeting on New Years Day. Readers can submit portraits with Flint the photographer offering sittings. women’s portraits may also be included in a future issue per reader suggestions.
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Waterloo
Evening Courier
Courier
Flint
Ecu
Boen
New Venteriay
Hall of Kemb Siege Report From Polish Fortress Attack
A dramatic wartime dispatch describes an assault on a fortress named lontna by night fighters and militvers. Officials report bombs dropped near civilian buildings causing damage while population safety measures were organized and advised for the day.
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Pireis
Dave
Kemb
Lontna
Premertl Ven terlos Prepares for Balkan Peace Conference
London dispatch notes Venizelos of Greece traveling to London for the peace conference to end the Balkan war though Greece still fights Turkey after rejecting an armistice. His peculiar status makes him an interesting figure in the talks.
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London
Premiser Venterlos
Greece
Turkey
Venizelos
Taft Plans Christmas Dinner in Tropics
President Taft and Mrs. Taft depart Washington for Key West to begin a twelve day trip to Panama. They will dine on Christmas turkey in the tropics and inspect the Panama Canal project while discussing the future canal force with the governor. The voyage includes travel by train and sea and marks his fifth zone visit.
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Washington
Taft
Key West
Fla
Panama
Tropics
Waslington
Florida
Cal Wethals
Panam
Iunal
Xaretnar
Bores Ing Citie
Childs Donates 10004 More to Des Moines College
Mrs Kinor announced at Des Moines College chapel that she would add 10004 to the Des Moines college fund, bringing the total gift to 40000 for the Childs Tall creation.
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Des Moines
Cialdi
Kinor ix Childs
Les Moines College
Notice of Appeal Filed in Murder Case
New York firm Thee L4 notice of appeal filed in the murder case of Gasphe Blood and accomplices Whites Lewis and Lefty Bowie who were condemned to death. The appeal pauses execution pending higher court decision. Also notes death of Miss Sue H Weare in Sioux City aged 32 after four months illness. funeral to be led by Rt. Rev. Theodore Morrison in Davenport.
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New York
Thee
Sioux City
Ta. Dewa
Suesanna H. Weare
Ulness
George Weare
Towa
Theodore No Morrison
Davenport
Ute Towa
Episcopal Church
Balkan peace talks at St James palace and Adrianople posting
London reports that Balkan allies and Turkey met at St James palace to seek a decision within 48 hours on peace or continued war. Turkey proposes surrender of Adrianople as a condition, while reporters received no details from Rechad Pasha and Salih Pasha. A Turkish telegram to the war office claims a Turkish victory near Janina with heavy Greek losses and captured equipment.
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London
Turkey
St. James Palace
Rechad Pasha
Salih Pasha
Adrianopla
Constantinopla
Oon
Adrianople
Greece
Constantinople
Janina
War Office
Warrants Sought Against Local Liquor Dealers
Civil action filed to permanently revoke liquor licenses of W. J. Mulhern Cal J. Miller Wangler Bros. Co Benjamin W. Schunman Halden & Floyd Ellis Drug Co and J O Hieber with their properties named as co-defendants cited to appear January 2 to contest a temporary injunction sought by the State of Iowa via County Attorney Wirt P. Alexie.
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Wirt P. Alexie
State of
Iowa
W. J. Mulhern
Cal. J. Miller
Wangler Bros. Company
Benjamin W. Schun¢man
Halden & Floyd
Ellis Drug Company
J. O. Hi
Leaders of Band of Cattle Thieves Now in Custody
Belvidere Kansas December reports a gang of about forty cattle thieves operating across Barber County. Leader Harl Bowman confessed. other members Clauda Clausen Harvey Talley and Doc Gilworth are jailed at Medicine Lodge. Frank Rockefeller helped disrupt the band against a ranch he owns nearby.
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Belvidere
Kan
Barber County
Harl Bowman
Bowman
Clauda Clausen
Harvey Talley
Doc” Gilworth
Medicine Lodge
Frank Rockefeller
John J. Rockefeller
Temperature records amid vague notation notes
A fragmentary weather snippet reports yesterday at 5 am a temperature of 27 with a reference to previous highs and lows. markings indicate a Buchaway Opteal Co ground floor syndicate block source and a stray promotional line about Martin cigars displayed.
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NEC
Buchaway Opteal Co
Cb Lp
Ned Tel
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Susanna Weare
Martin's Cigars
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