Startling Figures in Steel Trust Report Revealed
Washington report details McRae inquiry into United States Steel Corp. showing Morgan & Co. cash profits near 69.3 million for organizing the trust and nine year net earnings around 1.03 billion. Findings claim 80 percent control of U.S. steel holdings and price manipulation through Gary dinners and interlocking directorates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House Teel Trust
United States Steel Corporation
Farquhar J. McRae
Xpert
McRae
Steel Corporation
Gary
Steel Trust
J. P Morgan & Co
Steel Combine
J. P. Morgan & Co
H. C. Frick
Roosevelt
Gary Dinners
Anthony J. Ernest
New York
Standard Steel
Rafia
Carnegie Co
Federal Steel Co
National Tube Co
American Steel & Wire Co
N. J
National Steel Co
American Tin Plate Co
IPS - Mae
American Sheet Steel Co
American Sheet & Tin Plate Co
American Steel Hoop Co
American Bridge Co
Oliver Iron Mining Co
Lake Superior
Iron Mining Co
Shelby Steel Tube Co
Pittsburg Steamship Co
Clairton Steel Co
Government to Probe Strike in Lawrence Mills
Lawrence Mass Feb 28 The federal government opens probes into strike conditions in Lawrence mills with Special Agent W C Dannenberg leading an inquiry into alleged mistreatment and the exportation of children. A second inquiry will examine wages and working conditions as officials arrive from Washington to testify before Congress.
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Lawrence
Mass
Wm. C. Dannenberg
Department of Justice
United States
Asa P. French
Philadelphia
Washington
Congress
House of Representatives
Crown Princess Welcomes a Son in Stockholm
In Stockholm on February 28, the crown princess, daughter of the duke of Connaught, governor-general of Canada, gave birth to a son. Mother and child are doing well. The crown prince and princess now have three sons and one daughter. In Washington on February 28, the federal bureau of labor will investigate wages and conditions at Lawrence textile mills. A representative will depart for Lawrence to review the strike and related labor issues amid ongoing congressional talks.
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Bureau of Labor
Lawrence, Mass
Stockholm
Sweden
Duke of Connaught
Canada
Murdered Woman Found In Harlem Apartment Tub
New York February investigation reports the body of Mrs. Johanna Heuveron found in a Harlem apartment tub. She lived alone and appears to have been murdered. Authorities are processing the scene for clues and motive.
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New York
Johanna Heuveron
Harlem
Young Man Seeks Soul Mate Through Courier Vaudeville Bid
A 24 year old New Yorker, George Alexander Davis, touring Waterloo seeks a wife under 30 to form a vaudeville team. He laments loneliness, offers musical talent and stage skill, and asks newspapers to spread word. He will consider all appearances and physiques, stressing partnership over romance.
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George Alexander Davis
Davis
Martin J. Wade
Iowa City
Waterloo
Nighttime theft at flat ends with bellboy arrest
During the night a flat was looted and a bellboy in the apartment house was arrested. The note mentions San Felice and Se cigar in connection with the incident.
Gleber German Actor Adolf Link Shines in Meyers
Adolf Link, a clever German comedian, has scored success in The Meyers now playing in New York. Plans are underway to have Link appear across the United States, bringing his act to broader stages.
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Adolf Link
the Meyers
New York
Mr. Tink
United Watar
Demands May Be Rejected in Coal Talks
New York February 28. John P White president of the United Mine Workers plans to travel to Chicago after talks with the Anthracite Mine Workers committee who presented demands for a new working agreement. The anthracite pact expires March 31 and some operators favor wage increases but oppose other demands.
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New York
Anthracite Mine Workers’ Committee
John P. White
Tinsted Mine Workers of America
Chicago
White
Itia
Rebels Plan March South from Juarez Toward Chihuahua
Washington reports Mexican rebels under Antonio Rojas and Vasquistas join Inez Salazar and Wilio Campa in Juarez, planning a southward advance through Chihuahua toward Mexico City. El Paso authorities consider halting American exports to Juarez, amid food subsistence concerns and official diplomacy.
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Washington
el Paso
Tex
Juarez
United States
Treasury Department
Department of State and Justice
State Department
Antonio Rojas
Inez Salazar
Wilio Campa
Chihuahua
Mexico City
Dutch Farmers Bound for Iowa on Noordam Voyage
New York on February 28 reports two hundred Dutch farmers and families en route to Iowa, having bought a large tract for farming. They arrived aboard the Noordam from Rotterdam. The Friesland yeomen are described as sturdy, with ample funds, leaving Friesland due to heavy taxation and high rent.
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New York
Town
Noordam
Rotterdam
Friesland
Holland
Priesland
Government Wins Point in Packers Trial Minutes Admission
Witness Ferdinand Sulzberger testifies at Chicago about directors meetings from 1898 to 1902 and pool meetings at Veeder's office. He names ten defendants and says Armour Swift Morris & Co and Sulzberger’s company attended, with government asserting price fixing under the Sherman Act.
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Chicago
United States
Carpenter
National Packing Company
Ferdinand Sulzberger
Sulzberger & Sons
Schwarzschild & Sulzberger Company
Packers
A. H. Veeder
Armour & Co
Swift & Co
Morris & Co
Chinese Troops Mutiny for Pay at Hankow
In Hankow Wu Chang troops rose in revolt overnight amid pay disputes. Fighting occurred with undetailed casualties reported as the gates were shut. Foreign gunboats were ordered to be ready for any outcome as the incident reflects military discontent toward pay. In Washington, the House Foreign Affairs Committee backed Sulzer’s China recognition measure, praising the Chinese for self government.
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Hankow
Wu Chang
Republic
Washington
House Committee On Foreign Affairs
Sulzer
Republic of China
Committee for Two Battleships Moves to Expand Navy
Washington Feb 28 The house committee on naval affairs favors authorizing two new battleships this year and seeks to compel the Democratic caucus to rescind its opposition to additions to the navy. The panel wants a free hand to decide the matter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House Committee On Naval Affairs
Jury Deadlocks in Croker Divorce Suit
New York Feb 28 The jury in the divorce suit of Ethel Croker Breen against her husband John J Breen seated verdict that they could not agree The plaintiff is a daughter of Richard Croker and the case was heard in the supreme court
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New York
Ethel Croker Breen
John J. Breen
Supreme Court
Richard Croker
Brandt Released From the Tombs in New York
Folke E. Brandt, a former Mortimer L. Schiff valet sentenced to thirty years for burglary, was formally released from the Tombs today after bail details were completed. He exited the criminal court building as a crowd gathered. Also noted is news of Miss Erma Cloyd of Waterloo West recovering from ear surgery, moved to the home of Mrs. J. Dy Faston in South Street, with sister Mrs. William H. Ammons of Minneapolis staying to assist. Smoke Martin's Standard, 60 cigar.
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New York
Folke E. Brandt
Mortimer L. Schiff
Criminal Court
Erma, Cloyd
Waterloo West
Presbyterian Hospital
J. Dy Faston
South Street
William H. Ammons
Minneapolis
Widow Mrs Elijah Marshall Ales Hovers Over Illness
Mrs Elijah Marshall Ales, a New York widow aged seventy four, is ill with pneumonia six weeks after her husband’s death. Her friends fear for her health as she remains in the city. Belief persists that Mr Allen left an estate valued at four hundred thousand dollars.
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Elijah Marshall Ales
New York
Allen
Injured in Train Collision in Des Moines Interchange
Des Moines report states forty two people were injured in a collision between a Rock Island engine and a Wabash passenger train at the East Des Moines interchange. Mrs Eliza Adair of Des Moines was the most seriously injured and remained in hospital in care, with authorities predicting she would recover.
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Des Moines
Rock Island
Eliza Adair
Turks Severely Whipped by Foe Near Tripoli
Rome reports a severe battle at Mt. Mergheb near Lebda fifty miles east of Tripoli. Italian troops defeated Turkish forces and Arab allies after a day long fight. Italian losses were eleven killed and eighty two wounded with very heavy Turkish and Arab casualties.
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Rome
Homs
Lebda
Tripoli
Mediterranean
Mt. Mergheb
Indian Hospital Bill Aims For Chippewas of Minnesota
Washington reports Rep C B Miller of Duluth introduced a bill to establish a Chippewas of Minnesota hospital costing 100000 dollars. It would serve all Chippewas, run by a five member board five governors three appointed by the Minnesota governor one by the interior secretary and one by the Indians. A tuberculosis ward a contagious diseases ward and a ward for the aged or infirm would exist. Admission by majority board order. A physician would run the hospital with a 2500 dollar annual salary.
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Washington
C. B. Miller
Duluth
Minnesota
Secretary of the Interior
Board of Governors
Roosevelt Men Hold Council and Move to Rally
Boston and Washington dispatches report Roosevelt supporters in Massachusetts holding a council to name a leader while Roosevelt declines to comment on his nomination stance. Separately, Col Roosevelt returns to New York as movement organization progresses with a Taft Business Men's league planned. In Washington a push emerges to postpone the Democratic national convention, signaling anticipated Roosevelt nomination.
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Boston
Theodore Roosevelt
Massachusetts
Beq
New York
Col. Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Taft Business Men's League
Col
Wm. Sturgis Bigelow
Arthur D. Ail
Harvard Board of Overseers
Oyster Bay
Washington, D. C
Benator Bacon
Georgia
National Committee
Taft Nominates Three U S Attorneys and Eighteen Consuls
Nominations sent to the senate by President Taft include three United States attorneys Joseph E Morrison for the district of Arizona William N Sanders for the district of Porto Rico and Alexander Akerman for the southern district of Georgia along with eighteen consuls.
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U. S
Washington
Senate
Taft
United States
Joseph E. Morrison
Arizona
Wm. N. Sanders
Porto Rico
Alexander Akerman
Georgia
Peavey seeks rehearing over grain elevator cases ruling
Washington February 28 F H Peavey and subsidiary firms at Omaha and Kansas City petition the Supreme Court for a rehearing. They argue the US Supreme Court grain elevator decisions are used as rank discrimination between shippers and localities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Supreme Court of the United States
F. H. Peavey & Co
Aubstiiary
Omaha
Kansas City
Minneapolis defines ideal girl qualities by wise locals
Minneapolis women outline three core traits for the ideal girl: self sufficiency, humor, and consideration. Officials including Miss Josephine Schain and Miss Gratia Countryman argue women should be able to support themselves, while also valuing humor and good manners.
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Minneapolis
Rockefeller
Fifth Avenue Baptist Church of New York
Josephine Schain
The
Public Library
Gratia Countryman
Ada L. Comstock
University
Emile Glorieux
L. A. Crandall
Trintayr Tigt Church
Bet
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Crown Princess
Federal Bureau of Labor
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Prince OF Spenders
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Steele
Franklin
John W. Steele
Johnny
All King
Courier
New York City
Illinois Central Railroad
Glever
Chihua
Hua and
BIG Point
Croker
Brandt
Martin
Elivan Marshall
Bill
Indian Hospital
Conference of Volunteers
Will
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