President Roosevelt Refuses Nobel Prize Cash
President Roosevelt will devote the $40,000 Nobel Prize award for ending the Japanese Russian war to promoting industrial peace in the United States. Chief Justice Fuller is named trustee, with Wilson and Strauss assisting. a six member arbitration committee will evolve over years to settle labor disputes.
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Strauss
John Mitchell
Miners’ Union
Ben
Leopold Denies Reports of Cruelty in Congo
King Leopold, in Brussels, rejects alleged Congo atrocities as false. He cites common sense and humanity, praises American support, and asserts he elevates inhabitants through humane governance and commerce while ruling for profit.
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Brussels
Congo
Common Sense
America
Sugar Dealers Plead Guilty to Rebates
In New York on December 11, Edgar and Edwin Earl of Detroit pleaded guilty to accepting rebates on sugar shipments. They were fined 36,000 each. The New York Central Railroad was fined 108,000 and the American Sugar Refining company 18,000 after jury conviction.
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C. Goodfoe Edgar
Edwin Earl
William F. Edgar & Sons
Detroit
Edgar
Earl
New York Central Railroad Company
American Sugar Refining Company
New York Central Company
Sugar Company
Theodore Roosevelt Jr In Spartan Role At Harvard Initiation
Harvard society rites begin as Theodore Roosevelt Jr. endures a week of unique stunts in the Dickie secret fraternity at Cambridge Massachusetts. Roosevelt appears at Harvard Square in a gray suit and white canvas shoes as the initiation proceeds with five days remaining.
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Mass
Harvard
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Dickie” Society
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Harvard Square
Many Diamonds Imported For Holiday Trade In New York
Returning steamships bring diamond merchants who report scarcer stones and higher prices. New York's holiday trade leads the world, with imports this year over 40.5 million dollars and December still to come, likely boosting the total past last year’s record.
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New York
Europe
Hill lines inquiry addressees future investigation sites
Interstate Commerce Commission chairmen said the Hill lines probe location is undecided with possible inquiries in St Paul and Chicago. Commissioners Prouty and Lane may handle hearings, likely after January 15 following Harriman investigations in New York set for December 26 or 27.
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Chicago
Prouty
Lane
Harriman
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Rumor of Persian Shah Death Circulates Worldwide
A Teheran cable and a Paris dispatch report a rumor that the shah of Persia is dead, with notices that no confirmation has reached the Persian legation or bank and the British foreign office has not confirmed the claim. The report notes attempts to conceal any death to allow the crown prince’s arrival.
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Teheran
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London
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