05 May 1906
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Newspaper
Albuquerque Morning Journal
Location
Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1906
Page
1
London reports a Turkish note demanding full troop withdrawal from Egyptian territory as British and Allied ambassadors press a near ultimatum. British naval movements head to Piraeus while Berlin and St Petersburg weigh motives and the risk of a wider Moslem world upheaval.
The Morning Journal argues that the end of free railroad passes as of January 1 sparked a broader antitrust mobilization. It claims Congress and state governments seized power to regulate railroads, end monopolistic practices, and enforce fair transportation terms, noting industry insiders sought value for passes and lost it when they stopped.
Thomas Taggart, chairman of the Democratic National Committee, announces a new subcommittee to cooperate with the congressional committee in the upcoming campaign. Appointees include M. Guffey, Jh. M. Johnson, J. L. Taylor Bilison, Uriah Woods, G. W. Sullivan, Timothy G. Ryan, John McGraw, and others, with Taggart as a member. Headquarters planned for Washington. A separate note from London reports Lords appointed to study securing British policyholders in overseas insurance firms.
President Roosevelt hosts 36 Washington correspondents to discuss railroad rate legislation and amendments to the Hepburn bill. He hints he prefers the bill as reported but would accept a court review of Interstate Commerce Commission decisions. The Senate debate centers on Lodge pipelines and car provisions. The House continues naval appropriation debates with praise for the president’s oil transport message.
San Francisco moves toward reconstruction with loans replacing charity aid as banks and insurers back the effort. Officials plan to trim sub committees, with militia and relief work easing. Reports note free rail transport abuse and a strong push by the clearing house against charitable financing.
Federal grand jury returns seven sealed indictments in sugar rebating cases. Named defendants include New York Central and Hudson River Railroad Company, American Sugar Refining Company, Nathan Guilford vice president, F L Pomeroy traffic manager, and wholesale sugar dealers Edwin and Edgar Earle of Detroit. NYCentral president W H Newman says state rate data was refused to the Bureau of Corporations, citing jurisdiction limits to interstate commerce.
A dispatch from Key West claims alarming reports of a revolution in eastern Cuba led by Modesto Leal, but the rumor lacks verification. London reports an education campaign and a fund of 375000 dollars yearly to fight consumption and cancer, with funding gaps in wards and labs. Elijiro Nakano, a Japanese student in New York, is missing, feared robbed by Nippon club members or possibly returning to Japan. In Germany Bonn, beer prices rise 25 percent due to a new brewery tax, risking university attendance as students may move to towns with cheaper beer.
In St Petersburg on May 4 officials anticipate a Goremykin cabinet lineup by Sunday as parliament nears clash. The emperor seeks parliament goodwill amid turmoil with ministerial changes and signals a possible repeal of the controversial fundamental laws tied to Count Fitte. The move is read as a liberal victory and boosts optimism from Milukoff's constitutional democrats.
News from London in May reports medical science failing to stem two severe plagues. March sees rising India deaths with Bengal at 5060 weekly and Calcutta 40 in one day. Sleeping sickness reaches Lakes Mweru Tanganyika as transport expansion fuels spread.
Circular from the Adjutant General's Office in Santa Fe directs national guard units to hold Memorial Day ceremonies at home stations on May 20. Units are urged to parade or conduct ceremonies and to display the national flag at half staff from sunrise to noon before hoisting at noon and remaining until sunset. Adjutant General Tarkington orders flag protocol as governor commands.
Paris officials estimate 75,000 workers remain on strike in the city and surrounding area. Subway excavation is halted by agreement with contractors until demands are met, with some pickets arrested for trying to interfere with workers.
Altoona May 1 Two of the fastest trains the Chicago mail and the Chicago and St. Louis express bound east and west respectively collided on the Petersburg branch about 3500 yards east of Clover Creek Junction. Seven were killed and about twenty injured with many trapped under wreckage. Doctors from Altoona Huntington and Williamsburg aided the injured at the Altoona hospital.
Rogers and Archbold deny the president's charges in detail while a bold critique unfolds. The article highlights a contentious dispute as supporters and opponents trade allegations, framing the conflict through named figures and political maneuvering.
A quoted line denounces claims that Standard Oil has engaged in unlawful practices as untruthful and unjust. The text frames the president's message to attack all trusts as inappropriate rhetoric.
H H Rogers and John D Archbold of Standard Oil issue a brief statement to the Associated Press defending the company’s practices. They say they welcomed Garfield’s investigation and deny unlawful conduct while defending freight rates, refinery placement, and distribution strategies amid the inter estatal commerce commission debate.
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