ROW OVER RATES FOR SHIPPING TARIFF UPHELD BY EXAMINER
A meeting of seven state railroad commissioners and Interstate Commerce Commission Chief Examiner Brown ended with their protest over a Western tariff schedule. They claim Brown prejudiced the case and declined a 120 day suspension. They seek a full halt to the schedule and warn of wide impacts on millions of rates, especially on agricultural equipment. A follow up meeting was planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
George N. Brown
Interstate Commerce Commission
Clifford Thorne
Brown
Iowa
George A. Henshaw
Oklahoma
F. C. Robinson
South Dakota
J. A. Little
North Dakota
J. Hedlund
Texas
KE. Smith
Kansas
T. N. Bradbury
Missouri
America
Missouri River
Kansas City
Des Moines
St. Louis
Mob causes fatal harm amid Quito penitentiary siege
A mob breached Quito’s penitentiary despite double guards and fatally harmed five generals Elroy Alfaro Flavio Alfaro Medardo Alfaro A Paez and Manuel Serrano Ecuadorian revolutionaries. Earlier Guayaquil saw General Pedro Montero proclaimed president after Estrada’s death, severely harmed and burned by a mob. Elvoy Alfaro was proclaimed president in 1406 after defeating government troops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quito Penitentiary
Elroy Alfaro
Flavio Alfaro
Medardo Alfaro
A. Paez
Manuel Serrano
Guayaquil
Pedro Montero
Estrada
Elvoy Alfaro
Woodmen of America Approves Readjustment Plan Rates
The Modern Woodmen of America adopted a proposed readjustment plan on life reserve rates. The measure passed in Chicago by a vote of 460 to 207.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Chicago
Indictment Formed Against Darrow in Jury Bribery Case
Los Angeles reports two indictments returned by the county grand jury charging Darrow of Chicago with bribery and attempted corruption in the McNamara case. The bills allege he supplied funds for the defense and bribed juror Robert Bain and venireman George Lockwood in the Jones and McNamara trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dario
Los Angeles
Jno
Darrow
Chicago
Ecounse
McNamara Brothers
McNamara Defense Fund
Robert Bain
Jones & McNamara
George Lockwood
Striking Workers Clash at Textile Factory Entrance
In Lawrenes Ma on January 30 a crowd of strikers gathered to stop the operation at a textile plant. The facility faced disruption as several workers were injured and two were taken to cells, while others reportedly faced reductions in scale. The incident highlighted tensions between labor and management during the dispute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrenes
Serlius
Pairing Agreement Promises Prohibition Vote Exchange
Prohibition leaders in Chicago push a pairing agreement to win cross party support. State workers pledge to secure three million votes in 1912 and collect equal signatures from Democrats and Republicans on a printed pledge to vote Prohibition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prohibition Party
Chicago
Prohibition
Trade Review Notes Slower Uptake Despite Better Weather
Favorable weather has aided business operations especially in jobbing and retail lines with some improvement. Trade remains cautious with small lot buying and strong conservation, especially in farming areas. Travel salesmen move about more, raising mail order activity though general trade may develop later than usual.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bradatreet’s
Bank Robbery at Vancouver Branch Wakens City
At noon two robbers looted the Royal Bank branch in Vancouver. Manager A A Stevens and staff were forced into the vault and locked in while the thieves removed cash. The total taken ran into the thousands of dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Royal Bank
Vancouver
A. A. Stevens
Assouin Jan Dies in City Hotel
Jan Assouin, the Duke of Fife and brother in law to King George V, died here in a city hotel, marking a sudden royal connected death in the capital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Assouin
Jan
Duke of Fife
King George V
Great Britain
Wheat and corn futures close with varied gains
Chicago markets closed with wheat May at 1.08, July up 5 cents, corn Jun 64 1/2 cents, May 67 cents, oats May Slye, July 46 1/2 cents, pork Jun 15.75, May 16.30, lard Jan 9.17 20, May 9.40 2/14, ribs Jan 8.55, May 8.80. Cash prices show No 2 hard wheat 1.00104, No 2 corn 3 3/8, No 2 white oats 51 1/2 52 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Chicago live stock prices and receipts summary
Chicago cattle receipts total about 26 000 with steady to slightly lower bids. Beef steers bring 4.60 to 6.40, stockers 3.60 to 5.90, cows and heifers 2.10 to 6.60, calves 5.50 to 8.25. hog receipts around 45 000 with light to heavy grade ranges 5.65 to 6.02 for light, 5.90 to 6.05 rouga, pigs 4.15 to 4.40, bulk 4.05 to 6.25. Sheep receipts about 200 with natives 4.10 to 4.70, westerns 3.50 to 4.75, yearlings 4.75, lambs 4.40 to 5.55.
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Chicago
Omaha
Omaha Cattle and Sheep Receipts Reported
Cattle receipts total about 540 with varied tags. Beef steer values around 5.00 to 7.50, cows and heifers near 3.00 to 3.26, stockers and feeders 4.00 to 5.65, calves 4.25 to 7.75. Sheep receipts 170 with prices from 2.90 to 6.30 and miscellaneous items listed.
Notable deaths and incidents across several cities
Billy Delaney dies in Oakland. An earthquake damages the Ionian islands. Italians seize a French ship but find no contraband. Two Morton children burned in Cumberland fire. Mrs. Dick Dunlap dies in Morgan county at age 110. Police avert mob violence in Lodz. Chicago streetcar collision injures several. Gaby Deslys reportedly marries Harry Pilcer. Samuel Untermeyer tests money power before Congress. Saskatchewan sale to British syndicate for 1.452 million. Taft commutes Toy Toy sentence. New York Jewish population numbers rise. Oklahoma bankers push forage crops. Thurby dies in James Town asylum. Three drown in Worley Kentucky. Governors join Roosevelt committee. Dennis shot at Buffalo station. Riley wins poetry medal. Denver girl marries at 12. Hunters’ remains found near Eagle Grove. Di Blasi fined and jailed for marrying 13-year-old Blossom Sparks. Fargo convicting A. J. Murray. Rockefeller Institute saves infant lives. General Reyes not to be shot per President Madero. Taft appeals for China famine relief. Gog family extorted tobacco meth near East 30th Street. Fire damages only their sale room.
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Mra
A. Morton
Cumberland
Wis
Dick Dunlap
Morgan County
Illinois
Jacksonville
Lodz
Poland
Chicago
London
Gaby
Gaby Deslys
Harry Pilcer
Samuel Untermeyer
New York
House Rules Committee
Saskatchewan
Taft
Toy Toy
Umatilla
Anna Edna
New York City
American Hebrew
Oklahoma
Edmond S. Thursby
North Dakota
Jamestown
N. C
Worley
South Fork River
Tce
Mary West
Clarence Robbs
Mary Yancey
Stubbs
Kansas
Hadley
Missouri
Osborn
Michigan
Fort
New Jersey
Roosevelt National Committee
Robert 8. Dennis
New York Central
Buffalo
Gasper Martorans
Martorans
James Whitcomb Riley
American Academy of Arts and Letters
National Institute of Arts and Letters
Philadelphia
Annie Dietrich
Denver
Edward Walker
Bernardo Reyes
Mexico City
Madero
Reyes
Fonds
China
Paul A. Gog
Pass Metal Bill as Republicans Press Battle in House
The Democratic metal tariff revision bill passed 210 to 109 in the House. Republican efforts to amend failed under cloture as Underwood shut off debate. If enacted, the measure would reduce tariffs on all metal articles about 5 percent from Payne Aldrich levels, boosting imports by about 25 million dollars and cutting revenues by around 960 thousand dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House
Senate
Payne Aldrich
Underwood
Norris
Neb
Lenroot
Wis
Mann
Floyd
Ark
The
Republic
Representative Warburton
Wash
Taft Warns Against Recall of Judges at Waldorf Speech
President Taft addressing the Ohio Society of New York in the Waldorf Astoria argued against judicial recall and other nostrums of reform. He praised some reform efforts but warned that making courts responsive to popular whim would corrupt justice and turn decisions from the law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Taft
Waldorf Astoria
Ohio Society of New York
United States
Breach of promise suit filed in Wayne Nebraska
Misa Mary McCarthy a school teacher from Forest City Iowa sues Philip Sullivan in Wayne for 150000 alleging breach of promise in marriage. Sullivan a wealthy stockman about fifty years old is accused of deceiving her into coming to Wayne to marry him and now refuses to keep the promise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wayne, Neb
Misa Mary McCarthy
Miss McCarthy
Sullivan
Wayne
Sullivans
Beating Death of Nellie Goethler Shocks Chicago
William Goethler and Anna Schiller admitted beating five year old Nellie Goethler to death in Chicago. The couple, living as spouses for three years, buried the scarred body at Elmwood. Both are under arrest and showed no wish to attend the funeral. Goethler is Nellie’s father.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
William Goethler
Mra
Anna Schiller
Nellie Goethler
Elmwood
Goethler
Runaway trolley crash injures score on Selby Avenue
A Selby avenue trolley car ran away on a grade in St Paul and crashed into a second car filled with passengers. The vestibule caught fire from the sparks and Motorman Swanson lost his leg in the wreck, being pinned in the burning debris until rescued before flames reached him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul
Selby Avenue
Srove S
Swanson
Goal Operators Make Concession
Miners in Indiana Ohio and western Pennsylvania yield slightly to wage demands. They submit a joint statement to return to the wage scale of 1994 1908. The plenary conference’s opinion was rejected and entombed.
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Jaaneysois
Bithmindu
Oak
Indiana
Minois
Ohi
Western
Pennsylvania
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Examiner Brown
Statement of Commissioners
Ecuador
Tion
Modern Society
Lawrence
Count von Aehrenthal
Hone
Radatreet's Trade Review
Bank
South Omaha
Billy Delaney
Oakland
Cal
Salvatore di Blasi
Cleveland
Blossom Sparks
Indianapolis
di Blas
A. J. Murray
Northern Pacific
Fargo
Rockefeller Institute of Research
New York Health Department
Mary McCarthy
Philip Sullivan
Mra. Schiller
the Crystal Theatre
Oscar Braman
Box Butte Avenue
Gurlington Station
Braman Rooming House
Crystal Theatre
Younkin
Alliance
California
Northwest
Nebraska
Salt Lake
Santa Fe
San Francisco
Gulf
Florida
J. Kridelbaugh
L. W. Wakeley
Newberry
G. H. Wood
N. S. Cook
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