Rates rise dispute sparks shippers appeal to president
The Cincinnati shippers urge President Roosevelt to prompt the Interstate Commerce Commission to review the reasonableness of proposed rate hikes. Judge Speer grants a preliminary injunction blocking August 1 increases by several railroads on staple shipments from western to southern points. The case recalls the 1903 rate dispute involving the Southern Railway and related lines. Captain Baldwin to test military airships at Fort Meyer as nations vie for aerial power.
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Speers
Southern Railway
Interstate Commission
Sierrasesa
Cincinnata Sippers
Roosevelt
Knapp
Com Tieason
Speer
Southern Judicial District of Georgia
Atlantic Coast Line
Louisville and Nashville
Nashville, Chattanooga and
St. Louis
New Orleans
Texas
Western
Southern
Judge Speer
Southeastern
Southeastern Freight Association
Georgia
Chattanooga
Ohio River
Captain Baldwin
Fort Meyer
United States Army
Thomas
Baldwin
England
France
Germany
Great Britain
Count Zeppelin
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
Russia
Hungary
Japan
Artuiles
Paris
Twenty-Five Drown in Bernese Alps Tunnel Disaster
In the Loetachberg tunnel the wall separating workers from a hidden subterranean lake collapsed. A torrent of water and mud filled the tunnel, drowning twenty five Italian laborers. The incident occurred during drilling work.
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Loetachberg
Bernese Alps
Cotton Growers Hold Crop in Mississippi
Mississippi farmers plan to hold cotton off the market with secret meetings and censored statements. The union claims a large majority of farmers join, warehousing expanded to 150 to 200 sites for storage as market conditions dictate.
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Mississippi
Too Crafty for White Speculators
Five civilized tribes in Oklahoma resist land offers with demand for prices twice their initial agreements causing tensions with white speculators. Cruiser Milwaukee ordered to Honduran port Amalapa to relieve cruiser Albany. Milwaukee at Honolulu en route to Honduras. Albany to San Diego.
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Five Civilized Tribes
Oklahoma
Honduran
Milwaukee
Amalapa
Honduras
Albany
Honolulu
San Diego
Cal
San Joaquin Levee Breach Floods Jersey Island Farmland
A 200 foot section of the San Joaquin levee gave way flooding Jersey Island of 1903 acres including 300 acres of celery. Property loss is estimated at five million dollars.
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San Joaquin
Jersey Island
Updike Sues for Elevator Charge Reparation
The Updike Grass company files a complaint with the Interstate Commerce Commission against Union Pacific. It alleges unlawful discrimination in elevator charges from July 1906 to June 1907 at South Omaha elevator, claiming 1,365 cars weighing 77,161,140 pounds qualify for a $9,045 elevation allowance.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Union Pacific Railroad
Union Pacific
Updike Grass Company
South Omaha
Updike Company
Ottawa University Gift Drives Kansas Endowment Campaign
Dr. Price president of Ottawa University visited Wichita to promote a statewide drive to raise 75 000 for the endowment fund. The fundraising hinges on a Rockefeller pledge of 24 000, the condition that Kansas friends match with three times that amount. Price met with Rev G W Cassidy and Wichita Baptists to discuss the campaign and reported encouraging progress.
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8. BE. Price
Ottawa University
Wichita
John D. Rockefeller
Kansas
Price
G. W. Cassidy
Schooo
Tulsa Refining Company forms from C O D Webster venture
The C O D Webster Refining Co at Okmulgee changes its name to Tulsa Refining Company with headquarters in West Tulsa and amended articles of incorporation. The capital stock is set at 100000 dollars.
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Standard Oil
C.O. D. Webster Refining Co
Okmulgee
C. D. Webster
Kansas
Tulsa Refining Company
West Tulsa
Cattle rustlers suspected in central Wyoming thefts
Ranchers believe a band of cattle rustlers operates in central and northern Wyoming as livestock and horses have vanished over months. No fixed crew identified, but rustling is suspected. ranchers plan to investigate to learn the thieves’ identity.
Judge Hanford Issues Injunction Against Longshoremen
Judge Hanford issued a temporary injunction restraining the striking longshoremen from interfering with the business of the Alaska Steamship Company and the Alaska Pacific Steamship Company or the men they have employed in moving freight to and from vessels in the harbor.
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Hanford
Alaska Steamship Company
Alaska Pacific Steamship Company
Russian Cruiser Alamaz Runs Aground Near Hamburg
The cruiser Alamaz with Premier Stalypin aboard went aground near Glockstadt about thirty miles from Hamburg. Tugs were sent for assistance and the ship was floated without injuries reported.
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Alamaz
Stalypin
Glockstadt
Hamburg
Ask President 10 Act Urges Enforcement of Decree
The Cincinnati receivers and shippers association petitions President Roosevelt to enforce a long‑standing decree against Missouri Pacific and Chicago Rock Island and Pacific. They seek immediate attorney general action for contempt if the railways raise freight rates Aug 1, arguing carriers must respect court decrees and uphold the law.
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Missouri Pacific
Rock Island—Chicago
Cincinnatic
United States
Roosevelt
Missouri Pacific Railway
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad
Rock Island
Mail Pouch Thief Caught in Kansas City Station
Charles Savage a Black man was arrested by post office authorities for stealing a mail pouch at Kansas City union station on June 6 containing 50000 dollars sent from Los Angeles to a New York City bank. Inspectors say they have positive evidence and believe he burned the money. He was arraigned before a federal commissioner and pleaded not guilty, bound over to the November term without bail.
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Charles Savage
Post Office
Kansas City Union Station
Los Angeles
New York City
Savage
United States
Eberhard Captured After Crime in New Jersey
August Eberhard, who confessed to shooting his aunt Mrs Ottillie Eberhard in a New Jersey field, was tracked to near Paterson and jailed in Hackensack. He claimed to kill for love and money to marry a Hackensack girl, and planned to kill his cousin Ottillie to clear the path.
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August Eberhard
Ottillie Eberhard
New Jersey
Paterson
N. J
Hackensack
Eberhard
Shippers Seek Conference With Eastern Railroads Over Rates
Shipping interests represented by a committee at a Chicago congress plan to ask eastern railroad presidents to meet to discuss freight rate increases. They favor delaying any rate rise until after a joint conference. New York Central senior VP WY. Brown reportedly signaled willingness to comply.
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Chicago
Brown
New York Central Lines
Hughes Signals Willingness to Seek Renomination
Governor Hughes of New York states he is willing to waive personal reasons and accept renomination for another term, signaling he will stand for reelection if renominated.
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Hughes
New York
Wll
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