Rate Fight Gets New Push After High Court Ruling
New York June 10 The Supreme Court decision upholding state rate fixing spurs expectations of a broader federal clash. Analysts foresee Congress facing the issue, with lawyers seeking loopholes and government champion Samuel Untermyer calling it a vindication of federal authority. Railroads fear future limits on state power and await the next legal move in the same court.
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Wall Street
United States Supreme Court
Congress
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America
Great Railway Systems
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Money Trust
Supreme Court
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Commonwealths
Railroad Officials Withhold Comment On Minnesota Rate Ruling
New York June 10 Railroad officials are reluctant to comment on the Supreme Court Minnesota rate decision until they receive fuller abstracts and study the full text. Justice Hughes had not finished reading the decision as many officials left early. Wall Street anticipated a ruling against Minnesota and brokers abroad expect the impact to show in London and later Japan markets.
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Supreme Court
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London
Jaca
Minnesota rate case yields $3 million overcharge refunds
State officials celebrate a unanimous victory in the Minnesota rate case as railroads operating in the state will refund about 3.6 million dollars in overcharges. The Legislature required railroads to keep monthly freight charge books to aid shipper restitution if the state won.
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ST. Paul
Minnesota
Couple Rewed After Thirty Years Divorce
REDDING CAL June 10 After more than thirty years apart La Fayette Holt and Rosa Elrod aged over sixty were remarried here along with years in the city The pair said their later years would be their real honeymoon and began life anew this week
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la Fayette Holt
Rosa Elrod
Champion Egg Eater Falls Ill After Seventeen Eggs
HOUSATONIC MASS June 10 Acute indigestion followed Louis Morris, champion fried egg eater, attempting to beat his 30 egg record. He became ill after devouring seventeen eggs.
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Housatonic
Mass
Louis Morris
Man Doctored 2,000 Miles By Cable Dies
SAN FRANCISCO June 10 Stricken with convulsions at the lone cable station on Fanning Island Dr Herbert Metcalfe resident surgeon died in three days in spite of the cabled prescriptions from Fiji 2 000 miles away Employees of the cable company returning today on the steamer Sierra brought news of the death Only a score of Europeans live on Fanning Island and none knew how to treat the invalid For three days hourly bulletins were cabled to Fiji and the doctor there cabled back instructions
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Fanning Island
Herbert Metcalfe
Fiji
Cable Company
Metcalfe
Anshe-Sfard To Open Orth" Orthodox Jewish Synagogue
Atlanta hosts the Anshe-Sfard congregation planning the Souths first strictly orthodox Jewish synagogue in the Spanish Hebrew Church tradition. A temporary service tonight at 344 Woodward Avenue, with over 100 members, and a summer plan to erect a grand synagogue in central Atlanta. Additional services scheduled Thursday morning and night.
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Anshe-Sfard
South
Spanish Hebrew Church
Woodward Avenue
Atlanta
Beer raids aid charity in St Louis clubs
Police confiscate large quantities of beer in St Louis area raids and plan to donate the liquor to charity homes for the aged. Newsboys in Milwaukee face disorderly conduct charges for loud paper sales as part of an anti noise campaign. Mrs. Edward Gal linger seeks separation after a dispute on their honeymoon. The Sunday American markets itself as the South’s best advertising medium.
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St. Louis
Milwaukee
Edward Gallinger
New York City
Budget Veto Looms Over Crematory Funding Dispute
The June budget with a 260000 crematory line item sits awaiting Mayor Woodward’s review. Council plans to pass it Wednesday to override a potential veto if he finds objections, notably linking the new crematory contract to an invalidated old one. The mayor’s stance hinges on severing that linkage and removing disputed provisions.
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James G. Woodward
Woodward
Grand Will Stage Quo Vadis Engaged for June Run
The Kleine Cines photo drama Quo Vadis is booked at the Grand, beginning June 16. It depicts Henryk Sienkiewicz romance set in Nero’s final years with historically accurate scenes. The Rome plant spent over $150,000 to build massive sets and costumes for 3,500 actors.
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the Grand
Henry Sienkiewicz
Nero
Cines Photo Drama
Rome
Groom 75 Conducts Own Wedding Ceremony in Beaver
Beaver Pennsylvania June 10 Dr Askelon Mercer 75 and Sarah L Cal grove 65 held their own marriage ceremony with witnesses The groom says this is his sixth marriage and all prior ceremonies used the same ritual.
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Beaver
Askelon Mercer
Sarah L. Calgrove
Japanese to settle colony in Georgia says governor’s office
A letter from B F Johnson claims 25 Japanese plan to move from California to Georgia and establish a colony with possible thousands more if landownership is allowed. Governor secretary Perry found no Georgia law preventing Japanese from becoming citizens, awaiting Attorney General Felder opinion.
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B. F. Johnson
Johnson
American and Foreign Real Estate Exchange
Washington, D. C
California
Jesse Perry
Felder
Atlanta
Graduation melee as Strunk defies cap and gown
In Scranton Maxwell L Strunk of Nicholson High School’s graduating class refused the regalia and faced a class vote to bar him from the stage. He arrived with three brothers, occupied the stage after a scuffle, professors resisted, police were called, and the Strunk brothers were jailed before commencement resumed.
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Scranton
Maxwell L. Strunk
Nicholson High School
Maxwell
Morgan
Strunk
The Market Place of the South Sunday American Note
The Sunday American column The Market Place of the South appears in the publication, introducing readers to regional commerce, local vendors, and market scene highlights from the era.
Federal Probe of Mine War Begun
Charleston West Virginia witnesses gather as a federal inquiry into coal field conditions opens at 2 PM with about a hundred miners operators and activists ready to testify Mother Jones and several socialists are among the arrivals for the investigation.
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Charleston
W. VA
West Virginia
Overwork Destroys Voice of Inventor
Champaign Illinois reports inventor William W. Moore of Chicago arrived to discuss a hydraulic pressure invention with University of Illinois professors. He became speechless and nearly forgot his memory after intense work, with physicians attributing aphasia to overwork and strain on his voice and brain.
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Champaign, III
William W. Moore
Chicago
University of Ilinois
Huerta Sees U S Recognition Within Fortnight
In a Mexico City interview General Huerta predicted the United States would recognize the current Mexican regime within a fortnight. He said appointing an ambassador to succeed Henry Lane Wilson would be the first step toward recognition.
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Mexico City
Huerta
Mexico
United States
Henry Lane Wilson
Washington
Morning Baths Shrink Paris Water Supply
Paris reports a surprising cause for its water shortage. The practice of morning baths, adopted from England a decade ago, leads to increased water use as new houses and hotels install multiple bathrooms. Authorities note this cultural shift as a contributing factor during hot days.
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Atlanta
Paris
Woman Known as Mrs Ella Wofford Holds Court in Mystery
A plain dressed woman calling herself Mrs Ella Wofford resisted Recorder Broyles for half an hour in court as the “woman of mystery” over alleged boarding house activities at Terminal Station. She admitted living in Augusta and Jacksonville and said she had only recently arrived in the city. Officers said she changed clothes daily in the station’s ladies’ room and several small items vanished. A neighbor claimed she slept at her house and was charged 20 cents for lodging. The case ends with her choosing departure from the city to avoid jail.
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Ella Wofford
Recorder Broyles
Termina
Payne
Terminal
J. Gabriel
Markham Street
Excursions 5000 Mile Circle Tour Leaves Atlanta July 19
Special trains and exclusive ships offer a grand travel package for a limited party. The original official tour visits Cincinnati Detroit Buffalo Niagara Falls Toronto Montreal Boston New York Philadelphia Atlantic City Washington Baltimore Savannah with lake and ocean steamer trips. 15 day expense paid trip 77.75 dollars and 18 day 88.85 dollars. Write J F McFarland Box 1624 Atlanta Ga.
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