Oil Trust Flays Landis In Answer To Rehear Soon
Oil company lawyers led by Millen Rosenthal and Eddy attack Judge Landis in a federal appeal response calling the fine against Standard Oil the unheard-of result of improper influence. They label District Attorney Sims a zealous prosecutor and contest the court’s ruling on excessive fines and the Hanley precedent, urging the petition for rehearing be denied and a new trial possible.
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Chicago
Kenesaw Landis
United States Court of Appeals
Sims
John S. Millen Moritz Rosenthal
Alfred D. Eddy
Grosscup
Court of Appeals
Landis
Grosseup
Hanley
Standard Oil Company of
Indiana
Supreme Court
Commodities clause ruled unconstitutional by federal court
Philadelphia September 11 The commodities clause of the Hepburn railroad act was declared unconstitutional by the United States circuit court for the eastern district of Pennsylvania Judges Gray and Nalias concurred in the opinion covering multiple pages. Judge Buffington dissented without filing an opinion. The clause bars interstate or foreign transport of articles manufactured mined or produced by railroads after May 1 1908 except items used in railway operations, with timber products exempted and coal mine ownership a focus. Attorney General Bonaparte argued for the government with others aiding in court.
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Philadelphia
Mhursday
United States Circuit Court
Eastern District of Pennsylvania
Gray and
Nalias
Buffington
Bonaparte
L. Allison Wilmer
T. C. Spelling
Railroad President Dead in Philadelphia
Charles K Lord, president of the Tonopah and Goldfield Railroad and former Baltimore and Ohio third vice-president, died Thursday at Presbyterian Hospital in Philadelphia from Bright's disease.
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Philadelphia
Charles K Lord
Tonopah & Goldfield Railroad Company
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Presbyterian Hospital
Bright
New Dreadnought St Vincent Launched By British Navy
Portsmouth, Sept 11 The St Vincent the largest British battleship yet built was launched with a large crowd watching. Christened by Countess Beauchamp the Invincible class vessel is about 19 250 tons and cost 9 500 000 dollars. Foreign naval attaches attended the ceremony.
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Portsmouth
England
Countess Beauchamp
St. Vincent
Admiralty
John H. Gibbons
Cannon Speaks at Danville on Tariff and Judiciary
In Danville Indiana Speaker Joseph G Cannon opened his campaign for re election addressing Samuel Gompers attacks. He stressed two issues tariff and judiciary integrity and independence praising court power to punish for contempt and criticizing Democratic stance while defending Republican policies and ridiculing Bryan as the heir to the administration.
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Danville
Joseph G. Cannon
Avationa House of Representatives
Congress
Samuel Gompers
Cannon
Democratic Party
Republican Party
William J. Bryan
West Indian Storm Rages Near Porto Rico
Washington reports a West Indian tropical storm raging in the Caribbean. Weather bureau dispatches say it is unlikely to affect the United States as it moves north of San Juan and likely to pass beyond the Bermuda islands.
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Washington
West Indies
Weather Bureau
United States
San Juan
Porto Rico
Bermuda Islands
Peshtigo Fire Wrecks Peshtigo Business District
Forest fires swept through Peshtigo near Menominee Michigan destroying the business section and leaving several hundred homeless with about 200000 in losses. The residential area was saved only by strenuous efforts though danger remains of wind fanning flames again.
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Menominee, Mich
Peshtigo
Hungarian Journalist Dr May Falk Dies in Madayest City
Dr May Falk a renowned Hungarian journalist and physician died in Madayest, Sept 1, at nearly eighty years old. The veteran reporter, a physician by training, spent decades shaping Hungarian media and public life.
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Madayest
Hungary
May Falk
Nursday
Bryan Replies I0 Charge Of Canning
William J. Bryan, Democratic presidential candidate, denounces Speaker Cannon for accusing him of wealth over $1,000,000. He cites his own wealth at $6,000 to $7,000 on leaving Congress and describes his earnings from lecturing and the book The First Battle. Taft to Welcome Pilgrims and Sherman Meets Hitchcock report alongside.
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Olney
ll—Taft
Cincinnati
Sherman
Hitchcock
William J. Bryan
Joseph G. Cannon
Springfield
Bryan
Cannon
Speaker Cannon
Congress
Taft
W. H. Taft
Republican National Committee
Tait
115 Men Missing from Fleet in Melbourne
The battleship Kansas and the supply ship Culgoa sailed Wednesday afternoon to rejoin the American fleet at Albany after delays for mail and sailors. Patrols searched Melbourne for sailors who missed their ships, with about 11 percent still unaccounted for.
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Melbourne
Culgoa
Albany
Kansar
Advance Ships Reach Port Said in Suez Passage
Port Said Egypt Sept 11 The American battleships Maine and Alabama the advance guard of the battleship fleet on its voyage around the world arrived here Thursday from S Ued.
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Port Said
Egypt
Maine
Alabama
Flont
Sued
Wright Aeroplane Perspective at Fort Myer Flight
A perspective view shows the Wright aeroplane used by Orville Wright at Fort Myer, flown for 62 minutes 15 seconds, more than twice Delagrane’s record. The craft uses cloth wings on wooden frames, with flexible joints and controlled by the prone operator via rudder ropes and a movable cradle.
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Orville Wright
Fort Myer
Delagrane
Wilbur Wright
France
Navy eyes Wright aeroplane lessons for fleet use
Washington reports five Wright flights at Fort Myer impress Navy officials Secretary Metcalf and Assistant Secretary Newberry note potential for naval aviation Lieut George C. Sweet urges close monitoring and possible purchase citing water landings and mounting on scout cruisers Berlin sends congratulations to Orville Wright praising the Wright brothers and their success
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Washington
Orville Wright
Fort Myer
Navy
Metcalf
Newberry
George CG. Sweet
Bureau of Equipment
Sweet
Port Myer
Navy Department
Army
Mr. Wright
Wright Brothers
Berlin
Richard von Koehler
Air Ship Study Company
Associated Press
Lis
Cummins to Recommend Adjournment in Iowa Senate Ballot
In Des Moines on September 11 a second ballot on the joint senatorial contest mirrored Wednesday's result. Representative Kendall was absent and Gov. Cummins received one fewer vote. Cummins said he would urge progressives to back a motion to adjourn until November. Votes stood Cummins 65, Porter 46, scattered 4.
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Cummins
Des Moines
Kendall
Gav. Cummins
Porter
Scattering
Jewels Deck a New Jersey Millionaire's Wife Death
The body of Mrs. Ashton Harvey was found in the private lake on Stewart Hartshorn's Short Hills estate after bloodhounds traced it there from New York. Harvey, a millionaire corporate lawyer, and his daughter searched roads as Mrs. Harvey, dressed in white and jewels, had left for Miss Du Barry's home. Police and bloodhounds recovered the body. her husband suspects self-inflicted death following years of headaches and the death of their eldest son.
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Newark
N. Y
Ashton Harvey
Stewart Hartshorn
Short Hills
N. J
New York
Dorothy
Harold
Miss du Barry
Madison
Ashton
Murder charge filed in Davis case over Dr Rustin shooting
Omaha Neb Sept 11 County Attorney English filed a murder in the first degree complaint against Charles E Davis in connection with the shooting of Dr Frederick Austin. Dr J P Lord testified meeting a man matching Davis description on the morning of the shooting near the Rustin home, a detail Chief Donahue called the most significant evidence so far.
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Omaha
Neb
English
Charles E. Davis
Frederick Austin
J. P. Lord
Rustin
Bully slays from ambush near Fayetteville
Fayetteville Arkansas witness report says John Holt a Lincoln merchant's son killed farmer John Murray after Murray accused Holt of stealing watermelons and threatening to whip him. Holt confessed to the ambush and was jailed. An odd note ties Murray's grandfather to a previous Holt murder in Ohio forty years earlier.
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Little Rock
Ark
Fayetteville
John Murray
John D. Holt
Lincoln
Hoalt
Holt
Murray
Ohio
Roosevelt guests at luncheon include top officials and editors
President Roosevelt's luncheon guests at the Oyster Bay event included Attorney General Bonaparte, Paul Morton, Medilla McCormick, Lawrence F. Abbott, John Ridgely Carter, Herbert Knox Smith, and Herbert Parsons. The attendees represented government, press, and Republican leadership.
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Oyster Hay
Roosevelt
Bonaparte
Paul Morton
Equitable Life Assurance Society
Medilla McCormick
The
Chicago Tribune
Lawrence F. Abbott
Outlook
John Ridgely Carter
London
Herbert Knox Smith
Herbert Parsons
New York County Republican Committee
Legislature Adjourns After Primary Law Perfected
Des Moines, Sept. 11. The legislature adjourned to reconvene Nov. 24 for a single day to elect the Republican nominee for United States senator based on a November 3 primary. Governor Cummins was defeated on the second ballot in the joint session, and the Republicans agreed to abide by the primary result for the Senate seat succeeding Senator Allison.
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Des Moines
General Assembly
United States
House
Cummins
Senate
Allison
Katsura Outlines Rigorous Economy for Japan
Tokio Sept 11 Marquis Katsura the new premier and finance minister urged stiff savings in a Bankers Club address. He said patriotism and economy are needed to restore credit and confidence as in wartime, and that government and people must unite to repair the nation's financial condition.
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Japan
Katsura
Tokio
Marquis Katsura
Bankers’ Club
Omaha Banquets Harriman Visit to Omaha Club
President J H Harriman of the Union Pacific was banqueted by the Omaha Commercial Club at the Field Club. Informal speeches followed as his special train passed through Nebraska without a record run while he inspected the railroad bed depth properties and terminals on his eastward journey.
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Omaha
Harriman
Neb
J# H Harriman
Union Pacific
Western Railroad
Omaha Commercial Club
Hariman
Nebraska
Fitzgerald Is Discharged in Chicago Theft Case
George W. Fitzgerald, charged with stealing 173000 from the U S sub-treasury in Chicago, was freed by Judge Chetlain after United States Sub-treasurer Bolden Weck refused to testify. The judge dismissed the case on instruction not to disclose evidence.
Locomotive Dividend Declared By American Locomotive
New York Sept 11 The directors of the American Locomotive company declared the quarterly dividend on common stock at 10 percent and the regular quarterly dividend of 4 and one half per cent on preferred stock as usual.
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New York
American Locomotive Company
Davis Once Insane in Boston and Omaha Case
Charles Edward Davis, linked to the Austin murder in Omaha, lived in Boston from 1900 to 1902 and spent months in 1902 at McLean Hospital in Waverly as an inmate. He attempted suicide but was stopped by a watchman, leading to a mental health inquiry and commitment on February 18, 1902. He was discharged as cured on October 31, 1902.
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Davis
Boston
Mass
Charles Edward Davis
Austin
Omaha
McLean Hospital For
Waverly
McLean Hospital
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