United States probes freight rate bias by three New York steamers
U S government agents investigate alleged discrimination in freight rates by the Lamport and Holt Prince and Hamburg American lines operating between New York and South American ports. Arbuckle Brothers and others allege higher Brazil New York rates as a Sherman anti trust issue may follow as Wise confirms two month inquiry. The probe also asks if the United States can curb rates on goods from foreign carriers entering the country.
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New York
United States
South American
Wise
Transatlantic Steamship Trust
Arbuckle Brotherb
Lamport and Holt Line
Prince Line
Brazil
Arbuckle Brothers
Milk "Chic" Laundry Fels Naptha 250 Pkg
One readable entry lists a price for Fels Naptha laundry soap and notes a 250 pack. The terse line resembles a classified advertisement or shop item from a small local listing.
Widow and Four Orphans Receive Aid After Drowning Husband
Mrs. Patrick Crowley of 71 Baxter Street South Boston and her four children, oldest 7, faced destitution after the drowning of her fisherman husband off Highland Light. A Post reporter delivered $50 from the Post and James O Sullivan plus rent paid for a month totaling 56 dollars. Neighbors ponder aid as the widow laments not finding her husband, while the Post accepts further contributions to support the family.
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Patrick P. Crowley
Baxter Street
Boston
Highland Light
Post
The
James O'Sullivan
City Hall Avenue
Crowley Home
O'Sullivan
Mother Seeks Navy Decision on Midshipman Clifford
Mrs. Theodore Clifford of West Roxbury awaits Secretary George von L Meyer’s ruling on her son Charles L. Clifford an Annapolis midshipman charged with desertion. The case stems from a July cruise when Clifford and Gaston S. Holmes disappeared at Finse Norway were found in a farm house and arrested.
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Theodore Clifford
Willow Street
West Roxbury
Navy
George von L Meyer
Charles L. Clifford
Annapolis
Washington
Clifford
Gaston S. Holmes
Mississippi
Naval School
Finse
Norway
Tinse
Sues Sisters for $10,000
Frank E E Bradbury as administrator of Catherine McNally files a $10,000 suit against her sisters Mary and Ann McNally alleging they secured a transfer of bank deposits while the decedent was ill and aged, excluding other relatives.
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Mary
Ann McNally
Frank EE. Bradbury
Catherine McNally
Mrr
Bradbury
Catherine MccNally
Miss McNally
Tom Mother Of 3 Days Old Baby In Orange Grove Case
Ontario California September 7 a Hindu laborer nicknamed Tom did not appear for work. Co workers said Tom was seek. Foreman found Tom was the mother of a three days old baby born after the gang quit Saturday. Authorities note Hindu women often work in men's clothes to deceive foremen and are nearly as large and strong as men.
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Ontario
Cal
Tom
No cholera feared among Romanic passengers
Health Board announced that 315 steerage passengers aboard the White Star liner Romanic held at Gallups Island quarantine as cholera suspects were expected to be released soon. Cultures taken showed no cholera, and officials anticipated release by seven this morning if tests remain negative.
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Health Board
White Star
Gallup’s Island
Francis X. Mahoney
Hadley to Visit Roosevelt and Attend Governors Conference
Governor Hadley and Mrs. Hadley will depart Sunday to visit Colonel Theodore Roosevelt at Oyster Bay. In the East he will attend the conference of Governors at Spring Lake.
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Jefferson City
Hadley
Theodore Roosevelt
Oyster Bay
Spring Lake
Ods
Architect Shot by Woman in Chicago Scoop
Robert Bruce Watson a famed Chicago architect and contractor was shot in front of his home by an unidentified woman. He was taken to a hospital after the head wound. The woman was arrested at the police station she gave the name Mrs H B Coney though police doubt it. She is 35 and has stayed at a downtown hotel. Watson once served as state architect and city architect.
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Chicago
Til
Robert Bruce Watson
Watson
H. B. Coney
Chicago Hotel Shooting Leaves Watson Wounded
Watson was shot twice in the head and leg but said to be not seriously hurt. Mrs. Coney tried to flee after the shooting dropping or tossing a $30 purse, then chased by a West Park officer and arrested. She confessed little saying I shot him and that is all I will say. She had come to Chicago from Reno last December and Watson had not visited her.
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Watson
Coney
West Park
Chicago
Reno
Nev
Kermit Roosevelt Sets Off on Moose Hunt to New Brunswick
Kermit Roosevelt, the young hunter, left North Station at 7 30 pm bound for Bathurst and a 60 mile Nepissiquit river trek. Accompanied by William A. Thompson, William Jameson and George B. Clark, the party aims to bag a moose for Washingtons National Museum and return by October. He once hid from a photographer under a doorway and fled in a taxi.
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Kermit Roosevelt
North Station
Wilds
New Brunswick
National Museum
Washington
Bathurst
Nepissiquit River
William A. Thompson
Bellevue
Bellevue, Hl
William Jameson
Chicopee
George B. Clark
Boston
Mr. Clark
Pastor Asked to Resign Over Reciproc ity Campaign
The Rev J J Mc Caskill pastor of St Matthew s Presbyterian Church in St John New Brunswick was urged to resign by church trustees for taking an active role in the current election campaign He has been on the platform advocating reciprocity and the trustees acted today to request his departure from the post
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ST. John, N. B
J. J. McCaskill
St. Matthew’s Presbyterian Church
Airship accident injures Bar Harbor boy during landing
In Bar Harbor on September 7 J Nelson in a biplane struck a boy, breaking his collarbone. The child is the son of Mr and Mrs F J Nash. Nelson completed three flights that day with two fully successful, flights conducted under a business leaders committee.
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Bar Harbor
J. Nelson
F. J. Nash
Nelson
Judge Kinkead Presides in Columbus Common Pleas Court
In Columbus on September 7 Judge BE B. Kinkead of the Common Pleas Court presided over a case. Details remain limited in the readable text. The report notes judicial activity and the court setting.
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Columbus
BE. B. Kinkead
The
Common Pleas Court
Diegle Ordered to Appear for Sentence in Bribery Case
Morning issued an order to attorneys for Rodney J. Diegle former sergeant at arms of the Senate to appear in court Saturday for sentence after his conviction on a bribery aiding charge.
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Rodney J. Diegle
The
Senate
Diegle
Man Freed on Felony Charge Sues for 5000
Abraham Lewis of Randolph files a 5000 suit against Asaad Hodge of this city alleging Hodge caused Lewis’s arrest last July on an assault with intent to kill charge against Thomas Maloof. Lewis says he was jailed and detained until July 5, later tried in Municipal Court July 28 and found not guilty, suffering reputational damage and expense.
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Asaad Hodge
Abraham Lewis
Randolph
Lewis
Hodge
Thomas Maloof
Two Aviators Die in German Air Crash
Mulhausen Germany Sept 7 two more aviators added to annual fatalities. Lieutenant Newmann German pilot and passenger M. Leconte French aeronaut died when gasoline tank exploded after takeoff toward Strassburg. Their plane crashed near Bilzheim at an altitude of 60 feet. Both men were killed instantly.
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Mulhausen
Germany
Newmann
Strassburg
M. l Leconte
Bilzheim
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Vermont
Reame
Gan
Ginter Co
Elm & Union
Canal the Specialty Shop Inc
Tremont
DR. Hewson
Washington ST
Crowley
Patrick Crowley
Joseph
Albert
John
Meyer
Sues Sisters
Mhi
Pene Aries
California
Union &T
City
Tunnel
Targetic
Brarch
Gov. Hadley
Roosevelt
Kermit
Boy
Vorenberg’s
Vorenberg
D. B
Bostonia
Washington, Hanover and
Elmets
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