Supreme Court splits on Payne Aldrich tax ruling
Missouri law barring foreign corporations from suing in federal courts is held unconstitutional. The Payne Aldrich corporation tax provision faces possible reargu ment as the Supreme Court shows a four to three division. A full bench may cast the deciding vote when Justice Hughes joins the court this fall.
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Supreme Court
Washington Dispatch
Cruer
Justice Hughes
Hughes
Moody
Treasury Department
MacVeagh
Hilles
Congress
Missouri
United States
Governor urged to halt California prize fight on July Fourth
At the Presbyterian General Assembly in Atlantic City a resolution asks Governor Gillett to stop the planned Fourth of July prize fight in California. Rev. Charles L. Bietzle laments the industrial deaths, noting 50,000 workers killed yearly and railways injuring thousands. Debates on temperance include calls against appointing a committee to pursue the subject.
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Aak
Presbyterian General Assembly
Atlantic City
Guv Gillett
California
Charles L. Bietzle
Department of Church and Labor
Railways of America
Hisses
Cannon
Bennett Dele- Bates
Four nations sign joint 30 million Chinese railroad loan
Representatives of Germany France England and the United States in Paris sign a joint loan agreement to finance 30 million dollars of Chinese railroad bonds with equal shares. Ambassador Bacon relays the news to Washington as the deal awaits Chinese formal consent promised earlier. Negotiations spanned fifteen months under Secretary Knox with J P Morgan & Co National City Bank and First National Bank in New York leading the U S financing.
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Germany
France
England
United States
Paris
China
Bacon
Washington
Knox
J. P Morgan & Co
National City Bank
First National Bank
New York
New York's New Jag Law for Inebriety Adopts Farm and Hospital
Mayor Gaynor approves a bill authorizing a city run farm colony a hospital and a commission to handle drunkenness. If funds are approved a court will hear inebriety cases and 20 adjudged may be committed to the Board of Inebriety for one to three years. The board may parole or keep the offender on the industrial farm at his own expense treating the weakness as a disease.
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Gaynor
City Board of Estimate
Upper Births with Windows in Illinois Trolleys
The New York Electric Railway Journal reports a new sleeping car for an interurban in Illinois. Upper berths have windows for light and ventilation, the lower berth folds up in the morning independently, and each berth includes a plush lined steel Yale locked locker. Beds are detachable for airing and cleansing.
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New York Electric Railway Journal
Ilinois
British Ambassador Bryce Considered for Relief From Duty
Reports say James Bryce desires to be relieved as British ambassador after being affected by King Edward's death. Age and completion of his third volume of American Commonwealth are cited by colleagues as influencing the decision.
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James Bryce
Edward
Railroad Safety Record Shows Low Passenger Losses
Officials of the Pennsylvania Railroad publish figures noting only one death among 299,762,658 passengers carried in the past two years. The report cites 370 injuries from train wrecks and compares 1909 to 1908 with two fewer passenger collisions and fifteen fewer freight collisions.
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Pennsylvania Railroad
Fireproofing Celluloid Process Reported in Paris
Professor Gautier told the Academy of Science at Parinx about a method by Dr Botrelle to render celluloid fireproof. The key element is using silicate instead of pure ether with alcohol as a solvent for nitrocellulose fibers.
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Gautier
Academy of Science At
Parinx
Botrelle
QUIS BENDS SCORER AND COLLEGE TRACK MEETS
Cornelia Dillon to race on the Pacific coast this season. Harvard defeats Dartmouth in dual meet 91 6 6 to 25 1 6. Penn defeats Cornell in Ithaca 72 to 42. Forward pass kept in football rules. Clover Patch sold to A H Miller. New York Senate votes to remove 5 percent tax on racing receipts. Wisconsin State Fair harness purses total 20000. Waldo out of Kentucky Derby list due to lameness. Minnesota prepares 1910 football schedule with seven games. All-American Rugby team sails from San Francisco toward Australia and New Zealand. Prince and Princess of Wales attend Japan-British ton in London and praise jiu jitsu showcase.
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Cornelia Dillon
Lou Dillon
Pacific Coast
Harvard
Dartmouth
University of Pennsylvania
Cornell
Ithaca
Clover Patch
C R. Bentley
Buffalo
A. H. Miller
Senate of New York
Empire State
Waldo
Louisville
Helen Leach
University of Minnesota Athletic Association
Nevada
California
Leland Stanford University
San Francisco
Vancouver
Australia
New Zealand
Prince and Princess of Wales
London
Unseasonable Weather Grips Corn Belt Early Season
Unseasonable conditions across the corn belt bring near freezing temperatures and wet cold spells that slowed corn growth this season. Farmers face replanting in large areas as seed corn becomes scarce and prices soar, with some districts reporting seed costs from 46 to 80 dollars per bushel amid poor germination and last fall frosts. Oats enjoy a favorable cold wet spring, with forecasts suggesting a bumper crop unless heat or drought emerges.
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Nebraska
Clinois
Lessons of Hird Flight Hint Air Navigation Breakthrough
Prof Ernest Huebner a German naturalist notes migratory birds travel only through storm currents, predicting air navigation will advance for humans from wind sensing at the nostrils. A Century article cites experiments on homing pigeons showing nostril sensing affects timing of return, suggesting instruments to read air currents for long flights and wartime use.
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Ernest Huebner
Global Labor News From 1910s United States and Canada
The passage outlines union activity across North America and Europe, including the British Trade Union Congress opening in Sheffield on September 12, Bakers International Union adopting a six day week in New Orleans, and the AFL labor section in the United States reaching about 500,000 members. It notes organizing efforts among tobacco workers in Toronto, unions in Sioux Falls and other cities, Belgium wage comparisons, and new unions among steam engineers. It mentions a proposed hotel for flitting boy employees, the Australian Labor Party's general election majority, a daily paper planned by the Australian shearers union, and Fort Worth labor temple as a union hub with 6000 members. It covers Germany’s Building Trades Council lockout resolution, the Berlin Industrial Court arbitration, a Toronto labor party forming for municipal elections, and an assessment levied to fund tuberculosis care and aid aging union members.
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Bakers’ International Union
New Orleans
A. F of L
Toronto
Canada
Sioux Falls
8. D
Aberdeen
Lead
Huron
Deadwood
United States
Fasentum
Labor Party of Australia
Australian Workers (Shearers
Ft. Worth
Texas
Building Trades Council
Germany
Berlin Industrial Court
Labor
Municipa
George L. Berry
Pressmen and Assistants’ ‘Union
Illinois coal strike pits miners against operators
The Illinois coal industry faces a warlike stand as miners press a statewide strike while operators refuse concessions. Pumpmen and engineers have been ordered out amid equipment shutoffs risking millions in damage to both wet and dry mines. Illinois Manufacturers' Association backs operators, citing fuel costs and urging federal arbitration as Taft did in 1902.
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Illinois
Ilinois Manufacturers’ Association
Hotel la Salle
Chicago
Illinois Manufacturers’ Association
Norman W. Fraser
Chicago Portland Cement Company
Taft
Roosevelt
Kellner Girl Found Murder Case Rocks Louisville
Alma Kellner age 6 or 7 was found slain in a cellar at St. John's Parish School five blocks from her home in Louisville. The body was wrapped in carpet, bound and scorched with quicklime. Lena Wendling, wife of the janitor, arrested as an accessory. Wendling is missing. Father Schuhmann and others linked. body identified by clothing and owner. Richard Sweet found the scene after pumping water from the cellar.
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Alma Kellner
St. John’s Parochial School
Fred F. Kellner
Louisville
Lena Wendling
Joseph Wendling
St. John’s
Wendberg
Wendling
Richard B. Sweet
Blaze Devastates Minneapolis Warehouses In Massive Fire
A daytime blaze in Minneapolis started at 1 am in the Great Northern Implement Company warehouse and grew uncontrollable until 3 am. Four large implement warehouses, including The Rock Island and Waterbury, burned along with the Sixth Avenue Hotel. Losses exceed 75,000 with major figures at Northern Rock Island Plow, Great Northern Implement, and Waterbury stock and buildings. One man, Christ Madison, was seriously burned. Three St. Paul engines aided the effort.
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Minneapolis
Christ Madison
Great Northern Implement Company
Washington Avenue
3D Street
6Th
7Th Avenues
Rock Island
Great Northern
Waterbury
Northwestern
Sixth Avenue
St. Paul
Northern Rock Island Plow Company
C W. Wright
Saginaw, Mich
Waterbury Implement Company
Jews Ordered to Leave Kiev Under New Deportation Rule
One thousand and two Jewish families receive official Kiev departure notices under Russian policy to push Jews back beyond city boundaries. An additional 193 suburban families face deportation before June 14 unless they prove right of residence. Estimates place expelled Jews between 200 and 300, with stricter measures anticipated at the June deadline. Funds are being raised by the Jewish relief committee, hoping aid from Kiev’s wealthy Jewish community.
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Russia
Ousislzews Byithe
Iousanas
J Chy
Kiev
Hef
Jewish Relief Committee
Death a Hoax Claims Dallas C. Byers Alive in France
A Pittsburgh group leader asserts Dallas C. Byers, famed steel magnate and graft indictment figure, faked death last August in France. He allegedly fled with $14 million, dissolved holdings, and left no will while life insurance lapsed. No body was seen in Pittsburg. burial in a sealed French casket followed reports of a stroke and death.
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Dallas C. Byers
Grafter
France
Pittsburg
A. Leo Well
Voters’ League
Councilmanic
Switzerland
Byers
Dinard
Chicago Weekly Review notes steadier business amid coal woes
The Weekly Review of Chicago Trade reports a easing business position despite coal mining strife and low weekly bank payments. Gains in forwardings and gross earnings for Chicago railroads accompany extended passenger travel while buyers attend wholesale markets, though immediate shipment orders stay limited. Bank clearings dip 2.9 percent from last year. district failures total fourteen with liabilities over 5000 dollars.
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Chicago
Weekly Review of
R. G. Dun & Co
Lorimer Defends Self In Senate Inquiry Request
William Lorimer urged the United States Senate to investigate bribery charges tied to his election through votes bought in the Illinois General Assembly. He delivered a long speech calling the bribery case a political conspiracy, attacked Governor Deneen and Tribune involvement, and outlined his career while denying confessions attributed to others. His request was referred to the Senate committee on contingent expenses.
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William Lorimer
United States Senate
Lingig General Assembly
Pricea
Lorimer
Chicago
Lee O'Neil Browne
Deneen
Charles Raie
Chicago Tribune
Loree
Apatha Deneen
Lorkner
South Carolina Sets Big Gun World Shooting Record
The battleship South Carolina established a new world record for big gun shooting with sixteen shots in four minutes and fifty-one seconds, achieving sixteen bullseye hits. The performance underscores U S naval marksmanship prowess.
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United States
South Carolina
Trade Failures and Retail Slump Across Regions
New York reports irregular trade advice with cooler northern weather cutting retail expansion. Reorders are light and jobbers restricted, while Northwest and Pacific coast show the strongest reports. Weekly U S business failures total 160, down from 200 last week, with Canada at 18 for the week.
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Northwest
Pacific Coast
Juhe 2
United States
Canada
Multiple Midwestern Market Rates and Prices Across Cities
A dense listing shows cattle hogs and sheep price ranges for Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Milwaukee New York Buffalo Toledo and more, with figures for wheat corn oats rye hay butter eggs and potatoes. It also notes the National Association of Manufacturers seeking government consideration of a project to build a deep water canal through Canada to aid transportation from lake regions.
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Chicago
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Detroit
Milwaukee
New York
T&c
Toledo
National Association of Manufacturers
Ini
New York City
Canada
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