Standard Oil on Trial in Supreme Court Dissent Battle
Washington March 14 The final dissolution fight for the Standard Oil Company opened before the U S Supreme Court with John G Milburn defending for three hours. Frank B Kellogg to follow for the government. Milburn attacked charges of monopoly, noting few towns reported unfair competition and contending the reorganization was noncompetitive.
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Washington
Standard Oil
Supreme Court of the United States
John G. Milburn
New York
Frank B. Kellogg
Milburn
Standard of Co
Stadard of Co
New Jersey
Napoleon
Two Thousand Sheep Drowned in Hear River Flood
Evanston reports a freshet in Hear River canon caused the death by drowning of more than two thousand sheep owned by Peter Ofeson. Settlers reached safety, but none of the flock survived.
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Evanston
Wye
Hear River Canon
Peter Ofeson
Landers
Former Pennsylvania glass maker found dead in Salida
Salida March 14. J B Virseh a former prominent Cana Pa glass maker and 4 years old? Wait. Found dead in bed Sunday morning at 6 o'clock. He had recently come to Salida and was staying with his granddaughter Mrs Catherine Goodwin whose father J H Mirwch a prominent mining man of Ohio. Death caused by a stroke of apoplogy.
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Salida
J. B. Virseh
Cana
Catherines Goodwin
J. H. Mirwch
Ohio
Otty/ Cole
Binsch
Roosevelt Triumphs in Khartum Crowds Mob Former President
Ex president Theodore Roosevelt arrives in Khartum with son Kermit to a jubilant crowd of about sixteen thousand. Guards prove ineffective as he is mobbed, then enters a palace amid cheers. He declines politics, spends time at Gordon's Tree and meets his wife and daughter privately before a day of events ahead.
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Theodora Roosevelt
United States
Kermit Roosevelt
Khurtum
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Roosevelt
Mr. Roosevelt
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Gordon
Chinese Gordon
Hanilel
Colee
Th United
Ethel
Alexandria
Wiiigate
Twenty Five Thousand Firemen Strike Halts Western Railroads
Chicago dispatch reports a nationwide 25,000 firemen strike on nearly all Western roads begins at midnight. The announcement came from Wy Car as the action was set to impact rail service and operations across the region.
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Chicago
Contested Chiminasal Zone and Labor Tensions Rise
Unofficial reports from Washington stir local fear of Mexico claiming the Chamizal tract near El Paso and San Elizario, 5 090 residents valued at 5 million dollars. In labor news, railroad firemen push wage and promotion disputes, with Western managers seeking arbitration and possible strikes looming across 95,000 firemen nationwide.
Senator Clark's Daughter to Wed in April
Miss Franci Dyer Clark daughter of Senator Clark of Wyoming will marry Georges Hobart Chapman of Boston and Wyoming on April 12 in the Church of the Incarnation. A reception at the Rawchers follows. maid of honor Mrs Clarence Clarke Hamlin and best man Harold Pablaw. Elizabeth Chapman will be bridesmaid. ushers are Chapman classmates. The couple will reside in Wyoming after the ceremony.
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Franci Dyer Clark
Senator Clark
Wyoming
Clark
Georges Hobart Chapman
Boston
Church of the Dncarnation
Rawchers
Clarence Clarke Hamlin
Colorado Springs
Harold Pablaw
Harvard
Mins Mani Merring
Ee Margaret Clank
Aeelian
Misa Elizabeth Chapman
Mr. Chapman
Matty Baldwin and Dick Hyland in Ten Round Draw
Matty Baldwin and Dick Hyland fought to a ten round draw in Kansas City. No knockout occurred as both boxers withstood bids and neither secured a victory in a closely contested bout.
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Matty Baldwin
Dick Hyland
Kansas City
Matty” Baldwin
Dick” Hyland
Tongh
Thrust of Thurston Visit Sparks 1912-Nominee Forecast
Former Nebraska Senator John M. Thurston, visiting Denver, predicts Taft will be renominated in 1912 and Roosevelt will be the 1916 nominee. He foresees Judson Harmon of Ohio as the 1912 Democratic nominee and says Bryan will not seek office again. Thurston notes the Senate salary was too low for a living, urging higher pay.
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Colo
United States
John M. Thurston
Nebraska
Taft
Theodore Roosevelt
William Jennings Bryan
Judson Harmon
Ohio
Thurston
Bryan
Senate
What Necessities of TV Have Increased in Price
Washington March 14 Butter eggs cheese flour rice and beans are among life’s necessities that rose in price, testified by H Sonnehill the Boston grocer before the senate committee. He said flour up one eighth in twelve years and twenty five percent in five years. Lemons up one dollar a case and brooms up six cents a dozen since 1908 due to tariff and poor harvests.
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Washington
H. Sonnehill
Boston
Senate
Trial testimonies reveal heavy losses in conspiracy case
Witnesses from Indiana Illinois Iowa and Missouri testified in the John Mabray conspiracy case describing fake boxing matches and horse races. The aggregate loss exceeds $20 000 with Brandee of Grinnell admitting to stepping into a Pa Wilkes Barre horse race invitation and Newberry of Argyle testifying to a $13 000 loss while others expected to fleece larger sums.
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Neasea
Indiana
Iowa
Missouri
John ©. Mabray
A. Brandee
Grinnell
Wilkesbarre
O. Newberry
Argyle, Lown
Brandee
Swope’s casket opened before exhumation in slander suit
Ransay City Mo March 14 evidence suggested tampering with Colonel Thomas H. Swope’s casket before exhumation for an autopsy. Undertaker R D Mitchell testified he hermetically sealed the casket and screws were tight, yet later found them loose after removal from the vault.
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Ransay City
Thomas H. Swope
R. D. Mitchell
B. C. Hyde
John G. Paxton
Mitchell
Colonel Swope
Settlement near as Philadelphia street car strike seen
Philadelphia officials report progress as President Kruger meets with W D Mabon and George H Karle to discuss the street car strike. No agreement yet, but mood is brighter with stock exchange pressure and potential further talks.
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Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company
Kruger
W. D. Mabon
Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway
Mahon
The
Stock Exchange
CTA Pna
Union Aireet Cay
Pittsburg
Pilladols Pila
Pheen
Denver Street Cleaning Menace To Health
Denver reports claim that daytime street cleaning worsens public health by spreading tubercle bacillus through dust and dried sputum. Physicians contend increased street traffic disperses germs, making the cleaning effort a menace to residents.
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