Regulative Power of Commission 13 Defined by Ruling
Special Dispatch to Commercial Tribune from Columbus reports that the Interstate Commerce Commission asserts jurisdiction over railroad practices and rate regulation. The ruling addresses using private or leased cars in coal company distribution, with ongoing hearings and a prior injunction in Ohio courts.
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Commercial Tribune
Columbus
Interstate Commerce Commission
E. E. Clark
Ohio
Oho Railway Commission
Wheeling & Lake Erie
Hocking Valley Railways
Ohio Railway Commission
Cincinnati
Ohio Commission
Railrails
Interstate Commissioner
Interstate Commission
Eludes Capture on Ogond Wall to Busse Store
A terse report notes an attempted capture near the Ogond Wall and Busse Store with details on the escape and surrounding scene. Police lines and onlookers describe the incident, with no injuries reported.
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Oegond
Busse
Mysterious Mr. Smooth Dashes Through Cincinnati Stores
A self described Mystery Reporter details a day in Cincinnati. He mingles with shoppers at the Fair Rudolph Wurlitzer Co. and Smith Kasson stores and notes encounters with clerks and patrons including a church pastor, a cigar smoker, and Old Guard pickets. He confesses to a covert visit and attempts to mail a package as part of his roaming tale.
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Mr. Smooth
Sixth and
Race Streets
Busse
Cincinnati
Rudolph ‘Wurlitzer Company
East Fourth Street
Schuler
Vine Street
Primrose
Walnut Street
Smith-Kasson Company
Fifth and
Treaty of Peage Greed in Central America on Cruisers
Not enough clear details available to identify people, groups, dates, or places. The readable text hints at a treaty or agreement involving peage in Central America and naval cruisers, but lacks concrete facts.
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Central America
Revolution Gains Ground in Honduras Bonilla Supporters
Peace negotiations concluded at Amapala after a conference aboard the US cruiser Chicago. Captain Doyle reported a treaty agreed at 11 a.m and that peace commissioners would depart aboard the Boston for Corinto, then Acapulco. Messrs Gomez and Garcia scheduled to travel aboard.
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Commercial Tribune
Washington
State Department
Amapala
Doyle
United States
Chicago
J. G. Gomez
Nicaragua
Boston
Corinto
Acapulco
Mexico
Senor Garcia
Salvador
Acajutla
Honduras Revolution Appears Under Way Near El Pimienti
Special dispatch reports a new uprising in Honduras backing Manuel Bonilla. Rebels threaten Chaloma and Laguna fortress with dynamite and bombs as invasion routes are limited to three small trails. Guatemala reportedly massing forces near Puerto Cortez but has not moved.
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Honduras
Commercial Tribune
Mobile
Ala
Manuel Bonilla
el Pimienti
Chaloma
Laguna
Puerto Cortez
Cortez
Guatemala
Former Honduran Leader Arrives in Coatzacoalcos Aims for Return
Manuel Bonilla, former president of Honduras, lands in Coatzacoalcos on April 24 after crossing from his country. He says he will stay for a steamer from the south carrying a confidant he won’t name, then head to Realize and back to arms in Honduras. He rents rooms at the Colon Hotel and denounces Central American presidents in a sharp address.
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Coatzacoalcos
Mexico
Manuel Bonilla
Honduras
Ae Cruz
Colon Hotel
Honduras to Set Elections Under Bonilla Plan
In Puerto Cortes Honduras plans to seat a Bonilla era government within about sixty days. The provisional government groups three parties Independent Liberals Arias and Policarpo Bonilla factions. General Davila as vice president parted with Bonilla and retired. Rosales a revolutionary fighter is named vice president. Fialtos the foreign minister is an engineer trained at Columbia University.
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Puerto Cortez
Honduras
Bonilla
Gonilla
Tegucigalpa
Independent
Liberals
Arias
Policarpo Bonilla
Davila
Manuel Bonilla
Rosales
Bonella
Fialtos
Columbia University
United States
Peace Treaty Signed Between Salvador and Nicaragua at Amapala
A treaty of peace was signed last night at Amapala by ministers of Salvador and Nicaragua. The agreement honors both nations. Salvador's proposed terms were accepted while President Zelaya's demands for reparation and free interchange of goods were rejected.
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San Salvador
Republic of Salvador
Salvador
Nicaragua
Amapala
Zelaya
Honduras
French strikers attack bakeries in Paris incident
Paris, April 24. Strikers attacked several bakeries to intimidate workers. Windows broken, a bakery on Rue de Ramey stormed and Minal injured workers. bystanders joined to rout the attackers. Twenty arrests reported.
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Paris
Rue de Ramey
Minal
Missing Searchlight Tug Believed Sunk in Lake Huron
Harbor Beach Michigan April 24 The fishing tug Searchlight from this port is missing and is believed to have sunk in Lake Huron last night with a crew of six men aboard.
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Commercial Tribune
Harbor Beach
Mich
Searchlight
Lake Huron
Railroad Association Orders Penalty for Misused Cars
Chicago April 24 Decisive action was taken today by the American Railway Association to remedy a persistent car shortage. The rule imposes a five dollar penalty for each car not promptly returned after unloading, plus a daily fifty cent charge starting July 1 for cars not owned by the road.
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Commercial Tribune
Chicago
The
American Railway Association
Emerson Escapes In One Charge
Lawson Emerson former Clerk of the State Supreme Court was found not guilty by a jury before Judge Dillon of embezzling 266 dollars from the Supreme Court funds. The prosecutor said Emerson would be arraigned immediately on other embezzlement charges.
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Commercial Tribune
Columbus
Lawson Emerson
State Supreme Court
Dillon
Court of Common Pleas
Supreme Court
Emerson
Porterfield Estate Upheld At Richer Than He Believed
Dying convinced he left about 175000 for charity, Allegheny banker John Porterfield actually left well over 1 million for philanthropy. The will details a 150900 trust for his sister, with 100000 to Allegheny General Hospital and 56000 to Western Pennsylvania Hospital upon her death. If the estate misses or exceeds his estimates, charitable gifts adjust proportionally. The final size of the estate remains to be settled.
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Commercial Tribune
Pittsburg
John Porterfield
Allegheny
Porterfield
Allegheny General Hospital
Medical and Surgical Department
Western Pennsylvania Hospital
Republcans
A. I. Vorys
Masked Band Burns Tobacco Warehouse in Kentucky
A mob of twenty or more masked men burned a tobacco warehouse at Doden Pond in Trige County belonging to W. R. Wilson for Clarksville dealer R. W. Bogard. They fired into E. W. Rhodes’s residence, cut telephone lines, and fled toward Cadiz after destroying about 8,000 pounds of tobacco with no insurance coverage.
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Commercial Tribune
Hopkinsville
Doden Pond
Trige County
W. R. Wilson
R. W. Bogard
Clarksville
Tenn
E. W. Rhodes
Cadiz
Sut
Duty Over Duty Keeps Night Guard From Side of Dying Wife
Devotion in the line of duty marked the death of Mrs. Joseph A. Morris who died at City Hospital after a relapse. Guard Joseph Morris of the United States Subtreasury stayed at his post despite a hospital call and later bore home his wife's body.
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Joseph A. Morris
City
Morris
United States
Tragedy on Wedding Day in Oil City
Thaddeus Stevens Ross 35, a Post Office worker and Spanish American War veteran, was shot by his former sweetheart Miss Belle Stroup 28 in Dr Magee’s office as he prepared to wed Drusilla Samsell. Stroup then shot herself. No witnesses.
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Tribune
Oil City
Thaddeus Stevens Ross
Belle Stroup
George W. Magee
Ross
Drusilla Samsell
Thad
Dr. Magee
Miss Stroup
Lis Captained After Siege Of Lublin Hideout
In Warsaw on April 24, Stanislaus Lis a notorious brigand and bandit leader was captured at Lublin ninety five miles away after his hideout was destroyed by artillery fire. He had barricaded inside and fired on police killing several. troops arrived but could not dislodge him until eight shells demolished the house and soldiers stormed the ruins finding him mortally wounded while attempting to reload his revolver.
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Warsaw
Russia
Stanislaus Lis
Lublin
Lis
Automobile Turns Over In Cleveland Injury To Architect
Cleveland April 24. Dore Schmitt a well known Ohio architect was thrown from a touring car and probably fatally injured when the vehicle tipped over while rounding a corner tonight.
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Commercial Tribune
Cleveland
Dore Schmitt
Ohio
Britton Mistrial Expected After Jury Deliberation
After five hours the jury in the Bill Britton murder case against James Cockrill was sent to deliberate at 10 30 p m. It is believed there will be no verdict.
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Commercial Tribune
Lexington
Bill Britton
James Cockrill
Reed Hotel
Ohio
Andrew L. Harris
Ohio Taft fight dominates gubernatorial hopes and fears
Ohio Republicans brace for a hard campaign as the Foraker Dick Taft factional struggle intensifies. Governors Harris and aides face pressure to broker harmony amid rivalries from Taft supporters Dover Dick and Taft in Washington.
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Charles Dick
Taft
Foraker
Harris
Ohto
Ohio
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