Tariff Changes Rise From Lake Shore Freight Rates
New freight tariffs proposed by the Central Freight Association and Lake Shore & Michigan Southern raise costs across the line from Elkhart to Chicago. The Lake Shore rates, effective August 1, exceed the CFA sheet, with first class up 11 cents per hundred for five miles and substantial increases across all classes up to 450 miles. The CFA sheet is preliminary, and the commission anticipates adopting it later this year as Lake Shore rates set the baseline. The changes affect numerous connecting lines and stations on the Lake Shore route.
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Elkhart
Lake Shore
Ing@ianapolis
Railroad Commission
Lake Shore Company
Central Freight Association
Nore
Freight Bureau
Lake Shore & Michigan Southern
Jake Shore
Indiana Harbor Belt
Toledo, St. Louis
Pere Marquette
Chicago & Indianapolis
Chicago
Eastern Illinois
Evansville
Terre Haute
Chicago Southern
Colored man says brakeman shot him near Waterloo
Edward James a colored man claims he was shot in the left leg by a Lake Shore freight brakeman after refusing to leave a moving train east of Waterloo. He says the shot came from a thirty eight caliber revolver and that he traveled from Buffalo to Chicago before the incident. The wound is not deemed serious but pain and walking difficulty persist.
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Edward James
New York
City
Lake Shore
James
Waterloo
Buffalo
Chicago
Toledo
James Testhat
Unlucky Star Hovers Over This Youth
Dale the ten year old son of Amasa Stephenson of South Main street sustained a fracture of both bones of the right arm last night while playing with other boys in a neighbor’s yard. The same arm had fractured about two months ago after recovering from mumps. A short time ago some miscreant poisoned a dog.
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Dale
Amasa Stephenson
South Main Street
Senator Daniel Dies After Paralytic Strokes in Lynchburg
Lynchburg Virginia James Warick Daniel senior United States senator from Virginia died at the Lynchburg sanitarium at 10 35 p m his death caused by recurrent paralysis with cerebral hemorrhage as the immediate cause. He was nearly 68 years old and had suffered three paralytic strokes with the first last autumn in Philadelphia and the second in Daytona Florida during the winter. He had not been in Washington for months and had been at the sanitarium since returning from Daytona. At his bedside were his wife son Edward M Daniel and daughter Mrs Fred Harper whose husband the senator s law partner was present. The death removes the oldest serving Democrat and a member of the old regime whose health had been failing. Continued on Page 4.
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Lynchburg
John Warwick Daniel
United States
Virginia
Senator Daniel
Philadelphia
Daytona
Fla
Florida
Washington
Edward M. Daniel
Fred Harper
Daniel
Senate
Sleepwalking boy dives from second story window
Rollin J Belt, fifteen years old, slept through the night at 433 Jefferson Street. He climbed onto a window sill and leaped headfirst to the ground about fifteen feet below, spraining both ankles but escaping serious injury. Neighbors heard cries for help and assisted him indoors. He has a history of sleepwalking but this is his first fall.
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Jefferson and
Fifth Streets
Rollin J. Belt
Jefferson Street
Belt
Truth's Big Race With Four Weeks Left For Votes
The Truth newspaper reports a tight four week race in its truth contest with Miss Helen Zigler surpassing 200000 votes and leading as a prominent factor. Subscriptions drive the bid with double vote offers stirring activity among candidates.
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Truth
Helen Zigler
Miss Zigler
B. Zigler
McQuisten Accepts Transfer to Kankakee Plant
Charles F. McQuisten, longtime with the Elkhart gas outfit, is transferred to Kankakee as construction superintendent for the Kankakee Gas & Electric Construction Co. He plans to start duties soon and will complete Elkhart work early next week.
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Charles F. McQuisten
Ilkhart Gas Company
Kankakee
Tragic double suicide linked by forbidden romance
Birmingham society woman Mrs. W P G Harding and clubman Guy Johnson killed themselves in a death pact after a morning meeting and a planned exchange of a pistol. Johnson’s chauffeur delivered a revolver in a package that afternoon, and both died by self-inflicted gunshot within minutes of each other.
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W. P. G. Harding
Birmingham
Alabama
Guy Johnson
Eliach
Johson
Johnson
Harding
Telephone proposal to get full consideration by citizens
The Home Telephone company seeks a new franchise with a ten percent annual return aimed at benefiting locals. President Ziesel notes net profits would be about two percent after eight percent interest and operating costs. The plan targets elimination of the dual system and cancellation of Central Union Telephone company’s unlimited franchise.
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Home Telephone Company
Ziesel
Telephone Company
Seteut
Francaise
Elkhart
Central Union Telephone Company
Insurgent Wins Nomination Over Hale's Son in Congress Race
Portland Missouri reports A. C. Hinds, an insurgent, nominated by Republicans for Congress over Fred Hale, son of Senator Hale. In Martinsville Indiana the Fifth District Republicans nominate Frank Tilley for Congress amid Taft opposition and administratio n tensions.
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Portland
A. C. Hinds
Congress
Fred Hale
Hale
Tilley
Winson
Martinsville
Frank ‘Tilley
Taft
Dininiste Atlloniand
Toy Pistols Barred Under Penalty of Fine or Jail
Elkhart dealers continue selling toy pistols despite the state law banning manufacture, sale or exposure for sale of devices using explosive caps. The statute imposes misdemeanor convictions with fines from 10 to 50 dollars and county jail terms from 10 to 20 days. Minors receiving dangerous toys can incur damages liability.
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Elkhart
Interstate Commerce Commission Cancels Flour Rate Cut Edict
The ICC cancelled its earlier order requiring railroads to reduce flour and grain rates from Buffalo to New York and New England. It ruled the old rates are reasonable and that enforcing reductions would discriminate against mills in the Midwest.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Buffalo
New York
New England
Middle West
Cloudburst Toll Reaches Fifty Five In Kentucky Losses
Special dispatch reports a devastating cloudburst in Kentucky causing fifty five deaths and an estimated property loss of a quarter million dollars in Salyeraville. Advices indicate the disaster increased casualties and property damage across the area.
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Kentucky
Salyeraville
Cottage Roof Fire at 738 South Main Street
A small blaze damaged the roof of a cottage at 738 South Main Street owned by Mrs. Clarence Pletcher. The fire, started by a spark from a nearby chimney, was extinguished about 8:45 a.m. by chemicals after responses from No. 2 and Central fire departments. The building is occupied by Mrs. Rachel Stevens who operates a boarding house.
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South Main Street
Clarence Pletcher
Central
Rachel Stevens
Supreme Court bars Bible in Illinois public schools
Illinois Supreme Court rules daily Bible readings prayers and hymns violate the constitutional free exercise clause. The Winchester case by Catholic residents led to a reversal of a lower court mandamus denial, declaring school exercises as worship even when performed in a school setting.
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Springfield
Ilinois Supreme Court
Dunn
Cartwright
Hand
Winchester
Scott
Supreme Court
Junk dealer bound in theft case over brass fixtures
Charles Oxander junk dealer at 117 North Main Street was bound over to the Superior Court under $500 bond on a charge of receiving stolen goods. Prosecutor Skinner said the case stems from theft of brass fixtures belonging to C. G. Conn stored in the old Elkhart Foundry building on East Lexington Avenue. Oxander admitted buying the brass but claimed no knowledge of its theft or the sellers.
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Charles Oxander
North Main Street
Superior Court
Lee
C. G. Conn
Elkhart Foundry
Lexington Avenue
Oxander
Skinner
Charles Wesselhoff
Conn
Wesselhoff
A.cheéest
Bera
Brass
Water Franchise Values Decline In Elkhart Company Records
Long review of Elkhart Water company documents shows the city’s 25 year franchise has fallen from 100000 value to being listed as worth nothing. The piece traces the 27 year history from startup capital of 2000 to a 5000 paid up stock and a 70000 market assessment, noting monopoly profits and high rates.
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Elkhart
Elkhart Water Company
James H. Slate
Assessors
Board of Review
Pikhart
Waas
Water Company
Itkhart County
County Board of Review
Ilkhart
Smak
Gary to Turn Streets into Brillroom for City Celebration
June 30 plan to move two brass bands in wagons along Broadway between Seventh and Eighth Avenues. The bands will perform while residents dance on sidewalks to help Gary celebrate.
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Gary
Broadway
Seventh
Wigth Avenues
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Dale Stephenson
Virginia Statesman
Lynchburg Sanitarium
Wquisten
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