Shippers Prepare to Fight New Transcontinental Rates
Chicago December 14. California traffic interests lead a campaign against an advance in transcontinental freight tariffs filed with the Interstate Commerce Commission to take effect January 1. The California Traffic Association plans a formal protest and possible injunction. Texas case precedent may guide later actions.
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Now Jin
California Trafic Association
Chicago
Sinois Manufacturers’ Association
California
California Traffic Association
Texas
Severe Snow Battle Halts Montreal Transport Network
Thirty hours of continuous snowfall disrupts rail service across Quebec as Canadian Pacific and other lines deploy snow plows between Montreal and Quebec. Montreal spends over $1,000 per hour to keep streets and streetcar service running, with McGill Observatory recording more than fourteen inches of snow.
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Quebec
Canadian Pacific
Smiths Falls
McGill Observatory
Refusal to take up labor bill in House vote
Washington December 14. A test vote on a bill for arbitrary investigation of employer employee disputes failed in the House 102 to 111 as Townsend of Michigan tried to bring it up for further consideration. Chicago December 14. Miktel Rossa, a blind beggar, will retire after 15 years of begging at Van Buren and State streets. He is said to be wealthy with rental income of 100 dollars a month and other property ownership.
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Townsend
Michigan
House
Chicago
Miktel Rossa
van Buren
State
Rossa
Jong
Higgins
Professor Fulernun
Walter
Well Known Mining Man Dead
Patrick McBryde, longtime leader of the United Mine Workers of America and Ohio Operators' Association, died of pneumonia at sixty. He was a prominent figure in the mining industry and well known in mining circles.
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Bridgeport
Patrick McBryde
United Mine Workers of America
Ohio Operators’ Association
Bonaparte Plans Retirement After March 4
Attorney General Bonaparte said he would retire from public life after March 4 and would not join President Taft's cabinet. He stated he would cease official duties and withdraw from public service.
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Bonaparte
Baltimore
Taft
Cortelyou Offered as Head of New York Trust Company
Reported in New York that George B. Cortelyou, secretary of the treasury, has been offered the presidency of the Union Trust Company, the fourth largest in the city. Edward King, longtime president, died November 15. a committee is to name a successor.
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New York
Union Trustompany
George FB. Cortelyou
the Treasury
Union
John D. Rockefeller
Jt Las
Tal
Cortelyou
Edward King
Union Trust Company
Pct
Certelyou
Panama canal scandal talk heads to state courts
Washington observer Dee Washington notes there is no federal criminal statute for libel and any action would be in state courts. He cites an unwritten courtesy between federal and state prosecutors and suggests Stimson and Jerome may have discussed criminal action in New York.
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Dee
Dial
Panama Canal
United States
Stimson
New York
Jerome
Castro in Paris Isolated Amid Tense Diplomatic Talks
In Paris President Castro of Venezuela has not left his hotel since arrival, meeting only Venezuelan colony members. French officials refuse to explain France’s stance, hinting at a formal apology as a possible condition for negotiations. Dutch naval actions target Venezuelan naval and police vessels only.
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Nec
Castro
Venezuela
France
Foreign Office
Sen
Beront
Pench
Separate schools ruling tightens Kansas desegregation limits
The Kansas Supreme Court ruled that cities may provide separate elementary schools for white and black children but must offer equal facilities and access for Black students. The decision stems from Parsons cases where Black children were restricted to a school ringed by railroad tracks.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
State Supreme Court
Parsons
Fierce Battle in Persia Ends With Heavy Rebel Losses
Odessa dispatch says hundreds of Persian rebels were killed or wounded in a clash with loyalists under Ain Ed Dowleh near Tabriz. Rebel commander General Behir Khair Khan led a stubborn attack but the royalist force repelled them and forced a retreat.
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Odessa
Ain Ed Dowleh
Tabriz
Behir Khair Khan
Memory, Mind and Malice in a Pulp Era Tale
A dialogue-driven tale reveals Professor Fulcrum using brutal brain manipulation to erase love and memories. A father inquires to secure a spouse for his son, leading to experiments, memory tampering, and a final twist where love resurfaces as a new emotion, exposing the doctors’ methods and motives.
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