Landis Fines Standard Oil 29 Million for Rate Violations
Judge Landis imposes a 29,240,000 dollar penalty on the Standard Oil Company of New Jersey, after finding the Indiana unit used unlawful six and a quarter cent oil rates via the Chicago & Alton line. The decision details misfiled tariffs, class rates, and interline charges, with the case noting the parent company’s control and directing a 60 member grand jury panel for further action.
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Landis
Corporation
Indiana
Whiting
Ind
Chicago & Alton Railroad Company
Illinois
Chicago
Chicago Terminal Transfer Railroad
State Line
Alton Road
Chappell
East St. Louis
Mississippi River
St. Louis
Chicago & Alton Company
Interstate Commercce Commission
Alton Rate
Interstate Commerce Commission
Chicago & Eastern Illnois
Eastern Tlinois
The
Commerce Commission
Eastern Tlinois Company
Commission
Dalton
Ill
East St.Louis
Eastern Illinois
Whiting, Tad
Illinoia Road
Ber
Standard Ofl Company of
Standard Oil Company of
New Jersey
United States
Standard Oil Company
United States District Attorney
Roosevelt on Landis ruling against Standard Oil
President Roosevelt expressed great interest in the Associated Press report that Judge Landis in Chicago fined the Standard Oil company of Indiana a total of 29,240,000 dollars. He offered no comment on the decision.
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Oyster Bay
N. Y
Roosevelt
Associated Press
Landis
United States District Court
Chicago
Standard Oil Company
Indiana
Escort Shot Girl Murdered After Struggle in Woods
From Fars One, the investigation shows Gordon nearly dead at the crime spot. Anna dragged, beaten path found leading to her body in weeds. Struggle and assault evident. death by strangulation. Markowit brothers and Bertha visited police, allegedly confirming their mother opposed Gordon's attentions to Anna. They reportedly followed the sisters into the woods with Gordon.
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Gordon
Anna
Markowit Brothers
Bertha
NO LIGHT ON DOUBLE CRIME
Dayton detective story deepens to a double murder as Abe Cohan dies after failing to provide a clear account of the Sunday night assault on Anna Markowitz and the strangling that followed. His death leaves little valuable information for identifying the two Markowitz brothers.
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Dayton
Abe Cohan
Anna Markowitz
Cohan
Markowitz
Indianapolis
Dayton Slaying Mystery Baffles Police Officials
In Dayton Ohio on August 6 authorities hunted for the killer of Amy Markowitz after she and escort Abe Gordon were shot. Gordon died later in hospital. Autopsy showed a double crime with strangulation and assault. Bertha and two brothers remain jailed. witnesses heard a scream. Delirious suspect gave unreliable statements.
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Dayton
Ohio
Amy Markowitz
Abe Gordon
Cohan
Anna Markowicz
Harry
Markowitz
Bertha
Gordon
Suspect Prill Linked to Detective Contract Case
The narrative notes Prill recovering in court lobby, with corroboration from sightings. Stationmaster John Terry reports a boardinghouse at 1225 South Calhoun Street run by Mrs Elizabeth Monroe where Prill stayed. A Mrs Edwards confirms seeing a man hire Prill as a detective and that they began a trip this morning. Prill, once a farmer, moved to Fort Wayne after selling Hayden Street property. he and his wife divorced about two years ago.
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Prill
Court House
John Terry
Elizabeth Monroe
South
Calhoun Street
Edwards
Fort Wayne
Hayden Street
Half a Dozen Dead in Railroad Wreck at Junction
Alonzo Huff stood on the platform at Kiskiminetas Junction awaiting onboard as his wife and three daughters perished or were badly hurt in a wreck. Huff collapsed upon news of the tragedy, his son also among the dead.
Landis orders furniture trust to cease
Chicago August 5 Judge Landis in the United States district court ordered the dissolution of the church and school furniture trust punished by fines totaling 43000 for admitted antitrust violations. The decree makes permanent injunctions against the fined companies and restrains further trust agreements or conspiracies to monopolize or restrain trade.
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Chicago
Landis
United States District Court
Church
School Furniture Trust
Standard Oil denies oil price rise claim
New York Aug 5 Charles M Pratt secretary of the Standard Oil company said the firm has no plan to raise oil prices. He rejected a statement attributed to Mr Chamberlain of the National Petroleum Association of Cleveland as unwarranted and unfounded and challenged him to reveal his information source.
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New York
Charles M. Pratt
Standard Oil Company
Chamberlain
National Petroleum Association
Cleveland
Canadians Seize Isla Royale Claim North of Forty Ninth Parallel
Captain 8. Co. Young and a armed party from Fort William returned from Isla Royale in Lake Superior with the British flag planted. He asserts the island lies north of the forty ninth parallel and thus belongs to Canada, condemning the Ashburton Commission's neutral status as a British diplomacy disgrace. The flotilla reportedly sought to open Ottawa Washington correspondence to expose Canadian injustice, though the Canadian government did not endorse the action and was unaware of the island visit. The incident alarms Ottawa and Washington and may prompt international tensions.
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Port Arthur
Ont
Co. Young
Isla Royale
Lake Superior
Canada
Ashburton Commission
Ottawa
Washington
Young
M. Fisher
Fort William
Rev Father William J Quinlan Dies in Alton Ill
Rt Reverend H J Alerding notified the death of Rev Father William J Quinlan at his sister's home in Alton Illinois. A former assistant pastor of the Cathedral he died after a recent surgical operation aged 43. Born Syracuse April 16 1864 he was educated in Valparaiso Calvary St Lawrence Milwaukee and St Francis Seminary. He served as pastor at Arcola Pierceton Marion Crawfordsville and was pastor at Crawfordsville at his death with funeral expected in Valparaiso.
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H. J. Alerding
Fort Wayne
William J. Quinlan
Alton
Ill
Father Quinlan
Crawfordsville
Syracuse
N. Y
Valparaiso Normal School
Valparaiso
Banker Drowned in Club Pool in Philadelphia
Edmund R. Watson, president of the Northern National Bank and treasurer of Henry Hess Brewing, died in the Columbia Club swimming pool. Officials say it was accidental after he slipped on the spring board and struck the pool coping. Watson, about 50, lived in Philadelphia and his wife and children were vacationing at Belmar, New Jersey. The coroner’s office is investigating.
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Philadelphia
Edmund R. Watson
Northern National Bank
Henry Hess Brewing Company
Columbia Club
Watson
Belmar
N. J
Flemington Man Sentenced to Hang for Murder
John H B Schuyler was convicted of killing Manning Riley in Flemington New Jersey and sentenced to be hanged on August 6. The court ordered the execution to proceed as a final judgment.
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Flemington
John HB. Schuyler
Manning Riley
I Tang. Zu
Extermination threats amid riot in Casablanca
Tangier reports a holy war call by Arab leaders inciting violence against Jews and Europeans in Casablanca. Attacks killed at least eight as Arabs attacked harbor workers. German and French vessels evacuated refugees. The pasha provided some escort after initial denial of ammunition.
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Tangier
Merle
Casablanca
M. D’enville
Galilee
French ultimatum over Casablanca link to pasha threat
Paris reports the pasha of Casablanca faces death for city security as the French cruiser Galilee reaches Casablanca with orders to evacuate Europeans and press the sultan to remove the pasha. Forbin sails from the Azores to Casablanca while French papers debate the government’s stance and note Arab chiefs demand harbor and rail work stoppages amid casualties at sea.
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Paris
Casablanca
Galilee
Forbin
Azores
Tangier
Eclair
France
Oudja
Foreign Office
Mediterranean
Madrid Press Calls for Punishment Over Casablanca Killings
The Imparcial insists that murderers of Spanish subjects at Casablanca must be punished. It blames European rivalries and native ferocity for the bloodshed and urges denunciation of the Algeciras agreement or a new conference.
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Madrid
Imparcial
Casablanca
Algeciras
Foreigners in Peril in Mazagan For Moroc cosm
A Tangier dispatch says the German chargé d affaires warned the French chargé d affaires of the danger to foreigners at Mazagan on the Moroccan coast. A French cruiser has been ordered to Mazagan to protect the many Germans living outside the city.
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Peril
Berlin
Tangier
Mazagan
Morocco
Masagan
Kosher shops reopen after protest in Philadelphia area
The text reports kosher shops reopening in the Philadelphia region after a Jewish protest near a church. It notes authorities and participants and mentions August timing with a brief, uncertain outline of events. The incident centers on merchant closures and resumed operations following demonstrations.
Grand jury returns indictments in Magill death case
Clinton Illinois August 2 a grand jury returned two identically structured indictments against Fred Magill and his wife Mrs Faye Graham Magill over the death of Mrs Pet Magill. Each six counts allege murder by poison smothering strangulation self destruction and an unspoken agreement with defendants. Large crowd followed them from the courthouse as they were moved to jail.
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Clinton, Ill
Pet Magill
Fred Magill
California
Magill
Faye Graham Magill
Fred
Career of a Fighting Chaplain Ends in Iowa
John H. Lozier known as the fighting chaplain died at 70 in Mount Vernon Iowa. A Civil War preacher and singer he organized a company and served as chaplain in the Thirty seventh Indiana and Army of the Cumberland. He was famed for patriotic songs and battlefield bravery.
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Mount Vernon
Iowa
John H. Lozier
Chaplain Lozier
Indiana
Fort Sumter
Abraham Lincoln
Bunker Hill
Rate Case in Nebraska Cream Transportation
Lincoln Aug 6 state railway commission heard evidence from railroad and express men who filed schedules for advanced cream transport rates. Nebraska creameries oppose the increase arguing it would raise costs and enable new creameries while current rates favor large plants.
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Lincoln
Neb
State Railway Commission
Nebraska
Armenians Denounce Crime At Fresno Mass Meeting
Five hundred Armenians gathered in Fresno deplored the assassination of H. S. Tarshanjian, a millionaire rug merchant, and adopted resolutions to forward to District Attorney Jerome of New York City. Armenian revolutionary party members joined, denouncing the act as cowardly and harmful to the Armenian cause. Also notes that Orson Sweden is without taxes due to forest reservation revenues.
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Fresno
Cal
Jerome
New York City
Armenian Revolutionary Party
Arme-nilan
Warships Bombard Fanatic Mob at Casablanca
Tangier Aug 6 The French cruiser Galilee bombarded the Moorish quarter of Casablanca as Kabyles attacked the city. Sixty French and forty Spanish troops were landed, were fired on, seven Frenchmen were wounded, and authorities cleared the city of rebels before Galilee resumed big gun fire.
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Tangier
Galilee
Casablanca
Three Warships Bombard Casablanca Under Fire
A Tangier dispatch reports French cruiser Ducayla and Spanish gunboat Don Alvaro de Bazan with Galilee bombarding Casablanca area villages. Moroccan troops reinforced but many killed or wounded. Casablanca battery resisted before Moorish commander begged surrender, which was refused and orders given to surrender to the French consul.
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London
Tangier
Casablanca
Ducayla
Don Alvaro de Bazan
Franco Spanish note confirms Algeciras terms with US mentioned
Paris reports Foreign Minister Pichon and Senor Leon Y. Castillo have agreed to inform the powers signatory of the Algeciras convention, including the United States, of France and Spain's intention to stay within its terms. The Casablanca troop landing could shape forthcoming actions. no confirmation of British or German warships en route to Morocco and no outside power expected to join France and Spain.
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Paris
Pichon
Senor Leon Y. Castillo
Algeciras
United States
France
Spain
Casablanca
Morocco
Knights of Columbus In Session At Norfolk
Norfolk Va Aug 6 The twenty fifth national convention of the Knights of Columbus opened with a grand pontifical high mass at St Marys Catholic church led by Monsignor Falconio papal delegate. Bishop Ketley Savannah Ga and Bishop Donohue Wheeling W Va presided. John G Ewing nephew of the late James G Blaine and Edward L Hearn are aspirants for supreme knight.
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Norfolk
The
Knights of Columbus of America
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Monsignor Falconio
Ketley
Savannah
Donohue
Wheeling
W. Va
John G.ewing
James G. Blaine
Edward L. Hearn
Foresters in Convention Open in St Paul
More than two hundred delegates attend the eighteenth annual Cath olic International Order of Foresters convention in St Paul Minnesota. The opening session discusses raising insurance rates to align with other fraternal orders with a report due tomorrow. The convention continues through Thursday night.
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Foresters
St. Paul, Minn
Catholic International Order of Foresters
Melching Relative Dies Suddenly in Ohio Shop
Albert E. Melching reports the sudden death of his cousin A. A. Melching in Hudson Ohio. The clerk died from heart disease while seated in a shoe store chair. Forty years ago the family lived in Fort Wayne.
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Albert E. Melching
A. A. Melching
Hudson
Ohio
Fort Wayne
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Furniture Trust
W. J. Quinlan
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Will
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Stani
Clinton, IL
Rev. Lozier
State Commission
Orson
Sweden
Knights OF Columbus
Mer. Falconio
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