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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1911
Page
4
President Taft signals a shift in his annual message to Congress by concentrating on trusts and the Sherman Act. He endorses the rule of reason, rejects repeal, and supports supplemental legislation and a federal corporation commission to oversee interstate business. The piece notes labor’s reaction to dynamite propaganda and the McNamaras’ impact on unions.
The McNamara brothers admitted first degree murder in the Los Angeles Times blast case. The guilty plea ends long legal battles and intensifies debates over labor versus capital in the United States. The tumult surrounding their defense reflects broader tensions within organized labor and the criminal charges against the pair.
The piece decries rising murders and mob justice fueled by unwritten law. It cites Denver’s Patterson case where a woman killed her ill husband and was acquitted citing insanity and self defense, arguing justice favors killers and emboldens further bloodshed.
A Thanksgiving ode lauds divine blessings and national prosperity. It emphasizes heartfelt gratitude over formal ritual, Jesus? It notes abundant harvests, steady employment, peace abroad, and absence of pestilence. The day fosters family reunions, homecoming, and sacred sentiments, urging humility before the bounty.
The text argues that Los Angeles cannot wash hands of the McNamaras and their affiliates, lamenting jury tampering as worse than dynamite. It vows effort to stop the corruption to protect the American bulwark and rights, urging the dynamite plot be thoroughly destroyed as the work proceeds.
Brief note states John D Rockefeller has retired from Standard Oil. unclear date or reasons provided in compact OCR fragment.
President Taft’s annual message to Congress centers on the anti trust statute. It reviews Supreme Court decisions in Standard Oil and American Tobacco cases, argues for supplemental legislation, and defends reasonable restraints while urging new federal rules to ease cross state commerce and prevent unlawful consolidation.
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