Roosevelt Advocates Railroads Under Public Supervision
A political speech argues for national supervision of railroads to curb overcapitalization and stock manipulation. It calls for transparent issuance of stocks and bonds, public details of agreements, physical valuation, and strong protections for honest investors while condemning abusive financial practices.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Congress
Commission
Northern Pacific Railroad
Roosevelt Urges Federal Oversight to Curb Rail Abuses
In a broad defense of federal supervision, the speech argues for national power to curb overcapitalization and railroad abuses while protecting investors and ensuring better transport facilities. It emphasizes honest management, public accountability, and balanced regulation to improve efficiency and wages without harming safe profits.
Call for honesty and restraint in public life and business
The text urges a purge of corruption and blackmail in corporate life, demanding absolute honesty from public servants and business leaders. It condemns discrimination, praises ethical wealth use, and echoes Lincoln to avoid envy and arrogance while rebuilding trust for the sake of stockholders and the public. It calls for judging officials by actions and warns against vicious critics.
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United States
Occa
Sion
Lincoln
Roosevelt Attends Harrison Grave Wreath Laying
President Roosevelt and officials visit Crown Hill cemetery to lay a wreath on former President Benjamin Harrison's grave. The wreath, sent from Washington, was placed with the president and Secretary Loeb present.
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Hemenway
Gonor
Rétary
Loeb
Wee
Crown Hill Cemetery
Roosevelt
Benjamin Harrison
Washington
Roosevelt stops in Bellefontaine on way to Indianapolis
President Franklin D Roosevelt and Vice President Fairbanks arrived in Bellefontaine Ohio at 7 15 am during a journey to Indianapolis for the Lawton monument unveiling. May weather greeted Mrs Roosevelt and companions as townsfolk gathered. The party planned a later stop in Muncie Indiana and stayed overnight in Galion rather than Greenwich. An Akron departure note mentions a brief courtesy call from Senator Dick and Governor Harris.
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Lorado Taft
Charles Niehaus
Rudolph Schwarz
Kueheman
Trask
Academy of Fine Arts
Philadelphia
Ives
St. Louis Museum
Bellefontaine
Ohio
Fairbanks
Roosevelt
Indiana
Sidney
Union City
Ind
Muncie
Anderson
Indianapolis
Akron
Junction
Mr. Fairbanks
Mr. Roosevelt
Washington
Thomas
Lawton Monument
Canton
Bellefontainé
Zearing
Loeb
Galion
Greenwich
Harris
Chinese Rebels Defeated in Major Canton Battle
Canton China May 30 a sharp clash between provincial troops and rebels ended in victory for the government forces. The rebels suffered over a hundred killed while the leaders were captured along with flags and ammunition. Two thousand more troops moved to Chaochow, and the gunboat Sumhong with the Fifteenth regiment sailed to Swatow to guard against rebel assault.
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Canton
China
Tho
Chaochow
Sumhong
Swatow
Famine in Shanghai Broken After Months of Suffering
Shanghai on May 30 reports famine relief easing as heat boosts crop yields. American aid fed 1,000 babies at Hsu Chou Fu temple and 200 more occasionally. remaining gifts go to the Red Cross to aid individual cases and prepare for the next crisis.
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Shanghai
Hsu Chou Fu
Red Cross Society
Denver Swindler Traps Tots With Teddy Bear Scam
Denver residents report a local swindle as a man offers a 25 cent sugar stick in exchange for a child's Teddy bear. Several fathers, including D. D. Linehan, describe losing bears after youths and their parents pursued the bait. A separate note mentions Ben Willetts falling thirty feet from a smokestack but escaping serious injury.
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Denver
Col
Laurel
Mr. Champion
Gerald
Ben Willetts
Wabash
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Commonwealth of
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Supreme Court
Giveibg
Towa
Iowa
Greenville M. Dodge
Iona
Tona
Roa's
Heroic Lawton
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