Taft neutral on Mexico as trusts face Supreme Court ruling
The piece lauds President Taft for avoiding intervention in Mexico and upholding neutrality. It criticizes Senator Stone's call for armed action as jingoistic. It notes the Supreme Court decree allows trusts to operate with reform and stresses courts must decide if restraints on trade are reasonable under law.
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Taft
Mexico
Senate
Stone
Missouri
Congress
Supreme Court
Wall Street
Congress urged to reform revenue service amid waste
A House committee report cites dozens of port of entry offices with minimal or no revenue yet high maintenance costs. Examples include Crifield Maryland, Galena Illinois, Vicksburg Mississippi, Natchez Mississippi, Coos Bay Oregon, and Sag Harbor New York. The article argues reforms could save millions.
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House Committee On
Treasury Department
Federal Customs Service
Crifield
Maryland
Galena
Ijl
Vicksburg
Miss
Natchez
Albemarle
N. C
Coos Bay
Ore
Little Eye
N. J
Sag Harbor
N. Y
York
Congress
Revenue Service
Supreme Court Plans Dissolution of Standard Oil
The court affirms lower court orders to dissolve Standard Oil, leaving the broader issue of abolishing trusts unresolved. It holds that the Sherman Act targets unreasonable monopolies and restraints on trade, not all trusts. The decision signals a breakup of the Standard Oil structure while allowing reorganized forms to continue under compliance.
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Supreme Court
Standard Oil Company
Standard Corporation
White
Y. W. C. A. Campaign in Fort Wayne Nears 100000 Goal
The ten day canvass for the YWCA building fund nearly reached the $100,000 mark and a supplementary campaign is planned to close the gap. Fort Wayne praises the liberal spirit aroused by the drive and honors the women who organized and led the effort with selfless devotion to a noble benevolent cause.
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Young Women’s Christian Association
Fort Wayne
The Case of the Beef Packers
Ninety years after the beef packers faced a government inquiry the anti trust prosecution advances with Judge Carpenter upholding the Sherman act. Indictments against ten Chicago packers remain, while the industry continues to control livestock buying and dressed meat sales as appeals unfold. The outcome remains uncertain amid vast power and resources.
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Beef Trust
Humphries
United States
National Packing Company
Landis
Chicago
Carpenter
Supreme Tribunal of
Governor Osborne Foresees Michigan Support For Canadian Pact
Governor Osborne of Michigan writes to President Taft offering aid for the Canadian reciprocity bill and rebuts claims by Michigan farmers spokesmen as hostile to the trade agreement. He notes farm opposition may reflect influence from corporate interests behind a farmers’ lobby.
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Osborne
Michigan
Taft
Washington
Minnesota
Senate Finance Committee
Lumber Trust
Pulp and Paper Combine
Beef trust court case drags on nine years
The government has spent nine years trying to bring the beef trust to court but the defendants are not yet in court. The president may push reforms of court procedure to bring the original defendants before the bar, though heirs and assigns may continue the offense.
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Beef Trust
County Sunday School Association Strengthens Across Townships
The Allen County Sunday School association, led by Rev. P. J. Alberthus and Dr. M. A. Mason, has pushed township and city institutes to organize all twenty townships. The county reports strong attendance, with Cedar Creek 650 and Pleasant 449 scholars, totaling over 4,500 outside Fort Wayne, and 5,600 in city schools. An upcoming state convention features a horseback parade to display county progress.
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The
Allen County Sunday School Association
P. J. Alberchus
M. A. Mason
Alberthus
Mason
St. Joe
Grabill
Lake
Eel River
Scipio
Jackson
Washington
P. J.alberthus
Fort Wayne
M.A. Mason
Nettie Hubler
William Scott
Kranefield
Jay Stauffer
Adams
F. A. Blaising
John Wade
W. L. McDonald
Cedar Creek
Noah A. Gerig
J. R. Schwartz
Alice Stapleton
Jefferson
E. E. Sweeney
A. W. Brower
C. H. Lake
Monroe
John Gibson
H. C. Crabill
Henry Crabill
Perry
John A. Warner
J. D. Glass
J. S. McComb
Pleasant
M. M. Wel‘baum
George Buskirk
Henry Work
Springfield
G. G. Wilson
Lloyd Nusbaum
D. D. Boston
Maumee
J. R. Yagegy
Wm. Eyburn
Edith Hannon
St. Joseph
J. Harvey Davis
Effie Owens
Cedar Creek Township
Marion
Churches of the Association
City Association
City Sunday School Association
R. Herschel Mauk
G. A. Philbrick
G. F. Byrer
A. G. Barry
F. W. Kelsey
E. Ralph Yarnelle
J. W. Maxwell
N. Longworth
J. W. Welty
J. H
Nettie Huhler
J. H. McCartney
A. A. Bowser Longtime Superintendent of United Brethren Sunday School
A. A. Bowser has served twenty one years as superintendent of the United Brethren church Sunday school in this city. Elected each September, he has led the second largest local Sunday school with about 365 scholars. Secretary is Miss Blanche Ryal. men’s class led by Rev. G. F. Byrer and women’s class by H. J. Neasel.
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First Methodist
A. A. Berry
Wayne Street
M. A. Mason
St. Paul
First
Baptist
S. F. Johnson
Christ Lutheran
J. W. Minehart
Church of God
Clarence Prickett
Beaver Chapel
E. J. Graham
Grace Reformed
A. K. Zartman
Bethel Evangelical
M. A. Sheets
Crescent Avenue
Harry Kirkwood
Church of Brethren
Amos Eby
Trinity Lutheran
Manford M. Smich
The
Rescue Home and Mission
J. A. Stewart
Rolling Mill
Bible Training School
New Baptist
Plymouth Congregational
Wayne Street Methodist
Third Presbyterian
West Creighton Church of Christ
Grace ‘Reformed
St. Paul's Methodist
A. A. Bowser
A. B. Sunday School
United Brethren Church
Plymouth Congregational Church
U. B. School
Blanche Ryal
G. F. Byrer
H. J. Neasel
Exhumation of Princess Pauline Unearths Long‑Hidden Remains
In Frienwalde near Potsdam an exhumation reinterred the remains of Princess Pauline of Orange Nassau after a century. Netherlands minister in Berlin led the effort with Queen Wilhelmina’s envoy present. The child died young and was buried on royal grounds mistaken for churchyard burial.
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Frienwalde
Potsdam
Httle
Pauline of Orange-Nassau
Netherlands
Berlin
Wilhelmina
William
William I of Holland
Holland
Freinewalde
Frederick Willam II
Prussia
Walter Rathenau
Supreme Court Frees Gompers and AFL Leaders in Contempt Case
The U S Supreme Court held Samuel Gompers John Mitchell and Frank Morrison were improperly jailed for contempt in a local case and that only fines could be imposed The decision directs dismissal of the civil contempt proceedings and allows potential civil action by Bucks Store and Range Company The ruling marks the last major action in the affair and Gompers voices disappointment at the opinion’s scope.
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Washington
Supreme Court of the
District of Columbia
Supreme Court of the United States Today
Samuel Gompers
John Mitchell
Frank Morrison
American Federation of Labor
Supreme Court
Court of Appeals of
Supreme Court of the District
Bucks Store and Range Company
Bucks Store
Gompers
New York
Mitchell
Morrison
Bucks
Federation
Idbor
Buck's Stove and Range Company
Chicago
United Mine Workers
Buck's
Alton B. Parker
Contempt case halts labor dispute leaders in DC suit
The Buck's Stove and Range Co of St. Louis sued to stop boycotts by the American Federation of Labor led by Gompers Mitchell and Morrison. A DC judge jailed Gompers a year, Mitchell nine months, Morrison six. Appeals up to the US Supreme Court await ruling.
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Gompers
Mitchell
Morrison
Organized Labor
Buck's Store
J. W. van Cleave
National Manufacturers’ Association
Gould
District Supreme Court
Court of Appeals
District of Columbia
Buck’s Stove and Range Company
Wright
Supreme Court of the United States
American Federationism
American Federation of Labor
Mexico rebels seek three cabinet posts in peace offer
Juarez May 16. Rebels demand three cabinet portfolios and governorships in fourteen states to back peace talks with the federal government. The government would grant one cabinet post and ten governorships. rebels insist on war justice and interior portfolios. Judge Carbajal handles peace terms with Provisional President Madero.
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Juarez
Mexico
Carbaja
Francisco I. Madero, Jr
Gobernacion
Chihuahua
Sonora
Carbajal
War Department
Department of Justice
Department of Gobernacion
Riots and Looting Hit Pachuca After Surrender
After the city fell to revolutionists led by Colonel Castrejon under Gen. Figueroa, rebels looted banks and dynamited vaults as lawlessness spread. Prisoners were freed from jails and hundreds of federals were dispatched as a battle looms near Pachuca, Hidalgo.
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Mexico City
Pachuca
Hidalgo
Castrejon
Figueroa
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Chas. H. Worden
Westminster Presbyterian
J. BE. Johnson
S. N. Roberts
Bethany Presbyterian
Harry McMillan
P. J. Alberthus
Nettle Hubler
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Madero