Archbold Deal Costly 10 Road Option Sparks Impeachment Testimony
James H. Rittenhouse, mining engineer, testified in Judge Robert W. Archbald’s impeachment trial that the Erie railroad could have received 47,072 for coal in a dump, or 35,060 excluding freight, instead of 4,500 paid for an option to E J Williams. The expert linked the deal to Archbald’s influence to favor Williams.
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James Hh.ite Tenhouse
Scranton
Ain
Wrigley Brown
Department of Justice
Robert W. Archbald
Commerce Court
Erie Railroad
E. J. Williams
Archbald
Rittenhouse
Brown
Judea Archbald
A. 3
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Moya
Bacon
Effert
Erle Railread Company
Mr. Floyd
Erle Railroad
Archhbald
Tl. J. Wiliams
The
Erie
Potato rate stays down in Interstate Commerce ruling
The Interstate Commerce Commission ruled against a proposed 1 to 2 cent per 100 pounds increase for potato shipments from South Dakota and western Nebraska to the Mississippi River region. The measure, involving the Northwestern, Burlington, Union Pacific lines, was held for further investigation with a suspension order issued. existing rates remain in force until mid-1913.
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Wee
Interstate Commerce Commission
South Dakota
Nebraska
Mississippi River
Northwestern
Burlington
Wo Bush Island
Union Pacificy
Ina
Earland
Supreme Court Upholds I C C Jurisdiction Over Stock Yards
Washington and Doe report the Supreme Court decision affirming the Interstate Commerce Commission's authority over the Union Stock Yards and Transit Company in Chicago. The ruling allows the commission to pursue action to annul alleged improper practices tied to a roughly $60,000 claim related to erecting plant adjacents to Mis tracks.
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Doe
Interstate Commerce Commission
Union Stock Yarda and
Transi Company
Chicaga Wie
Supreme Court
Aay
Commission
Pralzer & Song
Grain and Provisions Prices and South Omaha Livestock
Chicago grain and provisions prices for wheat corn and oats with bid levels and futures for May. South Omaha live stock report shows cattle receipts around 6,400 with higher bids, hogs around 7,500 with gains, lambs and sheep activity in the 5.50 to 9.00 range and feeder demand noted.
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Chicago
Onty—ee
South Omaha
Bulls
Oatvex
Eerie
Gen Sickles Daughter Eva Crackenthorpe Arrives From Abroad
Mrs Eva Crackenthorpe daughter of General Sickles has returned from abroad and expresses happiness over a reconciliation with a family member. The article notes her arrival and the cordial welcome at the home.
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Eva Crackenthorpe
Austrian War Reads Resign Their Posts
London reports that the Austrian minister of war and several generals have submitted resignations amid ongoing Austro Hungarian tensions. The moves, attributed to personal reasons, come as leadership changes ripple through the war command. No official explanation yet. potential reorganization could affect allied coordination and financial negotiations with credit markets.
Match Company Accused in Landmark Child Labor Case
Madison Wir Dee 1 Whik ta eclared ta te the tast ty ending, wad the most signficant prosecution ever trought under the child labor laws of Alarlect instituted ly the state of Wihrewisin against the THamond Mateh company. Service was securely on the Geld of the company's pling af Onllcosh. The company may be iied an age gregate penalty of $22,000 if send guilty of each of the s24 Apectile onsoa agninet 1k madd assessend hayyaxditin fine on each $100. According to the papera the coi pany employs a large numbur of child dren between the ages of fourteen aml sixteen yuma. It so charged some of those children were permitted to work worn Laan the rnxhyun [mth of abet hours a day. Unit some were permit ted to work more than forty-class hours wo weely, that some were permitted to work before 7 po'elecl In the mornings, send that others were permit ted to work after 6 o'clock In the even ing. The law provides a fine of not ions than $26 nor more than $1,000 for each offense.
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Madison
Wir
Dee
Thamond Mateh Company
Protest at Consolidation Sparks Omaha Post Office Row
Washington dispatch reports South Omaha residents protest a plan to consolidate post offices at South Omaha and Omaha. They warn the move could be used against Nebraska legislators in the coming winter session and discuss an early charter tied consolidation of the two offices.
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Washington
Bouth
British Protest on Canal Bill Aims at Toll Exemption Disputed
Washington December 10. Britain's formal note protests a section of the Panama Canal toll bill arguing exemption for American coastwise vessels breaks the Hay-Pauncefote treaty. British minister James Bryce urged that the move could extend to American ships in other trades, challenging U.S. interpretation and stressing a need to define differences between the two nations over the canal pact.
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Great Britain
Panama Canal
Sie Itil Grey
Dar Forelisn
Philander
Knox
Lythe
Critish Gintingender
James Bryce
Ward
Attra
Tha Ar
Te O
Jaca
Merle
Raf
Pre
Arbitration Sparks Mutual Agreement Accord
The fragment indicates a dispute settled by arbitration with both parties agreeing to a mutual arrangement. It notes ongoing negotiations and a remaining open clause or matter within the agreement. Details on names, dates, or specific parties are not present in the readable text.
Biggest Gun Explodes At Secret Arty Test
A colossal blast at a U S government arms test near New York snared attention as a massive breechblock shattered and debris scattered. Officials report one officer missing and others unharmed as a protective wall halted injuries.
Nine Killed in Cordova Snowslide at Copper Village
Avalanche sweeps through a Copper Village mine, killing nine men and injuring two. Bodies of John Dhurt James McQavock and Frank Walls recovered. Mine property owned by Great Northern Development Company of New York. Police report unclear. other details and names inconsistent in damaged dispatch.
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Alaska
Condova
Great Northern Development Company
Eloven Amen
Lave Bean Ree
Drgher Snown
John Dhurt
James McQavock
Rank Walls
The
Great Northern Revinament Company of
New York
Winter Wheat Acreage Shrinks in Washington Report
In June data for Washington shows a preliminary estimate for winter wheat acreage and compares sowing against 21,000 acres. The condition of winter wheat on December 1 stood at 13.2 percent of normal, down from 86.6 percent on December 1 last year.
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Washington
Clearing House System Jeers Government Regulation
Baltimore clearing houses come under federal probe as Waldo Newcomer defends the system and opposes government oversight. Pittsburgh issues rise as A C Knox warns a bank loss would hurt its business, while Lindbergh pushes a bill to expose legislators with banking ties.
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Waldo Newcomer
Baltimore
Honge
House
Monty Crust
Battimore
Newcomer
Fies
Ing
Samuel Untermyer
Pittsburgh
A. C. Knox
Mellon National Bank of Pittsburgh
Knox
Pittsburgh Clearing House
Clearing House Association
Untermyer
Taft plans Panama trip date set for December
Washington reports President Taft advancing plans for a Panama journey with December 19 tentatively chosen as the departure date. The move follows the canal’s new government law and Secretary Meyer directs navy ships to Key West for December 18. Also in St Paul, Damas Nivard faces forgery charges tied to an alleged swindle with a book and a $2,800 “aura bet.”
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Boarmet
Arkansas
Key West
Delaware
Mikers
St. Paul
Damas Nivard
John Carkesk
Cor
Dora Hi
William Schemt
Onea
Promatore
Kansas City woman leads clash over new charity home
Des Moines reports a national scope charity fight centering on Mrs. Julian Anna Walter-Baker of Kansas City who runs the Joseph Orphans' Home. She was barred from two concerts with her choir after local opposition influenced the YWCA to remove the ten children, amid tensions over establishing a Home Conserving Association of America headquarters.
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Kansas City
Des Moines
Julian Anna Walter-Baker
Biker Tee
Home Conserving Association of America
Beefsteak special starts on trip
Council Bluffs Iowa December 10. A touring beefsteak special leaves with state college lecturers and practical cattlemen to boost Iowa beef production. Four coaches plus a palace car, lecture cars, dining and sleeping car travel southern and central routes with stops to lecture farmers and exhibit cattle along the way.
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Council Bluffs
Lone State College
Towa
Hnes
Midlington
Clinton
Iowa
Mother Kills Her Children in Waterloo Farm Incident
In Waterloo Indiana Mrs A W Bell killed her two sons Roger nine and Ralph seven with an axe and threw their bodies into a cistern. She attempted to kill twelve year old Nora who escaped after a blow to the head. Bell then leaped into the cistern with the youngest child. Nora alerted neighbors and the mother calmed briefly before becoming violent again.
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Waterloo
A. W. Bell
Roger
Ralph
Nora
Four Negroes Lynched in Alabama Report
Mobile Alabama reports the lynching of one man and the reported lynching of three others near Butler linked to the Wadlag killing. BB. Josh’s body was found last Monday and Sheriff Locke arrived with six other Black individuals from Gulley for safekeeping on charges of complicity. A probe of the nations cannery industry is proposed in Congress by Representative Allen of Ohio citing harsh conditions for workers including women and children in several canneries.
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Mobile
Ala
Doc
Butler
Josh
Locke
Gulley
s.Cannerton
Washington
Allen
Ohio
Ilao
Auenbach Given Life Sentence in Michigan Murder Case
Baldwin Michigan December 10 O M Auerbach of Chicago was sentenced to life imprisonment at Jackson for the murder of his employer Harry Pishor a former Chicago promoter.
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Baldwin
Mich
Auerbach
Chicago
Jackson
Harry Pishor
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