People wage clash with big interests over rail rate rise
Washington reports a national fight between the public and corporate railways over freight rate increases. Hearings by the Interstate Commerce Commission, led by Knapp and others, probe need and value of rate hikes while railroads plan appeals to the U.S. Supreme Court. Executive actions have already spared shippers millions.
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Washington
United States
Interstate Commerce Commission
Martin A. Knapp
Judson C. Clement
Georgia
Charles A. Prouty
Vermont
Francis M. Cockrell
Missouri
Franklin K. Lane
California
Edgar ¥. Clark
Iowa
James 8. Harlan
Illinois
Pacific Railroads
Interstate Commission
Commission
Wickersham
Chambers of Commerce
Taft
Congress
Chicago
New York
Kansas City
Cincinnati
New England
Pacific Coast
Supreme Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Pope's Barber Sold Locks of Hair in Rome
September 26 Rome. Anthony Graziadel, a pope's personal attendant, secretly sold the cut hair to the faithful, raising several thousand lire yearly. Confessed when confronted, he was dismissed and locks found in his rooms were confiscated.
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Rome
Anthony Graziadel
Graziadel
Mer. Miscattelli
Apostolic Palaces
Woman loses hair in Madison avenue car incident
Miss Elsie Nelson aged 19 of 65 West One Hundred and Thirty fifth Street reports a lock of dark brown hair was cut off while riding a Madison avenue car in New York. She blames Philadelphian Charles Klieman who she says proposed marriage after a Catskills meeting last summer.
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New York
Elsie Nelson
West
Madison Avenue
French President Kissed Soldier in Public Ceremony
Paris September 26 President Fallieres of France kissed a French soldier in Savoie after presenting him a bravery medal. The president recited the soldier’s deeds, then leaned in to kiss him on the cheek as spectators applauded and the man reacted with delight.
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Paris
Fallieres
France
Department
Savoie
Big Republic
Weather forecasts aid farmers in warnings and warnings
Washington reports on how daily weather forecasts guide rural communities. The Weather Bureau uses 200 observatories to produce morning forecasts by 10 am, covering to 3 pm next day, with special flood and cold wave warnings issued 24 to 26 hours ahead. Warnings reach farmers via telegraph, telephone, and mail, aiding crops and livestock nationwide.
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Washington
Weather Bureau
Union
United States
Florida
Cotton Belt
Northwest
Wooden Leg Wrench Sued For In Denver
T. H. Heally of Detroit filed a replevin suit in Denver against Mrs. Mery Kavny Lewis who runs a sanitarium. Heally seeks the return of his trunk containing a monkey wrench and oil can needed for the operation of his wooden leg.
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Denver
Colo
T. H. Heally
Detroit
Mich
Mery Kavny Lewis
Heally
Packer Weds Secretary in Vancouver Ceremony
Tacoma report states Thomas Carstens of Ta coma, a millionaire meat packer, wed his private secretary and stenographer Miss Stacie McKeown in Vancouver British Columbia. Carstens is 42, his bride 25, and the announcement caused a sensation.
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Packer
Tacoma
Wash
Thomas Carstens
Vancouver
B. C
Stacie McKeown
Carstens
Baroness Mitzui Praises American Life In New York Visit
Baroness Mitzui wife of Japan’s wealthiest man says America feels homey and fashion travels from Paris to New York. She notes Japanese women favor natural hair, discusses hospital support and a girls’ school in Tokyo teaching languages and domestic arts, and mentions family size and education priorities.
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New York
Baroness Mitzui
Japan
America
Paris
Atlantic
Baron
Rile
Mitzui
Tokio
Helen Gould
Iaron
Baroness Mitzyi
Balzac's Letters Sold For Trifle
Paris September 26 A valuable Balzac correspondence escaped a cobbler's fire and was given to the Academic Francaise by Comte de Levenjoul who found the autographed letters in a cobbler's shop. He purchased the entire collection for a trifling sum in a romantic acquisition.
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Paris
Balzac
Academic Francaise
Comte de Levenjoul
Honore de Balzac
Woman Nemesis of Dr Crippen
Philadelphia report details Mrs Ginnett who says a Philadelphia operation left a long scar. She claims London surgeons will identify the cellar body as Belle Himore after learning of the scar and dates back eighteen years.
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Philadelphia
Vpa
Fred Gimnonett
H. W. Crippen
London
Dele Elmore
Russian Dancer Turns Hat Into Lamp Shade Tale
Miss Koutnietzoff, a Russian dancer rising in Paris, is praised for esprit d apropos. She visits a leading editor wearing a basin hat, prompting a compliment about her star look beneath a lamp shade. Later he receives the same hat repurposed as a lamp shade, a mysterious gift.
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Paris
Miss Koutnietzoff
Northwestern University bans hobble skirts on campus
Chicago reports that Northwestern University faculty have ordered a prohibition on the cramped hobble skirt. Registrar David H. Stevens says the ban is university policy and will be resisted by some students who prize the fashion.
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Chicago
Northwestern University
Northwestern
David H. Stevens
Navy Needs 1500 Recruits For Atlantic Fleet Cruise
The Navy Department plans a Mediterranean voyage this fall and must recruit at least 1,500 men before sailing in November. To attract higher quality sailors, exhibitions of shipboard galley operations will tour New York City Knoxville Tennessee and Dallas Texas showing meals and cooking equipment. A full crew will run the displays and samples will be shared with visitors to illustrate how sailors are fed and fed well.
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Washington
Navy Department
Mediterranean
New York City
Knoxville
Tenn
Dallas
Tex
Betrothal Kept After Fifty Years In California
In Los Angeles a Civil War veteran George H Rogers and Mrs Eleanor Monroe Hitchcock of Newton Massachusetts were married by Rev Dr Walker. They had become betrothed before the war when Rogers was a Newton post office clerk. They lost touch during the fifty years, then renewed their acquaintance last week and decided to honor the pledge.
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Los Angeles
Cal
George H. Rogers
Riverside
Eleanor Monroe
Witchcock
Newton
Mass
Walker
Rogers
Hitchcock
Uncle Sam Makes Cement At Profit On Projects
Washington Sept 26 Uncle Sam bypassed private cement suppliers on western reclamation works including Roosevelt dam and Salt River Arizona. The Interior Department found bids as low as 4.59 a barrel excessive and built a cement plant. It produced 837000 barrels at about 2.90 a barrel including construction and maintenance costs, saving funds for irrigation projects and farm water supplies.
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Washington
Uncle Sam
Cement Trust
Roosevelt Dam
Salt River
Arizona
Interior Department
Reclamation Service
Secretary of the Interior
Ernment
Cattle Stampede Damages Crops Near Hudson
Between 1500 and 2000 head of cattle owned by the Wt Lupton company range six to ten miles southwest of Hudson Colorado and are damaging crops. Drought dries water holes so cattle break into ranches for water. Denver Humane Society notified. steps to compel owners to care for herds are underway.
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Hudson, Colo
Wt Lupton Company
Humane Society At
Denver
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Ye ‘Ber Drug Company
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E. St. Clair St
State Life Insurance Co
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