Judge Reid Returns From European River Transport Tour
Wisconsin waterways commissioner Judge Ray S. Reid returned from a three month inspection tour of English and European water transportation. He rode the Lusitania to return, after studying river methods on the Elbe and other continental waterways. He praised the Mississippi’s capacity for commerce and contrasted it with European conditions observed during travel on inland and coastal routes.
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Ray S. Reid
Mississippi
Elbe
Danube
Rhine
Seine
Rhone
Soane
Wisconsin Waterways
England
Europe
Lusitania
Continent
Compassioner
Judge Reid’s Rhine River Towboat Journey Across Europe
The report recounts Judge Reid’s sixty four days on tow boats on the Danube Rhine Seine and Rhone and Saone, noting courtesy from officials and workers while detailing harsh conditions. He describes meager fare poor sleeping quarters and pervasive coal smoke, with water quality and locals relying on beer wine and coffee. He sums up that the German system is practical and adaptable to Mississippi river conditions.
Supreme Court voids Esch-La Follette act in high court ruling
The Supreme Court ruled the Esch-La Follette act unconstitutional in a 5 to 4 decision, striking down protections for employees in cases arising from interstate carrier operations. Justices Moody and Holmes dissented in part, while the majority affirmed limits on Congress power to regulate master and servant relations. The decision threatens related employer liability suits and prompts talk of a new act.
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Washington
Congress
Supreme Court
White
Tangie
Justice Brewer
Justice Peckham
Justice White
Day
Moody
Harlan and
McKenna
Justice Holmes
Harlan
Holmes
Fraser Seeks Clue in Marshfield Mail Bag Theft
Local Postal Inspector E E Fraser reported no clue yet to identify the thief or thieves who stole a mail bag from a truck at Marshfield Junction station. The bag, containing registered mail, was cut four inches from the bottom with contents removed through the slit. Fraser doubts the culprit will be found, citing a single boy caretaker and the sequence of luggage moves as factors.
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E. E. Fraser
Marshfield Junction
Fraser
Junction Station
Land Office Changes In Washington Appointment
Richard L Ballinger of Iowa resigns as general land office commissioner. Assistant Fred Dennett of North Dakota is appointed to replace him.
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Washington
Wo. C
Richard L. Ballinger
Iowa
General Land Office
Fred Dennett
North Dakota
Burglary Charge Sparks Sanity Hearing for Youth
West Salem police arrest Gorman McEldowney on a December burglary at West Salem Cash Trading. Relatives seek a sanity examination, doctors later deem him insane, while DA seeks a rehearing. Accomplice De Olson also arrested as case unfolds. Evelyn Seem Cheerful reports from Pittsburgh on Thaw trial developments.
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Gorman H. Gorman
West Salem
Gorman McEldowney
Young Gorman Or McEldowney
Sparta
Wis
Morgana Evans
Brindley
Lumber price cut not permanent says Colman Lumber
The wholesale lumber price reduction announced yesterday by local firms is not permanent. C. L. Colman Lumber Co states prices will likely hold for several weeks but are not fixed long term. The cut measures $2 per thousand on dimensions and $1 per thousand on boards.
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C. L. Colman Lumber Company
New York Thaw Trial Resumes With Jury Shuffle
In New York on January 7 the Thaw trial resumed at 10 2 am with jurors present and Smiling. The roll call yielded absentees fined 250 dollars and Myron H Thayer disqualified for bias. Juror No 10 was W H Roberts. Charles C Goss joined as juror No 5 after a last minute replacement. The panel remains at twenty six talesmen examined. Active morning session showed pace and accord between Jer ome and Littleton as the week’s end goal remains a completed panel.
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New York
Thaw
Peabody
Josiah Thaw
Myron H. Thayer
Evelyn
Harry
Thayer
W. H. Roberts
Charles C. Goss
Goss
Talesman
Jerome
Littleton
Yeoman Installation and Dance Planned by Hickory Homestead
The Hickory Homestead No 806 Brotherhood of America Yeomen will hold an installation of officers and a dance next Thursday evening. The Yeomen orchestra has been engaged to provide music.
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Yeoman
Hickory Homestead
Brotherhood of America
Yeomen
Yeomen Orchestra
Night riders burn depot and post office in Kentucky raid
In Carlisle Kentucky night riders burned the tobacco warehouse the post office and Peters Brothers store at Bethel an independent warehouse with 300000 pounds of tobacco at Sherburne and cut telephone wires. Troops will be asked for as 300 riders reportedly gathered at Jackstown to halt tobacco wagons. Men with tobacco fled to avoid capture.
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Carlisle
Peters Brothers
Bethel
Sherburne
Jackstown
Sleeper in Law May Be Joker in the Prosecutions
Supreme Court opens a major case over rebate laws with Great Northern and Standard Oil among direct and indirect interests. Bonaparte and Purdy defend the government, arguing the clause preserves existing state procedure while railroads seek to escape penalties under the Hepburn Elkins framework.
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Washington, D. C
United States Supreme Court
Great Northern Railway
Standard Oil Company
Bonaparte
Congress
Funeral of Chas Martin McDonald in La Crosse
The funeral for Charles M. MacDonald who died Sunday afternoon at his home 618 Cass Street will be held tomorrow at 3 p.m. Rev. C. N. Moller will officiate with interment at Oak Grove cemetery. He was a pioneer lumberman and steamboat man on the upper Mississippi, 69, born in Pictou Nova Scotia. Surviving are his widow, sister Miss Kate MacDonald, and daughters Eleanor Noonan of Missoula, Mont., and Georgina MacDonald of La Crosse.
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Charles M. MacDonald
Cass Street
C. N. Moller
Christ Episcopal Church
Oak Grove
MacDonald
Mississippi River
Pictou
Nova Scotia
la Crosse
John Servis
D. A. MacDonald
J. J. MacDonald
MacDonald Brothers
van Sant Company
Black River
Kate MacDonald
Eleanor Noonan
Missoula, Mont
Georgina MacDonald
City
Oil firm bond hike sought in Landis case
District Attorney Sims asks appeals court to raise Standard Oil of Indiana bond from 6.9 million to 29.24 million to safeguard government against asset manipulation while the fine lands. Judge Landis had imposed the penalty and the motion was delayed two weeks due to attorney John S. Miller's Walsh trial schedule.
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Chicago
Sims
Circuit Court of Appeals
Standard Oil Company of
Indiana
Landis
John S. Miller
Walsh
Fruit Overrules Demurrers in $39,500 Bank Preference Suit
Judge Fruit overruled demurrers in the Central Wisconsin Trust Company case seeking to recover 39500 paid to the German American Bank of La Crosse. The suit alleges a preference by the La Crosse Cheese & Butter Company before bankruptcy. Defendants may answer within twenty days. appeal to the supreme court possible, likely delaying merits hearing.
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Judge Fruit
Central Wisconsin Trust Company
la Crosse Cheese & Butter Company
Bank of Crosse
la Crosse Cheese Butter Company
Richmond, Jackman & Swenson
Madison
Wis
Higbee & Higbee
McConnell & Schweizer
George H. Gordon
Gordon
Karl Kurtenacker
Judge
Supreme Court
Fruit
Rockefeller Father Said to Die in Madison as Dr Gardner
A self described New York World correspondent alleges William Rockefeller Sr died in Madison in 1906 while living as Dr Gardner. He visited undertakers and officials, claiming the elder Rockefeller may be buried near Blair in Trempealeau county. Frank Rockefeller allegedly knows his location but opposes John Rockefeller.
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Madison, Wis
Jan. T
William Rockefeller
John D. Rockefeller
Adison
Gardner
New York World
Board of Health
State Asylum For the Insane
Mendota
Iowa
Oil Trust
Wisconsin
Madison
Blair
Wis
Trempealeau County
King
John
Damaging Evidence Against Banker Walsh Emerges in Trial
In Chicago on January 7, Fred M. Blount, a business associate, testified he knew his son in law C. F. Weinland’s name had been used on hundreds of notes. He stated he did not know or care what became of the notes while adding Walsh’s methods were “good business.”
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Chicago
Walsh
Fred M. Blount
C. F. Weinland
Blountaso
Jackson
Bandits Try to Rob Katy Flyer in Kansas City
Four bandits attempted to rob passengers of the Katy Flyer day coaches before departure. John H. Drew and David White, a Katy porter, confronted the robbers as they entered from one end while the others worked at the opposite end. The group fled after disregarding revolvers. no trace of the bandits remains.
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Kansas City, John
H. W. Drew
David White
Katy Flyer
Rate Commission to Probe La Crosse Gas and Electric
The state railroad rate commission will study the La Crosse Gas and Electric company on its own motion. Investigators are expected to reach La Crosse soon to examine the company's facilities service charges and business methods.
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Madison
Wis
State Railroad Rate Commission
la Crosse Gas & Electric Company
la Crosse
St Paul Seeks Saengerfest Venue And Stock Plan
The St Paul Volksfreund reports the city welcoming Saengerfest with a hall offered for about $500 and lighting costs. A meeting of prominent citizens and Fest behoerde aims to form a stock company to hold the festival in St Paul if feasible. Final action is set for Thursday with rumors of a one year postponement dismissed as gossip.
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St. Paul
Weather forecast summary for Midwest and West
Coldest spot reached 24 degrees with a high around 42. Winds near 4 miles per hour, no precipitation. Yesterday’s readings place Lander Modena and Winnipeg coldest with 10 degrees above. Los Angeles at 76 was warmest nationwide. Forecasts: Wisconsin fair tonight and Wednesday with possible snow near Lake Superior and cooler Wednesday afternoon. Minnesota and Iowa expect fair conditions tonight and Wednesday with cooler afternoon in parts.
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Lander
Modena
Winnipeg
Los Angeles
Wisconsin
Lake Superior
Minnesota
Iowa
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Esch
Kentucky
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Clarkesville
American Tobacco Company
William Meldowney
Ida Simonton
Nesbit
Mother
Tobac
Chas
Martin M’donald
John D
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DR. Gardner
Blair—Records
Katy
Rate Commission
Lighting Company
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