Harriman Wins as Fish Protest Ends at Illinois Central Meet
At Chicago on March 3 the Illinois Central stockholders elected four directors ending the long protest era led by Stuyvesant Fish. E H Harriman and John Jacob Astor won seats, Titus and Hackstaff fill expiring terms, with Armour to join later.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Illinois Central Railroad
Stuyvesant Fish
E. H. Harriman
John Jacob Astor
A. G. Hadckstaff
John C. Welling
Joseph F. Titus
Titus
Harahan
J. Ogden Armour
Mr. Titus
Mr. Armour
William Nelson Cromwell
BE. H. Harriman
Frank H. Culver
Henry W. Leman
Union Pacific Railroad Company
Railroad Securities Company
Ball
Wentworth Holmes
Mr. Astor
Mr. Harriman
Hackstaff
Harriman
Astor
New Flag to Oklahoma Adopted by House of Representatives
A Joint resolution was adopted in Washington DC to donate a first flag bearing to the state of Oklahoma. The measure was acted on today by the House of Representatives as part of a ceremonial gesture recognizing state symbols.
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Associated
Press
Washington
D. C
Med
House of Representatives
Oklahoma
Indiana rates higher than Ohio in railroad tariffs
Indiana freight bureau chief Joseph Keavy complains rates on same roads are higher in Indiana than in Ohio. Railroad attorneys defend current rates as equitable and warn changes could confiscate property. Indiana railroad commission offers no immediate decision.
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Associated Press
Indianapolis
Ind
Indiana
Ohio
Joseph Keavy
Indianapolis Freight Bureau
Indiana Railroad Commission
Keavy
Hanrahan Leads Rail Brotherhood Wage Reduction Protest
Grand Master Hanrahan and Secretary-Treasurer Carte issued a statement after a Peoria conference of joint protective boards chairs from eastern rail systems. They oppose wage cuts and rule changes harming enginemen, noting pay falls with traffic declines and piecework pay. Hanrahan heads to Chicago for further talks on wage reductions.
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Associated Press
Peoria
Nik
Joint Protective Boards
Chicago
John J.hanrahan
W. 8S. Carte
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Hanrahan
Interstate Commerce Commission
Wesley M Oler Examined Before Court In Ice Company Case
Wesley M Oler president of the American Ice Company was examined before the court in an Associated Press report from New York dated March 3. The proceedings focused on company affairs and Oler answered questions from the judge and counsel.
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Associated
New York
M. Oler
American Ice Company
Government orders deportation push against alien anarchists
Washington officials announce a directive to immigration chiefs to work with police and Secret Service to identify and deport aliens defined as anarchists or criminals under the 1907 immigration act. Criteria include arrival within three years, evidence of status, and transportation details where available.
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United States
Secret Service
New York Secreta ry Straus to Enforce Deportation Order
The March 3 decree to deport alien anarchists and criminals will be enforced promptly by local and federal authorities in cooperation with city police. Commissioner Wat chrom and subordinates are ready, with Police Commissioner Bingham noting that precautions are being taken tonight.
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New York
Straus
Department, of Commerce and Labor
Harmony
Watchorn
Bingham
Elwood Man Held in California Murder Charge
Ernest Call son of former Elwood mayor John W Call is in Los Angeles charged with the murder of an Indian woman. Letters to relatives confirm the report. Call had married an Elwood girl and went west about two years ago. his father works on a contract job in Gary Indiana.
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Associated Press
Elwood
Ind
Ernest Call
John W. Call
Los ‘Angeles
Cal
Ernest ‘Call
West
Gary
Ohio Republicans seize control of state convention for Taft
In Columbus on March 3 the Ohio Republicans elected a Taft dominated state central committee, replacing Foraker allies. Eleven of twenty-one re-elected, seven of ten changes were Foraker men, three Taft allies retired by local conditions. Walter F. Brown was re-elected chairman, Malcolm Karshner secretary, and Ellis favored for permanent chairman. The scene showed Senators Foraker and Dick in the convention hall as the Taft machine solidifies control.
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Associated Press
Columbus
Ohio
Republicans of
William H. Taft
Vand
Foraker
State Central
Taft
New ‘Committee
Walter F. ‘Brown
Toledo
Malcolm Karshner
Jet
Wade H. ‘Ellis
Simon Ford Amuses Boston Crowd With Roosevelt Taft Jibe
Simon Ford of New York mocked President Roosevelt and Secretary Taft at a Boston Real Estate Exchange event saying Theodore the First was a political blue pill hidden in a last message. Taft defended his loyalty and joked about a monastery if humor failed. He then addressed open-door trade with China.
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Associated Press
Boston
Symphoney Hall
Taft
United States
Elmer J. Burkett
Nebraska
Guild
Draper
Republican Club of
Massachusetts
Kansas City
Simon Ford
New York
Roosevelt
Boston Real Estate Exchange and Auction Board
Somerset
Ford
Mr. Ford
Theodore
China
Liberals Overthrown in New Brunswick Election
The Liberal government of New Brunswick, in power for twenty five years, was toppled in a province wide election. The opposition won 31 of 46 seats, with 10 for the government and independents in Gloucester and Madawaska. J Douglas Hazen elected in Sunbury. Robinson cabinet ministers defeated. Laurier Conservatives view the result as a severe blow.
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Associated Press
Fredericksburg
N. B
New Brunswick
St. John City
Will
J. Douglas Hazen
Gloucester
Madawaska
Robinson
Westmoreland County
Haxén
Sunbury
Wilfred Laurier
Cotton Plant Down in Montreal Mills Fire
An Associated Press report notes a fire at the Ste Annes cotton mills in Montreal Quebec. The Dominion Textile Association oversees the plant and a hundred employees are affected by the shutdown.
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Associated_Pres
Montreal
Quebec
Ste. Annes
Railroads Accused of Stealing 70 Million from U S Mail
In Washington on March 3 Mr Lloyd of Missouri charged that railroads have cheated the government out of about 70 million dollars since 1880 by underpaying for carrying mail. He urged suits against railroads and criticized the post office scales and recent reforms while linking officials to a press suppression controversy.
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Post Office Department
Lloyd
Madden
Post Office
Will Burn Burn He Is In Planned to Elope with Married Woman
Mart Johnson, a Black man, accused of killing Mrs Carl Martin after an elopement plan with her woman, resisted deputies with a Winchester rifle and fled into the woods. Bloodhounds pursued him nine miles from Clarksburg Gypsy. a surrounding posse awaited his stand at a barn nine miles away as reinforcements head to burn the barn if needed.
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Johnson
Carl
Martin
Clarksburg
Trainmen in Fighting Mood in Peoria Meeting
Grand Master J. Hanahan and Grand Secretary-Treasurer W. S. Carter led Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen officials who refused to disclose meeting details in Peoria Illinois. They warned wage reductions could spark heroic measures, amid broader industrial turmoil tied to the United Mine Workers convention held recently in the same city.
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United Mine Workers of ‘America
Attempted murder case shocks Chicago anarchists
Chicago police declare Lazarus Averbach's attempt on Chief Shippy proven a conspiracy by a Chicago anarchist group. Authorities pursue leads to arrest conspirators including associates of Olga Averbuch and Rosa Stern, with state and federal cooperation and nine arrests made in a broad sweep through the Ghetto district.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Lazarus Averbach
Shippy
Scheuttler
Busse
P. D. O’brien
Detective Bureau
Averbuch
Olga Averbuch
Averbach
Olga
Rosa Stern
Siter
Consid
Car Plant Starts in Berwick Pa
Berwick Pennsylvania reports the start of a new car plant with March activity beginning despite blurred text. Officials are unnamed, and no production figures are readable in the fragment.
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Ini West
NEW State Committee
Garfield
Dick Wel Ung
Arthur. J. Vorys
Dominion’ Textile
Abbo Ciation
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Missouri
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Associated'Press
Peoria, Ill
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