Roosevelt Recommends Width of ICC Powers Over Oil Rail Rates
President Roosevelt forwards James Garfield’s report on transportation and oil industry rates. He highlights secret railroad rates benefiting Standard Oil, calls for stronger ICC authority, and urges prosecutions where warranted. Open rates also bias competition, with west and southwest cited as affected regions.
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Standard Strikes Back Rogers and Archbold Respond By Ridicule
Standard Oil figures H. H. Rogers and John D. Archbold defend their conduct against Roosevelt and Garfield in a lengthy AP statement. They deny unlawful practices, argue railroads set rates, and fault Garfield’s pro rata claims, asserting no wrongdoing while noting the president’s broad advice and public scrutiny.
Standard Oil Defends Rates and Interstate Practices
The Standard Oil company rebuts claims of unfair and unlawful rate manipulation, arguing no state or interstate body controls state rates, and asserting no secret or discriminatory practices against home competition. It notes 125 competitive refineries and maintains its conduct follows the law amid muckraking criticism.
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Standard Qi Company
Standard Oi Company
Agreement Reached on Rate Bill After Roosevelt Meeting
President Roosevelt met with thirty six Washington correspondents to discuss railroad rate legislation and amendments to the Hepburn bill. He indicated satisfaction with the bill as Senate committee reports and noted some advocates favor a court review of Interstate Commerce Commission decisions. The session lasted over an hour and was nonquoting by the president yet his views were to be conveyed through press accounts.
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United States
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Senate
Committee On Interstate Commerce
Interstate Commerce Commission
Sugar Men Indicted In Federal Sugar Rebates Case
New York May. The April federal grand jury issued seven indictments against New York Central Railway American Sugar Refining Company New York Central and Hudson River Railroad Nathan Gilford vice president F J Pomeroy traffic manager and others. Indictments allege rebates against published freight rates under Elkins anti trust law with penalties up to 10000 dollars or two years imprisonment.
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New York Central Railway
American Sugar Refining Company
New York Central and
Hudson River Railroad Company
Nathan Gilford
American Sugar Refining Company of
C. Goodlee
Edgar
Edwin Earle
Detroit
F. J
Mitchells Hand Submitting To Lead ers Final Decision Imminent
In Scranton Pa May 5 mine workers convention will declare itself finally and definitively today. The decision rests with John Mitchell and the general scale committee guided by him. The convention referred the issue to the 36 member committee to report recommendations, a move seen as potentially signaling peace though radical factions favor a strike. Secretary Treasurer Wilson spoke at length, urging delegates to stand by the union, with reports differing on whether he cautioned against a strike due to treasury risks.
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Scranton
John Mitchell
Mitchell
Mitchel
W. B. Wilson
Wilson
Uone
Treasury
War Declared by Central Pennsylvania Coal Firms
Representatives of ten major coal and coke companies in the Central Pennsylvania bituminous fields plan a campaign against mine workers. They vow to fight to open shops and end the check-off system, aiming to reopen mines next week with open shop operations. The list of participating firms includes Puritan Coal, Pennsylvania Coal Coke, and Erie and Western Coal, among others.
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Pennsylvania
Erie and Western Coal Company
George E. Scott
Puritan Coal Company
Union
Pennsylvania Coal Coke Company
Rochester and Pittsburg Coal and Iron Company
Morrisdale Coal Company
Peale, Peacock and Kerr Coal Company
Afterning Coal Company
Beech Creek Coal and Coke Company
Irish Brothers
Crescent Coal Company
Sub-Committee Named to Aid Congressional Canvass
Thomas Taggart announces a National Democratic sub-committee to assist the Congressional Committee in the fall campaign. The panel includes J M Guffey N M Johnson J Taylor Ellison Urey Woodson Heger Sullivan Timothy G Ryan and John J McGraw with Taggart to serve as a member. Headquarters will open in Washington for an early joint meeting.
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French Lick Springs
Ind
Thomas Taggart
National Democratic Committee
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Griggs
Bailey
Texas
National Committee
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Pennsylvania
N. M. Johnson
J. Taylor Ellison
Virginia
Urey Woodson
Kentucky
Heger Sullivan
Iiinois
Timothy G. Ryan
Wisconsin
John J. McGraw
West Virginia
Taggert
Do Not Need Charity In San Francisco Recovery
May 5 San Francisco report from sub committees shows dissolution of citizens' committee is likely, regular civil officers to take charge. Clearing house endorses executive plan urging reliance on business principles, with insurance indemnity and bank strength easing rebuilding. External loans should only be sought on solid security, as vast funds will soon be available and untested methods are unnecessary.
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San Francisco
General Municipal Committee
Citizens’ Committee
Dun's Review of Trade Summary of Business Conditions
Dun's Weekly Review of Trade notes prices declines do not reflect overall conditions. Railway earnings exceed last year with April up 9.3 percent. Failures down 40 percent in manufacturing and 12 percent in trading. Labor disputes and money-market anxieties seen as temporary. Iron and steel face lakefront longshoremen strike risk to pig iron output. other May 1 strikes minor.
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New York
Dun’s Weekly Review of Trade
Cow and Calf Kill Fireman and Engineer in Train Plunge
Shreveport La May 5 A cow and a calf threw most of a northbound Texas Pacific passenger train off the track at Sodus The locomotive and all the coaches except the chair car and a sleeping car were thrown down an embankment The engineer and the fireman were killed two passengers were severely injured and several were hurt
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Shreveport
Texas Pacific
Sodus
Secretary Bonaparte Better
Baltimore May 5 Secretary of the Navy Charles J Bonaparte who had been ill at his home is much improved and able to attend light duties at Washington remained in the capital city during the illness with messages of concern from officials and friends.
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Bonaparte Better
Baltimore
Secretary of the Navy
Charles J. Bonaparte
Ten Die In Springfield Junction Freight Wreck
Altoona Pa May 5 Train No 21 the Chicago and St Louis Express and train No 18 the Chicago Mail collided head on at Springfield Junction on the Petersburg cutoff. Three passengers killed and 22 injured with four tracks blocked. Early reports vary with 19 dead and many injured and physicians dispatched to the scene.
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Chicago and St. Louis
Pennsylvania Railroad
Pittsburg
Chicago Mail
Union Furnace
Petersburg
Springfield Junction
Mass
AIP
Harrisburg
Huntingdon
Ultimatum to Turkey signals swift settlement hoped
London May 5 the British fleet readies a demonstration and a Turkish garrison may retreat as frontier claims in Sinai are limited prompting a speedy Turkish settlement. Prominent man drops dead in Orrin, O. Chris Holscher, secretary and general manager of Holscher Electrical Manufacturing, dies in Lynn's blacksmith shop after seeking shelter from a storm. Baseball results list New York 15 4 8 9 470, Chicago 13 6 8 5, Boston 9 2 9 , Pittsburgh 10 7 8 8 7, Cincinnati 7 18 8 0 5, Phila 10 9 8 2 7, Brooklyn 6 14 6 2 68, riding. New York 10 Boston 1, Chicago 7 Pittsburgh 5, Brooklyn 5 Philadelphia 4, St Louis 6 Cincinnati 3.
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Sinai Peninsula
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Holscher Electrical Manc?rturing Company
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Wol Pett
W.L Pet
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Phila
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Philadelphia
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Teacher-A Miracle Repeats in Natural Order of Things
A cryptic dialogue features a teacher and Bright Boy discussing miracles and daily life. The exchange hints at miracles performed today and common sayings about turning night into day, reflecting a life lesson tone.
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Bright Boy
Papa
Chicago Grain Market Ends Quiet After Profit Taking
In Chicago on May 4 profits led local bulls to an easy close in wheat. July wheat quotes slipped to 78 1/2 cents. corn futures fell to around 45 44/100 cents. oats scarcely moved. Market mood turned cautious as oats held near unchanged levels.
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Pittsburg Markets May 4 Gorn New Yellow Shelled Prices
Market report from Pittsburg lists grain and feed prices, like new yellow shelled corn at 56 5644 cents and yellow ears 60 62 cents. Livestock quotes include prime to fancy cattle from 4.50 to 5.75 per hundredweight and veal and calf prices, with hogs at 6.75 6.80 and sheep and lambs in the 5.10 to 5.90 range.
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New York
Ohio
WWE
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