Supreme Court Upholds Freight Rate Law on Coal Contracts
Justice White delivers decision in New Haven and Chesapeake cases. Ruling holds that a carrier may not bypass published rates by acting as a dealer in coal, affirming that contracts favoring one shipper violate the Interstate Commerce Act.
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Washington, D. C
Justice White
Supreme Court of the United States
New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Company
Interstate Commerce Commission
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Company
United States Circuit Court For
Western District of Virginia
Chesapeake and Ohio
New York, New Haven and Hartford Road
Inter- State Commerce Commission
Interstate’ Commerce Convision
New Haven
West Virginia
Circuit Cert
White
Railroad reply on Red Rock fuel discrimination denied
In Washington on February 20 Rayner presented Baltimore and Ohio Railroad’s reply denying Red Rock Fuel Company discrimination claims. The document asserted no responsibility by Rayner and was lengthy.
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Washington
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Senate
Red Rock Fuel Company
West Virginia
Rayner Rayner
Red Rock Company
Woman Drowns Three Children and Herself Aboard Plymouth
Fall River officers find part of a woman's clothing and a note after the Plymouth leaves Newport. The mother, likely Mrs John Waters of Brooklyn, killed her three children and herself, with two boys and a girl aged about eight, while suffering suspected mental illness.
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Fall River
Mass
Plymouth
Newport
John Waters
Brooklyn
N. Y
James Brady
Waters
Chicago
Run on Jackson Trust Bank Not Feared by Officials
A bank run began at the Jackson Trust and Savings Bank in Chicago amid fears linked to the Bank of America failure. President Egan said the bank has ample funds and can obtain outside help if needed, but does not expect to be harmed. Separately, Temple National Bank in Temple, Texas, liquidated due to insolvency rumors with liabilities and resources around $500,000.
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Chicago
Jackson Trust and Savings Bank
Bank of America
Egan
Jackson Bank
Temple, Tex
Temple National Bank
Shaw's Reply on New York Custom House Sale
Secretary Shaw informs Speaker Cannon that no deed has been executed for the Wall Street custom house property and none will be until the remaining consideration is paid. He notes the contract and deed copy show no deed at the document's time, and no new facts have reached the Treasury Department since that publication.
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Washington
DL. Greeb
Cannon
Shaw
House
Sulzer
New York
Custom House
New York City
House of Representatives
Govenon
Wall Street
National City Bank
New York Custom House
Treasury
Iowa Judges Criticized Over Railroad Pleasure Trip
Kansas City reports three United States judges including Judge Smith McPherson of Iowa, were invited by railroad solicitors for a Tampico pleasure trip. Judge J McD Trimble argued the social favors undermine public trust, warn of perceived corruption, and could erode respect for courts and laws.
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Kansas City
Smith McPherson
Federal District of
Iowa
United States
J. McD. Trimble
Orient Railway
Municipal University
China
John D. Rockefeller
J. McD
Trimble
Tampico
Gardiner Lathrop
Tampicee
Miss Roosevelt and Nicholas Longworth Wed at White House
In the East Room of the White House, Miss Alice Lee Roosevelt and Nicholas Longworth marry before a thousand guests. President Roosevelt gives away his daughter as Bishop Satterlee conducts the service with a splendored official ceremony and a grand bridal breakfast follows.
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Washington
White House
Henry H. Satterlee
Bishop Satterlee
Satterlee
Nicholas Longworth
Longworth
Roosevelt
Douglas Robinson
Robert B. Roosevelt, Jr
Olga Roosevelt
John E. Roosevelt
Hilborne IL
Marine Band
Miss Roosevelt
Mr. Longworth
Harvard
Dorothy Roosevelt
Frederick Roosevelt
Emlen Roosevelt
Christine Roosevelt
Miss Margaret Roosevelt
Mrs. Longworth
Comtase de Chambrun
Fairbanks
Mrs. Root
Miss Root
Shaw
Bonaparte
Secretary of the Navy
Westphalia
Jerome Bonaparte
Jerome
Martha Patterson
Baltimore
Roosevelts
Crown Will Put Gendarmes in Field
Budapest reports the coalition plans to move campaigning to country districts within a week to protest parliament's dissolution. Government forces with gendarmes will prevent meetings deemed illegal. Royal Commissioner Nyiri confirms the dissolution and warns against convening the next day.
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Budapest
General Nyiri
Packers Case Advances as Roosevelt Letter Deemed Competent Evidence
In Chicago on February 22 Judge Humphrey ruled that President Roosevelt's letter to Attorney General Moody showing cooperation between the departments of Corporations and Justice is material and admissible evidence. Packers' counsel then closed its case and the government began presenting testimony with Commissioner Garfield as the first witness.
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Chicago
Humphrey
Roosevelt
Moody
Department of Corporations
Department of Justice
Garfield
Patriotic Deaths and Disasters Reported Abroad
Reports from Victoria B C describe a prominent Korean Confucian author suicide in protest over Japanese rule and a Tokyo fire that destroyed 445 houses with several deaths. Telegrams claim a train carrying soldiers was blown up near Vladivostok, with disputed death tolls. Other notes recount Cossack clashes with Japanese troops and heavy floods in Java causing numerous drownings.
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Victoria
B. C
Korea
Hong
Japan
Tokio
Asakusa
Vladivostok
Java
Fight ing Grosvenor rump convention forms Meigs count y
Anti Grosvenorites in Meigs county held a rump convention and named delegates to the Eleventh district convention at Lancaster February 21 to nominate a successor to Congressman Charles H. Grosvenor.
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Grosvenor
Pomeroy, O
Meigs County
Lancaster
Charles H. Grosvenor
2-Cent Fare Plan Sparks Regional Debate Across States
Chicago reports a nationwide push for a 2-cent passenger rate in the Midwest led by Ohio and Michigan, with railroads alarmed at revenue losses. Michigan’s tiered law limits 2 cents per mile to high earners, while roads with lower earnings may pay 3 cents. Ohio savings touted at up to 4 million annually, but Illinois foresees court challenges before any adoption.
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Chicago
Ill
Middle West
Ohio
Central
Michigan
Pattison
Illinois Railroad Commission
Illinois Roads
Railroad Commission
Illinois
East
New York Central
Pennsylvania
Baltimore and Ohio
Norfolk and Western
Delaware and Lackawanna
Trunk Line Association
Mystery in Death at West Thirty-Eighth Street
New York police investigate a death viewed as a murder mystery similar to the Nan Patterson case. Actress Gussie Hart is found dead with a fractured skull after a night out with an associate, with several witnesses vanishing. The case centers on a fall from stairs at a residence and a late-night cafe outing ending in Hart’s collapse. Hart, about 60, known as a blackface comedian, leaves behind two sons in Cincinnati and a daughter who recently died.
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New York
Nan Patterson
Gussie Hart
West Thirty Eighth Street
Miss Hart
Edward Murphy
Murphy
Savoy
Iface
Ready for China American Troops Dispatch to Philippines
Four companies of the Wiglish United States infantry depart Governor's Island for the Philippines via New Orleans and San Francisco. They join at San Francisco with two companies from Fort Slo cum and two from Columbus and four from Fort Niagara. The voyage is set to sail from San Francisco March 5. Tokyo warns China to head off unrest that could turn anti foreign.
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Philippines
Japan
New York
Wiglish United States Infantry
Governor's Island
New Orleans
San Francisco
Fort Slocum
Columbus
Fort Niagara
Tokyo
China
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