Taft halts rise in rail rates in Western suit
Twenty four Western railroads and the Western Trunk Line Committee are enjoined from advancing inter state freight rates set to take effect June 1 after a government complaint alleging unlawful agreement and Sherman act violations. Hearing date to be fixed in St. Louis.
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Hannibal
Western Railroads
Western Trunk Line Committee
United States District
David P. Dyer
Washington
Taft
Wickersham
St. Louis
United States Circuit Court
Dyer
United States District Court
Missouri, Pacific
Chicago & Northwestern
Chicago
Rock Island & Pacific
Burlington & Quincy
Wabash
Milwaukee & St. Paul
Chicago & Alton
Atchison, Topeka & Banta Fé
Great Western
Missouri
Kansas & Texas
St Louis
Ben Francisco
Quincy
Omah & Kansas City
St. Paul
Des Moines
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Nebraska
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North Dakota
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Montana
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Wisconsin
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United States
Interto
Welecinen Fe
St. Paul & Oines Railroad
Fort Dodge, Deshes & Southern Railroad
Mineie & Eastern Railroad Company
Chicago, Penyaches & Garyteed Company
Minneapolis
Night and Day Bank to End Midnight Hours
Night and Day Bank at 527 Fifth Avenue will shorten hours starting June 15 closing at midnight and opening at 8 AM. Deposits rose from 1.7 million to over 4 million by January 2 2008. Capital stock is 200000 with surplus and undivided profits of 207370 as of March 25. Samuel S Campbell presides. directors include Gallway Shoemaker Harriman Harrriman Bird Kennelly.
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Fifth Avenue
Safe Deposit Company
Onc
Tts Capital
Samuel 8. Campbell
Robert M. Gallway
Henry 2. Shoemaker
Joseph W. Harriman
J. Borden Harriman
Harrison K. Bird
Bryan L. Kennelly
Lightning Strikes Caddy House At Century Club
White Plains reports a bolt of lightning struck the caddy house at Century Country Club during a tournament. Fifty or more boys sheltered inside then fled to the clubhouse as thunder roared. Splintered wood and debris flew as the bolt ran down a roof stanchion to the ground, leaving a scarcity of caddies for the rest of the day.
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New York Times
White Plains
Century Country Club
Gould Back at School After Connecticut Homeless Journey
Edwin Gould Jr returned to Pomfret School from New Britain station house after a Connecticut highway trek. He blamed blisters but said he was glad to go back to school while his father hoped for renewed focus on studies and higher college entrance exam goals.
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Hartford
Conn
Edwin Gould, Jr
Connecticut
New Britain
Pomfret School
Young Gould
Gaynor to Visit Denver for Summer Stay and Mayors’ Conference
Mayor William A Gaynor of New York City will visit Denver this summer as guest of John Brisben Walker. A convention of American city mayors will meet in Grand Junction before Gaynor’s visit, with preparations for a nationwide program and entertainment led by Mayor Speer and state authorities. Notable invitees include Mayor Brand Whi Teledo and Phil Seidel of Milwaukee, among others.
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New York Times
Denver
Col
William A Gaynor
New York City
John Brisben Walker
Gaynor
Grand Junction
Speer
Stat
Brand Whi Teledo
Northwestern honors Patten and inspires on exercise
James A. Patten was made an honorary member of Northwestern University’s track team at a May dinner. He wore a sweater with the N as university president A W Harris conferred the honor. Patten urged more exercise, joking that E H Harriman would be alive today if he exercised. The event celebrated a new housewarming gift to the university worth 250000 dollars.
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Chicago
James A. Patten
Northwestern University
Ale
A. W. Harris
Athletic Association
E. H. Harriman
Patten
Iten
Children Ride Tram Car Daringly in Lowell
A Boston and Maine northbound train found teens riding on bumpers in Lowell Massachusetts. They identified themselves as Thomas Reed eighteen and Lena Reed ten of Cambridge Massachusetts. They said they planned to visit their grandmother in Goffstown New Hampshire while acknowledging the danger of their travel choice.
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Lowell
Mass
Boston & Maine
Thomas Reed
Lena Reed
Hancock Street
Cambridge
Goffstown
N. H
Plan Protectorate for Nicaragua discussed amid Bluefields fighting
Washington edges toward possible protectorate plan as Civil War rages in Nicaragua around Bluefields. The State Department warns both factions against seizing American ships or property while weighing full or partial occupation to secure customs and debts, with Mexico briefly noted as a potential rival influence.
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New York Times
Washington
Bluefields
Nicaragua
Little Republic
United States
Mexico
State Department
Knox
Rodriguez
Gilmer
Paducah
Biluefields Harbor
Madris
Republic
Accuses McKim of Cruelty in Reno Divorce Case
Mrs. Margaret B. H. McKim of New York charges Dr. Smith Hollings McKim with drunkenness cruelty and abuse in a Reno filing dated May 31. She seeks a complete divorce while keeping her married name and says detectives watch her.
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New York Times
Reno
Smith Hollings McKim
New York
Margaret BH. McKim
New Western
Baltimore
Boy Riders Meet Taft at Washington Reception
President Taft greets Seouig and Temple Abernathy sons of Marsha Jack Abernathy from Oklahoma. The two young wolf hunters are traveling to Oklahoma to ride the arena and meet Roosevelt advisors, described in the report as intimate with past leaders.
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Washington
Taft
Seouig
Temple Abernathy
Jack" Abernathy
Oklahom
Sean Oye
Werom
Oklahoma
Bernathy
Roosevelt
First Ascent of Mt McKinley Told by Expedition Leader
Exclusive preview in next Sunday's Times will feature Thomas Lloyd recounting the successful ascent of Mt McKinley, the peak that puzzled climbers before this Fairbanks expedition.
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Fairbanks
Thomas Lloyd
Merchant's Haste Warns Wiretappers in Harrisburg Case
Police chase in New York ends with three detectives arresting one man amid a mass of swindlers tied to a $12,000 real estate and horse betting scheme. Frederic Louster, a Harrisburg merchant, tracked the gang but his rush to arrest blinded him to others in the crowd. Detectives Fogarty Campbell and Dale pursued through the Tenderloin as Louster's hastened intervention unraveled the scam.
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Seventh Avenue
Fortyseventh Street
Fogarty
Campbell
Dale
John Harman
West 108Th Street
Frederic Louster
Harrisburg
Penn
Harman
Louster
Lagapter
Pers
Hackerville
Fla
New York
Baltimore
Louater
George
Inspector Rusesll
Aster
Morgan Gardener Arrested on Cruelty Complaint
Otto Frehling, head gardener for J. Morgan Jr. at East Island Glen Cove, was arrested on a cruelty complaint filed by the Long Island Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. The case centers on a story by Albert Maurer and wife about their pet fox terrier dying after Frehling allegedly fed it drugged meat and bones. autopsy reportedly found strychnine.
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Otto Frehling
Morgan, Jr
East Island
Glen Cove
Long Island Society For the Prevention of Cruelty
Sony Kapusay
Undergardener
Maurer
Frehling
Frehli
Nothead Morgan
Jamapra
Bearry O'Neill
J. E. Wood
Westervelt
Beon A. Festage
Oyster Bay
Roosevelt speech shocks England at Guildhall in London
Ex president Roosevelt received the freedom of the City of London and urged Britain to correct its Egypt policy. He galvanized crowds, with many praising his bold stance and personal charisma while critics questioned the timing of his remarks. Tens of thousands turned out to watch the motorcade and spectacle in drizzle, signaling a lasting impact on public opinion.
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Roosevelt
City of London
Guildhall
Punch
Bernard Partridge
Mr. Roosevelt
City Turtle
Owen Seaman
London
Sealso
Airship Rescues Airship In Historic Flight
In Joplin Missouri May 81 aviator Charles F Willard began a cross country flight to aid a companion whose plane had failed. After an hour he did not return prompting J C Mars to search and rescue guiding Willard to a rifle damaged propeller. Both machines repaired and they flew back to base with aerial figures.
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Joplin
Charles F. Willard
J. C. Mars
Wilard
Mars
Carl Junction
Willard
Willard Mars
Piracy Law For The Air In U S Mexico Treaty
Washington May 81 The United States and Mexico move toward regulating international air traffic with a treaty negotiated by Secretary Knox and Mexican Ambassador de la Barra. It proposes registering all aeroplanes and airships and allows treating unlicensed international air traders as smugglers or pirates. The measure aims for Senate ratification before Congress adjourns.
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Washington
United States
Mexico
Knox
Senor de la Barra
Senate
Congress
Census Bureau begins actual enumeration of population
Washington May 31 The Census Bureau has begun the actual work of enumerating the population from individual census cards. Director E Dana Durand says the complete census will be announced within a fortnight. He notes the cards compiled by hundreds of experts would stack sixteen miles high, estimating the U S population near 106,000,000.
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Washington
Census Bureau
E. Dana Durand
Snow Falls and Heat Hit Two Cities in May
Pittsburg reports the coldest May day on record with 89 degrees recorded at 10 am and light snow from 4 to 5 am. San Francisco endures torrid heat causing four prostrations and one death.
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Pittsburg
Weather Bureau
Sinow
San Francisco
New Venue Granted in Vaughan Murder Case in Missouri
Judge Shelton of the Circuit Court granted a change of venue for Mrs Alma Proctor Vaughan and Dr James R Hull in the murder of Prof J T Vaughan. Testimony showed sentiment was evenly split on guilt. location to be fixed later.
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Kirksville, Mo
Shelton
Circuit Court
Alma Proctor Vaughan
James R. Hull
J. T. Vaughan
Dolliver Baffles Door In Iowa Senator Break-In
Senator Dolliver of Iowa and his family returning from Mount Vernon found their Massachusetts Avenue home locked out. After failed bell attempts the party climbed a window, aided by his young son, and entered the house to continue their evening.
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Washington
United States
Massachusetts Avenue
Dolliver
Iowa
Mount Vernon
Conductor Dies In Trolley Accident At 145th Street
Peter Galvin a Westchester trolley line conductor was mortally injured yesterday afternoon while assisting a woman with a baby to board a moving car at 145th Street and Third Avenue. His head struck an elevated pillar and he died after or during transport to Lincoln Hospital with a fractured skull.
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Peter Galvin
Westchester
Attleee
145Th Street
Third Avenue
Galvin
Lincoln Hospital
Auto Ditched. Two Die Near Nashua on Concord Road
Two prominent Nashua residents, real estate dealer W H Anderson and City Carriage Co member W H Kennedy, died in a car crash on the Concord Road. Anderson lost control on a steep hill. the vehicle crashed into a railing and bridge, killing both instantly.
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Nashua, N. H
Nashua
W. H. Anderson
W. H. Kennedy
City Carriage Company
Concord Road
Anderson
Prizes in Aero Flights Contest From World and Post-Dispatch
A joint promotion by The New York World and The St Louis Post-Dispatch offers large prizes for air flight related events. Details on amounts and dates appear in the campaign announcements from the two newspapers.
Curtiss to usher in new era of aviation prizes
A New York World dinner announced a 30 000 prize for a New York to St Louis aeroplane flight following Glenn H Curtiss winning the Albany to New York prize of 10 000. The Times and others added offers for Chicago and New York to Chicago routes with a planned October 31 deadline. Curtiss expressed enthusiasm but cautious planning as routes and landings are debated while predicting future prize successes if conditions suit aircraft and routes.
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Albany
York
New York
St. Louis
New York Times
J. C. Shaffer
Chicago
Ing Post
Cage
New Central & Lake Shore
Louis
Pennsylvania
New Yorks
Curtizs
Eac
Qurpeiem
Rensselaer Island
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