Department of Justice to Probe Coal Railroad Ties
The Department of Justice plans a thorough probe into coal carrying railroads and their coal properties. Henry Hughes and Simpson Jr have been retained to study interstate coal sales, ownership and possible legal actions. The inquiry follows Interstae Commerce Commission work and Supreme Court rulings on the books and records of interstate firms.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
At- General Moody
Department of Justice
Department of Pffice
Pats E. Hughes
New York Bar
Simpson, Jr
Pennsylvania
Department
Supreme Court
Hale
Henkel
Congress
Baltimore
Tobacco Trust
Paper Trust
Tillman
Senate
Red Rock
West Virginia
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company
Poolroom War Continues At Aqueduct Track
The Queens County Jockey Club pressed its campaign to shut poolrooms at Aqueduct with added detectives and tighter telegraph control. Runners were harassed, information delayed, and bettors forced to guess odds as the war cut poolroom business by half.
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Aqueduct Track
Queens County Jockey Club
Jockey Club
Robert Pinkerton
Aqueduct
Railroads and coal stocks discussed in interstate inquiry
Baltimore April 17 The Interstate Commerce Commission continued hearings on coal interests and railroads. The fourth vice president of the Pennsylvania Railroad testified about purchases of coal stock after leaving and rejoining the railroad and about relationships with coal companies along the Pennsylvania line. He held stock and bonds in related firms and explained ties to traffic after the changes, though the commission barred further detail at that time.
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Baltimore
Interstate Commerei
Ission
Pennsylvania Railroad
Coas
Mabel
Betany
Ohio
Itimore & Ohio
ORS
Explosion on British warship during trials
April 17 report says three crew members aboard the British battleship Prince of Wales wore injuries from a boiler incident during trials. A connecting rod bolt failed and the top cylinder cover loosened causing damage. Shore establishments report $5.60 line and Niagara Falls area notes describe Hudson Mohawk Valley region aftermath.
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Niagara Falls
Hudson
Mohawk Valley
Fear Charlestown Will Cave In Cavern Lake Found
Richmond report from Charlestown West Virginia describes a vast subterranean lake and cavern beneath the town discovered while blasting. Workmen explored in a boat through limestone chambers and a clear lake, prompting local fear the ground may collapse and bury homes and property.
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Charlestown
The
Tribune
Richmond
W. Va
Luray
Belmont Tube Limit and Franchise at Stake
Belmont interests hold a franchise for the 42d street tunnel with a September 1, 1907 time limit unless the tunnel is practically finished. Contractors race to complete ahead of deadline while Interborough plans show overhead trolley cars from Queens to Grand Central, with trains of eight to ten cars and potential electric motors for rapid operation. If the tunnel misses the fall 1907 target, the company can argue good faith despite delays. a ready system by year end may bypass charter challenges.
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Belmont Interests
42D Street
Belmont
Grand Central Station
Long Island City
Interborough
Queens Borough
Brooklyn Bridge
424 Street
New York Central
Riots Near Lens Mark Renewed Strike Violence
In Pas de Calais disturbances flare as 151 striker wives attack a miner’s wife tearing clothing and wrecking furniture while gendarmes and cavalry are pelted with stones. Cavalry officers and soldiers injured. many arrested and released. Authorities seek reinforcements as attempts to block miners and a dynamite attack on a Montigny church occur.
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Lens
Pas de Calais
Montigny
Is It a Keynote by Lincoln Or Money Power Today
Warning by Watterson notes Lincoln's 1858 remark on a nation half free and half slave as radical yet prophetic. He argues current danger is money, not slavery, building a plutocracy in the East through tariff policy and broader legislation. The piece previews Watterson in The Courier-Journal.
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Tribune
Louisville
Courier-Journal
Watterson
Abraham Lincoln
National Capitol
South
Republican Party
Drowned While Seeking Reconciliation Near Louisville
Thomas Leisure, a young Daviess County farmer, drowned in Rough River while attempting to reach a meeting with his separated wife. Friends had arranged the conference. he swam the washed bridge and lost his life.
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Louisville
Thomas Leisure
Daviess County
Irom
Lull in the Race War Lynching Probe at Springfield
Grand jury convened in Springfield to indict mob leaders after a lynching. Sheriff Horner deploys deputies and warrants as militia guard the jail and Negro quarters. Leslie Peters, 18, acquitted for self defense after killing a Black man. supports for Peters include a house, lot, and ring for his fiancé.
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Springfield
Horner
Criminal Court
A. J. Lincoln
Grand Jury
S. P. Fielder
Fielder
Ollie Fielder
Leslie Peters
Burns
Peters
Windber Strikes Bayonets Guard Town After Mine Riots
Windber Pennsylvanians endure martial law as state constabulary patrols streets and Berwind White mines to prevent further clashes between strikers and non union men. Prisoners from last night riot move to county jail. Curtis Kester, shot earlier, is alive and hoped to recover. Funeral crowds loom tomorrow at nearby Pleasant Valley Mines with deputies on duty and miners summoned for pay.
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Johnstown
Penn
Windber
State Constabulary
Somerset
Labor Party Victory Reported From Stockton Conference
London April 17. At a Labor party conference James Keir Hardy said the government would accept an amendment to the trades disputes bill on labor lines and place the bill with Solicitor General Robson, who favors unions more than Attorney General Walton. The bill, introduced March 2, would ease union liability after the Taff Vale ruling while granting immunity for funds against damages from strikes, a point Labor favors. Irish members may seek to extend the bill to include Irish farmers facing unfair treatment.
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London
Labor Party
Stockton-on-Tees
James Keir Hardy
Merthyr-Tydvil
Robson
James Lawson Walton
House of Commons
Taff Vale
Lahborites
Immunity Plea Denied in Beef Rebate Case
In Kansas City on April 17 the U S District Court denied immunity pleas by railways including Chicago and Alton Railway and officials Faithorn and Winn in a broader indictment over rebates on packing house products in violation of the Elkins law. The government demurrer, backed by Supreme Court Tobacco Trust rulings, was sustained. defendants must plead within ten days.
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Kansas City
United States District Court
Humphreys
Chicago
Smith McPherson
Iowa
Chicago & Alton Railway
John F. Faithorn
F. A. Winn
Elkins
Supreme Court
Tobacco Trust
Heart Outside Body Case Shocks Newark Doctors
A male infant born last Sunday in Newark possessed a heart outside the body but attached, functioning at twenty beats a minute. Despite large growth, doctors planned an operation to reposition it, yet efforts failed. Physicians from New York Philadelphia and Boston visited the private hospital as the case drew wide attention. $81.75 to Los Angeles and return via Pennsylvania Railroad listed in ad for Shriners Imperial Council travel.
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Newark
New York
Philadelphia
Boston
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Pennsylvania Railroad
Shriners
Imperial Council
Zulu Revolt Forces Move Against Bambaata
Durban April 17 The pursuit of Zulu chief Bambaata in rebellion against the Natal government grows tougher as rough terrain hinders operations. Two chiefs Signandi and Ndubi refuse cooperation and rumors say Signandi’s entire tribe may join Bambaata. Authorities plan a large picked force to Zululand after requests for troops.
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Durban
Natal
Bambaata
Signandi
Ndubi
Eshowe
Zululand
Death of Hawes Hat Co official after manicure injury
George C. Stevens, manager of Hawes Hat Company's New York offices and vice president, died yesterday in a private East 83rd Street hospital. He succumbed to blood poisoning from a cut caused by a manicure instrument, following an operation performed Thursday.
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George C. Stevens
New York
Hawes Hat Company
East 83d Street
Woman declares she is not Mrs Longworth and is committed
Julia Donigan, a young Black woman, wanders Providence streets claiming people think she is Mrs Nicholas Longworth and owner of her trousseau. She insists she is not the President's daughter and resists all attempts to correct the supposed mistaken identity. Police picked her up as she protested to passersby.
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the Tribune
Providence
Julia Donigan
Nicholas Longworth
Trousseau
Miners Plan Rejected as Operators Refuse Proposal
The seven member operators committee in the Jersey Central Building sent a formal reply to Mitchell declining the miners proposition from last Thursday. The letter, signed by George F Baer and six others, states the existing three year agreement remains open only if circumstances permit and warns that negotiations have caused work suspension. It argues the miners proposed changes would alter fundamental business principles and that questions already decided by the Anthracite Strike Commission should not be re opened.
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Aqueduct
Thomas R. Slicer
Jockey Club
Mr. Slicer
Bingham
General Bingham
Mitchell
Jersey Central
No. 143
Liberty Street
George F. Baer
E. 5. Thomas
David Willcox
W. H. Truesdale
Morris Williams
Anthracite Commission
United Mine Workers of America
United Mine Workers
Actson
Anthracite Strike Commission
Anthracite
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Hughes
Ith
Alexander Simpson, Jr
U. S
Interstate Commerce Commission
Circuit Court
Senatos Tillman
Simpson
Fairmont Coal Company
Baltimore &Abio
Belmont Coal Company
Department of Commerce and Labor
Pinkertons
Manhattan
Thayer
Prince of Wales
Belmont Tube
Kentucky
Foot
Mrs. Longworth
Interbos
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