Demurrer Filed Answer to Government in Rail Case
Boston July 31. The New York New Haven Hartford Railroad Company filed a sweeping demurrer in the U S Circuit Court challenging both form and substance of the government petition. It argues the petition fails to show extent of competition and whether unified management would harm or help interstate trade, and it contends electric railways and networks are not parallel to steam railroads.
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Boston
United States Circuit Court
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Company
United States
New Haven Road
Consolidated Railway Company
Connecticut
Providence Securities Company
Boston & Maine Railroad
New Haven
Boston & Maine Road
Boston & Albany
Henry W. Beals
New Maven
Lackawanna Switchmen Crisis Aims At Roosevelt Mediation
Lackawanna Railroad switchmen threaten action after Truesdale rejection. 536 car shop workers laid off indefinitely as grievance committee convenes and plans to unionize. Buffalo area disruption expected. employer disputes scale of layoffs. Roosevelt possible but unlikely mediation discussed.
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Tribune
Scranton
Penn
Roosevelt
Lackawanna Railroad
Truesdale
Hawley
Buffalo
John Cannon
Lackawanna
Clarke
Hitchcock In Charge Studies State Campaign Front
Frank H. Hitchcock opened the Republican campaign in the East from the Metropolitan Life Building headquarters and briefed with New York State Chairman Woodruff, county leaders, and national officials. He emphasized backing the strongest vote-getter for Governor while avoiding intruding on state affairs as the party moves to coordinate across New York, Chicago, and beyond.
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Frank H. Hitchcock
Republican National Committee
National Committee
Metropolitan Life Building
No. 1
Madison Avenue
Hitchcock
Woodruff
Parsons
George R. Sheldon
Loeb
Oyster Bay
Maine
Hughes
Timothy L. Woodruff
Herbert Parsons
New York
Adirondacks
Ward
Maine 2Nd Vermont
Frank B. Kellogg
Minnesota
Representative Bonynge
Colorado
Chicago
Pacific Coast
National
William L. Ward
Old Age Pensions Bill Passes Lords in July Session
London reports the old age pensions bill approved by the House of Lords after amendments from the Commons were rejected. The Lords also passed the Irish Universities Bill, sending both measures back to the Commons for final action.
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London
House of Loris
House of Comme
Commons
Lord
House of Lords
Railroad Law Attacked by New Haven in Hartford Suit
The New York New Haven Hartford Railroad challenges the Interstate Commerce Commission in US Circuit Court at Hartford over a 1907 hours of service act. It contends the ICC lacks authority to require certain reports and seeks to nullify the commission order. The writ is returnable on the first Monday in September.
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Hartford, Conn
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Company
United States
Interstate Commerce Commission
Congress of the United States
New Haven Company
Circuit Court
Pier 46 Fire Destroys Large Dock at South Delaware
A spectacular blaze at Pier 46 of the International Mercantile Marine Company on South Delaware Avenue destroyed the pier and its cargo, estimated loss about 400000. The Albano was towed away, 1000 bales of burlap burned, several firemen harmed, and a locomotive helped evacuate a freight train as flames spread along the long wharf.
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Philadelphia
International Mercantile Marine Company
Delaware Avenue
Albano
Hamburg
Long Wharf
Ebbert Hamilton
Good Times for Miners in Anthracite Regions
National Organizer Purcell reported that coal companies refuse eight-hour demand and plan to run mines at full blast starting August 1 to fill 1909 needs. Miners vow no wage reductions while organizers push for strong footing and a meeting to resolve differences. President Lewis of the United Mine Workers heads to the anthracite fields to mediate.
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Freeland
Penn
Purcell
United Mine Workers
Indianapolis
Pittsburg
Lewis
Governor Hughes relative injured in Long Island crash
Mrs Colin S Carter sister in law of Governor Hughes and Miss Lucy Corwith were thrown from a car in the village of Ponack Long Island yesterday. The machine crashed into a tree with violence. Mrs Carter and Miss Corwith were seriously hurt and the chauffeur died.
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Colin S. Carter
Hughes
Lucy Corwith
Iter
Ponack
Long Island
Carter
Miss Corwith
Meidgehampton
Long Leland
Yeu
Golf bet on Hempstead links tests new law
A Nassau County case begins as George Sterling of New York is arraigned in Hempstead for violating a Penal Code gambling section. He posts $500 bail for August 10 trial. the bet involved a box of golf balls on Salisbury links with E Ham, an assumed bookmaker. The incident prompts debate on whether wagering on golf constitutes gambling under the new law.
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Sterling
E. Ham
Ham
Brown
Salisbury Links
Garden City
E. Har
Isaac Ham
Belmont Park
George Considine
Izzy’ Ham
Waterspout Capsizes Schooner Lady Antrim at Pamlico River
Report from Washington North Carolina says the schooner Lady Antrim capsized in Pamlico River near its mouth when struck by a waterspout. The becalmed vessel turned over and the crew clung to the hull until a passing ship rescued them.
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Norfolk
Washington, N. C
Pamlico River
Doctors Rally Over Pasteur Institute Treatment
Dr Costello and Dr Whalen of Jersey City Hospital seek Pasteur Institute treatment for patient Henry Luttman after his death attributed to rabies. Dr Costello felt throat numbness days earlier and visited the institute, Dr Whalen also pursued precautionary care.
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Costello
Whalen
Jersey City Hospital
Pasteur Institute
Henry Luttman
Whaten
Toe
Farman machine flies big balloon at Brighton Beach
Henry Farman achieved two successful trial flights in his aeroplane at Brighton Beach race track with spectators including balloonist Charles K. Hamilton watching from the airship. The flights covered about 175 to 200 yards and a longer 840 yard attempt is planned for the next public display.
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Henry Farman
Brighton Beach Racetrack
Charles K. Hamilton
Farman
America
American Air
Mr. Farman
Aero Club of America
Hamilton
Brighton Beach Park
James Allen
Signal Corps
Army
Mrs. Farman
Hugh L. Willoughby
Alan R. Hawley
Augustus Post
E. la Rue Jones
Albert C. Triaca
J. R. MacMechen
Samuel Bowman
Paul la Croix
Wilbur R. Kimball
Watching Harriman Gould moves in Texas
The Texas Railroad Commission and the Attorney General closely monitor the Harriman Gould railroad combination. If Gould properties in Texas come under Harriman control, Texas will pursue legal steps to nullify the transaction and penalize the interests. The state basis cites parallel competing Gould lines with Harriman roads.
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Austin
Tex
Texas Railroad Commission
Gould
Texas
Tragedy at Watloon Lake Claims Harris Family
Mrs Ralph Harris of Kansens Me and her five year old son drowned at Watloon Lake. It is believed the woman jumped in to save the child who fell from the dock. Her husband, returning from a fishing trip, found the bodies.
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Petoskey
Mich
Ralph Harris
Kansens
Watloon Lake
Insurance deal likely to fail over Provident savings unit
Insurance circles indicate Inter-Southern Life of Louisville will not gain control of Provident Savings Life Assurance Society. Provident stock, about 1000 shares held by banks, will sell to another bidder amid two to three offers. E. E. Rittenhouse opposed amalgamation. discussions continue in Chronicle editorials praising Inspector Otto Kelsey’s independent stance.
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Inter-Southern Life Insurance Company
Louisville
Provident Savings Life Assurance Society
The
Provident
Inter-Southern
Inter-Southern Company
the Provident
E. E. Rittenhouse
Insurance Commissioner
Colorado
Chronicle
Loot Steals Arrest at West 86th Street Home
Patrolman Robert McAdam watched a suspect for about two hours and arrested him as he tried to leave the unoccupied home of steamship agent L. B. Sanderson at No 345 West 86th Street. A loot package contained stickpins opera glasses and silverware. The prisoner gave the name Anthony Bauer and claimed to be a horseman. police call him an old offender.
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Robert McAdam
L. B. Sanderson
West 86Th Street
McAdam
Sanderson & Son
State Street
Europe
Connecticut
Anthony Bauer
No. 163
West End Avenue
Proffer to Wade Ellis for Assistant Attorney General
Cincinnati July 31 Wade H Ellis, Ohio Attorney General, has been offered the post of Assistant Attorney General of the United States. Ellis, resting after Taft nomination work, asked time to decide. Bonaparte letter arrived yesterday. Ellis would not consider for two weeks due to exhaustion.
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May
United States
Cincinnati
Wade H. Ellis
Ohio
Ellis
W. H. Taft
Bonaparte
BattleShip Grand Army Fund Reaches Marion Ohio
A Marion Ohio post of the Grand Army of the Republic opens a popular subscription to fund a mammoth battleship to be named Grand Army of the Republic in memory of Civil War veterans. Citizens may contribute one dollar or more, with posts forwarding funds to the department commander for transmission to the War Secretary.
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Marion
Ohio
Owen Gray Post
G A. R
Larue
Grand Army of the Republic
Grand Army
Secretary of War
Pay As You Enter Campaign barrels funds
Eugene W. Chafin the Prohibitionist candidate plans a new fund raising method. From now until November voters sympathizers and all others who want to listen to Prohibitionist spellbinders will drop 3 cents into a barrel at the gate. It is expected to pay all campaign expenses in this manner.
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Chicago
Eugene W. Chafin
Taft Life-Insurance Rates Cut as Taft Favored
Lloyds lengthened Taft odds to 1 to 8 on winning and cut life risk rates from 5 to 2 percent amid cautious policy sales. Wall Street brokers report large sums ready to bet at 2 to 1 on Taft, though formal wagers are scarce under the anti-betting law. The only reported bet pits Bryan against Taft with smaller stakes.
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Lloyds
Taft
Wall Street
Bryan
Tangle in Pittsburg ties Wabash receivership
In Pittsburg on July 31 bondholders L N Plumer W D Porter and W B Rogers argued against West Side Belt Line receivers certificates. They claim their bonds hold first lien on the line and warn the route may default on interest due September 1 and be sold by a local Pittsburg banking house amid Gould Harriman railroad entanglements.
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the Tribune
Pittsburg
Wabash Railroad
West Side Belt Line
L. N. Plumer
W. D. Porter
W. B. Rogers
Gould-Harriman
Goulds
Doctor Weds His Housekeeper Amid Protest In Pittsburg
In Pittsburg on July 31 Dr. H. H. Clark a wealthy physician married his housekeeper Mrs Ida Graham a divorced woman aged about sixty and thirty respectively. Two of his sons and medical partners allegedly tried to stop the marriage entering the church to protest to the clergyman. The couple reportedly slipped out the back and were married by an alderman.
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Tribune
Pittsburg
H. H. Clark
Ida Graham
Clark
Graham
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