Oil independents up to attack Standard
Five simultaneous attacks on Standard Oil fortresses are ordered by Cleveland independents under the National Petroleum union. The plan targets rail rate cuts across the country from the Atlantic to the Rockies to hit Standard Oil. Fr Boitz seeks quick Interstate Commerce Commission hearings by Sept 4 on two petitions seeking 49 percent rate reductions between Chicago Omaha Sioux City and Minneapolis and Chicago St Paul. Nebraskan rates also urged revision as Nebraska faces 130 percent higher charges. Chamberlin heads to Atlanta to urge Georgia anti discrimination law similar to Kansas and Iowa.
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Tribune
Evgeland
Atlantic Seaboard
Kmocky Mountains
Cleveland
United
Landis
Chicago
National Petroleum Ion
Central Association
Fr. W. Boitz
Interstate Commerce Commission
Boltz
Commission
National Petroleum Jaw
Omaha
Ix City
Sioux Falls
St. Fan Minneapolis
Interree Commission
Amr Ass
Ran
State Railroad Commission of
Nebraska
State Railroad Commission
PD Chamberlin
Atlanta
Georgia House Committee On Judiciary
Kansas
Iowa
No Alton Case Delay in Second Investigation
Chicago Aug 5 There will be no delay in the second probe of Standard Oil and Chicago and Alton relations. Sixty jurors from Northern District of Illinois were drawn for the venue and deputy marshals will serve subpoenas next day. District Attorney Sims declined to name witnesses. Two men, Pred A Wann and F H Hollands, are believed to testify with immunity. Indictment of the Alton is anticipated.
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Chicago
Standard Oil Company
Chicago & Alton Railroad
Illnois
United States
Suminenses
Tistrict
Sims
Dutne
A. Wann
Thicazo & Alton
F. H. Hollands
Alton
Standard Oil Report Draws Barbed Rejoinder From Archbold
A Standard Oil Company vice president denounces the Commissioner of Corporations report as biased and unconsulted, accusing government departments of repeated careless attacks. The oil firm denies plans to raise prices, challenges a rival’s sources, and outlines appeals timing in Indiana cases with hints of receivership if fines are upheld.
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Bold
Landis
Commissioner Smiths
Smith
Bureau of Corporations
Pub
Stanberg O Company
West
Indiana
Charles M. Pratt
Standard 600
Chamberlain
National Petroleum Association of Cleveland
Ard Gil Company
United States Supreme Court
Circuit Court of Appeals
Standard Oil Company of
New Jersey
Indiana Company
New Jersey Company
Job for Judge Landis offers $25,000 salary to judge
Frank A. Ager, general manager of the People’s Security Company, sent a telegram to Judge Landis United States District Judge in Chicago. He states the company’s law department represents over two hundred labor organizations in greater New York and offers Landis the general counselship at an annual salary of 25000 with full particulars written.
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Frank A. Ager
People’s Security Company
Broadway
Landis
Honenesaw M. Landis
United States
Chicago
New York
Peary Sets Course for Polar Quest From New York
Commander Robert E Peary left Portland Maine today bound for New York where he will embark within days on an expedition aiming for the North Pole. He plans to coal at Sydney RR and take a three year readying program with Captain Robert Bartlett commanding the Roosevelt. He will bring John Murphy Wardwell and Boss Marvin Maine crew, seeks a new surgeon, and vows to try again if the pole eludes him.
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Robert E. Peary
New York
North Pole
Peary
Sydney
Robert Bartlett
Roosevelt
Pole
John Murphy
Wardwell
GG. Marvin
Bucksport
Maine
North
Cape York
Cormmmander Peary
Cure for Meningitis Advances Reportedly Tide
Telegraphed from Cleveland reports from New York and Castalia Ohio that a serum by Dr Simon Flexner may cure meningitis after onset. Early Castalia cases showed dramatic recoveries and doctors credit the serum with saving a girl near death. Flexner to return to announce findings through medical channels. confidence grows that the disease can be conquered.
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Cleveland
New York
Castalia
Ohio
John D. Rockefeller
Simon Flexner
Flexners
Institute For Medical Research
Europe
S. Gorsuch
Flexner
Great Death Increase Hits New York Death Toll
New York’s death rate rose 70 percent over two weeks compared with 1906. The seven days ending last Saturday saw 1,804 deaths in the five boroughs, 1,653 of them children under five. Diarrhoeal deaths led, the week’s toll higher than 1906. Dr Guilfoy blamed improper infant feeding, noting Italian mothers often give unripe fruit in summer.
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New York
Guilfoy
Board of Health
Four Hundred Mile Nigerian Railway Planned
In the House of Commons Winston Churchill announced a government plan to build 400 miles of railroad in Northern Nigeria. The route runs from Baro to Kano via Bida Zungeru and Zaria to develop the cotton industry. Construction will be led by Lt. Col. Sir Edouard Girouard and take four years.
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London
House of Commons
Winston Churchill
Colonial Office
Nigeria
Baro
Bida
Zungeru
Zaria
Kano
Edouard P. C. Girouard
O'Brien Denies O Gorman Leader Claim at Tammany Meet
Paris reports former New York Justice Morgan J. O'Brien said at a Carlsbad gathering of major Tammany Hall figures no decision was made on Justice James A. O'Gorman succeeding C. F. Murphy as leader. He said he regarded the idea as possible though not decided.
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Paris
Morgan J. O'Brien
New York
Tammany Hall
Carlsbad
James A. O'Gorman
C. F. Murphy
Fraudulent deed nabs Dry Dock Hotel trust case in New York
John Bough lessee of the Dry Dock Hotel and Patrick Moore of the Title Guarantee and Trust Company face Magistrate Harris in the Tombs over a forged transfer of Charles Edgar Appleby's Eleventh avenue property valued around a fortune. The forged deed dated back a year and marked for expedited recording threatened to empower a mortgage or sale before Mr Appleby’s lawyers froze the paper. Appleby, a Glen Cove retiree, has launched a broader inquiry into his holdings.
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John Bough
Dry Dock Hotel
Bowery
Patrick Moore
Title Guarantee and Trust Company
Harris
Tombs
Soak
Charles Edgar Appleby
New York
Register
Appleby
Glen Cove
Long Island
Old Ridge
N. J
Broadway
Eleventh Avenue
Edith Stonebridge
Cannon & Cannon
K. Henry Rosenberg
Edward Conners
Hootel
Conners
Moore
Register Gass
Bough
Ared
Frederick Anderson
Anderson
Rosenberg
Newark
Jerome
Beugh
Keogh
Register’s
Duck s breeding threat to Greenwich scallops
Greenwich Conn Aug 5 Indignation rises as scallop beds in Greenwich Cove decline due to a large flock of imported ducks owned by New York banker J Kennedy Tod. Local dealers say Tod's ducks and geese feed on the beds, reducing the scallop crop, though Tod may be unaware of the damage.
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Greenwich, Conn
Greenwich Cove
Sound
J. Kennedy Tod
New York
Mr. Ted
Ted
Love Arrested for Speeding in Middletown
Sidney C. Love of New York, guest at Reginald C. Vanderbilt's Sandy Point Farm, Newport area, was arrested for exceeding the speed limit in Middletown aboard a Vanderbilt automobile. He was admitted to bail and to be arraigned in court tomorrow morning.
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Tribune
Newport, R. I
Sidney C. Love
New York
Middletown
Reginald C. Vanderbilt
Love
Vanderbilt
Sandy Point
Portsmouth
Harahan Optimistic On Railroads Prospects
J T Harahan president of the Illinois Central tells The Telegraph Chicago Aug 5 that another prosperity year is likely for American railroads. He cites improved crops, strong tonnage, and larger earnings in June and July, plans to add fifty locomotives and five thousand freight cars, but notes money-market constraints on expansion and urges shippers to load and unload cars promptly to ease equipment shortages.
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the Tribune
Chicago
J. T. Harahan
Illinois Central Railroad
Towa
Illinois
American Railway Association
New England
Mary Evans Wins Racial Descent Case in Swain County
In Asheville Aug 5, sixteen year old Mary Evans prevailed against the County School Board of Swain County. The court held that she is a direct descendant of the Graham and Grimes families with pioneer roots and Confederate soldiers among ancestors. The judge ordered descendants to be parties to the suit and the courtroom filled with supporters as the court affirmed her racial ancestry.
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Asheville
Mary Evans
Swain County
Miss Evans
Graham
Grimes
Grahams
Cook
Fire hits Ming in Norwalk yacht blaze injuring two
Frederick J. and Norman A. Shaw suffered severe burns while fighting gasoline tank fires aboard the Ming. Louis and Charles Verlin arrived on the Odin to help and the boat was flooded to extinguish flames. The Ming, known for speed and recent Norwalk Yacht Club win, had reignited twice in two weeks.
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Norwalk
Conn
Frederick J
Norman A. Shaw
Louis
Charles Verlin
Odin
Ming
Norwalk Yacht Club
Buys land to dodge excise law in Trenton church area
David Aroniss buys 15 feet front from the Hebrew Congregation in Trenton to defeat the Bishops' law prohibiting a saloon within two feet of a church. His property had stood 1% feet from the synagogue, now the line is 210 feet from the proposed saloon.
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The
Tribune
Trenton
N. J
David Aroniss
Hebrew Congregation of the People of Truth
John D Long III Stricken At Eagle Hotel Brunswick Me
John D Leong former Secretary of the Navy is seriously ill at the Eagle Hotel in Brunswick Maine. He was stricken last night with a malady similar to one nearly causing his death years ago. His condition is critical but recovery is believed possible.
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the Tribune
Brunswick. Me
John D. Leong
Navy
Eagle Hotel
Jackson Loses Case Over State Legal Representation
Albany reports Supreme Court Justice Van Kirk rejected Attorney General Jacksons claim that all state legal work must go through the AGs office and denied his motion to set aside a judgment on Adirondack land title in favor of Santa Clara Lumber Company. The case centers on representation of the State Forest Fish and Game Commission. An appeal will be filed.
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Attorney Generals Office
Supreme Court
van Kirk
Jackson
State Department
Commission
Attorney General
Adirondacks
Santa Clara Lumber Company
John K. Ward
State Forest, Fish and Game Commission
State Forest Fish and Game Department
Turbulence in Belfast disrupts cartage strike
Belfast August 5 reports grave strike conditions as carters vow to fight to a finish and the enal men dispute resurges, involving two major firms. Police protecting wagons were stoned by mill workers as further Irish constabulary transfers occur amid resumed negotiations.
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Belfast
Carters
Enal
Irish Constabulary
Two Fall Down Shaft During Building Collapse
Iron worker William Beattie on the tenth floor lost balance and fell into a hod elevator shaft at No 786 Madison Avenue. He grabbed fellow iron worker John Lundberg on the eighth floor, pulling him down. Beattie clipped the shaft and suffered severe scalp wounds and possible internal injuries. Lundberg had a slight scalp wound and refused treatment. Dr. Goodwin admitted Beattie to Presbyterian Hospital.
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William Beattie
Madisom Avenue
John Lundberg
Beattie
Lundberg
Beth
Goodwin
Presbyterian Hospital
Mine Riot Ends in Foreman Death at Highland Falls
In a fighting near Forest of Pean mines six miles west of Highland Falls Italian foreman Sam Biamente died from injuries after an attack by three Tyrolean miners. During arrest processing a stray bullet amputated two fingers and two toes of Joe Merante, a mine storekeeper and Biamente’s brother in law. The three attackers are held on murder charges.
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N. Y
Forest of Pean
Here
Sam Biamonte
Tate
Heme
Joe Merante
Biamente
Mrs. Anna Hickey Committed to Connecticut Sanatorium
Anna Harden Hickey, heiress daughter of John H. Flagler of Park Avenue, has been placed in a Connecticut sanatorium amid reports of mental illness with little hope of recovery. Her husband Baron Hickey, once ruler of Trinidad, faded from power after 1895, leaving her fortune largely in Standard Oil stock held by the Flaglers.
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John H. Flagler
Park Avenue
Connecticut
Hickey
France
Europe
Flagler
Mrs. Hickey
Flaglers
Miss Flagler
Baron Hickey
Isle of
Trinidad
South Atlantic
Hawaii
Mrs Joseph W Lawrence Hurt In Pony Cart Accident
Mrs Joseph W Lawrence daughter of John Byrnes summer colony member lies critically ill at her Babylon home after being thrown from a pony cart when the animal bolted while trying a new pony in a governess cart. She was moved to Francis Griffin's country villa and later shown slight improvement. The report notes concussion of the brain and other injuries.
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the Tribune
Babylon
Long Island
Joseph W. Lawrence
John Byrnes
Alabama on Warpath to Oust Southern Railway
A conference in Birmingham as Alabama prepares drastic action against the Southern Railway after its charter revocation for removing a case to federal court. Governor Comer and AG Gardee indicate a potentially extended session and use of a receiver or troops to enforce state law. railroad officials claim they comply with public notoriety. The Alabama Railroad Commission backed the secretary of state’s action, while Gaylesville facilities debate influenced timing.
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the Tribune
Montgomery
Ala
Southern Railway
Birmingham
Comer
Gardee
Reid
Secretary of State
Southern
Alabama Railroad Commission
Julian
State Commission
Gaylesville
W. DD. Nesbitt
Alabama
J. S. Thompson
Finley
J. G. Harris
Mr. Thompsson
Mr. Thompson
Virginia rail rate case still alive after truce
Richmond Aug 5 Attorney General said Saturday's railways truce is not the end of the rate dispute. Main issues involve the power of the State Corporation Commission and the right of courts to regulate railroads. Rates to stay until final suits, with publication of a two cent rate to four weeks in Richmond before October 1. Demurrers filed in the U S Circuit Court challenge the commission and state to be enjoined.
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Richmond
W. A. Andersen
Major Anderson
Supreme Court of the United
State Corporation Commission
United States
United States Circuit Court
District of
Virginia
United States Supreme Court
Pritchard
Corporation Commission
Supreme Court of the United States
Circuit Court of the United States
District of Virginia
Robert R. Prentis
Defendant Commission
Demurrer
Commission
Railroads Surrender to State Laws in North Carolina
Governor Glenn received a telegram from Louisville and Nashville Railroad stating the road will put the state in compliance by August. This marks the last major line to surrender as North Carolina will have all railroads over sixty miles long operating under state law by that time.
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Raleigh
Glenn
Louisville & Nashville Railroad
North Carolina
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