Railroads Press for Higher Rates in Southeast Dispute
Railroads operating in the Southeastern territory filed complaints with the Interstate Commerce Commission challenging rate advances on grain and Ohio River crossing goods. They move to strike allegations about the Southeastern Freight Association as restraint of trade, cite prior ICC rulings on jurisdiction, and justify rate increases as needed to sustain wages and service amid rising costs and reduced traffic.
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Southeastern Territory
Interstate Commerce Commission
Ohio River
Southeastern Freight Association
Simiar
Interstate Com- Commission
China and Japan Trading Company
China
Ocean
Suez Canal
Orient
Allere
Emory Speer
Georgia
Louisville
Cincinnati
Ohio
Mississippi
Atlanta
Birmingham
Montgomery
Ala
Mississippi River
Trafic
South
Flaw in Guarantee Law Shocks Oklahoma Bankers
Oklahoma bankers warn the bank deposit guarantee fund is ill suited for panics. They say investing the fund in state warrants leaves it illiquid when access is most needed, risking a nil fund and inability to cover bank losses during a crisis.
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The
Tribune
Guthrie
Okla
Oklahoma
Pirates Win Long Game In 17 Innings
The Pittsburg Pirates defeated Brooklyn 1 to 0 in seventeen innings, the longest major league game of the season. Pastorius pitched for Brooklyn and Young for Pittsburg, with sharp Brooklyn defense late in extra innings and four hits needed to score the lone run.
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Tribune
Pittsburg
Brooklyn
Pastorius
Young
Girl rescues drowning boy at Rye Beach
White Plains ten year old Margaret Horton saved twelve year old Henry Freeman from drowning in Long Island Sound off Oakland Beach. She dove fully dressed from a rowboat, grabbed Freeman by the neck, and dragged him to shallow water as onlookers helped. The boy’s life was saved and praised by grateful bathers and Freeman’s parents.
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Rye
Oakland
Long Island Sound
Henry Freeman
Margaret Horton
White Plains
E. P. Horton
Miss Horton
Oakland Beach
Kings
Freeman
Young Freeman
Chiildren
Gulf Refining Company to Acquire Waters-Pierce Texas Holdings
Gulf Refining Company controlled by Colonel J M Guffey reportedly buys Waters-Pierce Oil Company's Texas holdings. Possession to await Appellate Court decision on the Texas ouster case over a 1 6 million dollar penalties judgment. Gulf has established agencies in Texas cities and has competed with Waters-Pierce.
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Tribune
Port Arthur
Tex
Gulf Refining Company
J. M. Guffey
Pittsburg
Waters- Pierce Oil Company
Texas
Waters-Pierce Company
Stanéeard
Gulf Company
Ofl
Lightning Killings in Deep Tunnel Accident At Valley View
Aug 22. An explosion triggered a dynamite charge in 2 tunnel 1300 feet into the mountainside at Valley View Schuylkill County. Two expert tunnel drivers were killed and a third gravely injured while the Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Co. drives this tunnel to connect two collieries Pottsville Pa.
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Valley View
Schuylkill County
Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company
Pottsville
Penn
Man Charged With Stealing Watch From Burning Woman
John J. O Connor of 114 Varick street was arrested by Detective Baker on grand larceny charges for allegedly stealing a gold watch from Mrs Mary Boyle while flames enveloped her clothing during a Fourth of July incident. Boyle died two days later at Bellevue Hospital. the recovery effort occurred as bystanders fought to remove burning fabric.
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John J. O'Connor
Varick Street
Baker
Central Office
William Cavenaugh
Cavenaugh
Mary Boyle
Broome Street
Bellevue Hospital
O’connor
Red
O'Connor
Admiral Evans Denies Harbor Railroad Chair Offer
A Los Angeles dispatch claimed Rear Admiral Robly D. Evans was asked to chair the Los Angeles Harbor Railroad, a firm to control the harbor at San Pedro. Evans telegram says he has not received any offer to chair the company. The dispatch noted the offer was reportedly made Friday.
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Los Angeles
Robly D. Evans
Los Angeles Harbor Railroad Company
San Pedro
Tribune
Admiral Evans
Betting Bars Shape of Fall Racing at Sheepshead Bay
The Coney Island Jockey Club pressed for an eleven day autumn meeting at Sheepshead Bay with open gates if professional betting can be stopped. If bets by professionals persist, the gates would close and stakes run privately.
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Coney Island Club
Elder of
Hobley
Saratoga
Yonkers
Coney Island
H. B. Duryea
Schuyler L. Parsons
J. A. Alexander
C. Fellowes
T. R. Hitchcock
Stock market wildest session in years with large blocks
A two hour Stock Exchange session drew heav y trading volume totaling 1 099 009 shares and many blocks. United States Steel led a 25 500 share sale at 45 1 2 percent while Reading blocks and Smelters deals dominated the session. Traders called the moves manipulative with some calling deals crooked and promising an investigation by Exchange authorities.
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Stock Exchange
Harriman
United States Steel Common
Rock Island
Union Pacific
Bether
Amalgamated Copper
Great Northern
New York Central
Northern Pacific
Reading
Rock Island Common
Southern Pacific
United States Steel
Union
Thomas W. Lawson
Benefactor of Stevenson Dying
Monterey Cal August 22. Fall injured his back Jules Simoneau the French restaurant keeper who saved Robert Louis Stevenson in 1879 is near death. The physician offers little hope of recovery. Simoneau fed and nursed Stevenson after he fell ill and Stevenson then rewarded him with a copy of every book and a note.
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Monterey
Cal
Jules Simoneau
Robert Louis Stevenson
Simoneau
Stevenson
Svengali Eyes Cited in Suit Over Wife’s Affection
Chicago August report states attorney Joseph Mig Ner on sues Zenophile P. Brosseau Board of Trade operator for damages claiming Brosseau used occultism and Svengali like eyes to win Mrs Angelle Denault Migneron away. The suit alleges Brosseau tried to drive the couple apart and details expose early Canada trials.
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Chicago
Angelle Denault Migneron
Joseph Migneron
Zenophile
P. Brosseau
Board of Trade
Brosseau
Migneron
Canada
Texas Suit Against Rock Island In Austin Report
Chairman Mayfield of the Texas Railroad Commission says the Rock Island Railroad's Texas corporation violates state law by external control and asks for a charter forfeiture and receiver appointment. He also urges state intervention in the International & Great Northern federal receivership over alleged misused proceeds.
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Tribune
Austin
Tex
Allisman Mayfield
Texas Railroad Commission
Rock Island Railroad
Texas Corporation
Mayfeld
State of
Texas
International & Great Northern Railroad
Blazing Meteor Falls Near Ellsworth Kansas
A large blazing meteor fell three miles north of Ellsworth Kansas last night and lit the region for about twenty minutes after impact. The meteor exploded on striking the ground and shook the town but caused no damage.
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Ellsworth
Kan
Veterans aid Foraker at Erie County Republican conclave
In Sandusky Ohio on August 22 Foraker supporters led by Major C B Wilcox and Frank H Dimon captured the Erie County Republicans convention. They took charge with Civil War veterans from the State Home for Veterans naming delegates to back a state Senate candidate aligned with Foraker.
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Sandusky
Ohio
Foraker
Erie County
Senate
C. B. Wilcox
Frank H. Dimon
State Home For Veterans
Missing on his wedding day in Milwaukee
Ralph W. Eddy a traveling salesman for the Alberene Stone Company of New York City has been missing four days. His fiancée Mrs Lucy Warren of Wooster Ohio says the wedding was to be tonight. Eddy said he would leave Milwaukee August 15 for Wooster and was last heard from at the Plankinton Hotel where he had been living as late as August 18.
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Milwaukee
Ralph W. Eddy
Chicago
Alberene Stone Company
New York City
Lucy Warren
Wooster
Ohio
Eddy
Miss Warren
Plankinton Hotel
Meyer
Hughes
Hot Springs
Taft
New York
Gifford Pinchot
National Forester
National Resources Committee
Washington
Pinchot
Court Stills Factory Whistle Silence Order
Vice-Chancellor Howell in Newark signed a restraining order against August C. Fink & Co. banning the factory whistle at all hours. Neighbors argued the noise harmed health while the company cited union rules making it compulsory. The court ruled the whistle was unnecessary and issued the injunction.
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Howell
Newark
C. Fink & Co
Duel Ends in Vicious Shootout in Shawnee
George Britton and Frank Davis, leading locals, fought a pistol duel at the Louisville and Nashville station in Shawnee near Cumberland Gap. Britton was killed from five gunshots and Davis fatally wounded, dying later. The clash stemmed from an old feud.
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Cumberland Gap
Tenn
George Britton
Frank Davis
Louisville & Nashville
Shawnee
Here
Britton
Davis
Deafness Cure Offer From Dr Branaman
Leading ear specialist Dr Branaman offers two full months of medicine free to prove cure for deafness head noises and catarrh in all stages. Address 1235 Walnut St Kansas City Missouri for details and implementation of the remedy.
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Branaman
G. M. Branaman
Walnut ‘St
Kansas City
Moonshine Holdout Fights Off Police in Kentucky Fortress
Miss Mery Fouts the Beaver Creek mountaintop moonshiner remains besieged in her fortress after repelling a revenue force a week ago. A reinforced posse attacked again yesterday and dragged away Deputy Marshal Henry D. Yates mortally wounded, with another officer seriously hurt and Deputy Marshal Day killed.
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Tribune
Whitesboro
Mery Fouts
Beaver Creek
Marshal Day
Henry D. Yates
Isman Denies Hammerstein Theatre Conflicts
Philadelphia August 22 Felix Isman a real estate man and theatrical investor denied Hammerstein claims about his New York theatre investments. He rejected any plan to join a syndicate or eject Hammerstein and cited Hammerstein’s lease defaults while noting no intention to seize properties, and recounting a defiant reply to threats.
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the Tribune
Philadelphia
Felix Isman
Oscar Hammerstein
Isman
New York
Hammerstein
Mr. Isman
Autoists Near Death As Train Nearly Misses Car
At Dutch Kills street crossing in Long Island City an automobile carrying George J Paige Smith and occupants narrowly avoided a light engine. Mrs Smith dislocated her hip leaping from the car and was taken to St Johns Hospital. Gatekeepers failed to notice the locomotive as they watched a runaway car.
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Long Island
George J. Paige Smith
West Sth
Charles C. Brown
Broadway
Miss Stockton
H Street
Dutch Kills Street
Long Island City
St. John's Hospital
Smith
Fatal smash-up in Buffalo at Delaware Park quarry
A speeding car veered from parkways in Delaware Park and plunged into an abandoned quarry. Chauffeur James Wayland died instantly. John Wakefield was fatally injured and James Morrison seriously hurt. The auto was reduced to splinters as the crash occurred at a park turnout.
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Buffalo
Delaware Park
James Wayland
John Wakefield
James Morrison
Marcel Wave Capers End In Fire Escape Rescue
Five young women were rescued after being locked inside a five story loft at 386 Fifth Avenue. Police say the women heated curling irons for Marcel wave styling and failed to hear the caretaker lock the door. Patrol officers responded to cries and signals, entered via a fire escape, and guided the group down rooftops to safety amid onlookers’ cheers. Names cited include Mae Ferguson and Marie Mizner among others.
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Fifth Avenue
Marcel
Moschcowitz
Mae Ferguson
Marie Mizner
Anna Bertha
Mrs. Orlander
Ida Werner
Murry
Freisch
Flagg
No. 36
No. 366
No. 372
Heavy Decline in Milling Wheat At Minneapolis Market
Buyers at the Chamber of Commerce pushed cash wheat prices sharply lower as No. 1 Northern tumbled from yesterday's 124 to 116 and then to 111. No. 2 Northern also fell drastically amid reports of large new wheat imports and a shrinking local supply, prompting bulls to claim the drop was mainly a scare.
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Minneapolis
Chamber of Commerce
Northern
Taft pledges early tariff session after inauguration
Taft declares if elected he will call Congress in extraordinary session immediately after March 4 to revise the tariff, within two weeks if possible, as part of the Republican platform. He stresses the duty to act and cites past remarks and party support as justification.
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Tribune
Hot Springs
William H Taft
Congress
Bryan
Mr. Taft
61St
Senate
Finance
House
Chicago
Taft
Cleveland
Messrs. Wilson
Gorman
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Cavanagh
Brighton Beach
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State Railroad Commission
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