Harriman merger inquiry continues with rail exams
Interstate Commerce Commission wrapped up Seattle hearings on the Harriman railway deal. Witnesses from Chicago, Milwaukee & St Paul and Southern Pacific described competition and routing choices, while officials signaled further sessions in Seattle Portland San Francisco Denver Omaha and New York. The investigation aims to assess effects on rates and competition without immediate rate cuts.
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Tribune Chievo
Interstate Commerce Commission
Hersiman Railway
Seattle
Will Pola
Pacific
Harriman
Union Pacific
Southern Pacific
Portland
San Francisco
Denver
Omaha
New York
Charles Knapp
Kellore
Messrs. Kruttschnitt
McCormick
Ogden
Pacific Coast
Southern
Mr. Severance
Stubbs
Munroe
New Orleans
el Paso
Interstate Commerce
Prouty Clark
Eight Injured in Fulton Street Caisson Fight
Eight sandhogs were injured in a subterranean clash as flood water surged into a caisson at the Hudson Tunnel Project near Fulton and Church streets. With two atmospheres of pressure, workers struggled toward the airlock while water filled the chamber and two men sank. Rescue followed as the airlock was opened and the injured were treated.
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Hudson Tunnel Company
Fulton
Church Streets
Robert L. Christie
Hudson Street
Bryant
Hudson River
Horace Brockway Resigns From Mutual Reserve Board
Horace Brockway the Ashland House proprietor resigned from the Mutual Reserve board amid company troubles and Florida health concerns. He was re elected in December and sent his resignation through Lord Day Lord to avoid refusal. His testimony linked to Burnham and Eldridge in investigations and trials.
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Horace Brockway
Ashland House
Mutual Reserve
Tribune
Florida
Brockway
Burnham
Eldridge
Lord, Day & Lord
Charles W. Camp
Armstrong Committee
Inquisitor
Hughes
Lou Pa
George Burnham, Jr
the Tribune
Terrorists condemned after mass arrest in Warsaw
Nearly one hundred terrorists were arrested in Warsaw today by police who also seized rifles and revolvers. Five terrorists were tried by drumhead court martial and condemned to death.
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Warsaw
Licorice trust found guilty of Sherman law violation
The MacAndrews Forbes Company and the J S Young Company known as the licorice combination were convicted on counts one and three for illegal combination and monopoly in the Sherman Anti Trust Act case in the U S Circuit Court before Judge Hough. Karl Jungbluth and Howard E Young were acquitted. The verdict followed three weeks of trial with motions to arrest judgment pending.
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United States Circuit Court
Justice Hough
MacAndrews & Forbes Company
J. S. Young Company
Licorice
Karl Jungbluth
Howard E. Young
Hough
Felix H. Levy
Howard F. Young
DeLancey Nicoll
Continental Tobacco Company
Taft
Missing Ponce and Maracas Stir West Indies Trade Track
Thirteen days after the Ponce vanished 230 miles northeast of the Bahamas ships on the West Indies route search for the missing steamer. The liner Maracas is four days overdue from Grenada and may have picked up the Ponce. Rumors say both may have sunk or drifted northeastward while questions about crew discipline arise.
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Ponce
Shenandoah
Bahamas
West Indies
Trinidad
Maracas
Grenada
Harvey
Avalon
Olinda
No Action on Bailey in Texas Legislature
The Texas Legislature postponed action on a proposed resolution for investigating charges against Senator Bailey and Attorney General Davidson until tomorrow. Bailey’s allies opposed the measure as it moved through El Paso reports that Missouri Governor Francis said he had a plain business loan to Bailey and met the party in Mexico with official welcomes from the Toltec Club and the Mexican consul.
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Austin
Tex
Bailey
Davidson
el Paso
Francis
Missouri
City
Mexico
Texas
H. C. Pierce
Pierce
Mr. Francis
MaHen
Noise from Senator Pettus Desk Sparks Capitol Mystery
Washington January 10 A persistent buzzing disrupted Senate sessions as engineers searched for the source. A page traced the sound to Senator Pettus of Alabama whose ear hearing device, strapped under his coat with a small battery, caused the disturbance.
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Washington
Senate
Capitol
Pettus
Alabama
Consul the Chimpanzee’s Body Seized by U S Customs
The stuffed body of Consul the famous Berlin chimpanzee, died 1905, sits on a pedestal in Colonel Storey’s private office awaiting a claimant. Bostock had it stuffed in Paris and shipped to New York. it fails educational duty exemption and attracts 20 percent duty. Dr Buckey hopes public museums in New York settle among themselves to raise the embargo funds.
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Consul
Berlin
Europe
America
J. H. Storey
United States Customs
Frank Bostock
Paris
la Lorraine
Dr. Buckey
New York
Bostock
Buckey
Heiress Weds Chauffeur in Oneonta Ceremony
Miss Edith Marguerite Wilber heiress to a substantial estate married her chauffeur Herbert Cole at her Oneonta home. The couple traveled through Southern Europe last summer with her mother, and fell in love.
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the Tribune
Syracuse
Edith Marguerite Wilber
Oneonta
Herbert Cole
Cole
Wilber
Europe
Pastor refuses to bury or wed enforcing state marriages
Richmond Virginia January 10 The Rev John W Daugherty pastor of the Apostolic Church has created a sensation by refusing to bury the dead or perform marriages saying it violates Christ's doctrine His mission is to save the living and he urges that the dead bury the dead and that ministers lack authority to marry without state authorization all marriages should be performed by state officials
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the Tribune
Richmond
John W. Daugherty
The
Apostolic Church
Governor Holds Silence Over NYC Recorder Vacancy
Albany reports Governor Hughes was asked to address the New York City Board of Aldermen deadlock over a recorder election. He said he had not investigated the matter and would say nothing at this time.
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Albany
Hughes
Board of Aldermen
New York City
Oliver widow donates to hospital for memory of husband
Mrs James B Oliver widow of James B Oliver of the Oliver Iron and Steel Company announced a gift of 200900 to the South Side Hospital for an addition in memory of her late husband Congressman A J Barcheld serves on the hospital staff.
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Pittsburg
James B. Oliver
Jamesb. Oliver
Oliver Iron and Steel Company
South Side Hospital
A. J. BarchSeld
Theatre manager fined for unaccompanied child in Boston
In Boston on January 10, Harry Farren manager of the Columbia Theatre was found guilty in Municipal Court of permitting a ten year old boy to attend a performance without an adult. He was fined ten dollars under a Massachusetts statute long forgotten.
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Boston
Massachusetts
Harry Farren
Columbia Theatre
Farren
Unclear Rail Schedules From Advertised Bureau
Fragmentary rail timetable ad from the Merida Information Bureau lists times 2:10 M and 9:25 A with mean 19:25 P. M. on Penn and Atlantic Coast Line routes. Located at Broadway corner th Street.
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Penn
Atlantic Coast Line
R. R. Mlrida Linformation Bureau
B'’way
Cor
Patrolman Prevents Runaway Lexington Ave Car Crash
Patrolman Farrell of East 51st Street station halted a southbound Lexington Avenue car near 52nd Street as it sped with a loose controller. After near collision with a ahead car, Farrell chased, seized the controller from the motorman, and boarded the runaway to stop it just before reaching another train. Passengers, especially women, were alarmed as guards kept doors closed.
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Farrell
East 51St Street
Lexington Avenue
52D
Donovan
54Th Street
Weather Bureau Rival Planned by Binghamton Light Company
The Binghamton Light Heat and Power Company announces a competing weather bureau to provide early and accurate forecasts. Superintendent Philip E. Glidden travels to New York to buy a sunshine recorder barometer rain gauge and other apparatus for independent operation and local accuracy.
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Tribune
Binghamton
N. Y
Binghamton Light, Heat and Power Company
Philip E. Glidden
New York
Pennsylvania Railroad seeks 200 million in new securities
The Pennsylvania Railroad plans to ask stockholders at the March 12 annual meeting to authorize up to 200 million dollars in additional capitalization, split between 100 million in new stock and 100 million in bonds, to acquire full ownership of leased lines and fund expansion and maintenance as needed.
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Pennsylvania Railroad Company
The
State of
Pennsylvania
New York
Baltimore & Ohio
Chesapeake & Ohio
Norfolk & Western
Atchison
Great Northern
Northern Pacific
St. Paul
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Railroad
Pacific
Harriman
Cassatt
McCrea
Pittsburg
Erie
Three Day Trip to Washington for PRR Tour Ad
Railroad advertisement offers a January 17 trip from New York to Washington for 2145 dollars with hotel accommodations. Contact C Studds BE P A Avesta in New York City for details.
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Washington
New York
Acco
C. Studds
BE P. A
Avesta
New York City
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Hartman
Hill Lines
Northern Securities Company
Northwest
Farlington
Northern Securities Compan
Bonaparte
V. P
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James H. Hiland
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
Union
Hiland
John Is. Milburn
Julius Kruttschnitt
Mr. Hil
Kellogg
Mr. Kruttschnitt
Union Pacific-Southern Pacific Astem
Lovett
Harriman Lines
Texas Roads
Harrshman
Boad Florida Ltd., Electric Nzhied
IV. N . Peoar
Mi. Inquire Pp
Sicas
Appleby
James
West 40Th Street
Carroll
Lawrence
Dunphy
Paul
Court Street
Brooklyn
Durkin
West 10Th Street
Kenney
Thomas
Patrick
West 49Th Street
Murphy
Michael
Phillin
Martin
West 48Th Street
Cape Hatteras
Bermuda
Licorice Trust
Friends of Texas
Senator
Mr. Pettus
Christ
Weather Bureau For Light CO
Wall Street
Bers
Stock Exchange
A. J. Cassatt
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