Warning to Railroads Sounded by Clements
Jud gen Clements of the Interstate Commerce Commission warned that a proposed general freight rate increase discussed by eastern railroad presidents would violate the Sherman anti trust law. He noted the ICC decides on rate reasonableness but cannot prosecute. the Department of Justice would handle anti trust enforcement after records and testimony. He cited a Georgia lumber case where railroads were found to form an illegal rate increase, a decision later upheld by the Supreme Court.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Department of Justice
Supreme Court
Interstate Commerce Commission
Clements
D Department
Eastern Railroads
New York
Georgia
Spear
Freight rates to rise in Southeastern rail territory
Louisville July 17. Executive officers of all railroad systems agreed to advance freight rates across the Southeastern Freight Association and Southeastern Mississippi Valley Association regions. The hike, 4 to 10 cents per hundred pounds, mirrors the Southwest region move. Tariffs likely ready by August 1 and become effective September 1 per Interstate Commerce Commission filing rules.
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Tribune
Louisville
Southeastern Freight Association
Southeastern Mississippi Valley Association
Ohio River
Mississippi River
Southwestern Freight Association
Interstate Commerce Commission
Hill and Harriman Call for Freight Rate Increase
Railroad leaders James J. Hill and FE Harriman urge higher freight rates to fund rolling stock and facilities. Hill warns rates must advance or railroads and the economy suffer, citing huge direct expenditures and wide impact on manufacturers, farmers, and workers. Bob Harahan of Illinois Central notes railroads face critical conditions and must raise rates, reduce wages, or boost volume as Europe lags. Continued on second page.
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James J. Hill
FE. H. Harriman
Hill
Financial District
Canada
Mere Bagatelle
Europe
Bob. Harahan
Ilinois Central
Tao
United States
Banker Frank Zotti Arrested on Grand Larceny Charge
Frank Zotti a banker and steamship agent was arrested in Pennsylvania on grand larceny charges tied to funds promised to immigrants abroad. Bail set at 25000, with a hearing on the Ferlan affidavit to follow as prosecutors cite complaints from over two hundred victims. Zotti claims a conspiracy by Pittsburg rivals seeking to ruin him.
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Frank Zotti
Pennsylvania
Corrigan
Zotti
Hough
Mike” Ferlan
Yelena
Croatia
Ferlan
the Tribune
Appleton
Pittsburg
Consul General Schlippenbach Seeks Immigrant Banking Reforms
Baron Schlippenbach arrived to assume the post of Imperial Russian Consul General in New York City succeeding Nicholas de Lodygensky. He plans early work on protecting Russian immigrants from swindling private bankers and ticket agents on the East Side. He lauds New York laws regulating private bankers and notes his push for an international postal money order system adopted to aid immigrants sending funds home.
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Baron Schlippenbach
New York City
Nicholas de Lodygensky
Chicago
Russia
Washington
New York
Would Lynch Preacher By Telegraph to The Tribune
Albert Crawley was shot and killed by Clayton Jackson a negro preacher and hotel cook at a Hot Springs Arkansas hotel. Jackson was arrested and in jail. Crawley’s papers show a New York City address and a dispute over dinner led to the fatal shooting. A mob of about a thousand white men gathered at the jail seeking to lynch Jackson but he was reportedly spirited away.
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Tribune
Hot Springs
Ark
Albert Crawley
Clayton Jackson
Jackson
Crawley
Park Avenue
New York City
Moths Cause Child's Fatal Fall From Window
A three year old boy, Frank Stevens of 473 Lenox Avenue, died after he jumped at fluttering moths seen at his window on the top floor. He climbed onto the sill and tumbled to the yard below before his parents could restrain him. The incident followed a moths outbreak that appeared again last evening.
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Frank Stevens
Lenox Ave
Maine Supreme Court upholds liquor ad ban in Maine pubs
Boston dispatch reports Maine Supreme Court reaffirms the constitutionality of the statute prohibiting advertisements of intoxicating liquors in Maine publications. The case, State v Buss Publishing Co, has echoed through courts for six to seven years after Maine Civil League complaint drew wide attention.
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the Tribune
Boston
Maine Supreme Court
Maine
J. P. Buss Publishing Company
Maine Civil League
Gave Cup of Coffee, Gets $32,000 Reward
Mrs. Harvey Bartlett of Wrymouth Massachusetts received 3000 dollars as a reward for offering a cup of coffee to a sick woman on a stopped train two years ago. The benefactor is Mrs. FE Lilley of New York. Bartlett, a widow, works in the station lunch room and aided the woman during a twenty minute wait.
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the Tribune
Wrymouth
Mass
Harvey Bartlett
Bartlett
FE. Lilley
New York
Sacking Tabriz as revolutionists seize town
July 17 dispatches report revolutionists routing Rachin Khan’s horsemen and taking control of Tabriz. Officials’ houses looted including the Finance Minister’s residence. Khan withdraws to plantations as Shah’s support erodes and crowds surge to his HQ.
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Tabriz
Rachin Khan
London
Times
Rachin Kahn
Rabhin Khan
Criticism of Gompers in Toledo Speech
John Mulholland, former president of the International Allied Metal Mechanics, accuses Samuel Gompers of hastily backing Bryan. He argues labor leaders must not bind unions to parties, urging labor to wait for party platform reports before acting. He warns against past Knights of Labor mistakes and predicts federation risks.
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the Tribune
Toledo
Ohio
Gompers
John Mulholland
International Allied Metal Mechanics
Labor
Labor Organization
Old Knights of Labor
Federation of Labor
Democratic Party
Gompers Denies Message To Hearst Over Bryan Support
Erie Penn July 17 Samuel Gompers president of the American Federation of Labor denied tonight that he sent a cable to William Hearst urging the Independence League to back Bryan for the Presidency. He said reports crediting him with sending the message are false and he did not send any such communication to Hearst.
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Erie
Penn
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
William R. Hearst
Independence League
Bryan
Hearst
Mr. Gompers
Labor Leaders Divide Over Gompers Taft Bryan Stance
Chicago labor chiefs protest Samuel Gompers for trying to sway the labor vote toward Bryan. They condemn his authority to direct labor politics and object to his traveling funded by workers. Daniel Keefe and Daniel Smith openly back Taft, while Prince may join in Detroit and Chicago. The debate could trigger formal action.
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The
Tribune
Chicago
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Bryan
Chcago
Gompers
Daniel J. Keefe
Longshoremen’s Union
Taft
Daniel Smith
Switchmen’s Union
Samuel Prince
Detroit
Mr. Gompers
Prince
RAILROADS FIGHT LOAN SHARKS
Baltimore July 17 assignment of wages by Baltimore and Ohio workers is prohibited under threat of suspension or dismissal. The move aims to stop loan sharks from exacting usurious rates, with a case where 25 was demanded beyond interest. Pennsylvania and Reading lines may follow, shielding thousands of employees on the three roads from further coercion.
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The
Tribune
Baltimore
Baltimoore & Ohio
Pennsylvania
Reading
New York Chicago relay reaches Jamestown youths at 11 20
The NY to Chicago relay message traveled through multiple cities including Buffalo Jamestown Westfield and Rochester. The Buffalo team delivered the tube to Jamestown and onward to Erie while Batavia runners faced delays due to rain and a misrouted relay. Rochester runners reported strong pace and set a record for the full trip despite westward rain.
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Westfield
N. Y
Buffalo
Jamestown Y. M. C. A
Jamestown Relays
Erie
Penn
MacClellan
Busse
Chicago
Central Young Men's Christian Association
Brockway
Batavia
Whiteford
Hecke
Jamestown
Clarence Hills
Osborne
Fredonia
Linneborn
Dunkirk
Rochester
Young Men's Christian Association
New York
Geneva
Canandaigua
H. Haas
McKee
Girls in Boat Crash at Lake Hopatcong
Five girls in a pleasure launch were rescued when the Uncle Dan cut the Nell in two amidships at Nolan's Point. The awning frame caught on the bowsprit, saving the Uncle Dan from sinking in sixty feet of water as Captain Ivan King ferried the girls to safety. Each captain blames the other for the collision.
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the Tribune
Lake
Hopatcong
N. J
Uncle Dan
Bertrand Island Transportation Company
Ivan King
Nell
Nolan's Point
Captain King
H. McElroy
Firemen near death after forest blaze escape
Twenty Dover firefighters near Wells, Maine, staggered in exhausted and scorched after an all night battle with a forest fire. Blistered faces and bodies, burned shoes, and severe cuts marked their ordeal as they scrambled toward a clearing. Some face weeks of recovery.
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the Tribune
Wells
Dover
Batted Ball Kills Baby in Pittsburg Arms
A seven months old boy, son of Andrew Luksin of Elkhorn, died in Pittsburg after a batted ball struck his head while he was in his sister’s arms during a game. This brings total Pittsburg baseball fatalities to six since the season began.
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the Tribune
Pittsburg
Andrew Luksin
Elkhorn
Anybody But Bryan Says Ex Senator Stewart
Ex Senator William M Stewart of Nevada in Washington declares he hopes for anybody but Bryan as next president though he supported the 1896 repudiation of gold standard. He criticizes Bryan as an ambitious political acrobat and questions his judiciary stance and consistency.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
United States
William M. Stewart
Nevada
William Jennings Bryan
Bryan
Stewart
Alabama Troops Ordered On Alert In Mine Strike
Governor Comer, alarmed by the mine strike, orders district troops to sleep on arms. He tours the strike area with Sheriff Higdon. Militia companies are placed under arms and a 100 man unit heads to Adamsville after a clash between strike sympathizers and deputies. He vows no trains stoppage or armed groups. he will stay until Monday. Reports of fighting at Blossburg with possible deaths prompt state troops to move.
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Birmingham
Ala
Comer
Higdon
Adamsville
Henry Ellen
Republic
Sheriff's Office
Blossburg
Woman shot in home in Brooklyn death investigated
Police probe the death of Mrs. Samuel Friedland at 1665 Prospect Park Brooklyn a real estate dealer's wife found with a bullet wound to the temple. Her two year old son Abraham was found nearby clutching a revolver. Police consider two theories suicide or accidental child discharge with family leaning toward suicide.
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Brooklyn
Samuel Friedland
Prospect Park
Abraham
New York Chemist Ends Life on Vacation in New Hampshire
H S Vaughn of New York City, a former Brown University chemist and Rhode Island state assayer, shot himself in a field near a Colebrook boarding house on July 17 after years of ill health. He leaves a wife and son in New York. Vaughn, who once taught at Brown and served as Providence city chemist, had retired from business to pursue religion. He declinedjury duty citing biblical injunction.
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Batavia
Willis Bradstreet
Rochester
Johnnson
Malcolm Myer
Colebrook
N. H
Vaughn
Brown University
Rhode Island
Providence
Goff
President Summons Bonaparte to Oyster Bay Conference
President Roosevelt summoned Attorney General Charles J. Bonaparte to a conference at Oyster Bay for tomorrow while Bonaparte remained at Lenox Mass. The attorney general said the summons was for official business. Briarcliff Milk is noted as supplied to U S officials in Panama and as ordered by His Excellency Earl Grey for daily use during the Prince of Wales visit at Quebec.
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Bonaparte
Lenox
Mass
Charles J. Bonaparte
Roosevelt
Oyster Bay
United States
Panama
Earl Grey
Prince of Wales
Quebec
Hitchcock Plans West Campaign Strategy for Taft Bid
Frank H Hitchcock, new Republican National Committee chairman, outlines a three conference plan with Colorado Springs Chicago and New York as hubs. He aims to unite western state committees and push against Bryan by building cooperation across states while weighing how far to push radical versus conservative elements. He emphasizes Western campaign primacy and notes races in Colorado Oregon California Idaho Indiana Iowa Wisconsin and other key states.
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Tribune
Chicago
Frank H. Hitchecock
Republican National Committee
Taft
Hitchcock
Colorado Springs
New York
East
West
Hitchcoeck
Colorado
Bryan
Africa
Old Bay State
Celeorato Springs
Oregon
California
Idaho
Samuel Gompers
Denver
Miners’ Federation
Mr. Bryan
Chamberlain
Fulton
Senate
Indiana
Iowa
Wisconsin
Cummins
Allison
Young
Roosevelt
Joan W. Kern
Fairbanks
la Follette
Johnson
National Committee
Metropolitan Life Insurance
Hitchcuck
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Frank Zottl
Bulgar
Schlippenbach Returns
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H. R. Day
Cayuga Lake
Frank Parker
Frank Rich
Arthur Adams
Knights of Labor
A. A. Jameson
23D Street
Buffalo Young Men's Christian Association
Maine Woods
Alabama
Baby
H. S. Vaughn
New Hampshire
MR. Hitchcock
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