Warning to Railroads Warns Against Rate Increases
Washington July 17 Judgen Clements of the Interstate Commerce Commission says a proposed general freight rate increase by Eastern railroads would violate the Sherman anti trust law and expose all lines to penalties. He notes the ICC only decides reasonableness of rates, while DOJ handles prosecutions. pooling and illegal combinations could be illegal. He cites a Georgia lumber case as precedent and says the industry will study the matter before acting.
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Washington
C- Clements
InterstateCommerce Commission
New York
Trunk Line Association
Clements
Interstate Commerce Commission
Department of Justice
Supreme Court
Department
Eastern Railroads
Tam
Georgia
Spear
Freight Rates Rise Across Southeastern Rail Territory
Louisville July 17 Freight executives from the Southeastern Freight Association and the Southeastern Mississippi Valley Association agreed to advance rates by 4 to 10 cents per hundred pounds across the region south of the Ohio River and east of the Mississippi. The move matches a recent Southwestern Freight Association decision despite initial opposition. Clerks are preparing tariffs in Louisville and filings should precede effect by thirty days, with new rates likely effective September 1 after Interstate Commerce Commission requirements.
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Louisville
Southeastern Freight Association
Southeastern Mississippi Valley Association
Ohio River
Mississippi River
Southwestern Freight Association
Interstate Commerce Commission
Hill for Rate Increase and Rail Freight Pressures
James 30 Hi backs higher railroad freight rates urged by rival E H Harriman. He warns that without advances railroads cannot fund new rolling stock and facilities, risking a ripple of price increases harming manufacturers farmers lumbermen and workers. Harahan of Illinois Central cites critical conditions and predicts three musts raise rates cut wages or boost business. Continued on second page.
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E. H. Harriman
Hill
Financial District
Canada
Mere Bagatelle
Europe
United States
Frank Zotti Arrested on Grand Larceny Charge
Banker and steamship agent Frank Zotti was arrested in Pennsylvania on a grand larceny charge after Croat and Bulgar claim he withheld funds meant to wire to relatives abroad. Bail set at 25000 by Magistrate Corrigan as prosecutors prepare further action. Zotti claims a conspiracy by Pittsburg rivals. He faced additional testimony from Bulgar witness Ferlan about 225 dollars unpaid to his Croatian wife.
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Pennsylvania
Corrigan
Zotti
Hough
Mike” Ferlan
Yelena
Croatia
Ferlan
the Tribune
Appleton
Pittsburg
Russian Consul General Seeks Reform for Immigrant Finances
Baron Schlippenbach arrived to assume the role in New York City and plans early scrutiny of private bankers and ticket agents handling immigrant funds on the East Side. He cites prior efforts on inter national postal money orders and welcomes New York’s laws regulating private bankers, aiming to curb swindling during Has ter time.
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Baron Schlippenbach
New York City
Nicholas de Lodygensky
Chicago
Russia
Washington
New York
Would Lynch Preacher at Hot Springs Shootout
Albert Crawley, a visitor, was shot and killed by Clayton Jackson, a negro preacher and hotel cook, at a Hot Springs hotel. Jackson was jailed after papers show Crawley once lived in New York City. A dispute over dinner led to the shooting, with Crawley allegedly advancing on Jackson with an axe. A mob of about a thousand white men gathered at the jail seeking lynching, but Jackson was reportedly spirited away.
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Hot Springs
Ark
Albert Crawley
Clayton Jackson
Jackson
Crawley
Park Avenue
New York City
Moths Cause Child to Fall to Death in Lenox Ave Home
A three year old boy, Frank Stevens, died after climbing onto a window sill to watch moths fluttering past a Lenox Avenue window last night. The child toppled from the top floor to the yard below as his parents attempted to intervene. No. 473 Lenox Avenue residents reported the incident to authorities.
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Frank Stevens
Lenox Ave
Maine Supreme Court Upholds Liquor Ad Ban
The Maine Supreme Court reaffirms the statute prohibiting liquor advertisements in Maine publications in the case State v Buss Publishing Company. The decision, pursued for six to seven years, was brought by the Maine Civil League and drew wide attention.
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Telegraph
the Tribune
Boston
Maine Supreme Court
J. P. Buss Publishing Company
Maine Civil League
Gave Cup of Coffee Rewarded With 2000 Dollars
Mrs. Harvey Bartlett, a widow who works in a station lunch room, received two thousand dollars for offering a cup of coffee to a sick woman on a halted train in Wrymouth Maes on July 17. The donor, Mrs. EK Lilley of New York, watched the woman for twenty minutes as she was made comfortable.
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the Tribune
Wrymouth, Maes
Harvey Bartlett
Bartlett
EK. Lilley
New York
Y. M. C. A. Relay Racers Cross Cayuga Lake
Members of the Y M C A relay team completed a notable crossing of Cayuga Lake carrying a message. The transfer of the tube occurred mid voyage, marking a historic effort by local athletes.
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Cayuga Lake
Sacking Tabriz as revolutionists seize town
A Times dispatch reports revolutionsists routing Rachin Khan's horsemen in Tabriz on July 17. Rachin Khan flees to outskirts, while mobs loot several of the Shah's supporters residences including the Finance Minister's. Shah's authority appears greatly weakened as troops disperse into civilians.
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Tabriz
Rachin Khan
London
Times
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Rabhin Khan
Racin Khan
Criticism of Gompers Sparks Toledo Debate
John Mulholland former president of the International Allied Metal Mechanics denounces Gompers for supporting Br 2n arguing leaders have no right to bind labor to a party. He warns unions will vote their own minds and cites Knights of Labor as a cautionary tale amid Democratic party promises.
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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
Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, denied sending a cable to William R Hearst urging Independence League support for William Jennings Bryan. He said he did not write or send any such message and questioned the source of the claimed dispatch.
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Penn
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
William R. Hearst
Independence League
Bryan
Hearst
Mr. Gompers
Labor Men for Taft in Chicago Stir Labour Ranks
In Chicago on July 17 labor leaders condemn Samuel Gompers for trying to swing votes to Bryan. They insist he lacks right to dictate labor votes and should not be funding his travel to campaign. Keefe and Smith publicly back Taft while Prince in Detroit may come to Chicago, risking open revolt among officials.
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Tribune
Chicago
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Bryan
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 employees has been officially prohibited under penalty of suspension or dismissal. The move aims to curb loan sharks demanding usurious rates, with an instance showing twenty dollars charged in addition to interest. Pennsylvania and Reading railroads are expected to follow, affecting thousands of workers on these lines.
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Tribune
Baltimore
Baltimore & Ohio
Pennsylvania
Reading
Relay message travels from New York to Chicago by Y M C A runners
The New York to Chicago relay message passed through Jamestown and Buffalo with Batavia and Rochester crews delivering the tube. Rain slowed runners, but the Eastern leg beat schedule by nine hours. The overall course covered 490 miles with 666 runners carrying the message to Buffalo Y M C A headquarters.
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Westfield
N. Y
Buffalo
Jamestown Y. M. C. A
Jamestown Relays
Erie
Penn
A. A. Jameson
23D Street
Young Men’s Christian Association
New York
Buffalo Young Men's Christian Association
Girls In Boat Crash At Nolan's Point
Five young girls were rescued from drowning when the pleasure launch Uncle Dan cut the Nell in two at Nolan's Point. The awning frame snagged on the bowsprit, saving Uncle Dan from sinking in sixty feet of water while rescuing the frightened occupants. Captain Ivan King and H. McElroy blamed each other’s captain for the mishap.
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Tribune
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N. J
Uncle Dan
Bertrand Island Transportation Company
Ivan King
Nell
Nolan's Point
Captain King
H. McElroy
Firemen Near Death in Forest Blaze at Wells
Twenty Dover volunteers, almost blinded by heat and smoke, staggered into Wells after an all night battle with a forest fire. Their clothing and shoes burned away, they suffered severe burns and cuts, some facing weeks of recovery. They followed the flames to openings until a clearing was reached.
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Wells
Dover
Batted Ball Kills Baby in Arms in Pittsburg
Telegraph report from Pittsburg July 17 describes another baseball death. Six lives have been lost since the season began, the latest a seven month old boy, son of Andrew Luksin of Elkhorn, struck on the head while in his sister’s arms at a game.
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Pittsburg
Andrew Luksin
Elkhorn
Anybody But Bryan Says Ex Senator Stewart
Washington July 17 ex Senator William M Stewart of Nevada declared he hopes the next U S president will be anybody but William Jennings Bryan He criticized Bryans shifts on gold standard states rights and the judiciary noting Bryan is today an ambitious political acrobat and warning voters against trusting his word.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
United States
William M. Stewart
Nevada
William Jennings Bryan
Bryan
Stewart
Alabama Troops Put On Alert Over Mine Strike
Governor Comer, alarmed by mine strike developments, orders district troops to sleep on arms and stay ready. Local militia is en route to Adamsville after a clash in the area leaves deputies wounded and a deputy dead. Governor addresses miners at Henry Ellen and Republic, pledging no trains stopping or armed violence. He will remain in Birmingham through Monday afternoon as state troops head to Blossburg amid reports of further casualties.
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Ala
Comer
Higdon
Adamsville
Henry Ellen
Republic
Sheriff's Office
Blossburg
Woman Shot in Home in Brooklyn Closes Quiet Mystery
The Brooklyn police investigate the death of Mrs. Samuel Friedland of 1665 Prospect Park. She was found dead with a bullet wound to the right temple. Her two year-old son Abraham was found near the body clutching a revolver. Police propose two theories: accidental shooting by the child or suicide by the mother. Family favors suicide, noting her recent moroseness and threats to take her life.
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Brooklyn
Samuel Friedland
Prospect Park
Abraham
New York Chemist Shoots Himself on NH Vacation
H S Vaughn of New York City killed himself in a field near a summer boarding house in Colebrook New Hampshire on July 17. A former Brown University chemistry teacher and Rhode Island state assayer he had long sought health relief and left a wife and one son. Vaughn had retired from business to focus on religion and once refused jury duty citing a biblical injunction.
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Colebrook
N. H
Vaughn
Brown University
Rhode Island
Providence
Goff
President summons Bonaparte for Roosevelt conference
Lenox Mass July 17 Attorney General Charles J Bonaparte, who was at his summer home, was summoned by President Roosevelt to a conference at Oyster Bay tomorrow. Bonaparte left on a late afternoon train saying the purpose was official business. Briarcliff Milk is regularly supplied to United States Officials at Panama with cream ordered by His Excellency Earl Grey for the Prince of Wales during his 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 Three Western Republican Conferences
Chicago July 17. Frank H Hitchcock, as Republican National Committee chair, plans three key conferences in Colorado Springs Chicago and New York to unite Western state leaders against Bryan. He aims to press for coordinated effort across states from Colorado to Idaho while courting radical elements and balancing conservative factions. The West is deemed essential in winning the 1908 campaign.
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Chicago
Frank H. Hitchcock
Republican National Committee
Taft
Missouri River
Colorado Springs
Simmons
East
West
Hitchcock
Colorado
Bryan
Africa
Eld Bay
Oregon
California
Idaho
Samuel Gompers
Denver
Miners’ Federation
Mr. Bryan
Chamberlain
Fulton
Senate
National Committee
Metropolitan Life Insurance
New York
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Malcolm Myer
Young Men's Christian Association
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