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Newspaper
New York Tribune
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1910
Page
9
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President Taft and Attorney General Wickersham announce a new fair plan of procedure for railroads shippers investors and the public, promising reduced conflicts and accelerated justice. Conference talks name Mann Wanger Adamson for the House and Elkins Aldrich Foster for the Senate as negotiators. The White House urges immediate effect of the ICC power to investigate and suspend new rates, while Congress debates timing and scope of the law’s enforcement.
Stocks surged after Washington announced an agreement between the administration and railway executives with London gains and strong opening in the local market. Union Pacific Readings Steel and others jumped while St Paul faced pressure on dividend doubts amid late-session buying and short covering. Prices closed with broad gains though earlier advances faded in intraday reversals as investors weighed the impact of impending injunctions.
Big Bill Edwards, Princeton alumnus and street cleaning commissioner, assisted Clarence Neilson Peacock, a Princeton hockey captain and son of Alexander A. Peacock of Pittsburgh, in obtaining a marriage license. Edwards escorted Peacock and Miss Jean Rolston through city offices to City Clerk Scully for the formalities and fees.
Jacob H Schiff and several New York capitalists plan a pleasure tour of Alaska this summer. They will depart Seattle in July aboard the steamer Ramona, chartered for the trip. Schiff says no business will be conducted. Last year George W Perkins led a party, mixing business and pleasure, to inspect Morgan Guggenheim properties for potential investments.
Judge Lloyd granted a non suit in the $2.6 million damages case filed by Mrs. Laura Page against Princeton University professors Henry P. Adams and Howard McClenahan. She alleged her husband died from burns suffered during X ray photographs of his broken body. The judge ruled the issues were law questions not for jury submission.
Long Island Railroad Company fined 590 by Judge Humphrey in Queens County court. Jury verdict affirmed a royal grant from 1734 giving Jamaica residents the right to lay out streets and highways. The railroad closed Hamilton Street about a year ago, raised its grade and laid sixteen tracks, claiming right under its 1834 charter. Motion for arrest of judgment granted pending appeal.
A Western shippers committee sent a telegram today to President Taft praising his stance. They also addressed George W. Perkins of J P Morgan Co asking whether tariffs and classifications affecting rates in their districts will be withdrawn and the status quo kept until Interstate Commerce Commission adjudication.
Sioux Falls reports three leading governor contenders Egan Independent Republican with 7364 votes Vesey Progressive 5729 Elrod Stalwart 5169. Insurgent hopes and Stalwart plans shape Congress races as Thorsen Schrader pledge affiliation with insurgents if elected.
Jacksonville June 7 heavy polling in the special primary for U S Senator Broward and Taliaferro ran neck and neck in the regular race Broward's gains came in every county over the first primary with supporters predicting at least a 2000 vote majority. Taliaferro headquarters claimed victory though no firm figures were released.
David Katz was instantly killed at his Asbury Park drug store when a soda water tank exploded while charging. Israel Rosenkvitz, present as employer, escaped with a head bruise as the tank wrecked the room and crashed through the ceiling, smashing furniture on the second floor.
A spectrum of railroad leaders weigh in on the White House compromise on freight rate hikes. E P Ripley of Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe warns that politics and pending laws keep investors wary, while Roswell Miller and Frederick Underwood urge cautious optimism as the Interstate Commerce Commission handles the case. William Rockefeller notes uncertainty about Taft’s Washington talks’ impact.
Chicago on June 7 President Taft and railroad presidents reached a Washington rate agreement for Western lines. Darius Miller of the Chicago Burlington & Quincy calls the outlook optimistic and says the rate issue rests with the Interstate Commerce Commission. Henry Mudge of Chicago Rock Island Pacific sees differences swept away. W A Gardner of Chicago Northwestern predicts a fair outcome, and John M Glenn of the Illinois Manufacturers Association says the move stops new rates for now.
President Edmund J. James of the University of Illinois admitted the Flexner report's criticisms of Chicago medical education at a College of Physicians and Surgeons alumni dinner. He said Chicago is the plague spot of America for medical training and condemned state funding and local wealth for neglecting proper medical education.
Middletown New York June 7 monument designer C Rogers Smith leaped from his stalled automobile at a railroad crossing and was struck by a freight train. Both legs and his collar bone were broken and he sustained other injuries though he remained conscious and directed railroad workers to take him to the city. His car was wrecked and he is known in the state with an office in New York. It is expected he will recover.
In San José on June 7 two women cousins Miss Dolores Sunell and Mrs Frances Sunell Lintell were found dead under an overturned electric runabout near Penitentia Creek in Alum Rock Canyon. Miss Sunell apparently drowned, while Mrs Lintell was crushed.
Denver courts tackle a novel probate question from the Sperrys joint will. Frances Sperry died November 3, 1909, leaving William Sperry awaiting the document’s effectiveness. If the will cannot be probated until Sperry dies, the estate of Mrs Sperry faces a legal dilemma.
A major quake shook southern Italy with reported damage near Mount Vulture and towns like Calitri. Reports said casualties were uncertain but feared many buried. Sardinia suffered a cyclone causing $2,000,000 in damage as Luzzatti ordered relief and troops to assist, with the Pope sending funds.
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