Hepburns proposed bill to amend Sherman law
A National Civic Federation draft bill introduced by Representative Hepburn Iowa seeks to relieve stringency of the Sherman anti trust act. It would allow certain agreements and labor protections while requiring registration with federal bodies and limit threefold damages. The measure aims to balance labor and capital interests and may gain presidential support in a future session.
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Hepburn
Iowa
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Roosevelt
Ate Congress
Supreme Court
Danbury Hatters
United States Supreme Court
Interstate Commerce Commission
Commissioner of Corporations
Department of Commerce and Labor
United States
Cormm
Corporation
Association
Indivi
Sherman and Trust
Mary
American Federation of Lance
Negroes complain to president over railroad segregation
The Tribune reports that a delegation of Black citizens met with the President to protest Jim Crow railway practices. They cited unfair fees and unequal accommodations despite a Commerce Commission ruling, asking the Interstate Commerce Commission to investigate and seek relief.
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Tribune Bureau
Welington
Pradger
Towerstate Commerce Commission
Interstate Commerce Commission
Ely as Witness in Bucketshop Trial in DC Court
George W. Ely secretary of the New York Stock Exchange testified as a witness in the United States case against Percy Wace in the bucketshop test case before Justice Bernard. Ely described methods of business on the NYSE and stated a room trader might buy back what he has not in the morning and not in the evening. He also testified on prohibitions against brokers with packetshop or Consolidated Meek and Petroleum Exchange involvement.
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Washington
George W. Ely
New York Stock Exchange
Was
United States
Percy Wace
Bernard
Supreme Court of
District of Columbia
Consolidated Meek and Petroleum Exchange
Supreme Court Backs Railways in Meat Rate Case
The Supreme Court ruled for the Chicago Great Western Railway in the meat rate dispute with the Interstate Commerce Commission. The decision confirms railroads’ private property status and allows rate changes on one article without requiring identical changes on livestock, citing competition and public service constraints. Justice Brewer notes railroads may contract with shippers for single or successive transports, within the Interstate Commerce Act.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Chicago Great Western Railway Company
Supreme Court of the United States
Chicago
St. Paul
Missouri River
Brewer
Sulzer Filibuster Stirs House With Row Over Speech
Washington reports Hon William Sulzer of New York leads a filibuster effort in the House with 25 Democratic backers to block unanimous consent legislation. He pledges to demand roll calls, disrupt proceedings, and retaliates after a resolution expunged remarks claiming he originated a bureau of corporations. The scene features sharp exchanges with Mr Mann and the Speaker, touching on decorum and authorship amid an adjournment to honor Senator Broran of Florida.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
William Sulzer
New York City
Sulzer
New Yorker
House
Bureau of Corporations
Mann
Mr. Mann
Suizer
Broran
Florida
Roosevelts bid to bar La Questione Sociale
President Roosevelt orders Postmaster General to bar La Questione Sociale from mails pending investigation. He urges legal steps against those sending the anarchist paper that advocates murder and arson, citing U.S. law and immigration provisions. Editor Ludovico Camimita admits editorship and pledges to continue publication.
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Paterson
N. J
Roosevelt
McBride
Department of Justice
Therm
Secretary of State
New Jersey
Congress
United States Army
Murae
United States
la Questione Sociale
Legal Department
Washington
Ludovico Camimita
Subway section near Borough Hall to open by May Day
The subway segment between Borough Hall Brooklyn and Long Island Station Flatbush Avenue and Atlantic Avenue is slated for use by May 1, possibly earlier, says George H. Pegram chief engineer of Interborough. Earlier promises targeted Memorial Day but milder spring allows quicker progress with concrete laying through February and March. Since March 1, employment has risen to its peak.
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Borough Hall
Brooklyvn
Long Island
Flatbush
Atlantic Avenues
George H. Pegram
Interborough Comy
Corean Adviser Stevens Shot at San Francisco
D. W. Stevens of the Japanese Council at Seoul was shot twice at the Fairmont Hotel and at the ferry station as he prepared to depart for Washington. The attacker I. W. Chang, a Corean, fled but was captured after a mob pursuit. a companion M. W. Chan was wounded.
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Fairmont
D. W. Stevens
Seoul
Washington
I. W. Chang
Stevens
M. W. Chan
Chang
Mr. Stevens
Chozo Koihe
Stevens Attacked by Corean Students in San Francisco
Durham White Stevens, a noted American diplomat, was attacked by four Corean youths at a mass meeting in San Francisco after a dispute over Stevens's remarks on Corea. He fought back with a chair until help arrived, while the attackers condemned Japanese influence and alleged Corean survival under Japanese protection. The scene drew onlookers as Stevens received medical care. doctors expect recovery with no major complications.
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M. Chun
M. Moon
Choy
Corea
Lee
Japan
United States
Atlantic City
Lumwal
Washington
Durham White Stevens
State Department
Count Okuma
Seoul
Corean
Battleship to be named Florida in Bryan honor
The President announced that a new battleship will bear the name Florida to honor Senator William J. Bryan. Bryan urged naming the ship Florida and proposed renaming the monitor if needed. The White House later directed that the request be granted.
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Florida
William J. Bryan
Congress
Bryan
White House
Union
Loeb
Senate adjourns after death of Florida senator
The Senate adjourned for the fifth time this session to honor the death of Senator William James Bryan of Florida. Senator Jay announced the death as Senator Taliaferro left Washington with the body for Jacksonville. In Tallahassee Governor Broward is absent and successor talks focus on Crane, Carson, and Jennings.
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Senate
William James Bryan
Florida
Jay
Georgia
Taliaferro
Jacksonville
Bryan
Tallahassee
Fla
Broward
James FE. Crane
A. Carson
B. Jennings
Federal and state court clashes over rail rate law act
The discussion centers on Minnesota and North Carolina cases where state rate laws were challenged as confiscatory and federal court orders clashed with state authority. It details Young and officers facing mandamus, habeas petitions, and injunctions, plus Justice Harlan's dissent on state sovereignty under the Eleventh Amendment.
Mail Thefts on Liners Paris Trial Reveals Robbery Ring
Paris March 23. The trial of two men named Rousseau and two others reveals a skilled gang stole and tried to negotiate checks and bonds from mail aboard the steamships La Savoie La Lorraine and Teutonic. Police have not yet caught the principal culprits. a man named Butless was seized in New York with 42000 in American securities linked to the heists.
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la Lorraine
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New York
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Young Will Pay His Fine In Full
Attorney General Young said he would pay his five hundred dollar fine in full after the Supreme Court decision. He argued the majority ruling overturns state immunity and could expose states to federal injunctions in railroad cases, potentially undermining state governments and indictments.
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Young
United States Supreme Court
Justice Harlan
Ambulance System Labled A Joke By Committee Member
Nathan Bijur told the Medical Society of the County of New York last night that the ambulance system in the city has been neglected. He urged a centralized bureau, city employees as drivers, designated ambulance stations by population, and transfers handled by a separate fleet for hospital transport.
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McClellan
Hospital M&nagement
Medical Society of the County of New York
Banished by Second Marriage in Yonkers Matrimony
Elmer B. Thomas son of late millionaire J. B. Thomas married Hannah Maria Blaney in Yonkers New York. The former Mrs Thomas divorced him last year and Massachusetts law bars remarriage or residence for two years in state.
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Tribune
Salem
Mass
Elmer B. Thomas
J. B. Thomas
Yonkers
N. Y
Hannah Maria Blaney
Peabody
Selecting Mail Carriers Uniforms by Post Officials
Postmaster Morgan presided as chief arbiter on spring and summer letter carrier uniforms with thirty-five delegates from branch stations. About six tailors submitted samples in various pieces and grades. thirty-two delegates chose suits satisfactory. Postmaster Moral approved the selections with no obligation for carriers to patronize any tailor.
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Moral
Wealthy man barred from entering own stable in Fiatbush
Anthony M. Kiers, a affluent Fiatbush resident, was ordered by the Board of Health not to enter his rear stable behind Klegg's home at No 2% Ocean Avenue. He was arrested yesterday and taken to Fiatbush avenue court for allegedly violating the order. Klegg, twice previously cited for sanitary code violations, claims he faces neighbor persecution as Magistrate Voorhees dismissed the case and ordered him to go home.
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Minnesota
Northern Pacific Railway Company
Ramsey County
Northern Pacific Company
Supreme Court of the United States
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Board of Health
Anthony M. Kiers
Fiatbush
Fiatbush Avenue
Klegg
Ocean Averas
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Voorhees
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