Legal bid to restrain New Haven from controlling Boston Maine
The United States sues the New York New Haven Hartford Railroad in Boston federal court alleging a Sherman Act violation. It seeks to prevent control over the Boston & Maine Railroad and to unwind a proposed merger linking rail and trolley lines, arguing a regional monopoly across New England.
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Boston
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Company
Boston & Maine Railroad
New Haven
United States Circuit Court
United States
Asa P. French
Charles J. Bonaparte
New Haven Road
Boston & Maine Road
New England
New Haven Company
Boston & Maine Railroad Company
The
Consolidated Railway Company
Providence Securities Company
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Connecticut
New York City
Union
Congress
Boston & Maine
New England Invesment and Security Company
New England Navigation Company
Poston & Maine Railroad
Washington
New York
Hartford Railroad Company
Boston & Albany Railroad
New Haven & Hartford Railroad
Massachusetts Supreme Court
Old Colony
Stonington
Housatonic Road
Brandeis Denies Acting for Harriman in Merger Fight
Boston attorney Louis D. Brandeis declares in an open letter that he is not acting for E. H. Harriman nor was he ever Harriman’s agent. He admits his law partner arranged proxies for Illinois Central for Sullivan & Cromwell, a firm his has represented for about fifteen years.
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Boston
Louis D. Brandeis
New Haven
Boston & Maine
E. H. Harriman
Harriman
Illinois Central
New York
Sullivan & Cromwell
Bloodstain Fatal Shock Claims Brooklyn Widow
Mrs. Kate Hardigan of 304 Webster Avenue Brooklyn died from shock after seeing blood from a small kitchen wound. Her sister Miss Rose Logomarsini, carrying a knife, accidentally stabbed her. Rose was arrested but paroled pending coroner and police investigation.
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Kate Hardigan
Webster Avenue
Brooklyn
Miss Rose Logomarsini
Miss Logomarsini
John E. Dusseldorf
Parkville
Rose Logomarsini
Coney Island
Dusseldorf
Scrivani
Higginbotham
Fight to Make North Carolina Day
North Carolina enters a historic prohibition election with a frenzied final week. Five thousand speakers campaign statewide amid church strife as preachers face pressure from congregations and some pulpits are abandoned.
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North Carolina
Tribune
Asheville
N. C
Taft Favored by Ide and Seligman in Election Talk
George E. Ide of Home Life Insurance praises Taft as a careful conservative leader ideal for restoring order and stability in a chaotic era. Isaac N. Seligman agrees Taft offers legal experience and broad public knowledge, noting his Panama Puerto Rico and Philippines missions and potential Supreme Court vacancies.
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George E. Ide
The
Home Life Insurance Company
Taft
Ide
Yale
Isaac N. Seligman
Panama
Porto Rico
Philippines
Supreme Court
Republican Party
Thinksaft Aids Business Says Eugene Zimmerman
Eugene Zimmerman of Cincinnati arriving on the Lusitania reports that Roosevelt policies hurt foreign holders of American securities. He expects conditions to improve with Taft’s nomination and notes better English and Irish financial performance. He adds Home Rule gains more from advocates than from the Irish masses.
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Eugene Zimmerman
Cincinnati
England
Duchess of Manchester
Lusitania
Roosevelt
Zimmerman
Taft
United States
Ireland
Shaw Sees Optimism Amid Political Power Trends
Chicago May 22 Leslie M Shaw told the National Electric Light Association convention that politics leans toward bossism. He warned of an ambitious executive gaining power to fix rates grant franchises and extend tenure, urging protest against demagogic rule while advocating cautious progress.
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Chicago
Leslie M. Shaw
National Electric Light Association
Yveopiec
Globe
United States
Executive Department
U S Diplomacy Eases Tensions Ahead of Tokyo Exposition
In Tokyo on May 22 reports praise the American Congress for funding U S representation at the Tokyo Exposition and for signing the trademark convention. Japanese editorials credit direct diplomacy with dispelling distrust and easing strains. Rear Admiral Hemphill and the U S squadron receive courtesies as they remain in Japanese waters through June 3 to join Memorial Day events in Yokohama.
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Tokio
American Congress
United States
Japan
Hemphill
Yokohama
Extra Session Called At Manila Toal Deliberations Continue
Manila May 22 The Philippine Assembly faces a one month extended session as the regular adjournment nears with work unfinished. Governor General Smith calls the extra session while radicals push for immediate independence but conservatives led by President Osmena thwarted the move. The education chief vetoes a dialect teaching bill, substituting a study institution. Assembly member Manuel Quescon is named delegate to the St Petersburg navigation congress, sailing tomorrow with secretary Theodore Rogers.
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Manila
Philippine Assembly
Smith
Osmena
Philippine Commissioner of Education
Manuel Quescon
St. Petersburg
Theodore Rogers
Liberal gains in Scotland by by election victory
London reports Stirling Scotland by election returning Arthur Ponsoby Liberal who served as Sir Henry Campbell Bannerman secretary with a large majority of 1361. The result suggests Scotland remains favorable to Liberals as licensing and education bills do not affect the region.
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London
Stirling
Scotland
Henry Campbell-Bannerman
Arthur Ponsoby
Henry
Pacification of Corea Report Cites Groundless Slaughter Claims
Seoul reports officials found wholesale slaughter of Coreans by insurgents to be groundless. Japanese reinforcements guard peaceful Coreans as engagements occur in Osyela, Hang Yong, and Kyong-Syong Provinces with Japanese losses and insurgent casualties recorded. China and Russia pledge strict border precautions. The Corean government continues seizing a vernacular Seoul newspaper for sedition.
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Seoul
Corea
Osyela
Hang-Yong
Kyong-Syong
Mulai Hafig Gains Ground in Moroccan Crisis
Paris reports Mulai Hafig the usurping sultan nears Fez prompting France to weigh recognizing him as legitimate. Abd el Aziz’s position weakens as his forces retake Safi and a Mequinez entry by Hafig draws cheers while a German courier traverses the Rabat road amid danger.
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Paris
Fez
Mulai Hafig
Morocco
France
Abd-el-Aziz
Safii
Bagdani
Mulai Hafiq
Algeciras
Empire
Mequinez
Rabat
Girl Stowaway Arrested Aboard Torpedo Boat Hopkins
A young woman claiming to be Olga Isile of Los Angeles was arrested in Vallejo with torpedo boat sailors. She admits boarding as a stowaway at San Pedro aboard the Hopkins. A seaman offered marriage on his next pay day, but she remains confined.
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Vallejo
Cal
Olga Isile
Los Angeles
San Pedro
Hopkins
Conners Talks with Murphy on Denver Delegates Plan
William J. Conners chairman of the Democratic State Committee met with Charles F. Murphy and Daniel F. Cohalan at the Democratic Club to discuss New York delegates for the Denver convention. The effort aimed to keep Kings County politics stable while McLean’s reform steps were bluff.
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New York
Denver
William J. Conners
Democratic State Committee
Democratic Club
Charles F. Murphy
Daniel F. Cohalan
Conners
Knickerbocker
Waldorf
Murphy
Arthur A. McLean
Kings
McCarren
McLean
McClellan
Brooklyn
Francis denies Bryanite Vice Presidential push
David R. Francis says the Bryanites have not discussed a vice-presidential nomination with him. He adds he is not a candidate and would not answer about acceptance since no nomination has been offered or discussed.
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The
Tribune
St. Louis
David R. Francis
Conference on Steamship Traffic in London
London representatives from British and Continental transatlantic lines reunite to prepare for a May 29 conference. They will address minor steerage rate issues and unresolved items from earlier meetings, including differences among German Italian lines and Mediterranean rates. No change is anticipated to North Atlantic rates.
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London
Hayti Sees Expected Period of Peace
Port au Prince May 22 refugees at foreign consulates may depart Hayti unmolested. Officials foresee that the government notice barring asylum at legations or consulates will harder revolutions in Hayti by reducing safe havens for offenders.
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Port-au-Prince
Hayti
Duel Fight Erupts in Portuguese Chamber Lobby
In Lisbon on May 22 former Finance Minister Martinez Carvalho and Republican leader Alfonso Costa clashed in the chamber lobby. They exchanged blows and struggled for several minutes before deputies intervened. Costa also clashed with editor Chagas of Diario Illustrado later in the lobby.
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Lisbon
Martinez Carvalho
Finance
Alfonso Costa
Chamber of Deputies
Costa
Chamber
Senhor Costa
Senhor Chagas
Diario Llustrado
Donetz Railway Financed By Five French Banks
In St. Petersburg on May 22 the Council of the Empire granted a concession for a 560 mile Donetz region railway. The $40.5 million line carries 4 percent bonds backed by the state and listed on the Paris Bourse. The syndicate of five French banks owns the concession, the first guaranteed private railroad in Russia since 1884, aiming to attract foreign capital including American investment.
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St. Petersburg
Council of the Empire
Donetz
Paris
Russia
France
Sugar Refinery Blast Kills Two In Paris
An explosion in the grinding room at Say sugar refinery near Orléans station killed two workers and injured forty two. The seven story building shattered windows over blocks and fire followed as 2,400 employees, many women, fled in panic. Firemen doused the blaze. sugar dust ignition likely sparked by a dynamo. Loss estimated at $100,000.
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Paris
Say
Orléans
Rue Dunois
Cossacks Clash With Digomi Peasants in Terrorism Sweep
In Digomi a church festival gathering led to a clash as Cossacks attempted to arrest two suspected terrorists. Shots killed one Cossack and left nine villagers wounded or dead.
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Tiflis
Digomi
Manuscript Gospels Sold at Auction in New York
A twelfth century Greek Gospel manuscript, claimed as the only one offered at public sale in America, sold for 1175 dollars to Count Cantuti Castelveltro of Florence at the Lowe library sale in Anderson auction rooms. Other notable items included Hawthorne and Dickens first editions, a full Eliot set, Keats poems from Kelmscott Press, and Shelley works, with the three-session total around 11000 dollars.
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America
Cantuti Castelveltro
Florence
Lowe Library
Anderson Auction Rooms
West 29Th Street
Thessalia
Christ
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Fanshawe
Boston
Charles Dickens
James Rae
George Eliot
John Keats
Kelmscott Press
Endymion
Percy B. Shelley
Rossland
Helen
Shelley
James William Wallack
Izaak Walton
Charles Cotton
Robert Venable
Westmacott
Rowlandson and Cruikshank
Excitement in Kings Courthouse Ends with Arrest of Builder
Yesterday morning a construction contractor Edward Leber of 24 Glenmore avenue was arrested in the Kings County Courthouse corridor. General Robert Avery and lawyer Leopold Brant accompanied him to Adams street police court. Avery says Leber threatened to kill him, a claim Leber denies. He was released in bail.
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Kings County
Adams Street
Robert Avery
Leopold Brant
Brooklyn
Edward Leber
Glenmore Avenue
Avery
Leber
Bryan urges emergency currency and secure deposits in Chicago
William J. Bryan told the Bankers' Club of Chicago that emergency currency should be issued by the federal government and loaned to banks, with state and national banks on equal footing. He warned that without absolute deposit security, the public will demand a government bank and urged overhauling the current system to curb gambling temptations and protect fifteen million depositors.
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Chicago
William J. Bryan
Bankers’ Club of
Bryam
Bank of England
Bryan
Congress
Government Savings Bank
General Reyes Back in Bogota Reopens Presidency After Coast Trip
General Carlos M. Sarria, Colombia’s consul general, reports Reyes has returned to the capital and resumed the presidency after a coast visit. Angulo remains in charge briefly. Urrutia is reappointed Foreign Minister. Angulo resigns as Finance Minister due to ill health, Camillo Torres Elicechea named to succeed him and to act as president when Reyes is away. A separate dispatch notes Santa Marta’s hurricane damaged only the pier, which is under reconstruction.
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Carlos M. Sarria
Colombia
Bogota
Reyes
General Angulo
Sefior Urrutia
Angulo
Camillo Torres Elicechea
Elicechea
Republic
General Reyes
Sarria
Santa Marta
Twenty Peasants Hanged in Kherson Disorder
Twenty peasants involved in recent disorders in the Ekaterinoslav district were hanged in Kherson. They belonged to an association aiming to drive out landed proprietors by burning estates. The executions seek to stamp out agrarian outrages. flogging and short prison terms were the common penalties in earlier disturbances.
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Kherson
Exkaterinosiay
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