Railroads Report Big Drop in Freight Cars Moved
Philadelphia reports a sharp fall in freight car movements on eastern lines after the financial flurry. January showed about 60 000 fewer cars moved than a year earlier, with December also down, reflecting curtailed railroad business and expenses. Dispatches from Chicago note continued slowdowns.
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Railroads face massive idle car fleet amid economic slump
About 45 900 cars idle on five western trunk lines with many more unused on other routes. Officials warn rolling stock deteriorates in storage as weather worsens earnings per car, risking trillions in depreciation and long recovery before cars regain earning value. They see a gradual business revival as confidence returns nationwide.
Fire devastates mill district in Portland Maine
A blaze destroyed the brick block housing Milliken, Cousens & Company and A. F. Cav & Son in Portland's wholesale district. About a dozen business houses suspended operations as police kept fire lines to prevent wall collapses and danger to nearby structures.
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Erdman law struck down by Supreme Court on unions
Washington January 8 The Supreme Court sustains an employer right to discharge workers challenging Erdman law which barred interstate carriers from firing or discriminating against employees for union membership. The court holds the law beyond Congress power infringing contract liberty. Justice Harlan says quitting is like being fired. Justices McKenna and Holmes present. Moody did not participate.
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THREE SCHOOLBOYS DROWN IN FROZEN POND NEAR WILKES BARRE
Five boys aged nine to thirteen slid on a northern Wilkes-Barre pond and broke through two-inch ice into twelve feet of water. Three drowned John Swainson Philly Jager and John Shallock, two were rescued after a brutal struggle. A lace mill worker who saw the break alerted others and one rescuer saved his own son at great risk.
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Philly Jager
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No Place For Dreamers. St Louis Lawyer Poet Journalist Dies
Louis D. Good, a 36 year veteran lawyer, poet and journalist, died by self inflicted poison. Last July he attempted suicide by cutting his throat, saying the world has places only for men of action and not dreamers.
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Thaw Defense Closes Case in Sanity Debate Over White Killing
New York January 28 with manic depressive insanity as the defense explanation for the Stanford White murder Thaw case moves toward jury verdict. District Attorney Jerome will seek testimony from disbarred lawyer Abraham Hummel and Justice Dowling may travel to Blackwell Island if needed. Three alienists testified Thaw lacked understanding of his act while others recalled a clear recollection of rooftop events. The judge seeks precise definitions of manic depressive and whether it predicts future violence.
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Rebate Case Dismissed Against Camden Iron Works
The Camden Iron Works rebate conviction and $3059 fine from September 1205 was dismissed by Judge Dallas in the United States appellate court. The ruling cites no published law or rate on file with the Interstate Commerce Commission, thus negating any rebating guilt. Drops Dead After Singing Hymn at Eden Methodist Church. Philadelphia. Jan 28. Robert Adams, 74, died instantly after singing a hymn with his class. he pitched forward and collapsed.
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