02 Jul 1910
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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1910
Page
1
Chester July 2 Mayor John son intervened during a hazers parade at Market Treat. He halted the march, ordered police to rescue the newlyweds, and warned no permits for any parade that demeans or disturbs married couples. The mayor pledged protection of brides and grooms as chief executive.
Boston reports widespread mill closures across the United States to curb production. About 100,000 operatives lose work as mills in Fall River Amoskeag Manchester N H and factories in North Carolina South Carolina and Georgia halt operations. New England mills shift to five day weeks with production curtailed.
July 2 report states juror Charles M Spare sues for damages claiming slander tied to comments by attorney Wayman. Spare alleges Wayman accused the jury of being fixed and of hanging the jury by influencing younger members amid bribery allegations against Lee O Neil Iroway.
Roosevelt indicates insurgent leaders plan to meet at Sagamore Hill as Governor Hughes faces pressure over direct primary legislation and related political moves. He refused to name visiting insurgents while noting ongoing efforts to influence state politics and the Cobb primary bill defeat.
John William Hallahan III a Philadelphia shoe merchant's son and attendee of the Pennsylvania bar association meeting was crushed to death at a Cape May hotel when the elevator started as he stepped off. His neck was broken and his body severely bruised.
Beatrice Elleworth aged fourteen and Mary Derossa aged eighteen, farmers' daughters, were drowned while bathing in Thunder Bay river near Alpena Michigan on July 2.
Southern Pacific admitted guilt on eighteen indictments by the federal government and was fined 18000. The charges allege the company and Pacific Mall offered lower rates than official schedules on shipments from Kobe Japan to points in the United States via San Francisco. The case outlines violations of transit pricing rules and misrepresented freight charges.
Bucharest July 2 Queen Carmen Sylva of Roumania wife of King Carol has an improving condition after a severe appendicitis attack doctors report she is less in pain. She is 67 years old and crowned in 1881 the year Roumania became a kingdom. The queen is also known as a poet and writer under the pen name Carmen Sylva.
The supreme court declared the two cent rate on Philadelphia and Reading railway unconstitutional, affirming a common pleas court ruling that the law violates Interstate Commerce provisions. Officials of the Reading Railway praised the decision as it ends a subsidy that cost $400,000 yearly on the Norristown branch and reduced fare revenue per rider by a half cent per mile.
A shell with the initials J M H and the date 1871 carved by John M. Hallett was found near Stroudsburg in Monroe County less than a mile from its capture site. The discovering niece, Miss Jenne Williams of Slateford, turned it over to her uncle, C L Hallett. Parachute accident in Muncie Indiana claims Ray Bradley death during a balloon ascent when the first parachute failed to open and the second did not deploy.
President Taft and Interstate Commerce Commission Chairman Knapp held a lengthy Beverly talk on applying the new rate law. The commission will suspend rates only with solid evidence and only when investigation warrants drastic action. They noted previous suspensions were refused without prima facie cause and pledged careful use of the brake on rate hikes.
A Georgetown council meeting on July 3 addressed a request to permit a speaker from Washington to address the public in the square. Despite initial opposition, several prominent citizens supported the event and the council secured the piazza for the talk. The speaker is due to arrive Sunday to deliver remarks in the town square.
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