Defeat for Oil Trust Overruled by Judge Landis in Indictments
In Chicago a federal court ruling by Judge Landis overruled the demurrer to two indictments against Standard Oil and sustained others due to technical defects. The case centers on alleged violations of the Elkins Act of 1906 involving transportation rates and published schedules. The decision discusses whether rates and published pages applied to shipments beyond a carrier’s line and whether the 1906 rate law superseded the Elkins Act. The judge notes the law’s repeal and cautions that prosecutions must follow current statutes while explaining the impact on penalties and future actions.
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Lekatex
Elkins
Associated Bross
Chicago
Lil
Landis
United States District Court
Joe Guy
Standard OU Company
Eizhe
Laou
Roul
Consis
Standard Mt Cous
Chitagi
Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway Company
Standard OM Company
Standard OW Company
United States
Congress
Pacar
Econgressas
Court Construes Federal Railway Rate Statute and Penalties
Judge Landis cites congressional will to establish uniform railway rates and severe penalties. The ruling clarifies repeal effects on prior offenses and saves only procedural guidance, as eight indictments survive while two are dismissed on technical grounds.
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Landis
Congress
Varius
Michigan Legislature Deliberates Warmer on Warner Inquiry
Lansing leaders show no rush to probe campaign rumors linking Arthur Iii of Saginaw. Governor Warner, ill, urges a legislative committee to investigate fuel shortages, rail and public utility issues, and broader reforms including banking supervision and prison industry plans.
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Mich
Todiay
United States
Warner Fit Ins
Arthur Ili
Saginaw
Warner
Russell
Aeiond Mess.ee
Upper Peninsula
Lower Peninsula
Qnivete
Juksoan
Michigan
National Mare Fund
Coincidence in Death in Milwaukee Clerks
Bedward J. Newschwander bookkeeper for The Advocate, oldest paper in the region, collapsed on Shawano avenue after leaving a Baptist church prayer meeting. He died at a nearby home, long afflicted by heart trouble. At the same hour, his wife died on January 6 nearby, also returning from a prayer meeting.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Green Lay Pays
Bedward J. Newschwander
The
Advocate
Shawano Avenue
Borst Baptist Church
Negro sought for Fort Benn shooting case
Topeka officials hunt a black man believed to know the identity of the assailant who shot Captain Edgar A. Macklin at his Fort Benn home. The suspect was questioned by District Attorney Bone before release and is now being sought in the west, authorities say.
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Rv Associated Press
Topeka
Kan
Company Co
Twenty-ffth Infantry
Edgar A. Macklin
Fort Benn
Cuda
Bone
Convine
Trains Collide Near Brule During Blinding Storm
In a fatal crash last night at Brule station the Union Pacific Overland Limited and the Los Angeles Limited collided. Actor E W Hastings of New York was killed instantly. Mail Clerk Gilbert Worrey of Omaha fractured skull and passenger Jennings was scalded. Twenty five to thirty people were aboard the observation car.
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Associated Press
Omaha
Med
Union Pacific Overland
Los Angeles Limited
Brule Station
North Platte
Los Angeles
E. W. Hastings
New York
Gilbert Worrey
Jennings
Gompers Cable Cheer For City Trial Team
In Chicago on January 3 President hea and co defendants greeted a cable from Samuel Gompers AFL president in Havana promising to try to attend the trial. It was believed he would not be able to come.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Hea
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Havana
Gompers
Persian constitutional signoff disputed amid royal illness
Reports from Teheran state the Shah and the Vallhad signed the constitution amid doubts about the monarchs health and legitimacy. Observers note the Shah’s weak condition may prevent a formal affixation, while the Vallihad appears to have agreed to the process as a provisional step. The assembly watched for the signed charter at the Medaelis building as updates circulated.
Political Reform Proposals From Governors Folk and Sheldon
Governor Folk of Missouri urges penalties on railway bosses and stockholding rules to curb overcapitalization and rebates, calls for public ownership of utilities in towns, tighter holding company controls, and an anti bribery witness plan. Lincoln Governor Sheldon pushes lobby ban and anti rail pass law, while Mickey backs pure food, town expo funding, direct primary, child labor, and lower freight rates in Nebraska.
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Associated Press
Jefferson City
Folk
Carder
Eneh
General Assembly
Ife
Pveernor
Lincoln
Neb
Sheldon
State House
Mickey
Nebraska
New Dirland law Promulgated by President in Paris
Paris reports the Dirland act amending the church separation law of 1966 was issued and promulgated by President Fallieres Slane on January 8. The measure clarifies state church relations and enforcement provisions under the separation framework.
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Fallieres Slane
Aggociated Press
Paris
Promulgat
Guilty of Perjury in Local Divorce Case
A defendant identified as a Black man was found guilty of perjury by a Pittsburg jury after testimony in the Ehaertfe divorce trial. Sentence not yet imposed. This marks the second perjury conviction in the case, the first involving a former Black counsel who received six years in the penitentiary.
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Associated Press
Pittsburg
Wiliam B
de Costa
Negra Tafign
Ehaertfe
Abford Lace
Die Tins
Relinquished leadership at Hotel Kasson Neenah Wis
Special to The Northeastern reports William Kasson will vacate management of Hotel Kasson in Neenah on January 39. George McCanna will assume control. McCanna collaborated with Chris Peterson on prior enterprise and should succeed. Community notes include sewer petition on Uaetter Street and water works report. Local obituaries note John Wm. of Clayton dies at fifty. Mrs William Miller of Billings Mount arrives for funeral in Neenah. Mrs FE Worden dies. Eleanor Peterson shows improvement. Nee nah paper mill halts for shaft repair.
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Wis
Dee. S
Northwestern
William Kasson
Kasson
George McCanna
McCanna
Chris Peterson
Oac
Bux Clver
Uaetter
Janhn Wmm
Clayton
Ia. Wabronkrog
Missou Emarw
Berth
Cyriver
Hila
Rim
Oshkosh
Fred
Gus
John
Chiylon
William Miller
Billings Mount
Graff
Meniaha
Mia
Ben Schneider
Emine Miller
Joseph
Alex
Pirlings
FM Walters
Ahushini
FE. Worden
Howard
Ladycratth
Nexpond
Alex McGregor
Ernest Werner
Appleton
Charles Jagersem
Henry Hiertl
Z. IF. Wieckert
Underhill
Seven Years in Waupun Sentenced for Manslaughter
Otto Preufert, recently convicted of manslaughter in the first degree, was sentenced by Judge Dick this morning to seven years' imprisonment at Waupun, the maximum penalty under the verdict. The crime involved the killing of his aged father-in-law Frederick Hookstad on a farm in Mukwonago town.
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Milwaukee
Wise
Waukesha
Otto Preutert
Waupun
Preufert
Frederick Hookstad
Eo Farm
Mukwonagolaat
Nebraska House Adopts Resolution Against Lobbyists
Lincoln Jan 3 In the Nebraska house of representatives Representative Whitham offered a resolution stating that if any lobbyist is seen on the floor during session the sergeant at arms is intended to eject him by force. The measure was adopted.
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Associated Press
T Lincoln
Neb
Nebraska House of Representatives
Whitham
House
Pepaion
Assassination at Petersburg Institute Shocked Officials
Reports from Watersburg state General Von der Lavunite was shot at the Institute of Experimental Medicine during a consecration ceremony. The assassin mingled with officials, drew a revolver, and killed him in two minutes before being killed by police. An attempted attack on Dr Jubrovnik preceded the strike, signs point to a revolutionary league.
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von der Tavanka
SA Petersburg
Jou
von der Laynite
Peter Alexandrovitch
Oldenburg
Gmsperm
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Rally
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Wiskoveniat
Tambov
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Orginization
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von der Launits
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Tragic Alma Collision Claims Thirty Dead Thirty Five Mexicans
Officials in Alma Kansas report thirty killed and about thirty five Mexicans among the injured after the Saturday railway crash. A coroner jury opens testimony with telegraph operator John Lynns cited as key witness as charred remains are prepared for viewing.
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Topeka
Kas
Jin
Rock Island
Alma
Julius Burme
Davenport
William T. Miller
Kansas
Albert Kline
Frank Sayre
New London
W. H. Gagood
Mitchell
Mitchellville
Almo
John Lynns
Harriman Coalition Inquiry Began With New York Beats Begin
Chatr eman Knapp and Commissioner Lane of the interstate commerce commission with Assistant Secretary Decker left Washington for New York to start an inquiry into the Harriman railway system coalition. The hearings will continue in New York and Chicago thereafter.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Chatreman-Knapp
Lane
Interstate Commerce Commission
Decker
Commission
New York
Harriman Railway System
Chicago
Train wreck kills two near Con Spar station
A 3 A wreelk accident on the Northern Pacific twenty five miles west of Livingston Montana killed locomotive engineer Cucugo and freight conductor J M Stowris. The runaway wreck occurred in a caboose of an east bound train as crews battled wreckage and injuries.
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Livingston, Mant
Jen
Con Spar
Paciflc
Here
Witel Dass Cucugo
J. MM. Stowris
Mie Gees
Oxia
Jury Begins Inquiry In Walsh Bank Case
A special federal grand jury opened today in Chicago to probe the links between John R A Walsh former president of the Chicago National Bank and the bank s future. The inquiry seeks to determine possible financial misconduct or influence on the bank s fate.
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Associated Press
Chicago
John RA. Walsh
Chicago National Bank
Weather Summary for Wisconsin Promises Colder Night
Forecast indicates fair but colder conditions across Wisconsin tonight with a cold wave expected. Observations show cloudy skies around 1 pm with temperatures near 30 to 35 degrees and a slight drop by Thursday morning. No sharp changes in barometric pressure noted from Wednesday evening to early Thursday.
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Inkes
Senate Resumes Session On Brownsville Negro Troops Inquiry
The Senate opened after holidays with public interest high. Senator Culberson of Texas urged inquiry into the Brownsville incident and the discharge of negro troops, arguing presidential authority and articles of war cover the case. Foraker defended Captain McDonald and the president's action, while Congress began a separate rail wreck investigation proposal with a five member committee and $20,000 appropriation.
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Brownsville
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Kent
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California
J. N. Clllett
Charles G. Washburn
Massachusetts
Rockwood
Morrell
Pennsylvania
Congress
Amd
Interstate Commercce Commission
Death of John McConnell Oil Operator Dies at Home
John McConnell a prominent oil operator in the district died suddenly last night from asthma at his home in Springfield aged sixty nine. The death was reported by Associated Press and noted at Springfield.
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McConnell
Prickland
Eld
Jil
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