Regulate the Roads Mann Has a Measure for Interstate Commerce
The House opened with Representative Mann of Wisconsin introducing a sweeping interstate commerce bill. It would create a Bureau of Transportation within the Department of Commerce and Labor to hear shipper complaints against railroads, with government prosecution possible, and would overhaul haul, rate, and classification rules while limiting railroad financing and ownership. A separate ship subsidy bill by Representative Humphrey proposes higher mail pay for U.S. ships, higher ocean taxes, and admittance of foreign-flag ships in U.S. register.
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Had Husbands to Burn
The coroner in Indianapolis on January 4 heard Mrs. Carl Koch whose husband, the city pound master, was found dead in bed a week earlier from alleged accidental asphyxiation. She had his body cremated. The coroner learned her first husband Baxter was shot to death in Canton, Illinois after quarrels with Mrs. Koch and that she said he accidentally shot himself.
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Associated Press
Indianapolis
Ind
Carl Koch
Elfy Pound
Koch
K.och
Notorious Bandit Shot by Police in Chicago
Chicago police killed Dan Anderson alias John Borden Texas Kentucky Colonel suspected in the Norwood Park postoffice robbery. A house siege ended with Anderson shot as he attempted escape. Three letters to James Aiton signed by Doris Whitney found. Annie A Mervill wife of Gilson arrested but silent. Anderson has a long criminal record back to 1903 and had Iowa prison time.
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Chicago
Lan Anderson
John Borden
Texas
Borden
Kentucky
Otto Dison
Norwood Park
James A. Aton
Doris Whitney
South Second Avenue
Minneapolis
Anderson
Annie A Mervill
Gilson
Marion C. Hedgepeth
Harry Featherstone
Iowa State
May strike higher up in sugar fraud case
New York Jan 4 Investigation by the federal fraud jury into sugar underweighing frauds continues. Indictments of prominent persons may follow as rumors of confessions spread. Five American Sugar Refining employees were convicted of conspiracy to defraud and others in the industry are said to be ready to testify. The grand jury may also examine the alleged paper combine linked to the Manila and Fire Pool dissolution.
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Associated Press
New York
Ruymors
American Sugar Refining Company
Manila and Fire Pool
Brown Says Rail Bill Won't Burden Investors or Railways
New York reports W C Brown president of the New York Central lines asserts the forthcoming railway bill will not alarm investors nor hinder railways seeking to operate in a straightforward manner. He was among six railway presidents who met with President Taft on interstate commerce legislation amid fears of government control.
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New York
Alaun
W. C. Brown
New
York Central
Brown
Pr Dent Taft
Two Men Identified in Kansas City Assault Trial
In a Kansas City, Missouri court Mrs. W. St. Jackson, violinist, testified that George Reynolds and John Williams, among five prisoners, assaulted her on December 23. She identified the men with forceful emphasis, then fainted briefly during the testimony, and the case was expected to go to the jury that afternoon.
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Associated Press
Kansas
City
George Reynolds
John. Williams
Four Die From Canned Pears Poisoning in Sawtell
Four persons are dead and six seriously ill in Sawtell after eating canned pears reportedly sent by Mrs. OD G Valdex. Police seized part of the contents and investigate a ptomaine poisoning case.
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Associated Press
Sawtell
Colif
OD. G. Valdex
Valde
Damage to coal hoist at Kamiowhs Fuel Co plant
Fire in Milwaukee damaged the Kamiowhs Fuel company coal hoisting tower on Ganal Street early this morning. The loss is valued at about 15014 dollars, with part covered by insurance.
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Northwestern
Milwaukee
Wis
Kamiowhs Fuel Company
Ganal Street
Notables Have Landed In Santo Domingo
Associated Press dispatch from Santo Domingo reports Mayflower with Secretary of War Dickinson Brig. Gen. Clarence H. L. Ward and party arriving after a Porto Rico visit. Political situation in Santo Domingo described as quiet.
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Associated Press
Santo Domingo
United States
Mayflower
Jacob M. Dickinson
Clarence HL
Porto Rico
Brewer Kill Self Despondent Over Job Loss in Alabama
Frank Pabst, former head of a Montgomery brewer plant, committed suicide by shooting today. Despondent over losing his job due to prohibition laws, he had recently been living in Chicago. Associated Press report from Montgomery dated January 4.
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Montgomery
Ala
Frank Pabst
Chicago
Ashland Death By Own Action Reported
Special to The Northwestern from Ashland reports Akers an Ilmes Agent killed himself with a revolver last night. Milwaukee Wiston 1A News special notes the self inflicted shooting in Ashland.
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Ashland
Akers
Ilmes
Stage to the Chinese Theater Murder in New York
A chaotic account from January details a fatal shooting during a Chinese theater incident in New York City. Police investigated a violent murder tied to a play, with Ah Hoon shot in front of witnesses and accomplices charged in the aftermath.
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City of New York
Governor Willson calls for restoring executive appointments
Governor Willson in a Frankfort message to the Kentucky legislature urges restoring full appointive power to the executive, criticizes legislative reductions, and asks for a new accounting system. He also advocates prompt redistricting into senatorial and representative districts and supports uniform local option laws with the county as the governing unit.
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Associated’ Press
Frankfort
Augustus B. Willson
Kentucky
Executive Department
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Willson
Prisoners Released After Contempt Sentence in Lynch Case
Washington January 20 U S jail inmates Jereamiaty Gibaon Henry Padgett and William Moyse of Chattanooga Tenn freed from sixty day contempt sentences for failing to prevent Ed Johnson lynching in Chattanooga. Probation shortened ten days for good behavior as they leave to return to Tennessee. Former Sheriff Shipp Luther Williams and Nick Nolan remain jailed to be released January 2.
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Washington
Deaving
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Jereamiaty Gibaon
Tienry Padgett
William Moyse
Chattanooga
Tenn
Ed Johnson
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Shipa
Luther Wiliams
Nick Nolan
Tennessee
Sheriff Shipp
Cotton Trade Discussion Opens in CharinIe North Carolina
Associated Press report from CharinIe North Carolina notes a January meeting of southern cotton yarn manufacturers and commission men to address the high raw cotton prices. The gathering draws more than a dozen manufacturers and traders seeking unified action to ease the market situation.
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Associated Press
Charinie
N. C
Investigation begins as grand jury to probe Rockefeller links
District Attorney Whitman says the inquiry will open Monday with a grand jury. He will examine several persons and prepare witnesses to testify on alleged wholesale traffic and related allegations that have attracted recent public attention.
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Rockefeller
Mountinin
Whitman
Feverish Market Tones Waft Through Prices
Associated Press reports a feverish, unsettled New York market on January 4 with call loan rates fluctuating from nine percent down to six and a half percent. Demand came mainly from up town banks and private corporations, while out of town lenders from Boston, Philadelphia and Chicago extended funding. By late afternoon the market showed varied rates around six to nine percent as investors weighed the shifting conditions.
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Boston
Philadelphia
Chicago
Wall Streets
Severut
Plan State Campaign for Prohibition Debate in Indiana
Associated Press report from Indianapolis outlines trustees of the antisaloon league discussing a possible campaign to seek a constitutional amendment for statewide prohibition. E. Shamaker notes county option actions limit further saloon closures and some trustees favor a direct appeal to the people for a prelibitory amendment.
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Associated Pros
Indianapolis
Ind
Indiana
New Norwegian Old People's Home Destroyed by Fire
Chicago January reports a new Norwegian Old People's Home, to be occupied January 15, destroyed by fire. Loss valued at 65,000 pounds. Sixty three elderly inmates were moved to safety as panic flared fearing spread to the adjoining old building. Prominent Norwegians nationwide had planned elaborate opening ceremonies.
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Chicago
Vik
Jan
Insurgent Republicans face party discipline in Congress
Washington reports say administration plans to withhold patronage from insurgent Republicans and oppose their renomination. Several thousand dollars already spent to back rival candidates in at least one district. A Nebraska member notes intensified efforts against him, with the national committee ready to oppose insurgents at the polls.
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Associated Press
Washington
Republiccan
House
Republica
Minnesota
Nebraska
National Congressional
Flo
Congress
Akron tragedy ends in self murder after boarding house murder
In Akron Q the suspect Charles Sehmidt allegedly killed Mrs Teresh Rarnhart whom he boarded with and then returned to the Garntort home where he killed himself. This violent sequence marks a dramatic conclusion to the case as reported by Associated Press.
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Associated Press
Akron
Charles Sehmidt
Mike Jordan
Teresh Rarnhart
Bingelfd
Garntort
Protest to the last ends in execution of accused killer
West Chester Pennsylvania January 4 Associated Press reports Jan Choguo ski pylander hanged for murder of Harry James and wife found dead with skulls crushed. Choquoski a former James farm employee left after a dispute. Convicted on circumstantial evidence and through state courts and board of pardons. He spoke by long distance to sister in Chester denying guilt and urging belief as he prepared for death.
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West Chester
Jan Choguoski
Pylander
Harry James
Choquoski
James Farm
Aml
Board
No Agreement Reached in Switchmen Strike Mediation Efforts
Negotiations stagnate as mediators seek details from both northern railways and striking switchmen and conductors. Officials report mixed progress, with weather hampering freight movements while workers say only essential freight and passengers are moving.
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Fragmentary Testimony From Office Incident
A fragment from Northwestern Milwaukee testimony details a clerk describing the night office scene. The witness discusses a disrupted entry, rumors of a lack of arrival, and a pattern of “friendly” relations with a spouse amid the investigation.
Court reverses ruling in hours of service case against railway
The United States appeals court reverses a lower court judgment against Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe Railway in a hours of service dispute. The panel remands for a new trial after finding the lower court misapplied the act regarding telegraph operators on duty.
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Circuit Court F of Appeals
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Atchison
Topeka
Edwis W. Sins
Detroit to patrol streets with 160 plainclothes cops
Police Commissioner Croul orders 160 plain clothes officers to patrol the city nightly in response to a string of crimes. The move follows the murder of a little girl on Fones street and the killing of William Keller after a dispute with his wife, with numerous attempted assaults on women cited as causes for the intensified patrols.
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Mich
Fones Street
Wiliam Keller
Croul
Cay
Sanity in doubt in Ashland arrest case
Doctors disagree on Rev August Lotz sanity after arrest for assaulting Rev Gustave Bloede and attempting to shoot him. Bloede named pastor to succeed Lotz, who refused to surrender the charge.
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Nortwestern
Milwaukee
Wis
Ashland
August
Lotz
Gustave AL Bloede
Air
Bloede
Six Die In Wreck Near Gretna Bridgers Line
Six men die and five injured in a wreck between a Milwaukee work train and an extra freight between Gretna and Brusco r early today. Aberdeen South Dakota dispatch reports three workers killed and others injured as wreckage blocks the line.
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Associated Press
Aberdeen
Milwaukee
Gretna
Bruscor
Ated
Apt
Flight proves fatal Delagrange dies in Bordeaux ascent
A French aviator, Delagrange, perished during a Bordeaux ascent attempt aboard a monoplane. The crash ended his bid to surpass Farnan’s speed and distance records, as witnesses reported the wreckage and the tragic incident after the lift.
Raid at McKeller Street Boarding House Shocks Community
A damaged OCR snippet mentions a raid at a boarding house on McKeller Street involving multiple assailants and a chilling reference to cold weather. No clear names, dates, or outcomes are readable.
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McKeller
Prinzess Irene Steamer Loses Rudder En Route to Bremen
Officials report the Prinzess Irene, a North German Lloyd liner, lost her rudder but continues voyage to Bremen. The wireless message says all on board are well after sailing from New York on December 20.
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Associated. Press
New York
Lloyd
Pany
Prinzess Irene
Bréme
Political Crisis Passes as Diplomats Face Age Limit Law
Athens reports a political crisis relief after government promises a law to set age limits for diplomats. The move addresses demands by the military league affecting ministers abroad in Paris Berlin Vienna and Rome, with potential early recalls eased by the policy.
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Associated. Press
Athens
Criz
Military League
Paris
Berlin
Vienna
Tome
Preacher to Prison for Counterfeiting Sentenced
Chicago January 4 The United States circuit court affirmed the judgment sentencing James R. Kaye a former minister and late editor of a religious paper in Gale Park to two years in Fort Leavenworth federal prison.
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Chicago
James “R- Kaye
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Gale Park
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Fort Leavenworth
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