Rate decisions expected Monday
Attorneys are perplexed by ongoing railroad rate cases as the U S Supreme Court adjourns for the term. States may retain authority to set intrastate rates even when affecting interstate commerce, potentially stimulating rate making and reductions by state commissions and legislatures nationwide.
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Washington
Missouri
United States Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Minnesota
Arkansas
Kentucky
Oregon
Justice Hughes
McReynolds
Interstate Commerce Commission
Congress
Cewt
Commission
Son and Father In Class Bloomington Law School
Wil Me Hickam of Spencer Indiana and his son Hubert Hickam will graduate together in the same law school class. The elder Hickam, a noted lawyer, studied in 1877 when the school closed, then completed his training privately and rose to prominence in Indiana legal circles. He petitioned the university board to resume his studies and was granted permission to finish.
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Bloomington
Ind
Wil- Me” Hickam
Spencer
Law School
Hubert Hickam
Hickam
Indiana Legal Gireles
The
Univer
andHicham
University
Prescot Committee Announces 6 Pan Arrival
The Prescot Committee says six pan will arrive at 5:20 to welcome them and invites attendees to be present.
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Pan
Envoys Start to Mexico Over Diaz Return Plan
A brother-in-law of Porfirio Diaz left Paris for Mexico to confer with the Huerta government on the ex-dictator's hoped return. Diaz reportedly would not engage in politics but may be swayed by peace wishes as a delegation claimed broad Mexican support for his reinstatement. Meanwhile in Nogales a dynamited troop train near Guaymas killed over 200 federal troops and left many wounded after mines detonated by insurgents.
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Paris
Porfirio Diaz
Mexico
Huerta
Madero
Diaz
Nogales
Ariz
Guaymas
Mine War Under Senatorial Quiz
West Virginia senate investigation into martial law actions reveals clashes between mine owners, union leaders, and state military authorities. Testimony from judge advocate general George S. Wallace and others highlights habeas corpus protections, civil rights, and alleged court-martial dismissals as miners recount arrests and releases amid a year of upheaval. Mother Jones recounts her own court-martial and speech denials to troops.
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Charleston
W. Va
Senate Committee On Education and Labor
George S. Wallace
The
National Board
Charles D. Elliot
Joseph S. Pratt
Charles S. Morgan
Sam L. Walk
Mother" Jones
Senate Committee
Swanson
West Virginia
Borah
Japan Drops One Point In Rejoinder On Land Law
Tokyo learns Japan will drop a direct challenge to the California alien land law and seek protest through its rejoinder to the American government. Officials favor arguing the law violates the treaty and may rely on the fourteenth amendment and contracts clause in future suits by Japanese individuals.
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Tokio
Japan
California
Viscount Chinda
Washington
Bryan
War Secretary probes powder trust ties in War Department
Secretary of War Garrison moves to uncover and remove any War Department employee linked to the powder trust. He noted Arms and the Man magazine, led by Gen. Drain, as a potential conduit for powder industry influence, with most ads from arms makers. He said jurisdiction is limited but vowed a thorough inquiry and dismissal if any official is found on the payroll.
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Washington
Garrison
Powder Trust
War Department
Arms
United States
Gen. Drain
New Jersey
National Rifle Association
Arms and
Powder and Arms
Regular Army
National Guards
Grand Vizier of Turkey Is Killed in Assassination
London dispatches report the assassination of Mahmud Shevket Pasha, grand vizier, and Ibrahim Bey, a companion, as they traveled to the Sublime Porte. The two, with servants, were attacked by a rival motorist in an automobile, bullets striking both men. Mahmud Shevket Pasha had risen to the post after the Young Turk revolution and Balkan armistice, aligning with the peace faction featured by Nazim Pasha earlier.
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London
Mahmud Shevket Pasha
Turkey
Sublime Porte
Constantinople
Ibraham Bey
Shevket Pasha
Porte
Enver Bey
Nazim Pasha
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