Wilson Seeks New Rules to curb trusts and regulate railroads
President Wilson presents a plan to Congress proposing strong measures against private monopoly. He calls for laws to prohibit interlocking directorates and to empower the Interstate Commerce Commission to supervise railroad finances, aiming to separate production from transportation and clarify antitrust definitions.
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Interstate Trade Commission
Illinois News Briefs Chronicle Local Crime and Developments
A Chicago area underground river threat delays rail line near Pekin as crews shore up grade. In Litchfield a safe blow yielded $90 in light coin and stamps. postmaster Ira Batty suspects a well dressed stranger. Across towns, fires claim Miss Mary Malloy, another resident dies. Judge Hooper upholds salary act. August Ward killed in St. Louis tipple fall. Roger C. Sullivan declares US Senate bid.
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Litchfield
McVey
United States
William H. Behrens
Samuel Fairchild
Springfield
Ira Batty
Pekin
Chicago & Northwestern Railway
Bartonville
Girard
Mary Malloy
Patrick Malloy
Morrisonville
St. Francis’ Hospital
Malloy
Samuel E. Elder
Abraham Lincoln
Oak Ridge
Elder
Metamora
C. EH. Causey
T. A. Causey
Mr. Causey
Pana—August Ward
St. Louis
Watseka
Hooper
J. W. Kern
Troquois County
F. F. Button
Soda Freeport
Rumely Products Company
George H. Myers
Freeport
B. V. Haserodt
Lutheran Church of Our Redeemer
Chicago
Mission Board
German Lutheran Church
Herron
White Ash
Spillard
Democratic State Central Committee
Coleta
Agnew
Roger C. Sullivan
United States Senate
Mr. Sullivan
Ilinois
Belvidere
Boone County
Bucene Miller
Illinois town notes violence and political changes
Reports from Cairo to Chicago record a railroad official killed by thieves in Cairo, a string of appointive and judicial actions in Springfield, a photographer dying in Clinton, a farmer killing a tenant near Vermillion, a city clerk deemed insane, revival plans, suffrage meetings, a prolific joiner of secret societies, a death by heart disease in Greenwood Township, a dental board resignation, and notable medical and educational figures.
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Cairo
T. C. Logan
Mobile & Ohio Railroad
John A. Logan
Springfield
Dunne
Ben Roberts
Hector McAllister
John Garry
Riverton
J. W. Fairburn
Bloomington
O. M. Macey
Clinton
Paris
William Mings
Moody Sturgell
Vermillion
Mings
Lincoln
Harry Ryan
Kankakee
Logan County
Grayyville
R. G. Shafer
Presbyterian Church
Mr. Hendricks
Champaign
Champaign County
Freeport
John Bauscher
Secret Society
Pana
Charles V. Godden
Greenwood Township
Henry Gooden
David Gooden
Illinois
Sylvester Burton
Burton
Park County
Indiana
Mr. Burton
Ilinois
P. T. Diamond
Chicago
State Board of Dental Examiners
Gideon M. Dempsey
Grafton
Doctor Diamond
Diamond
John F. Eberhart
Chicago Lawn
Eberhart
Chicago Teachers’ College
Illinois State Teachers’ Association
Abraham Lincoln
Stephen A. Douglas
Horace Mann
Joseph Medill
Doctor Eberhart
Meadville
Matilda C. Eberhart
John W
Frank V
G. M.tobey
C. D. Herschberger
Lake Forest
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