New York Central Fined 108000 Upheld by Supreme Court
The U S circuit court of New York fined New York Central Railroad 108000 for granting rebates to American Sugar. The Supreme Court affirmed, ruling the railroad could be criminally prosecuted under the Elkins anti trust law though not initiating the rebate. The case also holds express franks fall under interstate commerce law. The dispute originated in Chicago, with city and state authorities noting national regret.
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Washington
United States Circuit Court of New York
New York Central Railroad Company
American Sugar Company
Supreme Court of the United States
United States
New York Central
Elkins
American Express Company
Chicago
Landis
Court of Appeals
Grosscup
Supreme Court
Anderson
New York
London
Finland dissolves diet and sets new elections
News from St Petersburg reports Emperor Nicholas ordering the Finnish diet dissolved and new elections set for May 1 to assemble June 1. Finnish leader Svinhufvud denounces the move as unconstitutional and seeks a joint Finnish Russian conference to redefine relations.
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St. Petersburg
Nicholas
Svinhufud
M. Svinhufvud
Finland
Grand Duchy
Pan Hellenic League seeks protection amid Omaha mob violence
In Lincoln on February 23 the Pan Hellenic union asked Governor Shallenberger for protection from lawless acts by South Omaha rioters. Greeks flee South Omaha. 1,500 Greeks held a mass meeting in Omaha urging Greece to seek redress for Sunday night’s attack. Greek minister Milward Adams, acting consul in Chicago, to report to Washington. hearings for 35 rioters planned. incident linked to broader anti immigrant violence and compared to Japanese restaurant attacks and Italian lynchings.
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Lincoln
Neb
Pan Hellenic Union
Boawhi
Shallenberger
Omaha
South Omaha
A. B. Cokofis
Washington
L. A. Coromilas
South
Milward Adams
Greece
Chicago
Coromilas
State Department
Nebraska
San Francisco
Spokane Plans Massive Boycott Against Hill and Harriman Lines
Spokane shippers prepare a city wide boycott of Hill and Harriman railroads after the rate case is believed to be decided against Spokane. Merchants plan an organization and a routing agent will divert Spokane goods to the Canadian Pacific to pressure concessions and divert Spokane traffic from the two roads. Definite action will follow once the rate decision is confirmed.
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Hill and Harriman Lines
Spokane
Hill and Harriman
Canadian Pacific
Socialists Claim Victory in Illinois Miners Fight
In Peoria Illinois on February 23 delegates adopted a resolution denying official support of the United Mine Workers of Illinois to members seeking state offices. Socialistic members hailed the outcome as a victory. Retiring President John Walker, new President Duncan McDonald, and Secretary Frank Hayes urged continued political and financial aid, expressing pride in socialist affiliation.
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Illinois
Peoria
United Mine Workers of Illinois
John Walker
Duncan McDonald
Frank Hayes
Socialist Party
House blocks probe of Bacon letter vote by party lines
Washington February 23. Clarke of Florida offered a resolution in the house to investigate Secretary of State Bacon's February 9 letter criticizing Rainey and Micheis remarks on the Panama canal. By a strict party vote the measure was tabled.
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House
Bacon
Washington
Clarke
Florida
Committee On
Judiciary
Rainey
Micheis
Panama Canal
Miss Sylvia Green a Bride Becomes Wife of 65 Year Old Mann
Miss Sylvia Green daughter of Mrs Hetty Green of New York was married at St Peters Episcopal church at noon today to Matthew Astor Wilks. Wilks a 65 year old great grandson of John Jacob Astor. Mrs Green and daughter came to Morristown with about 30 wedding party in a special car.
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New York
Morristown
N .L
Sylvia Green
Hetty Green
St. Peter's Episcopal Church
Matthew Astor Wilks
Mardi Gras Holiday Observed With Gaiety In New Orleans
New Orleans observes Mardi Gras as a legal holiday with business suspended and celebrations in full swing. The day is marked by revelry and playful mimicry as residents join in festive atmosphere and public events.
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New Orleans
Roosevelt to attend funeral in New York City
President Roosevelt and Mrs Roosevelt will fly to New York City tonight to attend the funeral of their nephew Stewart Douglas Robinson, who died after falling from a dormitory window at Harvard College. A separate theft report notes a Chicago woman robbed of jewels aboard the Mauretania on a voyage from New York.
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Roosevelt
Capital
New York City
Washington
Stewart
Douglas Robinson
Harvard College
London
James Hamilton, Lewis
Chicago
New York
Cunard Line
Liverpool
Cooper on the Witness Stand Tells of Carmack Ties
Nashville reports Col Duncan B. Cooper testifying in the Cooper Sharp murder trial. He described cordial ties with Carmack until 1905 over the Carmack Taylor senatorial contest, noting hostility after Carmack allegedly attacked him in editorials. Sharp testified under cross examination about the shooting, asserting Carmack fell after Robin Cooper fired, with conflicting accounts and denials of wishing Carmack dead.
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Col. Cooper
Carmack
Nashville
Tenn
Garner
Cooper-Sharp
John Sharp
Duncan B. Cooper
Taylor
Cooper
Patterson
News-Scimitar
Sharp
John D. Sharp
Robin Cooper
Maury County
Coopers
Brady Attacks Unwritten Law Name Thaw Counsel Delmas
Dr Cyrus Townsend Brady denounces the unwritten law at a Kansas City banquet and openly names Delphin M Delmas Harry K Thaws counsel as the $100000 counsel for the degenerate aristocracy. Delmas later received a Washington Birthday ovation from the Kansas City Bar Association.
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Cyrus Townsend Brady
Kansas City
Sons of the Revolution
Delphin M. Delmas
Harry K. Thaw
Delmas
Washington
Kansas City Bar Association
Train Kills a Real Estate Man in Monmouth
Ferney Jones, a Monmouth Illinois real estate man, was struck by Burlington railroad train No. 13 yesterday afternoon and fatally injured. He died soon after. In Washington, the Senate approved the diplomatic and consular appropriation bill totaling 2,646,000.
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Monmouth
Ferney Jones
Senate
Washington
Jefferson Davis Restored to Cabin John Bridge Tablet
Washington, Feb 23. Official amending orders direct the restoration of Jefferson Davis's name on the Cabin John bridge tablet, rejoining the Potomac water conduit landmark west of Washington. Davis's name was chiselled out while he led the Confederacy. efforts to restore it have a long history including 1907 Daughters of the Confederacy and congressional proposals.
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Chicago
Standard Oil Company of
Indiana
Anderson
John S. Miller
Washington, D. C
Jefferson Davis
Cabin John Bridge
Cabin John Run
Maryland
Potomac River
Washington
Potomac
Davis
Confederacy
of the Daughters of the Confederacy
Richmond
Meyer
Louisiana
Caleb Smith
Lincoln
Interior
Galusha Grow
Pennsylvania
House
Wage Cut Is Next Under Sliding Scale in Steel Industry
In Cleveland on February 23 a forecast of wage reductions affecting over 100,000 workers emerged as the open market for finished steel takes hold. Amalgamated Association members in independent plants and Empire mills anticipate a 6 percent cut by mid April, with talks in Youngstown on March 15 to confirm timing. Some Cleveland American Steel & Wire workers face cuts too, while others retain partial protection under existing sliding-scale agreements.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin
Union
Empire Mills
Amalgamated
Youngstown
American Steel & Wire Company
Carnegie Company
Amalgamated and Sons of Vulcan
Immigration to western Canada declines sharply in ten months
Winnipeg reports a 48 percent drop in western Canada immigration over the last ten months, totaling 126000 compared to 240000 in the prior period. The decline highlights shifting migration patterns as Canada’s western region receives far fewer newcomers this year.
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Winnipeg
Man
Canada
To Build a Model Town American Red Cross Plans Gallina City
Rome February 23 Winthrop Chandler of Philadelphia sails south with Ambassador Griscom to oversee relief for Gallina earthquake victims. He travels with Prince Doria Marquis Spinola Count Scialoja and Dr Montecchiari to transform Gallina into a model town with perfect sanitary arrangements and funded by relief funds.
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American Red Cross
Gallina
Rome
Winthrop Chandler
Philadelphia
Ambassador Griscom
Prince Doria
Marquis Spinola
Count Scialoja
Montecchiari
Dry Farming Congress Opens in Cheyenne on Snowbound Trains
Cheyenne Wyoming February 23 more than six hundred delegates arrived with hundreds more expected on belated snowbound trains as the third trans Missouri dry farming congress opened its sessions today to run three days. Also trial notes postal honesty in Columbus Ohio where James Brady received a ten dollar bill mailed without envelope or wrapper with a tag bearing his name and address attached. President elect Taft arrived in New York from Philadelphia and went to his brother Henry W Taft’s home.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
Third
trans-Missouri Dry Farming Congress
Columbus
Ohio
James Brady
Hamilton
Mr. Brady
Taft
New York
Philadelphia
Henry W. Taft
Congress Debates Postal Savings Measure. Rainey Attacks Cromwell
The Senate spent two and a half hours on the postal savings bank proposal with no voting date agreed. McLaurin read Washington's farewell address. Aldrich obtained consent to keep committees unchanged until next session. The agricultural appropriation bill was discussed before adjournment at 4:40 p.m. In the House Rainey’s Panama Canal criticisms sparked a sharp exchange as Burton defends Cromwell Taft and others, accusing Rainey of lack of proof and slander.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
Postal Savings Bank
McLaurin
Aldrich
Ouse
Rainey
Mlinois
Panama Canal
Riney
Burton
Ohio
Hingis
William
Mr. Rainey
Will Teach Patriotism Star Spangled Banner in Schools
Indianapolis February 23 The house passed a bill requiring the Star Spangled Banner to be sung in full in public schools of Indiana. The measure now goes to the senate for consideration.
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Indianapolis
Ind
House of Representatives
Indiana
Senate
Prolong Their Holiday No Quorum in Legislature and Vote on Senator is Impossible
Springfield Ill Feb 23 There was no joint ballot in the legislature for senator today as neither house had a quorum. Roosevelt Back in Washington Feb 23 The Mayflower yacht with the president and party docked at 7 25 after returning from Hampton Roads. Drizzling rain. Officiates at Two Weddings Justice G A Johnson united Harry L Speck Edith Freisinger Cedar Rapids Town at his office and Herman Maurice Lerch Sadie May McAnninch Devenport this afternoon
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Springfield
Ill
House
Roosevelt
Washington
Mayflower
Hampton Roads
Navy Yard
Justice G. A. Johnson
Harry L. Speck
Edith Freisinger
Cedar Rapids
Herman Maurice Lerch
Sadie May -McAnninch
Devenport
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Italian National Relief Committee
Czar
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Mavérica
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Venice
Sims
Miller
Pan Hellenic League
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Garfield
Lexington
Big Sandy Valley
Prestonsburg
James A. Garfield
Iowa
Denver
Wesley Spaulding
Iowa Wesleyan University
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