Supreme Court Upholds Missouri Rate Laws Confiscatory Rules
The U S Supreme Court sustains Missouri and West Virginia 2 cent passenger and maximum freight rate laws as valid. Missouri rates on several lines found not confiscatory, with Oregon freight rates also approved. Partial victory for Missouri as some railroad decrees reversed.
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Washington, DC
Missouri
West Virginia
Arkansas
Supreme Court
Kentucky
Inter-Mountain
Gompers-Mitchell-Morrison
Oregon
Washington
Jose
Supreme Ccar
St. Louis
Quincey, Omaha & Kansas City Railroad
St Joe and
Grand Island Railway
HOADS
Hughes
Minnesota
Penn State
Oregon Railroad Commission
Portland
Varsity Shells Crash on the Hudson
In a head on collision on the Poughkeepsie course today the Wisconsin four oared varsity crew clashed with Pennsylvania's. The Pennsylvania shell was nearly wrecked while Wisconsin sustained minor damage. No rowers were injured.
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Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Wisconsin
Varsity
Pennsylvania
Civil service applies to consuls, says Secretary Bryan
Washington on June 16 Secretary Bryan under President Wilson authority stated the administration will maintain the civil service principle in the consular service.
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Washington
Bryan
Wilson
Weather forecast and astronomy notes for the tri-city area
Unsettled and warm weather with possible thunderstorms tonight or Tuesday. Temperatures show 75 degrees at 7 am, 90 high yesterday, 73 low last night, and moderate winds at 6 mph. Precipitation none. Humidity near 62 percent. Evening star Mercury. morning stars Venus Saturn Mars Jupiter. The lone star near the southern horizon around 9 pm marks Centaur.
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Rock Island
Davenport
Moline
Tam
J. M. Sherier
Mercury
Venus
Saturn
Mars
Jupiter
Centaur
Federal Aid for Child Laborers Proposal in House
Congressman Ira C. Copley seeks a federal bill to ban interstate commerce in products of child labor. It targets manufacturers, carriers, wholesalers, and robbers by making them liable for unlawful shipments while allowing goods registered under the federal child labor act to move. The measure defines anti social child labor and aims for a national minimum standard without a full ban on all harmful labor.
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Washington, D.C
Progressive Party
National Service
Ira C. Copley
Ilinois
Beveridge
Legislative Reference Committee
Copiey
Fresh outbreak at Paint Creek in mining districts
Charleston reports rumors of renewed conflict in Paint Creek and Cabin Creek mining camps as a senate committee investigates. Cabin Creek miners reportedly renewed the strike and Paint Creek workers are said to be considering quitting again amid limited available details.
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Charleston
Paint Creek
Cabin Creek
Senate
Actress Della Cox Reported Dead in New York Telegram
St Louis wire reports actress Della Cox died in New York. C A Fox received a telegram announcing the death of his sister, Della Fox.
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Della Cox
St. Louiz
Judge Cutting Resigns To Quit Elections In Illinois
Probate Judge Charles Cutting resigns effective Sept. 1 prompting Governor Dunne to call a special election to fill the vacancy. Cutting cites irritation with recurring elections and notes judges are judged by party alignment. He has served on the bench since 1893 in Chicago.
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Chicago
Charles Cutting
Dunne
Cutting
Currency Legislation Assured as Bill Is Drawn Up
Washington June 16 President Wilson will likely read his currency message in person to both houses after finishing a 1200 word appeal urging immediate banking and currency law revision. The administration’s currency bill, a product of united advocacy, aims for quick committee action and passage before the extra session adjourns.
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Washington, D. C
Willson
Congress
Wilson
Owen
Glass
Lane's Plan to Conserve Resources for Power Permits
Washington June 16 An interior department plan by Secretary Lane proposes resource conservation tied to concessions on U S lands. Principles urge lower government charges as benefits to consumers increase and favor development while restricting monopolies and allowing revocation for price fixing. The plan includes five to six conditions for hydro power permits including reduced rates for higher horsepower and a five to ten year no-charge period.
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Washington, D. C
Lane
United States
Heat wave hits Chicago with five deaths and 95 degree high
Chicago, AL June 16 five deaths from heat were reported at noon as the thermometer read 95 the season’s high. No relief promised today. At 1 15 the mercury was fraction over 7. June heat records say only three hotter days since 1882. Prostrations and illness rose among infants and livestock suffered in transit across the blistered plains with dead hogs found at stock yards.
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Chicago
Tobacco tax plan rejected by senate finance panel
Washington reports that a graduated tobacco tax was unanimously rejected by the senate finance committee as an amendment to the tariff bill. The panel approved free listing of livestock and grains with countervailing duties, except oats and oatmeal, and moved bananas from the Underwood list with an unspecified duty.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Hitchcock
Mel Reynolds
Two Italians Hurt by Bomb in Los Angeles Explosion
Two young Italian men were badly burned and mangled when a bomb hit a porch at 1502 East Fourteenth Street. Police suspect a black hand threat linked to the fruit-dealer owner. one man named Perfino Prince refused to speak as bystanders rolled flames from the street.
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Los Angeles
Cal
East Fourteenth Street
Perfino Principe
Wilson Favors Baseball Tour From Washington Visit
Manager Callahan of the Chicago White Sox met the president in Washington with details of a world tour by the White Sox and the New York Giants. Wilson endorsed the plan hoping to foster baseball interest and possibly the creation of a broad international league. He pledged every courtesy abroad from consuls and the diplomatic corps.
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Washington, D. C
Callahan
Chicago White Sox
White Sox
New York Giants
Wilson
Sugar trust feared in new beet sugar combine
Washington June 16 Henry T Oxnard vice president of American Beet Sugar told a Senate lobby committee that free sugar would lead to a new sugar trust. He said only best managed factories would survive and a combination could form. He claimed there is no law to stop it.
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Washington
Henry T. Oxnard
American Beet Sugar Company
Senate
Reed
Sugar Trust
American Sugar Refining Company
Trust
U S Forces Hard Hit in Last Battle
Manila reports reveal the rout of Moros on Mount Bagsag by American forces during the night. Six Americans killed and seven wounded, all scouts, with Pershing leading the pursuit as Moros fled the mountain remains at large.
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Mount Bagsag
Iland
Jolo
Mounttain
Pershing
Lake steamer Jesse Spaulding is safe after collision
In a fog near Kewanee Point on Lake Superior the steamer Jesse Spaulding collided with the 590 foot ore carrier William J. Snyder Jr. The Spaulding arrived with a stove bow but the crew is safe. The Snyder sustained heavy damage needing 14 new plates above the water line.
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Sault Ste. Marie
Jesse Spaulding
Lake Superior
Duluth
Minn
William J. Snyder, Jr
Spaulding
Snyder
Great Lakes
Kewanee Point
Creditors Buy Three Steamers in Foreclosure Sale
Chicago June 16 creditors purchased steamers Minnesota Minnetonka and Minne koata at a foreclosure sale for 340000. George Caldwell represented the creditors and was the only bidder. He indicated a new company would be organized.
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Chicago
Minnesota
Minnetonka
Minne Kaota
George Caldwell
Organ- Jad
Bartholdt Attacks Puritan Trend At German Day
Representative Bartholdt of Missouri assailed Puritanism and sumptuary laws in Johnstown during a German day event. He urged all loyal citizens to join the fight for personal liberty against blue laws, noting Taft’s veto of a prohibition bill and contrasting constitutional duty with popular will.
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Congress
Bartholdt
Missouri
Bnpal
Senate
Taft
The
Missourian
Progressives oppose national convention without party meeting
Washington June 16 Members of the conciliation committee of the Progressive Republicans who demanded a national convention will oppose any national committee action to enact reforms without a party convention. Senator Cummins noted the committee may argue for an early convention in an upcoming address.
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Washington
Republican National Committee
National Committee
Cummins
German War Lord Hailed as Peace Aid
Berlin marked the 25th anniversary of Emperor William II's reign with a focus on peaceful progress. Andrew Carnegie led a delegation presenting an address praising Germany’s 25 years of peace and prosperity. The day featured parades, school choirs, and promises of amnesty and large charitable gifts.
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Berlin
William
Andrew Carnegie
Germany
Earth
Carnegie Committee
Reveille
Unter den Linden
Supreme Court Rules U S Not Liable for Mississippi Flood Losses
Washington June 16 The U S Supreme Court ruled the federal government is not financially responsible for flooding more than 100 plantations along the Mississippi caused by levee construction. Plaintiffs sought about 7 million dollars in damages for flooded lands.
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St. Louis
Terminal Railroad of
Federal District Court
Sanborn and Smith
Washington, D. C
Supreme Court
Missisippi
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