Department of Justice moves against Standard Oil 71 companies named
A federal suit filed in St Louis seeks to dissolve the Standard Oil trust and its 70 plus affiliates. Rockefeller and top executives named. defendants have 1 month to appear and another month to answer. Moody announces extensive inquiry shows 9 percent of refined oil controlled, with prices higher where monopoly persists. Separate actions include ouster suits in Missouri, and indictments against Rockefeller and others in Findlay Ohio for alleged price fixing and production contracts since 1906.
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St. Louis
Standard Oil Company
United States
Frank B. Kellogg
New York
Moody
Washington
Standard Oil Company of
New Jersey
John D. Rockefeller
William Rockefeller
Henry H. Rogers
Henry M. Flagler
John D. Archbold
Oliver H. Payne
Charles M. Pratt
oDigners
KeHore
Merrivon
Texas
Findlay
Ohio
Standard Oil
David
Rockefeller
Groves
Cleveland
Grand Jury
Petit Jury
Roosevelt Arrives at Colon in Quiet Isthmus Visit
President Roosevelt lands at Colon aboard the flagship Louisiana with Canal Commission officials greeting him. Children sing as the party tours the pier then board a special train toward Panama to view points along the route. Rain dampened enthusiasm but decorations marked the occasion. Roosevelt to dine with Amador I and inspect the Pacific entrance at La Boca before continuing. In Seattle, Fred Adams pleads guilty to robbing the U S assay office of about 25 000 in gold dust and is sentenced to 10 years at McNeill Island.
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Colon
Roosevelt
Louisiana
Shonts
Stevens
America
Senor Amador
Panama
Steed
Amadori
la Boca
Pacific
Canal
Seattle
Wash
Fred Adams
Robbi
United States Assay Office
McNeill Island
Unprecedented Storm and Merger Denials in Prominent Profiles
Pen pictures of prominent people discuss an unprecedented storm in Washington State as seen in Rock Island's Everyday Life. The New York and Massachusetts press associations adopt resolutions in this tone. Darius Miller, Burlington vice president, denies knowledge of a merger among Hill lines, Northern Pacific, Great Northern, and Burlington. Pennsylvania orders 25 locomotives for freight, weighing 225,000 pounds with 43,000 tons traction.
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PEN
State OF Washington
Darius Miller
The
Burlington
Three Hill Lines
Northern Pacific
Great Northern
Pennsylvania
Portrait of Rock Island Merchant La Velle
A representative Rock Island merchant, Mr. La Velle, built his standing on popularity and fair methods. Born in Nas Sate and raised at Port Byron, he entered clothing, worked as a traveling salesman, and lived in Oska'oosa before returning to Rock Island. He joined M and K, then Longton, and started Sommers & La Velle, later sole proprietor. A warm hearted storyteller, he captivates acquaintances and observers alike. He is a member of the Rock Island Club and the Rock Island Business Men's Association.
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Rock Island
la Velle
Nas Sate
Port Byron
Idea
Travelng Saan
Oska’oosa
Longton
Sommers & la Velle
Mr. LaVelle
Mrr. LaVelle
Rock Island Club
Rock Island Business Men’s Association
Gov Folk Seeks Fines and Jail for Lobbyists in Next Assembly
Jefferson City Missouri November 15 Governor Folk proposes to imprison lobbyists and levy fines from 100 to 500 dollars. The plan bars direct in person contact with lawmakers except in committee meetings and requires 25 copies of written communications filed with the secretary of state. Publicity is the law’s cornerstone. Next, hearing on Burlington freight rates ends in Kansas City with cross examination to begin in St. Louis December 2. National Baptist Congress closes in St. Louis and will meet in Baltimore next year.
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Jefferson City
Folk
General Assembly
Publicity Foundation
Mhus
Secretary of State
Kansas City
Burlington
St. Louis
Baltimore
National Baptist Congress
Hunter Fares Streak of Terror by Wildcat That Attacked
Lake City Iowa Nov 15 While hunting quail farmer John Sich was attacked by a wildcat in a plum thicket. He clung to the beast and ran four miles homeward before meeting two farmers who brought a gun and killed the animal.
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Lake City
Iowa
John Sich
Sid
Atlanta
Journal
Asheville
N. C
Alexanders
Harris
Page
Harris’ Vietims
Jocko” Willams
Vailey Street
Bernard
Iowa State Memorial Dedication at Vicksburg Park
On November 15 Governor Cummins will dedicate the Iowa State memorial in the Vicksburg National Military Park. The ceremony omits a military pageant with only two militia companies present. Iowa citizens band, schoolchildren on symbolic floats, and officials from Iowa and Mississippi participate as the memorial is dedicated though not fully completed, joining other Iowa soldier monuments in the South.
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Vickshu
Iowa State Memorial
Vicksburg National Military Park
Cummins
Iowa
Mississippi
South
Twenty Die in Arizona Stone Quarry Explosion
A report from Douglas Arizona states twenty men were killed at noon today when an explosion devastated a stone quarry nine miles from the city. Rescue crews are assessing the scene and authorities investigate the cause.
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Douglas
Ariz
Passes Will Vanish in West Under New Rate Law
Chicago, Nov 15. Western rail pass policy likely to end for inter state travel Jan 1 as new rate law restricts issuance to railway officials and common carrier employees. Roads may keep state passes, but risk interstate exposure. committee to decide Nov 22. Illinois press men seek guidance on exchange of passes for advertising and may urge lawmakers to amend state law.
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Chicago
Western Pass Committee
Illinois State Press Association
Edgar E. Bartlett
Rockford Register-Gazette
Harry F. Darwin
Ilinois State Journal
Springfield
Henry M. Pindell
Peoria Daily Journal
Ilinois
Pullman stockholders vote 36 percent melon dividend
Chicago reports Robert T. Lincoln reelected Pullman president and a 36 percent stock dividend funded by a 26 million melon. City and county tax liens threaten the surplus, with Corporation Counsel Lewis warning he will pursue individual shareholders for taxes. Frank O. Lowden absent. Charles S. Sweet succeeds him on the board.
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Chicago
Robert T. Lincoln
Pullman Company
John 8. Runnells
Pullman
I. Corporation
Lewis
Ctty
Esoo
Wagner Palace Car Company
Lowden
Frank O. Lowden
Charles S. Sweet
Lincoln
Central and Western Washington Floods Hit Railways
Nov 15 Portland reports unprecedented storm wind and rain. Rail lines out of Tacoma and Seattle disrupted. train service to Portland limited from Seattle. Cascades streams roar. Puget Sound towns flooded. Central Washington valleys Natchez and Yakima under water. Clearwater River breaches banks causing wide damage. Disrupted communications from Seattle to north follow heavy flooding and railroad washouts. three lives lost near Auburn per Morning Oregonian dispatch.
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Portland
Ore
Washington
Tacoma
Seattle
Cader Water
Cascades
Puget Sound
Nohormish
Summer
Auburn
Natchez
Yakima Valle
Oregon
Port
Morning Oregonian
Spouting Again Declares Act Would Legalize Crime
At a National Founders' association banquet Congressman Littlefield of Maine attacked Samuel Gompers, labeling him a fomenter of dirtier. He condemned a bill before the House that would grant laborers the right to conspire and commit murder and threats, aiming to intimidate and coerce to destroy property and life.
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New York
National Founders’ Association
Littlefield
Maine
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Ditter
Gompers
House of Representatives
Worldwide Peace Resolution At AFL Session
At the American Federation of Labor session in Minneapolis James Doncan first vice president of the Granite Cutters union urged a world wide peace plan. The resolution calls for arbitration instead of arms in disputes and was presented during the Nov 15 meeting.
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American Federation of Labor
Minneapolis
James Doncan
Granite Cutters’ Union
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St. Louis Court
Johns
Hancock County
Ambrose
Grand
J. M. Robinson
M. C. Vilas
H. P. McIntosh
Standard
H. Tollen
Panama Canal
Isthmus
New York Press Association
Massachusetts Press Association
T. F. LA Velle
Wildcat
Vicksburg
Committee of Western Railways
Pullman Car, Company
Posse
President Gompers
A. F. of
Congress
New York Central Railroad
the Central
Lord Curzon
Curzon
Leiter
Lady Curzon
Bullle
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