Illinois Central Rate Hearing Probes Graft Claims
Chicago hearing on Illinois Central rate disputes questions Blauvelt on capitalization dividends and bond interest. Attorneys for shippers press discrepancies between ICC filings and state commissions. Witness Park cites rising expenses as lecturer Mann notes legislative critique. Commissioner seeks fair rates tied to service, not dividend size.
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Blauvelt
Illinois Central
Interstate Commerce Commission
Ilinois Central
Dubuque
Sioux City
Dubuque & Sioux City
Wiliam L. Park
James R. Mann
House Committee On Interstate and Foreign Commerce
Congress
Park
Weather Report Tonight and Wednesday
Generally fair conditions prevail with little temperature change. Readings show 60 at 7 a.m., 71 max, 59 min in 12 hours, light 4 mph wind. no precipitation. Humidity at 7 p.m. 84 and 97 at 7 a.m., Mississippi river levels nearly stationary from Dubuque to Muscatine. Local Forecaster J. M. Sherier notes astronomical events from noon today to noon tomorrow including sunset at 5:42 p.m. and moon rise at 7:05 p.m. with moon age 17 days and perigee distance 225,700 miles.
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Mississippi
Dubuque
Muscatine
J. M. Sherier
Perigee
Earth
TAWNEY IS THE ISSUE TAWNEY IS THE ISSUE
New Jersey Progressives and Regulars tie up convention in deadlock as Minnesota voters pick party nominees for Congress county offices and the state legislature in a pivotal primary. St Paul reports indicate a tight race with key figures shaping the contest.
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New Jersey
St. Paul
Minn
Congress
Balloons Land Safely in Race After Start From Indianapolis
All balloons in the race are accounted for with Miss Sophia landing in Calhoun county West Virginia nine miles from a railroad. The New York reached Portsmouth Ohio at 5 p m Sunday and the Buckeye landed at Showalter Virginia Monday at 7 30 a m. Most contestants have been reported safe with only one unaccounted for.
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West Virginia
St. Louis
Calhoun County
Indianapolis
Ind
New York
Portsmouth
Ohio
Showalter
Grand Army allied groups open sessions in Atlantic City
Reports from Atlantic City outline a strong bid by two offices and a robust meeting of the Blue and the Gray. Various allied organizations began sessions as committees continue preopening work for a formal gathering.
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Atlantic
N. J
Grand Army
Hearings Continue On Freight Rate Suspension And Graft Claims
Commerce commissioner questions Illinois Central about capital stock and bonded debt rises from 1891 to 1910 as line mileage declines. Blauvelt cites road improvements and purchases. In Chicago Roth, former car inspector, testifies in graft inquiry, identifies records and maintains prior testimony.
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Blauvelt
Ilinois
Clements
Dubuque
Sioux City
Clement
N. B. Blauvelt
Illinois Central
Chicago
Richard Roth
Ilinois Central
Cardinal Vannutelli Visits St Paul on Midwest Tour
Cardinal Vannutelli, pope Pius X envoy to the Montreal Eucharistic Congress, arrives in St. Paul for a visit with Archbishop Ireland. He stays until tomorrow evening, with a banquet, reception, luncheon at James J. Hill’s home, and a dinner at Archbishop Ireland’s residence with all archdiocesan bishops.
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St. Paul, Minn
Cardinal Vannutelli
Pius X
Montreal
St. Paul
Archbishop Ireland
Vannutelli
Omaha
James J. Hill
Gaynor Declares Readiness to Fight Yellow Journalism
New York September 20 Mayor William J Gaynor writes to his sister describing the emotions as he lay near death after a failed assassination attempt He denounces Hearst papers and sensational ministers accusing them of libel and demeaning journalism He says he is ready now to fight the scoundrels and protect the public from such reporting while defending decent newspapers.
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New York
William J. Gaynor
Gaynor
Hearst
Johnson-Jeffries
New York City
Violent Storms Ravage Southern Spain and Flood Cities
Violent storms with heavy rains have caused severe damage to vineyards and olive orchards in southern Spain. Eight villages including Lorena and Cieza are submerged three to six feet deep, with central Barcelona flooded and tram service interrupted. Altras St. Auls church area reported inundation. In Toledo province at Torre De Esteban an unprecedented hailstorm is noted.
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Madrid
Spain
Loren
Cieza
Barcelona
Altras St. Auls
Torre-De- Esteban
Toledo
Negro suspect identified as Thomas Jennings in Chicago murder case
The man held as a suspect in the murder of Clarence D. Hiller has been identified as Thomas Jennings, a burglar with two Joliet terms. Paroled in 1908 after two years, he was convicted again the next year and paroled a month ago. Identification used Bertillon methods amid a broader rail yard sympathy strike context in Sedalia and Missouri Pacific workers voting in favor.
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Chicago
Clarence D. Hiller
William Jones
Thomas Jennings
Joliet
Tawney and Anderson duel in Minnesota district race
In the First district James A. Tawney seeks reelection amid progressive Republican attacks led by Roosevelt backers. His opponent Sidney Anderson touts reform themes and assails Tawney's legislative record.
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James A. Tawney
Winona
Roosevelt
Pinchot
Francis Jarent
Tawney
Sidney Anderson
Anderson
Miners Return to Work Across Four States
Kansas City dispatch reports thirty thousand coal miners in Missouri Kansas Arkansas and Oklahoma who had been on strike for five months returned to work today ending a prolonged labor stoppage across the region.
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Kansas City
Missouri
Kansas
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Carpenter union chief urges right to boycott speech
Des Moines Iowa September 20 President Hunter of the International Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America in his annual convention report declares the right to boycott as the handmaidof the right of free speech and urges union men to insist on that right without judicial interference.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Hunter
International Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America
Girl Confesses Killing In Oklahoma Murder
Newkirk Oklahoma September 20 a 13yearold girl confessed to beating Taylor Shepherd and his brother John with an ax after claiming they had whipped her The attack also involved an assault on the girl reportedly prompting the fathers death The girl says her father and uncle whipped her and she acted alone in the dawn ax assault Walter Cassidy the man once suspected is released Feeble mindedness is noted for the girl.
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Oklahoma
Newkirk
Okla
Taylor
John Shepherd
Walter Cassidy
Woman Clubbed to Death in Ohio Railroad Area
Norwalk Ohio Sept 20 The body of a woman unknown who cooked for a gang of Big Four section hands at New London was found beside the railroad tracks this morning. Indications point to clubbing death and ten Austrians are locked up for investigation.
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Ohio
Norwalk
New London
Michigan Sues Road for Taxes for Back Taxes
Grand Rapids Michigan September 20 Suit filed in circuit court on behalf of the state to collect 3 000 000 dollars back taxes from the Detroit Grand Haven Milwaukee the Grand Trunk. The state seeks to tax the actual capital invested rather than the nominal charter capital.
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Grand Rapids, Mich
Visits divorcee wife and is shot in Iowa murder
Barrett, a 58 year old farmer, visited his divorced wife at her home in Oskaloosa Iowa last night and was shot through the lungs. There were no witnesses or crew. Police are investigating the case as a local homicide with few details available.
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Barrett
Oskaloosa
Iowa
Odd Fellows Elect Leaders at Grand Lodge
The sovereign grand lodge of the Odd Fellows met in Atlanta on September 20 and elected Grand Sire John B. Cochrum of Indianapolis as well as Deputy C. A. Keller of San Antonio Texas. John B. Goodwin from Baltimore was re elected as Secretary and M. Richards Muckle of Philadelphia was re elected as Treasurer.
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Atlanta
Sovereign
Grand Lodge of the Odd Fellows
John B. Cochrum
Indianapolis
C._ A. Keller
San Antonio
Texas
Johnb. Goodwin
Baltimore
M. Richards Muckle
Philadelphia
Roosevelt and Griscom pledge no concession in New York fight
Roosevelt and Griscom say the Taft Roosevelt conference will not alter progressives aims against the old guard in New York state politics. Roosevelt polls say 670 of 1,015 upstate delegates support him for temporary chair. old guard about 500. Roosevelt returned to Oyster Bay after a New Haven meeting with Taft, calling the interview satisfactory and declaring no compromise at Saratoga.
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Trenton
N. J
Republican State Convention
Resolutions Committee
Taft
New York
Griscom
Republican County Committee
Roosevelt
Old Guard
Theodore Roosevelt
Oyster Bay
New Haven
Baratoga
Norton
Grriscom
Lloyd C. Griscom
Sherman
Saratoga
State Committee
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