Freeman to Head Texas & Pacific Rail?oad
Judge Thomas J. Freeman was elected vice president and general manager of the Texas & Pacific Railway. He will assume active management soon, stressing his 22 years with the road. He expects the Gould properties to remain distinct after the May 16 sale of the International & Great Northern, though operating and traffic agreements will be close.
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Associated Press
Houston
Tex
Thomas J. Freeman
Texas & Pacific
Freeman
Gould
International & Great Northern
International
Shows Immense Power of Morgan and Trusts
New York May 10. Special Examiner McKley says a chart submitted in the Alpha Cement rate discrimination hearing displays the influence of United States Steel and J. P. Morgan & Co. on railroad and industrial affairs. The chart lists capitalization of related boards at $15,857,629,339 and total gross income at $4,640,508,502.
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New York
Interstate Commerce Commission
McKley
Alpha Cement Company
United States Steel Corporation
J. P. Morgan& Co
Steel and Directors
J. P. Morgan & Co
Taft Posed in Mason's Apron for Lodge Photograph
President Taft wore a Maggale apron for a photograph taken yesterday in Washington. The image will be presented to the Alexandria lodge of Masons to accompany its famous portrait of George Washington and be placed beside it.
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Taft
THE
Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Alexandria
Indictments Over Distilleries Leases Hit Louisville Firms
The Courier Journal reports federal grand juries at Owensboro returned indictments charging irregularities in distillery leasing. Kentucky Distilleries & Warehouse Co faces fifteen counts while United American Co, which recently acquired Bernheim distilleries, faces three counts. The cases test the practice of leasing plants to appear as producers. The inquiry began during the Owensboro federal court session in March.
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Associated Press
Louisville
The
Courier Journal
Owensboro
Kentucky Distilleries & Warehouse Company
United American Company
Bernheim Distilleries
Federal
Putnam Heiress Weds New Hampshire Candy Merchant
Miss Gertrude R. Putnam, niece of Thomas J. Putnam of the Congressional Library, and descendant of Gen Israel Putnam, married Constantine C. Motaklis a Salem candy merchant in Nashua New Hampshire thirteen months ago. A photograph sent to John Boyden Putnam of Hume California revealed the wedding and that he signed papers transferring a mine to the couple.
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Associated Press
Salem
Mass
Gertrude R. Putnam
Thomas J. Putnam
Congressional Library
Washington
Israel Putnam
Constantine C. Moustakis
Nashua
N. H
John Boyden Putnam
Hume
Cal
California
Yiddish Theater In Chicago Closed After One Season
The Palace opera house block at Twelfth street and Blue Island avenue was sold signaling the end of the Yiddish stage in Chicago. Samuel and Alexander Isenstein say the house will reopen next season as an English theater due to growing demand from younger Jewish patrons for English productions.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Ill
Palace Opera House
Twelfth Street
Blue Island Avenue
Samuel
Alexander Isenstein
Palace
Samuel Isenstein
Labrador People Suffer From Food Shortage
Five thousand to six thousand settlers along the Labrador coast face hunger due to a harsh winter. Telegrams to Dr. W. T. Grenfell of the Grenfell Association report the distress. the association will send 500 to St Johns to buy and ship supplies to Battle Harbor.
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Associated Press
New York
Labrador Coast
W. T. Grenfell
Grenfell Association
Battle Harbor
Labrador
St. Johns
N. F
Chicago proposed as 1912 Republican convention site
The Republican county central committee in Chicago passed resolutions at its annual meeting urging the national committee to choose Chicago for the 1912 convention and asking Illinois national committeeman Frank O Lowden to use his influence toward that end.
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Coo
Associated Press
Chicago
Republican County Central Committee
Republican National Committee
Illinois
Frank O. Lowden
Newfoundland Premier Pushes Quebec to Labrador Railway
Sir Edward Morris in New York to meet capitalists on a proposed Quebec to Cape Sir Charles Labrador railway. The plan includes a Lusitania type ocean line from Labrador to Liverpool, promising a three night Atlantic crossing and year round service. The route could shorten travel to Lower Canada and the central United States by about 1000 miles.
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New York
Sir Edward Morris
Newfoundland
Quebec
Cape
Sir Gharles
Labrador
Sir Charles
Liverpool
Atlantic
Cape Sir Charles
Lower Canada
United States
Ocean Passage
Roosevelt to attend Chicago child welfare exhibit
Theodore Roosevelt will be a guest at a Chicago child welfare exhibit planned to run for two weeks. An invitation was extended weeks ago and Roosevelt indicated he would attend if circumstances allow. A placard in the health section condemns large families as raising the child death rate based on Hamilton's 1600-family study.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Ill
Theodore Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Alice Hamilton
Riebe Undertaking Co Auto Ambulance Service
Riebe Undertaking Co offers auto ambulance service at 221 EB Com with phone contact 34.
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Riebe Undertaking Co
Detained steamship Clyde held for questioning recruits
The Clyde of the Royal Mail Steam Packet Co. was detained in Colon for two hours as officials questioned many deck passengers suspected of being recruited for Brazil by a West Indian named Owens. Owens, recently released and exiled as undesirable after a Canal Zone forgery sentence, was taken ashore under arrest. The captain refused to allow removal of the recruits without papers from the British consul, which officials could not obtain.
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Colon
Clyde
Royal Mail Steam Packet Company
New York
Kingston
Jamaica
Brazil
Owens
Canal Zone
Lincoln Way Assured from Lincoln Home to Springfield
The senate adopted a house joint resolution directing the State Historical Society to investigate and plan a Lincoln Way from Abraham Lincoln's Kentucky home to Springfield. Plans and a report will be submitted at the next legislative session.
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Associated Press
Springfield
Senate
House
Abraham Lincoln
Kentucky
State Historical Society
Reptile queen arreste d after snake throw at show
In Waterbury Connecticut a performer billed as Zoma the queen of reptiles is jailed on assault charges after allegedly throwing a snake at a young woman during a circus side show. The serpent struck the woman in the face and tangled around her arm and shoulder as she collapsed into hysteria. The case follows a separate Albany report noting frequent printing errors in New York legislature bills and critiques of the state printer and clerks.
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Associated Press
Waterbury
Conn
Zoma
Albany
N. Y
New York State
Senate Printing Committee
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