Price Maker Combines Ex All Charges
Minnesota Bar Hearings Show Attorney General Wickersham urging a federal commission to regulate corporations like railroads. He suggests a price regulation role for such a body, noting current supply fixes by producers and the need to prevent anti trust violations. He questions feasibility and highlights interstate pricing rules as a model.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnesota
Bar
Commission
Interstate Commerce
Duluth
Minn
Wickersham
Minnesota State Bar Association
United States
Taft
Federal Industrial Commission
Congress
Taft Addresses Veterans In Manassas Reunion
In Manassas Virginia President Taft spoke to blue and gray veterans at their semi centennial reunion saying France would join the arbitration treaty with Britain and that three more nations may sign within days. He traveled to the town along roads once crowded with Union troops from Bull Run.
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Manassas
Taft
France
England
Washington
Bull Run
Martin
Carlin
Virginia
Hilles
Major Butt
Gideons Meet in Milwaukee At National Convention
The Gideons opened their annual national convention in the Y M C A building Milwaukee Wisconsin with about five hundred delegates. They distributed Bibles to hotel rooms and held religious meetings in missions streets and convention sessions through July 21 to Sunday night.
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Milwaukee
Wis
The
Gideons
Strang Killed in Wisconsin Auto Tour Crash
Louis Strang, noted auto race driver and Case team manager, died instantly near Blue Rivers while trying to avoid a wagon as his machine plunged thirty feet over a embankment. He was 26 and had been a prominent figure in major race meetings since 1907.
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Blue Rivers
Wis
Strang
Case
J. I. Case Company
Racine
la Crosse
Milwaukee
Wall Paper Men Indicted In Cleveland Trust Case
Four indictments returned by the federal grand jury accuse J. B. Pearce, Norton Newcomb, Edward E. Maxwell, and C. C. Aler of conspiracy in restraint of trade under the Sherman act. Bond set at $5,000 each for alleged secret May 30, 1910 meeting in Cleveland and a plot to boycott wholesalers selling to discount stores.
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Cleveland
Federal Grand Jury
J. B. Pearce
Wilson Sees 1912 Victory At Democratic Banquet
At Avon New Jersey banquet, Governor Woodrow Wilson predicted Democratic success in 1912. He dismissed third party talk as idle and urged loyalty to the Democratic Party. He said the current government was adopting Jeffersonian principles and being tested on that standard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asbury Park
N. J
Avon
Woodrow Wilson
Thomas Jefferson
Smoot Wool Tariff Bill Introduced in Senate
Senator Smoot of Utah introduced a wool tariff bill in Washington on July 20. He claims it could gain majority Republican support if any wool revision passes. The measure is not administrative, reflecting his view of possible reductions without harming American industries and serves as a substitute for the Underwood and LaFollette bills.
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Washington
Smoot
Utah
Senate
Convict Fake Medical Men In New York Court
The U S circuit court convicted Samuel E Hyndman William H Rudolph and Julius Jelsik promoters of the Collins New York Medical Institute of using the mails to defraud They were found guilty of giving illegitimate medical advice and supplying useless nostrums to ignorant and sick foreigners in various states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
United States Circuit
Samuel E. Hyndman
William H. Rudolph
Julius Jelsik
Collins New York Medical Institute
SMALL GOTHAM BANK CLOSED
The Audubon National Bank at Broadway and 143rd Street will enter voluntary liquidation after funds misappropriated by a bank officer. National Bank Examiner Hannas reported the incident. Acting President Reimers said the total misappropriated sum is not yet known.
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New York
Audubon National Bank
Broadway
One Hundred and Forty-third Street
National Bank
Hannas
Reimers
Hold Up Limited Crew Lined Up Under Gun
Four masked robbers held up the North Coast Limited near Buffalo North Dakota and robbed passengers of about 500 dollars. They fired on engineer Olson wounding him and fled by automobile. Detectives captured three suspects at Melrose Minnesota. A fourth escaped. The express and mail cars were not molested.
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Grand Forks
N. D
North Coast Limited
Northern Pacific
Buffalo
N. C
8. P. Olson
Fargo
St. Cloud
Minn
J. J. Davis
Melrose
High Bride
Valley City
Boat carrying 100 sinks. Dubuque towed to dry dock
The steam er Dubuque of the Diamond Line sank in a shallow channel near Keokuk after hitting a snag while en route from St. Louis to Burlington. The hull suffered a large hole but no injuries. passengers remained calm as pumps and bulkheads saved the ship.
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Burlington
Dubuque
Government Canal
Keokuk
St. Louis
Kansas City Hardware Dealer Killed Over Seized Goods
Robert G. Crumpley while removing goods from his store in Kansas City Missouri was shot and killed by Police Sergeant J D Love. Crumpley had been enjoined by district courts from removing the goods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Kan
Robert G. Crumpley
J. D. Love
Crumpley
Haitian ruler doomed to meet Diaz fate
Washington reports say President Simon of Haiti is likely to be dethroned by revolutionary forces led toward Port-au-Prince. Captain Dismukes aboard the gunboat Petrel notes key towns captured, Simon ill and confined, with desperate fighting anticipated as foreign diplomats back protests against bombardment of coastal towns. The US Navy readies a cordon of warships around Haiti.
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Washington
Simon
Haiti
Diaz
Mexico
Dismukes
Petrel
Port-au-Prince
Gonaives
St. Marc
State Department
Furniss
Haitian
Republic
Navy Department
Informer McManigal Spurned by Relatives in Los Angeles
Ortie E. McManigal, named as a confessed dynamiter and prosecution informant against the McNamara brothers, is reportedly abandoned by relatives who say he repeats conversations to detectives. Uncle George Behm, a Portage, Wisconsin locomotive engineer, says McManigal may be duped or crazy and will not visit him in prison. Mrs McManigal and the children also keep away from him for weeks.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Ortie E. McManigal
McNamara Brothers
George Behm
Behm
Portage
Wis
McManigal
Navy fleet clash ends with uncertain victor near Boston
Block Island Rhode Island July 21 The two United States navy fleets fought two days for access to Boston and New York via Long Island Sound. Both sides claim victory and say the other was defeated. Umpires will report results but the decision may not be made public. Rear Admiral Hugo Osterhaus led the blue squadron and Commander E W Eberle commanded the red defending squadron.
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Block Island
R. I
United States Navy
Boston
New York
Long Island Sound
Navy Department
Hugo Osterhaus
Blue
E. W. Eberle
Red
Two Dead In Trolley Collision in Hackensack NJ
Two men died and a dozen or more passengers were seriously injured when two North Jersey Rapid Transit trolley cars collided in Hackensack New Jersey, July 22.
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Hackensack
N. J
North Jersey Rapid Transit Company
Aldrich Denies Taft Aide in Hines Lorimer Probe
Former Rhode Island Senator Nelson W. Aldrich testified before the Senate Lorimer committee, denying claims that he urged Edward Hines to press for Lorimer’s election or that Taft sought Lorimer’s victory. He described three conversations with Hines in 1909 and 1901, insisting he never sent for Hines nor discussed specific candidates or elections. The piece also notes expanding tuberculosis exhibits nationwide, counting 25 states and 16 cities with permanent or traveling displays and a 1904 Maryland start.
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Washington
Nelson W. Aldrich
Rhode Island
Lorimer
Edward Hines
Chicago
Taft
Aldrich
Hines
White House
Illinois
United States
Hopkins
Nevada
Arizona
New Mexico
Wyoming
Mexico
Porto Rico
Cuba
National Association For the Study and Prevention of
National Association
America
Maryland Tuberculosis Commission
Plot to kill de la Barra investigated in Mexico City
Police receive information of an alleged plot to assassinate President de la Barra. The president dismisses the report, while detectives investigate. Informants say the plan aimed at the Juarez death anniversary exercises last Tuesday, but the opportunity failed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico City
President de la Barra
de la Barra
Benito Pablo Juarez
R T C Wins $10 000 Stake In 2 14 Trot
Kalamazoo July 21 R T C a delivery horse groomed by Murphy for Grand Circuit racing carried the $10 000 paper milestake in the 2 14 trot. He won three straight heats with ease as the crowd at the race meeting witnessed the largest turnout in the city’s history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kalamazoo
Mich
R T. C
Murphy
Cuticura Remedies Said To Cure Severe Eczema
Two testimonial letters claim Cuticura Soap and Ointment cured chronic eczema after other doctors failed. Miss Mattie J. Shaffer describes ten months of suffering and disfigurement before recovery. Mrs. F. L. Marberger reports four years of boils and eczema improved by the products. The notice invites free samples and a 32 page book from Cuticura Dept. 4 L, Boston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mattie J. Shaffer
R. F.D
Dancy
Miss
F. L. Marberger
Drehersville
Boston
Neighborhood Needs A Drug Store Says Resident
Caller considers opening a drug store in the area. Resident endorses the idea noting no nearby place to buy stamps or view the city directory within ten blocks.
Boy Scout Movement Spreads to Malay Peninsula
The boy scouts reach the Malay peninsula with Singapore to establish a government patronized organization. The movement spreads through British colonies as it gains popularity and offers military training and lasting value. The text notes the challenge of knowing what to say and when not to speak.
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Boy Scouts
Malay Peninsula
Singapore
British Colonies
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Wall Paper
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Mississippi
Whia
Long Island
Deneen
Boutell
Congressman Boutell
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