Change in Antitrust Law Urged by National Civic Federation
National Civic Federation sessions call for immediate federal legislation to permit railroad rate agreements under ICC supervision, and to establish a nonpartisan commission representing capital labor and public interest to study and regulate corporations while preserving initiative and free contract.
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Chicago
National Civic Federation
Committee On Resolutions
Roosevelt
Interstate Commerce Commission
Harrison
Cleveland
MacKinley
Congress
Germany
Pinched Ears and Shooting Incident at Augusta Wedding
Enraged by harsh language during a wedding feast at Mrs. John Baker’s home in Augusta Arkansas a bride's mother drew a revolver and shot her husband three times wounding him severely. The incident occurred as guests watched the couple’s celebration with hosts Mr and Mrs Monroe Douglas.
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Augusta
Ark
John Beker
Arkansas
Beker
Monroe Douglas
Calabrian Earthquake Ruins Dozens of Villages
Rome reports Calabria quake damage far worse than first estimated with 200 to 500 dead. Shocks leveled Ferrazzano Brancaleone and Gerace villages while fires rains and prison mutiny added to misery. Pope and King pledge relief.
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Calabria
Gioletti
Victor Emmanuel
Calabrian
Ferrazzano
Brancaleone
Sinopoli
St. Ilargo
Bocella
Jonica
Reggio
Cosanza
Baraccio
Cittanova
Palmi
Marina
Torre di Gerace
Locri
Locrains
Gerace
Calabra
Catanzaro
Gun firings at Fort Monroe and ships alarm Norfolk crowds
Reports from Norfolk reveal crowds alarmed by night gun salutes at Fort Monroe and the battleship Texas along Hampton Roads. Officials explain President Roosevelt ordered night target firing. Monroe fired minute guns for an hour, while ships fired less.
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Norfolk
Ft Monroe
Texas
Brooklyn
Hampton Roads
Roosevelt
Ft. Monroe
Prairie Fire Ravages Sioux Reservation Near Rock Creek
A large prairie fire in Nebraska's Valentine area has burned for three days on the Sioux Indian Reservation starting near Rock Creek. It has caused significant damage and evacuation concerns. A separate report from Avkland, Wisconsin notes four workers killed by an explosion at the Atlantis Dynamite Co factory when 200 pounds of ultragl ycenta detonated, with others narrowly escaping.
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Valentine
Neb
Rock Creek
Avkland
Wia
Atlantis Dynamite Co
Rockefeller Aids Banks as Panic Tides Sweep New York
John D. Rockefeller pledges large loans to New York financial institutions and supports government action to deposit 25 million dollars in city banks. Secretary Cartelyou confirms public confidence measures and Treasury deposits to stabilize the banking system amid a crisis.
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New York
John D. Rockefeller
Rockefeller
Cartelyou
Treasury Department
Treasury
J. P. Morgan
Trust Companies
Trust Co. of America
Secretary of the Treasury
Banking and Trust Corporations
Earthquake Destruction Hits Town Near Naples
A dispatch reports a disastrous earthquake south of Naples Italy burying many in ruins. The four second blast toppled the Forusan town and the cathedral tower at Ebraje. A relief train leaves Naples for the stricken area as torrential rain and icy wind intensify homelessness. Separately a Vancouver dispatch says the Canadian Pacific liner Empress of China sank near her dock with unspecified casualties.
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Paris
Naples
Italy
Ebraje
Forusan
Portland
Oru
Oregonian
Vancouver
Canadian Pacific Railway Co
Oil Burner Explosion Kills Two in Portland
An explosion aboard the river steamer J N Teal near Portland Oregon killed two parsons and seriously injured another. At least one more body is thought to be missing from the wreck with the blast reported on Oct 4.
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Portland
Ore
J.N. Teal
Leas
Fire damages South Atlantic Car and Manufact plant
A major blaze at the South Atlantic Car and Manufacturing plant in Waycross nearly destroyed the facility. Estimated losses reach 260000 dollars with insurance covering a large portion of the damage.
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Waycross
Dot
Mayer & Co. Brokerage Firm Falls Into Liabilities
New York stock exchange reports Mayer & Co. in trusteeship with liabilities of 6 million. Causes include security depreciation and tight money markets. Mayer, Leslie, Bayliss. Goldbeck named assignee. Assets possibly able to cover debts. firm may resume. Also Conso lated stock exchange brokers Butler Johnson face involuntary bankruptcy petition with creditors from Boston seeking a receiver.
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New York
Mayer & Co
New York Stock Exchange
Marcus Mayer
George R. Leslie
Abraham B. Bayliss
Delaware & Hudson
Reading
Wm. F. Goldbeck
Bainbridge Colby
Alexander & Colby
United States District Court
W. Butler
J. S. Johnson, Jr
Arthur Fitzgerald
Consolidated Stock Exchange
Butler & Johnson
Boston
Lynching of Negro man Henry Sykes in Van Vleet
Henry Sykes, a recent Indiana arrival, was lynched by unidentified men from nearby Okolana after rumors he used the telephone to contact white girls. An all night chase ended when a posse captured him following a brief exchange of shots.
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Van
Rabies Fatalities Rock Wilkes-Barre Area
Samuel Burnett 17 and John Zeemertis died from rabies after dog bites seven months earlier. Isaac Burnett 12 and George Rega 10 were treated at Pasteur Institute. Other items note orphan girls school funding in Philadelphia and local civic news from Tennessee, Texas, Austria, and Russia.
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Wilkesbarra
Samuel Burnett
John Zeemertisere
Isaac Burnet
Samuel
George Rega
Pasteur Institute
Burnett
Rega
Zeemertis
Joseph Orretto
Negro murderer dies in electric chair in Ohio
Albert Davis of Springfield was executed in the Ohio penitentiary electric chair shortly after midnight for the murder of his sweetheart Hazel Reed. Despite urgent pleas for commutation, Gov. Harris refused. Davis, who entered the annex November 14 1906, had become devoutly religious and received Catholic last rites before death.
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Columbus
Albert Davis
Springfield
Hazel Reed
Harris
Davia
Ohio Penitentiary
State
Davis
Dynamite Outcry and Farmers Seek Suspect After Explosions
In Fremont, Foster Martin used dynamite to celebrate an heir’s birth near a school with 80 pupils led by Miss Nellie David. After a first blast, teachers and students fled. locals chased him as he prepared a closer charge. Farmers are now searching for Martin. In Marietta, a 14 year old boy, Pency Battersby, had his skull trephined to ease brain pressure but the operation followed his probation suspension. The boy’s sentence to an industrial school was pending the outcome. In Marion, Erie wreck kills William Hoover, 65, a machinist, injures Agnes Baker 21 and William Carpenter 80. A child, the 6 year old daughter of Mrs. Emma Koontz of Malcolm Nebraska, was hurt.
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Marietta
W. R. Dabney
Pency Battersby
Erie
Marion
Here
William Hoover
Agnes Baker
Lima
William Carpenter
Philadelphia
Emma Koontz
Malcolm
Neb
Gas explosion injures fourteen at Youngstown works
The National Light and Thorium Co chemical department suffered a severe gas blast injuring 14 employees. Flames were extinguished and damage reached about 25000 dollars. The firm makes gas mantels. In Columbus the Secretary of State approved Cincinnati election board plans to spend up to 500 dollars to investigate and prosecute registration law violators.
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Youngstown
Chemical Department
National Light and Thorium Co
Columbus
Thompson
Board of Elections of Cincinnati
Steel Plant to Close in Columbus Ohio
United States Steel Corporation will indefinitely close its Columbus plant employing 800 workers. The superintendent received the orders with no stated reason for halting operations. A string of other fatal and near fatal incidents are reported across Ohio including a sawmill accident in Brownhelm and a poisoning scare in Morrow.
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Columbus
United States Steal Corporation
Woman Charged With Arson In Norwalk Case
Miss Lou Mather of Steuben was arrested by Sheriff Stier on a warrant from Justice Bechtel. Deputy fire marshal Dimon alleged she set fire to her own dwelling September 23 to defraud Huron County Mutual Fire Insurance Co. of 1000 dollars. She pleaded not guilty and was released on a one dollar bond after being brought to Norwalk from Toledo where she had been visiting.
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Norwalk, D
Lou Mather
Steuben
Stier
Justice of the Peace
J. M. Bechtel
Frank H. Dimon
Milan
Huron County Mutual Fire Insurance Co
Toledo
Miss Mather
Norwalk
Local tradesmen face grand jury over price fixing
In Portsmouth the special grand jury convened by Judge Blair found insufficient evidence to indict milk dealers bakers butchers and others for antitrust activity. He warned local businesses to avoid price rises as national probes target big trusts.
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Portsmouth
Blair
Man Has Nose Reattached After Steel Blow in Ohio
Ephraim Vannick an American Rolling Mill Co. employee appeared at Dr Bundys office with his severed nose in a handkerchief after a steel shedt blow. The nose was quickly sewn back on and the man restored.
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Hamilton, O
Ephriam Vannick
American Rolling MII Co
Dr. Bundy
Bank Examiners Find Irregularities in Allen County Records
Bank examiner Loeb and Roebuck of the state bureau report irregularities exceeding 11 000 in Allen County officers books covering Sept 1903 to Jan 1. The Ohio filings detail fiscal discrepancies and audit findings across county records.
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Columbus
Allen County
Loeb and Roebuck
State Bureau of Accounting
LOT
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