Court Denies Modification in Waters-Pierce Ouster Case
Missouri Supreme Court overruled motions for rehearing and for modification. Waters-Pierce Oil Co retains right to do business. Indiana and Republic Oil compaies ousted. Standard Oil interests may appeal to U S Supreme Court. The Ohio and Indiana firms face $50,000 fines and shutdown. Waters-Pierce paid $50,000 fine and filed a conditional permit to continue under reorganization to sever Standard Oil control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson City
Standard O11 Company
Indiana
Republic OH Company
Ohio
Mac Souri Supreme Court
Waters-Pierce Oil Company
Missouri Company
Oklo
Missouri
Waters-Tierce Company
Standard Oil Company of
New Jersey
Standard of
Supreme Court of the United States
Waters-Pierce Company
New Jersey Corporation
Standard
Standard Oil Company
Republic Oil Company
Taft Cabinet Members Speak Through President’s Policy
At the first cabinet meeting President Taft decided to do his own talking. All members except Dickinson were present. Secretary Knox announced the ruling, with Wright Meyer Nagel and Wilson affirming.
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Washington
Taft
Dickinson
Knox
Wright
Meyer
Nagel
Wilson
Russia approves funds to ready Ha'kan fleet and army stores
The Duma after an all night session voted 5 million dollars to ready the Ha'kan fleet for action and 20 million dollars to restore army stores and munitions depleted since the Japanese war in the buildup for a potential European clash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Petersburg
Russia
Duima
Kansas Senate Rejects 2-Cent Fare Bill
The Kansas Senate adopts the railroad committee report and rejects the 2-cent fare bill ending cent fare legislation in this session. Legislators in Topeka report the measure was not passed.
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Topeka
Kan
Senate
Raiilroad Committee
Kansas
Plans for $50 million New York transit extension
Interborough engineers propose a city rapid transit expansion costing about 50 million dollars. Plans include extending from Forty second Street downtown on Seventh Avenue to Lexington Avenue, and an East Side line along Lexington to One Hundred and Tenth Street. President Shonts stated support for the McAdoo tunnel and other proposals for the city’s benefit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Interborough Rapid Transit Company
Public Service Commission
Theodore P. Shonts
Interborough
Hudson and Manhattan Railroad Company
McAdoo Hudson River
Sixth Avenue
Forty-second Street
Court decides for railroads in Missouri rate case
Judge McPherson rules freight and passenger rates under 1907 statutes are not remunerative but confiscatory and unconstitutional. The decision may prompt railroads to revert to lower fares, and could influence similar lawsuits in several Western states including Minnesota, South Dakota and Nebraska.
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Kansas City
Kansa
Secont
McPherce Instrict
McPherson
Minnesota
South Nakota
Nebraska
Tornado Devastates Brinkley Arkansas City and Residents
A March 10 report from Brinkley Arkansas says a cyclone struck at night, destroying the business district and 90 percent of homes in a city of about 3900. Fatalities reach at least thirty with 50 to 100 hurt and property losses exceeding 1000 dollars. relief parties later find numerous fatalities among Black residents and other casualties.
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St. Louis
Post-Dispatch
Brinkley
Ark
Memphis
Tenn
Discrepancy Found in Western Penitentiary Accounts
In Pittsburg on March 10 a reported discrepancy exceeding 26000 dollars appeared in penitentiary ledgers. Henry Relber auditor and two former bank officials, William Montgomery and J B F Rinehart, allegedly confirmed the shortfall as they aided audit though in prison. Warden Johnson awaits return before deeper inquiry.
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Pittsburg
Board of Visitors
Western Penitentiary
Henry Relber
Farmers' Deposit National Bank
Retber
Wiliam Montgomery
Allegheny National Bank
J. B. F. Rinehart
Carhler
Farmers and Drovers’ National Bank of
Waynesburg
William Johnson
Murder Mystery Cleared in Baltimore Shooting Case
In Mount Washington a part of the case surrounding the death of Jennie Reid was clarified as Joseph Mueller confessed to police that he fired at a shadow while walking with Reid, claiming the shooting was accidental though authorities suspect deliberate murder. The couple, reportedly engaged, were walking through woods when the fatal shots occurred.
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Baltimore
Jennie Reid
Mount Washington
Joseph Mueller
Miss Reid
Aclvay
Injunction Sought In Church Controversy
A Chicago suit seeks to bar Rev Edward B. Crawford and the Woodlawn Park Methodist church trustees from printing or circulating a confession Mary Lavender made to the pastor. The bill, filed by John Lavender, argues disclosure harms the church. Judge Barnes refused the injunction for lack of notice.
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Chicago
Superior Court
John Laverder
Edward B. Crawford
Woodlawn Park Methodist Church
Mary Lavender
Quintiff
Crawford
Convers
Lidy
Thrertenine
Sald
Sald Qastor
Hev
John
Leek
Western Avenue Methodfist Church
Governor vows appeal after cent fare law ruling
Governor Hadley said the decision is not correct and the state will appeal to the United States Supreme Court. The question rests with the attorney general. A 36 hour blizzard in eastern Canada disrupts Montreal to coast traffic with trains 20 hours late and severe drifts.
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Jefferson City
Hadley
McPherson
United States Circuit Court
Kansas City
Blizzara
Canada
Montreal
Seaboard
Dream of Intercontinental Railway Ends in Tragedy
Washington reports the death of Hinton Rowan Helper former United States consul general at Buenos Ayres found dead in a Chicago boarding house with a towel around his neck and gas on. A civil war veteran and author, Helper pursued a forty year old project for a three Americas railway linking the Straits of Dering and Magellan. His wife and children live in Chicago.
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Washington
Central
South America
Hinton Rowan Helper
United States
Buenos Ayres
Chicago
Helper
Straits of Dering
Magellan
Severe snow storms disrupt travel in Iowa and Kansas
Des Moines reports one of the severest storms of the season with zero or above zero temperatures and intermittent streetcar service as trains move slowly. Topeka endures the heaviest snow storm of the year with trains two hours late and about fourteen inches of snow.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Topeka
Kan
Janitor Misses Wage Cut Demand In Bayonne
Bayonne March 8 Themas McIntyre a school janitor asked the board to reduce his salary from 50 to 40 dollars monthly His request was granted without heated debate as he deemed 50 too high for the service he provides to the city
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Bayonne
N. J
Themas McIntyre
Edinon Board
Hhe
McIntyre
Boh
Fire at Sacred Heart School in Brockton damages building
In Brockton Massachusetts on March 9 fire broke out in the Sacred Heart parochial school causing panic among about 100 children who were safely evacuated. Firemen then protected the adjacent Sacred Heart church as flames threatened the structure.
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Brockton
Mass
Sacred Heart
Wehool
Sacred Heart Church
Prosecution Must Show Defendant Knew of Secret Rate in Retrial
The retrial of the Standard Oil Co. of Indiana faces a potential setback as Judge Anderson requires the government to prove there was no standard rate for off shipments between Whiting Indiana and East St. Louis Illinois and that the defendant knowingly accepted a lower secret rate. The court adjourned to consider arguments and possible indictment amendment.
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Chicago
Standard
Ol Company of
Indiana
Anderson
Court of Appeals
Whiting
Ind
East St. Louis
Wilkerson
Modified census bill prepared for Taft approval
Washington March 10 The passage of a new census bill during the special session is confidently predicted Judge Crumpacker of Indiana author of the bill prepared the measure The plan abandons noncompetitive exams for clerks in favor of a merit based selection to meet census needs and secure Tafts signature
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Washington
Roosevelt
Representative Crimpacker
Indiana
House
Congress
Taft
Crumpackertes
Summons Ends Witness in Iowa Murder Case
Aged Mrs Van Winkle died in Muscatine after learning she must testify against Marty Jones, alleged mayor of the Van Winkle family. Her death follows a brutal murder that claimed her son and daughter-in-law as victims, described as among the worst in Iowa crime history.
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Des Moines
Marty Jones
Ajayor
van Winkle
Musca- Unie
Jones
InJan
Towa
Income Tax Law in France Readjusts Fiscal System
Paris March 10 The chamber of deputies passed the income tax bill by 497 to 166. It replaces antiquated taxes with a graduated income tax. Laborers are largely exempt. Incomes around 1000 dollars yearly taxed up to 4 percent. The bill constitutes a complete readjustment of France’s fiscal system.
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Paris
Chamber of Deputies
France
Schwab Rules Out Wage Cuts at Bethlehem Steel
Charles M. Schwab, president of Bethlehem Steel, stated wages would not be reduced. He believed steel prices would decline before a thorough adjustment of conditions, but Bethlehem Steel did not plan to cut wages for its workers.
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Charles M. Schwab
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
Taft Hints At Attending National G A R Encampment
President Taft indicated plans to visit the South and West this autumn and attend the forty ninth annual encampment of the G A R in Salt Lake City from Aug to 14. Senators Smoot and Lothrop of Utah extended the invitation, reflecting ongoing talks about the trip.
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Washington
Taft
Oc A. R
Salt Lake
Cit
Smoot and Lotharland
Utah
GAR
Roosevelt Club
St. Paul
White House
Hugh TY. Halbert
Pittish
Bryce
Tait
Ida
Philippines
Manalon
Financier shoots boss then kills self in depot murder suicide
Devils Lake North Dakota March 9. M Bryant a cashier at the Great Northern depot shot agent O J Hoepner in the head then turned the revolver on himself dying two hours later. Hoepner had fired Bryant Sunday over a suspected cash shortage. Auditor W Howard witnessed the checkout. Both men were married with large families.
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Devils Lake
X. D
M. Bryant
Great Northern Depot
O. J. Hoepner
W Hoepner
Bryant
Hoepner
Avaitor
W. W. Howard
Great Worthern
Murdered Rancher Ambushed Near Deviladeros Station
Dos Luis Proto a mill owner rancher and pioneer of Nogales was shot and killed in an ambush near Deviladeros Station on the Nogales Canal railroad while en route to his Magdalena area ranch. A Mexican driver was wounded in the attack. Local reports say Proto had prior trouble with ranch hands and was believed kidnapped in a related dispute.
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Nogales
Ariz
Dos Luis Proto
Deviladeros Station
Nogales-Cananes
Magdalena
Alec
Bankers Sentenced for Fraud at Savings and Loan Case
New York reports Convicted for taking 54,000 from a savings and loan company in Brand San Colonel Edward E. Britton and Edward J. Schroeder, former president and vice president, received lengthy sentences in Sing Sing by Justice Cox in Brooklyn Supreme Court. Britton faces fourteen months to four years six months, Schroeder identical except for an additional year in the joint term.
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Savings and Loan Company
New York
a4+ Savings and Loan company
Brand
San
Edward E. Britton
Edward J. Schroeder
Jey Cox
Spreme Court
Brooklyn
Britton
American Warships Reach Central American Ports
American warships arrive at Corinto Nicaragua and Corinto from Cariito Washington on March 10. The text notes delayed settlement of numerous Managua era claims and reports two vessels already at Corinto potentially influencing negotiations.
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Washington
Corinto
Nicaragua
Perdac
Lely
Corintos
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Cal
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Standard Oil
Schwab
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Tren
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Wlionaire
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Frisgn
Cariito
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