Milburn Advised Center Bridge Pipe Line Station
In New York hearings, John G. Milburn admitted advising the National Transit company to establish a Center Bridge Pennsylvania delivery point in 1906, calling the idea excellent. Government contends the true terminal is Bayonne, New Jersey, to evade Hepburn act requirements.
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New York
Center Bridge
National Transit’ Company
Standard Oil Corporation
New Jersey State Line
John G. Milburn
Milburn
Standard Oil Company
Bayonne
N. J
Frank B. Kellogg
C. M. Payne
Standard
Brazilian Visitors Seek Cleveland Then Plan Princeton Call
Felisberto C Paes Leme of Rio de Janeiro arrived in New York with a group of Brazilian men aiming to study U S business methods. He asked where ex President Cleveland could be found and said he had a box of cigars from Brazil for Cleveland. The party hoped to visit Cleveland at Princeton.
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New York
Felisberto C. Paes Leme
Rio de Janeiro
Teast
Cleveland
Sreeter
Mr. Cleveland
Senor Letme
Princeton
Roosevelt Approves Oklahoma Constitution Question
President Roosevelt announced he will approve the Oklahoma constitution after review with the attorney general. He noted his personal opinion of the document as “not fit for publication” and said the final promulgation of approval would come later.
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Washington
Roosevelt
AFL Continues Boycott List Until Court Intervention
Washington report notes the American Federation of Labor will keep publishing its boycott list unless the Supreme Court blocks it. The federation’s answer to Buck Stove and Range Co. asserts adherence to its constitution and rules, denies intent to intimidate, and claims no conspiracy to injure the company.
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Washington
American Federation of Labor
Buck Stove and Range Company
Supreme Court of the United States
Buck Company
Rail lines extended as Wisconsin certifies routes
The Wisconsin rail road commission issued certificates of public convenience and necessity for the Soo line to extend from the Wisconsin Minnesota line through Douglas county to South Superior and connect with the Wisconsin and Northern Minnesota line. It also granted the Northern Wisconsin and Minnesota railroad permission to traverse Superior to the Duluth Superior bridge and then across the state line, plus a branch across the Omaha Northern Pacific and Terminal Transfer right of way to the St Louis river dock line. The commission also ordered a reduction of the minimum freight charge in Wisconsin to 25 cents.
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Madison, Wis
Railroad Commission
Soo Line
Minnesota
Douglas County
South Superior
Wisconsin and Northern Minnesota
Northern
Wisconsin and Minnesota Railroad
City of
Superior
Duluth-Superior Bridge
Connors Point
Omaha, Northern Pacific and Terminal Transfer Company
St. Louis
Commission
Wisconsin
Navy ships delayed for fire control upgrades before Pacific voyage
Washington reports a fifty day delay for battleships in naval yards to install advanced fire control systems. Each ship will receive multiple below deck telephone booths linked to the captain, conning tower, and gun calibers to allow direct command of gunfire. Departure remains scheduled for December 15.
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Washington
Admiral Evans
Pacific
Rosewater estimates long asphalt paving drive for Chicago
City asphalt expert Andrew Rosewater presented a plan to the board of local improvements estimating 27 years to finish pavements across Chicago. Total cost around 200 million dollars with annual maintenance of 9 million after completion. He cites 4226 miles of streets and 1542 paved miles, with 21 percent asphalt paved.
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Chicago
Andrew Rosewater
Board of Local Improvements
Rosewater
Pastry Prices Set to Rise Oct 1
New York bakers announce wholesale pastry price hikes to take effect around October 1 due to higher flour and fruit costs over the past three months. A Bakery Employers' association meeting will decide the final increase.
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New York
Bakery Employers’ Association
Indictments Cover Pacific Mail and Southern Pacific Rates
Federal grand jury charges Pacific Mail Steamship Co and Southern Pacific Co with making rates below the published tariff for shipments from Kobe through San Francisco to Chicago. Indictments name Edward H. An, John C. Stubbs, and R. P. Schwerin with counts alleging tariff violations. Officials say rate practices predate the new law and no lower rates have been set since its enactment.
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San Francisco
Federal Grand Jury
Pacific Mail Steamship Company
Southern Pacific Company
Edward H.an
John C. Stubbs
R. P. Schwerin
Chicago
Kobe
Interstate Commerce Commission
Pacific Coast
Japan
Pacific Mail
Southern Pacific
Standard Oil Hearing Probes Buckeye Loans to National Transit
In New York on September 28 George Chesebro testified in the government suit against Standard Oil of New Jersey. He described Buckeye Pipe Line loans to National Transit as deposits on balance sheets and said they served as a bankable fund that Standard Oil could call for when needed.
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New York
George Chesebro
Standard Oil Company
Standard Oil Company of
New Jersey
Kellogg
Buckeye Pipe Line Company
Buckeye Pipe Line
National Transit Company
Buckeye Company
Chesebro
Case to annul charters targets Standard Oil empire
George H. Phelps sues Standard Oil and seven subsidiary concerns in common pleas court at Findlay Ohio seeking to declare their corporate charters illegal fraudulent and void. The suit asks perpetual injunction against all defendants in their corporate names and a receiver for each to wind up operations with the Ohio Oil company and Standard Oil excluded from the action. No witnesses will be examined. arguments based on prior testimony proceed.
Testimony In Borah Case Takes Stand In Boise
Boise Sept 28. After a day spent calling thirteen witnesses who admitted they filed timber land claims to profit by selling them to members of the public officials or associates in the Borah case.
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Boise
Ida
Platt Talks Politics On Return To Washington
New York October 1 Senator Thomas C Platt spoke with his former vigor about politics. He said he will stay in New York until December then return to Washington to resume his senate duties. He speculated on the New York delegation for the next Republican national convention noting Roosevelt may not lead and Hughes could be excluded if the president aims to retire as promised.
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New York
Thomas C. Platt
Washington
Senate
Senator Platt
Roosevelt
Hughes
Seemor
Will of Anna T Jeanes Opens Probate For 5 Million Estate
Philadelphia Oct 1 The will of Miss Anna T Jeanes who died at the Friends home in this city and who recently gave 1 million for the betterment of colored people in the South has been admitted to probate. The estate is valued at about 5 million and includes coal lands owned by Swarthmore College with a condition that the college drop intercollegiate sports. The will includes four codicils and bequests from 5 000 to 10 000 to twenty five charitable organizations and 250 000 to the Philadelphia yearly meeting trustees.
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Philadelphia
Anna T. Jeanes
Friends’ Home
South
Jeanes
Swathmore College
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of Friends
French Priest Killed In Ki angsi Riots At Kanchowfu
Details from Shanghai recount a box eriem outbreak in Ki angsi at Kanchowfu last week. Catholic mission buildings and the China Inland Mission were destroyed in riots aimed at worshippers of the great white God. A French priest was killed. American missionaries Messrs Horne and Marshall and their families are safe. Chinese officials have sent soldiers to restore order and protect missionaries.
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Shanghai
Kanchowfu
Kiangsi
China Inland Mission
Horne
Marshall
Kanchonfu
Mysterious death on street car tracks near Fort Snelling
An unknown man was found dead on the Fort Snelling to Minneapolis street car line. A motorman stopped his car in time after seeing the body with the head partly severed. Police believe he was struck and killed by another car on the line.
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St. Paul
Fort Snelling
Minneapolis
Two Sailors Dead as Storm Hits Atlantic Fleet Report
Wireless dispatches from Charlestown navy yard cite the Atlantic squadron near Cape Cod reporting two fatalities in the fleet due to Sunday’s storm. Lieutenant John M. Furse of the battleship Illinois was thrown against a wing yet Resale
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Boston
Charlestown Navy Yard
Cape Cod
John M. Furse
Bankers Seek Color Coded Notes and Federal Charters
At the American Bankers Association meeting in Atlantic City resolutions call for color coded bank notes by denomination, strict supervision of stock issues in public service firms, and federal charters for all interstate corporations. Officers elected include J. D. Powers and George M. Reynolds.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Secretary of the Treasury
American Bankers’ Association
National Bank
Executive’ Council
Committee On
E.R. Mosley
Kansas
J. D. Powers
Louisville
George M. Reynolds
Chicago
Executive Council
Lusitania Arrives After Slower Eastward Passage
The Cunard steamer Lusitania reached Queenstown at 3 56 a m after a 5 day 4 hour 19 minute voyage from New York, two hours twenty five minutes longer than the return trip. A best daily run was 530 miles from noon Wednesday to noon Thursday, with fog only affecting one day and a strong northeast wind and rough sea hindering progress on others. Engineers blamed American coal for lower performance compared with westward travel.
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Queenstown
Cunard Inc
Lusitania
New York
Starts Down the River Inbound Visit to St Paul
Inland waterways commissioners and government officials arrived in St Paul from Duluth on the Northern Pacific train at 6 20 am. Delayed by a Lake Superior storm, the party left at 9 am aboard the government boat Mc Kennzie for the river trip to Memphis, with a brief St Paul layover canceled to maintain schedule. Citizens greeted them at Union Depot and escorted them to breakfast at the Commercial Club.
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St. Paul
Inland Waterways Commission
Commission
St.Paul
Duluth
Northern Pacific
Seo
Lake Superior
McKennzie
Memphis
Union Depot
Commercial Club
Prohibition Law Upheld by Tennessee Supreme Court
Knoxville Sept 30 The state supreme court holds constitutional the statute by the Tennessee legislature that mandates abolition of saloons in all cities 100000 inhabitants or less hereafter incorporated.
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Knoxville
Tenn
State Supreme Court
Tennessee
Rain Floods French Camp Forcing Tactical Shifts
A torrential downpour at Casa Blanca on September 30 drenched the camp of French troops. Sharpshooter tents housed about a foot and a half of water, signaling the rainy season’s start. General Drude may relocate the camp to higher ground nearby.
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Casa Blanca
Drude
Labor Shortage Hits Blackstone Valley Mills
In Pawtucket Rhode Island on Sept 30 the mills and factories across the Blackstone Valley face a serious labor shortage. The tight employment market slows production as plants rush to meet demand and increasingly refuse new orders.
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Pawtucket
R. L
Blackstone Valley
Minister as a Detective Probes Women Drinking in Chicago
Rev Frederick E Hopkins of Pilgrim Congregational Church conducts a daylong survey of Chicago first class restaurants to count women patrons and their drink choices. Of 355 observed women, 55 percent drank alcohol, while 163 abstained or drank nonalcoholic beverages. Hopkins says results show drinking is widespread among women diners.
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Chicago
Frederick E. Hopkins
Pilgrim Congregational Church
Hopkins
Apollinaris
Welcome for Asiatic squadron ships in San Francisco Bay
The cruiser squadron from the Asiatic station including armored cruisers West Virginia West Virginia? The big ships steamed up the bay to a hearty welcome. Flags waved from hillside houses and signals of welcome filled the air as steam whistles sounded and ferries paused to view the visitors.
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San Francisco
Asiatic Station
Frisco Labor Candidates Named by Union Convention
The San Francisco union labor city and county convention nominated P. H. McCarthy for mayor Thomas ONeill for sheriff Harry L Mulcrevy for city and county clerk and John H Nelson for city and county recorder. The group proceeded as planned with Eugene E Schmitz’s program in full.
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San Francisco
Union Labor City and County
P. H. McCarthy
The
Building Trades Council
Thomas O’neill
Harry L Mulcrevy
John H. Nelson
Eugene E. Schmitz
Nine Die Threatened From Ice Cream Poisoning
In Statesboro Georgia on September 28 Cone Hagan a farmer near the town and eight children became unconscious after eating ice cream containing condensed milk. A physician reported ptomaine poisoning. All eight children and Hagan are feared dead or near death.
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Statesboro
Cone Hagan
Here
Hagan
Disappearance of C. W. Thurston in Montana bank case
Helena reports former St. Paul man C. W. Thurston missing. Now cashier of the State bank of Moore, Mont., he is accused of misusing bank funds. Thurston moved from St. Paul two years ago, previously managed a commercial agency, then Lewistown before joining Moore bank.
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Helena
Mont
C. W. Thurston
St. Paul
State Bank of
Moore, Mont
Thurston
Lewistown
State Bank of Moore
Suspected of Two Murders in Midwest Tale
Chicago police investigate a report that Richard Walton, jailed in Springfield NL, is linked to the strangling death of Lizzie Schroeder near Gary Indiana weeks earlier. Walton had been working in Gary and left around the murder time.
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Chicago
Richard Walton
Lillian W. Grant
Springfield
Lizzie Schroeder
Gary
Ind
Walton
Explosion at Eureka Laundry Burns Victims in Coshocton
In Coshocton Ohio by RPP Stitt fatality for Stitt and serious burns to M Herbert Knode occurred in a gasoline explosion in the Eureka laundry dry cleaning dept. Fifty workers were present when the blast caused a panic and many minor injuries. The three story building was razed by the resulting fire.
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Coshocton
Rpp Stitt
M Herbert Knode
Eureka
Judge Wickersham Resigns from Alaska Bench
President Roosevelt accepts the resignation of Judge James Wickersham of Alaska after repeated serious charges. Wickersham, who served for years through recess, had his nomination not confirmed.
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Washington
Roosevelt
James Wickersham
Alaska
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Harriman Ocean and Rail Lines
Southern Pacific Railroad Company
Standard Oil Hearing
Mr. Chesebro
Ohio
Standard Oil
Havana
Mayari
Santiago
Diario de la Marine
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