Decision Expected Soon on 5 Percent Freight Rate Increases
Washington DC reports the Interstate Commerce Commission is set to issue a decision on applying a 5 percent freight rate increase within official classification territory. The ruling would allow class rate advances between Pittsburgh Buffalo and the Mississippi River, deny commodity and trunk line rate hikes, and address carrier revenue practices.
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Washington
D. C
Interstate Commerce Commission
Central Freight Association
Pittsburgh
Buffalo
Mississippi River
Trunk Line
Commission
Wabash
Pere Marquette
Ann Arbor
Wheeling & Lake Erie
Baltimore & Ohio
Ka Evie
Pennsylvania and
New York Central
Kidnap Attempt Turmoil In High Speed Drive
A man from Scotch Plains and his sister in law fought over a child during a 60 mph car chase along the New Jersey roads from Mt. Holly to Lumberton. Phillips V. Van Arsdale tried to abduct the girl from her mother. Myriam E. Oatman pursued and boarded the vehicle. A policeman intervened, Van Arsdale was jailed, and the child was returned home.
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Mt. Holly
N. J
Here
Lumberton
Phillips V. van *Arsdale
Scotch Plains
Myriam E. Oatman
van Arsdale
van Ars‘dale
Former Senator Frank Hiscock Dies in Syracuse
Former United States Senator Frank Hiscock died in Syracuse after a long illness. Born in Pompey in 1834, he backed Horace Greeley for president in 1872 and won election to Congress, serving six terms and chairing the Appropriations Committee. He later served six years in the Senate beginning in 1887.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Syracuse
N. Y
United States
Frank Hiscock
Mr. Hiscock
Pompey
N.Y
Horace Greeley
Congress
House
Committee On ‘Appropriations
United States Secate
Bon
Port Simon Shore Vigil for Missing Merchant Sailor
Report states York City sailor Jack Jenkins, employed two years by United Broad Co., went missing after the Pastores ashore at Port Simon. A salvage effort found a small cup and two large handsful of something near a bench as investigators search for the missing man and a possible splashing incident.
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Pearis
York City
Jack Jenkins
Broit Co
Port Simon
Fasorithis
Geo
Jack
Harpenters
Botworth
225 Victims Stated In Hill Crest Mine Explosion
In the Crow's Nest district near Fernie British Columbia 225 men were believed killed in the Hill Crest mine blast. 65 bodies recovered with 160 feared dead as smoke and collapsed tunnels hinder rescue efforts. A relief train and government rescue car aided the scene amid unclear cause theories.
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Vancouver
B. C
Hill Crest
Crow’s Nest
Fernie
Blairmore
Fugitive Kills Officer as Robbery Suspect Wounded in Chase
Boston police inspector Thomas F. Norton was killed and Lawrence Robinson, sought in Grand Rapids for a July triple murder, was wounded after Norton tried to arrest him. Two other officers and Joseph Daniels joined the gunfire ending in a crowded street after a restaurant clash. Daniels was arrested. Robinson is linked to a daylight jewelry-store robbery in Grand Rapids last September that left three employees dead and diamonds worth about $2,200 taken.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Mass
Thomas F. Norton
Lawrence Robinson
Grand Rapids
Mich
Norton
Robinson
Joseph Daniels
Daniels
Lawrence P. Robinson
Thomson Jewelry
Burns Ousted by Police Chiefs at Convention
Detective William J Burns was expelled from the International Association of Chiefs of Police at the closing meeting in Grand Rapids Michigan. President Sylvester was ordered to notify Burns to remove the association insignia from his letterheads.
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Burns
Grand Rapids
Mich
William J. Burns
International Association of Chiefs of Police
Sylvester
Association
Yale Beats Harvard In Dramatic Four Mile Rowing Finish
Yale won the four mile eight-oared varsity race against Harvard by three feet in a sensational finish. Official time Yale 21 16 Harvard 21 16 1-5. Friday's victory marked Yale's first since 1907 amid long rivalry dating to 1852.
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New London
Conn
Yale
Harvard
Yaje
Cornell Graduate Enters Cage to Water Lions, Is Torn to Bits
Emerson D. Dietrich, a Cornell graduate and manager of a trained animal act, enters a box car at Santa Fe yards to water ten lions and prepare the trip. The enraged lions tear him to pieces while his fiancée Adgie Castillo, the trainer, remains at Lincoln Park. she and DeVey had planned a Atlantic City wedding and engagements next week.
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Cornell- Graduate
Chicago
Ill
Emerson D. Dietrich
Brooklyn
N. Y
Cornell
Santa Fe
Clark and
16Th St
Dietrich
Cy DeVey
Lincoln Park
DeVey
Mlle. Adgie
Atlantic City
Adgie Castillo
Twelve Die In Canal Boat Disaster Near Syracuse
A motor launch carrying excursionists on the Oswego canal near Syracuse capsized after striking a submerged log. Twelve people drowned including Mrs George H Adams and three children, with several others saved. Owner Lewis Daifer said the boat hit a stump just after leaving the dock as darkness hindered life preserver use.
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Syracuse
N. Y
Oswego Canal
George H. Adams
Margaret
Lillian
John Mogg
Harry Welsh
Katherine
Davier
Howard Crane
Scharie Schultz
Mabel Tibbitts
Marie Adams
Charles Welsh
Lewis Daifer
Lewis Dainer
Kitchener Named Earl in King’s Birthday Honors
The King’s birthday honors list released Sunday elevates Lord Kitchener of Khartum to an earldom. Notable barons and baronets include Sir Higbert Cozens-Hardy Sir Edgar Vincent Maj Gen John Fielden Brockhurst and Sir Leonard Lyell. Albert H. Stanley head of the London Underground is made a baronet.
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London
England
Lord Kitchener of
Hendrick Buried With Military Honors in Calumet
Oscar F. Hendrick son of Mr and Mrs Hendrick private in Company B 28th United States infantry died at Vera Cruz June 8 after a brief illness was buried with military honors in Calumet Michigan ceremony attended by local officials and comrades from the unit
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Calumet, Mich
Oscar F. Hendrickson
28Th
United States Infantry
Vera Cruz
Peace Advocate Bertha Von Suttner Dies in Vienna
Baroness Bertha Von Suttner 71 Austrian writer and Nobel Peace Prize laureate of 1905 died in Vienna after a three week illness. She had long championed peace work and sought treatment for obesity. Cremation performed in Gotha without ceremony.
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Vienna
Austria
Bertha von Suttner
Baroness von Suttner
Gotha
Ithout
Homers
Supreme Court Affirms Southern Pacific Land Rights in California
The Supreme Court upholds the Southern Pacific Railroad Co. in its ownership of vast California petroleum lands tied to congressional grants. Experts value the lands at up to 700 million dollars. The decision also clarifies mineral status for petroleum and limits government salvage to fraud or inadvertent patent grants with due diligence and a 1900 1901 deadline. The case arose from petitions by Edmund Burke J I Lamprecht and F M Aiken after California federal circuit court sent questions to the high court.
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Washington, D. C
Supreme Court
California
Congress
United States
Edmund Burke
J. I. Lamprecht
F. M. Aiken
Southern Pacific
California Federal Circuit Court
Humble Ostrich Death Shock At Norman Asylum
A Norman Oklahoma inmate Malachi Martin dies after a lengthy illness. Post mortem reveals a stomach contents list including nails screws tags buttons glass coins and various small metal objects. Doctors Day and Stein documented the items found in his stomach.
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Norman
Okla
Malachi Martin
Day
Stein
Good Apple Crop Forecast Across Several States
The report notes a heavy apple yield expected in Maryland and North Carolina with favorable prospects in Virginia Georgia and South Carolina. Colorado Michigan and Michigan show unusual or good crops while other states remain generally positive for apples this season.
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Washington, D. C
Maryland
North C
Arolina
Colorado
Michigan
Virginia
Georgia
South Carolina
Ian Goldicore
Sonia Ands Damae
Child Labor Restrictions Under State Law Explored
Attorney General Hogan interprets the new school age law listing twenty five employments banned for youths under specified ages. The list covers mills factories mercantile offices hotels bakeries and other workplaces with strict prohibitions for boys under 16 and girls under 21 in various roles or in transmitting messages during summer or year round.
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Columbus
Caixteen
Hogan
State civil service exams set for July dates in Columbus
The state civil service commission announces two week exams for statisticians appraisers clerks court stenographers reporters and plumbers. Appraisal clerk salary ranges 1800 to 2400 with July 15 at the state house. Stenographers July 8 Cincinnati and Coshocton. Plumbers July 9 at the state house. Statisticians July 10 statewide eligibility normal school or college graduates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
State Civil Service Commission
State Board of Health
State Public Utilities Commission
State House
Cincinnati
Coshocton
Caldwell Fire Destroys Republican Journal Plant
The Republican Journal plant in Caldwell was nearly wiped out by fire. It started in an annex with the engine and dynamo for a moving picture show owned by Judge L W Wheeler, then spread to the machinery and stock, causing about $5,000 in losses, largely insured. The paper is owned by local businessmen with W E Danford as editor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caldwell
Republican-Journal
Noble County
L. W Wheeler
Republican Journal
W. E. Danford
Severe hailstorm damages Erie crops in storm toll
A severe electrical storm and heavy hail swept Erie and nearby counties, lasting about ten minutes. Hail stripped foliage and damaged young fruit across fields, ending a day of freak weather in Sandusky.
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Hall
Sandusky
Erie
Unties
Six Hurt In Collision Near Lodi On Local Line
Six people were injured when a Cleveland South Western and Columbus passenger car collided head on with a work train at a curve on a high embankment two miles west of Lodi. Two occupants were seriously hurt and many suffered cuts from flying glass as the crash threw passengers about and shaker them.
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Cleveland
Cleveland, Southwestern
Columbus
Lodi
Fear Aviator and Wife Dead Off Port Clinton
Harry N. Atwood the aviator and his newlywed wife are believed drowned after their craft apparently fell into Lake Erie near Port Clinton Ohio. Search efforts are underway and authorities fear the worst.
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Toledo
Harry N. Atwood
Lake Erie
Port Clinton
Taggart Divorce Judge Ha son Dies At Seventy
Judge Samuel B. Hason aged seventy who presided over the Taggart divorce case years ago died here of pneumonia.
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Wooster
Samuel B. Hason
Burglars Steal Over $1,000 From Fischman Jewelry Store
Burglars entered L B Fischman jewelry store in Akron and stole goods valued at over $1,000. A safe containing $15,000 and a grip packed with $250 were left untouched.
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Akron
L. EB. Fischman’s
Meanest Man Bribe Attempt Reported in New York Sun
A brief item notes the meanest man being beaten and a policeman offered a Confederate hundred dollar bill as bribery. The snippet includes unrelated ads and杂 fragmentary text mentioning evolution theory and Wright’s Indian Vegetable Pills with an Irish box address at 6372 Pearl St, New York.
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New York Sun
Pearl St
New York
Lacks Glitter and Inconsistent Claims in Jewelry Ad
An advertisement touts Consistency TM as a jewel tighten claim while urging use of Roman Eye Balsam for eye irritation and eyelid inflammation. The copy hints at misused attribution and a product pairing in a brief trade notice.
The Women We Marry and Other Fictions Headline Parody
A Chicago Tribune style line mocks a newspaper headline about a man named Wormie expelled from the human system by Dr Peery's Vermifuage. The fragment suggests a satirical or sensational note on pride and hunger in a literary context.
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Chicago
Dr. Peery
Lightning Fells Two in Kent Storm
During an electrical storm Clyde Kelso was knocked unconscious when a barn was struck by lightning. Nighttime events left bystanders shaken as authorities investigated the scene and reported minor injuries to nearby residents.
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Kent
Clyde
Kelso
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William G.sharp
William G. Sharp
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France
Myron T. Yerrick
Eee Ee
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Canal
Kitchener
Khartum
King George's
Eer Thomas
Dsionel
Thomas D. Jones
Federal Reserve Board
Wison
Statata Newas
Libby
M‘neill & Libby
Cleveland Artificial Limb Company
Exepair
Brance
Trisses Elastic Stockings
E, Carron, Ohl
Carter
Wwe
Fred Abe
Reed
Gaks
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