Elkins Law praised for reforms as ICC sees gains
Washington dispatch reports that the Elkins law curbed rebates with no imprisonments and reduced complaints. The Interstate Commerce Commission notes fewer rebate protests, while issues of favoritism by car owning firms prompt calls for further action. Indiana officials and shipper groups press Congress to strengthen the commission and set enduring rates.
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Indiansports Journal
Washington
Shippers’ Associations
Interstate Commerce Commission
Commission
Indiana
Congress
Fantastic stories about the Kaiser float in Berlin gossip
Reports from Berlin on December 2 present rumors about Emperor William’s health and travel plans. The Crown Prince Frederick William as Regent is claimed in one tale while another says Count Von Mirbach arranged a Tyrolean villa. The Foreign Office dismisses these as nonsense and notes the Emperor has not appeared publicly since throat surgery, while aides say he enjoys domestic life and continues some state duties.
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Berlin
William
Frederick William
Count von Mirbach
Meran
Austrian Tyrol
Foreign Office
Aron Sternberg
United States
Studt
Combination in Restraint of Trade in Chicago
Grand jury returns true bills against seven corporations and five officers over a plumbing supply price fixing pool. Named parties include The Sanitary Specialty Manufacturing, Eastern Plumbing Supply, John Davis Co, Weir & Craig, Federal Co, L. Wolff Manufacturing, and Weir Bros with officers Blatchford Larson Morrison Geary Tompkins charged under conspiracy laws. offense is a misdemeanor punishable by fine.
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Chicago
William 8. Moore, Jr
Sanitary Specialty Manufacturing Company
Estern Plumbing Supply Company
John Davis Company
Weir
O Connor Hosts Bryan Dinner At Liberal Club
T P O Connor held a dinner at the National Liberal Club in London in honor of William Jennings Bryan. Guests included Irish and Liberal MPs and English and American press representatives. Bryan spoke informally about his England visit and urged governments to seek justice and humanity, aiming to leave a lasting legacy beyond wealth.
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London
T. P. O'Connor
National Liberal Club
William Jennings Bryan
House of Commons
Mr. Bryan
England
Bryan
Germans Guilty In Paris Immorality Case
The so called Baron De Adelsward and Count De Warren were found guilty of exciting minors to debauchery and were each sentenced to six months in prison along with five years deprivation of civil rights. The case traced through lower courts to a superior civil tribunal. The defense claimed acts were part of erotic mysteries but the prosecution argued it was a simple case of vice.
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Baron
Paris
Baron de Adelsward
Count de Warren
Baron de Adelswan
Dense fog crash injures many at East Portsmouth yards
In Portsmouth Ohio on December 3 a yard engine struck a commuter in the East Portsmouth yards of the Norfolk and Western Railway, demolishing both engines and leaving thirteen injured including several with life threatening injuries. Names listed with severed limbs and severe wounds reflect the scale of the collision.
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Portsmouth, CO
Portsmouth
Norfolk & Western Railway
Arthur Emrick
Lawrence Pollick
William Lof
Dennis Collins
Thomas Pyles
Carlos Pyles
Orlo Hark
H. W. Craighead
D. G. Monihan
Conrad Hast
T. J. Beaumont
C. BP. Cornell
Thomas Purcell
Three Die, Four Hurt In Hand Car Crash Near Sargents
In Waverly Ohio district a head on collision between a hand-car and a freight train on the Norfolk & Western line near Sargents kills three bridge carpenters William Moore James Ketcham and Frederick Kelso. Six totals injured in the incident include Frank Dixon James Price Frank Allams John Brue among others with leg arm and head injuries.
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Waverly
Sargents
Norfolk & Western
William Moore
Columbus
James Ketcham
Logan
Frederick Kel- 80
Marysville
Frank Dixon
Piketon
James Price
Frank Allams
John Brue
Portsmouth
Collision near North Bend leaves multiple injured
A rear end collision on the Cincinnati and Muskingum Valley line at North Bend killed one person, fatally hurt an engineer, and badly injured two others. The wreck involved a freight train and the wreck train, with the suspected cause a flagman failure. Names include Engineer Martin Dittmar and Fireman Morgan plus Charles Atwood of Trinway.
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Lancaster
Cincinnati & Muskingum Valley Road
North Bend
Poling
Junction
Ity
Martin Dittmar
Charles Atwood
Trinway
Morgan
Fatal head on collision near Baton Ohio
A head on crash on the Dayton and Western Traction Railroad one mile east of Baton Ohio after midnight killed passenger Dr Clarence W Lehman and injured Motorman Young. An east bound empty car collided with a west bound passenger filled car. Carelessness charged as cause.
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Hamilton, O
Dayton & Western Traction
Baton
Clarence W. Lehman
Young
President Monsarrat train collision at switch
A special train carrying President Monsarrat of Hocking Valley Railroad and fifteen Pennsylvania road officials derailed after colliding with a freight caboose at a switch. Several officials suffered scratches and bruises in the morning accident.
Chicago Dredging Superintendent Struck by Train
Frederick Drews, superintendent of the Chicago and Great Lakes Dredging Dock Company, was struck by a streetcar today and died instantly. The accident occurred during a routine transit run in the city, with officials investigating the crash and confirming Drews’s identity.
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Chicago
Frederick Drews
Chicago and
Mishaps to Hunters in Indiana Woods
Special to the Indianapolis Journal reports two hunting accidents. John Linde man of Lafayette was seriously injured when a muzzle loader burst on firing a rabbit, fracturing his arm and injuring his head. he was carried to a farmhouse and later home, believed to recover. Fred Cartman near Laporte was badly injured in the face by a magazine rifle discharge, likely to lose sight in one eye.
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Indianapolis Journal
Lafayette
Ind
John Lindeman
Laporte
Fred Cartman
Plan to equalize representation at Republican convention
General Charles R. Brayton of Rhode Island proposes a new basis of representation that would reduce Southern delegates and add from the North. He has sent a letter and resolution to national committee members, to be discussed December 11 in Washington, basing delegates on Republican voting in the prior election.
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Providence
R. L
Charles R. Brayton
Republican National Committee
Rhode Island
Brayton
Washington
District of Columbia
Typhoid Cases Close Tufts Boarding House
Typhoid fever has been reported among Tufts University students in Medford Massachusetts. By order of the Somerville Board of Health the Theta Delta Chi Society clubhouse boarding house has been closed after two cases appeared among freshmen football players and other students who attended the enrollment event.
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Medford
Mass
the Board of Health of
Somerville
Theta Delta Chi Society
Tufts College
Takahira Pleased With Reports Of Eastern Peace
Washington dispatch notes Japanese Minister Takahira expressing belief that Paris news of Japan and Russia nearing settlement is true. He cites Japan's aim to preserve peace by honorable means, praises American goodwill, and refers to Anita Newcomb McGee offering army nurses in wartime.
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Washington
Paris
Japan
Russia
Lssue
Takahira
Far East
Anita Newcomb McGee
Former Countess Mabel Russell Seeks Divorce
London reports former countess Mabel Russell has begun divorce proceedings against her husband William Brown a former coachman married in 1902 under the title Prince Aphrobald Stuart De Modena alleging cruelty and misconduct. The couple’s past ties include her previous divorce from Earl Russell in 19 and his later Nevada remarriage with Mrs Mollie Somerville.
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London
the Sun
Mabel Russell
William Brown
Aphrobald Stuart de Modena
Earl Russell
Mollie Somerville
Nevada
House of Lords
Earl
Somerville
Kidnapped Irvine Miller From Hampshire School
Irvine Miller an eight year old orphan living with his uncle Fred Wettering near Elgin Illinois was kidnapped from Hampshire village school by a man and a woman whose names were not known. They promised to return him after recess but boarded a train with him. An earlier hoax about his grandparents funeral had been used to pressure Wettering.
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Elgin
Ill
Irvine Miller
Hampshire
Fred Wettering
Wettering
Irvine
Unknown Black Person's Crime at Jeffersonville Farm
In Jeffersonville Indiana an unknown Black assailant attempted a criminal assault on widow Minnie Friend four miles from town. The attacker sprang from behind and grappled her throat as neighbours and lawmen pursued. Reports say mobs may react violently if caught. In Goshen Agnes Fretz tried to end her life by turning on kitchen gas, was stopped before harm. she later blamed her sister for not letting her die.
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Indianapolis Journal
Jeffersonville
Ind
Minnie Friend
Mayfield
Rave
Clegg
Goshen
Agnes Fretz
Outlaw's Novel Plea for Murder Trial
Chicago December 3 Emil Roeski one of the car barn bandits will plead hypnotism as his defense in murder trial. His attorney says experts will testify that Roeski was hypnotized by fellow bandit Peter Niedermeier.
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Emil Roeski Saya
Peter Niedermeier
Chicago
Emil Roeski
Roeski
Army and Navy Orders and Promotions
Army officers Edward L. Raines Bertram P. Johnson and Gustave A. Weiser from the Twenty-fourth and Fifteenth Infantry are ordered to examination for promotion. Navy details include Nickels in Key West duties, Allerdice as inspector in the middle west district, and several warrants and transfers among Cramp and Sons Philadelphia Boston and New York navy yards with related duty shifts and leaves.
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Edward L. Raines
Twenty
Bertram P. Johnson
Gustave A. Weiser
William H. Hart
Navy
J. A. H. Nickels
Key West
Fla
J. H. Bull
W. H. Allerdice
Middle West District
Shelby
Philadelphia
J. E. Venable
Cramp & Sons’ Ship and Aging Place Company
F. J. Simmonds
Navy Yard
Boston
Mass
Department of Construction and Repair
H. Scherenger
Olympia
Meer
New York
Dowie to testify in bankruptcy inquiry at Zion City
Chicago observers report John Alexander Dowie will be sworn as a witness before Bankruptcy Referee Sidney C Eastman to answer questions about Zion City finances. Receivers say about $12,000 is found across Dowie’s books as they weigh continued operation of lace works, candy factory, and other enterprises under receivership.
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Chicago
John Alexander Dowle
Sidney C. Eastman
Zion City
Kohlsaat
Christian Catholic Church
Samuel Ettelson
Dowie
Dr. Dowie
Ettelson
Dowle
Blunt
Currier
Ien
Redleske
Redieske
Dowde
Zion
Zion Guards
Dowlette
United States
Lake Michigan
Sume
Cherry Booth Tarkington Delivers Delicate Humorous Love Tale
Booth Tarkington's Cherry is praised as utterly delicious with a subtler love story and delicately humorous narrative. The interior notes the book's attractive color illustrations and elegant presentation.
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Booth Tarkington
Howells Latest Novel Letters Home
Howells weaves a love story with impressions of New York life and diverse origins. The tale mixes city life with a study of human nature, presenting an engaging fiction from a prominent author.
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W.D. Howells
New York
West
Ann Rupert
Out West
Dowie receivers authorize $100000 insurance for Zion lands
Zion City's receivers under Judge Kohisaat empower the Dowle led operation to insure Zion lands not previously covered and to hire necessary staff to keep factories running while enforcing local ordinances. Dowle becomes temporary manager and agent of the receivers to protect assets and payments.
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Zion
Kohisaat
Dowle
Zion City
Dowile’s Industries
Movements of Steammers Across Atlantic Ports
Shipping news lists arrivals and departures: Rhein land from Bremen to New York. La Touraine to Havre. La Bretagne from New York to Havre. Hecla from New York to Copenhagen. Oceanic sails from Liverpool to New York. Pennsylvan ia arrives at Hamburg from New York. Menominee sails to New York. Mionera sails to Vancouver.
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New York
Rheinland
Bremen
la Touraine
Havre
Lizard
la Bretagne
Dunnelhead
Hecla
Copenhagen
Queenstown
Oceanic
Liverpool
Hamburg
Pennsylvania
London
Brisbane
Vancouver
City Health Secretary Recommends Action in Shelbyville
Shelbyville Indiana December 3 Dr Thomas G Green secretary of the city Board of Health has recommended to the City Council stronger measures to curb infectious disease and protect public health as winter conditions loom.
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Indianapolis Journal
Shelbyville
Ind
Thomas G. Green
City Board of Health
Coun
Veteran John M Brown recalls Civil War mobile siege deed
Dayton Ohio veteran John M Brown recalls four years of service and his role in the Mobile siege including the Fort Blakely assault on April 9 1865. He recounts a comrade sending a tombstone mark at a Confederate grave for Lieut J S Moore who fell defending Mobile and the brutal charge that carried the works.
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Dayton
John M. Brown
Mobile
Ala
Troe
Fort Blakely
Moore
Union
Indiana
Illinois
Con
Vity
Ninety
Brown
Bearer
Guna
Rutgers College Suspends Twenty-Two Over Hazing Incident
Rutgers College at New Brunswick suspended twenty two students in the Seebonere class after a hazing incident that required medical treatment for a participant. In New York on December 3 the report notes additional details about the case and responses from authorities.
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Rutgers College
New Brunswick
Seebonere
New York
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