Meat Prices Drop as Beef Boycott Spreads Nationally
Movement against high meat prices prompts price cuts in Milwaukee and Cleveland with porterhouse and sirloin at ten cents. Kansas City reports potential 80,000 participants, while Cleveland leads enrollment. DOJ plans proceedings against the Chicago based beef trust under the Sherman act.
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Tragic CP Train Wreck in Ontario River Fatalities Reported
A Canadian Pacific train on the Boo branch derailed near North Bay Ontario and plunged into a river. Dozens are dead and many injured as cars burned or crushed. wreckage witnesses say a broken rail may have caused the crash. The Montreal to Sault Ste. Marie run halted amid the disaster.
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States to gain patent power over public lands
Senator Carter aims to authorize patent issuance to states for lands valuable for water power, shifting development control from federal to state hands. Reports cover related incidents and regional officials in Washington, D. C. and western states.
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Carter
Nicaraguan Leaders Break Peace Talks as Reinforcements Ordered
President Madriz said General Entrada’s reply ended peace negotiations and ordered front-line reinforcements to strike a decisive blow at insurgents. Estrada and Chamorro proposed Greytown as a meeting site for peace commissioners under a provisional government, which Madriz called illegitimate. He warned the open break could restart fighting and ordered more troops to the front.
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Government Won't Drop Suit to Break Up Rail Merger
Washington reports the government will continue the dissolution suit against the Union Pacific and Southern Pacific merger. Attorney General Wilkerson finds no basis to drop the case after a Thursday conference with Frank Kellogg Lovett and Harriman lines counsel. The rail interests suggest a possible compromise but the suit remains active.
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Rutherland Honored on Ballinger Inquiry Commission
Washington reports Senator Rutherland of Utah selected to sit on the congress appointed Ballinger Pinchot investigation commission. Vice President Sherman named other members including Nelson Flint Root Paynter and Fletcher. The group aims to be free from favoritism or prejudice.
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University examines Coons data on north pole claim
The University of Copenhagen committee reexamined Dr Erick A Coons original notes and confirmed prior conclusions that the explorer’s north pole claim lacked US proof. The report notes alterations in the copy used earlier and questions the intent to deceive, while some members state Cook was honest though not scientific.
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Planning Gigantic Zeppelin Airship for Passenger Service
Cologne reports Count Zeppelin plans a monumental dirigible capable of carrying 300 passengers. The 984 foot long craft would offer Hamburg London routes with additional services to Cologne and Baden Baden. Eight motors power the monster airship as engineers explore landing and departure yards in Hamburg and Cologne.
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President taft seeks talks with governors on legislative methods
The president expresses interest in meeting governors including Wor arner Harmon to discuss how they obtain legislation. He notes struggles even with a party in power and cautions against longing for the English system, urging governors to consider executive needs amid legislative challenges.
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Roosevelt Rowhouse Action Dominates House Session
The House, voting in a close party line fashion, adopted the Ballinger-Pinchot inquiry conference report and then spent nearly five hours on the urgent deficiency appropriation bill. The debate highlighted issues including appointive authority for the Brussels maritime conference and civil service vacancies.
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Lynden family endures cold rite as baby dies
In Lynden Washington George Paschtot his wife and four children stripped to the skin and danced on the roof in freezing weather. Their 11 month old Martha died from exposure and hunger while another child was near death. A Holy Roller sermon urged end of the world.
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Civic Federation Pushes Uniform State Laws Across Nations
Washington reports the National Civic Federation on Wednesday approved resolutions urging governors to adopt uniform laws. The measures include protection for children in industry, a shared insurance code, and standardized vital statistics gathering. It also endorses forest conservation and refers related matters to the committee on uniform state laws.
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Wild Stock Exchange Flare Forces Suspensions
A severe episode on the New York stock exchange shut two houses and sent the market into heavy declines the sharpest since Edward H Harriman's death. An inquiry is reported by the exchange committee.
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Wild Times On Stock Exchange
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Ballinger Says He Won’t Resign Under Fire
Washington secretary Ballinger made it plain on Tuesday night that he does not intend to resign under fire. He dismissed rumors of being succeeded by a man from Oklahoma and stated he will answer any future resignation rumors.
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Orcreaty Ballinger
Okahoma
Wellesley Workers Win Substantial Boost at Meeting
At Wellesley Massachusetts on Wednesday a large gathering including two Multlake Morns Jennings and Julie Clare plus about a hundred other female students heard talks as men and women discussed funding a scholarship worth $1,000 for the worker’s committee. A strike-related discussion followed and an order for a thousand shirts was reported.
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Lewis RULER. vention and seating dispute at convention
President Thomas iegereis declared the session closed and ruled out of order Frank J. Hayes and William Green, leaders of the opposing faction, who protested seating of national organizers if salaries are paid by the convention.
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Forester Leader Discusses Regional Rights in Appalachians
Former Massachusetts Governor Curties Guild Jr. of the American Forestry Association argued Tuesday night that the eastern forests should receive the same access to the Appalachians as the West. He claimed no eastern state fought in the revolution or helped fund reforestation exclusively for western regions.
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Peed Trust League Forms AmidBoycott High Prices
A newly organized trust league formed after boycott and high food prices was announced Tuesday night. The first meeting of the board of directors and the local neutral Labor union involvement were cited, with a letter from President Taft reportedly received in support.
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Water Crisis Hits Paris Districts as Mains Burst
Flooding and water shortages strike Paris districts as a key main bursts leaving many without water. Officials struggle to house the homeless while streets report collapsing mansions and a man swept away by the river amid deteriorating conditions on the outskirts.
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Schoolgirl Burned by Acid in Closet Intruder Case
Miss May Theast, ten, was dressing for school when an intruder hidden in a closet doused her with carbolic acid, burning the right side of her face and hands. The assailant fled unseen. identity remains unknown.
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Rise in Nicaraguan detention policy and border actions reported
Washington dispatches say President Madriz revives Zelaya era detentions of political suspects as soldiers seize a street across from the consulate without a warrant. Masagua tensions rise while troops rush to meet the Matreda forces and the general situation is strained. Argentine debt splits favor labor in shipbuilding costs with most funds for labor and few ships built at Quincy yards.
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Cleveland highway robbery tale leaves reader puzzled
A garbled report from Cleveland describes a Sunday night assault in which a high school teacher Miss Vea Fleet supposedly attacked a robber after he assaulted a woman. The text is difficult to parse but implies the assailant was left injured.
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Unclear Senate Inquiry Produces Family Allegations
A messy report describes a contentious dispute over a $1,000,000 trust or share involving a senator, a sibling, and Mrs Rousse, with accusations of deceit and motives for securing funds. The narrative includes courtroom-style exchanges, denials of family ties, and a tense confrontation among involved parties and their counsel.
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