Canadians Plan Isle Royale Seizure to Annex Lake Superior Island
Captain S C Young leading a Canadian force to Isle Royale near Port Arthur aims to hoist the British flag and claim the island as Canadian, declaring it part of Canada north of the forty ninth parallel. U S officials say the move is a filibuster with no government sanction and reiter that ownership was settled by the treaty of Ghent.
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Isle Royale
Lake Superior
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Ninety-sixth Regiment
Canada
Young
Union Jack Was To Be Raised To the Top of the Highest Tree and Captain Youngs
United States
Forty-Ninth Parallel
Canadian
Captain Young
Washington
State Department
S. C. Young
Ghent
Devils Wagon Curbed By Proposed Autommobile Protections
Paris reports a new safety society seeks to curb abuses of automobiling without hindering motor progress. It plans petitions for stricter speed laws and to hold reckless drivers financially liable, enabling victims or families to seek damages. Also updates on Tangier clashes where Bagdani’s forces were defeated by mountain tribesmen.
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Paris
France
Turkish Raid Across Persia Kills Sixty-Eight
Turkish forces crossed the Persia northwest frontier at Uram tab and destroyed Movene village. Six thousand Turkish troops with artillery attacked, killing sixty-eight villagers including sixty women and children.
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Teheran
Persia
Evening Journal
Uramtab
Movene
Former Indiana Lieutenant Governor Alonzo Green Smith Dies
Alonzo Green Smith longtime Indiana Democrat and former lieutenant governor died today from heart trouble. The notable party figure was among the state’s best known Democrats and passed away in Indianapolis.
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Indianapolis
the Evening Journal
Alonzo Green Smith
Poison for the weeds
The Illinois Central railroad tests a weed destroyer using 350 gallons per mile along track. A two-tank car disperses a water chemical mix through eight tubes, spraying ten to fifteen feet each side at ten miles per hour. Three Chicago men almost drowned after their boat capsized in Paw Paw lake but were rescued nearby.
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Gloomington
Ill
Dinois
Brownstown Bank Closes as Insolvent by Auditor Order
The People's State bank of Brownstown Indiana closed by order of the state auditor after examiners found it insolvent. Liabilities total about 336000 with 240000 in deposits. assets are 356000, including 70000 of worthless paper. All depositors will be paid in full. SCORES ON THE DIAMONDS
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Brownstown
Ind
People’s State Bank
Judge Landis Fines Standard Oil Indiana 29 Million
Chicago August 5 The United States district court under Judge Landis imposes a record 29,240,000 fine on Standard Oil Company of Indiana for railroad rebate violations across 1,462 counts. An appeal is planned as prosecutors note seven indictments remain and possible further fines could total 88,440,000. Judge Landis calls for a grand jury panel by August 14. The judge's mother attends, seated near his chambers as the decision is read.
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Landis
United States District Court
Standard Oil Company of
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John D. Rockefeller
Great Corporation
Oil Corporation
United States Court of Appeals
Federal Supreme Court
Great Trust
Decision on rail rates and private contracts
Judge Landis examines defense claims on railway rates and private contracts. He rejects the idea that common carriers possess legislative power to set rates and rules. cites Supreme Court rulings against similar state statutes. He notes a railway’s public function and eminent domain use, ruling private contracts inappropriate. The interstate nature of the oil shipment from Whiting Indiana to East St Louis Illinois is affirmed, affecting the fine size and shipment definition.
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Congress
Supreme Court of the United States
Illinois
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Chicago
Indiana
St. Louis
Oil Trust
Whiting
East St. Louis
Interstate Commerce Commission
Chicago Markets Report Hogs and Cattle Prices August 5 1907
Chicago markets show steady to strong hog prices with light and mixed packers in the 6.05 to 6.55 range and heavy shipping grades 5.50 to 6.30. Cattle receipts about 24000 with Beves and westerns steady to 7.50 and 4.40 to 7.50 for natives. sheep around 2 0000 with steady demand and western lambs from 5.50 to 7.65.
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Texas
Chicago
Morton Monument Unveiled in Indianapolis
The Oliver Perry Morton monument was unveiled in Indianapolis on July 23. Eight year old Oliver Perry Morton Jr. pulled the cord to reveal the statue modeled by Rudolph Schwarz. Morton, born 1823, led Indiana as governor during the Civil War, later served ten years in the U S Senate, dying in 1877. A photograph is published courtesy of Quick Photo and Engraving Co.
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Indianapolis
Oliver Perry Morton
Rudolph Schwarz
Governor Morton
Indiana
United States Senate
Quick Photo and Engraving Company of
Rail rate ruled on car load basis by judge
The judge rejected three proposed bases for freight charges and ruled shipments are car loads. He held that a shipment equals a car load regardless of how many cars are in the same train, and the fine was assessed per car load.
Judge Brands Standard Oil as Thief and Perjurer in Trial
Judge Landis denounces Standard Oil as no better than a thief and insists the traffic manager knew the rate was false, warning perjury against a company witness. He rejects defense claims to ignore street gossip and laments unable to jail oil trust officials. Also notes a medical fact about skull growth, unrelated to the trial.
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Oil Company
Landis
Standard Oil Company
Interstate Board
Oil Trust
John A. Babcock Time Ad Scribbles
A brief line notes a informal message about John A. Babcock with a request for a timely response and a claim of a square deal. The content is informal and lacks newsworthy details.
Martial Law Call Arises Over New York Crime Wave
A London pastor urges martial law in New York to quell a wave of crimes against women and children. The article notes police bafflement, debates on a lone killer, and criticism of Police Commissioner Bingham for taking a vacation amid the crisis. Five victims confirmed with more than twenty attacked. alarms and vigilante talk grow.
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Bingham
New York
Campbell Morgan
Westminster Congregational Church
London
Dr. Morgan
Murray Hill Hotel
Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church
East Side
Berlin
Killed by His Favorite Horse in Vincennes Stall Incident
In Vincennes Indiana on August 5 Hiram Colgrove aged 65 died after his buggy horse kicked him in the breast and skull near its stall He reportedly spoke the line I m kicked to pieces as his life ended The tragedy occurred at the horse s stable and the man s age is given as 65.
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Vincennes
Ind
Hiram Colgrove
Colgrove
Filipino Rebel Leader Sentenced to Death in Leyte Case
Manila reports Rota the Pulajanes leader on Leyte Island has been sentenced to death. One accomplice received life imprisonment and four others were given thirty-five years in prison.
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Manila
Rota
Leyte
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