Alleged Coal Combine Sued Under Sherman Act
United States files equity action in Columbus charging a conspiracy among major railroads and coal companies to restrain trade in the bituminous coal fields. The Lake Shore and Michigan Southern, Chesapeake and Ohio, and others allegedly discriminate in tracks, car availability, and freight rates to favor railroad-owned subsidiaries in the Hocking Valley, Kanawha, and Pittsburgh districts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
United States
Sherman T. McPhernon
Lake Shore
Michigan Southern
Chesapeake and Ohio
Hocking Valley
Hocking Valley Railway Company
Toledo and Ohio Central Railway Company
Kanawha and Michigan Railway Company
Zanesville and Western Railway Company
Sunday Creek Coal Company
Continental Coal Company
Kanawha and Hocking Coal and Coke Company
Department of Justice
Sherman
Anthracite Coal Trust
Pittsburg
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Kanawha
West Virginia
Actress Ethel Barrymore Files Divorce From Russell Colt
Ethel Barrymore has served Russell Griswold Colt with papers in a New York absolute divorce suit. Sources say co respondents may be named, though identities are kept secret. Some friends doubt a reconciliation is possible despite efforts to keep the matter quiet.
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New York
Ethel Barrymore
Russell Griswold Colt
Attacked by Black Hand in Washington Pa Dark Letter
Mrs. J. D. Heckman received a black hand letter demanding 1000 dollars and threatening to take her daughter Beatrice age seventeen if refused. Beatrice was bound and gagged in her home but the assailant fled. she was found unconscious later by a milkman.
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Washington
3. D. Heckman
Beatrice
Gas Explosion Destroys Home in Wooster
A gas explosion wrecked the home of BF Pudry a Wooster dry goods merchant. Likely fatally injured were his son in law George Farmer and Mrs Farmer who had lit a match to light the flame. The blast hurled the east wall into an alley and damaged John Taylor’s adjacent house.
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Wooster
BF Pudry
George Farmer
Barrymore Actress Sues for Divorce from Husband
Ethel Barrymore files a divorce suit seeking dissolution of marriage from her husband. The action names the spouse as the party defendant in the contested proceedings. The case centers on the dissolution of their marital union.
Jackson Jr. Fined $45,000 in Wire Pool Prosecution
Edwin F. Jackson Jr., former supervisor of steel wire pools, was fined 45000 by Judge Archbald for his role in forming and managing the pools. Ten indicted defendants changed pleas to nolo contendere, including Herbert L. Satterlee who paid 1000.
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New York
Edwin F. Jackson, Jr
Archbald
Herbert L. Satterlee
J. P. Morgan
Satterlee
Burnside Receives Commission as Brigadier General
Fifty years ago Sunday August G. A. E. Burnside was commissioned brigadier general and went on to command the Army of the Potomac.
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A. E. Burnside
Army of the Potomac
Steel Trust's Cradle Outlined at Banquet with Carnegie and Morgan
Charles M. Schwab testifies before a house committee on the formation of the United States Steel Corporation. He recalls a 1899 University Club dinner where J P Morgan and Andrew Carnegie attended with 70 to 80 New York financiers and the plan for a single steel holding company emerged.
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New York
Charles M. Schwab
House
Steel Trust
Mr. Schwab
Edward Simmons
Charles Steward Smith
University Club
Morgan
Carnegie
United States
United States Steel
The
Steel Corporation
Tornado Rips Harlem Kansas Wrecks Town and Rail Line
A violent tornado hit Harlem Kansas damaging the town and the Rock Island railroad line. Thirty bridges and culverts were washed away and crops suffered near 100000 dollars in loss. Hundreds homeless and many injured with widespread ruin along a thirty mile section.
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Rock Island Railroad
Harlem
Solomon
Old Soldier Drops Dead in Snoeyville
An elderly veteran, Ww. Lowrey, residing in Snoeyville, died of heart disease while visiting relatives in Vanda'ia HL on August 7. The death was reported as natural causes connected to old age.
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Vanda'ia
Lowrey
Snoeyville
Rivers swell as bridges wash out across Kansas
Heavy rains flood streams from Smith Center to Abilene causing extensive railroad damage. The Central branch of the Missouri Pacific reports nine washouts jeopardizing transit and stopping rail service in multiple locations across Kansas.
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Kansas City
Smith Center
Kags
Abilent
Kansas
Central Branch
Missouri Pacific
Snake hunter nets sixty two snakes in day near Carmel
Carmel Indiana August 5 James Knotts who lives on a farm south of Carmel killed sixty two snakes in less than a day They were of the species known as house snakes.
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Carmel
Ind
James Knotts
House Sakes
Daily bik and heals hints from Dr J J Allen
Food tips suggest toast and milk as a lean diet. A merchant reportedly lost 80 pounds by living on toast and milk for three months. Milk is said to be hard to digest with other foods and may cause stomach delays and poisoning, while toast aids digestion and balances milk’s protein with starch.
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DR. J. J. Allen
Road washout blocks routes between Downer and Clay Center
Central Kansas reports washed slate between Down ehorn and Clay Center disrupts lines on routes to Phillipst with tracks washed and trains detoured across several lines until repairs.
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Down
Ehorn
Kan
Kansas
Chicago
Rockid Pacific
Floods Kill Fifty in Nicaragua Gulf Coast Crisis
News from Bluefields reports floods causing widespread devastation in Nicaragua with ten thousand residents displaced. The Rema river area sees the gunboat Omatepe sunk and Cele Wee submerged while inland lines suffer outages. In Washington the Senate is told the practice of third degree police methods is condemned as illegal kidnaping in labor cases.
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New York
Nicaragua
Gulf Co
Bluefields
Reinn Ia
Cele
Omatepe
Rema
Washington
Aug
Pi Hof
Vno
Moyer, Haywood
KeNumara
United State
Senate
Borah
White Admits Lie in Letter in Lorimer Bribery Probe
Senate Lorimer committee grills Charles A. White a confessed bribe maker in the Lorimer election. Attorney Hancey forces White to admit forging stories and violating his oath while detailing coercion and alleged promises of votes from White to Lorimer.
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Washington
Swith
Courgel
Henato
Lorimer
Charles A. White
Senate
Lorimer Committee
Dee
Kibridge Hancey
Mr. Tancey
White
Desreé
Ibune
Peibune
Hancey White
Mr Hanee
Vorney Hancey
Senator Lorimer
Mr. Lorimer
Wow New York Citi Serves 18 Hours in Jail
A dramatic jail term is reported with an individual identified as Wow New York Citi and Vielsting facing an 18 hour confinement in a city jail. Details are sparse due to OCR quality but the event centers on a short detention period.
Taft sends arbitration treaty to Senate for ratification
Five minutes after the Senate convened President Taft transmitted the general arbitration treaty with Great Britain and with France to the Capitol for ratification. Chairman Cullom hoped for action this session, but noted complications had arisen.
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Washington
Balloon voyage marked the Ore fete in England
Fifty years ago today on August fifth a balloon journey was undertaken by Lythwoe during aristocratic festivities at Ore, near Torkesbury, England. The event capped the festive period with a marked aviation spectacle for spectators.
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Lythwoe
Oretore
England
Gold Found Near Abington as Congress Adjourns
Twenty five years ago today a Mass discovery news item notes gold found near Abington. The forty ninth congress adjourned with total appropriations of 214,783,570. A die pit duel over Sarah Bernhardt’s artistic merit drew crowds in Buenos Aires.
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Abington
Mass
Sarah Bernhardt
Buenos Aires
Slain by Black Hand
Explanatory letter near the body states Joseph Vacek, a contractor, was killed for revenge. Police believe a Black Hand group murdered him at his home 2629 South Mamlin Avenue in Chicago. His wife Milbara and their seventeen year old son found the body on the bed with a bullet wound to the temple. A letter signed B HY was found in the room claiming the murder was vengeance.
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Chicago
Joseph Vacek
South Mamlin Avenue
Milbara
Joseph
Leishman Accepted as U S Ambassador to Berlin
Kaiser approves John G. A. Leishman as envoy to Berlin. Emperor William telegraphs acceptance from Mecklenberg during a royal tour. The move is described as nearly unprecedented in diplomacy.
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Berlin
Aug
Germany
John G. A. |Eishman
United States
Admiral Togo Arrives in New York for Courtesy Visit
Admiral Togo Heihachiro reaches New York after a long journey with three hours sleep. He meets Mayor Gaynor at City Hall in a brief ceremony before visiting the Knickerbocker, gathering crowds and attention as he proceeds on his program with precise timing.
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New York
Jope Heihachiro
Washington
Lusitania
Canada
Towe
Gaynor
Diate
Potts
Troniiers
Taniguehl
Togo
Admiral Hone
Admiral Togo
Ad Wilrallie
Taniguchi
Caynor
Knickerbocker
Unsettled Indiana Illinois Weather and Tragic Diving Accident
Weather updates show unsettled conditions in Indiana and Illinois with possible showers in southern areas and light to variable winds. In Cleveland, Emil Speder aged eighteen was fatally injured when a bather pulled the life rope during a dive at Gordon Park, causing him to strike shallow water and suffer a broken neck.
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Indiana
Illinois
Wisconsin
Cleveland
Emil Speder
Gordon Park
Specter
Siamese Twins Arrive in Homestead Pa at Helen Sikorski Home
A foreign colony in Homestead Pennsylvania buzzes over the arrival of male Siamese twins to Mrs Helen Sikorski. The twins are fully developed and joined at the shoulders and sides and are expected to live.
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Homestead
M Helen Sikorski
Gether
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