Harriman Says He Would Own All Railways If He Could
Edward H. Harriman told a Reno reporter in Sparks that he would control all railroads if possible but that federal ownership is not yet desirable. He described his policy as paying dividends since 1898, noting $300 million spent on improvements and stressing returns for investors. He refused to discuss politics and said he would answer questions from regulators in due time.
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Harriman
Reno
Nev
Edward H. Harriman
Sparks
United States
Age
Interstate Commerce Commission
Department of Justice
Chicago and Alton
FRAUD IN WINES PROMPTS GERMAN WINE LAW REFORMS
Berlin reports a convention of about 1,500 Rhine growers at Oestrich calling for rapid wine law revisions. They seek empire wide government cellar inspection, mandatory bookkeeping, sugar limits and disclosure of sugar content and blend character. They also push strict sanitary controls on imported grapes and vines amid claims of mislabeling by exporters.
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Berlin
Oestrich-on-the- Rhine
Empire
United States
Nierstein
Government suit against International Harvester likely to start in Chicago
Washington reports that the government papers in the Sherman act case against the International Harvester Company are being drawn and the action is expected to be filed in court soon. Indications point to Chicago as the venue for the proceedings.
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Washington
International Harvester Company
Department of Justice
Chicago
Germany's Troubles in Africa
Berlin reports alarm over Hottentot chief Morengo and 400 followers recrossing from Bechuanaland toward German Southwest Africa. Two years prior he avoided German pursuit and was kept under Cape authorities. Officials fear the band could engage German troops in difficult mountainous terrain.
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Berlin
Colonial Office
Morengo
Cape Colony
Cape
Africa
Angle of the Opium Trade in China Frictions Rise
Washington reports the anti opium crusade in China creating friction between Chinese officials and humanitarian workers teaming with them and foreign residents in open port concessions. Opium taxes fund settlements and Shanghai receipts are dedicated to river Huangpu channel maintenance under treaty, with foreigners seeking a new treaty to replace lost revenue.
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Washington
China
Shanghai
Huangpu
Five Injured as Soda Tank Explosion Follows Fire
Fire in Old Orchard Maine claimed two lives and injured five others. Victims include Rev Rufus H Jones of Saco seriously and engineer Melvin Morrill of Salem Massachusetts. One unidentified man killed. another fatally injured. Seventeen summer hotels, sixty cottages, and a score of stores burned.
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Old Orchard
Philip Partridge
Pittsburg
Rufus H. Jones
Trinity Church
Saco
Melvin T. Morrill
Salem
Mass
Boston and Maine
Samuel Emerson
Hotel Emerson
Alice Minard
Taft to push rate bill amendments at Monday speech
Wall street circles summarize Secretary Taft's upcoming address. He reportedly will advocate broader authority for the railroad rate commission to classify merchandise for rate setting and require certification that new stock or bond proceeds go to legitimate railroad uses to curb over capitalization.
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New York
Wall Street
Taft
Work Begun on an Ore Dock in Two Harbors
Work has begun on a steel ore dock for the Tron Range road in Two Harbors Minnesota. The pile foundation will be filled with rock and concrete laid five feet above the water line. The dock, first of its kind on the lakes, will cost about 1 250 000 dollars.
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Two
Harbors
Minn
Tron Range
Alfalfa Grows in Illinois Demonstrated by Coles Farmers
Mattoon Aug 17 Alden Bradley with forty acres Charles Westrup with fifteen acres and Ed Champion with twenty acres show alfalfa can be raised in Coles county Illinois. The farmers demonstrated success this year in this section.
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Illinois
Mattoon
Ill
Ilinois
Coles County
James Bradley
Charles Westrup
Ed Champion
Germans tariff pact likely to face court ruling
New York August 17. The German tariff agreement may be challenged in court over its validity after the general appraisers sustained the advanced valuation of a German chocolate import. FredI had a fall last night leaving me unconscious for hours. Charles-Really. Where did you fall. FredI fell asleep.
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New York
Germany
Fred
Charles
Korean Peasants in Seoul Suburbs Store Scene
Two aged peasants sit in a characteristic posture inside a suburban Seoul store. The image and surroundings reflect life in the Hermit Nation and its distinctive people.
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Seoul
GRAFTERS NAMED IN CAPITOL FRAUD PROBE
A final report to Governor Stuart outlines criminal and civil actions against eighteen individuals tied to fraudulent Capitol construction and furnishing in Pennsylvania. Named are contractors architects and officials including John H. Sanderson Jos M Houston W L Mathues and ex state treasurers Frank G Harris and P Burd Cassel. The commission cites a $4.86 million profit over state costs and urges immediate action.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Capitol Investigation Commission
Stuart
John H. Sanderson
Philadelphia
Jos. M. Huston
Stanford Lewis
J. M. Shumaker
Johnstown
Board of Public Grounds and Buildings
W. H. Snyder
E. B. Hardenberg
W. L. Mathues
Frank G. Harris
P. Burd Cassel
Pennsylvania Construction Company
Geo
PF. Payne
Capitol
Charles G. Wetter
Charles P. Kinsman
Wallis Boileau
John G. Neuderer
Geo. K.sorm
Pennsylvania Bronze Company
Sanderson
Frank Irvine
Auditor General
Geo. C. Town
Shumaker
International Manufacturing and Supply Company
Pennypacker
Stone
Whch
Trade Review Finds Adverse Factors Offset by Positive Reports
R G Dun and Co weekly trade review notes adverse factors offset by favorable reports in several important matters. The statement comes from New York dated August 17.
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New York
R. G. Dun & Co
S Weekly Review of Trade
Cullinan Diamond to Be Purchased for King Edward
Premier Botha announced plans to introduce a parlia mentary resolution for the government of Transvaal to buy the Cullinan diamond, pledged as a present to King Edward in gratitude for the colony’s new constitution. Valued at one million dollars.
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King Edward
Pretoria
Transvaal
Botha
Edward
Scale Agreement Reached Between Steel Firms and Unions
Pittsburg Pa August 17 The Republic Iron and Steel Company and the Western Bar Iron Association have accepted the scale approved by the board of conciliation. The signing ceremony between the Amalgamated Association and the manufacturers will occur within a few days.
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Pittsburg
Republic Tron and Steel Company
Western Bar Iron Association
Board of Conciliation
Amalgamated Association
Worry Of One Woman In English Indiana Flight Back Home
Charles Hooten who shot at his son Lark three times and wounded his wife twice returned to his home after four days on foot with only three biscuits. He crossed into Kentucky at Laconia then offered to surrender. no warrant existed. Mrs. Hooten survives with serious injuries and possible eye damage.
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Ind
Charles Hooten
Lark
Laconia
Harrison County
Hooten
They Took a Long Hike Elmer Thayer and Al Left
Jackson Michigan August 17 Elmer Thayer and Al left on a trek described as a 500 mile hike using only their own feet as transport. The item notes the arduous journey starting point and intent.
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Jackson, Mich
Elmer Thayer
Four Lansing Men Track Historic Tour by Foot
Bert Chamberlain of this city and James M. Hutchinson with A E B Reed of Lansing walked across the east to visit the Jamestown exposition and sites from Washington to Philadelphia Gettysburg and other points of interest.
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Bert Chamberlain
James M. Hutchinson
A. EB. Reed
Lansing
Washington
Philadelphia
Herrisburg
Gettysburg
Fires in Cape Cod Woods Sweep Acres
Fires on Cape Cod have destroyed about 1500 acres of woodland over several days. Authorities attribute the blazes to sparks from a freight locomotive traveling the cape. Fire wardens struggle to protect dwellings as drought persists and flames march across valuable woodland.
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Cape Cod
Hyannis
Mass
Cape
Cow Loses Tail in Fir Tree Incident
In Traverse City Michigan on August 17 a cow owned by Frank Parmenter became entangled in a fir tree while trying to escape flies. She pulled free but left an eight inch stump, struggling to fight off insects.
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Traverse City
Mich
Frank Parmenter
Weather forecast for Midwest states shows fair conditions
The official forecast through 8 PM reports fair weather across Illinois Indiana lower Michigan Wisconsin and Iowa with no precipitation expected and temperatures likely agreeable across the region.
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Illinois
Indiana
Lower Michigan
Wisconsin
Iowa—Fair
Will Build a Fine Theater in New York
Plans announced for a New Theater to cost 1.7 million dollars serving as a school and stage to develop U S drama. The project on Central Park West between Sixty second and Sixty third streets features a Continental Opera House style foyer seven story main block with an eleven story rear extension and a grand colombage front.
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New York
United States
Central Park West
Central Park
Continental Opera House
Trouble With a Chug Wagore at Dinfield Picnic
Governor Deneen travels from Springfield toward Dinfield for the Old Settlers' picnic when his car suffers tire punctures. The delay lasts over an hour while the chauffeur makes quick repairs. In Dinfield he pledges state action in October to fund deep waterways with several politicians and newspaper men present.
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Governor Deneen
Peoria
Deneen
Dinfield
Springfield
Two Die in Buenos Ayres Dockyard Labor Riot
A riot among dock workers in Buenos Ayres on August 17 left two men dead and several injured. Police conducted numerous arrests as investigations continued into the violent disturbance at the docks.
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Buenos Ayres
Hogs and cattle markets report from Saturday August 17 1907
Hogs receipts 14000 with estimated 32000 for tomorrow. Top price 86.60 with bulk 5.80 to 6.20, market weak to 5 lower. Cattle 1000 head unchanged. Sheep 3000 head, market weak.
John A Babcock Offers Time Deal Squatter Promise
A terse message promises a flexible time-related arrangement with a casual claim of a favorable rate. No specific location or formal agreement details are provided.
General Telegraphers Strike Fails to Disrupt Chicago
In Chicago on August 7 the general strike order issued by Sylvester J. Small produced little change as about a dozen leased-wire workers quit. National leaders discussed enlisting ice and milk delivery workers to block non union service, while Small vowed telegraphers would starve or sleep in the street rather than surrender.
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Chicago
Sylvester J. Small
National Executive Committee
John Fitzpatrick
Edward Nockels
Chicago Federation of Labor
Western Union
Postal
Small
Telegraph
Daugh
Order Anticipated as Telegraph Strike Ties To President Small Ruling
New York Aug 17 interest centered on President Small's general strike order urging all telegraph operators not under union contracts to walk off. East saw few responses as many strikers had already quit. Western Union Postal lines reported no impact and AP crews remained active. Some former workers returned after the order.
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New York
Small
National Union
Western Union
Postal
Associated Press
Negro Lynched in Tennessee after confession and mob action
August 17 in Memphis Tennessee Will Clifford a negro confessed to raping Mrs Mary Cowan a white woman and casting her body into the river He also claimed to have killed another woman a year earlier Constable Burrus hid Clifford in a barn but a mob overtook them near Maples Kentucky and strung up the prisoner confirming a mob violence incident in the era
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Tennessee
Memphis
Tenn
Will Clifford
Tiptonville
Mary Cowan
Burrus
Clifford
Maple, Ky
Marriage of an Aged Couple in Kokomo
Kokomo Indiana August 17 Charles Bradley age 81 retired United Brethren minister and former Ohio pastorates has married Mary Crownover age 63 in Kokomo Indiana.
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Kokomo
Ind
Charles Bradley
United Brethren Church
Ohio
Mary Crownover
Missing man John A. Catt leaves home for a walk
Spiceland Indiana reports John A. Catt disappeared after leaving his home Sunday saying he would take a walk. Local authorities and family are seeking clues to his whereabouts and urging anyone with information to come forward.
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Spiceland
Ind
John A. Catt
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