Government May Interfere Over Immigrant Steamship Pool
The Justice Department reports the North Atlantic steamship conference in London may not renew pooling agreements tied to immigrant traffic to the United States. A Sherman act suit seeks to block U S ports traffic by the foreign firms. jurisdiction questions but action hinges on continued violation of U S antitrust laws. If major companies withdraw, the government suit may be dropped.
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Washington
Department of Justice
North Atlantic Steamship Companies
London
United States
Department of Hustle
Steamship Trust
Steamship Combine
Department
Wiley in a Hornets Nest Overpaid Col Univ Expert
A congressional committee finds Dr Warvey Wiley purview head of the agriculture bureau of chemistry overstepped pay limits. It seeks Wiley resignation and removal of Dr Rusby and others with Attorney General Wickersham backing reduced daily pay limits and possible disciplinary steps. Taft has not yet acted on the findings made public after an investigation begun in March.
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Washington
Warvey W. Wiley
Bureau of Chemistry
Department of Agriculture
Taft
Wickerdham
Fee
Wiley
H.W. Rusby
Columbia University
New York
Rusby
Department
Wickersham
Committee On Personnel
Busby
L. F. Kehler
Cet
Division of Drugs
Www D. Bigelow
Grand Jury on Ice in Indianapolis Probes Local Combine
Grand jury investigation under the anti trust law into Indianapolis ice manufacturers has begun. Several persons including an independent producer appeared. Evidence shows the combine sells ice ten cents cheaper per hundred pounds on the south side with competition, while north side lacks such pressure. Ice peddlers testified they lost major customers like grocers butchers and saloons due to threats from the combine, denying ice to those buyers.
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Indianapolis
Combine
Fighting Rages in Oaxaca and San Luis Potosi
In Oaxaca Ocotlan district armed factions fight for days with over twenty dead and many wounded as noncombatants flee. In San Luis Potosi federal troops quell rioting as gubernatorial election nears amid intense factional tension. Chiapas situation remains acute.
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Monterey
Ocotlan
Oaxaca
San Miguel
San Luis Potosi
Chiapas
Coal switching rate hike sparks Chicago rail inquiry
Twenty Chicago coal operators filed a complaint with the Illinois railroad and wirehouse commission alleging Chicago railroads raised coal switching from 10 to 98 cents per ton. The commission will hold a Chicago meeting on Monday July 24 to hear the charges and railroad responses.
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Springfield
Illinois Railroad and Wirehouse Commission
Chicago
Educator to Go East to Lead New Jersey Education
Calvin N. Kendall of Indianapolis will become New Jersey commissioner of education with a 10000 dollar salary. A New York native, Kendall is a Hamilton College graduate with honors from Yale and Michigan. He taught in private schools and served as superintendent in Jackson Mississippi and other cities before leading Indiana schools.
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Trenton
N. J
Calvin N. Kendall
Indianapolis
Wilson
New Jersey
Kendall
New York State
Hamitor College
A.J
Yale
University of Michigan
West
Jackson
Miss
Saginaw, Mich
New Haven
Indulgences for Catholics and feast adjustments
Rome issues an encyclical to ease cost of living for workers. The pope abolishes obligatory fast days on St. Joseph St John the Baptist Corpus Domini and moves these feasts to the nearest Sunday while requiring attendance at Mass on major holy days. If a feast falls on a fasting day Catholics may be released from fasting. A prominent shipper dies in Monmouth.
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Rome
SCORE HURT IN WRECK NEAR DUQUOIN ON ILLINOIS CENTRAL
An Illinois Central Dixie Flyer derailment near DuQuoin left twenty people asleep in a derailed sleeper injured or bruised. The accident, caused by a broken rail, sent the other two Pullmans off track but without serious injuries. Passengers hailed from Jacksonville Wisconsin Nashville and Chattanooga.
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St. Louis
Iinois Central
DuQuoin
Jacksonville
Wia
Nashville
Chattanooga
Tenn
Soriouss
Banana ripening and spoilage tips from a research text
The article explains how bananas spoil in winter chill and turn dark inside. It advises on safe storage below freezing, proper ripening at home by hanging bunches in a dry space at about 70 degrees, with stems immersed in water to transfer nutrients.
Fifty Years Ago July 14 Confederate General Garnett Killed
Fifty years ago today July 14 General Robert V Garnett a Confederate commander was killed at Carrick s Ford while attempting to rally his routed forces. The entry mentions Morris and an assassination of Oscar Beeker on Lewis Carroll Pond, with unclear second events and names.
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Robert V. Garnett
Carrick's Ford
WooViaw
Morris AD
Oscar Beekeroon Lelpale
Mrussda
Wreck Inquiry Expanded by Interstate Commerce Commission
The Interstate Commerce Commission opens a formal inquiry into the Federal Express wreck at Bridgeport Connecticut with a death toll and many injuries. Three inspectors are stationed at the scene to study the wreck and determine its cause. The commission has requested immediate wreck reports from all railroads, with New York New Haven and Stratford already submitting details on the Bridgeport incident.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commussion
Federal Express
Bridgeport
Conn
New York, New Haven
Startford
Taft to Visit Manassas for Blue and Gray Reunion
Washington reports Taft will travel by motor to Manassas on July 21 for the Bull Run battlefield reunion of Union and Confederate veterans. He will ride with Secretary Hilles and Major Butt, following lines used by McDowell’s troops fifty years ago.
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Washington
Deat Taft
Manassas
Bull Run
Hilles
Major Butt
Two Die in Port Washington Car Crash Involving Traction Car
In Port Washington a collision between a car and a New York and North Shore Traction construction car left one man dead and a woman killed. A second woman and two young girls were seriously injured. The deceased was Frank P. Jordan, brother in law of Frances Hodgson Burnett.
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Port Washington
New York and North Shore Traction Comans
Frank P. Jordan
Irs
Frances Hodgson Burnett
Charred Towns Besieged as Fire Threatens Michigan Fires
Reports detail towns near Alpena Cheboygan and Otsego County attacked by a massive blaze. Residents describe flames trapping people on docks and tramways while rescuers saved children from the water. Fire scorched lumber yards and left several villages isolated with ongoing deaths feared.
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Waters
Otsego County
Walen
Fremen
Day City
Gruyllig
Hleney Stephens Lumiber Company
Evelyn Arthur Lee Convicted Leader of Chicago Cult
Evelyn Arthur Lee, cited as head of a Chicago cult, was convicted after a trial that uncovered the group’s coercive practices and financial schemes. Prosecutors described widespread manipulation of followers and vow to pursue justice.
See Convicted in Prophet Case Faces Ten Year Term
Evelyn Arthur See the self styled prophet of the absolute life rule was convicted in the criminal court after about an hour of deliberation. The penalty ranges from one to ten years in the penitentiary. See plans to appeal as the trial concluded with a bitter denunciation of his teachings and followers.
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Chieweo
Evelyn Arthur See
See
Burnham
Justice Dept to Probe Brussels Steel Conference
The Department of Justice plans an investigation into the Brussels steel conference. It seeks to determine if Judge Gary and American steel leaders attempted to form an organization to control steel in international trade. Solicitor General Lehman will have investigators examine the rust organization reports.
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Washington
Department of Justice
Brussels
Department
Gary
Lehiman
Weather forecast for Indiana Michigan and Wisconsin
Indiana Michigan and Wisconsin forecast shows fair conditions today and tomorrow with little temperature change and light to variable winds. No major changes expected across the region.
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Indiana
Mlinoigs
Wisconsin
Massachusetts girl jumps to safety from bridge
A Houston Post item recalls a Massachusetts girl who avoided being crushed by a locomotive by leaping from a railroad bridge and grabbing a telephone wire. The crowd notes she did not wait for a signal as the line was busy.
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Massachusetts
Houston Post
Exhibition Fights Marred by Airship Flight Accident
H. P. Gratz of Louisville Kentucky sustained severe bruises after a fall of 160 feet during an exhibition flight at Urbans Park in Mattoon Illinois on July 14. The incident occurred as crowds gathered to watch the airship work.
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Mattoon, IM
Ater H.P. Gratz
Louisville
Urbans Park
Maine Wilderness Fire Threatens White Mountains Region
Wildfires in Maine and New Hampshire blaze through hundreds of acres of timber. A blaze nears Ackian South Winds Oor and Cape Neddich while Mount Moricia's White Mountains beacon burns. Waterboro near Biddeford braces as crews battle fast moving flames feared to erase homes. Loss exceeds 250000 dollars as a village fights to hold.
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Portland
Maine
New Hampshire
Ackian
Cape Neddich
Moricia
White Mountains
Waterboro
Biddeford
Porcupine Mining District Fire Claims Large Toll
Reports from Toronto indicate fires in the Porcupine mining district and northern regions burn through camps and woods with uncertain fatalities. Unverified tallies suggest hundreds may be dead as relief efforts and railroad telegraph service resume to reveal the disaster’s full scope.
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Toronto
Ont
Porcupine
Mrs Nelson Dies After Nine Months Unconscious
Bloomington Illinois July 14 After being unconscious for nine months following a stroke of paralysis Mrs Nelson sixty five wife of a prominent physician died at her home She is survived by relatives in the city and state and was noted for her charitable works and social interests.
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Monmouth, Sr
Cowick
Bloomington
Nelson
Holy Alliance and Lorimer Fight Stir Illinois Politics
Governor Deneen recounts attempts by Lorimer allies to push him into the Senate race, naming the “holy alliance” of Democratic and Republican powers and opposing interests including railroads and utilities. He denies aiding Lorimer’s election and disputes a Chicago telephone conversation with Edward Hines about a Taft message.
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Washington
Charles Deneen
Almela
Lorimer
Conmitte
Wh Lorin
United States
Hoverter Deneen
Deneen
Clovernor Veheen
Mota
Shurtleff
Hemotrita
Linois
Albert J. Hopking
Lorime
Hainois
Veld
Holy Alliance
Black Hand
Dencetthas
Hand
Tepe
Springfield
T 6
Electright
Pullen Company
Edward Hb
Edward Hines
Chicago
Chie
Taft
Hines
Mr. Hines
Senator
La Follette Attacks Taft Over Reciprocity Policy
Senator La Follette denounces the Taft administration act by act in a July Washington speech. He frames the reciprocity fight as plain people versus confederated privilege and says the measure violates tariff principles and Republican platform promises.
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Washington
la Follette
Taft
LaFollette
William H. Taft
United States
Death of New York Politician Stillines Linked to Tammany Circle
William B. Stillines, a Tammany leader of the Twenty Third district in New York, tied to Richard Croker and Hugh J. Grant, died by his own hand in his apartment on St Nicholas Avenue. The July incident concludes a long involvement in New York political clashes.
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New York
William B. Stillines
Tammany
Twenty-Third
Richard Croker
Hugh J. Grant
All St. Nicholas Avenue
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