Railroad Rate Ruling Seen as Settlement by Workers
Railroad men largely accept the Interstate Commerce Commission decision on rates as a settlement while stock prices fall sharply at opening. Some claim the ruling will force drastic economies. others note the sale of 50 million dollars of Central Pacific bonds to back credit. If granted, rate increases would total about 27 million, less than 1 percent of last fiscal year railroad earnings. The controversy, sparked by Taft era actions, has drawn attention to credit and public confidence in railroads. CONTINULD ON FOURTH PAGE.
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New York
London
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Central Pacific Railroad Company
Paris
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Court of Commerce
Railroad Landes
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Banque de Paris
Societe Generale Pour Favoriter le Development du Commerce Et de l'Industrie En
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Southern Pacific
Union Pacific
Rong
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San Francisco
Lnea
Erie
Rock Island
Bofl Yoakum
St Louis and
San Francis
Yoakum
Losses Beset Leading Stocks After Rate Decision
A sharp stock market drop followed the federal rate ruling as London and New York markets fell. Railroads faced concern over financing and potential appeals, while Central Pacific sold bonds in Paris and Kuhn, Loeb announced a French syndicate to underwrite 350 million dollars.
Penny Heeds Order as Carriers May Act Like Wise
Officials of the Interstate Commerce Commission observed the commission's rate decisions amid market jitters. The Pennsylvania Railroad signaled it would not appeal and cancel higher rates immediately, with New York, New Haven and Hartford expected to follow. The commission stressed rates remain unchanged, noting Western roads felt the stock impact though their rates were not touched, and no formal orders were issued at this time. Senator La Follette urged against unwarranted rate hikes and warned of market manipulation by large operators.
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Pennsylvania Railroad
Pennsylvania
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Japan
Weird Rites For Parker At Indian Funeral
Quanah Parker chief of the Comanche died yesterday and was buried today in the Indian cemetery at Post Oak Mission. More than 1,000 people attended as Indians chanted dirges and Rev. A. J. Becker preached. The services followed Parker’s buckskin attire and relics, with a focus on the Great Father.
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Okla
Quanah Parker
Post Oak Mission
A. J. Becker
Japan
Treaty 5 ratified prompts confidence in Nippon
Prompt confirmation proves confidence of the United States in Nippon. Diplomatic notes are deemed all that are necessary to prevent an influx of cheap coolie labor to America. Delay in acting on the convention would have affected revenues of the Mikado's realm. May proceed with other agreements.
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United States
State Department
Pacific Coast
Friends of
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Mikado
American Friend of Napoleon II Dies in Spain
James Mortimer, once attached to the American legation in Paris, died yesterday at San Sebastian where he was attending a chess tournament. He was an intimate of Napoleon III and sheltered the exiled Imperial family at Strode’s house in Chislehurst before the 1873 opera house incident. Mortimer left America at 23 and had lived largely in London, where he edited the London Figaro.
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Napoleon II
San Sebastian
Washington Post
London
Paris
Mortimer
Napoleon Iit
Chiselhurst
Broker Charges Alienation of Wife in Suit Against Soden
Boston broker Arthur H. Soden is sued for 500000 by Frederick L. Small for alienating Small's wife Mrs. Frederick L. Small. Hearing set for Monday. Small had previously filed for divorce naming Soden, and produced about ten letters from Soden to Mrs. Small at the divorce trial.
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New York
Boston Dispatch
New York Herald
Frederick L., Small
Arthur H. Soden
Boston National League Club
Small
Mr. Soden
Ratification Pleases Japan in Treaty Ties
Tokyo reports universal satisfaction over the U S Senate ratifying the new trade and navigation treaty with Japan. A cabinet member lauded America for confidence in Japan’s good faith, saying the United States has done a great thing for this country. Avalanche Kills Sixteen in Aibus School
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United States Senate
Japan
America
United States
Man's Heart Really Broken in Sudden Death Case
Special to The Washington Post New York February 24 a Hungarian baker Kavaro aged about 80 died at home The morgue revealed the heart had split in two Dr O Hanlon said the finding disproves the idea that a person cannot die of a broken heart Loss of vascular tone due to insufficient blood supply was noted and a strong emotion might trigger the rupture
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Washington Post
Kayaro
O'Hanlon
Kavaro
Royal Diamonds Go Cheap Auction in County Courthouse
Two enormous diamonds once admired at Napoleon III court sold at Allegheny county courthouse for 1800 dollars. The pieces, once valued around 315000, were purchased by Albert Arnold after Alvin Joslyn and Charles L. Davis circulated the lot to bidders. The auction drew attention from local observers in Pittsburg on February 24.
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Washington Post
Pittsburg
Eugenie
Napoleon III
Alvin Joslyn
Charles L. Davis
Burmpkins
Allegheny County
Joslyn
United States
Albert Arnold
Aux Cayes Swept by Fire in Night Conflagration
Port au Prince reports Aux Cayes nearly destroyed by a night of fires. Efforts by firemen and police were to little avail amid rumors of incendiary origins. The city, home to about 25,000 people, suffers heavy loss and considerable suffering.
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Haiti
Aux Cayes
Httle
Rothschild Yacht Atmah Ashore Near Cape San Antonio
Baron Edmond de Rothschild’s steel twin-screw yacht Atmah ran aground two miles south of Cape San Antonio Cuba while en route from Jamaica to Havana. No immediate danger reported as rescue steamer dispatched. cause listed as miscalculations from heavy weather.
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Paris
Glasgow
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France
Roosevelt Helps Lost Boy At Gramercy Park
New York February 24 Theodore Roosevelt and Col Francis Vinston Greene found and aided 9 year old Albert Gunet of Monongahela Pennsylvania who had strayed from his hotel party before they escorted him to Twenty second Street station where Lieutenant Flannelly identified them. The boy’s parents later claimed him and his family planned to sail for Belgium aboard the Lapland tomorrow.
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Lapland
Panama Canal bonds threaten bank losses and money supply
Assistant Secretary A Platt Andrew warns national banks could lose 70 to 100 million if Panama Canal bonds totaling 290 million are issued with circulation privileges. He urges Congress to authorize issuance without circulation, arguing broader government securities appeal and noting a shrinking working balance as danger nears borrowings.
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Cusbiede
Bonilla Withdraws From Honduras Provisional Presidency
Gen Manuel Bonilla withdraws as a candidate for the provisional presidency of Honduras. U S peace conference special representative Thomas C Dawson was asked to name a temporary successor to President Davila but declined. Bonilla's envoy Alberto Membreno said a telegram announced the withdrawal and named possible successors. Rosales proposed Lazio Arrizaga Fortin and Cordova as alternatives.
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Thomas C. Dawson
United States
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Davila
Alberto Membreno
Bonilla
Dr. Membreno
Fausto Dayila
Francisco Bertrand
Rosales
Antonio Lazio Arrizaga
Daniel Fortin
Senor Cordova
Aeronauts Aim for World Balloon Record Flight
Texas launchers W T Assmann and J M O Reilly ascend in the Misa Sofia balloon from San Antonio toward Washington. The craft, with 96 000 cubic feet of gas and 2400 pounds ballast, carries provisions for two weeks as it drifts northwest to near Texarkana then toward Washington and New York City.
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J. M. O'Reilly
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St. Louis
Misa Sofia
Texarkana
Washington, D. C
New York City
New York
Diphtheria Plagues Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore
Johns Hopkins Hospital faces a diphtheria outbreak with twenty patients and many staff infected. The hospital and medical school suspend classes, close operating rooms, quarantine wards, move or send patients home, and restrict visitor access as doctors seek the source and halt further spread.
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Great Hospital
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Army Dismisses Captain For Conduct on Manila Voyage
Fort Leavenworth dispatch reports President Taft approved court martial findings that Capt Guy H B Smith of the Fourth Infantry be dismissed from the service. Charged with conduct unbecoming an officer and a gentleman, the trial was secret with a nameless woman referenced. findings were sealed and sent to Washington. Smith, a West Point graduate credited to Michigan, comes from a family with Civil War general connections.
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Kans
New York Times
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Fourth Infantry
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Manila
United States
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West Point
Michigan
Japanese Treaty Ratified
Japan and Allied powers ratified the treaty amid ceremonies and formalities. Officials note strengthened postwar ties and renewed commitments to mutual cooperation and disarmament principles across the region.
Calve Vaccinated After Long Voyage
Mme Emma Calve arrived in San Francisco from Honolulu on the steamer Inner Chiyo Mart. Health officials compelled her to be vaccinated before she could speak, though she appeared tired and rested for several hours after the lengthy year of travel.
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Chiyo Mart
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Emma .Calve
Honolulu
Anova
Cats for anatomy at college sparks theft probe in Wellesley
Miss Fiske alleges Wellesley College paid children for cats for dissection, prompting denials from Miss Roberts and college officials. Natick Police Chief Brown vows warrants against the college outfit for cat thefts. In Natick, a cat owned by Elmer Bent valued at 450 was linked to the case as authorities target surgeons and staff. Meanwhile, Wellesley students aided firefighting at the Alpha Kappa Chi building blaze.
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Washington Post
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Wellesley College
Ellen F. Pendleton
Heap
Mary Caswell
Fiske
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Zoology
Harold Brown
Natick
John Squires
Brown
Elmer Bent
Squires
Chief Brown
Mr. Bent
Wellesley, Magss
Wellesley College Girls
Wellesley Department
Alpha Kappa Chi
Divorce Granted After Wife Flees For First Love
In Springfield Minnesota a divorce case ends with John T Swenson receiving a decree. Evidence shows Mrs Swenson said she fell in love with another man while in Sweden on a three month honeymoon. She did not return to the United States with him and wrote a letter asking for a divorce to wed her first love. Swenson testified to the marriage in 1940s and his reluctant pursuit of the decree ends with the court ruling.
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Washington Post
Springfield
John T. Swenson
Riots At Paris Play Of Bernstein Provokes Police Action
Riotous scenes surrounded Henry Bernstein's Apres Moi at the Comedie Francaise Paris. Police and guards contained hundreds of demonstrators while pigeons, logs, and fish horns interrupted the performance. Bernstein asks release of Lacour to duel Briand ally. Lacour jailed for assault on the premier.
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Comedie Francaise
Henry Bernstein
Mictorien
Sardou
Smiths Become Clinton Family After Washington Change
A San Francisco dispatch reports Washington society case where Delmar Smith family changes surname to Clinton. Mrs. Smith Jr offers ten thousand dollars to each of five children to adopt Clintons, noting Clinton is her maiden name of Smith's mother. The Clintons, social figures in Washington and San Francisco, married in Manila.
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Washington Post
New York
San Francisco
New York World
United States
Delmar Smith
Delmar
Mill Valley
Clinton
Smith
Smith, Jr
National Capital
Clintons
Manila
Helen Davis
Duncan Davis
Briand Near Defeat in French Chamber of Deputies
Premier Briand and his cabinet faced sharp attacks from radical socialists Lews Maivy and Paul Maurier in Paris. They accused Briand of clericalism and leniency toward religious congregations. Briand defended longevity of congregations and sought confidence, which the chamber granted by a slim majority, while the cabinet delayed further action. In a separate item, 60 fishermen were carried away by an ice floe near Javensari Island in the Gulf of Finland.
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Chamber of Deputies
Lews Maivy
Paul Maurier
M. Briand
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France
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Gulf of Finland
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