Amended Trust Law Debate Echoes in Cabinet Talks
A discussion in Congress and the White House centers on the Sherman antitrust act and the need for federal incorporation. President Taft plans no message this session while cabinet members push for or against amendments and a federal incorporation bill, with Justice Harlan's dissent influencing progressive strategy. The tobacco decision looms as a key factor shaping forthcoming policy directions.
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Congress
Premins Jare
Yes Veritas
Metall
Nagel
W Lo
Liouger Ag
Miear Interpretatia
Unreasonable Restraint of Trade Debate at Taft Harlan Era
Supreme Court decisions opposing reading the word reasonable into restraint of trade. The piece argues Congress rejected joint standards for reasonableness, warns against giving courts arbitrary power, and notes the distinction between good and bad trusts as unworkable under current antitrust law. It cites Justice Harlan and Standard cases and stresses maintaining the balance among government branches.
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Supreme Court
Harlan
Eneles
Congress
United States
Taft
Justice
Hos Speeji
Cary
Siorme
Trust Actions to Proceed Under Antitrust Law
Discussion quotes President Taft and Justice Harlan on antitrust enforcement and the limits of the Sherman Act. The piece notes no intention to criminally prosecute Standard Oil directors, while warning that monopolistic attempts violate law. The argument centers on reasonable versus unreasonable restraints and judicial overreach. Continued discussion referenced on the fourth page.
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Department of Justice
Standard of Company
Packers Cite Ruling on Unreasonable Restraint of Trade
Chicago May 16 Attorneys for the beef packers filed a motion to appeal and reargue demurrers in the Sherman antitrust beef cases arguing the Supreme Court's May 15 Standard Oil decision overruns Judge Carpenter's May 12 ruling. The issue hinges on whether restraints of interstate trade must be unreasonable to be criminal.
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Supreme Court
Chicago
Carpenters
Demurters
Levy Mayer
John 3 Miller
Supreme Courts
Standard Oil Company
United States
Muller
Mayers
Judes Carpenter
Pegex
Meisem
Drozen North
Taft
Tual Art Tenter
Meawan
Wall Street
Harlans
Standard Oil
Obes
National Museum Society
Taylor
News of
Alexandria
Gunboat pursues lunatic along coast near shoals and Cape
A deranged youth from Essex Mass fled into sea in a small power dory, prompting a coastwide alert from Cape Ann to Portsmouth. Marietta schooner and pursuing vessels scoured the route between the shoals and the cape as authorities sought the unstable man identified as the son of a local family.
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Essex
Mass
Dory
Isles of Shoals
Cape Inn
Hos
Jayterday
Raymond Blackmore
Seare
Cape Anna
Portsmouth
Merger Champ Commerce Agrees to Ban First Overtures
Commerce approves ban amid merger talks with initial overtures signaling caution. Regulators and executives at related firms outline timing and potential market impact as negotiations proceed.
Merger Drive Divides Chamber and Board of Trade
A special meeting approved seven delegates from the Washington Chamber of Commerce to confer with seven from the Board of Trade on a possible consolidation. Opponents called the plan a conspiracy to undermine the chamber, while supporters cited reduced duplication and stronger lobbying before Congress. Speakers, including Charles Lancaster and former presidents Harper and Gude, debated governance, rivalry, and the community impact as a vote to proceed neared. The Board of Trade plans a follow up meeting to revisit amalgamation.
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Chamber of Commerce
Congress
Board of Trade
H. G . Stiles
Immosty
George Worthington
Washington Chamber of Commerce
John B Sieman
Chamber of Cammerce
Desiablc
Secomf
Twe
District of Columbia
Seggion
Charles Lancaster
Chamber
Robert N Harper
William F Gude
Myr Harper
Gurle
Feared Evil Thought Waves In Will Case In Me
Sherman L. Whipple, attorney for Mrs Bull wills contestants, opened probate court in Alfred Me. He alleged widow of famed violinist Ole Bull was of unsound mind and believed death would be caused by a woman sending killing thoughts by telephone. He said Mrs Bull involved occult powers and hypnotized people to ward off what she believed the woman possessed.
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Alfred
Ole Bull
Sherman L. Whipple
Grim Northwest Mounted Police tragedy told in diary
Special to The Washington Post discusses the 1911 Northwest Mounted Police disaster in which Inspector Fitzgerald and three constables perished during a tortuous march from Tort MacPherson to Dawson. It recounts famine, freezing conditions, dog meat eating, a crazed constable, a burned diary entry, and a will to his mother dated December 21, 1910 to February 5, 1911, with details from Corps Dempster’s relief report.
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Washington Post
Ottawa Ontario
Royal Northwest Mounted Police
Fitzgerald
Kinney, Taylor
Carter
Tort MacPherson
Dawson
Fred White
Mounted Police
Corps Dempster
Taylor
Kinney
Wind River
Fort MacPherson
Taft Praises Jews at Taft Memorial Address in Washington
President Taft spoke at Eighth Street Temple praising Jewish contribution to American history and urging religious reciprocity. A man identifying as Henry Sheffel was arrested trying to deliver a letter to Taft, later moved to Washington Asylum Hospital for observation, with no letter found on him.
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Taft
Eighth Street Temple
Argo Lodge
B'nai B'rith
Central Office
Berman
Washington Asylum Hospital
Henry Sheffel
Pennsylvania Avenue
J H Lee
Chicago
Sheffels
Sheffel
David Sheffel
West Louise Street
St Joseph
Temple
Washington
Haym Salomon
Madison C Paters
York
Abram Simon
Peters
Representative Sulzer
House
United States
Dr Peters
Cimernneau
Trade Talks Under Way Amid Cold War Tensions
Officials report ongoing negotiations as nations seek easing of hostilities and economic ties. Key figures from government and industry urged restraint while signaling tentative progress toward a broader accord. Prices fluctuated on Wall Street amid mixed earnings and policy speculation.
Diaz Quits as Mexico City Provisional Government Formed
May 14 report in the New York Times states resignations of Diaz and Corral have been received and a provisional government may be installed around May 25. Gen Reyes is expected to arrive in the capital and assume command of the war ministry while de la Barra, as provisional president with Congress, will issue writs for new elections.
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New York
Mexico City
New York Times
Diaz
Corral
Reyes
Ministry of War
de la Barra
Congress
Riches to Nurse after Oyster Bay Dive Death
Wal ter E Duryea dies after a dive injury and leaves most of his fortune to Eleanor Peregrine a nurse who cared for him twelve years The bulk of the estate valued around 3 800 000 goes to her with 50 000 outright 36 000 in trust a Montclair New Jersey house and the residue after small legacies The arrangement follows years of devotion by Peregrine who refused his marriage proposal noting her moral reasons The will also provides substantial bequests to Nassau Hospital Pratt Institute Roosevelt Hospital and other charities and individuals
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Oyster Bay
Testator
New York
Wll
Walter E Duryea
Eleanor Peregrine
Montclair NJ
Duryea
Montclair
Nassau Hospital
Eva Thalberg
Walter
Pratt Institute
Brooklyn
Roosevelt Hospital
Mineola
Society For Friendless Women
Louis Connall
James E Sadler
Cook
Cavalier Demands Cash In Lina Chanaler Painting Row
A New York report sketches Sheriff Hoh Chanler abandoning his studio until Lina Cothert Chanaler consents to pose for The Perfect Woman portrait. The piece also details a Four Leaf Clover run accident near York, Pa, injuring Mrs Matthew Trimble and others, with her husband trapped under a wrecked Reo.
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Washington Post
New York
New ‘York
Harr
Roter Chon
Euler
Tarre
Auto crash injures Trimble couple in York County
Mrs Trimble and her husband were hurt when their car overturned at a tollgate. Both are in York Hospital in serious condition. W D West also injured, suffering arm and facial injuries when a machine struck the tollgate. Authorities promise greater precautions today.
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York Hospital
W. D. West
Tollgate
Cars Compete In Four Leaf Clover Run Showing
Thirteen cars registered in the Four Leaf Clover sociability run perform in a flat two day test this week. Models listed include Stoddard Day ton Reo Buick Ford Hudson and others with several withdrawn. Results show several perfect scores and some withdrawals.
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Stoddard-Dayton
A & Reo
Taseeay
Reo
T. Mation Wnreenerers Cunseevee
Buick
Ford
Hudson
Waerren-Detroit
K-R-I-T
Apperson
Regaleer Geeee
Cole
Ces
Wreesp Tees
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Charles W Darr
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York Emergency Hospital
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