Millions in Reserve Discrimination Revealed
Public release exposes gaps in Standard Oil Company of New Jersey accounts. The report shows a 59 million dollar net income for the year ending last December with over 8 million in added surplus, yet assets listed below capitalization. Details describe lubricants contracts with railroads, refunds, and price discrimination across the United States. Obituaries and notices for several local individuals follow.
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New York
Get
Breattine
Sigws
Apaetrom
Funeral Directors Alley and Son Embalmers
Funeral listings note Alley and Son Embalmers with accompanying names and addresses. A separate entry mentions Speare, undertaker and embalmer at 940 F Street N. W. The text is garbled but preserves the core notice of funeral services and personnel.
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Alley & Son
Enbalmers
Pelopineus
S. Sergeon
Ferthae Feseral
R. Speare
F Street
N. W
Frank 4. Speare
Yar
Psa
Valve pricing and railroad freight rates in 19th century contracts
Witnesses testified on annual engine valve pricing at 48 cents per gallon and rail freight payments. Steinbrenner noted multiple lines including New York Central Union Pacific Delaware and Hudson and Southern railroads paid 4 cents per gallon without refund. Baltimore and Ohio paid 38 cents per rail ton. Toledo Peoria and Western paid 2 cents. Discussion covered Galena company’s freight share and a failed Tidewater Railroad contract, with Rogers seeking better options.
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Kellogg
Pennsylvania Railroad
Steinbrenner
New York Central
Union Pacific
Delaware and Hudson, and Southern Railroad
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Toledo, Peoria and Western
Rogers
3Iler
Galena Company
Marony
Pittsburg
United States
Cannas
Mexico
Tidewater Railroad
Immunity Claim May Shield Chicago and Alton R R
Pagetail reports Chicago October 3. Immensity of government immunity cited by railroad lawyers may shield Chicago and Alton Railroad Company from federal action over secret rebates. They argue the immunity covers all rebate cases, potentially ending prosecution. No indictments expected from the federal grand jury, with proceedings likely to close for now.
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Pagetal
Wannamton Fost
Chicago
Chicago and Alton Rattrord Company
James A. Moffett
Standard OU Company of
Indiana
Alton
Special Federal Grand Jury
Landis
Borah Verdigt Celebrates Acquittal Of Senator Bo Fch
Idaho report covers Senator William Borah praising the acquittal verdict as fair, citing a short trial and ex parte proceedings. He condemns government handling of timber and mineral claims, labeling it infamy and alleging bias in the Interior and Justice departments.
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Boise
Idaho
Boine
United States
Wiliam B. Bo Fch
Consuesa
Borah Haa
Barber Lumber Company
Ite Traniaes
Thong
Imad
Department of Te Interior
Department of Justice
Fuch
Deaths Reported in Health Office Record
Health office records list multiple deaths with ages and locations. Notable names appear alongside ages, dates, and locales, indicating recent mortality notices in the community. The fragmentary text references individuals such as Theodore W. Hileary and George Waal, with ages ranging into the seventies or eighties.
GALLS REBATER THIEF FAVORS IMPRISONMENT PLAN
The Interstate Commerce Commission chair Martin A. Knapp defended Roosevelt era policies and rail regulation before a Grain Dealers convention. He argued criminal punishment is needed for discriminatory practices by carriers, equating it to postal law violations, and urged separating the Interstate Commerce Commission into distinct legislative and executive bodies. He urged cooperation over competition and supported amending antitrust law to allow railroad associations if not harmful to public policy.
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Washington. Post
Cincinnati
Ohio
A. Tigarous
Roosevelt
Martin A. Knapp
Interstate Commerce Commission
Senator Foraker
Wereker
Kipp
Tna
Tupotiong Gf
Congress
Department of Comores
Railroad Department
Judgelel
Arsa
Steels
Sheeman
Association of Railroads
Supreme Court Asked to Take Jurisdiction in Packing House Rebates
The Supreme Court was applied to take jurisdiction on the Armour Swift Morris and Cudahy packing house rebate cases. Sued $15,000 each in the Western District of Missouri for violating the Elkins Act by prohibiting railroad freight rate rebates. Circuit Court of Appeals denied the writ. Evidence showed a 12 cents per 100 pounds preferential export rate from the Mississippi River to the Atlantic seaboard. Only the Armour case was tried by agreement.
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Supreme Court
Packing House
Supreme Court of the United States
Armour
Swift Morris
Cudahy
Packinghouse
United States
Gircult Court of Appeals
Tein
District Court of the United States
Western Division
Western District
Missouri
Elkins
Circuit Court of Appeals
Gillrothe
Mississippi ‘River Omnes
Atlantic Seaboard
Arkansas DA seeks 3 million against Southern and Southwestern Tele
Arkansas District Attorney Hy By Means sues the Southern Telephone and Telegraph Company and the Southwestern Telegraph and Telephone Company under the state anti trust law. The complaint claims the Southern formed to compete prior to May 1966, then acquired contracts and sold to Southwestern as a ruse to evade penalties. The State seeks penalties totaling 3 million dollars.
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Arkansas
Ark
Haa
Southern Telephone and Telegraph Rompany
Southwestern
Petegraph
Telephone Company
Southwestern Corporation
Southern
Tata
Rescue of Leon II wreck crew reaches shore in Ireland
The Leon II crew of twenty five aboard the wrecked French ship were brought ashore at night with the captain showing injuries. Fires lit by locals guided rescuers while coast guards and fishermen aided, as the vessel’s masts and rigging lay torn and the ship lay 350 yards from land blocked by rocks.
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Bilracb
Ireland
Leon Kiex
Peng
Fisher
Coast
Mais
Coast Guards
Ube
Berlin
Holland
Portland
Limerick
Queenstown
Datie le Aft
Come
Span Armdo
Austrian Railroad Strike Paralyzes Traffic in Austria
Austrian railroad strike over wages began October 1 and spreads disruption. Passenger trains run late or suspended as workers implement a passive resistance system by following every regulation to the letter, halting freight and government rail services nationwide.
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Vienna
Austria
Traina
Ayatem
Ling
Tolstov Says He 38 Poor and Troubled by Petitions
A St Petersburg report quotes Count Tolstoy stating he has no property left and lives on minor foreign contributions. He laments ongoing petitions for financial relief, noting he surrendered his possessions twenty years ago and asks the public to stop pressuring him.
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St -Petersourg
Boni de Castellane Divorce Granted in Paris
The appeal period expired today and the divorce decree won by Mme Anne Gould formerly Countess de Castellane is now absolute. creditors' claims were settled out of court, ending the controversy surrounding Boni de Castellane’s marriage.
Opposition as anti trust law review by druggists
A recent National Wholesale Druggists Association convention adopted a resolution opposing strict anti trust measures. The group calls for amending or enacting legislation to allow reasonable trade agreements. Cocaine is labeled the most pernicious drug and a member urged restricting sales to individuals. Edgar D. Taylor of Richmond Virginia was named president of the association.
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Denver
Cain
Wee
Alon
Tetallera
Nationspire
Edgar D. Taylor
Richmond, Vic
Southern Pacific Rebates Admit Receipts Since Frisco Fire
San Francisco authorities report that PFra Kenreth Baker of Baker Hamilton admitted his firm received over 12000 in rebates from the Southern Pacific Railroad since a Frisco fire. The company enjoyed a special rate between San Francisco and Beniclay, and had withdrawn two schooners from that route. The testimony said this did not involve transcontinental business.
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San Francisco
Cal
Interstate Commerce
Lang
Ealing
Faelfic
Kenreth Baker
Baker Hamilton
Southern ‘Pacific
Beniclay
New British Airship Demonstrates 20 Mile Per Hour Speed
Fragmentary early report describes a British dirigible showing a speed around twenty miles per hour under strong winds. The trial allegedly tested propulsion and stability, noting the vessel navigated with effort against gusts and rough air.
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London
Stary
Ballédin
Tila
Biour
Abd
Plans for Split Moroccan Army and Sultan Capture
Authentic reports from Rabat detail Mulai Hafid's strategy to divide his forces. One division will advance on Rabat to seize Sultan Abdul-Aziz and his troops, while another under Hafid's chief Rabie moves toward Fes and then the Moroccan sultan. The first column has reached Settat during Ramadan, with a 40 day period of fasting and prayer. Sultan Abdul-Aziz, amid marabouts, visited the tomb of a holy man in Rabat. A white bull was slain as a symbolic rite accompanying the pilgrimage.
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Mulai
Safid
Fes
Rabat
Casatiasen
Mull Hafid
Rajat
Sultam Abdul-Aziz
Mulat Rachie
Hafla
Fos
Cilia
Aa Sultin
Morocco
Moroccs City
Settat
Imitha Rammadan
HaGd
Sultan-Anaut- Aziz
Hamburg women bound for German Southwest Africa voyage
Hamburg to-day saw several hundred young German women mainly from servant and agricultural classes embark on the Feldiverschal bound for German Southwest Africa. The Colonial Society led by Dr. von Holleben offers inducements such as favorable posts, aiming for marriages with settlers and officials to create permanent settlements.
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Hamburg
Usu
Elasues
Atesmer Feldiverschal
Africa
Colonial Society
Dr. von Holleben
Eimeny
Washington
Picture Slasher Sentenced Over Mutilated Painting Callous Protest
A Rouen woman, Mrs Cotrel, was sentenced to six months in prison for mutilating a painting titled The Augusteines in the Louvre chapel. She claimed the act aimed to draw attention to sufferings of the poor and dying beggars outside the museum. The episode followed a prior similar incident within zero months at the Louvre.
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Valentine
Cotrel
Rouen
van Augustengres
Pioa
Louvre
Mrg
Arralan
Submarine U5 Sets Long Voyage Record for Germany
Kiel Germany August reports that submarine U5, besides the sole other German craft, surpassed air voyage records by traveling 600 nautical miles under its own steam in bad North Sea weather. The boat uses two petroleum motors rated 25 horsepower each, with a claimed maximum range of 3,000 nautical miles for submarines of its type.
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Kiel
Germany
Naval Affairs
North Sea
Tokyo Eyes Direct Damages Only in Japan Vancouver Claim
Tokyo rejects indirect damage claims in the Vancouver incident and will not include any amount for them. Officials expect a speedy settlement of the matter as direct damages are pursued.
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Tokyo
Vancouver
Soldier dies after alcohol mix in Cincinnati incident
In Cincinnati Ohio a soldier from Columbus who enlisted months ago in the army reportedly died after drinking a solution of wood alcohol and cleaning floor products. He was held in the guard house awaiting trial on a charge of desertion when the accident occurred.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
John R. King
Columbus
The Sporting Section of The Pa is Pink Paper
The Post notes The Sporting Section of The pa is printed on pink paper. Four pages each Sunday are crowded with the latest in the sporting world like baseball results, running, trotting, billiards, auto racing, yacht contests, boating, golf, swimming and more.
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the Pa
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Tam
Jonas Spencer Dodge
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Tine Ponthnget
Robert G. Ad
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Morrig
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Toma
Wera
Beveaux
Salumiay
Washington Aerie
Praternal Order of Hagler
Eagles
John H. Linkkins
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William C. Mol
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New Jersey
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J. William Lee
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WM. H. Sardo & CO
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Bigesia
Geo
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Capitol
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Blackistone's
14Th & H Sts
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Te Iafamy
Russia
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Health
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Etna
Fiat
Siegen
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Micael Lyons
Thomas
Geo. Waal
Spon
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Sears
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Knapp
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Irish Coast Guards
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