Government urges monopoly over telegraph and telephone
A government inquiry urges Congress to declare a government monopoly over telegraph telephone and radio, acquire private networks, and issue revocable licenses for remaining services. The report argues universal service, lower overall cost, and faster modernization, noting U S stands alone among leading nations in leaving facilities to private enterprise. It cites Theodore Vail and Congress to fund through rates and non taxation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Burleson
Senate
Congress
Daniel C. Roper
Merrit C. Chance
Post Ofice Department
John C. Koons
Post Office Department
United States
Theodore Vail
Theodore N. Vail
American Telephone & Telegraph Company
Universal
Norris
Packing Firm Faces Hefty Penalty in Rebating Indictments
Chicago January 21 Indictments charging rebating were returned against Swift and Co the Pennsylvania Railroad the Pan Handle lines and the Chicago and Northwestern railway The packer Swift and Co faces a possible 1 200 000 fine The 60 alleged interstate commerce violations include concessions from published carload rates on shipments from Chicago to Ann Arbor lines obtained by charging less than carload rates The Pan Handle Pennsylvania company and the Chicago Northwestern are named in joint indictments with separate charges against the Pan Handle.
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Chicago
Swift & Co
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Pan Handle
Chicago & Northwestern Railroad
Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railroad
Pennsylvania Company
Chicago & Northwestern Toad
Ann Arbor Railroad Company
Ann Arbor
Trade operations growing easier in cautious expansion
Bradstreet's notes that despite favorable developments sentiment leads to cautious, slow expansion of operations after restocking inventories. Trade remains conservative after years of restraint while optimism grows with anticipated spring industrial and commercial expansion. weekly business failures reached 458 versus 361 a year earlier, and wheat exports totaled 3,717,678 bushels, down from 5,370,916.
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New York
Bradstreet’s Today
Fifteen Injured In Illinois Train Wreck Near Joliet
Fifteen people were injured when Chicago and Alton train No. 7 derailed between Joliet and Lockport, likely due to a broken rail. Nine cars left the track. three overturned. Injured passengers, many in nightclothes, were aided by relief trains from Bloomington and Joliet amid a heavy snowstorm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
Remains In State For Cullum Funeral In Springfield
Snow blankets Springfield as former Senator Shelby Cullum lies in state in the Capitol rotunda. Illinois guards stand as pallbearers and citizens file past the coffin toward Oak Ridge cemetery near Lincoln's monument with burial planned beside his grave after a public service led by Rev. Donald McLeod.
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Springfield
Ill
Shelby M. Cullgin
Capitol
Illinois National Guards
Friends
Cullom
Cullum
Lincoln
Donald McLeod
Washington
Gov. Dunne
Lawrence Y. Sherman
Oak Ridge Cemetery
Roll of Honor Courier Reads Goshen Indiana Note
A brief note from Goshen Indiana under publisher WM Lewis recalls taking the Courier since 1866, marking a historical tag in the local paper.
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Publishers Courier
Courier
Wm, Lewis
Western boy raises record size potatoes in Washington
Seattle with C V Ogee a young farmer from Douglas county Washington grew the state’s largest potatoes. They captured first prize at a recent exhibit with the boy and his notable tubers shown in the illustration.
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Western Boy
Seattle
Wash
C. V. Ogee
Boy Farmer
Douglas County
Ogee
Noted murder trial closes in Bartlesville Oklahoma
Mrs Laura M Reuter found not guilty of complicity in the murder of her husband Chas T Reuter by a district court jury. This trial followed an autumn conviction for life. Co defendants McKenzie Ballew and Baker were convicted. Ballew received leniency for aiding the state.
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Bartlesville
Okla
Jan
Laura M. Reuter
Chas. T. Reuter
Mr. Reuter
Reuter
Tulsa
Guy D. McKenzie
Grover Ballew
McKenzie
Joseph Baker
Ballew
Baker
Brallew
First Big Snowfall Paralyzes Chicago Transit
Chicago faced a 12 inch snow blanket with official tallies of a foot for the night. Drifts reached feet as transportation, telephone, and telegraph service were crippled. The storm is expected to continue with milder cold and high winds. A well dressed man found in a downtown drift is believed to have died of heart disease during the storm.
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Chicago
United States Weather Bureau
Train Carrying Strikebreakers Fired Upon in Williamsbur g
A special train carrying 41 strikebreakers from Pueblo to the Radiant mine was fired on by striking miners in Williamsburg. The train halted in Pueblo after bullets struck cars. no injuries reported as occupants hid on the floor. Lieutenant Governor Fitzgerald ordered militia to escort the train to its destination.
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Denver
Colo
Pueblo
American Fuel Company
Radiant
Williamsburg
Gov
Fitzgerald
Ammons
Adj
Creston Man Nominated for Federal Post
Washington January 31 President Wilson named Winthrop More Daniels of Princeton New Jersey Henry Clay Hall of Colorado Springs Colorado and Christian A Niemeyer of Creston Iowa to interstate commerce commission and customs post in Iowa term announced today Big Head Cigars advertisement noted
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Washington, D. C
Wilson
Winthrop More Daniels
Princeton
N. J
Henry Clay Hall
Colorado Springs
Colo
District of
Iowa
Christian A. Niemeyer
Creston
Reorganization of Rock Island system to cut three firms to one
Reports from New York indicate a complete reorganization of the Chicago Rock Island Pacific system, abolishing the Rock Island Company of New Jersey and the Chicago Rock Island Pacific Railroad of Iowa. The plan, to be submitted to the Interstate Commerce Commission, would place management under the Chicago Rock Island Pacific Railway Company. Receivership may be sought to collateralize bonds, with stock control shifting to trustees.
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New York
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific New
Rock Island Co
New Jersey
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad Company
Iowa
Interstate Commerce Commission
Rock Island
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Company
Illinois Corporation
Washington
Iown Corporation
New Jersey Corporation
Earl of Kintore in America Rejoices Over Son Escape
The Earl of Kintore, in America for Anglo-American exposition plans, learned of the wreck of Frederick W. Vanderbilt’s steam yacht Warrior off Colombia. His son Lord Falconer was aboard, and the earl rejoiced at all aboard being rescued while awaiting details.
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Earl OF Kintore
America
Washington
Dan
London
Frederick W. Vanderbilt
Colombia
Lord Falconer
Story of Monroe disaster survivor tells harrowing drowning tale
Survivors recount the steamship Monroe disaster arriving in New York from Norfolk. Thomas Harrington of Bridgeport and his wife were aboard. he saved her by using her hair as a rope while clinging to life in icy water. Lifeboats passed by, and mispriority left his wife alone in a stateroom before she died.
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New York
Monroe
Norfolk
Thos. Harrington
Bridgeport
Conn
Nantucket
Tom
Harrington
Margaret
Larrington
H. B. Walker
Old Dominion Steamship Company
Washington
Judge Speer Testifies On Stand In Misconduct Probe
Federal Judge Emory Speer testified on the stand in Savannah before a congressional committee investigating charges of official misconduct. Chair Webb said Speer’s testimony would complete the investigation as the session opened.
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Judge Speer
Savannah
Emory Speer
Congressional Committee
Webb
Can Company Denies It Is a Trust in Court Action
Baltimore Jan 31 Counsel for the American Can company filed a general denial in U S district court to the government suit seeking dissolution on grounds the firm is a trust in unlawful restraint of trade.
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Baltimore
American Can Company
United States District Court
Inquiry into Monroe sinking completes in Norfolk
Department of Commerce orders sweeping federal inquiry into the Monroe disaster after the Nantucket collision. Reports show 41 lives lost and 99 saved, with 19 passengers and 22 crew among the dead, and survivors praising the Nantucket crew amid the wreckage in Norfolk. Official findings await next week.
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Norfolk
Monroe
Nantucket
United States
Jan
SinewAn
Old Dominion Steamship Co
Pas
Department of Commerce
Washington
Sweet
Pioneer Hiram Parks Among Black Hawk County Witnesses
Real pioneer Hiram Parks, resident of Simmegl Creek township, appeared as a witness this week in a La Porte City suit. His father, John G Parks, settled near the La Porte area after driving by ox team from Freeport to Dubuque, Quasqueton, and Vinton in 1854, crossing the Cedar by a ferry and a hollowed log canoe.
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la Porte City
Dreye
Freeport
Vine
Hiram Parks
Black Mawk County
Simmegl Creek
John G. Parks
Spring Creek
John R. Reeves
Parks
Dubuque
Quasqueton
Vinton
la Porte
Ottoway
Cedar Rapids
Waterloo
Iowa City
le Porte
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Enterprise
FAGES
Tovar
Illinois Capitol
Goshen, Indiana
CY. Ogee
Oklahoma
Charles T. Reuter
Robert G. Bremmer
Fred EB. Purdy
Cedar Falls
Ella M. Towsley
August F. Busch
Waterton
Elizabeth Robertson
Earl of
Kintor
CAN Company
Virginia Coast
Black Hawk County
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