Standard Oil Split After Supreme Court Ruling
New York and Washington report the Supreme Court decision dissolving Standard Oil of New Jersey and 19 subsidiaries for unreasonable restraint of trade. The government weighs future trust policy as Taft reviews the ruling, stock markets awaken, and the company declares a quarterly dividend of 39 cents per share.
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Standard Oil
Standard Oil Company of
New Jersey
Tobacco Trust
New York
Supreme Court
Standard Oi
Stock Exchange
Standard O11
Broadway
William Rockefeller
John D. Archbold
Tarrytown
Mortimer F. Elliot
London
Standard Oil Company
Congress Will Investigate U S Steel Trust
Washington May 16 A House vote ordered an investigation of the U S Steel corporation under the Stanley resolution. A nine member committee will be authorized to conduct the inquiry. The measure passed with no opposition after a brief speaking program. Details list various notable holdings and estates connected to prominent figures and entities.
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Washington
U. S. Steel Corporation
House
Stanley
Three New US Divisions To Be Formed
Washington May 16. The war department plans creation of three new U S divisions within the United States as part of reestablishing great army units. Major General J Franklin Bett likely retains command. divisional officers will focus on military affairs while the department commander handles administration.
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New York
Standard Oil Company
United States Supreme Court
Tday
Washington
War Department
Philippines
J. Franklin Bett
United States
Fire destroys Corydon business district in blaze
Corydon Indiana May 16 A morning fire of unknown origin swept the business section causing damage over 50000 dollars. Several residences were destroyed as well.
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Corydon
Senate Abandons Appeal Over Writ of Habeas Corpus
Springfield May 16 The state senate practically decided not to appeal Judge Petit’s ruling freeing Edward Tilden W Cummings and George M Benedict on writ of habeas corpus Compensation Act Passed The workingmen’s compensation act cleared both houses by 98 to 2 votes indicating swift legislative action and party line support.
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Springfield
Ill
State Senate
Petit
Edward Tilden
W. ¢. Cummings
George M. Benedict
Senate
House
Iowa Federation of Women’s Clubs Meets in Sioux City
The Iowa Federation of Women’s Clubs convened in Sioux City on May 26 with a luncheon for state officers hosted by local officers and the city federation’s biennial board. The first regular session will begin at 7 PM, presided over by Mrs. Julian W. Richards of Waterloo, state president.
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Sioux City
Iowa
Iowa Federation of Women’s Clubs
Julian W. Richards
Waterloo
Tries Three Ways to Die and Calls for Doctors
Robert Feltner of Audubon County attempted suicide in three steps. First a shotgun blast to the neck failed, then a butcher knife cut followed, and finally he set a straw stack on fire burning one side of his body. He survived and was taken to doctors. recovery is described as practically impossible. He was married last fall and suffers illness and bad luck, unable to explain his wish to die.
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Atlantic
Robert Feltner
Audubon
Les
Feltner
Monster Free Will Offering in Toledo Campaign
Evangelist Sunday's six week campaign in Toledo ends next Sabbath with ministers targeting a $50,000 free will offering. Today’s total for expenses is $13,272, and last Sunday 643 converts were counted, including 300 men. Attendance reached 40,000 with many outside the immense tabernacle.
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Toledo
Evangelist
Monster Tabernacle
Death Called as Veteran Slept in Iowa
Littleton Iowa May 16 Special David Anderson a Buchanan county pioneer and Civil War veteran was found dead in his bed yesterday morning at the home of his son Dana Anderson in Otterville He had been in usual health and apparently passed away quietly in sleep His son George is an engineer on the Illinois Central and resides in Waterloo
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Littleton
David Anderson
Buchanan County
Dana Anderson
Otterville
Que
George
Waterloo
Infant Mortality Condemned by Iowa Doctor at Meeting
Des Moines May 16. Ahead of the Iowa State Medical association convention, about thirty women physicians met for their fourteenth annual session. Dr Sophie Hinze Scott, president, presided and declared that fifty percent of U S babies die before age five. She urged stricter marriage laws as a solution.
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Des Moines
State Medical Association
Women Physicians of
Iowa
Sophie Hinze- Scott
State Society
Hinze-Scott
United States
Receivership Sought for Wyoming Cattle Company in Des Moines
In Des Moines on May 16 165 stockholders petitioned district court to place Wyoming Cattle company in receivership. They claim 693 shares valued at 120000 dollars and join yesterday’s suit by Attorney General Cosson. Judge DeGraff granted an injunction blocking today’s stockholders meeting.
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Des Moines
Wyoming Cattle Company
District Court
Cosson
DeGraff
Self defense is murderers plea in Brandenburg trial
Davenport May 17. Claus Muenter wife of slain man and mother of Rudolph Brandenburg testified for her son. She said she looked from a window saw a quarrel between Brandenburg and his step father Muenter who was drunk and that he lunged before the boy fired.
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Davenport
Wre
Claus Muenter
Rudolph Brandenburg
Muenter
Brandenburg
Marble Victoria statue unveiled by King George at Buckingham Palace
London May 16 The marble memorial to Queen Victoria was unveiled today before Buckingham Palace. The monument features a statue of the late queen and a gilded winged victory atop the plaza. Victoria's grandson King George attended. New York May 16 Mrs Taft's condition shows improvement and her attending physician Dr Evans expects no hindrance to her Washington return Thursday.
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London
Victoria
Buckingham Palace
George
Taft
New York
Evans
Washington
Standard Oil dissolution costs New Jersey taxes
The US court decision dissolving the Standard Oil Company will cost New Jersey $51,000 a year in taxes. This amount is turned into the state treasury each year by the corporation under the tax law on miscellaneous corporations.
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Trenton
N. J
Standard Il
New Jersey
New Demands by Insurgents Signal Political Shift
Insurgents push for three cabinet posts including war justice and interior, signaling a possible progressive party after peace. Madero expected as presidential candidate. Diaz resignation anticipated in two to three months as rebels gain control in Sonora and Chihuahua. Federal forces retreat from Nogales. tensions rise at Guaymas and Hermosillo amid disputed entry. Riots erupt in Pachuca after rebel surrender. banks looted and townspeople barricade homes.
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Juarez
Insurrectos
Senenae
Mexico
Rebela
Carbajal
Madero
Gobernacion
Interior States
Chihuahua
Sonora
Progressive Party
Diaz
Francisco F. Madero, Jr
Ten Names Named as Candidates for New Archbishop
In Dubuque Iowa May 16 Bishop Sean Noll of Omaha led consultors to pick a trio of candidates to succeed Archbishop Keane. Named were Bishop Carroll of Helena Auxiliary Archbishop O Connell of San Francisco and Auxiliary Archbishop Prendergast of Philadelphia. A second meeting will produce another three names for the Rome selection.
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Dubuque
Seannoll
Omaha
Purooka
Keane
Roma
Carroll
Helena
Mont
O'Connell
San Francisco
Prendergast
Philadelphia
Funeral for Clifford Dunwald Honors a Bright Parish Boy
Father Hanley led the Sacred Heart church service for Clifford Dunwald who died Saturday after falling from a tree. The Mass praised his kindness and manliness, noting his bright intellect, school presence, and steady parish devotion while mourning his loss for loving parents and community.
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Clifford Dunwald
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
J. J. Hanley
W. H. Taylor
W. R. Riley
Clara Jackman
Hilda Searles
Joe Nullan
Berhard Fitzgerald
Edward Murphy
Father Hanley
Clifford
Hanley
Child Choked by Bean in Yard Tragedy
Glenwood Tennessee May 16 a 12 year old girl Louise daughter of Mr and Mrs Elmer James was found dead in the yard Sunday morning having choked on a large butter bean while playing.
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Glenwood
Louise
Elmer James
Feel Different on Corporations Declares Wilson
Governor Woodrow Wilson of New Jersey told Phi Beta Kappa members at the University of California in Berkeley that public view of corporations has shifted from panic to understanding. He said corporations can be restrained or abolished when harmful and must be balanced to protect individuals who cannot compete.
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Berkeley
Cal
Woodrow Wilson
New Jersey
Phi Beta Kapps
University of California
Canada
Beginning of the new parish marked by funeral rites
The sermon spoke of heavenly joys and eternal happiness, urging merit for celestial bliss. The Sacred Heart Altar Society, Protective Association of Iowa, schoolmates, and altar service attended in a body. Masses were offered for a year of life, altar boys served as pallbearers, and the deceased was buried in Calgary cemetery with brief graveside services.
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Ladies of the Sacred Heart Altar Society
Big Fire Destroys Tobacco Warehouses in Carlate Ky
A early day blaze in Carlate Kentucky has destroyed five tobacco warehouses and two other structures. Damage is estimated between 100000 and 200000 dollars with thousands of pounds of stored tobacco lost. Fire crews struggle to control the flames as further buildings face risk.
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Carlate
Zeppelin Airship Deutschland Wrecked Upon Departure
In Taisseldorf Germany May 16 the airship Deutschland was wrecked as it left its shed for a flight. The dirigible was completely ruined but all eight passengers remained uninjured. The accident followed six prior serious Zeppelin incidents.
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Taisseldorf
Germany
Count Zeppelin
Deutschland
Second Hyde trial set for October 16 in Swope murder case
Kansas City judge Latshaw fixed October 16 for the start of Dr. B. C. Hyde’s second trial for the murder of Colonel Thomas H. Swope. Hyde’s $50,000 bond remains in force. Also, Edgar R. Allen was fined $35 in police court for profane language to a girl at a west side boarding house. A room at 607 Commercial Street is being prepared for Farmers' Loan & Trust, now in the Irving Hotel block.
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Kansas City
Latshaw
Criminal Court
B. C. Hyde
Thomas H. Swope
Circuit Court
Edgar R. Allen
Cresco
West Side
Commercial Street
Farmers’ Loan & Trust Company
Irving Hotel
Conviction Contempt Case In DC Supreme Court
Washington May 16 The District of Columbia Supreme Court on its own initiative issued contempt proceedings against President Samuel Gompers Vice President John Mitchell and Secretary Frank Morrison of the American Federation of Labor. The Supreme Court revoked imprisonment orders and remanded the case to the district court with directions to dismiss contempt proceedings but without prejudice to future action. Gompers said he would not run from justice and would not back down from Wright.
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Washington
Supreme Court of the
District of Columbia
Samuel Gempers
John Mitchell
Frank Morrison
American Federation of Labor
United States Supreme Court
District Supreme Court
Saya Gompers
Gompers
District Court
Wright
Supreme Court
Court of Appeals
Supreme Court of the District of Columbia
Buck's
Steve & Range Company
Mercantile Ware House plans new 40 by 80 foot building
The Mercantile Ware House company with extensive Waterloo holdings will soon start a 40 by 80 foot structure on the south side of Firth street between Case beer’s sandwich house and the bridge. Tenants are not yet secured but the location suits many merchants, and losses are not anticipated. The nearby fire at Waterloo Cleaning and Dra Works may hasten rebuilding, with a new structure likely to occupy the former site.
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Mercantile Ware House Company, & Corporation
Waterloo West
Firth Street
Casebeer
Aandwich House
Waterloo Cleaning
Dra
Commercial Street
Mercantile Ware House Company
Woman Returns From Bagabos With 2100 Specimens
Miss Laura Benedict of the American Museum of Natural History spent two years with the Bagabos, a Philippine mountain tribe. She learned their language and joined their festivals, earning adoption as a tribe member and a native name. She brings back a collection of 2100 specimens illustrating Bagabo life and customs.
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New York
Laura Benedict
American Museum of Natural History
Benedict
University of Chicago
Sham paupers scam drains Cook County aid funds
Chicago reports a five year scheme by wealthy fraudsters posing as county aid recipients. Investigations led County Agent Joseph Meyer to cut 400 sham pauper captains from aid rolls. Victims include prosperous retirees and a woman merchant with many others feigning need to receive annual relief totaling about 35 900 dollars.
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Chicago
Joseph Meyer
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