The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1912-06-14
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the southern Illinois millers that
carriers rates on -four and other grain
products from their mills to the Allan
tic seaboard are violative of the long
and short haul clause and unduly dis
criminate in favor of st. Louis millerS,
was declared to be untC.t 'ded by the
interstate commerce commission.
However, the commission held that
the practice of the Louisville and
Nashville and other roads of refusing
the milling in transit privilege except
on payment of high penalties was I'M
reasonable and discriminatory. 1t
ruled that the penalty should not ex-
coed one-half cent per hundred pounds.
WASHINGTON-The Stanley com
mittee, which made an exhaustive
investigation into the United States
Steel corporation, will file it's report
with the house of representatives
within the next ten days. The report
will directly accuse J. Pierpont Nor
gan, leading spirit in the steel trust,
of being the arch enemy of the Sher-
pendent steel. business in tn United
States: also that in the organiza-
ton of this one company Mr.. Morgan
and his personal associates reaped
the unprecedented profit of $636,000,-
600.
WASHINGTON-The U. S. senate
mill vote On tho C11octi0n Of 11nC 40 ting
Senator Lorimer of Illinois on "the
legislative day. July 6. This date was
agreed upon at a conference, at which
the views of both the pro-Lorimer and
anti-Lorimer senators were voiced.
The agreement, however, was with
the understanding that in the event
of the adjournment of congress earlier
than July 6, the voting time would be
advanced so that the case would be
finally disposed of at this session.
CHICAGO-Fifteenf fine work horses
stabbed in the barn of the E. E. Walsh
Transfer company, 687 North Green
street, were stabbed by unidentified
men, one horse dying shortly after
ward and another being injured SO Sc
verely that it was shot by a policeman.
Police of the West Chicago Avenue
station attributed the attack to war
fare between the international Team
sters' union and the Chicago Team
sters' union. Two men were arrested
on suspicion
VIENNA, AUSTRIA - The aero
plane race from Berlin to this city un-
der the auspices of the Imperial Avia-
ton society and the Austrian Aero
club was won by Ho1muth Hirth, Ger
man, carrying a passenger, Lieutenant
Schoeller of the German army. Hirth,
with his companion, covered the dis
lance 600 miles in direct line) in
395 minutes C hours 35 ninutes) &C
+ tual flying time.
CHARLOTTE, MlCH.-A cyclone,
which passed through Chester and
Benton townships, five miles north of
here, has done considerable damage
to buildings, stock and orchards. The
large barn on the T. K. Henry farm
was completely demolished and
number of horses and cattle were
killed. This loss will reach $4,000.
BOSTON, MASS.-After a night of
complete suspension of street railway
traffic as the result of the strike of
several thousand employees, the Bos-
ton Elevated Railway company re-
sumed operations on all surface, ele-
waited and tunnel lines, but the num-
Der of cars in operation was noticea-
bly, much less than usual.
WASHINGTON-With a terse dec
laration that the commerce court was
not to substitute itself for the inter
state commerce commission, the SUI
preme court of the United States in
decision af' =" decision reversed the
commerce court and upheld the inter-
state commerce commission.
RUSSELS-Serious rioting was re-
previous day were repeated. AS fast
as the police scattered the mob at one
place it formed at another. Many
persons were hurt. There were fire.
quent clashes, both sides employing
great violence.
CHIHUAHUA, MEXICO-Jose E.
Cordova, secretary general of the rev.
olution and chief counselor of General
Pascual Orozco, assured Marion Letch-
er, the American consul here, that
foreigners would not be molested in
the operations of the rebels in this
vicinity
WASHINGTON-The women of the
United States army and navy, it is an
nounced, will back the movement Of
the women's Titanic memorial to erect
here a great monument to the men
who died to save the lives of the wo-
men and children.
ST. PAUL, MIMI. - The upper
house of the state legislature ratified