Gary denies blocking access to early steel records
Judge Elbert H. Gary chairman of United States Steel says the company turned over all records to the government as the government questions competition policy. Discussion covers Carnegie Steel minutes, early directors, and the stance of Schwab and Corey on price keeping. The hearing adjourned until Wednesday.
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New York
Elbert H. Gary
United States Steel Corporation
Carnegie Steel Company
Gary
Wei
Tharg
Jacob M. Dickinson
R. V. Lindabury
Corporation
Comnecto Steel Company
Hoy Pie Iron
Dickinson
Schwab
Corey
Mr. Dickinson
Mr. Gary
Carnegie
Steel Corporation
Daniel Reed
Ph. C. Converse
Charles M. Sehwab
William Kedenborn
Percival Roberts
Roberts
Admiral Peary Named Grand Officer of Legion of Honor
Paris June 9 Rear Admiral Robert E Peary was made a grand officer of the Legion of Honor by President Poincare in a ceremony today
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Paris
Robert E. Peary
Legion of Honor
Poincare
Weather Service Cleaned Out in Widespread Purge
A sweeping shake up hits the Weather Bureau as 39 employees are removed or demoted amid Willie J. Moore’s misconduct. Chief Moore’s lieutenant Charles Turns is among those dismissed while Justice Department closes its probe for Attorney General Reynolds to decide further action.
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Washington
Jane
J. Warton Smith
Columbues
Dnepsweeter Tienry
Hersey
Milwaukee
Norman V. Conger
Detroit
Weather Bureau
Willie J. Moore
Moore
Charles T. Turns
Houston
Department of Justice
Mereynolds
Closed season on husband shooting ordered by judge
Chicago June 9 Municipal Judge Mahoney declared a closed season on husband shooting saying too many wives shoot or wound husbands and go free He fined Dora Dwyer 100 and jailed her six months in the Bridewell for wounding her husband in the arm amid jealousy claims.
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Chicago
Mahoney
Dora Dwyer
Henwood Tries to Void Name of Mag
Denver June 9 Testifying in his own defense Maroid F Henwood on trial for the killing of George B Copeland described the barroom incident at a local hotel. Henwood avoided naming Von Phul and Mrs John W Springer and referred to them indirectly while the district attorney objected to his testimony and the judge urged factual statements only.
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Morning Journal
Denver
Maroid F. Henwood
George B. Copeland
Copeland
Sylvester L. von Phul
Henwood
von Phul
John W. Springer
Sho
Butler
Herwood
Police Chiefs Begin Annual Convention Discussion on Social Evil
The International Association of Police Chiefs opened its annual convention in Washington with a focus on suppressing vice. President Richard Sylvester urged cooperation with federal authorities to enforce the white slave laws, while Major G Wizer of Norfolk described the rathskeller as a first step into segregated vice districts.
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Washington
International Association of Police Chiefs
Richard Sylvester
G. Wizer
Norfolk
Negro Amisher Executed for Capitol Crime in DC
Nathaniel Green, a Black man who assaulted a white woman near the capitol on Christmas night, was hanged in Washington the first DC execution for such a crime. He confessed, President Wilson refused clemency, and he died in ten minutes after stepping to the scaffold. He muttered that rum and dope caused his actions and hoped his death would deter others. The victim will be an invalid for life.
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Nathaniel Green
Washington
Morning Journal Epectal
Capitol
District of Columbia
Wilson
Green
Federal receivership likely to result from UP dissolution plans
Attorney General McReynolds opposes both UP dissolution schemes as vague and calls for a government receivership if the court does not receive a definite plan by July 1. He cites needs to fix timing for surrender of Southern Pacific stock and limits on shareholder control. He travels to St Paul for the hearing where Judges Sanborn Hook and Smith will preside.
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OY Morning Journal
Washington
McReynolds
Union Pacific
Union Pacific Railroad
United States Court
St. Paul
Sanborn, Hook and Smith
Supreme Court
Sherman Hiw
Robert
Southern Pacific
Panama Canal Ready for Largest Ships Says Goethals
New York June 9 Colonel George W Goethals chief engineer of the canal declares by January 1 anything that floats can pass through the Panama canal linking the Atlantic and Pacific. He arrived on the steamer Pastores from Colon and says a vessel will go through once water is in the canal. He planned the Fram to be first but expects a smaller craft to make the initial passage.
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Mosning Journal
New York
Panama Canal
Atlantic
Pacific Oceans
George W. Goethals
Pastores
Colon
Amundsen
South Pole
Drugged youth fires at people before death in Kentucky
Plainville Kentucky reports D G Lovan Jr 17 after breaking into a drugstore he used a revolver striking bystanders until a drug took effect he dropped the weapon and cried for help attempts to save him failed. In Kansas City a labor strike leaves 4000 workers idle as 2500 contractors lock out building trades council members.
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Morning Journal
Plainville, Ky
D.G. Lovan, Jr
Logan
Kansas City
Builders Construction Employers’ Association
Building Trades Council
China Approves Bryan Peace Plan in Principle
China becomes the fourteenth nation to endorse Secretary Bryan's peace plan. Minister Chang told Bryan that his government accepts the idea in principle and hopes to discuss the details.
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China
Bryan
Washington
Chang
Income Tax Yield At $80,000,000 In Senate Tariff Debate
A Washington table shows Underwood and Payne Aldrich proposals with income tax revenue around 80 million and total revenue near 947 million under the new bill. It notes countervailing duties on live stock grains and flour could tax Canadian cattle at 22 to 25 percent ad valorem and cattle meats at 21 to 2 cents a pound, with other farm products and sugarمار revisión. Senator Simmons cites a likely week ahead for majority debate as the bill advances.
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Washington
June
Senate Finance Committee
Canada
Simmons
Fire Chief Bywater Charged With Involuntary Manslaughter
Salt Lake City fire chief W H H Bywater faces involuntary manslaughter charges after a patrol car struck and killed a 10 year old girl while responding to a fire call. An inquest jury found recklessness and a lack of regard for life. He is jailed at the fire station as the city suspends him.
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Salt Lake City
Morning Journal
W. H H. Hywater
Chief Bywater
Bywater
Justice of the Peace
Harry
Harper
Weston and Ennis Advance in Transit Hike toward Minneapolis
Edward Payson Weston, who began a cross country hike from New York toward Minneapolis last Monday, reached Susquehanna Pennsylvania shortly after 6 AM and left for Binghamton New York two hours later. Rival John Ennis, starting a day after Weston, arrived at Susquehanna tonight after fifty miles from Hawkins New York and trails Weston by twenty four miles.
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Morning Journal
Casen
Scranton
Jane
Edward Payson Weston
New York
Minneapolis
Susqueanna
Binghampton
N.Y
John Ennis
Weston
Susquehanna
Hawkins
Former congressmen remain at capital
The Senate lobby investigating committee opened hearings on Washington lobbying influence. Former Senator A Faulkner represented railroads. J A T Hull, A W Kopp, Charles H Bennett and Charles B Landis testified on lobbying in tariff, diamonds, lace, and government contracts. Landis said he worked for Dupont Powder building South American interests.
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OY Morning Journal
Washington
Senate
Hones of
Senator Reed
Congress
A. Faulkner
West Virginia
Faulkner
Cllients
J. A. T. Hull
Town
A. W. Kopp O
Wisconsin
Charles HH. Bennett
New York
Charles B. Landis
Indiana
Hull
House Ways and Means Committee
Cummins
Vegetarian Association of the United
Philadelphia
Ecuador
District of Columbia
Kopp
Kitchen
Collier and
Decker
Bennett
Diamond Trade Traffic League
Landis
Dupont Powder Company
Texas Oil Trust Case Details Debated in Ouster Suit
Attorneys for the state in a $99 million Texas oil case sought to prove an ongoing conspiracy among Magnolix Petroleum Navarre Refining and Pierce Fordyce to control refined oil through a series of agreements and transfers. The defense denied these assertions.
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Texas
EF. R. Brown
Magnolix Petroleum Company
Navarre Refining Company
Maenolia
Waters
Pierre Oil Company
Navarre Company
Pierce Company
Navarro Company
Pierce-Fordyce Company
Pierce
John Sealy Company
Maenotia Company
Militant admits she tried to burn the Westfield house
May Dennis alias Lillian Linton, linked to the Kew Garden suffragette outrages, entered the court and confessed she attempted to set fire to the Westfield house. The servant girl was discharged while Dennis was arrested. Harry Johnson, a young newspaper man, was committed for trial.
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Morning Journal
Dorcaster
Eng
Westfield House
May Dennis
Lillian Linton
Kew Garden
Miss Dennis
Harry Johnson
Senate panel demands tight accounting of Indian funds
The Senate Indian Affairs Committee agreed to an amendment for a full audit of all Indian funds and expenditures totaling over 16 million dollars for the coming year. It would also bar contracts with Indians on tribal funds unless authorized by the United States, signaling potential impact on existing Cherokee and Chickasaw agreements. Senator Lane pressed for detailed disclosures, and with other senators helped craft the measure to ensure future transparency.
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Morning Journal
Washington
Senate Indian Affairs Committee
United States
James F. McMurray
Oklahoma
Ashurst
Senate
McMurray
Senator Lane
Oregon
Lane
Owen
Townsend
Wheat Crop Forecast Promises Record Harvest This Year
The Department of Agriculture projects a bumper wheat crop in June, totaling about 744 million bushels with 492 million winter wheat and 262 million spring wheat. Favorable conditions and large acreage suggest a harvest possibly reaching the 1901 record, potentially yielding over 16,500,000 barrels of flour.
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IBY Morning Journal Special
Washington
Department of Agriculture
Supreme Court Upholds State Rail Rate Powers
The Supreme Court held states may regulate intrastate rail rates without confiscating railroad property while interstate rates remain under federal jurisdiction. Minnesota s 2 cent passenger and maximum freight law was found confiscatory for Minneapolis & St. Louis, but Pacific and Great Northern failed to show unreasonableness. The decision signals broader principles on railroad valuation and limits on interstate commerce impact, with Missouri Oregon Kentucky and West Virginia cases awaiting later rulings.
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Washington
Congress
Supreme Court of the United States
Minnesota
Minneapolis & St. Louisa Railroad Co
Bee
Missouri
Arkansas
Oregon
Kentucky
West Virginia
Justice Hughes
Hughes
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George E. Copeland
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