Condensed weekly news from Washington and beyond
The week’s news notes the IACP convention in Washington with Maj. Rich ard Sylvester presiding. It records weather bureau staff demotions over political activity, diplomacy notes with Japan and Germany, a Portland rose festival, a Richmond travel convention parade, rail and volcanic incidents, legal cases and notable arrests, a Dunkards conference decision on tobacco, and various local incidents including a fatal crash near McAlester and a judge’s verdict in a libel suit.
Berlin marks twenty fifth anniversary of William accession
The Berlin celebration opens the twenty fifth anniversary of Emperor William I's accession. Dr Forbes Winslow, noted alienist, dies in London at sixty nine, founder of the British Hospital for Mental Disorders. Emily Wilding Davison dies after the Derby incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emperor William of
Germany
Berlin
Forbes Winslow
London
British Hospital For Mental Disorders
Emily Wilding Davison
Epsom
England
Anmer
Hoopeston Man Named President Meeting Held In Decatur
In Decatur the Illinois Editorial association elected officers led by President Charles W. Warner Chronicle Hoopeston. Other officers included vice presidents Frank L. Shoup Newton James McClure Carlinville and W B Davis Jerseyville with J M Page Jerseyville as secretary and S J Porterfield Cullom as treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peoria
Illinois State Undertakers’ Association
W. C. Wunderlich
Joliet
EH. Ht. Redner
Urbana
Harry Wilmont
Pekin
R. W. Fuller
Savannah
A. V. Sybel
Monticello
H. M. Kilpatrick
Elmwood
B. B. Knox
Moline
Milwaukee
J. C. Dick
Kankakee
John Yehling
Duquoin
John M. Boland
A. L Courtner
Mt. Carmel
J. J. Burkhart
Sandwich
Harry Wilmott
John R. Pierson
Chicago
H. W. Jer
Sheldon
Richard Cooksville
B. M. Mulliken
Han
D. G. Alsbrow
Watertown
Association
Illinois Bankers’ Asociation
Illinois
I. Ennis
James M. James
William C. White
H. Anton
Princeville
Alvin H. Allison
Good Hoope
the Elks
Rock Island
East St. Louis
I. A. Lumpkin
Mattoon
H. A. Swallow
Danville
H. Crum
Springfield
Sam Tyerson
James A. Powers
M. W. Snell
Litchfield
F. L. Sharp
Jacksonville
A. R. Decosta, Jr
Bloomington
Treasury
Educators Back Alfalfa Campaign In Illinois Counties
Illinois educators show strong support for the alfalfa movement in country schools. Francis G. Plair and A. J. Hoffman, state education leaders, will promote the campaign among children statewide. They echo O. T. Bright of Cook County, who said the most effective way to improve material conditions is through education.
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Pruitt
Educational Press Bulletin
Jre
Department of Public Destruction
State of Illinois
C. B. Pruitt
Sangamon County
Winnebago County
Woodford
Sangamon
State of
Illinois
Francis G. Plair
A. J. Hoffman
Ottawa
Cook
O. T. Bright
Chicago
Fire losses total 1,281,414 in Illinois May report
May fire losses in Illinois reached 1,281,414 due to 668 fires. Chicago accounted for 569,075 of damage from 261 city fires while down state losses totaled 712,339. Arson caused 22 blazes, sparks started 69, and lightning 66.
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May
Illinois
Chicago
Victory for State Upholds Right to Fix Rates of Carriers
Washington reports the Supreme Court ruled unanimously that states may set reasonable interstate rail rate limits until Congress acts, upholding state power on interstate commerce and confiscatory aspects except for Minneapolis & St. Louis. The 45 related cases across six states addressed whether maximum freight and two-cent passenger laws unduly burdened commerce or confiscated railroad property.
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Washington
Congress
Supreme Court of the United States
Minnesota
Minneapolis & St. Louis
Supreme Court
Missouri
Kentucky
Oregon
Arkansas
West Virginia
Alabama
Iowa
Kansas
Nebraska
Oklahoma
South Dakota
Northern Pacific
Great Northern
Turpentine Trust
Department of Justice
Pennsylvania
International Coal Mining Company
Clearfield
Pennsylvania Railroad
Justice Pitney
Government moves to break Kodak trust with receivership
The federal government filed a civil suit in Buffalo under Attorney General McReynolds to dissolve Eastman Kodak Co. The action seeks division of assets and business that control about 72 percent of U.S. photographic supplies to destroy the monopoly and restore competition under the Sherman Act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eastman Kodak
Washington
Kodak Trust
Buffalo
McReynolds
Eastman Kodak Company
Eastman Company
United States
Confesses Slaying Mother and Brother in Ohio
Ironton, Ohio June 11 Barkley Flemming twenty of Coryville farmer confessed here Monday to the murder of his mother Mrs Flemming and his brother Culbertson twenty five Mexican Rebels Shoot a Spy Diaz Juan Manuel Diaz an alleged Huerta spy court martialed at Columbia Mex Monday and immediately shot to death for giving information to the federals
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Ironton
Ohio
Barkley Flemming
Coryville
Laredo
Tex
Juan Manuel Diaz
Huerta
Columbia
Mex
Travelers in Session Delegates meet 24th annual Travelers Protective convention
Delegates from 42 states attend the twenty fourth annual gathering of the Travelers Protective association of America in Richmond Virginia with about 1000 attendees.
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Travelers In Session
Richmond
Travelers’ Protective Association of America
Testimony on Broadway production definition in royalties case
Daniel Frohman testified in William Harcourt's suit to obtain royalties from George Broadhurst for helping place his play The Man From Home. The question of what constitutes a Broadway production was debated after the witness assessed actor benefit, and the line was struck from the record before he was allowed to proceed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel Frohman
William Harcourt
George Broadhurst
Mr. Frohman
Frohman
Wal ter William Loses Penny in Sunday School Lament
Dull afternoon as Walter William trudges to Sunday school and discovers he has lost one of two bright new pennies. He asks his mother for help, but she demands details, and he reveals it was the penny for Sunday school, not the sweets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter William
Walter
Rash on Face Ends After Cuticura Treatment
Miss Pansy Hutchins from Sioux Falls describes a two year facial skin rash worsening to large sores. She reports nightly itching and shame until using Cuticura Soap and Ointment, bathing with hot water, then applying the ointment. Within two days soreness diminishes and after four weeks the rash vanishes.
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Sioux Falls
Pansy Hutchins
Cuticura
Dept. L
Boston
Wanted to Be There Story of Tony’s Vacation Wish
Tony, an immigrant from the old country, works as a section hand in America. He asks for a vacation to attend his wedding, but the foreman worries the trip will drain his savings and pull him back home. Tony insists he wants to be there for his marriage.
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Tony
Old Country
America
Castoria and remedies fill a 1900s ad page note
A collage of vintage ads notes Castoria for infants with the familiar signature, mentions Fletcher’s Castoria and a 30 year usage claim. Also an editor’s quip about spring poems, Tyree’s antiseptic powder for poison ivy with price, and a brief US cheese import figure worth 2,872,000 dollars.
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International Association of Chiefs of Police
Richard Sylvester
District of Columbia Police
Ave
Weather Bureau
Willis L. Moore
A. A. Adee
Paris
United States Senate
Great Britain
Townsend
Michigan
Wilson
Viscount Chinda
Japan
White House
Bryan
Bolivia
Argentina
Portland
Ore
Travelers’ Protective Association
George W. Lewis
Kansas City
Missouri, Kansas & Texas
McAlester
Oklo
Norfolk & Western
Bluefields
W. Va
Owens
Alaskan Peninsula
Unimak Pass
Shishaldin
Pavlof
McCushion
Katmai
Edgar Garvey
Charles Schneider
Colorado Springs
Colo
Justin Miller
Malcolm Ord
The
Dunkards
Warsaw
Ind
Miinols House
Walter F. Shrouds
Merchants’ Union Trust of
Philadelphia
Paterson
N. J
Vernie Goff
Joplin
Harry Miller
Monett, Mo
George H. Dryer
Methodist Book Concern of
Jere Knode Cook
St. George's Church
Hempstead
L. I
Floretta Whaley
Miranda Clarke Cook
Harvard
Connse
Robert Roach
Canton
James M. Cox
Ada
Daniel Best
Pitcairn
Ohio Northern University
Brotherhood of Railroad
San Francisco
Detroit, Mich
Giuseppe Pomaro
Youngstown
Washer
United States Secret Service
John P. White
United Mine Workers of America
Charleston
Charles A. Briggs
Union Theological Seminary
New York
Carl Axel Westman
Chauncey M. Depew
Seattle
Wash
Westman
L. Heeter
Pittsburgh Public Schools
Board of Education
W. F. Cottrell
C. Anat Goonell Blufts
Tay
Clarinda
Council Bluffs
Fred Nevens
Waters-Pierce Oil Company
Oklahoma City
Okla
Los Angeles
Cal
J. Turner Horner
Purdy, Mo
Eva May Horner
Drury College
Akee
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Salaakaane
Marshall
University of North Carolina
Matamoros
International Opium Congress
Hague
Hamilton Wright
Frauendorf
Tetuan
Morocco
Rincon
Dorsa
Rio Martin
Hoopeston
Illinois Editorial Association
Decature
Charles W. Warner
Chronicle
Edward F. Dunne
Famous Fathers of
Dunne
St. Nicholas Hotel
Capitol
American Association of Officials of Charity and Correction
National Conference of Charities
Bowen
F. P. Norbury
Board of Administration
State Charities Commission
Illinois Public Charities
Ing
Schnepp
R. B. Hebverd
New York Board of Charities
State School For the Blind
State School For the Deaf
First State Hospital For the
H. B. Carrier
EB. A. Foley
State Hospital
R. B.woolston
School For Blind
C. P. Gillett
School For Deaf
J. B. Montgomery
Coldwater
Mich
Robert W. Kelso
H. H. Shirer
Columbus
O. K. Lewis
New York City
G. L. Capen
State Board of Education
Charles L. Capen
J. Stanley Brown
Frank D. Marquis
Illinois State Normal University
U. 8
Camera Combine
Nuits
Fletcher
Tyree
Washington, D.C
Ady
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