Deny Trust Charge as Sugar Firms Protest in Senate
In Washington on May 29 senators heard protests from sugar refining firms against alleged control by the American Sugar Refining Company. Senators Burkett Clapp La Follette Flint Sutherland and Smith led petitions opposing tariff reductions. Senator Bacon accused clerks of throttling debate and urged fair roll calls ahead of a June 10 vote postponing the income tax discussion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
American Sugar Refining Company
American Beef Sugar Company
Burkett
Carver Sugar Company
Chaska, Minn
Clapp
Wisconsin Sugar Company
Milwaukee
Wis
la Follette
Union Sugar Company
Pacific Sugar Corporation
Los Angeles County
Cal
Los Alamitos Sugar Company
Orange County
California
Sacramento Valley Sugar Company
Flint
Utah
Michigan
Sutherland
William Alden Smith
Mexican Petroleum Company
Standard Oil Company
Flint Bacon
Bacon
Gore
Rhode Island
Georgia
Kentucky
Tennessee
American Tobacco Company
Bradley
House
Finance Committee
United States
Imperial Tobacco Company of
Great Britain
Imperial
Governor Haskell Returns to Oklahoma for Fraud Case Bond
Gov. Charles N. Haskell and five Oklahomans were brought to Muskogee to finalize bonds in fraud cases. Each bond was set at five thousand dollars.
Chicago Gets Prison Office
Washington May 29 Professor Charles AK Henderson of the University of Chicago was appointed a member on the United States Interrogations Prison Commission.
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Chicago
Washington
Charles AK. Henderson
University of Chicago
United States
Inter- Gations
Church and State Clash Over Union Decision in Tennessee
Denver May 29 The Presbyterian general assembly condemns Tennessee state court actions that set aside the union of the Presbyterian Church in the United States with the Cumberland Presbyterian Church The assembly bases its stance on a report by Wm Henry Roberts and upholds the Calvinistic view of distinct church and state jurisdictions.
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Denver
Cal
General Assembly of the
Presbyterian Church
Tennessee
United States of America
Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Committee On
Wm. Henry Roberts
Ll.d
England
United States
Tennessee Court
Harvard men gather in Cincinnati for national clubs meeting
Graduates from across the country attend the Associated Harvard Clubs gathering in Cincinnati. Ex-President Eliot and Prof. Abbott are present with Lawrence Lowell leading Harvard University. New York Boston and Philadelphia clubs travel on special trains. A Har vard song-book and ode to Eliot are featured. Today includes a luncheon, field day, and a grand banquet.
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Cincinnati
Harvard University
Harvard Clubs
Linton Hotel
Eliot
Abbott
Lawrence Lowell
Harvard
New York
Boston
Philadelphia
Eliott Hunt Pendleton
Owen Wister
Heliot
Lowell
John A. Carpenter
St. Louis
Cincinnati County Club
Cincinnati Golf Club
Sinton Hotel
Indict Haskell Again In Muskogee Lot Case
Tulsa May 29 United States grand jury returned new indictments charging fraud in Muskogee town lot schemes against Gov Charles II Haskell F B Severs W T Hutchins C W Turner A Z English and W R Eaton Bond set at 5000 each and promptly furnished Haskell blamed government influence and said open facts will prove no law was violated and the cases have no merit
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tulsa
Okla
Muskogee
United States Grand Jury
Charles II. Haskell
F. B. Severs
W. T. Hutchins
C. W. Turner
A. Z. English
W. R. Eaton
Gov. Haskell
Washington
Deportations of Turkish officials and sultan as supreme commander
In Constantinople on May 29 a decree read in the ministries of war and marine states the sultan, per constitutional terms, is the supreme commander of the army and navy and that many ministers and high officials confined on Prinkipo island have been deported to other Marmara islands. The sultan also offered to finance a national Turkish history. In Altoona an incident reports Mrs. Fleming bitten by a mother cat while trying to handle a kitten. a patrolman refused to kill the cat citing luck to the executioner.
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Constantinople
Prinkipo
Sea of
Marmara
Turkey
Altoona
Johanna Fleming
Take Action Against Deputy Pergament in Escape Case
In St Petersburg on May 29 the minister of justice told the duma that proceedings would be started against C. Y. Pergament, Odessa deputy, for alleged complicity in Olga Stein's 1907 escape from Russia.
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St. Petersburg
Minister of Justice
Duma
C. Y. Pergament
Odessa
Russia
Olga Stein
Rogers Will Filed. Bulk of Estate To Family
The will of Henry H. Rogers filed for probate leaves most property to his widow and children with $100,000 for Fairhaven Massachusetts primary and grammar schools. A trust fund of 2.5 to 3 million dollars provides an annuity to the widow, with reversion to the residuary estate after her death. Trusts for collateral relatives total about 550,000 dollars, and four trusts for his children divide the residuary estate when they reach 40. Executors include Rogers Jr, John W. Sterling, Walter P. Winsor, and Farmers' Loan and Trust Co.
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New York
Henry H. Rogers
Fairhaven
Mass
New York City
Rogers
Henry H. Rogers, Jr
John W. Sterling
Walter P. Winsor
Farmers’ Loan and Trust Company of
Mary Nye
Jane W. Nye
Mr. Rogers
Anne Engle Benjamin
Clara Leland Broughton
Mat Rogers Coe
Henry Huttleston Rogers
United States
Canada
Fire destroys 800 homes in Novo-Nicholaievsk
A disastrous blaze in Novo-Nicholaievsk, Tomsk, on May 29 wrecked 800 houses. Homeless residents were sheltered in schools and public buildings as firefighters battled the flames.
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Tomsk
Siberia
Novo-Nicholaievsk
Continue Musical Prizes Aged Mariner Is Dead
Aged naval builder and mariner Captain David Edwards, 90, dies in Grand Rapids after a long career. At Toledo convention of the National Federation of Musical Clubs the sixth biennial meeting closed with plans to continue prize competitions for the warship Constitution.
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Mariner
Grand Rapids
Mich
Toledo
David F.j
Edwards
Fional Federation of Musical Clubs
Consent Wawards
Taft Acts On Strike Over Negro Firemen in Georgia
President Taft and his cabinet deem the Georgia railroad strike grave amid racial tensions over employing negro firemen. Knapp of the ICC arrives to press settlement while Labor Commissioner Neil and Postmaster General Stewart assist. Mail trains run without interference and talks among railroad officials near arbitration continue as authorities consider state intervention and possible receivership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Taft
Georgia
Knapp
Interstate Commerce Commission
Neil
Washington
Stewart
Augusta
Georgia Railroad
Aeroplane Delivery Deadline Extended to July First
Washington May 29 under contract to deliver an aeroplane to the army by June 1 the war department waived the requirement Mr Herring of New York stated he would be ready to fulfill his contract for final delivery by July 1 Bandmaster death by own action West Point N Y May 29 George Essigke for the past 15 years band master at West Point committed suicide by inhaling illuminating gas
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
A. M. Herring
New York
Army
War Department
West Point
N. Y
George Essigke
Texas mob shoots murdered prisoner in jail cell
In Abilene Taylor county jail a mob stormed the facility demanding Tom Barnett, recently convicted of murder. When denied access, the mob failed to free him and shot him dead inside his cell. A separate report from Port Allen, Louisiana notes the lynching of a man called Hobo Brown by masked attackers.
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Abilene
Tex
Taylor County
Tom Barnett
Alexander Sears
Baton Rouge
Hobo
Brown
Port Allen
Weat Baton Rouge
Prinzess Alice Reaches Plymouth After Dual Groundings
The North German Lloyd liner Prinzess Alice ran aground twice while leaving New York. In dense fog she struck near Fort Wadsworth Staten Island, narrowly missing the sea wall. After a ten-tug assist she floated and resumed course, then grounded again at Ambrose channel before being freed by the spring tide. All 426 passengers remained aboard.
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New York
Plymouth
Fort Wadsworth
Staten Island
Ambrose Channel
President Taft in Pittsburgh and Gettysburg visit
President Taft arrived in Pittsburgh to attend Arsenal park fountain dedication and luncheon with Yale alumni at Allegheny Country club. He will speak at a banquet of Associated Western Yale Clubs and then visit Gettysburg for a Memorial Day address Monday. Also, an insane-motivated shooting in Bowen, Tennessee killed a baggagemaster, and a drunken quarrel in Oakland left a man dead after a stabbing.
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Pittsburg
Taft
Pittsburgh
Laughlin
Arsenal Park
Yale
Allegheny Country Club
Associated Western Yale Clubs
Gettysburg
Ex Governor Near Death in Kansas City Stroke
Ez-Guy Thomas T. Crittenden, former governor, suffered a stroke and remained unconscious as doctors reported his condition critical in Kansas City Missouri on May 29. He had not regained consciousness by last night.
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Kansas City
Guy Thomas T. Crittenden
Junkin Ordered To Court Amid Looming Lynching Fear
In Centerville Iowa on May 29 John Junkin the Black defendant in the murder of Clara Rosen is escorted through a hostile crowd to the criminal court guarded by deputies and armed guards. Five hundred bystanders threaten and fear he may be lynched prompting a sought death penalty verdict to deter mob violence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Centerville
Iowa
John Junkin
Clara Rosen
Ottumwa
Grand Jury
Criminal Court
Appanoosa County Court House
Junkin
Sheriff Clark
Appanoose County
Police Capture Three Suspected Train Robbers in Omaha
In South Omaha near Eighteenth and Q streets police arrested three men tied to a Union Pacific robbery. One carried 125 dollars, another 98 dollars, and a third a smaller sum. Handkerchief masks, revolvers and flashlights were found nearby as detectives guarded the area after four men approached late at night, with one fleeing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha
Neb
South Omaha
Union
Pacific
Eighteenth
Q Streets
Hiscape
Fire destroys Sutherland grain elevators in Iowa
Sutherland Iowa May 29 Fire Friday morning destroyed the Farmers' Grain and Supply company elevators the Thompson and Christopher structure and the coal house of the farmers elevators with a loss of 25000, thousands of bushels of grain burned. Insurance is 12000. The town remains without any elevator while railroad buildings and other town structures were saved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sutherland
Iowa
Farmers’ Grain and Supply Company
Thompson & Christopher
Farmers’ Elevators
Flight from Lincoln Man Aims to Wed During Trial
J. H. Stores alias McCarthy, charged with embezzling $6,000 from the Horn estate, reportedly planned to marry Effie Moline as he faced pleading guilty in Lincoln Nebraska. He fled two months ago and was tracked across Chicago Buffalo and Duluth before the latest court appearance.
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Lincoln
Neb
Horn
J. H. Stores
McCarthy
Effie Moline
Chicago
Buffalo
Duluth
Manhart Loses $20000 Damage Suit Over Dough Machine
A Dubuque jury after thirty six hours of deliberation ruled against Edward Manhart in his $20000 damage case against the Dubuque Biscuit company. Manhart claimed to have lost a hand while operating a dough machine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dubuque
Iai
Edward Manhart
Dubuque Biscuit Company
Manhart
Judge orders Eckhardt to pay state 200000 in oil case
District Judge Wilcox directed Receiver Eckhardt of the Waters-Pierce Oil company to pay Texas 200000 in addition to the 1300000 fine already imposed in the corporation's prosecution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Austin
Tex
Wilcox
Eckhardt
Waters-Pierce Oil Company
Robbers Hold Up Bank Cashier in Benbow City Bank
Robbers armed with shotguns invaded the People's Bank in Benbow City on Friday afternoon, holding the cashier at gunpoint and making a getaway. No injuries reported.
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Robera
Benbow City
Hls
People’s Bank
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