House defeats the amendment to sundry civil bill
President Taft and Representative Tawney engineered a 138 to 130 House vote against the Hughes amendment that would exempt labor unions and leaders from the Sherman act. The fight centered on keeping the sundry civil bill intact to protect $127 million in appropriations and tariff board powers.
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Washington
Taft
Tawney
House
White House
Congress
Tariff Board
Representative Tawney
Mr. Tawney
Austin
Tennessee
Carey
Cooper
Lenroot
Nelson
Stafford
Wisconsin
Davis
Minnesota
Fish
New York
Greene
Massachusetts
Focht
Unknown assailant slays horse and injures cattle near Marshfield
In Marshfield Wisconsin on June 24 an unknown person entered Herman Plath’s pasture and killed a horse, stabbed a two year old colt and two cows. Neighbor Mr Feiifert was also visited and two of his cattle were badly lacerated.
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Marshfield
Wis
Herman Plath
Railroad yard accident claims Ashland man
Clifford Hughaboom of Ashland Wisconsin died from injuries in a railroad yard after attempting to jump a moving switch engine. He missed his footing and fell suffering fatal head injuries in Dickinson North Dakota on June 24.
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Dickinson, N. D
Clifford Hughaboom
Ashland
Wis
Auto Hit in Grand Forks Injures Two Persons
In Grand Forks North Dakota on June 24 Harry Marx and Mrs Finklestad were struck by a passing automobile. The driver’s identity was not yet determined.
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Grand Forks
N. D
Harry Marx
Governor Haskell Proclaims August Special Election
Governor Haskell of Alabama issues a proclamation calling a special election in August to vote on the grandfather clause amendment to the constitution. Opponents say it will disenfranchise Black voters.
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Haskell
Alabama
Oklahoma City
Okla
Charlton Admits Killing His Wife In Lake Como Case
Porter Charlton, American youth from a prominent family, confesses in Hoboken to beating Mary Scott Castle to insensibility with a mallet then dumping her body in Lake Como. The 21 year old, married last spring amid parental opposition, faces extradition as investigators outline the Italy to United States murder case.
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New York
Lake Como
Italy
Porter Charlton
Hoboken
N. J
Mary Scott Castle
San Francisco
Neville H. Castle
Alaska
Charlton
Paul Charlton
Bureau of Insular Affairs
Washington
Taft
Yale
Castle
Wilmington
Del
America
Henry Harrison Scott
Fire at Minot business district causes heavy losses
A June 24 blaze in Minot North Dakota started in a livery stable and swept the wholesale district. The Carroll building housing Northwestern Supply and Leland hotel annex burned. Northwestern Supply claims 15000 in damages. B Taylor of Great Northern engineering, staying in the annex, was lightly injured descending a ladder as stairs burned away. Cause remains undetermined.
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Minot
N. D
Carroll Building
Northwestern Supply Company
Leland Hotel
B. Taylor
Great Northern Engineering Department
Forestry Student Drowns At Minnesota Camp
Arthur Oakey nineteen son of J G Oakey Red Wi drowned at the University of Minnesota fore school summer camp at Lake Itasca while working as a laborer to prepare for entering the forestry program at the state university next fall. The notice arrived via long distance telephone to Professor in the forestry department.
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St. Paul
Arthur Oakey
J. G. Oakey
Red Wi
University of Minnesota
Lake Itasca
Forestry Department
Oak
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