Lilley Is Denounced for Violating Duty in House Probe
Washington May 21 The special committee found Representative Lilley of Connecticut guilty of violating his obligation as a member and acting in bad faith with the committee. The house sustained the conclusions 167 to 82 amid long debate with Connecticut members voting against the resolution. Mississippi's Mr Williams denounced Lilley as treasonous and urged expulsion. Five members of the committee sat together, offering no remarks on the report. A partial conference report on the sundry civil appropriation was adopted and conferees will seek full agreement.
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Washington
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Williams
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Senator Rayner seeks inquiry into Stewart charges
Senator Rayner renewed a push for a senate vote on a resolution authorizing the president to appoint a court of inquiry to probe charges against Colonel William F. Stewart, coast artillery, Fort Grant Arizona. He warned the military affairs committee would not report this session and urged a modified resolution be acted on without committee intervention. The motion was postponed amid objections as the omnibus public buildings bill totaling about 35 million dollars passed, along with a bill to prevent desecration of the U.S. flag.
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Special House Committee Probes Wood Pulp Industry
Washington May 21 report says the special House committee has not concluded its inquiry into the wood pulp and print paper industry and continues to gather evidence and hear witnesses.
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Special House Committee
Washington
Tariff Debate Prolongs Hearing On Paper Costs
The special house committee has heard from paper manufacturers amid delays in a full report to Congress. Testimony covered rising costs of materials and goods, and arguments against removing the tariff on wood pulp and paper as more Western producers are expected.
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House
Congress
Coroner Declares Gunness Body Found In Ruins Is Mrs Bella Gunness
Laporte Ind May 21 The coroner ruled the body recovered from the April 28 fire at Mrs Bella Gunness home is that of Bella Gunness killed by felonious homicide The case marks the first official verdict in the Gunness killings and officials plan to file further verdicts in related deaths.
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August Johnson
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Sigward
Sarah Olsen
Chicago
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Casper
Wyo
Columbia Student Wounded in Riverside Drive Shooting
Robert H. Cook a Columbia University first year science student and son of Albany a prominent lawyer was shot in the head by Policeman John A Hurtens during an attempted burglary investigation on Riverside drive Howard P Cole another Columbia student and Cook s companion was arrested after the incident 경찰 allege the two tried to tear down a refreshment booth sign and fled as the officer fired first into the air then at Cook after a chase Cook remained unconscious with the bullet described as entering the brain.
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Columbia
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Hurtens
Hydrophobia Claims Brook?yn Manufacturer at Home
William H. Marsh of Brooklyn died at his Ocean Avenue home from hydrophobia after doctors at the Pasteur Institute warned this outcome. His death was peaceful as he was sedated with opiates.
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William H. Marsh
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Platt Denies Marriage Promise in Abolute Divorce Suit
Ailing U S Senator Thomas C Platt testifies in his own defense in Mae C Wood's suit for absolute divorce. He denies marrying or promising to marry and rejects the marriage certificate and letters as forgeries. He recalls meeting Wood in 1901 and admits occasional affectionate nicknames but says he did not wed and did not promise marriage. The trial continues to another day as Judge O Gorman delays final ruling.
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New York
United States
Thomas C. Platt
Mae C. Wood
Miss Wood
Mise Wood
Senator Platt
Hotel Arlington
O’gorman
Indicted broker Thomas A. McIntyre released on bail
New York May 21 Thomas A. McIntyre of the failed firm T A McIntyre Co was indicted by a grand jury on grand larceny in the first degree. He posted 25000 bail and was freed. Physicians at his sanitarium opposed the arrest as investigations into the firm proceeded. Seventeen witnesses, mostly firm employees, testified before the grand jury.
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New York
Thomas A. McIntyre
T. A. McIntyre & Co
McIntyre
United States District Court
Jerome
Grand Jury
New York County
Drowning at Rum River Dam Claims Mill Worker
Paul Paulson, a millwright from Anoka County, was drowned when a raft he rode with two coworkers to open sluice gates at the Lincoln mill on the Rum River dam overturned. The other two men escaped by clinging to the dam.
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Burns
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Pillsbury-Washburn Flour Mills Company
Lincoln
Long contest ends as Dora McDonald declared legal wife
In Chicago on May 21 Judge Barnes in the superior court settled the McDonald estate after a long dispute over who was the rightful widow. Dora McDonald, recently acquitted in the murder case of artist Webster Guerin, was declared the legal wife at the time of McDonald’s death. The rival claimant was McDonald’s first wife who had divorced him after she left him. The decree followed an agreement among attorneys and trustee Alexander Sullivan.
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Michael C. McDonald
McDonald
Barnes
Dora McDonald
Webster
Guerin
Alexander Sullivan
Atlantic fleet hosts public maneuvers off Oregon coast
The Atlantic fleet anchored near the Columbia river mouth during its voyage from San Francisco to Puget Sound. Tens of thousands gathered on the Oregon and Washington shores while steamers and tugboats escorted the fleet from Tillamook head for hours of scheduled maneuvers.
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San Francisco
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Washington
Tillamook Head
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