Congress Passes Antitrust and Trade Measures
Washington reports the House approved anti trust legislation with labor and farmers exemptions, a rail securities filing requirement, and a federal trade commission bill creating a three member body to curb monopolies. Bipartisan support noted with only two Democrats voting against the trust bill. York sentenced for white slavery in Des Moines.
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Wikbol
House of Representatives
Senate
Labor and Farmers’ Organizations
Federal Trade Commission
White
Ohio
Geary
Rhode Island
Chandler
New York
Austin
Bartholdt
Calder
Danforth
Edmonds
Druckker
Dunn
Esch
Fairchild
Foss
Gillett
N. Y
Hayes
Hinds
Howell
Johnston
Utah
Kennedy
Kiess, Mott
Nelson
Slemp
Steenerson
Interstate Commerce Commission
Calf Brings Record $20,000 at Chicago Auction
Chicago reports a bull calf under four months old selling for 20000 dollars, claimed as a record price in the United States for a hair animal. The piece notes the sale occurred in Chicago on June 6.
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Chicago
United States
Bulgarian Queen Eleonora to Visit U S in October
Chayton Rock hill honorary consul general of Bulgaria in New York City reports a Sofia cablegram indicating Queen Eleonora plans a United States visit in October.
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New York
Chayton Rockhill
Cons Gezieral
Bulgaria
New York City
Sofia
Eleanora
United States
Constitutionalists seize three towns in Vera Cruz Colima and Guadalajara surrounded
News from Mexico and the United States reports three Vera Cruz towns Tantima Tantoyuca captured by Gen Candido Aguilar with new Veracruz governorship. Colima falls to constitutionalists while Guadalajara is surrounded by Obregon forces. Niagara mediation nears ultimatum as Carranza seeks representation. US warns against aiding Huerta blockade and arms shipments flow toward rebels.
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Mexico City
Huerta
Blanquet
Tampico
New York
Antilla
New Orleans
Washington
United States
Mexico
el Mundo
Fei Siglo
Galveston
Bryan
Niagara Falls
Navy Department
Department
State Department
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Mex
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Tantoyuca
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Candido Aguilar
Colima
Guadalajara
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Carranza
Ont
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de Gama
Naon
Suarez
Wilson
Constitutionalista
Constitutionallata
Niagara
Constitutionalst Junta
Millions for Pupils Commission urges 7 million for vocational education
Washington reports the commission on national aid to vocational education asks Congress to annually appropriate 7 million dollars to states for trade and agriculture training. It says vocational education is the nation’s greatest need and targets youths over fourteen.
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Commission On National Aid
Trade School
Washington
Commission On National
Congress
Large Annual Budget Reported by House Appropriations Panel
Chairman Fitzgeral of the appropriations committee released the sundry civil bill for the next fiscal year totaling 107 696759 20 with major items including 20 718 000 for Panama canal continuing construction and 1 125 900 for canal fortifications. The bill cut endowments by over 17 million, trims rail and harbor programs, and allocates 50 000 for mediation plus 200 000 for industrial relations.
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Fitzgerald
Appropriations Committee
House
Panama Canal
Interstate Commerce Commission
His Island
Board of Mediation and Conciliation
Commission On Industrial Relations
Penitentiaries
Fort Leavenworth
Atlanta
Hawaii
Bea Coast Artillery
Philippines
Hawaiian Islands
Nomination Sent for Boaz W. Long as Minister to El Salvador
President Wilson forwarded to the Senate the nomination of Boaz W. Long of New Mexico, chief of the division of Latin American affairs in the State Department, to be minister to El Salvador.
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San Salvador
Washington
Wilson
Senate
Boaz W. Long
New Mexico
State Department
Salvador
Death by own action shocks Indianapolis court clerk
R. E. Scott, fifty two, clerk of the superior court No. 3 in Indianapolis, committed death by his own hand by shooting himself in the mouth. He was married and had recently received health treatment. The incident occurred June 5 in Indianapolis.
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Superior Court
Indianapolis
Ind
R. E. Scott
No. 3
Boston widow Mrs Eaton weds first husband in Washington
Mrs Jennie M Eaton of Boston widow of Rear Admiral Joseph G Eaton and D Henry Ainsworth of Morristown Arizona were married in Washington by Rev L Morgan Chambers. The ceremony followed by a summer resort second honeymoon. Eaton had been acquitted in Boston last October of poisoning her second husband. The admiral died March 7, 1913 in Norwell Massachusetts under suspicions. Ainsworth was divorced eight years earlier in Minots now aged forty nine and the bride forty.
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Washington
Jennie M. Eaton
Boston
Joseph G. Eaton
D. Henry Ainsworth
Morristown
Ariz
L. Morgan Chambers
Ainsworth
Minots
British Convict Fowler Ends Life in Dayton Jail
Arthur Fowler, a British national convicted of murder, died by hanging in his Dayton county jail cell. He apparently used a strap to hang himself inside the cell, ending his case amid local authorities' investigation.
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Dayton
Arthur Fowler
John Jeames
Fowler
Saloons To Close In Muncie After Ruling
Muncie Indiana a city near thirty thousand will be without saloons after Saturday as Judge Frank Ellia rules in the Delaware circuit court an appeal will be filed at once.
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Muncie
Ind
Frank Ellia
Delaware Circuit Court
No Verdict In 150000 Suit In New York
The jury in the 150000 breach of promise case of Mies Mae A Sullivan versus Arthur I Hoe reported a disagreement and was discharged. Shamrock IV, Lipton's America’s Cup challenger, set sail from Portsmouth for its first trial sail off Spithead with Shamrock III aboard.
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New York
Mies Mae A. Sullivan
Arthur I. Hoe
Shamrock
Portamouth
England
Shamrock IV
Thomas Lipton
Thorsday
Spithead
Militant Gains Access to Buckingham Palace Audience
A militant suffragist interrupted a royal audience at Buckingham Palace on Thursday night. The intruder’s remarks were drowned by the crowd’s reaction while the king and queen remained calm. The incident fuels calls for stricter measures against suffragist agitation.
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Buckingham Palace
Hele
Indictments for Masters Plumbers Hit Six States
A federal grand jury charged 36 officials and members of the National Association of Master Plumbers and state groups in Illinois Wisconsin Minnesota Michigan Missouri Nebraska and Iowa with conspiracy in restraint of trade under the Sherman act. Names include Hilliard Haviland Patterson Hornbrook Cunningham Wilkerson Bixby Wentz Conningham Decker Woolly Reeke Sontag Trane Niebuhr and others from major city associations across the Midwest. The case alleges long running unlawful activities since 1884 to interfere with plumbing businesses and suppliers.
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Des Moines
National Association of Master Plumbers
Mlinois
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Michigan
Missouri
Nebraska
Iowa
W. J. Hilliard
Elmhurst
Vlitoim State Association of Master Phumbers
W. C. Haviland
Aurore
FU. Patterson
Springfield
Illinois Association
Nation Association
E. D. Hornbrook
National Association
J. P. Cunningham
E. O. Wilkerson
Kansas City
Joseph Bixby
Omaha
Neb
George E. Wentz
Lincoln
J. B. Conningham
William A. Decker
Grand Rapids
Mich
Michigan Association
William J. Woolly
Resignation and Provocative News Across Americas
John R. De Saullés resigns as U S minister to Uruguay and plans to pursue New York real estate riches. In Rochester the German Catholic societies oppose the Hobson prohibition bill. In Vera Cruz an English refugee reports an attack on General Huerta as shots echo from the military academy. President Wilson receives Kern Jr and Senator Kern aides while a federal tax plan is proposed in Washington.
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New York
John R. de Saullés
United States
Uruguay
Rochester
N. Y
Federated
German Catholic Societies
New York State
Hobson
Vera Cruz
Mex
Huerta
Military Academy
Globe Cantina
Teus
Beaten Troops flee as savage attack drives rout
In a desert chase, John Reed recounts a brutal siege where troopers press the retreat across chaparral and adobe walls, with Indian yells, gunfire, and a fleeing party including Juan Vallejo and Gil Tomas as they race toward the mountains.
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John Reed
Metropolitan
Don Thomas
Pablo Arriola
Gil Tomas
Meester
Juan
Don Petronilo
Juan Santillanes
Fernando Silveyra
Juan Vallejo
Companeros
Santo Domingo
Bridge Destruction Amid Connecticut Military Maneuvers
During last summer's army drills in Connecticut, Blues tried to stop Reds by blowing up the Washington bridge over the Housatonic, linking Stratford and Milford. Reds posted notices claiming destruction, but a Blue patrol surprised Reds crossing, prompting a sharp exchange about swimming to cross.
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Connecticut
Washington Bridge
Housatonic
Stratford
Milford
Archeologist doubts Nero set fire to Rome
A Rome lecturer argues Nero did not cause the Imperial City fire nor did early Christians. He cites a full moon the night of the blaze and suggests accidental origins, noting the famous tale of Nero fiddling remains popular despite the tower being built after his death.
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Nero
Rome
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