Underwood Wool Bill Reported to Congress Today
Data gathered by the tariff board prompt delays in wool bill action as in steel trust cases. The report, signed by Burton Harrison, reflects Taft administration stance and warns against rushing revision. It notes potential congressional delays to share collected wool industry data with lawmakers.
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D. C
Taft
Republis
Tariff Board
Eport
Akes
Aitmite
Congress
Congress of Arai
Ard
Bureau of Corporaerning
Na Ra‘le
Vedrine Opens Paris to Turin Air Race Run Toward Nice
Pierre Vedrine, winner of the Paris to Madrid flight, started from Bue toward Nice in the 1800 mile Paris to Turin contest. He reached Dijon 160 miles from Paris, then Lyons after refueling, as four rivals reached Rome. Vedrine later faced a rough landing near Macon due to a wind, damaging his plane and abandoning the day’s plan to reach Nice, returning to Paris.
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Associated Press
Bue
France
Pierre Vedrine
Nice
Beaumont
Garros
Frey
Vichard
Rome
Yurin
Vedrine
Dijon
Paris
Lyons
Turin
Macon
Verdine
Bankes Convention Plans Near in New Orleans
The New Orleans Lee Association announces that the American Bank Union convention is set for November 21 to 24 with executive preparations underway. Secretary F. E. Arns is due to arrive June 12 to finalize plans.
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Bankes
Jmne
New Orleans Lee Association
American Bank‘ion
F. FE. Arnstil
Tragic death near Thunderbolt in Savannah machine shop
George, son of Mr and Mrs L W ein, of Thunderbolt Savannah, was fatally struck by a large pulley in a machine shop. The accident occurred near the pulley and he died instantly.
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H. Ga
George
L. W
Thunderbolt
Are
Savannah
Coronation Celebrities Sail In Style For King George Victory
Unclear OCR text describes Johnsing C9, Jack Johnson, and Prass in London for coronation festivities. Notes a white wife, jewelry, and a ship stateroom assignment in first class. Mention of a potential boxing match with Sam Langford for about 30900 dollars.
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Prass
York
Dune
Jack Johnson
King George's
London
Eleo
Keon
Ted Sou
Sam Langford
Former Pulaski Sheriff Found Not Guilty in Cairo Murder Case
A. B. Bankston, former Pulaski county sheriff, was acquitted of murdering Cairo policeman Wilford French last December. The Jonesboro jury deliberated for sixty five hours before reaching the verdict.
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Cairo, Ill
A. B. Bankston
Pulaski County
Wilford French
Cairo
Jonesboro
Ill
Taft Invited by Anti-Horse Thief Group
The Anti-Horse Thief Association of Kansas and Oklahoma invites President Taft to Arkansas City Kansas for its July 19 convention. The group claims about 40,006 members. Taft declined the invitation.
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Washington
Taft
Anti- Horse Thief Association of
Kansas and
Oklahoma
Arkansas City
Kas
Former sugar officials ask appeal in defraud case
New York June 6 Charles R Heike former secretary of the American Sugar Refining Company and Ernest W Gerbracht former superintendent of the sugar refinery at Williamsburg today appeared before the United States circuit court of appeals seeking permission to appeal the circuit court decisions. They were convicted on conspiracy to defraud the government by underweighing imported sugar.
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New York
Charles R. Heike
American Sugar Refining Company
Ernest W. Gerbracht
Williamsburg
United Stats Circuit Court of Appeals
United States Circuit Court
Heike
Gerbracht
Condition unchanged for John Bigelow veteran diplomat
New York reports no alarming change in John Bigelow's health. The 93 year old diplomat and writer is suffering a recurrence of an old illness but is not in immediate danger. Dr Milton Powel notes he remains active, lately dictating memoirs and delivering work from Highland Falls. The attack followed his May 24 library opening and his return to The Squirrels estate.
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New York
John Bigelow
Milton Powel
Bigelow
Highland Falls
New Public Library
Board of Trustees
Squirrels
Hudson River
Crack Rifle Teams Meet in the Capital Championship
Raleigh June 6 The crack rifle teams of the North Carolina National Guard regiments meet in Raleigh to contest the champions from regimental shoots held in Raleigh Goldsboro and Gastonia The contest runs through tomorrow with Raleigh Asheville and Lumber Ridge representing the Third First and Second regiments. Wake county votes on a farm life school and 400000 road bonds scheduled for August 31. Sheriff Sears settles 1910 taxes totaling 291000. Bank of LaGrange closed by the state corporation commission for unsafe, insolvent and unauthorized conduct with 12000 in overdrafts and unsecured papers.
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Raleigh
N. C
North Carolina National Guard
Goldsboro
Gastonia
Asheville
Lumber Ridge
Wake County
Sears
Wake Commissioners
Bank of LaGrange
J. R. Wooten
L. F. Davis
Corporation Commission
Cholera Case Claimed on Saxonia Arriving in Trieste
The Cunard steamer Saxonia from New York is quarantined in Trieste after a suspected cholera case. The victim, a Hungarian immigrant named Bernis, died. A bacteriological test is pending and port authorities bar shore contact.
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Associated Press
Trieste
Austria
Cunard Line
Saxonia
New York
America
Bernis
Tar Heels In Capital Seek West Point and Pages
Dr. Robert S. Young of Concord arrives in Washington with W. Coll Morris for West Point exam on July 5 after an alternate appointment by Republican Doughton. Glenn McKay of Mooresville named a page by Doughton and starts work today as Gaston County soil survey maps are released for distribution.
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Tar Heels
Capital
Washington, D. C
Jjune
Robert S. Young
Concord
W. Coll
Morris
West Point
Republican Doughton
Glenn McKay
A. S. McKay
Mooresville
Doughton
Gaston County Soil Survey
Mrs Strohacker Acquitted In Poisoning Case
Mrs Minnie Strohacker was acquitted of administering strychnine to her husband George Strohacker on January 7. He fell ill after lunch as doctors found strychnine on a bread slice. her husband supported her during the trial, insisting she had no involvement.
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Strohacker
Associated Press
Pittsburg
Minnie Strohacker
George Strohacker
Drowning Claims Young Nan in Statesville
In Statesville on June 5 21 year old Claude Laugenour son of Dr and Mrs P F Laugenour drowned in Morrison s pond near town while swimming with three companions. Found after 70 minutes his body was returned to the family who urged warnings against deep water. The tragedy shocks the community and calls for caution near water.
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Statesville
Claude Laugenour
P. F. Laugenour
W. E. Morrison
Laugenour
Mabel Laugenour
Misses
Blanche Laugenour
Rock Hill
S. C
Morrison
Auto Victim's Gems Gone in Md Car Wreck
Jewelry valued at 400 dollars missing from the body of Robert Oliver Williams, Baltimore millionaire killed May 13 near Autoville, Md. A three stone diamond ring, diamond cuff links, and a cat's eye pin are sought by Baltimore police after Williams’ body was recovered from the wreck. It is unknown if the items were stolen or lost.
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Washington
D. C
Robert Oliver Williams
Baltimore
Autoville
Helen Griffith
Williams
Cramer Seeks Delay in Cotton Schedule Revision
S W Cramer of Charlotte presenting a petition to Chairman Underwood of the ways and means committee urged postponing any revision of the cotton schedule. The committee plans to take up the cotton schedule immediately after wool. Underwood avoided comment on the impact of the petition.
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Washington
S. W. Cramer
Charlotte
Underwood
Ways and Means Committee
Mystery in murder case cleared by lover's tale
New York dispatch reports Henry A. Scheib, jailed for his wife Elizabeth O Grady's murder, had letters suggesting alibi. Edward O Towne, Scheib’s lawyer, explains Elizabeth used aliases and they married as Sherman to appease parents while seeking a Dutch name. Also notes Dr J C Boyette’s improved health after a brief illness.
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New York
Henry A. Scheib
Elizabeth O’grady
Springfield
Mass
Edward O. Towne
Chicago
Council For
Hugh A. Sherman
Towne
Schieb
Scheib
O’grady
Lillian Lover
Lillian
General Sherman
Central Park
Sherman
Hughie
Both Houses In Session As Inquiry Into Lorimer Opens
Washington June 6 both houses of congress meet in session. Senate prepares to adopt plans for a new inquiry into the Lorimer case with a sub committee empowered to use sweeping investigation powers. In the house the Ways and Means Committee wool tariff bill report is ready and debate begins tomorrow under Underwood and Mann. Senator Root to testify on a $1600 item in a $2450 voucher for Albert Rosenthal portrait of Justice Day.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
Lorimer
Committee On Privileges and Elections
Ways and
Albert Rosenthal
Justice Day
Fire arson confession ends in suicide in Chicago
Leopold Dreyfus of L. Dreyfus & Co confessed to plotting the Market Street clothing shop arson for hire. He shot himself after the confession, as police and fire officials probe an alleged organized gang offering to burn businesses for a fee. The fire valued at $12,000.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Leopold Dreyfus
L. Dreyfus & Co
Market Street
Clothiers
Dreyfus
Sullivan
President Taft’s son barred from Ohio bar exam
Robert Alphonse Taft, son of President Taft, was denied admission to the Ohio state bar examination because he did not register when he began studying law. He had written to the supreme court clerk two months earlier and was told he could not take the exam this year. He likely plans to try again in two years.
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Associated Press
Columbus
Robert Alphonse Taft
President Taft
Supreme Court
Dartmouth Admitted To Intercollegiate League
Philadelphia June 6 Dartmouth college is admitted to membership of the intercollegiate basketball league after a mail vote since the March dual spring meeting This expands the league from five to six universities Yale Pennsylvania Princeton Cornell and Columbia remain members with Dartmouth joining to compete in future seasons
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Dartmouth
Philadelphia
Dartmouth College
Ralph Morgan
Yale
Pennsylvania
Princeton
Cornell
Columbia
Full Report On U S Steel Trust And Political Debate
Washington reports a three year long study by Herbert Knox Smith on United States Steel Corporation will be shown to the president. Taft and Wickersham will decide on possible action with a minority counter statement accusing political motives. The piece notes 590000 workers affected by wool duties and criticizes a rushed bill without hearings or updated data.
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Associated Press
Washington
United States Steel Corporation
Herbert Knox Smith
Department of Justice
Taft
Wickersham
Payne
Dalzell
Needham
Longworth
Miority Report
Treasury
Amendment to Paper and Wood Pulp Section Likely Adopted
Washington June 6 The Senate finance committee likely will adopt the Root amendment to the Canadian reciprocity bill in modified form. Seven Republicans support, Bailey Simmons and Johnson among Democrats join 5 to 10 vote. Final committee vote set for July 15 with recommendation to report the measure.
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Associated Press
Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Bailey
Simmons
Johnson
Penrose
Cullom
Knox
Senate
Southern Golfers In Tournament Opens In Nashville
Nearly 200 golfers from the South gathered as the Southern Golf Association opened its tenth annual tournament in Nashville Tennessee. Qualifying rounds started at 9 and will finish tomorrow morning. Officers to be elected tonight with H F Smith expected to seek re election as president. Hot dry weather made play difficult as first pairing started at 9 and finished at 11 30. The thermometer stood at 82 at noon.
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Associated Press
Nashville
Tenn
South
Southern Golf Association
H. F. Smith
Nashville & St. Louis Railway
Congress Demands War Department Contract Records
Washington June 6 Congress probes the war department for reports on Panama Canal material contracts worth millions. Captain F C Boggs, canal commission purchasing chief, says reports to Congress were not made by the secretary of war as rivers and harbors work, because treasury comptroller holds the commission is under war department supervision and subject to public works rules.
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Congress
Washington, D. C
War Department
Panama Canal
House Committee
F. C. Boggs
Canal Commission
Secretary of War
Comptroller of the Treasury
Pay Tribute To Cardinal Gibbons
Baltimore hosts a civic demonstration honoring James Cardinal Gibbons on his 25th cardinalate anniversary and priestly jubilee. Taft, Roosevelt, White, Bryce, Clark, Root, Cannon, and others speak. Governor Crothers presides at Fifth Regiment Armory from 4 to 6 p.m. Dinner follows. Taft returns to Washington afterward.
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Associated Press
Baltimore
James Cardinal Gibbons
Taft
Sherman
Roosevelt
White
United States Supreme Court
James Bryce
Great Britain
Champ Clark
Root
New York
Cannon
Preston
Austin L. Crothers
Fifth Regiment Armory
Washington
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Steel Trust
Tr Reundated Press
Treas
Frameis Burton Harrison
Madrid
Listah Johnsing
Anti-Horse Thief Society
MR. Taft
Diaz
GCF TV
Castro
Venezuela
Ota Esville
Ome
J. C. Boyette
Lincoln Lithia Inn
U. S. Steel Trust
Cardinal Gibbons
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