Taft declines to receive Harrison over bias and Jews
President Taft refuses to see Representative Francis Burton Harrison of New York after Harrison arrives with a Jewish delegation seeking expulsion of Jews from Russia. The move follows Harrison's resolution demanding full information from Attorney General Wickersham about the Balinger Pinchot affair and date manipulation in a document. Harrison responds with a sharp rebuke, accusing the administration of stifling truth.
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Washington
Taft
Francis Burton Harrison
New York
Russla
Harrison
Norton
Goldfogle
Gerfera) Wickersham
Balinger
Congress
County Board Approves Ten Roads and Funds Repair
Laramié county commissioners met in a road building session and authorized several new roads including Carpenter and Arcola. They allocated 400 from the inheritance fund for Randall boulevard repairs and set aside 100 to cover licenses for County School Superintendent Alice Sampson for the National Education Association convention in Boston this summer.
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Board of Commissioners
Laramié County
Arcola
Randall
Alice Sampson
National Educationalssociation
Hoston
Mass
Johnson Extends Fights With Al Kauffman In San Francisco
An improvised bout between Johnson and Al Kauffman in San Francisco proved the fastest rounds so far. Promoters and fighter representatives discussed moving picture rights with Johnson and Jeffries, Rickard, and Gleason sharing profits. Berger vouched for a $100,000 offer, unsettled by Johnson and Little.
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San Francisco
al Kauffman
Johnson
Kauffman
Stege
Moving Picture Company
Berger
Ben Lomond
Rickard
Jeffries
Gleason
Little
Helena mayors and aldermen held in contempt over police removal
District Judge Clements ordered Mayor Edwards and seven aldermen to comply with the supreme court remittal restoring a police captain and several officers to the force. The court upheld the metropolitan police act, placing Nevins in Helena’s case and delaying further action while remittal is served. Mayor Edwards paid the contempt fines.
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Helena
Mont
Clements
Edwards
Eea
Supreme Court
Butte
Neving
Metropolitan Police Act
Plac Nevins
Ines
Brother and Sister Injured by Unbroken Colts
Wal ter B. McFadden and his sister Cecil, residents near Morgan Wyoming, were riding unbroken colts near their home when both were thrown and sustained numerous injuries.
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Morgan
Wyo
Dunes
Walter B. McFadden
Cecil
Millionaires Pranked by Mock Stagecoach Hold Up
An eighteenth century staged coach hold up amused Harry Whitney Treat and friends as bandits swooped on a city grounds. Treat and companions were tricked into a hurried summons while mocked robberies rattled valuables from passengers. The trio identified as Joshua Green, a local character, and Gleason confessed to the ruse.
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Harry Whitney Treat
Fenponne
Bam
Dite
Treat
Myre
Tetary Ballinger
Lowden
Taft
Mra
J. H. Ballinger
Ballinger
J. J. Farrell
Harriman Lines
Horthweal
Joshua Green
I le An
Ak Gleason
Jeffries Postpones Fight as He Spends Day Fishing
Ben Lomond June reports Jeffries again delayed the Corbett bout. An outdoor ring stood ready while Jeffries chose to fish all day. Officials note a sprained thumb last week as the likely reason. he vows daily sparring for two weeks. A bucket brigade worked to fight a brush fire near a garage housing several autos.
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Ben “Lomond
Vjeffries
Corbett
Jeffries
Cornel
Insurgents Claim Delegates Eye Iowa Republican Convention
Semi official returns from Iowa primary show both Progressive and Stand Pat groups claiming control of the Republican state convention. Delegates total 1 985 with Stand Patters asserting up to 800 and Proves claiming about 100. The convention will choose a platform endorsing either Tart faction or Dolliver and ex Governor Jackson urged unity without condemning.
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Es Moines
Jackson
Roosevelt Leaves England for U S Sail With Grey in Tow
London newspapers report President Roosevelt and Foreign Secretary Sir Edward Grey began a forest walk near Southampton before Roosevelt sails for the United States. The trip follows a ceremonial visit marked by quiet mourning and diplomatic warmth, with Egypt criticism noted but not souring the friendship.
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London
England
United States
Sir Edward Grey
New Forest
Southampton
Jan
Roosevelt
Toneland
Great Britain
Army of Bird Men Set for Invasion of Country
New York reports aviators lead in prizes with 297000 dollars hung up and two trophies. Prominent flyers expect a big overseas flight as Curtiss wins 10000 from a 150 mile Hudson run. The prize list covers New York to St. Louis Chicago and other routes with large sums and motors.
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New York
United States
Aly Curtiss
Hudson Valley
Charles Kye
Mamilton
Pilisdeb
St. Louis
Chiciio
Indianapolis
Chicago
Indianapolia
Washington
Louis Caisle
Kanius
Coranton
Aviators
Varlour
Burglars Hold Up a Policeman at East Nineteenth Street
Police report that Patrolman Crams was robbed in his home between 1 and 8 am. Thieves took Crams’s revolver, $40, Mrs Crams’s mesh bag, a gold watch and other items worth about 200 dollars. They left a five cent piece and Crams’s police shield on the table. Officer Howry investigates and traces the break in, while Crams offers an odd chimney entry theory.
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New York
Jones
East Nineteenth Street
Crams
Alu
Policeman Howry
Detective Headquarters
Howry
Crama
Howey
Rams
Nicaragua 10 Treat Pittman with Fairness
Washington reports that Dr Madriz of Nicaragua will ensure William P. Pittman, an American captive aiding Estrada forces at Piuefields, receives protection and due rights. Managua says no court martial is ordered, following Secretary Knox's intervention. U.S. officials notify relatives of Pittman.
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Washington, D.C
Madriz
de Fnaclo
Nicaragua
William P. Pittman
Estrada
Piuefields
Zelaya
Leonard Grace
le Roy Cannon
Managia
Knox
Pittman
Managua
Deepartment
State Department
E. F. Pittman
Sortiing
Cheyenne Indians Schedule Games Across Week
The Cheyenne Indians plan to play games Tuesday Wednesday Thursday and Friday.
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Rawan
Republicans Pass Postal Savings Bill In House Vote
Washington June 1 The House approved the Postal Savings bill by 195 to 101 with 24 Democrats for and a single Republican against. The measure differs from the Senate version, creating a trustees board to designate post offices as postal savings banks and limiting deposits to 100 monthly or 500 total. Accounts earn 2 percent, with funds deposited in local state or national banks and secured by government state municipal bonds or approved mortgages.
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Washington
House
Senate
Secretary of the Treasury
Postal Savings
Nity
Hoker Champion for Postmaster
President Taft nominated Colonel D Murphy as postmaster at Augusta Maine. Murphy, a famed champion poker player on the Panama trip, accompanied the press corps aboard the cruiser and reportedly paid his expenses, buying kimono and presents for his wife. He is a Democrat and did not seek the position.
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Washington
Taft
D. Murphy
Augusta
Panama
Woman Leaves Suitor 25000 Bequest in Will
Chicago June 1 Mrs Fannie Hurdam Steele 65 of New York died suddenly of apoplexy in a Chicago hotel. Her will filed in probate shows a romance with a younger man, Attorney Edgar Accelia of New York. Accelia, present at her death, had asked to wed but was refused due to age. He would receive a 25000 annual income from her estate of 525000. The two had previously been engaged fifteen years earlier, an engagement that was broken off amid warnings of ruin if they married. The will names a daughter of the late Samuel Surdam, a former wholesale late ware dealer, and references past marriages and separations.
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Chicago
Fannie Hurdam Steele
New York
Edgar KR. Accelia
Steele
Mire
Stowle
Actetta
Acesta
Winavi
Accett
Mixle
Steele Vanborm
Uliicase
Wing
Samuel Surdam
Wholeside
Alexander Rice
Bi Favider
Teo
Maryland
Wellton Bradley
Im de Drader
Bigele
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