Ohio congressman opposes Clayton bill enforces existing laws
Representative George White of Ohio breaks with President Wilson on the Clayton anti trust measure. He argues the country wants enforcement of current laws rather than new restrictions and urges big business to clean house from within. Preparations in the Senate shift to antitrust bills as Panama tolls exemption repeal moves progress.
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Ohio
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Clayton
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Interstate Trade Commission
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Interstate Commerce Committee
Federal Trade Commission
House
Newlands
Trade Commission
Court Mal dts Choirmaster For Breach of Promise
Jay sues Homer Rodeheaver choirmaster for breach of promise to marry in the Circuit Court. Miss Jay says they met in Iowa, became friends, he proposed and accepted but later refused to marry citing career interference. Testimony notes taxicab rides long strolls and future plans. Rodeheaver was paid $100 weekly plus travel expenses.
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Homer Rodeheaver
Billy
Miss Jay
Rodeheaver
Iowa
Divorce drama swirls around Mme Schumann Heink’s family
A photo shows Mme Ernestine Schumann Heink amid divorce charges against her husband. A caption notes William Rapp Jr cooked meals and collected rents at Mrs Dean’s New York flat. Maria Theresa Schumann testified for her mother and was stopped from answering her real name.
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Ernestine Schumann-Heink
M ‘E
Catherine Dean
New York
William Rapp, Jr
Maria Theresa Schumann
Fair Pupil Missing From Home In Haverstraw
Special Dispatch to Commercial Tribune of Haverstraw New York June 6 Miss Jessie Williams daughter of Mr and Mrs Jacob Williams has been missing from Spring Street home for about 24 hours with fears of enticement. Last seen at Lairds pharmacy she did not return home prompting a broad search. Local color notes and concerns over crime in brick yard area accompany the report.
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Commercial Tribune
Haverstraw
N. Y
Jessie
Jacob Williams
Spring Street
Laird
Abandoned Booking Ties to Schumann Heink Divorce Trial
Chicago June 6 A letter alleged to be from New York socialite Mrs. Catherine Dean to Mme Schumann Heink was introduced as evidence in the divorce suit brought by Madame Schumann Heink against William Rapp Jr. The epistles, largely authored by Rapp, described ardent affection and secretive signatures, while a nurse testified about her relation to Rapp and Mrs. Dean.
Head on Collision on Interurban Near West Salem
Three were injured when a Cleveland & Southwestern Interurban head on collision occurred near West Salem. Motorman Roland Burkett reportedly loses a leg. two women, Mrs. William Shriber and Mrs. Fred Hayes of Ashland, badly cut and bruised. Dozens of passengers shaken up as a westbound local car stood at an order station and a speeding limited car struck it, wrecking both cars. doctors in West Salem treated the injured.
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Chippewa Lake
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Fred Hayes
Ashland
Spanish Ruler Invites Roosevelt Pair To Palace
Madrid June 6 The approaching wedding of Kermit Roosevelt and Miss Belle Willard draws strong interest in Spain. King Alfonso and Queen Victoria plan lunch to honor the couple, with the royal family awaiting the President’s arrival and the expected visit to La Granja palace after the ceremony.
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Victoria
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Juntheon
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Paris
Peace efforts for Mexican mediation falter in Washington
Reports from Washington June 6 indicate mediation with Carranza has dwindled as arms shipments to the Constitutionalists intensify. President Wilson may shift to direct talks with Carranza while Gunboats Zara Cosa and Bravo sail to blockade Puerto Mexico. Tampico remains open for trade as debate over policy and mediation continues.
Bright Haverstraw pupil vanishes amid study rumors
The Haverstraw High School student, praised as one of the brightest and most beautiful in her class, is believed to have wandered off during June after friends speculate overwork may have driven her mind toward delirium.
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Haverstraw’ High School
Frank Must Die Says High Court
Judge Ben H. Hill sustained the States demurrer to the motion to set aside Leo M Frank verdict for Mary Phagan murder. He ruled the motion filed too late to merit consideration and likely noted possible appeals to state then federal high courts.
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Atlanta
Ben H. Hill
Fulton County Superior Court
Leo M. Frank
Mary Phagan
Frank
Hill
State Supreme Court
United States Supreme Court
Keep on the Move as Army of the Unemployed Is Expelled
Fifty-one members of Colonel Kelley’s California army of the unemployed, detained overnight in Fort Wayne, were marched under police escort to the east city limits. They were warned to keep moving and refused to be pressed into riverbank labor. They camped by the Nickel Plate tracks awaiting an eastbound freight, then received food with orders to depart by 3 PM.
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Commercial Tribune
FT. Wayne
Ind
Kelley
California Army of the
Lake Shore
Madman yields to priest after village church siege
Special Cable to Commercial Tribune Budapest June 6 A mad murderer August Tompies held Hoeflang church steeple with a rifle and 500 cartridges after killing a farmer and wife and wounding their daughter Police losses grew as they fired on his refuge but the parish priest eventually persuaded him to surrender after hours of siege The gendarmes' fusillade wounded several others and the priest's exhortations led to the surrender
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