Taft seeks immediate effect for railroad rate clause
President Taft asks Congress to modify the interstate commerce bill so the rate suspension clause takes effect immediately upon signing. He cites an agreement with railroads to withdraw increases until law is enacted and urges swift action in conference or by joint resolution.
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Champ Clark
Taft
Congress
Interstate Commerce Commission
United States Court
Missouri
William H. Taft
White House
Crane
Representative Mann
House
Agreement Ends Western Roads Conference In Washington Plan
Twenty five Western railroads adjourned a short session in Chicago after agreeing in Washington to drop further action. The meeting had aimed to craft a defense against the government injunction, but the agreement interrupted their planned lines of defense.
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Chicago
Associated Press
Western Railroads
Washington
May Postal Traffic Tops Eighteen Million Letters In Cincinnati
The Cincinnati postoffice dispatched eighteen million letters and postal cards in May, plus 1.25 million pounds of second class printed matter. Domestic money orders paid and issued totaled $408,878.29 and $59,382.58 respectively, with foreign equivalents of $3,786.67 and $13,587.13. Receipts reached $185,564.16 as mail activity rose across all lines.
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Cincinnati
Artist Walter Fitch Dies by Own Action in Long Island Hospital
New York reports Walter A. Fitch the well known artist died last night in a Greenport hospital. It became known today that Fitch committed suicide. Fitch formerly lived in Des Cove, Connecticut, and his mother is a wealthy resident of Peat, California.
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New York
Associated Press
Walter A. Fitch
Greenport
Long Island
Fitch
Des Cob. Conn
Peat
Cal
Newton McClellan Dead Civil War Vet in Revenue Service
Newton S. McNan, 79, a Civil War veteran who spent four decades with the U S revenue department, died this evening in Hamilton Ohio. A special dispatch to the Commercial Tribune reports the death.
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Commercial Tribune
Hamilton
Newton S&s. Mc
icNan
United States Revenue Department
Roosevelt Receives Oxford Doctorate in Civil Law
At Oxford on June 7 Theodore Roosevelt was awarded an honorary Doctor of Civil Law in the Sheldonian Theatre. The ceremony drew a large audience and lively cheers as Roosevelt spoke on biological analogies in history and urged duty, liberty, and responsible imperial leadership. The event included remarks by Lord Curzon and Rhodes scholars, with the Roosevelts dining with the university vice chancellor and preparing to sail to New York on the Auguste Victoria.
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British Isles
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Saloon Lunches Cut Out Across County Under Antifree Lunch Law
The county’s saloonkeepers largely removed free lunches as required by the Schaefer antifree lunch law. Some followed the Liquor Dealers Association majority but many refused, with varying meals offered or meals sold for a penny. Officials have not announced arrests, making a test case unlikely.
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Schaefer
Main Street
Eighth Street
Clergyman Henry Anstice Visits City Observes Plans
The eminent Episcopal clergyman and secretary of the House of Deputies Rev. Henry Anstice of New York visited William Gooper Procter yesterday. He came to study convention plans and expressed satisfaction predicting a historic gathering. He departed Tuesday afternoon for Philadelphia.
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Henry Anstice
New York
William Gooper Procter
Anstice
Philadelphia
Noted Briton General Sir William Butler Dies in London
General Sir William Francis Butler died in London today. Born in 188, he served in Egypt and South Africa and conducted special missions to Canada. He commanded at Aldershot in 1906 1901 and maintained his home at Bansha Castle, Bansha, Tipperary, birthplace.
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London
Associated Press
William Francis Butler
Egypt
South Africa
Canada
Aldershot
William
Bansha Castle
Bansha
Tipperary
Strawberry festival at Universalist church Besex Walnut Hills
A strawberry festival and entertainment are planned at the Universalist church Besex place Walnut Hills on Friday evening under the Women s Missionary alliance. The program includes music literary and dramatic recitals led by Mrs Powel Crossé of Colme Hint as president of the organization.
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Besex Place
Walnut Hills
Women's Missionary Alliance
Powel Crossé¢y
Col- Meee
Albanian Rebels Beaten by Turkish Armament Suppression
Washington reports Albanian revolutionary movement in Turkey has been crushed. Large caches of arms and ammunition turned over to military authorities, per cablegrams received by Zia Pacha, new Turkish ambassador, from Ankara.
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Washington
Associated Press
Albania
Turkey
Zia Pacha
United States
Quisenberry Named President of Stephens College
The Rev. H. N. Quisenberry, former painter of Hamilton's First Baptist Church, has been elected president of Stephens College, a denominational institution near St. Louis Missouri.
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Commercial Tribue
Hamilton,o
H. N. Quisenberry
First Baptist Church of
Hamilton
Stephen’s College
St. Louis
Judge Swing Gets New Job in Crosby Township
A county commission meeting appointed William Swing to the Crosby township school board replacing the late Charles Sturr after a weeks-long deadlock. The report also lists contracts for courthouse elevators, bridge painting, street oiling, and road resurfacing plus a bank bond for county funds. The Ohio Electric Railway valuation increases across twenty two counties and several court actions including divorces, saloon case notices, and civil suits are summarized.
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Crosby Township
Swing
Charles Sturr
Mr. Sturr
Crosby Board
New Haven
Otis H Elevators Company
Columbia Township
Frank Kuertz
Symmes Township
Harrison Pike
Indian Refining Company
Citizens’ Road Preserving Company
Montgomery Pike
Commerce and Deposit Bank
Twent
Ohio
Ohio Electric Railway Company
New Paris
Dayton-Union City
Dayton
Lima-Defiance
Lima
Fort Wayne
Toledo-Bellefontaine
Cincinnati
Hamilton City
Main Inc
Close Contests in Iowa Delay Count of Ballots
From Des Moines Iowa June 7 results of statewide primaries will be late tonight or tomorrow for the Republican gubernatorial and congressional nominations in Iowa’s First Seventh Eighth and Ninth districts. The report lists Republican and Democratic candidates with Progressive and Stand Pat factions, noting light turnout due to farm work and detailing contests in multiple districts.
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Associated Press. Dispatch
Des Moines
Iowa
W. Brookhart
Kennedy
Judge Prouty
J. A. T. Hutt
Hepburn
John H. Darrah
H. M. Towne
H. W. Byers
Walter I. Smith
Bankruptcy related suits and divorces listed in Common Pleas
The docket shows several cases in Common Pleas including Henry C. Sanker et al. vs Henry Sanker dissolving a trust. Amelia E. Kent vs Walter Kent for estate partition. Max Palm et al. for partition. John Koch Jr. vs Mamie Koch for divorce. Hattie Workman vs Joseph Workman for divorce. Sarah Jolley vs Charles Jolley for divorce and alimony. Martha Steckno vs Charles Steckno for divorce and alimony. Bertha Siegfried vs John Siegfried for divorce and alimony. Also notes a civil suit John Groop vs Cincinnati Automobile Co. for 10500 and Ludowici Co. vs Edward Meyer & Co. for 1164.83 with an insolvency court entry No. 2657.
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Warner Enjoyls
Samuel W. Bell
Sarah Agnes Jolley
Warner
Charles R. Jolley
Jolley
John Koch
Mamie Koch
Hoffman
Bode & L
Martha Stecine
Charles Stecine
Dr. Curry Cancer Care Company
Lebanon
McPherson
Washington, D. C
Dr. Curry
Marshal Sanderson
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Mclean
Hardweed Lumber
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Memphis Land Company
McLean Company
South Memphis Company
South Memphis
Circuit Court of Apis
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Hastings
Berry
Chase
Yeat Filectrical Company
Perkins Company
Lincoln Sutton
Southern Railway
Boyle
Petroleum Iron Works Company
Cyborowski
Transit Com
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Gallo
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Louisville
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Max Palm
Bode
Fred Bucb
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E. S. Morrissey
Bode & le Blond
John, Groop
Cincinnati Automobile Company
McCabe & Creed
Ludowici Coladon’ Company
Edward Meyer & Co
Cobb, Howard & Bailey
Hattie M. Workman
Joseph F. Workman
H. Baer
Sarah. A. Jolley
Charles R. Joley
Sam W.bell
Martha Steckno
Charles Steckno
F. R._Gusweiler
Bertha Siegfried
John Siegfried
J. Q. Martin
Dr J M Withrow To Speak At Hamilton High Commencement
Dr J M Withrow of Cincinnati will deliver the commencement address in Hamilton Ohio next Tuesday as the largest class in the school's history graduates. The annual alumni reunion will follow that evening at the Coliseum.
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Cincinnati
Hamilton
Hamilton, O
J. M. Withrow
Hamilton High School
Coliseum
Broward Gains Across Broward County in Senate Primary
Returns up to 9 20 tonight show Broward leading in every county over his first primary vote for the Democratic senatorial nomination. Broward and supporters project at least a 2000 vote majority. Taliaferro HQ claims victory though figures remain undisclosed.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Associated Press
Metropolitis
Tonight
Broward
Taliaferro
Governor race totals in South Dakota primaries
Returns received by 9 o'clock show Egan 7364 for Independent Republican, Vessey 5729 for Progressive, Elrod 5169 for stalwart. Belated returns noted for congressmen.
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Sioux Falls
S.D
Associated Press
Egan
Vessey
Elrod
Louisville physician elected president of medical examiners group
The American Association of Medical Examiners closed its session by choosing officers and endorsing a public health department with a physician in the presidential cabinet. Liston H Montgomery of Chicago was chosen president. Louisville physician William Edward Grant and William T Hilly of Muskogee Oklahoma were named vice presidents, A E Cox of Helena Arkansas secretary.
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Associated Press
American ‘Association of Medical
Department of Public Health
Liston
Montgomery
Chicago
Edward Grant
Louisville
T. Hilly
Muskogee
Okla
A. E. Cox
Helena
Ark
Widener Reading Director Elected Amid Harris Death
Peter Widener of Philadelphia was elected to the board of directors of the Reading Company. Joseph H. Harris, a longtime director, died last week.
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Associated
Bre
Peter “Ab. Widener
Jodgy
The
Reading Company
Neers Joseph H. Harris
Knights of the Modern Maccabees Convene in Kalamazoo
The twenty second national convention of the Knights of the Modern Maccabees opens in Kalamazoo Michigan. It also marks the fourth Great Hive review of the Ladies of the Modern Maccabees with attendees from various chapters.
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Kalamazoo
Mich
Associated Press
The
Knights of the Modern Maccabees
Ladies of the Modern Maccabees
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