Statehood for two territories passes House
The House adopted a measure admitting Arizona and New Mexico to statehood with conditions. Voters in both states will choose on amendments to recalls for judges and ease of amendment, while final approval awaits their referendums.
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New Mexico
Washington
House of Representatives
A Viva
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the Territories Committee
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Sherley
Kentucky
Senate Probes Lorimer Case More in Illinois Seat
The Senate reopened Lorimer bribery questions as Senator La Follette urges a full reinvestigation. He cites $100 000 funding and a telephone tie between Hines and Lorimer as pivotal while Senator Martin introduces a broader inquiry into the Illinois jackpot fund and its links to Lorimer.
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LaFollette
Dillingham
George B Todd Found In St. Louis City Hospital
George B Todd wealthy farm implement manufacturer was found alive in St Louis City Hospital after wandering from Norfolk Virginia a week earlier He recalls visits to Washington and Cincinnati and had believed his body at Chesapeake Bay He was taken to the hospital from a hotel where he claimed the management tried to keep him prisoner
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Chesapeake Bay
City Hospital
Norfolk
Washington
Cincinnati
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Elks Leader’s Car Collides With Street Car
William Fye exalted ruler of Hamilton lodge of Elks lost control of his auto on East High Street and crashed into a street car. Conductor W M Lutes was badly injured in Hamilton Ohio.
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Commercial Tribune
Hamilton, O
William Fye
Hamilton Lodge of Elks
W. M. Lutes
Killings and injuries in St Louis household attack
Alois Eisenbarth, 78, killed his bride of the month with a hatchet and pitchfork in St Louis and fatally wounded his sister in law. After sealing the home doors he fled but was captured at the police station. He accused his wife of trying to seize his property.
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Alois Eisenbarth
Eisenbarth
Kidnappers Of Baby Get Heavy New Mexico Sentences
Judge J Roberts in Las Vegas New Mexico pronounced sentence on Will Rogers and Joe Wiggins in the Waldo Rogers kidnapping case. Rogers drew five to twelve years in the penitentiary while Wiggins was sentenced to seven to twelve years. They were prosecuted for burglary due to the lack of a kidnapping statute.
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N. M
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District Court
Will Rogers
Joe Wiggins
Waldo Rogers
Rogers
Wiggins
New Mexico
Woman dies after gasoline fire in Van Wert home
Mrs. L. F. Ross a pioneer resident of Van Wert was alone in Maple Avenue cleaning a garment with gasoline. She lit a match and was engulfed in flames rushing to the yard. Found with burns she died this evening from severe burns.
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Commercial Tribune
van Wert
L. F. Ross
Th’s
Turkey seeks pact on extraterritorial clause in 1830 treaty
Washington May 23. A modus vivendi is near signing to interpret the 1830 treaty between the United States and Turkey. The dispute centers on whether American offenders in Turkey are tried in U S consular courts or Turkish courts with consular supervision. Affects potential American railroad concessions in Asiatic Turkey.
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Asiatic
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Huston Must Serve Sentence For Fraud
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court affirmed a lower court ruling upholding architect Joseph M. Huston of Philadelphia for conspiring with state officials to defraud the state in building the new capitol. He was sentenced to six months to two years in prison.
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Joseph M. Huston
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Judge Dies in Gallatin Area Quarrel and Lynching
Judge David F. Berry of Sumner County was killed during an early quarrel at the Barry home near Gallatin. Sweat, a negro, killed the judge and the cook, was captured in a barn, then lynched by a mob after standing off officers. Con stable James Barnes was wounded by a projectile from Sweat.
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Tenn
David F. Berry
Sumner County
Sweat
Barry Home
Gallatin
James Barnes
Price fixing in lumber trade eyed by state
In St Louis on May 23 the state seeks to prove that the Yellow Pine Manufacturers' Association secretly fixed monthly price lists and bound members to them. Assistant Attorney General Atkinson cites secretary George K. Smith raising February 1908 prices, while a New Orleans address links price increases to mill curtailment and organization power.
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Yellow Pine Manufacturers’ Association
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Lumber Trust
George K. Smith
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New Orleans
J. Lewis Thompson
Woodward
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Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen Elects Officers
Harrisburg May 23 Officers were elected at today's session. Senior vice president Val Fitzpatrick of Columbus leads. Second vice president James Murdock of London Ontario and secretary treasurer A E King of Binghamton New York named. Editor and manager D D Cease of Phillipsburg New Jersey. Third vice president A F Whit ney of Beagle Grove Iowa. Fourth vice president D H Sines of Detroit. Fifth vice president R M McIntyre of Tucson. No choice for sixth vice president. a second ballot ordered.
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Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
Val Fitzpatrick
Columbus
James Murdock
London
Ont
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Binghamton
N. Y
D. D. Cease
Phillipsburg
N. J
A. F. Whitney
Beagle Grove
Iowa
D. H. Sines
Detroit
R. M. McIntyre
Tuscon
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Butt May Wed Mrs Laughran in Capital Rumor
Washington May 23 Official circles report Major Archibald Butt taft aide and likely future brother in law to the President will wed Mrs Lucy Hayes Herron Laughran of Pittsburgh, widow of Thomas K Laughran. The engagement is said to be announced soon as Butt has shown marked attentiveness to Mrs Laughran, a Pittsburgh heiress and athlete with two children.
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Taft
Capital Society
Major Butt
Lucy Hayes Herron Laughran
Pittsburg
Laugh More
Thomas K. Laughran
White House
Laughran
Church Union Plan Delayed as Synod Refers Question
Canton Ohio May 23 The general synod of the Reformed church decides to refer the proposed union with the Presbyterian church back to the classis and Lancaster Pa in 1914 for final settlement. The synod also acquits Rev Paul Ebinger of Tillamook Ore of heresy after an appeal, a decision later appealed to the Northwest classis and then to the general synod.
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Lancaster
Paul Ebinger
St. John'’s Church
Tillamook
Ore
Portland
Classis
Moses
Binger
Northwest
Cumberland Fight Extends Over Cumberland University Ownership
Evansville May 23 The Cumberland Presbyterian church general assembly rejects a 36500 settlement offer from the Presbyterian church over Cumberland University at Lebanon Tennessee and signals ongoing court battles to determine ownership while the university lists a value of about 225000.
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Cumberland University
Lebanon, Tenn
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Reformed Presbyterian Synod Sets 1912 Cincinnati Meeting
The general synod of the Reformed Presbyterian church in North America concluded sessions in Cedarville and announced it will meet in Cincinnati in 1912.
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Commercial Tribune
General Synod of the
Reformed Presbyterian Church In
Arson Charge After Fire Threats At Home
Frank Foronski a Hungarian was arrested in Coke Otto Hamilton on arson charges. Authorities say he quarrelled with his wife, split the family belongings, and set fire to his portion then waited at a nearby saloon for the outcome.
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Commercial Tribune
Hamilton
Frank Foronski
Coke Otto
Foronski
Hamilton man receives black hand threat in store dispute
C H Blackburn, a Hamilton store manager, received a black hand letter warning him to fire clerk Edward Ashby or the writer will blow up the store. The unsigned note references a prior warning sent to Ashby and marks a second threat.
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Hamilton
C. H. Blackburn
Edward Ashby
Blackburn
Taft Accepts Cincinnati Boosters Membership
President Taft telegrams to the Cincinnati Commercial Association saying he will join the boosters effort for Cincinnati. The group reports 77 new members including Taft and a Detroit official praises the drive as they prepare for today’s 12:30 meeting with Chicago Association of Commerce President Wheeler.
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Lucius EB. Wilson
Detroit Board of Commerce
Detroit
Cincinnati
Wilson
Chicago Association of Commerce
Sinton Ho
Taft Points to Important Library Work
New York May 23 The New York Public Library dedication closed with President Taft Governor Dix and Mayor Gaynor praising the project The public access begins tomorrow while 500 invited dignitaries heard two hours of remarks Taft stressed circulation over sheer volume and highlighted support from the Astor Lenox and Tilden foundations noting the library’s impact on widespread information access across New York and vicinity
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New York Public Library
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John Bigelow
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David H. Greer
John M. Farley
Astors
James Lenox
Astor Library
Arrests in Columbus Probe Trigger Witness Refusal
Charles J. Pretzman and Ermond E. Cook were arrested for refusing to testify before a senate investigation into bribe allegations. Warrants issued after they declined to testify, bond set at 500 dollars each, hearings set for Thursday. Others summoned or declining testimony included Ralph LeBlond, Alfred Crause, and C. C. Lyon. The Nye jury trial proceeded with eleven jurors chosen.
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Arthur C. Bailey
Burns
George B. Nye
Ralph G. LeBlond
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Alfred C. Crause
Cincinnati
C. C. Lylon
Herbert Mengert
Ohio State Journal
Paul Moffett
Supreme Court
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Saccharine Use Extended One Year by Government
Washington May 23 The secretaries Wilson MacVea and Nagel amended a recent Agriculture Department ruling prohibiting saccharine in food products after July 1 to grant manufacturers a one year extension to adjust their business.
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Wilson
MacVea
Nagel
Department of Agriculture
Boy Falls From Rock Pile at School Field Day
Vernon Donaldson, 6, fell from a rock pile at Goodare Park during a school field day in Columbus Ohio. Crushed skull injuries from falling stones led to his death in full view of about 400 classmates and supervised by a teacher who had warned against climbing the pile.
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Columbus, O
Vernon Donaldson
Goodare Park
Large Losses From Fire Across Fifteen Years
President W. H. Merrill told the National Fire Protection Association in New York that over 20 000 lives and 2 000 000 000 dollars in property have been sacrificed to fire in the last fifteen years. Officials on fire prevention will speak as the fifteenth annual convention opens, with Walter L. Fisher of the Interior Department on tomorrow’s program. The convention runs through Thursday.
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Fire Association
New York
United States
W. H. Merrill
National Fire Protection Association
Walter L. Fisher
Interior
Duel of Knives Ends in Death at Randolph County
In Charleston West Virginia on May 23 two Randolph county residents fought a knife duel in view of family members. James F Herron superintendent of a nearby Sunday school was killed while Homer Highland a justice of the peace was mortally wounded. Herron leaves thirteen children. The cause remains unknown.
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Charleston
W. Va
Randolph County
James F. Herron
Homer Highland
Herron
Editor Sentenced to Three Years for Blackmail
John A. Feller, owner and editor of The Graphic Sentinel in Cleveland, must serve a three year penitentiary sentence for blackmail after the Ohio Supreme Court refused to hear a petition in error.
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John A. Feller
Graphic Sentinel
Cleveland
Supreme Court Today
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