Democratic metal bill attacked as favoring steel trust
Senator Oliver of Pennsylvania accused the Democratic metal tariff bill of benefiting United States Steel Corp and potentially driving small manufacturers from the market. He urged holding up the revision until tariff board input and warned the measure could cement a monopoly for the giant firm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Olver
Pennsylvania
House
United States Steel Corporation
Steel Corporation
United
Oliver
United States
Tariff Board
Congress
Senate
Smoot
Utah
Fifteen Amendments Final Reading Moves Columbus Convention Forward
In Columbus on May 23 the constitutional convention approved fifteen proposed amendments on final reading, signaling over one third of remaining work. Proposals passed include a minimum wage law, civil service for nonessential state positions, and removals of old terms. Other actions cover liens for subcontractors, eight hour public works day, recall attempts, and expanded judges and jury rules. Final action on tax changes and judicial reform is slated for tomorrow with liquor license and referendum measures to follow likely this weekend.
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Columbus
Farrell
Cleveland
Worthington
Cincinnati
Nye
Anderson
Stilwell
Cunningham
United States
Miller
Cordes
Tetlow
Stokes
Elson
Fackler
Justice of the Peace
Dwyer
Feck
Tainted Meat Delays Sail of the Prairie
The transport Prairie with 600 marines bound for Cuba did not sail from Philadelphia until 8 30 p m after U S inspectors refused to accept 21 000 pounds of beef aboard as unsafe The beef failed inspection by Navy doctors and Paymaster Dalton refused to clear it for the voyage and the ship proceeded to Guantanamo with another supply plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
M. Myers & Son
W. K. Myers
Philadelphia Navy Yard
Charles Myers
Commercial Tribune
Philadelphia
Pai
Prairie
Cuba
the Prairie
United States Naval Station
Guantanamo
Navy Yards
S. L. Denton
H. &. Palmer
Dr. Reeves
Paymaster Dalton
Reeves
General Booth Undergoes Cataract Operation
London May 23 General Booth of the Salvation Army was operated on for cataract by Charles Higgins senior consulting ophthalmic surgeon of Guy s hospital. The operation was completely successful and the final restoration of his eyesight depends on his own recuperative powers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Booth
Salvation Army
Charles Higgins
Guy's Hospital
Edwards distribute bullets linked to Carroll murder case
John Dalton testified in Wytheville that Wesley Edwards distributed bullets before the March tragedy. Dalton said Edwards gave bullets to Sidna Allen Floyd Allen Sijna Edwards and two others. Dalton also saw Byrd Marion fire twice in the courthouse yard and J. T. Cochran testified Allen had a pistol after the shooting.
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Wytheville
John Dalton
Hillsville
Claude Swanson Allen
Massie
Carroll County Court
Wesley Edwards
Dalton
Edwards
Sidna
Floyd Alien
Sijna Edwards
Huffman Jury Guilty of Bribery In Ohio Senate
Columbus Ohio May 23 After two days jurors found State Senator Isaac E Huffman of Oxford Butler County guilty of accepting a $20 bribe from Detective Frank Harrison Smiley to influence his vote on the Cetone Whittemore insurance bill The defense said they will move for a new trial and Huffman may appeal to the Supreme Court Sentence deferred and bond allowed. Cetone to face trial in June with other graft defendants noted in the case The verdict follows a string of convictions in the legislative graft exposure
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Isaac E. Huffman
Oxford
Butler County
Frank Harrison Smiley
Cetone-Whittemoore
General Assembly
Senator Huffman
Supreme Court
Rathmell
Edward UC. Frass
Frass
Huffman
Reynolds
Cuyahoga County
Johnson
Cincinnati
Senate
Taxation Committee
Chittenden
George K. Cetone
Dayton
Kittenden
Owen J Rans
Rodney J. Diegel
L. R. Andrews
Ironton
George B. Nye
Waverly
E. A. Crawford
Huffman Known in Cincinnati as Democratic Ally and Ally of City
Senator Huffman is well known in Cincinnati and Hamilton county for supporting measures aiding the area. He has many friends here and votes with his party, remaining free of scandal while critics note others in the last assembly faced convictions.
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Huffman
Cincinnati
Hamilton County
Will Left by Prince Stolen By Engineer
In St. Petersburg on May 23, a case centers on a deathbed will allegedly stolen by engineer Diatkoff from Prince Wadbolski. Marie Messy, a 17 year old French girl, cared for the prince and claims he left his fortune to her before his death. She escaped captivity and filed legal action asserting the theft and detention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial Tribune
ST. Petersburg
Marie Messy
Nice
Prince Wadbolski
Riviera
Marie
Diatkoff
Mile
Kachatoff
Witness recounts success in steel deals amid steel trust case
John Stevenson Jr a Scotchborn investor testified in the federal suit to dissolve United States Steel recounting how he sold several steel properties to Reid Moore Gates and US Steel and describing profits including a $1 million Shenango Valley tinplate deal He painted fierce competition and later consolidation among wire and tinplate makers noting price fixing meetings in Cleveland and the rise of the National Steel American Tin Plate and American Sheet Steel firms
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
John Stevenson, Jr
Robert Louis Stevenson
United States Steel Corporation
Reid-Moore
John W. Gates
Steel Coporation
Stevenson
Steel Trust
Carnegie Steel Company
Andrew Carnegie
New Castle
The
Steel Corporation
Sharon
Sharon Steel
H. E. Colton
R. V. Lindabury
Leeds
Corporation
Shenango Valley
W. E. Rice
National Steel Company
Judge Moore
Dan Reid
W. B. Leeds
American Tinplate Company
Consolidated Steel and Wire Company
Cleveland
Frank Baackes
Baacke
American Steel and Wire Company
Lindabury
National Steel
American Tinplate
American Sheet Steel Companies
Moore
Taft Campaign Trail Draws Big Crowds in New Jersey
President Taft opened a New Jersey swing with rallies in Camden Burlington and Trenton showing the impact of his Ohio drive. He spoke from a table at Camden armory denouncing Roosevelt and warning of threats to constitutional government while urging turnout ahead of the Chicago convention.
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Trenton
N. J
Taft
New Jersey
Camden
Burlington
Ohio
Roosevelt
Philadelphia
Armory
The
United States
Massachusetts and
Paterson
Passaic
Hackensack
Green Jersey
Miss Farley and Quigley Held for Grand Jury
Cecilia Farley and Jerome Quigley charged with first degree murder of Alvin Zollinger were held to the grand jury without bond. Police Judge Osborn adjourned testimony when no arguments were offered and ordered Farley bound over.
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Columbus
Cecilia Farley
Jerome Quigley
Alvin E. Zollinger
Osborn
Miss Farley
Connor
Quigley
Insurers Hear State Rate Debate and Board Officers Elected
The discussion centers on who should bear losses and set rates under state rating laws with debate on profits and confiscation risks. Officers elected include George W. Labb as president and W. N. Kremer as vice president, with C. J. Holman treasurer and E. W. West secretary. The national board approved a $130.00 appropriation for its work.
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George W. Labb
New York
W. N. Kremer
J. Holman
E. W. West
Glens Falls
N. Y
National Board
Detectives Search For Missing Patrolman Adam Piper
Cleveland May 23. The city detective force has searched for Patrolman Adam Piper secretary to Chief Kohler for two days. The hunt began after money intended for Secretary Norris of the pension fund failed to reach Kohler’s office. About 250 dollars remain unaccounted. Four years of department books will be reviewed. Piper was suspended from the force.
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Cleveland
Adam Piper
Kohler
Norris
Pension Fund
Piper
Four Women to Be Delegates to Republican Convention
Chicago May 23 Four women will occupy seats as delegates at the Republican national convention June 18. California and Western states supply two delegates each. The first woman delegate sat at Minneapolis in 1924 when Wyoming sent a female delegate. Also noted are arrangements for aides, with plans for 860 assistants and seating at the Coliseum.
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Chicago
California
Minneapolis
Wyoming
Harry S. New
Subcommittee
William F. Stone
Tne
United States
Howard
Hawaii
Philippines
Honolulu
Walter F. Frear
Jonah K. Kalanianaole
George F. Renton
John T. Moir
Harry A. Baldwin
Charles A. Rice
Manila
Taft
John M. Switzer
T. L. Hartigan
Porto Rico
Alaska
Edward P. Thayer
Indiana
John J. Hanson
Maryland
Stone
National Committee
Arthur G. Brown
Ninth
Tennessee
Fifth
Louisiana
Roosevelt Campaign Sparks Jersey Surge in May Parade
Theodore Roosevelt opened his New Jersey tour with a rousing Paterson crowd and a Newark evening rally. He urged reform for workers, defended a referendum on judicial decisions, and signaled possible expansion to federal courts.
Women Not Bound to Lift Skirts on Street Cars
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruled women are not required to raise their skirts when alighting from street cars and retain the right to wear long skirts. The decision affirmed a $1,000 verdict for Miss Miranda Martin after her skirt snagged on a sand plunger, overturning the company’s negligence claim.
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Boston
Mass
Supreme Court of Massachusetts
Miranda
Martin
Supreme Court
Fire Loss Up 23 Cents for Each Person
New York May 23 Despite fire prevention policies in many cities the loss per capita in 298 cities rose by 25 cents while the nation saw a 2 cent per capita decrease. George W Babb president of the national board of fire underwriters opened the forty sixth annual meeting reporting profits and rising premiums and losses for 1911.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
George W. Babb
National Board of Firs Underwriters
Babb
National Board of Fire Underwriters
National Board
Defense rests in wallpaper anti trust case in Cleveland
The defense rested its case in the government’s Sherman antitrust suit against eight wallpaper manufacturers and alleged robbers indicted for restraint of trade. Brief arguments followed, with closing statements scheduled for tomorrow in Cleveland, Ohio.
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Cleveland, CO
Strike to Tie Up Trade Across England and London
The National Transport Federation will call out all members tonight in response to the Thames lightermen strike. The move could hold up much trade nationwide and leave about 100000 men unemployed, with 30000 in the Port of London affected. The dispute centers on grievances over nonunion workers and broader union issues.
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Commercial Tribune
London
National Transport Federation
Thames
Thames Nightermen
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Simmons
North Carolina
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Horse
Panam Canal
Broussard
Claude Allen
Will
Prince
Engineer
Isaac BE. Huffman
Carnegie Company
U.S. Corporation
Camden,n.j
Unite States
Jersey
Newark
Theodore Roosevelt
Essex Troop
Europe
America
Bar
Senator Clapp
Minnesota
Murdock
Kansas
Colonel Roosevelt
Atlantic City
Egg Harbor
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