Senate quarrel over quorum and Culberson remarks
The article details a Senate clash led by Senator Culberson with Senators La Follette and Aldrich over a report from the Committee on Privileges and Elections. A rolling absence of a quorum sparked procedural fights, with La Follette pressing for roll calls and Fairbanks ruling, while discussions touched on Roosevelt administration expenditures and general welfare language. The session extended into the House with heated exchanges and a 7:56 p.m. recess aimed at preserving a quorum.
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Butt
Culberson
Roosevelt
LaFollette
Wisconsin
Senate
Fairbanks
Gore
Mr. LaFollette
Allen G. Thurman
Aldrich
la Follette
Galmae
Ft. Peck
Montana
House
Payne
Passengers Hurt In Wreck On Baltimore & Ohio Train
Twenty passengers were seriously injured two miles east of Garrett Pennsylvania when the observation parlor car of the Royal Blue flyer derailed on a curve. The car plunged down an embankment after the coupling broke and the train left the rails. No fatalities reported. injured were moved to Cumberland hospital for care.
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Connellsville
Royal Blue Flyer
Baltimore & Ohio
Chicago
New York
Garrett
Here
Cumberland
Pittsburg
Injured Passenger Only Fatality Reported From Crash
Cumberland Maryland May 29. Only one person was taken off here Frank Sweeney of Port Jervis New York. He was seriously hurt but his wounds were not regarded as necessarily fatal. All the other injured passengers proceeded on the train. Injuries mainly consisted of cuts and bruises.
Train wreck injures crew near Mt. Vernon
A passenger train from Akron to Columbus derailed after hitting an open switch at Mt. Vernon Ohio, overturning the locomotive. Engineer William Ahearn of Akron was severely hurt and Fireman Bader of Akron was slightly injured. Several passengers were treated for minor injuries.
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MT. Vernon
Columbus
Akron& Cleveland
William Ahearn
Akron
Bader
Ferris Rules Thaw Transfer Requires Lunacy Commission Consent
In Albany on May 29 Dr. A. W. Ferris president of the State Commission of Lunacy said Harry K. Thaw cannot be moved from Matteawan State Hospital without commission approval. He asserted the commission has full jurisdiction over a patient at Matteawan with criminal tendencies and can order transfers among the state insane hospitals.
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Albany, N. Y
A. W. Ferris
State Commission of Lunacy
Harry K. Thaw
Matteawan State Hospital
Matteawan
Dr. Ferris
Commission
Corner on Corn Ends as Patten Group Net Said to Reach Millions
The May corn corner run by Jo A Patten of this city and associates is said to end today. Estimates vary, but the Patten crowd is credited with about $2,000,000 in gains. Patten claims he does not know the exact amount.
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CHI
Jo/A. Patten
Bassett Named to Lucas County Common Pleas Bench
Governor Harris appointed former Congressman George P. Bassett of Toledo to serve the unexpired term of Judge Kinkade as Common Pleas Judge in Lucas County, Kinkade moving up to the Circuit Court.
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Judge Kinkade
Commercial Tribune
Columbus
Harris
George P. Bassett
Toledo
Kinkade
Common Pleas
Lucas County
Indiana Mines to Reopen After Settlement of Coal Strike
Final settlement talks between miners and operators in Indiana concluded today restoring operations for 16,000 workers. President Petna of the operators and President Van Horn of the miners led negotiations and announced mines would resume Monday in Terre Haute.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Indiana
Manneq
Petna
van Horn
Minera
Consuls Report 190 Casualties at Samos Conflict
Consular dispatches from Samos report at least 150 killed or wounded in four days of fighting at Vathy. Turkish garrison beleaguered, Kopassiz Effendi seeks refuge with provisions running short. Refugees overwhelm consulates. warships requested by local consuls.
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Constantinople
Samos
Vathy
Kopassiz Effendi
Island
Athens
Turkish demand recalls Greek consul over Samos revolt
The Turkish government demands the recall of the Greek Consul on Samos accusing him of aiding the revolt against the Prince of Samos and the island’s governor. The Greek transport Sphacteria has been sent to Samos to evacuate refugees as Turkish forces head to Chios nearby.
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Athens
Samos
Chio
Taft Awards Louisville Port Surveyor Post in Kentucky
President Taft appoints J. Frank Taylor of Glasgow as Surveyor of the Port at Louisville. The nomination, long sought by Kentucky patronage ally A D James, follows James's strong backing of Taft in the Blue Grass State. James formerly served as U S Marshal under Taft.
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Tristan Bormiv
Munsey EurLpine WasHingron
D. C
Commercial Tribune
Washington
Kentucky
Congress
J. Frank Taylor
Glasgow
Atuisville
A. D. James
Taft
Ohio
James
United States
Taylor
Miller repudiates Wood Platt paper in Paris
J Martin Miller former American Consul at Rheims is in Paris and calls a document produced by Mae C Wood in the New York divorce suit against Senator Thomas Platt a total forgery He says he will consult attorneys to pursue forgery charges against Miss Wood.
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Paris
J. Martin Miller
Rheims
New York
Mae C. Wood
Thomas ©. Platt
Miller
Miss Wood
Miler
Ohioans Hurt in Runaway Near Hamilton
In Greenbush, Ohio, Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Clippinger were riding to Middletown when their horse ran away. Their buggy toppled over a high bank leaving Mrs. Clippinger with a fracture of three ribs. Mr. Clippinger was not conscious and feared to recover as injuries included possible head trauma and internal damage.
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Commercial Bane
Hamilton, O
Jacob Clippinger
Greenbush
Middletown
Governor Harris to march as private in Memorial Day parade
In Columbus Ohio May 29 Governor Harris will ride as a private in the rear ranks during Memorial Day events. He declines any prominent role, choosing to walk from Memorial Hall to Greenlawn Cemetery over three miles. The decision surprised veterans and the arrangements committee.
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Commercial Tribune
Columbus
Memorial Hall
Greenlawn Cemetery
Committee On Arrangements
Tornado Toll Reported Across Oklahoma States
A new series of tornadoes and cyclones struck Oklahoma with fatalities and injuries. Five killed at Duncan and three seriously hurt near Cashion while damage stretched from Hennessy to Weleetka and Tulsa. Widespread flooding, downed lines, and crop losses accompany the storms.
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Guthrie
Okla
Oklahoma
Hennessy
Enid
Frederick
Cashion
Duncan
Weleetka
Tulsa
Navina
Red River
Jealous lover shoots wife then kills himself in Ohio
In Piqua Ohio Mrs Ella F Peckham wife of Harry Peckham of Dayton pleads not to be shot as Frank Christie driven by jealousy shoots her in the head then fires two more bullets before turning the gun on himself. She is expected to die.
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PIQUA
Ella F. Peckman
Harry Peckham
Dayton
Frank Christie
Robbers Hypnotize Passengers Aboard Queen City
Thieves on the Pittsburg and Cincinnati packet Queen City held up passengers near Gallipolis Ohio last night. They escaped with several hundred dollars watches and diamonds. Heaviest losses included T. J. Sullivan of New York City and Mr and Mrs Harry A Strauss of Wheeling West Virginia.
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Queen City
Gallipolis
Pittsburg
Cincinnati
T. J. Sullivan
New York City
Harry A. Strauss
Wheeling
W. Va
Governor George G. Clinton Body Reaches Kingston
The body of Governor George G. Clinton arrives in Kingston after a Hudson River voyage from New York. Salutes are fired along the procession route as the body is to be reinterred in Kingston tomorrow aboard the Wasp.
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New York
Kingston
N. Y
Hudson River
George G. Clinton
New York Naval Reserve
Wasp
Phipps Names Deputies In Ohio Inspection Office
State Inspector W. H. Phipps announced additional deputies for the inspection office. Named were Robert A. Butler Zanesville Frank Purinton Marion John L. Miller Lima W. Curt Smith Canton Toppy Troupe Springfield H Dell Cook Sandusky and Frank J. Schribner Bowling Green. At least one more deputy will be added in Lima.
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Commercial Tribune
Columbus
W. H. Phipps
Obert A. Butler
Zanesville
Frank Purinton
Marion
John L. Miller
Lima
W. Curt Smith
Canton
Toppy Troupe
Springfield
H. Dell Cook
Sandusky
Frank J. Schribner
Bowling Green
Peru's new president is progressive
Lima, May 29. Senor Don Augusto B. Leguia has been elected to succeed Dr Pardo as President of Peru. He is a strong friend of the United States, advocates attracting American capital, and has long spurred Peruvian development through diverse business leadership roles. Born February 19, 1863, in Lambayeque, he rose from clerk to manager at New York Life's Peru division.
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Lima
Peru
Augusto B. Leguia
Pardo
United States
South America
Senor Leguia
The
New York Life Insurance Company
New York Life
British Sugar Estates Limited
Candamo
Jose Pardo
Lambayeque
Reinstate Dead Minister Sparks Federation Move
Members of the General Synod Discipline Committee failed to settle the split within the Fourth Reformed Presbyterian Church of Philadelphia over leaving the denomination. The synod unanimously reinstated Rev Nevin Woodside who died decades ago but needed reinstatement for Grant Street Church to rejoin. The session also saw Young People Christian Union elect officers as part of the church meeting.
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Fourth Reformed Presbyterian Church of
Philadelphia
Reformed Presbyterian Church
Presbyterian Church
Nevin Woodside
Nevin
Reformed Church
Grant Street
Woodside
Seceders
Young People’s Christian Union
W. M. Hawthorne
William Wade
Sarahliffe
Cedarville
Japan Fears US Fleet Amid Navy Show of Power
Vancouver B C May 29 Japanese officials fear friction as the United States prepares to visit with a large battleship fleet. They welcome the ships but bolster Port Arthur and Dalney in anticipation. C C Bruce former mayor of Oxford notes Japan fears trouble over Manchuria and the open door policy, calling Port Arthur a second Gibraltar.
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Vancouver
B. C
United States
Port Arthur
Dalney
Japan
C. C. Bruce
Oxford
England
Orient
Manchuria
Far East
America
Gibraltar
Elks Initiate Milford G Fox and Harry Rowe in Large Ceremony
One of the largest initiations drew Milford G. Fox and Harry Rowe into Cincinnati Lodge No. 5. Grand Lodge officers Thomas J. Cogan August Herrmann John Galvin A B Dunlap Exalted Ruler J Richardson and William Bodemer will attend the Dallas reunion. Preparations for an outing at Lackman farm near Glendale on June 2 include a Friday baseball game.
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Milford
G. Fox
Harry Rowe
Cincinnati Lodge
No. 5
Dallas
Tex
Thomas J. Cogan
August Herrmann
John Galvin
A. B. Dunlap
Richardson
William Bodemer
Lackman Farm
Glendale
Secretary Calvert Found in Contempt of Court in Fertilizer Case
In Columbus on May 29 Judge Bigger found T S Calvert secretary of the State Board of Agriculture guilty of contempt for violating an injunction by Smith Agricultural Chemical Company against publishing fertilizer analysis reports. He was fined 50 dollars and sentenced to ten days in jail, with the jail term remitted.
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Columbus
T. S. Calvert
State Board of Agriculture
Bigger
Smith Agricultural Chemical Company
Britons Eye Britain France Talks on Alliance with Russia
London officials assess whether King Edward and President Fallieres discussions signal a new Anglo French push toward a broader alliance including Russia, following Fallieres visit to England.
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London
England
Fallieres
Edward
Great Britain
Russia
Kentuckian Fatally Shot in Bridget of Woman Dispute
Augusta Kentucky May 29 Grover Bess shot Ace Gill through the head in a dispute over a woman. The shooting occurred on the pike in front of Bracken County Infirmary. Both men are unmarried.
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Commercial Tribune
Augusta
Grover Bess
Ace Gill
Bracken County Infirmary
Fatal Injuries From Storm Hit Hamilton County
A severe storm in Hamilton County left two men badly hurt as the wind collapsed a brick wall burying Pierce Canden while Emil Klaus pulled him free. Canden, 25, later died from a fractured skull and internal injuries. A separate lightning strike damaged a Latonia home and a barber pole, with minor damage reported elsewhere.
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Pierce Canden
Columbia Avenue
Emil Klaus, Jr
Handman Street
Richmond Pike
Stopley
Canden
Kommers Variety at Grand Opera House Studio
The Cincinnati Pen and Pencil Club held a Kommers night with Otto Ernst Schmid as Kommers Meister. Mozart Club performances, vaudeville acts, and numbers by John A. Shea Edward Osler Abe and Dave Farb and others drew several hundred visitors in German mood. City figures Ernst Von Bargen Hoefle Maass attended.
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Kommers
Cincinnati Pen and Pencil Club
Grand Opera House
Otto Ernst Schmid
German Theater
Kommers Meister
Mozart Club
John A. Shea
Edward Osler
Gladys
Mary Jane
Jack Appleton
Tom Parker
Ed Drury
Piket
Murray
John Snyder
Ernst von Bargen
Enry Hoefle
Harry Maass
Board of Public Service
We Notas
Burton Selected to Nominate Taft at Chicago Convention
Washington May 29 Representative Theodore Burton of Ohio will present the name of Secretary Taft to the Chicago convention. Burton plans a nominating address from Hot Springs Va before heading to Chicago around June 12 or 13. Senator Dolliver and others to deliver seconding speeches. Taft's Norwich visit featured a Panama address to a large audience at the Broadway Theater.
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Washington
Theodore Burton
Ohio
Taft
Chicago
Burton
United States
Hot Springs
Norwich
Conn
Norwich Board of Trade
Broadway
Panama
Canal Zone
Carpenters Sentenced to 30 Days in Chicago Injunction Case
Judge Carpenter ordered three members of the local Carpenters and Joiners of America to jail for thirty days for contempt of an injunction. John J. Brittain, treasurer of the Chicago Federation of Labor, Charles G. Grassell, and George H. Lakey ignored the court restraining order against insuring the Mears-Slayton Lumber Company business in Chicago.
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Chicago
Carpenter
Five Thousand Attend Gunness Auction in LaPorte
The Gunness personal property sale in LaPorte Indiana drew about 5000 attendees. Items sold for five to ten times their cost and receipts were estimated to exceed three times a normal auction.
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Laporte
Ind
Beauty Contest Prize Portrait to be Published Sunday
Readers who joined the recent Beauty Contest are invited to buy a Commercial Tribune next Sunday. A handsome portrait of the first prize winner will appear on page five of the Illustrated Magazine section along with features, stories, jokes, and other literary pieces. The magazine is free every Sunday with the paper.
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Tribune
Obituary notices for Saterlee Compton and Millikan noted
Obituaries recount the deaths of artist Walter Saterlee at 148 East Highteenth Street New York City after a weeklong illness aged 66. He belonged to the Academy of Design and left many works in major collections. funeral at St George's Church Stuyvesant Square. Survived by brother Dr F Leroy Saterlee. Also obituary notices for Walter M Compton farmer and father of notable Wooster University figures who died in Monroe. funeral Monday. John Millikan Fayette County pioneer and longtime public official died in Washington D H after hiccoughs. funeral at Presbyterian Church tomorrow.
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Walter Saterlee
Highteenth Street
New York City
Saterlee
Academy of Design
St. George's Church
Stuyvesant Square
F. Leroy Saterlee
Normandy
Brittany
Wilson M. Compton
Butler County
Monroe
Bright
Compton
Mtee
Butler Coun
Ui Compton
Wooster University
Wooster, O
Charles R. Compton
William Compton
Monroe National Bank
CE. Griesmer
Hamilton
Millikan
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