Senate Acts on Commerce Court and Reciprocity Aids
The Senate abolishes the Commerce Court in the Judiciary Appropriation bill and backs the House on abolishing the Commerce Court provision. Congress schedules three day recesses during national conventions in Chicago and Baltimore. An army board cites a high speed turn as the cause of two deaths at College Park Maryland aviation field.
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Senate
Judiciary
Commerce Court
Congress
Chicago
Baltimore
Army
Hazlehurst
A. L. Welsh
Wright
College Park
Leighton W. Hazelhurst, Jr
al Welsh
Army Aviation Field
House
Alexander
Mississippi
Washington
Suffrage tour leads to more work before election
Mrs Townsend reports need for expanded suffrage work in Ohio before the next election. King George V’s 47th birthday noted in London as mourners fill the court. Sir Rufus Isaacs questions J Bruce Ismay’s truth at Titanic Inquiry. John Arbuckle estate is to be administered by sister Miss Christiana Arbuckle saving $375,000 yearly in fees. Marjorie Ide, daughter of the US minister to Spain, wed Shane Leslie at Port Washington Long Island home of the Cochran family.
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John Arbuckle
Christiana Arbuckle
Marjorie Ide
United States
Spain
Shane Leslie
John Leslie
London
W. Bourke Cochran
Port Washington
L. I
Senate approves twenty round fights in Arizona sport bill
Legislative action legalizes twenty round boxing in Arizona. A separate sports note mentions changes in minor league baseball and a New Britain transfer to Waterbury. Olympic preparations run through June 29 to July 22 with Stockholm hotels fully booked for tens of thousands of visitors.
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Arizona
Senate
Milwaukee
Highlanders
Ed ‘Walsh
Riots, politics, and policing around 1912 events
General Chairman Mack declared no fighting at the Baltimore Convention. The New York Watertown session of the United Commercial Travelers seeks a state hotel inspector and abolition of roller towels. Rioting in North Amboy, Perth Amboy leaves four dead and three injured as strikers seize streets. San Diego police buy 20 Krag rifles from the War Department. Chief Wilson says it’s not tied to I W W troubles. Geoffrey Taylor of New York, Harvard student, fined 150 for a “snake dance” in Boston. A 116582 signature petition supported by Representative V Berger urges a constitutional amendment for women’s suffrage.
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Mack
Baltimore
United Commercial Travelers
Watertown
N Y
North Amboy
Perth Amboy
N. J
Police Department of
San Diego
War Department
Wilson
Geoffrey Taylor
New York
Harvard
Boston
Representative V. Berger
Notable 1909 News Briefs Span Crimes, Politics and Law
A long 1909 style digest covers figures like C H Pond and Sophie E Wright, political moves in the Democratic and Republican camps, rail and streetcar unrest, a US Senate appointment, and a stock market inquiry. It notes tensions at the Baltimore convention, embezzlement charges in El Paso, and a run on a trust company after disclosure.
Various International News Items From Early 20th Century Dispatches
Foreign Frederic Passy dies in Paris. Stead estate sworn at $65,000 after Titanic drowning. Washington and Rhode Island enter Havana Harbor. London death rate down 19 percent in six years. American-Levant Line to run Constantinople to Egypt and Black Sea. Mexican federals and rebels clash at Pearson Chihuahua. Strikes halt ships France at Havre Majestics at Southampton. Mexican rebels obtain 40 000 rounds smuggled from Columbus New Mexico. Berlin Vinna air race won by Helmouth Hirth 330 miles in 395 minutes. Captain Hayes testifies ships avoid slowing near ice. Havre crews strike. delegates head to French ports. Iran Holt saves woman on St Maurice River canoeing. sacrifices life. Monument to Alexander III unveiled in Moscow. Juarez rebels retreat toward US border raise odds of cross-border fighting. Whitelaw Reid hosts farewell dinner for Count Wolff Metternich.
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Frederic Passy
Paris
William T. Stead
Washington
Rhode Island
Havana
London
Constantinople
America
Egypt
Black Sea
Pearson
Chihuahua
France
Havre
Majestics
Southampton
Columbus
N.M
Berlin-Vinna
Helmouth-Hirth
Hayes
White Star Line
Titanic
Iran Holt
Buffalo
St. Maurice
Quebec
Roosevelt Targets South Delegates in 1912 Ballot Battle
Roosevelt leaders predict about half of Tennessee votes and several Southern states for their ticket amid desertion rumors while Taft camp eyes remaining support. They outline planks on civil service reform, arbitration, tariff policy, irrigation, and federal corporate power. Justice Hughes spurns a presidential bid, declaring no political role and ending speculation of a compromise candidacy.
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Roosevelt
Tennessee
Indiana
Taft
South
Louisiana
Arkansas
Mississippi
Virginia
Georgia
Civil Service
Internal Revenue
Tariff Board
Aldrich
Mississippi River
Bureau of Corporations
New York
Charles E. Hughes
United States Supreme Court
Adirondacks
United States Olympic team sails to Stockholm for games
One hundred fifty American athletes across track field and road gear up for July competition in Stockholm. The ship Finland departs via Antwerp carrying stars like Sockalexis Tevanina Thorpe Hormne and Sheppard, all urged to win cleanly and keep flag raised as critics predict a wide American victory.
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New York
United States
Stockholm
Sweden
Finland
Red Star Line
Antwerp
Andrew Sockalexis
Louis Tevanina
Jim Thorpe
George L. Hormne
San Francisco
Marc S. Wright
Dartmouth
Wah
Craig
Mel Sheppard
Kiviat
Bonhag
Tewanina
de Mar
Sockalexis
Thorpe
Ralph Rose
Matt” McGrath
America
Convention City Roars as Republican Battle Lines Stay Sharp
Delegates at the Republican National Convention watch a tense contest between Taft and Roosevelt as Roosevelt arrives to push for a third term. Hauser and La Follette backers avoid alliances, while talk of a dark horse and bribery theories fill hotel lobbies and committee rooms in Chicago.
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Powell Clayton
Arkansas
J. W. Frazer
New York City
Coliseum
Chicago
Republican National Committee
Abraham Lincoln
Roose
Velt
National Committee
Theodore Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Taft National
Congress Hotel
Blackstone
la Salle
Palmer
Sherman
Great Northern
Walter L. Hauser
la Follette
Hauser
Taft
Col
Three Dead In Amboy Riots At Smelting Plant
In Perth Amboy New Jersey three men died amid clashes at the American Smelting & Refining Co plant. Strikers breached the gate and guards fired over their heads. A man 300 yards away was shot in the abdomen. two more strikers were found dead near the works as deputies drove the mob back.
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Perth Amboy
N. J
American Smelting & Refining Co
American Smelting & Refining Plant
Beef Prices Soar At Chicago Stock Yards
Chicago reports record cattle prices with beef at 38 a hundredweight, up 2.50 from a year ago. Buyers foresee higher consumer costs as cattle weights decline about 80 pounds per head, signaling a shortfall of over 610000 pounds of beef this year.
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Chicago
Volcanic Eruption Destroys Alaska Towns
A fresh Katmai eruption near Seward Alaska sends explosions heard for miles. Reported destruction blankets villages at Katmai Mountain base and raises fears of heavy loss of life. Ash covers North Kadiak and Afognak Islands, some areas forty feet deep.
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Seward
Alaska
Katmai
Katmai Mountain
Kadiak Island
Afognaka Island
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C. H. Pond
Moorehead
Mass
Lillian Russell
A. P. Moore
Pittsburgh
Gov
Oddie
Nevada
George Wingfield
Kansas City
Sophie E. Wright
New Orleans
Los Angeles
William ‘J. Bryan
el Paso
Gonzales Enrile
Brooklyn
Leonard Wood
Harmon
Charles A. Cotterill
Ohio
Kentucky
Jas. Kramer
Jennie Lochner
Clarence Cole Ared
Louis Cole
Edgar Scott
Traverse City
Mich
Boardman Lake
R. H. Thomas
New York Stock Exchange
Pujo Committee
J. P. Morgan
Osmund Phillips
United States Steel Corporation
George W. Perkins
Union League Club
Trust Company of America
Trust Company
Alexander III
Moscow
Bulgaria
Servia
Russia
Juarez
Mexico
Whitelaw Reid
Wolff Metternich
National
Abenaki
Lake Placid
Hughes
Taft Camp
Tait
M’kinley
Michael
Olbrich
Senator la Follette
Amboy
Strikers Storm Am
Alaskan
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