Dashed Flight Fatal for Denver Pilot at Illinois Fair
Miss Julian Clarke, 28, one of three practicing female aviators, died at the Illinois state fairgrounds when a Curtiss biplane struck a tree limb and fell. Promoters had prepared for an exhibition as French aviator Lansing Callan checked the plane’s condition earlier.
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Springfiee, Dl
Julian Clarke
Denver
Illinois State Fair Grounds
Clarke
Riverside
William Pickens
Chicago
Lansing Callan
Miss Clarke
Fair Grounds
Senate limits federal judges from halting ICC orders
Washington reports the Senate amended the legislative, executive and judiciary appropriation bill to bar any single federal judge from enjoining or restraining the Interstate Commerce Commission. An amendment by Cummins requires a three judge majority, including the chief justice, to grant injunctions. Crawford's amendment extends the rule to state administrative boards. McCumber proposal to reassign five commerce court judges was defeated 25 to 23.
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Washington
Acta
Interstate Commerce Commission
Senate
Legislative, Executive and Judiciary
Commission
Cummins
United States
Crawford
McCumber
Commerce Court
Senator McCumber Pushes Repeal of Canadian Reciprocity Pact
In Washington on June 18 Senator McCumber of North Dakota introduced a joint resolution in the senate calling for immediate repeal of the Canadian reciprocity agreement. The measure also provides a duty of 2 and 1 dollars, depending on grade, on print paper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Taft
Democratic Steel
McCumber
North Dakota
Senate
Educator H W Johnston Dies on Train En Route Home
Bloomington Indiana June 18 Dr H W Johnston head of the Latin department at Indiana University and leader in intercollegiate and national associations collapsed and died aboard a Monon train while returning from a business trip to Indianapolis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bloomington
Ind
Indianapolis
H. W. Johnston
Indiana University
Western Intercollegiate Association
National Association
Gale Wipes Out Village In Oklahoma Town
A fierce June gale leveled about sixty houses in Kaylor Oklahoma as Guthrie reports indicate all 300 residents escaped unharmed with only two injuries. The storm struck Monday and caused extensive damage across the village.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guthrie
Okla
Kaylor
Garros Wins Grand Aviation Prize at Angers
Roland Garros the French aviator won the Grand Aviation Prize in Angers France on Monday awarded by the French Aero Club worth 10000 dollars. The 685 mile distance covered marked the event in aviation history this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garros
Angers
France
Roland Garros
French Aero Club
Wood Saved by Taft vetoes army appropriation bill
Washington reports the president vetoed the army appropriation bill and urged Congress to pass a single appropriation without riders. The move would delay army funding for the next year and preserves General Wood as chief of staff beyond March 4, 1913. The veto blocks army reorganization provisions, urging independent legislation instead.
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Washington
Congress
Wood
Delegates Hurt in Train Collision Near West Harrison Street
A head on collision between a passenger train and an empty-coach train near West Harrison Street injured more than twenty delegates from the Georgia Taft Republican national convention. Delegates, all described as colored, sustained internal injuries and broken bones as locomotives wrecked and glass shattered.
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Chicago
Georgia Taft
Pennsylvania Railroad
West Harrison Street
Taft Denounced in House Over Travel Expenses
Washington June 15 President Taft was denounced on the house floor for using travel funds on political jaunts during which he condemned all opponents. Representative Fitzgerald of the appropriations committee delivered the denunciation during debate on the sundry civil bill which carried a $25,000 travel expense item. The house retained the item by 78 to 51.
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Washington
Taft
House
Representative Fitzgerald
Appropriations Committee
Beef Combine to Dissolve National Packing Company
District Attorney Wilkerson said Armour Swift and Morris interests owning National Packing will voluntarily dissolve and distribute their interests by August 1. The government will hold abeyance on a suit to compel dissolution until that date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Wilkerson
Chicago
Armour, Swift and Morris
National Packing Company
Impeach Archbald Vote Planned by Judiciary Panel
Washington June 18 The house committee on the judiciary will vote unanimously to impeach Judge Robert W Archbald of the United States Supreme Court The committee finds the charges substantiated and holds Archbald not a fit incumbent of a federal bench
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Archbald
Washington
House Committee On the Judiciary
Robert W. Archbald
United States Supreme Court
House
Department of Justice
Strike Settlement Reached After Three Deaths in Amboy
The 1100 workers at American Smelting and Refining in Perth Amboy New Jersey ended a strike that had cost three lives and caused hundreds of thousands in property damage. The agreement was reached Sunday ending the labor dispute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perth Amboy
N. J
American Smelting and Refining Company
Aerial Tour of England Begins From Henderson Aerodrome
Avister Slack started his aerial tour of England from Henderson aerodrome on a Sunday. He quickly climbed to an altitude of one thousand feet with Bradford listed as his first stop.
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England
London
Avister Slack
Henderson Aerodrome
Bradford
Tornado toll rises across Missouri and Ohio
A sequence of tornadoes Friday night and Sunday morning killed at least twenty in Bates County Missouri and injured dozens in Ohio and Kansas. In Drexel Missouri Don Carlos and his wife died in bed, while Guy Booth and two daughters perished nearby. In Zanesville Ohio the steeple collapse during mass brought deaths and rescues as parishioners were pinned under debris. Rescue crews struggled to save others across several communities.
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Kanana City
Bates County
Missouri
Lacygne
Kan
Drexel
Warrensburg
Johnson County
Henry
Don Carlos
Leeton
Carlos
Milmer
Sutherland
Guy Booth
Booth
Blanche
Ethel
Oklahoma City
Okla
Columbus
Ohio
Delaware
Zanesville
Father Roach
Skinnion
Dinan
Four Strikers Killed in Perth Amboy Plant Clash
In Perth Amboy New Jersey on Friday a mob of about 1000 strikers clashed with deputy sheriffs at the American Smelting and Refining Company plant. Four strikers died and two others were wounded as deputies fought to prevent arson and protect the $10 million facility. A large crowd scattered after the exchange of about a hundred shots. Officials advised by Governor Wilson prepared for possible militia deployment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perth Amboy
N. J
American Smelting and Refining Company
Smelting Company
Barber Asphalt Company
New York Boss Named Defendant in Suit for 20000
George B. Cox, once a Cincinnati political boss, was named as a defendant in a Supreme Court action brought by National Reserve Bank to recover 20000. The suit seeks repayment of funds amid a national banking backdrop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
George B. Cox
Republican Politica of
Cincinnati
Supreme Court
National Reserve Bank
Lexington
Wesley Edwards
Hillaville
Clay City
Powell County
Washington
Berger
House
Cleveland
Great Lakes Towing Company
Elgin
Melvin C. Jocelyn
Elgin National Bank
Orville Wright to Continue Flying Despite Board Wishes
Orville Wright will keep flying at his own will, despite pressure from Wright company directors and his affluent supporters who want him to stop. The pilot remains firm in pursuing flight activities as he chooses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orville Wright
New York
Wright Company
Friant Wins French Derby at Chantilly in 32 to 1 upset
Friant ridden by an elder jockey won the Prix du Jockey club at Chantilly. The French derby finished with Friant at 32 to 1, delivering a purse of about $97,200 to Prince Murat’s entrant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Friant
Parie
Chantilly
Elder
Prince Murat
American Pastor Killed by Bus in London
Rev. KE O Weld, an American clergyman connected with Grace Episcopal church in Brooklyn, was run over and killed by a motor bus on Cockspur Street after leaving his hotel for a stroll. His wife learned of the tragedy upon returning to the hotel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
KE. O. Weld
Cockspur Street
Five Drowned in Destructive Flood Near High River
Winnipeg report says President John Corcoran of Camp Corcoran Construction and four laborers drowned when a flood swept through the camp west of High River Alberta on Monday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnipeg
Man
John Corcoran
Camp Corcoran Construction Company
High River
Alberta
National Packing Co to dissolve by August first
Attorney General Wickersham said the National Packing company would dissolve voluntarily by August 1, ending its beef packing operations. The suit associated with the firm will be abolished as a result.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WIN
National Packing Co
Washington
Wickersham
National Packing Company
Judge rules girl of eighteen cannot be detained in Geneva Industrial school
Judge P James Cosgrave freed Goldie Abbott after habeas corpus challenge. Abbott, sent to Geneva after juvenile vagrancy conviction, had been to be detained until twenty one. Court held Geneva act reformatory not penal and that detention after majority violates constitution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geneva
P. James Cosgrave
Habeas Corona
Goldie Abbott
Lincoln
Hyers
State Journal
Cosgrave
Stewart
Morning & Ledwith
Ayres
Hager
Kearney
Miss Abbott
Lincoln Census Figures Show Voters by Age and Race
Census figures released show Lincoln has 13 923 men of voting age. Native born residents total 8 122 with 1 372 naturalized foreign born whites and 1 729 not naturalized. There are 302 negroes aged 21 and over and twelve of other races.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln
Nebraska Wesleyan Bans Greek Letter Frat Sorority Societies
The board of trustees adopted a resolution prohibiting Greek letter fraternities and sororities at Nebraska Wesleyan University in connection with the annual commencement exercises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska Wesleyan University
Board of Trustees
Bids Opened for Hydrotherapy Hospital Equipment at Lincoln Hospital
The board of public lands and buildings opened two bids for equipment for a hydrotherapeutic hospital at Lincoln Hospital for the Insane. They will reconvene to award the contract. Estimated total cost about $5,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Public Lands and Buildings
Lincoln Hospital
Nebraska Church Federation Forms Statewide Plan
The Nebraska Church federation, based at Lincoln YMC A, names Rev. F. P. Wigton secretary. Organized in February 1909, it aims to unite evangelical churches for statewide religious warfare effort. Plans include county secretaries and a state religious survey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Church Federation
Nebraska Church Federation
Lincoln Young Men's Christian Association
F. P. Wigton
Nebraska
Power development firm forms to harness Loup river water
The Commonwealth Development Company filed articles of incorporation with the secretary of state, listing W E Sharp A W Field T Boggs G H Burnham A C Koenig J M Bramlette and A A Ladd as incorporators. Capital is set at 7.5 million dollars and plans call for diverting water from the Loup river near Columbus and returning it to Pratt river near Schuyler to support a large hydroelectric program.
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Commonwealth Development Company
Columbus
Lincoln
Omaha
EB. Sharp
A. W. Field
T. Boges
G. H. Burnham
A. C. Koenig
J. M. Bramlette
Detroit
Mich
A. A. Ladd
Lansing
Pratt River
Schuyler
George G. Moore
Sme
Theaa
Moore Syndicate
Big Duia Falls
Vermont
Atlanta
Sharp
State Board of Irrigation
Koenig
Baebcock
Secretary of State
Moore
J. Lent
A. ©. Koenig
Central Power Company
Noa Grand Island
Hastings
Sioux City
Nebraska City
English capitalists eye Dakota Kansas & Gulf line route
Arthur Jenkins and J. W. Weaver, financiers of the Kearney Beloit cutoff, with Directors C. Hildreth and 8. A. Henline, left Kearney for a overland survey through northern Nebraska and the Dakotas to assess the Beloit to Kearney railroad bond sites. They will connect with Canadian lines at Carrington, N. C., and the project may advance soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Jenkins
J. W. Weaver
Kearney-Beloit
Dakota, Kansas & Gulf Railroad
C. Hildreth
Franklin
8. A. Henline
Kearney
Nebraska
Dakotas
Beloit
Carrington
N. C
Papers to print the constitutional amendment announced later
An official statement says the names of papers authorized to print the constitutional amendment will be released after Governor Aldrich returns from the Republican National Convention. The announcement comes from the atte executive office and notes timing will follow the governor’s trip.
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Atte
Aldrich
Escaped Omaha Convict Captured in Missouri
Charles Philbert, an Omaha boy convict who escaped two weeks ago during medical treatment for appendicitis, has been arrested in St. Joseph Missouri at his sister's home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Philbert
St. Joseph
Arkansas man appeals for state salary in Supreme Court
Bam Patterson of Arapahoe appealed to the supreme court seeking $6,000 for two years' salary from the state. He was appointed secretary of the state banking board but barred from service due to the guaranty of deposit law being held up in federal courts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bam Patterson
Arapahoe
Supreme Court
State Banking Board
Landowner seeks higher fixed land values in Cotterell township
George Sights asked the county board of Dodge County to raise land values fixed for several Cotterell township neighbors. His own land had been assessed at 70 dollars per acre.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
County Board of
Dodge County
George Sights
Cotterell Township
Mr. Sights
Samuelson's Son Seen Likely to Lose Sight After Accident
Cedar County reports Leonard Samuelson twelve year old son of Charles Samuelson likely to lose sight in his right eye after a fragment from a target splinter struck during a shooting incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar County
Leonard Samuelson
Charles Samuelson
Shorty Gray Connection Questioned in Ashby Marriage Tale
Mrs. Mary EB Ashby once tied to Golden Colorado society is believed in Lincoln to be married to the late Shorty Gray or to Forbes or Martin. Gray and Forbes or Martin are serving twenty eight year terms in the state penitentiary for the 1911 Giltner bank robbery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shorty Gray
Ashby
Mary EB. Ashby
Golden, Colo
San Francisco
A. T. Ashby
Nebraska State Penitentiary
Lincoln
Shorty” Gray
Forbes
Martin
Giltner
Boots Save Soldier in Band Creek Indian Chase
Freeman O. Cary recalls a 1867 Band Creek encounter near Fort Kearney. Peter Smalls, barefoot and in oversized boots, outpaced ten Sioux as he fled on foot after life threatening rifle and arrow fire, crossing quicksand to safety and warning the wagon train. The Sioux then raided the mule herd guarding the post.
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Fort Kearney
Platte River
Fort Laramie
Peter Smalls
Indilang
Freeman O. Cary
Hamilton
Wash
National Tribune
Hach
Band Creek
Peto
Pete
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Julia Clarke
Springfield
Ili
Monon
Bill Oubting
Leonore Wood
Union Station
Wickershame
WII
Alexander Moore
Pittsburg
Lillian Russell
Roosevelt
R. R. Quay
Philadelphis
Burr Buildings of
American Smelting Company
Congrave
Publishers’ Pie Withheld
Hartington
Indiana
Mim
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