Funk Recounts Threats by Private Detectives in Lorimer Probe
Clarence S Funk testified that after describing his Lorimer story to the Helm committee he was followed day and night by private detectives possibly hired by Edward Hines. He reported telephone threats and anonymous letters, and detectives even attended the committee room as spectators. Funk named one detective and said a conference with the committee followed as they sought to locate him. He recounted Hines asked him for 10000 to aid a 100000 Lorimer fund, naming no other principals.
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Funk
Helm
Springfield
Edward Hines
Lorimer
Ilinois
Roger Sullivan
Weyerhausers
H. H. Kohlsaar
Hines
Alaska Coal Claims Voided By Interior Department
Washington reports the Interior Department disallowed the Cunningham Alaska coal land claims linked to the Morgan Guggenheim syndicate's supposed expansion aims. Secretary Walter L. Fisher approved the decision handed down by Land Office Commissioner Fred Dennett. The claims sparked congressional investigations and dismissals related to Pinchot and Gravis amid Ballinger era disputes.
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Washington
Cunningham
United States Supreme Court
Department
Congress
Public Service
Forester
Gifford Pinchot
Louis R. Gravis
Meld
Land Office
Pinchot
Gravis
Ballinger
Root Amendment Fails In Reciprocity Bill Vote
Washington state that the Root amendment to the reciprocity bill died without a formal vote as the senate rejected the paper treaty proposal by a voice tally. Taft praised the result while supporters see it as a sign of future tariff revision battles with many amendments to come and likely defeated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Washington
Taft
Friends of
6000 Cattle Die in Colorado Floods and Dam Break
A reservoir breach drenched 6000 acres feet of water causing $100,000 in damage. About 5000 cattle drowned and several bridges were swept away. Thomas Dwyer warned ranchers below by telephone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Junction
Colo
Local Woman Dies After Suicide Attempt in Wheeling
Minnie Me Bride was placed under arrest at her Wheeling home and then swallowed carbolic acid. She hurled the bottle at a policeman and died within minutes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wheeling
W. Va
Minnie Me
Bride
Rail Merge Upheld as Court Dismisses Antitrust Challenge
Judge Adams of the Eighth Circuit holds that the Union Pacific purchase of Southern Pacific did not restrain commerce. The decision cites the Standard Oil standard and notes Harriman lines did not seek control of the Santa Fe. The government fails to prove breach of antitrust law and the bill is dismissed with a decree.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louisa
United States Circuit Court of the
Eighth District
Southern Pacific Railroad
Union Pacific
United States Supreme Court
Elmer B. Adams
Supreme Court
Willis van de Vanier
William C. Hook
Adams
Southern Pacific
Huntington
Harriman
Banta Fe
Southern Pacific Company
Mason dedication draws ten thousand to orphans' home
About 10 000 Masons attended the dedication ceremony of the orphans home in La Grange. Grand Lodge Most Worshipful Grand Master Albert B Ashley presided on the front porch with Rev William White Wilson as grand orator. Parade featured George M Moulton as chief marshal with Robert J Daly and R C Pletcher assisting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Grange
Grand Lodge
Albert B. Ashley
William White Wilson
George M. Moulton
Robert J. Daly
R. C. Pletcher
Zion City Church Indicts 190 Over Election Frauds
Overseer Wilbur Glen Voliva and 189 officers and members of the Christian church union at Zion City are indicted on charges of election frauds in April and 14. Two hundred witnesses testified as it is alleged Voliva and co workers brought church members from across the United States to vote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waukegan
Wilbur Glen Voliva
Christian Church
un @ion
Zion City
John Alexander Dowle
Voliva
United States
Princess Clothilde Bona bart Dies at 68 in Italy
Rome reported Princess Clothilde Bona bart widow of Prince Napoleon Bonaparte died at Montcalleri aged 68. She had led a nunlike life since the fall of the French Empire converting Moncallere into an orphanage and hospital guiding charity. Her death comes as her son Victor Napoleon and Italian royals were at her bedside.
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Rome
Clothilde Bonabart
Napoleon Bonaparte
Pilon Plon
Montcalleri
Victor Napoleon
France
Margherita
Italy
Maria Pia
Portugal
French Empire
Princesa Clothilde
Moncaliere
Turin
Moncallere
Paris
Faubourg St. Antoine
Eugenie
Thomas Evans
Albanians Slain as Turks Mass Troops Near Frontier
Vienna reports extreme Albanian crisis as 60 000 Turkish troops mass within a day’s march of the Montenegrin frontier. Charles R Crane notes widespread devastation killings and mass refugee flows with tens of thousands starving in Montenegro amid burning villages crops and churches blown up.
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Vienna
Albania
Turkey
Charles R. Crane
Chicago
Cettinjo
Crane
Montenegro
Illinois Power Bill Fails in House Vote
The Deneen Johnson waterway power bill was defeated in the Springfield house with a 76 to 61 vote. It fell two votes short of the 77 needed for a constitutional majority.
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Springfield
Forty eight injured in San Francisco street car accidents
In San Francisco forty eight persons including delegates to the International Sunday School convention were injured in a series of street car accidents now in session. Many injured were from Texas, but none are believed to be seriously hurt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Texas
Horseman Dies at Bement in Illinois
Bement Illinois reports the death of Colonel A S Burr owner of Thornton stock farm a prominent midwest horseman. Burr was among the best known figures in thoroughbred circles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bement
Col
A S. Burr
Thornton Stock Farm
Middle West
Indictments Return Against 14 Lumber Dealer Officials in Sherman Law Case
A special grand jury indicted 14 secretaries and former secretaries of wholesale and retail lumber dealers associations across the western territory for conspiring to restrain interstate trade in violation of the Sherman Act. Three witnesses avoided indictment by immunity. Each defendant faces two counts: a conspiracy to restrict trade and a conspiracy to suppress competition among manufacturers, wholesalers, and retailers.
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Chicago
United States District Court
Landis
Arthur 8. Holmes
Detroit
Mich
Michigan
Aasociation
Scout
George P. Sweet
Michigan As
Willard C. Hollis
Minneapolis
Northwestern Lumbermen's Association
Henry A. Gorsuch
Kansas City
Southwestern Lumbermen's Association
Bird Critchfield
Lincoln
Neb
Nebraska Lumber Deners
E. E. Hall
Nebraska Association
Harry C. Scearce
Mooresville
Ind
Retai Lumber Dealers’ Association
Tadlana
H. H. Hemenway
Denver
Colo
Colorado and Wyoming Lumber Dealers’ Association
Louis I. Heilman
Colorado and Wyoming Association
H. H. Adama
Chillicothe
Union Association of Lumber Dealers
Ohio Association of Retail Lumber Dealers
B. N. Hayward
Columbus
Ohio Association
A. L. Porter
Spokane
Wash
Western Retail Lumber Men’s Association
R. P. Bransford
Uuion City
Tenn
Retail Lumber Dealers’ Association of
West Tennessee
A. P. Righter
Pittsburg
Lumbe Dealers’ Association of
Pennsylvania
Paul Richmund
Milwaukeee
Wisconsin Retail Lumber Dealers’ Association
George W. Hotchkiss
Linois Lumber and Builders’ Supply Dealers’ Association
Secretaries’ Bureau
George Wilson Jones
Tulnola Resecration
Secretaries Bureau
Railroads seek higher lumber carload weight in Nebraska
Nebraska railroads unite to seek state railway commission approval to raise minimum lumber weights in carload lots. Hearing set for July 12 to consider applications and protests, with a Council Bluffs lumber firm among opponents. If approved, minimums will rise to 30 000 pounds for certain car lengths, aligning with interstate rules. Colored distilled vinegar banned by August 1 by Food Commissioner, citing 1897 law requiring fruit or grain basis and no artificial coloring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska
State Railway Commission For
Peruation
Railway Commission
Council Bluffs
T Tme
Jackson
Claimants to file accounts against Farmers and Merchants Insurance
Receiver Charles Knapp states claimants have six months to file accounts against Farmers and Merchants Insurance. He plans to seek court permission soon to sell real estate owned by the company at the time of its insolvency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmers and Merchants 'Surance Company
Charles Knapp
Rescue by Sherman Aids After Car Crash
Vice President Sherman his secretary and chauffeur pulled two men from under a toppled car between Rockville and Washington and rushed them to a hospital in their own car. William A. Kemper of the government printing office suffered internal injuries. Clifford Burch and another man had bruises and cuts. The crash occurred as Kemper tried to pass Sherman’s car on a narrow road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Sherman
Rockville
William A. Kemper
Government Printing Office
Clifford
Burch
Kemper
Boone County Appeals to Supreme Court Over Road Tax Return
Boone County has appealed to the Supreme Court from a judgment obtained by four towns in the county for the return of half the road tax collected on city property since 1883.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boone County Appeals
Boone County
Supreme Court
Local Men Plan Winter Agricultural Exposition
Local men announce plans for an agricultural exposition to be held next winter in the city. The event will feature florists' products and an extensive display of apples and other fruit alongside the general exhibition activities.
Major Penn to Instruct Nebraska National Guard
The arrival of Major Penn of the regular army to serve as instructor is seen by officers as bringing substantial benefit to the Nebraska National Guard and its overall organization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Penn
Regular Army
Nebraska National Guard
Meroplane on a Rampage at Garden City Field
A wild aeroplane roamed the aviation field in Garden City New York for about 20 minutes injuring four men and wrecking itself on an embankment. Aviator Andre Harpert stepped from the craft to adjust a rear plane and was thrown when the engine spooled up. He was dragged 200 feet and badly bruised while several mechanics were knocked over and injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Aviation Feld
Garden City
L. 1
Andre Harpert
Eave Chase
Reformed Spelling Sparks State Education Debate
A letter from State Superintendent Crabtree to Benjamin Andrews urges tolerance for reform spelling proposals. The correspondence notes teachers will not be graded down for adopting or advocating orthography changes in the state education system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crabtree
Benjamin Andrews
Election of Officers for Beaver City Company 8
The adjutant general confirms two new officers for Company 8, Second regiment at Beaver City. First Sergeant John Stevens elected captain and Sergeant James W. Axtell chosen as second lieutenant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adjutant General
Beaver City
John Stevens
James W. Axtell
Balloon from Paris Flight Strands in North Sea Near Bremen
A balloon from a Paris ascent fell into the North Sea near Bremen during a violent storm. Two people were aboard the craft, part of a four-balloon group en route from Paris.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bremen
Germany
Paris
North Sea
Gas Blast Damages Stanley Hotel in Colorado
An explosion of gas partially wrecked the Stanley Hotel in Betes Park, Colorado. Eight people were injured, one seriously, with guests not present at the time of the blast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Betes Park
Colo
Stanley
First Regiment In Camp At Blair For Target Practice
Adjutant General Phelps spent several days at Blair with Company B of the Pirot regiment on camp for target practice. The company is only a year old but is in good organization and discipline. The Albion company also held target practice last week.
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Phelps
Blair
Pirot
Albion
Nebraska Sets Up State Poultry Contest For Youth
Under the state superintendent office a state poultry raising contest for boys and girls will be held in Nebraska next year. Miss Anna V. Day, assistant to State Superintendent Crabtree, will supervise the poultry contest and study topics on healthy chicken raising and related subjects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska
Anna V. Day
Crabtree
Nebraska Boys Acre Corn Growing Contest Prizes Fund
The state board of agriculture offers prizes for Nebraska boys under 18 growing the largest corn yield from one acre in 1911. Prizes range from 50 dollars for first to 5 dollars for the eleventh. Entries due by May 20 to W. R. Mellor in Lincoln, with full production cost details and farming method. Acre measured and weighed in county presence. affidavit due by December 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska
State Board of Agriculture
W. R. Mellor
Lincoln
Commission Approves Union Pacific Train Schedule
The state railway commission approved the new Union Pacific time card with no objections except one from the Kearney Commercial Club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commission
Union Pacific Railroad
State Railway Commission
Kearney Commercial Club
Trail markers set to begin after July 5 meeting
Governor Aldrich appointed commission will meet to canvass bids on Oregon trail markers. Each marker must cost no more than 26 dollars as the trail commission aims to keep expenses under this limit. Automobile clubs across the state offer help and events are planned as marking begins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aldrich
Trail Commission
Tax ferret letter to state board of assessment
J P Wittingill claims he can uncover untaxed property in Nebraska and asks for a tax ferret job. Secretary Henry Seymour replies no such position exists in Kentucky and he cannot be employed there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska
J. P. Wittingill
State Board of Assessment
Kenry Seymour
Kentucky
Early Galveston Visitor Remembers Pioneering County Roles
John Gregory of Galveston Texas arrives to visit old friends recalling his pioneering service as the county's first lawyer, first commissioner, and first legislator. He is nearly eighty years old and shares stories of the county’s early days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John
Gregory
Galveston
Tex
Rate Hearing to Go Over
The State Railway Commission plans to postpone the final hearing on rate classification set for July. Railroads want many proposed changes and shippers along with the Omaha and Lincoln Commercial Club will not be ready by July 6.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Railway Commission
Omaha and
Lincoln Commercial Clube
Commander Thomas Brown elected G A R commander in South Dakota
The commander of G A R Thomas Brown was elected commander of the Grand Army of the Republic of South Dakota and Mitchell was chosen for the next reunion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. A. RA
Thomas Brown
Grand Army of the Republic of South Dakota
Mitchell
Hospital Contract At Grann Island For Civil War Veterans
The state board of public lands and buildings awarded a contract to build a hospital at Grann Island state home for soldiers. With 15000 dollars allotted by the land legislature the board aims to furnish a first class hospital facility for veterans of the Civil War at the home, now aging and increasingly infirm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Board of Public Lands and Buildings
State Home
Grann Island
Professor Caldwell Leaves for Yearlong Europe Vacation
Prof Caldwell a leading university figure departs with wife and daughters for a year in Europe marking his first sabbatical in over twenty years. He has served the university since 1876 and has taught across numerous sessions with steady punctuality.
The Laziest Man Found at Last in Jersey County Poor Farm
John Muncia, aged about seventy one, is described as the laziest man on earth. For twelve years he has stayed in bed at the Jersey county poorhouse eight miles from Jerseyville, resisting all pleas to work. He eats three meals daily, remains largely silent, and can recall the day and date with precision, yet he refuses to reveal his past or read.
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Jerseyville
John Muncia
Jersey County
Indiana
Fort Wayne
Poorhouse
John
St. Charles County
Missouri
Illinoia
Elsah
Els
Horse Hill
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