Senate backs Norris-Simmons amending Panama rights clause
Washington reports the senate adopts the Norris-Simmons compromise amendment clarifying that the legislation does not relinquish any Panama canal rights under the Hay-Pauncefote treaty. Also notes a White House order extending the Saturday half holiday for government clerks from June 15 to September 15. The text mentions Thaw bail application, extradition case progress, and a Missouri Supreme Court ruling fining International Harvester $25,000 for antitrust violations.
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Senate
Washington
United States
White House
Supreme Court
Harry K. Thaw
New York
New Hampshire
Missouri Supreme Court
International Harvester Company of America
Notable Political Moves and Disasters Highlight Early 20th Century News
A public letter from Amos Pinechot to Theodore Roosevelt and others exposes party rifts linked to United States Steel and International Harvester. A deadly New York tenement fire killed eight and injured many more. Immigrant policy opposition and suffrage advances surface in Atlanta City and Chicago meetings. A Topeka jury awards $2,310 to Governor Hughes in a defamation case. Newport hosts a suffrage gathering July 3. Orson Adams heads to Fort Leavenworth for six years after bank misappropriation. U S marshal post changes follow Harrigan’s removal. Charley Burke, famed motorcycle daredevil, featured in vivid life narrative.
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Perkins and
Menace
United States Steel Corporation
International Harvester Company
Amos Pinechot
New York
Theodore Roosevelt
National Committee
Travelers pick Loganport man for Indiana travelers meet
The Indiana Body Travelers elected Ravert Law of Logansport grand sentinel, and Henry Kallenbach of Indianapolis defeated H A Pritchett for grand secretary. Officers installed included Carter, Leever, Long, Holmes, Billings, and others. Nearly 2,000 marched in the parade through South Bend with a Boy Scout band leading. The 1915 convention will be in West Baden with Evansville and Richmond yielding spots.
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Indianapolis
Ravert Law
Logansport
Grand Sentinel
United Commercial Travelers of
Indiana
South Bend
B. A. Tuttle
Henry Kallenbach
H. A. Pritchett
Terre Haute
R. C. Stone
Muncie
A. F. Fisher, Jr
J. T. Billings
Marion
W. H. Twomeyer
Kokomo
Grand Page
Charles Picton
Fort Wayne
Robert Law
W. E. O’rear
Lafayette
Charles White
Fairmount
A. F. Fisher
Travelers’ Convention
Knights of the Grip
U. C
HB. A. Schram
C. F. Turner
L. H. Schuater
G. T. McKeehan
L. H. Robinson
C. C. Harven
J. Roberts
University of Notre Dame
John Cavanaugh
Matthew Walsh
West Baden
Bath -Resort
Evansville
Richmond
Board Cannot Order Bible Study In Indiana High Schools
The Indiana state board of education lacks power to order Bible study as a textbook. Attorney General Thomas M. Nanon says local school corporations may set courses, with state board only revising local actions. The ruling halts further state board consideration of Bible study as a text in Indianapolis high schools.
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State Board of Education
Indiana
Charles A. Greathouse
State Superintendent of Schools
Thomas M. Honan
Greathouse
Focal School Corporation
Indianapolis
Igh
Indiana Equal Suffrage Association
Logansport
Logan
Anna Noland
Kate Wood Ray
Gary
Harriet
Loganeport
Ireland
Gstate
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Chicago
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Hughes
Luella West
Topeka
Kan
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Newport
Marblehouse
Congress
Orson Adams
Mesa County National Bank
Grand Junction
Colo
Federal Penitentiary
Fort Leavenworth
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J. A.harrison
Kansas
Otho T. Wood
Liberal
Harrigan
Wilson
Charley Burke
Travelers
Kendallville
C.a.dinsmore
Anderson
Indiana Baptist Association
C. L. Barnes
Woman's Federated Clubs
Percy V. Pennybacker
Austin
Tex
National Federation
Uelal
Felix McWhirter
Misa Vida Newsom
Columbus
Elizabeth Claypool Earle
Canneraville
Ind
M. F. Johnston
Federation
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Valparaiso
Progress Club
Grace Julian Clarke
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