Browne's Bribery Defense Unfolds In Lorimer Case
The Browne bribery defense argues Lorimer and Browne are victims of a political plot led by White who sold a bribery story to the Chicago Tribune. White recounts a Springfield hotel meeting where Browne pressed him to vote for Lorimer with promises of payoff, denying any fabrication or fear of Joliet.
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Chicago
Lee O'Neil Browne
Lorimer
Representative White
White
Forrest
Browne
Tribune
Deneen
The
James Keely
Alfred Austrain
News Democrat
Belleville
Ill
St. Nicholas Hotel
Springfield
Yarbrough
Joliet
Lori Mer
House
United States
Natice
Joli
Glidden Tour Second Day Opens From Louisville
The Glidden tour resumes with the pacemaker leaving Louisville at 6 15 am, Ray McNamara driving car No 6 and Dai Lewis as maker. Nineteen of twenty five cars started with perfect scores, but rough roads may penalize several. the 193 mile route includes fordable creeks. Mrs Frank Hedrick of Millvale died this morning from injuries after a horse was struck by a car near Frankfort.
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Louisville
Ray McNamara
Fer No
Dai Lewis
Aker
Frank Hedrick
Millvale
Frankfort
Prisoner Missing Janitor Sought in Cincinnati Raid
Unclear report from Cincinnati notes a man named Ros Mario Granger being held on suspicion related to a missing janitor at St John's church and parochial school in Louisville. Authorities seek Alma Keliner as a person of interest in the disappearance.
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Cincinnati
Newport
Ros
Mario Granger
Joseph Wendling
Bt. John’s Church
Louisville
Alma Keliner
Railroads Begin Retrenchments Across the Northwest
Railroads order stop to new construction in the northwest and lay off about 10 000 workers. St Paul trims 1200 positions while Northern Pacific 2500 Great Northern 3000 and the Northwestern 600 follow. Other lines including Santa Fe and Rock Island also reduce staff as executives cite taxes wage costs and rate controls.
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ST. Paul, Minn
St. Paul
Chicago
Northwest
Northern Pacific
Great Northern
Northwestern
Milwaukee
Santa Fe
Rock Island
Howard Elliott
The
Pacific
National
ST Paul
Minn
Western Railroads
Louis W. Hill
Great Northern Road
United Preay
West
Oregon
New York
Despond
War boosted Roosevelt to White House at West Point
Secretary of War Dickinson told West Point graduates that wars elevated several presidents. He cited Washington from the Revolution, Jackson from 1812, Taylor from Mexico, Grant from Civil War, and Roosevelt from Spain.
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West Point
N. Y
Col. Roosevelt
White House
Military Academy
Dickinson
Washington
Jackson
Mexico
Taylor
States
Grant
Spain
Roosevelt
Lindsey Named By Pinchot To Colorado Conservation Post
Judge Ben B Lindsey announced that Gifford Pinchot appointed him head of the Colorado branch of the national conservation commission. Lindsey had previously jailed Henry E Doherty, head of the power trust, for contempt of court, a move seen as a confrontation with Pinchot’s allies in Colorado.
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Lindsey
Pinchot
Denver
Colo
Ben B. Lindsey
Gifford Pichot
Colorado
National Conservation Commission
Henry E. Doherty
Power Trust
Doherty
Bradley Avoids Talk on Dr Cook Incident
James R. Bradley, New York financier of the Cook expedition, refused to discuss the Cook incident, calling the venture a closed matter. He and wife are en route to Colorado for a six months big game hunt.
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Bradley
DR. Cook
Chicago
James R. Bradley
New York
Cook
North Pole
Colorado
Chile's Centennial Parade Opens Independence Festivities
Chile marks 100 years of independence with a grand international naval parade in Valparaiso as the centennial celebration begins. ships from multiple nations join the ceremony, highlighting national pride and maritime heritage amid festivities.
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Chile
Valparaiso
Spain
Roosevelt on Kaiserin voyage greets stokers and guests
On board the Kaiserin Auguste Victoria Roosevelt met stokers in the ship’s hold and shook their hands while discussing coal shovels. He later held a deck reception for all classes and reviewed wireless messages from friends in America. The UPI confirms direct wireless link from the ship to New York.
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Kaiserin Auguste
Victoria
London
Gaboara Ie Saree
Bose
Stoke Hold
Roosevelt
America
U. P
New York
United Press
Col Roosevelt
Kaiserin
Dahl Not Speeding, Wisconsin Treasurer Cleared
Madison police court cleared State Treasurer Andrew H. Dahl of speeding after his son Victor testified the car moved eight to nine miles an hour. The officer was found to have erred, and the case was dismissed.
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Madison
Wis
Andrew H. Dahl
Victor Dahl
FEW IN THE BALANCE AT LOCAL HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES
The local high school lists graduates and notes a few faces depend on marks in next week’s final examinations to determine who finishes with honors and who falls short.
Kansas Aviator Unfortunate Flight Ends Near Midland
Kansas City correspondent reports J. C. Mars piloting a Curtiss bi plane from Topeka toward Kansas City failed amid high winds and a squall near Midland. He is held indefinitely after landing with a damaged radiator and broken ribs from a prior crash.
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Kansas City
J. C. Mars
Topeka
Kansas
Kaning
Midland
Mars
Newman
Lawrence
Topea
People flee Nicaragua as unrest drives refugees to coast
In New Orleans on June 15 eight crew members who sailed the Venus to Nicaragua report western provinces are in turmoil. Many residents flee toward safety, some aligning with the Madriz faction while others depart from Colon as the crisis deepens.
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New Orleans
Nicaragua
Mauriz
Venus
Madriz
Colon
Knox Outlines Peace Driven U S Diplomacy
Secretary of State Knox delivered the keynote at the University of Pennsylvania commencement, outlining a diplomacy aimed at peace. He cited arbitration advances, The Hague court, Newfoundland fisheries, Venezuela Alsop claim, waterways disputes, and U S actions in Santo Domingo Liberia and Honduras to bolster stability.
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Philadelphia
Knox
University of Pennsylvania
Taft
United States
International Court
Hague
Foundland Fisheries
The
Orinoco Steamship Company
Venezuela
Alsop
King George
American Administration of Customs
Santo Domingo
Republic of Liberia
Honduras
Twelve Austrians die in Falls View fire
Twelve Austrian workers on the Canadian side of the Niagara River perished when a fire destroyed four shacks at Falls View Ontario. Three others, a man, a woman and a child, were in hospital in Niagara Falls Ontario with fatal burns.
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Niagara Falls
N. Y
Falls View
Ont
General
Sherman cancels Iowa trip due to Mrs. Sherman illness
Vice President Sherman has abandoned his planned June 15 speaking engagement at Iowa State University to address graduates. The change comes as Mrs. Sherman remains ill in Washington, delaying the trip from Utica, New York.
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Sherman
Iowa
Utica
N. Y
Iowa City
Iowa State University
Washington
Woman in Warriner case freed after lunacy warrant dismissal
Cincinnati report states lunacy warrant against Mrs. Jeanette Ford was dismissed and she is freed from legal restraint. The Warriner case figure is now released from the sieves of the law.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Jeanette Ford
Warriner
Government to own all U S railroads within ten years
Santa Fe president E P Ripley predicts in a United Press interview that within five to ten years the U S government will own every railroad. He says Congress may push purchase as an economic necessity and railroads would likely fetch more than current capitalization.
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Chicago
E. P. Ripley
United Press
United States
Congress
Ripley
Washington
Western
Western Railroad
Vacate Injunction Opens Way for Foreign Aviators
New York June 15. The United States court of appeals vacated temporary injunctions against the Wright company, the Herton Curtiss Company and Louis Pahlihan. Aviators may fly in the United States without bonds for prize flights planned soon. Captain Baldwin credited the Wrights for enabling modern flight and urged pension and patent transfer to the public. The Wright action against Curtiss continues for damages on alleged basic patent infringement.
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New York
Wright Company
Hertin-Curtiss Company
Louis Pahlihan
United States Court of Appeals
Baldwin
Wrights
Wright
Curtiss
Taft Heads Out on New Commencement Trip
President Taft travels from Washington to Marietta for the second of his college commencement tours. He will deliver two addresses in the afternoon then return to the capital for Muskingum Academy’s 1797 anniversary celebration at Muskingum Park and a Parkersburg greeting on the way home.
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Washington
D. C
Taft
Marietta
Caves of State
Muskingum Academy
Muskingum Park
Masons
United Wireless Officers Arrested in Mail Fraud Case
New York June 15 officers Christopher C. Wilson and S. S. Bogert of United Wireless were arrested on charges of using the mails to defraud related to stock sales.
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New York
Christopher C. Wilson
S. S. Bogert
United Wireless Company
Fire destroys north side motorboats inciting arson claims
A mass meeting tonight will demand a fire commission investigation after a 4 a m incendiary blaze destroyed five motorboats, boathouses, and gear on the north side near Gillette Street and the French Island bridge. Owners accuse station No 4 of delayed response and theft suspicions surround engines.
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North Side
Fire Commission
A. Foster
Alene F
Soret
Dubuque
la Crosse
Fire Roth
William Roth
Joseph Roth
Andy” Hanson
Burlington
Q” Navy Yard
Q’ Navy Yard
Enploves of
Burlington Road
Gillette Street
French Island Bridge
Andy
Roth
Weather and Water Forecast for La Crosse and Region
Coldest in La Crosse at 56 degrees and a warm high of 88 with winds around 4 mph. Forecast through 7 pm Thursday calls for generally fair and warmer conditions across Wisconsin Minnesota and Iowa with partly cloudy skies tonight and Thursday. The river is expected to fall slowly over the next 36 hours with stages listed for Reed's Landing La Crosse Prairie du Chien and St. Paul.
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la Crosse
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Iowa
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