Ballinger-Pinchot Panel Fails To Close Quorum
Minneapolis Sept 7 The Ballinger Pinchot congressional committee adopted a resolution to remove Ballinger but two Republican members left the room. Senator Nelson ruled no quorum existed and the panel recessed until Friday. Debate over removal and quorum ends left the committee at loggerheads.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Ballinger-Pinchot
Ballinger
Nelson
Ballinger-Pinchot Investigation Committee
Duncan W. Fletcher
Florida
Interfox
Madison
Kansas
Gifford Pinechot
Louis Gravis
James
Kentucky
Fire, shootings, and a jail stay in Missouri and Illinois
A Missouri report recounts Clarence Stanley surrendering after a spree that began with his wife’s murder, a home fire, a double wounding of his brother, and an uncle duel, leading to his jail transfer in Caruthersville. In Chicago, indictments under the Mann White Slave Act allege conspiracy to ship five Chicago girls to a resort in Michigan. Vera, Iowa notes the death of Rosco Barton, 43, a lawyer and Democrat, who died after falling on stairs at his home.
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Campbell
Clarence Stanley
Stanley
Caruthersville
Chicago
Congress
Nettie Jenkins
Houghto Mich
Ethel Culver
Chicast
Houghton
Vera, Ia
Rosco Barton
Markets by Wire Grains and Provisions KC Sept 7
Wheat receipts 104 cars Sept 4 7 1/4 cents. No 2 mixed pbc 35 cents. Rye 0. Hogs receipts 4000, heavy 9 1/2, packers 79 70. Butter 29 cents, eggs 22 40. Cattle receipts 16000 native steers 5.00 to 8.25, cows 2.75 to 7.00, stockers 3.25 to 6.25. New York money on call easy, best bid 17 1/2.
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Kansas City
Pbc
Oaly-aNo
Hays
New York
LaFollette sweeps Wisconsin in renomination victory
Milwaukee reports Robert M. LaFollette has swept Wisconsin in the Republican primary for renomination, defeating Samuel A. Cook by a large margin. Early returns showed Fairchild strong for governor, but McGovern gains narrow the lead. County option appears defeated as Taft supporters align with McGovern, while time as the Fifth district indicates likely re-nomination for incumbents.
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Milwaukee
United States
Robert M. LaFollette
Wisconsin
Samuel A. Cook
Neepad
E. T. Fairchild
F. E. McGovern
McGovern
LaFollette
Sens
Fairchild
Taft
W. M. Lewis
W. H. Stafford
Man of the Hour Red-Headed Governor of Kansas Is All Right
Minneapolis dispatch reports Governor Stubbs earning praise at the Conservation congress. His sharp attacks on Ballinger and Alaska coal thieves drew swift acclaim, with ten thousand in attendance at Roosevelt’s talk calling him the hit of the day. Kansas delegation includes Madison and Capper among others. Stubbs serves on the Kansas resolutions committee and left for home with his daughter via Chicago.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Stubbs
The
Conservation Congress
Ballinger
Alaska
Roosevelt
Kansas
Madison
Ballinger-Pinchot Committee
Alex Mitchell
Lawrence
Ed H. Webster
Manhattan
Ithac Capper
Topeka
P. C. Young
Fredonia
J. G. Strong
Blue Rapids
Charles Payne
Wichita
Alex Phillips
Hays City
Resolutions Committee
Chicago
Taft
St. Paul
Brief Republican Campaign Set To Be Active In Kansas
Topeka September 7 The Republican drive in Kansas this fall will be brief and active. State central committee chairman Dolley says headquarters will not open until late month and that campaign energy will peak in the remaining weeks. He doubts Democrats will rock the boat and expects four to five weeks of real campaigning if needed.
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Topeka
Kansas
M “Dolley
State Central Committee
Friends Hold Kansas Yearly Meeting Opening Session
The Thirty ninth Kansas Yearly Meeting of Friends opened at the church on Delaware street with roll call showing forty eight of ninety six delegates present. Afternoon sessions announced officers and a full schedule of meetings, including worship, business, and ministry topics, plus visits by English and Nebraska friends.
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Kansas
Edmund Stanley
Friends University At
Wichita
Henry U
Arthur Day
Eliza F. Dan
London
England
Frank Dell
Nebraska Yearly Meeting
Bible Schools
Prosecution Targets Leavenworth Liquor Ring
Attorney General Jackson certified a list of 23 alleged jointkeepers and bootleggers in Leavenworth accused of selling liquor under government license. He will pursue state charges and has asked federal authorities to proceed in federal court for violating federal law.
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Topeka
Atorney
Jackson
United States
Leavenworth
Illegal combination found in harvesting equipment trust case
Special Commissioner Theodore Brace reports to the Supreme Court that the International Harvester Company of New Jersey forms a trust and combine to destroy competition in harvesting machinery. He says its American subsidiary is a selling agent evading Missouri law, with vast capital and a fictional separate entity. Earlier competitors included McCormick Harvester and Deering Harvester, and in 1902 Cyrus McCormick sought Morgan partners' help to ease competitive pressures.
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Jefferson City
Theodore Brace
Supreme Court
International Harvester Company of
New Jersey
International Harvester Company of America
Missouri
Brace
McCormick Harvester — Company
Deering Harvester Machine Company
Warder Bushnell, Glessner & Company
Plana Mfg. Company
D. M. “Osborne and Company
Milwaukee Harvester Machine Company
Cyrus H. McCormick
George W. Perkins
J. P. Morgan & Co
New York
Peace Court Upholds British Fishing Claim ruling
The Hague September 7 The century old fisheries dispute among United States Great Britain Canada and Newfoundland ends with the international court of arbitration awarding the British position The court sustains the limit measured from an imaginary line between headlands rather than from any point on the coast giving Britain the ruling in the long standing case that affected maritime fishing rights.
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United States
Great Britain
The
Hague
Canada
New Foundland
International Court of Arbitration
Shortage in Abilene Bank Climbs to Seventy Thousand
Abilene Kan Sept 7 Several hundred dollars more in deposits uncredited were added to a twenty thousand dollar shortage claimed by bank examiners in the Abilene State Bank after cashier John A Flack departed last Saturday The county attorney was informed of the shortage and departure The company through which he was handed it is seeking Flack The state bank commissioners assistants refuse to discuss the amount beyond confirming 20 000 or 430 000 is gone but the 70 000 loss is definite Indications Kansas Local showers tonight or Thursday cooler.
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Abilene
Kan
Flack
Seven Rules Promise Changes in Football Game
The article reviews the seven proposed rule changes aimed at reducing injuries and expanding play. Key points include shortening playing time, permitting injured players to return, banning certain tackles, restricting ground crawling, requiring seven on the line, limiting interference, and protecting ball carriers on passes and onside kicks. Open quarterback running is expected to open play, with field layout and kickoff procedures also altered.
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Percy Haughton
Harvard
Case in Justice Brooks Hoadley Child Labor Law Appeal
State v W Hoadley heard by Justice Brooks. Hoadley found guilty of violating child labor law and fined 25 dollars plus costs. Case appealed. key issue is construction and constitutionality of the statute. Deputy Labor Commissioner Menton filed the complaint. boy nearly 14 worked at Hoadley’s establishment with parental consent. State law prohibits under fourteen from employment in factories and similar workplaces with penalties up to two thousand dollars or 90 days in jail.
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Justice Brooks
Va. W
Hoadley
Harley
George Barker
T. Menton
Hosidley
Kansas
Socialist Mayor Not On Roosevelt Reception Committee
Milwaukee September 7 Roosevelt arrives from St Paul and will stay with the Milwaukee Press Club for about a day. He tours schools and meets newspaper men at the Pfister Hotel and attends a Bohemian luncheon before addressing the big meeting at the Auditorium. Emil Seidel, Socialist mayor, did not join the reception committee citing his socialist stance. Roosevelt declined to discuss politics on the trip, noting his views were in magazine articles.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Roosevelt
St. Paul
Milwaukee Press Club
Morehhan
Pfister
Denster Club
Press Club
Mig
Emil Seidel
Seidel
Labor Toll Prompts Labor Law Call
Terre Haute Indiana September 7 labor leader John I Mitchell urged stronger laws to protect workers citing a writer who says 500000 workers are killed or maimed annually in the United States He warned the peaceful conduct of industry costs more lives than Civil War years. Wichita Kans R B McWilliams from Lawrence opens a law office noted as a bright colored lawyer and former Washington aide to Bowesrock planning law loan and real estate venture. A playful quip on love closes the piece.
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Terre Haute
Ind
John I Mitchell
Mitchell
United States
Wichita
R. B. Mewilliams
Lawrence
State of
Kansas
Kansas University
McWilliams
Washington
Bowersock
Beveridge Backed National Control as Pinchot Storms Hall
In St Paul on September 7 Senator Beveridge urged national control of natural resources while J J Hill warned of risks from centralization. Gifford Pinchot received a thunderous ovation as Beveridge’s stance drew cheers and batuers, later Pinchot praised conservation as a national victory.
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St. Paul
Minn
Beveridge
J.J. Hill
Gifford Pinchot
Pinchot
Bakey
Race War in Kansas Sparks Civil Tensions in Wichita
Reports from Pratt describe a growing racial clash as George Williams, a wealthy black man, is warned to stay out of a white district. Citizens’ committee confronts him over occupying a fine home and potential marriage to a white woman. Sheriff in Pratt County notes quiet conditions but unrest lingers as factions form.
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Wichita
Kan
Pratt
George Williams
Willinge
Joe Leese
Pratt County
LaFollette Wins Wisconsin Primary Strongly
Milwaukee Sept 7 United States Senator Robert M LaFollette carried Wisconsin by a large margin over Samuel A Cook in yesterdays primary election with late returns showing about 40000 vote plurality for renomination He framed his victory as a stand against special interests and for self government Meanwhile Emil Freund of Chicago is held as a suspect in the Burlington train robbery and murder in St Louis as authorities pursue the lone robber tied to the crime
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Milwaukee
Wis
United States
Robert M. LaFollette
Wisconsin
Samuel A. Cook
Keenah
LaFolfette
LaFollett
St. Louis
Emil Freund
Chicago
Burlington
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Peace Court
University of Hansa
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D. L.reeves
Philadelphia Ledger
City
J. Hill
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