King and Queen Receive Envoys at Coronation Week Events
London coverage details coronation week with a dress rehearsal at Buckingham Palace, envoys from foreign lands, a state banquet using Windsor plate, and a Shakespearean ball at Albert Hall. Hammond's American delegation notes, with naval arrivals at Spithead and a seamen strike disrupting plans for the royal review.
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London
Buckingham Palace
Albert Hall
King George
Queen Mary
George
Windsor
Near
Far East
Abbey
Westminster Abbey
Palace
John Hays Hammond
Unid
Hammond
Alexander of
Teck
Prince Henry
Prussia
Tsai-Chien
China
Saxe-Meiningen
William
Monaco
Mr. Hammond
Duke of Connaught
von der Tann
Spithead
Royal Mail Steam Packet Line
Whittling lead to lynching in Thorndale Texas
In Thorndale on June 20 a garage owner Charles Zeitung dies after a Mexican man stabs him amid a dispute over litter near Zeitung's shop. A mob frees the suspect and lynches him by hanging with rope traces on Thorndale’s principal street. The Milam county sheriff heads to investigate.
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Thorndale
Texas
Charles Zeitung
U. S
Mexico
Milam County
Zeitung
Cult founder See trial opens as manuscripts admitted
Crowds struggle for hours to enter the Chicago courtroom where Evelyn Arthur See founder of the Absolute Life cult faces abduction charges. U S Justice investigator De Woody, with manuscripts from See’s books, attends and assists the prosecutor as two manuscript histories of the cult are admitted as evidence.
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Chicago
Ill
Evelyn Arthur See
Absolute Life Cult
Charles F. de Woody
United States Department of Justice
See
Lee
New York Inspectors Probe Cutlery Import Fraud
Customs officials in New York disclose a sweeping inquiry into cutlery imports over several years. Frauds run into hundreds of thousands of dollars involve major importers from New York Chicago and other centers tied to Solingen Germany. Some firms have confessed and cases may settle out of court under federal guidance. Seized goods await settlements.
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New York
Chicago
St. Louis
Loeb
Soligen
Germany
Washington
Siou x City Banker D T Gilman Dies After 43 Years
D T Gilman aged 65 and a Sioux City resident for 43 years died at his home from cerebral hemorrhage. In 1887 he founded the Iowa State National Bank and led it until 1900.
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B. T. Gilman
Sioux City
Iowa
D. T. Gilman
Iowa State National Bank
Tariff Board Delays Woolen and Cotton Schedule Report
President Taft informs House the tariff board will not complete a comprehensive woolen and cotton schedules report until December next. Board cites need for original global research and says only prior figures can be transmitted now. extensive material already gathered and to be developed into a full report by December.
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Taft
HOUSE
Washington
House of Representatives
Tariff Board
Ways and Means Committee
National Tariff Commission Association
Mr. Taft
Ways, and Means Committee
Congress
Tariff Commission
Two Oskaloosa Men Struck by Trains
Oskaloosa Iowa June 20 John A Daily 50 was killed by an Iowa Central train and Fritz Op en a pioneer was run down by a Burlington train fatally injured here last night.
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Oskaloosa
John A. Daily
Iowa Central
Fritz Open
Burlington
Elks Arrive in Sioux City for Iowa State Convention
Elk members from across Iowa began arriving in Sioux City to attend the annual state convention of the order. The gathering marks a statewide meeting with participants traveling to the city in June.
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ELKS
Sioux City
Iowa
Elk's
Order
Five in Bandit's List of Victims
Hugh Whitney an outlaw is tied to multiple killings and wounding. Victims identified include William R. Kidd, Samuel Melton, Edgar McGill, Reuben Scott, and Robert Oly. Reports suggest more missing or dead, with posses, guards, and even state resources mobilized to track the fugitive across eastern Idaho.
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Pocatello
Idaho
William R. Kidd
Samuel Melton
Edgar McGill
Reuben Scott
Robert Oly
Hugh Whitney
Blackfoot
Idaho National Guard
Whitney
Monida
Mont
Oregon
McGill
Scott
Oly
Idaho Falls
Plackfoot
R. J. Official and wife injured in derailment near McFarland
Topeka reports Rock Island VP F O Melcher and wife injured in private car derailment near McFarland at 2 pm. Melcher slight, Mrs Melcher seriously but not fatally hurt. In Randolph Vermont a collision on the Central Vermont line injured a score or more of passengers from the Boston and Maine express bound for Montreal.
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Topeka
Kan
F. O. Melcher
Chicago
Rock Island
Boston
Montreal
No Prosecutions for Six Months for Saccharine Use
Washington announces a six month moratorium on prosecutions of manufacturers who use saccharine in food. The decision follows a conference with Secretaries Mac Veagh Wilson and Nagel and takes effect from July.
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Washington, D. C
MacVeagh
Wilson
Nagel
Cedar Rapids Postmasters Hold Sixteenth District Convention
The Cedar Rapids district postmasters of third and fourth classes opened their sixteenth annual convention in Cedar Rapids Iowa with a large attendance. President Charles H Reed of London presided. Topics include Sunday Mail led by Postmaster W G Haskell. Postmasters from twelve counties attend.
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Cedar Rapids
Charles H. Reed
London
Sunday Mail
W. G. Haskell
Garrett to Speak Tonight at Iowa Christian Convention
Ottumwa Iowa June 20 The Women's Missionary boards and the Men's Brotherhood held preliminaries for the Iowa Christian convention This evening the convention will open with a keynote by B W Garrett Des Moines supreme court reporter Mrs K C McDaniel of Topeka Kan led the missionary meeting and Dr W J Williamson of St Louis addressed the brotherhood session today
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Supreme Court
Ottumwa
Women's Missionary Boards
Men's Brotherhood
Iowa Christian Convention
B. W. Garrett
Des Moines
Iowa Supreme Court
K. C. McDaniel
Topeka
Kan
W. J. Williamson
St. Louis
Brotherhood
Hill Leaves Berlin to Present Letters of Recall
Berlin June 20 Dr David Jayne Hill resigned as American ambassador to Germany and left for Kiel to present his letters of recall to Emperor William. Last night Chancellor Von Bethmann-Hollweg hosted a dinner in honor of the retiring diplomat.
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Berlin
David Jayne Hill
Germany
Kiel
William
von Bethmann-Hollwek
Thonor
New Lorimer Probe Opens With McCormick Testimony
In Washington on June 20 the Lorimer investigation began anew with Cyrus H McCormick of International Harvester detailing a $100 000 fund for Lorimers election and naming Edward Hines and Clarence Funk as intermediaries He said Funk discussed Hines union league solicitation and potential contributions while denying taking the idea seriously The hearing noted future testimony from former Illinois governor Richard Yates and hinted at Funk being called soon in the Helm committee's shadow probe A Wisconsin assembly resolution also urged a US inquiry into Isaac Stephenson’s 1908 1909 U S Senate nomination and election.
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Washington, D. C
Senate Lorimer Investigating Committee
Illinois
Cyrus H. McCormick
International Harvester Company
Lorimer
Clarence S. Funk
Edward Hines
Hines Lumber Company
William J. Hynes
Funk
John H. Marble
Hines
McCormick
Union League Club
Chicago
Mr. Marble
Medill McCormick
The
Chicago Tribune
Mr. Funk
Mr. McCormick
Mr. Tilden
National Packing Company
Chicago Record-Herald
H. M. Kohlsaat
Kohlsaat
Dillingham
Yates
Richard Yates
Helm Committee
Stephenson
Madison
Wis
Assembly
United States
Isaac Stephenson
Saloon license doubled by Oskaloosa council
Oskaloosa Iowa June 20 The anti saloon element won a point last night when the council raised the saloon license from 1000 dollars to 2000 dollars Local officials enacted the higher fee likely affecting license holders and future operations
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Oskaloosa
Autoists Found Beneath Wreck on Little Gliddon Tour
Two motorists from Chicago to Des Moines were found unconscious beneath a wrecked car nine miles from Clinton Iowa during the Little Gliddon tour. The machine jumped a bridge and overturned. Cars began late due to a time misunderstanding at Marengo.
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Davenport
Iowa
Chicago
Des Moines
Clinton
Devonport
Marengo
Maquaketa
Dubuque
Stoddard-Dayton
Spaulding
Chalmeéers
West Liberty
Wilton
Muscatine County
Pharmacologists Open Annual Meeting in Columbus Ohio
The National Association of Pharmacologists opened its annual meeting in Columbus Ohio with Gov harmon welcoming delegates from two states. L W Sinclair of Columbus serves as president and P A Waudebaugh as secretary.
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National Association
Columbus O. Columbus
Ohio
National Association of Pharmacologists
Gov. Harmon
L. W. Sinclair
Columbus
P. A. Waudebaugh
Furious Wheat Surge Linked to South Dakota Crop Blues
Chicago reports heavy buying as wheat futures push higher on news of severe drought in South Dakota. Three counties Coddington Clarke and Spink suffer near total crop failure amid sudden market gains with September option climbing to around 90 percent.
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Chicago
Ill
South Dakota
Coddington
Clarke and
Spink
Hutchins Lunacy Action Is Quashed
Washington June 20 The lunacy proceedings by Mrs. Rose Keeling Hutchins against her husband millionaire are quashed by Justice Ashley G Gould in equity court No 2 The application for a receiver to manage the estate valued at 30 000 000 was denied The Hutchinses are at Narragansett Pier Rhode Island Hutchins founded the Dubuque Herald the St Louis Times and the Washington Post
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Washington
Rose Keeling Hutchins
Ashley G. Gould
Equity Court
Hutchins
Freight Agents in Session Opens 24th Annual Convention
The American Association of Freight Agents opens its twenty fourth annual convention in Kansas City Missouri for a four day session. About five hundred delegates from the United States and Canada attend as A Witzel of Cleveland presides at the opening.
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Kansas City
American Association of Freight Agents
United States
Canada
A. Witzel
Cleveland
Havemeyer's Son Defends Father in Sugar Trust Fight
Horace Havemeyer, 25, testified before a House committee on plans to battle the sugar trust his father built. He claimed philanthropic motives and sought court approval to vote $10 million in common stock to gain control of the national sugar refining company, with little stock held by the Havemeyer family and most wealth in beet sugar interests.
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Washington, D. C
Horace Havemeyer
H. O. Havemeyer
House “Sugar Trust
Havemeyer
National Sugar Refining
James H. Post
American Sugar Refining Company
Young Havemeyer
White
Henry O. Havemeyer
Hardwick
American Racers Win International Yacht Race
The second event in the sonderklass international yacht races at Kiel Germany on June 20 was won by American entrants in a one two three finish with Cima first Bibelot second and Beaver third. Cima is owned and sailed by Guy Lowell of the Eastern Yacht Club.
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Kiel
Germany
Sonderklass
Cima
Bibelot
Beaver
Guy Lowell
Eastern Yacht Club
Ida Grove Epworth League District Convention Opens
Correctionville Iowa June 20 The Ida Grove District Epworth League opened with about two hundred delegates present President C H Young of Wall Lake presiding The convention will close tomorrow night Tomorrow’s main speaker will be Rev Ernst W O Neal pastor Chicago First Methodist Episcopal Church His topic is Popular Fallacies
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Ida Grove
Epworth League
Correctionville
Ida Grove District
C. H. Young
Wall Lake
Ernst W. O'Neal
First Methodist Episcopal Church of Chicago
Weather Outlook Iowa and Illinois Turns Warmer
Iowa remains generally fair tonight and Wednesday with continued warmth. Illinois shows fair conditions tonight and Wednesday with warmer temperatures in the extreme northwest portion on Wednesday. Sunrise 4 14, sunset 7 28, moonrise 11 22 am.
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Iowa
Illinois
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