Lorimer Bribery Probe Faces Witness Conflicts
Senate committee hearings on Senator Lorimer's election reveal witnesses including Hugh McLean and John McLeod denying knowledge of a fund to elect Lorimer. Edward Hines barred from the room during sessions, while Rush Culver testifies amid contradictions with prior Helm committee statements.
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Washington, D. C
Lorimer
Senate
Hugh McLean
North Tonawanda
N. Y
John McLeod
Buffalo
Washington
Edward Hines
Chicago
Springfield
McLean
Hines
Hancey
House
William F. McKnight
Grand Rapids
Mich
Democratic National
Clarence S. Funk
Rush Culver
L’anse
Michigan
Helm
Illinois
Shelby B. Jones
Marquette
Culver
U. S
Jones
United States
E. D. Mosher
Frank J. Russell
Mining Journal of Marquette
Robert C. Lowe
Illinois Senate
Meris B. Coan
See Takes Stand As Own Witness In Abduction Trial
Evelyn Arthur Lee testified in his own defense in a Chicago court, denying impropriety with Mona Rees and Mildred Bridges, recounting press visits and photos, and noting police questioning. Mildred Bridges reconciled with her father in court as prosecutors forego calling a key underage witness.
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See
Chicago
Ill
Evelyn Arthur Lee
Mona Rees
Danner
Mildred Bridges
Mona
Mildred
Honore
Kleinhaus
Niles
Mich
Lee
Burnham
Mormon Church
Evelyn Arthur See
Joseph Smith
Smith
Grant Newell
Commonwealth
Miss Rees
Conversation in Marquette Tied to Lorimer Election
The record notes a 1907 Marquette talk where Mr Hines claimed friendship with Lorimer and discussed his election. A witness recalled the remark that it cost a barrel of money, with the witness unable to name the speaker. Jones said this was his sole report of the conversation.
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Hines
Marquette
Lorimer
Illinois Senate Passes Amended Waterways Bill
Illinois Senate approves amended waterways measure by 33 to 7 and adjourns to Friday. A separate $55 000 appropriation funds the waterway commission salaries and office. five members may spend up to 500 000 of a 20 million bond issue to secure and conserve power sites. No contracts for digging or dam building until commission reports and gains further authority at next session.
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House
Senate
Waterway
No Manslaughter In Henwood's Case
Denver judge instructs jury there are three verdicts only first degree murder second degree murder or acquittal and that if first degree is returned the penalty is life imprisonment or death while second degree carries the court's own penalty.
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Denver
Col
Greeley M. Whitford
Frank H. Henwood
Corporations Must Pay Soon Three Days Left
Three days remain for corporations to pay their federal tax before the treasury closes on June 30. The government expects $264,000,000 in revenue this year but had received only $14,000,000 as operations began yesterday. Over 260,000 concerns filed returns and in the last week payments averaged about $1,000,000 daily.
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Washington, D. C
Treasury
Agreement on Terms of Peace Treaty Reached
Washington June 28. After a White House conference between President and Ambassador Bryce of Great Britain, it was announced that the arbitration treaty between the United States and Great Britain is practically complete. Only a few minor details remain to be settled.
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Washington, D. C
Aaft
Bryce
Great Britain
White House
United States
Counterfeiter Steals Watch During Hearing in Kansas City
In Kansas City on June 28 during the hearing of Frank Jackson on counterfeit money charges, a U S Commissioner Cooksey had his gold watch stolen from a coat pocket hanging near the defendant. The watch was hidden in the prisoner’s shoe but later recovered from him in his cell.
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Kansas City
Frank Jackson
U. S
Cooksey
Kansas
Jackson
Commissioner Clark Weds Agnes Barnes in Washington D C
Interstate Commerce Commissioner Edward E. Clark married Miss Agnes Barnes of this city in a simple ceremony. The couple will tour the west, visit Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and return to Washington in September.
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Agnes Barnes
Washington, D. C
Interstate Commerce
Edward E. Clark
Trans Atlantic Vessels Tied Up by Shipping Strikes
London and Liverpool report ship crews and dock workers siding with unions as four thousand more dock hands join the strike. Major lines Cunard Canadian Pacific Dominion White Star and others are affected with crews deserting ships and pressure on wages not involved. Provisions prices rise amid butter bacon eggs shortages and rail coal truck congestion worsens.
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Liverpool
Cunard
Canadian Pacific Railway
Dominion
White Star
Ellerman
Haverford
Red Star Line
England
London
Hull
Education Board In Session Today At Iowa Convention
Cedar Falls Iowa June 28 The state board of education met during the Iowa State Teachers convention with most members present except Roger Leavitt who is traveling west Firms representatives sought contracts for a new manual training building to be finished this year at the college On July 1 the state school for the blind at Vinton will come under board control increasing state institutions from three to four
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Cedar Falls
State Board of Education
Iowa State Teachers’ Convention
Roger Leavitt
Vinton
Iowa
American Yacht Bibelot Wins Emperor William Cup
Kiel Germany June 28 The American yacht Bibelot won the fifth international yacht race and captured the Emperor William cup offered for the winner of the sonderklass series.
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Kiel
Germany
Bibelot
Doctor Fisher Improves But Remains Critical
Rochester Minn June 28 The condition of Dr L B Fisher of Galesburg Ill college president showed improvement after a night of rallying and easier rest though remains critical.
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Lombard College
Rochester
Minn
L. B. Fisher
Galesburg
Ill
First Wedding in 50 Years Graces Mount Washington
Pittsfield June 28 Mount Washington Massachusetts celebrated its first wedding in fifty years when Rev Milton Whittier of Rockfield Center Connecticut married Laura Reid Schutt of Mount Washington. Thirteen voters attended with their families marking a historic local event.
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Mount Washington
Mass
Pittsfield
Mt. Washington
Berkshire Hills
Milton Whittier
Congregational Church
Rockfield Center
Conn
Laura Reid Schutt
Reichmann Found Guilty of Banking Dept False Statements
Joseph B. Reichmann, former president of the Carnegie Trust Company in New York, was found guilty of making false statements to the state banking department. The Reichmann jury deliberated for an hour and a half before the verdict.
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New York
N. Y
Joseph B. Reichmann
Carnegie Trust Company
State Banking Department
Council Bans Vile Language in Public Address
Wheeling Wheeling West Virginia June 28 The city council passed an ordinance imposing a fine on anyone using vile or vulgar language in public. Councilman P E Haberstick said the measure aimed to curb Billy Sunday s vocabulary as he leads a religious campaign in the city next month.
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Wheeling
W. Va
P. E. Haberstick
Billy” Sunday
Dismissals Recommended for Consul General and Clerk
A subcommittee of the House Expenditures in the State Department will present a report recommending the dismissal of U S Consul General Wm H Michael at Calcutta and disbursing clerk Thomas Morrison after a Day portrait voucher investigation. Michael formerly served as chief clerk of the department.
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Washington, D. C
U. S
Wm. H. Michael
Calcutta
Thomas Morrison
State Department
House
Michael
Engineers Meet in Galesburg Illinois
Galesburg Illinois June 28 delegates from twelve states and Canada of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers convene with Grand Chief Engineer Warren S. Stone presiding. P H Morrissey of the American Railroad Employes and Investors association speaks as sessions continue behind closed doors. No grievances are discussed today or tomorrow to focus on networking and topics of mutual interest.
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Galesburg
Ill
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
States
Canada
Grand
Warren S. Stone
P. H. Morrisey
American Railroad Employes and Investors’ Association
Stone
Brotherhood
Drouth Breaks With Showers Across Kansas Corn Belt
Topeka Kansas June 28 The drought and heat that caused concern in Kansas for three weeks were broken by early showers that spread across the corn belt. The hot winds and blistering heat had threatened the corn crop, but thus far the damage appears limited.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
Frost Hits Coudray Garden as Ground Freezes Over
Frost coated the ground in Coudray Wisconsin on June 28 with ice forming in water receptacles. The cold damaged the entire garden crop and likely harmed plants and tender produce.
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Wisconsin
Coudray
Wis
Morse Habeas Relief Denied by Federal Judge
Atlanta June 28 Federal Judge Newman denied the application of Charles W Morse for release from the federal prison on a writ of habeas corpus. The ruling leaves Morse in custody pending further legal steps.
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Atlanta
Newman
Charles W. Morse
Lads Walk to the Windy City on Foot
L. W. Maley and Roy Echternacht from Mechanicsville Iowa arrived in town en route from Cedar Rapids to Chicago on foot. The wagered journey forbids sleep in beds or meals in houses while on the trek, reflecting a bold overland challenge by Iowa youths.
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L. W. Maley
Roy Echternacht
Mechanicsville
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Chicago
Ill
Weston
Arbuckles War on Trust in Sugar Markets Described
William G. Gilmore, Arbuckle Brothers’ attorney in the house sugar trust inquiry, recounted Arbuckles’ 1898 99 price cutting in West Virginia and Ohio to deny trust exclusive sales. He said the American Sugar Refining Co cut prices later and fought Arbuckles with a coffee venture to undermine their business, under H O Havemeyer.
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Washington, D. C
William G. Gilmore
Arbuckle Brothers
Brooklyn
House Sugar Trust
American Sugar Refining Company
Arbuckles
West Virginia
Ohio
Mr. Gilmore
Gilmore
Toledo
H. O. Havemeyer
Keithsburg to host Tri County Fourth of July celebration
Keithsburg Illinois will stage a three day Independence Day event with speeches by Tom Marshall, President English, Justice Cooke, and Captain Ferris. The program includes athletic contests, fireworks, Woodmen day drills, steamboat excursions on the Columbia and Helen Blair, and special trains from Muscatine and Burlington.
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Keithsburg
Ill
Muscatine
Tom Marshall
English
William and Vashti College
George A. Cooke
Aledo
Jack Ferris
Bushnell
O. E. Aleshire
Chicago
Columbia
Helen Blair
Burlington
Grinnell Professor Denounces Church Music Training
Davenport Iowa June 28 E B Scheve of Grinnell College told the Iowa Music Teachers convention that except for Catholic Episcopal and Lutheran churches church music provides poor harmonic training for music students. About 100 members attend the convention which opened last night and runs through tomorrow.
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Davenport
E. B. Scheve
Grinnell College
Iowa Music Teachers Convention
Four Killed on Tram Road Near Wilmington
Dispatch reports an accident on the tram road of the Waccamaw Lumber company near Wilmington, North Carolina, today. Four men were instantly killed and another seriously injured. Three of the deceased were Italian.
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Charlotte
N. C
Wilmington
Waccamaw Lumber Company
Cummins Opens Senate Fight Over Tariff Reciprocity
Senator Cummins launched a formal challenge to the Canada reciprocity bill in the Senate proposing amendments to admit free from duty both raw and manufactured Canadian agricultural products and certain papermaking inputs. He denounced the measure as unjust and warned of partisan deals to pass tariff changes. The debate also featured insurgent Republican Bristow contending that President Taft does not represent a Republican majority. The census committee moved to report a re apportionment bill without increasing representatives.
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Washington, D. C
Senate
Cummins
Canada
Congress
Bristow
Kansas
Rublican
Taft
House
Senate Committee On Census
Cedar Rapids Wins 1912 Fire Insurance Agents Convention
Davenport suffers defeat as Cedar Rapids tops Davenport for the 1912 convention. W.R. Weir of Davenport elected president, John I. Lutz of Council Bluffs vice president, and Lew B. Elliott of Cedar Rapids secretary treasurer.
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Cedar Rapids
Sioux City
Iowa Association of Local Fire Insurance Agents
Davenport
W.R. Weir
John I. Lutz
Council Bluffs
Lew B. Elliott
Weather outlook across states includes showers and warm trend
The Weathers forecast shows Iowa warming with likely showers tonight or Thursday. Illinois expects fair tonight, warmer Thursday, unsettled with probable showers in the south and west. South Dakota notes unsettled conditions or possible showers tonight or Thursday, with warmer conditions in the east. Sunrise is 4 16, sunset 7 31, and ser 9 14 p m.
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Iowa
Illinois
South Dakota
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Clark
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Reichmann
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