State Rates Upheld In New Decisions
Supreme Court hands down Missouri rate rulings and Oregon Arkansas West Virginia cases. It upholds state authority over intra state rates while ruling valuations must be explicit and based on concrete property figures. The Missouri decisions strike down high road valuations as confiscatory and stress need for clear evidence of fair value.
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Supreme Court adjourns until October in key cases
Washington June 16. The Supreme Court adjourned at 2 15 this afternoon to October without ruling on the inter mountain rate cases or reviewing the Gompers Mitchell Morrison contempt case. Rehearings of the cut rate patent decision and the Denver water case were denied. The Civil Rights Act of 1875 was declared unconstitutional as to territories and districts.
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Wilson Pushes Banking and Currency Reform Plan
President Wilson completes drafting a banking and currency reform message for Congress and plans to read it at a joint session. Leaders assess House timing, opposition, and public opinion as Currency bill details near publication.
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Texas
Political Science College Quits at George Washington University
Washington June 16 George Washington University has lost its college of political science as prominent patrons withdraw support citing noncompliance with original conditions. The college founded in 1907 aimed to train men for public service.
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College of Political Science
Vick Appointed General Receiver of Customs at Santo Domingo
Walker W. Vick of Burlington New Jersey long active in President Wilsons campaign was named General Receiver of Customs at Santo Domingo with a 6500 annual salary. He will reside in Santo Domingo overseeing ten Custom Houses Haitian border interests and the 20000000 bond issue.
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Burlington
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Santo Domingo
United States
Vick
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New York
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South Atlantic
Florida
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San Domingo
Wall Street
Progressive Republicans push for early convention plans
A Chicago meeting’s progressives form a committee in Washington to push for an early Republican National Convention this fall. Members include ex-Gov Hadley Missouri and senators Cummins Iowa Crawford South Dakota Jones Washington, plus reps Anderson Minnesota Crampton Michigan Rogers Massachusetts. They oppose delaying the convention sixty days after adjournment. Cummins reports favorable signs for an early gathering.
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Alaska Railroads Bill Approved by President
President Wilson endorsed immediate legislation to authorize government construction of railroads in Alaska after a conference with Senator Pittman. The revised bill places all construction control with the President and removes a proposed separate commission and coal-field development provisions. It provides a $40,000,000 bond issue and requires Panama Canal machinery for the work.
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Nellie Bly Loses Suit Over Federal Bankrupt Case
Mrs Eliza beth C Seaman Nellie Bly failed in the Supreme Court to force Judge Chatfield to proceed in New York Federal courts over financial entanglements. The decision upheld that assets of one company owned by Seaman could not be used to satisfy debts of another she controlled after transfer to Judge Mayer amid bias claims.
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Open Post to McCombs for Paris Embassy
President Wilson remains uncertain about William F. M. McCombs accepting the Paris ambassadorship after cabled inquiry. No reply has yet been received as talks continue.
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Wilson
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Paris
Oxnard Promotes Free Sugar Plan and New Trust
Henry T. Oxnard told the Senate Lobby Committee that free raw sugar would favor only top managed factories, possibly creating a new legal sugar trust. He said beet sugar association books were destroyed and disputed sums tied to propaganda and watered stock profits. Witnesses testified about newspaper editorials and the Sugar at a Glance pamphlet printing order.
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Denver
Great Western Sugar Company
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Truman G. Palmer
United States
Austin
Palmer
Government Printing Office
Planning Canal Government After Opening of Panama Canal
Secretary Garrison and Col. Goethals discuss the future government of the Canal Zone after the canal's formal opening in 1915. For the interim, army engineers will run the canal under a provisional regime. Goethals to submit recommendations while a Panama Railroad with steamships will adjust to new conditions and some ships may be transferred to the navy.
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Two Women Claim Probasco Estate in New Jersey
In Asbury Park New Jersey June 15 Miss Juanita E Miller of this city seeks a share of the 860000 estate of William Probasco who died in September last She claims a Quaker marriage ceremony made her his wife and cites a will reference to a beloved wife Miss Janet L Stout of Jersey City also asserts marriage to Probasco Her mother Mrs Alice Rowland Miller supports the claim and says Probasco acknowledged the Quaker ceremony before his death leaving a contested will with two possible wives involved He had told Mrs Miller shortly before death that both she and her Goverer were well provided for in the will.
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Jersey City
Probasco. Miss Miller Is A Daughter of Mrs. Alice Rowland Miller
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Funeral for Angus Hamilton Held in New York
The funeral of Angus Hamilton war correspondent author and lecturer who died by suicide at the Hotel St Louis will be at 2 pm Wednesday at the Funeral Church 241 West Twenty third Street. Interment follows at Evergreen Cemetery East New York.
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Ferndale Fire Destroys Stores. Children Feared Missing
A large fire wiped out Ferndale’s business section near Liberty after an oil store exploded in a grocery. Loss estimated at 150000 with 60000 insured. Two children are missing and feared to have been trapped.
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Man Dies by Gas in Dry Goods Store on Walker Street
Joseph Levene aged 60 was found dead yesterday morning in his dry goods store at 5 Walker Street with a gas tube in his mouth. He suffered melancholia after his sister’s death six months ago and had lately feared for his health. Levene’s father celebrated his eighty eighth birthday yesterday, and the son had promised to attend.
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Outbreak Fears on Cabin Creek and Guard Shootout Questioned
Charleston reports a suspected strike in Cabin Creek with miners discharging for joining the union and mass meetings held. Senator Martine questions Baldwin Feltz about armed guards and their role in suppressing union organizing, noting wages over $500 a day for guards and a priority on shooting skill over prayer.
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Cabin Creek
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Kenyon
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Feltz
Swanson
Washington
Lee Calvin
Holly Grove
Quinn Morton
Defends Japanese Sisters Umeko Tsuda Visits City
Umeko Tsuda, an Americanized Japanese woman and president of the Japanese Young Women’s Christian Association, visits a local host at 440 Riverside Drive. She defends Japanese women, contrasting stereotypes with her experience, noting their strength, education, and refined character learned from time in Japan and at Bryn Mawr College.
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Riverside Drive
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Lake Mohonk
Miss Tsudas College For Girls
Tokyo
Wondrous cargo arrives from the West Indies and Central America
Passenger J. J. Schmidt arrives on the Albingia bringing six boa constrictors the largest twelve feet long four iguanas twelve macaws 100 monkeys and 1000 parakeets He claims to have lived in Colombian forests for five months collecting reptiles and birds and notes an iguana’s fondness for whistling and a taste for chicken over iguana meat
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Saks Flannel Trousers Promotion Praised by Reviewer
A Saks testimonial extols their flannel trousers priced at 4.50 and compares favorably to lower priced options. The author praises tailoring and finish noting a precise line from hip to heel and claims superiority in craftsmanship.
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