Lorimer Bribery Charges Move in Illinois Senate
A Barnes memorial charging bribery in Lorimer’s illinois election is read in the Senate and referred to Privileges and Elections. Browne’s trial opens after delays with Judge McSurely and Judge Scanlan wrangling over habeas corpus and bond issues amid public curiosity.
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William Lorimer
Timois
Senate
Hie Cofeague
Senator Cullom
Clifford W. Barnes
Chicago
Illinois Legislative Voters’ League
Illnois
Cullom
Borah
Lorimer
Barnes
White
Holstian
Lee O'Neil Browne
Custom
League
Browne
Committee of Privileges and Elections
Burrows
Victory for diplomacy taft’s peace win for shippers
Washington June 7 Taft secures a major victory for shippers and consumers through diplomatic handling with railroad managers and Congress. The peaceful approach yields progress on the railroad bill and postal savings, with statehood and conservation actions likely to follow. Dr Crum nominated for Liberia post, sundry civil bill advances with Tariff Board provisions and land purchases near Capitol, and Pitman Pulsifer secured continued Senate support.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Taft
Mr. Taft
Pacific
Western Railroad
Gompers
Ordters
East
Insurgent Senators Reach House Floor During Railroad Bill Debate
An incident in the House near the debate on accepting Senate amendments to the railroad bill led to threats of ejecting insurgent Senators. Senator La Follette of Wisconsin, joined by Bhistow of Kansas and Clapp of Minnesota, caused disturbances prompting Speaker Cannon to warn against floor courtesy and enforce House rules. The episode echoed a prior Senate incident involving La Follette.
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Washington
House
Senate
la Follette
Wisconsin
Bhistow
Kansas
Clapp
Minnesota
Annon
Cannon
Divorce Trial Continues Over Mental Irresponsibility Claim
William Horn, neckwear manufacturer, sues Kathleen Horn for divorce in Supreme Court. The defendant argues mental irresponsibility and alleges she was taught to drink by her husband and urged to abuse alcohol, contributing to her addiction.
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William ©. Horn
Kathleen Horn
Supreme Court
Reading Company names new director in annual meeting
Philadelphia June 7 Peter A B Widner of this city joined the Reading Company board of directors at the annual meeting succeeding Joseph S Harris who died last week Harris had served as a director until his death last week
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Philadelphia
Peter A. B. Widener
The
Reading Company
Joseph
Harris
Postal Bank Bill Safe From The Tribune Bureau
Washington June 7 The House adopted a special rule allowing eight hours debate on the postal savings bank bill and a substitute without amendments. The rule passage led to heated exchanges as insurgents and Democrats clashed over gag rule tactics and caucus repair. The measure, seen as Republican backed, was scheduled for a Thursday 6 o clock vote and a House meeting at 11 am to proceed.
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Washington
Postal Savings Bank
House
Representative Weeks
Massachusetts
Representative Gardner
New Jersey
Kendall
Iowa
Cary
Cooper
Nelson
Lenroot
Wisconsin
Poindexter
Norris
Nebraska
Davis
Lindbergh
Minnesota
Hubbard
Grenna
North Dakota
Fitzgerald
New York
Clark
Dixon
Indiana
Underwood
Alabama
Dalzeil
Representative Boutell
Mllnois
Missouri
Mr. Clark
Mr. Boutell
Pinchot Attacks to Block Conservation Bill
Gifford Pinchot appears at the Capitol to oppose Senate passage of the administration plan to withdraw public lands for conservation. He seeks an amendment barring mining claims on power sites, clashing with Senator Smoot who defends broader mining access. Dolliver signals support for Pinchot, warning the bill could create waterpower monopolies.
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Washington
Gifford Pinchot
Capitol
Senate
Smoot
Pinchot
Dolliver
Land Bill Debate in Senate Targets Forest Service Policy
In Washington June 7 Senators Heyburn Borah Hughes and Clark discuss the land withdrawal bill to let the President block entry to public lands while Congress debates disposition. They fault Forest Service policy as hindering western development citing forest reserves and withdrawn land affecting homesteaders and power sites.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Heyburn
Borah
Hughes and
Congress
Senate
Hale
Hepburn
Clark
Wyoming
Borah and
Forest Service
Mr. Pinchot
Idaho
Canada
Hughes
Customs Court's First Case Sets Ad Valorem Issue
Washington June 7 The United States Customs Court heard its first case a dispute over bronze and scarlet lakes paints assessed at five cents a pound versus 30 percent ad valorem. United States appeals against G Siegle & Co importers from Holland 1906. The protest was sustained by the Southern District of New York. All judges wore black silk gowns as the court opened its new docket.
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Washington
United States Customs Court
United States
G. Siegle & Co
Appellees
Holland
Slegle & Co
United States Circuit Court
Southern District of
New York
Brewers in Convention Open in Washington D C
In the national capital the United States Brewers Association opened its three day annual convention with about one hundred fifty members present along with many other brewers and machinery manufacturers attending the first sessions.
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Washington
National
United States Brewers’ Association
Government Loses Point Rehearing on Pearl Duty Case
The government cannot overturn the ruling in the Tiffany & Co. case regarding extra duties on fifty nine pearls worth 25000 bought in Paris by Morris Guggenheim of American Smelting and Refining. Assistant Attorney General D Frank Lloyd sought a reopening before the U S Court of Appeals, but the motion was denied.
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Tiffany & Co
Paria
Morris Guggenheim
American Smelting and Refining Company
D. Frank Lloyd
United States Attorney General
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Pursue Elope Bride Ends in Rush to Town Clerk
Greenwich dispatch reports a late night elopement in Port Chester where a couple and two men chased by angry relatives sought a license. The bride claimed underage, but the ceremony proceeded after crossing to New York where female age is eighteen. Groom John Leslie Momand and Florence Ardelle Gulick of Chicago wed. witnesses Don Stuart Momand and B. Momand.
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the Tribune
Greenwich
Conn
Port Chester
M. O. Lepley
Lepley
Welltood
New York State
Mr. Lepley
Massachusetts
John Leslie Momand
Florence ‘Ardelle Gulick
Chicago
Don Stuart Momand
B. Momand
Jury judge of gambling Albany June 7
Court of Appeals reverses lower court ruling against Postal Telegraph in a suit by Weld and partners, cotton brokers, over a telegram error from 12.70 to 12.07 cents per pound. New trial ordered as jury must decide if contract was wagering and void.
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Albany
Postal Telegraph Company
Court of Appeals Today
Stephen M. Weld
Telegraph Company
Weld
New York
New Orleans
Court of Appeals
Werner
Heniean
Ge State
Happy Class Day at New York University
New York University yesterday celebrated class day with bright sun and full attendance. Chancellor MacCracken attended in gown as graduates marched to Battery Hill for addresses by Robert Scott Osborne and others. Ivy planting, cremation exercises, and School of Commerce events followed. The seventy eighth commencement will be today with Lyman Abbott addressing graduates and MacCracken to speak at the degree conferrals luncheon.
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Mactracken
Battery Hill
Gould Library
MacCracken
Robert Scott Osborne
Charles Edgar Rooke
Benjamin A. Ladd
Joseph Wilfred Fitzgerald
University Heights
Lyman Abbott
America
Runaway Horse Chase Ends Fatally For Bedford Ave Patrolman
Mounted Patrolman Boettger, Brooklyn traffic squad, was gravely injured pursuing a runaway horse on Bedford avenue. He rode a second time after being struck by a car, collapsed, and the horse was later shot. Chauffeur Morris Becker, tied to the wagon, was arrested for reckless driving. Child passenger John Meagher suffered slight injuries.
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Bedford Avenue
Brooklyn
Greene Avenue
McGowan
John Meagher
Fulton Street
Morris Becker
Rosenberg Brothers
No 37
Grant Square
Hancock Street
Bedford, Avenue
Harry W. Hover
Nostrand Avenue
Hover
Becker
Classon Avenue
Commissioner Sague Dropped From Dutchess Fire Insurance Post
James E. Sague, Public Service commissioner, was ousted as director of the Dutchess Fire Insurance Company at a stockholders meeting in Poughkeepsie on June 7. Frank B. Lown, a prominent lawyer who helped save the company from bankruptcy after the San Francisco quake, was elected to the board. Lewis H. Vail remained president and Milton H. Fowler was re elected vice president.
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Tribune
Poughkeepsie
N. Y
James E. Sague
Public Service
Dutchess Fire Insurance Company
Commissioner Sague
Frank B. Lown
Lown
Dutchess Insurance Company
San Francisco
Lewis H. Vail
Hotchkiss
Milton H. Fowler
S. H. More
Sague
Vail
Lir. Vall
Mrs Henry W Taft Sails for Russia and Oberammergau
Mrs. Henry W Taft sister in law of the President sailed on the Kaiser Wilhelm II for a visit to Russia and will meet her husband in Germany in August to attend the Passion Play at Oberammergau. Dr Florenz Ziegfeld another passenger presented two scholarships at Chicago Musical College funded by the Metropolitan Opera Company. Also aboard were Herbert Witherspoon Allen Hinckley Mrs James Osborne Hannah and Alfred Edel the costume designer of the Chanticler costumes.
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Henry W. Taft
Russia
Germany
Oberammergau
Florenz Ziegfeld
F. Ziegfeld
Ziegfeld
Chicago Musical College
Metropolitan Opera Company
Mrs Gorman in Serious Illness at Washington Home
Mrs Arthur Pue Gorman widow of Maryland Senator lies gravely ill at her Washington home with doctors offering little hope. Five daughters and one son have been summoned to her bedside as her health, which began to fail a year ago, rapidly worsens.
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Washington
Arthur Pue Gorman
Senator Gorman
Maryland
Fire department clash over Croker remarks at city blaze
Thomas F Freet, former fire chief and head of the American Society for the Prey Cruelty to Animals, criticizes Chief Croker for remarks about firemen at a Washington Street fire. Freet calls for a full investigation, defends the rescuers, and cites past fatalities. Fire Commissioner Waldo praises New York firemen and suggests upgrading helmets to improve air supply and safety measures.
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Thomas F. Freel
American Society For
Croker Last
Washington Street House
Freet
Croker
See York
Iker
Healey
Jer
Mr. Freel
Stanley Soap Factory
Freel
Waldo
Totti
New York
Lings
Sunday saloon ruling tests citizen standard
Milwaukee judge J V Quade rulesSunday saloon closing law does not bar a man’s petition for a ship post The decision notes the act was enacted years ago and that keeping a saloon open on Sunday may be a social habit for many as a club and does not disqualify an applicant if he meets the community standard
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Milwaukee
United States
J. V. Quade
Quarles
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