Bristow direct election push passes Senate vote
The Senate approved a Bristow amendment reforming Senate elections to direct popular vote with the Vice President casting the deciding ballot after a 64 to 34 vote. The measure, already passed by the House, seeks federal supervision of elections, with debate focusing on state versus federal control and implications for future vacancy rules.
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Bristow
Washington
House
Freen
Missouri
Senaor Racin
Congress
Clarke
Arkansas
Jefs Horah
Gronna
la Follette
Poindexter and Works
Brandegee
United States
Bemie von
Bankhead
Fletch
Noton
Percy
Terrell
Brits
Peme Senatara
Pristns
Brise Fow
Kansas
Burkerland
Utah
Bellboy Now Professor Japanese Front Leaves Hotel
A Boston hotel bellboy known as Yoshio Tanikawa sails for Japan to assume the presidency of philosophy at Kyoto University. He earned Harvard MA last year, holds a Minneapolis BA, and has served as a Japanese Buddhist Charitable Association commissioner. He plans to visit major charitable institutions abroad on the voyage.
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Boston
Japan
Yoshio Tanikawa
University of Kyoto
Yoshio
Harvard University
King
Minneapolis
Tanikawa
Belibey
Japanese Buddhist Charitable Association
Continental and Commercial National Bank Form US Leader
In Chicago on June 12 a major bank merger creates the largest United States bank by resources as Continental and Commercial National absorbs Hibernian Bank. Official figures show total assets around 1.000,000 and total deposits about 228,270,200, following earlier consolidations with International, Globe National, National of North America, and American Trust and Savings banks.
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Chicago
Continental and Commercial National Bank
United States
Hibernian Bank
George M. Reynolds
Consolidated Bank
Continental National
Commercial National
The
International
Globe National
National of North America
American Trust and Savings Banks
Riveters Annoy Court Asks for Contempt Sanction
Justice Page in the Supreme Court on Chambers Street orders the rivet shop superintendent to show cause why he should not be jailed for five days for contempt. Riveters’ noisy iron girders disrupted proceedings, forcing the court to condemn the noise and risk further sanctions. Foreman John Hobson claimed he was only a subordinate. The superintendent was to appear in court again.
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Justice Page
Supreme Court
Chambers Street
Fm Grant Industrial Savings Bank
County Court House
Page
Turtter
Reade Street
Jnstice Page
John Hobson
Hobson
Rower Rescued After Narrow Ocean Drowning Escape
Spencer Bennett of the Seahead Ray Rowing Club nearly drowned last night after a shell drifted a mile off the Oriental Hotel. Club members Fred Anderson and Fred Furs found him three hours later, Bennett struck his head when pulled aboard and was exhausted but saved. Bennett, training for the Long Island regatta on July 25, had started at dusk amid strong winds and surf.
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Spencer Bennett
Theepehead Ray Rowing Club
Oriental Hotel
Fred Anderson
Fred Furs
Bennett
Pere
Espemiy
Anderson
Hennett
Inter Re
Tentroft
Mellon children taken in court order amid family turmoil
An Orphans Court order moved two Mellon children from Mrs. Andrew W. Mellon’s home to Richard R. Quay’s residence in Sewickley. Mrs. Mellon wept on the porch as constables removed the children and wedding gifts. The mansion will be closed to all except authorized personnel.
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Ima Pate
Andrew W. Mellon
Richard R Quay
Sewlektey
Mellon
Couniy
Evershady
Atelbon
Jan
Kingland
George Ale Jhert Murphey
Fleer
Aed
Murphey
Curphey's
Arrested Slayer Connolly Leaves Prison After Capture
John Connolly, recently released from Stillwater State Prison after a bad check sentence, arrives in New York aboard the Lake Shore Limited and is immediately linked to Detective Levins by a steel chain. Police plan to try him for the Greenwich Village Beins murder, with reported ties to prior aliases and a history of incarceration in Elmira and Stillwater.
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Grand Central Station
John Connolly
Connolly
Stillwater
Minnesota
New York
Central Office
Levins
Herbert J. Beins
Greenwich Village
Greenwich Avenue
West 7Th Street
St. Vincent's Hospital
Connally
Reine
Finn
Jefferson Market Court
Slater
Charm
Jonny Connollyy
First National Bank
Minn
York
Levine
Belns
Elmira
Pioture
Rogues
Roscow Dewey
Frank Murphy
Edward Howard
Shaws Mut
Hartford
Conn
Greetwich
Bein
Benedict Yacht Floated Near Havana Reef
The Virginia, chartered by Evened New York, was floated off the Colorado Reefs five miles northeast of Jitting Day Light after going ashore on May 2. Benedict and guests remained aboard during attempts to dislodge the yacht before abandoning it when prospects of waving the vessel faded.
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Havana
Moore Castle
Virginia
New York
Colorado
Manefore
Benedict
Girl Transcontinental Ride Echoes Mayor Merriment Across States
A Western girl trotted from Ban Mrandeep toward New York City pausing at Buffalo for a halt. She hoped Mayor Gaynor would meet her at City Hall as crowds cheered. Exhausted but undeterred she sought shelter and acknowledgment, with reporters noting the public interest in her cross country trek.
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Iont Wormehuck
Ht McCarthy
Ban Francie
Gaynor
New York
Fitebure
Wiliam A. Mages
Callie
Tne
Lightning Strikes Peddie Institute Commencement
A lightning bolt struck the Baptist Church during Peddie Institute's commencement in Hightstown New Jersey. Principal R W Swetland calmed the crowd and led orderly evacuation as the steeple burned and collapsed. Firemen from Trenton fought the blaze. no serious injuries were reported among over a thousand attendees.
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Hightstown Church
Bolt
Trikone Hightstown
N. J
Pines
Baptist Church
R. W. Swetland
W. Te Wilbur
Beheihle’s
Swetland
Mr. Swetland
Trenton
Total Fire Department
Hightstown
SEEK E. C. STOKES AT SEA FOR MOTHER'S HEALTH
Former New Jersey Governor E C Stokes sails from New York on the Amerika to attend King George's coronation in Britain as his mother lies near death. Wireless efforts by family and Mechanics National Bank try to summon him back to New York for a bedside visit. a special train may carry him to Millville if contact is made.
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Trenton
XNI
J. Jung
Stokes
New
FE York
Amerika
George
Millville
New Jersey
Mid-Ocean
Stutten
Lerm
Liners Still Tied Up as Shipping Strike Spreads
Southampton shipping strike potential spreads to other ports as threats emerge to halt International lines this week. Reports from London and Hiruswell indicate shipowners remain cautious while hopeful of an amicable settlement. Delays persist at Southampton with the St Paul and Olympican stalled, but optimism lingers for a quick resolution. Excursion fares to Colorado and mountaineer trains are advertised for readers.
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Londen
Lid
Hiruswell
Southarmapton
Fox and Jowett Clash at Presbytery in New York
The New York Presbytery met before summer recess as Dr Jowett of Fifth Avenue Church and Rev Wylie led a pacific but division exposing discussion on evangelical Christianity. Dr Fox dissented seeking delay and wider printing, marking a rare partisan split amid general accord.
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DR. Jowett
Presbytery
New York
W. P. Merrill
Chicago
Jesse BE. Forbes
Adams Memorial Church
J. McMillan
James Chambers
David G. Welle
Scotch Church
Atlantic City
Tinton Theological Seminary
New York Presbytery
General Assembly
Wyle
John Henry Jowett
Fifth Avenue
John Fox
American Bible Secrety
Jowett
Union Seminary
Wylie
Presbyterian Church
Alcohurches
Pressterian
New Yorke
H. Jowett
Morgan acquires Gower collection of Marie Antoinette relics
London reports Pierpont Morgan has purchased the Lord Ronald Gower collection. It includes portraits, documents and personal relics connected to Marie Antoinette, along with medals and miniatures. The acquisition highlights a complete assemblage from the Gower archive.
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London
Pierpont Morgan
Ronald Gower
Duke of Sutherland
Marie Antoin
Gainsborough Portraits Bought by Frick for New York Home
Pittsburg June 12 Henry Clay Frick has purchased a full length Gainsborough portrait of Anne Duncombe later Countess of Radnor and a life size Romnexa portrait of Lady Mites for his Fifth Avenue residence. The works, considered among the era’s finest, were acquired through Duveen for a reported 100 000 dollars. Only one prior sale exceeded that price.
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Anne Duncombe
Radnor
Thomas Gainsborough
Romnex
Lady Mites
Henry Clay Frick
New York
Fifth Avenue
United States
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Frick
Messra Duveen
Swindlers Swirl Around $30,000 Wire-Tapping Scam
James Morton of West 185th Street and an associate faced grand larceny charges after a Camden contractor testified in court that a wire tapping scheme aimed to defraud him of 27,000. A witness from Connett Bluffs named Thomas W. Ballew said Morton and others swindled him out of 80,000 in October 1908. Morton was returned to a cell on the charge as more details emerged.
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James Morton
Nona
185Th Street
McAdoo
Charles W. McDonald
Camden
N. J
Thomas W. Ballew
Connett Bluffs
Morton
Ballew
Professor's Wife Death by Own Action After 25 Years Away
Chicago report details the coroner's verdict that Mattie Ro Minard died by self harm while her husband Charles Minard, principal of a public school, was away on business. Neighbors found her at home with the night still burning, the first time in 25 years he stayed away.
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Chicago
Carbane
Mattie Ro Min~a
Charles Wo Minard
Chi
Minard
Mob Scours Jersey Woods After Attack on Teen in Community
A mob roams the Jersey woods in heavy rain seeking the assailant who attacked Visio Denater, fifteen, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. August Dangler. News of the assault triggers a townwide search as hundreds join the hunt. a suspect was briefly arrested but released after presenting an alibi.
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Ned
Dune
Sho
Visio Denater
Mra
August Dangler
Hillside Avenue
Hele Dobelt
Great Storm Cuts Off South and West From Baltimore Wires
A massive electrical storm hit Baltimore at 6:20 pm causing widespread telegraph and telephone outages. Wires to Philadelphia and beyond failed, delaying news and baseball scores from Washington to New York. Rail lines and train dispatching were disrupted, and officials warned repairs would take days as storms swept west and south.
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Telegraph
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Western Union
Postal Telegraph Companies
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Baltimore
Washington
National Capital
Postal Telegraph Company
Western Union Company
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Albany
New England
Poughkerpsie
New York Central Railroad
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Syracuse
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Pennsylvania Railroad
Mr. Taft
Willis L. Moore
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Te Tth
Hhio
Richmond
Atlanta
Cincinnati
Chicago
New Philadledewt York
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