Taft lands and reform bills advance in Senate
The Senate passed a land withdrawal bill enabling the President to hold land pending Congress action. An amendment authorized $30 million in reclamation bonds. The measure, part of Taft’s program, heads to conference while the statehood bill remains unfinished business. Debate touched Alaska coal land leasing and the Bev eridge amendment with sharp partisan lines.
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Washington
Taft
Senate
United States
Congress
House
Elkins
Intermountain States
Conference Committee
Newlands
Commerce Court
Interstate Commerce Commission
Carter
Postal Savings Bank
Burton
Gallinger
Kean
Elveridge
Alaska
Perah
Clark
Wyoming
Nelson
Beveridge
BIDS FOR PANAMA LOCKS
Washington June 18 One of the era defining Panama Canal features the locks at three points Gatun Pedro Miguel and Mirafiores The locks will stand feet high and six feet wide and require about sixty thousand tons of steel Bids opened by the Isthmian Canal Commission the McClintic Marshall Construction Company of Pittsburg submitted the lowest bid at 5 274 474 Other bids included United States Steel Products Exports Company 6 100 000 and 4 20 9 Maryland Steel Company 8 409 365 and Riter Connie Manufacturing Company Pittsburg 10 163 257
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Washington
Panama Cana
Gatun
Pedro Miguel
Mirafiores
Isthmian Canal Commission
McClintic-Marshall Construction Company
Pittsburg
United States Steel Products Exports Company
Maryland Steel Company
Riter-Conney Manufacturing Company
Rule adopts bill barring cotton futures trading
Washington June 15 The Rules Committee adopted a special rule for House consideration of the Scott bill prohibiting cotton futures dealings. The rule allows one hour of general debate and three hours for bill debate and could be reported to the House tomorrow. Bennet may offer an amendment broadening the ban to stocks bonds wheat grain and provisions aimed at major exchanges in New York and Chicago.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
House
Rules Committee
Bennet
New York
Chicago
Bond and Mortgage Guarantee Company First Policy Issued
Eighteen years ago this week the Bond and Mortgage Guarantee Company issued the nation’s first policy guaranteeing mortgage payments. The company’s success confirms the soundness of its business model and the value investors place on its guarantee’s protection.
Passage of railroad bill signals federal control advance
The Tribune notes the railroad bill as a major step in expanding federal control over rail and related carriers. It explains new powers for the Interstate Commerce Commission, creation of a commerce court, and shifting burden of proof toward railroads, predicting broad legislative impact and political gains for Taft. It also covers postal savings bank prospects and comments on Grand Army parade plans.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Congress
Wall Street
Interstate Commerce Commission
Commission
Roosevelt
Taft
William H. Taft
Postal Savings Bank
Republican Party
Uncle Sam
United States Treasury
Black Handa
Federal Savings Bank
Insurgents Plan Fight Over House Rules Change
Washington June 15 Insurgents held a brief meeting in Lenroots room and elected Rep Haugen as conference chairman. They adjourned to meet again to discuss a resolution amending House rules to be called up next Tuesday. Proposals include the Fish plan to discharge committees from bill consideration and Clark’s amendment on electing a committee on committees. Some favor deposing Speaker Cannon, though sentiment this afternoon seemed against it.
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Ue Bureau
Washington
House
Lenroot
Haugen
Iowa
Tomorow
Champ Clark
Cannon
Fines May Be Millions In Elkins Law Case
Philadelphia and Reading Railway, Lehigh Valley Railroad, and Bethlehem Steel found guilty in U S District Court of violating the Elkins law by granting and taking illegal rebates. Sentencing set for tomorrow. Government alleged demurrage charges of 55 thousand dollars against Bethlehem Steel, canceled by the railroads. Maximum total fines could reach 7.84 million dollars across 159 155 and 5 counts respectively.
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Philadelphia & Reading Railway Company
Lehigh Valley Railroad Company
Bethlehem Steel Company
United States District
Elkins
South Bethlehem
Holland
Office
Interstate Commerce Commission
Washington
Lehigh Valley Railroad
Olmsted bill passed for Porto Rico civil government
The House approved the Olmsted bill establishing a civil government in Porto Rico and granting citizenship to island inhabitants after six hours of debate. No record vote was kept, though some Democrats opposed the measure.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
House
Porto Rico
Delay For Russian Jews Expulsions Slow in Kiev
Kiev authorities ordered to delay expulsions of Jews and avoid fixed deadlines. One hundred five individuals were expelled today, with fifty-one given time to leave and fifty-four receiving passports to destinations. The case of a Kyiv widow, Gerstein, seeking her children highlights the new law’s impact on baptisms and adoptions. In St Petersburg, the senate froze expulsions of Jewish children in Moscow pending a legal interpretation, noting privilege differences for professional women.
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Odessa
Foundling
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Acquittal in Paris trial exposes Russian police methods
Pole Michael Vitkoff alias Michael Rips, who tried to kill Colonel von Kotten to reveal police tactics, is acquitted in Paris. Socialist leaders testified for him. Vitkoff fired five shots but none hit. In Bosnia, Governor General Vares narrowly escapes assassination. attacker commits suicide after failing.
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Michael Vitkoff
Michael Rips
von Kotten
Nolice
Moscow
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Chamber of Deputies
M. de Pressensé
Vitkoff
Colonel von Kotten
Secret
Russia
Sarajevo
Bosnia
Varesanin de Vares
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Karajic
Moody to retire from Supreme Court with full pay
Washington reports Justice William H. Moody plans to retire before year end and a Senate confirmation of a successor is anticipated when Congress reconvenes in December. Bills for full pay retirement were introduced in both chambers, with optimism for swift passage to keep the court whole amid pending major cases. Moody has suffered persistent rheumatic illness and will step down after months of incapacity.
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Washington
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Taft
Congress
Moody
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House
Representative Gilbett
Senate Committee On the Judiciary
Lodge
Gillett
Friends of the Justice
Supreme Court
Judge Moore Wins at International Horse Show in London
Judge Moore of New York secured multiple top prizes at the International Horse Show in London on June 15. His teams Lord Seaton and Lady Seaton won first in the harness pairs class, and Pays captured first in the Loudwater gold cup four-in-hands driven by a lady. The team also tied for first with Wallenstein and Robin Hood in harness pairs over sixteen hands, and took second in the tandems class. Miss Lulu Long of Kansas City won first in the single light harness horses class with The King.
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London
Judge Moore
New York
Victoria
Lord Seaton
Lady Seaton
Moore
Pays
Wallenstein
Robin Hood
Regency Bill Introduced In Royal Regent Plan
London June 15 The Premier Mr Asquith introduced in the House of Commons a bill appointing Queen Mary as regent should King George die during the minority of the Duke of Cornwall Viscount Wolverhampton resigns as Lord President of the Council citing ill health but opposed Lloyd George budget He is eighty and has held the post since 1908.
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London
Asquith
House of Commons
Queen Mary
King George
Duke of Cornwall
Viscount Wolverhampton
Lloyd-George
Trials of an Aviator From Topeka to Kansas City
Aviator J C Mars abandons a Topeka to Kansas City flight after a day of misfortunes. He flies in a Curtiss biplane Skylark from Topeka at 5 14 am, encounters treacherous air currents, damages occur near Grantville and Newman, repairs follow, and he ends the day in Midland and Bismarck. He resumes later, but exhaustion forces him to stop at Bismarck for the night. Mars seeks a prize of 000 dollars.
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Here
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Dead man found on locomotive pilot near Akron
The body of Charles M. Webb a farmer from Clinton was found seated on a locomotive pilot near Akron on June 15. He held a sack of flour and is believed struck by a passing engine while walking along the track.
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Ohio
Charles M. Webb
Clinton
Spa
Move Against A L Steel Ties in Trade Stop Move
Washington June 15 The Judiciary Committee orders a favorable report on a resolution by Rep Stanley Kentucky asking the Attorney General for all information on a possible unlawful conspiracy in restraint of trade among United States Steel and allied companies The plan aims to reveal whether a trust raised prices and reduced wages and whether coal railroads banks and insurers conspired with US Steel The World Missionary Conference in Edinburgh opens with Mott presenting a report urging vast expansion of missionaries and focus on China Islam in Africa and the Jewish people as central to evangelization, urging church awakening.
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Judiciary Committee of
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Department of Justice
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National Tube Company
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World Missionary Conference
John R. Mott
New York
Commission
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Equatorial
Africa
India
Turkey
Persia
Christendom
Church of Christ
Jesus Christ
Missionary Statistics and World Reach in Christian Work
A statistical atlas presents two years of research on missionary labor. It reports 33 percent maintaining missions in the field, totals of funds raised, and counts of doctors, ordained natives, and mission workers. Global membership nears 1.93 million communicants with 3.0 million baptized Christians and over 5.2 million native adherents.
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Sion
Eon
New anti trust suit filed against Southern Wholesale Grocers
The Department of Justice under the Sherman act began a suit in Birmingham against the Southern Wholesale Grocers Association its officers and members alleging a restraint of trade and seeking dissolution. Oliver D Street U S Attorney for the Northern District of Alabama will push for a speedy trial. The case cites higher prices and reduced competition for staples like coffee sugar cereals and soap across multiple southern states and the District of Columbia. A separate action on the Atlanta Coal and Ice Company was referred to the Judiciary Committee after Rep Clark Florida introduced a resolution.
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Department of Justice
Oliver D. Street
United States
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Birmingham
Southern Wholesale Grocers’ Association
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Florida
Georgia
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Maryland
Mississippi
North Carolina
Oklahoma
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Tennessee
Texas
Virginia
District of Columbia
Atlanta Coal and Ice Company
Clark
Judiciary Committee
Forest reserve bill moves after Rules vote in House
Washington reports that Representative Weeks won a special Rules Committee rule for a four hour debate on the Appalachian and White Mountain forest reserve bill. The plan seals $2000 for forest preservation in fire controlled states, enables interstate forest and water agreements, and funds 1911 2 million yearly purchases through 1916 with a War Interior Agriculture cabinet plus lawmakers commission to review lands and report.
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Washington
Weeks
Rules Committee
Secretary of Agriculture
Congress
Secretary of War
Secretary of the Interior
Hill denies Great Northern retrenchment layoff claim
St Paul June 15 President L W Hill of the Great Northern Railway Company flatly denied a report that the company started retrenchment by laying off construction workers. He questioned if other railroads were laying off and remarked Wall Street saves a dollar while noting the Great Northern remains a St Paul institution.
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L. W. Hill
Great Northern Railway Company
Great Northern
Northern Pacific
New York
Wall Street
Governess Confesses to Grand Larceny in Brooklyn
Jennie Weldon a 18 year old governess confessed to stealing jewelry valued at 2600 from her former employers Mr and Mrs Henry Oppenheimer of Mott and Sump side avenues Far Rockaway. Her alleged accomplice George Joseph denied involvement. They were charged with grand larceny and await a hearing at Adams Street police court. Police say the jewels were pawned and Weldon received 19.
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Wes Henry Oppenheimer
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Sweethes
George Joseph
Tosen
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