Taft rebukes officer over anti Jewish promotion bias
President Taft reprimands Colonel Garrard of Fort Myer after he endorsed a private’s promotion denial due to Jewish heritage. The case centers on Private Frank Bloom, whose prior West Point appointment was urged by Roosevelt, and Taft orders a fair examination free of prejudice.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
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United States Army
Fort Mier
Secretary of War
Taft
Washington
Frank Bloom
Third Field Artillery
Bloom
Army
Garrad
Simon Wolf
Garrard
Blooms
Joseph A. Bloom
Gerrard
Wolt
Navy
W. H. Taft
White House
Milwaukee man jailed for indecent acts with girls
A Wisconsin case reports John Curtin, a Pittsburg railway worker, sentenced to the maximum two years after pleading guilty to taking indecent libertines with five year old girls. He is thirty four years old.
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Northwestern
Milwaukee
Wis
la Crosse
Anys
John Curtin
Pittsburg
Family Trouble Murder in Cleone Indiana
In Cleone Indiana on June 5 Harry Hiatt aged seventy four killed his wife Xeltie aged twenty years after a long troubled marriage. Police report indicate a domestic dispute ended in a fatal assault at their home. Local authorities are investigating the incident and no arrests have been announced.
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Cleone
Ind
Harry Hiatt
Teventy
Hija
Xeltie
Sara F
Fourth flyer at Rome in 1300 mile air race reaches Rome
AVP reports Vidart the fourth contestant to finish the Rome Turin air race second stage arriving at Rome after landing damaged wing and propeller at Orbetello. He secured a new aeroplane and reascended at 7 26 this morning. Le Prince arrives Genoa but not registered in contest. Weather perfect but delays. Meanwhile Lt Bague’s Corsica voyage may have ended at sea. search launched.
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Vidart
Rome
Genoa
le Prince
Sia
Nice
Bague
Corsica
Corscia
Will Clerks Join Union Yey Sealed
Syracuse June 5 The future of the National Association of Railway Mail Clerks hinges on the convention opening here tomorrow The key issue is affiliation with the American Federation of Labor Syracuse divisions have joined the AFL James T Canfield opposes affiliation Urban O Walter of Denver supports it The ladies auxiliary of the order meets tomorrow.
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Syracuse
N. J
National Association of Railway Mail Clerks
American Federation of Labor
James T. Canfield
Deneen weighs special session to fix bill voided
Springfield June 5 Governor Deneen signed an info authorizing appellate court judges to appoint three assistants but found the omnibus bill lacks an appropriation to pay them. Without funding the bill is void. He considers calling a special session to correct the oversight, potentially issuing the call today or tomorrow for a meeting likely on Wednesday June.
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Springfield
Oshkosh Lady to Wed
Chicago, June 5. The impending marriage here of Daniel J Morrissey of Neenah to Mary Hickey of Oshkosh is indicated by the issuance of a marriage license today. The directory lists May Hickey as a saleslady at Steymann Co living at 99 Merritt Street. Miles Hickey is reportedly to wed soon and had left the city for Appleton.
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Chicago
Danial J. Morrissey
Neenah
Mary Hickey
Oshkosh
May Hickey
Steymann Company
Merritt Street
Miles Hickey
Appleton
Piano Dealers Elect New Officers at National Convention
At the tenth annual convention of the National Association of Piano Dealers of America in Chicago the officers were elected. President K. O. Foster of Minneapolis. first vice president Otis Bigelow of Chicago. second vice president O. A. Field of St. Louis. secretary C. R. Putman of Boston. treasurer D. E. Wooley of Philadelphia. executive board members J. F. Bowers of Chicago, J. A. Coffin of New York, Edmund Gram of Milwaukee, and Burton S. Miller of Boston.
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New York
Edmund Gram
Milwaukee
Burton 5. Miller
Boston
St Louis firm placed under receiver in major Lewis holdings case
Judge Dyer appointed a receiver for the University Heights Realty and Development Company, part of the E G Lewis corporations, with the Magazine Publishers' organization committee named to oversee the Lewis properties. The receivership will not affect the ongoing reorganization plan valued at several million dollars.
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St. Louis
Dyer
United States Circuit Court Today
University Heights Realty and Development Company
E. G. Lewis
Magazine Publishers’ Organization Committee
Lewis Properties
Mexican Governor Shot in Sonora Rumor Confirmed
A Sonora railway official reports that Governor Redo of Sinaloa and the federal troops commander in Culiacan were executed at sunset yesterday after a rumor spread of his death. The claim, previously premature, is now affirmed by a late arriving observer.
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Associated Press
Sonora
Nogales
Mexico
Redo
Binaloa
Culiacan
Suntiec
Five Months for Attorney in Bancroft Bond Case
New York June 6 Daniel O Reilly a lawyer convicted of receiving stolen bonds in the Bancroft case was sentenced by Judge Davis in the criminal branch to five months in jail and a fine.
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Associated Press
New York
Daniel O'Reilly
Jain
Wen Y Wan
Davis
Avenue Pea
Evans Pleads Guilty in Stark County Bribery Case
Canton representative Owen J Evans pleaded guilty to taking a $100 bribe from Akron loan agent L Miller in connection with a loan regulation bill. Judge Kinkead fined him $300, and the grand jury indicted him on related graft charges as part of a wide bribery scandal sweeping the Ohio legislature. Evans faces disqualification from holding office under state law.
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Columbus
Owen J Evans
Canton
Stark County
Kinkead
Criminal Court
L. ©. Miller
Akron
Evans
Franklin County
Grand Jury
Turner
Hogan
Kinkhead
House
Nye
Pike County
Crawford
J. W. Weiss
Sharer Bight
Evang
Ohio
Southwest Swelters Across the Plains Heat Reaches New Highs
Associated Press reports a scorching June day as the Southwest swelters with no rain in sight. By midmorning temperatures hit 91 at the Kansas City weather bureau, while Omaha Sioux City and Lincoln report 90, St Joseph 88, Topeka 91, and Wichita 88 as heat peaks across the region.
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Associated Press
Kansas City
Omaha
Sioux City
Lincoln
Joseph
Topeka
Kan
Wichita
Two Negroes Captured After Train Shooting in Tayloe
Selma Alabama June 5 Perry county officers tracking men who fired on a passenger train and killed Flagman Clifford Foxhall of the Southern Railway at Tayloe last night captured Joe and Phillip Travis early today. Joe is charged with the actual shooting when Foxhall ordered him from the platform.
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Associated Press
Selma
Ala
Perry County
Clifford Foxhall
Southern Railway
Tayloe
Joe
Phillip Travis
Foxhall
William II Accepts Bartholdt as U S Representative
American Ambassador Hill cables Taft that Emperor William regards Representative Richard Bartholdt of Missouri as a most acceptable envoy for the transfer ceremony in Berlin of the replica statue to Baron Von Steuben recently unveiled in the German capital.
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Washington, D. C
Hill
Berlin
Taft
William
Richard Bartholdt
Missouri
United States
Germany
Baron von Steuben
Train Kills Beloit Farm Hand in Fatal Wisconsin Accident
N E Lewison aged sixty six employed as a farm hand five miles north of Beloit was instantly killed when struck by a Northwestern train Saturday night. His body was taken to Janesville and identified this morning after the Journal’s Beloit report.
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Beloit
N. E. Lewison
Janesville
Steel prospects bright in Pittsburgh as furnaces reopen
A number of Carnegie Steel Company and Jones & Laughlin Steel Company furnaces, idle for months, were put into operation today. A large force of men were again employed. Prospects in the steel trade here are said to be better than for months.
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bumLeEd Press
Pittsburg
Carnegie Steel Company
Jones & Laughlin Steel Company
Woman Conducts Service at International Missionary Conference
Clifton Springs N Y June 5 The devotional services at today's session opening were conducted by Mrs A L Shapugh of China. Addresses were given by Rev G C Lene Inguon Rev C M Griffith Rev F A Ketter M D and Rev M A Ledesma, ves Well 4.
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Clifton Bprings
International Missionary Conference
Mra. A. L. Shapugh
China
G. C
Lene Inguon
C. M. Griffith
F. A. Ketter
M A. Ledesma
Ves Weill
Three Dead in Michigan Storms Fatal Electrical Display
Detroit reports a deadly electrical storm causing at least three deaths. Bryant Smith, 79, of Wyandotte, and Arthur Bushey died from gripping downed wires in the street. J H Powell, 60, killed by lightning near Montrose. Winds hit 60 mph in Detroit and 90 mph statewide, with heavy damage to telegraph lines near Ipsilanti and widespread damage elsewhere.
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Detroit
Mich
Michigan
Bryant Smith
Wyandotte
Arthur Bushey
J. HY. Powell
Montrose
Flint
Telestone
Ipsilanti
Lorimer Affair Sparks Senate Privileges Debate at Capitol
The Senate privileges and elections committee formed a special eight member panel split evenly between Democrats and Republicans to probe Lorimer charges. Knox received a subpoena over unaccounted funds connected to a portrait purchase. The body moved to grant the subcommittee full powers and begin work imminently.
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Washington, D. C
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Vermont
Robert J. Gamble
South Dakota
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Washington
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Florida
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Alabama
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Indiana
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Tennessee
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Taft
Elgin Butter Market Report Diffuse and Faint Text
The fragment notes a June item from Elgin Illinois about butter markets, but the readable text is limited. It mentions Associated Press and a market report, yet specific figures, dates, and details are missing.
Cashier Bren Free After Quick Court Appearance
Joseph D. Bren, treasurer and accountant at the University of Minnesota, faced a Minneapolis police court arraignment on grand larceny charges. He waived examination and was bound over to the grand jury on $3800 bonds after a prearranged plan. Bren left liberty within ten minutes of his arrival, following his Friday arrest for alleging highwaymen robbed him of $14,000 on campus grounds.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Joseph D. Bren
University of Minnesota
Onda
Bren
Nberty
University Brounda
Growth in Members at Christian Science Mother Church Meeting
Boston officials were elected at the annual Christian Science Mother Church business meeting held today. Judge Cuttard P. Smith was named president with John C. Lathrop as first reader and Miss Grace Collins as second reader. Stephen Ahase became treasurer and John V. Dittemore was chosen clerk as the organization reported significant membership growth.
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Associated Press
Boston
Mass
Christian Scienca Mother Church
Judge Cuttard P. Smith
John C. Lathrop
New York
Miss Grace
Collins
Stephen Ahase
Fall River
John V. Dittemore
Big battle on border forces clash near Mills division
From League City on June 6 heavy rifle fire echoed for miles as two divisions under Gen. A. T. Mills and Col. John V. White clashed in a sham battle. Ambulatory trips suggested heavy casualties but no clear winning side could be determined.
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Frresay League City
Pex
A. T. Mills
Millis
Reda
John V. White
Big Strike at Vancouver Paralyzes City Services
Four thousand building trades workers in Vancouver walk out on June 5. Telegraph and telephone linemen also strike, halting services. Wires to street railway lines are cut in suburbs but repaired quickly.
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Associated Press
Vancouver
B.C
Boy Fatally Wounded in Family Baseball Row
In Chicago in June an eight year old boy, John Leyden, was shot and possibly fatally wounded by his eleven year old brother Joseph during a dispute at a home baseball game. Joseph says he did not know the gun was loaded and sought only to frighten his brother.
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Associated Press
Chicago
John Leyden
Joseph
Cincinnati Trust in Griffith As Club Vows Upgrades
The Cincinnati ball club directors expressed full confidence in Manager Griffith and the team's strength. They voted to spend money on any available players who might lend assistance to the club.
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Cincinnati, O
Cincinnati Ball Club Today
Griffith
Open switch collision wrecks Peoria train
A switch error in the yards of the Chicago Moelk Island & Paclic caused a head on collision with inbound train No. 17. The engine and two local engines were demolished, several engineers injured or killed, and passengers shaken but largely unhurt. Other incidents include a Long Island train derailment near Bridge Hampton Junction injuring five. A Tennessee Central Lebanon accommodation train crashed into a switch engine near Nashville, with multiple injuries.
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Senger
Chicago
Moelk Island & Paclic
Stobert Atkinson
Robert Atkinson
Edmond Monroe
Willam Oeyieke
Fred Mills
Bax Llarbor
Tridge Hampton Junction
Nasiville
Nashvill
Tenn
Lebanon
Tennessee Centrail Railway
Nashville
Body Found in Chicago Linked to Danville Man
Chicago police found what is believed to be the body of W C O'Tolle of Danville near Van Duren Street Pier. A man reported missing after being seen asleep on the pier was located, with two cards on his clothing bearing the names W C O'Tolle Danville and Charles D'olle 1195 Wohl Street San Francisco. No signs of foul play noted at this time.
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Bull campaign in cotton stirs market rumors in New York
The appearance of W D P Brown, a noted New Orleans bull leader, at the New York cotton exchange sparked talk he may lead an end season bull campaign. Brown refused to discuss plans but voiced confidence that old crop cotton would bring higher prices, noting past August levels near twenty cents per pound.
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New York
W. DP. Brown
New Orleans
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Brown
Berry crop looks big in Washburn district
Washburn Wisconsin June 5 indications point to a bumper crop of strawberries and blueberries with other fruits in the Washburn district. The season has been ideal and fruits have not ripened too fast. Rain last week aided growth and the fruits are in fine condition. a special refrigerator service will carry fruit to market.
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Drowned youth at La Crosse on pier mishap
Daly News special from La Crosse reports William Hagenbarth aged eighteen, son of Fred Hagenbarth, a wealthy farmer, wandered from the pier and drowned in twelve feet of water at Running Slough. Herbert Ganteck seized the boy by the hair to save himself. the body was recovered seven hours later. The youth could not swim.
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la Crosse
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Fred Hagenbarth
Thi County
Herbert Ganteck
Hagenbarth
Grand jury convenes in lumber trust probe
Chicago investigators begin criminal inquiry into a lumber trust with a special grand jury impaneled by Judge K. M. Cuundi. Evidence implicates leaders in the lumber industry and examines a scheme to bar Chicago mail order houses from buying directly from manufacturers. Washington reports: President Taft pledges to share trust information with the sugar committee.
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Mem Im
Chicago
Mamuiseturer
Associated Press
United States District Court
K. M. Cuundi
Grand Jurora
Washington, D .C
Tatterday
Representative Hardwick
Georgia
Special House Committee
Sugar Trust
Executive Department
Hotel Men at Boston Open Thirty-Second Meet
Mine Hosts to the number of GOO attended the opening of the thirty-second annual convention of the Hotelmen's Mutual Benefit association in Boston Mass. Governors Foss and other leaders will greet hotel proprietors managers and gleit fruiieh. The week features luncheons bouquets automobile rides a trip to a New Hampshire farm a Duke barber excursion and a New England dinner and concert. The association represents hotel men of the United States and Canada.
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Associated Press
Boston
Mass
Ilotelmen’s Mutual Benefit Association
Foss
New Hampshire
United States
Canada
Woman Mayor Presides Over Hunnewell Council
Mrs Ella Wilson the Hunnewell mayor will chair a regular council meeting tonight after months of councilmen refusing to cooperate. The dispute followed her election and the council has lagged in city business. She backs the dry policy and says she will enforce the laws.
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Junnewell
Kan
Ella Wilson
Hunnewell
Springfield OKs commission form of government act
Judge Creighton ruled the commission form of government act constitutional in Sangamon county circuit court. The case involved the city of Springfield commissioners and county treasurer Edmonds over the city funds, which Edmonds refused to turn over to appointed city treasurer William Howe. The decision is to be appealed to the state supreme court.
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Apy Associated Press
Springfield
Creighton
Sangamon County
Illnois
Charles Edmonds Jr
William Howe
Supreme Court
Edmonds
Portland Mayor Candidates Clash In Municipal Vote
Portland voters choose a full slate of officers with a mayoral race at center. Republican nominee A C Rushlight leads the ticket after a bitter campaign, while supporters of rivals back Independent Republican Joseph Simon. Opponents include Democrat General H Thorn, Socialist Charles H Otten, and Prohibitionist J Allen Harneon.
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Portland
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A.C. Rushlight
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Joseph Simon
Ruehlight
Simon
Gen. H.thorns
Charles H. Otten
J. Allen Harneon
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