Nelson Freed by Court Order in Contempt Case
Jefferson City Mo June 2 The Missouri supreme court discharged William R Nelson owner and editor of the Kansasity Star from contempt of the Jackson county circuit court The decision was unanimous Nelson had been found guilty and sentenced to one day in jail Feb 1 by Circuit Judge Guthrie over a publication claiming he refused to dismiss a divorce suit until attorneys fees were paid The advance opinion says the article was contemptuous but he was discharged because the judge prepared the opinion the night before the contempt trial
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Jefferson City
Missouri Supreme Court Today
William R. Nelson
Kansasity Star
Jackson County
Supreme Court
Nelson
Guthrie
Kansas City Court of Appeals
The
Star
Alfred Austin Dies British Poet Laureate at 77
London reports Alfred Austin, British poet laureate since 1896, has died at his Ashford Kent home aged 77 after a long illness. He was also a barrister, critic, novelist, war correspondent and political writer who never practiced law. He covered the Franco Prussian War and befriended figures like Roosevelt and Mark Twain.
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London
Alfred Austin
Jaureate
Rome
England
Roosevelt
Mark Twain
Whitelaw Reid
Ashford
Kent
Prosecution Employs Chauffeur Witness in Dynamite Case
In Boston on June 2 a chauffeur testified that he drove a passenger resembling Fred Atteaux from the athletic rooms to William Wood's home in Boston and then to the corner of Washington and Franklin streets the night of Jan 29 1912 the dynamite planting date. Earlier testimony showed Atteaux paid John Breen 500 for plant expenses and Breen handed him the money on the sidewalk.
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Boston
Mass
Fred Atteaux
William Wood
American Woolen Company
Washington and
Franklin Streets
Lawrence
Atteaux
Boston Athletic Association
Heinze wins verdict in bank loan suit
New York dated June 2 F Augustus Heinze won a suit against him by the state superintendent of banks to recover 300 000 on loans from the defunct Union Bank of Brooklyn A jury awarded Heinze 48 825 in settlement He also claimed losses because the bank did not follow orders to sell collateral securing his notes English ships collide off Isle of Wight Irresistible and Prince of Wales clash bows damaged no serious damage reported
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New York
F. Augustus Heinze
State Superintendent of Banks
Union Bank of Brooklyn
Heinze
Supreme Court
Portsmouth
Irresistible
Prince of Wales
Isle of Wight
Cooke to Become Chief of Court
Springfield Illinois June 2 Judge George A Cooke of Aledo will become chief justice of the supreme court tomorrow succeeding Judge Frank K Dunn of Charleston He is the youngest jurist to attain this dignity and is stepping into the role after the death of Judge Quy Scott If Scott had lived it would have been his turn to preside
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Supreme Court
George A. Cooke
Aledo
Frank K. Dunn
Charleston
Cooke
Quy Scott
Scott
Auto Hit by Car Claims Two Elderly Women
In River Forest near Thatcher avenues a Lake street car struck an automobile carrying four, killing two elderly women after they visited Concordia cemetery. The victims were Mrs. Mattle Blaurock, 69, and Mrs. Johanna Schalk, 77, of Chicago addresses. The two men in the car escaped unharmed.
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Chicago
Ill
Concordia Cemetery
Lake Street
Thatcher Avens
River Forest
Mattle Blaurock
West Division Street
Johanna Schalk
Potomac Avenue
Weather Forecast for Rock Island Area
Increasing cloudiness with probable showers tonight and Tuesday. Moderate winds tomorrow. 7 am temperature 60. Highest 83 yesterday, lowest 57 last night. Wind 8 mph. Humidity 74 at 7 am, 47 at 7 pm. No precipitation. Mercury appears as an evening star. Venus Saturn Mars Jupiter and Mercury in superior conjunction near 3 pm.
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Rock Island
Davenport
Moline
J. M. Sherier
Mercury
Venus
Saturn
Mars
Jupiter
Train crash near Elk River leaves four dead
Four persons die and two injured when a Northern Pacific passenger train collides with an automobile at a crossing near Elk River Minnesota. Victims include J L Dawson, his wife, and their eight year old son Francis Dawson. The injured are Mrs C C Dawson and their young son. The party was traveling from Kalona Iowa to Clear Lake Minnesota.
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Elk River
Minn
Northern Pacific
J. L. Dawson
Francis Dawson
Lawsons
C. C. Dawson
Kalona
Iowa
Clear Lake Minn
Kleeman bill hearing to be held next Friday night
Springfield reports Governor Dunne will hold a public hearing next Friday night on the Kleeman bill creating an inner harbor in Lake Calumet. Advocates and opponents are invited to be heard as the measure sits with the governor before action. Former Governor Deneen vetoed similar harbor legislation two years ago.
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Springfield
Ill
Dunne
Kleeman
Lake Calumet
Deneen
McCormick
Boston shops stoned during March strike parade
Boston reports say a laborers strike parade in the North End led to shops being stoned and windows broken. Police faced attacks as strikers were arrested. nine arrested in the unrest. Also noted: General Leake of Chicago died, and Ossining reports Gregori Pattini executed in the electric chair for a 1910 murder.
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Boston
Mass
North End
Ossining
N. Y
Gregori Pattini
New City Scheme Presented to King Victor Emmanuel
Rome June 2 Hendrik Christian Anderson a Norwegian American sculptor presented to King Victor Emmanuel the results of nine years work on a plan for a world center for international interests. The king showed interest as a site proposed for the city would house about 1,000,000 inhabitants. Tripoli and America were mentioned and cooperation with Secretary Bryan's peace propaganda was suggested.
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Rome
Hendrik Christian Anderson
Newport
R. L
Victor Emmanuel
Tripoli
America
Bryan
Glass for Head Bank Committee
Washington, June 2. Selections of Democrats for the Ways and Means majority were presented for caucus ratification on the banking and currency committee. The administration seeks Glass of Virginia as chairman and four other returning members, with Shackelford of Missouri heading Roads, Hughes of Georgia Education, Hobson remaining on Naval Affairs, and Lewis of Maryland succeeding Wilson as chairman of Labor. Maher of New York becomes ranking member and heads the new Labor department expenditures panel.
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Washington, D. C
Ways and Means
House
Representative Glass
Virginia
Verney Diana
Brown
West Viginia
Ikley
Ohio
Nely
Shackelford
Misso
Committee On
Hughes
Georgia
Hobson
Naval Affairs
Lewis
Maryland
Wilson
Maher
New York
Department of Labor
Italy Concedes More Territory In Balkan Peace Moves
Rome reports a major step toward peace as Italy cedes Epirus coast between Kalamas and Patolia to Greece and France backs Albania’s southern frontier from Cape Stylos to Goritsa. Aimed at clarifying Albania's borders, the move concludes a tough frontier issue amid Balkan diplomacy.
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Rome
Balkans
Italy
Greece
Epirus
Kalamas
Bay of Patolia
France
Athens
Albania
Cape Stylos
Goritsa
Saloniki
Bulgaria
Eleuthria
Sofia
Servia
Montenegro
Tzaribrod
Senators Testify No Improper Lobbying In Tariff Hearing
Washington officials report first senators testifying in the tariff lobby probe say no improper influences, no money, and no self-initiated pressure. They admit talks with manufacturers and protests but call such contact legitimate. questions limited to 15 minutes per senator, with sessions till 11 p.m. Ashurst and Bacon describe calls from various interests and define lobbyists as those who buttonhole lawmakers to push votes while stressing no misconduct detected.
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Washington, D. C
Senate
Washington
Overman
Reed
Whites House
Bacon
Ashurst
William Reitner
California
Simmons
Finance Committee
McClure
Tomlinson
Three Drowned in Lake Geneva Tragedy At Start Of Year
Miss Emma Olson her brother Eric Olson and Charles Strand of Chicago drowned when their boat capsized in rough water on Lake Geneva as Miss Helen Rohrs clung to an oar and was rescued. Bodies recovered two hours later in twenty feet of water. An inquest was planned and the incident marks Lake Geneva's first drowning of the year.
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Lake Geneva
Wis
Emma Olson
Eric Olson
Charles Strand
Chicago
Helen Robin
R. D. Patton
Miss Olson
Miss Rohrs
Oakleigh Sanitarium
Eric
Hotel Dennison
Olson
Strand
Stratton
Stambaugh
Mich
Rock River
Stanley Storey
Storey
Senatorial Testimony on Lobbying and Tariff Influences
In Chicago June 2 the Detroit and Chicago clubs reportedly plan a trade involving Ty Cobb and Hal Chase, with Chase coming from New York. Senators in Washington testified that they saw no improper lobbying or money use related to the Payne Aldrich tariff bill, with several witnesses stating they did not consider those who consulted industry advocates as lobbyists.
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Ashart
Congress
Ashurst
McMurray
Bacon
Georgia
Gas Company and Electric Company
Washington
Free Sugar
Bankhead
Borah
Bradley
Sid Darling
Little Rock
Ark
Brandagee
Brady
Saltmanufacturer
Bristow
Chicago
The
Evening Post
American League
Detroit
Ty Cobb
Hal Chase
Chase
New York
Wages Probe Set by Illinois Senate Welfare Commission
Chicago June 2 Educators business leaders and corporate heads will testify at the Hotel LaSalle over two days to present wages data for men and discuss male earnings relation to women's welfare. The session broadens prior hearings to include economic factors tied to vice and family welfare.
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Chicago
Illinois Senate Welfare Commission
Hotel LaSalle
Harry Pratt Judson
University of Chicago
A. W. Harris
Northwestern University
Edmund L. James
University of Illinois
Ella Flagg Young
Graham Taylor
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Brys
Vik
Kleeman Bill
Kearney
Neb
William Higgins
St. Louis
Fred Wittemore, Jr
Yale University
Whittemore
Yale
Til
Charles Brown
Leake
Joseph Leake
Head Bank Committee
Frisco
Hinebaugh
Illinois Today
Interstate Commerce Commission
St Louis & San Francisco Railroad
Paris
Judiciary Committee
Helen Rohrs
Cobb
Graham
Terre Haute
Danville
Bert Gi
ThreeEye
Coppas
Elgin
Henry Coppas
Manny Sleep
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