Heike Guilty in Sugar Fraud Case Sentencing Pending
Charles R. Heike secretary of the American Sugar Refining Co. was convicted on one count of conspiring to defraud customs on sugar. Ernest W. Gerbracht former Williamsburg refinery superintendent was convicted on all six counts. Sentences may reach two years for Heike and 12 years for Gerbracht with fines up to 10000.
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New York
Charles R. Heike
American Sugar Refining Company
Ernest W. Gerbrachta
The
Sugar Trust
Willamsburg
Ernest W. Gerbracht
Williamsburg
Brooklyn
James F. Sendernagel
Heike
Federal
Gerbracht
Bendernagel
Harry W. Walker
Flock
Jean M. Voelker
James F. Halligan
Checkers
Oliver Spitzer
Taft widens public lands to curb emigrant tide
Washington June 11 President Taft approved the latest step in classifying national forests and public lands boosting home stead entry to 1 182 816 acres and expanding national forests by 381 194 acres. The reclassification aims to stem emigration to the Canadian northwest.
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Washington
Taft
United States
Canadian Northwest
Costa Rica Opposes Boundary Arbitration With Panama
Costa Rica congress shows strong opposition to ratifying the Washington signed convention with Panama that would refer their boundary dispute to the chief justice of the United States. The convention may be refused as reports reach the state department from San Jose. Taft Starts Newspaper Presses in Dayton as Daily News Celebrates 102nd Anniversary.
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Costa Rica
Panama
Washington
State Department
Costa Rican Congress
United States Supreme Court
Weather Summary and Astronomical Events
The forecast calls for fair conditions tonight and Sunday with a warming trend. Temperatures 60 at 7 am, 75 max in 24 hours, 91 min in 12 hours. wind light, no precipitation, humidity 26 at 7 pm and 63 at 7 am. Mississippi stages decline from Dubuque to Muscatine. forecaster J M Sherier notes celestial events with sun sets at 7 27, moon sets 11 37 pm, moon at libration west.
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Mississippi
Dubuque
Muscatine
J.M. Sherier
Work of Day in Congress Washington June 11
Summary of Senate and House actions from June 10. Beveridge argues tariff information funding as first step toward a tariff commission. Hale counters. House votes 48 to 71 to resist Senate auto expense provisions for Speaker Cannon and Vice President Sherman. Other amendments pass. Naval bill partial conference report approved. Senate-proposed bat t ships and a 2 million dollar collier authorized for Pacific coast. Rivers and harbors conferees report approved with total 51,047,718.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
Beveridge
Paul
Indiana
Tariff Commission
Hale
HOUSE
Cannon
Sherman
Pacific
Non-Catholics Recognized in Royal Decree Demand for Equal Footing
Washington report notes the president’s demand that the railroad bill include stock and bond controls. Madrid dispatch says a royal decree amends the constitution to allow non-Catholic religious societies to display insignia for public worship and ceremonies. The republican press calls for equal footing for all religions and withdrawal of state subvention to the Catholic church. Owing to unauthorized orders ignoring the May 31 decree, the premier directs action under the 1877 law.
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Madrid
Million Loss in Seattle Blaze
Fire swept the northern waterfront in Seattle driving 500 people from their homes. About 20 acres burned as wooden structures fed the flames, with losses estimated at one million dollars amid a hurricane night.
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Seattle Blaze
Seattle
Wash
Evelyn Thaw declares poverty in dress bill suit
New York June 11 Evelyn Thaw told supplementary proceedings she is nearly penniless. She listed only furniture, modeling clay, a wardrobe and a pawned diamond engagement ring worth about 300 dollars. A blue tailor made walking suit bought two years ago led to a $100 bill and a judgment.
Reward for Murderers in Van Cleve Crime
Governor Carroll offered a $300 reward for the arrest and conviction of the murderer of James Hartley and his wife and son at Van Cleve Iowa. The surviving son was released after being held as a suspect and officers had no new lead. Mothers Hear Addresses in Denver Congress. The National Congress of Mothers heard several addresses focusing on The First Twelve Years in School Life during the afternoon session.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Carroll
James Hartley
van Cleve
Denver
Col
National Congress of Mothers
Move To Halt Sleeping Car Rebates Fail
Chicago June 11 The motion by the Pullman company and the Great Northern railroad for a preliminary injunction to prevent lowering sleeping car rates by the Interstate Commerce Commission was denied by Judges Grosseup Baker and Seaman in the United States circuit court today.
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Chicago
Pullman Company
Great Northern Railroad
Inter- State Commerce Commission
Grosseup, Baker and Seaman
United States
Meeting to Decry Graft in Illinois Legislature
A Peoria dispatch notes a meeting being called to denounce graft after grand jury disclosures from Sangamon and Cook counties and amid open hostility from the Illinois General Assembly toward progressive legislation. The report sketches a rising reform mood and calls for action by concerned citizens and officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peoria, Ill
Sangamon County
Cook County
Illinois General Assembly
Progressive Legisla
Canvass Begins for Next Congress in Washington
Scheduled final adjournment set for Tuesday night. Little talk of candidate dates for offices but Washington DC has started an active canvass for the next Congress.
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Washington, D. C
Congress
Welcome Messages Reach Roosevelt on Kaiserin Victoria
On the steamer Kaiserin Auguste Victoria Roosevelt dictated manuscripts this morning and received wireless farewell messages from England and welcome greetings from friends in the United States.
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Crookhaven
Ireland
Roosevelt
England
United States
Opposition Blocks Action On Rail and Stock Bill At White House
At a White House conference provincial governors urged immediate addition of a compliance paragraph under threat of dissolution. Opposition blocked action as all but one Democrat opposed interstate commerce commission supervision. Rumors say the railroad bill from the conference will set a 19 month suspension of alleged unreasonable rates, matching the Senate bill and pleasing the president.
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White House
Interstate Commerce Commission
Washington
Senate
HARDINGE NAMED NEW VICEROY OF INDIA
London announces the appointment of Sir Charles Hardinge as viceroy of India to succeed the Earl of Minto. Hardinge, 52, Cambridge graduate, diplomat since 1851, has served in Constantinople Berlin Washington Bucharest Teheran and St. Petersburg. He was ambassador to Russia in 1904 and became permanent undersecretary of state for foreign affairs in 1906. He accompanied King Edward on common tours.
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Earl of Minto
London
Charles Hardinge
India
Charles
Lord Minto
Cambridge
Constantinople
Berlin
Washington
Bucharest
Teheran
St. Petersburg
Russia
Edward
Chicago Banks in a Big Merger
Chicago June 11 The Continental and Commercial National banks merged by directors vote. Effective August 1 the new bank will have $20,000,000 capital, deposits of $184,433,935 and surplus and profits of $8,969,993. George M Reynolds of Continental will lead the merged institution.
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Chicago
Continental and
Commercial National Banks
George M. Reynolds
Continental
Brigands Slay Chinese Otter Hunters Near Russian Frontier
News from Victoria B C reports brigands killed eighty Chinese otter hunters near Manchili on the Russian Chinese frontier on May 19. The attackers seized 1 000 otter skins and most hunters were killed while the stock was stolen.
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Victoria
B. C
Manchili
Jury Acquits Rev Kemp in Immorality Trial
Chicago June 11 Rev Robert Morris Kemp former rector of St Chrysostoms Episcopal church was acquitted of immorality by a jury in Judge Winches court. Prosecution witnesses included members of the St Chrysostoms boy choir.
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Chicago
Robert Morris Kemp
St. Chrysostoms Episcopal Church
Harvard Clubs Elect Chicagoan Aged 92 President for Year
Mitchell D. Follansbee of Chicago, aged 92, elected president with Rev Minot Simons of Cleveland, 91, as secretary of the Associated Harvard Clubs of America at the convention in Cleveland. Also from Cairo, Egypt the court of cassation confirmed death sentence for Wardani, the student who shot and killed Egyptian premier Boutros Pasha Ghali.
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Harvard Clubs
Cleveland
Ohio
Mitchell D. Follansbee
Chicago
Minot Simons
Associated
Harvard Clubs of America
London
Cairo
Egypt
Court of Cassation
Wardani
Boutros Pasha Ghali
Nonpartisan Illinois reform conference set for Peoria
Citizens call a state wide conference in Peoria on June 27 and 28 to discuss reform of Illinois government. George E Green of the State Merchants association helps organize the effort after early Chicago meetings. A U S Senator may attend and proposals aim to strengthen state government and implementation of reform ideas.
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Tion
Peoria
Illinois
George E. Green
State Merchants’ Association
Chicago
Fourth Infantry Is Home Returns After Two Years Abroad
The army transport Sherman from Manila with the 4th Regiment arrived today. The unit has spent two years in the Philippines and will be posted to Arkansas and Nebraska.
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Philippines
Arkansas
San Francisco
Sherman
Manila
Islands
Nebraska
Duke to wed again as minister balks this time
Washington June 11 tobacco magnate Brodie L Duke arrived to negotiate a fourth marriage to Miss Wylanta Roschelle of Durham NC but faced Rev Donald C McLeod of First Presbyterian who refused to perform the ceremony citing marital history The pastor told reporters there would be no wedding despite Duke and Roschelle arriving in the city
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Washington
Brodie L. Duke
Duke
Wylanta Roschelle
Durham
N. C
Donald C. McLeod
First Presbyterian Church
Brodie J. Duke
Alice Webb Duke
McLeod
Medical School Demands 100000 From Carnegie Officials
The St Louis College of Physicians and Surgeons sues Abraham Flexner Henry Pritchett and George H Simmons for 100000 damages in circuit court. The suit cites a Carnegie Foundation report on medical college standing presented at the Memorial association convention in St Louis this week. Flexner and Pritchett head Carnegie Foundation. Simmons is secretary of the American Medical Association.
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Medical School
Carnegie
St. Louis
St. Louis College of Physicians and Surgeons
Abraham Flexner
Henry 8. Pritchett
George H. Simmons
Medical
Carnegie Foundation
Memorial Association
Missouri
Flexnar and
Pritchett
Simmons
American Medical Association
Archbishop Blenk Threatened Over Race Track Gambli ng War
Letters threatening Archbishop Blenk arrived last night in New Orleans as he leads church opposition to revivals of race track gambling in Louisiana. In Des Moines Iowa, returns from the Eighth district show P. M. Towner leading congress opponents Darrah by 1,005 votes after final tallies.
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New Orleans
Archbishop Blenk
Louisiana
Iowa
Des Moines
P. M. Towner
Congress
Darrah
Towner
Mothers' Congress Opens in Denver on Duties to Children
The 14th annual National Mothers' Congress began in Denver with preliminary meetings and the formal opening last night. President Mrs Frederic Shoff of Philadelphia led as nine sessions were planned focusing on the duty of home, school, and state to children.
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Denver
National
Mothers’ Congress
Frederic Shoff
Philadelphia
Congress
Start Action Against Stock Yards Rebaters
Washington June 11 Under instructions of Attorney General Wikersham William Kenyon assistant to the attorney general is expected to file today in the United States circuit court at Chicago a bill in equity against certain Chicago stock yards companies for alleged rebating on freight charges.
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Washington
Wickersham
William
Kenyon
United States Circuit Court
Chicago
Fishermen Find Body in Lake and Husband Missing
Lake Como mystery ties Mrs. Chariton to seven head wounds and suffocation. Constan tine Ispolatoff, a Russian, in custody. another man fled to Switzerland. Police link to Porter Charlton and a New York murder of lawyer William B. Craig. Glenn and Neville Scott figures appear in tangled public life.
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Como
Italy
Chariton
Lake Como
Constantine Ispolatoff
Charltons
Switzerland
Patr
Washington
Paul Charlton
Bureau of Insular Affairs
War Department
Mary Scott Castle Charlton
Porter Charlton
Charlton
University of Pennsylvania
New York
Mary Scott Castle
William B. Craig
Peacock Alley
Waldorf-Astoria
Craig
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