Suffragists March at Davison Funeral in London
Miss Emily Wilding Davison, who died after interfering with the king's horse at the derby, lies in state as thousands of suffragists from across England join a 6,000-strong procession through central London to St George's church Boombury. Pankhurst is jailed again amid security and crowd turnout remains orderly with police debate over route.
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London
England
Emily Wilding Davison
Derby
Epsom
Victoria Station
St. George's Church
Bloomabury
Militant Suffrueet
Pank- Hurst
Flora Drummond
The
Heal
Pankhurst
Emmeline Pankhurst
Holloway
Motherless by Two Deaths Strikes Galesburg Families
Galesburg Illinois on June 14 reports two local deaths leaving 23 children motherless. Mrs Qotelia Starr aged 44 leaves twelve, and Mrs Margaret Martin aged 68 leaves eleven.
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Galesburg
Qotelia Starr
Margaret Martn
Weather forecast for Rock Island area tonight and Sunday
Precast forecast shows fair weather for Rock Island Davenport Moline and vicinity. Tonight slightly warmer with brisk winds while Sunday remains fair with no precipitation. Temperatures around 67 at 7 am, 84 yesterday, 54 last night. Humidity 40 percent at 7 pm and 56 percent at 7 am. Wind 5 mph. Water stage 6.6 with a 0.4 inch fall in 24 hours. Astronomical notes include Mercury Venus and Mars with Jupiter in Hercules at 11 pm.
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Rock Island
Davenport
Moline
Sherier
Mercury
Venus
Mars
Jupiter
Constellation
Hercules
Love I s Blind 10 A Fat Cash Bribe
Sioux City Iowa June 14 An offer of 10000 if he would give up the girl he loved and enlist in the navy was turned down by Charles Jason son of a wealthy rancher of Niobrara Nebraska Two weeks earlier his father left a 10000 check at the recruiting station to be given to him upon enlistment The son said he would think it over He is believed to have gone to St Paul where his sweetheart lives The recruiting officer doubts he will claim the prize.
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Sioux City
Iowa
Charles Jason
Niobrara
Neb
St. Paul
Bishop Ryan Robbed at Carlinville Depot
In Carlinville Illinois on June 14 a valise stolen from Bishop Ryan of the Alton diocese contained his gold chain and cross valued at 3400 and a gold plated crown and vestments worth 50. A night shirt old shoes and socks were found in the bag left by the thief.
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Carlinville, W
Ryan
Alton
Further Cuts in Metal Schedule Hit Finished Steel
Washington June 14 senate finance committee members expanded the free list by slashing the metal schedule transferring iron ferro-manganeze steel blooms slabs ingots billets from the dutiable list. Rates were cut on finished steel products to align with free raw materials including beams joists and other structural shapes, with Underwood rates dropped to zero per cent.
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Washington, D. C
Senate Finance Committee
County Board of Review Opens Session in Rock Island
The county board of review convenes at the courthouse to organize with members George H. Richmond W C Allen and H J Gripp. The board oversees tax assessments and invites taxpayers to contest levies as needed.
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County Board of Review
Court House
George H. Richmond
South Rock Island
Board of Supervisors
W. C. Allen
Rock Island
H. J. Gripp
Moline
Sugar Chief Big Spender on Lobbying
Henry T. Oxnard, millionaire vice president of the American Beet Sugar Company, testified he spent about $20,000 yearly in Washington over 23 years for Beet sugar interests and that no illegal funds were used. He named friends among senators and invoked a tense exchange with Reed over listing names.
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Washington
D. C
Henry T. Oxnard
The
American Bee; Sugar Company
Bee
Reed
Oxnard
Overman
Cummins
Nelson
F. R. Hathaway
Michigan Beet Sugar Company
Witm
Nason
Hathaway
W. H. Wallace
H. A. Douglas
Wilson
Douglas
Detroit
Armory
Havemeyer
Sugar Trust
Romney portrait purchased at Christie's auction
London reports Duveen bought Lady Ann de La Pole portrait for 206,875 dollars at Christie's. Heavy Kansas rain floods Great Bend and surrounding areas with six inches falling, causing inundation.
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London
Romney
Ann de la Pole
Duveen
Christie's Auction Room
Officials Taken for Vizier Death in Constantinople
Constantinople June 14 officials arrested in the grand vizier assassination case include Ali Dauish Bey former minister of the interior Hamid Effendi former president of the courts of justice and Mustapha Bey former mayor Lieutenant Hilma Bey wounded yesterday during the capture of alleged assassins is dead.
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Constantinople
Ali Dauish Bey
Interior
Hamid Effendi
Courts of Justice
Mustaphi Bey
Hilma Bey
Sundry Bill Ready for President As Anti Trust Provisions Pass
Washington June 14 Only the president’s approval stands between the sundry civil appropriation bill and law. The senate by 45 to 12 dropped its opposition to a key item, trimming the board of managers for national soldiers homes from eleven to five. Debates centered on economy and scope with calls to abolish the board or shift oversight to the War Department. The bill’s delay has left bureaus underfunded, including famine fears for the Pribilof Islands due to lacking funds for a dispatch vessel.
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Washington
Senate
Board of Managers National
Sol Dier
Burton
Ohio
Sherman
Illinois
Newlands
Nevada
House
Works
California
Taft
Lsbor
Department of Commerce
Pribilof Islands
Alaska
Bureau of Fisheries
Bridgie Webber Knife Victim in New York Stabbing
Bridgie Webber, one of four gamblers who testified against Police Lieutenant Becker and Herman Rosenthal killer gunmen, was stabbed in the shoulder on East Eighth Street shortly after midnight. He is hospitalized, in pain and weak from blood loss, with no arrests yet. Webber declined to identify his assailant.
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New York
Webber
Becker
Herman Rosenthal
East Eighth Street
Agreement on Adjournment Across Legislature
Both houses adopted an amended sine die adjournment resolution detailing a recess beginning Friday June 20 and resuming June 30 to act on any veto messages from Governor Dunne. The session on June 30 will decide pending items and conclude the legislative term.
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Springfield
Dunne
House
Treaty renewal asked by Japan
Washington D C June 14 the Japanese ambassador advised Secretary Bryan that Japan is willing to renew for another five years her arbitration treaty with the United States which expires by limitation Aug 24 No date for signing the renewal has been determined Washington D C June 14 the American yacht Columbia seized by Japan for unlawful entry of the closed port of Nagahama has been released and what threatened an international incident has disappeared
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Washington, D. C
Bryan
Japan
United States
Columbia
Nagahama
National songs sung at capital marked flag day
Washington post office employees observed flag day by singing in the interior court hallways across eight floors. Postmaster General joined the celebration as part of a nationwide commemoration with other cities reporting similar observances.
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Washington
D.C
Post Office Department
Interior Court
Chicago
Grand Army of the Republic
Boston
Mass
Secretary Daniels of the Navy
Jackson Passes Cobb With Club
Chicago June 14 Jackson of Cleveland leads American League hitters in this week’s unofficial averages, passing Cobb. Cleveland outfielder’s average rises to .343, Cobb falls to .403. McDonald of Boston still leads the National League with .295.
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Chicago
Jackson
Cleveland
Cobb
McDonald
Boston
Britons Change Lineup of Team in International Polo
New York June 14 American and English polo teams prepare for the second international cup game. Freake replaces Edwards at No 2 for England, with Stoddard Waterbury Whitney Milburn for the Americans. Captain Miller abandons a full army led battle plan. Freake to play after a late decision from Ritson.
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New York
A. Noel Edwards
F. M. Freake
L. E. Stoddard
L. Waterbury
Singland
Cheape
Ritson
Lockett
Miller
Duke of Westminster
England
George
William A. Hazard
The
Polo Association
Grosvenor House
Chester
Edwards
Pony
Freake
President presses for currency action this session
Washington June 14 The president still seeks currency legislation this session and will push hard to pass it. He plans to present his currency message to Congress around June 24. Secretary McAdoo and chairmen Owen and Glass of the Senate and House banking committees have agreed on the bill’s main features and the president is understood to back the Owen Glass bill.
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Washington, D. C
Congress
McAdoo
Owen and Glass
Senate
House Banking Committees
Pension Bill Is Signed To Boost City Pension Fund
Governor Dunne signed senate bill No 288 reenacting the police pension plan. The act raises the city’s contribution from 3 to 4 percent of funds from saloon licenses. The move follows constitutional questions about the prior law. In New York, banks report $29.6 million in reserves above requirements, loans down, and deposits up.
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Springfield
Dunne
New York
Mine Guards Blamed For Riot’s Reign
West Virginia mine strike described as terror by a Senate committee witness. Luther Hudnall testified guards lined him before a Gatling gun and jailed him in a boxcar at Holly Grove. He recalled his wife begging to spare him and noted a dead miner Stringer. Ed Bragg said law and order broke down when guards were brought in. Governor Glasscock urged arbitration efforts met with operator rejection.
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Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia
Senate
Glasscock
Luther Hudnall
Holly Grove
Mucklow
Senator Kenyon
Hudnall
Toem
Stringer
Ed Bragg
Paint Creek
Break Between Russian Government and Duma Deepens
A complete breach opened between the Russian government and the Duma as cabinet members refuse to appear until conditions protect officials from insults. The move followed a remark by Markoff during debates on estimates, prompting deputies to leave in a body. In Buffalo, hundreds rally for woman suffrage led by Rosalie Jones and Inez Milholland with Senator Poindexter in the van. Rome approves a 20 million dollar wartime appropriation for Tripoli after Arab reverses.
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St. Petersburg
Duma
Markoff
Finance
Buffalo
N. Y
Rosalie Jones
Inez Milholland
United States
Poindexter
Auto Goes Over, One Dead in Fog Crash
Morristown N J June 14 Rew ben Rudd of Dover N J was killed A J Freeman fatally injured and three others two of them women seriously hurt when their automobile traveling 50 miles an hour through a fog left the center of a macadam road between Dover and Rockaway and turned over three times
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Morristown
N. J
Rewben Rudd
Dover
A. J. Freeman
Rockaway
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