Lorimer Inquiry Expands as Senators Question Harvester Motives
The Senate Lorimer investigation widened when counsel was allowed to probe why an International Harvester official opposed Lorimer. Witness Kohlsaat described Lorimer as a dual character while endorsing opposition to Lorimerism. Other testimonies listed names tied to alleged funds and influence on the Senate decision.
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Washington
Lorimer
Senate Committee
International Harvester Company
Funk
Edward Hines
Chicago
Kohlsaat
Herman H
Roger Donaldo Illinois
Democratic National Policeeman
E. S. Conway
Imball Piano Company
Weyerhaeuser
Hines
Harvester Aepany
Root
LaFollette
Walter L. Fisher
Secretary of the Interior
Senate
Ganble
E. A. Bancroft
Harvester Company
McCormick
Bancroft
Edgar A. Bancroft
Clarence S. Funk
Mr. Hines
Senator Lorimer
Hopkins
Hancey
Hancer
Weather and Senate Testimony Blend of News Notes
The forecast for Rock Island Davenport Maline and Vicinity calls for a threatening night with possible showers and a warm day ahead. A report from the Lorimer fight covers testimony by Hopkins and Bancroft, touching on alleged funds and political alliances in the Illinois senate contest.
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Washington
Illinois
Albert J. Hopkins
Lorimer Investigation Committee
Senate
Rock Island
Davenport
Maline
J.m.sherier
Will Start Over Again New Effort Monday
Springfield leaders seek compromise on waterway bill as a lengthened session looms. House and Senate leaders work to unite factions and rush a settlement before adjournment.
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Springfield
House
Senate
Press urged to curb reports on self inflicted deaths
A June report by a committee of the American Academy of Medicine in Los Angeles urges the press to stop publishing accounts of death by own action as private matters. The panel argues such coverage can incite further acts and says editors should refrain from these sensational reports.
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Los Angeles
Cal
American Academy of Medicine
Press of America
United States
Nir Ada
General Mosby Identified as Deserter in Military Prison
San Diego June 24 reports that General J. R. Mosby, who led insurgents in the Tijuana clash, has been identified at Fort Rosecrans as a deserter from the United States forces. The fighting casualties reached 58 dead, and Mosby now faces imprisonment.
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San Diego
Cal
J. R. Mosby
Tijuana
Fort Rosecrans
United
Largest Armada at Coronation Review Off Spithead
The coronation naval review at Spithead drew the king queen and foreign dignitaries with 167 British warships and 18 foreign vessels from 17 nations. The Delaware led the foreign fleet as the biggest ship in attendance. The total British tonnage exceeded one million with an estimated outlay of 400 million dollars. Also reported is the death by gas inhalation of Albah L. Babcock, an employee of the People's Power company, in Moline.
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Portsmouth
England
Spithead
Delaware
Babcock
Albah L. Babcock
Moline
People’s Power Company
Waterway bill sparks calls for special session amid debate
Amid tension over the waterway bill, proposals urge a commission to conserve water power sites and appropriate funds. If July 1 passes without passage, a special session could expand topics. The governor warned the fight restarts Monday as scholars suggest reforms to sports and news reporting.
Castro Eluded Vigilant Guards Near Venezuela Border
Rumors of General Cipriano Castro near a Venezuelan border town are confirmed by private advices to former Venezuelan president Dr. Andrade. Andrade reports Castro sailed secretly from Cadiz on the Legazpi May 9, reached a small Antilles port, then proceeded to Colombia en route to Havana.
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New York
Cipriano Castro
Venezuela
Andrade
Havana
Castro
Europe
Legazpa
Cadiz
Antilles
Colombia
Defendants Aide Testimony From Young Pupils Defense
Counsel for a jailed defendant planned to call two score of young pupils from Lee's junior common wealth to testify about the founder's teachings. The court did not meet today as plans and procedures were rearranged. In Chile a cyclone caused maritime damage and injuries, sinking many lighters and felling roofs.
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Chicago
Alyn Arthur ‘See
Mildred Bridges
Lee
Commonwealth
Shay
Vsolate
Iquique
Chile
Senate committee backs New Mexico Arizona statehood with recall provision
Washington June 24 The senate committee on territories voted to report favorably the house resolution admitting New Mexico and Arizona to statehood. The measure requires the Arizona constitution containing the judiciary recall to be resubmitted to the people.
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Washington
Senate Committee On Territories Today
House
New Mexico
Arizona
Why U S Has Not Been Able to Control Trusts
Special correspondence from Washington outlines House committee testimony on trust influence. It reports U S Attorney General Wickersham drew a $26,000 sugar trust fee just before taking office and links Henry Taft to Strong and Cadwallader. It also cites Frank Kellogg receiving government pay while acting for steel trust subsidiaries. Continued on page two.
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U.S
TAW
The
Argus
Washington
House
United States
Wickersham
Mst
Sugar
New York
Strong & Cadwallader
Henry P. Taft
Trust
Frank B. Kellogg
Sel
Steel Trust
Stanley Committee
Kellogg
Roosevelt
Alac
Lumber Trust Of A New Sort In Retail Lumber Trade
Fourteen secretaries of retail lumber dealers associations were indicted for alleged Sherman antitrust violations. Prosecutors describe a power network, not formal corporations or price fixing, aiming to direct lumber sales to consumers only through retail dealers and blacklist manufacturers and wholesalers via The Scout trade paper.
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Chicago
United States
Lumber Secretaries Bureau of Information
Illinois
Bureau of Information
Scout
Arthur L. Holmes
Veterans of Spanish War in Illinois elect leaders at Rockford
The Illinois department of the United Spanish War Veterans held leadership elections in Rockford. Ben R. Hall of Streater became commander while Mrs. Violet B. King and Mrs. Eva J. Mann won senior posts in the ladies auxiliary. Resolutions seek civil service time for campaigns veterans and memorial day exemptions.
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Rockford
United States
Spanish War Veterans
Department of Illinois
Ben R. Hall
Streater
Ladies’ Auxiliary
Violet B. King
Eva J. Mann
Chicago
Mres
Sadie Ranson
Rock Island
Ill
Ilinois Department of the United Spanish War Veterans
San Juan
Tampa
A. F. Seibel
Resolutions Committee
Katherine Cutler
Seamen's Strike Ends with White Star Line Concession
The seamen strike affecting several shipping lines including at English ports ended when White Star Line accepted terms and workers returned. Other lines had already compromised with the strikers.
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White Star Line
Southampton
England
President vows veto if reciprocity bill is amended
Washington report states the president, speaking by telephone from Providence to several senators, reiterated his resolve to veto the reciprocity bill if any amendment is added. This confirmation comes amid ongoing Capitol discussions on the measure.
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Washington
Capitol
Providence
Merger of Southern Pacific and Union Pacific Upheld
The federal circuit court in the Eighth district rules the Southern Pacific and Union Pacific merger legal. Judge Hook dissents, predicting the government's petition should be granted. The court finds no change in rates, no discrimination, no direct restraint on commerce, and notes vast road improvements. An appeal to the Supreme Court is planned. Stock for Union Pacific and Southern Pacific rises two points in New York trading.
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St. Louis
Southern Pacific
Union Pacific Railroads
Federal Circuit Court
Eighth District
Hook
Adams
Union Pacific
United States Supreme Court
Standard Oil
Supreme Court
van Devanter
New York
Harriman
Graft Charge In W O W Order Courthouse Session
Rochester June 24 clowns sessions of the Woodmen of the World sovereign camp and the Supreme Forest circle were marked by acrimonious debates. The supreme clerk charged the supreme guardian with signing checks totaling 20000 without the clerk s knowledge. The guardian is also accused of keeping her grandchild aged 9 on the payroll as a clerk and deputy.
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Rochester
The
Woodmen of the World
Supreme Forest Circle
Forest Circle
United Fruit Co Sued For Big Sum
Elmer Wood receiver for Bluefield Steamship company filed suit in federal circuit court in Philadelphia seeking 3 500 000 damages against United Fruit Co under the Sherman anti trust act.
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Philadelphia
Sult
United Fruit Company
Federal
Elmer Wood
Bluefield Steamship Company
Athletes From Harvard Yale Sail for England Meet Oxford Cambridge
Twenty two athletes from Harvard and Yale left New York for Dover aboard the Vaderland to train on the Thames. They will travel to London for competition with Oxford and Cambridge on July 11 at a track meet.
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Wenty
Harvard
Yale
New York
Vaderland
Dover
Thames
Oxford
Cambridge
London
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Mexico
U. S
Notics
Generac Dana
Orpee
Ries
King and Queen of
Uncle Sam
RGR Carer Aee Eee
Paris
Aattle
Monis
Chamber of Deputiest
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United Fruit CO
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