Cunningham Coal Claim Disallowed in Alaska Case
Washington June 26 The Cunningham coal land claim is finally disallowed by the interior department on grounds of fraud. The ruling says a single corporation planned to secure the end beyond area, involving 5 250 acres valued in millions. Pinchot reacts with satisfaction, stating the decision cancels other fraudulent Alaska claims. Morgan-Guggenheim syndicate figures linked to the alleged scheme were mentioned as part of the controversy.
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Washington
Unningham Alaskan
Cunningham
Ballinger-Pinchot
Pinchot
Glavis
Ballinger
New York
Gifford Pinchot
Interior Department
Alaska
John Spreckles a Sugar Witness
Washington June 26 President Smith of the Mormon church arrived to testify before the sugar investigating committee and was excused subject to call The principal witness today was John D Spreckles of San Francisco
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Smith
Mormon Church
Washington
President Smith
John D. Spreckles
San Francisco
Vote on the Root Amendment Dominates Senate Session
Washington June 26. Senator Thornton of Louisiana and Senator Clark of Wyoming voiced support for the Root amendment during consideration of the reciprocity bill. The vote on the Root amendment to the wood pulp and print paper schedule loomed as the day’s main Senate issue. Four Struck by Interurban near Lansing left a family mourning and a driver injured. In Racine two men dived from a boat and drowned in Lake Lauderdale after a boat capsized.
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Washington
Senate
Thornton
Louisiana
Clark
Wyoming
Lansing
Mich
Brrs
Matthew Reitz
Grand Rapids
Willam Lott
Holt, Mich
Lotts
Lake
Racine
Wis
Manly
Regan
Akhorn
Lauderdale Lake
Swedish Boat Wrecked with 400 Aboard
Helsingfors Finland June 26 The Finnish Swedish steamer Bor I with 400 Stockholm excursionists aboard was wrecked off Korpeis land. It is not known here whether any loss of life occurred.
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Helsingfors
Finland
Bor I
Stockholm
Korpe
Hera
Bether
THI 7 P. M. Tomorrow Rock Island Davenport Moline Wick
Weather forecast for the Tri Cities region shows threats of showers tonight or Tuesday with cooler temperatures. 7 am temperature 71, yesterday's high 94, low 70, 0.1 inch precipitation in 24 hours, wind 2 mph, humidity 56 rising this morning, river stage 3 feet, down 0.4 feet in 48 hours. Forecaster J M Sherier notes astronomical events including sun set, moon rise and Neptune conjunction. Historical note: earth passed through a comet tail in 1819.
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Rock Island
Davenport
Moline
Wick
J.m.sherier
Neptune
Saengerfest Deficit Clouds Milwaukee Picnic Outcome
In Milwaukee on June 26 15000 delegates faced a hot finishing day as the saengerfest closed with a forecast deficit near 8000 dollars. The morning session limited next year’s concert to one soloist amid tighter expenses. Charles G Schmidt of Cincinnati was reelected president as Louisville was chosen for the 1914 event with officers including William Arens Peter Mettler Adam Linck and John Frenzel.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Indianapolis
Louisville
Charles G. Schmidt
Cincinnati
William Arens
Chicago
Peter Mettler
Toledo
Adam Linck
St. Louis
John P. Frenzel
Justice Wright Sets July 17 Hearing Date in DC Case
District supreme court Justice Wright issues a rule against labor leaders Gompers Morrison and Mitchell. The hearing is scheduled July 17 in the District of Columbia tribunal, Washington, with the date announced June 26.
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District of Columbia
Washington
Wright
District Supreme Court Today
Gompers Morrison
Mitchell
Illinois Hit Hard as Drought Looms and Rains Fall Short
Special dispatches from 18 states indicate recent rains aided crops in the middle west and southwest but are too light to save corn in many areas. Potatoes are a total failure, pastures poor, and oats and hay short. Outlook for Illinois remains grim as timing of heavier rainfall is critical.
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St. Louis
Globes Democrat
Middle West
Plan Laid to Pass IT Plan Laid to Pass It Friends Stand Firm
Springfield Illinois June 26 The Illinois legislature resumed the waterway fight with a new bill covering substantially the issue. The session shows determined lawmakers standing firm to avoid another political setback. The report notes tense partisan debate as proceedings continue in the capital.
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Springfield
Illinois
Goff Nomination Favored by Senate Judiciary Panel
Washington June 26 After months of delay the senate judiciary committee voted 8 to 4 to favorably report Guy D. Goff for district attorney eastern district of Wisconsin. La Follette objected for not being consulted with negative votes from Cummins Borah O Gorman and Chilton. The panel also reported Henry Wiel for marshal in the same district, Wiel was La Follette s candidate.
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Washington
Guy D. Goff
Wisconsin
Senate Judiciary Committee
LaFollette
Cummins
Borah
O. Gorman
Chilton
Henry Wiel
Goff
Wiel
la Follette
Paynter Withdraws. Ollie James Likely to Win Senate Seat
Frankfort Kentucky June 26 The Lorimer forces suffer a setback as Thomas H Paynter a committee member who aided Lorimer withdraws from the race for the Democratic nomination in the United States This leaves Ollie James with likely unopposed path to the Senate seat
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Senator Paynter
Kentucky
Ollie James
Frankfort
Lorimer
Thomas H. Paynter
United States
Oilie James
Senate
Mexicans Cooled Greeting for Madero in Mexico City
Francesco Madero reviewed a flower parade in his honor by the Aquiles Zerdan club in Mexico City. He was greeted with applause but not the wild enthusiasm seen on his arrival three weeks earlier. The day also carried the lesson committee report, presented by Secretary Price of Chicago, at the international Sunday school convention in San Francisco.
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Madero
Mexico City
Mexico
Francesco Madero
Aquiles Zerdan Club
San Francisco
Price
Chicago
Contempt Proceedings Follow Special Counsel Report
Attorneys report after a special committee investigated contempt proceedings in the Bucks Store and Range boy court case, demanding July 17 appearance to show why they should not be judged guilty of contempt of court.
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Ers
Wright
Bucks Store
Turks devastate Albanian towns and refugees flee
Vienna reports from Albania describe extreme crisis as 50 000 Turkish troops near the Montenegrin frontier devastate districts kill prisoners burn homes and crops and drive refugees into Montenegro where 25 000 women and children suffer and starve. Chief Campbell dies in Portland blaze. Callia named new premier. Evangelist Scoville converts 502 converts in Galesburg.
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Vienna
Albania
Turkey
Charles B. Crane
Chicago
Certinje
Illinois crop forecast from state farmers institute
H A McKeene reports Illinois harvests will be poorer than many years with heavy rains. Corn in northern and central Illinois is average, oats will be very light, wheat headed but light, apples about a quarter of a crop, peaches half, potatoes none and tomatoes few. The south's cotton outlook is described as splendid.
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Illinois
H. A. McKeene
State Farmers’ Institute
DROWNED YOUNG GIRLS Charge Lodged Against Arizona Prospector Now in Jail
Globe Arizona June 26 A 46 year old prospector Kingsley Olds is jailed charged with assault and drowning Mula and Myrtle Goswick aged 11 and 12 in Salt River 24 miles from Globe. His lower jaw was shot away in a failed suicide attempt after the killings. Bodies found in the river after about a day.
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Arizona
Globe
Ariz
Mula
Myrtle Goswick
Salt River
Here
Kingsley Olds
Olds
Red Pepper and Gun In a Church Rumpus
In Lansing on June 26 a riot broke out at Mayflower Congregational Church and LDS adherents fought over a sold church property. Pepper was thrown and a shotgun was displayed as police restored order. Latter Day Saints sought an injunction to stop further attacks on their property.
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Lansing
Mich
Mayflower Congregational Church
Latter Day Saints
Senate Hears Waterway Bill After Last Week’s Vote
The article reports that friends of Governor Deneen predict the waterway bill will pass in the Senate during an early Wednesday session. Compromise talks failed to gain Senate support, with House supporters ready to stay through the week to battle on.
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Senate
Friends
Deneen
House
Waterway
Reorganized Trust Also Indicted In Sherman Act Case
A federal grand jury in New York returned an indictment today under the Sherman law against the Eastern Boxboard Club, said to be the successor of the dissolved Fibre and Manila Association. The action charges restraint of trade and ties the organization to prior industrial activity.
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Eastern Boxboard Club
Fibre and Manila Association
New York
IS PRACTICING ECONOMY Nation's Champagne Bill Cut in Two
Washington reports a broad economy wave per the bureau of statistics indicating Americans cut their imported champagne bill by half and spent $7,000,000 less on diamonds in the past eleven months than a year earlier while overall imports rose by over $141,000,000 compared with 1910.
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Washington
Bureau of Statistics
Department of Commerce and Labor
United States
Defends the Game Worship on One Day in Seven
Sacramento June 26 A Unitarian pastor defended Sunday baseball to a large audience. Rev Franklin Baker urged that 15 million dollars spent on last season’s baseball is better than foreign missions and called the game Americas mental shower bath He said worship on one day only belongs to the theological junk heap alongside infant damnation and hell fire.
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Sacramento
Cal
Casey
Franklin Baker
First Unitarian Church
America
Seventeen Die In River Packet City of St Joseph Explosion
Memphis Tenn June 26 The seventeenth life toll from the river packet City of St Joseph explosion below Memphis rose to 17 with two more expected to die. Eight crew members died instantly nine more succumbed to injuries including engineer Floyd Morgan severely scalded. Morgan suspects boiler regulation violation as cause. federal inquiry anticipated.
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Memphis
Tenn
St. Joseph
Floyd Morgan
Morgan
Reservoir Burst Flood Hits Grand Junction Area
A reservoir holding 5,000 acres broke yesterday near Grand Junction Colorado causing about 100000 dollars in property damage. Five thousand cattle drowned and several bridges were swept away but no lives were lost. The flood path extended about 15 miles washing out crops.
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Grand Junction
Colo
Balloonists Fall Into North Sea Near Juist
Bremen Germany June 26 One of four balloons from Paris ascent fell into the North Sea near Juist island carried out to sea Two persons were aboard and details follow but are not yet known
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Bremen
Germany
Paris
North Sea
Juist
Champ Clark Declares Democrats Ready to Press Tariff Plan
Speaker Champ Clark issued a formal statement in Washington on June 26 denying rumors of a Taft veto against general tariff legislation. He said the tariff must be revised, the House pace is sound, and Democrats will appeal to the country if the Senate or President blocks the bills. He asserted strength in their cause and did not fear a contest.
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Washington
Champ Clark
Taft
Congress
Democratic Party
House
Senate
J Pierpont Morgan Given Red Eagle by Kaiser
Kiel Germany June 26 J Pierpont Morgan presented Emperor William with an autograph letter by Martin Luther to Charles V for which Morgan paid 25500. His majesty conferred the grand cross of the Order of the Red Eagle. Chilean cyclone kills 200 at Valparaiso June 26 casualty toll over two hundred authorities report devastation from Pisagua to Antofagasta.
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Kaiser
Kiel
Germany
J. Pierpont Morgan
Emperor William
Martin Luther
Charles V
Morgan
Order of the Red Eagle
Valparaiso
Chile
Pisagua
Antofagasta
Funk as witness in bribery probe against Lorimer
Clarence S. Funk general manager of International Harvester testified before the senate committee on June 26 denying company funds were used to influence votes. He repeated a $10,000 Lorimer fund claim linked to Edward Hines, saying he believed Hines referred to the “right kind of a man” and that the matter was political talk, not company policy.
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Washington
Clarence S. Funk
International Harvester Company
Edward Hines
Lorimer Election Fund
Senate Committee
Edgar H. Farrar
New Orleans
Lorimer and
Hines
Haneey
Hynes
Funk
Congress
Lorimer
McCormicka
Kobleaat
Pany
Edward ‘Kien
Senator Fitcher
Harvester Company
Hohlsaat
Kohlaaat
Tilden
Sullivan
Cotway
Weyerhaeuser
Springfeld
Senator Lea
Mr. Funk
Mr. Marble
Kohlsaar
Seamen's Strike Spreads Across Britain Threatens Dockmen
London reports the sea men's labor action widening as 45 federation firms’ sailors are ordered to strike. Dockworkers grow restless and threaten to join. The strike remains most active at Hull, with prospects of settlement fading.
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Great Britain
London
Liverpool
Federation
Hull
Magazine Trust to Be Defended by Publishers Group
Washington report states a civil anti trust suit against the Periodical Publishers association, known as the magazine trust, will be filed in New York federal court tomorrow per plans of the Department of Justice.
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Washington
Periodical Publishers’ Association
Magazine Trust
United States
New York
Department of Justice
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Morgan-Guggenheim Syndicate
John
Charles J. Schmidt
Gompers
Morrison
Speaker
MR. LA Follette
Portland
Ore
Campbell
Callla
Falleres
Joseph Callla
Galesburg
Tfl
Evangelist Scoville
Los Angeles
City of St Joseph
Col
J. Pierp
Red Eagle
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