Lorimer hearing hears Funk says four detectives watched him
Washington June 27 four detectives followed Clarence Funk to Washington and observed him at lunch as witnesses were summoned in the Lorimer inquiry. Funk testified Hines asked him to contribute 10000 toward the Lorimer fund and recalled a Chicago Springfield phone call about Lorimer’s election. He said he was shadowed for weeks and feared breaking his word to the detective. The committee adjourned to executive session to decide on witness protection.
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Washington
Lorimer
Clarence S&s. Funk
Funk
Hines
Old Stephenson
W. H. Cook
Duluth
Minn
Cook
Stephenson
Springfield
Chicago
Springefield
Deneen
Taft
Aldrich
Hopkins
Hynes
John Mellon
Alger Sun
Company
Sena
Ilo
International Harvestr Company
Lorimer Fund
Oswer
Senator Jones
Kenyon
Helm Committee
Thiele Detective Agency
Senator Gamble
William J. Hynes
Edward Hines
Weather forecast and political testimony mix in report
Rock Inland Davenport and vicinity forecast shows fair and cooler conditions with no precipitation and a 12 mph wind. Separate testimony reveals Funk detailing detectives shadowing him since Springfield, including a Chicago firm hired to obtain information, risking jobs if names are exposed.
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Rock Inland
Davenport
Moilme
J.m.sherier
Maine's Fate a Mystery in Ship Destruction
General W H Bixby says the battleship Maine's destruction may never be known. Internal blast suggests forward magazine exploded. outside torpedo cause possible but unprovable without fragment evidence. Arrival report from Havana dated June 27.
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Tampa
Fla
Maine
W. H. Bixby
Havana
Bixby
Lenient With Swindler Given Light Sentence in Colorado
J B Hildenbrand, accused of obtaining money by false pretenses and alleged to have swindled Colorado and Nebraska residents of over 20 000, was allowed to plead a misdemeanor and received 24 hours in jail. Doctors report he is in the last stages of consumption.
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Greeley
Col
J. B. Hildenbrand
Colorado
Nebraska
Hildenbrand
Norman MacLeod & Co. In Solvency After Suspension
Philadelphia June 27. Liabilities of Norman MacLeod Co stock brokers after suspension are listed at 1 180 000 with assets 400 000. The firm recently did little business. Norman MacLeod, son in law of John Wanamaker, made an assignment yesterday in Philadelphia.
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Philadelphia
Norman, MacLeod & Co
Norman MacLeod & Co
McLeod
John Wanamaker
Alaska road seeks monopoly
Washington June 27 Senator Poindexter introduced a resolution and it was immediately passed requesting information on alleged efforts by a railroad company to monopolize the waterfront at Controller Bay Alaska.
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Washington
Poindexter
Controller Bay
Alaska
Magazines Hit Again Alleged Trust Dissolution Suit
New York civil suit filed in federal court seeks dissolution of the periodical clearing house on grounds it is an unlawful combination. Suit accuses the organization of restraining competition and operating as a trust in violation of antitrust laws.
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New York
Periodical Clearing House
Poughkeepsie Regatta On as Pennsylvanias Crew Impresses
Fourteen crews from Cornell Columbia Pennsylvania Syracuse and Wisconsin prepared for today's intercollegiate regatta in Poughkeepsie. Five universities compete in each event except Wisconsin in the fours. Pennsylvanias practice time on the four mile course drew comment as the meet opened.
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Poughkeepsie
Cornell
Columbia
Pennsylvania
Syracy
Wisconsin
Penny
La Follette blocks July 24 reciprocity vote in Senate
Washington June 27 The attempt by Chairman Penrose to fix July 24 for a vote on reciprocity failed in the Senate today due to La Follette’s objection. Debate indicated strong sectional and policy divisions shaping the move amid quick procedural maneuvers.
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Washington
Penrose
Senate
Conspiracy to Restrain Trade in Magazines Revealed
The document alleges a conspiracy among major publishers including Doubleday Page Harper Ridgeway Butterick Leslie American Home New Idea Review of Reviews Hampton s and Good Housekeeping. It details an official price list, forced contracts for agents to sell listed and unlisted periodicals, and fines system aimed at boosting stock. Also mentions a betting record and a college rowing program schedule with teams Columbia Syracuse Cornell and Wisconsin and race times.
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Doubleday
Page Company
McClure
Harper
Ridgeway
Butterick
Leslie
Judge
American Home
New Idea
Review of Reviews
Hampton's
Good Housekeeping
Clearing House
Republicans Face Split Over Reciprocity and Wool Bills
The piece outlines Republican divisions on the wool revision and free list bills as the president may act before the senate passes reciprocity. Penrose proposed July votes on reciprocity July 24 wool July 26 and free list July 28. Smoot objected, La Follette contested only reciprocity, Bailey urged no objections to other dates. Townsend defends reciprocity amid debate widening. The Root amendment failed to alter the bill’s first Senate test.
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Senate
Penrose
la Follette
Bailey
Smoot
Washington
Townsend
Michigan
Canada
United States
Australia population growth shown in new census
The census reports Australia with a population of 4,449,495 across New South Wales Victoria Queensland South Australia and Tasmania, up from 3,773,801 in 1901. Separately a lightning storm near Panola Illinois killed 17 year old William Heimeyer and a separate wheat harvest fatality, Henry Nees, 27.
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Melbourne
Australia
Commonwealth of Australia
New South Wales
Victoria
Queensland
South Australia
Tasmania
Bloomington
Ill
Panala
William Heirmyer
San Jose
Henry Nees
Alton Railroad Proposes Dividend to Fund Upgrades
New York June 27. The Alton railroad directors approved the usual dividend while noting the line is in good condition yet lacks proper facilities to handle rising traffic. They expect to remedy the deficiency this year by investing in capacity and improvements.
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New York
Alton Railroad
Steel Trust Report Laid Before Taft
After two years of investigation Commissioner of Corporations Smith submitted an exhaustive report on the steel trust to President Taft. The document will be released publicly and be available to the house committee probing the steel trust.
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Washington
Steel Trust
Smith
House
High tariff argument fades as Redfield argues free competition
Washington June 25 Special Correspondence The Argus reports William C Redfield a longtime American exporter challenged the need for heavy protective walls. He cited cases where American workers earned five dollars daily while foreign labor earned under a dollar, arguing American manufacturers already compete worldwide without heightened tariffs. Continued on Page Four.
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Tay
the Argus
Washington
Repub
Redfield
Sugar War Ties Mormon Church to Sugar Trust
Washington June 27 President Smith of the Mormon church testified at the sugar trust probe claiming 5 000 shares personally and 49 815 for the church while the church held over 400 000 trust shares. John D Spreckles recounted the 1890s sugar war and Claus Spreckles battle with Henry Havemeyer, detailing expansions into Philadelphia and a culminating trust purchase.
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Washington
Smith
The
Mormon Church
Sugar Trust
Utah-Idaho Sugar Company
Claus Spreckles
Henry O. Havemeyer
John D. Spreckles
Pacific Sugar
Western Sugar Refining Company of
San Francisco
Madison
Pacific Coast
Atlantic
Mr. Spreckles
Philadelphia
Indignation in Senate as Gavel Sparks Row
Springfield reports a gavel adjournment row in the senate with 22 members present, a quorum sought, and Lt Governor Oglesby presiding. A special sergeant at arms was ordered to arrest absentees as the body reconvened amid a tense dispute over adjournment and waterway bills.
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Springfield
Senate
Johnson
House
Deneen
Jones
General Assembly
McSlwain
Capitol
Mitchell
Oglesby
John D. Oglesby
H. M. Dunlap
Savoy
Judge Orders Jury Locked Up In Lee Trial
In Chicago Mona Rees testified with poor memory amid Evelyn Lee trial. Judge Honore ordered jurors kept in confinement after defense argued newspapers cartoons and reports could influence them. Rees said she lived with Lee and helped in the book of truth while stating she cannot confirm moral irregularities. National City Bank directors later approved forming a security company capitalized at 16 million dollars, with shares to be distributed to shareholders as a 40 percent stock dividend.
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Chicago
Mona Rees
Lee
Honore
Evelyn Arthur Lee
Absolute Life
Burnham
Danner
Mr. Burnham
National City
New York
National City Bank
Election bill to conference in Senate June 27
Washington June 27 The joint resolution for the direct election of senators was sent to conference today by the senate. Clark of Wyoming, Nelson of Minnesota and Bacon of Georgia were named conferees.
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Washington
Senate
Clark
Wyoming
Neton
Minnesota
Bacon
Georgia
Rain prayer ordered by Archbishop for Northwest Catholics
Archbishop Ireland directs weekly Sunday prayers in all Northwest Catholic churches for rain and cooler weather to aid crops. Explosion at Corning mill kills two in Edwardsville Station. Western Powder plant is demolished and cause is under investigation.
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Ireland
Northwest
St. Paul, Minn
Peoria
Ill
Western Powder Company
Edwardsville Station
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