Dissolution Plan Nets Agreement Over Herriman Merger
Attorney General McReynolds and Union Pacific representatives reach a plan to dissolve the Herriman merger with separate proceedings under Sherman law to follow. The plan exchanges Southern Pacific stock for Pennsylvania interests in Baltimore and Ohio, with safeguards on the remaining sale to end Union Pacific control. Weather and heat deaths also noted in Chicago Cleveland Cincinnati and Utah.
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McReynolds
Union Pacific
Wilson
Federal Court
Ehightheleult
St Paul
Central Pacific
Southern Pacific
Supreme Court
WrriteLp
Underwood
Chicago Gambling Crusade Indicts 19 In Probe
Chicago officials unveil a broad gambling raid cracking a network of operators with 19 indictments. First Deputy Schuettler oversaw a staged operation, while Detectives tracked bookmaking and handbooks in saloons and cigar stores. Some indicted fled. several arrests followed immediately.
May Prosecute in Affair at Hemet
Secretary Bryan notified the Japanese ambassador of a prompt inquiry into the expulsion of Korean laborers from Hemet California. He said proceedings would be brought against guilty parties if warranted. The ambassador reported no report from the Japanese consul in San Francisco and representations remain informal.
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Bryan
Department of Justice
Hemet
Calif
San Francisco
Six of a Family Die in Lexington Fire
A blaze in Lexington South Carolina claimed six members of the Jacobs family, all residents of a farm, with their bodies recovered from the house ruins after the flames. Investigators believe a lightning strike during a storm sparked the fire. Druggists End Convention. Quincy, Ill, June 28,-The Illinois Pharmaceutical Association closed its 34th annual convention with officers named including President Ralph E Worland and others.
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John Jacobs
Itte
Mehming
Quincy
Ill
Ilinois Pharmaceutical Association
Ralph E. Worland
Springfield
G. A. Anthony
Kewanee
L. P. Larson
Chicago
W. B. Denton
Beardstown
W. B Day
Crist Garver
Bloomington
Verdict for six cents set aside in libel suit
New York June 28 Federal Judge Holt set aside as inadequate the verdict for six cents in a libel suit against International Magazine Company. The motion for a new trial was granted and the judge commented that Harned, a Philadelphia lawyer, vitiated the proceedings with grave disputes.
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Holt
Thomas B. Harned
Philaphia
International Magazine Company
Harned
Weather Forecast for Roch Island Davenport and Vicinity
Generally fair and warm tonight and Sunday with moderate winds. Temperatures show 81 at 7 a.m. and 77 lowest last night. no precipitation. Humidity 73 at 7 a.m. and 52 at 7 p.m. Wind 2 mph. water stage 4.2 with no change in 24 hours. Astronomical notes list Mercury as evening star and Venus Saturn Mars Jupiter as morning stars with Draco constellation visible overhead.
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Davenport
Moline
J. M. Sherier
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Venus
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Mars
Jupiter
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Jury indicts hospital aide for murder in Kankakee
William Wolfe of Nashville North Carolina, formerly employed as a hospital attendant at the Kankakee state hospital for the insane, was indicted for the murder of Carl Holst of Paxton Illinois. Wolfe was arrested in Kankakee. A postmortem showed six rib fractures and a collapsed chest. Holst was admitted February 26 and died March 4.
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Paxton
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Holst
Missouri supreme court blocks insurance ceasing in state
Jefferson City Mo June 28 The Missouri supreme court overruled a demurrer by the insurance campaign that had announced an intention to cease writing business in the state and issued a temporary order restraining the companies from ceasing to write policies The ruling favors the attorney general The court revived the ouster of the Standard Life Insurance Company of Indiana to continue doing business in Missouri The decision does not revoke a prior order of ouster from 1903 but suspends it while the owl company complies with Missouri law
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Missouri Supreme Court
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Supreme Court
Standard Ofl Company
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Missouri
Aiime
Owl Company
Still Hoping to Secure Johnson
Washington officials from the department of state and justice began examining extradition treaties with European nations to decide if Jack Johnson can be extradited when he arrives in Europe. His intended destination is Havre.
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Jack Johnson
Canada
Department of State and Justice
Europe
Havre
Girl's assailant ends life after bond forfeiture
Charles Brown, 54, bound for trial on attacking two girls, 11 and 14, was found dead in Forest Park with a bullet wound to the temple. A tramp, Henry Schuster, found a revolver nearby and is held for investigation as police consider Schuster may have taken the weapon after discovering the body. Other brief items note a Welsh running record, amendments to the wool tariff blocked by Democrats, and Louisville police targeting callers wearing split skirts.
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Charles Brown
Forest Park
Brown
Henry Schuster
Schuster
Dunne Signs Many Bills Primary One
Springfield June 28 Dunne signed the new pi and 20 other measures including a toy pistol bill prohibiting blanks sales. Additional acts cover sanitary district limits county aid soil and crop experiments color gasoline labels mine safety fire stations nonsectarian hospitals rivers and lakes powers and Chicago municipal court act with constitutional dispute. Three detectives testified indictments secret bond set at 1000 each. arrests expected in court today as handbook men reportedly left the city.
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Mil
Dunne
Watson
Rivers and Lakes Commission
Chicago Municipal Court
Death mystery inquiry in Salisbury hits political pressure
Salisbury Md June 28 After an all night secret session the coroner's jury on Miss Florence Wainwright's death adjourned with one ballot 10 to 2 in favor of holding one person for the alleged criminal operation. Pressure to hush up the case is suspected and State's Attorney Bell says he will ask Governor Godsborough to provide detectives to sift the case.
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Salisbury
Florence Wainwright
Bell
Godsborough
Former Brazil President Dr. Manual de Campos-Salles Dies at 73
Saopaulosa Brazil June 28 Dr Manual Ferraz de Campos-Salles who led Brazil from 1895 to 1902 is dead at 73. His presidency oversaw major reconstruction of the republic after a lengthy period of unrest.
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Saopaulosa
Brazil
Manual Ferraz de Campos-Salles
Duluth Feels Coldest June Twenty Eight In Years
Duluth Minnesota reports a cold June twenty eighth with smoke from building smokestacks signaling the return of steam heating. Street thermometers show 42 at six, 45 at nine, pedestrians in overcoats, and residents in fur. A Lake Superior wind drives thick fog and harbor vessels remain ashore after eleven p.m.
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Minn
Lake Superior
Duluth-Superior
Jurors fail to convict Pomaro in federal threat case
Cleveland, June 28. The jury in the case of Guiseppi Pomaro an Italian charged with sending threatening letters to President Wilson demanding 5000 reported a disagreement. Judge Day will order Pomaro examined by an alienist to assess his mental condition. Evidence showed the letter's body not his writing only the signature was his handwriting. The defense argued he may have been duped by an enemy.
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Ohio
Guiseppi Pomaro
Wilson
Day
Pomaro
McReynolds Sifts All Correspondence On Key Resignations
Attorney General McReynolds sent to Congress the full correspondence about delays in the Diggs-Caminetti and Western Fuel cases. The move follows the resignation of U S Federal Attorney McNab in San Francisco. Also, Rear Admiral Blue approved keeping Commodore Perry’s flag at the Toledo museum until July 5 before it joins the Niagara and other Perry relics for the Great Lakes cruise.
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Washington
House Judiciary Committee
Blue
Secretary of the Navy
Toledo Museum
Commodore Perry
Niagara
Perry
Great Lakes
Treaties Extended by Provisions Signed in Washington
Special arbitration treaties with Japan Sweden and Portugal set to expire next month were extended today by protocols signed by Secretary Bryan the Japanese ambassador and the Swedish and Portuguese ministers. Train in Ditch in Peru Indiana injures 25 as the Chesapeake and Ohio line’s Flying Dutchman derails at Fulton.
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United States
Japan
Sweden
Portugal
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Peru
Ind
Chesapeake & Ouio
Fulton
Boon
Message for Harrison Is In His Hands
Chicago June 28 President Wilson's message to Mayor Harrison reached Chicago via Boy Scouts at 2 35 pm marking the start of Olympic trial games in Grant park The relay from Washington covered 18 miles with East Chicago runners delivering to the scouts near Jackson park en route to the mayor The event opens a week of athletic contests headlined by National Amateur Athletic Union championships and a first national interscholastic field meet
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Lll
Wilson
Harrison
Lauren Chenwith
Grant Park
National Amateur Athletic Union
Washington
Mayor Harrison
East Chicago
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Jackson Park
Page Refuses 10 Pay High Rental
London reports the American ambassador will host a Fourth of July reception at the Hotel Ashe as he cannot secure a residence. Negotiations for a house stalled when the owner hiked the rent after learning the tenant’s identity, a move later deemed mistaken. Arson cases to jury in Chicago as Edward Covitz, Paul Covitz, and Joseph Clarke face a final plea from Clarence S. Darrow before jurors retire.
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Page
Ashe
Chicago
Edward
Paul Covitz
Joseph Clarke
Clarence S. Darrow
Auto Via Ditch Ends In Two Deaths In La Porte
Laporte Ind June 28 Barney Dosey 45 of Michigan City and William Hamilton 60 of La Porte were killed when their car ditched at a sharp turn near La Porte last night. Two others were injured in the crash.
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Laporte
Ind
Barney Dosey
Michigan City
William Hamilton
Here
Explosives Found On German Rail Line Foretelling Attack
Ten dynamite cartridges were strapped to rails on the main Berlin Halle Cassell line in Halle Germany. The blast was thwarted when section workers discovered the device before a train passed. Authorities are investigating the attempted derailment.
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Halle
Germany
Berlin
Cassell
Chiapa Executed by State Troops Near Guaymas
Douglas Arizona June 28 Col. Francisco Chiapa a leader of both administration and rebel factions in the Mexican uprising against ex President Porfirio Diaz was executed by state troops near Guaymas yesterday. He had waged a guerrilla campaign for over three years in Chihuahua and Sonora.
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Ariz
Francisco Chiapa
Mexico
Porforio Diaz
Guaymas
Chihuahua
Sonora
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