Present Tariff Bill Will Not Be Accepted Today
Washington reports Senator Cummins forecasting political clash over tariff revision if the bill to lower duties becomes law. He argues the proposed plan won’t satisfy supporters or the platform, predicting a strong anti tariff push and detailing views on manufacturers, profits, and calls for reform. He cites United States Steel as an example of extraordinary profits and warns against government overreach in business.
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Washington
Cummins
Iowa
Senate
Finance Committee
Congress
Diring
Republican Party
United States
Iron and Steel
United States Steel Corporation
Murphy to seek impeachment of two judges in house
Washington May 6 Rep Murphy announced after a lengthy statement to the house that he would present formal charges of impeachment against Judges McPherson and Phillips.
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Washington
House
McPherson
Phillips
Murphy
Six Slain in Gun Play Near Vera Cruz
In Vera Cruz on May 6 six Mexicans died and Harold Sanborn, son of President Sanborn of the La Junta Plantation and Sanborn Lumber, is jailed after a clash with the La Tienda plantation owner and followers. Vicente Espinosa, a cattleman, and a woman are among the dead. Separate items note an Iowa elevator fire at Glidden with $50,000 loss and a South Omaha alfalfa mill blaze costing $125,000.
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Mexico
Harold Sanborn
President Sanborn
la Junta
Sanborn Lumbers Company
Young Sanborn
la Tienda
Vicente Espinosa
Sanborn
Iowa
Glidden
Morehouse
Omaha
South Omaha
M. Co. Peters, Mill Company of
Hains Case Sees Insanity Plea at Bayside Shooting
At the Hains trial in Flushing District Attorney DeWitt resumes cross examination of Dr L S Manson the alienist. He testifies Captain Hains acted under impulsive insanity when he shot William E Annis at the Bayside Yacht club. The testimony covers manic depressive insanity linked to his wife Claudias alleged confession and notes improved condition since.
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Hains
DeWitt
L. S. Manson
Yacht Club
Bayside
Annis
Arthur C. Brush
N. Y
Peter Hains
William E. Annis
Bayside Yacht Club
L. Samuel Manson
Manson
Captain Hains
Claudia
de Witt
Claudia Hains
Stolypin’s test decision on naval general staff bill
In St Petersburg on May 6 the campaign against Premier Stolypin intensified as he demanded that Emperor Nicholas either disassociate from the anti Stolypin plots or accept the resignations of the cabinet. His move centers on a bill creating a general staff for the navy.
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St. Petersburg
Stolypin
Nicholas
Japs May Send Their Warships
Victoria B C May 6 Japanese warships may be sent to Behring Sea to protect sealers from Yokohama Tokyo and other ports across the Pacific flocking there yearly A Tokio source says a letter notes the Japanese government considers sending warships to protect sealers due to annual poaching charges A sealing interests request is reported as prompting the move.
Milwaukee buys rails for 60 000 tons contract
New York May 6 announcement that Illinois Steel company a United States Steel subsidiary closed a contract to sell 60 000 tons of steel rails to the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railway at 28 dollars a ton. Pittsburg Pa May 6 Carnegie Steel company announces a price increase for light steel rails by three to four dollars a ton.
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Milinois Company
New York
Mlinois Steel Company
United States Steel Corporation
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Company
Pittsburg
The
Carnegie Steel Company
George A Cooke 42 Votes In State Senate Ballot
Springfield May 6 82d joint senatorial ballot shows George A Cooke 42 votes Hopkins 72 Foss 17 Shurtleff 18 Stringer 17 scattering 15 No quorum will attend tomorrow. Senate resolutions call for investigations of the state university and game commission administration. charter bills face heated debate. House fights over bond limits referendum timing and park board provisions while 10 hour day for women emerges in amended form.
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Hopkins
Foss
Shurtleff
Stringer
George A. Cooke
Scattering
Tarner Springfield
Senate
State University
State Game Commissioners
Statehouse
Chicago
House
Game Commissioner's Office
Murray
Busse
Witness Recalls Money Transfer in Milwaukee Hotel
Madison reporter Frank T. Wagner testified again before the senatorial investigation panel detailing a payment of funds to three Democratic assemblymen. He described two large money bundles brought by Puelicher and parceled out by M. J. Regan, noting Regan’s weathered description but correcting his complexion. The cross examination was arduous and did not alter his account.
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Madison
Wis
Frank T. Wagner
Senatorial Investigation Committee
Milwaukee
Wagner
Puelicher
M. J. Regan
Regan
Attoyes Black
Jury Quickly Declares James H Boyle Guilty
A jury found James H Boyle guilty in a case reflecting Oregon law as tested by the US Supreme Court. Senator Potter's bill to ban amusements within 800 feet of a hospital was defeated. Senate Bill 294, Chicago charter measure, became a special order for next Tuesday. Barr bill Senate 98 on city commission plan and Hearn bill Senate 58 bringing express companies under railroad and warehouse commission authority were approved.
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Oregon
United States Supreme Court
Potter
Senate
Commission
Cities
Hearn
Railroad and Warehouse Commission
Defense in Kidnapping Trial at Mercer Withdraws Verdict Guilty
Mercer Pa May 6 jury returns verdict of guilty in the James Boyle kidnapping case after the defense offers no evidence. Willie Whitla identifies Boyle on the stand and testifies he is the kidnapper. Courtroom crowd overruns the temporary courthouse as proceedings begin and a plea of not guilty is entered. The trial follows a swift jury selection and opening address by Prosecutor Cochran. A separate Beirut dispatch notes relief of Armenian massacre victims near Caladoran and Kessab after the British battleship Triumph arrives.
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Mercer
James Boyle
Boyle
Mercer, Pa
Billy” Whitla
Ion
James H. Boyle
Sharon
T. C. Cochran
Willie Whitla
Beirut
Saadia
Caladoran
Kessab
Armenian Mass Killings Reported in Adana Province
Reverend Stephen R. Trowbridge of the American Board estimates 23,000 Armenians were killed in Andana during rioting and unrest. He notes 25,000 survivors, mostly women and children, left homeless and starving. He alleges Turkish authorities acquiesced or participated in the attacks. He cites prisoner testimonies saying Armenian towns were wiped out and concludes a plot to destroy 50,000 Armenians, with 23,000 already killed.
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Adana
Constantinople
Stephen R. Trowbridge
American Board of Commissioners of Foreign Missions
Andana
Trowbridge
Hamideh
Osminyeh
Battleship Mississippi Passes Narrows Up MississippI
New Orleans May 6. The battleship Mississippi today safely navigated the narrows and is due in the port at one this afternoon. The vessel arrived shortly after noon.
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New Orleans
Mississippi
Patten Not Back Home Denials From Kin Reach Chicago
Relatives deny reports that James A Patten the wheat bull leader has returned home. Brothers George and Henry Patten Trinidad Colo say he is still at the Bartlet ranch in northern New Mexico after his vacation in the west.
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Chicago
James A. Patten
West
George
Henry Patten
Trinidad
Colo
Bartlet Ranch
New Mexico
Senate Tariff Bill Debate Continues in Congress
Yesterday in Congress the Senate resumed work on the tariff bill with committee amendments after a day of speeches. Only eight pages were reviewed before adjournment and debate persisted on several amendments. Senator Dolliver finished a speech begun Tuesday. The Senate adjourned at 10 o clock. The House was not in session.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
Dolliver
House
Doctor resigns over mistreatment at state hospital
St. Joseph Missouri May 6 Dr T E Graham resigns as assistant physician at the state hospital for the insane No 2 citing gross outrages against patients by attendants with knowledge of Superintendent Kuhn.
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St. Joseph, Mo
State Hospital For the Insane
T. E. Graham
Kuhn
Dust storms follow heat wave in Nebraska and Oklahoma
Norfolk Neb May 6 temperature fell 57 degrees in 12 hours from 96 to 39. The day’s extreme heat was followed by the severest dust storm northern Nebraska has seen. Kansas City reports no loss of life or major damage from the Altmore Oklahoma storm last night, though heavy winds damaged lines and sparked reports the town was destroyed.
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Norfolk
Neb
Nebraska
Kansas City
Altmore
Okla
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