Senate and Court Shifts Shadow U S Trust Battles
The Stanley committee will accuse J Pierpont Morgan of defying anti trust laws and call for dissolving United States Steel. The Lorimer seat faces a July 6 Senate vote after negotiations. Judge Hanford impeachment moves advance in the House and Supreme Court backs ICC federal rate law control. Senator Nixon dies in Washington at 52 from meningitis after nose abscess surgery.
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Stanley Committee
United States Steel Corporation
J. Pierpont Morgan
United States
House
Washington
Berger
Cornelius Hanford
Seattle
Judiciary Committee
New Commerce Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Interstate Commerce Commission
Hanford
Wash
George 8. Nixon
Nevada
U. S. Senate
Lorimer
Senate
Wreck on Alton Limited injures twenty near Bloomington
Sixteen townspeople and passengers sustained injuries when the Chicago and Alton Limited derailed seven miles south of Bloomington Illinois after a broken running gear on a baggage car caused the baggage smoker and crowded coach to plunge into the ditch. Four were seriously hurt and M H Hamilton a Bloomington banker may die.
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Bloomington
Alton
Chicago & Alton Limited
M. H. Hamilton
Delegates Align With Taft and Wilson At Democratic Conventions
The Republican national committee assigned 48 southern delegates to Taft after Chicago contests from Arkansas Florida and Georgia raising Taft to 72 delegates while Roosevelt has none. North Carolina Democrats elected eight at large and endorsed Woodrow Wilson 503 to 396. Warren G Harding announced Taft asked him to name him at Chicago and accepted. Duluth Minnesota Democrats unanimously endorsed Wilson and unit voting for 24 delegates. Arkansas Democrats elected eight at large with half votes for Baltimore backing Champ Clark. Ohio Democrats adopted unit rule for 48 delegates aiding Harmon. Cox was nominated for governor.
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Taft
Republican National Committee
Chicago
Arkansas
Florida
Georgia
Mr. Taft
Roosevelt
North Carolina
Baltimore
Woodrow Wilson
Warren G. Harding
Ohio
Duluth
Minn
Wilson
Arkansas Democratic Conven
Champ Clark
Toledo
Harmon
James M. Cox
Hogston Will Case Sent to Jury in Indiana
Anderson Hogston left 125000 to the State Charities Board upon his Marion death. The board lacked legal authority until a new law passed. Stepbrother James Hogston sues to null the will claiming unsound mind. About sixty witnesses testified for and against mental soundness. A verdict is anticipated to be difficult.
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Indianapolis
Anderson Hogston
Houston
Marion
Board of State Charities
James I. Hogston
Notable deaths and appointments in early 1900s circles
Personal Daniel B Harwood of Blooming ton Ill dies at eighty one leaving two children in Chicago. Dr Harvey W Wiley declines Boston health board chair offer in a letter to Rep William F Murray. Rear Admiral Benjamin Lam berton dies in Washington after a long illness aged sixty eight. he served with Dewey at Manila commanding the Olympia. Congressman E H Hubbard buried at Sioux City Ia after funeral with wide honors. Rev Capt H P Silver elected bishop co adjutor for Kansas diocese at Topeka. Clem W Crum of Milton Wis becomes grand master of Wisconsin I O O F at Madison.
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Harvey W. Wiley
United States Bureau of Chemistry
Boston
Board of Health
William F. Murray
Massachusetts
Benjamin Peffer Lamberton
Washington
Admiral Lamberton
Dewey
Manila
Olympia
United States Prepares Expedition to Cuba with 5000 Troops
Washington dispatches orders for a 5000 troop expedition to Cuba. Four major transports at Newport News are to be commissioned and provisioned. Troops’ home posts are to be readied and a naval force including the Minnesota Mississippi Missouri and Ohio was ordered from Key West to Guantanamo under Rear Admiral Usher.
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General Staff
Army
Washington
Cuba
Newport News
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
Ohio
Usher
Key West
Guantanamo
Horse Killed in Train Crossing Accident
Mrs. Mary Hunter escaped with no injuries after a buggy and horse were destroyed by a locomotive at a Pennsylvania crossing near Anderson. The horse died on impact, while the buggy splintered and Mrs. Hunter was trapped but unharmed after the wreckage was cleared. She had traveled to town with a load of butter and eggs.
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Casper Markus
Saganaw
Mich
Anderson
Mary Hunter
City
Toe Sacrificed to Save Life by Conductor
Wabash reports Frank Oswalt, an interurban conductor, lost his great toe to save his life. He freed his foot after it caught in a frog as a car backed toward him, sacrificing the toe in the wedge between rails.
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Wabash
Frank Oswalt
Oswalt
Funeral for Indiana G A R leader Frank Swigart
Department colors of the Grand Army of the Republic Indiana were moved from the state house to Logansport for the funeral of Frank Swigart department commander who died suddenly last Friday night. The funeral was a military affair with department officers and hundreds of G A R members present. The service was held this afternoon.
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Frank Swigart
Indianapolis
Grand Army of the Republic
Department of Indiana
State House
Logansport
Grand Army
Feet Washing Observed by 1500 at Church Camp Meeting
More than 1,500 Church of God members from around the world participated in the annual camp meeting at the Gospel Trumpet tabernacle on June 11. Women and men completed the feet washing in separate chapels and main auditorium while hundreds of locals watched the ceremony.
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Anderson
Church of God
Gospel Trumpet Tabernacle
Gospel Trumpet
Plague Threat Grows in Manchuria and Recent Deaths in China
Official advices from Mukden warn of a bubonic plague outbreak in Manchuria with appearances in northern China and three deaths reported at Tientsin. The French submarine Vendemiaire was crushed by the battleship Saint Louis off Cherbourg, sinking with 23 crew. London society held a masque ball in imitation of Brussels Waterloo eve. John Ball of Liverpool club retained the amateur British golf title in Westward Ho after beating Abe Mitchell at the thirty-eighth hole, his eighth title.
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Manchuria
Mukden
China
Tientsin
Cherbourg
Society Folk of
London
Brussels
Waterloo
John Ball
Liverpool Club
Eng
Great Britain
Westward-Ho
Ball
Abe Mitchell
Tri Kappa Names Officers for 1913 Convention
Miss Hazel Harrison of Columbia City re-elected president as Lagrange hosts the Indiana Tri Kappa convention closing session. Miss Mary McCullough elected treasurer with vice president Miss Louise Bannister of Valparaiso and secretary Miss Ella Yeager of Bloomfield joining the slate along with editor Miss Mona Hickman of Spencer.
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Tri Kappas
Lagrange
Anderson
Hazel Harrison
Columbia City
Indiana Tri Kappa Sorority
Mary McCullough
Louise Bannister
Valparaiso
Ella Yeager
Bloomfield
Cross Keys
Mona Hickman
Spencer
Drowns in Muncie Quarry
In Muncie on June 11 Robert Brees eighteen son of William Brees a laborer drowned while swimming in a north city stone quarry He stepped into a deep hole and was believed to be seized with cramps Divers recovered the body after nearly an hour This was the first drowning in Muncie this year.
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Muncie
Robert Brees
William Brees
Brees
Camp Meeting Attracts Large Crowd in Anderson
The ten day Church of God camp meeting in Anderson reached a final attendance of 6,000 persons. Rail service was crowded as visitors streamed home in all directions following the event.
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Anderson
Church of God
Farmer Rescued After Attempted Suicide in Barn
Princeton reports Charles Davia, 35, a farmer, attempted death by hanging in a barn at his home. His wife cut the rope in time, saving his life.
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Princeton
Charles Davia
Eight Are Murdered in Villisca Bed Slayings
In Villisca Iowa on June 11 eight family members and guests were found murdered in their beds with an ax. The victims were Joseph B Moore Mrs Joseph B Moore Herman Catherine Boyd Paul Lena Ina Spillinger and their hosts. John Vangilder of Omaha is suspected. militia patrols search for him. The scene suggests the victims were killed as they slept.
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Villisca
Joseph B. Moore
Herman Moore
Catherine Moore
Boyd Moore
Paul Moore
Lena Spillinger
Ina Spillinger
Spillinger
Joseph Spillinger
Moores
Moore
Iowa
John Vangilder
Omaha
Women for Titanic Shaft Untitled Memorial Drive
Women in the U S army and navy will back a Titanic memorial in Washington to honor those who died rescuing women and children. Mrs Leonard Wood plans a personal letter campaign to all army post women asking for contributions to form a single national fund.
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Washington
United States Army and Navy
Leonard Wood
United States Army
United States
Rebels Burn Up a Family Near Tepic
Englishman George Arnold Brown told reporters in Phoenix that rebels burned his hacienda near Tepic in his absence, killing his wife and two babies and driving off his livestock. He described conditions around Tepic as horrible before heading to Los Angeles to seek help from the British consul.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Tepic
George Arnold Brown
Los Angeles
Brown
Supreme Court adjourns for October term 1912
The Supreme Court adjourned for the October term 1912 with several cases still under consideration. It sustained the convictions of F. A. Hyde and J. A. Schneider for fraud involving public lands in California and Oregon in 1904, a case eight years in the courts. The court also upheld an Iowa law requiring food inspection of commercial products.
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Washington
Supreme Court of the United States
F. A. Hyde
J. A. Schneider
California
Oregon
Iowa
Italians Kill 1000 Turks at Zanzur Oasis
Gen Caneva reports a bloody victory for Italy at Zanzur Oasis near Tripoli que standoff. Turkish losses exceed 1,000 dead while Italian casualties reach eleven killed and eight officers with 252 men wounded. Italian forces control the Tripoli coast and expect no major action until cooler weather.
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Rome
Italy
Caneva
Tripoli
Zanzur Oasis
Doctor MacGregor Sentenced to Life for Murder
Bad Axe Michigan June 11 Doctor Robert A MacGregor convicted of murder in the first degree for the death of Scyril Sparling was sentenced by Judge Beach to life imprisonment in Jackson He was charged with administering poison.
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Bad Axe
Mich
Robert A. MacGregor
Scyril Sparling
Beach
Jackson
Little Violet Miller Saves Boy From Canal
In Connersville a three year old, Earl Webb, floated facedown in a canal after being pushed in by a girl who spotted what she thought a doll. He was pulled out unconscious and revived. Police investigate the boy’s story as bystanders alert.
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Connersville
Earl Webb
First Street
Violet Miller
Violet
Earl
Taxable Property Value in South Bend and Portage Township
Personal property valued at 8 067 340 has been returned for taxation in South Bend and Portage township. Improvements added to real estate in the last year amount to 423 480. The number of polls subject to taxation in the township per assessment sheets is 11 144.
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South Bend
Portage Township
Explosion destroys home of Taylor Goodman on Pear Street
Gasoline line stove blast devastates a residence at 2911 Pear Street. Loss estimated at $2,000 with limited insurance. Fire crews respond and assess damage. No further details on injuries or cause provided.
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Anderson
Taylor Goodman
Pear Street
Paxton Toilet Co Promotes Paxtine Antiseptic
A noted remedy for pelvic catarrh is hot douches of Paxtine Antiseptic. Sold at druggists for 25 cents a box or sent postpaid by The Paxton Toilet Co of Boston Massachusetts.
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Paxton Toilet, Co
Boston
Mass
What She Wants A Modern House With A Living Room Too Big
A Detroit Free Press snippet has a client asking an architect for a fashionable modern home. She describes a living room too large to warm easily and a kitchen too small to cook in, seeking a stylish, contemporary design.
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Detroit Free Press
The Only Way
An elderly baptizer leads a revival baptism scene while a wary observer notes that one participant is an old, hardened sinner needing more than a single dip. The observer jokes about anchoring him in deep water overnight to ensure true conversion.
Young Tulsa Suit Sparks Pawhuska Visit Debate
In Oklahoma a Tulsa man seeks marriage with a daughter whose parents refuse citing age. The father, a traveling man, says she will visit Pawhuska tomorrow and may return older, implying timing could affect acceptance. Kansas City Star.
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Oklahoma
Midland Valley
Tulsa
Pawhuska
Kansas City Star
The Worms Way and a Laughing Worm
A Philadelphia anti-vivisectionist cites an English report promising to ban live bait fishing. Stephen Coleridge faced opponents who argued worms feel no pain. Coleridge quips that a worm writhing shows it laughs at being tickled.
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Stephen Coleridge
Philadelphia
Coleridge
Mr. Coleridge
California Doctor Endorses Grape-Nuts as Brain Health Food
A Los Angeles physician with forty years in practice praises Grape-Nuts and Postum, saying they suit all digestion and build brain power. He consumes Grape-Nuts with cream for mental work and travels with the product, urging others to switch from coffee.
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Los Angeles
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Pkys
Wellville
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Henry Cross
Evanston, Ill
Yale
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Cross
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New York
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William Sherer
Indiana
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Rich Bachelor
State Charities Board
Daniel B. Harwood
Bloomington, Ill
Carleton Holdredge
Kirk Harwood
E. H. Hubbard
Sioux City
H. Percy Silver
Missionary Department of the Southwest
Protestant Episcopal Church
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Topeka
Clem W. Crum
Milton, Wis
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Osborn
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Mary Bennett
Lakeville
St. Joseph
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Hager
Germany
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Ernest O'Brien
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A. H. Greenwood
Frankfort
D. F. Leonard
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