Senators clash with newspapers over Lorimer case central to vote
Washington article recounts how senators blame newspapers for the Lorimer controversy and describe the public uproar over the alleged whitewash. It notes McCumber and Smoot remarks and the Senate finance committee testimony as documents of tense press relations.
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Washington, D. C
United States Senate
Lorimer
Senate
Chicago Tribune
Deni
Amonding
Senate Finance Committee
McCumber
North Dakota
Associated Press
Smoot
Weather: Comparative Temps From Local Weather Office
Comparative temperatures for today and this day last year provided by the local U S Weather Bureau show readings from 4 a m to 2 p m with values ranging from 59 to 82 degrees. The chart lists 4 a m 6 a m 8 a m 10 a m noon 1 p m and compares to prior year figures.
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United States Weather Bureau
Local Forecast For San Antonio Area
For San Antonio and vicinity the outlook calls for fair conditions tonight and Tuesday with light winds and dry skies. No significant precipitation is expected. Highs near the upper 70s to around 80 degrees and comfortable overnight lows.
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San Antonio and Vicinity
Home Weather for Tourists
Observations at 8 a m show city by city readings. St Louis 68 clear with west wind 18 mph. Chicago 62 partly cloudy with west wind 14 mph. Milwaukee 56 cloudy with southwest wind 8 mph. Kansas City 66 clear with northwest wind 18 mph. New York 68 cloudy with southwest wind 20 mph and showers. Boston 56 cloudy with northeast wind 12 mph and showers. Washington 68 cloudy with north wind 8 mph shifting southerly with warmer trend and possible showers.
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ST. Louis
Chicago
Milwaukee
Kansas City
New York
Boston
Washington
Taft Rebukes Cavalry Colonel Over Jew Prejudice
Col Joseph Garrard at Fort Myer was formally reprimanded for bias against Private Frank Bloom a Jew. Bloom sought a second lieutenant exam and Garrard opposed it. President Taft ordered Bloom receive a fair promotion examination.
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Joseph Garrard
Fort Myer
Frank Bloom
Bloom
Col
Garrard
Taft
Young Bloom
Cotton crop prices rise on drought forecast
The Associated Press reports New Orleans June 12 that continued drought and heat push new crop cotton prices higher as markets open the week. Dry weather dominates belts with minimal rainfall across regions. October futures gain about a dollar per bale to 13.61 while old crop months stay largely quiet.
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Associated Press
New Orleans
Drouth
Mobile
Ala
Meridian
Raleigh
N. C
North Carolina
Little Girl Burned as Mother Saves from Flames
Elizabeth Graham a three year old daughter of Mr and Mrs James Graham of 103 Nixon Street caught clothes on fire at 1130 this morning while playing with a match. Her mother tore away the burning garments and the child was saved with severe burns to arms and neck but not fatally. A fire alarm brought several wagons and a crowd to the scene.
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Elizabeth Graham
James Graham
Nixon Street
Locusts Attack Harriman Park In New York Preserve
An army of 17 year locusts invaded Harriman Park in Stony Point New York. The $5,000,000 preserve gifted to New York state last year by Mrs. E H Harriman and other wealthy residents faced the insect onslaught.
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Associated Press
Stony Point
N. Y
Harriman Park
New York State
E. H. Harriman
Sugar Refining Trust Under House Inquiry
The House committee opened an investigation into the sugar refining industry led by the American Sugar Refining Company. Edwin F. Atkins testified that 17 refineries merged in 1887 to lower production costs and reduce competition, forming a holding structure.
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Washington, D. C
House
Congress
Refining Company First
American Sugar Refining Company
J. M Beck
Edwin F. Atkins
Boston
Hardwick
H. O. Levan
New York
New Jersey
Missouri
Maine
Pennsylvania
Louisiana
Atkins
Bay Staite
Neprentative
Madison
Kansas
United States
Sugar Refineries
New England
Senatorial Election Bill Faces Direct Vote Clash
Washington reports the Senate began examining a resolution for direct election of U S senators by the people. Senator McCumber warned against primaries and press libel, predicting costly campaigns favoring millionaires or demagogues, and vowed to vote against the bill if government supervision of senatorial elections were removed.
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Associated Press
Washington
Senate
United States
McCumber
Girls Who Shot Stokes Remanded to Prison
Lillian Graham and Ethel Conrad, both charged with shooting W. E. D. Stokes, were arraigned in New York and remanded to prison after failing to post bail. Stokes remains in hospital, delaying the preliminary hearing to next Wednesday. Policeman Tulley testified Graham exclaimed she shot him while Conrad claimed credit.
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Associat Si: Press
New York
Lillian Graham
Ethel Conrad
W. E. D. Stokes
Ansonia Hotel
Stokes
Tulley
L. Graham
William Dodge Stokes
Varuna
Roosevelt Hospital
Panic hits Ghigage wheat market today
Panic swept the Ghigage wheat market as rumors of deferred months sparked selling. July wheat futures tumbled and the market recorded an 8 cent loss per bushel in Chicago trading, with prices slipping amid a broad sellers' panic.
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Ghigage
Associated Press
Chicago
Colombians Sentenced For Stabbing Americans
In Bogota on June 12, two Colombians were sentenced for stabbing William B. MacMaster, the American vice consul at Cartagena, in 1909. One recipient received fourteen years and the other six years in prison amidst tensions between Colombians and Americans.
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Assucilated
Bogota
Colombia
William B. MacMaster
Cartagena
MacMaster
New York
Mario Lara Cordova
Abellarde Aberrera
Wheat futures fall after early gains on hedging moves
Prices dipped after an early rally as investors hedged cash wheat against July delivery and selling pressure grew. Stop loss orders pushed figures down, with July bids retreating from near 89 to around 85.8 cents as traders liquidated positions.
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Bull Clique
Ben
Lifeless Body Found Near Galveston Railroad Track
The badly mangled body of J W Shults, a prominent Arcadia businessman, was found beside the Santa Fe railroad track near his Galveston home this morning. He is believed to have been struck by a train.
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Galveston
Tex
JW. Shults
Arcadia
Santa Fe
City Treasurer Election Contest Goes To Trial In San Antonio
Four on four on being argued consumes the day. If Judge Camp overrules the petition the case moves to merits to decide if Gallagher received enough uncounted votes to defeat incumbent Church for city treasurer. If dismissed, Church remains treasurer.
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J. F. Gallagher
F. W. Church
Forty-fifth District Court
Mr. Church
Camp
Gallagher
Church
San Antonio
Third Cavalry Relieved From Border Patrol Near Rio Grande
An order will relieve the Third cavalry from patrol duty along the Rio Grande, with uncertainty whether they return to Fort Sam Houston or move closer to the border. The Eleventh or a reassigned Fourth may replace them. two aeroplanes depart Fort Sam Houston, leaving only two Wright machines. Militia officers arrive for duty, and Captain Hammond dies of ptomaine poisoning after a railroad lunch counter meal. Two officers to Chicago and staff changes follow.
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Third Cavalry
Rio Grande
Fort Sam Houston
Eleventh Cavalry
Fourth Cavalry
Cloudcroft
N. M
Division
Paul W. Beck
College Point
Washington
S. C
Chicago
Foulois
Capt
Harold Hammond
Doherty
Port Clark
Spofford Junction
Captain Hammond
Department of Texas
Territorial
Col
John S. Mallory
Department
Beverly A. Read
Charles Flickinger
Inspector General's Department
San Francisco
K. L. Seel
A. C. Fox
R. C. Humber
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Starto
TNTO
Big Concern
THE
Paigns
Millionaire
Border Patrol
Curtiss and McCormack
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