Gallinger Flags Possible White House Influence in Tariff Debate
Senator Gallinger told the senate lobby committee that President Wilson's role in the tariff bill bordered on lobbying though he stopped short of a direct charge. He warned against intimidation and said executive overreach threatens the three branches of government. Gallinger also denounced altering a printed document by a fellow senator as indefensible or criminal.
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Washington
Wilson
White House
Senate
Gallinger
Reed
Senator Gallinger
Nelson
Congress
Chairman Overman
Mr. Gallinger
United States
Overman
Lodge
Marshall borrows baby to brighten Washington home
Vice President and Mrs. Marshall have borrowed four year old Thomas Marshall Sutherland for a time. He is the son of the vice president's pastor and the couple, who have no children, are fond of babies. Thomas calls his host papa Marshall and says he is his best chum.
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Washington
Marshall
Thomas Marshall Sutherland
Berkeley Springs
Explosion in England Sparks Alarm Near Liverpool
An explosion of a canister caused great excitement at Runcorn sixteen miles from Liverpool as it was thrown from a street car window near the suspension bridge. An ideal chemist reported the contents as sulphur following an examination.
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Liverpool
England
Runcorn
Ship Canal
Turkey’s Premier Dead in Constantinople Shootings
Mahmud Shevket Pasha the Turkish war minister and grand vizier and his aide Ibraham Bey were killed by two assassins in Constantinople. Nazim Pasha, rival war minister, had been killed earlier during a demonstration at the Tchatalja lines.
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Constantinople
Mahmud Shevket Pasha
Turkey
Ibraham Bey
Nazim Pasha
Nazim
Shevket
Sublime Porte
Young Turk Party
Enver Bey
Kiamil Pasha
Tchatalja
Hemp on Free List Shifts Hemp Tax Debate in Senate
The Harvester trust won a key victory in the senate finance committee as hemp was added to the free list. The house split Republican duties, fixing hemp at 11.20 per ton for revenue. Hemp binding twine dominates U S imports with Harvester company controlling Central American and Ecuador districts.
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Washington
Harvester Trust
Senate Finance Committee
House
United States
Harvester Company
Central America
Ecuador
Naval airman shot at near Annapolis
Lieutenant A. A. Cunningham and Mechanician Green were flying 1,600 feet high fifteen miles below Annapolis when a small caliber bullet pierced the propeller and damaged part of the machinery. The shooter remains at large.
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Annapolis
A. A. Cunningham
Naval
Cunningham
Green
Millionaire and Wife Die in Swiss Double Suicide
Zurich reports Eugene Maggi and his wife, famed as the wealthiest Switzers, took their own lives in a joint act driven by a loss of interest in life. Maggi, 41, and his wife, 35, left an estate once valued at 10 million dollars and recently added inheritance from several factories.
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Zurich
Switzerland
Hugene Maggi
Eugene Maggi
Maggi
Dequen Department Store Declares Bankruptcy in Fort Smith
Fort Smith Arkansas June 13 the Dequen department store a major regional retailer has filed for bankruptcy following the disappearance of manager Ernest Loy bng. The company assets are reported to be about 300000.
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Fort Smith, Ark
Dequen Department Store
Southwest
Ernest Loybng
Wacilities
Illinois women win ballot in House vote to grant suffrage
Illinois lawmakers pass the women's suffrage bill 83 to 58 in the house, sending it to Governor Dunne for signature. The measure grants women voting rights for all statutory offices including presidential electors and U.S. senators, with separate ballots and township voting rights. A parallel Senate committee in Washington favors a constitutional amendment granting suffrage irrespective of sex.
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Springfield
Ill
House of Representatives
Dunne
Illinois
Mississippi River
William McKinley
United States
General Assembly
State Board of Equalization
Board of Review
Baltimore Man Donates Blood For Dying Woman
Cammilio Zanti, 22, after a failed suicide attempt, donated two quarts of blood to Maria Maggio a mother of seven in a city hospital. Doctors say the mother may live though Zanti suffered only a minor brain wound from a pistol shot. He gave blood after a month of hospitalization following the incident.
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Baltimore
Cammilio Zanti
Zanti
Maria Maggio
Woman Suffrage Favorably Reported By Committee
Washington June 14 The senate committee on woman suffrage favorably reported an amendment to the constitution granting women nationwide the right to vote. The report states it does not discuss equality of the sexes from an intellectual standpoint.
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Washington
Senate Committee On
Ashurst
Congress
United States
Aviator Drew Dies In Blazing Biplane Crash At Lima
Andrew Drew of Chicago, student of Orville Wright, was killed when the biplane he and J. C. Brabazon tested collapsed after a dusk joy ride at the Lima aviation grounds. Drew fell 200 feet and perished beneath the burning wreckage.
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Andrew Drew
Lima, O
Lima
Chicago
Orville Wright
Drew
J. C. Brabazon
Brabazon
Lima State Hospital
State Hospital
Six U S Troopers Slain at Bagsag Moro Battle
Manila dispatch reports American forces stormed the trenches of Moros under the sultan of Jolo at Bagsag. Six U S troops were killed and 12 wounded, including two privates of Company M Highth United States Infantry and several scouts. Lieutenant Edwin H. Barkley was wounded in the leg. The casualties are described as few given the Moros stiff resistance.
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Manila
P. I
Sundry Civil Bill Passed by Senate After Fight
The senate approved the sundry civil appropriation bill reducing managers at the Soldiers' Home from eleven to five, sending the measure to the president. It authorizes $116,000,000 and retains a veto triggering exemption for farmers and labor organizations regarding Sherman act fund use.
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Washington
Senate
Taft
Charley Taft Wins Prize at Taft School Commencement
Charley Taft son of the former president won the principal prize at Taft School commencement the cup from the Taft School Alumni Association for the senior with greatest all around athletic and scholarship ability He also won Yale Taft Alumni Association prize for the leading scholar among the seniors.
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Watertown
Conn
Charley Taft
Taft School
Taft School Alumni Association
Taft Alumni Association of
Yale
Boy Slayer Reaches Prison
In Joliet Illinois on June 13 a fourteen year old boy named Herman Coppes who wore knee trousers killed a car er and two infants in a pit and has been sent to the state penitentiary. The reader should note the age and the transfer to prison. This brief item notes a juvenile offender’s transfer to state prison following the crime.
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Joliet, I
Herman Coppes
Two Score Men and Women Hurt in City Rail Wreck
A rear end collision on the Creve Coeur Lake line near Overland Park, St Louis County, injures about forty people, many women and children. Fifteen are reported to die. Two open air cars telescoped after the forward trolley pole failed, speed 40 mph. Passengers rushed to Missouri Baptist sanitarium and other local doctors.
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Western
Union News Service
St. Louis
Crewe Cover Lake
Overland Park
Missouri Baptist Sanitarium
Overland
Atlanta Man Killed At Dead Man's Curve Collision
Gay J. M. Murphy an Atlanta shoe manufacturer was instantly killed when his car rounded Dead Man's Curve on Peachtree Road and struck a trolley car. Three companions escaped with minor injuries.
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Atlanta
Gay J. M. Murphy
Peachtree Road
Murphy
Burd Dies In Auto Crash Pinning Incident
W B Burd aged 54 a Pennsylvania Railroad operating department official was killed when an automobile he rode in overturned trapping him beneath the vehicle in Pittsburg Pennsylvania.
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Pittsburg
W. B. Burd
Pennsylvania Railroad
Cincinnati Market Prices for Grains Livestock and Eggs
The report lists Corn prices for multiple grades from No. 2 to No. 4 white yellow and mixed, Hay prices for timothy and clover, Oats and Wheat prices by grade, andEggs Poultry Cattle Bulls Calves Hogs Sheep Spring Lambs and Yearlings with price ranges and unit details. Also notes assorted stock prices for shippers butchers and canners.
Motor Cycles Collide on Death Curve in Oakland
Three killed in Oakland on the Death Curve when two motorcycles speedily met head on. The dead are John Wesley Hoffelt 19 Natalia Shutliff 19 and George Sousa 21. Sousa and Miss Shutliff were returning to Oakland and attempted Death Curve at about 70 mph. Hoffelt was traveling opposite and Sousa swerved into the curve.
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Oakland
Cal
John Wesley Hoffelt
Natalia, Shutliff
George Sousa
Sousa
Miss Shutliff
Hoffelt
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Pershing
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Philippines
U. S
Cincinnati
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Batavia
Ohio
Courier
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Louis Hicks
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Main
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Clayton B. Nichols
Yeirriza & Nichols
U. Batavia
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Courier Buyting
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A.B. Nichols
Bagby
B.T. Danis
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Swanson Rheumatic Cure
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