Wisconsin Senator's Filibuster Delays Senate Currency Debate
In Washington the Wisconsin senator La Follette launched a sustained filibuster delaying a vote on the currency compromise. He pressed for roll calls and challenged the chair while seeking quorum recognition, aided briefly by Senator Stone, with votes and procedural skirmishes shaping a tense afternoon in the chamber.
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Senate
Senator la Follette
Stone
Missouri
Wisconsin
Gore
Mr. la Follette
Fairbanks
Allen Thurman
Aldrich
Culberson
Roosevelt
la Follette
Kean
New Jersey
Senator Stone
Rhode Island
Senate Chamber
Gallinger
Theatrical veteran David B. Henderson dies in Chicago
Chicago May 28 veteran theatrical manager and producer David B. Henderson died in a sanitarium after a long illness. He was a longtime figure in stage productions and management.
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Chicago
David B. Henderson
Will Nominate Taft at Chicago Convention
Washington May 30 Rep Burton of Illinois will present Secretary Tafts name to the Chicago convention. Burton, a close Taft ally, will leave for Hot Springs to draft his nominating address. Senators Dolliver Long and Knight will speak in support, with Hopkins likely chairing the resolutions committee.
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Theodore Burton
Chicail
Aft
Chicago
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Taft
United States
Hot Springs
Dolliver
Iowa
George Knight
California
Senator Borah
Idaho
Senator Long
Kansas
Hopkins
Committee On
Open Door for Japs Only
Vancouver report by G. C. Cruce, former Oxford mayor and Botanical Society secretary, discusses Japan's military buildup in Manchuria and open door policy. He notes Japanese actions at Port Arthur and Dalny, and predicts a clash with powers over discriminatory policy favoring Japanese in the Orient.
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G. C Cruce
Oxford
Eng
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Orient
China
Korea
Japan
Far East
Mr. Cruce
America
Cruce
Manchuria
Pacific
United States
Mr. Druce
Port Arthur
Dalny
Bryan denounces Pennsylvania convention overstepping voters
In Lincoln on May 30 W. J. Bryan criticizes the Pennsylvania Democratic state convention for ignoring expressed voters wishes. He calls the action a brazen contempt for Democratic principles and embezzlement of power, saying delegates sold out the counties and that boss rule harms the party but may hasten Pennsylvania’s political regeneration.
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Lincoln
Neb
W. J. Bryan
Pennsylvania
Bryan
Denver
Harrisburg
Rich Haul for Thieves in Minneapolis May 30
Six hundred fountain pens valued at 1500 dollars were stolen from the Northwestern School Supply company near the State university. Thieves broke in through the back door and took all plain pens and their packing cases. A similar robbery occurred two years earlier, with pens valued at 1000 dollars.
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Minneapolis
Northwestern School Supply Company
State University
Four Indicted in Cotton Scandal Case in DC and NY
Theodore H Price Moses Haas Frederick A Peckham and Edwin S Holmes Jr indicted by DC grand jury on conspiracy linked to 1905 cotton scandal. Price a long time NY market operator faces conspiracy to defraud and bribery charges. others reportedly indicted as well.
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Theodore H. Price
Moses Haas
Frederick A. Peckham
New York
Edwins. Holmes, Jr
Department of Agriculture
Grand
Supreme Court of
District of Columbia
Price
Edwin S. Holmes, Jr
Holmes
Federal Grand Jury
Federal
Bears Score Victory in Early Grain Trading
Chicago May 30 The bears on the board of trade forced down May deliveries of wheat corn and oats by 2% to 5 cents per bushel. May corn fell from 82% to 77% with James A Patten leading the bull campaign. Oats slid 56% to 51% and wheat dropped from 109% to 107% as Patten and followers claimed vast gains.
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Chicago
Bears
Board of Trade
James A. Patten
Commission Rejects Assembly Bill for Jury System in Philippines
The Philippine commission rejected the assembly bill to create a provincial jury system with 25 jurors per province. It cited potential abuses and political influence in juror appointments. The commission also passed a public works bill allocating 3,000,000 pesos for roads, irrigation, a Manila capitol, harbor improvements at Iloilo, and a Cebu customs house.
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Manila
Philippine Commission
Assembly
Lloilo
Cebu
Senate Ends Session With Emergency Currency Passage
Washington reports the first session of the Sixtieth congress adjourned after the Senate approved the Aldrich-Vreeland emergency currency bill 48 to 22. The debate featured filibusters by La Follette Stone and Gore and the choice between bond secured currency and commercial paper backed circulation. The Nelson amendment allowing interest on government deposits by banks was retained.
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Sixtieth Congress
Senate
Messrs. la Follette
Stone
Gore
Congress
Racca
Secretary Root names Tokio exposition commission for 1912
Washington June 2 Secretary Root selects the U S commission to Tokio 1912 naming Francis B Loomis Frederick J W Skiff and Francis D Miller as commissioners general The first task after appointment will be choosing a secretary and clerical staff with many applicants and endorsements cited Rumor favors John Callan O Laughlin for the secretary post.
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Washington
Root
United States
Francis B. Loomis
Frederick J. W. Skiff
Field Museum
Chicago
Francis D. Miller
John Callan O’laughlin
Church Synod endorses prohibition and Sabbath tighter observance
In Cincinnati on June 2 the national synod of the Reformed Presbyterian church, after Rev. David McKinney’s address, unanimously adopted resolutions urging state and national prohibition as the final liquor solution and calling for stricter Sabbath observance.
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Cincinnati
David McKinney
National Synod of the
Reformed Presbyterian Church
Synod Committee On
Murder Suspect Released in Dowagiac Case
Dowagiac Michigan June 2 James Brimmingstahl released from custody after wife’s statement led to his arrest for strangling to death David Huff. Police had suspected him in several other murders but it was shown he was legally married to his wife and she could not testify against him.
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Dowagiac
Mich
James Brimmingstahl
David Huff
Brimmingstahle
Celt Wins Brooklyn Handicap at Gravesend in Record Time
Celt, the heavy favorite, easily wins the $25,000 Brooklyn handicap at Gravesend New York over 1 1/4 miles in 2.04 and a fraction, setting a track record. He leads from the start and defeats Fair Play by 1 1/4 lengths with Master Robert third.
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N. Y
Celt
Brooklyn
Fair Play
Master Robert
Bryan Nominates Civic Issues for Democratic Campaign
W J Bryan spoke in Bonesteel S D outlining Democrat aims for the Denver platform. He urged direct Senate elections, anti trust and tariff reforms, railroad oversight, labor capital reconciliation, anti imperialism, and protection for bank depositors to prevent panics.
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Democratic Party
Bryan Campaign Fund Donation Report Debated
A June report claims Thomas F. Ryan contributed $20,000 to a Nebraska race fund aiming to back William J. Bryan for U.S. senator in 1904. The money allegedly passed through William F. Sheehan to T. S. Allen, then Nebraska Democratic state chair, with expectations Bryan would support Alton B. Parker. Allen denied the $20,000 donation claim in Lincoln.
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Thomas F. Ryan
Nebraska
William J. Bryan
United States
Ryan
William F. Sheehan
Sheehan
T. S. Allen
Democratic State Central Committee of
Bryan
Alton B. Parker
Lincoln, Neb
Bryan Begins Weeklong Nebraska Tour From Omaha
William J. Bryan starts a seven day speaking tour across Nebraska focusing on the northern region. His first major stop is Norfolk where he delivers a speech as part of a trip never before taken to many parts of his home state. He will later address audiences in the cattle country.
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William J. Bryan
Nebraska
Norfolk
Mr. Bryan
California
Sree
Pacific Coast
Sioux City
Shasta
Yellowstone Park
Wonderland
Gardiner
Park
Salt Lake
Colorado
Utah
Big Horn Basin
West
Wyoming
Oregon Basin Canal
D. Clem Deaver
Burlington Landseekers’ Information Bureau
Scenic
Denver
Black Hills
Burlington
Harvard Wins Annual Tennis Meet Against Yale
Harvard defeated Yale five matches to four at the New Haven Lawn Tennis Club in New Haven Connecticut on June 1. Harvard won four singles and one doubles match while defaulting a doubles bout to catch a train. Yale had earlier defeated Princeton and Columbia.
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Conn
Harvard
Yale
Robbers Hold Up Freight Train in Cleveland
Two men with revolvers stopped a Lake Shore and Michigan Central freight train in the city while four accomplices robbed a merchandise car. The robbers boarded in the yards and halted the engine. two yard detectives on board were unaware of the plan until the engine halted. Detectives fired but the robbers escaped.
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Cleveland
Lake Shore
Michigan Central Railway
Will Refuse to Testify
Nelson Cannon, who confessed to bribery in a street paying contract and fled to Canada, says in jail he has been kidnapped from Canadian courts and remains in their jurisdiction. He will refuse to plead to the charges and will not implicate others or testify in the bribery cases.
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Columbus
Nelson Cannon
Canada
Author Carries Out Belief
Washington May 29 Mrs Mary Hinton formerly of London England once a frequent contributor to English and American magazines committed death by her own action at her home here by asphyxiation She was fifty three years old Her recent statement was that life is something we have the privilege of ending when we choose When I think it is time to die I shall end it all
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Washington
Mary Hinton
London
Eng
Lawrence students challenge dancing ban at Methodist college
Sixty Lawrence university students in Appleton Wisconsin announce plans to test the faculty rule prohibiting dancing with expulsion as penalty for violation.
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Appleton, Wis
Lawrence University
Methodist Episcopal Denomination
Crows Nest Southern railway to extend from Michel to Calgary
Announcement that the Crows Nest Southern railway, part of the Great Northern system, will extend from Michel to Calgary along the main line of the Canadian Pacific. The new route spans seventy three miles from Gateway to Fernie and Michel, with engineers surveying the line and cost estimates sent to St Paul.
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Winnipeg
Crows Nest Southern Railway
Great Northern
Michel
Western Canada
Calgary
Canadian Pacific
Gateway
Fernie and
St. Paul
Bank Robbers Escape With Up To Eight Thousand Dollars
Four men robbed the State Bank of Cuba in Cuba Kansas and fled with between six thousand and eight thousand dollars after a clash with townspeople. No shots were fired and posses patrol the area as pursuit continues.
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Cuba
Kan
State Bank of
Ten Deaths From Heat In Pittsburg May 30
Fifty suffered prostrations as extreme heat hit Pittsburg with the thermometer at 88 degrees. Ten people died as the heat wave persisted, with many others affected in the city.
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Pittsburg
Mercury
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