Light on sugar tariff fight exposed by Senate hearing
Washington June 6 The Senate lobby investigating committee probed the free sugar versus antifree sugar battle. Senator Ransdell led questioning, detailing organized bureaus and activities by Louisiana sugar cane growers and refiners. Testimony touched on personal wealth of senators and even Pauline Wayne the President's cow on Senator Stephenson's Wisconsin farm.
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Washington
Senate
Ransdell
Louisana
Louisiana
Claus Gpreckles
Federal Sugar Refining Company
Frank ©. Lowry
New York
Boment
Tawallan
Louisiang
Pitman
Nevada
Wilson
National Woolkrowers' Associaton Ae
Benator Thompson
Kansas
Sigar
Thompson
Stephenson
Wheconan
Pauline Wayne
President Tat
Lie
Hengtor Stephenson
Wirebhsin
Infant fatally shot by child at Freedom Center home
In Freedom Center residents report a tragic accident as 2-year-old Harry Cline was shot and killed by 7-year-old Bennie Crow while playing near his mother. The incident occurred at a family home, with the boy misjudging the gun’s safety and firing.
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Travenna
Harry Cline
Bennie Crow
Freedom Center
Rennie
Fortune for son amid Cleveland estate dispute
A fragmented notice reports Stephen Pamulin, presumed heir, returning to Cleveland to prove identity in an estate matter. Earlier heirs seek an administrator as the 1801 disappearance remains unresolved and the estate face proceedings.
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Cleveland
Lyfan
Stephen Pamuln
Stephen Pamuin
Woman Released After Jail in June Case
In Cincinnati Ohio Mrs Charlotte Thompson Brown, a woman broker, and her husband have been jailed since last Saturday on an entailed case. The woman collapsed repeatedly since during the bail set at $15,000. The husband remains in custody as the case proceeds.
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Cincignati
Charlotte Thompson Brown
Wes Amit
Mar
Renales
General Strike Orders Involves Many Unions At Port
New Orleans June 6 A general strike was declared at the Tufted Fruit company in Augutic porte by the marine firemen and sailors union due to trouble between the firemen and sailors and the company. The strike order binds pilots, Bremen, pater tenders, con paseera and prepar similar do the aspe with of the engiperrs.
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New Orleans
Tufted Fruit Company
Marine Firemen
Failore’ Union
Talon of
Ais
Bclidés
Pailers
Bremen
Pater Tenders
Con Paseera
Prademily
Senators Track Insidious Lobby Inquiry in Washington
The subcommittee of the United States Senate Judiciary Committee, led by Chairman Lee Overman, probes activities of a suspected lobby in Washington. The inquiry follows President Wilson’s call highlighting what he termed an insidious and aggravating lobby, with legislators Knute Nelson Jamie Reed Albert Cummins and Thomas Walsh named among the participants.
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United States Agnate Committee On the Judiciary
Washington
Wilson
Bemocrat
North Carolina
Chisirman
Knute Nelson
Minnesota
Jami A. Reed
Missouri
Albert G. Cummins
Iowa
Thomas J. Walsh
Montana
One Year in Jail Given Jack Johnson
Chicago June Jack Johnson, the negro heavyweight champion, was sentenced to one year and one day in Joliet state penitentiary and fined $1,000 for violation of a Mann white slave law. A bond of $20,000 was posted.
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Chicago
Jack Johnson
State Penitentiary
Joliet
Bentenon
Bede
Value of Girl's Hand in Laundry Accident Suit
Lottie Hermon, employee of Farrier Laundry, sued for 6000 dollars after an accident left her hand mangled in a laundry machine. A jury heard the case amid the ongoing war news from GO Ma On Jane the Three ago.
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Jane
Mins Lottie Hermon
Farrier Laundry Company
Boy Captures Prize In Baking Contest
Gifard O. June. In a rare baking contest held by high school pupils here, Harry Good, a sophomore, surpassed all but one girl in culinary skill and took second prize.
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Gifard
Harry Good
Rich
Sailor Bitten by Rat Snake at Hastings Picnic
Kielibors, a sailor home of the United States ship Celtic now in Brook yn navy yard, was bitten by a rat snake during a Fairview Grove picnic opposite Hastings and remains in serious condition at Dobbs Ferry hospital. Alleged firebug Roma Davie, 24, confessed starting a blaze at Guernsey County Children's home after eight fires were found on the second floor.
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Ballor
Hastings
Kielibors
United States
Celtic
Brookyn Navy Yard
Fairview Grove
Dobbs Ferry Hospital
Cambridge
Guernsey County Children's Home
Roma Davie
Woman ends her life in Stitney home
The woman at her Stitney Ohio residence reportedly took her own life by ingesting carbitic acid. She left a husband and a daughter. she had been despondent for some time after weathering personal troubles.
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Stitney
June
One Man Tied Up Mine Brings Court and Sheriff Help
In Brendenville on June 5 a court and Sheriff Hushcrotl enforced the order to resume work at the O. F. P. cog works in Yorkville. Yong Cheeko, an Italian mine keeper, had left the mines idle. H. was discharged for a brutal assault on a driver but appeared daily, resisting transport to return to work. No one would haul him or work with him, causing a shutdown.
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Sherif
Brendenville
Hushcrolt
Yorkville
Workman Burned In Blast Curtain Accident At Republic Iron
In Youngstown on June 5 a blast curtain explosion at Republic Iron and Steel wounded five workers. Two may die. Seriously injured include Joseph Nerese and Patrick Mureeksano amid molten metal and flying slag.
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Youngstown
Kag
Ma Aieton
Republic Iron and Steel Company
Joveph Nerese
Patrick Mureeksano
Fisherman Drowns in Lake Erie After Bite by Large Fish
In Cleveland a fisherman named Hugh E Walker was dragged from his rowboat by a large fish and drowned several yards from shore. His body was recovered later with a wound around his legs. Nearby, Ithaca reports Miss Mary C Mallett, a Cornell student, found drowned after a May 17 capsizing on Cayuga Lake as four students tried to swim to safety.
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Cleveland
Hugh E. Walker
Lake Erie
Ithaca
N. Y
Mary C. Mallett
Cornell
Cays Lake
Mother Wins Custody In Protracted Dispute
New York June 6 Muriel Bishop, 11, daughter of James Cumminghem Bishop and Mrs Biel Pristoe, gained custody after Supreme Court Justice Goff oversaw terms negotiation. Mrs Bishop said she would surrender her parental rights to avoid exposing the circumstances of her parents' divorce.
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New York
Muriel Bishop
James Cumminghem Bishop
Biel Pristoe
Supreme Court
Goff
Governor Cox to Back Tax Classification Amendment
Governor Cox endorses a proposed constitutional amendment in November to classify property for tax purposes without setting rate limits. He supports initiating the amendment after discussions with Cleveland and Cincinnati business groups. The 1908 proposal exempted public ponds. the new version mirrors that but omits rate caps. Tandon commentary notes Am erican public nerves as a factor in current business conditions.
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Columbus
Cox
Cleveland
Cincinnatic
Cinemoad
Mistaken for Burglar Ends in Fatal Shot in Hyde Park
In Chicago Louise Van Kuren, 43, shot and killed her husband John B. Van Kuren, a Hyde Park hardware dealer, when he tried to force his way into her room. She surrendered, claiming she mistook him for a burglar. Also in Philadelphia, Olympic trainer and University of Pennsylvania athletics director Mike Murphy died after a yearlong illness.
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Chicago
Louise van Kuren
John B. van Kuren
van Buren
Hyde Park
Ibard
Philadelphia
Mike" Murphy
University of Pennsylvania
Murphy
Live Stock and Grain Prices From Palo June and Beyond
A condensed market update lists cattle, hogs, sheep, and lambs with prices and receipts from Palo, Cincinnati, Pittsburgh, and Boston areas. Notable figures include hogs at 2,600 head and calves around 80.50, sheep margins near 2.00, and wheat No 2 red around 1.04, with other grains and livestock metrics for June markets.
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Palo
Ts Sbier
Gil Lari
Chico
Tune
Cuttie
Allewp
Lumilia
Cincinnati
Pittaring
Apring Lamba
Onlven
Moston
Jtines
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Elaine
Japanese protest renews over California land law
Viscount Chinda delivered a second Japanese note to Secretary Bryan urging nullification of the California land law. Tokyo rejects state court action and insists on federal remedies, highlighting a broader racial issue and dissatisfaction with American replies. The matter is expected to top the cabinet agenda as officials weigh Japan’s position.
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Japan
Blecuss C
Washington
California
Bryan
United States
Tokyo
Chinia
Koceevelt
May Bryan
Trustees Walk Away From State School for the Blind
In Columbus on June 5 authorities disclosed that Charles Wright aged 85, a Hamilton County lifetime inmate from the penitentiary, and Nick Kragnavic aged 36 from Cuyahoga County serving 20 years for burglary, had walked away from the state school for the blind where they were working as trusties.
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Columbus
Charles Wright
Hamilton County
Enitentiary
Nick Kragnavic
Cuyahoga County
State School For the Blind
Notable Underground Railroad Conductor Dies in Findlay
David Adama, 87, a Black civil war era conductors of the Underground Railroad, aided thousands of enslaved people to flee the South toward Canada. He helped many reach freedom during the era, leaving a lasting legacy in the movement.
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Findlay
David Adama
South
Canada
Adams
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