Campaign Tactics Revealed In Beet Sugar Lobby Ties
Washington senate records detail a two year effort by the American Beet Sugar industry to sway public opinion against free sugar. It cites letters and telegrams from Clarence C. Hamlin and others, showing a campaign to influence newspapers and press associations. Palmer urged legal representation as the papers were entered into the record.
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Washington
Senate
United States
Clarence C. Hamlin
Colorado Springs
Colo
American Beet Sugar Association
Harry A. Austin
Truman G. Palmer
Association
Palmer
Hamlin
Clark
Wyoming
Friends of Hamlin
Masked Men Flag Train Near Glenarms
The Diamond Special of the Winds Central railroad was held up thirteen miles south of Springfield near Glenarms. Conductor Nicholas Williams reported by telephone that two masked men flagged the train and forced engineers to uncouple the engine and express car and run ahead. Passengers were marooned in the coaches, and five minutes after the uncoupling, Williams heard an explosion and believes the express car safe has been rifled.
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Springfield
Hwinds Central Railroad
Glenarms
Nicholas Williams
Sheriff's Office
Williams
Locked In So They Can't Strike Bell Telegraph Operators
Union leaders in St Louis claim 300 of 900 Bell Telephone operators quit after a strike order. Company officials say 63 walked out but advertise to minimize telephone messages. Strikers accuse girl operators of being locked in. police could not substantiate the charges.
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St. Louis
Bell Telephone Company
Nebraska Girls Graduate From Abbot Academy
Among the Nebraska students listed for honors at Abbot Academy Andover Mass are Miss Cornelia W Crittenden of Lincoln in Academic Class and Miss Louise Coe of Nebraska City in College Preparatory Class.
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Andover
Mass
Abbott Academy
East
Nebraska
Cornelia W. Crittenden
Lincoln
Louise Coe
Nebraska City
Martyr Davison Buried in London Funeral for Suffragette Leader
Funeral services for Emily Wilding Davison, killed after interfering with the Derby horse, were held at St George's church in Bloomsbury. A mile-long procession of about 50,000 women, led by Emmeline Pankhurst who was arrested, marched past police and crowds amid banners, flowers, and clashes as some supporters hurled flour and pepper at the marchers.
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London
Emily Wilding Davison
Derby
St. George's Church
Women's Social and Political Union
Miss Davison
Bloomsbury
Emmeline Pankhurst
St. George's
King's Cross
Northumberland
King’s Cross
Prince Alexis Karageorgevitchs American bride wedding
Paris June 13 Prince Alexis Georges Karageorgevitch cousin of the king of Servia married American bride Mrs Hugo Pratt nee Myra Pankhurst in a ceremony at Marie Rue d Anjou on Wednesday. Other briefs report a jail fire in Chattanooga narrowly saved fifty inmates and Brazil ordering a Curtiss flying boat. US Supreme Court ruling on Porter Charlton and a flood disaster near Palatana Kathiawar.
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Paris
Alexis Georges Karageorgevitch
Servia
Hugo Pratt
Myra Pankhurst
Marie Rue d’Anjou
Chattanooga
Tenn
Hammondsport
N. Y
Palatana
Kathiawar
Five Die in Stamford Railroad Wreck
Five persons are dead and many injured after a rear end collision in Stamford Connecticut involving the Boston express and a second train at the station. The rear parlor car of the first train telescoped. The engineer said air brakes failed, preventing control of the second train.
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Stamford
Conn
New York, New Haven & Hartford
Boston Express
New York
Sugar Stock Watered Blames New York Bankers In Testimony
Henry T. Oxnard, called the father of the beet sugar industry and VP of American Beet Sugar, testified before the Senate lobby committee. He described bankers funding a $15 million increase in a $20 million beet sugar firm and claimed his brothers and he profited from watered stock. He warned the Underwood bill could birth a new sugar trust violating antitrust laws. He disclosed a $10,000 annual official pay and discussed Sugar at a Glance and related documents bound for Senate.
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Washington
Henry T. Oxnard
American Beet Sugar Company
Senate
Qaynard
New York
Underwood
Mr. Oxnard
Senator Lodge
U S Troopers Slain in Bagsak Fight with Moros
U S forces took Bagsak trenches near Jolo after a fierce battle. American casualties numbered six killed and 12 wounded. Fallen included two privates of Company M Eighth Infantry, three members of the Fifty first Company of Scouts, and one from the Twenty-ninth Company of Scouts.
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Jolo
Manila
P. I
Bagsak
Eighth United States Infantry
Colorado Jail Guard Slain in Daylight Duel
Laveta Colorado June 13 John B Russell forty five night captain at the state penitentiary Canon City was shot through the heart and killed in a daylight duel at Laveta by Con ley Baldwin an escaped convict and box car robber Russell fired twice at Baldwin wounding him in the abdomen in a clash that will prove fatal for Baldwin as well
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Colorado
Laveta
Colo
John B. Russell
State Penitentiary
Canon City
Conley Baldwin
Russell
Baldwin
Man's Body Torn to Shreds at Chicago Furniture Firm
On Thursday George Laure, 25, of Chicago, was killed in a furniture company basement when caught on a shafting. His body was torn into shreds in the gruesome accident near Rockford IJ11 on June 14.
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Rockford
Glasscock defends actions on mining war and martial law
Former Governor Glasscock told a Senate committee that calling out state troops on July 26 and imposing martial law last year followed miners’ complaints that railroad police exceeded authority. He argued a state of war existed and the military commission acted legally while detailing victims of violence during Holly Grove shootings.
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Charleston
W. Va
Glasscock
Senate
West Virginia
Borah
Military Commission
Georgia Parker
Warrior
Maud Estep
Case Estep
Holly Grove
Atrack
Enoch Ferrer
Estep
U. S. Men Defend Meadowbrook Polo Title In Hard Fought Victory
New York June 17 America defended the Meadowbrook cup by defeating England in the closest match in the trophy history. The score was 4% to 4% goals after eight periods as 40,000 spectators cheered the display of polo skill.
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New York
America
England
Premier of Turkey slain in Constantinople
Mahmoud Shefket Pasha the Turkish grand vizier and minister of war was shot and killed in the streets of Constantinople. His aide-de-camp Lieut Ibraham Bey also died. Prince Said Haim, foreign minister, was named Brand vizier ad interim. all other ministers kept their portfolios.
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Turkey
Constantinople
Wilson to address currency reform in Congress
President Wilson will read his 1,200 word currency reform message to Congress next week. He aims at immediate banking and currency law revision with a plan for a regional reserve system and central board of control, stressing bipartisan harmony but no final administration stance.
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Washington
Congress
House
Wilson
McAdoo
Owen and
Glass
White House
Owen
Central Board of Control
Missouri Rates Upheld by Supreme Court in Six Rail Lines
The U S Supreme Court sustained Missouri rates for six railways including the St Louis & San Francisco and the Missouri Pacific, while ruling rates for three lines confiscatory. The Missouri victory covers six of nine cases, with scope extending to related lines. Officials may seek court relief if changed conditions render rates insufficient for reasonable compensation.
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Washington
Supreme Court of the United States
State of Missouri
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
Santa Fe
Kansas City Southern
Missouri, Kansas & Texas
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific
St. Louis
Kansas City
State of
Missouri
Three Die After Oakland Motorcycle Crash
In Oakland California on June 18 Miss Nat akal Sutliff Joseph Souza and Wesley Hoffelt died in a motorcycle collision. The woman was hurled over a fence and fell about 30 feet from the crash site.
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Oakland
Cal
Natakal Sutliff
Joseph Souza
Wesley Hoffelt
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