Wilson Presses Ahead on Trust Laws Despite Move to Adjourn
President Wilson stated he will use all influence to push pending trust legislation through the Senate this session despite an organized campaign to adjourn Congress. White House releases letters and telegrams claiming a broader push for a business pause, higher railroad freight rates, and a “psychological depression” to undermine the administration.
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Washington
Wilson
Congress
Senate
White House
Simmons Hardware Company of
St. Louis
E. C. Simmons
Federal Reserve Board
Mr. Simmons
Charles S. Hamlin
Boston
Simmons
Wilson Speaks on Flag Day in Nation Unity Address
President Wilson addressed a large crowd before the state, war and navy building on Flag Day, saying the flag stands for the just use of undisputed national power. He asserted renewed national unity and confidence in expanding economic progress and global rights.
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Washington
Wilson
McAdoo Offers Treasury Loans to Banks for Crop Moving
Secretary McAdoo again stands ready to lend government money to Western and Southern banks for crop moving. The prior year’s plan proved 80 percent successful and may be adopted again if needed. Loans were secured mainly by commercial paper.
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Washington
McAdoo
Treasury Department
Mediation Opens with First Protocol at Niagara Peace Conference
Delegates from the United States Huerta government and mediators from Argentina Brazil and Chile signed the first protocol toward peace in Mexico at Niagara Falls Ontario. The accord outlines a provisional government and US recognition with a future constitutional president. Some doubt remains on constitutionalist participation and an armistice. Washington officials expressed strong optimism after a White House briefing.
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Niagara Falls
United States
Huerta
Argntine
Brazil
Chile
Mexico
Carranza
Washington
White House
Balloons Encounter Storm in Northwest First Race
In Portland Oregon anxiety rises over three of four balloons in the first national balloon race in the Northwest. Shortly after takeoff a fierce wind thunder and lightning storm struck. The Uncle Sam piloted by Captain Honeywell of St. Louis with Dr W B Stewart as passenger landed near Oregon City. Honeywell and Stewart unharmed.
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Portland
Oregon
Northwest
Uncle Sam
Honeywell
St. Louis
W. B. Stewart
Oregon City
Hareywell
Stewart
Cantaloupe Trust Probed by Federal Grand Jury
Federal grand jury probes the Western cantaloupe market in Chicago amid subpoenas to commission merchants. Investigators say prices rose from $1.75 per case before 1911 to about $3 after. alleged control could leave unsold melons to perish on the vine.
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Chicago
Federal Grand Jury
Personal friend of Wilson eyed for Federal Reserve governor
Chicago lawyer Thomas B. Jones a former Princeton trustee and close associate of President Wilson is said, unofficially, to be practically selected as governor of the Federal Reserve Board. The nomination reportedly goes to the Senate within days.
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Wilson
Washington
Thomas B. Jones
Chicago
Princeton University
Federal Reserve Board
Senate
Repeal Bill Carries in Congress End Game
Washington report says President Wilson must sign to repeal the Panama Canal Act toll exemption for coastwise shipping. After a long fight the House approved Senate amendments by 216 to 71 with no conference, preserving U S rights under the Hey Pauncefote treaty or otherwise.
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Washington
Wilson
Congress
House
Senate
United States
Heat wave and railways under one master in Supreme Court ruling
Heat waves ravaged southern and midwestern cities with 92 to 100 degree readings as temperate forecasts warned of continued warmth. In Washington, the Supreme Court upheld the interstate commerce commission power to strike down discriminatory state rates, signaling railroads fall under federal oversight for interstate business. The Texas case arose from Shreveport merchants contending Texas rates were kept too low by railroad tolls, prompting interstate adjustments.
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Washington
Missouri Valley
Allegheny Mountains
Chicago
Springfield
Ill
Mercury
Middle West
Memphis
Nashville
Louisville
Wytheville
Virginia
Atlantic Coast
Weather Bureau
United States Supreme Court
Interstate Commerce Commission
Minnesota
Commission For Relief
Hughes
Pitney
Lurton
Shreveport
Texas Railroad Company
Texas
Record Year Likely For Immigrants At U S Ports
Washington reports more than 2900 immigrants arrive weekly at American ports in the first ten months of fiscal year 1914. April admissions were 119,885 and ten months total reached 1,038,956. If May and June match prior years, 1914 may top 1,351,000. The previous peak was 1,285,349 in 1907.
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Washington
Bureau of Immigration
Plea Ends Suffering as Mazatlan Surrenders to U S Army
On the US S California Mazatlan's civilian noncombatants besieged the commander with pleas to end the misery. The military governor issued an order allowing all noncombatants who wished to leave to vacate their homes.
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U. S. S. California
Mazatlan
Penalized Lectures by Federal Officers Proposed in Washington
Secretary Bryan's lecture tours prompted Rep. Britten of Illinois to introduce a bill making it a penal offense for cabinet officers or department heads to lecture for pay beyond travel expenses. Senators or representatives would be barred from paid lecturing while Congress is in session. Penalties include a $10,000 fine and up to two years imprisonment or both.
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Washington
Bryan
Britten
Illinois
Congress
Bail Granted for Eleven I W W Demonstrants in Tarryton
Bail of 200 dollars each was posted Monday for the release of eleven Industrial Workers of the World demonstrants who had been jailed for more than a week on disorderly conduct charges. The defendants reportedly came from New York intending to heckle Rockefellers amid the Colorado strike situation. In New York, Alexander E Orr a merchant banker and former president of New York Life Insurance died in the city and left five million dollars to his wife and three daughters.
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Tarryton
N. Y
Industrial Workers of the World
New York
Colorado
Alexander E. Orr
New York Life Insurance Company
Supreme Court Affirms Georgia Headlight Law Validity
The U S Supreme Court upholds Georgia headlight statute affirming a Georgia Court of Appeals ruling in a case brought by the Atlantic Coast Line. The law requires every locomotive on passenger or freight trains to display an electric headlight at night.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Georgia Court of Appeals
Atlantic Coast Line
Colombia Ratifies Panama Treaty in Special Session
In Bogota the Colombian congress ratified the accord with the United States, granting Colombia $25,000,000 and concessions to settle the long running dispute over Panama.
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Bogota
Colombia
Colombian Congress
United States
Panama
New French Cabinet Formed in Paris
Paris reports Senator Alexandre Felix Root announced a new French cabinet to succeed Premier Doumergue's administration, signaling a reshaped executive lineup and policy direction.
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Paris
France
Alexandre Felix Root
Doumergue
Steamer F. J. Luckenbach Declared Lost After Search
Norfolk navy yard officials announced the search for the steamer F. J. Luckenbach, missing since May 15, had been practically abandoned.
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Norfolk
Norfolk Navy Yard
F. J. Luckenbach
Snow in Paris on a June Day Stuns onlookers
Snow and hail covered a section of Paris with horses struggling through the wintery scene on a June day along the Avenue des Champs Elysees in France.
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Paris
France
Avenue Des Champs Elysees
Prohibition Bill Heads to House Vote
Washington insiders predict the nationwide prohibition bill will reach a House vote within four to five weeks. The rules committee moved to July 1 for immediate consideration of the Hobson amendment with Cantrell rule action expected in July. Stormy conferences aimed to force a two thirds passage, while Hobson at first opposed action but indicated a mid July vote could occur.
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Washington
House
Hobson
Hobson Amendment
Greece warns of near war as tensions with Turkey rise
Greek Premier Venizelos warns in the chamber that Greece faces grave conditions over Turkish treatment of Greek subjects. A Turkish attack on Aivalik near Mitylene endangers 25,000 Greeks, with fears of massacre as hostilities loom.
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Greece
Turkey
Athens
Venizelos
Chamber of Deputies
M. Venizelos
Town
London
England
Mitylene
Asia Minor
Aivalik
Monument Unveiled for Women of the Confederacy in Raleigh
Thousands of Confederate veterans and visitors attended the unveiling in Capitol Square Raleigh of a women of the Confederacy memorial funded by a $10 000 gift from Ashley Horne grandson of the late Ashley Horne of Clayton North Carolina The ceremony featured the dedication by Ashley Horne a prominent donor for the project.
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Raleigh
N. C
Women of the Confederacy
Capitol Square
Ashley Horne
Clayton, N. C
Death Sentence In Seoul For Watanabe Murder
Tomitaro Watanabe, a Japanese national, killed Dr. Edgar DeMott Stryker in Holkol hospital after assaults on his wife. After initial life sentence, appeals failed and the superior court imposed death. West Point marks closure of the June week with 107 graduates and a short address by Secretary of War Garrison.
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Seoul
Korea
Tomitaro Watanabe
Edgar DeMott Stryker
Watanabe
Holkol
Stryker
West Point
N. Y
United States Military Academy
Texas Bars Oil Company From State Business Permit
The Pierce Oil Corporation of Virginia was denied the right to operate in Texas after the state supreme court refused a mandamus to force Secretary of State F. C. Weinert to issue a permit. In Maine, Vice President Thomas R. Marshall spoke to 120 graduates at the University of Maine commencement.
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Texas Bars Oil Company
Austin
Tex
Pierce Oil Corporation of
Virginia
State Supreme Court
F. C. Weinert
Secretary of State
Maine Orone
Maine
Thomas R. Marshall
University of Maine
Eighty-One New Doctors In State
The State Board of Medical Examiners reports that 118 candidates sat exams in Raleigh, 37 failed to meet standards. First honors went to Thaddeus Wilkerson of Roxboro with 93, while Paul A. Petree Germanton and Joseph F. Belton Mount Airy tied at 92. The list names 81 licensed physicians and four Black practitioners, with many from Charlotte, Raleigh, Durham, and other towns.
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Raleigh
State Board of Medical Examiners
Mercine
Thaddeus Wilkerson
Roxboro
Paul A. Petree
Germanton
Joseph F. Belton
Mount Airy
Charles W. Armstrong
Trop
Edward C. Ashley
Ralph H. Baynes
Hurdles Mills
W. D. R. Brandon
Statesville
W. P. Belk
Charlotte
Oscar R. Black
Piney Creek
Roderick M. Buie
Bowlee
Edmund J. Bryson
Cullowhee
F. McL. Bennett
Richmond
Earl L. Bowman
Liberty
Clarence M. Bynum
Goldston
George E. Bodwein
Wilmington
Rowland S. Clinton
Gastonia
Numa H. Crews
Henderson
Eugene R. Cocke
Asheville
Cozart
Stem
Clark
Clarkton
Joseph H. Caldwell
L. M. Fenner
Lokie M. Futrell
Severn
Robert K Flowe
William H. Kibler
Morganton
John F. Kendrick
Leland
C. McIntosh
W. Locklear
Pembroke
Alfred Mordecai
Durham
Fred Nash
BE. P. Norfleet
Roxobel
William L. Orr
Matthews
Adlai S. Sliver
Selma
Karl B. Pace
Maxton
Robert E. Parrish
Smithfield
L. H. Price
Unionville
Robert E. Putney
Elm City
Nathaniel F. Rodman
Norfolk
Charles Roebuck
Williamston
William M. Scroggs
Ruthefordton
Thomas G. Sharp
David B. Sloan
Charles ©. Stewart
Greensboro
Joseph 5. Thompson
North Carolina road funds divided among Forsyth Davie Iredell counties
Senator Simmons announced a settlement ensuring the full $30,000 proceeds will be distributed to Forsyth Davie and Iredell counties. The funds plus local contributions will finance construction of 49 miles of road in the region.
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Washington
Senator Simmons
North Carolina
Forsyth
Davie
Iredell
Kennefick Hoffman Company V Norfolk & Southern Railway
A special Stanly superior court session was convened to hear the case Kennefick Hoffman Company v Norfolk and Southern Railway, with about 400000 involved. Judge Shaw presides as referee judge and jury, hearing facts and applying the law without a jury present.
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Albemarle
Stanly
Kennefick-Hoffman Company
Norfolk & Southern Railway Company
Judge Shaw
Shaw
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Probe “Cantaloupe Trust
U. Ston
Southland
Orr
Fortune
Confederate Women of
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Wilkerson
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