Report on steel trust expected in ten days
Washington June 7 Within about ten days the results of the investigation by the bureau of corporations into the organization and conduct of the United States Steel Corporation will be placed on the desk of President Taft. The report will be reviewed by the president and Attorney General Wickersham to decide whether to begin anti trust proceedings under the Sherman act. The bureau’s findings will be turned over to the House committee conducting the steel trust inquiry and reflect on past administration actions and delayed disclosures.
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Washington
DD. C
Bureau of Corporaons
United States Steel Corporation
Taft
Wickersham
Nagel
Bureau
House Committee
Steel Trust
Stanley
Culberson
Acta
Judiciary Committee
Senate
Tennessee Coal and Tron Company
Steel Corporation
United States
Parker
New Jersey
House Judiciary Committee
Department of Justice
Congress
Eo T Am
Tam
Courts of Justee
Oklahoma dispute over Union Mutual Insurance in Oklahoma
Oklahoma City June 7 A clash between Attorney General Charles J West and Insurance Commissioner P A Ballard has heated tensions over the Union Mutual Insurance Company of Enid. Ballard accuses West of improper letters to agents backing the company and argues the insurance act does not apply to Union Mutual. Ballard claims state officers must be advised by the attorney general but says Union Mutual agents are outside that scope.
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Olahoma City
Charles J. West
Tikhrance
P. A. Ballard
Union Mutual Insur Mice Company of End
Oklahoma
Ballard
West
Asuance Company
Union Mutual
Union Mutual Insurance Company
Enid
Scott
Otjen
Telegraph Poles Assessment For Mackay Telegraph Co
Oklahoma City June 7 Frank Orr secretary of the state board of equalization completed the figures showing the total assessment for the Postal Telegraph company of Oklahoma. On February 1 1911 the company consisted wholly of poles and was valued at 27 7. The company has since changed its name to Mackay Telegraph company.
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Oklahoma City
Frank Orr
State Board of Equalisation
Postal Telegraph Company of
Oklahoma
Mackay Telegraph Company
Judge Davis Warns Attorneys Over Delays in Civil Actions
In district court Judge Davis chastised attorneys for delaying civil cases with weak continuance excuses. He warned to prepare for trial on the scheduled call date. The Tibbetts Brought case arguments wrapped this morning and were sent under advisement to Monday for a ruling. The court also heard Kennedy versus Heber Skinner and Pryor Farley over damages from alleged cattle damage to Kennedy's orchard.
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Davis
Will Investigate Plan Used In Northwest
Spokane, June 7. Neil Nelson, minister of lands in New South Wales, will visit the Pacific slope early in September to study irrigation systems across Washington, Oregon, California and more, meeting Australian authorities in London and traveling to key U.S. cities. Percy Hunter, under secretary of New South Wales, accompanies him to learn irrigation methods, while Victor M. Smith of Spokane Chamber will guide the tour.
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Spokane
Wash
Neil Neilson
New South Wales
Pacific Slope
Spokane Chamber of Commerce
Sidney
Neilson
Washington
Oregon
California
Idaho
Montana
North Dakota
Wyoming
South Dakota
Texas
Arizona
Nevada
Utah
Oklahoma
Colorado
New Mexico
Nebraska
Kan
Chicago
New York
London
Percy Hunter
Hands
United States
Hunter
Tnland
Victor M. Smith
Pacific
Mr. Smith
R. J Maclean
Australia
Vedrine wins Paris Madrid leg starts Paris Rome race
Four contestants await the final leg to Turin after Vedrine begins the Nice stage of the Paris-Rome-Turin air event. Four others, Beau mont Garros Frey and Vidart, already reached Rome as the thirteen hundred mile race carries a top prize near one hundred thousand dollars. A squall forced Vedrine to make a rough landing, injuring him and damaging his aircraft.
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Associated Press
Duc
France
Vedrine
Nice
Beaumont
Garros
Frey
Vidart
Rome
Turin
Heat Record Smashed Before Rain Relieves Dry Spell
City baked under extreme heat with highs near 102 across Oklahoma and Kansas. Rain broke the spell Tuesday afternoon, followed by cooler air and relief for crops. Widespread heat seen in Oklahoma, Kansas, and Iowa, with several cities reporting record temperatures and damage from storms.
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J. Pluvius
Here
Parsons
Vinita
White Oak
Tulea
Topeka
Kans
Jones
Wichita
Atchison, Kans
Cardinal Gibbons Sees Civil Religion in U S Progress
Baltimore, June 7 Cardinal Gibbons spoke at civic celebration marking his fiftieth anniversary of priesthood and twenty-fifth as cardinal. He praised public service, noted American government rests on justice and righteousness, and urged citizens to support leaders as God’s agents in guiding the republic.
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Baltimore
Cardinal Gibbons
Tam
United States
House of Representatives
Maryland
Genttmen
Secred Ministry
Republic of the Unit
Fed
Benjamin Franklin
McAlester Restores Water Supply With New Pumps
McAlester Oklahoma ends three months of water shortages as bonds fund system extension. Pumping begins at 650000 gallons per day with plan to reach 2000000 after machinery testing. Water sourced from Gaines creek nine miles away. supply deemed inexhaustible. City residents express relief and joy.
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McAlester
Okio
Gaines Creek
Earthquake Hits Mexico City During Madero Arrival
A 4 am quake wrecked buildings including the artillery barracks where seventy soldiers were burned. Dead and wounded are estimated at fifty to seventy with casualties from a street railway building collapse and other damage across the western to central city. An engineer and a Chinese foreigner died. the national palace walls cracked and the cathedrals damaged as Madero's visit began despite the disaster.
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Associated Press
Mexico City
Buena Vista
Army Barracks
Central Station
National Palace
Madero
Plot to assassinate Madero triggers arrests in Mexico
City of Mexico June 7 On police records Francisco J Madero was the target of a plot. A former chief detective was arrested and a conspiracy led to the imprisonment of W L Dunn American at Monterey and Daniel De Villliores Boer at El Paso. Police issued warrants for three leaders in government affairs as Madero's arrival nears.
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City of Mexico
Police Department
Francisco J. Madero
W. L. Dunn
Monterey
Daniel de Villlores
el Paso
Madero
National
Central Railroad
Brennan Will Not Go to Kansas for Trial
Hobart Oklahoma June 6 James Brennan accused of killing a man in a Hugoton Kansas county seat fight 19 years ago will not be sent back for trial a habeas corpus court decision released him Brennan who now lives in Gatebo Oklahoma is active in politics and had argued twice that he was unable to obtain a jury in Kansas and thus should be exempt from Kansas laws Governor Lee Cruce had granted the requisition for his return.
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Hobart
Okla
James Brennan
Hugoton
Kans
Kansas
Fight Carries 10 Floor Of Senate
Washington June 7 senators launch an on floor fight over the Root amendment to the Canadian reciprocity bill touching print paper and wood pulp clauses. President appeals to democrats to oppose the amendment. Senator Stone predicts a majority against it as Penrose seeks to keep amendments from hindering passage. Debate delays vote beyond mid July with key figures Stone Penrose Knox guiding strategy.
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Washington, D. C
Friends of
Senate
Senate Finance Centre
Stone
House
State Department
Senate Finance Committee
Penrose
Knox
Missouri
Committee On Finance
Gannon Heirs Challenge State Inheritance Tax
Oklahoma City, June 7. Heirs of J. M. McGannon and Alice S. McGannon appeal to the state supreme court against the inheritance tax law. They say the law infringes constitutional privileges, due process, and equal protection, and is overly broad and improperly targeted. McGannon died November 28, 1908, in Tulsa leaving an estate valued at 286000 dollars distributed among ten heirs. the court assessed 3197.67 dollars in tax.
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Oklahoma City
Supreme Court
J. M McGannon
Alice S. McGannon
McGannon
Tulsa
United States
Taft Declines Invitation to AHA Convention in Arkansas City
President Taft received an invitation from the Anti Horse Thic Association of Kansas to address its July 19 convention in Arkansas City Kansas but was compelled to decline the invitation.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Taft Today
Thic Association of
Kansas
Arkansas City
Kana
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Brenan
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