Bribery Case Ends as Assemblyman Pleads Guilty
Columbus dispatch reports Representative Evans of Stark County pleaded guilty to taking $100 from E. C. Miller to defeat a salary regulation bill. Judge Kinkead fined him $500 and postponed imprisonment to allow grand jury testimony on legislative corruption. Evans says other officials may be involved.
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E. C. Miller
Kinkead
T. L Clark
CW. Kemple
Evans
Nye
Pomerene
Canton
Atlee Pomerene
United States
Washington
Atneffort
Owen Evans
Attor
Hogan
Ratliff
Harmon
Kemple
Columbus
Miller
Senate Picks Panel to Probe Lorimer Election
The Senate privileges and elections committee unanimously approved a subcommittee to investigate the 1909 Lorimer Illinois election. The group includes Reps Dillingham Gamble Jones Johnston Fletcher and Ledbetter with Jones replacing Clapp. The full senate will be asked to grant it full powers to proceed immediately.
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Washington
William Lorimer
Illinois
Senate Committee On Privileges and Elections
Dillingham
Wali Gamble
Rep. S. Co
Senator Gamble to Help Probe Lorimer Election Scandal
Senator Gamble will assist in the inquiry into the Lorimer election scandal, aiding investigators in examining irregularities and potential misconduct surrounding the contested race.
Heat Breaks Records as Students Strike for Weather
In St Louis on June 6 the heat reached 95 degrees the highest for early summer. Two hundred East St Louis high school pupils walked out in a heat strike led by Miss Louise Vickers daughter of Alonzo Vickers chief justice of Illinois supreme court. She said the strike was not malice but the heat unbearable. Des Moines reports Judge W R Green elected to Congress defeating W S Cleveland with reciprocity as issue.
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St. Louis
East St. Louisa High School
Louise Vickers
Alonzo Vickers
Linois
Des Moines
W R. Green
Congress
Walter Smith
W S Cleveland
Harlan
Artist Christy and Wife Reconciled in Ohio
Word from Zanesville Ohio reports artist Howard Ciandier Christy and his wife have reconciled and Curiety Mrs Christy, who has done newspaper work in New York, is said to have returned to the home.
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Christy
Zanesville
Howard Ciandier Christy
New York
Wheat Harvest Prospects Dented by Prolonged Drought
The June report from the state board of agriculture notes wheat shows serious effects from extended drought. Harvest prospects are estimated at about eighty eight percent of normal by official correspondents, with lingering concerns over yields.
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Columbes
State Board of Agriculture
Pomerene Resolution Seen Passing Despite Limited Impact
Senate leaders expect the Pomerene resolution to pass this week requesting the attorney general to pursue criminal action against certain defendants in the tobacco case. It leaves prosecution to the attorney general’s discretion, with Wickersham already indicating readiness to act if warranted. The measure may mainly serve as a platform for speeches denouncing trusts.
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Washington
Ber
Senate
Pomerene
Pomerene of
Ohdo
Wickersham
Offect
Federal grand jury opens lumber trust probe in Chicago
A federal grand jury in Chicago began a sweeping investigation into the lumber trust with over 206 lumbermen subpoenaed to testify. The opening assault targets the timber combine and is expected to yield criminal indictments against members of affiliated companies controlling the nation’s lumber business.
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Lumber Trust
Chicago
Federal Grand Jury
Orders Reprimand For Army Officer
President Taft orders a severe public reprimand for Colonel Joseph H. Gerrard commander at Fort Myer Virginia. Gerrard showed prejudice against Private Frank Bloom over his Jewish faith and family social standing during Bloom’s army commission examination.
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Washington
Taft
Secretary of War
Joseph H. Gerrard
Fort Myer
Frank Bloom
Enel* Garrard
Bigem
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Hugo Osterhaus
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