Du Pont Contribution Spurned By Hitchcock Testimony
Washington July 18 Postmaster general Hitchcock told the senate committee the 1908 funds totaled 1 055 518 27 with 620 150 from state committees. He noted no corporate gifts were received after a law barred them and named Taft Cromwell Anderson Carnegie Munsey Cochran and others as early large donors. He recalled rejecting a 20000 gift from Gen. Du Pont.
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Washington
Frank H. Hitchcock
Nate
Taft
Ibany
N. Y
Hitchcock
Republican National Committee
Charles P. Taft
President Taft
William Nelson Cromwell
Larz Anderson
Andrew Carnegie
William Smith Cochran
Frank A. Munsey
Whitelaw Reid
M. C. Borden
General Corbin
National Committee
Tobacco Trust
Senator Paynter
Steel Corporation
Frank Munsey
Cochran
Oliver
Hitchcock Excused After Review of Treasurer's Books
Contributors with corporations examined the treasurer's accounts and Mr. Hitchcock was excused from duties.
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Hitchcock
Mitchell Sentence Postponed in Buck's Stove Case
John Mitchell convicted of contempt of court with Samuel Gompers and Frank Morrison of the American Federation of Labor for violating an injunction in the Buck's Stove and Range boycott case. Sentencing postponed again. Mitchell waived presence while prosecutors requested sentence in his absence.
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Washington
John Mitchell
Samuel Gompers
Frank Morrison
American Federation of Labor
District Supreme Court
Mitchell
Oregon
Committee of
Labor Department Bill Approved By House
Washington July 18 the house passed a bill to create a department of labor with the secretary to hold a cabinet seat. The measure long pressed by organized labor now goes to the senate.
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Washington
House
Department of Labor
Organized Labor
Senate
Danish Warship Iceland’s Falcon to Control Whalers
Wireless report says the Danish warship Iceland’s Falcon has arrived in Greenland waters and will visit western harbors to control foreign whalers who have harmed native populations.
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Copenhagen
Denmark
Iceland
Falcon
Greenland
Schwartz Still Alive Declares Body Not Murder Suspect
New York dispatch reports two new clues in the Nathan Schwartz case raise a hurried police probe. Detectives search the sweatshop district after hints he worked there and was rejected by one shop, then found in another. A Hoboken river body was ruled out by the missing man’s brother in law. Authorities caution on unconfirmed sightings.
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New York
Nathan Schwartz
Julia Connors
Schwartz
Hudson River
Hoboken
Harry Alexander
Darrow Trial Testimony Details McNamara Settlement Talks
Fremont Older of the San Francisco Bulletin testified about a November 23 meeting with Lincoln Steffens and Clarence Darrow on settlements for the McNamara case. He described a plan for J B McNamara to plead guilty to life imprisonment and for all related cases to be dismissed, with Darrow allegedly pressing for destruction of evidence. Juror Williams questioned Older on whether guilt was known when the settlement was approved, causing a courtroom sensation.
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Los Angeles
Cal
McNamaras
Darrow
Fremont Older
San Francisco Bulletin
Bert Franklin
Lockwood
Steffens
San Francisco
Lincoln Steffens
Older
J. B. McNamara
J. J. McNamara
Fredericks
Committee of Citizens
Meyer Lissner
Marty Chandler
The
Times and Son Indow
General Otis
Seattle
Ex Fifth Ward Leader Refutes Eye for Eye Doctrine
In testimony Older rejects the old doctrine of retaliation. He explains that negotiations for a settlement movement were not consulted with the McNamara family before the November conference. Darrow had also said no mention was made to his clients.
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Older
McNamara
Darrow
Fourth arrest in Rosenthal murder case shocks New York
Louis Webber alias Bridgey was arrested after a tense confrontation at police HQ. He had run a rival gambling house and was linked to Rosenthal through a feud that included a dynamited home and a broken jaw. Libby and Shapiro provided details about the murder car, aiding the grand jury probe as the police fear new disclosures from gamblers and officers alike.
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New York
Herman Rosenthal
Louis Webber
Bridgey
Webber
Rosenthal
Tony
Louis Libby
William Shapiro
Whitman
Ura
Woman Killed by Wabash Train in Lafayette
Mrs. Charlotte Erickson, 72, was struck by a Wabash passenger train after leaving church in Lafayette Indiana on July 18. Her body was hurled about 25 feet from the track and she suffered a broken neck.
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Lafayette
Ind
Charlotte Erickson
Church
Olympic men at banquet in Stockholm palace
King George hosted 400 guests at a state banquet ending the main part of the Olympic meeting in Stockholm. The King and Queen, Crown Prince and Crown Princess sat at the head, with guests from various nations' Olympic committees at two long tables below.
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Sweden
Stockholm
King George
Crown Prince
Senator Gorman Defends Panama Canal Rates Speech
In Washington on July 18 Senator Gor man of New York argued for the distinctly American stance on canal tolls, countering British views associated with Senator Root and Burton. He was supported by Henry Cabot Lodge, the ranking Republican on the foreign relations committee.
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Washington
Panama Canal
Root
Burton
Gorman
New York
Henry Cabot Lodge
Foreign Relations Committee
Irish League to Convene in Philadelphia September 23 26
Michael J. Ryan president of the United Irish League of America calls sixth biennial convention to meet in Philadelphia September 23 to 26. William H. K. Redmond M P brother of the Irish leader will attend as representative of the Irish parliamentary party.
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Philadelphia
Michael J. Ryan
United Irish League of America
William H. K. Redmond
M. P
Trish Pariamentary Party
Esther W captures $10,000 trot at Kalamazoo race
Mather W a young mare topples Baden in the 2:11 trot and the $10,000 purse at Kalamazoo. Esther W iard defeats Baden by three quarters of a length after a strong home stretch bid. Oakdale earns third money while crowd size marks a record for the meet.
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Kalamazoo
Mich
Mather W
Baden
Cox
Esther W.iard
Oakdale
Grand Rapids
Chimes Hal
Major Odell
Bessie Bee
Jessie Direct
Warner Bill
Beth Clark
Senate ruling on Lorimer election sparks Illinois legal crossfire
Springfield July 18 Attorney General Stead says the Senate did not expel Lorimer but ruled his election invalid creating a vacancy and leaving Governor Deneen powerless to appoint a successor. The opinion compares Lorimer Mantle and Quay cases to explain de facto status and lack of formal election. Also report on Senator Works California resignation request and his planned reply.
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Springfield
Lorimer
Deneen
Stead
Mantle
Montana
Matthew
Quay
Pennsylvania
Federal Senate
Iilinois
Albert J. Hopkins
Senate
Timois
Aator
California
Washington
Works
Road blamed for Ligonier Valley wreck deaths and injuries
Washington July 18 Chief Inspector H W Belnap told the Interstate Commerce Commission that the Ligonier Valley railroad accident on July 5 caused nineteen deaths and twenty eight injuries. He faulted the railroad for lacking train orders records a train register and any printed operating rules.
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Washington
Kuhn
Ligonier Valley
H. W. Belnap
Interstate Commerce Commission
Tibetan Forces Defeated Near Litang in Bloody Battle
Tibetan forces retreating before reinforcements clash near Litang Szechuan. About 1,000 Tibetans killed and 400 captured with large arms seized. Chinese losses around 500 killed. Tibetans head toward Batang to join fresh reinforcements.
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Peking
China
Litang
Szechuan Province
Batang
Triennial Conference Opens as Orangemen Rally
Glasgow hosts the imperial grand council of the world. New York delegate Andrew Weir declares about 100000 Orangemen in America ready to support Ulster in its Home Rule fight, both foot and fund.
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Glasgow
Imperial Grand Council of the World
Andrew Weir
New York
America
Ulster
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Munsey
Harvester
Paynter
Mr. Hitchcock
International Harvester Company
McCormicks
George Perkins
Clarence 8. Funk
Clapp
Austria
Archduke Ferdinand
Self
Frisco
Darrow Witness
Williams
United States
Force
Deneen Gar
Clarence R. Edwards
Insular Bureau
Panama
W. H. K. Redmond
Esther
Young Mare
Field
U. S
Ligonier
Szechuan
Orangemen
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