Tragedy Echoes In Money Trust Hearings
New York June 8 The money trust investigation recalls the 1907 collapse of the Oriental Bank as witnesses recount how Eugene Kelly was urged to take its presidency. Clearing house pressure forced loans and rapid certifi cate calls, hastening the bank’s demise and Kelly’s death eight months later. The hearing resumes next Tuesday.
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New York
Money Trust
Congressional Committee
Eugene Kelly
Clearing House
Oriental Bank
Oiental Bank
R. W. Jones
Samuel Untermyer
Jones
Erskine Hewitt
Abraham Hewitt
Charles K. Beekman
Hewitt
Clearing House Committee
New York Clearing House Association
the Oriental
Wos
Kelly
Joes
Oriental
Morse Banks
Mechanics’ and Traders
The
Senate approves funds for lifeboats and widow pension
A bill authorizes 300000 dollars to outfit army transports with lifeboats and liferafts. Another bill provides a widow’s pension of fifty dollars a month to the widow of Rear Admiral Crowninshield. Senator Williams introduces a concurrent resolution for the Mississippi River commission to report a plan for full flood control of the Mississippi.
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Washington
Senate
Crowninshield
Willams
Mississippi River Commission
Mississippi
Murder of Federal Official in Honduras Reported
Frede rick Pierrepont Shaw, a federal court official in northern Illinois, was assassinated at Black River near Triona in Honduras. An alleged assassin has been captured, and details are scarce in a State Department message from American Minister C D White at Tegucigalpa guiding him to send fuller information.
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Washington
Frederick Pierrepont Shaw
Federal Court
District of
Illinois
Black River
Triona
Honduras
Department of State
C. D. White
Tegucigalpa
White
U S Orders 4000 Troops Readied for Cuba Move
Washington on June 8 ordered 4000 troops to immediate readiness for a possible Cuba expedition after a note to President Gomez. General Wood moved four transports, with Kilpatrick and Meade to New York and McClellan and Sumner to Savannah.
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Washington
Gomez
United States
Cuba
Wood
Kilpatrick
Meade
Newport News
New York
McClellan
Sumner
Savannah
Tampa
Fifth Infantry
Plattsburg Barracks
N. Y
Twentyninth Infantry
Fort Jay
Fort Porter
N Y
Fort Niagara
Seventeenth Infantry
Fort McPherson
Atlanta
Signal Corps
Fort D. A. Russell
Wyo
Arthur Beaupre
Havana
Beaupre
Toledo
Acea
Woman burned to death in accidental fire at home
In Charleston Illinois a woman 35 died after attempting to light a fire with coal oil. Flames spread to her clothing as she fled a kitchen and hid under bed covers to extinguish them. A coroner's jury ruled the death accidental. She left a husband and two children.
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Charleston
Ill
Edward Wireman
Oakland
Circus Train Fire in Pendletes Kills 22 Animals
A Selis Fioto circus train horse car burned in Pendletes Oregon, killing 22 of the show’s animals. Fire damage disrupted the circus schedule as investigators probed the blaze and blamed it on unknown causes. The incident prompted safety reviews for traveling shows and raised questions about animal welfare during tours.
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Pendletes
Ore
Demand for Two Warships Reported by Senate Naval Committee
Washington reports the senate committee on naval affairs favors a bill to fund two first class battleships at up to 7.425 million each plus six torpedo boat destroyers and eight submarine torpedo boats with specific costs. An amendment would promote Annapolis graduates in line with officers, revive admiral ranks, and push a 1 million wireless system across the Pacific.
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Washington
Senate Committee On Naval Affairs
Senate
Pacific
Staff Corps
Annapolis
Panama
California
Guam
American Samoa
Philippines
Powder Blast At Woellersdorf Kills Twelve
Twelve soldiers and workers died and over a hundred were injured when a massive powder explosion rocked the Woellersdorf ammunition factory at Wisner Neustadt, a key manufacturing town 380 miles from Vienna. About 400000 pounds of powder detonated, shaking Neustadt 30 miles away. The cause remains unknown and panicked residents sought safety. In Texas, R H Richardson pleaded guilty to contempt of court for denouncing the Texas supreme court in the Sweetwater Reporter and was fined five cents.
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Vienna
Austria
Woellersdorf
Wisner-Neustadt
Neustadt
Austin
Tex
Sweetwater Reporter
Texas Supreme Court
R. H. Richardson
Cartrain crash kills Bloomington men near here
Joseph West and Walter Price, prominent local families, were in a new car when struck by a Chicago Alton train near Bloomington. West died from fatal injuries and Price is expected to die.
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Bloomington
Joseph West
Walter Price
Chicago
Humperdinck Recovers and Ready to Resume Work
Munich reports Englebert Humperdinck has recovered enough from illness to resume work. The famed composer, once praised by the Kaiser as the most famous contemporary German composer, is back at his duties and his many friends in America cheer the news.
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Humperdinck
Munich
Englebert Humperdinck
America
Kaiser
Shampney Appeals to Police Over Wife’s Greetings
Yonkers resident Andrew Shampney asked police to intervene after complaining that his wife repeatedly kissed and hugged him. He stated he is sick and tired of her actions.
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Yonkers
N. Y
Andrew Shampney
Would-Be Assassin Fires On Premier In Vienna Chamber
June 8 Vienna reports an attempted assassination of Premier Tisza in the Chamber of Deputies by Deputy Kovacs who had been barred from the chamber. After firing three shots from the press gallery he killed himself. Chaos followed as guards and journalists reacted.
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Chamber of Deputies
Vienna
Premier Tisza
Kovacs
Count Tisza
Harding Offered Honor for Nomination at Chicago Convention
Marion June 8 Former Lieutenant Governor Warren G Harding has been asked by President Taft to place the president's name in nomination at the Chicago convention. Harding said he would accept the commission but would gladly listen to another if political needs suggested a change.
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Warren G. Harding
Marion
Taft
Chicago
University of Illinois bids farewell to Dr. Burrill
With the close of the present collegiate year Dr. Thomas J. Burrill resigns from the University of Illinois after serving since 1868. He held roles as professor of botany vice president acting president dean of the college of science and dean of the graduate school.
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Thomas J. Burrill
University of Illinois
University
Burrill
College of Science
High Court Reverses Several Commerce Court Rulings
The Supreme Court under Chief Justice White reverses the Commerce Court in multiple cases. It nullifies the Cincinnati railroad demurrage ruling against the Gamble Company and reverses rate disputes involving receivers and shippers toward Chattanooga. It also sustains Indiana 1907 food grade law and orders Westinghouse to pay Wagner Electric about 179 000 for patent infringement. White limits Commerce Court powers, saying it cannot override ICC findings or assume nonconferred authority.
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Commerce
Interstate Commerce Commission
Proctor & Gamble
Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton Railroad
Gamble Company
Fight of Receivers and Shippers Association of Cincinnati
Chattanooga
Commerce Court
Westinghouse Electric Company
Wagner Electric Company
Westinghouse
White
Strike Ties Up L System In Boston
Boston reports a citywide streetcar strike crippling service. East Boston ferry cars hauled off after midnight rush, Humboldt avenue line through Dorchester and a Somerville line abandoned. Officials say all car service halted midnight to six pm, night workers inconvenienced. Union organizers claim big gains among veteran staff. Twenty six arrests for rioting reported.
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Boston
Humboldt Avenue
Dorchester
Somerville
Delegates Back Columbus Day Variant as Playgrounds Day
Cleveland delegates to the Playground and Recreation association favor an annual Play grounds day on October 12, aligning with states that observe Columbus May, as a new recreation holiday proposal in Congress.
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Cleveland
Congress
The
Playground and Recreation Association of America
Columbus
Dedication of Columbus Memorial under Knights of Columbus aid
Washington June 8 President Taft attended a grand procession and unveiling of the Columbus memorial at Union Station Plaza. About 100000 in line include 15000 military and thousands of Knights of Columbus. The ceremony featured Italian ambassador Contaloni and a 21 gun salute followed by Taft’s speech on Columbus’s role in civilization.
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Washington
Taft
Columbus Memorial
Union Station Plaza
Wston
White House
Stanton Square
Knights of Columbus
Union Station
R. K. Swans
U. 8
Sie
Secretary of
Knox
Mgr
Thomas J. Kan
Catholic Unit of America
J. Dowling
Supreme Court of New York
Marquis Cusant Contalonteri
United States
Marine
Young Rescuer Drowned in River Rescue
Dixon, Tih, June 8. A rescue attempt to save a launch carrying 20 high school girls failed as the craft went over the dam on the Rock River. Warren Lally, a 1913 Oh High School student and star basketball player, drowned. Urban O Malley and Harold Espy were injured.
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Dixon
Tih
Gene
Rock River
John Hostes
William Loftus
Urban O'Malley
Harold Espy
Warren Lelivand
Warren Lally
Oh High School
O'Malley
Harold Pepy Serlé
Religion of the Future and Democratic God Idea
Dr. George Burman Foster, head of comparative religions at the University of Chicago, argues in Cincinnati that future religion will be orderly and democratic. He envisions a religion of brotherhood over class distinction and a democratic god replacing traditional monarchic or paternal deities, signaling substantial establishment changes.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
George Burman Foster
University of Chit Caro
King of Saxony Injured in Dresden Return
A report from Dresden notes King Frederick Aura of Saxony injured during a review of cavalry. The incident involved a horse stumble and a suspected fracture, with officials awaiting medical updates.
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King of Saxony
Dresden
June
Frederick Aura
King of
Saxony
Wes
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McHarg
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T. J. Burrill
U. S. Supreme Tribunal
Supreme Court of the United States
Boston Elevated Road
Stastue
Warren Sally
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