Direct Vote for Senators Adopted by Senate
The Senate passed a resolution to amend the federal constitution to elect senators by direct vote. The Bristow amendment was attached and sent back to the House and then to the states for ratification, with a 64 to 24 vote for the main measure and a 44 to 44 tie on the Bristow amendment. Vice President Sherman cast the deciding vote to uphold the Bristow provision's defeat for now. Southern senators warned the amendment would fail in their state legislatures.
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Washington
Senate
Bristow
House of Representatives
Loase
United States
Sherman
Unon
Recon
Bankhead
Brandevee
Burnham
Crane
Dillingham
Fletcher
Foster
Gallinger
Heyburn
Johnston
Lippitt
Lodge
Lorimer
Page
Penrose
Percy
Richardson
Root
Smoot
Terrell
Williams
Wetmore
Bristow Proposes Amendment Tacked to Direct Election Resolution
U S senator Joseph L Bristow backs attaching an amendment to a direct election resolution drawing focus to reform. The move aims to secure legislative support and clarify the plan's scope within the ongoing debate.
Taft Grants Unconditional Pardon to Life Convict
President Taft pardons Lorenzo D Barnes, inmate at a government hospital for the insane, who overheard a plot to move insane convicts and warned guards. Barnes, who killed a man defaming his wife while serving life, had regained reason. Attorney General Wickersham supported the move noting he saved officers. President Taft denied other clemency applications.
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Washington
Taft
Lorenzo D Barnes
Government Hospital
Instituton
Barnes
Wickersham
Yatt
Minard Wife Causes Death By Poison In Maywood
Mrs. Mattie R. Minard wife of Professor Charles Minard principals of Marquette Public School was found dead at home in Maywood. Post mortem by Dr Henry G W Reinhardt states death by carbolic acid. Her actions were linked to grief over son Percival who died ten years earlier.
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Chicago
Mattie R. Minard
Charles Minard
Marquette
Maywood
Henry G. W. Reinhardt
Percival Minard
Challenge for Air Race Between Terre Haute and Lafayette
Rene Simon and M Barrier lead the Moissant flyers in a challenge to Curtiss aviators for an intercity race from Terre Haute to Lafayette. Each side will start at the same hour from opposite cities with the first to land declared the winner. A 3000 dollar purse is offered.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Rene Simon
M. Barrier
Moissant Flyers
A. J L. Young
Aviators
Curtiss Flyers
Lafayette
Curtiss Flyer
Moore Claims Threat Over Bridge Project Near Indianapolis
Albert W Moore, head of Moore Engineering, told the grand jury a man warned him to switch from nonunion to union labor for a bridge over Eagle Creek west of Indianapolis. After steel girders arrived, a stranger offered to supply workers and threaten consequences. Moore employed a night watchman and sought the letter from John J. McNamara, secretary treasurer of the International Association of Bridge and Structural Iron Workers, which he cannot now locate.
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Indianapolis
Albert W Moore
Moore Engineering Company
Grand Jury
John J. McNamars
International Association of Bridge and Structural Troy Workers
Fetter
McNamala
Meere
Farle Creek
Moore
McNamara
MacNamara
Grand
Sun Sets Ground AFire Near Vandalia
On the Co cagne farm near Vandalia a ten to twelve acre tract recently drained shows large deep fissures emitting heat and smoke. The heat of the sun in the past week is thought to have caused spontaneous combustion in decaying bog vegetation.
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Vandalia
Cocagne Faym
Moonlight Rainbow Seen Over Sea From Arabic Liner
Passengers on the White Star liner Arabic reported a moonlight rainbow hanging above the sea for about fifteen minutes, observed from the dock in New York and claimed to be 600 miles or more from the Atlantic coast. The rare marine spectacle drew many witnesses among passengers and crew.
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New York
Atlantic
White Star
Trial opens in embezzlement case of Howard S. Cooke
Opening statements in Cincinnati about the Big Four case reveal alleged lavish spending and a link to a woman who supposedly carried $12,000 to New York. Defense claims rail officials faced accusations, while prosecutors aim to prove Cooke diverted $14,000 from the railroad company.
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Cincinnati
Howard S. Cooke
Cage
Big Four Pailway Company
Denis I. Cash
Cooke
Big Pour
Cash
New York
Charles W. Baker
Baker
Big Four Railroad
Treasury
Warriner
Big Four
Comstock
Vegetarian diet boosts athletic and mental efficiency
The Daily Diet and Health Hints notes athlete Bonhag attributes many victories to a vegetarian regimen. He says he eats sparingly before races and favors figs, raisins and almonds for quick energy. The piece warns that heavy meals waste energy through digestion and toxin processing.
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Bonhag
Denver Candidate Shoots Self in Personal Tragedy
Mrs. Wirth Culbertson, 36, Republican candidate for Denver county schools superintendent, shot and killed herself at her Denver home. A note indicated the wound was personal safety related. she was a Vassar graduate born in Columbus, Ohio.
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Denver
Colo
Wirth Culbertson
Culbertson
Vassar
Columbus
Dawson Named Special Ambassador for Venezuelan Independence Centennial
Washington June 13 Thomas Dawson former chief of the Latin American bureau of the state department and minister to Panama has been named special ambassador to represent the United States at the Caracas celebration commemorating Venezuela independence during the first week of July.
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Dawson
Washington
Thomas
State Department
Panama
United States
Venezuela
Caracas
Lorimer Probe Moves Toward Public Hearings in Senate
Washington June 18 The bipartisan Senate election committee readies its inquiry into Senator Lorimer with subpoenas issued for Clarence Funk Edward Tilden and Edward Hines. William Lorimer remains in Washington as the panel selects counsel and plans expert accounting to probe a 10000 slush fund tied to Chicago millionaires and a 1000 oversubscribed inquiry.
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Washington
Clarence S. Funk
Howard Tilden
Edward Hines
William Lorimer
Warrington
Munk
Tnr
Tilden
Hines
Chicago
Funk
Springfield
Unk
Lorimer Investigating Committee Witness Bubporao Fe Ward Hines
Bubporao testifies as witness for the Lorimer Investigating Committee led by Fe Ward Hines. The session centers on the inquiry into the Lorimer affair and related records. Authorities pursue ledgers and correspondence connected to the case.
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Lorimer Investigating Committee
Probe for Telephone Depreciation Raises Questions in 1910
Washington reports Internal Revenue Commissioner Cabell ordered an audit of Chicago Telephone Company for 1910 after its depreciation figure of 2.347068 million dollars seemed anomalous against 1909’s 1.06 million. Despite higher cross income, taxes drop by 8,254 dollars. Commonwealth Edison will pay 28.07 dollars more in 1910 taxes.
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Washington
Internal Revenue
Cabell
Chicago Telephone Company
Treasury Department of
United States
Chicago
Commonwealth Edison Company
Cadets Graduate at West Point Graduation Address Planned
West Point will graduate eighty three cadets as second lieutenants. Secretary of War Irvine L. Stimson will deliver the graduation address and Major General Leonard Wood will present diplomas. The class began with ninety as part of a four year rigorous program with eighty three completing the course.
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West Point
N. Y
United States Military Academy
Iivary J. Stitern
Leonard Wood
Gtuit
Two Men Die in Electric Chair at Sing Sing
At Sing Sing Prison in Ossining New York on June 13 1909 Frederick Gebhardt convicted of killing Anna Luther in Hast Istin L 1 was executed first. He collapsed and had to be carried to the chamber. Thomas Barne known as Banger Billy who shot Jack Leonard followed after Gebhardt’s death.
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Ossining
Sing Site Phee
Frederick Gebhard
Anna Luther
Hast Istin
L. 1
Thomas Barne
Banger
Billy
Jack Leonard
Gebhardt
Lightning Strikes Institute During Commencement in Hightstown
During the commencement exercises at the Teddie Institute in Hightstown New Jersey the Baptist church venue was struck by lightning. The strike caused a fire alarm and prompted evacuation as firefighters responded to contain the blaze and assess damages.
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Hightstown
N. 4
Teddie Institute
Baptist Church
Aline
Edwin F Atkins Pivot Witness in Sugar Trust Hearing
Edwin F Atkins of the American Sugar Refining Company testified as the first witness as Congress began a thorough examination into the sugar industry. He described the 1887 merger of seventeen refineries and the aim to cut production costs, while noting secrecy over corporate earnings and dividends.
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Edwin F. Atkins
The
American Sugar Refining Company
Washington
Congress
James M Meek
Edwin F. Athing
Noston
American Sugar Refning Company
Atkins
Iss
Atking Hard
Hardwick
H. O. Havemeyer
New York
New Jersey
Massachusetts
Maine
Pennsylvania
Louisiana
Missouri
Res
Tipo
Post suit is dismissed in Buck's Stove case
United States Circuit Judge Dyer sustained a demurrer to W Post of Battle Creek Michigan suit against Buck's Stove and Range Samuel Gompers and the American Federation of Labor. The action sought to restrain the closed shop and union boycott and claimed damages of 750000. The judge held no jurisdiction and dismissed the suit.
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St. Louis
United States
Dyer
W. Post
Battle Creek
Mich
Buck's Stove and Range Company
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Buck’s
Post
Bucks’ Company
Severe Storm Deaths Hit Wilkesbarre Area
A June electrical storm in Pennsylvania killed eight year old Andrew Glowah at Minors Mills and instantly killed eleven year old James Benson of Plains while injuring two other children seriously. The storm damaged homes and struck multiple buildings as live wires endangered pedestrians. A separate June incident in Illinois reports farmer Robert Hamilton killed when his team’s wagon was knocked from a Kia Wagon during a flighty auto accident.
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Wilkesbarre
John Glowah
Minors Mills
Andrew
James Benson
Plains
Auto Cacses Fariér
Quincey, Ill
Robert Hamilton
Payson
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Joseph L. Bristow
Grand Rapids, Mich
Collie
Joan Rowton
Ter
Indiana
Eagle Creek
Addy
Clara Griffith Gazzam
Mra
John Bruce Dodd
Spokane
Guake
T. J. Allen
Edith Culbertson
Self
Bipartisan Committee
Senator Lorimer
MUA
Dy W
FE Ward Hines
Bubporao
Thiden
Jund
Tines
Chris Fan F Whiehe
Helm
Chicago Company
Treasury Department
Stimson
Sing Sing Prison
Hardwick Heads
Federal
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