Taft Tariff Board Worded Wool Bill Vote Sparks Debate
The House approved the Democratic wool revision bill 221 to 100 as President Taft announced the tariff board would forward its wool report in December. Democrats cheered while Republicans jeered and insurgents backed the bill amid hopes the Senate will act. Slayers’ Cash Builds Temple. Battle Creek, Mich. June 2. The Woman’s Christian Temperance Union will build a temple from Adam Arnold estate, including two houses and other property.
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Washington
House of Representatives
Ander Wood
Clark
United States
Tariff Board
Congress
House
Berger
Milwaukee
Aken
New York
Francis
Ohio
Mesers
Anthony
Campbell
Anderson
Lindbergh
Steeneson
Volstead
Davis
Miller
Minnesota
French
Idaho
Haugen and Woods
Iowa
Jackson
Madison
Rees
Murdock and Young
Kansas
Helgesen
North Dakota
Kent and Stephens
California
Labouette
Payne
Committee On Ways and Means
Senate
Cash
Battle Creek
Mich
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Adam
Arnold
Orgimnitation
Weather Forecast For Three States and Rail Car Crash
Indiana fair and warm with light to moderate winds. Illinois fair warm with east to southeast winds. Wisconsin fair and warmer inland. showers possible and cooler tomorrow. Rail Chief F O Melcher and wife injured in a derailment near McFarland. Mrs Ulysses Eubank dies from burns in Terre Haute after clothing caught fire from singeing paper.
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Indiana
Ilinois
Wisconsin—Fair
Porcion
Topeka
Kan
F. O. Melcher
Chicago
Rock Island
Terre Haute, Ind
Ulysses Eubank
Willow Will,s
Deaf Man Killed by Train Near Bowling Green
Terre Haute Indiana June 21 John Kirshner fifty was struck and killed by a Monon train while walking on the track near Bowling Green He was deaf.
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Terre Haute
Ind
John Kirshner
Bowling Green
Lee O Neil Browne Indicted on Bribery Charge
Local court records reveal Lee O Neil Browne facing an indictment on bribery charges. The case details the alleged acceptance of improper payments. Browne remains subject to legal proceedings and potential trial.
Diegel Trial Begins in Columbus Speech by Dictagraph Inventor
New York inventor K M Turner, creator of the dictagraph, travels to Columbus Ohio to testify in the Rodney J Diegel bribery trial of state senators. Prosecution relies on detective testimony and dictagraph transcripts. Ten prospective jurors are seated. neither side used peremptory challenges.
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New York
Columbus
Ohio
Columbus, O
K. M. Turner
Rodney J. Diegel Terbeantatirms
Senate
Chitleneen
Turner
Kinkead
Hopan
Talesman
Not Guilty Vote Sparked Bribery Debate in Springfield
Witness officer notes public opposition to political corruption as jurors return not guilty verdicts in bribery cases tied to the Forty-Sixth general assembly. State's Attorney Edmund Burke criticizes juries and the Helm committee for failing to convict amid broad protests over bribery and legislative influence. Several lawmakers and officials named in connections to conspiracies and contracts are referenced as part of the sweeping discussion.
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Springfeld
Edmund Burke
Sengaon
General Assembly
Viteh
Stanton C. Pemberton
John Broderick
Senate
State Senate
Lee O'Neil Browne
Ottawa
Robert FE. Wilson
Chicago
Louis PD
Archibald B. Johnson
Springfield
P. W. Holstlaw
Stanton ¢. Pemberton
Joseph 8. Clark
Ford Johnson Company
Senator Lea's Wife Improves After Blood Transfusion
Mrs Luke Lea, wife of Tennessee Senator Luke Lea, was near death Sunday but revived by a quart blood transfusion from her husband. She remains in critical condition though stronger. Senator Lea is weak but expected to leave hospital soon.
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Washington
Lukelea
Senator Lukelea
Tennessee
Lea
Travelin' Man Shot Dead in Texas Hotel
Robert R. ONeill of Milwaukee was shot and killed in a hotel washroom in Stamford Texas by Dr. J M Alexander of Abilene Texas. Domestic trouble is cited as the motive. Dr Alexander, a leading Western Texas physician and sanitarium head, was released on bond and returned home.
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Stamford
Tex
Robert R. O'Neill
Milwaukee
Wis
J. M. Alexander
Abilene
Alexander
Texas
Lorimer Inquiry Begins With McCormick and Yates Testimony
Testimony in the Lorimer election inquiry opened with Cyrus H. McCormick of International Harvester and former Illinois Governor Richard Yates as witnesses. Lorimer attended in Washington as his attorney Elbridge Haney was absent. McCormick testified that Clarence Funk recounted being approached by Edward Hines for a Lorimer fund contribution.
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Washington
Lorimer
Cyrus H. McCormick
International Harvester Company
Richard Yates
Illinois
Elbridge Haneey
McCormick
Clarence Funk
The
Harvester Company
Edward Hines
Lorimer Fund
Chinese Warship Set to Visit New York in July
The Chinese cruiser Hai Chi now at the naval review in England will visit New York in July. It will be the first Chinese war vessel to visit American waters and preparations are underway to entertain the officers and crew.
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Washington
Hai Chi
Shithead
England
New York
American
Candy Factory Burned in Seattle Fire Damage
Fire caused ten thousand dollars in damage to a brick building occupied by the Seattle Cracker and Candy Company in Seattle Washington on June 21.
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Seattle
Wash
Seattle Cracker & Candy Company
Rice and eggs diet advice from Dr. J J atte and Pood Speciouss
The article recommends combining rice with eggs and fresh cream, advises against cooking eggs and milk with rice for pudding, and favors slow cooking in a double boiler. It notes eggs and milk are damaged by heat, endorses unpolished rice as a complete mono diet for dyspepsia, and suggests exclusive use for several weeks in severe cases.
Cutlery Fraud Cases Quietly Settled in New York
treasury officials in Washington indicate the government may settle cases of cutlery undervaluation fraud by importers without trials. The Port Willig collector remarked on the latest disclosures of customs swindling that have deprived the government of substantial duties.
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New York
Washington
Port Willig
Treasury
Train Collision Scalds Passengers in Randolph Vermont
A serious crash on the Central Vermont line near Randolph injured several travelers on a Boston and Maine train bound for Montreal. Mary Magee of Lowell sustained severe scalding with fears she may not recover.
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Randolph
Vermont
Boston
Maine
Whic
Montreal
Mary Magee
Lowell
Wah
Fifty Years Ago Today June 21 in London Times
The London Times published a triple Contalracy supplement on June 21 marking a journalistic fest with about 4 000 advertisements. Mrs Lincoln narrowly escaped serious injury in a carriage accident while visiting army camps in Virginia with her two young sons.
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London Times
Lincoln
Virginia
Cardinal Gibbons Receives Insignia from Rome
A report states Cardinal Gibbons received the insignia of his office from Rome by papal seal. Separate item notes a Boston fire killing seven men in an Institute Fair. the structure is described as destroyed by the blaze.
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Cardinal Gibbons
Rome
Boston
Institute
Steel workers back at labor after long idle period
About 6 000 steel workers in the Pittsburg area return to work as big plants restart. Martin s Ferry plant of American Sheet and Tin Plate has orders worth several million dollars and has already rehired 2 000 men. Carnegie Steel orders two Duquesne blast furnaces blown in signaling rebounding demand. Pressed Steel Car Company received orders for over 3 000 steel cars, including deliveries to the Northern Pacific.
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Pittsburg
United States Steel Corporation
Pittsboro
Bigg Steel
Martin's Ferry
American Sheet and ‘Tin Plate Company
Northern Pacific Railroad
Taft’s strenuous trip includes Yale commencement and evolv
President Taft traveled from Washington to New York and then to New Haven for Yale University commencement. He planned speeches before the New York Bankers Association and the Canadian Club of New York at Manhattan Beach. He would proceed to Fall River for a 200th anniversary event and attend the New England textile industry observances in Providence before returning to Washington.
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Taft
New York
New Haven
Yale University
Thoradas Wight
New York Bankers’ Association
Canadian Club of
Manhattan Beach
Fall River
Iss
C Observation Club
Providence
Fire chief killed in Maricopa blaze shock
Bakersfield June 2 Fred All a prominent business man of Maricopa and chief of the fire department was instantly killed by a live wire while fighting a fire that burned half the business portion of Maricopa. The loss is estimated at 100000 dollars and many firefighters were injured by falling timbers.
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Bakersfield
Cal
Fred ‘All
Maricopa
Tre Department
Crop prospects reported as poor
The report notes poor crop prospects affecting farmers across regions. The Archbishop of York is expected to be prominent in the coronation events according to church and royal circle commentary.
King George and Queen Mary Host Grand Coronation Feast
London reports a state dinner for King George V and Queen Mary with royal guests including Connaughts and John Hays Hammond, described as the largest of its kind during coronation fetes but met with socialist MP James Keir Hardy’s critical stance, urging workers to reject the procession’s symbolism.
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James Keir Hardy
London
George
Mary
England
Duke
Duchess of Connaught
John Hays Hammond
United Sates
Barneby
Zale
Bomb found in Los Angeles Hall of Records
Detectives said a Buspipe bomb one and one quarter inches diameter and eighteen inches long filled with suncotton was found in the Hall of Records. Earlier, two dynamite sticks attached to a clock device were found there last September. Three men Conners Maple and Ender were indicted by the grand jury for the alleged attempt.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Hall of Records
Conners, Maple
Ender
Wind Jury
Baby halts steel probe and drowning incident reported
Washington notes the steel trust inquiry paused as Representative Stanley of Kentucky was recalled for a family matter, a telegram revealing his baby’s birth. Nearby Sheridan Johns, fourteen, drowned at a boat landing after diving on a dare and failing to swim while friends watched.
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Washington
Stanley
Kentucky
House
Steel Trust
Drouth Seen Pressing Wheat as Showers Forecast
Weather remains hot and dry with forecasts for showers improving the drought. Nebraska and Missouri reports show wheat in poor condition and corn crops mixed, with prices in the St. Louis grain market rising amid drought fears and anticipated gains in some regions.
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St. Louis
Mosouri
Witnets
Geverally
Warner
North Dakotas
Missouri
Ilinois
Coddington
Cla
Spink
South Dakota
Army Chaplain Charles M. Brewer Dismissed For Conduct
Chaplain Charles M. Brewer of the Sixth Field Artillery was found guilty by a court martial of conduct unbecoming an officer and gentleman and dismissed from the service. The Alabama native, 34, was charged with intoxication at an enlisted men’s gathering at Fort Riley Kansas on March 21 and with ungentlemanly behavior in front of soldiers and their wives. Brewer is credited to the Baptist denomination.
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Washington
Charles M. Brewer
Sixth Field Artillery
Brewer
Fort Riley
Kan
Alabama
War Department
Forgeries Tied to Associate in Muskegon Fuse Firm
Frank G. Jones president of the American Electric Fuse Company of Muskegon admits forgeries totaling 100000 and says a former business associate and Chicago banker knew of the scheme and methods. He claims the associate was aware of the company’s financial state and helped keep it afloat by taking on debts from related interests.
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Muskegon
Mich
American Electric Fuse Company of
Frank G. Jones
Chicago
Jones
Cardinal Gibbons calls to curb reckless aviator fatalities
Baltimore June 21 Cardinal Gibbons expresses grief over the rising fatalities among aviators and urges action to stop reckless flights. He offers to help devise measures to prevent further loss of life without detailing methods.
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Baltimore
Cardinal Gibbons
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
Nolles
Yates
J. J. Atte
Boston and Maine Express
American Sheet and Tin Pirate Company
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Pressed Steel Car Company
Cosmo Gordon Lang
Archbishopn of
York
American Press Association
Baby
Nebraska
Dakota
St. Louis Jones
Burlington Railroad
Michigan
Gibbons
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