Prophet Smith at Sugar Probe Defends Mormon Wealth Claims
Joseph F Smith, aged 73 and president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, testified at the Hardwick sugar inquiry hearing. He denied the church is rolling in wealth, saying finances have been tight and that Havemeyer is not an industrial pirate. Bishop Nibley and other Mormon officials accompanied him.
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Washington
Joseph F Smith
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
Hardwick Sugar
Mormon Church
Sugar Trust
Joseph
Swarith
Senate Committee On Privileges and Elections
Reed Smoot
Apostle Smoot
Charles N. Nibley
Thomas K. Cutler
Joseph Howell
R. W. Young
Brigham Young
H. Havemeyer
Nibley
Sulzer
Utah
Kansas
Burglars Attack Danville Post Office With Nitro
In Danville Indiana at 2 a.m. burglars attempted to blow open the post office safe with nitroglycerin. The first charge failed to breach outer doors and five men, with two inside, were part of the gang along with outside sentries. Chester Mitchell, hotel proprietor nearby, alerted authorities and the burglars fled before a second charge could be used.
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Danville
Ind
Chester Mitchell
Civil anti trust suit against magazine trust filed
Washington June 27 a civil anti trust suit against the Periodical Publishers association commonly called the magazine trust will be filed in the United States court at New York unless the present plans of the department of Justice are changed
Women aviators fly mono plane in Garden City
Miss Harriett Quimbly and Miss Blanche Scott made good flights in a mono plane here. They are the first women aviators in this country to fly a mono plane.
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Garden City
S. 1
Harriett Quimbly
Blanche Scott
Rebels Take Chiapas After Diaz Resignation Victory
El Paso reports federal forces under Lieutenant-Colonel Manuel Reyes surrendered at Chiapas on June 19 after Diaz resigned and Madero’s revoltists secured final victory. Rebels now control the town in southern Chihuahua.
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el Paso
Tex
Diaz
Madero
Manuel Reyes
Chinipas
Chihuahua
Senator Kenyon prominent in Lorimer inquiry witnesses
Senator Kenyon plays a key role as witnesses are examined in the Lorimer inquiry. The hearings scrutinize political influence and possible improper acts connected to the former Louisiana senator.
Smuggling Plot Tied to New York Banker Wife
Reports say a New York banker and his wife under scrutiny for a major smuggling scheme valued at about two million dollars. Investigations by Deputy Surveyor Richard Parrn implicate Helen D. Jenkins and associates Nathan Allen and John R. Collins in illicit import duties. The principal is described as a prominent New York figure who allegedly directed the operation and boasted of participation by his wife.
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New York
Richard Parrn
Helen D. Jenkins
Nathan Allen
Kenosha
Wis
John R. Collins
Nashville
Publishers Accused in Unlawful Magazine Conspiracy
Civil suit filed in New York seeks dissolution of the Periodical Clearing House and about twenty magazines alleging unlawful combination to restrain interstate trade in magazines and medical publications. Plaintiffs name numerous publishers and describe a pre July 1909 market with a price list and fines system for agents. Also notes Erie railroad age limit set at thirty five for employment.
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New York
United States
Periodical Clearing House
Wise
Doubleday, Page & Co
Crowell Publishing Company
Current Literature Publishing Company
So McClure Publishing Company
Harper & Bros
Leslie. Judge Company
Review of Reviews Company
International Magazine Company
New Publication Company
Butterick Publishing Company
Standard Fashion Company
New Idea Publishing Company
Ridgeway Company
American Home Magazine Company
Short Stories Company, Ltd
Prank N Doubleday
Herbert S. Houston
Vrenerick L. Collins
Charles D. Lanier
George von Utarsy
Copartnerships
Periodical
Clearing House
Department of the Erie Railroad
Distilled Water and Mineral Deposits in the Body
Dr Avie N. Food Specialist argues distilled water dissolves tissue minerals and should be used by middle aged and older. He dismisses objections to mineral waters, notes water from fruits and milk provides similar benefits, and advises about two quarts daily with exercise and favorable surroundings.
Undervalued Lace Imports Hit Treasury Losses
Proceeds before the United States general appraisers reveal extensive frauds by underpaying duties on lace imported from Syria. The scheme is accused of causing treasury losses totaling hundreds of thousands of dollars over the past decade.
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New York
Syria
Board of
United States General Appraisers
Treasury Department
Grand Jury Frees Slayer in Galesburg Case
Louis Rivas, accused of killing Rafael Valouis last week in Galesburg, was freed by the grand jury. The court released the defendant pending further proceedings.
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Grand Jury
Galesburg
Louis Rivas
Rafael Valouis
Grand
Martial law in Baltimore amid treason arrests
Fifty years ago today on June 27 Baltimore was under martial law as the police marshal was arrested and charged with aiding the Confederates by using his force to hide treason. The force was disbanded. The Great Eastern, carrying English troops to Canada, was caught in a storm, disabled, and returned to port.
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Baltimore
Great Eastern
Canada
Endorsement of Woman Suffrage by Episcopal Clergyman
Twenty five years ago today Reverend Dr B I de Costa a Protestant Episcopal clergyman publicly endorsed woman suffrage becoming the third clergyman of his sect to do so.
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B. I’. de Costa
Acquittal Sought For Diezel In Bribery Case
In Columbus on June 28 Judge Kinkead delayed ruling 24 hours on a motion by KR Diezel's attorneys to acquit the indicted adjoint of bribery. Defense argued entrapment by state officers and that no crime occurred by defendants. Sule counsel said many courts endorse entrapment as a method to uncover bribery.
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Columbus
Kinkead
The
Common Pleas Court
KR. Diezel
Diezel
Pranidin County
Rame
Sule
Rockefeller visits Standard Oil offices amid reorganization talks
John D Rockefeller turned up at Standard Oil's 26 Broadway offices in New York during discussions on reorganizing the company under a Supreme Court ruling. The visit, his first in years, followed a Cleveland trip and comes as officials say the publication plan remains unsettled. Harvard senior James Arthur Smith, son of David O Smith of Salt Lake City, killed himself in a dorm washroom after failing a crucial exam necessary for his A degree.
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John O. Rockefeller
New York City
New York
John 1 Rockefeller
Cleveland
Varytown
Standard Oil Company
Wobicn
Supreme Court
Pla
Harvard
Cambridge
Mars
James
Arthur E.i Smith
Harvard University
I Ls
David O. Smith
Salt Lake City
Perking Wall
Smith
Cornell Varsity Crew Triumphs In Regatta At Poughkeepsie
Cornell won the varsity race in a dramatic regatta, finishing ahead of Syracuse and Pennsylvania as Columbia faded late. In the four oared event Cornell also prevailed, with Penn and Wisconsin following in order and a close finish margin cited.
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Poughkeepule
Trylumbia Varsity
Cornell
Ional
Columbia
Quakers
Wisconsin
Syracuse
Fumbia
Coho
Bentine
Esa
EUS
Siheas Syracuse
Ware
Woman Loses $1000 Trust to Robbery in Syracuse Hideout
Mrs C D Secor of Niles received $1000 from a farm sale in a Syracuse real estate office. She hid the money in a cape pocket upstairs. while she visited a neighbor, a thief ransacked the house and stole the money, honey, and a gold watch.
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Auburn
N. Y
C.D. Secor
Niles
Aviator Flies Over Niagara Falls In Stunning Feat
A daring aviator named Beachy soared above Niagara Falls dipping toward the gorge and banking back from Canada. He then returned over the falls and landed safely on the Canadian outskirts as thousands watched.
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Niagara Falls
Jaume
Beachy
Canada
Death from curiosity in gasoline tank workroom
Curiosity led two brothers, likely named Chy and Lobert, to enter a room with gasoline tanks in their father’s removal and pressing shop. Their uncle Edward Fisher found them dead or near death, both lying face down in a liquid filling the room. The fumes proved fatal for one and left the other, Robert, barely alive.
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Curiou
Edward Fisher
Threadore
Robert
Slain in Gun Fight in Cleveland
An unknown Black man was killed and farmer John Decker was badly wounded in a gun fight between three Black men and a mob of about 300 people in Cleveland on June 8.
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Cleveland
John Decker
Jailed a Day for $20,000 Swindle
J. Hilden of Colorado is charged with obtaining money by false pretenses and has fleeced residents of Colorado and Nebraska out of over $20,000. He pled guilty to a misdemeanor and was sentenced to 24 hours in the county jail.
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Creeley
Col
Hilden
Brand
Colorado
Nebraska
Weather Forecast for Indiana Illinois and Wisconsin
Indiana fair today and warm. tomorrow fair with lighter northerly to variable winds. Illinois same pattern. warmer today and tomorrow with light northerly winds shifting to variable. Wisconsin fair and warmer today and tomorrow with moderate variable winds becoming southeasterly.
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Indiana
Ilindis-Watt
Wisconsin
Effort to Set July 24 For Ballot On Reciprocity Fails
A chaotic Senate session amid a thunderstorm leads to failed attempts by Senator Penrose to set July 24 for a vote on the Canadian reciprocity bill. Senators Borah Townsend and Smoot oppose fixed dates for key farm and wool bills as conferees are named for a direct order measure.
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Penrose
Las Polleit
Smoot
United States
Senate
Cee
Wamed Mesure
Clark
Wyoming
Neleon
Minnesota
Naecen
Fight on Waterway Battle Delays in Illinois Senate
In Springfield Illinois June 28 supporters and foes of Governor Deneen clash in a special legislative session over the waterway project. The Senate debates three bills in a midnight session including the original deep waterway bill a Yale power site measure authorizing bonds of 500000 and an appropriation for the proposed commission.
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Springfield
Deneen
Statehouse
Senate
Man wins birthday intoxication case in Lynn court
In Lynn Massachusetts Judge Lum nis ruled that Jamies S. Kelly had a right to get drunk on his birthday. Kelly testified he was fifty five years old and only celebrated that day. The judge allowed Kelly to go despite the intoxication charge, stating he has a right to his birthday celebration.
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Lynn
Mass
Lum
Nis
Jamies S. Kelly
Lutinis
Tle
Kelly
Tve
Hummus
Corporation Tax Limit Nears Treasury Closing
Washington June 28 only a few days remain for corporations to pay the federal tax. A heavy penalty will be assessed against all that have not paid when the treasury doors close on June 30. The government's estimated yield from that source is 26,000,000 this year, but only 14,060,000 has been received so far. More than 260,000 concerns have filed returns in the last week and payments have been coming in at about 1,000,000 daily.
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Washbington
Treasury
Cave-In Wrecks Graves In Plymouth Cemeteries
A violent subsidence at old mine workings near Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania, damaged about 200 graves at St. Vincent De Paul and Polish Catholic cemeteries in Plymouth. Headstones broke, fences wrecked, and some tombs shifted up to several feet due to the subsidence.
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Wilkesbarre
St. Vincent de Paul
Plymouth
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Havemeyer
Senator Kenyon
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Lorimer Inquiry
Richard Parr
Atuteé
Itations
Macauley
New York World
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Avie
Diegel
Ohio
State
Rockefeller
Broadway
Besiue
Ollce the Trust
UGG
Ras Spee
Beekman Winthrop
Seperey
Hudson
Cnty Western University
Uihie
Did'nt Trust Bank
Cape
Housands
Lincoln Beachey
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