Lorimer Trial Tensions Escalate In Beckemeyer Cross-Examination
The Senate committee hearing on Lorimer corruption ran long as H. J. C. Beckemeyer faced tough questions from John J. Healy. Chairman Dillingham pressed for blunt admissions while Beckemeyer insisted he lied only briefly and remained firm about his testimony and money received for voting Lorimer into office.
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Senate Committee
Dillingham
Hancey
Beckemeyer
Finridge Haneey
Lorimer
John J. Healy
H. J. C. Beckemeyer
Lorime
Nanecy
M. Fleaty
Vi Hanecy
Haneey
Wook County
Diltngham
Hix
Fim
Lorimer Jimanuel Mo Abrahams
Chicago
Hellwether
Senatorhorimer
Texans Backing Wilson Form Texas Campaign Launch
Austin reports Wilson campaign in Texas with a meeting of admirers. Thomas B. Love presided as chair. Booster plans cover all state regions with a Dallas base for league operations. Executive committee includes Cato Sells and several legislators and officials.
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Austin Tex
Woodrow Wilson
New Jersey
Texas
Hia
Thomas B. Love
League
Dalas
Thomas B. Lace
Dallas
Vie
Thomas B. Gregory
Aust
O T Hall
Houston
George D. Armistead
San Antonio
Roger Roberdeau
Austin
Cato Sells
Cleburne
Ot Bartholomew
San Angelo
D. Rogers
Decatur
Clarence E Gilmore
With
Point
Col
Ro M Wynne
Confederate
KR McCallum
Waco Tribune
Mey
Attack on Wilson Personal in New Jersey Board Brief
New Jersey Democratic State Committee Chairman James F. Nugent rejected calls to resign over alleged criticism of Woodrow Wilson. Nugent sent letters to nine committee members stating the governor’s social remark was a private matter with no political significance and that he could be summoned at a regular committee meeting if required.
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New Jersey
Newark
James F. Nugent
Democratic State Committee
Gox
Woodrow Wilson
State Committee
Perkins A Steel Witness
The House committee of Inquiry into United States Steel will resume its investigation with George W. Perkins, former Morgan partner and U S Steel director, summoned to appear. Richard Trimble also summoned to bring records, though Lindabury says none exist. Chairman Stanley directs Trimble to bring his selection. Perkins’ examination is expected to span several days, covering many phases of steel and International Harvester affairs.
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House Committee of
United States Steel Corporation
George W. Perkins
J. Pierpont Morgan & Co
Steel Torporation
Richard Trimble
Steel Corporation
New York
Richard V. Lindabury
Trimble
Stanley
Perkins
International Harvester Company
Senate Debates Statehood Bill and Arizona Recall Issue
Congress devoted yesterday to the Statehood bill and the recall feature of the Arizona constitution. Senators Root Borah Nelson Crawford opposed recall. Poindexter backed Arizona’s constitution. A vote on the Statehood bill was anticipated today with speeches from Bailey Crawford Cummins and Clapp planned.
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Arizona
Root
Borah
Nelson
Crawford
Poindexter
Bailey
Cummins
Clapp
Tillingham
Senate
Power Struggle Over Pure Food Enforcement Emerges
At a House hearing, Solicitor McCabe and Chief Chemist Wiley clash over enforcement of the pure food law and benzoate of soda. Testimony reveals McCabe sought to influence prosecutions, while Wiley claims limits from Secretary Wilson. Several officials and chemists are slated to testify, revealing department involvement in earlier Indiana cases.
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McCabe
Wiley
Department of Agriculture
House
Dr. Wiley
Department
Indiana
James Bingham
H. A. Barnard
F. W. Robinson
Michigan
Federal Bureau of Chemistry
Robinson
National Convention of State Food and Dairy
Denver
anti-Wiley
Wilson
Remsen Board
Statehood Recall Debate Tests Nelson Amendment
The Senate took up the New Mexico and Arizona statehood bill amid recalls of judges. The Nelson amendment would allow New Mexico to join with its constitution intact while Arizona would need to strike the recall provision. Senators argued against judicial recall, warning it could weaponize public opinion against judges and undermine minority rights, stressing independence of the judiciary as essential to republican government. After seven hours of debate, a vote was expected today.
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New Mexico
Arizona
Senate
Root
Borah
Champion of the United States Uniform
Through efforts a thorough prosecution of the case of the rink owners at Prescott Aziz who refused admission to an army officer in uniform was made by President Taft and Attorney General Wickersham. Mrs Gallagher is president of the Society for the Protection of the Dignity and Weaner of the Uniform of the United States and she has been instrumental in gathering evidence to aid fan government officials.
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Prescott
Aziz
Taft
Wickersham
Gallagher
Society For the Protection of
United States
Taft urges church help to ratify peace treaties
President Taft appeals to a Methodist Church assembly to aid in securing ratification of recent peace treaties and future similar accords. He argues a moral approach is needed to advance universal peace and notes U S support for the Monroe Doctrine in Central America. He travels with railroad officials and returns to Washington by night.
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Bunal
Senate
Senate of the
United States
Great Methodist Church
England
France
Europe
Central American
San Domingo
Washington
Baltimore and
Ohio
Mountain Lake Park
Taft
Simon's Son Brings Gold On Way To Paris
Antoine Simon Jr. and six Haitian exiles flee Port au Prince for Paris with 354,000 packed in brown paper boxes. Gen Leconte nears presidency as a new ministry is arranged to replace the Simon cabinet. Firmin’s rival movement loses ground. Street celebrations greet Leconte’s entry to Port au Prince amid cautious U.S. Navy readiness.
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New York
Antoine Simon, Jr
Haiti
Paria
Paris
Port Au Prince
Chamber of Deputies
Senate
Gen. Leconte
Simon
Antenor Firmin
Porto Rico
Iby Leconte
M. Zamor
Tudge Cauvin
M. Guillaud
Laroche
M Beltard
M. Sansaricq
Lape Haitien
Gen Leconte
Deadlock over wool and cotton bills risks adjournment
Senator La Follette and Chairman Underwood clash over tariff rates in the wool and free list bids. House and Senate Ways and Means leaders discuss possible adjournment as the conferees struggle to reconcile differences. Cotton bill politics also shape the conference, with insurgents pressing cotton legislation and a quorum risk in Washington.
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la Follette
Underwood
Ways and Means Committee
House
Ways and Means
Senate
la Follete
Congress
Washington
North
South Carolina
Senate Committee On Finance
Simmsons
Senator Lodge
Nahant
Mazz
Europe
Huttt
Lodge
Senator Clark
Wryoming
Evanston
Wyo
Taft
Sherman
Martin
Mann
Penrose
August Number of The Monthly Magazine Section Delights Readers
The August issue showcases strong fiction and a striking cover by W. G. Krieghoff titled A Deep-Sea Flirt. Highlights include The Stand by James Hopper, Gun Man by John R. McMahon, Triumph by Emerson Taylor, Boone's Barnyard Circus by Richard Wightman, and illustrations by Charles Sarka, J N Marchand, and Paul Gould. Also featured are Nine-Sixteenths of an Inch, Women in the Chinese Theater, and Environment by Margaret Ogden Bigelow.
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W. G. Krieghoff
James Hopper
Charles Sarka
Emerson Taylor
Max J. Spero
Boone
Richard Wightman
Mr. Wightman
New York
Paul Gould
Joseph Boardman, Jr
Mary Shaw
Margaret Ogden Bigelow
Tobacco Smuggling Plot Exposed in Boston Harbor
Boston August 7 a tobacco smuggling scheme that has operated for at least two years landed hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of leaf tobacco from near Hamburg Germany without duty. Custom inspectors uncovered the plot and seized 26000 dollars worth of contraband. Two stevedores of the Hamburg American Line docks were arrested and several tobacco merchants are said to be involved.
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Hamburg
Germany
Hamburg-American Line Steamship Company
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