Townsend Defends Presidents Influence in Tariff Debate
In a Senate lobby investigation Townsend of Michigan charges President Wilson and the Democratic caucus with undue influence on tariff votes. Democrats push back as Weeks and Reed challenge implied patronage links. committee extends inquiry to June 28, aiming to probe executive pressure and lobby activity further.
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Michigan
Weeks
Senate
Reed
Townsend
Walsh
Wilson
Nelson
Senator Weeks
Massachusetts
Washington
Meeks
Shively
Tarif
Finance Committee
Huencea
Heanng
Reet
Townsend Beause
Divorces Eloping Rector in Hartford Court Case
In Hartford June 6 Miranda Clarke Cooke was granted a divorce from Jere Krede Cooke of New York City the former Hempstead clergyman who eloped in 199? with Floretta Whaley his congregations young member The Cookes wed February 8 1998 in New York City Floretta Whaley and I will marry once officially notified of the divorce Cooke now lives with Floretta Whaley in a Washington Heights apartment with their two children he works as a house painter.
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Hartford Conn
Miranda Clarke Cooke
Big City
Jere Krede Cooke
New York City
Stempsteady
Long Island
Floretta Whaley
Cooke
Cookes
New York
Jere Knodu Cooke
Hempstead
School board ousts Heeter over immoral conduct charges
Pittsburgh Pennsylvania June. After weeks of investigation the board of public education discharged Sil Heeter, superintendent of public schools, finding him guilty of immorality in making improper advances and taking unwarranted liberties with women. One member, Miss Beulah Kennard, voted against discharge. The accused was not present.
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Pittsburgh
Board of Pubiic Education
Sil Heeter
Public
Taft Visits Washington as Yale Professor Talks University Work
Former President William Howard Taft arrives in Washington to attend Lincoln Memorial Commission meetings and dine with President Wilson. He will teach at Yale next fall, lecturing two hours weekly to seniors and law students, with possible lectures at Amherst, Minnesota, and Boston University. He declines to discuss current policies, and asks about baseball pitcher Walter Johnson.
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Walter Johnson
Mr. Wilson
White House
William Howard Taft
United States
Kent
Yale University
Washington
Lincoln Memorial Commission
New York
Wiliam J. Boardman
Taft
Wilson
Republican Party
Yate
Amherst College
University of Minnesota
Boston University
Cincinnati
Johnson
Wil
Philip Plu Saiety
Mnnorart
Familly
Will
Murray Bas
Oat Cohen Shallom
Mahi Boariman
Secretary of the Treasury
Herman Ler
Treaties In Dan Hitch Over Canal Debate In Senate
Senate executive session fails to ratify renewals of arbitration pacts with Great Britain Italy and Spain amid strong opposition and alarm from arbitration supporters. Discussion centers on Panama Canal tolls and The Hague arbitration with key assertions by Bacon O Gorman and Bristow as well as the Japan question and Ambassador Bryan plan.
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Senate
Borah
Great Briiain
Friends of Arbitration
United States
Great Britain
Italy
Spain
The
Hague
France
Panama
Japan
Foreign Relations Committee
England
Bacon
California
Chamberlain
Forsion Relations Committee
Oregon
O’gorman
O'Gorman
Interoceanic Canal Committee
British
Foreign Office
State Department
Bristow
Lewis
Bride of Month Hangs Self in Tennessee Home
Special to The Washington Post Bristol Tennessee June 6 a 25 year old bride of one month Mrs Oscar Oliver died by drinking carbolic acid at her home this evening. Earlier she settled a furniture balance in the business district with no hint of trouble. A neighbor says she was disappointed when her husband did not kiss her goodbye after dinner.
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Washington Post
Bristol, Tenn
Oscar Oliver
Law invalid claim on District bill sparks constitutional crisis
Kentucky Representative Ben Johnson alleges that a District appropriation bill carried about 12 million dollars for 1914 and the excise rider was not properly passed, and that President Taft signed it on March 4. If correct, many late Congress acts and statutes could be void.
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Kentucky
Ben Johnson
House District Committee
Public Utilities Commission
Congress
Taft
Mr. Johnson
Mr Johnson
Not Guilty Verdict Ordered in $1.4M Theft Case
Walter S Shourds former superintendent of Merchants Union Trust Company vaults faced a jury verdict request in Philadelphia quarter sessions. Indicted last year for missing cash and $1.4 million in securities he reportedly returned the funds and fines were settled, with restitution made months ago. Detectives pursued him across Europe before negotiations led to his return.
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Philadelpha
Walter S Shourds
Merchants’ Union Trust Company
Shourds
Trust Company
George W Burnham, Jr
Europe
Cit
Philadelphia
New York
Paris
Unusual 100 Dollar Marriage Bet Wins in Court
In Welch West Virginia Dr J L Sameth was awarded 100 dollars plus interest after suing George D Kendrick who had promised a marital bet in 1911. Kendrick claimed it was a joke but Sameth pressed the suit and prevailed. The case became one of the state’s most unusual civil actions.
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Washington Post
Welch
W. Va
J. L Sameth
George D . Kendrick
Kendrick
Sameth
Rockefeller Home Guarded As Laborers Threaten Violence
Police chief sent special officers to guard William Rockefeller’s home in North Tarrytown as about 100 laborers repairing the Croton aqueduct threaten to wreck the site and other property if not paid tomorrow. Laborers allege delays in pay and express anger over wages.
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Washington Port
New York
Leary
North Tarrytown
William Rockefeller
Croton Aqueduct
Rockefeller Grounds
Americans in Tamaulipas seek protection from Washington
Three hundred Americans in southern Tamaulipas representing 68 families sent a message via Consul Miller to President Wilson asking if they can expect government protection. They report insults and threats, say departures would ruin lifelong savings, and urge action short of intervention. The White House will refer the appeal to Secretary Bryan to press the Mexican authorities.
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Tampico
Mexico
Tamaulipas
Wilson
Miller
W. W. Canada
Mex
United States
State Department
Bryan
Constitutionalist Party
Free after 12 years in cell in Ohio pardon for Celery King
Columbus, June 6. George Ury, jailed since 1900 for the murder of W C Johnson, known as the Celery King, was pardoned by Governor Cox after twelve years. Cox said he believes Ury innocent and cited a miscarriage of justice. Johnson, tied to his bed and shot September 11, 1900, was linked to a large celery farm near Cares, Ohio, by Mrs Johnson who identified the disguised suspect.
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Columbus
Ohio
W C Johnson
George Ury
Guv Cox
Ury
Johnson
Cares
Livy
Elder Orozco Put to Death in Mexico City Hanging
Federal troops found the body of Elder Orozco hanging from a tree near Jojutla in central Morelos. The incident followed a failed attempt to bribe him at about 2000 by friends of Col Pascual Orozco, father of the former rebel Emiliano Zapata.
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Mexico City
Col Pascual Orozco
Emiliano Zapata
Orozcos
Tlachichilpa
Jojutla
Morelos
President Seeks Public Opinion On Tobacco Tax Plan
White House officials say McReynolds proposal is a suggestion not a policy. The plan to tax tobacco output was discussed as a temporary measure to meet a crisis and would be considered by Senator Simmons and the finance committee. The president has not formed a definite position and seeks public opinion alongside Congress.
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McReynolds
Wilson
White House
Tobacco Trust
Geoeral
Asner
Senate Finance Committee
Hitchcock
Nebraska
Stencock
United States Supreme Court
Circuit Court of
New York
Simmons
Finance Committee
Congress
Independents Urge Suit Reopening Over Tobacco Firm
Sixteen hundred independent tobacco dealers in New York and New Jersey petition Attorney General McReynolds to reopen the dissolution suit against the American Tobacco Company. Henry F. Hunter, counsel for the independents, said local groups in Boston, Cleveland, Chicago, Minneapolis, Salt Lake City, Butte, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and New Orleans back the move.
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New York
Sixteem
New Jersey
McReynolds
Ameriana Tobacco Company
Henry F. Hunter
Hunter
Boston
Cleveland
Chicago
Minneanois
Salt Lake City
Butte
San Francisco
Los Angeles
New Orleans
Ambiguous Today’s Index and Briefs Preview
A fragmented index from the issue lists varied items including political debates arbitration treaties and government affairs. Mentions ambassadors pages and financial notes with scattered references to society sport and editorial items in a snapshot of the issue’s breadth.
Emily Wilding Davison Dies or Lingers After Derby Injury
Militant suffragette Emily Wilding Davison remained in critical condition after a Derby day incident in Epsom. Surgeons operated as relatives were summoned, with doctors fearing the case is hopeless.
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Miss Davison
Epsom
England
Emily Wilding Davidson
Japan backs a little first charged open breach
Tokyo replies to the United States note on California alien land ownership laws. The Japanese government argues the law discriminates against Japanese Americans but notes the issue touches international relations and may involve due process and equal protection questions under the Fourteenth Amendment.Officials say courts may not find the amendment applicable to this state dispute. the note emphasizes land ownership limits and housing rights for Japanese citizens and residents.
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California
Tokyo
Foreign Office
State Department
Japan
Ufe
Jappan
Tpted
Majifornia
Terat
Peace talk as Chinda Guthrie honor dinner ends
Viscount Chinda, the Japanese ambassador, and George W Guthrie, the new American ambassador to Japan, attend a testimonial dinner in Pittsburgh with Secretary Bryan. Guthrie vows U S and Japan will seek peace and fair play amid occasional misunderstandings.
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Japan
California
Wilson
John Bassett Moore
State Department
Bryan
Pittsburgh
United States
George W Guthrie
Chinda
America
Viscount Chinda
Guthrie
William J Bryan
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