Congress Eyes Early Adjournment After Railway Bill Accord
Congress hopes for adjournment by June 25 as a conference report on the railroad bill draws praise from both regulars and insurgents. The deal preserves amendments fought for, with Commerce court duties defined and railroad agents to be kept in place. The Senate and House plan timely action, awaiting Senate formal action as conference members express satisfaction with the accord and speed toward adjournment.
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Weennenettee Elkins
Onite
Senate
Wittan
Sion
Conferees Agree on Commerce Court Provisions for Railroads
House and Senate negotiators reach a conference report shaping a Commerce Court to review Interstate Commerce Commission orders, define appeals to the Supreme Court, and set procedures for suspending rate increases. Provisions cover railroads telegraph and cable, through routes, classifications, and penalties for rate misquotations. Names of key figures and specific dates are not provided in the readable text.
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Arom
Supreme Court
Oye Csabassdon
Senate
House
Commerce Court
Court of Commerce
Washington
Hawaiian Islands
District of Alaska
Interstate Commerce Commission
Simmons and Burton
MayoNt Sue
Thavely
Triulana
Ayerman
Randell Triggers House Rumpus Over Gift Ban Resolution
Representative Randell of Texas moved to discharge the committee after it failed to report his resolution barring gifts or employment from public service corporations to Congress and officials. An acrimonious debate followed with admonitions to Ranell and Malby of New York. Randell pressed for a roll call but the measure was defeated.
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Randell
Texas
Ranell
Malby
New York
Malloy
May Carry Letters Nails Question Aired By Rep Sheppard
Representative Sheppard of Texas introduced a resolution directing the Postmaster General to determine if nails can be employed to carry letters. If feasible, the Postmaster General must inform the House of findings. Also noted is a Seashore Excursion promotion on the Baltimore and Ohio route with Friday and Saturday trips to Atlantic City and nearby resorts for 36.00, valid for return the following Tuesday.
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Sheppard
Texas
House
Baltimore and Ohio
Atlantic City
Cape May
Sea Isle City
Ocean City
N. J
Revolt in Western Brazil Declares Independence
Advices from Rio de Janeiro state report insurgents in Jurua prefecture, Acre district, driving out the governor and declaring independence. Acre covers about 74,000 square miles with a population near 70,000, and was acquired from Bolivia in 1902. Indian element predominates in the territory.
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Bertin
Rio de Janeiro
Jurua
Acre
Brazil
Acrg
Bolivia
Young Cabrera Arrives Amid Wound Concerns
Estrada Cabrera, Guatemala's president son, reached New York on the Kron Prinzessin Cecilie with a nurse and two doctors after Charbourg authorities reported a personal safety related wound. He appears little worse for the injuries, including a throat slash from a broken bottle, and is returning to Guatemala via steamer.
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New York
Estrada Cabrera
President Cabrera
Guatemala
Kronprinzess
Cecilie
Cherbourg
Cabrera
Europe
DIPLOMAT IN ACCIDENT WIFE AND NIECE INJURED
Herbert H. D. Pierce United States minister to Norway was in an automobile accident near Christiania when a driver attempting to avoid a horse car hit a boulder and overturned the car. Pierce, his wife, and his niece were injured. Pierce, born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, has served as minister to Norway since 1906 and previously held several State Department posts including secretary at St. Petersburg and special counsel in the Alaskan fisheries arbitration.
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United States
Christiani
St. Petersburg
Christiania
Norway
Herbert H. D. Pierce
Senator Dodge
Herbert H. D. Peirce
Senator Lodge
Massachusetts
Tate
Russia
Nicholas II of
Aftair
Hague
T. M. C. Asser
House Committee On Ways and Means
Peerce
Pierce
the Hague
State Department
Pierre
Therce
Mr. Pierce
Cambridge
Mays
Exiter
N.ul
Waryard, Oil
Royal School of Mines
London
England
Belmont Sued by Shirtwaist Maker Over Suffrage Aid
A shirtwaist manufacturer A Sitomer sues Mrs C H P Belmont Miss Inez Milholland and other suffrage leaders in the U S circuit court seeking 50000 in damages claiming their support of a strike hurt his business alleging conspiracy in restraint of trade under the Sherman act and alleging triple damages. The Women's Trades Union League and the Waist Makers Union are named as codefendants.
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New York
C. H. P. Belmont
Inez Milholland
United States Circuit Court
A. Sitomer
Shofmer
Women's Trades Union League
The
Waist Makers' Union
Missing governess found dead in New York cellar
The body of Miss Minnie Wentz a governess to E K Whitman was found in a Lexington Avenue home cellar with a revolver nearby two empty chambers a temple wound and detectives deem suicide She was to marry Ludwig Reichhold and had planned to meet him for a license the day she disappeared
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New York
Minnie Wentz
E. KE. Whitman
Annie Genser
Lexington Avenue
Wentz
Ludwig Reichhold
Miller Guilty After Six Hours Deliberation in Embezzlement Case
J Barton Miller former secretary treasurer of the defunct First Cooperative Building Association of Georgetown was found guilty on two counts out of eighteen involving misappropriations totaling $1,13400. The verdict followed two weeks of trial before Justice Stafford with bond set at $5,000 and potential bond increase discussed. Miller remained composed as his attorneys prepared an appeal arguing insufficient proof and misapplication of funds.
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Building Association
J. Barton Miller
First Cooperative Building Association of
Georgetown
Justice Stafford
Criminal Court No. 2
Henry E. Davis
Clarence R. Wilson
United States Marshals
Zed H. Copp
J. H. Blackman
James M.proctor
Miller
Liberty
Wilson
Davis
Laskey
Association
Court of Appeals
Varmers and Mechanics Bank
Alifer
Waskey
Stafford
Shosmuaker-Miller Real Estate Company
Miller charged in embezzlement of association funds
Miller was indicted for embezzling $131,000 and secreting the association's books. Bail was set at $5,000 in each case. fines up to $1,000 or up to ten years imprisonment per count. Detectives recovered no funds as books remained missing after the safe was opened.
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Miller
Reelver Ambrose
435 Pound Man on Jury
Pittsburg June 14 N J Huffman a juror in the current criminal term weighs 435 pounds and must sit on the edge of two chairs in the jury box. The gateway to the box is too small for him forcing awkward exits and entrances. He takes the ordeal with good humor and even the judge smiles.
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Pittsburg
N. J. Huffman
Criminal Court
Huffman
Liquor Given to Boys Cries for Stricter Laws
District officials warn lax laws on selling liquor to minors fuel a growing problem in Washington. Maj. Sylvester and Judge DeLacy cite cases of boys left drunk after being given whisky by men, calling for harsher penalties, police powers, and more supervised playgrounds to keep youth away from bars.
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Maj. Sylvester
Washington
Sullivan
William H. Delacy
Juvenile Court
Nolle
Pugh
Congress
DeLacy
Rome Hears Unconfirmed Report Of Arrest In Lausanne
Special to The Washington Post Rome June 14 unconfirmed report says Charlton arrested at Lausanne Police watch for Porter Charlton after body of Chariton s wife found in Lake Como trunk. no crew to missing man. many sightings proven fabrications. Witnesses describe a nervous man with brown grip on trains. authorities doubt Charlton presence.
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Rome
Lausanne
Washington Post
Charlton
Porter Charlton
Lake Como
Chariton
Pallee
Isoolatoff
Riviera
America
Isoolator
Lugano
Mount Holly Bank Safe Drill Reveals $18,000 Shortage
Mount Holly New Jersey June report says six lock experts finally drilled open the Mount Holly National Bank vault after Assistant Cashier Clifford S. Heller vanished since Saturday. Cashier Frederick H. Lee found a shortage over $18,000 in negotiable paper intact, issued a warrant for Heller, bond $15,000. Heller, once linked to a Philadelphia trust firm, was treasurer of the Industrial Building and Loan Association. Mrs. Heller knows nothing of his whereabouts. Bank investigation confirms association accounts are correct.
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de Lacy
Mount Holly
N.ble
J. Institution
Achoo
Highway Bridge
N. J
Clifford S. Heller
Frederick H. Lee
Heller
Lee
Philadelphia Security
Philadelphia Trust Company
Industrial Building and Loan Association
Finger Prints Free Him in Murder Case
Dean Erhart who was held on suspicion of murdering Mrs. Katherine Schultz was released after a fingerprint comparison showed no match to prints found on a window of the burned house. The report notes the test cleared him of involvement in the crime.
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Leavenworth
Kans
Dean Erhart
Katherine Schultz
Sherman Cancels Plans Due to Wife Illness
Vice President Sherman cancels attendance at Theodore Roosevelt reception next Saturday because of Mrs. Sherman illness. Tickets are assigned for the island with Cabinet officers and governors expected. He also aborts a trip to Iowa City to speak to Iowa State University graduates.
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Roosevelt
New York
Sherman
Theodore Roosevelt
Island
Iowa City
Iowa State University
Young Mexican Lad Cracks Palmerlee Post Office Safe
Denver report says a 12 year old Mexican prisoner confessed to robbing the Palmerlee post office. He broke the safe like a veteran yeeggman and took money, leaving stamps and papers. He claims careful training by a gang of Mexicans.
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Denver
Colo
Palmerlee
N. Mex
Nicaragua Envoy Defends Venus Voyage as Cause in Nicaragua War
Senor Luis F. Corea for Madriz says the Venus sailed from New Orleans under a British flag with arms for Nicaragua and argues U S neutrality held firm. He cites Seward Haiti precedent to label Madriz a de facto government while reporting coastal revolts and government dispatches to quell uprisings in Granada and Rivas.
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Seward
Haiti
Senor Corea
Venus
New Orleans
Altschul
United States
Greytown
Estrade
Gimer
State Department
Madriz
Salnave
Turks Island
San Juan
del Sur
Granada
Mivas
Eivas
Cape Gracias A Dios
Erie train collision injures thirteen in Cleveland
Thirteen people were injured when Erie passenger train No 17 collided with a switch engine at East Fil lnth street in Cleveland. One woman, Pauline Wanamaker of Portland, Ohio, suffered serious injuries en route to surgery for spinal tuberculosis. she was in a plaster cast as part of treatment. The trains were traveling about 30 miles an hour and both locomotives were demolished.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Erie
Westbourn
East Fillinth Street
Pauline Wanamaker
Portland
Man Dies From Heat While Drinking at New Jersey Saloon
Special to The Washington Fest from Paassel New Jersey June 14 Frank Rowan died after lifting a large glass of beer at a First street saloon and toppled over dead as he raised the liquor to his lips Hospital surgeons say death from heart failure Also an ad touts Hereford's Acid Phosphate promising digestion calm nerves and improved health
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Paassel
N. J
Frank Rowan
First Street
Gov Haskell cited by federal court in two capitals dispute
Oklahoma Governor Haskell faces a federal court citation to show cause why he should not move the state capital from Guthrie to Oklahoma City. Dual seals on official papers, two capitals, and militia mentions mark a tense clash as hearings continue.
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Oklahoma City
Guthrie
State
Okla
United States
Chris Madsen
Haskell
Heck Thomas
Mahoney
Logan County
Mahone
Thomas
Oklahoma
Marshal Jacobson
Jacobson
Federal Court
Cross
Lee Meyer
State Republican Committee
Guthrie Statehouse
Lako
Dougherty
Farguy Charson
Stat Cross
District Court
Huston
Adjt
Canton
Oklahoma National Guard
Nn Guard
Capital Commission
Capitol
Spitzer Before Grand Jury Probe Plans Reported
Oliver Spitzer former superintendent of the Williamsburg dock for the American Sugar Refining Company testified before a federal grand jury in New York. Reports say the government plans a new line of prosecution to recover more than 1,000,000 dollars alleged as drawback payments on refined sugar. Trial figures suggested the company claimed drawbacks on exports exceeding raw sugar imports, with losses in refining admitted.
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New York
Oliver Spitzer
Williamsburo
American Sugar Refining Company
Taft
Hetke
Mob lynches man in Star City after arrest near white woman
Will Hunter, a Black man, was seized from officers by a mob in Star City Arkansas and hanged in a nearby woods. The mob then riddled his body with bullets before dispersing. The incident followed his arrest for entering a white woman’s room near Gerrnett Arkansas days earlier.
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Star City
Ark
Will Hunter
Garnett
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