Gore accuses Congressmen in push for Indian attorney fees
Oklahoma Senator Gore charges bribery attempts over contracts between Choctaw Chickasaw nations and their attorneys. He urges Senate and House probes into agreements that could yield large fees, citing McMurray as central. debate centers on conference deficiency bill amendments and tribal contracts. The dispute sparked a sensational Senate scene and prompted renewed calls for investigation.
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House
Gore
J. F. McSlurray
Kihome
Senate
Sena Hnatly
Amittee
Hluuse
Tadhare
Irom Nebraska
Kaitts
Peaters
Raley
Indian Affairs Committee
Mri
Tink
Congress
McMurdy
Congress of Tribal
Slide
Matt
Interior
Gere
McMurray
Tore
Senate Chamber
Ung
Gallinger
Oklahoma Senacor
Heir to Fortune in Jail Discovered in Chicago Prison
William Hamilton, who vanished from Pittsburg eight months ago and later became heir to a fortune, was found serving a short sentence in a Chicago house of correction. The estate settlement is delayed as authorities pursue the missing man. The municipal court records show a May 28 sentence for disorderly conduct. mayor Busse may pardon him.
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William Hamilton
Chicago
Pittsburg
Canadian official vanished after graft found in Ottawa bureau
Serious irregularities have been found in the Canadian government printing bureau purchasing department. F S Gould thrite, longtime head, has disappeared and police seek him on fraud charges. Several other officials have been dismissed as irregularities reportedly extend over years.
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Ottawa
Ontario
F. S. Gouldthrite
Westward Wins Krupp Memorial Prize at Kiel Regatta
The American schooner Westward captained by Charles Barr won the Krupp memorial prize over Emperor William II’s Meteor in a 23 mile Kiel course. Heavy rain and near calm marked the race as Westward led from start to finish. The Hamburg finished third and several yachts did not complete. Ambassador David Jayne Hill and Mrs Hill arrived to witness regatta events aboard the Oceana.
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Westward
Alexander 9. Cochran
New York
Emperor William
Emperor
Hamburg
Norddeutscher Regatta Verein
Germania
Lieut
Krupp von Bohlen
Halbach
Prince of Monaco
Frederick William
Henry of
Prusata
Waldemar and
Sigismund
Ambassador Hill
Hohenzollern
Henry
Spain Ignores Vatican in Display of Non Catholic Insignia
Madrid June 24 Premier Canalejas announced after a cabinet meeting that Spain would press ahead with its religious program despite Vatican protests over the June 11 imperial decree authorizing non Catholic societies to display insignia for public worship. The Vatican stated the decree violates the concordat and paused negotiations on revision. King Alfonso presided as the government affirmed its stance. Left $17,000,000 bequeathed to the family of Elisha P Wilbur, Bethlehem, Pa.
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Canalejas
Vatican
Alfonso
Rome
Bethlehem
Elisha P., Wilbur
Lehigh Valley Railroad
Wickersham Urges Federal Oversight of Interstate Securities
Attorney General Wickersham argues in Chicago that the new railroad rate law should ease shipper carrier tension and stabilize railroad securities while defending Congress power to regulate stock and bond issuance by interstate corporations. He warns against watered stocks and wild cat issues and stresses a balance between carrier initiative and federal safeguards.
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Chicago
Wickersham
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Interstate Commerce Commission
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Rosebud
South Dakota
Fort Berthold Reserveion
North Dakota
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House
Senate
No Cigarettes for Queen in Paris Reception Incident
At a Paris reception for Bulgaria’s King and Queen, French Foreign Minister M. Pichon failed to find cigarettes for the queen after she requested one. He searched empty shelves and cigars, then escorted her away as embarrassment largely went unremarked by guests.
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Washington Post
Paria
M. Pichon
Mme. Pichon
Foreign Office
Bulgaria
Will Reconsider Portsmouth Treaty Ambassadors Plan Summer Meeting
Boston report says Russian Baron Rosen will stay at Manchester cottage during summer to oversee a reconvening of the Portsmouth treaty talks with Japanese delegates. Japanese embassy already settles at East Gloucester near the coming season, signaling a high society summer with prominent plenipotentiaries.
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Washington Post
Boston
Boston Herald
Russia
Japan
Manchester-by-the-Sea
Portsmouth
N. H
Baron Rosen
United States
Sudenly
Manchester
Bar Harbor
Washington
Russell Sturgis
East Gloucester
Baron Weds A Shopgirl In Chattanooga Courtship
In Chattanooga on June 24 August Wilhelm von Buchholtz a German baron married Miss Elizabeth Katherine Rix a Chattanooga shopgirl after about a year of courtship. She worked four years in a department store and hails from an old Antebellum family. The baron who arrived in the city years ago as an interpreter in a medicine factory plans to return to Germany with his bride.
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Rix
Chattanooga
Washington Post
Tenn
August Wilhelm von Buchholtz
Elizabeth Katherine Rix
Buck
Baron von
New Supervisor Named for City Record Post
David Ferguson, long time Park Row reporter born in Norfolk in 1867, appointed supervisor of the City Record at a $6,000 annual salary following Patrick Tracey’s resignation. The action ties to exposure of national insurance scandals of 1905. New York June 24.
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Gaynor
New York
Parkrow
City Record Today
Patrick J. Tracey
Hig
David Ferguason
Norfolk
Congress to Adjourn After Unexcelled Taft Legislation
Congress closes a record session with Taft backed reforms including railroad law revisions, statehood for Arizona and New Mexico, postal savings banks, campaign finance publicity, and land withdrawal powers. The House reformed its rules to curb Speaker control as 27,000 House and 9,000 Senate bills were introduced.
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New Mexico
Congress
Taft
Acta
House of Representatives
Committee On Rules
House
Senate
Congress Acts On War Debt And Alaska Fisheries
Legislation appropriates 900000 with possible extra funds to raise and remove the wreck of the Maine sunk off Havana Cuba. Additional immigration controls seek to raise admission standards. Other measures expand seal fisheries protection in Alaska, boost militia efficiency, parole reform for disciplined prisoners, allow franking for the blind, establish Glacier National Park in Montana, and create a fine arts commission.
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Caeral
Philippine Islands
Hawaiiay
Alaska
Panama Canal Zone
Bureau of Health
Appalachian Forest Reserve
Engineer Corps
Army
Maine
Havant
Cuba
United States
Glacier National Park
Montana
Commission ‘of Fine Arts
Famous Homestead Burns and Washington Headquarters Site
New York dispatch reports the Van Wagoner homestead at Gregory avenues and Riverdrive Passaic burned early today. Built in 1660 and enlarged in 1768, it served as Gen. George Washingtons headquarters at one point. Herman Van Wagoner, a Dutch builder, stayed neutral during the war. The property recently passed to Henry P. Simmons.
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Washington
New York
Gregory Avenues
Riverdrive
Passaic
George Washington
Herman van ‘Wagoner
Holland
Henry P. Simmons
Near death in car four days without food rescued in Hoboken
Two Buffalo girls Mary Mont ten and Nessie DeForbelia eight were trapped in a dark refrigerator car for about 72 hours while playing in the Lackawanna freight yard. Rescued by yardmaster Dutton in Hoboken, they were treated at the Snake Hill sanitarium and sent home conscious after a lengthy recovery.
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M. Y
Hoboken
Washington Post
New York
Mary Mont
Nessie
Columbia Street
Kéllan
Mary
Schoffel
Lackawanna
Beatty
Lack
Lackawanna Y.M. C. A
Will Build 25 Million Terminal in Chicago Rail Hub
A decision to construct the proposed 25 million dollar Chicago Terminal of the Pennsylvania Railroad has been reached. The project involves joint occupation with the Chicago Milwaukee and St. Paul, Chicago and Afton, and Chicago Burlington and Quincy railroads. Travel pricing listed for a 1.25 dollar fare to Baltimore? and return today and tomorrow via Baltimore and Ohio Railroad.
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Pennsylvania Railroad
Milwaukee, and St. Paul
Chicago and Afton
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Senator Tells of Bribe Offer
A senator reveals details of a bribe offer linked to legislative dealings, outlining the circumstances and key figures involved as the probe continues in Washington.
Roosevelt to appeal to Hughes over Supreme Court appointment
A dispatch from Oyster Bay reports Roosevelt will seek Hughes reconsideration of accepting a Supreme Court justice seat to aid the Republican organization. It notes Sagamore Hill may not oppose Hughes direct primary plan and that Roosevelt believes Hughes could lead the party to victory, warning the old political machine could fall with its loss.
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Washington Post
New York
Oyster Bay
New York Herald
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Supremes Court of the United States
Republican Organization
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Goy
Albany
Roosevelt
Platt
Girl Killed by Train in Schenectady
Beatrice Clute 20, daughter of Lyman W. Clute of A. Brown & Son furniture, reportedly killed herself by leaping before a Boston and Maine freight in Schenectady. Parents deny self-destruction, amid divorce action allegations. friend reports say casemay go to supreme court. She was a Schenectady High School graduate and well known socially.
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Washington Post
Schenectady
N. Y
Beatrice Clute
Lyman W. Clute
A. Brown & Son Company
Boston
Maine
H. C. Crane
Scotia
H. J. Crane
Lyves
Supreme Court
Clute
Schenectady High School
Electric storm dazzles Lusitania passengers at sea
Passengers aboard the Lusitania, 150 miles from port, witnessed an extraordinary electric storm described as the most terror inspiring by Big Tim Sullivan. Thunder rolled, fire-like points shot across the horizon, illuminating the sky so brightly that readers on deck could read newspapers.
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New York
Tim
Sullivan
Gen F Funston Stricken by Heat Angina At Leavenworth
Leavenworth Kansas June 4 Gen Frederick Funston commandant of the army service schools here is in dangerous condition with an attack of angina pectoris at his home Post physicians and nurses attend him while his wife Mrs Funston who is in California has been notified It is believed heat last week aggravated long standing heart trouble
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Kans
Frederick Funston
Army Service Schools
Funston
Army
Tragedy of nineteen days in same position ends in death
Richmond report describes Edward Pease dying after nineteen days with head fixed by a nurse. A skull fracture at the vertebrae join caused his death. Clarence Booker, a negro, will be charged with murder for the brick attack. In New Jersey Porter Charlton faces potential insanity proceedings rather than immediate trial, with extradition questions clouding the case and a chance he may be released if no extradition is demanded.
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Richmond
Hisife
Edward Pease
Pease
Clarence Booker
R. Freynd Clark
Charlton
New Jersey
Chariton
Charlie L. Dana
Cornell Medical School
Edward B. Fisher
Allen McLean Hamilton
Slayer Of Wife May Be Freed In Extradition Case
In Hoboken, Capt. Scott Engages counsel to fight a bid to return Charlton to Italy for murder trial. The Italian acting consul seeks to hold him pending extradition papers, while the State Department reports no formal surrender demand has been received as authorities correspond with Rome.
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Scott
Italy
Hoboken
Charlton
State Department
Foreign Office
Rome
Extradition Question in Charlton Case
The case hinges on whether Charlton can be punished for a crime abroad. No U S court can try a crime committed overseas, and Italy has not formally requested extradition. Experts say the United States could not surrender him without violating precedent, while the Charlton family vows action if he is deemed sane.
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Hoboken
Italy
United States
Chariton Family
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