Commerce Court Faces Urgent Action in Congress
Congress readies urgent deficiency funding to sustain the Commerce Court as Broussard and allied backers press for continued operation and expanded jurisdiction. Sims opposes the court, while supporters hope caucus approval will override House rules and advance the bill. The measure would allow the Supreme Court to handle smaller cases from insular possessions and territories and bankruptcy matters connected to the Commerce Court.
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House
Commerce Court
Congress
the Tas W. Sims
Tennessee
Broussard
Representattive Borland
Missouri
Judiciary Committee
Fitzgerald
Appropriations Committee
Secretary of the Treasury
McAdoo
Sims
Friends of the
Interstate Commerce Commission
Thea Broussard Dill
Supreme Court
Insular
Territories
Ex-State Senator Stabbed Over Bond Election Dispute
Former Virginia state senator J C Noell was seriously wounded by knife in Jonesville during a bond election for $60 000 road bonds. W M G Barron a local farmer opposed the measure attacked Noell after a dispute over graft rumors. Barron arrested. Noell expected to recover.
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Jonesville
Wabbington Post
Rocky Station
J. C. Noell
Pennington Gap
W. M. G. Barron
Noell
Barron
Cassin Destroyer Standards Set Speed Record in Rockland Trials
The Cassin destroyer, larger by a quarter than any prior US Navy destroyer, completed standardization trials on the Rockland course with a top speed of 31.51 knots. Eight laps were run, averaging 31.049 knots. four-hour endurance averaged 29.12 knots. Navy personnel expect acceptance with little doubt.
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Rockland
Naral
Names for new excise board drawn from district list
President Wilson prepares to send Senate the nominees for the excise board as the act takes effect next Tuesday. A detailed district list names Adams, Allen, Henry, Beale, Bowen Browne, Burdine, Bre, Chase, Clarke, Danen, Dur Ellis, Fitzgibbhens, John A, Kirby, Kuhn, Lamb, Leech, Lyon, McKee, McLean, Matthews, Mitchell, Moore, Mullin, Neale, ODay, Offutt, Parker, Peckham, Pfeiffer, Phelps, Phillips, Pullman, Quinn, Richardson, Selke, Shoemaker, Slack, Smith, Sterne, Stokes, Suter, Swindell, Tastor, Walker, West, Whitacre, Whyte, Wilcox, Wilson, and others listed. Funding to be provided in urgent deficiency bill.
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Wilson
Senate
Sacise
Law
Axeise
Adams
Allen
Henry
Charles
L. Beale
E. Bowen
Browne
Alfred Ho Burdine
Cady
Enoch A. Chase
John KB. Clarke
Volpay Danen- B
Dur- Ellis
Will Kk. Flizgibbens
Tuller
John Abbs
Joseph L. B. Hanfer Hietls
J. Bhowed
E. John
Thomas FB. Shege
Herman Farpelad
James EF. Welly
FL S. Key- Smith
Joan M. Kirby
Joseph A. Kuhn
G. Lamb
Bo Leech
Charles F. Lingers
FE. Lyon
Thomas H. Mckee
Ho O. McLean
Martin D. McQnuade
W B. Matthews
William
Aews
Mayo
Bastian
Lee Baumgart
A. G. Belt
John P. B
Marre
King Dines Poincare Cheered by London Crowds
French President Raymond Poincare was hosted at Buckingham Palace in a grand state banquet with royal pomp and decor, greeted in Portsmouth and London by the Prince of Wales and King George. The event showcased cordial Franco British ties as a factor in European peace, with lavish Windsor Castle table service and widespread newspaper praise.
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London
Raymond Poincare
Buckingham Palace
Poincare
Portsmouth
Prince of Wales
Victoria Station
Windsor
Windsor Castle
Pothcare
France
England
Great Britain
Soldiers Live on Snakes Near Guaymas
Nogales Arizona June 4 Federal soldiers north of Guaymas face food shortages forcing snakes as sustenance. Smallpox in constitutionalist camps worsens the crisis. Despite famine and disease, fighting persisted with insurgents assaulting Ofjeda's column from front and rear. Many killed and the wounded left on the field as federals lose ground and desertions rise.
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Nogales
Ariz
Guaymas
Sonora
Aday
Ofjeda
Hasbrouck ruling makes sheriff and police judges on Sunday baseball
In Kingston on June 24 Supreme Court Justice Hasbrouck issued a decision that places sheriff and police in each county as judges of whether Sunday baseball violates the law protecting rest and religious liberty. Albany County sheriff was restrained by injunction, previously blocking Sunday games. Sheriff Peasley demurred to the complaint, and the demurrer was sustained.
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Kingston
N. Y
Supreme Court
Hasbrouck
Eace City
Albany County
Sheriffey
Cav
Suter
Saerli Peaseley
Automobile Kills Girl Beatrice Bingham in Street
Beatrice Bingham a six year old girl was struck and killed by an automobile on Virginia Avenue Southwest. The car owned and driven by Noble E. Thomas of Quackenbush Street Northwest was moving at a moderate speed when the girl ran into its path. Thomas took the injured child to Providence Hospital where she died minutes later. Coroner Newbitt ordered an inquest to be held.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beatrice Bingham
Virginia Avenue
Bureau
Noble E. Thomas
Arsod
Quackenbush Street
Thomas
Providence Hospital
Newbitt
McNab Resigns Over Western Fuel Case Handling
In San Francisco June 14 a sharp clash erupts as United States District Attorney McNab resigns over Attorney General Reynolds' directive to delay trials in Western Fuel and Diggs Caminetti cases. Judge Bean postpones trials to July 15 while Heney may prosecute. The grand jury will report findings with a strong opinion but no immediate comment.
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Honey
San Francisco
Washington
United States
Kevi L. McNab
California
Wilson
McMab
Reynolds
John L. Howard
Western Fuel Company
Bean
United States District Court
McNab
Trail
Mr. McNab
McReynolds
Federal Grand Jury
Currency clash ends in cabinet compromise at Washington
Washington dispatch reports that Secretary of State William J. Bryan nearly quit over currency reform. President Wilson pressed for bank controlled money, while Bryan demanded government money and government control. After tense talks, Bryan accepted a compromise giving the Federal Reserve Board government status and government issued money backed by bank assets, tying him closer to Wilson.
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Wilson
Bryan
Washington Post
New York
Washington Dispatch
The
Herald
William J. Bryan
Washington
Dance Minuet for July Fourth by Children of the Revolution
The Children of the American Revolution will be the sole patriotic group at the July Fourth pageant. Seven societies cannot participate and must seek adult reps. Two groups of twenty couples participate. twenty young ladies dance at Smithsonian grounds. Additional donations bring total donations to 1335.76.
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Cieties
Smithsonian
Arctic Expedition Parties Sail Toward Nome
Beattie Washington Ernest De Koven Leffingwell sails for Nome to meet Vilhjalmar Stefansson and coordinate with the Canadian Arctic expedition. He will go to Point Barrow to recover instruments and resume exploration. Boston hunters Silsbee Heard Draper Leste sail for Nome to join Captain Lane’s Smithsonian project for Wrangel specimens.
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Eben
Draper
Freeland Leste
Ble
Boston
Nome
Lewis Lane
Seattle
Wrangél
Smithsonian Institution
Museums of Harvard
University of California, Wrangel
Alaska
Karluk
Vilhjalmar Stefansson
Wrangel
Stefansson
Welfare workers unite for coordinated congressional support
A movement to reorganize the congressional section of the woman s welfare department aims to cooperate with the District and national groups and centralize aid appeals. Mrs Woodrow Wilson is eyed as president, with wives of leaders like Mrs Marshall and Mrs Clark taking key roles. committees will be appointed by Mrs Wilson and include prominent figures such as Mrs Justice McKenna and Mrs John Sharp Williams.
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Congressional
Woman’s Welfare Department
Woman's Welfare Department
Woodrow Wilson
Thomas R. Marshall
Champ Clark
William A. Cullop
Woman's National Democratic League
James R. Mann
Victor Murdock
Wilson
Justice McKenna
John Sharp Williams
Oscar Callaway
Isaac Sherwood
Charles C. McChord
Mary Wilcox
Gidfield
Garrett
Tennessee
Robert C. Page
North Carolina
Boy Scout Relay Delivers Wilson Message to Chicago
A relay of Boy Scouts carries President Wilson's message from Washington to Chicago spanning 776 miles. Fred Reed, the first runner from Washington, delivers the tube to Frederick scouts, then Maryland crews continue toward Chicago with 76 runners posted along the route including Emmitsburg Gettysburg and Frederick. More than 1000 scouts participate as the relay proceeds amid heavy roads and rain.
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White House
Fred Reed
Frederick
Autes
Chambersburg
Bis City
Wilson
Harrison
Chicago
George Gonder
Fort Loudon
Gettysburg
Emmitsburg
Emmittsburg
Frederick-Bromitsburg
Robert Slays
Gaithersburg
Margaret Coyle
Tors
Washington
C Clarkenburg
Hyattstown
Carter Harrison
Maryland
Fred A. Britten
James McAndrews
Illinois
Colin H. Livingstone
Boy Scouts of America
Ernest Thompson Seton
E. S. Martin
P. J. H. Farrell
Reed
Connecticut Avenue
Dupont Circle
Rodney Dennett
Train Kills Two Men In Auto Near Berea
A westbound fast mail train collided with a loaded automobile near Berea killing Homer Akins 21 and his brother Charles Akins. R Stull minor details admit fatal injuries to Stull. Mrs Homer Akins, Mrs Charles Akins, and the 18 month old were hurt. the women and child were thrown from the car. The accident occurred as they were leaving the station after meeting Homer’s brother.
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Cleveland
Unio
Lane Shore Mall
Berea
Homer Akins
Charles
Fort Wayne
Ind
R. Stull
Charles Akins
Stull
Free Drinks but No Lobby in Pennsylvania Inquiry
Harrisburg June 24 investigation into charges of systematic lobbying in the state capital ended abruptly after a committee adjourned to call more witnesses. The panel expects a report of no organized lobby with no witnesses alleging improper lobbying. food and drink in the senate wing room were generally admitted while witnesses denied specific acts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
Harrisburg
State Capitol
Senate
Watterson Supports Seven Year Presidency Plan
The Courier-Journal endorses the administration financial bill with a single proviso. Watterson cautions that under a four year term the President could gain dangerous power seeking a second election. Extending to seven years with no reelection eliminates the danger and makes the President the safest custodian of such powers.
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Kentuckian
Washington Post
Louisville
Courier- Journal
Watterson
United States
Coffins for the living at Gettysburg reunion
Army officials plan for the fiftieth reunion of Civil War veterans at Gettysburg with 200 coffins ordered and a field hospital set up. About twenty medical officers will attend, ice water will be available, intoxicants banned, and a large expected death toll due to age and heat. Confederate Veterans from Camp 171 will depart for the battlefield, each member needing a certificate from Commander Hungerford.
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Gettysburg
Army
U. C
United Confederate Veterans
Battlefeld
Thomas W. Hungerford
John T. Callaghan
George A. Alexander
Henry A. Herrell
Andrew J. Barker
Gabriel Edmonston
Jonn
S. Pearson
J. J. Gillenwater
D. C. Grayson
Minter P. Key
Diamond brooch missing from Mrs Wilson collection
Mrs Caroline Wilson of Hollins Hall near Alexandria reported a missing diamond brooch valued at six from a large jewel collection. The loss occurred while being moved to a New York safe deposit vault. the satchel never left her hands during travel to Washington and only disappeared during vault deposit, reported by the butler at police HQ.
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Caroline
Wilson
Hollins Hall Farm
Alexandria
New York
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Speedy
Casein
RAI
Galt.& Brd. Jewellers
icHiy
King Dines Poincare
United Kingdom
Republic
Grand Jury
Children of
Patriotic Society
Joly Stefansson
Explorer Leffingwell
Unite Welfare Work
Mrs. Wilson
President Wilson
D.C
Essere
Tofley
Randolph L
Jennings
Eys ST
N. W
M. If
Train
Bill
the Sunday Post
Xander
Arlington Fire Insurance Company
District of Columbia
Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest
Washington, D. C
S.L. Phillips
William King
Herbert A. Gill
William T. Brown
Chas
Hoke
Philadelphia Avenue
Chambersburg, Pa
Mt. Pleasant
Irving St. N
Maaheington
Columbia Heights
Joun
Balentine
Newark
Shoemaker Co
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