Wilson charges business lobby seeks to delay trust legislation
President Wilson charged today that a campaign by certain interstate business interests aims to postpone administration trust legislation. Circulated letters and telegrams urging adjournment and rail rate hikes were released from the White House, highlighting a powerful push to stall reform measures. The White House said the drive would not sway him as he intends to push the trust program through the Senate with all available means. White House officials denied any link between the Simmons Hardware letter and the Harriman nomination shakeup.
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Washington, D. C
Wilson
Intertate
Congress
Interstate Commerce Commission
White House
Senate
Simmons Hardware Company
St. Louis
E. ©. Simmons
Federal Reserve Board
Simmons
Chas Hamlin
Boston
the Treasury
Simmons Company
Pictorial Review Company of
New York
Wm. W. P. Abnett
Washington
Soul of Choirmaster in Fear of Mortgage
Chicago June 15 Homer Rodeheaver kisses Miss Georgia Jay of 6320 University Avenue and faces a $590000 breach of promise suit. Judge Honore paused arguments for a new trial noting potential consequences if the verdict stands. Jay seeks vindication, while Rodeheaver’s counsel argues the mortification outweighs money. Arguments resume next Saturday.
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Chicago
Homer Rodeheaver
Georgia Jay
University Avenue
Billy Sunday
Honore
Jay
Miss Jay
Effort to Organize Harvest Hands Fails
Great Bend Kansas June 1 A light rain eases heat as wheat dough stage benefits. A shortage of harvest hands prompts requests for 200 workers from Albert and similar asks from other towns. I W W representatives push 34 a day in Great Bend but workers refuse to engage with agitators. Harvesting starts next week in parts of the county and will be in full swing within two weeks.
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Great Bend
Kas
Albert
Generally Fair During the Week Forecast
Washington D C June 13 Generally fair weather is forecast for the week by the weather bureau with unsettled showers possible in the first days from the Mississippi valley eastward. A disturbance may develop in the extreme northwest toward week’s end and temperatures will be normal or below in central districts with a warm up in the northwest after midweek.
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Washington, D. C
Weather Bureau
Mississippi Valley
Italian Strikers Resume Work Amid Patrols in Ancona
In Ancona Italy June 16 workers returned to their duties after a general strike to quell disorder preceded by stern repression. Soldiers and sailors remained in the streets patrolling and occupying strategic positions to maintain order.
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Ancona
Italy
Congressional Letter Sparks Capitol Debate Over Simmons Company
A letter said to be from the Simmons company circulated in the Capitol prompting animated discussions in both houses. It carried a June 9 date after Mr. Simmons was offered a reserve board role and was not released with other letters. Supreme Court Recesses Without Announcing Key Decisions New York, June 15. The Supreme Court recessed until June 22 without ruling on the Intermountain rate or other major cases.
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Capitol
Congress
Simmons Company
Simmons
Reserve Board
Supreme Court
Washington, D. C
Supreme Court of the United States
Toledo Zoo Elephant Kills Keeper At Playground
Babe the Toledo zoo elephant attacked keeper Michael Raddett after guards attempted to mount howdahs on its back. Raddett died within an hour from trunk blows and tusk injuries as hundreds watched in Walbridge park. The elephant had previously menaced staff and was secured after the incident.
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Toledo Zoo
Toledo
Howdah
Babe
Walbridge Park
Michael Raddatz
Raddett
Louis Sherrer
Hadditz
William Davis
Costiance Ca
Death by friend ends life of Vance Salter at 19
Vance Salter, 19, died after a night in Cedar Rapids while en route home from Iowa City where he studied at the State University. A physician and Linn County coroner ruled the death caused by acute indigestion after Salter and a friend slept in a Cedar Rapids home. the body was found cold shortly after 10 o clock yesterday morning.
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Iowa City
State University
Vance Salter
Cedar Rapids
Death of Salter Shocks Cedar Rapids Community
Coroner rules death from acute indigestion and heart failure after ice cream and strawberries. Salter, 20, a Cedar Rapids resident and University of Iowa law student, was found dead by a friend in his pod at East High. Funeral planned for Tuesday at 2 PM with services by Prof Robert Rieson and Rev S M Rhoades.
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King
Salter
Maude BE. Salter
Firat
the State University
M. Rhoades
Walnu, Street Baptist Church
Fairview Cemetery
Vance Salter
Albert Lea
Minn
East High
University of Iowa
Kappa Sigma Fraternity
Rock Island
Migs Myrtle Salter
Harvest rush as women seek cook jobs in Salina
Salina Kansas June 15 women seeking harvest work rush in as cooks. Four arrived by freight train this evening and hundreds of men are arriving with the wheat harvest set to begin Monday. The note mentions El Tovar and a 6& advertisement in the text.
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Salina
Kan
Will Go After Private Banks
In Des Moines IowaJune 15 Owing to bank failures in Iowa this year several candidates for the state legislature plan to back a bill next winter to force private banks to organize as state corporations or exit. The Iowa state banking department notes no state or savings bank failures since 1897 and active inspections. There is no current law giving state control over private banks or power to compel incorporation, and officials expect the abolition bill to gain support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moings
Jung
State Department
Mediation Progress Reported in Mexican Crisis Talks
Secretary Bryan conferred with President Wilson on Mexican mediation and sent a telegram to Niagara delegates about the provisional government. U S aims to name a head acceptable to the revolutionary faction, with Del Villar and Diaz allies influencing the talks as Carranza offers to send delegates to Niagara Falls.
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Washington, D. C
Bryan
Wilson
Niagara
United States
Huerta
Washington
Pedro del Villar
Felix Diaz
del Villar
Carranza
Niagara Falls
Illinois Suffrage Law Held Valid
The Illinois supreme court ruled the woman suffrage act constitutional in the Scown suit. The act allowed limited voting rights for women in statutory offices and local option elections, while safeguarding state officers. Women voted statewide and helped elect women to official posts, with over 188,000 participating in local option elections plus Chicago aldermanic votes.
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Springfield
State Supreme Court
Ilinois
Ilraese
Equal Suffrage
Chicago
Forest Supervisor Not Hurt In Lassen Area Incident
San Francisco June 15. A report of injury to Wood Rushing, forest supervisor at Mineral near Mt Lassen, had not been received. Officials believed the name was confused with Lance Graham, who was crushed nearly to death by falling boulders. assistants were expected to provide updates.
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San Francisco
Cal
Wood Rushing
United States Forest
Mineral
Mt. Lassen
United States Forest Service
Rushing
Lance Graham
Forest Service
Rushne
Women Club Officers Seek Second Term at Federation
Chicago June 16 the nominating committee slate led by Mrs Percy W Pennybacker proposes a second term for the federation president with Mrs Samuel B Sneath named to succeed the present first vice president and Miss Georgia A Bacon elected for correspondence secretary Readings covered eugenics sanitation pure food legislation tuberculosis and compulsory education Miss Julia Lathrop urged compulsory birth registration Resolutions call for protesting suggestive magazine stories and subscribing to clean publications and supporting the Baltimore centennial celebration for The Star Spangled Banner and condemning immodest dancing.
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Chicago
General Federation of Women's’ Rluba
Percy W. Pennybacker
Samuel B. Sneath
Tiffin
L. la. Blankenburg
Philadelphia
Eugene Reilly
Charlotte
N. C
Georgia A. Bacon
Worcester
Mass
Mary Garrett Hay
New York City
W. Brooks Young
Jacksonville
Mia
Hama
Julia Lathrop
Children’s Bureau
Department of Labor
Federation
Baltimore
President Signs Panama Tolls Exemption Repeal
Washington reports President Wilson signed the Panama tolls exemption repeal bill with no ceremony. The act was amended in the Senate and approved by the House. Wilson used a historic quill pen owned by Robert Underwood Johnson of New York for the signing.
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Washington
Wilson
Senate
House
Forster
Harrison
Tait
National Institute of Arts and Letters
Robert Underwood Johnason
New York
Elopement of Minnie Stone and Arthur Foraker Shocks Washington Society
Dismayed by thoughts of a big wedding Miss Minnie Stone daughter of a prominent Washington real estate man eloped with Arthur Foraker son of a former senator from Qin. The engagement had been announced recently and Washington society anticipated a grand church wedding.
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Minnie Stone
Washington
Arthur Foraker
Qhin
Artificial Ice Co Gives Aid to Save the Babies
The Artificial Ice & Fuel Co pledges to deliver ten pounds of ice daily to Waterloo families, plus twenty pounds on Saturdays, during hot weather. Applicants go via Associated Charities and the Courier will verify street and number. The plan aims to reduce infant mortality by cooling milk and inspecting local dairy farms for quality standards.
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Artificial Ice Co
Waterloo
Sost
W. PB. Iigenmann
R.W. Gibbon
The
Artificial Ice & Fuel Co
Courier
Associated Charities
Acuitelal Fee Company
Mile
Pr. Thompson
Dairy Farma
Charies
Baber
Nominations Sent for Federal Reserve Board Members
President Wilson sent to the Senate nominations of Charles Hamlin of Boston T B Jones of Chicago William McKinley Harding of Birmingham Paul Warburg of New York and A Miller of San Francisco to join the Federal Reserve Board. Hamlin would serve two years Warburg four Jones six Harding eight and Miller ten years.
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Washington, D. C
Chas
Hamlin
Boston
Jones
Chicago
Pr. G. Harding
Birmingham
Ata
Paul Warburg
New York
Miller
San Francisco
Federal Reserve Board
Senate
Wilson
Uanlin
Treasury
Cleveland
Treasury Department
Reserve Board
Warburg
Harding
Balloonist believed safe after wild flight over Cascades
Portland residents and searchers report the Springfield balloon piloted by Reynaldson crossed the Cascade range and weathered an electrical storm. Sightings say the craft remained under control at high altitude Friday morning, with pilot Wilbur Henders on aboard. If landed in rugged Oregon or Idaho terrain, rescue could take days.
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Portland
Ore
Springfield
Reyonaldson
Aero Club of America
Earth
Cascade Range
Cascades
Oregon
Idaho
Wilbur Henderson
Flag Day and Good Roads Celebrations in Des Moines
Des Moines Iowa June 15 good roads enthusiasts with road drags and other equipment arrived for the annual celebration. Road dragging contests paced the forenoon as Governor Clarke spoke at the state fair grounds marking flag day observances statewide. Italian troops take charge of rail stations in Rome.
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Des Moines
Clarke
Rome
Italy
Gift to East Aurora animals to earn 20 million in 260 years
Evansville Indiana June 16 Adolph Melaer a local philanthropist and friend of dumb animals announced a tentative gift of 1000 dollars to Elbert Hubbard's community at East Aurora New York. The money will be deposited for 250 years in a bank designated by Hubbard and compounded annually at 4 percent. In 260 years it will amount to about 20 million dollars and will be used for the benefit of animals of that day.
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Evansville
Ind
Adolph Melaer
Elbert Hubbard
East Aurora
N.Y
East Aurora Sage
Promised Million to Reopen Closed LaSalle Bank
Chicago June 16 One million dollars was pledged to be deposited today in the LaSalle State Trust and Savings Bank as its leaders Lorimer and Munday plan resignations. State examiner Harkin declined comment while the bank’s books and assets undergo examination.
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Chicago
LaSalle State Trust and Savings Bank
Wm. Lorimer
C. D. Munday
State Bank Examiner
Munday
Daniel V. Harkin
Atute Bank
Bank Clowes. Bt
Laure
State Bank of Marine, NL
B. Munday
Thaw Denied Bail in Federal Court Proceedings
Washington June 15 Harry K Thaw was denied release on bail while the Supreme Court considers his extraditions from New Hampshire to New York The court also refused to transfer Thaw to Pittsburgh for testimony in his father's estate case Sheriff Drew of Coos county N H would custody testifying Judge Aldrich NH federal court ordered habeas corpus release The Supreme Court will rule next.
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Washington, D. C
Harry K. Thaw
Supreme Court
New Hampshire
New York
Thaw
Pittsburgh
Drew
Coos County
N. H
Aldrich
Federal Court of New Hampshire
Baking Mud Cakes Costs $1,600 Barn
In Ankeny Iowa on June 15 six year old Freddie Hunter and a playmate sparked a fire that ruined a $1,600 model stock and implement barn. The blaze burned on the second floor near hay and claimed farm implements a horse a draft and several pigs, leaving Freddie's father Fred Munter an auto dealer rueful at the loss.
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Ankeny
Freddie Hunter
Fred Munter
Freddie
Hunter Farm
Hunter
Dunkerton Welcomes New Local Newspaper Radium
W A Logan launches the Dunkerton Radium, a four page weekly aiming to build up Dunkerton and nearby areas. Logan touts years of newspaper experience and promises a first class publication as residents in Dunkerton, now a thriving town, likely support the new venture.
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W. A. Logan
Dunkerton
Lopan
Pattrons
Senators Smirched In Mine Scandal Aimed At Gold Venture
Washington reports a mine stock promotion involving Gold Hill Consolidated of Rowan County North Carolina. Senators Chilton and Overman appear on official stationery used to circulate letters to curb brokers in New York, boosting Gold Hill stock while a treasury official sent an assay expert to Charlotte at public expense. Walter George Newman, a known promoter, heads the new company with $5 million authorized capital.
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Washington, D. C
United States
Senate Committee On Census
William E. Chilton
West Virginia
Committee On Rules
Berator Lee
Overman
North Carolina
John Skelton Williams
Treasury
Senate
New York
Middle West
Chilton
Washington
Bany Street
Walter George Newman
Williams
Newman Gays
John Skelton Willams
Asesayer Gent
Wilams
Treasury Department
Charlotte
N. C
Gold Hill Consolidated Company
Gold Hill
Rowan County
Gold Hill Copper Company
Copper Handbook
Wall Street
Senate Committee
A, C
Willams
American Institute of Mining Engineers
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LW. W
Ani
Linn Co
EL Tovar
Illinois
Percy V. Pennybacker
Tion
Presidency
Panama
Radium
Havarg Loc
U. 3
Osrolita
Cummins
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