Subpoenas Ordered in Lobbying Inquiry In New York
Washington reports say subpoenas will be issued for Louis Cass Ledyard Paul Cravath and David Lamar to testify next week as part of a probe into alleged use of congressmen names to gain access to financiers. Chairman Overman pledged a thorough inquiry and hearings resume after the tariff debate.
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Washington
Wengts
Louis Cass Ledyard
Paul D. Cravath
New York
Lovett
The
Union Pacific
A. Mitchell Palmer
Pennsylvania
Senate Committee
Palmer
Senate
Clvk
Underwood
Alabama
Henry
Texas
Ita
Palmer and
Riordan
Emperor Takes Part At Kiel Regatta
Emperor William competed today at Kiel regatta aboard the racing schooner Meteor starting at 4:20 pm in class A. Other entrants included Westward now Hamburg II, Margharite owned by Whitaker, and Germania owned by Krupp. Italian royal yacht Trinacria arrived and anchored beside the Hochzollern as the king and queen of Italy were expected July 3 en route to Copenhagen.
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Kiel
Germany
Emperor William
Hamburg Yachtsmen
Charles EH. Nicholson
C. Cecil Whitaker
Krupp von Bohlen
Halbach
Alexander 5. Cochran
New York
Trinacria
William
Italy
Copenhagen
Reception for Keio and Stanford Baseball Teams in Japan
Tokio June 27 Arthur Bailly Blanchard charge d affaires of the American embassy gave a reception for Keio University baseball team and Leland Stanford Jr. University of California. The California team members sail aboard the Nippon Maru bound for San Francisco today.
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Tokio
Japan
Arthur Bailly-Blanchard
Keio University of Japan
Leland Stanford, Jr
University of California
California
San Francisco
Nomination to Germany Favored by German Officials
Berlin reports the selection of Justice James W. Gerard of New York as United States ambassador to Germany was favorably received by the German foreign office and sent to Emperor William who is at the Kiel regatta. Official circles expect quick acceptance.
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Berlin
James W. Gerard
New York Supreme Court
United States
Germany
Foreign Office
William
Kiel
Three Iowa Romances in Leave Taking
New York June 27 The Crocker land expedition sails from New York next Wednesday for three years in the Arctic. All the romances began in Iowa and culminated with the marriage of Victoria Clark to Jerome Lee Allen of Brooklyn, who will be wireless operator aboard the expedition. Two other members, W Elmer Ekblow and Maurice G Tanquary, depart with sweethearts left behind, Miss Augusta Krieger and Miss Josephine Perry.
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New York
Arctic
Iowa
Victoria Clark
University of Iowa
Jerome Lee Allen
Brooklyn
W. Elmer Ekblow
Maurice G. Tanquary
Augusta Krieger
Josephine Perry
Democrats Cut Speeches Short In Senate Cloture Move
Washington June 27 Senate Democrats limited debate on tariff speeches and moved toward completing consideration of the Underwood bill for a report to the Senate next week. They adopted resolutions to curb discussion on disputed items and barred senators from speaking more than once on a subject. The session opened with the wheat and flour countervailing duty amendment to empower the president to retaliate against nations discriminating against the United States on any commodity.
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Washington
Senate Democrats
Senate
United States
Banks See No Receiver For Mexican Railway
New York June 27 Speyer and Co and other banks familiar with the National Railways of Mexico could not confirm a Mexico City report that a receiver had been appointed and believed it an error. American directors including Hans Winterfelt met at the Speyer local office to discuss the road's finances and a statement was expected. A private dispatch claiming Huerta sent a message denying E N Brown resigned was circulated, later vouched for by railroad officials, affirming Brown remains president of the National Railways of Mexico.
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New York
Speyer &Co
National Railways of
Mexico
Mexico City
Hans Winterfelt
Speyer & Co
Still 150 in frantic search for bodies in mill blast
Buffalo press reports 150 workers search ruins after a grain dust explosion at the Husted mill. Deaths reach 14 with 12 missing, nine likely in debris. Rescue continues through heat and debris as officials lead the effort.
Temperature Today Report With Miscellaneous Data
A fragmented weather note shows today temperatures and past figures including yesterday's maximum 93 and minimum 77. It references Buchanan Optical Co ground floor Syndicate Building, with stray terms about times 7 a.m. and 7 p.m., and mentions Corina, queen of Tavann cigars, in unclear context.
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Buchanan Optical Co
Syndicate
Laa Yeaterday
Friction Over Korean Pickers Spills Into Hemet
News of the Hemet California expulsion of Korean apricot pickers sparks fear of Japanese retaliation. U S authorities plan an immediate inquiry and potential congressional indemnity if aliens were harmed. Hemet officials say the city bears no blame. white workers complain of competition and a labor shortage.
Daughter of Coal King Becomes an Active Militant
Newport England June 27 Mrs Margaret Heigh Mackworth daughter of the coal king Davis A Thomas now in Canada was brought before a magistrate and remanded for fourteen days on a charge of placing explosives in a mailbox. She is secretary of the Newport branch of the Woman's Social and Political Union. Her mother Mrs Thomas is active in the suffrage movement. Her husband Captain Humphrey Mackworth of the Royal Monmouthshire Engineers is heir to the baronetcy.
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Newport
Eng
Margaret Heigh Mackworth
The
Royal Monmountshire Engineers
Arthur Mackworth
Druggist Lloyd Fowle Dies in Clarksville Iowa
Lloyd Fowle long prominent Clarksville druggist died of tuberculosis after a year illness. Survived by widow Della Cox Fowle and mother Mia Lina Harrison. Funeral pending word from Oklahoma relatives and likely Saturday.
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Clarksville
Lloyd Fowle
Della Cox Fowle
Mia
Lina Harrison
Oklahoma
May the General Electrocuted for Boundary Death
Eddyville Kentucky June 27 General May known as General was electrocuted in the state penitentiary today. He had eight significant notches carved on the pistol grip and was condemned for the murder of Mrs Belle Meredith of Clark County after killing her husband following a dispute over a boundary line. May had served as deputy sheriff.
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Eddyville
May
Qan‘eral
Belle Meredith
Clayscounty
Meredith
Gettysburg Fifty-Anniversary Tent City Erected for Reunion
Five thousand tents were set by the Fifth Infantry at Gettysburg for the fiftieth battle anniversary. Veterans from Lee and Meade camps will reside on private land rented for the event and be fed by federal funds. The 192 acre camp hosts hospital tents bakery tents and kitchen storage tents with ground rental extra. The tent city represents about 263 425 in outlay excluding land costs and will feature notable veterans and characters.
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Gettysburg
Fifth Infantry
Lee
Meade
No Relief In Sight Amid Heat Wave Across Midwest
Chicago reports continuing intense heat with no relief for days. Forecaster Henry J. Cox warns a general heat wave across the middle west, with highs reaching the 90s and concordia Texas at 100 degrees as Evansville and Tucson also near 100.
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Chicago
Middle West
Henry J. Cox
Concordia
Tex
Evansville
Ind
Tucson
Ariz
Townsend Scouts to Assist in Search for Promoter Townsend
Kansas City Kansas City Missouri June 27 Boy scouts of Kansas City will help search for George Townsend of Chicago one of the promoters and builders of the Kansas City Clay county and St Joseph election line Townsend disappeared from his hotel Tuesday W S Arnold a business partner arranged with the scouts to pay expenses Townsend a brother of Edward Townsend representative from New Jersey and former newspaper man Townsend is expected here today.
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Kansas City
Boy Scouts of
George Townsend
Chicago
Clay County
St. Joseph
Townsend
Arnold
Boy Scouts Organization
Edward Townsend
New Jersey
Six Prisoners Escape Iowa Jail In June Breakout
Rockwell City Iowa June 27 six prisoners escaped the Calhoun county jail last evening all held on burglary charges. Four were jailed for breaking into an Illinois Central car at Manson and two others for robbing two stores at Jomeroy last winter.
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Rockwell City
Calhoun County
Illinois Central
Manson
Jomeroy
President to Sweat it Out With Congress
President Wilson planned to leave today with his family for the summer White House at Cornish New Hampshire. He does not intend to stay long unless Congress adjourns near Independence Day, in which case his stay could extend a few days. He will remain in Washington to share the heated season with Congress if needed.
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Washington
Wilson
White House
Cornish
N. H
Congress
Bis
Ojeda Falls Back to Defend Guaymas Amid Rebel Threat
In a wireless message from the U S cruiser Pittsburgh at Guaymas and relayed via San Diego, Federal Governor Francisco Garcia of Sonora reported General Ojeda had fallen back to Guaymas and was ready to fight rebel state troops there.
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Tuscan
Ariz
Pittsburgh
Guaymas
San Diego
Francisco Garcia
Sonora
Ojeda
Argues For Hetch Hetchy Project In Hearing
Washington June 27 City Engineer O Shaughnessey of San Francisco told the house public lands committee that no other water supply base could compare to the Hetch Hetchy basin and that the Sacramento river would be objectionable for irrigation, pollution protection and exhaustion. The city has already invested 1 700 000 on the project and he urged its continued adoption, saying the plan would enhance the security value of Yosemite Park.
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Washington
O’shaughnessey
San Francisco
House Public Lands Committee
Wetchy Basin
Sacramento River
Yosemite Park
Sullivan to Try California Case
Matt L. Sullivan will be special prosecutor for the Cam inetl Siges and Western Fuel Company cases. Judge Dowling, now on the superior court bench, will fill the vacancy and the Feases will be tried before him. Attorney General McReynolds met with President Wilson to discuss these appointments.
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Washington
Matt L. Sullivan
Cam- Inetl-Siges
Western Fuel Company
Dowling
Superior Court
Feases
McReynolds
Wilson
Confession of Bribery Sworn by St Louis Councillor
Joseph A Fansler former Hast St Louis council member swore to State's Attorney Charles Webb that he bribed in a case involving former mayor Charles S Lambert former corporation counsel John L Flannigan and five other councilmen who allegedly extorted money for public utilities franchises.
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St. Louis
Joseph A. Fansler
Hast
Amendments to Ag List 0.4.0 Approved by Caucus
Washington June 27 amendments to the agricultural schedule of the tariff proposed by the senate finance committee were approved by the caucus including the countervailing duty on wheat and flour. The committee may later seek enlargement of its proposal directing the president to proclaim countervailing duties on certain commodities when discrimination by other nations is disclosed. The amendment to compel payment of full rate on brandies for fortifying sweet wines was sent back to the finance committee amid opposition from California wine producers. CG Officers Re elected Cedar Rapids June 27 Ottumwa gets next Christian Endeavor convention with President Rev William Tiardcastle Town Falls vice president Rev Chas Stauffacher Cedar Rapids treasurer P M Rich Hubbard recording and field secretary Miss Mary B McPherrin Omaha Nebraska.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
California
CG. E
Cedar Rapids
Ottumwagets
Christian Endeavor
Wm. Tiardcastle
Town Falls
Chas. Stauffacher
P.M. Rich
Hubbard
Mary B
Falls While Dancing Tango at North Side Academy
Chicago police report Chas Werner, 40, collapsed unconscious while dancing the tango at a north side academy early today. He died in a police ambulance en route to hospital.
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Chicago
Chas Werener
North Side
Johnson's Deportation Hopes Fade in Canada
Washington reports Jack Johnson cannot be extradited or deported from Canada while on a tourist ticket. Officials say Canada’s immigration law does not exclude transient aliens, and Johnson’s one year Mann Act sentence could be enforced only if he returns to the United States. Government investigates his status in Montreal as authorities seek possible deportation under Canadian rules.
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Washington
Jack Johnson
United States
Canada
Johnson
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Department of Justice
Montreal
Chas. F. de Woody
Chicago
de Woody
Supreme Court
Circuit Court of Appeals
Charles F. de Woody
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Cedar Lake
Ind
Indiana
London
Abolish The Commerce Court Proposed In House Rule
Washington June 27 The house rules committee agreed a rule for the deficiency appropriation bill to be reported early July that would abolish the commerce court and vest its jurisdiction in the United States district court. Washington June 27 The latest plan for the dissolution of the Union Pacific merger was discussed at the cabinet meeting with Attorney General McReynolds explaining the plan to President Wilson. Judge Platt heard a suit on account in which Mars B Goettel testified that her estate loaned funds and $2,000 in currency was kept in fruit jars.
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California
Washington
Thomas E. Hayden
M. T. Dooling
Wilson
United States
Senate
House Rules Committee
Commerce Court
United States District Court
U. P
Union Pacific
McReynolds
Railroad
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