Insurgents Face Cannon’s Wrath Over House Rules
Washington Aug 4 Speaker Cannon prepared to announce committee assignments amid insurgent pressure. Weeks of Massachusetts was named chair of post offices and post roads, with Gardner of Massachusetts expected to shift to industrial arts and expositions. Other insurgents like Rodenberg and Cooper may keep or gain key posts as critics warn of shifts in control.
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Washington
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Representative Weeks
Massassachusetts
Weeks
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George von L. Meyer
Gardner
New Jersey
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Lodge
Becautirs
Rodenberg
Vllinois
Cooper
Wisconsin
Tutt Speaker
Fowler
Banking and Currency Committee
Davideon
Comemittes
Senator Declares He Will Not Vote For Tariff Measure
Washington Aug 4 Senator declares he will never vote for the tariff bill though passage seems inevitable. The evening session featured speeches by Cummins of Iowa and Daniel of Virginia amid party disputes.
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Washington approves urgent deficiency appropriation bill passage
The House adopted a conference report carrying 1 100 000 in total appropriations, 666 000 above earlier figures, funding a customs court and automobiles for the vice president and speaker. It authorizes 100 000 for foreign trade and treaty relations, 12 000 for autos for the vice president and speaker, 24 000 for the Alaska Yukon Pacific exposition, and sets bonding terms for officials. The report directs the construction contract for the Lathman canal and sets a 34 percent bond rate cap.
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Washington
House
Customs Court
Department of State
Cattle Die by Scores in Midland Epidemic
Aust. ad vices report cattle dying by scores around Midland Texas due to a peculiar epidemic. Read at the Texas Cattle Raisers' association headquarters in Fort Worth to inform members.
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Meston
Fort Worth
Texas
Texas Cattle Raisers’ Association
Midland
Senator Aldrich Proposes Tariff Revision Principles
The senator argues duties should curb avarice while preserving domestic-foreign competition and warns against protectionist excess. He cites 500 rate reductions and contends tariffs must balance American prices with foreign competition. Other senators debate protection and economic motives.
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Aldrich
Cummins
Rhode Island
Twce
Iowa
Tailew
Cummings
Beveridge
Smith
Baltes
Michi
Hope Fights Chicago Streetcar Strike Threat
Ten thousand street car workers face a vote on a walkout in Chicago with officials hoping to avert a strike by compromise. Professional strikebreaker Al Burgett arrives amid negotiations, as Calumet and South Chicago Street Railway issues loom and 3 500 men could be involved.
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T. &. Mitten
Chicago City Raillroad
Calumet
South Chicago Street
al Burgett
Philadelphia
Kurgost
Chicago
Guillotine Again Slices In Paris Public Execution
A 4:30 am execution at the Bente prison in Paris drew a large crowd that was kept back from the scene. Pach eomin, a 23 year old butcher, was executed for murder and robbery with no commutation offered by President Fallieres. The spectacle featured a barefoot condemned man and a veiled head as the blade fell, ending the crime and dispersing the crowd.
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Morning Journal
Paris
Bente
Parkes
France
Fallleres
Pacheomin
Gage
Officers duel in darkness leaves two deputies wounded
In Aus 4, deputy sheriffs James Kuseek and Jowph Boren wounded each other during a nighttime search for murder suspect Will Mendrix. Haseell head injury. Boren hand wound. Earlier Hendrix shot a marshal’s horse and escaped while under a life sentence for killing his father in law in 1966.
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Oxffnoma Cms
Will Mendrix
James Kuseek
Jowph Boren
Haseell
May Air Boren
Hendrix
Riddle that drove Omar to drink in revival talk
Miss Annie Be snant spoke on reincarnation linking sin and suffering to spiritual power. She argued the world’s ills are experiences shaping the soul toward ultimate perfection, citing Job and Omar as examples in her Aug 4 New York lecture.
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New York
Annie Besnant
Saya
Job
Omar
Marion Mietom
Hearthh of BW Harriman Visits Munich from Genstein
Kalixbure Austria AUK 4 reports BW Harriman continuing an excellent visit. He arrived Monday from Genstein and departed last night for a few days in Munich. During his stay he took short walks daily and had meals served in the hotel dining room.
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Austria
Harriman
Genstein
Munich
New Chief of Chicago Police Appointed
Chicago reports Bernard J. Mullaney, private secretary to Mayor Busse, has been asked to accept the chief of police post after George M. Shippy’s resignation. The looming streetcar strike is a major factor in the timing of the move.
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Busse
Bernard Mullaney
Chicago
Bernard J. Mullainey
George M. Shippy
Mullaney
Cheyenne
Wyo
Nowlin
W. Gaddes
Centennial
Wye
Zeppelin monument unveiled near Oppe tvelin on Rhein
A monument to Count Zeppelin was unveiled today near Oppe tvelin on the Rhein marking the spot where his airship landed on August 4 1908 during his official flight from Lake Constance to Paris.
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Frankfort-on-Maine
Germany
Count Zeppelin
Oppe Tvelin
Rhein
Lake Constance
Mayance
Congressmen Clash With Speeding Chauffeur
Representatives J Thomas Heflin of Alabama and James of Kentucky confronted a speeding driver on a Washington street. After reporting the reckless driving, the chauffeur pursued them and demanded Heflin withdraw his statement. Clayton intervened to separate the men.
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Wahington
Aum Tee
J. Thomas Heflin
Alabama
Johnson
Heflin
Cabne James
Kentucky
Ke Street
James
Tole
Clayton
Tranquility Restored in Spain Amid Crisis Relief
Madrid reports Spain is tranquil from the Bay of Biscay to the Mediterranean after a government announcement. Reservists and volunteers rush to recruitment stations while gunboats are deployed to Morocco to curb contraband landing. foreigners offer to serve as soldiers.
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Morning Journal Special
Madrid
Spain
Bay of Biscay
Mediterranean
Senor Taglesias
Et Roegresso
Morocco
Mera
Foreign Office
Metithe
Aftermath in Barcelona Faces Uncertain Calm
Aug 4 report notes tranquil city after violent turmoil last week with rainwashed streets and torn pavements. Despite calm, fear persists over future repressive measures and a rumored flop in Fort Moutr Julyh prisoner releases.
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Barcelona
Fort Mout
Juleh
Panama Road Accused of Unjust Discrimination
Haltimere Auge f Hernand A Isaker, ex head of Atlantic Transport Steamership, reports to President Taft on Panama railroad freight charges. The preliminary finding says the United States property discrimination favors European nations in transporting hides.
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Hernand A. Isaker
Atlantic Transport Steamership Line
Taft
Panama
United States
Baker
Three defendants face district court claims in theft cases
Aug 4 court heard petitions by J M Meybay and three others from Marysville Fowler Cote and Pratt of Toledo. They seek recovery of money alleged to be owed by Vierpont and King duped by fake horse games and Pratt in a wrestling match. Amounts claimed are 92400 for Vierpont and King and 4008 for Pratt.
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le King
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Selekon Pratt
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Maybray
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Ernest Hart
Vierpont
King
Pratt
Damaged Torpedo Boat Described Near Alaska
A badly damaged torpedo destroyer was reported off Alaska after a distant port visit. The vessel lay in a listing condition several miles from Sagaya harbor while authorities assessed the extent of the damage and listed the ship as the damaged unit Gamage Lypot Known.
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S4ageay
Alaska
Moots and Spanish Reinforcements Reported
Aug 4 dispatch notes moot officers tidily secured a convoy. The engagement result is unclear with two regiments of Spanish soldiers reported arriving today.
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Melitty
American Schooner Seizure Report From West Africa
Washington reports by American minister Charles Page Ryan indicate a schooner flying the American flag was seized at Quissatga Angola in West Africa. The vessel’s crew faces a diamond robbery accusation tied to a German colony nearby.
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Charles Pageryan
Portugal
State Department
Xeisure
Quissatga Angola
Porduwuene
West Africa
Igeter
Georgia warrant for negro prize fighter
Marietta Ga Aug 4 Davied Wile Home held at Horton by naval authorities pending investigation of the death of Harrison H Foster following an omiitmout on board the battleship Vermeant He is charged with penult and butchery with intent to kill Howard Northcutt a prominent white man of Marietta
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Wile
Horton
Harrison H Foster
Howard Northcutt
ThirteenYearOld Girl Hangs Self After Stepmother Abuse
Harrisburg report describes a thirteen year old girl who, after repeated abuse by her cruel stepmother, hanged herself from a tree near her home. The victim, daughter of hotel keeper J Healthwaite, chose a tree she believed her father would easily spot.
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Harrisburg
Tood'leta
Tealthwaite
Earthquake Felt in California City Morning
A faint quake was reported in San Francisco at about 10:00 or 10:25 this morning. Observers confirm the disturbance by the university science equipment, noting a gentle seismic shock with limited impact.
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California
San
Funguse
Cal
Aus
Thaw Case Proceeds as Defense Eyes Delmas and Letters
The state rests in the Thaw trial and defense led by Harry Thaw and attorney Charles Morschauser must counter doctors who say Thaw is insane. Gleason, Thaw’s ex-lawyer, testifies to Thaw’s motives toward Stanford White and discusses the Delmas substitution. Read by witnesses, Gleason reveals Thaw’s letters and detective reports about alleged life threats, aiming to show delusion doubts and push for release considerations.
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Carlos B. McDonald
John PB. Gleason
Thaw
Stanford White
Gleason
Jerome
Gleasons
White
Morehauser
Videnese
Pietro Caporale
Pla
Jehie
Mr Jerome
New York
William J. Meye
Japanese Strikers on Trial for Conspiracy
In Honolulu the trial of Japanese strikers and editors proceeds as conspiracy charges unfold over weeks. The case was briefly disrupted by the stabbing of Sheba, with prosecutors aiming to use the incident to show criminal intent amid plantation labor unrest.
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Rusi & Rhee
Bieta
Mason FP. Prosser
Sheba
Makino
Negore
Soga
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