Statehood Vote Looms as Tariff Debates Roil Congress
Washington dispatch reports Senate and House leaders eye swift tariff revision action with wool and free list bills in conference. The New Mexico Arizona statehood vote is scheduled for tomorrow with possible extensions. Public hearings and committee actions, including cotton and sugar schedules, fill the crowded agenda.
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le Follette
Underwood
Senate
House
Taft
Congress
Washington
Simons
North Carolina
United States
Canada
Department of Mericulture
Belicitor McCabe
Department
Hennen
Wily
Ways and Means
House Committee On
Steed Trust
Seation
New York
Thorme W. Perking
Alberta Legislature Three Speakers In Winnipes Report
In Winnipes Manitoba dated August 6 a brief note reports three speakers from the Alberta legislature involved in a local dispatch. The item notes regional reaction and hints at pending parliamentary discussion.
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Winnipes
Man
Alberta
Man era politics and reciprocity dominate Manitoba meeting
Resignations target bids for the house of commons with R Bennet Calgary W Buchanan Lethbridge and Dr Warnerch Pincher Creek all split on reciprocity. Mormons in Lethbridge rally for reciprocity. In Manitoba Morden hosts the first dominion election nomination as T C Morris Liberal leader condemns opposition as prophecies and superstitions and is cheered.
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House of Commons
R. Bennet
Calgary
W. Buchanan
Lethbridge
Warnerch
Pincher Creek
Manitoba
Morden
T. C. Morris
Headless corpse of woman identified in Cincinnati case
The body of a headless woman found in a sewer is identified as Bertha Courtney a city resident who had moved from a rooming house. Authorities seek her Negro husband believed involved after fellow tenants reported abuse and a visit by the husband with a patrolman.
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Cincinnati
Bertha Courtney
Norwood
Madero Wing Over Dr Gomez Amid Mexican Political Tangle
Dr Francisco Vasquez Gomez refuses to withdraw as vice presidential candidate on the Madero ticket after a conference with Francisco I. Madero. Emilio Vasquez Gomez may not accept the presidency, while tensions rise due to arrests of interior department critics. President de la Barra, Madero, and General Reyes praised at a military luncheon as Reyes urged free open elections.
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Madero
Morning Journal
Mexico City
de la Parra
Francisco Vasquez Gomez
Madero Ucket
Pessent
Vazeques
Francisco Ll. Madero
Dr. Vasquez
Emilio Vasquez Gomez
Vasquez
de la Barra
Department of the Interior
Francisco Madero
Bernardo Reyes
General Reyes
Reyes
Ding
Kansas farmers surrounded by river flood
In Concordia Kansas three farmers six miles north are trapped by Republican River flood waters surrounding their homes. Farmers along the river guard dikes day and night after two days of unceasing work. If the river rises two inches more the dikes may fail. Water has breached several spots and lowlands are flooded. Livestock were moved to high ground.
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Concordia
Kan
Here
Republican River
Police Guard Brooklyn Street Cars Amid Riot At Coney Island Lines
In New York on August 6, 1200 officers protected Coney Island and Brooklyn Railroad lines as riots and stone throwing]] led to hospitalizations and injuries. Four hospitalized, about forty hurt, twenty-five strikers detained, cars ran intermittently with heavy guard throughout the day.
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Morning Journal
New York
Coney Island and Brooklyn Railroad Company
Barne
Ugler
Lene Weisengrum
Yonkers
Coney
Streetcar Strike Ends as court order Resumes Traffic in Des Moines
Des Moines reports 6 pm end to 48 hour street car strike after Judge Lawrence de Graff ordered reinstatement of Conductor Hiatt and arbitration on his status. Company and union comply, traffic returns toward normal, with possible further court action pending. Some rioting and word of a strike breaker William H. Graves reported injured.
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Des Moines
Lawrence de Gratt
Nlsht
Ides Moines City Railway Company
Carmen’s
Om Ite
Wread Fay
International Board
Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Employer of America
Fie
Hiatt
City of
N. T. Guernsey
Associated Press
Public Service Corporation
William H. Graves
Philadelphiia
Seventh Annual Convention of Sheet Metal Contractors Opens
Omaha hosts the seventh annual convention of the National Association of Sheet Metal Contractors starting tomorrow with contractors gathering to discuss industry issues and standards.
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Omaha
National
Asrseocation of
Wholesale plot to poison children shocks Missouri town
In Callaway County Concord authorities arrest L. O. Boyd his wife Anna Boyd and Jefferson Woods after a slander case against Dr W W Ellis revealed a plot to poison children with gum laced with strychnine. Packages found near the McPheters home tested positive for toxins, raising fears of multiple attacks.
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Morning Journal
Fulton
Concord
Callo Way
L. O. Boyd
Anna Boyd
Jefferson Woods
Boyd
WW. B. Eltis
Edward McPheters
Robert McPheters
McPheters
Artilleryman Spy for Austria
Indianapolis Aug 6 An affidavit from Miss Clara Dyer claims Private George Peters of the 135th coast artillery at Fort Totten is an Austrian spy. Peters allegedly recruited by Count Windisch Graetz and communicated with Dyer and others, with letters describing plans to obtain sensitive fortification details and the explosive Dunaste. Authorities report no immediate reply to war department messages.
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Morning Journal
Indianapolis
Clara Anitt Dyer
Philpot
James Witteon
War Department
George Peters
135Th Coast Artillery
Fort Totten
New York
Peters
Windisch-Graetz
Prague
Bohemia
Miss Dyer
Artillery Corpe
Mixa Dyer
Watson
Walser
Miss Doef
Hjhoadquarters
Aent
America
United States
Girl
Kentucky
Hit
Ules
Captain Watson
Sudden Liberal Dissolution Sparks Canadian Reciprocity Debate
Ottawa dispatch reports sudden Parliament dissolution reshapes election plans over reciprocity with the United States. Laurier versus Borden fight, with party lines re drawn as Manitoba and prairie provinces face census delays and shifting regional support. Bourassa and other leaders target reciprocity and navy policy.
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Morning Journal
Ottawa
Ont
Dominion
United States
Wilfred Laurier
R. L. Borden
Duke of Connaught
Ontario
Canada
Tait
Sir Wilfred Laurier
Sir Wilfred
Finance
Fielding
Champ Clark
Fac
Prairie Provinces
West
Henri Bourassa
Quebec
Ledevoir
Montreal
Laurier
Bourassa
Clifford Sifton
Robert Hogers
Manitoba
Prairie West
Richard Meltride
British Columbia
Hagop
New Brunswick
Nova Bvot
Prince Edward Island
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Costly Blaze Destroys Phoenix Buildings Aug 6
Fire of unknown origin destroyed property in downtown Phoenix valued at 190000 dollars. The Beilingsen building, site of origin, was gutted. Also affected were the Donofrio Confectionery and the Talbots Hutburg Co, threatening the downtown area for a time.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Beilingsen
Donofrio Confectionery Company
Talbots Hutbarg Co
Reserve Atlantic battle fleet organized at Philadelphia
Washington reports an Atlantic reserve fleet to be kept ready for action within 24 hours at the Philadelphia navy yard. Eleven battleships are named including the Alabama Illinois Indiana and Maine with skeleton crews of 186 men on each ship to maintain readiness.
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Washington
Philadelphia Navy Yard
Atlantic
Alabama
Illinois
Indiana
Town
Kearsarge
Kentucky
Maine
Massachusetts
Missouri
Ohio
Wisconsin
Auto Crash Kills Two on Fairhaven Bridge
New Bedford Mass Aug 6 two girls died and eight others were injured when an automobile carrying six children and two men rammed into an electric trolley on the Fairhaven bridge. The conductor and motorman were among the injured.
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New Bedford
Mass
Ciildren
Fairhaven Bridge
Suspect Arrested for Salt Lake Hold Up
James Mays, 36, claimed Portland repairer, is held on charges of robbing a Saltair railroad coach near Salt Lake City. Three passengers were shot but slight injuries, and Mays was identified by several travelers. A coin carried by a victim was found in his pocket. He says he was pushed from the train.
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Salt Lake City
James Mays
Portland
Ore
Saltair
Mays
Battle Practice With Aerial Craft
Washington August 6 reports plan for the first tests of aerial craft against battleships off Provincetown Massachusetts. Flying machines will drop dummy bombs on ship decks while gunners defend. pontoons enable water landings and night searchlights track aircraft. A cruiser will be located at sea and wireless signaling tested between ship and shore.
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Washington
United States Navy
Pro- Vincetown
Mass
Panoramic Views from the Denver and Rio Grande
The Denver and Rio Grande railroad issues a nine‑image color folder titled Panoramic Views. It presents striking Rocky Mountain scenes in a stippled, watercolor‑inspired print and offers descriptions of notable West locations for travelers.
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Denver
Rio Grande
Rocky Mountain
West
Denver & Rio Grande Railroad
Political Day at Chautauqua Focuses on Religion and Platform
Mountainair New Mexico reports a quiet Sunday with religious lectures at the Chautauqua. Monday features Political Day with speakers M. P. Metcalf and Ralph Ely, plus Gov. Mills address to teachers and notes on the Chautauqua's ongoing sessions and activities.
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Morning Journal
Mountainair
N. M
New Mexico Resources
Chautauqua
Hermon P. Williams
Albuquerque Christian Church
S. Alonzo Bright
Atlantic City
Emma E. Anderson
New Mexico
Arizona
Chicago
M. P. Metcalf
Albuquerque
H. B. Fergusson
Albuquérque
Ralph C. Ely
Deming
Runyan
Isaiah
Miss Ulmer
Milton
Estella Hill
Jane Addams
Hull House
T. W. Conway
Raton
Charles L. Burt
Torrance County
Funeral Services for Colonel Greene Today
Cananea Sorola Mex Aug 6 funeral services over Colonel William Cornell Greene pioneer mining and cattleman will be held at 11 am with widow six children and friends arriving by special trains from Bisbee Tombstone and Tue Ariz The body lay in state and nearly a thousand filed past the bier Burial plans call for interment at a distant location despite local pleas for a mausoleum.
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Cananea
Sorola
Mex
William Cornell Greene
Pioneer Mining
Bisbee
Tombstone
Tue . Ariz
Mauseleun
Javg Adqelo
Senate Urged To Ratify Arbitration Treaties
Washington August 6 The Senate faces pressure to ratify arbitration pacts with Great Britain and France. Secretary of State Knox says the new treaties do not alter Senate treaty making prerogatives, though fears persist about their scope. The president and Knox seek ratification before Congress adjourns.
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Washington
United States
Great Britain
France
Secretary of
State Knox
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Frank H. H. Roberts
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