Insurgents Back Democrats In Tariff Votes Across House and Senate
Washington Aug 14 The House repassed the steel and iron tariff bill after the veto with a 1723 vote as insurgents again joined Democrats. In the Senate Labollette and eight progressives later backed the cotton tariff, 26 to 10, amid clashes over pro veto changes and cantons of Canada reciprocity.
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Fy Morning Journal
Washington
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White House
Senate
Labollette
Tariff Board
Akin
New York
Davis
Lindberg and Steenerson
Minnesota
Haughen and Woods
Iowa
Kent
California
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Norris
Sloan
Nebraska
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Oregon
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Reese
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Morse
Wisconsin
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Clapp
Cummins and Kenyon
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Works
Joseph G. Cannon
Underwood
Taft
Congress
Lak Follette
Hill
Connecticut
Record High Steer Prices Hit Chicago Market
Indiana fed steers sold at 10.50 per hundredweight setting a record on the Chicago exchange amid strong demand. The sale marked the peak price for steer lots in this market.
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Chicago
Ane
Chicago Exchange
Indiana Fed
Congress Day: Tariff Revisions, Veto Clash Amid Debates
Congress convened at 10 am with votes on tariff revisions and veto fights. The house passed a cotton tariff revision bill and a pension appropriation bill, while a steel tariff revision bill sought passage over Taft's veto. Secretaries and witnesses appeared before committees as policy battles continued.
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Coosa
Burton
Coosa River
la Follette
Suspect in Denver suburb case questioned in Colorado Springs
A 54 year old man, partly demented, was taken into custody in Colorado Springs as a suspect in the serious case of Miss Signoa Carlton who was hurt and fatally harmed in Denver suburb Mont Clare last Friday. He claimed to be a prophet of God and matched a previous description, with blood stained clothing and a woman's handkerchief found on him. Denver police may take over custody tonight. a Denver woman later identified him from a photograph as having visited her home and saying barren women should be cut down.
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Morning Journal
Colorado Springs
Colo
Signoa Carlton
Mont Claire
Denver
Olga Kaiser
Williams
H. B. Hall
Denver Police Bind Another Suspect in Carizen Murder
Denver authorities dispatched two automobile loads of police and detectives on a secret mission to the city outskirts regarding a new clue in the Signea Carizen murder. They returned with no development and maintain a theory that a second man may be guilty, not the Colorado Springs prisoner previously arrested.
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Denver
Signea Carizen
Police Department of
Colorado Springs
O'Neil
Oceanic Surrenders Mail Contract with Post Office
The Oceanic Steamship Company of San Francisco obtained the annulment of its ten yearly mail trips between San Francisco and Tahiti after failing to compete with a steamship line tied up by New Zealand. The contract canceled by Postmaster General Hitchcock takes effect tomorrow.
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Washington
Aug. T
New Zealand
Oceanic Steamship Company of
San Francisco
Post Office Department
Tahiti
Hitchcock
One-Man Government Proposed for Panama Canal
Washington Aug 14 The Panama canal administration bill reaches a conference agreement denying free passage to American foreign trade vessels and granting the Interstate Commerce Commission power to break up competing rail and water lines. The plan orders no railroad ownership of canal steamers and sets a one man government aim for the canal zone while urging rapid House and Senate action.
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Morning Journal
Washington
House
Senate
United States
Interstate Commerce Commission
Brandegoa
Stevens
Minnesota
Bristow
Simmons
Adamson
Sims
Fone Man
Canal
Conference
Great Britain
Panama Canal
Wilson Hears About Pennsylvania Politics Fusion Talks
Governor Woodrow Wilson discussed Pennsylvania campaigns in Seagit New Jersey and explored a possible fusion between the Keystone party and the Democrats. He learned from William Berry details of state affairs and showed interest in uniting the factions behind the Wilson and Marshall ticket.
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Morning Journal
Seagit
N. J
Woodrow Wilson
Pennsylvania
William HH. Berry
Keystone Party
Keystone
Democrats
Wilson
Marshall
Berry
Union
Brannigan and Wallsh Battle to Bantam Draw in Boston
Patsy Brannigan of Pittsburgh and Jimmy Wallsh of Boston fought a 16 round bantamweight title bout to a draw in Boston on August 14. Both fighters pressed the action with equal exchanges as the referee’s card declared a share of the decision.
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Boston
Patsy Brannigan
Pittsburgh
Jimmy Wallsh
Labor leaders oppose prohibition in Colorado
The Colorado Federation of Labor passed a resolution condemning the Industrial Workers of the World and expressing opposition to state prohibition in favor of local option. Presented by Charlies H. Moyer of the Western Federation of Miners, the measure carried unanimously.
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Cripple Creek
Colo
Industrial Workers of the World
Colorado Federation of Labor
Charlies H. Moyer
Western Federation of Miners
Democrats End Row Over One Battleship Plan
In Washington on August 14 Democrats in the house caucus voted to abandon the no battleship pledge and allow a single battleship vote in the chamber. The move aims to break the naval bill deadlock with the senate likely to accept the plan.
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Washington
House
Senate
Roosevelt Defends Himself Against Odell Testimony
At Oyster Bay on August 14 ex Governor Benjamin Odell testified before a senate committee on campaign funds. Colonel Roosevelt refuted Odell saying he is not interested in hearsay and accused any refuter of dishonesty and untruthfulness regarding Harriman fund-raising rumors for the 1904 campaign.
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Oyster Bay
N. Y
Benjamin KB. Odell
New York
Senate
Roosevelt
Odell
E. H. Harriman
Odell Testifies on Harriman Funds in 1904 Senate Probe
Former New York Governor Odell testifies before a senate committee about Harriman's 240000 contribution to the 1904 campaign. He says Roosevelt sought Harriman at the White House and that funds were split between the state and national committees. He disputes Sheldon and Bliss accounts of the money flow.
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Odell
New York
H. Harriman
Morning Journal
Washington
Benjamin B. Odell
Senate
Edward H. Harriman
George R. Sheldon
Cornelius N. Bliss
Republican National Committee
Sheldon
Bliss
Roosevelt
Harriman
White House
New York State
National Committee
Chauncy M. Depew
France
Frank Ss. Black
Mr. Bliss
Mr. Harriman
Progressive Party of Texas Forms at Split Republican Convention
Dallas Aug 14 delegates to the Republican State convention who withdrew and organized a rival convention adopted the Progressive Party of Texas name. They chose a state ticket headed by T K Lassiter of Brooks county and elected Cecil Lyon as national committeeman.
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Dallas
Texas
Lyon- Roosevelt
Progressive Party of Texas
T. K. Lassiter
Brooks County
Cecil Lyon
Hold-Up Plot Foiled as Brothers Arrested in Rock Springs
Alleged attempt to rob the pay train between Rock Springs and Gunn thwarted by the arrest of George and Carl Steadman, brothers, in Rock Springs. Police overheard the plan, turning the incident into a swift capture.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
Rock Springs
Gunn
George
Carl Steadman
BULL MOOSE LEFT OUT IN COLD
Chicago Aug 14 Chairman Hiller of the republican national committee claimed thirty four states totaling 384 electoral votes for the republicans and admitted ten states with 114 votes for the democrats while listing four states with 34 votes as doubtful.
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Morning Journal
Chicago
Hiller
Republican National Committee Tonight
Democratic Party
Taft Republicans Nominate Johnson for Governor in Texas
Dallas Aug 14 Taft Republican state convention nominates Graham's C. W. Johnson for governor. Speakers compare Theodore Roosevelt with Aaron Burr in a sharp attack highlighting Roosevelt's policies and leadership.
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Roosevelt
Dallas
Texas
Cr. W. Johnson
Graham
Theodore Roosevelt
Aaron Borr
Fish Commissioner Accused of Lobbying in Congress
Washington August 14 Charges that Commissioner George M Bowers of the bureau of fisheries in the department of commerce and labor had been lobbying in Congress to delay action on a treaty protection bill were made by Senator Hitchcock Nebraska during an attack on the administration.
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Washington
George M. Bowers
Bureau of Fisheries
Department of Commerce and Labor
Congress
United States
Great Britain
Japan
Russia
North Pacific
Senate
Hitchccock
Nebraska
Baby Born in Grand Junction Weighs Eighteen Pounds
Grand Junction Colorado August 14. Mrs Antone Crosse weighed ninety pounds gave birth to a boy weighing eighteen pounds. The physician called it the most extraordinary case in the country so far as he knew. Mother and baby are reported to be doing fine.
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Grand Junction
Colo
Antone Crosse
C Crosse
General Wood Holds His Army Position
The senate passed the army appropriation bill totaling 94 million dollars after striking the provision that would have removed General Leonard Wood from the post of chief of staff. President Taft vetoed the original measure, and the updated bill preserves Wood in his command.
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Wood
Washington
Senate
Taft
Leonard Wood
Army
Mountain outlaw pleads guilty to murder in second degree
Wytheville Virginia August 14 Friel Allen one of the mountain outlaws charged in the Hillsville courthouse murders last March pleaded guilty to murder in the second degree and received an eighteen year penitentiary sentence. Two others have been convicted of first degree murder and two more gang members await trial.
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Wytheville
Friel Allen
Hillseville Court House
Taft Vetoes Steel Tariff Revision Legislation
President Taft vetoed a steel tariff revision bill saying it offered revenue without protection and criticized the haste in its preparation. He cited impact on 59 allied industries and supported tariff board study. House leaders debated overriding the veto as Republicans pressed the plan.
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Morning Journal
Washington
Taft
Congress
Ways and Means Committee
Iron and Steel Industry
Fiftynine Allied Industries
Commerce Court
Civil Service
Jongress
United States Courts
House
Senate
Clark
Mann
Underwood
Posthumous heir born to Mrs Astor in New York
Mrs Made line Force Astor survivor of the Titanic disaster gave birth to a son at 8 15 this morning. The baby named John Jacob Astor is a direct heir to 3 006 000 of the Astor fortune. Mother and child are in good condition, physician reports.
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New York
Aux
Madeline Force Astor
John Jacob Astor
Astor
Outlaw Bert Dalton Recaptured Near Salt Lake City
Bert Dalton, accused of killing Marshal Dan Hanson of Cokeville and linked to the Whitney brothers gang, was recaptured near Sandy, Utah, after escaping in the Evanston jail break. Sheriff Joseph Sharp of Salt Lake County reported the capture today.
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Salt Lake City
Bert Dalton
Dan Hanson
Cokeville
Whitney Brothers
Evanston
Wyoming
Sandy
Utah
Joseph ©. Sharp
Salt Lake County
Darrow Defends Labor Amid Bribery Trial Rhetoric
Clarence Darrow, famed labor advocate, pleads in his jury bribery trial in Los Angeles. He denounces District Attorney Fredericks Ford and Detective Burns as tools of the steel trust, casts himself as defender of the poor, and warns of imprisoned silence if justice fails.
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Los Angeles
Clarence &. Darrow
Darrow
Rogers
Chicago
George N. Lockwood
McNamara
Ford
Fredericks
Burns
Tools of the Steel Trust
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Steel Trust and Freetors’ Association
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Ips
McNamera
Davis
Perth
Frankin
John R. Marrington
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