Taft Defends Payne Tariff Bill as Best Yet Passed
President Taft defended the Payne tariff measure as the best tariff bill passed by a Republican Congress. He argued insurgent opponents abandoned party loyalty and urged voters to judge the bill by its net reductions and protections. He noted Wool and woolen schedules needed revision but defended overall gains and party unity.
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Taft
Iby Morning Journal Special
Wineru
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White House
Aw State
Congress
Payne
James A. Tawney
House Committee On Appropriations
LaFollette
Wisconsin
Insurgenta
Milwaukee
Republicas
Republian
Banker Sentenced for Embezzlement at Local Bank
Mari Mie Larson, former cashier of a defunct National bank, pleaded guilty to sixty-eight counts including embezzling 150000 and falsifying books. Federal Judge Henry Pen sentenced Larson to seven years in the Detroit house of correction. The case cites a conspiracy with President Jahan, who died by suicide, and Assistant Cashier Bedduw in an alleged large money scheme.
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Detroit House of Correction
Larson
Gulf Ports Show Rapid Increase of Trade in 1909
The fiscal year 1909 export report shows Gulf ports led by a 13 percent rise in exports to 416.6 million dollars led by rail-linked growth. Atlantic ports rose 75 percent in twenty years, while Gulf ports and Mexican border ports posted major gains in outbound commerce.
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Washington
Expor
Gulf Ports
Tariff Debate Sees Rates Raised and Lowered Across Schedules
Discussion of Payne tariff revisions highlights difficulty in judging true production costs and protection needs. The article notes shifts in duties under the Payne bill, with more items reduced than raised, and analyzes how changes affect actual consumption across chemicals oils paints, chinaware, metals, and tobacco, cotton.
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Taft
Vindientes
Tuttl
Payne
Senate
House
Japanese Consul Hurt in Honolulu Auto Crash
Japanese Consul General Sugemo and his coachman were critically injured when their carriage was struck by a car in Honolulu suburbs. The chauffeur fled after the crash. police later learned details while the consul general remained unable to speak due to spinal injury.
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Honolulu
Sugemo
Japan
Coachiman
Hunter chase ends in deaths near Sandy Point
In Houston on September 17 two people were killed by gunfire during a man hunt near Sandy Point. Tonight the suspect Steve Hayes, accused of killing Armour Munson, was surrounded and regarded as captured or dead.
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Houston
Tex
Sandy Point
Ateve Hayes
Armour Munson
Perus Peru Bolivia Border Pact Signed
In Pas, September 17, the Minister of Foreign Affairs Hustament and the Peruvian envoy to Bolivia signed a protocol settling long standing boundary differences between Peru and Bolivia. The agreement aims to define the frontier and reduce tensions between the two Andean nations.
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Hustament
Bolivia
Peru
Suffragettes Pelt Police With Brick at Birmingham Demonstration
Frantic suffragette marchers at a Birmingham rally besieged police with bricks and axes as Prime Minister Acousth spoke. Women dislodged roof tiles, injured several officers, and were driven back by a heavy fire hose.
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Ty Morning Journal
Secial
Birmingham
Eng
Johnson Near Death After Day of Apparent Improvement
Rochester Minn September report says Governor Johnson, after a day of improvement, slipped into critical condition with relapse. Wife summoned to bedside as doctors warned the extreme seriousness and declined confident predictions of a recovery overnight.
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Morning Journal Special
Rochester
Minn
Johnson
William J. Mayo
Britain to double Pacific naval strength with Australian fleet
The Morning Journal notes Premier Ward of New Zealand travels to Fiji and Auckland to discuss ships. New Zealand plans a cruiser and several submarines, boosting British naval power in the Pacific alongside the Australian fleet as a deterrent among Oriental and European powers.
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Fiji Islands
Pritteh
Auckland
Precner Ward
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China Station
Pacific Ocean
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Miget
Governor Draper Appeals for Flood Relief Aid to Mexico
Boston on September 17 Governor Draper urged funds to ease the suffering of flood victims in Mexico. The appeal emphasized swift donations to aid relief efforts and promised careful oversight of collected money.
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Boston
Mexico
Draper
Pacific Coast rail plan ties Sierra Madre to Panama route
News from El Paso that Pearson led Canadian capitalists purchase and extend the Rio Grande Sierra Madre Pacific system toward the Pacific. The $15 million project would run from El Paso to Madera then to La Junta and the coast via the Rio Mayo valley, with surveys in 30 days and a possible Panama canal traffic shortcut.
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Morning Journal
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Texas
FY. Pearson
Minglish
Paseo
Pacific Ocean
Rio Mayo
Sonora
Peureot
New York
Eluse
Madera
Hie Grande
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Pacific
Tempsschie
Chiluahue
la Junta
Minnesa
Dewey Not Anxious to Appear in Limelight
Admiral Dewey shows reluctance to attend the Hudson Fulton celebration with constant uniformed appearances and ceremonial duties. He cites health limits and the burden of heavy attire and nightly banquets as reasons against a prominent role.
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Dewey
Waehington
Hudeon-Multon
Water supply cut off by forest fire near Kon Diese
Forest fires cripple Kon Diese water system thirty miles north of here. A break in the city flume left the reservoir exhausted by early morning with no water supply. Fire near Bernard and Tuazardl is under control but another outbreak looms as residents face dehydration risk.
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Mecomdide
Here
Banbinge
Bernard
Tuazardl
Strike Imminent on Mexican Central
Morning Journal reports from Juarez that within three days National Railways of Mexico conductors plan a strike. Mexicanization of the operating staff is blamed. Mexican Central officials deny pending action and say Americans may be displaced.
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Morning Journal Special
Paso
Tesas
Rept
National Railwaye of Mexico
Sucd
Guadalajara
Cook Explains Polar Feat and Feud With Peary
Dr Frederick T Cook aboard the Oscar II near New York presents his records and a defense against Commander Peary after a claim he never reached the North Pole. He recounts depot duties, Eskimo helpers, and mutual suspicions, asserting his conquest and detailing hardships while the fleet heads home.
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America
Frederick T. Cook
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Roosevelt
Eary
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