Conferees Meet Over Tariff Bill Tariff Hides Row Continues
Washington August 3 Tariff legislation stalled again by the leather and hide clash as conferees meet to salvage the conference report Western senators claim the leather schedule favors protected hides and demand corrections President Taft endorses the language of the leather schedule Discussions target opening free hides for cheaper shoes and harness while keeping calf skin products affected Officials note possible strategies to secure passage with a broader support base and a House vote records show 195 to nothing? The conference report passes in the House with 195 to skt and GOP dissents from Broussard and Extopina.
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Taft
Washington
Aldrich
White House
Capitol
House
Aingly
Reyburn
Warren
Carter
Brown
Borah
Bourne
Payne
Boran
McCall
Mass
Broussard
Extopina
Louisiana
Wright Makes High Speed Flight at Fort Myer
Orville Wright piloted the Wright Flyer to speeds over 47 miles per hour on a 10 mile test course at Fort Myer with Lieut Benjamin D. Foulois observing. He exceeded contract requirements proving practical flight in peace and war as President Taft watched the landing and celebration.
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Washington
Orville Wright
Wiesel
Wilbur
Benjamin D. Foulda
Army Signal Corps
Wright
Shuier Hill
Taft
Fort Myer
Situation in Spain Show Signs of Improvement
Paris reports the situation in Spain easing with Barcelona emerging from isolation and Madrid's threatened general strike seeming averted for now. Trains reach the French frontier carrying censored accounts. insurrection persists in some towns as troops move to quell revolts. 6000 victims cited in private Madrid advices, though rate uncertain.
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Paris
Spain
Barcelona
Madrid
Catalonia
Caplual
San Felice
Palamos
Casa de la Selva
Temerario Haw
Cerbere
Chinese Slayer a Drinker New York
Wong Bow Cheung also known as Matuda Woung was arraigned after shooting and killing Dr. Luk Wing the Chinese consul. He was committed to the Tombs to await the inquest Wednesday. Authorities note his hard drinker reputation and lack of cooperation.
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New York
Wong Bow Cheung
Matuda Woung
Luk Wing
Woung
Chinatown
Wingship
Breeders to Meet in Omaha for Sixth Annual Session
Washington announces the sixth annual meeting of the American Breeders Association. The gathering will be in Omaha with the National Corn Exposition from December 6 to 10. December 3, 9, and 10 are the proposed dates for the meeting.
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American Association
Washington
W. M. Hays
American Breeders' Association
Dee
Omaha
Death Toll Rises From West Third Street Fire
In St Paul on August 2 search continued at the 73 West Third Street ruin. Five dead, two more expected as Mrs. Mar Un A Christiansen and Mrs. Nathilda Johannes remain listed among the injured hospitalized.
Pierce Arrow Car Wins Glidden Cup in KC
Pierce Arrow car No. 9 driven by W F Winchester achieved a perfect score to win the Glidden trophy in the American Automobile Association reliability tour ending in Kansas City. Official announcement confirms the result.
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Pierce-Arrow
Kansas City
W. F. Winchester
Conferees Say Reducing Boots and Shoes Would Halt Ques tion
The conferees stated that cutting back on boots and shoes would cancel the plan to resubmit the question to the house. This remark reflects a strategic move in the legislative process and signals potential delays in the proposal's progress.
Osaka Fire Devastates City Leaving Thousands Homeless
Osaka reports a twenty five hour blaze destroying about 20 000 buildings across over four square miles. Hospitals crowded as hundreds injured, with vast losses to the stock exchange museum and government edifices. Many fear insurance companies will fail under heavy claims. Thousands flee through narrow streets as drought hampered water supply and flames devoured wooden houses.
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Osaka
Japan
Banka
Stock Exchange
Ovaka
Kobe
Fire Stock Exchange
Tragedy in Chicago: Mrs Michel Kills Two Children Then Herself
In Chicago on August 2, Mrs Emma Michel killed her two children Meta and Gustav in their beds by opening all gas jets and then died by suicide with a rubber tube in her mouth. A letter cited marital troubles and a pending divorce as motives. Her husband Louis had separated, with alimony overdue.
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Chicago
Emma Michel
Meta
Gustav
Louis
Postmaster General Nodarse Attacks Cuban Editor
Havana August 2 Postmaster General Nodarse entered the home of Senor Torriente editor of Policia Comica and fired several shots seriously wounding Torriente. Nodarse escaped and remained at large. The motive reported involves rumors about a high government official and Nodarse’s wife and a scandalous cartoon in the weekly.
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Havana
Nodarse
Senor Torriente
Policia Comica
Torriente
Peru Involves Chile Advised Bolivia to Guard Frontier
El Comercio prints secret telegrams from Bolivian officials in Santiago and Bolivian President Montes alleging Chile through a third party urged Bolivia to move troops to the frontier and offered money arms ammunition and officers without recompense.
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Bolivia
Lima
Peru
el Comercio
Arce
Santiago
Chile
Montes
Mob Lynches Jack the Peeper in Wellston Georgia
Aug 2 news reports Sim Anderson a four year old Black boy was seized from a deputy near Wellston GA and shot by a citizen posse after being found peeping into a room where the daughters of W P Bell were staying. The event follows a report of a black youth caught peeking into the Bell household.
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Jack the Peeper
Wellston
Sim Anderson
Hegro
W. P. Bell
Chicago Girl Climbs Mont Blanc
Helen Bauer of Chicago, aged twenty, has accomplished the feat of climbing Mont Blanc, described from Geneva with August 2 date context.
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Chicago
Mont Blanc
Geneva
Helen Bauer
A Concrete Block Residence
Copyright notice for Thompson Architectural Company of Olean New York dated 1909. mentions a concrete block residence design.
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The
Thompson Architectural Company
Olean, N. Y
Alliance Nebr AAT LVL T 7ik F 42 C LV
Fragmentary OCR item from Alliance Nebraska mentions AAT level and a code 7ik F 42 C LV, with no clear event, date, or names readable.
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