Taft Vetoes Steel and Wool Tariffs Defeat Senate Attempts
The steel tariff bill failed to override Taft's veto with 32 to 39 votes. The wool bill fell short of the two thirds in the Senate. The House also failed to pass the executive legislative and judicial appropriation bill over the president's veto 153 to 107. Odell testified Harriman funded the 1904 campaign. Taft urged a 400000 treaty settlement payment to Britain and Japan.
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Senate
House
Taft
Commerce Court
National Shorthand Reporters Meet in New York City
Highlights include a large gathering of leading shorthand men at Vanderbilt hotel New York Virginia Christian the first woman executed in Virginia electric chair for murder and robbery of her employer Ida Virginia Belore in Hampton Virg Governor Mann denies clemency appeals from Chicago residents Leonora Meese sues for divorce after alleged beating at her Put-in-Bay wedding Private James Stein killed Corporal David Austin dies from gunshot at Fort George Wright White House New Jersey couple and driver killed in a rollover Jealous husband suspected Charles Gehrig shoots wife sister and former husband then dies Portland Ore Two men killed leaping from a moving train in Salt Lake City Fresh terror hits gunmen in Rosenthal case Supreme Court Justice John W Goff to preside over Hecker indictments trials start Sept 3 Hillsville Va murder case plea of guilty 18 years Two Minneapolis flour mills report peak business
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Virginia Christian
Virginia
Richmond
Mann
Chicago
Ida Virginia R Belore
Hampton
Herman Rosenthal
New York
Dix
Supreme Court
John W. Goff
Charles Hecker
Acquittal and other cases pace varied early 1900s
A Chicago lawyer, Clarence Darrow, was acquitted in Los Angeles of attempting to corrupt a prospective juror in the McNamara murder trial, with a later indictment still pending. Other items note Moose convention in Kansas City, war game with six thousand troops, Catholic press meetings in Louisville, and Sidna Edwards pleading guilty in the Hillsville courthouse case. A Baltimore and Ohio train collision near Frostburg kills five, plus a string of arrests, marriages, and political resignations across the nation.
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Clarence
Darrow
Chicago
Los Angeles
Cal
McNamara
Robert F. Bain
McAdoo and Roosevelt Launch Mutual Campaign Fund Plan
Acting Democratic chairman McAdoo announced a novel plan to collect campaign contributions using banks and trust companies nationwide with Governor Wilson's approval. In Providence Rhode Island Colonel Roosevelt urged New England leadership for the Progressive movement and derided both major parties as bossridden, asserting ordinary voters have little to gain from Democratic or Republican success.
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William G. McAdoo
Democratic National Committee
Wilson
New England
Providence
R. I
Roosevelt
Chicago
Notable 1911 figures and events in brief
Personal Mine wife of a Russian count injured in Baltimore auto accident. Passed Assistant Surgeon McCinntie of the marine hospital service died in Washington of spotted fever. William Gustavus Fischer a famed hymnist died in Philadelphia. John Jacob Astor VI reported as the most expensive baby. Dr Edwin Bradford Cragin rumored to be paid $1000 daily for attendance on Mrs Astor and her son. Nat C Goodwin injured off Los Angeles and recovering. Illinois alfalfa praised as a profitable but poor-land crop with drainage and weed control advised. Civil service reform letters urge veto of a bill undermining merit system. Chicago banks report a prosperous year with dividends totaling over $3.6 million.
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John Jacob Astor VI
Edwin Bradford Cragin
Madeleine Force Astor
Illinois State Farmers’ Institute
H. A. McKeene
Institute
Taft
Illinois Civil Service Reform’ Association
Washington
Chicago Civil Service Reform Association
Civil Service
Executive Department
Plans to reform insane care and nurse training in Illinois
A Springfield conference of superintendents of state insane hospitals with Alienist Frank Norbury backed reforms. They approved a two year nursing course replacing the three year program, and called for improved practical hospital administration training, with Civil Service input for nurse recruitment facilities.
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Springfield
Illinois
State
Frank A. Norbury
State Board of Administration
Doctor Norbury
Sidney J. Wilgus
Kankakee State Hospital
F. B. Clarke
Chicago State Hospital
W. A. Crooks
Watertown
George A. Zellars
Peoria
Eugene Cohn
H. G. Hardt
Lincoln State School
Colony
H. B
Organization notes and committee appointments
The meeting refined its structure with an executive committee led by Mrs. E. A. Hall and included B. S. Scott and others. New committees cover Entertainment Finance Registration Music Hotels Church Assignment Rest Rooms and a forthcoming Reception and Exhibits. Also announced is Charles Bennett as temporary Mine Rescue head in La Salle with a state exam planned in October for a permanent post.
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Fair Grounds
State Board of Agriculture
State Fair Grounds
Sewty
W. M. Howard
Exposition Hall
General Assembly
B. N. Davison
Marshall
Zimmerman
Lewis & Steube
E. A. Hall
B. 8. Scott
E. B. Rogers
John Piertk
J. H. Holbrook
Logan Hay
George Pasfield, Jr
Francis P. Ide
Emmanuel Salzenstein
George T. Palmer
Mary Humphrey
Henry Bunn
George E. Keys
George E. Coe
Harry Snape
Hugh T. Morrison
Edgar S. Barnes
John H. Neher
Paul L. Skoog
Robert H. Lord
Paul Starne
Albert Myers
James A. Hasley
Victor E. Bender
Emanuel Salzenstein
Charles Bennett
la Salle
Illinois
Bennett
Hector McAllister
Richard Newsom
Peoria
State Civil Service Commission
State Mine Rescue Commission
Mexican Rebellion Roughs Up Michoacan Violence Reported
In Michoacan state rebels looted Puruandiro. federal forces executed suspected sympathizers without trials. The incident follows a Zapata linked uprising with 1,500 Ixtepeji Indians marching toward Oaxaca. In Washington, U S officials pledge to pursue those who killed Rowan Ayres and confirm Maj Sedgwick Rice’s Third Cavalry detachment remains in the Big Bend to deter smuggling.
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Mexico City
Puruandiro
Michoacan
Republic
el Imparcial
Jose Mora
Emiliano Zapata
Oaxaca
Washington
Wilson
State Department
Rowan Ayres
Cincinnati
Mexico
Ayres
United States
Steever
War Department
Sedgwick Rice
Third Cavalry
Big Bend
New Mexico
Major Rice
Kidnap bid targets Schepps tied to Rosenthal case
Sam Schepps, suspected paymaster in the Rosenthal killing, was rushed to West Side station jail after two kidnapping attempts by police. District Attorney Whitman met him, and on return trips Schepps claimed he saw murderers paid and implicated Police Lieutenant Becker. Simultaneous theft in Toledo saw $900 in cash and checks taken from the Detroit and Cleveland Navigation office, with $100 later returned.
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New York
Sam Schepps
Herman Rosenthal
Westside
Schepps
Whitman
Albany
Schenne
Grand Central Station
Forty Third Street
Gillen
Dietrich, Hauser
McMahon
Gallagher
Central Office
Louis Libby
Jack Sullivan
Jacob Reich
Rosenthal
Becker
Rose
Webber
Wallon
Toledo
Detroit and Cleveland Navigation Company
Clinton W. Howard Named Judge for Western Washington
President Taft sent the nomination to the senate naming Clinton W. Howard of Bellingham to be judge for the western district of Washington, to succeed Cornelius H. Hanford.
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Hanford
Washington
Taft
Senate
Clinton W. Howard
Bellingham
Wash
Cornelius H. Hanford
Captain Kills Wife and Self in English Tragedy
Eastbourne reports Captain Hicks Murray of the Gordon Highlanders killed his wife and three children then himself on Monday. After shooting he poured petrol on the floor and set the house ablaze.
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Fanny
Self
Eastbourne
England
Hicks Murray
The
Gordon Highlanders
Agreement Reached on Naval Bill to Build New Battleship
Washington August 21 delegates in the conference on the naval appropriation bill reached an agreement to authorize one new battleship with a price tag of 15 million dollars including armor and armament.
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Washington
A Cure for Piles and Woman's Eye Quip Reported
An 1890s style ad mentions Cole's Carbolisalve advertised to cure piles sold by druggists at 25 cents. A humorous remark compares a woman's eye to truth about a man and includes a flippant line about first aid for the injured. The clashing items resemble magazine style misc items and captions in the Baltimore American.
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Cole
Child’s Fear of the Dark and Child Nervous System
The article warns against forcing a child to endure darkness to avoid fear. It urges bright light for anxious children and notes a child's nervous system is highly susceptible to harmful impressions with lifelong impact. It advises not to refuse a request for a light.
Fox hunt brag turns into magazine pay
John Burroughs and Eden Burroughs hunted foxes in the Catskills at Hobart. Eden shot the fox and bragged of the win, while John revealed he earned seventy five dollars from a magazine for writing about the hunt. The disparity of earnings sparked amused remarks.
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John Burroughs
Eden Burroughs
Catskills
Hobart
Eden
Nimrod
Sage
Slabsides
John
Scientific management warned against excess by expert speaker
R Marriott Thompson, a San Francisco scientific management expert, urges restraint in applying efficiency methods. The New York Tribune notes he cautions against going as far as Hussler whose factory cut motions from 800 to 17, amid a tale of a fashionable wedding attended by clergy members.
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R. Marriott Thompson
San Francisco
The
New York Tribune
Hussler
Canonrush at the altar after bishop interruption
A chaotic scene unfolds as a hustler armed with “scientific management” ideas bursts toward the altar, pushing the bishop and canon aside. He orders the men to start a small job, declaring one is enough for the task.
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Canon
Hussler
Remark on Goneearen Wakely-Whirly's Wealth
The speaker notes that Goneearen Wakely-Whirly earns a lot of money and that his income surpasses what his wife can spend. The statement reflects a casual assessment of wealth and spending on a personal level.
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Goneearen Wakely
Whirly
Wise Doctor Endorses Postum For Convalescents
An doctor recounts using Postum instead of coffee in his family for five years and prescribes it to patients in convalescence from pneumonia and typhoid. He notes tea and coffee contain caffeine and claims Postum supports recovery and energy, with stores stocking it nationwide.
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Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
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Charles Gehrig
Portland
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Friel Allen
Hillsville
PD & 2 Flour Mills
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Supreme Convention of the Loyal Order of Moose
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Louisville
National Federation of Catholic Societies of America
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Sidna Edwards
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Reinsberger
Pittsburg
R. H. Robinson
Washington, Ia
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William Burke
Reform
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Chandlerville, I
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Charles Martin
Cass County
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Omaha
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Terre Haute
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Bingham
California Fruit Distributors
Helene D'Orrovant
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Marine Hospital Service
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William Gustavus Fischer
Nat C. Goodwin
McCullough
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Eogar T. Davies
Davies
Deneen
Doyle
Williamson
igGitete
Ilinois
American Text Book Company
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C. J. Blake
C. H. Stevenson
Alex. Greenberg
Osadora Gett
Rice
Third U. S. Cavalry
Gambler
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