Taft signals no early adjournment as tariff bill moves
President Taft after two days of talks with senators and representatives says Congress is unlikely to adjourn before mid summer. He backs inheritance and corporate taxes after any deficit, favors income tax only as last resort. Dolliver clashes with Aldrich over cotton schedules and Lodge quoting dispute arouses Senate debate.
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Washington
Taft
House of Representatives
Congress
Senate
Dolliver
Aldrich
Nelson
West
Bill
Rhode Island
United States
Rumor of Patten Control Lifts Wheat Futures
Chicago May wheat surged after persistent rumors that James A Patten again controlled the market via a private wire from the Bartlett ranch New Mexico Traders in La Salle street recalled Patten’s prior influence with the “king of the pit” phrase and May futures jumped to 129 14 cents while July capped at 81 17 cents as bulls forecast further gains before delivery day
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Chicago
Board of Trade
James A. Patten
Bartlett
New Mexico
Patten
la Salle Street
Peace congress doves greet world in Chicago banquet
At the second national peace congress grand finale three banquets filled three halls of the Auditorium Annex. Guests including Secretary Ballinger and Congressmen Bartholdt Tawney attended as envoys of peace praised pacific aims. Wu Ting Fang delivered a greeting from the oldest empire and spoke of China’s love of peace.
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Chicago
Mars
Richard A. Ballinger
Bartholdt
Missouri
Tawney
Minnesota
Richard Bartholdt
Johann Heinrich von Bernstorff
Herman de Lagercrantz
Sweden
Wu Ting Fang
Nonunion man shot in Chicago linked to open shop feud
Henry Tatterbaum a nonunion bakery wagon driver for Josef Bronsky at 642 Milwaukee Avenue was shot and fatally wounded by four men believed to be union sympathizers at Wood and West Seventeenth streets. The attack follows a prior assault on him amid a conflict over Bronsky open shop operations. Police had guarded Bronsky’s drivers for over a week after the earlier incident, with cases of the three attackers set for the Shakespeare Avenue Municipal Court tomorrow.
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Chicago
Henry Tatterbaum
Nonunion
Josef Bronsky
Milwaukee Avenue
Wood
West Seventeenth Streets
Tatterbaum
Bronsky
Bro
On Guard as Prison Burns at Oregon State Penitentiary
Fire destroyed the foundry molding and polishing rooms at Oregon state penitentiary’s Northwest Stove works, causing about 30000 dollars in damage. The blaze raced through shaftings, with the main structure safe unless gasoline tanks exploded. Guards secured the scene and released trusties as flames spread.
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Salem
Ore
Northwest Stove Works
Oregon State Penitentiary
Persia Gets Constitution Proclaimed by Shah
Teheran May 6 A proclamation signed by the shah grants Persia a constitution saying only a constitutional regime can restore order and welfare. Elections will follow a new electoral law and be completed by July 19 when deputies assemble at Veheran.
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Teheran
Persia
Veheran
Tragic Double Death Near Indianapolis In Love Tragedy
Arthur Stitt and Miss Lesta Stroud were found dying in a buggy on Central Avenue. Stitt is believed to have given the woman carbolic acid with whisky and then taken poison. Both died shortly after discovery. The incident is thought to stem from Stitt being rejected by Stroud, with threats preceding the death.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Arthur Stitt
Lesta Stroud
Central Avenue
Stitt
Missouri House Rejects Hadley Inheritance Tax Measure
Jefferson City Mo May 6 The Missouri house of representatives yesterday rejected Gov Hadley s inheritance tax measure. The vote halted the proposal and leaves state tax policy unresolved pending further legislative action.
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Jefferson City
Missouri House of Representatives
Hadley
Chinese Peaceful Resolve Emphasized by Nation's Leader
In a speech the speaker lauds China's peaceable nature and its long tradition of settling disputes by discussion. He notes a population of 400 million and rejects aggression, highlighting army reform and strong belief that right makes might. He cites Sir Robert Hart to reinforce the view and extends greetings from China.
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China
West
Robert Hart
Roosevelt Lions Triumph and Sleeping Sickness Crisis in Africa
Theodore Roosevelt killed two more lions in British East Africa to raise his lion hunting record in the protectorate. A sleeping sickness relief drive reports grim scenes at Sesse Uganda hospitals with many infants and patients suffering. Gov Bell appeals for funds as European nations collaborate on cures. Separate reports note Peter Swenson, a hotel keeper, fatally slashing his wife and then dying, and Henry Yarling killing neighbor Charles Smith in a feud in Indiana.
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Nairobi
Sesse
Uganda
David
Lady Bruce
Germany
France
Belgium
United Kingdom
Sir Hesketh Bell
Asiatic Turkey Again in Grip of Fanaticism
In Suadia and Deurtyul the situation remains critical with fears of renewed anti Christian violence. Five hundred Turkish troops have been sent to the two towns as the British battleship Triumph and the British consul head to Deurtyul Hadjin. Hadjin endures famine with no money or food while orphans cared for by American missionaries plead for bread and alert sympathetic friends.
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Beirut
Asiatic
Turkey
Suadia
Deurtyul
Triumph
Deurtyul Hadjin
Hadjin
Altgeld's Aid A Death By Own Action in New York
Despondent over ill health William F. Dose newspaper man and former secretary to Gov. John P. Altgeld shot himself in Central Park near a summer house. He left a letter asking Arthur Brisbane of the New York Evening Journal be notified. Letters cited continued poor health and despair of recovery. In Lynn Mass Charles R. Cutts city editor of the Daily Evening item died by poisoning with the cause unknown to friends.
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New York
William F. Dose
Belleville
John P. Altgeld
Central Park
Dose
Arthur Brisbane
New York Evening Journal
Lynn
Mass
Wet and Dry Local Option Votes In Indiana Counties
In Indiana Spencer County voted wet while Clay and Pulaski counties voted dry in local option elections. Clay carried dry by 3203 and Pulaski by 400. Spencer becomes fifth of 68 counties to vote wet, with 22 saloons in the county. statewide, 53 counties dry and five wet under local option, 67 of 92 counties dry by election or remonstrance, and 836 saloons closed under county option.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Spencer
Clay
Pulaski
Feigns illness and escapes Kansas City doctor fugitive
Dr Frank R Hangen, sought in Jackson Minn on an 8000 dollar check forging charge, escaped by feigning illness at the Blossom House after Sheriff Henry Terhaar pursued him from Jackson. Hanson had vanished weeks earlier and was arrested in Colorado Springs during a pursuit.
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Kansas City
Frank R. Hangen
Jackson
Minn
Henry Terhaar
Jackson County
Minnesota
Hanson
Colorado Springs
Terhaar
Dolliver Attacks Tariff as Senate Debate Ends
Senator Dolliver closed his tariff speech with fierce attacks on the cotton and woolen schedules. He backed a tariff commission plan similar to the Aldrich Allison proposal of 1883 and warned leaders that further agitation could follow. Aldrich resented the remarks as he faced opposition and was said to be four votes short of passage as Cummins planned to address steel and monopoly issues.
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Aldrich
Senate
Senate Committee On Finance
Dolliver
New York
Massachusetts
Senator Lodge
Committee On Finance
Boston
Dalliver
Lodge
Board of Appraisera
Smoot
Long Sea Island
South Carolina
Tillman
Sea Island
Iowa
Washington, D. C
Finance
Taii
Allison
Cummins
Prohibition Resolution Passes Missouri Senate
The Missouri senate approved a statewide prohibition constitutional amendment by a 23 to 8 vote with two abstentions. A tax rider doubles the tax rate and the measure could take effect immediately if the house concurs and it passes at the next general election. The bill sparked sharp debate between wet and day factions as Women’s Christian Temperance Union members presented carnations to senators.
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Jefferson City
Missouri Senate
Senate
House
Women’s Christian Temperance Union
Railroad fined $2000 over cattle shipments from Oklahoma
Kansas City May 6 The Missouri Kansas & Texas railroad was fined $2000 by Judge J F Philips in federal court for departing from its published cattle shipment schedule from Oklahoma to Kansas City. Seventeen counts were reduced to two by agreement. The case cited the old Hiking law.
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Katy
Kansas City
Missouri Kansas & Texas Railroad
J. F. Philips
Oklahoma
Ardmore Tornado Reports Reach Oklahoma City
Ardmore, Oklahoma, and Carter County were reportedly devastated by a tornado after midnight. Wires were down and verification was not possible early this morning. Western Union advised of a severe storm near Ardmore as officials worked to confirm details. Roosevelt Kills Two More Lions in Nairobi hunt. Roosevelt sets protectorate record with five lions and five sons bagged since last Saturday.
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Muskogee
Okla
Carter County
Ardmore
Western Union Telegraph
Roosevelt
Nairobi
British East Africa
Theodore Roosevelt
Protectorate
US Cruisers Montana and North Carolina Reach Gibraltar
Warships Montana and North Carolina arrived at Gibraltar after leaving Guantanamo Cuba on April 23. They are now coaling and expect to proceed within a day or two. Odd Fellows Convention slated for Atlantic Iowa on June 2 drew expected large attendance from many parts of the state.
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Gibraltar
United States
Montana
North Carolina
Guantanamo
Cuba
Yesteday
Odd Fellows
Atlantic
Soula Wortaer
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Chicago Peace Congress
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Henry Tatterbaum I
Shah
Tts
ELOUR
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Self
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Mina
Peter Swenson
Nickerson
Henry Yaring
Charles Smith
Yorling
Asiatic Turkey
Bierut
Altgeld
Spencer County
Indiana
Jackson, Minn
Kansas City, Mo
Fort Scott
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J. Counterman
New Albany
United States District Court
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