Stone Razor Rate Amendment Defeated In Senate Vote
Washington May 19 Senator Stone's amendment to continue Dingley razor rates failed 36 to 43. He argued statements on razor industry accuracy while Smoot corrected details. Stone claimed five manufacturers now exist versus one when Dingley rates began. He cited telegrams with a St Louis cutlery maker. import costs cited at 49 cents with $1 retail. Smoot presented razors and invoices showing 49 cents import cost and $3 retail. Gore seeks price investigation. Aldrich backs study after tariff bill. Zinc duties reredrafted to replace ore rates with proportionate zinc content bands.
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Washington
Senator Stone
Senator Smoot
Smoot
St. Louis
Simmons
Stone
Bacon
Clapp
la Follette
Gore
Committee On Finance
Senate
Aldrich
Carter
Tariff Commission
Senate Committee On Finance
House
Taft Invades Petersburg for Hartranft Statue Unveiling
President Taft visited Petersburg to unveil a monument to Gen. John P. Hartranft near Fort Mahone. Surviving Pennsylvania regiments that Hartranft commanded helped erect the 60 foot bronze statue, a $60,000 tribute illustrating a peaceful moment compared to Civil War battles fought on nearby fields.
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Petersburg
Taft
America
John P. Hartranft
Fort Mahone
Pennsylvania
Hartranft
Sensational charges against two officials in Muskogee case
Tulsa May 19 sensational allegations about official conduct surface in two petitions filed in federal court over the Muskogee town lot fraud case. One petition by nine grand jurors accuses District Attorney Gregg and Rush of improper influence and coercion to indict Gov. Haskell and others. responses allege Gregg used the Tulsa World to sway sentiment and accuse him of bias.
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Tulsa
Okla
Sylvester R. Rush
United States District Attorney Press
District of
Oklahoma
Muskogee
Marshall
Gregg
Messrs. Gregg
Rush
Gov
Haskell
Tulsa World
Grand
Haskell and Associates
William T. Hutchings
Grege
William R. Hearst
Theodore Roosevelt
Stoessel and Nebogatoff Freed From Fortress
In St Peter and St Paul fortress, Lieut Gen Anatole Stoessel and Rear Admiral Nebogatoff were released by order of Emperor Nicholas. Both men had been confined after court martial findings for surrendering Port Arthur and for surrender at the Sea of Japan. Health severely affected by confinement. Stoessel began his term March 20, 1908, Nebogatoff April 15, 1907.
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St. Petersburg
Anatole H. Stoessel
Nebogatoff
St. Peter and St. Paul
Nicholas
Stoessel
Taft nominates Washburn for civil service post in Philippines
President Taft announced William Washburn's nomination as civil service commissioner to replace James Williams, citing his long service and Philippine record. The President also tapped William Williams of New York to replace Robert Watchorn as immigration commissioner in New York. Walter Clark, a Washington newspaper man, was named governor of Alaska, succeeding Hoggatt. Oscar L. Whitelaw was chosen as assistant treasurer at St Louis, succeeding T J Akins.
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Washington
Taft
William §. Washburn
James T. Williams
Civil Service Commission
Philippines
William Williams
New York
Robert Watchorn
Senate
Walter E. Clark
New York Sun Bureau
Alaska
Gov. Hoggatt
Clark
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Supreme Court affirms $35,000 death verdict in rail case
Missouri Supreme Court upholds a $35,000 judgment for the death of Harry L. Pangle, a Kansas City Southern railroad switchman killed while working at Pittsburg, Kansas. The verdict was awarded to his estate in a fatal accident suit against the railroad.
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Jeffersoy City
Kansas City Southern Railroad
Missouri Supreme Court
Harry L. Pangle
Pittsburg
Kan
Tracy & Co. Faces Bankruptcy With $1 Million Liabilities
New York May 19 Tracy and Company a Chicago St Louis Milwaukee brokerage firm faces involuntary bankruptcy with liabilities pegged at about $1,000,000 and assets around $500,000 The receiver B A Benedict says funds were lost in outside ventures including a local taxicab business The firm which organized in 1905 has offices in New York West Thirty third street Hotel Gotham Chicago St Louis Louisville Milwaukee and New Haven and was not suspended from the stock exchange until today
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New York
Tracy &Company
B. A. Benedict
United States District Court
Stock Exchange
Benedict
Henry F. Woodward
William G. Austin
William A. Scott
Tracy & Co
William W. Tracy
R. D. Covington
Frederick W. Parker
Parker
Messrs
Tracy and Covington
Chicago
Tracy
Board of Aldermen
Wall Street
West Thirty-third Street
Gotham
St. Louis
Louisville
Milwaukee
New Haven
Black Hand Kills Its Enemy
New York police believe Pioggio Puccio a cigar maker who was a close friend of Lieut Joseph Petrosino was killed by the Black Hand as he attempted to enter his Hast Seventy-fifth Street apartments. He dropped dead on the threshold when a bullet from above struck him. The assassin fled likely to the roof and away through a neighboring house after lying in wait for hours.
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New York
Joseph Petrosino
Palermo
Pioggio Puccio
Guilty Fanatics Unpunished In Adana Turmoil
In Adana, Asiatic Turkey, May 19, there are still 100 Armenians jailed, many in chains, with Christians punished for recent outrages while the guilty evade accountability. The government has not fulfilled promises to return Armenian property, and a special commission drives Armenians from refuge camps into unprotected countryside where crops are ruined and reactionaries dominate the vilayet.
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Adana
Turkey
Adana Vilayet
Hains Is In Prison For Manslaughter At Sing Sing
Captain Peter C. Hains Jr with convict number 2002 began an eight to sixteen year sentence at Sing Sing after being transferred from Queens County Jail for the killing of William Annis at Bayside Yacht Club Ossining N Y May 19 He showed dazed quiet during the transfer and facially unresponsive to onlookers. His lawyer said an appeal would be filed in higher courts.
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Ossining
N. Y
Peter C. Hains, Jr
William 9. Annis
Bayside Yacht Club
Sing Sing
Capt
Hains
Queens County
Eugene N. L. Young
Young
Harvey
Havng
Grand Central Station
Governors' day marks Mecklenburg celebration in Charlotte
Charlotte May 19 on Governors' day of Mecklenburg celebration Gov Kitchin of North Carolina and other state executives spoke at the fair grounds. The program opened with a large athletic meet followed by cavalry drills and concerts and a ball game. Tonight features a May music festival with noted soloists and a trained chorus.
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Mecklenburg
North Carolina
Charlotte
N. C
Tragic Self-Inflicted Shooting in Providence
Aram Zartanian, 19, shot and killed himself after wounding 15 year old Mabel Arabian who opposed their marriage in Providence on May 19. The incident left authorities and family in shock as investigators assess the dangerous act and its outcome.
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Killa Self
Providence
R. I
Aram Zartanian
Mabel’ Arabian
Tunnel Cave-In Halts Denver Rio Grande Traffic
A cave-in 500 feet of the Tennessee Pass tunnel on the Denver and Rio Grande Railway near Leadville blocks the line for several days. No casualties occur as a track walker alerts officials and traffic is redirected by the Colorado Midland Railway. Officials say restoration may come within 48 hours.
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Denver
Col
Tennessee Pass
Denver & Rio Grande Railway
Leadville
Colorado Midland Railway
Peace Gets Another Boost At Mohonk Lake Conference
Mohonk Lake New York May nineteenth opening the fifteenth annual Lake Mohonk conference on international arbitration gathered many peace advocates including attendees from the Chicago peace congress. Dr Nicholas Murray Butler president of Columbia University chaired the session delivering opening remarks. Dr Benjamin F Trueblood reviewed the past year and speakers included Prof Samuel T Dutton and Dr George W Kirchwey. Further sessions are scheduled this evening and over the next two days plus two on Friday.
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Mohonk Lake
Lake Mohonk
Chicago
Nicholas Murray Butler
Columbia University
Albert K.smiley
Benjamin F. Trueblood
American Peacle Society
Samuel T. Dutton
New York
George W. Kirchwey
Columbia ,University Law School
Formerly Interne Hospital State Uni versity of Iowa
Residence 276 and Office 263 listed for an individual associated with the former interne hospital at the University of Iowa.
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Interne Hospital
State University of Iowa
Wills Drawn and Probated by Atlantic Firm
B SWAN reports probate work for administrators and guardians and their appointments. The firm secured roles and highlights probate practice as a specialty. General law business transacted. Atlantic
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Atlantic
Fire consumes Hower Power block in Akron
A seven story Hower Power block in Akron suffered a devastating fire causing about 1.5 million dollars in losses. The entire building housed light manufacturing with over 200 workers, including several girls who narrowly escaped as walls cracked. Firemen faced danger from collapsing structures while the cause remained unknown. In a separate item, thirty English immigrant women converted to Mormonism travel to Utah.
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Akron
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Ossining, N. Y
Ia Dazed
Queens County Jail
Chas, A. Grubb
Attorney AT Law
Chestnut Streets
Iowa
Melcher's
Atlantic, Iowa
G. R. Miller
Guesple
Musson
C. G. Clark
Homeopathia Physician
DR . A. Gamble
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Hovex
Lowe
T. B, Swan
C.L. Campbell
Gillespie Building
Ben U. Wood
W. Savery
U.S. Mullins
Haa
Ophra Housh
Telephone
Musson Record
X-Ray Laboratory
Charles D. Finley
Josephine Cook-Finley
Chestnut St
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Montreal
England
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M. H. Butler
J. A. Giffem
O. Thorman Furniture Company
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