Free Lumber Debate Opens Tariff Battle In Senate
In Washington on May 24 the lumber schedule sparked a battle as Senator McCumber proposed free lumber replacing the Dingley rate and the house bill’s $1 per thousand. Debates focused on forest conservation and protection, with no vote taken as the field stayed open for argument.
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Washington
Senate
McCumber
Borah
United States
Bailey
North Dakota
Elkins
Aldrich
Senator Elkins
Rhode Island
Bank Teller Sentenced to Five Years for Embezzlement
Minneapolis May 24 Hlis W. Niles former receiving teller of the First National bank and a confessed embezzler of $20 000 was sentenced to serve five years in the state penitentiary at Stillwater and was committed.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Hlis W. Niles
First National Bank
Stillwater
Missouri Supreme Court Upholds $50,000 Salary Limit for Insurers
The Missouri supreme court sustains a state law denying licenses to insurers paying officers more than $50,000. The ruling, while approving the statute as valid, calls it unwise and urges repeal. Local managers say the decision has no effect until the U.S. Supreme Court rules, allowing continued operations during appeal.
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Jefferson City
Missouri Supreme Court
Ariting En Banc
State Insurance Department
Equitable Life Assurance Society
Prudential Insurance Company
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
St. Louis
Supreme Court of the United States
Missouri
Conservation Plan Urges State Resource Inventories
Washington May 24 The joint committee of conservation announces a plan to inventory the natural resources of every state and territory. It calls on 48 national organizations to assist in applying conservation principles agreed at a White House conference. Early meetings are urged to tackle state issues such as gas waste in Louisiana water power in Oregon Michigan Wisconsin and forest conservation broadly.
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Washington
Joint Committee of Conservation
Conservation
Wyatt
Joint Committee
White House
State Conservation Commissions
Louisiana
State Conservation Commission
Oregon
Michigan
Wisconsin
Anniversary Week in Boston Celebrates Unitarian Assembly
Boston hosts Anniversary Week events by the American Unitarian association with public meetings receptions and personal appearances by ministers and wives from states afar. Notables include Prof William H Carruth ex Gov John D Long and Rev Samuel M Crothers. Roosevelt expedition reports third buffalo killed near Nairobi. Fire at Gilbert block Grand Rapids causes about 400000 in damage.
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Boston
Mass
American Unitarian Association
Ministerial Union
William H. Carruth
Lawrence
Kan
National Alliance of Unitarian
Howard Everett Hale
John A. Bellows
John W. Day
Somerset
Samuel A. Eliot
E. S. Draper
L. G. Wilson
Curtis Guild, Jr
Samuel M. Crothers
John D. Long
F. W. Hamilton
Tuite College
Robert Luce
The Game of Love What Frederico Mariani Says
New York May 24 Frederico Mariani an American playwriter on love explains how different nations play the game of love. He cites his own marriage to Elizabeth Johnson daughter of Tom Johnson a former Cleveland mayor as a failed example and argues love cannot be bought. He contrasts Europe where wives may rule with America where divorce shapes the game and notes Italy uses three players in love while America uses two.
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Senate
Burton
Committee On Commerce
Hale
Committee On Finance
Clapp
Senator Clapp
New York
Frederico Mariani
Mariani
Elizabeth ‘‘Johnson
Tom @ Johnson
Cleveland
Maridni
America
Europe
France
Italy
Napoleon I
Countess of
Castiglione
Latin
Africa
Justice gap in arrest case sparks racial tone debate
New York appellate division lowers damages from 2500 to 300 for George Griffin, a Pullman porter, in a false arrest suit against Daniel H Brady. Judge Dugro notes race affects damages, saying color should influence the assessment. In Mississippi, five Black laborers die in a gravel pit cave-in near Oliva Branch as tons of gravel collapse on them.
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New York
Appellate Division
Supreme Court
Dugro
George Griffin
Montreal
Daniel H. Brady
United States
Oliva Branch
Miss
Ara
Fortune 0 Family Heir to Rogers Fortune Disclosed
Henry H. Rogers distributed four million dollars each to his son H H Rogers Jr and his three daughters Mrs W B Benjamin Mrs Urban H Broughton and Mrs W R Coe totaling sixteen million dollars with the remainder of the estate to be divided mainly among his widow and children. Helen Keller memorializes Rogers in a Boston tribute praising his kindness and support for her education.
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New York
H. H. Rogers
H. H. Rogers, Jr
W. &. Benjamin
Urban H. Broughton
W. R. Coe
Henry H. Rogers
Miss Keller
Gardens of
Paradise
Taft Orders Dreadnaughts and Naval Cuts
Washington reports the 1911 navy program will include two Dreadnaught battleships, five torpedo destroyers, and one modern repair ship, with a $10 million overall reduction from Taft overhauling the naval estimates. Secretary Meyer says battleship funding remains intact while cuts hit bureaus and navy yards, not fleet efficiency. Two men in New York receive 60 day sentences for selling bad eggs and using them in pastry. In Iowa, James Montague and an insurer’s Peckham drown while fishing in Twin Jakes.
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Washington
United States Navy
Taft
Meyer Inf
New York
Marshalltown
James Montague
Belmond
Ance
Peckham
Des Moines
Twin Jakes
Iowa
Taft opens 800000 acres for homesteaders in three reservations
President Taft issued a proclamation opening about 440000 acres in the Flathead Montana 200000 in the Coeur d Alene Idaho and 50000 to 100000 in the Spokane Washington reservations to settlement with registration July 15 to August 5. Drawings begin August 9 at Coeur d Alene for all three lands and entries to be made by April 10, 1910. Regulations will be available June 1.
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Washington
Taft
Warhead
Montana
Coeur D'Alene
Idaho
Spokane
Kalispell
Missoula
Mont
Flathead
Former Car Head Ends Life in Oklahoma Hotel
J W Carter former superintendent of the Metropolitan Street railway in Kansas City and ex Chicago resident shot himself in a Council Hill Oklahoma hotel room. He left a note citing financial troubles and growing blindness as motives. Carter, 50, leaves a widow and four grown daughters in Kansas City. He came to Muskogee with 5000 dollars to buy a ranch.
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Muskogee
Okla
J. W. Carter
Metropolitan Street Railway System
Kansas City
Chicago
Council Hill
Sherman Addresses National Good Roads Congress
Baltimore Maryland May 24 Vice President James Sherman spoke at the National Good Roads Congress final session stressing the need to improve highways to boost commerce and internal improvements. He praised foreign roads and urged focus on powerful transport to enhance prosperity.
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National Congress
Baltimore
James 8. Sherman
Sherman
Stresta
England
France
Switzerland
Mrs Morse defends spouse amid alleged political plots
Mrs Clemen tine Morse wife of Charles W Morse says high ranking officials vowed to ruin her husband long ago and claim justice has failed. She asserts officials boasted of Morse downfall yet believes courts should not be used by enemies. In Ogdensburg a power boat air tank explosion kills Peter Warenhoff and fatally injures Harry Portiel.
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New York
Clementine Morse
Charles W. Morse
Morse
Ogdensburg
Ida
May
Peter Wadenhoft
Bridgeport
Teacher Ain’t No Match For A Curious Class
A student vents that the teacher cannot spell or explain core facts as the class tests knowledge of presidents, verbs, nouns, and geography. The speaker mocks the teacher’s questions about Captain Kidd, Mount Shasta, and arithmetic while claiming the class knows more than she does and wonders what would happen if they couldn’t tell it.
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Queens
Ings
Boston
Mount Shasta
Eyeglasses and Intellect Debate Among Kenosha Residents
Lucius Hittermiss of Kenosha argues eyeglasses may signal intellect while citing Darwin and Socrates in a playful column. The piece surveys historical figures and ends with Amos Goodlea of teaching district No.16 wearing glasses, noting intellect may shine regardless of eyewear.
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Lucius Hittermiss
Kenosha
Humanity
Darwin
Huxley
Sophocles
Socrates
Diogenes
Amos Goodlea
Fragmented Moral Musings and Local Anecdotes
A garbled humorous column reflects on gossip and male vanity with quips about husbands, gossiping ladies, and a wife recounting a dog bite at a doctor's visit. The piece blends anecdotes from Ezra Timmons and Mrs Lapsling, noting men’s concealments and attempts at attention through beard antics, while hinting at social stereotypes.
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McCumber Bays
Unitarians
Grand Rapids
Mich
Gilbert
Ira M. Smith
Cross
Tom Johnson
Lord Roberts
John Bull
Wastivarch Star
Helen
Keller
Monster
Kansas City Lines
Self
Council Hii, Okla
Mrs. Morse
Neseir
Paris
Grant
Nog
Lincolieng
Captain Kidd
Er Man Giddles
Ezr
Timmons
Mra. Lapsling
Johnny
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