Taft Declares Corp Tax Test Won’t Disturb Him
Beverly Mass Aug 19 President Taft says new corporate tax tests and protests were anticipated and pose no alarm. He remains convinced the tax will stand. Attorney General Wickersham and Senator Root back the measure, while Taft seeks reform of the Interstate Commerce Commission and Sherman law. He urges limited ICC duties and amendment rather than repeal.
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Beverly
Mass
Beverly Daily
Washington
New York
Taft
Wickersham
Root
Interstate Commerce Commission
Congress
Roosevelt
Department of Government
Thaw Returned to Matteawan After White Plains Stop
Harry K. Thaw is back at Matteawan state hospital for the criminal insane after a escorted trip from White Plains jail. Dr. Amos T. Baker and attendants brought him back to resume the asylum routine under the same incarceration rules as before.
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Matteawan
N. Y
Harry K. Thaw
Matteawan State Hospital
White Plains
Isaac N. Mills
Thaw
Storm lashes Brest as ships wreck off Raz de Sein
A severe storm hit Brest and nearby areas on August 19 with several vessels driven ashore. An unknown ship was wrecked at Raz de Sein. Two bodies lashed to a buoy were recovered by a fishing boat.
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Brest
France
Raz de Sein
Delegates Cheer Pinchot at Transmississippi Congress
Olfford Pinchot chief forester and Thomas F Walsh mine owner exchanged remarks as delegates cheered Pinchot address praising Roosevelt era conservation. He warned that harming one staple harms related industries while stressing practical business policy and cooperation among interests. John W Noble also spoke on conservation. Officers listed: Pryor president Trumbo first VP Du Denver second VP Baker Iowa secretary Francis Colorado.
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Denver
Olfford Pinchot
United States Department of Agriculture
Thomas F. Walsh
Transmississippi Congress
Pinchot
Congress
Roosevelt
A. ©. Trumbo
Oklahoma
Samuel F. du
W. F. Baker
Iowa
Arthur EB. Francis
Colorado
Navy closes Sutton case after inquiry findings
Washington says Acting Secretary approves court of inquiry verdict that Lieutenant James N. Sutton Jr. was directly responsible for his death at Annapolis nearly two years ago. Suttons may pursue congress hearing. navy will informally admonish those criticized, noting improved discipline at the Marine School since the incident.
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Washington
Navy
Department
Winthrop
Marine School
Sutton
CANNOT COME BACK HOME
Carl Meisser a Wisconsin farmer who returned to Germany after 32 years in the United States was denied re entry as insane and sent to Ellis Island for observation He held seven Wisconsin voters as sons and faced deportation despite his veteran status and pension from Germany
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New York
Carl Meisser
Gibson
Wis
Germany
Chicago
America
Meisser
Fills Island
Wisconsin
Ellis Islard Hospital
Wilson Report Highlights Record Farm Wealth in 1908
Secretary Wilson reports a 1908 crop year net wealth of 7,778,000,900 dollars in farm products, marking a world record. He notes some duplication but emphasizes vast wealth produced by farmers for national sustenance and exports to foreign countries.
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Washington
Wilson
Farmore
Record of farm product values and crop rankings
The text notes the value of mine products including mineral oils and precious metals, highlights Indian corn as the greatest crop with a value of 1.615 billion dollars, and reports cotton surpassing hay in value for the first time. It adds wheat is above average in production and value, and dairy and poultry outputs near major crop values.
Invading Forces Advance in Mimic War Game
Boston watchers reported General Bliss and his mixed force of Connecticut New York New Jersey District of Columbia and Fort Ethan Allen cavalry advancing five miles closer to Boston after a day of simulated battle. The blue Massachusetts defense left wing under Brigadier General Pew collapsed under heavy red pressure losing a battery and wagon train as red cavalry and flying squadrons exploited their superior numbers and mobility.
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Boston
Bliss
Army of the Red
Connecticut
New York
New Jersey
District of Columbia
Regular
Fort Ethan Allen
Massachusetts Army of Defense
The
Blues
William A. Pew
Tenth Colored Cavalry
Six Yachts Compete for President Taft and Draper Cups
Marblehead Massachusetts August 19 The Sonderklasse trials thin out to six contenders from sixteen as the Eastern Yacht Club special committee eliminates rivals defending the President Taft and Governor Draper cups against German challengers. The remaining boats are Wolf Ellen Joyette Manchester Jr Skeezix and Crooner.
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Marblehead
Mass
Sonderklasse
Taft
Governor Draper
Eastern Yacht Club
Wolf
Ellen
Joyette
Manchester Jr
Skeezix
Crooner
Johnson sues hotel owner for 25000 over alleged race based denial
Salt Lake City August 19 Jack Johnson heavyweight fighter files a $25000 damages suit against a local hotel proprietor claiming he was refused accommodations after checking in. He says the denial was on account of his race as a negro.
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Salt Lake City
Jack Johnson
Indianapolis Motor Speedway Opens For Greatest Race Meet
The Indianapolis motor speedway opened with the largest field of racing machines in history. The track measures over sixty feet wide and more than two and a half miles around, with a mile long straight finish. Zengel in a Chadwick covered the circuit in two minutes and forty seven seconds, with many drivers near that time. Notables include Oldfield Strang Dewitt De Palma Miller Ryall Burman Momsen Lyt tle Chevrolet Henna Aitken Bourque Denison and amateurs Greiner Hearne, preparing for five events led by the 250 mile feature.
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Indianapolis
Indianapolis Motor Speedway
Zengel
Chadwick
Oldfield
Strang
Dewitt
de Palma Miller
Ryall
Burman
Momsen
Lyttle
Chevrolet
Henna
Aitken
Bourque
Denison
Manhunt Near Hinckley After Sand Creek Marshal Shooting
A posse of thirty plus farmers chased a suspect who shot Marshal W R Newman in the leg at Sand Creek. The main group hunted through dense poplar groves in northeast woods. Arrested suspects remain jailed as the lookout narrows on the shooter believed to be desperate and possibly killed the marshal.
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Hinckley
Minn
W. R. Newman
Sand Creek
Bank Robbers Loot Karlstad Minnesota Bank
Bandits blew the safe at the State Bank of Karlstad around 8 am and escaped northwest toward Canada. Four men, possibly three or four, were involved in the theft, taking about $1500 as the interior was wrecked. Townspeople were alerted and the border is being watched.
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Karlstad
Minn
Canada
Here
Hallock
Taft Cousin Killed by Lightning in Colorado
Charles Taft, second cousin of President Taft, was killed at Prior, Colorado, thirty miles north of Trinidad, when struck by lightning. Local reports say the incident occurred August 19. No further details were provided about the event.
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Colorado
Trinidad
Colo
Charles Taft
President Taft
Prior
Here
Slander’s Reach Grows with a Thousand Listening Ears
A concise observation on how slander thrives not from a single rumor but from the multiplied reception of many who lend their ears. The saying points to societal susceptibility and the speed of rumor amplification in crowded spaces.
Ten Diehards? Bridge Collapse Injures Dozens In Chicago
Ten persons were seriously injured and twenty escaped with narrow margins when two hundred fifty feet of the Twelfth street bridge over the river and viaduct collapsed. A street car had crossed and thirty passengers alighted to walk, then the footway sank. Workmen found no bodies as rescue crews plucked injured riders from the wreckage. Traffic was delayed about an hour.
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Chicago
Twelfth Street
Passenger Train Wreck Near Grand Ledge Kills Fireman
The westbound Pere Marquette train from Detroit to Grand Rapids and Petoskey was wrecked two miles east of Grand Ledge. Fireman Fred Graves died. Several passengers are injured, none seriously. Conductor’s report unclear. reports say boiler explosion. Automobiles with physicians dispatched from Lansing. Wrecking trains sent from Grand Rapids and Detroit.
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Detroit
Pere Marquette
Cincinnati
Grand Rapids
Petoskey
Grand Ledge
Fred Graves
Lansing
Hoosier Boy Wins Western Power Boat Race
Hoosier Boy owned by J. H. Whitelock of Rising Sun Indiana won the grand free for all motor boat race for a $500 purse at Peoria Illinois in the Western Power Boat association regatta. Five starters competed and two boats Scripps H Detroit and Independence St Louis were disabled after collisions.
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Peoria
Ill
Hoosier Boy
J. H. Whitelock
Rising Sun
Ind
Western Power Boat Association
Scripps H
Detroit
Independence
St. Louis
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Prairie du Chien
Rochford Land CO
John Rochford
Chatham Street
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Peter Capretz
Interstate
DOE
Third Ward
de BR. Sheedy
Austin, Minn
Gevag
Will
Trans
Mississippi Congress
Farmer
Wisconsin Farmer Deportee
Castor
York
Bears
Castoria
the Centaur Company
New York City
Johnson
Motor Speedway
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