Capital to Lead in High Prices War
Washington editors report renewed focus on the cost of living with calls for municipal action. Secretary of Agriculture James Wilson urges cities to study and curb rising prices, proposing a presidential commission to probe in Washington. He laments burdens on the poor and argues middlemen profit while farmers receive lower returns.
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Ashington
Congress
James Wilson
Washington
Wilson
Taft
National Capital
Massive 14 Inch Guns Hearse Horizons for Navy Battleships
The U S Navy tests a new 14 inch gun able to pierce steel at 15 miles with a 1 400 pound projectile. New York and Texas will carry these guns with 63 6 ton barrels and 47 inch breech diameters. Each gun and breech cost 74 770 dollars and the mounting carriage 50 000 dollars.
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Uncle Sam
New York
Texas
Delaware
Navy Department
Washington
Naval Service
Chesapeake Bay
Army Regulations Reform Aimed at Soldier Welfare
Army reforms proposed by Gen Leo Wood and supported by President Taft seek to ease harsh rules affecting enlisted men. Changes focus on humane treatment, cutting minor desertions to noncustodial penalties, reserving guardhouses for real offenders, and reserving military prisons for hardened criminals.
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AMY
Leopard Wood
Taft
Wood
Hooks Punishments Prohibited at Folsom Prison
The state board of prison directors banned the practice known as the hooks at Folsom. Convicts faced extreme punishment where wrists were shackled, hoisted to a wall by a rope through iron bracelets, and left hanging for about an hour and a quarter with brief relief breaks.
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San Francisco
California
Pastor Leads Fist Fight at Union Presbyterian Church
Rev. W. S. Rudolph and several church members were injured after a ten minute brawl at Union Presbyterian Church in Denver over church affairs. Rudolph led his supporters to a back door and into an executive session room where the melee began, with women fleeing and men exchanging blows.
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Denver
W. S. Rudolph
Union Presbyterian Church
Rudolph
Mediterranean fruit fly a most formidable pest
Sacramento reports state entomologist E K Carnes after returning from a Hawaii fruit fly study warns the Mediterranean fruit fly is more dangerous than public warnings suggest and threatens California orchards. He cites a guava sample yielding 106 maggots and notes both wild and domestic fruits are at risk while live specimens could not be transported.
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Sacramento
E. K. Carnes
State Insectory
Hawaiian Islands
California
Carnes
Two Lighthouses Planned for Channel Islands
Santa Barbara Calif Nov 1 Work will begin immediately on two lights on the channel islands to replace recent shifting mishaps. One will sit on Richardson's Rock San Miguel on a seventy foot tower and the other on the east end of Anacapa on an eighty foot tower. Each light will be visible for eighteen miles under normal conditions.
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Santa Barbara
Cal
Channel Islands
Richardson's Rock
San Miguel
Anacapa
Jack Johnson Becomes Freemason in Dundee Initiation
London reports Jack Johnson the boxer visited Dundee to be initiated into the Forfar and Kincardine lodge making him the second colored man on its roll. He called the ritual the most glorious time of his life saying his father in law was a Mason and his wife supported the move.
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London
Jack Johnson
Dundee
Johnson
Forfar and Kincardine
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