Lords Send Veto Bill to Commons
The House of Lords passed the veto bill on its third reading without a division after three hours of debate. An insurgent revolt did not materialize as Baron Stanmore alone called for a veto while Lord Morley of Blackburn and Lord Lansdowne argued the measure. Lord Halsbury warned of a possible clash if Commons rejects amendments.
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London
House of Lords
Baron Stanmore
Horatius
Lord Morley
Blackburn
Lord Lansdowne
Lord Halsbury
House of Commons
Lord Morley Suavely
Balfour
Premier Asquith Moves to Rejection of Lords Amendments
Premier Asquith will move to reject the Lords amendments en bloc in the Commons and outline possible Liberal peerage increases if the Lords persist. Lord Lansdowne and Halsbury clash over the bill as the Lords meet midweek, with a showdown seen as a major constitutional shift and potential party realignment.
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Asquith
House of Commons
Lords
House of Lords
Lord Lansdowne
Halsbury
Pickpocket Arrested After City Hall Station Theft
Frank Coughlin of Somerville reported a pickpocket at City Hall station. Patrolman Patten, in plain clothes, followed on Brattle street and arrested the suspect William Cocoran, 25, of Winthrop, who admitted taking 90 cents.
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Frank Coughlin
Prospect Street
Somerville
Washington Street
Cornhill
City Hall
Patten
Coughlin
Brattle Street
William Cocoran
Winthrop
Revere Bath Tent Nears Opening Amid Police Action
Metropolis Park force workers build a bath tent at Revere to serve as an annex to the state bath house. They plan a Saturday opening and guard clothing areas with two policemen while enforcing a ban on nearly transparent one piece swimsuits.
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Metropolitan Park Force
Revere
Herman Densmore
Beach Street
Stearns
Chelsea Court
Spencer Hawkins
State Police
Densmore
Revere Street
Atlantic House
Final Debates on Reciprocity Move to Final Vote
Washington July 20 Only one day remains for debate on the Canadian reciprocity bill before the final vote on amendments and the measure itself. Senator La Follette will explain his amendments proposing a sweeping tariff revision. Bailey and Smith argued for and against the bill while Heyburn defended lumber interests.
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Washington
Senator la Follette
Smith
Michigan
la Follette
Bailey
Senator Jones
Idaho
Sunshine cure for baldness tests on Atlantic City boardwalk
Atlantic City July 2 A boardwalk rumor says sun and salt breezes grow hair. Tony Biddle of Philadelphia allegedly discovered the cure after spending days hatless near his Chelsea summer home. A third of local bald men are trying the method while barbers report dropped sales of hair tonics.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Tony” Biddle
Chelsea
Dedication Planned for Portland U S Building
Portland new federal building recently occupied was dedicated today with simple exercises. Judge William L. Putnam of the United States Circuit Court presided and Judge Clarence Hale of the United States District Court delivered an historical address.
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Portland
Federal
Ocoe
Willam L. Putnam
United States Circuit Court
Clarence Hale
United States District Court
Roxbury Man Fined for Assault on Boston Elevator Conductor
Patrick Johnson of 35 Lamont Street Roxbury was tried in Municipal Court for drunkenness and assault on Conductor George J Forristall of the Boston Elevated. He was found guilty and fined 15 dollars for the assault.
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Patrick Johnson
Lamont Street
Roxbury
George J. Forristall
Boston Elevated
U S S Des Moines Sails for Haiti
The United States cruiser Des Moines departed the navy yard at 10 am under orders to protect American interests amid a threatened Haitian revolution. Her destination is Port au Prince to relieve the gunboat Petrel after five months in West Indian waters.
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United States
Des Moines
Navy Yard
Port Au Prince
Petrel
West Indian
Attleboro Colonel Sidney O Bigney Lauded as Leading Republican
The feature highlights Colonel Sidney O Bigney of Attleboro as a successful self made businessman in Attleboro and across the United States and Canada. It notes his political rise from the Governor's Council race in 1905 to a bid for the 1908 national Republican convention in Chicago and his broad popularity across party lines.
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Sidney O. Bigney
Attleboro
United States
Canada
Bigney
State Committee
Chicago
John L. Bates
Colonel Bigney
Bates
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New Grass
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Ular
Olina
U.S
Scotch Dewar’s Beer
Lords of
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Real Glenlivet
Bot
Anheuser Busch Budweiser
Jas. H
Ginter Co
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Lanal St
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Lennessy
Bet
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Eileen
Tremont St
Peon
FREI
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Arge
Revere Bath
Revere Beach
Biddle
U. S
F. Gray CO
Oswego Mills
Washington and
Hanover Street
U. S. S. Des Moines
Haiti
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