Senate accepts Clapp amendment holding companies in tax plan
National Capitol summary notes the Senate's acceptance of Senator Clapp’s amendment extending the corporation tax to holding companies, the rejection of the Bailey income tax substitute, and a close 28 to 47 vote. It also covers Taft and Mrs Taft's summer plans, tariff conference representation, and Wright's Fort Myer aeroplane incident.
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National Capitol
Senate
Clapp
Finance Committee
Aldrich
Burrows
Penrose
Hale
Cullom
Daniel
Money
Bailey
Taft
Washington
Beverly
Mass
Congress
Wickersham
B. F. Stephenson
Grand Army of the Republic
Orville Wright
Fort Myer
Miners vote to return to work in Pittsburg district
The north Pittsburg Kansas coal region miners voted to resume labor. James Corcoran died in Portland Maine when his balloon ascent failed to deploy a parachute from 500 feet. Suffragists in New York faced a police rescue amid a crowd. Wickersham urged a nationwide incorporation law for interstate commerce. A Santa Fe train derailed in floodwater near Pomona Kansas with 300 passengers saved by boat. Immigration chief Keefe tightened rules to curb Chinese smuggling from Mexico. The Wabash bridge collapse at Chillicothe Missouri sent five men overboard. Independence Day in Cincinnati caused many minor accidents but no fatalities. The National Education Association met in Denver with calls for practical training. Kansas Deaf Association formed in Wichita. Ice on Reno water marked extreme July cold. wheat frost feared. Filipino protest against unclad hawkers at the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition reached Seattle. Lake Champlain tercentenary ceremonies noted. Taft helped celebrate Norwich Conn. 250th anniversary with a military parade.
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Pittsburg
Kan
James Corcoran
Portland
New York
Wickersham
Kentucky State Bar Association
Santa Fe
Pomona
Ottawa
D. J. Keefe
Mexico
Wabash
Grand River
Chillicothe
Cincinnati
National Educational Association
Denver
Harvey
Wichita
Kansas State Deaf Association
Reno
Nev
Seattle
Lake Champlain
Knt Taft
Norwich
Conn
Wrights irked by lax pace at Fort Myers work scene
A compact wrap of disparate items notes tensions with the Wright brothers in Fort Myers over perceived laziness, the 24th international convention of the United Society of Christian Endeavor gathering in St Paul, a Missouri Pacific derailment near Waverly with a fatal fireman death, and various 1910s events including suffrage optimism from Anna Shaw, Ed Hall’s record in Nogales, safe Fourth of July fireworks in Cleveland, a Burlington motor boat regatta, a meat inspection inquiry deemed groundless, and the Descendants of the Signers meeting at the old state house.
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Wright Brothers
Fort Myers
Wrights
United States
United Society of Christian Endeavor
St. Paul
Minn
Missouri Pacific
Waverly
Anna H. Shaw
American Woman Suffrage Association
Nogales Sonora
Ed Hall
Nutt
N. M
Cleveland
Launch Club
Burlington
Mississippi
Wilson
East St. Louis
Old State House
Milk from tuberculosis cows linked to human spread says Straus
Nathan Straus told the International Tuberculosis conference in Stockholm that milk from TB cows spreads the disease, especially to children, and that pasteurization is the only safe method when from untested herds. The rest of the report covers floods subsiding in Northern Mexico, royal visits, and Fourth of July events abroad.
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Nathan Straus
Stockholm
Mexico
Russia
William
Germany
Kiel
Eli Menekhi
Morocco
Fez
Roghi
Charles Dickins
Newport
England
Cobalt
Ont
Denmark
Grunau
Berlin
Geneva
Switzerland
John Calvin
Patian
Jolo Island
Jikiri
Islands
Lugia
Lima
Peru
Honolulu
Harriman Seeks European Cigar Supply from Children
E H Harriman could not obtain the cigars he wants in Europe so he cabled his children to bring a supply. Three of his children have sailed from New York with the requested brand. Lieut Col Alexander S B Keys U S A retired died at 63 in San Diego California from a throat condition. Martin J Sheridan a New York policeman is acclaimed the world’s best all round athlete. Chester Dutton old Yale graduate died in a log cabin near Concordia after living there since 1842. U S Senator U S Clay reelected by the Georgia legislature. J M Rhodes of the State Normal.
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E. H. Harriman
Europe
New York
Alexander S. B. Keys
San Diego
Cal
Martin J. Sheridan
Chester Dutton
Yale
Republican River
Concordia
United States
U. S. Clay
Georgia
J. M. Rhodes
State Normal
Peat buttons and ornaments from mississippi shells thriving in Missouri
In Northeast Missouri a tiny industry turns rough Mississippi river mussel shells into round uniform buttons and ornaments. Skilled workers use modern machinery in Lewis and Pike counties to produce hundreds of tons monthly in six factories, while fishermen sometimes find valuable large pearls in the shells. National Guard commissions issued for the First Regiment in St. Louis include Brown Love Action Whytrack Dudley Melville.
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Missouri
Mississippi River
Lewis
Pike
National Guard
Adjt
Rumboldt
Hadley
National Guard of Missouri
St. Louis
Robert H. Brown
Lacey M. Love
Paul B. Action
R. D. Whytrack
Horace E. Dudley
Alexander B. Melville
Missouri Rail Rates Challenge National Guard Transport
Missouri laws on railroad rates clash with carrier practice after Judge Smith McPherson ruling. National guardsmen were charged 2 cents per mile instead of 1. The assembly had set 1 cent per passenger mile, but carriers consider the statute unconstitutional and still collect the higher rate.
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Missouri
Smith McPherson
Nevada
General Assembly
National Guard
Hannibal and Jefferson City Interurban Traction formed in Missouri
Articles of association filed in Mexico establish the Hannibal and Jefferson City Interurban Traction company to build an interurban railroad from Jefferson City to Hannibal via Columbia Mexico and Perry with branches to Fulton and other Callaway county points. It absorbs the Mexico Santa Fe and Perry Traction company formed to run Mexico to Perry. The lines will run through rich farming sections not yet served by rail and boost farm and dairy development.
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Mexico
Jefferson City
Hannibal
Columbia
Perry
Fulton
Callaway County
Premature Explosion Kills Miner at Oronogo Circle Mine
James Irick, 35, died instantly in a premature explosion at the Oronogo Circle mine near Joplin. Companion William Jackson, 10 feet away, was knocked down but not seriously injured. The incident adds to deadly blasts linked to tamping in the Joplin area mines.
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Joplin Minc
Oronogo
Joplin
James Irick
Oronogo Circle
William Jackson
Trick
Governor Hadley Frees Two Convicts In Commutation
Gov Hadley commutes the sentence of Ed L Brown who served a two year term in Butler county for obtaining 30 dollars under false pretenses. He also grants parole commutation for Martha Allen a colored woman who arrived at the penitentiary last March from St Joseph serving a two year grand larceny term.
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Hadley
Ed &L. Brown
Brown
Butler County
Martha Allen
St. Joseph
Treasury Statement From June Reports
State Treasurer James Cowgill filed with Gov Hadley a June treasury report and a second quarter summary. Balance May 29 was 4 701 550 35 dollars. June receipts 239 766 61 and disbursements 1 916 693 27 leaving June 30 balance 3 024 623 69 dollars.
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Treasury
James Cowgill
Hadley
Woman and man duel over rent in St. Louis. man dies
Mrs. Rosa Zeis and William T. Schmitt dueled after a rent dispute in St. Louis. Schmitt used a wheel spoke and Zeis a baseball bat. Schmitt's skull was fractured. he died in an ambulance en route to a hospital. Zeis was uninjured.
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Rosa Zeis
William T. Schmitt
St. Louis
Dean Waters Accepts Presidency at Kansas Agricultural College
Dean H. J. Waters of Missouri Agricultural College has accepted the offer to become president of Kansas State Agricultural College in Manhattan. He will receive a salary increase.
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Dean Waters
Kansas
Dean H. J. Waters
Missouri Agricultural College
Kansas Agricultural College
Manhattan
St Louis Woman Sets 1500 Mile Pedestrian Trek to Boston
Mrs. H. C. Schneiter of St. Louis plans a 1500 mile walk to Boston starting July 28. She will be joined by her husband and aims for about 35 miles daily, completing the trek in 45 days.
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St. Louis
H. C. Schneiter
Boston
Editor’s Morning Wedding Stuns Chillicothe
Charles A. Spooner city editor of the Chillicothe Constitution married Clementine McCustion in Chillicothe. The ceremony was performed by Rev. J. White officiating.
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Charles A. Spooner
The
Chillicothe
Missouri Waterways Commission Appoints Members
Gov Hadley names Lawrence M Jones Walter S Dickey ex Gov A M Dock ery W K Kavanaugh and Cyrus P Walbridge to the Waterways Commission. The panel aims to advance navigation interests and improve Missouri waterways for water power. Kavanaugh leads the Lakes to the Gulf Deep Waterway association and Walbridge heads the Business Men's league of St Louis.
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Hadley
Lawrence M. Jones
Walter S. Dickey
Kansas City
A. M. Dockery
Gallatin
W. K. Kavanaugh
Cyrus P. Walbridge
St. Louis
Waterways Commission
Missouri Waterways
Wreck on the Wabash Claims One Life Nine Injured
A west bound Excelsior Springs passenger train collided with an eastbound freight near Missouri City. One man was killed and nine severely injured. Passengers owed safety to Mrs. C J Luellen who flagged the trains, allowing engineers to reverse power and reduce impact.
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Excelsior Springs
Wabash
Missouri City
C. J. Luellen
Officials form fishing and hunting club on Rock Island tract
Gov Hadley and a long list of officials including Judge Gantt Burgess Fox Woodson Graves Lamm Attorney General Major Auditor Gordon organize a fishing and hunting club and take a ten year lease on 23 acres on the Rock Island. A clubhouse will be built and lake facilities improved as the grounds already boast a well stocked lake.
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Hadley
Gantt
Burgess
Fox
Woodson
Graves
Lamm
Major
Gordon
Rock Island
Tragic Accident at Boonville School Claims 17YearOld
A boy at the Boys' Training School in Boonville died after leaning on a long kitchen knife. Samuel Klanon alias Louis Long, 17, son of L. K. Klanon of St. Louis, bled to death before a doctor could reach him. He did not realize the injury at first and fainted as help arrived.
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Boonville
Samuel Klanon
Louis Long
L. K. Klanon
St. Louis
Dalton Controversy Over Negro School Proposal
The Salisbury Press Spectator reports Dalton debate over N. C. Bruce a Black educator proposing a high impact negro school near Dalton. He has purchased 16 acres by the city and plans a negro colony with funding from backers in St. Joseph.
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Dalton
Chariton County
N. C. Bruce
Salisbury Press Spectator
St. Joseph
Montgomery Co. Republican Leader Charles P. Cook Dies
Charles P. Cook a prominent Montgomery county Republican was found dead in his Mineola Springs home from probable heart trouble. He appeared well the day before and had been the party’s candidate for Montgomery county assessor last fall.
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Montgomery Co
Charles P. Cook
Montgomery County
Mineola Springs
Cook
Drowning at Lakeside Park Claims Local Youth
Gordon Butts, 20, unable to swim, drowned when a boat with two companions overturned in a creek at Lakeside Park near Joplin. His mother watched from shore as about 200 spectators witnessed the accident. He was the son of J. H. Butts of Carthage, a banker. The body was recovered.
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Gordon Butts
Lakeside Park
Joplin
J. H. Butts
Carthage
Prosecute Delinquent Husbands in Boone Circuit Court
Judge N O D Thurmond opened Boone county circuit court lamenting the many divorce cases. He said he would report every man guilty of wife abandonment to the prosecuting attorney so the husband may be prosecuted under state criminal law.
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Boone County
N. O D. Thurmond
Sure of His Ground Obituary Note From South Missouri Editor
An obituary closes with a traditional line declaring Newton County’s loss in heaven’s gain, reflecting a local editor’s old fashioned touch and sentiment.
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South Missouri
Newton County
Heat Linked to Death of St. Joseph Grocer
C. W. Cooper, a St. Joseph grocer, cut his throat with a favor amid severe heat. The self inflicted wound supposedly steadied his mind, and he begged doctors to save him while denying knowledge of the act.
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C. W. Cooper
St. Joseph
Vigorous at 97 Years Dying Patriot Walks 25 Miles
M. P. House, 97, died at his Hickory area home. To prove vigor, he walked from Trenton to Chillicothe, a 25 mile trek completed shortly before his death.
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M. P. House
Hickory
No Tax on Tobacco in Hand Brings Change
Washington reports the Bradley amendment ending restrictions on selling tobacco in the hand without tax under ten pounds. The old law forced a six cent per pound levy on transfers, and night rider violence in Kentucky and Tennessee is linked to trade limits. The amendment allows sales without tax but requires records for sales over ten pounds for the internal revenue service.
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Washington, D. C
Bradley
Kentucky
Tennessee
Internal Revenue Service
Senate Passes Tariff Bill After Long Senate Day
The Senate approved the tariff bill just after 11 pm by 45 to 34 with Republican nays including Beveridge Bristow Brown Burkett Clapp Crawford Cummins Dolliver LaFollette Nelson McEnery of Louisiana supporting the bill. The chamber met from 10 am to 11:18 pm with brief speeches and votes on amendments.
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Washington, D. C
Senate
Beveridge
Ind
Bristow
Kan
Brown
Neb
Burkett
Clapp
Minn
Crawford
S. D
Cummins
Dolliver
LaFollette
Wis
Burke Heads River Congress In Sensational Vote
Gov John Burke of South Dakota won the Missouri River Navigation Congress presidency over Edgar C Ellis of Kansas City Missouri after a fierce fight. Omaha was chosen as the next convention site for December alongside the national corn exposition.
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Yankton S. D
John Burke
South Dakota
Missouri River Navigation Congress
Edgar C. Ellis
Kansas City
Missouri
Friends of the Missourian
Omaha
Banks Prepare for Guaranty in Topeka Kansas
State bank examiners began inspecting the Topeka state bank for participation in the bank deposit guaranty law. Four examiners are at work in Topeka and all Topeka state banks have applied for participation and are likely to be admitted.
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Topeka
Kansas
Kansas City
Kan
Calhoun Faces Second Trial For Bribery Claim
Patrick Calhoun president of United Railroads of San Francisco will stand trial on July 19 for a second time this year on charges that he offered a bribe to a city supervisor to influence a vote on overhead trolley construction.
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Calhoun
San Francisco
California
Patrick Calhoun
United Railroads
Cal
National Bankers Favor Session in Topeka Kansas
After a conference with Gov. W. R. Stubbs and State Bank Commissioner J. N. Dolley, F. F. Ames urged 24 directors of the new Kansas National Bankers' Deposit Insurance company to answer on a special session. Twenty two replies favored the session. Bankers dispute proper interest rates for insured deposits and seek uniform rates for national and state banks.
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Topeka
Kansas
W. R. Stubbs
J. N. Dolley
F. F. Ames
New
Kansas National Bankers’ Deposit Insurance Company
Ford Racing Car Returns to New York Bid
The Ford racing car that won the Guggenheim cup and purse in the New York to Seattle race has left Seattle for New York via San Francisco. The machine, which came to Seattle from New York in 22 days 55 minutes, will attempt a new record between San Francisco and New York.
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Seattle
Wash
New York
San Francisco
Springfield Flood Destroys City Center in Missouri
Springfield Missouri suffers extensive flood damage with scores homeless and three persons reported drowned as property losses reach about 750000 across the city center. Source details note widespread destruction and rescue efforts continuing through the area.
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Springfield
Missouri
Calhoun Faces Second Trial Over Bribery Charge
San Francisco prosecutor announces a second trial for Patrick Calhoun president of United Railroads of San Francisco on charges of bribery of a city supervisor.
Mrs Caroline Kessler Recovers From Kidney Disease
Friends describe Mrs. Caroline Kessler of Paw Paw Michigan as a miracle case after suffering long with back ache rheumatism dizziness urinary disorders dropsy and prostration. She credits Dean's Kidney Pills for recovery and urges inquiry from interested readers. Sold by dealers for 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
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Caroline Kessler
W. Main St. Paw Paw
Mich
A Hopeful Prospect in a Funny Courtship
A flirtatious scene unfolds as He-Darling asks what to tell Mr Munn about marrying his daughter. She instructs him to simply say the line and then dodge.
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Darling
Mr. Munn
Dodge
Force of Habit Love Confession
A comical speech impediment scene ends with Harry proposing to Maud. He stumbles through stuttering words but bravely declares his love and asks her to marry him, leaving Maud surprised by the sudden intimacy.
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Harry
An Anatomical Wonder
Senator Beveridge mocks a hot headed congressman and recalls a constituent rebuke over ink stained crash trousers. The exchange reveals the congressman’s defense that his shabby pants conceal a warm and honest heart.
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Beveridge
Senator Beveridge
Irish Bull Sparks Critique of Rural Veterinary Response
At a Dunmanway rural council meeting a member accused the official veterinary surgeon of neglecting duty during a swine fever outbreak. The councillor said the doctor failed to attend, with another man delivering the visit the following Tuesday.
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Boyle Roche
County Cork
Dunmanway
Postum Boosts Nerve and Brain Power Says User
An elderly user recounts replacing coffee with Postum after a doctor's advice for nervous dyspepsia. She notes her own and her husband’s nerves improved, with steadier energy and healthier digestion. The family’s health later improved, and she cites increased brain and nerve power from switching.
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Wellville
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