Senate Keeps Lumber Tax After 95 to 66 Vote
Washington May 25. The senate defeated the McCumber free lumber amendment to the tariff by 95 to 66 after a long debate. Proponents urged protection for the industry led by Root Heyburn Borah while Clapp Burkett and McCumber pressed free entry arguing Canada could supply lumber cheaply. Dolliver shifted away from radicals, opposing free lumber but not fearing rate cuts.
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Washington
Senate
McCumber
Root
Heyburn
Borah
Dolliver
Clapp
Burkett
Idaho
Mr. Borah
Clapp and
Canada
United States
Dover Is Sidetracked Antagonism to Taft Plagues Ohioan
Washington May 25 Elmer Dover former secretary of the Republican national committee would be offered a similar post in another district after his New York national bank examiner appointment was held up by the comptroller. Protests argued $12,000 yearly pay was too high for Dover who opposed Taft's nomination and was replaced on the national committee. Taft had agreed to the appointment as a favor to Dover friends but was surprised by the emoluments and the likelihood the post will go to an administration ally.
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Washington
Elmer Dover
Republican National Committee
National Bank
New York
Nover
Over
Taft
National Committee
Lover
National Bank Examiner
Yields to Hunger in Bank Burglary Suspect Capture
Harvey Johnson a negro burglar serving life who vanished Wednesday night surrendered after hunger forced him from a washhouse treetop hiding place. He is confined awaiting the prison court for attempted escape and faces punishment including suspension paddling and wearing a ball and chain.
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Columbus
Harvey Johnson
Wal
Johnson
Flood Kills Five in Oklahoma City Area Storm
Oklahoma suffers its worst flood since 1872 with five dead and ten or more seriously injured. Thousands of acres of crops are ruined as streams rise across the northern and eastern regions, and several houses washed away. Railroad tracks near Shawnee and other cities are damaged or washed out.
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Oklahoma
Oklahoma City
Shawnee
Holdenville
Tulsa
Pawnee
Muskogee
Vinita
Lima Negro Attorney in Custody Faces Lynch Threat
Sheriff guards John W. Beam amid rumors of a lynch mob after the arrest for the Maude Diltz murder. A hospital transfer to the county jail spurred fears, with guards ready to fire. Beam’s strained relations with Mrs. Diltz and a two year love letter to his wife are noted along with Beam’s safe injuries and local uproar in Lima Ohio.
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Lima
John W. Beam
Maude Ditz
Van
Gunter
County
Beame
Waynesfield
Piltz
Kentucky
Col
Teeling
Dr. Beam
Beam
Vernon Diltz
Estella
No Trace Of Robbers In Pacific Mail Train Holdup
Omaha police and sheriff teams scoured the countryside near the Union Pacific holdup site but failed to catch the four masked suspects. Two empty mail pouches were found distant from the scene with contents removed, and the robbers vanished, leaving no trace of direction.
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Pacific Mail
Omaha
Neb
Union Pacific Railroad
Dye Steps Down as Columbus Girls' Industrial School Superintendent
T F Dye resigned as superintendent of the Girls Industrial home near Delaware. The resignation takes effect July 1 after trustees meeting amid calls for an investigation into recent charges about the home. Dye welcomes inquiry but the governor declined to order one.
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Girls’ Industrial School
Columbus
T. F. Dye
Girls’ Industrial Home
Delaware
Dye
Trustees Say Charges Not Sustained at Delaware Girls School
After an all night session trustees examined inmates of the Girls Industrial School at Delaware and found no facts to support charges by Miss Falkenbach the former music teacher and Miss Emmons an inmate. They accepted the resignation of Superintendent Dye and his wife as matron and will appoint a new superintendent and matron in June likely to SLD Webb and wife of Meigs county.
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Columbus
Girls’ Industrial School
Delaware
Falkenbach
Frankie Emmons
Dye
SLD
Webb
Meigs County
Mob lynches Negro after attack near Lincoln Ga
Albert Aiken, a black man who wounded white farmer John Spirés near Lincoln, Georgia, was hanged by a mob of about 100 men after the jail break. Aiken's body was found with bullet holes and a placard declaring reprisals against Negroes in Lincoln County.
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Lincoln
Albert Aiken
John Spirés
Aiken
Lincoln County
Regutirs
Captain Hains Enters Sing Sing Quietly as Prisoner
Ossining May 19 Captain Peter C Hains Jr is now prisoner No 2002 at Sing Sing He showed little emotion during the transfer from station to gate his pedigree was recorded the number 2002 given him he wore prison clothes and was sent to the barber shop
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Hains
Sing Sing
Ossining
N. Y
Peter C. Hains, Jr
Denunciation of State Schools Sparks Presbyterian Assembly
Denver reports show Dr. Joseph W. Cochran argues state universities secularize youth and hinder ministry recruiting. He cites lack of Christian home training and calls for more funds to support Christian education and tract work amid calls from the American Tract Society for Uganda outreach.
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American Tract Society
Denver
Colo
Joseph W. Cochran
Presbyterian Board of Education
Presbyterian General Assembly
Cochran
Philadelphia
Board of Education
Edgar P. Hill
Chicago
Board of Freemen
Judson Swift
New York
The
Tract Society
Uganda
Boy on long tramp visits governor in Columbus
William Ashbalt a 15 year old boy from Lorain walked to Columbus to visit Governor Harmon during the campaign. The governor had invited him to come to the capital if elected and paid for his return. The lad walked the entire journey there and back by rail or foot as needed.
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Columbus
William Ashbalt
Lorain
Harmon
Austria Interested WII Gives Painesville Machinist a Chance
John Orth a Painesville machinist claims to be the missing Archduke Johann Salvator of Austria. He offers an autographed signature to prove his claim, and the Austrian embassy will compare his handwriting with the archduke’s in Vienna.
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Wii
Painesville
Vienna
Lynching of Lovett Davis Reported in Pine Bluff
Memphis dispatch states Lovett Davis a Black man accused of attempted sexual assault on a 16 year old white girl was lynched by a mob at midnight in Pine Bluff Arkansas.
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Memphis
Tenn
Pine Bluff
Ark
Lovett Davis
Officials Accused of Irregularities in Mahoning County
Mahoning County officials are accused of illegal and unauthorized fees totaling about $22,000 plus over $4,000 in improper expenditures, summing to nearly $27,000 in irregularities. The report by Examiners Sage and Fecke was released by the state accounting bureau covering the period from January 1, 1905, to October 9, 1997.
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Mahoning County
Columbus
H. B. Sage
J. L. Fecke
State Accounting Bureau
Abolishing Billboards by Kansas City Charter Provisions
Kansas City Missouri markets itself as the first U S city to adopt a practical method to abolish billboards under its new charter The city council can ban billboard construction and maintenance within districts while compensating property owners for damages The damages and costs become a public improvement assessed against property A storm on January 28 toppled 110 billboards aiding reform and regulation limits include ten foot height eighteen inch clear space and twelve foot distance from property lines.
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Kansas City
United States
Ithe City
Circuit Court
Kansas City Sunken Garden Turns Vacant Lot Into Green Space
Mrs T H McDearmon of 220 Wabash Avenue started a spring cleaning project at the corner of Lexington and Wabash avenues transforming a dumping ground into a sunken garden. With help from neighbors W M Fenton and BE H Page the site now hosts neatly laid beds for beans peas tomatoes lettuce rhubarb onions radishes and some flowers. The soil is smooth and clearly marked with pegs for each plant.
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Kansas City
Lexington and
Wabash Avenues
T. H. McDearmon
Wabash Avenue
Street Trees A City’s Prime Beauty Asset
Los Angeles Times argues street trees define a city’s beauty alongside architecture. Riverside, called the Forest City, is praised for tree-lined streets and scenic views from surrounding heights. The piece notes visitors praise tree-lined avenues in Europe and warns against those who dislike trees.
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Los S4preles
Salt Lake City
Mississippi
Cifrnia Ia
Riverside
Europe
Los Angeles Times
Trees as Sanitary Agents in Chicago Speech
City Forester Prost urged tree planting as sanitation and beauty before the Esther Falkenstein settlement Woman's club. He cited trees as cooling, air purifying, and shading sources that reduce harmful rays and absorb gases while giving oxygen.
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Prost
Chicago
Woman's Club
Esther Falkenstein
W.A Murrell
Cornell
Georgia Strike Threat Delays Rail Freight and Daytime Trains
United States Labor Commissioner Charles P. Neill plans to aid Georgia railroad firemen during a strike that threatens to spread to other lines. Freight diversion to rival roads grows, and post offices prepare automobile mail service between Union Point and Athens as engineers threaten daytime trains but fear night violence.
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Piremen
Georgia Lines
Atlanta
United States
Charles P. Neill
Georgia Railroad
Hoke Smith
Scott
The
Smith
Neill
Ball
Georgia
Post Office
Union Point
Athens
Strike Collapses French Unions in Support of Postmen
Paris on May 22 reports the general strike ending after a few hundred workers vote to resume duty. Leaders blame each other for the defeat while the General Federation of Labor issues a manifesto to conceal their retreat, alleging government instigation.
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Paris
General Federation of Labor
Markets Digest Across Cities For Cattle Hogs and Wheat
Regional market notes show cattle prices in East Buffalo and Chicago with steers 5.60 to 7.26 and hogs around 7.40 to 7.70, plus calves and sheep values. Pittsburgh Cleveland Boston and Toledo list varied ranges for cattle calves hogs and grains with No 2 red wheat at 1.57 to 1.62 and corn around 76 cents.
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East Buffalo
Chicago
C. Pittsburg
Cleveland
Boston
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Delaine
Kentucky
Indiana
Toledo
Diplomats Enjoy Immunity From Washington Crimes
Washington Star notes that around 200 diplomats and their households in the capital have immunity from U S laws. They may defend themselves against injuries and even vandalize symbols, while U S police cannot prosecute them here except through their own country. State law follows international practice as to diplomatic immunity.
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Washington
Phil Sheridan
Diplomatic Corps
United States
Washington Star
Boy Stubbornly Delays Door Shut In Home
A three year old, Malcolm, stands rigid in the doorway with one arm outstretched as his mother urges him to shut the door. He refuses, then cries and folds to his mother’s knees confessing that he was being a woodworker, so the door must stay open.
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Malcolm
Myer
Memory Studios and a Manila Moment in a Small Town
A boy in a South By ron drug store recalls Manila after a back-and-forth exchange about Fort Sheridan and the Philippines. He hints at Manila extract and ice cream as a memory cue. two observers discuss a portrait of Catherine of Russia noting her strong face and natural hair.
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South Byron
Fort Sheridan
Philippines
Manila
Catherine of Russia
Cleveland P
Hope and Hone Spark Witty Exchange in Classic Snippet
A humorous exchange quotes a man praising Hone as wonderful and a wise response noting a small bite will keep a husband fishing all day, reflecting light social wit from Chic News.
Negotiations End With Wry Exchange in Louisville
A witty exchange quoted from the Louis Courier Journal notes a seller asking for a small “friendly vice” in a bargain, while the other side counters with “If you take little in return.” The remark marks the end of negotiations and reflects a Dutch proverb about value.
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Louis
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