Taft Bill 1 Passes as Senate Attains Railroad Law Agreement
Washington May 26 The administration railroad bill moves toward passage by tomorrow after decisive Senate votes. Key amendments were defeated including the Cummins ICC rate approval and Martin six month decision timelines. The Jones Paynter six month extension and a provision for rate differences were adopted. capital extension sections were removed.
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Arkansas
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Patten Brothers to Retire from Grain Business
Chiago May 26 James A Patten and his brother Riedrge H announce retirement July 1 from the grain and cotton business. James Patten famed as a daring operator worldwide and the firm’s future remains uncertain. May wheat and September prices declined sharply as the market endured its largest drop in years.
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James Patten
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Raiders Threaten As Wool Growers Prepare Criminal Warrants
May 26 Basin Wyoming detectives for the Wyoming Wool Growers association say they have strong evidence identifying raiders who attacked J. L. Linn's Trapper Creek sheep camp on April 23, 1907. The raid caused heavy property loss including burned wagons, 180 sheep slain, and a dynamite attempt. no human deaths occurred. Warrants are expected to be sworn soon as part of a statewide effort to prosecute all involved.
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Wyoming Wool Growers’ Association
Submarine Pluviose Sunk in English Channel Collision
French submarine Pluviose and all crew were lost after a collision with the Pas de Calais steamer in the English Channel near Cherbourg. The Pas de Calais summoned aid as witnesses saw the submarine roll and submerge two miles from the harbor.
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Ketchel Papke Bout Set for Selma Cal June 25
New York May 20. Bruno Aigner, Ketchel manager, accepts Jerma Coffroth offer for a twenty one round bout between Branley Ketchel and Billy Papke at Selma California on June 25. Ketchel plans to train after his Brooklyn bout with Jock Sullivan in Boston.
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Nelson posts $1000 bid to bind return bout with Wolgast
New York May 26 Battle Nelson posts $1000 to bind a return match with Ad Wolgast. Nelson says he will fight by all means win or lose or any method Wolgast wants to draw the bout. He offers even money, and hints at further stakes if needed.
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Wrights set world aviation records at Dayton flights
Orville Wright made five flights in Dayton Ohio yesterday altitude of 2700 feet with a 128 second duration and speed surpassing twenty miles per hour. He demonstrated perfect control until the machine pitched and swung near the end of the fall. Bishop Milton Wright, father of the aviators, died after a six minute night flight.
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Hundred Entrants in Indianapolis Meet
Indianapolis Ind May 26 In brilliant sunshine and cool air the drivers of a hundred racing cars entered in the three day meet that opens at the Indianapolis speedway tomorrow swung through the circuit. Motor fans filled the grandstands and parkways as contenders such as Wesprea Oldfield Bragg Kircher Harroun Chevroit Aitken Hodicott Burmas Schwitser and many others praised the new two and a half mile track for its smooth surface and low resistance.
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Indianapolis Speedway
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Aitken
Hodicott
Burmas
Too Much Athletics Unwise for Girls
New York May 26 The New York board of education has decided that too much athletics for school girls is unwise. The statement signals policy concerns over girls sports and physical education in schools.
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New York
New York Board of Education
Woman kills burglar with rolling pin in New York
In a Delaney street apartment a resident, Mrs. Deora Goltmas, fought a burglar through the home and dragged him outside where he died. Police later found jewelry on the intruder identified as belonging to a houseboarder Mingene Herkenhala. the suspect was not arrested.
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Giateh
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Malone and Schaper Set for Cheyenne Club Boxing Night
Malone and Schaper prepare for a boxing bout at Cheyenne Athletic Club on June 6. The match, at Eagles Hall, promises clean action with strong preliminaries and spectator accommodations.
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Cheyenne Athletic Club
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Identified Chinese Man Hangs Self in Buffalo Yard
Buffalo police seek New York detectives to identify Leung Kee also known as Joe L Kee who hanged himself in a lawn in Buffalo. He matches the description of Leon Ling killer of Ride Singer and General Bigel daughter in New York in 1900. Passport papers show prior residence in Brooklyn and ties to the Chinese Free Masons in San Francisco. He reportedly has a brother in Philadelphia.
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New Mexico Justice Faces Senate Challenge over Reappointment
Charges were filed with the senate judiciary committee challenging the reappointment of Justice John K.R. to the New Mexico Supreme Court. The protest, led by opposing political factions, seeks to block his confirmation amid an investigation by a public body.
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Senate Judiciary
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New Mexico Supreme Court
Americans Repulse Madriz Attack at Bluefields
At Bluefields on May 20, American gunners under Estrada repelled repeated Madriz assaults on the port. About 200 Madriz troops were killed or wounded, while American casualties were light. Defenders credit the victory to machine gun fire from the bluesfires and fortifications, preventing Madriz entry to the city.
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Cambridge Honors Theodore Roosevelt With Doctorate
Cambridge University conferred the honorary Doctor of Laws on Colonel Theodore Roosevelt. He rode with the procession through the town to Pembroke College, where a Latin address praised him as the most vigorous and valuable man in the world for peace, a friend of the British empire and of people everywhere.
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Arguments in Ballinger Inquiry Begin Today
Washington May 26 Arguments by counsel in the Ballinger Pinghot hearing will begin here tomorrow with Brangula for Ballinger and Verbees counsel to follow. The proceeding likely will continue through Sunday as the case moves toward a possible report to Congress.
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New Process Claims to Create Silver From Base Metals
Dr P P W Lange announces a discovery that base metals can be transformed into pure silver by adding base metals to increase weight manyfold. He claims the method produces silver of equal or greater fineness and has passed expert scrutiny.
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Convicts Strike Over Bepper Food in Ohio Penitentiary
Twenty five more convicts in the Ohio penitentiary joined a hunger strike over condemned meals. The total strikers reached 147 after a parley with the warden. Warden Jones ordered the strikers held aloft during discipline while the punishment was applied. Many participants were listed as murderers.
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Killer in glare over mash violence on Bowery lodging death
Frederick Luer, 41, street musician, was found dead in a Bowery lodging at midnight. He reportedly inflated gas in an old boot and inserted a tube then sealed it with the boot top. He died from asphyxiation.
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Hospital ity row over Taft trip gripes lawmakers
Washington May 26 A heated debate unfolds over Taft's use of next year’s allowance to fund presidential hospitality amid a measure to strike out wards for immediate availability The appropriations committee reports show Secretary Carpenter furnished a Democratic ally with hotel and travel details while Rep Hardwick asserts the president violated hospitality norms Representative Bartlett Georgia defends the president noting duty over leisure Tawney cites governors in Texas Colorado and Montana supporting the trip and Rep Cannon defends the President
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Herder Killed by Lightning Near Bunk Springs
Lander Wye May 26 Word comes of Ciiftien McClalchie a sheep herder struck by lightning while tending his flock near Bunk Springs in this county He died with burn marks and blood at his mouth and ears His wife and children survive A coincidence links his brother Edward who froze to death while lost herding cattle last winter his body unearthed weeks later.
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