Independent Tobacco Men Protest Beveridge Plan
The Independent Tobacco Manufacturers Association presented to the Senate Finance Committee a statement criticizing Senator Beveridge's proposed tax and packaging changes. They argue the plan harms independent makers and benefits the American Tobacco Company, noting Burley leaf costs, price pressures, and local versus nationwide markets.
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Munixty
WashineTon
Commercial Tribune
Washington
Independent Tobacco Manufacturers’ Association of the United
Beveridge
Tobacco Trust
American Tobacco Company
Humorist Cushman Dies in New York at 5 A M
Francis W. Cushman congressman from Tacoma Washington died at Roosevelt hospital from pneumonia after an operation. Senator Samuel H Piles and Andrew Burleigh visited him. arrangements planned to send his body to Washington. Cushman was noted for humor in Payne tariff debates and had served over ten years in congress.
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Francis W. Cushman
Congress
Tacoma
Wash
Roosevelt Hospital
United States
Samuel H Piles
Washington
Andrew
Burleigh
Cushman
Piles
Bill
Fire in Ohio Oil Tank Sparks Tanker Blaze in Martinsville
Lightning started a fire in one of the Ohio Oil company 35000 barrel tanks in Martinsville NL July 6. A cannon shot punctured the tank and drained oil, preventing a large explosion. Loss tallies at 25000 dollars as Vandalia railroad sent a solar train with firefighting gear from Terre Haute and 200 oil field workers helped confine the blaze to a single tank.
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Martinsville
Ohio Oil Company
Vandalia
Terre Haute
Indian Cousin Slays Kin During Death Vigil in Oklahoma
In Muskogee Oklahoma on July 6 George Gritts Jr shot and killed his cousin Jonny Gritts as he kept vigil over the body of John Manus who died from heat stroke near Welling Oklahoma. The Cherokee family involved is described as prominent within the tribe.
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Muskogee
Okla
John Manus
Welling
George Gritts, Jr
Jonny Gritts
Gritts
Earth shocks kill two in Constantine region
Violent earth shocks hit Ain Melila area near Constantine Algeria on July 6 killing two people and destroying several houses. Many residences are reported to be in danger from further collapses.
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Constantine
Algeria
Ain Melila
Taft Ambassadors Observe Champlain Anniversary Battle Site
President Taft with Ambassadors Jusserand of France and Bryce of Great Britain attends the three hundredth anniversary of Champlain's discovery at Fort Ticonderoga. The event draws officials and crowds amid reminders of historic battles and calls for lasting world peace.
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Conn
Washington
Legnox
Mass
Old Fort
Ticonderoga
Old Ti
United States
Army Officers Piqued Over Wright Brothers Action
Washington July 6 signal corps officers grow irritated at the Wright brothers for delaying aeronautical work and deferring to Congress for appropriations. Brigadier General James Allen urges House and Senate to witness flights to secure funding while Wilbur Wright travels to New York and Orville Wright may return from Dayton. A. M. Herring seeks extension of contract to supply a flying machine to August 16.
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Signal Corps
Wright Brothers
Army
Congress
Navy
James Allen
Corps
House
Senate
Fort Myer
Orville
Dayton
Wrights
Orville Wright
Wars Department
A. M. Herring
New York
Herring
Allen
Secretary of War
Not Guilty Plea by Sugar Trust Heads
The American Sugar Refining Company and several officers pled not guilty in the United States circuit court to indictments alleging conspiracy and restraint of trade and monopoly. Directors, officers, and co-defendants named include Arthur Donner Charles H Senff George H Frazier and John E Parsons. Judge Hand granted two weeks to demur or act and set Mayer to answer by July 19.
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New York
American Sugar Refining Company
United States
Washington
B Thomas
Arthur Donner
Charles H. Senff
George H. Frazier
John E. Parsons
Thomas B. Harned
Gustave J. Kissel
Judge Hand
John Mayer
Persian revolutionary forces invest Teheran city
A Teheran dispatch says Persian revolutionary forces have fully invested the city and are poised to attack at any moment, heightening the crisis surrounding the capital.
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London
Teheran
Persian revolutionists defeated by Shah’s cossacks at Teheran
Reports from Teheran describe a night attack by a Shahist detachments of cossacks led by Captain Perebiynossoff on a summer residence. The revolutionists fought bravely but were scattered by machine guns, losing a cannon and four flags while the cossacks suffered three killed and three wounded.
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Teheran
Persia
Shahabed
Perebiynossoff
Attorney Baker Cleared In Bribe Case In Indiana
Five twenty dollar bills once deemed offer money to sway a legislator on the anti cigarette law were not claimed after the sole eyewitness died. Attorney A Baker indicted for the bribe appeared in court and the indictment was quashed. The prosecutor offered $100 for a receipt to bail Baker out, which Baker refused, stating the money was not his.
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Indianapolis
Ind
A. Baker
Europe
Ananias Baker
Baker
Kirk Arbitration Sparks Burley Tobacco Dispute
In Kentucky, the Scott county board of control and the Burley Tobacco Society sought a restraining order against the Cincinnati Leaf Tobacco Warehouse to stop selling 132 hogsheads of 1907 Burley tobacco bought by T. H. King from J. Jamieson. Arbitration previously favored Kirk, who claimed the tobacco had not been subscribed to the Equity pool, with Judge Hoffheimer issuing a temporary restraining order amid claims of irregular arbitration awards.
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Burley Tobacco Society
Kentucky
Commissioner of Corporations
Burley Leaf Tobacco
Beveridge
Cincinnati
Congress
Kirk Equity ‘Tobacco
Scott County
Equity
Kirk
J. W. Jamieson
Australian Miners Split Over Question of Strike
In Australia the Dominion Coal company faced a split in labor as 3,000 United Mineworkers refused to enter the pits while about 4,000 workers are employed. Nearly half of the miners, members of the Provincial Workmen's association, continued work as the strike line develops.
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C. B
Dominion Coal Company
United Mineworkers’ Organization
Nine Miners Die In Tollerville Gas Blast
In Tollerville near Trinidad Colorado, nine men were killed when gas explosive swept the Cedar Hill Coal and Coke mine. All dead were foreigners except one. The men were in the mine cage as the shaft was partly wrecked. Surviving workers suffocated by gas. All bodies recovered amid frantic scenes as families searched for missing husbands.
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Col
Cédar Hill Coal and Coke Company
Tollerville
Here
Woman from California wins bill to save trees
Mrs. Lowell White of San Francisco visited Washington to advocate for California's big trees. Acting as a delegate to the Woman's National Rivers and Harbors congress, she met with nearly every senator and representative and vowed to remain in D C until the bill passed.
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Washington
Lowell White
San Francisco
Veteran Crimea War veteran dies in Kentucky home
Benja min Simcox, age 77, a veteran of the Crimean war and who claimed to have taken part in the Balaklava charge, died in Lexington Kentucky today.
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Old Kentucky
Lexington
Benjamin Simcox
Murder Marks Gotham Crime List in Italian Tenement Hall
Unknown woman found dead in a East Thirteenth Street tenement hallway with severe head injuries. Police report indicate a desperate struggle. two men arrested but not believed to be the killer.
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New York
East Thirteenth Street
Colorado Local Option Ruling Upholds Ward Precinct Rules
The Colorado Supreme Court upholds the local option law. If a ward votes dry but a precinct in that ward votes wet the precinct remains dry. If a ward votes wet but a precinct within that ward votes dry the precinct goes dry.
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Denver
Col
State Supreme Court
Colorado
Weekly Pension Granted to Granddaughters of Dickens
London reports a civil list pension of 2.50 a week for each of four granddaughters of the late Charles Dickens. The grant honors their grandfather's literary eminence and acknowledges their financial need as stated in a white paper issued today.
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London
Charles Dickens
Banker Shoots Suspect in Forgery Case in Downtown OKC
In Oklahoma City on July 6 Earle J. Litteer assistant cashier of the Security National Bank shot and fatally wounded A G Hudson a Black man charged with forgery who fled the bank with Litteer pursuing him through the Broadway business district authorities said.
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Oklahoma City
Earle J. Litteer
Security National Bank
A. G. Hudson
Litteer
City board debates school census methods and reform
The board of education committee condemned current census methods in Cincinnati and urged forming a joint state task force with other cities. They propose a bill for next winter to standardize enumerations, replacing per name pay with daily wages and limiting precincts per enumerator to curb padding.
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Board of Education
Ohio
Cincinnati
Payne Tariff Bill Advances Amid Senate Deliberations
Washington July 6 The Payne tariff measure moves toward conference in a week as senators work the draft. The Dingley bill comparison and amendments dominate the uneventful session. Senators Smoot Aldrich Curtis and others discuss tax and tonnage provisions and countervailing duties as adjournment nears.
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Smoot
Senata Ingina
Utah
Aldrich
Congress debates Payne Aldrich tariff tobacco taxes
Washington July 6 the finance committee approved revisions to the Payne Aldrich tariff affecting tobacco taxes. Provisions set rates per 1000 on cigars cigarettes and snuff with new thresholds and classifications. retail sale restrictions include coupon bans.
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Committee On Finance
Internal Revenue
Senate
Cavendish
Navy
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