Taft Foes See Tariff Cuts Proclaimed By Conference
Washington July 11 President will win his fight for free or reduced rates on raw materials. The conference tariff bill signals lower duties on hides coal lumber and oil with new free list provisions. Philippine free trade provisions also advance while bonds to fund the canal project are authorized and a corporation tax amendment remains under study.
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Reid
Jbrges
Congress
Treasury
Panama Canal
Representa Payne
Treasury Department
Tg-4s
Barthen
Wickersham
Fratricide Killer Freed by Ohio Governor Harmon
George Wager, once jailed for murdering his brother in 1902, was released from the Ohio penitentiary after clemency from Governor Harmon. Valued at about $500,000 in Cleveland real estate, Wager had spent nearly five years in prison and years ill with paralysis. His mother and sister’s appeal helped secure the pardon.
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Commercial Tribune
Columbus,. C
George Wager
Cleveland
Ohio Penitentiary
Harmon
Wager
Infela
Middle West
Waikeigae
Aia
George
Bastoe
Wyoming
Race
Ter
Harlans's son may succeed him on bench
Washington reports James L Harlan, son of Justice John Marshall Harlan, as a possible successor to the elder justice on the Supreme Court bench. He has served on the Interstate Commerce Commission since August 1906.
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Commercial _Tribune
Washington
James 8
Harlan
John Marshall Harlan
Supreme Court
Uni
Interstate Commerce Commission
Lieut Sutton’s Sister Never Found Challenge
St Paul dispatch states Lt Hugh A Parker says his wife Mary Sutton Parker left for Annapolis to testify at the inquiry into Lt James R Sutton's death. Parker asserts she has never found a clue among the dead lieutenant's effects and challenges him to fight.
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Hugh A. Parker
Mary Sutton Parker
Annapolis
James R. Sutton
Meutenant
Cincinnati Girl May Teach in Philippines
The Bureau of Insular Affairs announced that teaching positions in the Philippines have been offered to Miss Bertha Charles of Cincinnati and Mr and Mrs William Lee Penn of Bandana Kentucky.
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Cincinnati
Philippines
Commercial Tribune
Washington
Bures
Insular Affairs
War Department
Bertha Charlés
Wesley Avenue
William Lee Penn
Bandana
Mayor Busse Discharged After Appendicitis Operation
Chicago July 17 Mayor Busse who underwent an appendicitis operation was discharged from the hospital. He is reported in good condition and expected to resume official duties soon.
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Chicago
Busse
Two Killed and Three Hurt in Cow Dispute at Union
In Union Mississippi July 17 a cow dispute exploded into a pistol battle in front of the Union bank. Peter McDonald and B J McDonald were fatally wounded along with Cornelius Chisholm and Joseph Miller. A son of one slain man was injured while attempting to intervene. Indications show feuds may end with honors on both sides and authorities to pursue the law.
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Union
Miss
Cornelius Chisholm
Joseph Miller
Chisholm
McDonalds
Miller
Peter McDonald
Union Bank
B. J. McDonald
McDonald
Helm
Awell
Peter
Taft backs proposed removal of tobacco revenue tax
President Taft expressed support for bills to repeal the six cent per pound internal revenue tax on tobacco sold in the United States. At a White House dinner, senators Aldrich Bradley and Payne and Rep Page discussed the Bradley amendment requiring farmers to keep sale records under notarial seal. Bradley urged relief for growers to avoid strict recordkeeping, while Aldrich and Page resisted broader relief, fearing revenue loss. No decision was reached, but Congress will consider the topic carefully.
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Taft
Philippine Free Trade
Washington
Taft Tomy
White House
Aldrich
Payne
Bradley
Internal’ Revenue
Wheeler
Vendee
Representative Page
Congress
Mob Intervenes in Ardmore Deputies Arrest of Whittaker
In Wolfe county Kentucky a mob of about 100 mountaineers attacked two Oklahoma officers guarding a prisoner, Whittaker, at Ardmore. The crowd overpowered the deputies, disarmed them, freed Whittaker, and forced the officers to retreat toward the train.
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Kentucky
Oklahoma
Lexington
Kyuly
Daniel City
Wolfe County
Whittaker
Ardmore
Corizoner
Ménas
Queen City Guardsmen Return From Camp Perry
Camp Perry Ohio July 17 The First regiment Ohio National Guard will break camp at dawn and head back to Cincinnati a week after leaving for the training site The week featured rifle practice and a governor Harmon reviewed the troops The First regiment’s scores are expected to rank well against other Ohio units The unit’s team members on the national matches roster include Captain Dahman Captain Pattison Lieutenant Benham and several privates.
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Commercial Tribune
Camp Perry
Ohio ‘National Guard
Cincinnati
Harmon
Toledo
Ohio
Dahman
Jack. Pattison
Governoér Pattison
Benham
Clancy
Jordan
Eeae ‘Miller
Foley
Adamson
Eberle
Wooley
Gloss
McCormack
Jones
Foreigner Strikes at McKee's Rocks Plant Amid Pay Pooling
Pittsburgh July reports a siege at McKee's Rocks as 200 shop foremen and workers join an armed stand. Strikers cite pooling pay abuses with wages as low as 14.90 per hour and average hourly pay under seventeen cents in thirteen noted cases. They vow to end the fight without violence.
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Pittsburg
F N. Hoffstet
Pressed” Steel Car Company
Mokee’ 8 Rocks
McKee’s
Rock
Butler Steel Strike Mediation Sought After Conflict
In Butler Pennsylvania a mass meeting of striking Standard Steel Car employees chose Judge James He Galbreath as mediator to the company officers. Strikers demand a return to the 1907 wage scale. When gates opened, hundreds of foreigners clashed with returning workers. saloons in Lyndora closed. Punxsutawney authorities standby for further disorder.
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Standard Steel Car Company
Defa
James He Galbreath
Walt
Lyndora
Punxsutawney
Fifty Miners Strike at Fontanette Mine
TERRE HAUTE Ind July 17 Fifty men went on strike in the Coal Bluff Mining company's Fontanette mine. The dispute centers on bottom coal hardness as machine men and loaders refuse to work citing excessive hardness. The strike raises local miner protests to about 650 with potential further trouble.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Bluff Mining
Fontanette
Bottom
Two Lake Carriers Quietly Shot in Cleveland Standoff
In a tense confrontation at Cleveland harbor two Lake Carrier employees, Richard Brown and William Woods, were shot dead as a third man was wounded. James P. Purvis of Detroit, a 52 year old marine engineer, was later arrested. Union cards were found on the victims.
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Cleve Land
Lake Carriers
Richard Brown
William Woods
James P. Purvis
Detroit
Union
Railroads of Mexico hit by morning strike
Mexico City reports a morning strike by workers on the merged railroads causing traffic delays. Management says strikers have been replaced and service is resuming.
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Mexico
Mexico City
Earthquakes Kill Two In Elis Province Amid Lava Flow
In Elis Greece today two people were killed and about fifty injured as aftershocks toppled buildings in Apousisti where lava pours from a fissure. The village suffered heavy damage with many homes collapsed and residents displaced.
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Elis
Hyde and Chauffeur Re Tried in Taxi Collision Case
Paris July 17 The case against James Hazen Hyde of New York and his chauffeur, sentenced May 1 for running away after Hyde's car struck a public taxicab injuring a passenger, was retried today before the correctional court after a full hearing.
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Paris
Aga’ Tames Hazen
Hyde
New York
Hig Chauffeur
Geraint
Wright and Curtiss Achieve Record Flights at Fort Myer and Hempstead Plains
Orville Wright pilots a Wright aeroplane for a 16.5 minute flight at Fort Myer reaching eighty five to ninety feet despite a light head wind. The craft lands safely after testing bearings and promising improvements for longer flights. Glen Curtiss flies 24.31 miles in 52 minutes 30 seconds at Hempstead Plains to claim the Scientific American cup, meeting the 25 kilometer requirement with an average speed of 28.5 mph, noting fuel reserves that could extend the range.
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Washington
Wright
Wright Brothers
Ville Wright
Fort _Myer
Orville Wright
Orville
Curtiss
Mineola
Glen H. Curtiss
Hempstead Plains
Long Island
Scientific Amecan
Curtiss’ St
America
Aero Club of America
Hammond Sport
Scientist Matteucci Dies at Mount Vesuvius Observatory
Rome July 17 Prof ER V Matteucci director of the royal observatory on Mount Vesuvius who was famed for duty during eruptions died at the observatory yesterday An American Frank A Perret assistant director who predicted the Messina earthquake was Matteucci's sole companion at the time
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Rome
ER. V. Matteucci
Royal Observatory
Mounts Vesuvius
Frank A. ‘Perret
Messina
Matteucci
Waterloo Veteran of 110 Falls Down Stair Flight
Leonora Roederer, a 110 year old veteran, reportedly a Prussian soldier at Waterloo, fell down a flight of stairs tonight in Quincy and sustained injuries likely to prove fatal. The incident is reported with caution as the aged veteran may not survive.
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Waterloo
Quincy. Fil
Leonora Roederer
Inferno at West Fourth Street seven story block in Cincinnati
A stubborn Cincinnati fire destroyed a seven story building at 225 227 West Fourth Street with total losses around 100000. Fire began on upper floors and spread rapidly. Captain Boyle and crew escaped amid exploding glass and smoke while several firefighters were injured. The basement housed A Nielen Co and Gus Felheim Co with other firms on upper floors including World Overall Majestic Skirt firms. Nearby factories and warehouses faced potential danger but firefighters prevented spread to adjacent structures.
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Gus. Felheim’ & Co
The
World Overall Concern
Majestic Skirt Company
Jim McDonald
Plum Street
Boyle
McFarland Street
Whitaker
Sraith Haemeopathic Pharmacy
Holes Alley
Longworth
Electric Company
Laidlaw-Da Gordon Company
H. Stratemeé Machinery Company
American 5Diator Company
Queen Manufacturing Company
Cincinnati
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