Harmony in tariff talks as congress conferees meet
President and leaders from the Senate and House hold a White House consultation to bridge tariff differences. Aldrich Payne and insurgent members discuss free material and oils while cotton schedules are reviewed by conferees. A possible early report hints at a compromise on free hides and nominal iron ore duties.
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White House
Aldrich
Payne
Chief &x- Wes
Congress
Capitol
House
Senate Finance Committee
Senate
Egerreeves Gaines
West Virgin
Dwight
New York
Aioe
Seagate
Atlantic Sea
Répresentae Payne
Shacs
Customs Court
Case Court of Appeals
Sharretts
Marion Devries
Board of
General Appeal
Parkhill
New York Customs House
Heart trouble ends life of Cincinnati merchant Tess Witt at 48
Charles Witt, known as Tess, a Blaine Club officer and Witt & Brown tin and slate roofer partner, died at his Mount Auburn home after months of heart illness. He traveled West for health, returned bedridden two weeks ago, and passed away yesterday at 3 30 in the afternoon. Funeral at his home tomorrow afternoon with private burial.
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Charles
Tess” Witt
Hollister Street
Mount Auburn
Witt & Brown, Tin and Slategroofers
West Third Sweet
Blaine Club
West
California
Fred Good
Mr. Witt
Wag the. Tv
Busines
Athens
Giron
Philapee
Progressives Indorse Taft In Tariff Fight Stance
Senator Cummins outlined insurgent attitudes toward the tariff bill in Washington on July 22. He said his statement reflects the views of a majority of progressive Republicans and followed two hours of talks with the President and others who opposed the tariff in the Senate.
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Cummins
Washington
Senator Cummins
Jaws
Senate
Women Police Force Advocated by Anna Shaw at University
Anna Howard Shaw, president of the National Woman’s Suffrage Association, told University of Minnesota students that Minneapolis needs women policemen. She said the criminal needs mothering and that women on the police force would bring watchfulness and useful influence backed by authority.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Anna Howard Shaw
National Woman's Suffrage Association
University of Minnesota
Daughter of Prosperous Farmer Hangs Self at Home
Special Dispatch to Commercial Tribune morning sun Ohio July 22 Jennie Beckett daughter of James Beckett a wealthy farmer hanged herself on a stair post at her home while her mother and sister were in Camden. She first went to the barn and cut down a rope used on a hay rack.
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Commercial Tribune
Morning- Sun
Jennie Beckett
James Beckett
Camden
Robinson Arrested in Denver as Byrd Murder Suspect
James Robinson, believed to be J L Byrd, sought for the 1907 murder of Joseph Bleck in Memphis, Tenn, was arrested in Denver. He says he is from Tennessee and recently married in Colorado Springs to a Southern girl, denying identity with Byrd.
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Denver
Col
James Robinson
J. L. Byrd
Joseph Bleck
Memphis
Tenn
Robinson
San
Colorado Springs
Byrd
Tennessee
Suspect Bail and Missing Man in Black Hand Case
Columbus Ohio July 22 postal inspectors prosecute Black Hand Society of the Banana in Ohio and the Midwest. Suspect with $5,000 bond already eluded officers and disappeared. Others who posted bond include Salverio Ventola Collogerio Viccari and Salvatore Lima. Inspectors and secret service keep watch to prevent escape to Sicily and secure appearance in Ohio court in December. A postal inspector was dispatched to Sicily to investigate records of suspects under charge for extortion assisted by blackmail.
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Columbus
United States
Black Hand ‘Society of the Banana
Ohio
Middle West
Secret Service
Sicily
Oldfield
Hutches
Columbus Tigursday
Bond
Salverio Ventola
Collogerio Viccari
Salvatore Lima
Department
United States Court
Toledo
John Amicon
Thieves Shoot Wife of Dorrance at Hot Springs
A telegram reports a burglar shot and killed the wife of Dorrance a prominent Heleng coal merchant in Hot Springs last night.
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Dorrance
Heleng
Hot Springs
Tax on Tobacco Tax Hike Passed in Tariff Bill
Washington July 22 After delays the tariff conference committee agreed to the Beveridge amendment increasing tobacco manufacture taxes. Independent manufacturers argued against it but President Taft supported the revenue measure, aiding a compromise to keep the tax hike in the tariff bill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial Borpat
Munsexy
TM _Wasetheron
D. E
Commercial Tribune
Washington
Beveridge
Taft
Ella Gingles Sent Back to Ireland From Chicago
Ella Gingles will be sent back to her home in Ireland, leaving Chicago next Wednesday. The decision followed a conference of her supporters held last night at the office of her attorney after her recent trial.
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Ella Gingles
Ireland
Chicago
Canal Zone officer fights white slave traffic case
New York reports a letter from Second Lieutenant C W Barber of the U S infantry police in the canal zone alleging a white slave traffic ring. Chorus girls were lured to Panama with false engagements and later rescued by a steamer captain. a woman named Helen Spencer allegedly linked to the scheme was arrested in Guayaquil and pursued by New York detectives aboard the steamer Alliance.
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New York
United States
Canal Zone
C. W. Barber
Land United States Infantry
Bingham
Barber
Panama
Tagus
Guayaquill
Spencer
Alliance
Helen Spencer
Helen Sperber
St. Louis
Chicago
Jelties
Canal Service
Thia
Princess Rospigliosi Seeks Church Approval of Second Marriage
American woman Pigli rejects first marriage to Colonel Parkhurst of Maine and seeks church recognition of a second marriage to Prince Ros Bislont. She is said to be the granddaughter of Samuel Chester Reid, with ancestry to Lord Reid of Glasgow and the Rowan family of Kentucky. The petition involves a papal rehearing to void the Parkhurst union and acknowledge the Ros Bislont union eight years earlier.
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Pigli
F.H. Parkhurst
Maine
Ana
Prince Ros- Bislont
New Orleans
Samuel Chester Reid
Armstrong
Acre
Princess Rospgnosi
Jack
Lord Reid
Glasgow
Death by own action theory in naval academy inquiry
The hearing revisits the death of James N Sutton at the naval academy two years ago. Key witnesses describe the wound location and circumstances, with testimony about a revolver found discarded and a Marine officer’s intoxication affecting memory during the incident.
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George’ Pickrell
Marine Hospital
James de Hart
Marine Corps
de Hart
DeHart
Wes
Davis
Leonard
Lieutenant Sutton
Bevan
Sutton
Storm tolls and rescues from Galveston gulf
Galveston Texas reports detail a hurricane disaster with multiple fatalities and missing persons across Texas towns including Eagle Lake Bay City Palacios Wharton Kendleton Ramsey and Ranch areas. Five storm victims were rescued near Redfish Reef with five more feared dead or missing as crews continue search and recovery efforts.
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Galveston
Tex
Redfish Reef
Galveston Bay
Ray G. Telshorn
Houston
Everett Lewis
D. Hopkins
John Forrest
Oiler
Charles Johnson
Ieee
Rog Bettison
Dailey
the Tribune
Charles ¢ Johnson
Wreck Kills Two Injures Another in Bridgeton Freight Crash
Bridgeton New Jersey July 22 a collision of freight trains early today killed two railroad employees and seriously injured another Engineer Frank Peacock died from burns Hebert Hines brakeman died Frank Green brakeman was badly scalded in the wreck with the deaths and injuries cited.
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Bridgeton
N. J
Here
Gineer Frank Peacock
Herbert Hines
Frank Green
Oldest Catholic Cleric Lanislaus Machcski Dies at 102
In Lissewo, Prussia, the Rev Lanislaus Machcski CSsKI deacon died age 102. He is recorded as the oldest catholic ecclesiastic in the world.
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Thorn
Prussia
Lanislaus Mach Cski
Lissewo
Aged Woman’s Daily Walk Said To Cause Death
Mrs. Elizabeth Hacker aged 82 was killed in Chicago yesterday as she walked daily as usual and was struck by a street car. The death was attributed to the routine walk she credited with her longevity.
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Chicago
Elizabeth Hacker
Briand Likely Next Premier as French Cabinet Shakeup Looms
Paris dispatch reports Aristide Briand, Socialist ally of Clemenceau, summoned to Elysee to consider forming a new cabinet. President Fallieres weighs offering the premiership to Briand amid opposition from conservatives and radicals, with Jaures signaling Socialist support if Briand wins. Briand, 47, rose to prominence through church and state separation work and justice, seen as potential leader of a more socialist ministry.
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Paris
Aristides Briand
Elysee Palace
Clemenceau
M. Briand
Fallieres
Leon Bourgeois
Assikbontes
Duchief
M. Jaures
Aristide Briand
France
Revolutionary Socialists
M. Guyot-Dessaigne
Bloodshed and Riot at Wisconsin Tannery Strike
Rioting erupts at N. R. Allen Sons tannery in Kenosha Wisconsin as strikers fight guards with bricks and clubs. Three strikers shot. deputies, police hurt. state troops readied to quell unrest amid demands for a foreman removal and pay increase.
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Wisconsin
Kenosha
Wis
N. R. Alien Sons’ Company, Tanners
Milway Hight
Tly
Falk
Gro
Ps4
Morehouse
Nelson
Larten
Tolkonen Toro
Gunther
Davidson
Senator Brown Defends Income Tax Doctrine
Senator Norris Brown of Nebraska opposes anti income tax rhetoric and argues Congress should have power to levy taxes on incomes. He cites Justice Brewer’s Milwaukee speech and urges state legislatures to ratify a federal income tax amendment, noting public support and calls for special sessions.
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Senator Brown
Washington
Justice Brewer
Supreme Court of the United States
Milwaukee
Norris Brown
Nebraska
Congress
Rockefeller Transfers Property to Family Members
John D. Rockefeller continued transferring property to relatives. He deeded the house at 5 West Fifty-third Street to his daughter Alta, now Mrs. ane Brena ce, following a week earlier transfer of the Cleveland property valued at 30,000,000 to his son John D. Rockefeller Jr.
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John D. Rockefeller
West Fifty-third Street
Alta
Ane Brena
Eveland
John D
Pittsburg Strike Actions Hit FP Steel and Standard Works
Quiet conditions gave way to mass meetings as strikers gather at FP Steel Car in McKees Rocks and Standard Steel Car in Butler. Guards monitor gates while several thousand attend talks. Salons reopen under Sheriff orders, and 175 foreigners return to Butler plant with 600 plus Americans. Arrests from early trouble appear before Alderman McMasters.
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Pittsburg
FP Steel Car Company
McKees Bocks
Standard Steel Car
Butler
Tt Wa
Mckees H
Mound
Essendortig
Sina
Tocla Sion
Gumbert
Butler Works
Portea
Eight Hour Day Backed in Oklahoma Labor Rally
Muskogee Oklahoma July 22 Deputy State Labor Commissioner predicted broad support for the eight hour law. Officials say about thirty thousand workers in war classes throughout the state favored the measure.
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Muskoges
Okla
Philadelphia plant strike tightens as workers demand foremen dismissal
Twelve hundred employees of the Pearl Roller Bearings company in West Philadelphia walked out for the second time in a month. They demand the dismissal of certain foremen and a ten percent wage raise. The plant is closed.
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Philadelphia
Peard Roller Bearings Company
West Philadelphia
Son of National Hymn Author May Get Pardon
Iowa board of pardons recommended an unconditional pardon for Sam Francis Jr. son of the author of a national hymn. He had been convicted in connection with charges including perjury larceny and confinement at the Penal facility. Age 72, he planned to return to his Newton Massachusetts home to spend his later years.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Iowa Board of Pardons
Sam Francis Rr
Fogon
Newton
Mass
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Chase
Toss” Witt
Cincinnati
Progressives
Indorse Taft
FOR Women
Rospigliosi
Princess Rospigliosi
Eagle Lake
Palacios
Wharton
Kendleton
Ramsey
Bay City
Ohiand
Jured
Supreme Court
Rockefeller
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