Plea for Tax on Hides Faces Long Odds in Tariff Talks
Washington July 24 Senators Aldrich Burrows and Penrose held a two hour White House conference with Taft on the tariff bill. Conferees adjourned after midnight with no final decision on hides though indications pointed toward continued dispute. Talks focused on leather goods duties and possible reductions while other items like lumber and coal saw less attention.
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Washington
Senators
Burrows
Penrose
White House
Jane
Ashington
Jeheon
Taft
Cannon
Ken Hinds
Aldrich
House
Inc
Senate
Spanish Rulers and Moorish Women at Madrid Palace
A dramatic historical note recalls Moorish women and a figure titled Hope of the Faithful within the Madrid palace circle. The entry hints at royal power, cultural intersection, and a symbolic role tied to religious devotion in the era.
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Madrid
Two Italians Killed by Dynamite in Columbus Blast
Tony Pasqualla aged 22 and his wife Hazel 21, Italians, died and their home wrecked by a midnight explosion. Police search the ruins. Black Hand suspected. In Winnipeg, Francisco Tino and Disanti were sentenced to five years for Black Hand activity.
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Columbus
Tony Pas-qualla
Hazel
Pasquallq
Winnipeg
Man
Fort Frances
Francisco Tino
Early Flight Triumphs Across Channel and Wright Aerial Test
Dover reports Louie Bierlot lands in a monoplaned flight across the English Channel after Bleriot and Latham feats. Bleriot earns a French club prize and a Legion of Honor decoration while Orville Wright demonstrates the Wright aeroplane at Fort Myer with a 20 minute flight before possible official trials.
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Dover
Louie Bier'ot
English Channel
Bleriot
France
Toury
Arthenay
Etampes
Orleans
Toliy
Hubert Latham
M. Bleriot
Latham
Legion of Honor
Washington
Orville Wright
Wright
Fort Myer
Wilburn
Orville Ste
Orvnie
Heavy Cannonading Signals New Battle at Melilla
Reports from Melilla on July 24 indicate heavy cannonading opening a battle between Spanish forces and Moorish tribesmen. Casualty figures include a colonel and five officers killed, nine officers wounded, and many soldiers injured. Spanish troops reportedly hold the railroad line with reinforcements arriving. General Marina remains in command, with Madrid advising continuation of offensive operations.
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Melilla
Ape Tres
Lila
Marina
Madrid
Mai
Proms
Real
Mar
Russian Princess Alexandra Mestchersky Harmed in Smolensk Estate
News from St Petersburg reports Princess Alexandra Mestchersky, 14, severely harmed at her father’s estate in Smolensk province. The housekeeper, angered by dismissal, inflicted the injuries. The Mestchersky family, longstanding in Russia’s history, features prominently among regional nobles.
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ST. Petersburg
Alexandra’ Mestchersky
Smolensk
Mestchersky
Wife shoots doctor in jealousy case in Portland
Dr. R. A. M. Collins was shot and killed at Captain T. H. Slaaen's home in Portland. Authorities say the motive is jealousy as the physician and his wife were to occupy the summer residence.
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Portland
Org
R. A. M. Collins
Slaaen
Justice Hart Frees Young With Costs Paid
In Long Beach California on July 24 Justice Hart released Robert Young after he admitted forging a check for a small craft sum. The court allowed release on payment of costs totaling nine dollars as extenuating circumstances were presented by Young before the judge.
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Long’ Beach
Cal
Justie Hart
Robert Young
Justicie Rar
Ice ax of Dr Spitz found on Chamonix glacier
Geneva reports the ice ax of Dr Spitz of Baltimore, killed by an avalanche in 1870, was recovered today at the bottom of the Bossohs glacier at Chamonix. The ax bears the same inscription as Dr Spitz.
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Geneva
Switzerland
Spitz
Baltimore
Bossohs
Chamonix
Darnall Ex-Confederate Lawyer Dies in Lexington
George T. M. Darnall a prominent retired lawyer and former Confederate veteran who served under Stonewall Jackson died at his Lexington home tonight from pneumonia.
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Lexington
George ™. Darnall
Neval “Stonewall”. Jackson
Saloon Raid Nets Twenty Six Arrests on City Street
Morning raid at Harry Bell's saloon on College Street results in 22 men and 4 women arrested for loitering and violating midnight closing rules. Harry Bell charged with closing violation. Joe Kelley, 53, fell 30 feet into an open cellar watching the raid and is hospitalized in serious condition.
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Potterbaum
Frame
Creitzinger
Harry Bell
College Street
Joe Kelley
East Fifth Street
Bell
City Hospital
Death toll from Southern storm rises in new reports
New Orleans July 24 The hurricane that struck Texas and Louisiana has now been linked to forty one deaths with six missing. Among the dead are Maurice P Wolfe and six family members found at Christmas Bayou and Captain Jo K Glasscock. Columbus Maddox is believed killed near Angleton and bodies of John Finley and David Jarvis add to the tally at Rock Island Texas.
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New
Cpleans
Texas
Louisiana
Angleton
Tex
Christmas Bayou
Jo.k. Glasscock
Columbus Maddox
Engleton
Rock Island
John Finley
David Jarvis
Hebert
Tobacco Trust Wins on Anti Coupon Provision
A Washington dispatch notes that although the tobacco amendment was adopted, a key anti coupon clause was stricken in conference. Independent tobacco manufacturers favored anti coupon legislation, but the change is seen as serving the tobacco trust’s interests.
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Tobacco
Trust
Commercial Tribune
Washington
Ipiwas
Toesy
Tobacco Trust
Annulment Granted Over Forgery Past of Mrs Hill
New York July 24. Freas Rowland Hill sues for annulment of marriage to Eugenie A Hill daughter of a Ridgefield banker. He testified she had a three year forgery sentence before their 1901 marriage and later admitted forging checks. Detectives traced writings to his wife and Bedford reformatory records supported the claim.
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NEW + YORK
Rowland Hill
Eugenie A. Hill
Ridgefield
N. J
Paterson
Baker
Sultan Mulai Hafid’s Health Improves in Fez Report
Fez dispatches say Sultan Mulai Hafid’s condition has improved after earlier reports of helplessness. Earlier notes claimed Kebir, Mulai Hafid’s brother, was proclaimed sultan at Zemur and leading a large force toward Mequinez.
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Tangier
Morocco
Fez
Mulai Hafid
Mulai Hy Kebir
Zemur
Mequinez
Kabyle Tribesmen Target Roads Amid Growing Fears
Report from Ceuta and Morocco notes Kabyle tribesmen secretly destroying roads. Authorities fear a general outbreak as tensions rise and security concerns mount across the border areas.
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Ceuta
Morocco
Hundreds watch freight ship burn on Ohio River
Evansville Indiana July 24 hundreds gathered along the Ohio to witness the burning of the freighter Bernidine King. Captain John Woods and a deckhand escaped in their underwear after being awakened by flames. The vessel was cut loose and drifted a mile before burning to water’s edge and sinking. Loss to owners estimated at 10000 dollars.
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Evansville
Ind
Ohio
John Woods
Nolan Gartner
Charles Haynes
Samuel Famuliner
James Hinton
Gartner
M. F. Partee
Chillicothe
Tov
Benjamin Shannon
Presby
Ngston
Seeee Dee
M. BE
Storm Tossed Boat Is Bailed By Sunbonnets
Miss Marion Weeks and Miss Harriet Lohman of Yonkers kept a boat afloat after it was driven by a strong wind and filling with water near South Norwalk. They used their sunbonnets as bailers until rescue arrived on July 24.
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Norwalk
Conn
Marion
Harriet Lohman
Yonkers
Father Heartbroken Over Daughter’s Plight
Dorothy Howey, once a Columbus resident and schoolmate of Catherine Klein, traveled to Tiffin with Pearl I. Cole, leading to Cole’s arrest on an enticing girl charge. Bartholomew Klein, Catherine’s father, mourns his daughter’s escapade, saying she was a good girl with no bad habits. He traveled to Tiffin to bring Catherine home.
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Commercial’ Tribune
Columbus
Dorothy Howey
Pearl I. Cole
Catherine Klein
Bartholomew. Klein
Cleveland
Mr. Kiein
Tiffin
Catherine
Militiamen Resign from First Kentucky Infantry
In Louisville on July 24 Colonel B Haldeman and twenty five principal officers of the First Kentucky Infantry resigned by letters to Major General Willson. The resignations follow political friction between Colonel and Adjutant General Pos, cited as the cause.
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Louisville
Kingston Bank Cashier Pleads Guilty to False Report
Gartner, cashier of the defunct Valley Bank of Kingston Ohio, pleaded guilty to filing a false report on the bank’s condition. He was bound over to the grand jury on a $3,000 bond after waiving examination. The article details the bank’s assets and liabilities, depositors’ fear, and the potential double liability of stockholders amid insolvency concerns.
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Commercial Tribune
Chilli A O
N. Gartner
Valley Bank of
Kingston
Yaple
Sabo
Gartner
Bona
Ross ’ County
Pickdway
Chillicothe
Circleville
Scioto County
Nolan L. Gartner
the American ‘Bank
United States
Ross County
Scioto Valley Bank
N. ‘I. Gartner
Nelson Long
B. B. Séymour
NG Aeibach
Sasman
Marion
Ind
Nelson Dresbach
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