Taft Wrote Ohio Tariff Plank in Own Hand
Special Dispatch reports Secretary Taft personally drafted the tariff plank for the Ohio Republican platform. The text calls for a revision by a future Congress to maintain protection with duties equal to the production cost difference, plus a reasonable profit, ensuring adequate protection for American manufacturers and workers. The piece also notes expected debates over maximum and minimum tariff proposals and federal supervision of interstate securities.
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Taft
Wade Ellis
Illinois
Boutell
O. K
Cannon
Payne
Way and Means Committee
Congress
Steel Trust
Republican Party
Robbery of Registered Mail Pouch Claims Large Haul
Los Angeles reports confirm post office officials in three cities acknowledge a registered mail pouch disappeared last Saturday night en route from Kansas City to New York. Authorities estimate at least 50 000 in currency plus numerous money orders and valuables may have been taken, with total loss potentially reaching 100 000. The pouch carried funds and valuables to New York.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Postoffice
Kansas City
Postoffice Department
New York
Washington
M. H. Flint
W. J. Vickery
Flint
Charles Seyler
Farmers and Merchants’ National Bank
New York City
Chemical National Bank
Santa Fe
Rock Island
Union Station
Brewers Stand For Promotion Of Temperance
Milwaukee dispatch reports United States Brewers Association declaring temperance in fermented beverages, support for regulated drink traffic and opposition to excessive saloon expansion, and advocacy for education on responsible drinking. Also covers missing mail pouch in Los Angeles to New York and Confederate Veterans reunion highlights in Birmingham with new Commander in Chief Clem ent A. Evans and Jefferson Davis birthplace drive.
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Milwaukee
Wis
United States Association
Birmingham
Ala
Memphis
Clement A. Evans
Georgia
Stephen D. Lee
United Confederate Veterans
Virginia
Atlanta
Georgia Law School
United States Brewers’ Association
Two Children and Money Stolen in Hornell Raid
A homeowner Antonio Gemiarretto reports his eight year old son and sixteen month old daughter abducted last night along with $80 cash and silverware. Authorities fear ransom demand as Italian colony searches for the abductors.
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Hornell
N. Y
Antonio Gemiarretto
Easins
Bilegea
Woman Avenges Father Slain In Street Duel In Tunica Miss
J T Lowe prominent attorney in Tunica is shot on the street by 19 year old Mrs Jacob Weinstein after Lowe had previously killed her father Perry M Houston in a street duel over the Yazoo Levee Board election. Weinstein is under arrest and the Weinstein family home is guarded. Lowe was taken to Memphis Presbyterian Hospital and is not expected to live.
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Tunica, Miss
J. T. Lowe
Jacob Weinstein
Lowe
Perry M. Houston
Weinstein
Houston
Yazoo
Miss
Charleston
Farmer Kinney Tries Suicide as Guards Protect Him
Maysville Kentucky June 10 Lewis Kinney linked to Bracken County guard presence attempted suicide by hanging found in a barn with a rope around his neck cut down by soldiers saved. Kinney travels with troops fearing assassination. Ohio guards and night riders exchanged shots across the river last night with no confirmed casualties.
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Commercial Tribune
Maysville
Lewis Kinney
Bracken County
Kinney
Ohio State Guards
Tobacco beds destroyed on Ginns farm in Milton Ky
Tobacco plant beds belonging to Taylor Alexander I T Spillman and Mike Brinson on Dora Ginns farm in eastern Kentucky were destroyed last night by unknown parties.
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Commercial Tribune
Milton
Taylor Alexander
I. T. Spillman
Mike Brinson
Orn
Dora Ginns
Actor Hitchcock Found Not Guilty
The jury in the Raymond Hitchcock case returned a verdict of not guilty at 2:50 this morning. Testimony ended at 4:00 yesterday with closing arguments, and Justice Goff gave the brief charge before the jury deliberated.
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New York
Raymond Hitchcock
Justice Goff
Taft Delegates Net Big Gains From National Committee
Chicago June 10 The Republican National Committee added 117 Taft votes and two and a half for Foraker after reviewing district contests in Ohio and other states. Taft won Third Tenth and Thirteenth Ohio districts while Sixth split its delegation. Contests outside Ohio favored Taft with expected finish by Friday night.
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Chicago
Republican National Committee
William H. Taft
Joseph B. Foraker
Taft
Ohio
Foraker
Mark Shoup
Xenia
R. L. Gilchrist
Lebanon
H. M. Brown
Hillsboro
Charles Q. Hildebrandt
Wilmington
Arthur I. Vorys
Myron T. Herrick
Herrick
Frank H. Hitchcock
National Committee
Hitchcock
Senator Lodge
Massachusetts
Missouri
North Carolina
South Carolina
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Pennsylvania
Monocacy
Gettysburg
Appomattox
Davis Place
Birminghamfople
Jefferson Davis
Kentucky
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Sons of Veterans
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War Secretary
Harry M. Daugherty
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