Taft Vetoes Statehood Bid Over Arizona Recall Clause
President Taft vetoed the joint resolution for New Mexico and Arizona statehood citing the recall of judges provision in the Arizona constitution. He warns the clause would threaten judicial independence and invite tyranny of the majority, urging Congress to remove the recall feature before passage. The matter proceeds to committee for review.
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New Mexico
Arizona
Congress
Washington
Taft
House of Representatives
Amumuel
House
Committee On Territories
Representative Flood
Virginia
Committee On
Territories
Smith
Michigan
Two Aviators Die in International Aviation Meet
Chicago reports two young aviators perish at the international aviation meet William R Badger of Pittsboro and St Croix Johnstone of Chicago Both deaths stem from unforeseen machine defects rather than pilot error Badger plunged 160 feet into a pit after a wing flaw snapped a propeller Johnstone plummeted 500 feet and drowned when his Moisant monoplane sank in Lake Michigan Mrs Johnstone witnessed her husband fall The tragedy follows a day of risky stunts as the crowd watched from grandstands.
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Chicago
William R. Badger
Pittsboro
St. Croix Johnstone
Johnstone
Radser
Baldwin
Badger
Lake Michigan
Gyniis
Jonn Goettman
Pittsburg
Daytona
Palm Beach
Louis Strang
Intere
Hecan Mateur
Mnnutes
Lfe
Rads
Goettman
Alh
Taft to Veto Wool Tariff Reform Plan After Vote
The conference report on the wool tariff reform was adopted 35 to 28 last night, sending the bill to the White House for President Taft's veto. The five hour debate followed a Democratic and insurgent Republican coalition victory.
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The
Senate
Washington
Hove
Unwritten Law Prevails in Rhodesia Killing Case
Samuel Lewis, Bulawayo mining engineer, is acquitted of murder after killing a native who insulted his daughter. Jubilation greeted the verdict as juries earlier disagreed. The report notes the August Salisbury date with almanac details and a brief weather/forecast obscurely attached.
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Salisbury
Southern Rhodesia
Samuel Lewis
Bulawayo
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