Panama Canal Toll Exemption Debate Deepens Abroad
The Panama toll exemption for coastwise vessels sparks British protest and U S debate. Sir Edward Grey urges arbitration if repeal fails, while Taft backs arbitration and lawmakers weigh a special tribunal and Monroe Doctrine implications.
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Panama Canal
Edward Grey
Ingland
Grey
Great Britain
United States
Congress of the United
Congress
Taft
Bacon
Burton
Townsend
Canal Committee
Casting Out Devils and Nightshirts in Rural Tales
A 200-pound football player preaches Sunday in a small village and casts out devils after three disruptive youths. A Missouri traveler finds a buyer for nightshirts, but a lumberman jokes about not needing them, reflecting rural humor.
Science Battling Against Science in Murder Criminology
A Chicago coroner's conference hears how new science may outpace detection in murder cases with germ warfare and cobra death. Experts warn criminals seek typhoid germs while post mortems reveal little, urging a science bureau to fight high success rates of crime.
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Chemical Laboratory
Chicago
Science Bureau
Walter S. Staines
Ludwig Hektoen
Hektoen
Haines
New Science Bureau
Harry Olson
Wonderland
Hoffman
McCormick
Investigating the Money Trust and Morgan's Power
The piece argues a money trust exists with 25 to 30 financiers, led by J Pierpont Morgan, controlling vast funds and interlocking directorships. It cites testimony, editorials, and England’s reaction, urging reforms and possible congressional action to curb Wall Street influence and close the stock exchange under tight control.
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Mr. Morgan
Morgan
New York Globe
England
Tondon
Wall Street
The
Stock Exchange
New York World
New York
Congress
Logs at North Yakima Highlight Pacific Northwest Timber
A Cascade Lumber Company plant in North Yakima can process 200 000 feet of lumber daily as logs pile up in the pond awaiting saw work. The piece notes vast western timber resources, ongoing federal conservation debates, and rising demand from expanding agriculture and cities in the West while other regions struggle with dwindling forests.
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Cascade Lumber Company
North Yakima
Yakima
United States
Pacific Northwest
West
Rocky Mountain
Middle West
East
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Oregon
Minnesota State Capitol
Oregon Plateau
Deschutes River
Northwest
Missouri
Money Trust
Congressional Committee
Washington
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