Aldrich Defends Tariff in Caustic Letter to McKinley
Senator Nelson W. Aldrich replies to Bristow charges over the rubber tariff with a detailed denial. He labels Bristow and a "little group" as spreading absurd misstatements and defends his own stance and Intercontinental Rubber Company as not affecting rubber prices or production.
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Nelson W. Aldrich
Rhode Island
Joseph L. Bristow
Kansas
Aldrich
Bristow
William B. McKinley
Iinois
Republican Congressional Committee
Senate Finance Committee
Intercontinental Rubber Company
Rubber Senator Sneaks Into Summer Capital to Deceive Reporters
Beverly Mass August 12 Senator Nelson W Aldrich aboard his steam yacht the O We Ra slipped into Beverly before breakfast and talked politics and rubber with the president for 35 minutes using a swift launch to evade reporters. The president planned to see MacVeagh and Hitchcock to discuss finance retrenchment and tariff board work while Hitchcock hoped to appoint postmasters and discuss postal savings banks. Saturday Senator Dick of Ohio would introduce Warren G Harding the republican gubernatorial candidate to the president.
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Beverly
Secretary of the Treasury
MacVeagh
Hitchcock
Tariff Board
Postal Savings Bank
Ohio
Warren G. Harding
Buckeye
Bristow Hits Aldrich Tariff in Wisconsin Drive
Baraboo Wisconsin August 12 Senator Bristow of Kansas canvassing the state for Senator Lafollette assails the Aldrich tariff law as a direct breach of Republican pledges in the Taft era. He urges Wisconsin voters to rebuke betrayers of the party naming the smelter sugar rubber and cotton interests and elevates Lafollette as nationally important.
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Kansas
R. M. Lafollette
Taft
Wisconsin
la Follette
More Motorcycles and Autos Bought in Indiana
An official report shows Indiana motor vehicle registrations rising rapidly. By Friday, 9,072 machines were registered in 1910, topping any full previous year. In 1908 there were 3,945 autos and motorcycles certified, compared with 6,960 in 1909. Two thirds of 1910 already surpass all prior yearly totals.
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AST Hlunea
Automobile Department
Secretary of State
Flood Devastation Hits Tokyo as Hundreds Die
In Tokio on August 12 a catastrophic flood left about two hundred dead and thousands homeless. More than thirty thousand homes submerged in the city, railways washed out, and telegraph lines down. Government aid and popular subscriptions are being organized to avert further suffering and property losses.
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Tokio
Property Owners Seek Street Improvement on North Capitol Ave
Twelve property owners from North Capitol Avenue addressed the board Friday morning, asking for a improvement of the street from Fall Creek to Thirty-eighth Street. The board will investigate the matter.
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North Capitol Avenue
Fall Creek
Thirty-eighth Street
Taft Is Pernicious Meddler Voice in Tennessee Speech
Nashville, Tenn. August 12. Governor M. R. Patterson issued an address to Tennessee Democrats urging party loyalty to keep the state under Democratic control. He condemns Republican interference, warns against aligning with enemies, and asserts the need to resolve differences within the party. He argues that a majority opposed to him should not nominate him for governor and stresses preserving Democratic ascendancy.
Indianapolis Park Board seeks two more mills levy
At the next city council meeting the Indianapolis park commissioners ask for a two mill increase to the current five mill levy for park improvements bringing in about 35000 annually. The board cites the need to fund tree planting roads beaches and a municipal nursery to manage 400900 to 500000 young trees and improve park property valued around four million dollars. The council may grant up to ten mills and Will H. Brown leads a committee on the matter.
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Board of Park Commissioners
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Indianapolis
Kimball
Will H. Brown
Tenth District Insurgent Says Veteran Editor
W J Huff of Monon deems the Tenth district insurgent and progressive. He notes northern White county Republicans lean toward tariff light and Beveridge supports avoids resolutions. Huff predicts Crumpacker's election and Brown’s renomination at Rensselaer for the legislature.
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Tenth District
W. J. Huff
Monon News
Indiana
Statehouse
White County
Beveridge
Huff
Crumpacker
John G. Brown
White
Jasper
Rensslaer
Hessians Protest Czar Guard Expense Bill
A violent protest by social democrats in Darmstadt against the czar's protection costs for his Friedberg visit. They threaten to bring the issue to the Reichstag if the Hessian diet does not curb the elaborate guard plan, arguing police duties to the public would be neglected for a foreign monarch.
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Darmstadt
Friedberg
Czar
Treichtag
Hesse
Nicholas
Marion County Field Examiners Begin Trustee Book Audit
Field examiners in Marion County started their task to audit township trustees books for the last six years. They were assigned room 10 in the courthouse basement and are expected to stay busy for the remainder of the year.
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Marion County
Miss Kate Barnard challenges Col Roosevelt in Oklahoma debate
Miss Kate Barnard commissioner of charities and corrections calls for a public meeting with Col Roosevelt. She issued the challenge during a speech before the Democratic state convention, inviting him to debate when he visits Oklahoma in the fall.
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Kate Barnard
Charities and Corrections
Col Roosevelt
Chalenge
Oklahoma
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