Five Billion Bond Plan Aims to Drain Reclaim Build Roads
Arthur Hooker of the National Irrigation Congress proposes a $5 billion bond issue to fund drainage of overflow lands, irrigation of 40 million acres, deep waterways, good roads, and forest protection. The plan foresees 100 year bonds, with the government acting as a banker and returns covering the costs.
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Spokane
Wash
Arthur Hooker
Board of Control
National Irrigation Congress
Congress
United States
Hooker
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Kansas
Nebraska
Louisiana
Kentucky
Tennessee
Mississippi
Missouri
Wh'co
Forest Resources and Reforestation Urged by Irrigation Leader
Mr Hooker outlined arid region woodlands covering 124 million acres and 97 million acres of heavy forest with timber value. He urged reforestation and conservation to secure future timber supplies and plans to present a resolution to Congress and form a national delegation to press for action after the Irrigation Congress.
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United States
Hooker
Arrigation Congress
United States Congress
Irrigation Congress
First Spanish Princess Born to King and Queen
Madrid reports the birth of a daughter to the king and queen on June 22. Both mother and princess are in favorable health. The news brings great rejoicing in the royal Castilian household, noting all previous children were boys.
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Madrid
Spain
Castillians
Draft Tax Amendment Expected for Congress Transmission
Washington reports the perfected corporate tax amendment likely to be presented to Congress Thursday. President Tait will receive it tonight, then, after an interior inspection, transmit it to Congress. Bonds remain a stumbling block and cabinet members favor an excise on earnings beyond operating expenses. Corporations earning under $5,000 yearly are to be exempt.
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Washington
Congress
Tait
Baseball Magnate Dies on Train to Cincinnati
George Dovey president of the Boston National League club died on a train near Xenia Ohio. He was en route to Cincinnati and the cause is heart failure. The incident occurred today in Pittsburg.
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Pittsburg
Geo. Dovey
Boston
Xenia
Ohio
Cincinnati
Women Active in the Fray in Liverpool Riot
A riot between Orangemen and Catholics spreads through Liverpool on June 23. School children sparked the trouble with parents and friends drawn in. hundreds join the fighting as violence grows and many civilians are injured.
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Liverpool
Rio
Tafts Services to Aldrich Opportune Editorial
Madison Wis June 15 Tafts Services to Aldrich leads La Follette's Weekly arguing Tafts message to Congress aided Aldrich in blocking the income tax and pushing the tariff bill with high duties. It says Taft should have said whether party pledges are fulfilled by raising or preserving tariff rates to aid progressives.
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Madison
Wis
Taft
Aldrich
la Follette
Congress
Law Discredited By High Sources In Market Quieting
New York June 22 Wall street swung from apparent submission to bland confidence as rumors spread that Taft's plan for a corporation tax would be found operative by the courts if passed in its present form. The system attributed the outlook to high sources and the rumor calmed early market unrest.
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New York
Wall Street
Taft
Witness Testifies on Sigel Murder In New York Case
Chung Sin, roommate of arrest target Leon Ling, says he peeked through a keyhole and saw Ling strangle Elsie Sigel with a handkerchief on June 8 during midnight. Chicago police vow Chinatown cleanup amid tensions following the case. Chu Gain testifies to coroner denying romantic involvement with Sigel.
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Elsie Sigel
New York
Chung Sin
Leon Ling
West Gateway
Chicago
Chu Gain
Edy
Secret US move on China loans irks Japan in world politics coup
Washington reports say Secretary Knox advances American finance in China to secure a loan for Hankow railroad. Tokyo press muzzled, signaling a strategic shift aimed at boosting American engineers materials and banks in China while Japan seeks its own commercial leverage.
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Washington
State Knox
Japan
China
Hank W
Mikado
Urinamy 4
Chi
Hawaii
Twot
United States
Celestial Kingdom
State Department
America
Knox victory in world politics shifts Japan relations
The article notes Secretary Knox achieving a first victory in shaping Japan’s conduct in promoting its trade. It warns that if Japan resents the move it could complicate relations, while viewing it as a benefit to develop China as a world market may align American and Japanese interests. Diplomats and financiers monitor the outcome.
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America
United States
Knox
Japan
China
Five Hundred Firemen Parade Across State
Rapid City on June 23 reports a thronged city for a grand parade. Over 500 firemen from towns like Lead Deadwood Parker and Wasta joined seven bands, with prizes awarded for best uniforms and distance traveled. Races planned include a $150 purse green hose event, ladder climb, and nub-and-hub contests.
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Rapid City
Huron
Deadwood
Platte
Parker
Wasta
Belle Fourche Promises Big Fourth of July Celebration
Belle Fourche plans a full Fourth of July program starting July 2 with rapid events and night revels. Activities include aquatic sports on the river lake, swimming and motor boat races, dancing on a steamer, horse and baseball games against Deadwood, balloon displays, two bands, and $400 in fireworks with special reduced rail service.
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Belle Fourche
Father Kage
South Dakota
Deadwood
Lead
Northwestern
Not Guilty Returns in Double Appalling Riots Case
In New York Chung Sin says Leon Ling strangled Elsie Sigel and hid her body in a trunk. Ashes in the stove match clothing remains. Detectives renew questioning as Ling is implicated. In Paxton the jury finds Joseph B Klein not guilty in the Earl Nelson murder during the Kankakee riots.
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New York
Paxton
Joseph B. Klein
Earl Nelson
Kankakee
Discharge of Suspect in New York Murder Case
Reginald Sigel, brother of Elsie Sigel, said Chu held here yesterday is not Leon Ling. The suspect was discharged immediately following his arrest in Schenectady New York on June 22.
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Schenectady, N.Y
Reginald
Elsie Sigel
New York
Man Chu
Leon Ling
Many Die in Heat in New York City Crisis
New York faces a deadly heat wave with 14 confirmed deaths and a forecast of more fatalities. Tenement districts bear the worst impact as thousands seek relief at Coney Island while ice prices rise from 35 to 40 cents per hundred pounds.
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New York
Coney Island
Congressmen and Executives to Attend Wright Flight
June 22 report that President Taft Vice President Sherman and all congress may attend the Wright brothers flight at Fort Meyer. The brothers are assembling their plane and expect to fly Friday if winds permit.
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Wright Brothers
Washington
Taft
Sherman
Congress
Fort Meyer
New York Police Seek Leon Ling Impersonator
Police issue order to search for Leon Ling alias a woman killer of Elsie Sigel. A letter claims Ling came to America with a Chinese theatrical troupe and performed as a female impersonator, prompting renewed crackdown on Chinatowns.
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New York
Leon Ling
Elsie Sigel
Ling
America
Dingley Lumber Duty Cut Sails Through Senate
Washington June 23. Senators vote to cut Dingley lumber duties. Committee backs 1.50 per thousand and defeats a further reduction. An amendment to drop rates to fifty percent and set dressed lumber duty at 50 cents per thousand passes.
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Washington
Senate
Bailey rails at free ore policy and trusts in Senate
In Washington June 24 Bailey of Texas attacked the free ore doctrine as undemocratic and traced tariff history to 1886. He urged sending trust organizers to the penitentiary and demanded freeing finished products while pressing suits to dissolve big monopolies, threatening criminal accountability for corporate misconduct.
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Washington
Bailey
Texas
Senate
Steel Trust
Would Marry Chinese Suitor Sparks Springfield Arrest
In St Louis on June 23 Minnie and Josephine Sherr and Edith Barnett of Springfield were arrested with I Ling Poo and Charley Wah. Minnie sought a marriage license to wed Foo, while Josephine opposed the match though the sisters face financial strain. The Sherr girls claimed orphans.
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St. Louis
Minnie
Josephine Sherr
Edith Barnett
Springfield
Ling Poo
Charley Wah
Foo
Sherr
Josephine
Gould Trial Evidence Supports Mrs Gould Moderation Claim
New York June 23 The Gould trial heard further evidence that Mrs Gould never drank more than a proper lady would One witness Ward Rowan said he had seen Mrs Gould many times but never drunk Mrs Mabel E Sells a Gould party member said she was with Mrs Gould on trips but never saw her intoxicated She was present at the St Regis during an altercation with Private Secretary Jones and asserted Mr Gould was not drinking Annie Conlon maid to Mrs Sells said Farnum visited Mrs Gould at the St Regis and Mrs Sells was always present
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New York
Gould
Ward Rowan
Mabel E. Sells
St. Regis
Annie Conlon
Fatal Mine Fire in Pennsylvania Mine Causes Fatalities
Explosion at Lackawanna Coal and Coke Co. mine No 4 in Pennsylvania after noon today may entomb 65 workers. A telephone report says three dead five fatally burned and 25 injured as black damp hampered rescue efforts.
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Pennsylvania
Mehran
Lackawanna Coal and Coke Co
Kansas Farms Broadcast Call for 16,000 Wheat Laborers
Kansas farmers seek 16,000 workers with Schreiser of Missouri free employment bureau estimating Kansas will need 25,000 men in three weeks. Rail rate in Kansas is two cents a mile as states from Nebraska to the Dakotas also mobilize labor to save the wheat crop.
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Kansas
Kansas City
Farmers of
Kar F. Sehweiser
Missouri State Free Employment Bureau
Schreiser
Missouri
Nebraska
Oklahoma
Dakotas
Charles W. Harris
Kansas State Free Employment Bureau
Topeka
Wheat Belt
Chinese letters surrender in New York court case
Attorney for Chu Gain yields two Chinese letters signed Phe Chief to an assistant district attorney. The letters allegedly written by Sean Ling threaten Jessie and Chu. The letters are undergoing translation.
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Chu Gain
New York
Regal
Elsie Sivel
Distret
Ward
Phe
Sean Ling
Jessie
Chu
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Farnum
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