Retail profits under debate in Aldrich tariff talk
Senate debate on the Aldrich tariff highlights claims that profits of wholesalers and retailers absorb tariff effects. Advocates cite price gaps from 90 cents per dozen glass pitchers to $4.80, tea price jumps, and other items to show consumer impact. Supporters say retailers shield public from condemnation, while calls grow for a government price tribunal and continued study of the issue.
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Prospects for Aeronautical Experiments in Military Use
The forthcoming session may fund earnest aeronautical experiments. With flight problem partially solved, focus shifts to practical uses in warfare. Aircraft and balloons are unlikely weapons now but could aid reconnaissance with wireless telegraphy. Dropping explosives remains speculative. accuracy from height is challenging. The Army Signal Corps seeks to resolve navigators’ questions and Congress would decide on support.
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Fear Mt Etna Erupts Prompt Flee Near Catania
Residents near Mt. Etna flee to the hills as fear of an eruption grows. Hot ashes and lava dust fill the air for miles while molten lava flow is expected momentarily. Several earthquakes have shaken the region this week, keeping the country on edge.
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New Washington Law Targets Cigarettes and Makings
Spokane reporters note the June 12 effective date for a strict new criminal code punishing manufacture sale or possession of cigarettes papers and wrappers with a 250 fine or 90 days jail. Lawyers debate prima facie evidence smoking a cigarette qualifies as unlawful possession and dealers fear a constitutional challenge like past anti cigarette measures. Traffic continues undercover as the law looms.
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Drillers Meet Death at Roosevelt Deep Drainage Tunnel
In Cripple Creek on May 21 Nicholas Juniper a 41 year old machinist helper was killed when a nitro glycerine shot exploded. Charles Johnson 25 suffered a crushed left side and facial injuries. L A Swann 24 was fatally injured. six others were injured including Carl Evans Guy Adams M J Smith Supia Patrick and more. The blast filled the drift with gases and rocks. Adams lost both eyes and was severely injured but expectations of recovery remained.
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Liner Mongolian Breaks Free From Ice Pack
The Herz liner Mongolian, sailing from Glasgow to St Johns and Philadelphia, freed itself from an ice pack after days of confinement and is now slowly steering toward a harbor about twenty miles away at St Johns New Brunswick.
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Liner Mongolian Trapped by Ice Pack Off Newfoundland
The steamer Mongolian en route from Glasgow to St Johns and Philadelphia is jammed in an ice pack one mile offshore near Newfoundland on May 20. With 500 passengers and a full crew aboard, relief efforts are hampered by a vast field of ice preventing shore communication and posing a grave risk as the vessel strains against the pack.
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Preacher Seeks Marshal Job to Enforce Sunday Closing
Rev M R Huston pastor of First Methodist Camas Washington applies to the city council for appointment as town marshal to enforce Sunday closing laws against saloons. He pledges to obtain convictions if given police authority, facing expected opposition from some town leaders and saloonists who threaten to challenge him before a panel of five to seven men.
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Strikers Clash With Police in Paris Meeting Standoff
In Paris on May 20 a serious clash erupted in front of the St. Paul auditorium as strikers and gendarmes confronted each other during a workers meeting. Police presence across the city was doubled amid fears of further upheaval.
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Forest Fire Data Drive Calls State Cooperation
The Forest Service seeks a complete national forest fire data compilation by enlisting state conservation and forest commissions and local forest officers. District Forester Pinchot urges reporting from all states, localizing work and assigning officers to small areas to build a comprehensive fire record. South Dakota’s commission includes Chairman Robert J. Gamble of Yankton.
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Doane Robinson secretary in Pierre Samuel H Lea state engineer in Pierre E W Martin Deadwood and O C Dokken commissioner of school and public lands in Pierre are named in the South Dakota official records.
Memorial services honor Rogers in Fairhaven
The school children of Fairhaven will honor Henry H. Rogers at a funeral service Saturday. The body lies in state at the Memorial church built by Rogers for his mother. Rev. Frank L. Phalen will conduct the afternoon service, with interment in Riverside cemetery family mausoleum.
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Senate weighs quebracho duty amid tax rate battles
Washington May 20 The senate debates the duty on quebracho extract. The Payne bill taxes it at one half cent per pound in liquid form and seven eighths of a cent for solid form while the Dingley rate stands at a half cent per pound. The commodity comes from a tree in Argentina used by tanners.
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Presbytery in Session in Denver May 20
The largest general assembly of the era ended this morning with Dr. B H Fuller of St Louis retiring moderator delivering a sermon. About a thousand delegates attended.
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Talks in Drizzle Charlottesville Celebration Marred By Weather
In Charlottesville North Carolina on May 20 the Mecklenburg declaration anniversary celebration was dampened by persistent drizzle. President Taft spoke praising the document and the framers. A 21 gun salute greeted his arrival as about 50 000 troops paraded past the grand stand with Troop E Cavalry as guard of honor.
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Mrs Annis Signs Stage Contract After Tragedy
The widow of William E Annis who was killed by Peter C Hains has signed a contract with a booking agency to accompany a vaudeville sketch on piano. She says she must support herself since the trial has left her on her own resources.
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GIVES UP SKIN Two Hundred Tiny Squares to Save Young Girl
In St Louis on May 21 a fifty year old gardener Alfred Batsome donated skin grafts totaling two hundred pieces from a half inch square to a two year old girl Santo De monte at the city hospital. The grafting took over an hour while the child's father Louis Demonte waited nearby ready to donate his own skin if needed.
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Explosion Wrecks Chicago Apartment Building
An explosion of accumulated gas in the basement collapsed a two story apartment house in Chicago. Four people are seriously hurt and others may be dead. Firemen search the ruins for bodies as rescuers work amid flames and debris.
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Halo for Kermit Fires as Leopard Attacks Near Camp
Nairobi May 10. Kermit son of Roosevelt on horseback faced a leopard that attacked the expedition’s beater. He fired once missing as the beast lunged the second time, then killed the leopard. Colonel Roosevelt also killed a monster python near camp yesterday.
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Eastern hardwoods to be introduced into California forests
The U S forest service will plant eastern hardwoods in California as an experiment this year. Chestnut, hickory, basswood, red oak and yellow poplar will be tested near ranger cabins with potential for larger commercial plantations if successful. This could bolster California lumber, furniture and vehicle industries.
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Talk of Peace Pact at Mohonk Conference Adopts Resolutions
The Lake Mohonk peace conference platform urges prompt action to perfect Hague policies and develop arbitration. It calls for a court of arbitral justice and general arbitration treaties between powers, and urges government consideration of limits on land and sea armed forces and war budgets.
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Sultan Takes Oath Mehmed V Swears to Support Constitution
Mehmed V, installed by the Young Turks, took an oath to uphold Turkey's constitution before the house of deputies in Constantinople. The deputies likewise pledged allegiance. The battleship Mississippi arrived Natchez and sailors extinguished a near-shipfire in a Bayou La Sara blaze.
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