JAP EDITOR APPEALS IN HAWAII STRIKE SITUATION
The Nippu Jiji editorial appeals to the Japanese government for interference in the strike amid alleged unfair treatment by courts and officials. The paper’s offices were searched June 11 and editor Y Soga was indicted twice for sedition and incitement to murder, with $2,250 bail posted. The text notes efforts to frame the Hawaii situation as an international issue.
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Honolulu
Nippu Jiji
Islanda
Y. Soga
He Wan
Canadians to heed tariff shifts under Aldrich bill
Ottawa officials foresee radical changes to Canada customs duties as the Aldrich tariff bill passes. A broad widening of the British preferential tariff is being urged with possible spring announcements. Developments in Washington will shape how far Canadian imports from the United States face changes.
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Ottawa
Canada
Ssuiasion Cay’ Aan Reetion
Waeshingen
Senate tariff bill progress widens the schedule debate
Washington June 22 The senate pushed the tariff bill forward this week but final vote timing remains uncertain. A possible rock to a general duty on hides looms as a next step, followed by the wood pulp amendment doubling pulp duties. After these, the corporate tax proposal by Taft is set for several days of discussion.
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Finance Committee
Taft
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Farmers’ Loan & Trust Company
Supreme Court
Peary May Plant Flag At Pole Believed At North Pole
Friends of Commander Robert E Peary, who left Utah for the frozen North in 1908, believe he has planted the Stars and Stripes at the North Pole. No news has been received since his August 17 1908 departure from North Greenland.
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Peary
Pole
Washington
Robert Edwin Peary
North Pole
Utah
Greenland
Big Floods Hit Isthmus Damaging Canal and Banks
Heavy rains in the past week caused flooding on the isthmus damaging the canal and nearby banks. Residents report erosion and waterway disruption with infrastructure at risk. Local authorities assess repairs and relief actions as the flood continues.
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Pesema
Ee Tel Banka
Taft Urges Tax Reform Including Income Tax Plan
President Taft asks Congress to adopt a constitutional amendment enabling a federal income tax and to add a 2 percent excise tax on corporate net income. He notes House support and Senate debate while urging revenue measures to close the deficit.
Bonilla May Leads Revolt in New Orleans
Dispatches received by local reporters indicate Bonilla May leads a revolt in New Orleans. Details on location and participants remain unclear amid chaotic events.
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Bonilla
New Orleana
La 5
Blood-Soaked Idol Sparks Russian Sect Probe
Russian police in Perm region investigate the Crimson God sect accused of killing multiple people in the district where the group resides. A secret grave with a mutilated body was found as authorities seek to uncover other victims. The region is noted as a refuge for pagan tribes and religious dissenters.
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St. Petersburg
Perm
Russia
Bunpebel Te Laien
Asia
Tax Unearned Increases in Berlin Report
Berlin report notes assembled communications laid before a house and county values. The item mentions increases and references expenditures and declarations in June. Exact details are obscured in the OCR text but the focus is on tax policy and local valuation impacts.
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Berlin
Deschutes Right of Way Approved by Secretary Ballinger
Secretary Ballinger denies review of Deschutes Power & Development protest and approves location maps for Harriman Deschutes Railroad and Oregon Trunk line. Right of way through canyon to be shared with same track plan. Elevation of tracks agreed to avoid irrigation works along the Deschutes river.
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Ballinger
Deschutes Power & Development Company
Surinss
Lane St
Deschutes River
E. H. Harriman
Deschutes Railroad Company
Lamy
Ous Aurea
Canada Extends Jurisdiction Over Cross Border Rail Rates
The Canadian Railway Commission ruled it has jurisdiction over through traffic rates crossing the United States and Canada. The Dawson board of trade challenged White Pass & Yukon tariffs, ordering a schedule of through freight tariffs to be filed for approval or modification. The decision could place all cross border traffic under Canadian control if upheld.
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Ont
Canadian Railway Commission
United States
Canada
Dawson Board of Trade
White Pass
Ita
Canadian International Boundary Line
Foreign tensions rise over Hawaiian sugar strike in San Francisco reports
Special dispatches to Japanese papers indicate that the Japanese in Hawaii feel severely offended by planter treatment. They claim long standing grievances have widened and strain between Japan and Hawaii deepens as sugar workers’ actions unfold.
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