Taft Wins Passage of Canada Reciprocity Measure
Washington July 22 The Senate passed the reciprocity with Canada in the same form as the House. Vote 20 to 27. The president will sign the bill and it will become law before he leaves for Beverley. Several amendments were defeated including McCumber and Nelson proposals. La Follette wool schedule was defeated 64 to 15 with a largely party line vote.
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Washington
Canada
Taft
Senate
House
Beverley
McCumber
Nelson
Simons
Cummins
Iowa
la Follette
Wee Bailey, Clarke and Simmons
Borah
Bourne
Bristow
Burnham
Clapp
Clark
Crawford
Curtis
Dixon
Greenna
Heyburn
Kenyon
Lippett
Lorimer
Oliver
Page
Smith
Michigin
Smoot
Martin
Roosevelt Talks Alaska in Outlook Enunciates Big Business Retardation
Former President Roosevelt denounces big business and congressional fear of corporations as he charges Alaska has been strangled by financiers seeking to profit from outside the territory and by lawmakers blocking fair development and honest work.
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New York
Alaska
Roosevelt
Congress
Fire deaths in Porcupine blamed on cigarette
Chief Forester Atkinson of the Dominion Conservation Association, after a field investigation, declared the recent fires that killed 70 people likely started by a cigarette.
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Porcupine, Ont
Forester Atkinson
Dominion Conservation Association
Frenchmen Fight Duel Over Play Criticism
Paris July 21 Leon Daudet dramatic critic and Henri Bernstein famed playwright dueled over Bernstein's play criticism. They exchanged four pistol shots without effect and then fought with swords. Daudet was disarmed twice and sustained a deep arm wound before the combat ended.
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Paris
Leon Daudet
Henri Bernsteain
Daudet
Bernstein
Bill Passes the Senate Reciprocity Measure Enacted
President Taft pushes reciprocity through the Senate fulfilling his pledge to enact a reciprocity measure. The bill’s passage is presented as decisive amid ongoing political battles and administration efforts.
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Taft
Trust robbed stockholders in sugar trust tale
New York July 22. Claus Spreckels Jr testifies before the Hardwick committee that sugar trust stockholders were milked of 5 million dollars for the Havemeyers and Searels. He says the trust and related companies battled ruinously then unloaded to the trust for 10 million. Searles says production must stay limited to boost prices.
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New York
Sugar Trust
Henry
Havemeyer
Theodore Havemeyer
John Searels
Claus Spreckles
House Hardwick Committee
Claus Spreckels, Jr
Sprecckls
Federal
Philadelphia
Trust
Spreckely
Searels
Philadelphia Company
Searles
Lloyd George keynote signals Britain to stand firm in Morocco
London reports Chancellor Lloyd George’s Lord Mayors Banquet speech declares Britain will resist German aggression in Morocco. He favors peace but not at the cost of England’s prestige and centuries of dominion. Political and business circles grow pessimistic, predicting a long expected war.
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London
Lloyd George
Great Britain
Morocco
Germany
England
Police Serve Notices on City Sidewalk Improvements
Police department actively serves improvement notices across multiple city sections. Sidewalks are the primary focus as crews prepare for repair and compliance work.
Universal Races Congress Set to Open in London
London July 22 Preparations are complete for the first Universal Races congress to be held at the University of London Central Building. The four day session will bring representatives of most races to discuss relations between Western and Eastern peoples and foster understanding, friendship, and cooperation. Dr Felix Adler originated the idea following a 1904 Eisnach conference. The plan has sparked wide debate and mixed reactions.
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London
University of London
West
Felix Adler
Eisenach
Germany
Adler
British Foreign Office
Great Britain
British Empire
England
G. Spiller
Permanent Court of Arbitration
Lord Weardale
Portrait of Cardinal Gibbons amid funeral notes in Baltimore
A lengthy fragment describes Cardinal Gibbons at Archbishop Ryan's funeral in Baltimore and news of his planned quiet observance on his birthday. The text shifts to discuss a London hosted congress on inter racial relations, led by G Spiller and supported by British officials, with sessions and topics outlined.
Trial at Viterbo Could Go To Retrial With New Attorneys
In Viterbo Italy a prolonged Camorra murder trial for 36 prisoners may be retried if judges order new counsel. Attorneys signaled they could quit, Judge Bianchi held the case under advisement, and witnesses long on the stand described grisly scenes. Separately, religious workers from across the United States and Canada gathered at Silver Bay Lake George for the Men and Religious Forward movement conference.
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Viterbo
Italy
Hag
Bianchi
Blackhand
Secret Order
Lake George
N. Y
United States
Dominion of Canada
Men and Religious Forward Movement
Silver Bay
Richmond banker Henry Beattie linked to wife murder case
Miss Buelah Binford testified in a Richmond coroner's inquest that she rekindled relations with banker Henry Beattie after a separation. She said Beattie financed a home and planned meetings in Richmond and Norfolk, amid accusations he killed his wife to resume the affair. Paul Beattie allegedly confessed involvement in the murder and gun purchase.
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Richmond
Miss Binford
Buelat Bluford
Henry
Beattie
Bbattle
Beattle
Norfolk
Buelah
Heattia
Henry Battie
Electrie
Paul Beattie
Exodus to Wallowa Lake
Joseph Lake days attract many locals as the La Grande colony at the resort grows quickly with daily arrivals and wider participation.
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Wallowa Lake
Joseph Lake
la Grande Colony
Motor Car Service Soon Links La Grande Cove Union
Plans are complete for a joint trackage link between the Oregon Washington Railroad and Central railway of Oregon to inaugurate a La Grande Hot Lake Union town Cove motor car service. The motor car will run several daily trips once the final track and ballast are prepared, with Union as headquarters and routes looping via Cove and Hot Lake.
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Oregon-Washington Railroad Company
Central Railway of Oregon
Reacheg Union
la Grande- Hot Lake-Union town-Cove
Charles England
Central Line
Union Station
Union and
Cove
la Grande
O.W
Hot Lake
Central
0.W
Central Company
Union
Union Town
Record Heat Wave Pushes Residents From Death Valley Area
In California the death valley and Salt basin regions faced record heat with temperatures reaching 140 in the daytime and about 112 at night. Residents fled extreme heat as the week saw no drop below 100 degrees.
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San Bernardino
Cal
Death Valley
Salt Basin
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