Taft speech aids Canadian reciprocity fight in Senate
President Taft returns to Washington after Chicago remarks on Canadian reciprocity. He predicts the Senate fight will intensify as the finance committee reports the bill and the public is urged to rally support before final action. Fisher did not accompany him back.
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Pittsburg
Taft
Chicago
Washington
Fisher
Western Economic Society
Senate
Finance Committee
Pennsyl Strikers In Riot At West Brownsville
In West Brownsville Brownsville Pa on June 5 a riot broke out as sixty five strike breakers arrived to work in the shops at Michael Sonick’s home. A woman was shot a man wounded and several others beaten. Police found five strike breakers on the ground after the melee as arrests remained limited to three.
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Brownsville
Pennsylvania Railroad
West Brownsville
Michael Sonick
Deficit Found in University of Minnesota Funds
Treasury inquiry by Arnett reveals an overdraft of about 80 000 to 90 000 dollars in the university current expense fund. Accounts are in confusion and conditions uncovered by the investigation were made public after the reported jail intake of university accountant Joseph D Bren who claimed he was held up on campus.
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University of Minnesota Treasury
Minneapolis
Arnett
University of Chicago
University of Minnesota Financial System
Board of Regents
Woman Arrested For Smoking On Broadway
A woman identified as Grace Saunders thirty of Hoboken Avenue Jersey City puffed a cigarette on Broadway near Twenty second street in New York attracting a jeering crowd. A policeman arrested her after she discarded the cigarette. Recorder Mara sentenced her to thirty days in jail.
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Broadway
Twenty-second Street
Bayonne
Grace Saunders
Hoboken Avenue
Jersey City
Mara
West Long Branch
West
Long Branch
New York Telephone Company
New. York
Borough of
Pre -Monroe
Poole
Trent Ya
Weather observations from eight p m yesterday list coastal readings
The United States weather bureau notes eight p m readings across cities. New York 65 cloudy Albany 72 clear Atlantic City 64 clear Boston 64 cloudy Atlantic City entry shows mixed conditions with several stations reporting clear skies and others cloudy.
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United States Weather Bureau
Temp
New York
Albany
Atlantic City
Boston
Staal
Miss Annie Peck and the Andean Summit Banner Plan
Annie Peck faces a challenge to place a suffrage banner atop the Andes as she leads an expedition. The story highlights her historic ascent and the symbolic act symbolizing women’s political rights.
Miss Peck A Suffragette
Miss Annie Peck the mountain climber departs bound for the top peak in Peru carrying a Joan of Arc Suffrage league flag. The flag was waved as she left the bay, according to the Joan of Arc Suffrage league.
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New York
Annie Peck
Kron
Prinz Wilhelm
Joan of Arc Suffrage League
Miss Peck
Peru
League
Baseball Results and Standings in National League
National League games saw St Louis beat Brooklyn 7 2 Chicago defeated New York 6 5 Cincinnati lost 3 2 Boston 3 2. Standings show New York 26 16 .619 St Louis 22 12 .583 Chicago 26 16 .619 Cincinnati 20 22 .476 Philadelphia 26 17 .605 Brooklyn 15 28 .349 Pittsburg 25 18 .581 Boston 11 33 .250 American League no games scheduled Detroit 10 12 .739 New York 21 21 .500 Philadelphia 5 16 .238 Cleveland 18 27 .400 Washington 15 23 .395 Chicago 2 18 .538 St Louis 14 31 .311
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St. Louis
Brooklyn
Sallee
Bliss
Scanlon
Knetzer
Bergen
Chicago
New York
Brown
Kling
Willie
Amex
Meyers
Cincinnati
Boston
Smith
McLean
Ferguson
Curtis
Parsons
Rariden
Ww. L
L. B.C. New York
Philaphia
Pittsburg
Detroit
The
Cleveland
Ooo
Washton
Disfiguring Paint Scandal Strikes UVA Jefferson Statue
University of Virginia investigates damage to a $30,000 bronze statue of Jefferson on the rotunda esplanade. Yellow paint covers the figure and surrounding elements including the liberty bell and marble pedestal, with blue accents on the bell and a china vessel on the head. Cause unknown. students or outsiders suspected.
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University of Virginia
Charlottesville
Jefferson
Wilson Is Home Again Governor Says He Is Fine
New Jersey Governor Woodrow Wilson returned to Trenton after a Washington trip. He arrived by the Washington express across the Delaware River just after midnight and reported being in excellent health aside from hoarseness from his month long absence and interview with newspaper reporters.
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New Jersey
Trenton
N. J
Washington Express
Delaware River
Woodrow Wilson
Washington
Haitian Revolution Claims Prisoners Ears Torture
In Cape Haytien June 5 General Saint Just heads a Haytian revolt and defeated General Jean Gilles. Prisoners were tortured and some had ears cut off before being released. Gilles fled on horseback to Ouanaminth joining Minister of War Marius with about 2,000 troops nearby.
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Victor
Hayti
Cape Haytien
Saint Just
Jean Gilles
Gilles
Ouanaminth
Marius
Robb to Coach Cornell Freshmen Football Candidates
Stewart Edward Robb of Richmond Hill will coach the Cornell freshmen football candidates next fall. Robb, a two year halfback on the Cornell varsity, graduates this spring and is regarded as one of the best men on the team.
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Robb
Cornell Freshles
Ithaca
N. Y
Stewart Edward Robb
Richmond Hill
Cornell
Bailey a Divorce Issue in Texas Suit
H B Smith of a Tex town sues for divorce alleging Mrs Smith strongly opposes Senator J W Bailey while he supports the senator. The case highlights political differences as the cited ground for separation.
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Bailey
Tex
Smith
Taft plans wide tour with Kansas Iowa Minnesota stops
President Taft plans a lengthy western trip through September with stops in Kansas Iowa and Minnesota to press policy and speeches. He may also attend reunions and ceremonies including Manassas Bull Run anniversary and Fort Harrison centennial events.
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Congress
Washington
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Iowa
Minnesota
Manhattan Beach
N. Y
New York State Bankers’ Association
Canadian Club
Manassas
Bull Run
Beverly
Terre Haute
Ind
Fort Harrison
Needham
Mass
Weeks
Pie Eaters Face Challenge From Consumers at Wellesley
The Pie Eaters at Wellesley College, famed pastry punishers, are challenged by the Consumers who hold fudge and charlotte russe records. The contest date is secret with one rule no druy pickles in sight, per Consumers president.
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Wellesley College
Wellesley
No Beards on His Farm
James B. Haggin, owner of Elmendorf stock farm near Lexington Kentucky, posts orders for all dairy department workers to shave every other day. A barber shop and a $100000 bathhouse are installed and to be kept free for employees. Haggin, who has a gray beard, argues whiskers spread microbes.
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James B. Haggin
J. B. Haggin
Elmendorf Stock Farm
Lexington
Haggin
Fortune To Ten Girls In Canton Will Draw Up Widower’s Gift
Samuel Rudy of Canton Ohio after long court battles over his capacity to manage property created a will giving ten young women employed in county courthouse offices $1000 each. The octogenarian bachelor, worth about $200000, has no near relatives and chose the recipients from the litigation period.
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Samuel Rudy
Canton
Rudy
President Taft Receives Weighing Golf Shoes
President Taft will be presented with a pair of golf shoes from a Brockton Mass factory. The tan moose leather high cut shoes with rubber heels are size 11 EE, made from measurements to help improve his score this summer.
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Taft
Brockton
Mass
The Bride Song of Marriage and Everlasting Love
A lyric ode to a wedding and married life. It celebrates the bride in orange blossoms and satin, vows spoken, blessings and tears, and a couple journeying together through storms and sunshine toward lasting love while angels sing and roses crown the scene.
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Eden
Beggars of Paris and the Clock in the Stomach
A London Globe piece recalls Paris beggars long past. A legless, armless woman claimed a ticking clock resided in her abdomen heard by listeners. An old blind man on Pont Neuf shook a tin box, supposedly funding his daughter’s 300 000 franc dowry, later seen at the opera.
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Paris
Pont Neuf
London Globe
Pie Promise Teases Young Eimner in Chicago News
In a playful domestic vignette from Chicago News, Long.Drawn Out, Little Elmer negotiates for more pie. He asks his mother for another piece, threatening to eat the current slice slowly if refused, prompting a lighthearted parental reply.
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Elmer
Eimner
Chicago News
Silent Wagering Echoes in London Tit-Bits
In a quippy London Tit-Bits exchange, an unfeeling gambler asks bluntly about life while the Voice jokes that the crowd also points at the game. The vignette captures a dry, period humor scene without dramatic reenactment.
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London
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