Debates Clip Democrats on Lumber Duty Incident
The article recalls a heated Senate session where three Democrats stood, then sat as others discussed a lumber duty issue. Senators Hale and Aldrich clashed with Beveridge and La Follette over responses while urging the Finance Committee chair to clearly justify schedule changes and ignore insurgent criticism.
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Mr. Brome
Mr. Stone
Mr. Bailey
Mr. Aldrich
Hale
Rhode Island
Messrs. la Follette
Beveridge
Aldrich
Maine
Tariff debate tests Senate leadership amid fiduciary clash
The Senate divided 41 to 36 to refer the tariff bill to the Finance Committee. Senators Beveridge, Bristow, Brown, Burkett, Cummins, Dolliver, Gambie, La Follette and Nelson joined Democrats in opposing, while Aldrich and allies pushed for higher protective duties. Dolliver’s mercerization plan failed 32 to 33, with eleven Republicans voting with Democrats. rubber goods gained exemption from cotton schedules after an associated amendment.
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Washington
Senate
Committee On Finance
Foster and McEnery
Ufus
Beveridge
Bristow
Brown
Urkett
Cummins
Dolliver
Gambie
la Follette
Nelson
Finance Committee
Aldrich
Indiana
Rhode Island
South
Jones
Messrs
Burkett
Clapp
Gamble
Mr. McEnery
Senate Resumes Cotton Schedule Debates And Hosiery Rates
The Senate at night revived the cotton schedule with Aldrich backing a 4 percent ad valorem on cotton valued at one dollar per yard or less and a higher rate for goods over that value. The session saw discussion of hosiery duties as Dolliver questioned the intent to restore Dingley-era rates, while silence on silk hose provoked laughter. A 41 to 24 vote approved an amendment upping duties on cotton gloves, and deliberations continued on tapes binders and related fabrics as Aldrich moved to refine the garters and suspenders language.
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Washington
Senate
Aldrich
Dolliver
House
Finance Committee
Mr. Gallinger
Ledge
Amendment adopted to cotton schedule duty scope
Under taxing provisions for cotton cloth by value and thread count Mr Aldrich notes the duty on cotton duck aimed at sailcloth but finer goods for women’s dresses were imported under the same duty. The amendment was agreed to and the last paragraph of the cotton schedule adopted.
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Aldrich
Disfranchise Negroes in Annapolis Voting Push
The Democratic machine enforces a 1910 law to register voters only if naturalized, own $500 property, or have a grandfather who voted before 1868. Aims to disenfranchise about seven hundred Black residents and secure a Democratic city. Federal court challenge planned with lawyers Bonaparte Gans and Baetjer guiding protests for those denied registration.
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Tribune
Annapolis
Democratic Machine
United States
Bonaparte
Edgar H. Gans
Edwin Baetjer
Germans for Revision Plan At Albany Blue Law Revision
The German American Alliance of New York ends its Buffalo convention with a Niagara Falls trip and moves to push blue law revision in Albany. The Legislative committee is tasked to monitor state measures and back proposals to widen Sunday observance while preserving morality. Officers elected include Theodore Sutro and Richard Lahrmann, with committees named for finance and legislation.
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Buffalo
New York
Niagara Falls
Albany
Legislative Committee
Hughes
Theodore Sutro
Richard F. Schmidt
Brooklyn
William Gaertner
Werner Strecker
Troy
Sigmund Handler
Rochester
William Grandpre
Joseph Kuoli
Uttea
E. E. Théodore Kiesenwetter
Henry Pfeffer
Richard Lahrmann
Herkimer
Charles Derach
Whiskey Defined in Law by Lloyd W. Bowers
Solicitor General Bowers told President Taft that coloring or flavoring does not create whiskey from non whiskey substances. He says blended whiskey may be lawful if it retains by products and flavor. Taft will hear more testimony from straight whiskey distillers before a final stance.
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Washington
Lloyd W. Bowers
United States
Taft
Bowers
Department of Agriculture
Du Pont Protester Objects to Panama Canal Explosive Bids
The E I du Pont company filed a formal protest alleging discrimination by the Isthmian Canal Commission in awarding explosives contracts for the Panama Canal. It claims priority to submit a bid under proper specifications for Trojan class powders. The agency seeks over ten million pounds of dynamite. du Pont bid $1 051 000 and Keystone Powder Manufacturing $1 017 232.
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Washington
Isthmian Canal Commission
E. I. du Pont de Nemours Powder Company
Panama Canal
Commission
du Pont Company
Keystone Powder Manufacturing Company
Emporium, Penn
Ogden Praises Retail Merchants At Boston Dinner
Boston June 7. Merchants of greater Boston gather at Hotel Somerset for a dinner hosted by the Merchants' Association trade committee and the Boston Chamber of Commerce. Robert Curtis Ogden, former Wanamaker partner, urged that retail be the core of future commerce and praised leaders of big firms as broad minded, capable, and generous.
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Boston
Greater Boston
Somerset
Merchants’ Association
Boston Chamber of Commerce
Robert Curtis Ogden
John Wanamaker
Porto Rican bill passes in House after weeks of delay
Washington June 7 The House finally forms a quorum and approves the Porto Rican bill. It allows reappropriated expenditures when the island assembly fails to fund the prior year. Democrats call it taxation without representation while supporters urge citizenship talks and federal commitment. Delegates also push Alaska territorial government with automatic naturalization for Russians.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
House
Olmsted
Pennsylvania
Porto Rico
United States
Cooper
Wisconsin
Insular Affairs Committee
Wickersham
Alaska
General Assembly
Bermuda farmers shift from New York produce market to tourist trade
Washington reports Bermuda farmers plan to abandon New York as a vegetable market and focus on tourism. Consul W Maxwell Greene says the nine thousand visitors this year brought at least $1,000,000 of American money, with hotels expanding and more investment expected to support tourist traffic.
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Bermuda
New York
Tribune Bureau
Washington
W. Maxwell Greene
United States
Hamilton
Greene
Spanish postal bill advances reforms in Madrid
The Cortes passed a bill reorganizing Spanish postal and telegraph services. It promises cheaper postage, a parcels post with money order system, and a postal savings bank. A second measure renews steamship subsidies totaling 2 million dollars annually.
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Madrid
Cortes
Debate on lower cable rates at Imperial Press Congress
London June 7 delegates at the Imperial Press Congress debated cheaper cable rates between colonies and the mother country. T D Ross Ottawa urged government lines and state owned cables to cut commercial rates to five cents a word. Sir Hugh Graham backed state ownership and a permanent committee. Buxton promised government sympathy and potential cooperation with cable companies. Discussion to resume June special session.
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London
Imperial Press Congress
Lord Crewe
Canada
India
T. D. Ross
Ottawa
England
Pacific
Hugh Graham
Montreal Star
Buxton
Venezuelan Consul Finds Shield Intact After Attack
Willemstad June 7 The Venezuelan Consul to Curacao reports the shield of the Venezuelan government, once presumed broken during a consulate attack last year, is safe inside the building. It is now believed the shield was removed by the former consul under cover of darkness.
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Willemstad
Curagno
Venezuela
Netherlands
Tittoni Denies Indemnity to U.S. Killed Italians
In Rome on June 7 Signor Tittoni the Foreign Minister reiterated that no indemnity had been granted to relatives of Italian workers killed in the United States. He noted ongoing negotiations for a treaty amendment to address the matter, stemming from the 1871 treaty between Italy and the United States.
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Rome
Signor Tittoni
Chamber of Deputies
United States
Taft Wins Golf Match at Chevy Chase
President Taft and General Edwards defeated Senator Bourne and Captain Butt on the Chevy Chase course by 5 up. Taft again posted the highest individual score, returning to the White House after the match.
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Washington
Taft
Clarence R. Edwards
Senator Bourne
Captain Butt
Chevy Chase
Haune,st Rwelace
Supreme Court Upholds Hough Ruling on Immigration Fines
The Supreme Court, in a White written opinion, upholds Judge Hough ruling against Oceanic Steam Navigation and International Mercantile Marine fined $75,000 for bringing to the United States immigrants with trachoma without a hearing. The decision affirmes executive imposition of fines under the immigration act.
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United States Supreme Court
Hough
Nevada N. Stranahan
White
Oceanic Steam Navigation Company
International Mercantile Marine
Washington
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
United States
Secretary of Commerce and Labor
Wong Wing
Congress
Nathan Straus Warns Dairy Tuberculosis Will End Human Race
Budapest June 7 Nathan Straus warned at the International Dairy Congress that persistent methods will extinguish the dairy industry and the human race. He urged pasteurizing milk from non tuberculin tested herds and cited New York City’s precautions. He noted a 33 percent rise in new human tuberculosis cases in two years and estimated bovine tuberculosis costs to American farmers at 14 million dollars annually.
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Budapest
Nathan Straus
International Dairy Congress
Vigado
Mr. Straus
Chicago
New York City
Education prospects in China assessed by Chicago team
T C Chamberlin E D Chamberlin and R T Burton returned to Peking after a year studying China's resources for American educational aid. Burton confirms earlier estimates of natural resources and traveled fifteen thousand miles through fourteen provinces. He conducted the first comprehensive state education survey and explored public attitudes toward further education and aid.
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Peking
T. C. Chamberlin
E. D.chamberlin
R. T. Burton
University of Chicago
China
Burton
Richthofen
Willis
Soward
Hawley and Hawley System Expand Rail Network in 1900s
The Hawley group builds a transcontinental rail line from Minneapolis and St Paul to Des Moines and Centreville, with routes like the Colorado & Southern and the Toledo St Louis & Western joining the system. They acquire control of Chicago & Alton in 1907 and purchase the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway linking Cincinnati to Chicago, creating an implied ocean to ocean trunk line via an Orient road alliance.
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Town Central Railway
Minneapolis
St. Paul
South Dakota
Des Moines
Centreville
Town
Hawley
Colorado & Southern Railway
Burlington
Toledo, St. Louis & Western Railroad
Detroit
Toledo
St. Louis
Rock Island
Chicago & Alton Railroad
Chicago
Kansas City
Orient Road
Kuhn, Lo
Conditions in Congo worsen says missionary in Twelve-year view
The Congo Reform Association released a report from Rev. H. W. Whiteside reporting worsening conditions in the Upper Congo, with Leopoldville amid ongoing concerns. The Morrison and Sheppard trial in Congo Independent State was postponed to June at their request, needing Belgian counsel, with a possible further delay. The missionaries face a calumnious denunciation suit by a Congo concession company in Kasai restor, seen as a case by the Belgian government.
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Boston
Congo Reform Association
H. W. Whiteside
Lolanga
Upper Congo
Congo
Leopoldville
Congo Independent State
Messrs Morrison and
Sheppard
William Morrison
W. We Sheppard
Murderers of Dr James Escape While on Way to Execution
Three natives convicted of killing Dr William James of the Chicago Columbian Museum escaped from guards while being transported to Pangasinan for execution. They eluded night guards in Nueva Viscaya and vanished into the jungle as patrols pursue them.
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Manila
William James
Anthro
Chicago
Rioting arrests in Adana involve Muslims and Christians
An official dispatch from Adana reports 445 Muslims and 117 Christians were arrested in connection with the April riots.
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Constantinople
Adana
Dominican Rebels Expelled From Cape Haytien
In Cape Haytien on June 7 the Dominican revolutionaries driven over the tier were expelled by the Haytien government. They will depart June 14 for Lt. General Camacho, leader of the party, who said the movement drew 240 men in two days. In earlier encounters they fought as government forces until they learned the movement favored the other side. The speaker claimed betrayal forced them to retreat.
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Beveridge
Mr. Beveridge
Aldrich
Lexington
Senator Gallinger
Chicago
Gallinger
Cape Haytien
Camacho
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