Senators clash over lumber duty amid heated debt debate
The scene features Democratic leaders chiding a “dressing down” threat from Mr. Jones as Mr. Stone and Mr. Bailey downplay the incident. Senator Hale criticizes Mr. Aldrich while urging a clear brief from the Finance Committee. The exchange includes Messrs La Follette Beveridge and an insurgent line, with Maine’s Hale pushing for concise explanations.
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Mr. Aldrich
Hale
Rhode Island
Messrs. la Follette
Beveridge
Maine
Aldrich
Senate Tariff Debate Over Cotton Duty and Leadership
The Senate debated the tariff bill sustaining the Finance Committee with a 41 to 3 vote on the cotton cloth duty. Leaders clashed over who directs the opposition as Dolliver’s mercerized goods amendment failed 22 to 38, while a rubber goods amendment passed to remove cotton-related duties.
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Washington
Senate
Committee On Finance
Fosand McEnery
Mavy
Beveridge
Bristow
Brown
Urkett
Cummins
Dolliver
Gambie
la Follette
Nelson
Democrats
Senator Beveridge
Finance Committee
Aldrich
Indiana
Rhode Island
South
Jones
Messrs
Burkett
Clapp
Gamble
Mr. McEnery
Senate Resumes Cotton Schedule Debates and Adopts Rates
The Senate at night renewed discussion of the cotton schedule with Aldrich proposing a 4 percent ad valorem rate on cotton tapestry valued at $1 or less per yard and 5 percent on higher valued goods. The hosiery debate touched on Dingery rates and protests by women against higher duties. A Lodge amendment aimed at gloves passed 41 to 24, and amendments to garters and tapes were adopted as the section advanced.
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Mr. Aldrich
Beveridge
Senate
United States
Geveridge
Aldrich
Eneers
Indiana
Bacon
Rhode Island
Pitcairn
Minute Men
Concord
Washington
Dolliver
House
Finance Committee
Gallinger
Lodge
Amendment Adopted on Cotton Cloth Duty Schedule
Mr. Aldrich explained the cotton cloth tax based on value and thread count. The duty on cotton duck was aimed at sail cloth but finer goods for women's dresses have been 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 Law Enforced
The Democratic machine enforces a law restricting city voters to those with naturalization, $500 property value, or a grandfather who voted before 1868. It aims to disenfranchise about seven hundred Black residents, while Republicans plan to challenge the law in federal courts with lawyers Bonaparte Gans and Baetjer.
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The
Tribune
Annapolis
Democratic Machine
United States
Bonaparte
Edgar H. Gans
Edwin Baetjer
Germans for Revision Convention Closes in Buffalo
The German American Alliance of New York State wrapped up its annual meeting in Buffalo with plans for Albany scrutiny of blue laws and a push for liberal reforms. Officers elected include Theodore Sutro as president and Henry Pfeiffer as secretary, with committees named for legislation and finance.
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Buffalo
New York
Niagara Falls
Albany
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 Pfeiffer
Richard Lohrmann
Herkimer
Charles Dersach
William Rose
Gaertner
William Kuehenling
John Diehl
Schenectady
Gustave A. Hitzel
Whiskey Defined Opinion Declares Blended Whiskey Valid
Lloyd W. Bowers, Solicitor General, tells President Taft that coloring or flavoring can not make nonwhiskey into whiskey. He says blended whiskey, including harmless additives, remains whiskey if key properties persist, reversing Agriculture Department stance and leaving Taft to await straight whiskey testimony.
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Washington
Lloyd W. Bowers
United States
Taft
Bowers
Department of Agriculture
Du Pont protests Panama Canal explosive bids bias
The E I du Pont de Nemours Powder Company filed a formal protest in Washington alleging Canal Commission bias toward Trojan powder manufacturers as bids opened for the coming fiscal year. Du Pont bid 1 051 850 dollars while Keystone Powder Manufacturing proposed 1 017 232 dollars for over ten million pounds of dynamite.
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Washington
Isthmian Canal Commission
E. I. du Pont de Nemours Powder Company
Panama Canal
du Pont Company
Keystone Powder Manufacturing Company
Emporium
Penn
Ogden Lays Out Vision For Boston Retail Merchants
Boston June 7 prominent local merchants gathered at the Hotel Somerset for a dinner hosted by the Merchants Association and the Boston Chamber of Commerce. Robert Curtis Ogden former Wanamaker partner and active in education spoke urging retail leaders to be the great merchants of the future, emphasizing broad-minded leadership and diplomacy.
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Boston
Greater Boston
Somerset
Merchants’ Association
Boston Chamber of Commerce
Robert Curtis Ogden
John Wanamaker
Porto Rican bill passed by House after weeks
Washington June 7. For the first time in weeks a quorum was present as the Porto Rican bill passed. The measure would deem expenditures for the previous year reappropriated if the island assembly fails to provide funds. Critics call it taxation without representation. Representative Olmsted urged passage and cited U S favors toward Porto Rico. Cooper pressed for citizenship for Porto Ricans. No amendments were adopted. Delegates Wickersham proposed full territorial government for Alaska with eight Senators and sixteen Representatives and automatic naturalization for Russians then in Alaska. The President may oppose the Alaska bill.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
House
Demcratz
Olmsted
Pennsylvania
Porto Rico
United States
Cooper
Wisconsin
Insular Affairs Committee
Wickersham
Alaska
General Assembly
Bermuda Farmers Pivot From Markets To Tourism
Bermuda farmers plan to abandon New York as a produce market and focus on tourism. Consul Greene notes higher immediate returns from supplying tourists, with hotels expanding to handle traffic. The nine thousand visitors expected this year may bring at least $1,000,000 of American money, aided by capable transport.
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Bermuda
New York
Tribune Bureau
Washington
W. Maxwell Greene
United States
Hamilton
Greene
Spanish postal bill reshapes Madrid services and rates
The Cortes passed a bill to reorganize the Spanish postal and telegraph services. It introduces cheaper rates, a parcels post, a money order system, and a postal savings bank. A second vote renewed steamship subsidies totaling $2,000,000 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 Britain. Ottawa's T D Ross urged government lines from England to Canada and Pacific routes with state ownership to cut commercial rates. Postmaster Buxton promised government sympathy and potential cooperation. Discussion to resume June with a 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 Consulate Shield Found Safe in Curacao
Willemstad June 7 The Venezuelan Consul reports the government shield over the consulate door is safe inside. It had been alleged the mob damaged it during last year’s attack, a dispute between Venezuela and the Netherlands. It appears the former consul moved the shield under cover of darkness.
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Willemstad
Curagao
Venezuela
Netherlands
Italy Still Seeks Indemnity For Workers Deaths
Rome June 7 Signor Titton the Foreign Minister told the Chamber of Deputies that indemnity had not been granted to relatives of Italian workers killed in the United States He said negotiations are under way to amend the treaty of November 18 1871 to that end.
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Rome
Signor Titton
Chamber of Deputies
United States
President Taft Wins Golf Victory at Chevy Chase
President Taft and General Clarence R. Edwards defeated Senator Bourne and Captain Butt on the Chevy Chase course by 5 up. Taft again posted the highest individual score as they played this afternoon, returning to the White House afterward.
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Washington
Taft
Clarence R. Edwards
Senator Bourne
Captain Butt
Chevy Chase
Haune
Tmclack
Supreme Court affirms Hough ruling on steamship fines
The Supreme Court upholds Judge Hough in fines totaling 75000 against Oceanic Steam Navigation and International Mercantile Marine for bringing to the United States aliens with trachoma without hearings. The decision sustains penalties under the immigration act of 188? and affirms executive imposition without prior notice.
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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
Secretary of Commerce and Labor
Wong Wing
United States
Congress
Nathan Straus Warns on Dairy Tuberculosis Risk
Budapest June 7 Nathan Straus warned that persistent dairy practices will wipe out dairying and threaten humanity. He urged pasteurization of all milk from non tuberculin tested herds and cited New York data showing a 33 percent rise in human TB cases over two years and a $14 000 annual cost to American farmers.
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Budapest
Nathan Straus
International Dairy Congress
Vigado
Mr. Straus
Chicago
New York City
Outlook for Chinese Education
Peking June 7. T. C. Chamberlin E. D. Cham Berlin and R. T. Burton return to Peking after a year of investigations for the University of Chicago. They assess China's resources and the potential for large scale American aid to education and report on state education and official attitudes. Burton traveled fifteen thousand miles through fourteen provinces.
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Peking
T. C. Chamberlin
E. D. Chamberlin
R. T. Burton
University of Chicago
China
Burton
Richthofen
Willis
Hawley Builds Rail Net Linking Cities and States
The Hawley group expands control across multiple railroads from Minneapolis and St. Paul to Des Moines and Centreville, adding lines like the Colorado & Southern and Chesapeake & Ohio. The strategy aims to connect Chicago with Cincinnati and create an ocean to ocean trunk line through alliances and acquisitions.
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Hawley
Iowa Central Railway
Minneapolis
St. Paul
South Dakota
Des Moines
Centreville
Colorado & Southern Railway
Burlington
Toledo, St. Louis & Western Railroad
Detroit
Toledo
St. Louis
Rock Island
Chicago & Alton Raiilroad
Chicago
Kansas City
Orient Road
Kuhn, Loeb
Chesapeake & Ohio Railway
Mr. Hawley
Henry E. Huntington
Frank A. Vanderlip
National City Bank
Joan W. Castles
Union Trust Company
F. W. Scott
Richmond
Frank Trumbull
Colorado & Southern
Conditions in Congo Worsen Report Says Missionary
The Congo Reform Association released a report from Rev. H. W. Whiteside in Lolanga Upper Congo stating conditions are worse now than in the last twelve years. In Leopoldville a trial for American missionaries Morrison and Sheppard, postponed to June, faces possible further delays if Belgian counsel cannot arrive. They are sued for calumnious denunciation by a Congo concession company, with government backing. the case highlights Congo Independent State tensions.
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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
Ww. & Sheppard
Kasai
Murderers of Dr James Escape While Being Taken for Execution
Three natives convicted of murdering Dr William James of the Chicago Columbian Museum escaped from guards while being moved by land to Pangasinan for execution. Patrols were mobilized across Nueva Vizcaya Province and Pangasinan, but recapture is doubtful and pursuit continues.
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Manila
William James
Anthro
Chicago Columbian Museum
Nueva Vizcaya
Pangasinan
Riots arrests reported in Adana total 562
Official dispatch from Adana notes 445 Muslims and 117 others arrested in connection with April rioting. The figures reflect a broad crackdown following the unrest and indicate the authorities intensified security measures in the region.
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Constantinople
Adana
Rebels expelled by Haiti government in June exodus
Cape Haytien reports that Dominican revolutionaries who last week clashed with Haytien forces have been expelled by the Haitian government. They will depart June 14 for Lt. General Camacho, leader of the party, who said he had gathered 249 men in two days after betrayals and shifting loyalties.
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Cape Haytien
Haytien
Camacho
Vasques
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