Long Talks On Hides Dingley Rate To Stand
Washington as sweltering afternoon sessions debated whether hides should be free or taxed under the Dingley tariff. Senators Warren Carter Page Daniel argued for and against free hides while McLaurin urged taxing smaller hides. debate framed by leather industry interests and party platform references.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Senate
Capitol
Finance Committee
Warren
Carter
Page
Daniel
McLaurin
Treasury Department
West
Messrs
Warren and
Central Leather Company
Leather Trust
Vermont
Mr. Page
Congress
Aldrich
Denver
Virginia
Brven
Bryan
House of Representative
Mr. Bryan
Bourne backs Taft on income tax and corporate tax reform
Oregon Senator Bourne aligns with progressive Republicans backing Taft in pushing a constitutional income tax and a tariff amendment to tax corporate net earnings. He argues disclosure would empower stockholders, curb overreaching management, and reduce socialist tendencies while boosting public confidence in Taft as both demonstrator and advocate of reform.
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Washington
Senator Bourne
Oregon
Taft
Tech
Roosevelt
Congress
Belfry at Lexington Fall s destroyed in gale
In Lexington Massachusetts on June 21 the wisteric Mid Beery bell fell victim to a gale destroying the Belfry, a 1741 structure moved from Belfry Hill to the common two years after its erection. The bell reportedly stirred Minute Men in 1775 and now a popular subscription is expected to fund its reconstruction.
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Lexington
Mass
Paul Revere
Belfry
Steel Sales Agent Ends Life in Van Wert
Frank M. Campbell, a Philadelphia based steel sales agent for Jones Laughlin Steel Co of Pittsburgh, shot himself in Van Wert, Ohio. He had been ill for six months and was brought with his wife and three children to his former home for rest.
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van Wert
Ohio
Frank M. Campbell
Philadelphia
Jones @ Laughlin Ste Company
Pittsburg
Campbell
Committee Asks Facts in Land Fraud Case
Washington reports that Attorney General Wickersham was ordered by the Senate Judiciary Committee to forward all DOJ files on Dr. E H Perrin of Williams Arizona regarding conspiracy to defraud the government in California timber land cases. The sealed materials, once marked confidential, concern Perrin's conviction appeal and subsequent retrial plans.
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Washington
Wicker- Fham
Senate Committee On Judiciary
Senate
Department of Justice
E. H. Perrin
Williams, Ariz
California
Bonaparte
Robert T. Devlin
United States
Wickersham
Devlin
Perrin
Piles, Borah
Overman
W. R. Harr
Snell
Nolle
Hart
Judiciary Committee
Harr
W. J. Burns
Secret Service
Francis J. Heney
Burns
Roosevelt
Borah
Roosvelt
Baltimore
Charles J. Bonaparte
Bonaparts
Commodities Clause Mandate Not Yet Issued by DOJ
The Department of Justice announced that no haste is needed for the Supreme Court mandate in the commodities clause cases involving railroad rates. The Attorney General will decide on the circuit court filing in Eastern District of Pennsylvania after a conference with Waldo Ellis. Railroads are said to be complying in good faith.
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Washington
Supreme Court of the United States
Circuit Court
District of Pennsylvania
Department of Justice
Waldo Ellis
Negro Not For Social Equality Says Booker T Washington
Norfolk Va June 1 The educated negro of today lacks any social equality idea as Booker T Washington told a large audience Education, in its broad sense, increases the wants of the negro and drives him to work for good clothes, a home, and a bank account The idle ignorant negro has easy needs and works briefly to get money while a properly educated negro pursues better things.
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Norfolk
Booker T. Washington
Fatal fire at Daniel Baugh plant in Philadelphia
A blaze at the Daniel Baugh & Sons fertilizer storage and shipping building on Swanson Street along the Delaware River front killed watchman William McClellan and seriously injured fireman Edward Talbot. McClellan suffocated while fighting the flames and Talbot sustained severe injuries after a fall on stairs.
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Philadelphia
Daniel Baugh & Sons
Delaware River
Swanson Street
William McClellan
Edward Talbot
Census Bill Up Again in Congress Conference Action
Washington June 21 after hours of failed effort to reconcile House and Senate versions on the census bill the House sent the measure to conference. An amendment by Senator McCumber requires applicants for Civil Service posts to take exams in the state they are credited to and to have lived there at least one year. The rule applies to census and all future Civil Service appointments, likely curtailing near Washington quota states. The amendment, opposed by Crumpacker and Hay, was adopted by a large majority. The Senate resolution on continuing unexpended balances for river and harbor work was also passed after debate.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Congress
House
Senate
McCumber
District of Columbia
Maryland
Virginia
Crumpacker and Hay
There Is Little Excuse For A Man Out Of Work
Washington June 21 Secretary Wilson says farm labor shortage will hinder harvests after touring the West. He notes farmers fear weather and prices more than tariffs and politics and cites two million unemployed in cities, but many lack farm skills for machinery and unskilled labor remains in demand.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Mao
Wilson
West
American Federation of Labor
Attack on Pure Food Law Headed for DC Supreme Court
The Hipolite Egg Company of St Louis seeks a temporary restraining order against Secretary Wilson as it challenges the constitutional validity of the federal Pure Food Law. The case, filed in Peoria and to be argued in Washington, argues Congress overstepped powers and that boric acid used in egg preservation is non harmful in practice.
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Washington
Supreme Court of
District of Columbia
Hipelite Ere Company
St Louis
Wileen
Agricultural Department
Charlies Somers
Egg Company
Peoria
Department of Agriculture
Hipolite Company
Eees
District Supreme Court
Somers
Congress
Territories
Insular
Pure Food Board
Therapeutic Nihilism Fueled by Drug Abuse Protests
Detroit June 2. A major address by William D. Foster of the American Institute of Homeopathy denounces drug abuse and promotes homeopathy and other methods over conventional pharmacology. He cites census data on rising deaths, laments neglect of materia medica, and warns of therapeutic nihilism while noting a contest for the institute presidency and a push to hold the next meeting in Los Angeles.
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Detroit
Christian Science
Emmanuel Movement
Soul Cure
William D. Foster
American Institute of Homeopathy
United States Census Bureau
United States
Adam God
Foster
F. M Warner
Breitmeyer
Joseph Henaley
Oklahoma City
Okla
ED. A. MacLachlan
James W Ward
San Francisco
T. H. Carmichael
Philadelphia
G. J. Jones
Cleveland
FE Sawyer
Marion
Ohio
Los Angeles
Widow of Holland Bennett Returns After Berlin Disappearance
Mrs H Bennett widow of Holland Bennett the young city attorney who vanished from the Berlin en route Genoa to Naples last June 10 arrived on a steamer. She was met by her father Harry Upham an auditor in Carm brides. The Bennetts believe Black Hand threats may relate to his death and note his past melancholia and nervous fits. Rev Henry Salmon Yale alum aboard spoke of Yale school at Changsha and 48 students next term as a side note. Naples consular report says a $90 reward is offered for the body’s recovery.
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Mre
Holland Bennett
Berlin
Genoa
Naples
Bennett
Harry Upham
Carmbrides
Alan
Henry Salmon
Yale
Ulna
Chang Sha
Hsiang Road
Hankow
Dr. Salmon
Caspar S. Browninshield
Beaton
Harriman Ill Rumors Denied In Vienna And Wall Street
Vienna reports deny E H Harriman serious illness and note he is healthy overall He has driven daily attended social events with his family and will travel to Semmering for weeks The rumors originated in London and sparked a bear raid on Wall Street prompting official denials from Union Pacific officials and Harriman associates
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Vienna
E. H. Harriman
Harriman
Neue Handels Akademie
Semmering
Alps
Austria-Hungary
London
Wall Street
Union Pacific
R. S. Lovett
Harriman Lines
Joseph Héllen
Union Pacific Railroad Company
Stock Exchange
Bears
Kidnapper Kills Father and Self in Khabarovsk Case
In Asiatic Russia at Khabarovsk on June 21 a nine year old son of a rich merchant was kidnapped while playing. A kidnapper delivered a demand letter for $5.00 to the merchant who notified police. The kidnapper killed the merchant and then died by suicide. The boy's fate remains unknown.
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Khabarovsk
Russia
Accident to the Zeeland and Hartlepool collision noted
The British steamer Hartlepool arrived at Shielde badly damaged from a collision off Dover on Saturday, possibly the Hartlepool hitting the Red Star liner Zeeland. The Zeeland bows are set for repair in Southampton, with ten to three weeks expected. Saloon and most second and third class passengers will transfer to the Mecantic on June 23, with remainder aboard the St Paul on June ?. Cargo to be moved by an Atlantic Transport Line vessel.
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Shielde
Hartlepool
Dover
Red Star
Zeeland
Southampton
Mecantic
St. Paul
Atlantic Transport Line
Cause of Senor Paul's Dismissal in Europe
The Nieuwe Courant explains that Joss de Paul, the Venezuelan envoy to Europe, was dismissed after exceeding his mandate by claiming Venezuelan Congress approval was unnecessary for the protocol. The Dutch Foreign Office said further relations with Paul were impossible, and Venezuela appointed a new plenipotentiary.
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Hague
Nieuwe Courant
Joss de Paul
Europe
Sefior Paul
Venezuela
Sefer Paul
Lottery Patrons in Washington Smuggling Hungarian Ticket Ring
In Washington on June 21 Morris Schnitzer an Austrian living here was arrested in Baltimore on charges of selling Hungarian lottery tickets. Police found hundreds of tickets and a long list of names of patrons from Washington Baltimore New York and Philadelphia. The complaint came from Baltimore saloonkeeper Michael Derwart who reported Schnitzer tried to sell him a $1 lottery ticket earlier.
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Washington
Morris Schnitzer
Baltimore
Schnitzer
New York
Philadelphia
Michael Derwart
Charge Bigamy to Dead Man in Arizona Suit
A Phoenix District Court suit claims the late Myron H. Metord contracted two bigamous marriages. Anna M. McCord of Shawnee Wisconsin alleges she wed McCord in 1861 and that their marriage ended only at his death. The case references a Utah divorce McCord obtained, challenged as fraudulent. Ex Governor McCord served in Congress representing Wisconsin.
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the Tribune
Phenix
Ariz
Myron H. Metord
Phoenix
Arizona
McCord
Anna M. McCord
Shawnee
Wis
MeCord
Utah
Congress
Wisconsin
Karl Hau Appeal Rejected by Superior Court
The Superior Court denied the appeal for a new trial by Karl Hau's legal representative. Hau, a German American lawyer and professor, was sentenced to life imprisonment in 1907 for the murder of his mother-in-law. The ruling was issued in Carlsruhe on June 21.
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Carlsruhe
Karl Hau
Cuban Lottery Bill Near Law
Havana June 21 The Senate approved a national lottery plan and sent details to a conference committee with expectations of quick agreement and enactment in days The House has also introduced a 30 percent tariff bill targeting Spain over colonial debt in retaliation and referred it to committee
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Havana
Senate
Orestes Ferrara
Cuba
Spain
International Weather Signals Meet in London
The International Meteorological Association panel in Paris considers an international maritime weather signal system. American delegates include Professor Willis L. Moore of the Weather Bureau and F. Talman. Moore first proposed the concept. the commission will report in 1810.
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London
International Meteorological Association
Paris
Tondon
Willis L. Moore
American Weather Bureau
F. Talman
Moore
International Committee
Germans honor New York marksman corps at Bederkesa
Two hundred members of the National Schutzenbund who traveled from New York to compete in Hamburg contests begin July 10 were hosted at Bederkesa for the seventy fifth anniversary of the town rifle club. Herr von Minden, captain of the New York marksman, delivered a speech.
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Bremen
Schutzenbund
Germany
New York
Hamburg
Bederkesa
Rifle Club
Herr von Minden
No American Protest to Cuba Denied by Cuban Sec State
Havana June 21 Sefior Velez Secretary of State denies the United States government has presented a protest against the award to European manufacturers of the contract for furnishing ares He states the Cuban government has received only a request for information about contracts and he has instructed the Cuban Minister in Washington to answer the note
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Havana
Sefior Velez
United States
Washington
Newsboy’s telegram read in Senate over Hale death
In an historic first, the Senate opened session with a message from a Spokane newsboy association signed by Arthur Prague. The postal card expressed regret on the death of Rev. Dr. Edward Everett Hale, and Senator Piles of Washington urged its reading for inclusion in The Congressional Record.
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Washington
Senate
Arthur Prague
Spokane Newsboys’ Association
Edward Everett Hale
Piles
Congressional Record
Stolypin halts Poltava celebration protest plan
In St. Petersburg on June 21 Premier Stolypin blocked reactionary groups from turning the Poltava bi centennial celebration next month into a demonstration against the Douma and the October 30 reform manifesto.
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St. Petersburg
Stolypin
Poltava
Douma
Taft and Edwards Lose Golf Match at Chevy Chase
In Washington on June 21 President Taft and General Clarence R. Edwards were defeated in a foursome with Vice-President Sherman and Oregon Senator Bourne at Chevy Chase. Bourne won by a margin. Taft’s driving was highlighted as a strong feature and Sherman played unusually well in warm weather as the President joined with his usual zest.
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Washington
Taft
Clarence R. Edwards
Chevy Chase
Sherman
Bourne
Oregon
Moscow ends martial law as Stolypin promises honored
On June 1 Moscow lifts the state of extraordinary security and replaces it with reinforced security. The new rules maintain press restrictions and other tight controls from the prior administration, continuing limited civil liberties under a milder form of governance.
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Moscow
Stolypin
Cuban-Spanish Treaty Outlook Promising in Madrid
Madrid reports Cuban-Spanish commercial treaty prospects as very fair despite Cuba’s debt issues. Spain’s friendly mood toward Cuba centers on tobacco and sugar. Tobacco groups likely silent but sugar manufacturers’ stance remains doubtful and could influence negotiations.
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Mi_id
Spain
Cuba
English contractor to oversee Arica to La Paz line
Arica June 21 Sir John Jackson the English contractor arriving by steamer Oropesa to begin the Arica and La Paz Railroad project for the Chilean government. He brings Morton Griffiths Wynne Edwards and a large staff of engineers and plans to visit Bolivia to meet its president before returning to England via the United Kingdom.
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Arica
Sir John Jackson
la Paz
Morton Griffiths
Wynne Edwards
John
Chill
Bolivia
Republic
England
Meine
Wrights At Fort Myer Ready For Flight Test
Orville and Wilbur Wright arrived in Washington and worked at Fort Myer assembling their aeroplane amid strict government trials. The craft must meet minimum speeds and aloft duration for a contract price of 25 dollars, with bonuses for exceeding 40 mph, while weather and ground constraints shape the final measured course.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Orville
Wilbur Wigh
Fort Myer
Orville Wright
Smitle
Promiaa
Fort Miers
War Department
Feld
Wrights
Selfridge
George O. Squire
Me. Saltzman
Wallaee
Frank P. Lahm
Benjamin D. Foulots
C. Humphrey
Charles Sweet
U. S
Squire
Allen
Alexandria
Wilbur Wright
Charles E. Taylor
Foulois
Signal Corps
A. M. Herring
New York
Magnet for Aeronauts to Feature Airships Along Hudson
The Hudson Fulton Celebration Commission approved a major fall aeronautic exposition in New York and along the Hudson River. James M. Bate chaired the aeronautic committee and engaged William J. Hammer to arrange the program. Invitations will go to the Wright brothers Delagrand and Farmar.
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Hudson River
Hudson-Fulton Celetraction Commission
James M. Bate
United States
Gener
Aeronautic
William J. Hammer
Hasmer
Aero Club of America
The
Aeronautic Society of New York
England
France
Germany
Austria
Béck
Wright Brothers
Delagrang
Farmar
Balloon Crew Ends Ball Game Breakup in Flight
John Berry the Indianapolis balloon race winner and companion Heiman landed Melba at Wrights after a perilous NW start. Wind shifts sent them toward charged clouds and they rose to 0.2 feet to escape danger. A baseball player was struck by the drag rope as the balloon neared the field. Leo Stevens with All America completed a separate ascent from Dayton with four passengers, landing near Findlay.
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St. Louis
John Berry
Indianapolis
Heiman
Melba
Wrights
Dayton
Ohio
Leo Stevens
New York
All America
Findlay
Fort Meade man fined for manslaughter in Syracuse
Enock L. Cordery of Fort Meade Florida was fined 250 dollars by Justice White in the Supreme Court after pleading guilty to second degree manslaughter in the death of Harry Carr of Syracuse. The judge suggested a medical exam of Cordery’s mental state. the DA declined.
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Buffalo
Enoch L. Cordery
Fort Meade
Fla
White
Supreme Court
Cordery
Harry Carr
Syracuse
Arimkins
Dudley
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Netherlands
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Trian
Myron H. McCord
International Weather Signals
Schuetzenbund
Velez
Newsboy
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Madrid
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Justice White
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