Long Talks on Hides Dingley Rate to Stand
The Tribune notes Watlington June 2 where tariff orators spoke nine hours on whether hides should be free or dutiable. Senators Warren Carter Page Daniel and McLaurin argued for and against free hides, citing the Dingley act and Treasury interpretations. They argued protecting farmers and leather workers, warned against a shift to free hides harming protected industry. The debate highlighted political stances, party lines, and references to the Wilson tariff and Democratic platform.
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Watlington
Washington
Senate
Finance Committee
Warren
Carter
Page
Daniel
McLaurin
Treasury Department
West
Messrs
Central Leather Company
Leather Trust
Pag
Vermont
Mr. Daniel
Congress
Aldrich
Denver
Virginia
Brien
Brian
House of Representativs
Bryan
Brran
Bourne backs Taft on income tax and corporate disclosure
Senator Bourne of Oregon, a progressive Republican, backs President Taft's push for an income tax amendment and a corporate net earnings tax. He calls it a psychological moment for reform, argues full disclosure strengthens stockholder rights, curbs concealment, and reduces socialist trends. Bourne credits Taft and Roosevelt for public awakening and praises Taft as demonstrator and advocate of the people’s policies.
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Washington
Bourne
Oregon
Taft
Tech
Roosevelt
Congress
Old Belfry of Lexington Falls Destroyed in Gale
The historic old Belfry, linked to Paul Revere’s era, was demolished by a gale. Erected in 1791 on Belfry Hill, it was moved to the common two years later where the bell did its Minute Men whistle in 1775. A subscription may fund reconstruction as timbers survive.
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Lexington
Mars
Steel sales agent commits suicide in Van Wert Ohio
Frank M. Campbell a district sales agent for Jones and Laughlin Steel Company shot and killed himself in Van Wert Ohio today. He had been ill for six months and his wife had brought him home with their three children for a rest at her former home.
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van Wert
Ohio
Frank M. Campbell
Philadelphia
Jones & Laughlin Stel Company
Pitsburg
Campbell
Committee Asks Facts In Land Fraud Case
Washington reports that Attorney General Wickersham was ordered by the Senate Judiciary Committee to send all DOJ facts on Dr E H Perrin of Williams Arizona tied to timber land fraud conspiracy charges. The move follows sealed confidential files from Bonaparte and scrutiny of Perrin’s conviction and Snell perjury claims.
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Wickerham
Senate Committee On Judiciary
Senate
Department of Justice
E. H. Perrin
Williams, Ariz
California
Bonaparte
Robert T. Devlin
United States
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Devlin
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Snell
Noile
Hart
Judiciary Committee
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Mr. Hart
W. J. Burns
Secret Service
Francis J. Heney
Burns
Roosevelt
Borah
Baltimore
Charles J. Bonaparte
Bonaparts
Commodities Clause Mandate Held by Attorney General
The Supreme Court mandate in the commodities clause cases affecting railroad rates is with the Attorney General. The Department of Justice notes no rush as railroads report compliance in good faith. A decree will be issued after counsel conference with Waldo Ellis to agree on the form.
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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 Virginia June 21 Educated Negro today has no idea of social equality Booker T Washington told a large audience He said education broadens the concept beyond mere schooling and increases the wants of the race prompting effort to secure goods like clothes a home and a bank account He warned the idle ignorant Negro will only work enough to meet basic needs while the educated one seeks more lasting gains
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Norfolk
Booker T. Washington
Fatal Fire at Baugh & Sons Plant in Philadelphia
A blaze at the Daniel Baugh & Sons fertilizer plant along Swanson Street, Delaware River front, killed watchman William McClellan and seriously injured fireman Edward Talbot who fell down stairs while battling the flames. The storage and shipping building was destroyed.
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Philadelphia
Daniel Baugh & Sons
Delaware River
Swanson Street
William McClellan
Edward Talbot
Census Bill Up Again After Conference Move
Washington report on the House sending the census bill back to conference after a Senate amendment by McCumber. The rule requires examination in the credited state and one year residency, affecting Civil Service appointments including census posts. Nearby states like District of Columbia Maryland and Virginia would lose appointments until quotas are replenished. The amendment passed after debate with Crumpacker and Hay opposing. Senate resolution on unexpended river and harbor funds adopted after discussion.
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Washington
Congress
House
Senate
McCumber
District of Columbia
Maryland
Virginia
Crumpacker and Hay
Plenty of Work for All From The Tribune Bureau
Secretary Wilson reports a farm labor shortage after touring the West. He says two million unemployed are idle in cities but many farmers cannot hire due to lack of unskilled labor and to workers lacking farming experience with modern machinery. He stresses the need for unskilled farm help.
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Washington
Wilson
West
American Federation of Labor
Attack on Pure Food Law Reaches Supreme Court
In Washington June 21 the Hipelite Bee Company of St. Louis seeks a temporary restraining order against Secretary Wilen of the Agriculture Department as the first challenge to the pure food law. Attorney Charles Somers argues the case claims irreparable loss and inadequate legal remedy, contending boric acid in eggs is safe in small amounts and the law infringes states' police powers. He asserts Congress lacks authority to enact the law beyond territories and DC, and that the pure food board wields unconstitutional powers.
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Supreme Court of
District of Columbia
Hipelite Bee Company
St. Louis
Secrretary Wileen
Agricultural Department
Charles Somers
Peoria
Department of Agriculture
Hipolite Company
District Supreme Court
Somers Gaid
Congress
Territories
Insular
Pure Food Board
Lottery Sting Nets Austrian in Washington
Washington residents heard that Morris Schnitzer an Austrian living in the city was arrested in Baltimore on charges of trying to sell Hungarian lottery tickets. Police raided his room in Washington tonight seizing hundreds of tickets and a list of names of patrons in Washington Baltimore New York and Philadelphia many of them prominent businessmen. The Baltimore saloonkeeper Michael Derwart swore out the complaint saying Schnitzer offered him a ticket for one dollar and later was seen with more tickets in the neighborhood leading to his arrest.
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Washington
Morris Schnitzer
Baltimore
Schnitzer
New York
Philadelphia
Lttery
Michael Derwart
Therapeutic Nihilism Sparks Drug Abuse Protest
In Detroit on June 2 William D. Foster criticized drug abuse by physicians and urged homeopathy and other non drug therapies. He warned of therapeutic nihilism as modern medicine shifts from materia medica to pathology and bacteriology. Governors and mayors welcomed the institute, while a presidential race and next meeting city were discussed. Western doctors push for Los Angeles as the next gathering site.
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Detroit
Christian Science
Femmanuel
William D. Foster
American Institute of Homeeopathy
United States Census Bureau
United States
Adam God
Emmanuel Movement
Foster
F. M Warner
Breitmeyer
Joseph Henaley
Oklahoma City
Okla
To-Morrow
MacLachlan
James W. Ward
San Francisco
T. H. Carmichael
Philadelphia
G. J. Jones
Cleveland
FE. Sawyer
Marion
Ohio
Los Angeles
Widow of vanished Boston lawyer returns after Berlin mystery
Mrs Holland Bennett arrived on the Berlin with her suspicions about the Black Hand related death of Holland Bennett. Her husband, a young Boston lawyer, disappeared June 19 from the deck between Genoa and Naples after leaving the saloon to walk. The family cites melancholia and nervous fits, while Rev Henry Saimen reports Yale China work and a school near Hankow. Consul Crowninshield notes a $9 reward for the body.
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Berlin
Genoa
Naples
Bennett
Harry Upham
Cambridge
Alan
Henry Saimen
Yale
China
Chang Sha
Hatang Rad
Hankow
Salmon
Caspar S.crowninshield
Boston
Harriman in Vienna Denies Ill Health Rumors
Vienna reports there is no truth to rumors of E. H. Harriman being seriously ill. He remains in good health, attends social events, and plans a stay at Semmering. Denials from Union Pacific officials and Harriman’s physicians quell stock market bear raids as prices stabilize.
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E. H. Harriman
Harriman
Neue Handels Akademie
Semmering
Alps
Austria-Hungary
London
Wall Street
Union Pacific
R. S. Lovett
Harriman Lines
Joseph Hellen
Union Pacific Railroad Company
Stock Exchange
Bears
Kidnappers Kill Father Then End Own Life in Khabarovsk
In Khabarovsk Asiatic Russia a nine year old boy, son of a wealthy merchant, was abducted while playing. A kidnapper delivered a letter demanding five dollars prompting the merchant to call police. The kidnapper shot the father and killed himself, and the boy’s fate remains unknown.
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Khabarovsk
Russia
Accident to the Zeeland and Hartlepool collision
The British steamer Hartlepool arrived here badly damaged after a collision with an unknown steamer off Dover on Saturday, believed to be the Hartlepool and the Zeeland. Repairs to the Zeeland bow will take two to three weeks. Saloon passengers and most other classes will transfer to the Oceanic on June 23 with remainder sailing later. cargo to be moved by another Atlantic Transport Line vessel.
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Shielde
Hartlepool
Dover
Red Star
Zeeland
Southampton
Oceanic
St. Paul
Atlantic Transport Line
Cause of Senor Paul's Dismissal Explained
The Hague June 1 The Nieuwe Courant explains the dismissal of Joss de J. Paul the Venezuelan envoy to Europe saying he exceeded his mandate by claiming Venezuelan Congress sanction for the protocol was unnecessary The Dutch Foreign Office said further relations with Lestor Paul were impossible and Venezuela appointed a new plenipotentiary.
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Hague
Nieuwe Courant
Joss de J. Paul
Europe
Seftor Paul
Venezuela
Lestor Paul
Charge Bigamy to Dead Man
A suit filed in the District Court in Phoenix alleges two bigamous marriages by the late Myron H. McCord former Arizona governor. McCord died in Phoenix in April 1998 leaving a wife in Shawnee Wisconsin who claims a marriage in 1961 and says the later marriage occurred after his death. The plaintiff attacks a Utah divorce as illegal and fraudulent and notes her first knowledge came from a decree notice. Ex Governor McCord served a term in Congress from Wisconsin.
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Phenix
Ariz
Myron H. McCord
Phoenix
Arizona
McCord
Pheenix
Anna M. McCord
Shawnee
Wis
Utah
Congress
Wisconsin
German-American lawyer Hau loses bid for new trial
Carlsruhe June 21 The Superior Court today rejected the appeal for a new trial by the legal representative of Karl Hau the German American lawyer and professor sentenced to life imprisonment here in 1907 for the murder of his mother in law.
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Carlsruhe
Karl Hau
Cuban Lottery Bill Near Law
Havana June 21 The Senate accepted a committee report approving a national lottery plan. Details go to a conference committee with expected quick agreement and enactment in days. Orestes Ferrara has proposed a 39 percent tariff increase on imports from countries exporting more than they import to Cuba, aimed at Spain over colonial debt.
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Havana
Senate
Orestes Ferrara
Cuba
Spain
No American Protest to Cuba Denied by Secretary of State
Havana report states Secretary of State Velez denies any U S protest about arms contract awards to European manufacturers. He says Cuba received only a request for information on contracts and has instructed the Cuban minister in Washington to answer the note.
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Havana
Sefior Velez
United States
Washington
Newsboy's communication read in Senate over Hale death
In Washington on June 21 a postal card from Arthur Prague, Spokane Newsboys' Association manager, expressing regret at Rev. Dr. Edward Everett Hale's death was read in open session. Senator Piles requested its reading to ensure print in The Congressional Record.
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Washington
Senate
Arthur Prague
Spokane Newsboys’ Association
Edward Everett Hale
Piles
Congressional Record
London meeting on maritime weather signals proposed by IM
An IM committee in London discusses adopting an international system of maritime weather signals. American delegates include Professor Willis L. Moore of the Weather Bureau and F. Talman. Moore first proposed the signals. The commission will report to the international committee in 1910.
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London
International Meteorological Association
Paris
Willis L. Moore
American Weather Bureau
F. Talman
Moore
International Committee
Two Hundred National Schutzenbund Arrive for Hamburg Contests
Two hundred members of the National Schutzenbund who traveled from New York to compete in the Hamburg shooting contests begin July 10. They were hosted at Bremerkesa to celebrate the seventy fifth anniversary of the local rifle club. Herr von Minden, captain of the New York marksmen, delivered a speech.
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Brremen
Schutzenbund
Germany
New York
Hamburg
Brederkesa
Rifle Club
Herr von Minden
Stolypin halts Poltava celebration protest plan
In St Petersburg on June 21 Premier Stolypin prevented reactionary groups from turning the Poltava bi centennial celebration next month into a demonstration against the Douma and the October 30 reform manifest.
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St. Petersburg
Stolypin
Poltava
Taft and Edwards Lose Foursome at Chevy Chase Golf
President Taft and General Clarence R. Edwards were defeated in a foursome with Vice-President Sherman and Senator Bourne of Oregon at Chevy Chase. Bourne won by a margin not specified. Taft’s driving stood out as a notable aspect of his solid play in the very warm weather.
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Washington
Taft
Clarence R. Edwards
Chevy Chase
Sherman
Bourne
Oregon
Moscow Ends Martial Law Replaced by Reinforced Security
Moscow lifts the state of extraordinary security promised by Premier Stolypin. A milder form remains in effect as reinforced security takes over with administrative regulations continuing press restrictions and other stringent controls from the prior administration.
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Moscow
Stolypin
Cuban Spanish treaty outlook promises fair prospects
The June 21 report notes very favorable views on a Cuban Spanish commercial treaty. Spain’s attitude toward Cuba is friendly though debt issues loom. Key sticking points are tobacco and sugar with tobacco unlikely to block an accord, while sugar manufacturers’ stance remains doubtful.
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Mtdid
Spain
Cuba
English Contractor Arrives to Start Arica Rail Project
Sir John Jackson, English contractor, arrives with Morton Griffiths Wynne Edwards and a staff of engineers to begin the Arica and La Paz Railroad project for the Chilean government. He plans port dock work in Chill and will visit Bolivia to see the president before returning to England via the United States.
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Sir John Jackson
la Paz
Morton Griffiths
Wynne Edwards
John
Chill
Bolivia
Republic
England
Macins
Wrights at Fort Myer in Washington Aeroplane Trials
Orville and Wilbur Wright arrived in Washington and moved to Fort Myer to assemble their aeroplane for government trials. The craft must meet minimum speed and endurance requirements, with a contract price depending on speed. Final course and weather will determine the testing plan, with Wrights aiming for forty miles per hour and noting possible higher speeds.
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Washington
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Wilbur
Fort Myer
midéHine
Orville Wright
Fort Mrer
War Department
Wrights
Selfridge
George O. Squire
McK. Saltzman
Wallace
Frank P. Lahm
Benjamin D. Foulots
C. Humphrey
Charles Sweet
LA. S
Squire
General Allen
Wicur Wright
Charles E. Taylor
Fouinis
Signal Corps
A. M. Herring
New York
Magnet for Aeronauts Exhibition Planned in New York
The Hudson-Fulton Celebration Commission on its executive committee voted a large appropriation for an aeronautic display along the Hudson River this fall. James M Betle, chair of the aeronautic panel, announced plans and engagement of J Hammer to arrange the program. Hammer, Aero Club America and Aeronautic Society of New York member, will coordinate with invitations to Wright brothers Delagrange and Farman.
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Hudson River
Hudson-Fulton Celebration Commission
James M. Bétle
United States Attorney General
Aeronautic
J. Hammer
Hammer
Aero Club America
Aeronautic Society of New York
England
France
Germany
Austria
Béck
Wright Brothers
Delagrange
Farmar
Balloon Breaks Up Ball Game Over Indiana Flight
John Berry and Heiman returned from Wrights TL after landing the Melba balloon following an exciting flight. They rose to 10,000 feet to escape charged clouds and narrowly avoided a ball game incident when the draw rope trailed above a catcher as the crowd chased it. Léo Stevens in All America carried four passengers to a safe landing near Findlay, Ohio.
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St. Louis
John Berry
Indianapolis
Heiman
Melba
Wrights
Dayton
Ohio
Léo Stevens
New York
All America
Findlay
Fort Meade Man Fined for Manslaughter in Syracuse Case
Enock L Cordery of Fort Meade Florida was fined 250 dollars by Justice In the Supreme Court after pleading guilty to manslaughter in the second degree. Cordery shot and killed Harry Carr of Syracuse in a rooming house on Christmas night. Justice White suggested a psychiatric exam due to drinking, but District Attorney Dudley declined. White said the case might have gone to a jury and, absent a jury, preferred only the fine.
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Enoch L. Cordery
Fort Meade
Fla
Supreme Court
Cordery
Harry Carr
Syracuse
White
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