Tariff Three Cases Settled in Senate Debate
Washington June 23 three major tariff questions were settled lumber pineapples and coal as Senate leaders predict finish of the bill in Committee of the Whole by Monday or Tuesday. The debate highlighted splits within parties over Pineapple duties and reciprocity with Canada while new amendments target lumber coal and printing paper.
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House
Finance Committee
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Reverize
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Canada
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McCamber
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Nova Scotia
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Helpless Husband Watches Wife Die by Own Action
In Chicago on June 2, a paralyzed husband unable to move witnessed his wife kill herself. Mrs Bennett placed a chair by a gas jet, tied a rope to herself, and kicked the chair away, hanging until life ended. A neighbor arrived as the tragedy concluded.
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Chicago
John Bennett
Ex Sheriff Hilton Acquitted in Oswego Fraud Case
Oswego County former Sheriff Henry Biter was acquitted by a jury in the Supreme Court at Pulaski of presenting fraudulent claims for transporting prisoners. The case involved about $81,000. Special Deputy Attorney General D. V. Murphy of Buffalo led the prosecution.
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Oswego
N. Y
Henry Biter
Oswego County
Supreme Court
Pulaski
D. V. Murphy
Buffalo
Sugar Trust Indictment Likely By Friday in Penn Sugar Case
Washington reports Justice Department officials expect an indictment by Friday in the Sugar Trust case. Attorney General Wickersham aims to prosecute the consolidation with Pennsylvania Sugar Refining. Grand jury heard two witnesses, John Sparhawk and John Arbuckle, amid ongoing probe of high level figures and possible frauds in weighing sugar.
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Sugar Trust
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John Sparhawk
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Ship subsidy revival sparks campaign at New Willard Hotel
Washington reports renewed ship subsidy push with a Humphrey bill to be introduced in Congress. At a Willard Hotel dinner, Speaker Cannon and President Taft voiced support while Merchant Marine League officials outlined a plan linking the bill to Republican strategy. The measure would allow foreign built ships over 6,000 tons to fly American registry if wholly owned by Americans and trading in select routes, with altered tonnage taxes and rebates for ships training American seamen.
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Root Defends Cubans In Senate Tariff Debate
The Tribune reports Senator Root, famed for his service as Secretary of War and State, argued in the Senate that the United States must maintain benefits for Cuba under the 1903 tariff pact. He warned against a pineapple duty hike seen as violating the Cuban treaty spirit and emphasized the Platt amendment rights to intervene to protect American interests.
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Wright brothers seek 30 day extension for Fort Myer tests
The Wright brothers won a War Department extension of 30 days to finish preparations for the Fort Myer official tests. Orville said they might only need 10 more days, but the delay covers emergencies. The field is cleared, balloons mark the five mile course, and a potential Berlin contract could shift one brother abroad.
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America Not to Yield in Hankow-Szechuen Loan Dispute
Washington reports no change in U S position that America seeks a quarter of the 27 5 million loan for Hankow and Sze Chuen and participation with European bankers. London says Washington offered 20 percent to ease terms, with American financiers to be fully recognized by all parties. Peking then announces the opening of the International Banking Corporation branch there as the first American bank in the East to join the foreign group.
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Seventeen Miners Die in Gas Mine Explosion at Wehrum
In Lackawanna Coal and Coke Co Mine No 4 Wehrum Pennsylvania the blast after 7 am killed seventeen miners and left sixteen injured. Most victims were foreigners. rescuers recovered twelve bodies and five more later. Despite gas fears, open lamps were cited as ignition source.
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Lackawanna Coal and Coke Company
A. M. Johnson
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Cambria Steel Works
Spangler
Joseph Williams
Altoona
Cannon’s Quip on Woman Suffrage Surprises Oswego Graduates
Washington dispatch reports Speaker Cannon addressing Oswego High School graduates. He quipped that a wife or sister would sway a man’s vote, then joked on his own age, prompting laughter and a light moment amid remarks on suffrage. The scene highlighted the era’s debate on women’s voting rights.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Cannon
Oswego
N. Y
Dwight
President Elliott Hears North Pacific Assets in Rate Hearing
Howard Elliott of the Northern Pacific testified on the Northwestern Improvement Company assets. The sub-company owns rich mines in northeastern Minnesota and coal mines in Washington and Montana. Stock about 2.78 million dollars and bond issues around 2.3 million dollars. A dividend of 17 million dollars went to the railway. Original asset cost listed at 13,272,173 dollars. Coal mine value estimated around 50 million dollars. iron mine value not known.
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Howard Elliott
Northern Pacific Railway Company
Northern Pacific
Northwestern Improvement Company
Minnesota
Washington
Montana
Improvement Company
Elliott
Thomas Cooper
Will Permit Consolidation In Westchester Lighting Firms
Albany June 22 Consent by the Public Service Commission to the Westchester Lighting Company to acquire the entire $84,009 capital stock of the Northern Westchester Lighting Company and $9.0 par value of its first consolidated mortgage bonds not to exceed $81.00 and all of the common stock of the Peekskill Lighting and Railroad Company plus 7 shares of its 6 percent cumulative preferred stock not to exceed $75.0. The commission finds the consolidation would create superior facilities and meet rising demand, with plant integration and economies in operation. Westchester Lighting may issue first collateral trust bonds up to $100,000 maturing in ten years at 6 percent to finance the transfers.
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Public Service Commission
Westchester Lighting Company
Northern Westchester Lighting Company
Peekskill Lighting and Railroad Company
Westchester
Tsave
Peekskil Lighting and Railroad Company
Reform Bill Framing Proposed by Citizens Union
Albany June 23 A statewide push to reform state budget framing is proposed by the Citizens Union of New York. Dr Allen head of the Municipal Research Bureau would study the current method considered unscientific and discriminatory and report on better budget drafting. The Union also seeks a state wide annual review of legislators, detailing records on all measures without advocating defeats or re elections.
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Citizens Union of New York
J. O. Hammitt
Allen
New York City
Smallpox Well In Hand Albany June 23
The State Department of Health reports no general outbreak though mild cases appear in upstate districts. Two cases in Old Forge Adirondacks join several along the New York Central line. Schoharie County shows nineteen cases in January and eight in February.
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Old Forge
Adirondacks
New York Central Railroad Company
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Schoharie County
Heinsheimer Estate Taxes Paid in Albany
State Controller Gaus received a check for $14.00 to pay the collateral inheritance tax on the Louis A. Heinsheimer estate. He died in New York January 1. Attorney saved the estate $7,000 by paying before July 1.
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Gaus
Louis A. Heinsheimer
New York
Fowler Named Deputy Attorney General in Albany
Albany June 23 Attorney General O Malley appointed J Samuel Fowler of Jamestown as Deputy Attorney General with a 4000 salary. The post opened after Roger P Clark was promoted to third deputy. Fowler served as Assembly member from 1899 to 1903.
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O'Malley
J. Samuel Fowler
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Roger P. Clark
Fowler
Assembly
Governor Smith Addresses Race Question in Final Message
In Atlanta the governor’s closing address to the Legislature centers on literacy and race. He favors segregated schooling by county officials, arguing illiteracy among white children must be addressed while cautioning about external critics. He also recounts the Georgia Railroad strike, denying calls to intervene and stressing restraint to avoid violence.
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Hoke Smith
Warrants Issued for Cameron Currie and Partners
Detroit June 2 warrants were issued for Cameron Currie and Louis H Case of Cameron Currie Co failed last July with liabilities around 1.59 million dollars. A warrant also for Michael J Bourke a city customer who owed the firm over sums. Case facing conspiracy and embezzlement charges linked to the firm’s collapse and Currie accused of operating Case’s account to cover Currie’s debt.
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More charges against Madden and associates in Chicago
Chicago grand jury again targets Martin Madden known as Bkinny and associates for extorting craft money from Chicago businessmen. Indictments name Madden M J Boyle and F A Fouchot. Earlier they were convicted and fined for extorting one dollar from a manufacturer. New trials set to begin July 6.
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Madden
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F. A. Fouchot
Taft Pardons Bucket Shop Man Percy Wade
Washington June 23 President Taft pardoned Percy Wade on United States Attorney Baker’s recommendation. Wade was convicted last year in local courts of conducting a bucket shop and sentenced to thirty days in jail. The case tested the law’s validity, and authorities showed clemency. Wade had been on bond and had not begun his term.
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Taft
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Brandenburg Witness Dies After Conference At Broadway
Benjamin F. Kelley, a handwriting expert from 167 Broadway, collapsed in the street near 1935 Broadway less than an hour after a conference with Samuel Bell Thomas, Brandenburg’s counsel, during Brandenburg’s grand larceny trial in the Criminal Branch. In office reports, death attributed to acute indigestion.
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Cleveland
New York Times
Kelley
Will Not Build Harriman Road In Oregon
Salem June 23 Circuit Judge Calloway of Marion County granted a permanent injunction restraining state officials from spending 100 000 appropriated in February to build a road from Medford to Crater Lake. The move blocks construction as unconstitutional class legislation and Harriman earlier opposed the project.
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EB. H. Harriman
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