Tariff to end this week says Aldrich on Senate pace
Washington June 27 fourteenth week of tariff debate nears practical end in Senate with plans to tackle remaining amendments. President's corporate tax provision, written with Root, is about to be added to the tariff bill. Leaders anticipate swift adoption, while some Senators count two to three weeks more for final action.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Senate
The
Tribune
Aldrich
Conference Committee
Finance Committee
White House
Hadeen
Senator Root
Messrs
Wickergham
Root
Cannon
Payne
Dwight
Messrs. Wickersham
Cummins
Borah
Bailey
House
Representative Payne
Depew
South
Texas
Culberson
Fletcher
Florida
Egypt
Senate tariff debate shifts on coal and petroleum
The Taliaferro amendment raising the duty rate passed with nine Democratic votes, while Rhode Island's Senator Aldrich joined the losing side. Coal duties were cut to 60 cents per ton and coal slack to 15 cents, with Can ada reciprocity removed by the House provision. McCumber failed to lower coal duties to 40 cents. Pensrose crude oil duty fell. Aldrich indicated openness to sulphate of ammonia on the free list.
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Taliaferro
Aldrich
Rhode Island
Senate
House
Canada
McCumber
Beveridge
Bailey
Newlands
McEnery
Owen
Bacon
Davis
Oust Indian Agents Says Ballinger in Kansas City
Secretary Ballinger on a western trip vowed radical changes in Indian offices. He criticized incompetent agents and pledged to cut red tape to advance reclamation projects and believes good business sense is needed to deal with Indians.
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Chicago
Ballinger
Interior Department
Kansas City
Statue Unveiling for Dr Stephenson by Grand Army of the Republic
Washington on June 27 reports the Grand Army of the Republic will unveil a granite forty foot memorial statue to Dr Benjamin Franklin Stephenson founder of the GAR on July 3. A parade of U S military naval forces and D C militia will accompany the ceremonies with President Taft and Rep J Hampton Moore delivering addresses. The bronze sides depict fraternity charity and loyalty while an officer portrait honors Stephenson. Total cost is 49900 with GAR contributing 3900 and the national government 10000.
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Washington
Grand Army of the Republic
Benjamin Franklin Stephenson
United States
District of Columbia
Taft
J. Hampton Moore
Pennsylvania
Dr. Stephenson
Stephenson
National Government
TINSELED POSTCARDS HELD UP
Washington reports that failure to seal tinselled or frosted postcards in envelopes to stop tinsel and mica particles has led to 15000–20000 cards daily being sent to the dead letter office. Card issuers now use flimsy envelopes, causing damage to staff and hindering postage cancellation while particles irritate railway mail clerks.
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Washington
Postoffice Department
Postcard
Enforcement of Hours of Service Law Not Postponed
Washington June 27 Attorney General Wickersham rejected a request to delay enforcing the hours of service law for railroad workers. He affirmed the statutory construction upheld by a Northern District of Illinois court and said the Interstate Commerce Commission must enforce it as the law until modified or reversed.
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Washington
Supreme Court of the United States
Wickersham
S. H. West
St. Louis Southwestern Railroad
Interstate Commerce Commission
Department of Justice
Attorney General
United States District Court For
Northern District of Illinois
United States
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company
Interstate Railroad Company
Commission
Stapleton ferry service drawn into commuter protests
Richmond Borough residents urge Mayor McClellan to fix the Stapleton Municipal Ferry after the Manhattan terminal move to South Brooklyn slips. They report delays as Stapleton boats wait for vacated slips, pushing trips from about thirty minutes to forty five or more, and demand more frequent trips and improved reliability.
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Richmond Borough
Richmond
Manhattan
McClellan
Staten Island
Brooklyn
Stapleton
General Beckman Murderer Dead in Sweden
Stockholm reports the Swede who killed Major General Beckman and then shot himself died today. Beckman was shot through the lung and died soon after. A surgeon named Levander was wounded by a bullet but not seriously.
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Stockholm
Beckman
Coast Artillery
Levander
Verdun Wins Grand Prix de Paris in Wet Race
Baron Maurice de Rothschild's Verdun ridden by Barat edged Rebelle and Union to win the Grand Prix de Paris over Longchamp's sodden course in rain. William IV led early before Verdun and Rebelle surged, with over 300,000 spectators including many Americans.
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Paris
Baron Maurice de Rothschild
Verdun
Barat
England
Europe
W. K. Vanderbilt
Negofel
Oversight
Lord Michelham
William IV
Union
Vanderbilt
Rebelle
Napoleon III
Baron de Rothschild
Falliéres
Port Matuels
Ross Adams
Christiania
Mason Carnes
Avenue du Bois de Boulogne
Want Dr. Young Back Recall Efforts Grow in Pittsburg
Telegraph reports a move to recall Rev. S. Edward Young of Brooklyn to Pittsburg Second Presbyterian Church. The plan centers on his old pulpit and may extend after his sermon next Sunday. Congregation unrest over pastoral selection has driven calls for his return amid disintegration of church leadership and approval delays for newcomers.
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Pittsburg
S. Edward Young
Brooklyn
Second Presbyterian Church
Dr. Young
EXPECT BIG TIN STRIKE IN CENTRAL WEST
Youngstown Ohio June 27 the executive committee of the Amalgamated Association refused the Republic Iron and Steel Company open shop demand. If the company stands firm many thousands will strike across the Central West including 3000 in Youngstown 1000 in Moline 1200 in East Chicago and 500 in Massillon plus 16000 steel workers in the region and 252 mills in trust plants with July 1 action. States list Tin and sheet mills across Pennsylvania Ohio West Virginia Indiana and more.
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Youngstown
Ohio
Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Plate
Republic Iron and Steel Company
Republic Company
Republic Ecompany
Moline
East Chicago
Massilon
United States Steel Corporation
Central West
Pittsburg
American Sheet and Tin Plate Company
Pennsylvania
Greer
Shenango
Newcastle
Sharon
Connellsville
Martin’s Ferry
Bridgeport
Cambridge
Piqua and Struthers
West Virginia
Wheeling
Indiana
Elwood, Andersen and Gas City
Muncie
Livestock Breeders Win in Anti-Trust Case
In Kansas City Missouri a circuit court jury awarded 419000 to the Cooperative Live Stock Commission Company backed by western breeders against thirteen Traders' Live Stock Exchange members. The court must triple the verdict under the anti-trust act, yielding a 57000 judgment in favor of the plaintiffs. The case grew from a three year dispute sparked by calls to cut high commissions on livestock handling.
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Kansas City
Co-operative Live Stock Commission Company
Traders’ Live Stock Exchange
Sait
National Live Stock Growers’ Association
Chicago
Omaha
Cooperative Live Stock Commission Company
Would Kill Millionaire Husband On California Porch
Mrs. J Russell Grundy wife of a Canadian millionaire fired a pistol at her husband on the Long Beach porch of his parents summer home. Disarmed and handed to police she claims desertion and cites financial strain from his alleged chronic cash shortfalls and a two days courtship marriage. Her act followed his admission of being finished with her.
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The
Tribune
Los Angeles
J. Russell Grundy
Murdered by Chinese in Kan-Su Province
Hazrah Ali and Mr. Sowerby, part of an Indian service meteorological expedition led by Lt. Clark, were attacked June 21 south of Lan-Chow. Ali was killed after a three mile pursuit. Sowerby was rescued. British Minister seeks protection and inquiry, Kan-Su Viceroy removed for reform failures protests against rescuers. Expedition members are safe sending messages from An-Ting-Kan.
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Peking
Hazrah Ali
India Service
Sowerby
Clark
Lan-Chow
Kan-Su
Douglas
The
Grant and
Coltman
Dello
J. N. Jordan
Foreign Office
An-Ting-Kan
Moro Bandit Suppression On Jikiri Group Continues
Manila reports ongoing operations against Jikiri's Moro band, led by Captains Byralt Rhodes and Anderson with 6th Cavalry detachments and the mosquito fleet under Captain Signor. On Pata Island, Anderson's forces killed five bandits in a running engagement, with others wounded or captured. In thirty days thirty one bandits were killed or captured, while Jikii remains at large.
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Manila
Jikiri
Byralt
Rhodes
Anderson
6Th Cavalry
Signor
Pata Island
Jikii
Canada Builds Ships as Coastwise Exclusion Lifts
Halifax June 27 The dawn of a new mercantile marine era is marked by Thursday July 1 when foreign coastwise shipping restrictions ease. Larger foreign vessels may operate between Canadian ports, renewing shipyards and spurring construction including the fret steel ship at Yarmouth. Canada, once fourth among maritime nations, now ranks tenth, amid rising activity and new registry plans.
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Halifax
Mercantile Marine
Maritime Provinces
Yarmouth
Canada
Filipinos Seen as Possible Labor Stand-Ins in Hawaii
Sugar planters in Hawaii and the Philippines report over a hundred Filipino laborers plan to come to Hawaii to replace Japanese workers. Plantations deny demands for higher wages by Japanese laborers and hope for a swift settlement, while Ambassador Takahira’s return and local industrial tensions loom. The cruiser St Louis arrived, and Admiral Inouye faces limited invitations amid divided Japanese views on labor trouble.
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Honolulu
Hawaii
Island of
Takahira
Japan
Orient
Admiral Inoh
St. Louis
Orinoco Corporation Victory Concession Approved in Caracas
The Caracas cabinet approved the draft of a new concession to the Orinoco Corporation arranged by Rudolf Dolge and Venezuelan commissioner Arroyo. It grants rights to large mineral tracts including the Imataca iron mines, ending a twenty six year controversy if accepted by the company and State Department.
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Caracas
Orinoes Corporation
Rudolf Dolge
Sefior Arroyo
Imataca
Germany's Political Crisis Shifts Over Finance Reform
Berlin reports continued party leader conferences amid a stalemate in the Reichstag crisis. The National Liberals refuse to discuss finance reform without inclusion of succession duties, while sources note the Emperor backs Chancellor von Billow and seeks to overcome Conservative objections, not opposing Reichstag dissolution.
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Berlin
Frankfurter Zeitung
von Billow
Reichstag
Baltic Reaches Holyhead Landing Passengers and Mails
The Baltic, mirroring her sister Cedric, landed a large number of passengers and part of the mails at Holyhead at 7 oclock this morning after arrival from London on June 27.
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London
White Star
Baltic
Holyhead
Mutiny in Vilna Prison Sparks Fatal Yard Battle
A mutiny in Vilna Russia on June 27 led to a pitched court yard battle between convicts and warders. Four warders and seven inmates were killed and six wounded in the violence.
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Vilna
Russia
Spain's Don Carlos Receives No Final Prognosis Yet
A private dispatch from Varese reports that despite the recent serious operation, hope for the pretender to the Spanish throne Don Carlos's ultimate recovery has not been abandoned.
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San Sebastian
Varese
Don Carlos
Vechinin and Chauffeur Killed in Moscow Race
The prominent St. Petersburg society figure M. Vechinin and his chauffeur died when their car fell off an embankment during an automobile race near Moscow today. Both were crushed in the wreck.
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M. Vechinin
Moscow
St. Petersburg
Viceroy of Pe-Chi-Li Dies in Peking
Yang Shi Siang who became viceroy of Pe-Chi-Li in 1907 died today in Peking from apoplexy. Recent charges of corruption were raised over a Tientsin railway line and provincial deficits.
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Peking
Yang Shi Siang
Yuan Shi Kai
Pe-Chi- Li
Tientsin
Dover Engineer Drowns in Estrigg Pond
William Nugent, 35, civil engineer for Lackawanna Railroad, drowned while fishing with colleague C E Clark at Estrigg Pond in Denvil New Jersey. Rescue efforts by Walter Wadle and Milton Wadle failed to revive Nugent. Clark survived after multiple swims and near falls. Nugent lived in Morristown with wife and three children. Clark resides in Bayonne.
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Dover
N. J
William Nugent
Lackawanna Railroad
Estrigg Pond
Denvil
Nugent
C. E. Clark
Lackawanna
Clark
Morristown
Bayonne
Walter Wadle
Mountain Ice Company
Wadle
Rockaway
Drowning at Ventnor Claims James F. McClure on Vacation
Atlantic City June 27 James F McClure twenty seven nephew of the late Colonel A K McClure drowned in the surf off Ventnor He was seized by a cramp and cried for help Haley a life guard and volunteers attempted rescue but he sank before they reached him The search continued through the afternoon and a watch remained tonight The salesman for J B Stetson Co of Philadelphia had been visiting with his mother at Ventnor
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Atlantic City
James F. McClure
A. K. McClure
Ventnor
Haley
J. B. Stetson & Co
Philadelphia
Two Young Men Drown In Lake Keuka
James Lynch and John Loftus Jr. of Penn Yan were drowned at Lake Keuka when Loftus fell from a launch while adjusting a headlight. Lynch dove in to help. both were strong swimmers but were believed to be seized by cramps. The bodies were recovered later that afternoon.
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Penn Yan
N. J
James Lynch
John Loftus, Jr
Lake Keuka
Loftus
Lynch
Drowning Narrow Escape in Kill Van Kull Swell
Four Jersey City men faced a near drowning when a tugboat swell capsized their rowboat between Port Richmond and Bergen Point. Albert Orr, unable to swim and unconscious, was saved by a life preserver tossed by Captain Flamney and hauled to safety aboard the Nighter at Bergen Point. Orr, later treated at City Hospital, was expected to recover. Flamney had saved nine others previously.
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Westerday
Kill van Kull
Port Richmond
Bergen Point
Jersey City
Albert Orr
Grove Street
Charles Reilly
7Th Street
Patrick Flaherty
Fairview Avenue
Charles Jones
Railroad Avenue
Orr
Flamney
Eugene Grassili
Two Men Drown in Hudson No Swim Deaths Recovered
Bodies of William F. Marks of Poughkeepsie and Frank H. Balmforth of Wilton New Hampshire were recovered by divers after their launch was struck by the steamer William F. Romer on the Hudson River last Thursday night. The starboard half of the boat, no marks on the victims, coroner attributes death to drowning. Balmforth’s head was sent home tonight.
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Poughkeepsie
N. Y
William F. Marks
Frank H. Balmforth
Wilton
N. H
Hudson River
William F. Romer
Selfridge
Balmforth
Niagara Falls Identifies Two Women Bodies From River
In Niagara Falls a Buffalo woman Mrs. Catherine Whipple was identified as the suicide victim from April 2 swept over Luna Fall. Her sister Mrs. Mary Lennon confirmed by clothing. A second woman's body, believed to be Mrs. Bertha Vespers of Buffalo, found in the whirlpool after jumping at Eagle Park, Grand Island.
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Niagara Falls
Catherine Whipple
Buffalo
Luna Fall
Mary Lennon
Clarence Murray
Bertha Vespers
Eagle Park
Grand Island
Five Drown In Potomac As Heat Relief Sinks
Five bathers drowned in the Potomac River near the Aqueduct Bridge during a heatwave. Lloyd Cross swam alone and exhausted in midstream. Victims named were Henry Smith and Thomas H Perry and his two sons Joseph and Thomas Perry, all identified as Black.
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Washington
Potomac
Lloyd Cross
Aqueduct Bridge
Henry Smith
Thomas H. Perry
Joseph and
Thomas Perry
Drowning in Seneca River Near Syracuse
Vincent H. Stewart of Ithaca drowned while attempting to swim across the Seneca River. The river is a quarter mile wide at that point and he exhausted in the middle. his body not recovered. A companion was picked up in a weak condition by a motor boat. Also, Rocco Tatrizi of New York City drowned in the same river. his body not found.
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Syracuse
Vincent H. Stewart
Ithaca
Seneca
Stewart
Rocco Tatrizi
New York City
Wreck on the Erie claims two lives in fatal derailment
In a dramatic Erie Railroad wreck near Binghamton New York two men died shortly after 3 am. Fireman Henry Dolan of Hornell and Oliver Tuver of Binghamton were killed while engineer Philip Young of Corning was badly scalded. An eastbound freight car wheel flange broke, the derailed car blocked the track, and the Wells Fargo express plowed into it on a curve. Young survived dazed, and Oliver Turner ridden in the blind baggage vanished from sight.
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Binghamton
N. Y
Erie
Henry Dolan
Hornell
Oliver Tuvener
Philip Young
Corning
Wells-Fargo
Dolan
Young
Oliver Turner
Pittsburg
Governor orders troops after hoax lynching threat in Lexington
Georgetown advices say no mass sentiment against Will Taylor the youth jailed for alleged assault on a four year old. Governor dispatched troops from Lexington last night after a telephone warning of an imminent lynching which is believed to be a practical joke. Soldiers returned home.
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Lexington
Georgetown
Will Taylor
Police at Church Doors Over Dispute at Presby Church
Police from Charles Street station stood at the doors of Second United Presbyterian Church on West 11th Street during morning and evening services at the pastor's request. The Rev Dr Tate feared possible disorder, but none occurred. The dispute centered on organist Paul Tate, a nephew of the pastor, suspended months earlier. The congregation backed the minister 53 to 51 and his resignation was offered and accepted by the congregation, but the Presbytery refused to permit his departure. He preached there yesterday for the first time in weeks.
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Charles Street
Second United Presbyterian Church
West 11Th Street
J. Howard Tate
Paul Tate
Dr. Tate
Tate
Presbytery
Dr Aked's Crumb of Comfort Sermon at Fifth Avenue
The Rev. Dr. Charles F. Aked preached at Fifth Avenue Baptist Church on the theme Rejoice with those that rejoice. This was his last sermon of the season before sailing to Europe on the Caronia to return September 21. He urged that sharing happiness with others brings happiness to oneself and that life includes attainment and joy, not just defeat.
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Charles F. Aked
Fifth Avenue Baptist Church
Europe
Caronia
Earth
Four Drowned in Massachusetts Waters During Relief Swim
Four swimmers seeking relief from the heart died today in Massachusetts. Dr Wilfred D MacDonald aged 35 of Roxbury died at Howe's Pond Woburn during a long distance swim. Mrs Margaret Leslie 28 of Quincy died of heart disease while bathing at Archer Lake Wrentham Squatrito 23 died from cramps in the Merrimac River Lawrence and John O Vaski 17 drowned in an abandoned quarry hole in Quincy.
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Boston
Massachusetts
Wilfred D. MacDonald
Sterling Street
Roxbury
Howe
Pend
Woburn
Margaret Leslie
Quincy
Archer Lake
Wrentham
Squatrito
Merrimac
Lawrence
John O'Vaski
Spanish Princess Beatrice Christened at La Granja
Princess Beatrice, daughter of the King and Queen, was christened at La Granja in a ceremony attended by Archduke Ferdinand and Archduchess Marta Teresa. The event marks a royal christening in Spain.
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la Granja
Spain
Beatrice
Archduke Ferdinand
Archduchess
Marta Teresa
Samuel Gompers Arrives in London After Transatlantic Voyage
Samuel Gompers president of the American Federation of Labor landed in Holyhead from the Baltic and reached London at 1 PM. He was met by David J. Shackleton and James Maddon, officials from the Howe of Giant, and other labor leaders.
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London
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Baltic
Holyhead
David J. Shackleton
James & Ma Ddon
Howe
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Orinoco Corporation
Germany
von Buelow
Pe-Che-Li
Companion
Colonel McClure
Jersey
Pough
Keepsie
Niagara
Kentucky
DR. Aked
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