Senate approves administration railroad bill after weeks of debate
Washington report notes the Senate passed an administration railroad bill with only twelve Democratic votes against it. The measure restricts pooling and merges, extends Interstate Commerce Commission oversight to telegraph and telephone lines, and imposes penalties for misusing passes. Various states have ratified or rejected the federal income tax amendment as debates continue.
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Senate
Wickersham
White House
Interstate Commerce Commission
Friends of the
Sports Roundup Highlights From Booths and Ballparks
Jeffries trains hard plans a nooning ale to stay sharp and eyes 218 pounds. Napoleon Lajoie pushes toward .400 with Cleveland in the American circuit. Ty Cobb sits at .367 as key rivals stay in pace. Wisconsin edges Washington four lengths in the Lake Mendota boat race. Chicago to New York aviation prize pot climbs to 100000 with en route city boosts. National Baseball Commission sustains Carson transfer to Vernon of the Pacific Coast League, Portland protesting.
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Tyrus R. Cobb
Comiskey
Cobb
Betwen
University of Wisconsin
University of Washington
Wisconsin
Lake Mendota
National Baseball Commission
Carson
Vernon
Chicago
Portland
Hughes Urged to Head Republican State Assembly Speech
Governor Charles E Hughes is begged to deliver the keynote at the Republican State Assembly in Oregon on July 21. An invitation from the State central committee was sent and will be backed by pressure. In New York, William J Connors retires as Democratic State chair and John A Dix is elected in his stead. Taft condemns Socialism as the era’s dominant political issue in a Jackson Michigan speech. In Washington, John L Wilson and Thomas Burke blitz eastern districts as they campaign for the U S Senate nomination with focus on Spokane.
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New York
Republican State Assembly
Oregon
State Central Committee
William J. Conners
Democratic State Committee
John A. Dix
Greenwich
Taft
Republican Party
Jackson, Mich
John L. Wilson
Thomas Burke
King County
United States
Senate
Washington
Spokane
Republican County Central Committee
Reformers Lose in Pennsylvania Vote
In Philadelphia and across Pennsylvania the Republican machine swept the primaries nominating nearly all its slate for more than 60 legislative seats. Only in Schuylkill County did an insurgent defeat a GOP incumbent. Alfred D. Garner fell to R. D. Heaton. Democratic incumbents were all renominated. Dr. R. J. Black filed suit challenging ballot counts in the 18th district against Harry Evans, alleging Dalzell won on marked ballots.
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Schuykill County
Alfred D. Garner
Can
R. J. Black
John Dalzell
Harry Evans
Dalzell
Black
Wage Increase Award For 27000 Enginemen
Federal Arbitration Board rules for enginemen in dispute with 49 railroads west of Chicago. The decision grants 60 percent of a 12 1/2 percent raise. About 27000 unionized workers are affected and all firemen receive the increase.
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Chicago
Federal Arbitration Board
Market Report for Portland and Seattle Prices
Portland prices show bluestem 85 cents for club 10 sic and red Russian 7 percent for a range of grains. Oats No 1 white at 27 dollars per ton. hay Timothy Willamette Valley 20 to 21 dollars, Eastern Oregon 22 to 25, alfalfa and clover 16. Butter extra 29 cents. eggs ranch candled 23 to 24 cents. Seattle reports bluestem 3 dollars? club 79 cents red Russian 77 cents. oats 2 dollars per ton. hay Timothy 26 dollars, alfalfa 16. butter Washington Creamery 30 cents. eggs 29 cents. potatoes market demoralized.
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Willamette Valley
Oregon
Seattle
Washington Creamery
Railroads suspend June rate increases after government accord
Washington reports a full agreement between the government and Western Trunk Line Association railroads ending a three hour conference. The 24 railroads named as defendants in the Hannibal suit will withdraw increases effective June 1 and file no further hikes until Congress passes and the ICC can enforce the new law.
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Western Trunk Line Association
Congress
Interstate Commerce Commission
Groom Is Caught After Theft Of Registered Letter
SPOKANE Glenn Boughton a Spokane post office clerk was arrested as he was about to board a Northern Pacific train with his bride. He faces charges for stealing a registered letter containing 2000 dollars. He confessed to slipping the envelope aside and returned over 1000 dollars to inspectors. He was married less than a week after the theft.
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Spokane
Glenn Boughton
Spokane Post Office
Northern Pacific
Boughton
Military encampment nets 30000 acres near American Lake
Leases covering about 30 000 acres near American Lake southwest of Tacoma extend to Spanaway and Roy. Captain John J. Bradley and Lieutenant H A Wells secured the lands for August maneuvers of troops in the Department of the Columbia. National Guard units from Washington Oregon Idaho and Montana will join about 7000 troops in the encampment.
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Tacoma
Wash
American Lake
Spanaway and
Roy
John J. Bradley
H. A. Wells
Department of the Columbia
National Guard
Washington
Oregon
Idaho
Montana
Chinese Boycott Feared In San Francisco
The San Francisco Chamber of Commerce intervenes to avert a boycott by Chinese merchants in the Orient over alleged unjust treatment by the immigration bureau affecting their countrymen in the city.
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San Francisco
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