Congressman Defends Dollar Diplomacy Amid Dowry Debate
Washington report notes Congressman Kahn of California urged stopping American marriages to titled foreigners and defended dollar diplomacy as a means to expand trade. He praised Knox and Franklin, cited historical exchanges with Marie Antoinette, and argued diplomats have long relied on private funds. Representative Henry of Texas countered, criticizing extravagant diplomacy and urging a return to modest representation.
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Washington
Kahn
Culfornia
Mr. Kahn
Henry
Texas
republic
John Hay
Elihu Hoot
Philander C. Knox
Knox
Benjamin
state department
Silas Dean
France
Continental congress
Marie Antoinette
Jahn
Diplomatic comparisons stir debate over American envoy
Mr. Heney argues the U S should avoid taking orders from the German government regarding diplomatic appointments. He insists the United States must send its own representative to London rather than yield to foreign dictates, criticizing ambassadorial practices as non typical of American government.
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bassador Heal
London
Heney
ateather
Ber
Forest fires kill and towns burn in Ontario Michigan
Reports from northern Ontario describe at least thirty deaths as forest fires sweep Porcupine and nearby areas. A hospital train carries refugees while towns like Au Sable Oseeda and Onaway suffer heavy damage. Fires threaten Millersburg Onaway and La Roque with evacuations and relief efforts under way.
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Detroit
Midh
Ontario
Porcupine
Iroquois Falls
rmiths
Au Sable
Oseeda
Samuel Rosenthal
Lansing
Iren
Ononway
Millersburg
Roscommen
Antrim
hig
Temiskoming & Northern Ontario
North Bay
Ont
Seskinka
La Rocque
Bay City
La Roque
Cheboygan
Lewiston
Turner
Alger
Alpend
Metz
Gardner Peterman
Onaway
Frenchtown
Tower
Detroit & Mackinaw
Posen
W. G. Fogers
mirtia
Oscoda
East Tawas
Port Ifuron
Niko
Dynamite Confession Sparks Arrest in Times Bombing Case
Charles Bock, 30, of New York, boasted of selling dynamite used in the Los Angeles Times building blast. He later recanted under police scrutiny in Philadelphia. Indictments against John and James McNamara for the Times bombing were upheld in Los Angeles with not guilty pleas entered by the defendants. Ortie McManigal and his uncle George Behm attended court, as McManigal wavered about retracting his confession.
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McNamara
Times
Los Angeles
Charles Bock
East Ninety-first street
New
California
McDermott
Bock
atole
Boise City
Harry Orchard
Cal
Bordwell
John
James McNamara
Los Angeles Times
Ortie McManigal
George Behm
Portage
Wis
McNamara brothers
Railroads Father of Trusts Stirs Sugar Inquiry
Frank L. Neale, a Philadelphia broker, told the House sugar investigation committee that railroads are the father of trusts and cited unequal freight rates from New York to Philadelphia versus Baltimore and Washington. He warned artificial reasons drive trade shifts to New York and accused the Brooklyn Terminal Co. and Havemeyer interests of potential customs fraud and large profits from lightering sugar.
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Washington
trunk line association
Frank L. Neale
Philadelphia
house sugar investigating
tranch line association
Mr. Neale
Philadelpha
Baltimore
New York
Neale
ranre
trust
sugar trust
Brooklyn Terminal company
Havemeyers
New York harbor
King George and Queen Mary Leave Ireland in Splendid Return
King George, Queen Mary, with Prince of Wales and Princess Mary, bid Ireland farewell as they depart on the royal yacht Victoria and Albert for Holyhead. Dublin crowds cheer and cry for a speedy return ahead of the Prince of Wales investiture at Carnarvon Castle.
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Dublin
Wingston
Ireland
George
Queen Mary
Prince of Wales
Princess Mary
Victoria and Albert
Holyhead
Wales
Carnarvon castle
Falls 145 Feet to Rock In Palisades Bicycle Plunge
Edgewater, July 13. William Klemm a seventeen year old rider on his way to work lost control of his bicycle when the chain broke at a curve. He plunged 145 feet over the Palisades toward the rocks. Found still breathing, he is not expected to live. The rider was descending a steep grade with no brake and could not avert the fatal fall.
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Edgewater
N. J
Wiliam Kiemm
Klemm
Ensign Young Missing After Note About Drowning
Ensign R. S. Young Jr. of Concord North Carolina disappeared from the destroyer Perkins at the New York Navy Yard leaving a note stating he intended to drown himself. He had slightly overstayed shore leave and was asked for an explanation. Taft to Attend G A R Encampment in Rochester as big parade expected with about one hundred veterans marching. Georgia’s Clerk Gets Five Years in federal prison for stealing seventeen thousand dollars from the Georgia battleship payroll in Havana. sentencing in Jamestown New York. Sales of Chamberlain’s Liniment recommended for sprains and strains by druggists.
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Young
Washington
R. 5. Young, Jr
Concord
N. C
Perkins
New York navy yard
Taft
yington
Gonporal Tanner
GAL
Danforth
New York
G A. R
Rochester
W. Von Aus
Georgia
Jamestown
N.Y
Edward Valentine Lee
Havana
Atlanta
Sinle
hee
Fortune Hidden Under Floor Tiles Worth Thousands
In Wilmington on July 13, the dismantling of a dental manufacturing building revealed a hidden fortune of platinum between floor layers. The metal, used in making dental supplies, is valued at 49 to 59 dollars per ounce. A double floor was installed to catch stray grains, and recovered platinum grains total about 3590 dollars in value.
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Dental Company
Wilmington
Del
dental
Hoke Smith Elected Senator in Georgia
Atlanta July 13 Governor Hoke Smith was elected United States senator from Georgia on the first ballot in a joint session of the house and senate. He succeeds Joseph M. Terrell who was appointed to fill the late A. B. Clay’s unexpired term.
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Hoke Smith
Atlanta
United States
Georgia
house
senate
Joseph M. Terrell
Brown
A. 8. Clay
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