Clear Majority for Reciprocity Seen in Senate Action
Senator Penrose announced sixty votes in favor of the Canadian reciprocity bill and predicted early passage after the measure's second reading. Senator Root’s amendment was not pressed. Senator Townsend planned to offer an amendment directing renewed talks for a broader reciprocity deal with Canada.
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Senate Finance Committee
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Penrose
Root
Townsend
Michigan
Canada
Lake to Gulf traffic wars brew over canal business
The Inter Ocean reports New York Central and Louisville and Nashville tie up to create a Chicago to Gulf route. Chicago Indiana and Southern will run from Chicago to Evansville July 18, carving a path for a potential railroad war with Harriman and Vanderbilt lines over Panama Canal traffic.
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New York Central
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Inter- Ocean
Chicago, Indiana and Southern Railroad
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Leavenworth
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Harriman
Panama Canal
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Ohio River
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Senate Advances Postal Investigation Resolution
The senate passed Bourne resolution authorizing a Senate committee on post offices and postroads to investigate the U S postal system and determine needed changes, with focus on a possible parcels post.
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Washington
Senate
United States
Senate Committee On Post Offices
Grasshoppers Attack Cotton Across Louisiana and Mississippi
A prominent cotton planter reports grasshoppers in large numbers attacking cotton in parts of Louisiana and Mississippi after a two week tour of the cotton belt.
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New Orleans
Louisiana
Mississippi
Senate Adopt Direct Election Resolution by Record Vote
Washington reports that the Senate adopted the Bristow plan for direct election of senators after a 44 to 44 tie, broken by Vice President Sherman. The amended proposal calls for two senators per state elected by the people for six years with vacancies filled by election or temporary appointment as legislatures may allow.
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Washington
Senate
Bristow
Sherman
United States
Senate of the
First Bale of Cotton Sets Market Record in Houston
The 1911 season's first bale from Ernest Matz's Cameron county farm topped the Houston cotton exchange at 493 pounds selling for 1 015.84 dollars at $2 05.84 per pound. S. Jesse Jones, not a cotton man, bid to the $1,000 mark beating three rivals before the sale concluded. He planned no clear use for the bale yet.
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Houston
Texas
Cotton Exchange
Ernest Matz
Cameron County
Houston Exchange
S. Jesse Jones
Wen the Lothers
Debate Over Direct Election of Senators Faces House
The Senate adopts the Bristow substitute to a popular elections amendment drawing opposition from Southern lawmakers who fear its enforcement will undermine Southern suffrage laws. Georgia leaders oppose the measure and Northern Democrats favor federal supervision. A two thirds caucus vote could force a conference.
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Senate
United States
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House of Representatves
Democrats
House
South
Georgia
Bacon
Terrell
Convicts’ Wages Challenge 75 Cents a Day
In Montgomery the court of appeals finds the 40 cent daily wage for convict labor unconstitutional due to unclear titling. An Alabama liquor dealer from Troy appealing for 75 cent daily pay lost, as the contention is upheld.
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Court of Appeals
An_al- Pesee
Troy
Ala
Investigation Reveals Voucher Discrepancies in State Dept
Washington probes reveal missing vouchers found amid a disrupted archive. Secretary Knox and Chairman Hamlin discuss alleged doctoring of a Day portrait voucher. Disbursing Officer Morrison's messenger testifies the voucher lay near Morrison's desk after files were ransacked. The inquiry covers a $5000 payment to Frederick Hale for Canadian boundary talks and a $2450 Rosenthal voucher, of which only $850 was received.
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Knox
Hamlin
House Investigating Committee
Morrison
State Department
Root
Michael
Calcutta
Mr. Morrison
Frederick Hale
Eugene Hale
Maine
Canada
Passama Quoddy Bay
Hale
Albert Rosenthal
Rosenthal
Flapdoodle Over Initiative Recall in Buffalo Charter
Albany reports the New York Legislature shows little enthusiasm for initiative and recall in Buffalo’s proposed charter. Debates ran five hours with critics calling the measure flapdoodle and questions raised on constitutionality and public accountability. The charter would mark Buffalo’s first municipal government by commission in 135 cities nationwide.
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N. Y
New York
Buffalo
Brackett
Lincoln
3 Fourth
Accused Deacon Demands Hearing at Georgia Church
In Savannah County, Deacon Joseph Smalls Jr on trial for card playing drew a revolver during a Baptist church trial at Clifton Church five miles from Savannah. He armed himself to argue his case as spectators applauded against him. Smalls was disarmed and deposed as deacon. his mother arrived with a butcher knife but was restrained. Police took Smalls to the station.
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Savannahj Ga
Clifton Baptist Church
Joseph Smalls, Jr
Smalls
AIT
Small
Savannah
Convicts killed as pen collapses in Smokies incident
In Newport Tennessee a collapse of a bull pen near Waterville North Carolina killed four convicts and injured many others. The men were state prisoners used for Trans Continental railroad construction. Major Wynn and Sylvester P ham, both with long sentences, are not expected to live.
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Newport
Tenn
Waterville
N. C
Smokies
North Carolina
Major Wynn
Goldsboro
Sylvester Parham
Georgia Will Elect a Senator This Session
The Georgia legislature will convene Tuesday June 27 and face the immediate task of electing a United States senator to fill the unexpired term of the late U S Clay, appointed by Governor Brown. A second major issue is liquor legislation, of wide interest to Georgians and neighboring states considering prohibition.
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Georgia
Atlanta
United States
Joseph M. Terrell
U. S. Clay
Brown
Two Aeroplanists Die In Vincennes Start Crash
Paris fifty aeroplanists began the European circuit race from Vincennes toward London with stops on the outward and return legs. Two flyers died soon after takeoff as Captain Princeton was burned when his motor exploded and M. Le Martine crashed into a tree.
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Vincennes
London
Princeton
M. le Martine
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