Latham Sets New World Aeroplane Records at Rheims
At Rheims on the fifth day of aviation week Hubert Latham breaks world records for time and distance in a monoplane, covering 7 miles in 1 hour and 6 minutes, plus 83 miles in a later flight. Paulhan and Curtiss also set marks, while Bleriot carries a passenger in a trial round.
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Latham
Rheims
Hubert Latham
Hubert Lathiam
Joseph Adams
Ave
Bleriot
Bleriet
Paulhan
Curtiss
Cockburn
Will Com
Pete
Lafebvre
France
Toi
Wrights
Roger Sommer
Glenn H.liss
Criss
Henri Fourier
Fournier
Brur
Striker Evictions as Steel Plant Walkout Persists
Pittsburg area sees scenes of hardship as families dislocate from evictions at McKee's Rocks during the Pressed Steel Car strike. Strikers haul loads by hand and endure threats as owners seek to end the stoppage amid mounting tension. A spy probe questions quit threats and workers’ refusals, while Interior shifts add 50 450 acres to Montana homestead lands.
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Pittsburg
McKee
Taft to urge postal savings bank legislation soon
President Taft indicated in talks with callers that in his December message he will strongly urge early establishment of a postal savings bank system. He cites possible hundreds of millions for government use and aims to deter treasury concerns over current 2 percent bonds as market conditions shift. The plan targets timid savers and would back savings with government guarantees to attract funds now hidden abroad or in mattresses.
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Taft
Beverly
Mass
Ecallers
Congress
Republican Party
Senate
House
Monetary Commission
Treasury Department
Jones
Bar Association Proposes Judicial Reform In U S Courts
Detroit August 26 At the American Bar Association session the committee on unnecessary costs and delays in litigation urged gradual sweeping reform in federal and state procedures. It called for official court stenographers, limits on verdict set aside on error, and printed records for appeals.
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Detroit
American Bar Association
Congress
United States
Officials Rush To Clear The Interior Of Cunningham Claims
Washington Aug 26 Officials of the interior department hurried to prepare a statement denying charges by Louis S Clavis chief of the field division of the general land office Northwest with offices in Seattle The report was made to the president who asked for a departmental account The case centers on a claim to valuable coal lands in Alaska and the president called for a full report from department officials
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Washington
Interior Department
Louis S. Clavis
General Land Office of the
Northwest
Seattle
Clavis
Cunningham
Alaska
Department
Deneen Goes on Summer Vacation Through Canada and Pacific Northwest
Springfield reports Governor Deneen leaves for a three week vacation with his son Ashley, touring the Canadian Rockies and visiting Victoria Vancouver and Seattle. Lt. Governor Oglesby to handle duties in Deneen’s absence. Also notes Sons of Veterans Camp ends and Melilla reports a Spanish advance encamped at Restinga.
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Springfield
Deneen
Ashley
Canadian Rockies
Victoria
Vancouver
Seattle
John G. Oglesby
Harriman Heir Arrives. Man Detained Over Back Interest
Arden New York August 26 Walter Averell Harriman eldest son of B H Harriman arrives from Chicago all Harriman children here. A demented man John Deyo of Chicago is taken into custody for attempting to reach Harriman's house to collect several million dollars back interest on railroad stock. Wall Street reports Harriman resting comfortably in New York on August 26.
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Arden
N. Y
Walter Averell Harriman
B. HW. Harriman
Chicago
Harriman
John Deyo
Wall Street
H. Harriman
Supposed Gunness Victim Found Alive Near Freeport
A Waukesha dispatch reports Frank X. Reidinger, once thought dead in the Belle Gunness case, is alive and well near Freeport Nebraska, contradicting earlier reports of his demise.
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Frank Reidinger
Nebraska
Milwaukee
Waukesha
Wis
Frank X. Reidinger
Belle Gunness
LaPorte
Ind
Freeport
Neb
Dry wave sweeps Idaho in first local option votes
Boise reports that Idaho counties voted dry in the first local option elections in the state with Canyon county also voting out saloons. Meanwhile Seattle hosts the first national conservation congress at the Alaska-Yukon auditorium with delegates from the U S and Canada.
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Boise
Idaho
Idaho County
Canyon County
Conservation Congress
Seattle
Wash
National Conservation Congress
Alaska-Yukon
United States
Canada
WANT HOME RULE FOR MUNICIPALITIES GROWS
About 1000 delegates attend the League of American Municipalities session in Montreal. Woodruff’s absent secretary’s address read by W D Lighthall notes 135 cities sought National Municipal League help in two years, with 40 adopting the commission form and 33 in 25 states considering it. The speaker stresses municipal home rule as vital for democratic self government.
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Montreal
League of American Municipalities
Woodruff
Philadelphia
W. D. Lighthall
National Municipal League
Harriman Stocks Slide as Market Weakens Across Board
New York trading opened with Harriman stocks soft and the market finished weak. Union Pacific fell to around 200 and then slid to near 198 by close amid broad declines. Southern Pacific and others dropped several points while the general market averaged a two point loss.
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New York
Ave
Harriman
Union Pa
Ific
Union Pacific
Southern Pacific
Central
Reading
U. S. Steel
Buys Road for Harriman Amb Thompson Acting as Agent
Chicago report notes Ambassador Thompson is declared to act as magnate Harriman’s agent. Dispatch from Mexico City carried by The Record Herald states the U S ambassador’s role amid ongoing arrangements.
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Thompson
Magnate
Chicago
the Record- Herald
Mexico City
United States Am
Diplomat Thompson to Sell Pan-American Railway Plan
Ambassador Thompson reportedly sells the Pan-American railway line worth $10,000,000 to take up permanent residence in Mexico. The plan allegedly moves 299 miles of track to E. H. Harriman as part of a broader rail network from British Columbia to Central America.
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Bassador Thompson
Pan-American Railway
Central American
Thompson
Mexico
E. H. Harriman
British Columbia
Central America
Government is Blamed at License Hearing
At the convention in Denver on Aug 26 the association of state and national food and dairy departments endorsed the Remsen board findings that benzoate of Ida is harmless in moderate quantities. Dr Charles L Reed accused the federal government of licensing medicated foods, while Remsen members Dr Russell H Chittenden and Dr John A Long defended safety evidence from experiments on six healthy volunteers. The debate pitted government chemists against Remsen supporters before about 200 state officials.
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Denver
Association of State and National Food and Dairy Departments
Charles L. Reed
Cincinnati
Remsen
Russell H. Chittenden
New Haven
Conn
John A. Long
Evanston, IL
Uisreféres
AE Deruvet
Conv
Association of State and Rational
Exhumation row delays Sutton body burial in Arlington
Aug 26 report from Kington states the army quartermaster halted plans to exhume Lieutenant James N. Sutton, citing excessive publicity. Mrs. Sutton seeks Catholic rites and reburial in consecrated ground, with possible medical review of wounds. Secretaries or officials may still intervene to grant permission.
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Kington
Quartermaster’s Department of the Army
James N. Sutton
Sutton
Marine
Arlington Cemetery
Chicago unions embroiled in war over construction halt
Chicago report says sympathy strike orders halted millions in Chicago business district construction. Several large buildings tied up as the battle between the newly organized building trades council and Martin B. Madden's allied group intensifies.
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Chicago
Chicago Business District
Building Trades Council
Martin B
Madden
Associated Building Trades
Fiber Blankets Price Increase Announced for October
Worcester reports New England Fiber Blanket Co announces a price rise effective October 1 due to higher duties on key materials. The increase covers all blanket widths from 22 to 86 inches.
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Worcester
Mass
New England Fiber Blanket Company
Clothier Takes the Tennis Title in U S Championship
New York August 26 W. J. Clothier of Philadelphia won the final round of the all comers tournament for the tennis championship of the United States on the casing courts defeating Maurice E. Moloughlin of California in a decisive finish.
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New York
W. 7
Pressman Cleared of Blame in Peso Swindle Case
Louisville reporters announce pressman Will Koenig was absolved from complicity in a million peso counterfeit scheme after federal court review. Officers declared Koenig innocent of any evil intent in printing the notes linked to Roberts brothers.
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Will Koenig
Louisville
Roberts Brothers
Koenig
Cannon Serving His Last Term Relieved of Many in Washington
Washington August 26 That Speaker Cannon is now serving his last term as presiding officer of the house is the fear admitted by his supporters and the claim of a number of Republicans opposed to the “Ezar.” When the speaker returns to Washington for the next session he will find more Republicans elected on the party platform than before. He is believed to hold substantial patronage and two years more, but critics say he has exhausted his influence by distributing committee assignments. Insurgent Republicans say the speaker and rules hinder tariff reform and predict clashes with Taft on measures like ICC expansion and Sherman anti trust. The speaker faces expected trouble maintaining control as reform sentiment grows among Republicans, and leadership support wanes with the party.
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Cannon
House
Taft
Ward
Cate
Congress
Interstate Commerce Commission
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Real Este
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William J. Carpenter
Michigan
American Bor Association
Carpenter
Charles Noble Gregory
Iowa State University College of Law
Association of American Law Schools
Oglesby
Governor
Sons of Veterans
U. S.A
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Memorial University
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Madrid
Morocco
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Remsey Board
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Remsen Boyth
Secretary of War
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Pressman
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