Taft urges immediate reciprocity at Waldorf Astoria banquet
President Taft called for immediate reciprocity in a Waldorf Astoria address during the fourth annual joint banquet of the Associated Press and the American Newspaper Publishers Association. He warned against amending tariffs and praised the House for passing the agreement. The event featured diplomats, scholars, and press leaders, with a push to end import duties on print paper from free wood. A local laundry ad concludes the page.
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New York
Taft
Waldorf ,Astoria
Associated Press
American Newspaper Publishers Association
House of Representatives
United States
Manuel de Zamacona
William Barton
James M. Lynch
International Typographical Union
James J. Freel
National Electrotypers Union
Matthew Eel
National Photograph Engravers Union
C and C Southern Outlet Plan Extends Through Kentucky and Virginia
Surveys and grading on an extension of the Big Sandy division of the Chesapeake and Ohio railroad reach Charleston South Carolina and Savannah Georgia as final outlets. The project aims to connect to Toledo and the Atlantic coast via a new Ohio River bridge at Point Pleasant Ohio and opens vast coal and timber lands in eastern Kentucky and Virginia. The plan follows the recent acquisition of the railroad by Edwin Hawley and Frank Trumbull.
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Associated Press
Louisville
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad
Big Sandy
Charleston
8, C
Savannah
Kentucky
Virginia
Edwin Hawley
New York
Frank Trumbull
Chicago
Chesapeake & Ohio’railroad
Ohio River
Point Pleasant
Ohio
Toledo
Atlantic
Trainmen Win Wage Scale Pact For Switch Work
After week of talks among the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific Chicago Burlington and Quincy and Chicago and North Western railroads and Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen officials a new wage scale for switch work was accepted. The agreement provides a substantial raise and improved working conditions expected to prevent further disagreements.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy
Chicago and Northwestern
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Forest Fire Threatens Cumberland Mountains Timber
Reports from Pound Gap say a forest fire rages in the Cumberland mountains near Whitesburg Kentucky endangering farm houses and destroying valuable young timber. Authorities fear rapid spread if rain does not come soon as hunters may have started the blaze.
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Kentucky
Associated Press
Whitesburg
Pound Gap
Cumberland Mountains
Clearing House for Cotton Bills Approved
New York April 28 The plan for a central office clearing house for cotton bills of lading has been approved by most southern and southeastern cotton carrying railroads. Fred J. Kent of Bankers' Trust chairs the committee. Railroads are expected to respond within a fortnight. The move aims to prevent fraudulent bills and restore harmony in handling the new cotton crop.
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Associated Press
New York
Liverpool
Fred J. Kent
Bankers’ Trust Company
Labor War Threatens Chicago Building Shutdown
Architects and builders demand an end to jurisdictional fights by Tuesday or a citywide work stoppage will halt building operations. Several thousand workers are idle already and up to 35 000 could lose employment. The dispute pits plumbers against steamfitters carpenters against sheet metal workers building laborers against cement workers elevator constructors against machinists and electrical workers.
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Chicago
Mayor Fires Rifle to Stop Runaway Horse
In Richmond Kentucky on April 28 former Mayor C B Woods shot a runaway horse to save two girls Ray and Issie Million from injury as the buggy was overturned when the horse fell after being struck in the head. Both girls escaped with no serious injuries.
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Associated Press
Richmond
C. B. Woods
Ray
Issie Million
Woods
Jr. Woods
Panic stops as police threat calms crowd at Tarrytown theater
In Tarrytown New York on April 28 a film caused a crush when a guard shouted I’ll shoot the first man that tries to rush. Policeman Thomas Welch stationed near exits, his threat quelling the rush. The fire department then extinguished a small blaze with little damage.
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Associated Press
Tarrytown
N. Y
Thomas Welch
Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup Ad Promotes Child Comfort
An antique advertisement claims Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup has soothed millions of mothers' children for over sixty years. It asserts the remedy calms, relieves pain, cures wind colic, and is harmless, selling for a quarter per bottle.
Murray Receives Helen Culver Medal for Oceanography
Sir John Murray, noted oceanographer, awarded the fifth Helen Culver gold medal by the Geographic Society of Chicago for scientific attainment. He spoke at the Art Institute on oceanic discoveries and proposed a $10,000 gift to fund U.S.-Canada joint study of the Great Lakes if reciprocal agreements are made. He urged the society to tackle this vast lake system for its economic and educational value.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Helen Culver
Geographic Society of Chicago
Sir John Murray
Society
Art Institute
John Murray
Canada
United States
Great Lakes
Island Princess Kawananakea Heads to London Coronation
Princess Kawananakea of Hawaii, formerly Abigail Campbell, travels from New York to London for Queen Elizabeth II's coronation. A cape of birds feathers, one of the world's costliest garments, uses feathers from an extinct island bird, with each bird contributing a single feather.
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Associated Press
New York
Kawananakea
Hawaii
Abigail Campbell
London
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Golden Medical
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Sarah F. Herdmann
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