American and British boy aviators to meet in grand international contest
Francis Arnold Collins reports on Junior Aero Club growth with 200 members in New York and over 1,000 nationwide. The Junior Aeronautic under Aero Society boasts 250 in New York and about 800 elsewhere. An all-American team of five will clash with five Britons selected by Lady O Hagan, with flights staged in New York and London and results transmitted by cable.
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Francis Arnold Collins
Junior Aero Club
New York
Junior Aeronautic
The
Aero Society
Boston
Philadelphia
Buffalo
Chicago
St. Louis
Pacific Coast
America
Great Britain
A. E. Horn
O’hagan
Aeronautical League of Great Britain
Brewers Say Prohibition Wave Is Receding Across States
United States Brewers Association vigilance committee reports the prohibition wave peaking and beginning to recede. Georgia remains dry legally but moist in practice. illicit distilling rises. South Carolina shows record whisky seizures. beer sales rise by 90 million gallons with nearly 4 million gallons of alcohol.
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Washington, D. C
United States Brewers’ Association
Alabama
Georgia
Maine
South Carolina
Greenville
Sugar Trust Men Guilty in Customs Duty Fraud Case
Charles R. Heike secretary of the American Sugar Refining Company was convicted on one count of conspiracy to defraud the government of sugar duties. Ernest W. Gerbracht former superintendent of the Williamsburg refinery was convicted on all six counts. James F. Bendernagel, former refinery cashier, was acquitted on all but one count and will be retried. Heike faces up to two years in prison and a $10 000 fine.
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Heike
Gerbracht
New York City
Charles R. Heike
American Sugar Refining Company
Ernest W. Gerbracht
Williamsburg
Brooklyn
James F. Bendernagel
Federal
Postal Savings Bank Bill Passes House in Landslide
The House approved the postal savings bank bill by 195 to 101 with 24 Democrats joining Republicans. The measure, already passed by the Senate, would put several billions of dollars under government custody and likely establish a central bank.
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Washington, D. C
House
Postal Savings Bank
Senate
Carter
Montana
Counterfeiting Plant Found in Missouri Penitentiary
Federal inspectors uncovered a fully equipped counterfeiting operation in a Missouri penitentiary cell shared by Lee Jayer and Joseph Vail. Five moulds and several forged coins were seized. They face federal trial on counterfeiting charges. Governor Hadley announced a pardon plan to allow prosecution.
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Jefferson City
Missouri Penitentiary
Lee Jayer
Joseph Vail
Hadley
President declines to meet Harrison over Wickersham remarks
A delegation of Jewish rabbis visited President Taft to discuss Russian Jew expulsion worries, staying fifteen minutes. Rep Goldfogle of New York spoke for the group as Taft refused to see Harrison, citing newspaper statements about a House resolution seeking full Wickersham information on the Bellinger-Pinchot affair. Harrison claimed Taft and the attorney general misled Congress in a back-daling of the Gravis charges.
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Harrison
White House
Congress
Secretary of the Interior
JAPA POOR HUSBAND Divorce Filed by Archdeacon’s Daughter
Helena Gladys Aoki of Corte Madera California files for divorce from Gunjiro Aoki a former Seattle servant. Grounds include desertion and failure to support. The couple wed in Seattle in March 1909 after opposition from various communities. a child was born there.
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Carson
Nev
Helena Gladys Aoki
Gunjiro Aoki
Aoki
Archdeacon Emery
Episcopal Church
Corte Madeira
Cal
Seattle
Valladolid Falls to Federal Troops in Yucatan Strike
In Mexico City reports reveal that Valladolid, key Indian insurgent stronghold in Yucatan, has been captured by federal forces. Rebels fled to the mountains, with many dead and wounded left behind. Nicolas Seza, the insurgent ring leader, was captured among prisoners.
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Mexico City
Mexico
Valladolid
Yucatan
Merida
Nicolas Seza
Democratic substitute rejected after full postal savings debate
The substitute failed 113 to 196 following a session devoted to postal savings bank legislation. Planters in the Tuxtepec district Mexico praise a high cotton crop price, selling at $9 per quintal in seed. A rising agricultural awakening drives more farm products to market as Americans visit and invest in Mexican lands for farming.
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Postal Savings Bank
Tuxtepec
Mexico
How Capons Are Prepared for Market
Capons are deprived of food for twelve hours before slaughter to ensure emptiness and quality. Birds are suspended by the feet over a catch box with a small weight in the jaw to stretch and steady them. They are killed by the French method using a sharp knife to sever veins arteries and brain. Capons are picked dry with only body and some tail wing feathers removed. feet and head are left on as distinguishing marks.
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Farmers Home Journal
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