Panama Canal Bill and Veto Clash Dominate Senate Run
The senate backed the conference report on the Panama canal bill by 48 to 18 and rejected override attempts on the steel and wool bills. Taft vetoed the legislative executive and judicial appropriation bill, delaying salaries. The house overrode a tariff veto on the steel bill 113 to 83, while the cotton tariff bill passed the senate 36 to 19.
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House
Washington
Senate
Panama Canal
la Follette
Clapp
Bristow
Crawford
Poindexter
Works
Moon
Post Office Committee
Bourne
Taft
Wyoming
Commerce Court
Congress
Leonard Wood
Army
Akin
Davis
Minnesota
Jackson
Haugen
Kent
Kinkaid
Nebraska
Lafferty
Lindbergh
Morse
Morris
Rees
Sloan
Steenerson
Woods
Iowa
Young
Kansas
Ways and Means Committee
Borah
Cumming
Third Party Meet In Cleveland Plans State Ticket
Ohio Progressives convene in Cleveland to organize a state ticket name officers for the Roosevelt ticket and plan an estate convention to field a full third party slate in Ohio.
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Cleveland
James R. Garfield
Ohio
Miectorn
Roosevelt
Federal suit attacks motion picture trust
The federal government filed a civil suit in Philadelphia seeking dissolution of the Motion Picture Patents Company and General Film Company. It names ten firms and individuals alleging monopolistic control, restricting film production and theater access, and requiring licenses of two dollars weekly. The petition seeks dissolution of the combination and release from contracts.
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Philadelphia
Moving-Picture Trust
Motion Picture Patents Company
General Film Company
Moving Picture
General Films Company
Vita Graph Company
Thomas A. Edison, Inc
Essanay Film Manufacturing Company
Kalem Company
George Kleine
Sigmund Lubin
Gaston M. Elies
Pathe Freres
F. N. Selig
Vita Graph and Armat Company
Frank L. Dyer
Henry N. Marvin
A. J. Kennedy
William Pelzer
Samuel Long
J. A. Berst
Albert HB. Smith
George Spoor
New Jersey
General Film Company of
Maine
Patents Company
Trust
Harvester Trust case moves toward testimony phase
The department of justice filed its replication in the government suit against the Harvester Trust in U S district court in St Paul. Federal District Attorney Charles Houpt says the answers by the defendant are untrue and affirm the original petition’s allegations. This prepares for evidence on alleged violations to begin around October 1 before an examiner.
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St. Paul, Minn
Department of Justice
Harvester Trust
United States District Court
Federal
Charles Houpt
Mac Master Slain Near Bogota While Hunting
Investigation confirms the death of William B. Mac Master United States vice consul at Cartagena. His gunshot riddled body was found outside Bogota on Monday during a hunting trip. No perpetrators identified yet.
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United States
Cartagena
Bogota
Colombia
William B. Mac Master
Darrow Makes Plea in Impassioned Defense Address
Clarence Darrow, prominent labor advocate, pleads for his liberty defending against bribery charges linked to the McNamara case. He denounces district attorneys and accusers, tears up spectators, and frames the trial as a fight between labor and powerful interests.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Clarence Darrow
Darrow
Earl Rogers
McNamara
Darorw
Erectors’ Association
Woman kills rival in Nashville murder case
Mrs. Alva Cave, widow and daughter-in-law of Rev. R Lin Cave, was shot to death in her Nashville home. Police say Mrs. J G Jones, 24, who had filed for divorce, gained entry to the room and opened fire, killing Mrs. Cave within minutes. Jones is jailed as the alleged killer.
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Nashville
Tenn
Alva Cave
R. Lin Cave
United Confederate Veterans
J. G. Jones
Mrs. Cave
Madero to Call Special Congress on Peace Demands
President Madero will convene an extra congress session to consider Gen. Pascual Orozco's peace proposal. Orozco seeks a full pardon for his officers and men and restoration of citizenship, while promising reforms start immediately and ousting Madero’s 73 relatives from government payroll. Nearby rebels under Zapata advance near Mexico City as Juarez evacuates.
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Mexico City
Congress
Madero
Pascual Orozco
Mexico
San Luis Potosi
Orozco
Emiliano Zapata
Alfonso Miranda
Jose Mora
Christians Slain by Turks in Albania Massacre Near Montenegro
reports from Cettinje say Arnauts aided by Turkish troops attacked Christians in the Berana district of Albania near the Montenegrin frontier. Women and children were killed, many girls captured, and families fled to Montenegro as the government ordered General Vukotics to the frontier to restore order.
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Cettinje
Montenegro
Albania
Berana
Vukotics
Shot at Dixie Hotel by Brother in Law in Birmingham
Miss Willis Yielding of Oneonta Ala was shot at a Birmingham Dixie Hotel by her brother in law R B Couch in a room with John Beveridge. Yielding says the men lured her to the hotel to kill her. Couch calls it an accident while Beveridge accuses Couch of deliberate firing after warning of intent to kill.
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Birmingham
Ala
Miss Willis Yielding
Oneonta
Couch
John Beveridge
Miss Yielding
Beveridge
Reward Notice for Lefty Louie and Gyp the Blood
New York and Albany reports detail a five thousand dollar dead or alive reward for Lefty Louie and Gyp the Blood in connection with the Herman Rosenthal murder. District Attorney Whitman and Governor Dix announce actions to pursue the case with an extraordinary New York Supreme Court term led by Justice Goff to ensure swift, thorough investigation and indictments.
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New York
Louie
Gyp
Whitman
Harry Horowitz
Louis Rosenzweig
Herman Rosenthal
Methuen
Mass
Scepps
West Side
Rose
Wallon
Webber
Dix
Albany
N. Y
Goff
Supreme Court
Rosenthal
New York City
Board of Aldermen
John A. DIX
Nat Goodwin Suffered Serious Injuries After Boat Accident
In Los Angeles Miss Moreland stays at Nat Goodwin's bedside as doctors treat him for internal injuries in the lower abdomen and a severe lacera tion of the right leg. The actor is under opiate care and listed in extremely serious condition with four days needed to assess recovery. The accident followed a dare to deliver a note to an Indian on a cliff when a boat overturned and he was hurled onto rocks.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Prayers Lift for Gen Booth as Illness Persists
Thousands of Salvation Army barracks worldwide offered prayers for Gen. William Booth founder and head, who remained seriously ill in London. A bulletin noted little improvement and that Booth suffered insomnia and heightened nervous strain due to his condition.
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London
William Booth
The
Salvation Army
Barnett McQueen to Build Grain Elevator for Dominion
The Barnett, McQueen & Co. firm of Minneapolis will construct a grain elevator at Port William for the Dominion government for 1,179,602 dollars. The government had set aside 1.5 million for the project.
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Ottawa
Ont
Barnett, McQueen & Co
Minneapolis
Roosevelt Begins Long Campaign Trip
Colonel Roosevelt motored from Oyster Bay to New York and then to Providence Rhode Island where he delivered an opening campaign speech. He said he felt fit to give them a fight and that the campaign is for the people while blaming the bosses on the other side. He amplified his tariff views in the speech and debated party platforms.
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New York
Roosevelt
Oyster Bay
Providence
R. I
Buffalo Freight Men Strike For Higher Wages
Eleven hundred freight handlers in Buffalo New York strike for wage increases. The stoppage began August 17 and disrupts city freight operations.
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Buffalo
Buffalo, N. Y
Couple’s quips and home remedy lines amuse readers
A breezy column notes playful quips about a doctor’s wife calling her husband Duckie and a quack joke. It also mentions a blue dye ad line for Red Cross Ball Blue and a marriage insight about magnifying glasses tossed aside on the wedding day.
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Duckie
Quack
As to Kissing Question Sparks Light Debate
In a brief dialogue Jack asks about microbes in kisses and Gwen offers a flippant reply to the speculative topic without concluding evidence.
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Jack
Gwen
Took Slot Machine at Its Word
A Kansas City mother visiting her husband’s family in a small Kansas town was amused when her two young daughters, sent to the depot on an errand, returned chewing gum. The older child explained the gum came from a slot machine that told them to ask the agent for pennies.
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Kansas City
Kansas
Best of It Fox Hunt Story Surfaces
John Burroughs and his brother Eden hunted foxes in Hobart Catskills Eden shot the fox and earned five dollars for the skin. Burroughs later revealed he earned seventy five dollars for his published account, sparking bragging about the hunt.
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John Burroughs
Eden Burroughs
Catskills
Hobart
Eden
Nimrod
Slabsides
John
Carrying It Too Far In Scientific Management
The piece cites R. Marriott Thompson noting excess in scientific management. It recounts Hussler’s extreme factory example, where he reduced motions dramatically and interrupted a wedding ceremony at the altar, insisting “one's quite enough for a little job like this.”
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R. Marriott Thompson
San Francisco
New York Tribune
Hussler
East Side Assembly Club Hosts Officials At Social Event
A New York representative spoke at an East Side district political club function where the entertainment chair introduced new members to guests including municipal officers. The master of ceremonies announced a couple as Mr and Mrs Inspector of Hydrants Faucets and Shopworks Casey, after a whispered correction.
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New York
Congress
Congressman Blank
Casey
Lippincott’s
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McNamaras
Rogers
Steel Trust
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Nobdy
James Wickersham
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