Relieved Change In Present Rates Is Only Solution of Question
Washington faces a tax reform and debt strategy to prevent depreciation of United States bonds. Congress weighs issuing Panama canal bonds up to 290.6 million at 3 percent, while balancing circulation tax and security for national bank notes. The goal is to protect 2 and 3 percent bonds and attract investors without harming public credit.
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Panama
Washington
United States
Congress
Secretary ‘of the Treasury
Two Boys Drown Near Windom Lake
In Windom Minnesota two boys aged about ten to twelve died while bathing in Eagle lake ten miles northeast of town. The youths, sons of C. C. Siebert and Peter Harder, wandered into a hole in the lake and were drowned near local farmers' property.
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Windom
Minn
Eagle Lake
Here
C. C. Siebert
Peter Harder
Sixteen Die By Drowning In New York Waters
New York July 20. An excursion boat accident and bathing drownings killed sixteen people. Ten died when the sloop Roxana overturned in a squall off Staten Island during a return trip from Brooklyn. The rest perished from cramps and exhaustion as bathers. Survivors were rescued to a Staten Island hospital.
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New York
Staten Island
Brooklyn
Lamont
Bearing on Murder Found in Private Crescent City Package
In Crescent City Illinois a private package left by the late banker J B Sayler is reported to contain startling papers. W T Nightingale present when the secret contents were read by Sayler’s brothers says the contents relate to the murder of Sayler by Dr W L Miller and possible involvement of Mrs Sayler as accessory. Nightingale refused to reveal details claiming they must remain secret for now.
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Crescent City
J. B. Sayler
W. T. Nightingale
Sayler
W. L. Miller
Mr. Nightingale
C11 Sub Sunk After Collision Near Haisborough Lightship
Cromer July 16 The British submarine C-11 was sunk by the cargo steamer Eddystone near the Haisborough lightship. Thirteen crew members were lost with only three survivors. C-16 and C-17 collided while avoiding the freighter. no fatalities aboard those ships.
Danish King Frederick Arrives at Peterhof on Daneborg
King Frederick of Denmark with Queen Louise and royal suite arrives at Peterhof aboard the Danish yacht Daneborg during a visit to St. Petersburg on July 16. They are met by local officials and Russian dignitaries as part of the state tour.
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King Frederick of Denmark
St. Petersburg
Queen Louise
Peterhof
Conferees dispose of wool schedule changes
Washington July 19 The conference on the tariff bill approved reductions in the Dingley rate on women's and children's dress goods of cotton warp and wool fabrics weighing four ounces or more per yard. A 5 percent cut was added for yarns valued 36 cents a pound or less and tops were adjusted in line with yarn duty reductions. The three changes complete the wool schedule.
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Washington
Yncheon
Siso Mae
Conference Committee
Taft Concerned Over Senate as Tariff Pass Looms
Washington July 20. Speaker Cannon and Rep Dwight New York Republican whip met with President Taft about tariff conferees agenda. Dwight said the bill will be reported and passed by Republicans though Senate objections linger. White House wary over free hides but expects a compromise or nominal duty to smooth passage.
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Cannon
Dwight
Washington
Canmon
New York
House
Taft
Senate
White House
Lightning Strike Ends Lead Baseball Game
A bolt of lightning hit the Lead bleachers during a Deadwood versus Lead game, killing Weston Fry age 19 and Tom Halverson age 14 and fatally injuring Abe Oliver. The storm struck in the fifth inning, leaving spectators stunned and dozens unconscious as the umbrella shade was struck directly.
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Lead
Deadwood
Weston Fry
Tom Halverson
Abe Oliver
Wealthy Detroit woman indicted for smuggling
A federal grand jury indicted Mrs. Fremont B. Chesbrough of Detroit on smuggling charges. The Chesbrough coastwise line owner was linked to a double bottom found in a trunk she brought to New Jersey on the Kaiser Wilhelm II. Hidden apparel valued in the thousands, plus bills and invoices for a $23,000 pearl necklace, were discovered.
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Detroit
New York
Fremont B. Chesbrough
Chesbrough
Boston
United States
District of New Jersey
Ketchel Langford bout canceled over purse dispute
New York July 13 reported that the Sam Langford Stanley Ketchel match set for Bly Nevada has been called off by Joe Woodman, Langford’s manager. Woodman says Ketchel cannot claim 20,000 of a 25,000 purse and that Langford will not fight for a few cents.
Warships on the Thames parade and public open week
London crowds gather along the river as 15 British warships including submarines torpedo boats and Dreadnought battleships anchor in the Thames. The riverbank is decorated and sightseers flock to view the fleet with ships opened to the public for a week of entertainments for officers and crew.
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London
Thames
Parliament
Nove
Carter Harrison Seen As Mayor Candidate In Chicago Dinner
Enthusiastic Democrats from both anti-national and pro Harrison camps gathered at Kish Murray's shore dinner in Luna Park and launched renewed efforts to nominate Carter H. Harrison for mayor. A reliable scout reported progress of the dinner and the emerging support.
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Chicago
Kish Murray
Luna Park
Carter H. Harrison
Big Meeting of Strikers Held in McKees Rocks
A peaceable gathering of Presurd Steel Car Company workers and supporters in McKees Rocks raises funds and voices patience amid a strike. Speakers spoke in multiple languages as donations ranged from one to five dollars for a general account to sustain efforts for about a month. A constable lieutenant described the mood as ebbing and warned of measures to quell mob spirit if the strike endures through the summer.
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Pitteburz
Presurd Steel Car Company
McKees Rocks
Par Company
Speaters
Aieutenant
Constabulary
Qin
American Among Them Four More Suffragettes Sent to Jail
Grace Johnson of Buffalo and three other suffragettes were arrested on Downing Street for defying police orders during a protest to deliver a petition to Prime Minister Asquith. They were tried at Bow Street and sentenced to three weeks in prison in default of fines.
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Jall
London
Grace Johnson
Buffalo
Downing Street
Asquith
Bow
Brigands Reap Rich Harvest on Russo German Frontier
Bandits held the Medway between Augustowo and Lipsk abducting fifty to sixty travelers and stealing about 25000 dollars in cash and all horses. Victims included horse breeders en route to Lipsk horse market. A toll gate ruse saw a keeper’s wife aiding the siege. Travelers bound, horses gathered, then bandits departed after killing a man named Fenl of Angustowo for resistance. Authorities link the gang to earlier frontier outrages.
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Berlin
Medway
Augustowo
Lipsk
Fenl of
Angustowo
Conferees Accept Senate Tax Amendment For Tariff Bill
Washington July 20 The conference committee agreed to accept the senate corporation tax amendment after it was redrafted by Attorney General Wickersham and explained at length The tax is reduced to 1 per cent of net earnings and will replace the house inheritance tax provision The committee sought to avoid double taxation with the new amendment and final acceptance followed strong discussion of exemptions
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Wickersham
Great Lenath
Washington
Houses
Congress
Senate
Unclear Senate Saga Amid Cane Clapp Suez Deals
Fragmentary text references a senate, Cane Clapp and Suez deals with credit companies, suggesting a financial or regulatory discussion. No clear entities, dates, or outcomes emerge from the readable fragments, leaving the main event ambiguous.
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Senate
Sistence
Suez
Cresit
Conference progress amid tariff talk and heart illness
In Atlantic City Senator Cullam discusses prospects of the conference, noting no major obstacles and a likely completion by Thursday or Friday. He mentions free hides, gloves, hosiery reciprocity, and a potential tariff alignment with Canada as key issues, with industry leaders keen on prompt harmony.
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Washington
Atlantic City
Cullam
Senate
Canada
Persian Capital Faces Renewed Guerrilla Warfare
Tehran July 14. Turmoil roils the capital as nationalist factions threaten Mohammed Ali’s deposed line and Ah med Mirza, with regent Al Mulk, while Baokhtart tribes accuse neglect in provisional rule. Rebels and Sadarasad vie for control as Colonel Linkhoff, a Russian commander, polices the city amid growing foreign influence.
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Teheran
Mohammed Ali
Noi
Ahmed Mirza
Asshat
Ared al Mulk
Kajar
Atout Teheran
Taey
Hon
Persia
JeaJer
Sadarasad
Shah
Sipahdar
Sadarased
Linkhoff
Russia
Husband follows wife in tragedy at Toulsville
Walter J Honaker, a retail shoe dealer, identified his wife’s body at an undertaker and then died by his own action. Mrs Honaker was last seen Saturday morning with Foodaye as he went downtown. Belongings of Mrs Monaker were later found on the Ohio river bank five miles east of the city.
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Toulsville
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