Bet you a Million Gates dies after six weeks fight
John W. Gates, famed financier known as Bet you a Million, died in Paris at age about 60 after a six week battle with illness. His rapid rise from hardware and grain business to steel and wire fortunes included Founding Bayard, Gates & Co and the Consolidated Barabate Steel & Wire company. He faced kidney and heart troubles, rallied several times, and requested to be home before death. Burial plans set for New York after steamer voyage. services in Paris American church.
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Michigan Governor backs referendum amid Nagel clash
Governor Oyorn of Michigan, speaking at the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Michigan College of Mines, voiced support for the initiative referendum and recall. He rebutted Nagel’s opposition and criticized Taft’s stance, while Nagel opposed federal price control and urged caution on commodity pricing.
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London Riots Freeze Docks as General Strike Bites City
United Press dispatch reports London facing a general strike with 75 000 freight workers and 20 600 more to join tomorrow paralyzing docks rail freight and deliveries. Police clash with rioters including women and children as thousands block Tower Bridge and food supplies threaten famine. Shipping halted with 200 ships tied up and fish porters stranded amid escalating protests and disruption across Britain.
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Poet Riley Poem and Battleship Delaware Highlight
Washington reports a celebrated Riley poem presented at the White House and confirms the battleship Delaware as an exemplary U S Navy vessel showing record fuel carrying capacity and superior finisher performance in global naval comparison.
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Shadow Lifted From Perkins In Heated House Hearing
A chaotic Washington political slugfest erupts as Perkins faces a closed hearing. Stanley withdraws amid lack of full Democratic support. The action centers on campaign funding questions and forceful lobbying by George Perkins allies.
Tax Laws Strengthened and Deficit Overcome in Ohio
The piece argues that the Harmon administration strengthened tax laws and enforced them to extract taxes from corporations that evaded payment. It asserts the state gained a revenue boost and a healthier treasury, contrasting Democratic behavior with prior Republican neglect. It cites the State Tax Commission and Governor Harmon praising efforts to bring all property onto the tax duplicate and to tax coal output more effectively.
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Amendment reform sparks broad senate bias debate
A fragmented, OCR style passage discusses constitutional reform enabling broader coworker influence in the Senate, highlighting personal power shifts, concerns about public interest versus private aggrandizement, and implications for elections and senatorial authority. Names and places are unclear due to damaged text.
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Popular Rule Debate Heated at County Convention
Delegates from Franklin County discussed forms of government amid a push for home rule. Colonel B S Wilson favored the commission plan while Martin A Gemumler opposed it. the committee reserved judgment on adopting a home rule via initiative or referendum, pending a final vote.
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King Georges Lord Knollys in veto bill clash
London reports a bitter veto bill controversy centers on Lord Knollys who allegedly pressed the king to secure passage. Knollys denies interference as figures show support for the bill at eighty and seventy percent respectively and the dispute heats amid royal politics.
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Six Bishops Denounce Astor Wedding Plan
Six bishops of the Episcopal and Methodist churches publicly oppose the proposed marriage of Col onel John Jacob Astor and a young heiress. The bishops condemn the match as a money driven scandal and warn ministers to refuse to perform the ceremony. The press notes other clergy comments and references to prominent church figures amid national reaction.
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