Wilson Signs Panama Tolls Exemption Repeal Bill
President Wilson signs the Panama tolls exemption repeal bill as amended by the Senate and agreed by the House. Assistant Secretary Forster witnesses the signing. Wilson uses a quill once wielded by Harrison for copyright law in 1891 and by Taft for landmark acts. The pen belongs to Robert Underwood Johnson of New York.
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Washington, D. C
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Forster
Harrison
Taft
National Institute of Arts and Letters
Robert, Underwood Johnson
New York
Loss in Railroad Stocks Hit Millions of Small Investors
Two million stockholders in American railroads saw their property fall by nearly $100 million over eighteen months. The decline stems from railroad mismanagement by officers and from enforcement of antitrust and other restrictive laws against railroads, affecting many owners with only a few shares.
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New Haven
Geers Bestows First Color Choice on Pop Geers
Pop Geers, the oldest driver in the rand circuit, receives the honor of No 1 and the first choice of colors. He typically selects black for his team car as fans envy his standing, while rivals hope for similar recognition in the future.
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Delegates at Niagara Falls debate Mexican provisional presidency
At Niagara Falls a mediation conference weighs candidates for a Mexican provisional president. Huerta delegates favor Pedro Lascurain while American delegates push a Constitutionalist leaning leader. Deadlock persists as negotiators also discuss cabinet roles pending a constitutional election.
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Huerta
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Huerta Deleiates
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United States
Home Rule Stalemate Moves Through Parliament
The Wit has passed the House of Commons for the third time and is now in the House of Lords. The Lords cannot prevent its becoming a law but may fix a month for declaration and propose changes. The Commons are not obliged to accept a proposed amendment.
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House of Commons
House of Lords
Lords
Commons
Reorganization of Closed LaSalle Street Bank Debts
Assurances by C B Munday and William Lorimer Jr president that the LaSalle Street Trust and Savings bank will be saved from wreck raise confidence among depositors after the bank failed amid a broader scandal involving the state auditor and Lorimer era politics. The piece details the crash, bad assets, and the influence of small neighborhood banks tied to Munday.
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aSaile Street Trust and Savings Bank
William Lorimer
Louise Kuhns
LaSalle Bank
Brady Campaiy Fund
LaSally Street Bank
Sun Day
Egypt
Japan
China
LaSalle Street Trust and Savings Bank
Clearing House — Association
Clearing House
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Gee
East St. Louis
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Zeppelin Airship Wreck Reported in Germany
The airship Z I was wrecked in Germany while en route from Cologne to Mura after encountering a rainstorm. The captain chose to land to avoid danger.
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Germany
Cologne
Mura
Swelling Tide of Immigration Set to Break Records
Immigrants arriving at the American port averaged over 2900 per weekday in the last ten months. For the year ending June 30, total immigration likely exceeds 1,800,000, with Italians first at 990,129 followed by Jews and Poles among others. About 26,281 were barred for disease or deformity under the test.
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Bureau of Immigration
Italy
Russia
Two Ocean Liners Collision Sparks Narrow Sea Crisis
In thick fog about 200 miles east of Nantucket Light, the New York of the American Line and the Pretoria of Hamburg America collided. Both ships suffered damage above the water line, avoiding a disaster comparable to Titanic or Empress of Ireland.
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New York
Pretoria
Nantucket Light
Live Volcano at Lassen Peak Shocks California
Reports from Mount Lassen in California describe a genuine volcanic eruption with steam smoke and ash. A fatality is reported as a rock fragments kill a man while a huge explosion created a crater with a column reaching about 2000 feet and ash falling as far as sixteen miles away.
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United States
Mount Lassen
California
Joke Bwoke
Mount Listen
Califo
Sacamentes
Venus the Evening Star toilluminate summer evenings
The article previews Venus as a bright evening sight in coming months. It notes Venus will be the most beautiful object in the southwestern sky after twilight and predicts a close approach on August 5 near Mars, with the two planets appearing to nearly touch.
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