Sugar Tariff Compromise Passes Senate Amid Bristow Lodge Deals
The Senate approved a Republican backed sugar tariff measure after a compromise between Lodge and Bristow plans. It lowers the duty from 1.90 to 1.60 per hundred pounds, abolishes the Dutch standard and the refiners differential, saving consumers about 20 million dollars a year. The bill passes 62 to 8 with most Republicans and some Democrats supporting. Canadian reciprocity amendment fails 31 to 24.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
Taft
Lodge
Hileton
Bristow
House
Committee of the Whole
Thornton and
Foster
Louisiana
Weyburn
Foster and Thornton
McCumber
Empress of Britain Collides With Helvetia Near Magdalene Islands
Canadian Pacific steamer Empress of Britain collided with the freighter Helvetia in the Gulf of St. Lawrence near the Magdalene Islands. Helvetia sank quickly. Empress of Britain was badly damaged but rescued the Helvetia crew.
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Quebec
Helvetia
Magdalene Islands
Gulf of St. Lawrence
Hjelvetia
Empress
Hillsville outlaw Claude Allen convicted of first degree murder
Wytheville Virginia July 29 Claude Allen one of the Hillsville outlaws was found guilty of murder in the first degree for the shooting of Commonwealth Attorney William M Foster. At a prior trial he was convicted of murder in the second degree for killing Judge Thornton L Magsle.
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Wytheville, Va
Claude Allen
Hillsville
Commonwealth
William M. Foster
Thornton L. Magsle
Civil War Fears Grip Constantinople As Army Rises
Confusion grips Constantinople as rumors of civil war spread. Two army corps stationed at Adrianople and Kirk-Kiliseh back the young Turks amid fears of a march on the capital. Loyal troops in the garrison are limited, while troops from Salonica and Smyrna oppose the government.
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Constantinople
Adrianople
Kirk-Kilisseh
Macedonia
Salonica
Smyrna
Adrinople
Kirk-Killisseh
Young Turks
Military League
Carbonlert
Troops Move Against Miners Disruptions Reach Paint Creek
Charleston reports plans of the Second West Virginia National Guard battalion to camp at Mucklow were thwarted by unrest at Tombsburg and Burnwell. One company was sent to Burnwell and another to Tombsburg as armed miners head toward the upper Paint Creek area.
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Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia National Guard
Mucklow
Tombsburg
Burnwell
Paint Creek
Annual Railroad Report Identifies U S Track and Carriers
Washington July 29 The interstate commerce commission annual railroad summary shows 262 710 miles of track in operation with 1 569 809 employees wages totaling 1 208 466 470 capital 19 208 25 081 freight carried 1 781 637 954 tons down 68 262 147 passengers carriers 997 409 862 up 25 726 685 operating revenues 2 789 761 669 expenses 1 916 054 005
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission On Railroads
Federal incorporation urged for steel firms over fifty million
Minority report from the Stanley steel investigation backs federal incorporation for interstate concerns with capital over 50 million. The four Republicans split on price regulation, with Gardner and Danforth endorsing federal controls if needed. moot findings point to Morgan profits, price coordination, and ore shortages, urging voluntary charters for smaller firms and a new interstate industrial commission.
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Washington
Stanley Steel Investigation Committee
Gardner
Danforth
Sterling and
Young
Michigan
Messrs
Sterling
Commission Seeks Full Publicity on Charters and Price Reasonableness
A proposed commission would require disclosure of all chartered corporations publicize when prices are unreasonable and set guidelines for fair pricing. It bars interlocking directorates and holding companies like United States Steel except where allowed. Both reports agree that industrial firms should not own common carriers and that violators of Sherman law bear the burden of proof. The minority backs workers’ reforms in steel mills proposing three eight hour shifts.
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United States Steel Corporation
Detroit aldermen face re election after vote fixing arrest
July 29 Detroit eight aldermen remanded after police court arraignment on charges of accepting money for street closing votes. A lock expert forced open the office safe of Council Committee Clerk Howard Schreiter Jr and authorities took papers. Alderman Patrick O'Brien released. others, including Louis Tossy Louis Brozo Andrew Walsh David Rosenthal Martin Ostrowski Alois Deimel Joseph Theisen Frank Mason, remanded with $5000 bail. Thomas Glinnan and E R Seretter held for arraignment with bonds.
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Detroit
Mich
Lst
Jasnowski
Council
Howard Schreiter, Jr
Patrick O'Brien
Louis Tossy
Louis Brozo
Andrew Walsh
David Rosenthal
Martin J. Ostrowski
Alois Deimel
Joseph Theisen
Frank J. Mason
Thomas Glinnan
E. R. Seretter
Lehreiler
Illinois Balloonist Dies in Midwest Parachute Accident
Thomas Heilfield of Springfield Illinois fell to his death in Canton Ohio after the rope attaching his trapeze bar to the parachute broke at about 1000 feet. His body struck a celery field head first and was buried to the knees.
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Canton
Ohio
Thomas Heilfield
Springfield
Mikado Sinks Fast as Emperor Near Death
Tokio reports the emperor passed a restless night and is sinking rapidly. Latest bulletin lists pulse at 120 and respiration at 48 as death is expected momentarily.
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Tokio
Bank manager vanishes as $60,000 shortage found
Augustus QO Johnson age 27 head of the collection department at the Fifty third National Bank has disappeared from Cincinnati as directors uncover a loss nearing sixty thousand dollars. The case shocks the city and prompts a broad inquiry into the bank’s internal controls.
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Cincinnati
Augustus QO. Johnson
Fifty-third National Bank
Darrow's Fate Soon as Jury Trial to End Next Week
Los Angeles reports the Darrow jury bribery trial edging toward completion. With May 15 start, both sides foresee less than a week of evidence, then four days of arguments. Darrow testifies today as potential last defense witness and closing defense speaker. Appel opens, Rogers follows, Ford prosecutes, Fredericks closes. Prosecution says rebuttal brief.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Darrow
Chicago
Clarence S. Darrow
John D. Fredericks
Deaths in drunken riot at Gambill schoolhouse
In Linton Indiana a drunken riot at Gambill schoolhouse near Dugger left two men dead and three wounded. William Shepard and Walter Alsman died. Coat Birch Arscn Turpin and Thomas Shepard were injured as revolvers and a Winchester were fired during a church social attended by about 200 women and children.
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Linton
Ind
Gambill
William Shepard
Walter Alsman
Coat Birch
Arscn Turpin
Thomas Shepard
Birch
Dugger
Shepards
Alsman
Turpin
Hawley Estate valued at 5.28 million in New York
Wallace Fraser deputy state comptroller reported to the surrogate that the estate of the late Edwin Hawley is valued at 5 283 287.93 dollars. Most of the value comes from railroad stocks and bonds. Initial estimates after death ranged from 15 to 40 million, later as low as 5 million.
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New York
Wallace
Fraser
Edwin Hawley
Taft White House reply rebuts Roosevelt Chicago charges
Washington July 19 Taft faction releases a long, detailed executive statement defending the renomination of President Taft and dismissing Roosevelt's Chicago contest claims. The document argues all 228 contests were properly handled and shows Roosevelt’s 160 contests lacked good faith.
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Roosevelt
Chicago
T Ue National Committee
Committee On
Ruth
Taft
Minnesota Professor Slams Eugenics Breed Theory
Professor Smith of the University of Minnesota told the International Eugenics Congress that the idea of breeding humans by stock farming methods is flawed. He argued that human values remain balanced as long as beauty is valued by men and strength by women, opposing the notion of engineered human traits.
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London
Smith
University of Minnesota
International Eugenics Comsgress
Prisoners attempt jail escape at Cook County Jail
Four of Cook county's most daring criminals attempted a jail delivery while 40 prisoners cheered. The four men beat guard Cornelius Sullivan into insensibility and, after failing to escape, crowded into one cell and with revolver shots and threats held guards at bay for nearly two hours before they were finally subdued.
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Chicago
Cook County
Cornelius Sullivan
Four Die in Kankakee River Tragedy Near Hammond
Four young people drown in the Kankakee River about four miles below Kankakee Illinois with two bodies recovered. The victims named are Louis Halter Walter We Virs Paul Mastello and Vida Hemstock from Hammond Indiana.
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Kankakee
Louis _ halter
Walter We
Paul Mastello
Vida Hemstock Hammond
Ind
Impeachment Trial Funding Appropriated in Senate
Washington July 29 The bas adopted a joint resolution approp riating 10000 dollars to pay expenses of the impeachment trial before the senate of Judge Robert W Ardit of the commerce court Chair Fitz gerald of the appropriation nussitee gave no intimation on introducing the resolution as to when a senate expected to begin the trial.
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Washington
Bas
Senate
Robert W. Ardit
Commerce Court
Chairt Fitzgerald
Nusitee
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