Tariff Debate Ends In House With 206 to 90 Vote
The House approved the conference report on the wool tariff revision by 206 to 90, sending it to the Senate for passage. Representative Underwood and others predicted quick action though the Senate calendar delay lingered. Payne denounced the measure as a mongrel while Underwood urged swift adjournment and passage to the President.
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New York
Bolt Strikes Grand Stand In City League Storm
Special to The Washington Post Cambridge Ohio August 14 during a fierce electric storm players and boys on the bench were struck by Hehtning hitting wire netting injuring several. Those probably fatally injured were Warner B Bratton Dr Walter Dehart Will Uhleman Walter Braden Kirk Braden and James Barker.
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Methodist
United Presbyterian
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Warner B. Bratton
Walter Dehart
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James Barker
Big banks to combine under Security Bank of New York
New York on August 14 announced the first merger step creating a bank with about 16 million in resources as the Fourteenth Street Bank changes its name to Security Bank of New York. A week later the Nineteenth and Twelfth ward banks will join, with R. Hoss Appleton to serve as president of the merged institution.
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Pope Pius Not So Well Doctors Fear Relapse
Pope Pius remains unwell with a feverish rise and knee pain after a quieter Sunday. Doctors fear a relapse though kidneys function, and His Holiness responds to care as dispatches pour in from around the world.
Beattie Trial Begins For Beattie Wife-Murder Charge
Chesterfield County Grand Jury returns true bill against Henry Clay Beattie Jr for the Midlothian turnpike murder of his wife on July 18. Beattie faces trial next Monday as four witnesses testified. grand jury urged speedy justice. Beattie absent. crowd fills historic courthouse as proceedings draw sharp public interest.
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President's Son Fires Six Shots At Editor In Havana
Special Cable to The Washington Post from Havana reports Miguel Mariano Gomez, son of Cuba's president, fired six shots from an automatic pistol at Armando Andres, editor of EKDia, who was uninjured. Gomez fled in a palace coach. police dispersed the crowd and later both men were arrested. The incident follows sharp graft accusations against the Gomez administration and the newspaper.
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Forced to Import Babies in City of Millionaires
Special dispatch from Los Angeles reports Pasadena baby home manager Mrs Fordyce Crinnell says the city must import babies due to high demand. She bundles three infants into a car, noting no babies remain as applicants include childless millionaires and the wealthy seeking adoption. critics question the ethics of a thriving adoption market.
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Dog Guards Sense-less Girl Slain? Salem Mystery
A pretty eighteen year old girl lay unconscious at the roadside on Conant and Poplar streets in Salem. A small brown dog stood over her, snapping at police. No identity or signs of violence found. Initial theories include a fall from a passing auto, but no bruises support that.
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Two Fatally Hurt In Fire At Ohio Amusement Park
Cinecinna Ohio Aug 14 Fire at Chester Park amusement resort injures two veteran firefighters Capt Herman Flacke 65 and W Gerne 29 pipe man with fatal results. Four park employees sustain slight injuries and property damage is estimated at 250000 as flames spread from the clubhouse to adjacent lumber yards by midnight.
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Miss Force Indicates Family Stand Amid Astor Attackings
Miss Katherine Force near her Fifth Avenue home responds to attacks on the Astor Force alliance by Rev Dr George C Richmond. She vows to speak but says her words cannot reach newspapers. Col John Jacob Astor’s fiancé Madeleine Force plans a frugal trousseau capped at $1000, far less than a $250 to $20,000 range rumored in society.
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Boston Train Stop Sparks Political Arrest
A man identifying as Representative D. J. McGillicuddy of Lewiston Maine was put off a Federal Express train in New London Connecticut and arrested for refusing to surrender his Boston to Washington ticket. He posted a leash bond and spent the night in a local hotel. Port Want Adsie Free. The Post advertises free classified listings.
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Admiral Togo apologize incident shocks Philadelphia corridor
Mrs JohnS Flannery of Pittsburgh reports an incident at the Bellevue-Stratford where a secret service man and a Japanese secretary involved Admiral Togo. She says a floor confrontation occurred after an invitation to meet the admiral was extended. The admiral expressed regret through his secretary, but she demanded a direct apology. Mrs Flannery is a prominent Allegheny County figure.
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Girl Shoots Self Under Friend’s Window After Disappointment
Special to The Washington Post. Newburgh New York Aug 14 Mary Popp 21 employed at Firth carpet mills Cornwall committed death by own action last night in the yard under the bedroom window of a young man she had courted for two years She came to see Robert B Kniffin wanting him to accompany her across the river but he declined Neighbors saw her hide behind a tree near the home about 10 pm This morning Mrs Frank Kniffin found the lifeless body with a bullet wound through the heart on the boardwalk under his window A cipher code found in her satchel from a love letter correspondence indicated K M Kiss me A M You are mine LL Y E I love you ever crime details background
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Catches Express With Auto As Conductor Chases Train
North Conway August report of a 48 mile race between an automobile and the Boston Express. Conductor S E K Beebe missed his train and Harvey D. Gibson used his car to try to catch it. The auto started with a 15 minute head start and finished 60 minutes after the car began, tying the express at Sanbornville. Two perilous mountain road passes brought close calls.
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Socialist Leaders In Row at Milwaukee Convention
At the national conference of Social-Democratic officials in Milwaukee tensions rose as State Senator W. R. Gaylord and Missouri delegate G. W. Boswell nearly fought over accusations of disrupting the party. Boswell demanded the Milwaukee delegation be kept out of Missouri politics and praised earlier splits, while Gaylord countered. Secretary J Mahlon Barnes resigned amid intra-party attacks ahead of the next convention. Also notes reduced rail fares to Rochester for the GAR encampment, with specific travel dates and return deadline.
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Fi red on by troops big labor war at hand
Liverpool fissures erupt as troops fire on strikers in a dawn clash. Bayonet charges and rioting injure soldiers and police. A general strike by transport workers, including railway staff, cripples local ferries and dock work as 30,000 men are locked out amid ongoing unrest.
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Robbers Kill Two Chinese Near Hanford Farm
Two Chinese were shot dead and three wounded by two white men at a farm house near Hanford California. Sheriff’s posses hunted five hours but found no trace of the killers. Seven Chinese at a ranch were at supper when intruders fired, killing two instantly and wounding three others before fleeing.
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Mages i Wool Bills Passes the House and Beattie Trial Set
Mages i Wool bills pass the House while Beattie faces trial on August 21. Troops engage a mob at Laverpoul as airships crash into a lake. Charity burials deemed barbaric and two people lose skin in a Crippies hunt. A fire erupts on a steamboat near Glen Echo where the mayor may resign.
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Aerial crashes mar Chicago aviation meet at lake shore
At the Chicago aviation meet three days of accidents endanger spectators. Rene Simon and Lee Hammond escape from Lake Michigan, J A D McCurdy’s plane burns after striking high voltage wires, and Earle Ovington salvages a damaged plane. Hammond and Simon rescued. 20,000 spectators briefly at risk.
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