New Zealand Premier Seeks Reciprocity Talks With Roosevelt
Sir Joseph Ward met President Roosevelt in Oyster Bay to discuss a U S New Zealand reciprocity treaty. He warned of obstacles but offered broad reductions in tariffs including a suggested universal 10 percent cut and specific schedule relaxations to boost trade in pine lumber wool and manufactured goods. Ward noted New Zealand would buy American pine, varnish, and desks while maintaining timber interests and questioned parliamentary support for such a treaty.
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Sir Joseph George Ward
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New York
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Oyster Bay
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Saganore Hall
United States
New Zeland
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Ins
Spreckels
Whitehouse
Storm-Tossed Sailor Seeks Secretary After Log Keeper News
A storm wrecks the voyage of a coal laden schooner. A man presenting logs to Secretary Loeb arrives in port announcing readiness to follow presidential advice on emissions. At Sloan’s 1407 G Street a brisk sale opens with no reserve, featuring vehicles and harnesses.
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Ina
Egyptian Desert Reform Push Drives U S Diplomacy
President sought counsel on Egypt troubles as Mr Whitehouse departed for New York angered by Freyplian government. Hemar claims plans to fertilize millions of acres in the Egyptian desert were blocked by English engineers. Reported $40,000 in reparations sought through the State Department.
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New York
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Washington
Hemar
State Department
Prison for Girl Thief After Diamond Swallowing Case
Special to The Washington ost Omaha near July 6 Mac Thomas the girl who stole and swallowed a 350 diamond here a month ago was today sentenced to five years in the State penitentiary When sentence was pronounced Miss Thomas cried The judge said the jury asked leniency and added five years With good behavior she may be released in three years In court Miss Thomas denied stealing the gem and claimed she did not know its fate An X ray had been used to locate the diamond in her stomach but the gem was not recovered.
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Omaha
Mac Thomas
State Penitentiary
Miss Thomas
Transport Thomas Ashore Near Guam Reef
Manila reports the United States transport Thomas ashore on a coral reef near Guam. General Woot tas requested war department authority to send the transport Meade to rescue passengers and cargo. The Thomas ran aground reportedly 1 1/2 miles from shore. weather remains favorable so far, and all aboard are safe.
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Manila
United States
Thomas
Guam
Woot Tas
Secretary of War
Meade
Rebating case ends in guilty verdicts on eight counts
Former Kansas City freight officers Ruben Faithorn and Nunn were found guilty in a U S District Court of unlawfully guiding rebates to Schwerenschile Sulzberger Packing, with Judge Landis imposing fines and considering a new trial. The court ruled that hidden refunds for handling products constituted rebates under the Elkins law, while dismissing two counts as veiled. The maximum potential fine for the trio could reach 120000 dollars, with no prison term specified in the ruling.
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Chicago
Alton Ruben
Tohn N Faithorn
Fred A Nunn
T Iday
United States Distict Court
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Elkins
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Kansas City
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Eefervionts
Padong Company
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Sheriff's Son Arrested for Grand Larceny
Charles Vo Middleton twenty six year old son of Prince George County Maryland Sheriff Middleton was arrested on the steamer St Johns by Detective Helan on a grand larceny charge. G L Greenlaw filed the complaint saying Middleton received 375 to buy a horse, but the horse was not purchased and the check was kept.
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Yay
Washington
Injured in Auto Mishap Near Meadow Club
Southampton report says Richard Williams, a forework professional, was seriously hurt in an auto mishap. He underwent surgery today performed by three New York physicians at Meadow Club. Three ribs were broken and one punctured a kidney. He remains very weak but may recover.
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Richard Wiliams
Ofework
Meadow Club
New York
Captain Norwood reports sinking of George Cowin schooner
Eastport Maine July 6 Captain Howard Norwood of Boston and his crew of three Portuguese sailors arrived today reporting the sudden sinking of the unmasted schooner George Cowin of Bridgeport Connecticut bound from New York to Fredericton New Brunswick with coal The storm three miles off the south end of Grand Manan Island Wednesday night damaged the vessel and its crew Also mentions storage warehouses and household effects at Union Trust Co with reasonable rates as unrelated line items.
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Howard Norwood
Boston
George Cowin
Bridgeport Conn
New York
Frederickton
Stagner
Grand Manan Island
Balloonist James Allen Rescued at Sea Off Cape Cod
Aeronaut James K Allen who launched from Providence on the Fourth month was swept into Massachusetts Bay and adrift for eighteen hours. Fishermen on the Sylvia picked him up twelve miles off Chatham, saving him after a 200 mile voyage with much over water. The shift in wind near Provincetown directed the balloon toward the Cape Cod coast where he was rescued.
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Chatham
Boston
Fearful Drowning Report From Saugatuck Camp Scene
Saugatuck Michigan July 6 Fred Grant a Chicago art student age twenty one camping with friends near Saugatuck vanished last night while rowing toward 115 camp no other sighting since he left for camp. The body of Chicago man Charles L Wiseft an electrical engineer drowned at Saugatuck Monday night was recovered the river surfaced by a passing steamer.
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Mich
Fred Grant
Chicago
Charles L Wiseft
English heir Spencer Stanhope dies by suicide in hotel
In Raveryside California on July 6, Spencer Stanhope, heir to a wealthy English family, killed himself by cutting his throat last night. His body was found today at the Holyrood Hotel amid rumors that his father is a member of Parliament.
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Holyrood
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Roots Offer Accepted for Panama Officials to Guayaquil
Guayaquil reports the government accepted Secretary Root’s proposal to send Gov Magoon and Health Officer Gorgas from Panama to Guayaquil to confer with local authorities on sanitary improvements. The item also notes Baltimore and Return rail rates, and lumber stock prices from Labbey & Co.
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Ecuador
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Baltimore
Return
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Congressional Limited
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Éthst
Russian Parliament Approves $7.5 Million Famine Relief
In St Petersburg the Lower House approved a $7.5 million famine relief appropriation amid a wider budget dispute. Finance Minister Kokovsoff faced sharp questioning over padding war expense estimates to secure a foreign loan, prompting clashes with Constitutional Democrats and calls for budget retrenchment and parliamentary control.
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Fire insurance payouts in San Francisco reach billions
The Call reports that 166 settlements by fire insurance companies show more than 100 million dollars to be paid in coin to fire losers. Adjustments indicate an average loss of about 84 thousand and total payments around 14 million, with business sections noting the large figures in San Francisco.
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Businness
Two Workmen Die In 100-Foot Fall At Pumping Station
In Cincinnati on July 6, sheet-iron workers Joseph Ayera and Oscar Underwood fell 100 feet inside a four foot diameter smoke stack at Front Street pumping station. The iron tube toppled, trapping them inside as the stack struck the ground. Both men died soon after hospital arrival from fractured skulls.
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Bryan Meets Haldane In London Lunch Visit
Nebraskan William J Bryan met War Secretary Haldane in London. The luncheon with Maj John H Beacom was to arrange the meeting. Bryan will stay to hear Haldane speak on army retrenchment then tour the Rhine, Switzerland and Italy. He also accepted invitations from Churchill and others. The Des Moines district senatorial convention adjourned after 2,479 ballots with no result.
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William J Bryan
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Rhine
Switzerland
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Winston Spencer Churchill
Wrest Pari
Reid
Des Moines
Auwa
Vary
Iowa Falls
Plot to Kill Kaiser Bombs in His Seattle Home
August Rosenberg, a Seattle man, was arrested in Altona, Germany, on July 3 after a Berlin alert that he planned an assassination attempt on Emperor William. Police linked him to bomb making plans found in Seattle, with over 200 bottles of acids and explosives among seized items, and investigations continue.
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Beloved
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Altona
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Hamburg
Germany
Berlin
Ruene Hamburger Zeitung
Erivr
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Hampurg
Houser Acquitted in Wisconsin Bribery Case
Walter L Houser, Wisconsin secretary of state, is acquitted in Dane County Municipal Court of attempting to bribe State insurance commissioner Zena M Host on June 16. The claim alleged he arranged a Brunkhorst Equitable Insurance decision to aid La Follette, with a $2000 campaign contribution referenced. jury took four hours to render verdict.
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Brunkhorst-Equitable Insurance
Robert Luskombe
Equitable Socety
la Follette
Post announces tomorrow edition with world news and features
The Post promises extensive global coverage and engaging features for readers. An advance offer lists a special summer rate of $23.50 and notes Saturday delivery to Old Point and Norfolk. It mentions a Sunday night return and references the Washington Steamboat Company in promotional text.
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Bride Escapes in Trunk After Wedding
Special to The Washington Post Marion Massachusetts July 6 Mrs Georgia Nye became Mrs Crapo after a wedding at her home Guests staged a planned exit with a large trunk concealing bride Mrs Crapo then emerged from the trunk as ushers released the restraints The couple sped to Mrs Crapo's honeymoon trunk already sent to their home
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Passenger Disappears From Pennsylvania Steamer
Willam Hock of Newark New Jersey vanished from the Hamburg American Line steamer Pennsylvania while at mid ocean last Wednesday morning. He was last seen on the promenade deck about 4 AM after card games and letters the night before. A sailor found a sap and cigar case beating the deck at 5 AM. no sign of self harm or quarrel aboard.
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Murderer Henry Scott hanged at New Hanover jail
In Wilmington North Carolina on July 6 Henry Scott a Baltimore negro was hanged for killing the white crew of the schooner Harry Berwind off the North Carolina coast last October He mounted the scaffold with two spiritual advisers of his race and confessed his guilt exonerating Arthur Adams and Robert Bowyer prompting talks of presidential pardon for alleged accomplices The Berwind master B E Rum of Maine was killed along with the steward mate and engineer on October 0 1908.
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Henry Scott
New Hanover County
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Roosevelt
Besses
BE B Rum
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Berwind
Shaw's Warren Play Upheld in Indecency Case
In Hew York July 6 the court of special sessions acquitted Arnold Daly and Samuel Gumperts for the production of George Bernard Shaw's Mr. Warren's Profession. The judges ruled the play is not indecent based on its words or phrases and not a violation of the penal code.
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Threw Her Baby Into River at Maryland Hearing
Special to The Washington reuse Wilkesharre July reports Mrs Mary Paulski of the city confessed to murdering her four weeks old infant. She claimed husband abuse and threats drove her to the crime, saying she tossed the baby into the river one night. She was remanded without bail and the case advances to the grand jury in September.
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Grand Jury
Murder charge dropped in Bellows arsenic case
Caditec Michigan July 6 The case against Mrs Belle Bellows charged with murdering her husband by arsenic was nolle pressed by Judge Chittenden on motion of Prosecutor Wetmore. Bellows died in a Big Rapids hospital last September with arsenic in stomach and kidneys. Charles Tinker and Mrs Bellows were arrested. Tinker was discharged after lower court exam.
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Chittenden
Wetmore
Bellows
Big Rapids
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Tinker
Fraud charges hit Guthrie as family trio arrested in Kingfisher
Guthrie Oklahoma on July 6 reports seal of warrants for Birs Emly Mc Kinsey Lizate McKinley and J W McKinley all tied to a conspiracy to defraud the government while Mrs McHainley previously ran the post office. Inspectors probe past records and note alleged underpayment of clerks and recovery of difference. The Austrian delegation in Vienna adjourns after approving province estimates. Train excursion ads list Baltimore to Martinsburg routes and prices.
Thaw Case Heats as Mother Heads Home From Europe
London to New York drama unfolds as Mrs William Thaw sails back after signaling mental strain in son Harry K Thaw's defense. statements from chauffeur Burns allege Evelyn Nesbit rode in Stanford White's cab twice, with and without Mrs White, prior to the 1906 murder case, while Dr Hamilton tests Thaw.
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Tombs
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Dover
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Phaw
Allen McLane Hamilton
Evelyn
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Thaw
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