Sugar trust threats loom over Louisiana cane growers
Louisiana cane growers and sugar manufacturers testified before the House sugar investigating committee that any reduction or elimination of existing duties on sugar would destroy their industry. They described the American Sugar Refining Company as controlling raw sugar prices, enforcing boycotts, and keeping competition out of New York. Witnesses named fear of reprisals and limited refining options in Louisiana as key pressures, while denying close ties between growers and the trust.
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Refining Company
John Dymond
Louisiana
New York
House Sugar Investigating
Sugar Trust
Louisians
American Sugar
Dymond
Trust
Plans for Inquiry in Bray Case at War Department
A House committee conference will set scope for a probe into charges of favoritism toward Bray Brax of the Army pay department. It remains undecided whether the military affairs or expenditures committee will lead. The inquiry follows a War Department response to a Covington resolution seeking information on misconduct since 1903.
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House Committee On
War Department
Bray
Beecher Brax
Senate Restores Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms Office
The Senate Rules Committee reestablishes the assistant sergeant-at-arms post and selects Livingstone Cornelius, long time clerk to Col Ransdell, to fill the role. Cornelius, a Maryland native, has served under Marshals Hansdell, Palmer, and Wilcox, and was praised by colleagues and many senators.
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Senate
Committee On Rules
Livingstone Cornelius
Col Ransdell
Cornelius
Maryland
Col Hansdell
Palmer
Wilaoh
House aims to adjourn soon after statehood vote
House leaders said work for this session would finish by the time the Senate adjourns following the Arizona New Mexico statehood bill vote on August. The cotton schedule revision remains in Ways and Means and will be taken up this week. No plan to use it to delay adjournment, despite talk of riders on wool revision or free list bills.
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House
Senate
House Committee On
Republican League Outing at Marshall Hall July 22
Fifth annual excursion of the League of Republican State Clubs set for next Saturday July 22 at Marshall Hall. Boats depart the wharves at 10 a m 2 30 p m and 6 30 p m. The program includes foot races for boys three legged races for all races for girls events for heavy men baseball throwing contests for women races for letter carriers races for YMCA and Carrol Institute members and students and a dance.
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League of Republican State Clubs
Marshall Hall
Ymca and Carrol Institute
Kansas Republicans Favor Taft Amidreciprocity Support
A Kansas businessmen letter from Ed Mullaney urges Taft support, praising his stand on reciprocity and saying Kansas will back his reelection. Missouri lawyer Warwick M Hough predicts Democrats will nominate Folk or Champ Clark, with Harmon sidelined and Missouri aiming to supply the ticket.
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Missouri
Warwick M Hough
St Louis
Hough
Washington
Dr Wiley
Wiley
Willard
China
Pacific
Atlantic
New York
Folk
Champ Clark
Woodrow Wilson
Wilson
Princeton College
New Jersey
White House
Asia
Gov Folk
Gov. Harmon
Harmon
West
Middle States
Roosevelt
Wall Street
Gratz Brown
Greeley
Lorimer election inquiry widens with Deneen testimony
Gov. Deneen testified that Secretary MacVeagh, in August 1909, asked to ascertain for the President matters regarding Lorimer’s election. He recalled a ten to fifteen minute talk about Hines and the telephone conversation connected to Lorimer’s win. The session focused on Hines Deneen exchanges and potential press influence.
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Taft
Lorimer
Gov. Deneen
Illinois
Secretary of the Treasury
MacVeigh
Senator Lorimer
Mr. Lorimer
MacVeagh
Federal
Chicago
Deneen
L Deneen
Hines
Hines-Deneen
Frank B Noyes
Chicago Record-Herald
Noyes
Gov Deneen
Haneey
Chicago Tribune
C. S. Raymond
Springfield
Raymond
Gov Denee
Hanecy
John Callan O'Loughlin
Washington
I Hines
Edward Hines
Engineer Jamison To Study Chinese Rivers For Famine Relief
American engineer C DC Jamison, sent by the American Red Cross, was due in Peking to begin a six month river survey in China. A report will go to the Red Cross and Chinese government to guide flood control plans. Shanghai residents reacted to the famine relief effort.
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National
Red Cross
China
DC Jamison
Peking
Shanghai
Taft Faces Tough Choice On Wool Tariff Bill
Three senators Heck Taft with a forecast that the La Follette wool bill will pass the Senate with Democrat and insurgent support. The House favors a different wool bill but could accept La Follette to avoid no bill, forcing Taft to decide whether to veto. Reg nar Republicans plan limited countermove, lacking real prospects.
Oldest Man in the World Visits New York
Joseph Fry claimed to be 111 years old and visiting New York, described as alert with remarkable memory. Born in Franklin, Virginia, he says his home is in Facanoke. Fry has seven great grandchildren and four grandchildren.
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Joseph Fry
New York
Mr. Fry
Facanoke
Cox Champions Wiley with Demand for Light on Interests
Representative Cox from Indiana called for a broader inquiry into the Wiley case arguing that powerful special interests seek to remove Dr Harvey W Wiley. He urged the Attorney General and Secretary of Agriculture to provide all letters and records protesting Wiley retention and rulings as hearings begin this week.
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Harvey W. Wiley
Ife
Cox
Indiana
House
Wiley
House Committee of Expenditures
Department of Agriculture
Secretary of Agriculture
House of Representatives
House Committee
Wilson
Busby
Agricultural Department
Cincinneti
Ohio
Cincinnati
American Chemical Society
Alfred Smith
Cincinnati Sevtion
The
Chemical Society
Congressional Committee
Dr. Wiley
Mobile
Als
Alabama Oyster Commisssory
John Craft
Commission
Taft
No Hope for Pension Law in Current Session
Democratic Leader Underwood blocked pension legislation by noting it would be taken up at the regular December session. Representative Kendall of Iowa objected to an adjournment over Monday, which would allow the bill to be considered now. Underwood said the new bill would differ from the Republican plan, omitting pensions for soldiers who had never been within 500 miles of a battlefield.
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Folk
Clark
Hough
Senate
Reed
Kansas City
Champ Clark
West
Missouri
Washington
Congress
Gov Folk
Wilson
Gov. Folk
Bryan
Harmon
Garfield
John Sherman
Ohio
Underwood
House
Kendall
Iowa
Langley Emerges as Young Republican Leader in Kentucky
Special to The Washington Post Louisville July 15 A Kentucky Republican convention places Judge Howard C. O'Rear at the ticket's head as Bradley and Langley clash over state vs national emphasis. Langley skillfully managed O Rear's canvass and leads the younger Republicans toward a bid to gain the legislature and possibly the Senate. The party nominates Langley to run the campaign with the rest of the state officers backing him.
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Judge O’rear
Washington Post
Louisville
Kentucky
Post
Howard C. O'Rear
Republican Party of
Bradley
Bis
Langley
Judge O'Rear
Committee On
Judge O
Taft
Judge O Rear
Race for Life Ends With Health Return for Mrs Lea
Mrs Luke Lea of Tennessee survives a 2000 mile rail journey from Deer Park to Denver in a special car after a blood transfusion and climate change support her chances of recovery. Senator Lea and family accompany her with Dr Frye and a nurse on the trip.
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Denver
Cifie
Zuly
Luke Lea
Senator Lea
Tennessee
Lea
Leas
Union Pacific
Omaha
Percy Warner
George Frazer
R. D. Frye
Déer Park
Delegates Chosen Uninstructed for National Convention
Capital Branch No 142 of the National Association of Letter Carriers met at Eagles Hall to discuss convention instructions. Delegates were decided uninstructed in Rochester for the October gathering, with no specific improvement plan proposed and delegates entrusted to act at their discretion to seek better substitute pay currently at % cents per hour.
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Capital Branch
National Association of Letter Carriers
Eagles’ Hall
Sixth
E Streete Northwest
Rochester
Steamships collide in fog at Norfolk harbor
In heavy fog the British steamships Almora and Hallamshire collided in Norfolk harbor. The Almora, bound for Glasgow, sustained serious damage and has since moved to Newport News for docking. the Hallamshire, from Savannah and Southern ports, was en route to load cargo for Rotterdam. The Almora carried eight general cargo.
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Norfolk
Almors
Hallamshire
Almora
Glasgow
Newport News
Savannah
Rotterdam
Woman Behind John D. Rockefeller Built His Fortune
John D Rockefeller credits his wife with shaping his wealth. She handled early books, tracked every transaction, and advised on key moves. Her business acumen and sound judgment helped expand the trust and guide crucial decisions.
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Cleveland
John D. Rockefeller
John D
Rockefeller
TIZ for Tender Feet Foot Bath Remedy Ad
An old style ad touts TIZ for Tender Feet as a medical foot bath that draws out inflammation and soreness and cures corns bunions and other foot ailments. It claims superiority to powder plaster or salve and offers smaller sizes for all day wear. Sold at drug stores for 25 cents per box or directly from Walter Luther Dodge in Chicago.
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Walter Luther Dodge & Chicago
Primaries at Culpeper Nominate Bell in Democratic District Race
In Culpeper Virginia on July 1 the Democratic primary produced Judge Aiden Bell as the party nominee for the legislature. He defeated Col S M Newhouse clerk of the courts W E Coons treasurer Edwin L Slaughter eastern district commissioner John Bowersett revenue commissioner Charles Tinsley commonwealths attorney E H Gibson supervisor and John C Bell.
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Washington Post
Culpeper
Aiden Bell
Col. S M. Newhouse
W E. Coons
Edwin L Slaughter
John Bowersett
Charles Tinsley
E H. Gibson
John C. Bell
Western Maryland Express Kills Baltimore Stoneworker
In Baltimore Edward Toolen, a stoneworker, was struck by the Cumberland Elkins express of the Western Maryland Ball at Elkins station and died in City Hospital two hours later. A large crowd witnessed the accident and several women fainted at the scene.
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Western Maryland Express
Baltimore
Edward Toolen
Cumberland-Elkins Express
Western Maryland Ball
Elkins
Heat Due To A Comet Lecture In Nantasket
Boston reporter notes Edwin Fairfax Naulty of New York lectured at Nantasket claiming the spring and summer heat spells over three years arise from a comet in the solar system. He argued the sun is a cold gaseous body in violent motion and appears hot due to Earth's atmosphere acting as a transformer of solar force into light and heat.
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Boston
Nantasket
Edwin Fairfax Naulty
New York
Earth
4000 Guests of Watson Host Democratic Leader Banquet
Senator and Mrs. C. W. Watson entertained 4000 guests at Fairmont Farms Fairmont West Virginia on July 15. Prominent visitors included five U S senators Chamberlain Johnson Overman Bacon and Taylor and about half of West Virginia's Democratic legislators. Johnson named Watson as next Democratic National Committee chair and Overman echoed the toast. A horse show opened the day with Mrs Watson driving several events using horses from the senator's stables. Dinner followed under a pergola with no formal speeches.
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Fairmont
W. Va
C. W. Watson
Fairmont Farms
United States
West Virginia
Johnson
Senator Watson
Democratic National Committee
Overman
Clarence Watson
Democratic Committee
Watson
Chamberlain
Oregon
Maine
North
Carolina
Bacon
Georgia
Taylor
Tennessee
Kern
Bailey
Chilton
John T McGrew
Beach Races Stopped at Municipal Bathing Beach
Crowded public baths force suspension of Saturday races once held at the municipal beach. About 1200 bathers crowded the two remaining plunges as one plunge shut down for cleaning. Despite the overflow, guards and volunteers kept watch and there were no accidents. The women's days remained full, and overall attendance stayed high.
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L. B. Hudson
Zinkham
War on blindness plan hailed by vision group
New York July 1 One half the nation’s blindness is preventable says the American Association for the Conservation of Vision It announces it will appoint a Conservation of Vision Day in 1918 to educate the public about eye care and preservation The day aims to instruct nearly every American on proper vision care.
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New York
American Association For the Conservation of Vision
United States
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Jaceway
Louisiana Cane Growers’ Association
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New Orleans
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Arbuckle Bros
Arbuckles
Madison
Havemeyer
Burguleres
Ray Case
Republican League
Ed Mullaney
Farmers and Merchants Bank
Hut City
Kent
Kansas
E F Porter
Pittsburg
Kans
Lorimer Data
Shanghai People Aid Red Cross
Smoot
Crane
Williams
Tariff Board
Regnar
Eiseman Bros
Iro
Prince Alberts
E. B
Pash
Venani'bo
Wilson and_ Wickersham
Race For Life
Ot Gee
Beebie
Norfolk Harbor
Emocrats
Nauilty
National Committee
RCC
Adl
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