Taft Dinner Tariff Talk Fails To Break Deadlock
President Taft hosts a White House dinner with Senate figures including Aldrich and Crane as they push for downward tariff revision. Despite careful planning and robust discussion after the meal, no final agreement is reached. conferees prepare to meet again while political factions press for House support and a faster resolution.
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Treasury
MacVengn
Wickersham
Cannon
Crane
Root
Dwight
New York
House
Taft
White House
Virginia Darkey
Taft Negan
Senator Crane
Massachusetts
Thid Eahmet Dum
Tive
Tiwney
Lawnes
Moe Lowney
Payne
Sarthe
Rat Small
Tounalt Sa Kean
New
Jerars
Alchigwa
Bic Tesi
Ahimer
Boral
Senate
Leitie
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Spaniards oppose war as women aid protests at Melilla
The article reports widespread opposition to Spain’s war among civilians in Seville and Melilla. Women took a prominent role in demonstrations, while crowds shouted against troop departures. Moorish attacks along the rail line were repulsed by artillery and Gatling guns, with Spanish forces reinforced at Melilla.
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Badajoz
Africa
Melilla Jett
Mehl
Marina
Atalayou
Seville
Spain
Melilla
Morocca
Kills two headed snake on Botetourt county plantation
Virginia farmer Lewis Johnson cut off one snake head while cutting hay at Robert Gillam's plantation. The reptile reared a second head at the tail end as Johnson speared its body, and bystanders confirmed the extraordinary hatchling tale.
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Virginia
Roapokek Va
Robert Gillam
Botetourt County
Lewis Johnson
Johnson
Wrights Test Flight At Fort Myer Shows 44 MPH Peak
Orville Wright flies a two passenger test at Fort Myer and sustains about 44 miles per hour for an 11 minute looped run over parade grounds. Sister Katherine Weight attends as witness while Wilbur airspeed figures are reported and preparations for official trials continue.
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Fort Myer Parade Ground
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Orvilla
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Dickinson
Ormné
Wilbur
Willan Wright
Tolay Wether
Sitle
Lam
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Wuete
Sam Throigh
Uch
Wick Neon
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Delliver
Nicholas Longworth
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Campbel Kahn
Hinshaw
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War Department
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Versons
Katherine Weight
Washington
Dayton
Ohio
Miss
France
Miss Wright
Signal Corps
Ray Lieut Foulais
Jett Tort Mverman
Jdudges
Seers
NYSE Abolishes Unlisted Securities Committee
The New York Stock Exchange governing committee adopted a resolution to abolish the committee on unlisted securities and end bids on such stocks on the trading floor after April 1919. The move aligns with White committee recommendations to Gay Hughes and affects prominent speculative issues while delaying enforcement to allow compliance with listing regulations.
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New York Stock Exchange
Exchange
Gay Hughes
Amalgamated Copper
Anaconda National Biscuit
Tennessee
Utah
American Woolens and
American Smelters
Tucker and Mann clash over education board views
A heated exchange traces Tucker’s alleged flip on compulsory education and his work with the Southern Education Board. Judge Mann cites Tucker’s Timbersville speech and a Canon Springs conference resolution supporting white race education in the South. The record notes Tucker’s denial and retaliation framing his actions as uplift for whites, with affiliations to the Southern education effort and linked figures.
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Tucker
Speal
Wiliam
Mann
Rovernar
Steech
Thabery
Packerail
Letalff
Uo Souther
Hs Fends
Mahone
Souhern
Imuara
J Board
Southern Education Board
Canon Springs
William L Wilson
Charles Wolent
AL Nelson
Washington and Lee University
Curry
Pewbots Board
Jager
South
Worlth
United States
North
West
War fears as Brazil Chile Bolivia border row heats up
In a flurry of cables from New York to Valparaiso, Brazil's ambassador defends the boundary award amid Bolivian Argentine tension. Bolivia faces possible gold shipments to Argentina, while Chile declares neutrality and appeals for diplomacy.
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Brazil
Naghbors
Chile
New York
Bolivia
Buenos Aires
Verdi
Argentina
Dle Avutade
Peru
Pert
Tima
Greenwich
Tadir Bola
Opecial Estates
Aigen
Senor Fousten
Buenos Ayres
Montes
Tadaz
Fallva
Alearia
Trucn i
Chilg
Agusne Acha
Calderon
West Virginia man on trial for murder in Slanesville case
George A. Romney of Romney West Virginia faces a second jury for the killing of Confederate veteran John C. Chapman in Slanesville Hampshire County. Chapman was shot on a store porch at dusk after the jury toured the crime scene. Jealousy was cited as the motive.
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Washington Post
Romney W Va
George A Hell
John 3 Chapman
Winchester
Slanesville
Hampshire County
Chapman
Strikes at States Hue and Cry for Law
Justice Brewer speaks at Milwaukee reviewing many issues including woman suffrage negro question and debt. He argues income tax expands federal power and urges government restraint while praising honest business and arbitration over war. He notes four justices could retire and cites statutory limits.
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Agenta
Northwestern Mutual Tire Company
David J .Brewer
United States Supreme Court
Brewer
Strike Leader Shea Guilty Of Stabbing Woman In Split Trial
Vintage special from New York reports James Shea, strike leader, found guilty of stabbing a waitress after a May quarrel. He induced her to leave her job and he fled to New York with his wife and children in Massachusetts. Sentencing set for a general session in May with a potential up to years in state prison.
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Cornel
International Brotherhood of Teamsters
Xotous
Teamsters
Clrage
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Walshshea
Heage
New You
James Shea
Slates
Freight engines jump track near Wheeling WV
Two Baltimore and Ohio freight locomotives derailed at the West Virginia Pennsylvania state line east of town. One crew member escaped. the other engineer and fireman were buried under twisted iron but later found uninjured. A second item reports a gunfire incident near Huntington involving a mistaken robbing accusation and a mortgage-related note.
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Wheeling
Baltimore and Ohio
Pittsburg
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Iran
Six Suffragettes Freed After Hunger Strikes At Holloway
Six of fourteen suffragettes imprisoned for breaking windows at Whitehall were released for insubordination. Hunger strikes had spread, with confinement and defiance of prison rules noted as Home Secretary Herbert Gladstone indicated most would be freed in a few days.
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Yandons
Whitehall
Herbert Gladstone
Home Affairs
Gladstone
Failure to settle strike fuels mass meeting resolve
Workers in a mass meeting vow to continue the struggle and avoid violence as talks with the Yue Pressed Sweet Car Company limp forward. A constabulary order sent from Butler to Newcastle slow the steel plants’ resumed operations amid tense scenes and claims of abuse toward workers.
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Newcastle
Pittsburg
Marsall Brown
Counse
Arco Gay
Officers Testify Sutton on It Self Victim Declared He Had No Life Interest
Testimony presented by officers states Sutton spoke of death by own action and declared he had no interest in life, a witness recounting the statements in court. The testimony centers on the victim's expressed intent and the circumstances surrounding his death.
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Sutton
New Theory Emerges in Sutton Death Inquiry
Details from the inquiry suggest Sutton may have been attempting to protect himself during a confrontation with three men holding him down, with testimony noting a bullet struck his head. An officer testified he urged Adams to force Sutton's head down, while accounts hinge on what occurred as Sutton faced mounting aggression.
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Sutton
Adams
Almot Sersatn
Ben
Willgard Adams
Bevan
Andem
Parker
An Daughn
Hood
Board of Inquiry
Mourned for Dead He Lives Bowers Found Safe
Special to the Washington Hono riss Tenn July 24 Willam Homer Bowers son of J E Bowers was believed dead after a week of mourning. He was found alive after reports he was killed by a train at Stanton Texas proved false. A Fort Worth contact and a note from Bowers reached his anxious parents confirming he was alive in Colorado.
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Washington
Willam Homer Bowers
JE. Bowers
Stanton Tex
Bowers
Misa Tner Gibbs
Fort Worth
Colorado
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