Sugar tariff compromise passes 52 to 3 in Senate vote
Republicans and progressives unite to adopt Lodge Bristow tariff compromise lowering duty on pure sugar to 1.60 per hundred pounds from 1.90, with a 2 percent Cuba concession. Democrats largely support, Louisiana and Idaho foes dissent. President expected to sign if House agrees. analysts project substantial consumer savings.
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Hilles Defends Taftroosevelt Contests Doubtful Claims
Charles D. Hilles, former Taft secretary and Republican national committee chairman, denounces Roosevelt and the third term effort as fraudulent. He cites Alabama contests, alleges misrepresentation, and says a full review will appear in Monday papers with copies available from the RNC. Continue on fourth page.
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Mercy for Forging Teller: $25,000 Shortage Kept Secret
A Commercial National Bank teller confessed to forging notes totaling nearly $25,000 over three years. Bank officials sought to cover the loss with fidelity bonds, delaying arrest to protect his ill mother and awaiting the return of U.S. Attorney Clarence R. Wilson. The accused, described as from a good family, is in the city with his parents at Colonial Beach, while bank lawyers urge keeping his name private.
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Bristow sugar tariff bill seen as victory for Bristow
The final compromise bill, about 712 cents above the low Progressive figures, is praised as a victory for Senator Bristow a leading advocate for sugar tariff reduction in the Senate. A feature would require sugar to be branded by purity to curb fraud in cheaper uncolored syrups entering the market.
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Bank teller's forged notes shock city bank staff
A young bank teller and several coworkers were implicated in a forgery scheme involving notes marked with 3 percent interest. The fraud, undetected for over a year, was uncovered when a bank examiner investigated a firm's loan interest, prompting a confidential approach to handling the matter to avoid public disgrace. Meanwhile Narragansett Pier faced a major fire that destroyed Mrs Breckinridge's summer home and razed six cottages, with total damages around $100,000 and a $13,000 loss on the Breckinridge residence. Firefighters from nearby towns aided in containment and jewelry was saved.
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Missing Nurse Dorcas Snodgrass Tracks Lead to Cleveland
New York reports a missing nurse Dorcas Snodgrass last seen in Mount Vernon July 17. A message signed by Mrs Camilla Rosenbaum claims she aboard the Minnehaha sailing from New York to Southampton, though neither Snodgrass nor Rosenbaum appear on the ship’s passenger list. Dr Norman Smith denies involvement and police suspect a crew in Cleveland after a nurse candidate appeared at the Nurses Address Home. Edgar Schmidt, engaged to Snodgrass, remains hopeful and distraught over her disappearance.
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Crowned Heads in Peril on Swedish Royal Yacht
A damaged fragment reports a royal yacht incident with shell bursts near the Swedish royal party aboard the vessel Whee Czar. Washington Post correspondent cites four others aboard and mentions unclear names and events.
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Plague Found in New Orleans Rat on Waterfront
Federal and city health authorities report bubonic bacillus found in a rat caught on the New Orleans waterfront after examining hundreds of rats over two weeks. Dr J H White of the United States Marine Hospital Service says no alarm is needed and Havana authorities report no new suspected cages of bubonic.
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Albany Judge Orders Actor Olcott to Pay First Wife Fees
Supreme Court Justice Howard ordered Chauncey Olcott to pay his first wife Cora B. James seven hundred dollars in counsel fees for an annulment suit. Alimony was denied as the couple have lived apart for ten years. Olcott claims his estranged wife now in New York and alleges property interests through Alverne.
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Treasurer Named by Court to Fill Unexpired Term
Danville Va July 2 Judge R W Peatrogs of the corporation court today appointed George P Geoghegan city treasurer for the unexpired seventeen months of W S Paylor who quit his post and disappeared Geoghegan was Paylors predecessor but had relinquished the office Paylors accounts with the city balance the State has not yet investigated his office
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Five Men Shoot Women In Family Home Ambush
Police hunt five armed men who forced entry into Mrs Helen Bauman's home in Chicago. She is fatally wounded and her daughter seriously injured while the son William escapes harm. Neighbors report Italians seen nearby. motive unknown as investigators pursue a deliberate attempt to annihilate the family.
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Distinguished Stranger swindles Washington realty buyer
A polished stranger defrauded real estate broker George Buell of 500 cash after presenting a ten thousand dollar draft later found worthless. Police, led by Inspector Boardman, launched a citywide dragnet, tracing telegraph alerts to New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Pittsburgh and beyond as detectives pursue the elusive con man, described as a past master crook who vanished after the deal.
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Wireless from aeroplane tests at Cotegd Park Md
Lieut Thomas DeWitt Milling and aviator Beatty led a busy day at the army aviation school as tests of the new type C Wright Aero Plane showcased cross country maneuvers. Milling carried a 10 pound wireless instrument and relayed messages to the wireless station while Williams Boulden rode as passenger on an 7:18 a m flight lasting two hours in a 12 to 16 mph wind. Harold Geiger posted a 53 mph speed then dropped from 9 080 feet in ten minutes and aimed to beat it Monday. The aircraft will be moved to New Haven Conn for aviation work as most of the army trains Au wat.
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Claude Allen Convicted of First Degree Murder in Foster Killing
Wytheville Virginia July 2 Claude Allen one of the Hillsville outlaws was found guilty of first degree murder for killing Commonwealth's Attorney William M Foster He also received second degree murder verdict for fatally harming Judge Thornton L Massie His tearful fiancée watched as the verdict was read and the Allen clan faces further trials with Friel Allen slated to begin August 14 on the same indictment for Foster’s murder, a venire of seven from Bedford County to be summoned.
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Xray expert Baetjer narrowly escapes further amputation
Special to The Washington Post from Baltimore July 27 reports Johns Hopkins Hospital Xray expert Dr Fréderick HL Baetjer who has lost his right eye and four fingers, nearly losing the remaining right hand due to infection after an operation last week. Despite past injuries including a college accident and electric current burns, he remains optimistic that the losses were in a good cause.
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Spain's Prince Jaime III: Queen Victoria Cancels Visit
London July 2 Queen Victoria cancels a planned visit to her mother the Princess Henry of Battenberg due to illness of her second son Prince Jaime. The elder Jaime is at Tin London and the mother is expected to come to London from the Isle of Wight.
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Call for mayor to order Rosenthal murder probe
New York July 27. Aldermen press Meyer Gaynor to convene August 1 for a board vote and possible mandamus to force an investigation of the police department and the Rosenthal case. Jack Sullivan, linked to Lieut Becker, is held without bail. Ward questions graft and implies Becker may hold to protect gamblers.
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