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Washington Post

Location

Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America

Date

Mar 11, 1908

Page

28

Hughes on Issues: Would Revise the Tariff for Fair Trade

Gov Hughes delivers a broad speech urging tariff reform to curb dishonest practices. He condemns unjust discrimination in rates, rebates, and preferential allowances, calls for ending government favoritism and unfair competition, and promotes thrift and honest enterprise as core aims. He emphasizes protecting public rights and efficient administration while criticizing misuse of privileges and speculative finance. He notes his visit to Brown University and public addresses, stressing nonpolitical, business-friendly reform.

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Fragmentary OCR Narrative On Legal Reform and Prosecution

The text sketches a fragmented account of legal or administrative reform. It references a commission, enactment details, and transitional notes, with scattered names and places that remain unclear due to OCR garble.

Baker Inquest Begun Doctor Relates Facts of Death

The coroner's inquest opens with testimony on Walter Baker a Boston heir who died in October under heart disease and kidney trouble. Undertaker Ricardo detailed rapid embalming before coroner review claiming it followed local custom though questioned as illegal. Witnesses described family tensions and a Boston-bound body while officials debated proper procedures and safeguarding justice.

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Italy and Tobacco War Reach Kentucky and Tennessee

A story of unrest in Kentucky and Tennessee amid a tobacco price crisis with alleged night riders terrorizing growers and warehouses. The Italian Regio is accused of backing or sharing aims with the so called tobacco trust to manipulate prices, prompting threats, arsons, and calls for federal intervention. The piece notes state and national security concerns, with Governor saying the National Guard is deployed and locals fearing further violence.

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Dentist assaulted by two men in New York break in

Special to The Washington Pict reports two men, George Reinholt and Charles Schiemer, visited dentist Vr Vorltzschwartz at 6 East Seventy ninth Street on Monday for a dental procedure. During the 2 PM work, Reinholt struck the dentist and a scuffle followed as Schiemer helped. Police arrested Reinholt at the scene. he faces felonious assault, attempted robbery, and carrying concealed weapons charges. He has prior burglary time and is listed in the Rogues Gallery.

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Orchard Pleads Guilty To First Degree Murder

Accuser of miners leaders, charges tied to the Steunenberg murder, Orchard pleads guilty to murder in the first degree before Judge Fremont Wood. He admits guilt for the dynamite blast at the former governor's residence gate, linking hired killers to the act. Cabiwell, Idaho War era context noted. Moyer’s case dismissed and other defendants freed.

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Phone call saves dying in Hamilton family gas incident

A Toronto woman awakened by a telephone ring warned her mother and relatives in Hamilton of a coal gas danger. She rushed home and found her mother and three others unconscious but revived by physicians after a timely rescue. The mother recalls no memory of calling.

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Abner’s Fate 18 with Jury

John Avner charged with the murder of James Conkrill was given to the jury at noon today. The case of Beech Hargis charged with the murder of his father was called this afternoon. Commonwealth attorneys announced readiness to try the case on the defendant’s motion. the session was continued until tomorrow morning.

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Ex Mayor Schmitz Freed After Nine Months In Jail

San Francisco March 19 Judge Dunne ordered the discharge of former mayor Schmitz on the extortion indictment after nine months in jail. The judge directed the case be submitted to another jury as Schmitz faces a new trial.

San Francisco Dunne Schmitz Benmitz

Sugar Trust Employee Accused in Bribe Plot Trial

Oliver Spitzer, dock supervisor for Havemeyer and Elder of the American Sugar Refining Co, faces trial in federal court for conspiring to defraud the government and offering a bribe to Treasury agent Richard Parr. Parr testified he found steel wires on scales used for weighing crude sugar and reported the incident after Spitzer offered him money to misstate that sales were not fixed.

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Diplomatic Ambassadors Quiets Tensions With Friendly Pact Tone

New York March 1 Japanese Ambassador Baton Kogoro Sakahira spoke at a Japan Society banquet about US Japan ties. He dismissed fears of a broader alliance and said both nations share peaceful aims and interdependence. He cited the Portsmouth peace and noted no imminent conflicts with the United States while stressing friendship as the guiding force in diplomacy.

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Evelyn Thaw to Seek Annulment in Thaw Marriage

Evelyn Thaw will file for annulment of her marriage to Harry K Thaw in the New York Supreme Court on grounds of his insanity at the time of their 1903 wedding. Attorneys say the suit will be defended. alimony may be sought, and Evelyn may testify against Thaw, with details of a long strained relationship dating back to his first trial and continued during his Matteawan confinement.

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Old Men Fire Victims and School Disaster Across States

San Francisco reports three elderly residents died as a almshouse blaze trapped and terrified inmates. Nurses and staff carried others to safety while 441 residents were evacuated with five injured. In Cleveland, Coroner Burke calls the Colinwood School fire inexcusable as partition halls hindered exits, with a child toll rising to 198.

San Francisco Jedo Cosoner Collinwood Citard County Hospital Edward Korn

No Hope for 26 Miners in Hamstead Colliery

In Hamstead England a fire trapped twenty six miners last Wednesday evening. Rescue crews fought for days removing earth and installing fans to supply air. Late tonight authorities announced there is no possibility of any miner surviving. The initial bed was recovered but there is no trace of the others.

Hillingham England Hamstead

May Be Japanese Spy Arrest Details Emerged

A man identified as Ely New Mark A Japanese was arrested after a struggle in which he allegedly tried to bite off two fingers of Clinton, who said the suspect offered to take him to San Francisco for fortifications drawings. Clinton held on until officers arrived. the suspect is in custody with officers free.

Ely New Mark Clinton San Francisco

Hails the Mothers Better Than Able-bodied Men

President Roosevelt pays tribute at the White House to the Congress of Mothers praising mothers as the nation’s supreme asset. He denounces women who shirk wifely duties and urges public honor for mothers and families during the wartime period.

Roosevelt to Mothers on the value of motherhood and family duty

A speech extols mothers as national assets far greater than many leaders praising wise motherhood as the basis for community strength. It asserts love comes first in marriage and warns against cowardice or self interest in wives and mothers, urging respect for those who fulfill duty.

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Roosevelt Praises Mothers At White House Reception

President Roosevelt told delegates at the International Congress on the Welfare of the Child that the good mother is essential to the nation, surpassing even veterans in honor and usefulness. Mrs Roosevelt and Mrs Longworth attended as freemover guests, with a buffet lunch and presentations by Mrs Frederic Schott.

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