Democrats ready to submit tariff suit to people
Washington dispatch reports the Democrats plan to end the senate tariff debate with a formal speech. The move aims to portray the tariff bill as a bad measure amid charges of improper wool interests by Republicans. Republicans dislike the tactic but may yield to public pressure and wind up the debate, shortening the path to a tariff law.
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Mark Sullivan
Washington, D. C
Senate
Msensus
Washington
Forder
House
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Tows
Courier delivery deadline and reprint contact
The Courier should be delivered at your home before 5 30. If you fail to receive by then call 3330 and a copy will be sent. Phone calls must reach the office before 8 30 p.m.
Remarkable confession links Wilkens to wife murder plot
San Francisco automobile man Henry Wilkens is under arrest for conspiring in his wife’s murder. Arthur Castor, in a confession, claimed he helped plan the killing, saying Mrs Wilkens was killed by his brother Walter at Wilkens’s instigation. The case ties into a complex tale of jealousy and betrayal.
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Henry Wilkens
San Francisco
Wilkens
Arthur Castor
Walter
United Prese
Minnie Castor
Kansas Street
Charles Castor
Sin
WT. J. Bailey
Ernest Gable
Anna Downs Castor
Wanderer
Annie
Castor
Robert Castor
Walter Castor
Eveni
Tariff Clash Over McCumber Bill Asserted by Idaho Senator
Senator Gooding charged major New York and other papers with seeking defeat of the McCumber tariff bill to aid European manufacturers. He accused publishers including the New York Herald Boston Herald Chicago Tribune Cleveland Plain Dealer St Louis Globe Democrat New York Times New York Post and Minneapolis Tribune of selling America to European interests and stated bankers aim to liquidate Archduke Frederick’s fortune.
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D. G
Frank A. Muu
New York
Sen. Gooding
Representaive
Idaho
Senate
McCamther
Archduke Frederick
Austria
Gooding
New York, Herald
Boston Herald
Chicago ‘Tribune
Cleveland Plain Dealer
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Woman Discoverer of New Star Reported
Cambridge Massachusetts August 4. Word of the discovery of a new star by Miss Annie J Cannon has been received at the Harvard observatory. The star of tenth magnitude lies in Scorpius with right ascension 17 hours 42 minutes and declination 36 degrees 36 minutes south.
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Cambridge
Mass
Annie J. Cannon
Harvard Observatory
Scorpius
Dry Navy Bags Smugglers off Fire Island
A motorboat from a smuggling flotilla 20 miles off Fire Island was captured after a brief engagement. Lieutenant James Bannon and the Blue Boy seized three men and a large quantity of Scotch whisky, while three enemy vessels retreated as dry-reinforcements arrived.
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United Elisa Seabright
N. J
Fire Island
James Bannon
Blue Boy
William Bailley
Manhattan
Lieut
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Revenue
New York-New Jersey
Hahn
Javy” Navy
Orders for European Coal Being Cancelled
Bondon August 4 Treaty cancellation of American orders for British coal was reported today. No explanation was given but it was indicated that large buyers of European coal in the United States believe the strike of American miners will soon be settled.
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Bondon
United States
Kendall declares OWA cannot seize mines in coal strike end forecast
Iowa Governor Kendall says the state has no authority to take over private coal mines. Attorney General Gibson confirms no power to operate private mines. Chicago and Des Moines dispatches report optimism for a settlement next week as miners and operators meet in Cleveland.
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Associated Press
Staunton
Ind
United Press
Cleveland
Ohio
Pittsburgh
Des Moines
N.E. Kendall
Iowa
Gibson
Kendall
Big Four Union Worries Over Railroad Crisis
Timothy Shea vice president of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen warns the nation of a railroad collapse due to defective engines and unsafe guards. He says 30 percent of locomotives are out of service, with 40 percent more at risk in 20 days and a further 30 percent in 39 days, threatening train operations and union neutrality amid the shopmen strike.
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Ill
Fred E. Sterling
Associated Press
Washington
Jillnoig
Hoover
Sterling
Robert M. Medill
United Mine Workers
Cleveland
Pentsylvania
Ohio
Indiana
Miinois
John A. Lawis
United Mine Workers of America
Pittsburgh Operators’ Association
Pittsburgh
Southern
Ohio: Coal Exchange
Columbus
Pittsburgh Vein Operators’ Association
Cabinet
Washington, D. C
White House
United Prema
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Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Harding
Altho Shea
Brotherhoods Wold
United Press
Shee
Shen
Ifs
Brothethears
Railroad Steamroller
Shea
Army Flier Doolittle Plans Coast to Coast Flight
Lieut. James H. Doolittle, stationed at Kelly Field, left San Antonio at 6:30 A.M. for Jacksonville, Florida, aiming to fly coast to coast with a single stop at Kelly Field for refueling. He will pilot a De Havilland aircraft, flying to Rockwell Field after Jacksonville.
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Tex
James HH. Doolittle
Kelly Field
Jacksonville
Fla
Doolittle
Len Jacksonville
Rockwell Field
San Diego
Cal
Kelly Reid
Haviland
Barrier to Mexican Recognition Cleared
Washington Aug 4 One of the greatest barriers to American recognition of the Obregon government was removed today as the Mexican embassy delivered to the State department certified copies of five supreme court decisions. The rulings hold that Article 27 of the Carranza constitution is not retroactive and cannot be used to confiscate American properties.
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Washington, D. C
Obregon
State Department
Mexican Supreme Court
Fire at Ohio State Fair Grounds Causes $600,000 Loss
Columbus reports a morning fire at the State Fair grounds likely from spontaneous combustion in the paint shop of the Highway building. Six central buildings were destroyed and five firefighters were injured during efforts to contain the blaze. The estimated damage totals $600,000.
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Ohio State Fair
Columbus
Speculators Back QF Industry Tieup Bumps Labor Fight
Samuel Gompers accuses rail executives and coal operators of collusion to crush labor. He denounces big business control over railroads and mines, calling it corrupt and brutal. He frames 4 million workers as a fighting force against Kaiserism and economic oppression in the United States.
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Finydernational News
Washington, D
Samuel Gompers
American Federation
Gompers
United States
Street Garg Likely to Quit Running in One Month
Jefferson Extension Impossible says General Manager Cass of John Waterloo Cedar Falls Northern Railway Co. He warns coal shortages mean suspension of service in early September with hundreds of workers and public hit. He cites rising coal costs and lack of financing for extensions as reasons.
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Cedar Falls
Northern Railway Co
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Jefferson
Alf
Gass
Igsat
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Utis Company
Song
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Twentieth Century Limited
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Jefferson Street
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Bell to Be Laid to Rest in Lofty Tomb
The body of Dr. Alexander Graham Bot will be laid to rest tonight from Belnn H Breagh mountain home he occupied for four summers. Interment will be in a granite tomb on the mountain, at the highest point in eastern Nova Scotia, with simple rites and messages of condolence from notable figures including William Howard Taft and Lord Byng.
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Avsoviatad Press
Sydney
N.S
Aus
Alexander Graham Bot
Belnn H Breagh Mountain
AL Sanad
Rel
Nova Scotia
Dell Eatite
Robert Louis Stevenson
William Howard Taft
The
United States
James J. Davis
New York
Haig Urges Remembering War Anniversary
London August 4 Field Marshal Haig former commander in chief of the British army issued a brief statement on the eighth anniversary of England entering the world war. He urged the nation to remember the sacrifices and the ravages of war noting the past years have not fully balanced the four and a half years of conflict.
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London
Hate
England
Field Marshal Haig
Boy Loses Limb In Near Spirit Lake Train Incident
William Harrelson ten year old son of Mr and Mrs Howard Harrelson Kansas City Missouri suffered the loss of one leg and severe injuries to the other when he fell under the wheels of a Chicago Milwaukee St Paul train on the way to Spirit Lake The accident occurred while the boy and his parents were en route Spirit Lake Cardinals Displace Giants In National League St Louis Cardinals toppled New York Giants from the lead as New York lost the first game of a doubleheader with Chicago with St Louis percentage rising to .693 and New York at .526
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Yale
William Harrelson
Howard Harrelson
Kansas City
Spirit Lake
Cardinals
Giants
St. Louis
Stouts Cardinals
New York Giants
New York
Chicago
Illinois Central Clerks Vote on Sympathy Strike
Railway clerks of the Springfield division vote on a sympathy strike with ballots distributed by R. J. Contey president of the division branch. Ballot return date is August 6. The action is said to back federation shop workers and may affect the entire Illinois Central system and Yazoo & Mississippi Valley lines.
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Springfield
Illinois
R. J. Con
Yazoo
Mississippi Valley
Harding
Chicago
Southern Railway
Richmond
Dany
Pirlkera
Headiqua
Bonus Bill Must Pass, MacNider Tells West
Denver August 4 Hanford MacNider national commander of the American Legion declares the bonus bill must pass at a banquet in his honor. He cites legion achievements in pushing legislation through Congress and says the bill is in the hands of the jury with assurances it will pass.
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Denver
Colo
Hanford MacNider
American Legion
Congress
MacNider
Bandits Cleared Out of Vera Cruz New Mexico
Aug 4 reports the killing of notorious bandit Gorozabe and surrender of rebel leader Aurelano Lara ending bandit activity in Vera Cruz. State pacification cited, with no further interference with oil production or travel expected, per S. Caltes, chief.
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Mexico City
Gorozabe
Aurelano Lara
Vera Cruz
S. Caltes
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