La Follette Attacks Taft Admin Over Reciprocity Policy
Senator La Follette assails President Taft in a July Washington speech, denouncing reciprocity as a betrayal of Republican platform promises. He brands the measure a "little brother" of the Payne-Aldrich bill and criticizes Cabinet choices and Ballinger-Pinchot amid Alaska coal scandal fallout. Bristow and Bailey also push amendments, targeting sugar duties and wool tariffs.
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Alaska
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Aldrich
Cannon
Unon
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Indianapolis
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Bailey
Bristow
Alliance
Kansas
Champ Clark
Income Tax Lost This Year In New York And Arkansas
New York moves toward ratification but cannot reach the 35 state threshold this year. Arkansas governor vetoes endorsement, leaving only thirty supportive votes. Fifteen states failed to endorse or adjourned without action. The list of indorsers includes Alabama Arkansas California Colorado Georgia Idaho Minnesota Iowa Indiana Kentucky Kansas Maine Maryland Michigan Missouri Montana New York Nevada North Carolina Mississippi Nebraska North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Washington Wisconsin.
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Deneen Describes 1904 Governor Race and Lorimer Talk
Governor Charles S Deneen testified before the Lorimer committee, recounting his 1904 gubernatorial nomination and his evolving links with Senator Lorimer. He denied promising Yates he would lie, described the January 13 1908 meeting arranged by West, and said the discussion focused on political conditions and his weakness in the legislature amid a Democratic challenge to the governorship.
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Charles S Deneen
Illinois
Lorimer
Senate Lorimer Committee
Deneen
Yates
West
Republican State Committee
General Assembly
Attorney Healy
Shurtleff
Indict U S Officials for Bribery in Chicago
Chicago July 13 Two revenue officers and a former government official are indicted by a federal grand jury on bribery charges. Twenty one officers and employees of a battery maker are named in a conspiracy count to defraud the government and bribe officials. The government is said to have lost hundreds of thousands of dollars. Frank F P Caviezel, U S revenue agent, is among those indicted.
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Chicago
Frank FP. Caviezel
United States Revenue Agent
Bear Holds Financier Tom Lawson a Prisoner Astride Log
Seattle report details financier Thomas W. Lawson held by a large black bear for five hours while perched on a log above Walwawal Creek near Princeville Oregon. Lawson, vacationing with Thomas Sharp, was luring a trout dinner before dawn. He was freed when Sharp arrived after a three mile pursuit.
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Tom Lawson
Lawson
Walwawal Creek
William Wagner to Reopen Water Street Saloon
Rumor claims the saloon at 511 Water Street formerly closed July 1 may reopen within 24 hours. Owners reportedly withdrew objections after Wagner renewed consent from the city council, and M. J. Wagner says the establishment would open tomorrow forenoon.
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Water Street
William Wagner
Wagner
Funeral Held for Eli Dietz at Central Church
The Central church of Christ held yesterday afternoon services for Eli Dietz elder of the church. Carpenters' union Odd Fellows and Modern Woodmen attended in large numbers. Burial followed at the cemetery with pallbearers from the three orders. Rev. W S Johnson conducted the service with fine hymns and flowers present. Mr and Mrs H K Dietz of Belmont, brother of Mr Dietz, attended.
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Eli Dietz
Carpenters’union
Odd Fellows
Modern Woodmen of America
W. 5. Johnson
H. K. Dietz
Belmond
Mr. Dietz
Graft Charge Strikes Wiley From Department Probe
Washington July 13 Dr Harvey W Wiley chief of the bureau of chemistry is condemned by a departmental personnel committee with a recommendation to President Taft that he resign Attorney General Wickersham urges approval. The charge alleges an overpayment scheme with Dr H H Busby to have Busby on the payroll at 1600 a year for limited services at 20 a day for lab work and 50 a day for court work, while the law capped pay at 9 then 11 dollars a day.
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Washington
Harvey W. Wiley
Bureau of Chemistry
Columbia University
New York
Busby
Wickersham
Decorah Saloons Still Running In Contested Liquor Fight
Decorah Iowa July 13 the community debates the liquor question as the supreme court decision is reviewed. E W Cutting attorney for liquor interests filed a rehearing motion and may appeal to the United States Supreme Court if reversed. Anti Saloon League will likely appeal a board ruling deemed valid. Meanwhile saloons operate as usual and expect eventual victory in court.
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Board of Supervisors
Fire destroys Ogunlet general store and offices in Olivet
Olivet Iowa July 13 fire of unknown origin gutted A A Morgan ownership frame building housing general merchandise post office and U S Express office. Loss estimated at over 6000 dollars. Fire authorities and insurance to investigate origin and extent.
Sudden Death at Clarksville Claims Mrs Miller
Mrs George Miller of Clarksville died at noon at her home of blood poisoning from an insect bite on her forehead. She aged about 50 or 55, leaves husband two sons and five daughters, with two daughters in Waterloo. Brother Horace Aiken, former county superintendent, survives. Services to be held at the Presbyterian church.
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Clarkesville
George Miller
Clarksville
Bank Clearings and Real Estate In Waterloo Week Ending July 14 1914
The Waterloo bank clearings for the week ending Thursday July 14 1914 totaled 1 193 444 55 with daily breakdowns including 191 508 40 Saturday 187 156 08, Monday 216 1193 92, Tuesday 200 261 27, Wednesday 211 165 08 and Thursday 2 00061 The year prior showed 1 120 566 70. Instruments recorded for week ending Wednesday July 12 1911 totaled 47 340 00 in deeds 25 750 000 mortgages 511 40 chattel notes 462 00 bills of sale 39 mortgages released 44 880 42 to date 4077.
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Purdy Testifies on 1906 Sugar Prosecution Decision
Former Assistant Attorney General Milton Purdy told the house sugar trust committee he did not know officially why Attorney General Bonaparte did not prosecute American Sugar Refining officials in 1906 over the 1903 Pennsylvania Sugar Refining absorption. Frank C. Lowry, salesman for Federal Sugar Refining, also testified.
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Milton D. Purdy
Minneapolis
House Sugar Trust Committee
Bonaparte
American Sugar Refining Company
Pennsylvania Sugar Refining Company
Frank C. Lowry
Federal Sugar Refining Company
Nauman strike ends as workers return to old terms
The Nauman mill workers strike began May 1 and involved the union seeking recognition. Last Saturday the labor union declared the strike off and the men returned to work under the old liberal terms without union recognition, with orders and contracts to move forward quickly.
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Mill Workers’ Union
Nauman Company
Labor Unien
Working Recall Aims at Wichita City Officials
Petitions were circulated in Wichita Kansas on July 13 seeking the recall of Mayor J H Graham and Commissioners R J Campbell and B E Leach. The charges allege inefficiency and willful neglect of duty connected to a bid to rush appropriations for purchasing and running the Wichita waterworks plant as a municipal operation.
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Wichita
Kan
J. H. Graham
R. J. Campbell
BE. J. Leach
Commission
Wichita Waterworks
Finest Burglary Specimen In New York Jewelry Store
Police revealed a bold burglary last night in New York at the Joseph Fass jewelry store on the east side. A five foot steel safe was found with a clean hole showing robbers extracted $30,000 in precious stones and jewels.
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New York
Joseph Fass
Dixie Flyer Off Rails Hurts Several Passengers
Three Dixie Flyer sleeping cars of the Thingis Central derailed near Duquoin Illinois en route to St Louis. One car overturned carrying passengers from Jacksonville Florida Nashville and Chattanooga Tennessee. Twenty asleep passengers were bruised and several severely injured. all were brought to St Louis. A broken rail caused the accident.
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Funeral services and burial of Floyd Whitney
Funeral services were held at O'Keefe and Towne parlors for Floyd Whitney. The funeral party proceeded overland to Tripoli for burial with Rev. L. A. Brink of Union Congregational Church officiating and Paul Davis singing. Relatives and friends accompanied the body to its final resting place.
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Floyd Whitney
O'Keefe & Towne
Tripoli
L. A. Brink
Union Congregational Church
Paul Davis
May Court Session to End and September Term Begins
The May term of court will adjourn tomorrow with no sessions until September 18, when the September term opens. A large volume of business and hot weather taxed judges and lawyers. Nick Sorensen faces contempt hearing Friday for alleged liquor selling in Cedar Falls in defiance of a court order from about 15 years ago. A mandamus case by Waterloo against Illinois Central Railroad to force crossing gates was dismissed with costs against the city. Earlier, an ordinance required gates, but a later law repealed it and provided for flagging instead.
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Cedar Falls
Waterloo
Illinois Central Railroad Company
Porcupine fires sweep Ontario mining region deaths feared
Vast billows of flames roll through camps and woods across Porcupine district and northern Ontario. Unverified reports speak of up to 500 dead, with many found in isolation or perished in fires. A special train carried 259 refugees to Englehart amid casualties and injuries.
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Temiskaning and Northern Ontario Railway
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Englehart
Porcupine
Probe World Steel Combine to Probe World Steel Combine
Washington July 13 an investigation of the Brussels conference of steel men which may bring about an international combination to control the steel trade of the world will be undertaken by the department of justice. Bloomington Ill July 13 Robert Leech father of John Leech formerly public printer at Washington and now public printer at Manila died at his home here today. He was eighty nine years old.
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Brussels
Department of Justice
Bloomington
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Robert Leech
John Leech
Manilla
Pearse Named N E A President Nominee
San Francisco July 13 Carroll G Pearse superintendent of Milwaukee schools was named by the nominating committee of the National Education association as president candidate to succeed Mrs Ella Flagg Young of Chicago. The vote stood 27 to 20.
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National Education Association
Carroll G. Pearse
School of Milwaukee
Ella Flagg Young
Chicago
Gates' Condition Less Favorable
Paris reports John W. Gates remains in fragile condition after a partial improvement overnight. Doctors noted kidney congestion eased somewhat, offering renewed hope for survival, though overall prognosis remained guarded as of the morning of July 13.
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Paris
John W. Gates
Died While Writing Letter to Dear Son in Greene County
Davenport July 13 Mrs Catherine Hines Brooman of Dargreene New York died of heart disease while writing a farewell note to her son George Brooman a conductor who found her body late that day.
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