Treasury Chief Reveals Broad Customs Frauds Cleared
Secretary MacVeagh testified before the House on expenditures in the treasury department stating that vast frauds in the customs service were eradicated with help from business firms and citizens. He cited $500,000 in fines from woolen importers, Panama hat schemes exposed by Marshall Field & Co, and reforms to passenger baggage abuses at docks.
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Secretary of the Treasury
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United States Customs Service
House Committee On
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Customs Service
Marshall Field & Co
Chicago
Peru
Custom House
New York
British Rail Strike Ends in Settlement and Return to Work
London reports the nationwide railway strike ending as workers begin returning to duty. The cabinet worked to secure a compromise and Lloyd George pushed for conciliation with managers and the men. A five member joint committee will examine the 1907 conciliation act cited by the workers as the source of grievances.
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Decline in US Farm Crop Values for 1910
The department of agriculture estimates the average value of all field crops grown in 1910 at about 15.47 dollars per acre, down 99 cents from 1909. The report covers the United States and notes a national decrease in crop valuations.
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Washington
United States
Department of Agriculture
Law Hits Communion Cup
Kansas City law aims to require individual cups at communion services in churches. The city council considers an ordinance to abolish all public drinking receptacles.
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Kansas City
Gas Strike Ends in Louisville as Workers Return
Striking employees of the Louisville Gas company will go back to work in time to replenish dwindling gas stocks. The workers secured a ten hour day and a 25 cent increase in pay. Local talks ended with the agreement and restoration of gas service.
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Louisville
Louisville Gas Company
Breaks Air Record as Brindley Survives Near-Death Flight
Oscar Brindley flies a baby Wright biplane from Grant Park Aviation Field Chicago reaching 11726 feet above Lake Michigan. He seizes the air in clouds, setting a personal mark near the world record while Captain Felix holds the top height at 11332 feet. James Ward’s propeller failure causes a crash. Ward survives as spinners break away in the air. Earle Ovington lands on the lake during a cross-lake flight to the South Shore Country Club.
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Congress Delays Show Senate Holds Up Reciproc ity Plan
A Washington summary lists major bills from Canadian reciprocity to statehood, detailing dates of introduction, committee referrals, House and Senate passages, conference actions, and presidential signings. It notes the Senate caused the bulk of delays and that arbitration treaties remain unacted.
Hoosier News Briefs From Indiana and Nearby States
Richmond reports Detective Baker returns Peter Apkins to Kentucky amid bigamy and possible death link to Elizabeth Young. Kentucky agent cites post marriage trip to Cincinnati and loss of money after Young’s collapse. Hammond introduces an automatic signal device aiding rail safety and cross-engine communication. Laporte petitions seek parole for Henry McDonald. counter-petition expected. Valparaiso witnesses a skyward box kite hoax causing urban chatter and stock betting. Gary expands coke ovens at US Steel to boost output by 50 percent and total capacity to 3,260 ovens. Indianapolis approves rehabilitation steps for state house fire facilities including uncapping 14 stand pipes.
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Henry J. Baker
Peter Paul Apkins
Lexington
Elizabeth Young
Kentucky
Bertha Koehler
Apkins
Taylor Davis
Indianapolis
Mark Thistlethwaite
Marshall
Miss Young
Cincinnati
Taft Plans West Coast Trip Reaching Pacific
President Taft begins a six week tour September 12 traveling through Iowa Kansas Nebraska Colorado Nevada into California then to Oregon Washington and back east visiting cities and many smaller towns while delivering nearly 200 speeches from his private car. The journey mirrors his 1909 swing around the circle and targets western party divisions ahead of next year’s renomination.
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Nebraska
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Seattle
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Montana
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Minnesota
Will of J. W. Gates Places Wealth in 10 Year Trust
The Gates will, to be probated in Port Arthur Texas, places all properties and securities in a trust barring disposal for ten years. John W. Gates died wealthier than ever, with estimates of thirty million dollars likely understating the estate total.
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New York
John W. Gates
Port Arthur
Tex
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May wed Miss Force at sea aboard Astor yacht
Col. John Jacob Astor sails with his fiancée Miss Madeline Talmage Force on the steam yacht Noma for her health. A nurse accompanies them and it is reported he has given Miss Force a 2 000 000 marriage settlement.
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New York
John Jacob Astor
Madeline Talmage Force
Astor
Miss Force
Government sues Duluth railroad for 3000 damages
A federal suit filed in the U.S. circuit court alleges the Duluth Missabe and Northern Railway violated federal law. Attorney General Wickersham acts for the government seeking damages of 3000 dollars.
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U.S. Sies Road
Duluth
Minn
United States
Circuit Court
Wickersham
Duluth, Missabe& Northern Railway
Taft Triumphant as Statehood Passes Senate
President Taft wins key battles in tariff and statehood fights in Washington. House fails to override vetoes on wool and free list measures by votes 227 to 129 and 226 to 127 respectively. Senate passes joint statehood resolution 53 to 8 linking Arizona recall to admission while tariff debate dominates.
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Taft
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Democrats
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Tariff Board
Merchant Fleet II Plan Spurs Panama Canal Voyage
San Francisco reports the Panama Pacific Exposition company pledges aid to New Orleans plans to dispatch the first vessel through the Panama canal. The pledge aligns corporate effort with the canal opening project as commerce eyes a new route from the Gulf to the Pacific.
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Panama-Pacific Exposition Company
New Orleans
Panama Canal
Merchant Fleet Plans New Orleans Sendoff
A New Orleans plan outlines sending a merchant fleet reorganized to support convoy routes. Officials expect coordinated departures, with ships loaded and ready for deployment within weeks amid ongoing trade efforts.
Quantrells Inn Reunion in Blue Springs Missouri
In a grove on the outskirts of Blue Springs Missouri a dwindling troop of Quantrell band guerrillas held their annual Civil War reunion. Survivors from the famous border fighters gathered for the event.
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Roosevelt Defends Actions in Steel Inquiry
Former President Roosevelt addresses the congressional steel corporation hearing in New York. He repeats his earlier written statement and says questions about motives were not his business. He says his approval of the Tennessee Coal and Iron deal rested on public benefit, not motives.
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Taft Shifts Many Consuls in Wide Diplomatic Nominations
President Taft sent a large slate of diplomatic and consular nominations to the Senate. Names include George Horton to Smyrna, Edwin D. Winslow to Copenhagen, John F. Jewell to Vladivostok, Milton B. Kirk to Manzanillo, Willing Sperier as embassy secretary in Berlin, Arthur H. Frazier to Vienna, George C. Harler to Montevideo, Roger S. Greene to Hankow, John J. Kehl to Saloniki, William C. Magelssen to Melbourne, George B. McGoogan to Georgetown, Albert W. Pontius to Dalny, Alexander Helngartner to Liege, and Adolph A. Williamson to Antung.
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Turkey
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Illinois
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Mexico
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Arthur H. Frazier
Vienna
George C. Harler
New York
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China
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Ohio
Saloniki
William C. Magelssen
Minnesota
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Australia
George B. McGoogan
Indiana
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Guiana
Albert W. Pontius
Dalny
Manchuria
Alexander Helngartner
Liege
Belgium
Adolph A. Williamson
District of Columbia
Antung
Kansas City Briefs Describe Drinking Receptacle Incident
A terse Kansas City report notes a incident at a drinking receptacle involving a person in the city. Details are scarce in the fragmentary OCR.
Log Drive Measures 55,000 CGO Feet
Fifty five million feet of logs travel down the Mississippi river toward Minneapolis. The drive will reach Minneapolis early in September.
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Mississippi River
Log Drive Measures 55 000 000 Feet
A notable log drive is recorded at 55 million feet of lumber. The figure highlights the scale of timber transport.
Pope Improves. Doctors Allow Diet Change
In Rome, physicians report the pope has a normal temperature and overall improvement. For the first time since illness, he is permitted to depart from a liquid diet and is ordered rice and chicken.
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Rome
Chicago women vie as Bonnie Clark marries again
Grace Snell Coffin and Bonnie M Clark, both Chicago residents, are featured in a marriage race as they seek vows in Kenosha Wisconsin. The piece highlights their multiple marriages and social standings within the local scene.
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Grace Snell -Coffin
Chicago
Bonnie M
His Brave Act Unrewarded
In a country house, Harvey Harduppe and heiress Clarissa Coyne fall in love. After a river boat collision, he clubs her to render her unconscious to save her life, provoking her note of departure the next day.
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Harvey Harduppe
Clarissa Coyne
Harvey
C. Coyne
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