Democrats to Hold Hearings on Underwood Tariff Bill
Democrats agree to hold hearings on the Underwood tariff bill with stenographers to record proceedings and newspaper men not to be barred.
18 May 1913
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Newspaper
Albuquerque Morning Journal
Location
Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1913
Page
1
Democrats agree to hold hearings on the Underwood tariff bill with stenographers to record proceedings and newspaper men not to be barred.
Washington May 17 The finance committee sub panel studying the Underwood tariff schedules votes to grant more time to protesting manufacturers. Private hearings may be published and newspaper representatives admitted. A June Senate ready date is hoped though delays persist as sub committees extend debates on wool and sugar.
In Vallejo California on May 17 4 F Puney an electrician with the receiving ship Cleveland was shot dead by Joseph Hoversby a Mare Island Navy Yard employee. Mrs Hoversby then killed herself by poison. Hoversby returned from work shot Raney 25 who had enlisted in New Orleans in 1908.
Mount Auburn Illinois May 11 Dr PP Windsor mayor of Mount Auburn was shot Friday morning by FO Slate editor of the Tribune He died at 11 54 in a Springfield hospital In a dying statement Windsor said he did not recoil before the shot and that Slate fired as Windsor swung to strike Slate grappled for the revolver to seize it and wounded Windsor
Captain W. R. Pall, father of U S Senator Albert B Pall of New Mexico, died in Las Cruces yesterday. Born in 1885 in Frankfort Kentucky he was 78. During the Civil War he served as a scout on General Worrest's staff and captured Miss Cushman a noted federal spy.
John N. Anhut, 28, Michigan-born former state Senator, found guilty by jury of offering Dr. John W. Russell $26,000 to secure the release of Stanford White’s killer Harry K. Thaw from Matteawan. Sentencing set for Tuesday by Supreme Court Justice Seabury. Thaw had supplied funds and was to be declared sane by alienists.
Rioters stop all two explosions campaign work by car service in Cincinnati. Officials file for a receiver for Cincinnati Traction Company as riots continue. Police and mayor seek militia after clashes at Brighton barns and Fourth Avenue Vine Street.
Washington May 17 Democrats in the Senate plan a Monday caucus on Senator Williams amendment to allow counting members present but not voting when a quorum is called. The change would align Senate rules with the House under Reed's earlier practice. In other items Boat Upsets: Two Drowned Wichita Falls Texas May 17 two people drowned when a pleasure boat capsized on Wichita lake. Names not recovered. Arrests in Chicago for clairvoyant swindles criminal probes involve Christian Barnes Kertsehe James Ryan alias Professor Charles T Crane and several detectives suspended.
Cincinnati streetcar strike leaders urged Governor Cox to avoid sending troops and to act as arbitrator. Cox said he refused Mayor Hunt’s initial troop request and would help mediate a quick peaceful settlement. He noted Hunt sent a second telegram seeking troops, saying the matter was beyond him.
Acting Comptroller Thomas P. Kane announced that national banks need not hold reserves against government deposits earning interest. The move aligns with Secretary McAdoo’s two percent rate on government deposits and could free over $1,000,000 currently tied in reserves.
Rescue efforts at the O Gara Coal Company mine near Belle Valley Ohio ended with confirmation of sixteen entombed miners dead or fatally injured. Officials worked through gas and debris as state inspectors and relief teams mobilized from Caldwell Cambridge and elsewhere.
San Francisco police officers face subpoenas as grand jury investigations expand. Indicted officers are accused of sharing loot with crime rings. Maurice De Martini and Michael Gallo seek immunity. De Martini sentenced to five years, Judge Lawler calls system failures. District Attorney Fickert seeks leniency for De Martini in exchange for testimony.
A well-to-do man, about 30, was found murdered along the Lake Superior shoreline near Duluth. The body was nude with feet in silk hose, the face destroyed by explosion or hacking, the throat cut, and skull fractured, suggesting an effort to erase identity. The death appeared recent.
Chicago reverend denounces marriage fees as grafts saying churches should offer weddings free and ministers should not demand payment. He urges ministers without need to refuse fees and churches to raise salaries if needed.
San Francisco May 17 W G Barnwell was named assistant freight traffic manager of the Santa Fe railroad to succeed Edward Chambers whose promotion to vice president based in Chicago was announced. Barnwell has served since 1995 as general freight agent with offices in Los Angeles and joined the road in 1885.
Secret service traced a mysterious late night telephone call to Jessie Wilson to a prank by a House of Representatives member. The caller, a youth from Texas, panicked and hung up, and the hunt ended with the origin known to House staff.
St Paul Minnesota May 17 Howard A Gilfoil editor of a local weekly arrested on the charge of assisting in counterfeiting operations. He was released on bail of 3500 dollars. William H F Ziedrich a photographer and chemist is said to have acted for the government after a proposal to make counterfeit bills.
Washington reports no progress in Japanese negotiations over the California land bill in the last day. Governor Johnson has not signed the bill, a step thought necessary to resume talks. Secretary Bryan urged calm in coverage while he and President Wilson discussed matters not focused on US Japan relations.
Japanese residents in Honolulu oppose war rhetoric while noting California alien land legislation does not reflect national sentiment. Even so, reports of a growing garrison create unease among about 75 000 plantation workers and other Japanese in the area.
Berlin reports that Japan faces a paradox in foreign ownership rules, with Californias alien land law stirring debate. A Tokio correspondent notes Japan blocks land ownership by foreigners yet cannot obstruct California policy, while questioning whether Japan will participate in the Panama Pacific exposition as leverage against the United States.
The St. Louis Southwestern Railway of Texas petitions the Supreme Court to review its conviction for violating the federal hours of service law. It argues the act allows a continuous nine hour workday by limiting only uninterrupted service and cites its day shift from 7 am to noon and 1 pm to 6 pm with a rest break, plus night hours.
The 80 foot schooner Vagrant IL built for Harold Ss. Vanderbilt was launched in Bristol on May 17.
The Southern Baptist convention votes to appoint a 17 member committee from each state to study placing denominational schools under church supervision like theological seminaries. A separate seven member panel will examine the convention’s democratic nature as Chattanooga is named the permanent meeting site.
In Atlanta on May 17 the United and Southern Presbyterian assemblies paused business after three days of talks on potential organic union. A joint report proposed a basis for union but postponed further action to the 1914 assemblies. The United Presbyterians also confronted charges against the Board of Publication over perceived unbusinesslike methods and misleading reports as Dr. B. M. Milligan faced questions about revenue increases.
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