Supreme Court upholds Payne Aldrich tax provision
The Supreme Court of the United States rules that the corporation tax provisions of the Payne Aldrich tariff act are constitutional. The ruling closes a long dispute prompted by President Taft, as Walter L. Fisher becomes head of the Interior Department, succeeding Richard A. Bollinger in a silent formal ceremony.
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Taft
Congress
Department of the Interior
Walter L. Fisher
Chicago
Richard A. Bollinger
Notable Fire Incident Averted by Opera Star at Philadelphia
Domestic Carolina White, famed American prima donna, saved 2,600 audience members from a panic at the Metropolitan opera house in Philadelphia by extinguishing a stage fire she unintentionally started. The concertgoers remained nervous as chaos threatened exit routes and the fire was subdued through her heroic actions.
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Carolina White
Metropolitan Opera House
Philadelphia
Plan to reform Mexico ends revolution rumors
Rumors claim Senor Limantour, finance minister, has drafted a tentative reform plan acceptable to Diaz loyalists and insurgents, explaining his sudden departure from New York. Separately, insurgents exploded nitroglycerin under Juarez barracks, wounding and capturing two attackers from a small band.
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Senor. Limantour
Diaz
Senor Limantour
New York City
Juarez
Psurrectos
Poeratly
Senate Kills Chase Bill on Damages Burden Shifts
Des Moines reports the senate voted 24 to 16 to kill the Chase bill, which would have shifted the burden of proof in damage suits to the defendant after a plaintiff proves state-law violations or negligence. The text notes railways oppose the measure, and outlines related tax and public-office bills before the legislature, including a money and credits tax plan and insurance rate controls.
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Des Moines
Senate
Chase
Hamilton
Iowa House Debates Education Bill and County Fair Aid
A bill by Dixon would require every Iowa teacher to pass an elementary agriculture and home economics exam within two years. Farm groups press for a $100,000 short course appropriation, while the state board cautions against reducing other programs. The Inter State Fair Managers urge relief from legislative throttling, and sheriffs’ board allowances for prisoners face change. A tax plan on money and credits sits pending, with state aid to county fairs advancing to $400 per year. Prayer closed the session as lawmakers seek a solution to a senatorial deadlock.
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Saccourty
Bery
Iowa
Inter State
Fair Men
District Fair Men
Appropriations Committee
House
Senate
State Board of Education
Trewin
Senate Appropriations Committee
DeWolf
Whitney
Boards of Supervisors
Jacobs
Calhoun
Kenyon Men Undaunted in Fort Dodge Week of Election
Des Moines reports Kenyon supporters forecast no losses this week despite defections. A pairing committee disciplines standpatters, aiming to swing votes toward Kenyon in the senatorial race. Kenyon backers claim gains as several Deemer aides are pledged to return, with a total vote tally indicating 69 needed to win.
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Fort Dodge
Des Moines
Judge Kenyon
Stuckslager
Cowles
Adams
Decatur
Stipe
State Board of Control
Iste
Judge Deemer
Porter
Deemer
Hamilton
O'Connor
Interurban Railway stock sales advance in three towns
Assurance of Towa City-Ottumwa line construction follows canvass in Keota Wellman and Iowa City. Keota buys 63400 dollars stock after pledging 60000 Wellman purchases 27000 while pledges were 25000 Iowa City near one hundred thousand stock bought funding and agent Robert Campbell sails to London next week to place three million dollars in bonds
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Towa City-Ottumwa
Robert Campbell
London
Auditorium Fire Destroys Major Iowa Theatre
Des Moines reports a large auditorium burned down at midnight. Origin unknown but suspected faulty wiring under stairway between floors. Loss estimated at 45 500 to the Auditorium company Shupert theatrical syndicate and Van Dyke Eaton stock company. Other wire notices record the death of David H Moffat a Denver banker and railroad man in New York and the long time Iowa pioneer Charles Van Duver passing at his Ontario home after seventy five years in town
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Auditorium Company
Shupert, Theatrical Syndicate
van Dyke-Eaton Stock Company
David H. Moffat
Denver
Cola
New York
Moffat
Hotel Bellville
Ames
Charles van Duver
W. H. van Duver
Ontario
Des Moines Woman Found Dead By River Near Center Street Dam
The body of 43 year old Mia Lena Parrish was found in the Des Moines river half a mile north of the Center street dam at noon yesterday. Police believe it is a self destructive case.
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Lena P. Parrish
Center Street
Firemen Overcome in Chicago Refrigerating Warehouse Blaze
Thirty firemen fainted from ammonia fumes while battling a warehouse fire in Chicago. The Monarch Refrigerating Company warehouse was destroyed, with damages estimated around $800,000.
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Monarch Refrigerating Company
Shawkeye State News Highlights Local Deaths and Projects
Miss Rose Trimble died in Chicago during an operation. Illinois Central to spend 35000 on a concrete bridge at Lake City. A Lemonsky quits as assistant rabbi at Dubuque synagogue. Annual rallies and conventions of Danish Young People groups planned in Clinton and Davenport area. Sioux City airship venture and 150000 capital. Buryl Denberger 19 fatally injured after horse accident near Ottumwa. Henry Rose pleads guilty to second degree murder in Keokuk. Des Moines Rapids canal opening planned April 1. Council Bluffs post office to close Sundays after patron vote. Muscatine workers receive union aid appeals. Danes meetings at Clinton August 27-28. Atlantic railroad funds set aside to avoid receiver. Multiple local deaths and accidents across Iowa markets and towns.
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Chicago
Albia
Ilinois Central
Lake City
A. Lemonsky
Dubuque
Baptist Young Peomea” Union
Davenport
Iowa City
Danish Young People's Society of Iowa
Clinton
Sioux City
Buryl Denberger
Ottumwa
Henry Rose
Charles Cutright
Keokuk
R. G. Coutts
Grinnell
Scotland
J.D. Frasier
Missouri Valley Cemetery
Henry Wohlers
Meigs
Des Moines Rapids
Jeff Williams
Shenandozhia
Colfax
Rock Island Railroad
Colfax ‘ Consolidated Coal Company
Council Bluffs
Muscatine
Mount Pleasant
Isabelle Wright
Herman Heepland
Ack'rey
Thomas Matthews
Milwaukee
Mason City
Turkey River
John Navgerson
Albert B. Cumming
Grant Club
Senator Cumming
Nelson
Elkhorn
Fedeeral Grand
L. M. Shoecratt
Shoecraft
Pensacula
Florida
Leon
Decatur County
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