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Newspaper
Amarillo Daily News
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1913
Page
1
Simmons defends a newly proclaimed tariff measure as a satisfactory answer to popular demands. The debate centers on trade policy with supporters urging protection and critics warning of consumer impact.
Washington July 1 Associated Press reports Chairman Simmons on a tariff bill that he says answers calls for downward revision. Senator Cummins attacks the bill from the progressive faction arguing it will help the Democrats defeat Simmons and criticizes Wilson's role in framing the measure. Simmons notes farm products on the free list and asserts broad beneficiary effects.
Miss Elizabeth Boldi of Canton and Susian Bratt Jr of Youngstown wed tomorrow. Their fathers post $700 farm and $700 cash bonds to keep the couple faithful, with forfeiture for any breach of the promises about conduct and domestic duties.
Announcement of conditions for the American cup yacht race were signed and forwarded by the Royal Culster Club for Sir Thomas Lipton. The information comes from New York on July 19.
The body of Mrs Martha Winters was found hanging from a fence post near the county highway at Tinsley Park, her feet touching ground. Her purse and money were undisturbed. Witnesses say Miss Winters suffered delusions and believed she was menaced by blackhand. A coroner's jury defers to the theory of self-inflicted death and will continue investigation.
In Chicago on July 19 surgeons removed cataracts from Mrs. Mary Welsh of Hillsdale Michigan restoring sight to eight children she had not seen since she was sixteen. She supported her family and disabled husband by laundry work before the operation.
Eastern railroads and their unions keep a truce pending congressional arbitration to avert a large scale strike. Senate panel confirms William Lea Chambers and G. W. W. Hanger as commissioners with Louis Post ineligible under the new law. Brotherhood leaders threaten a strike if concessions are not made.
New York reports Judge Roger A. Pryor former New York Supreme Court justice and one of the last Confederate generals marks his eighty fifth birthday. A Virginia native he served as congressional representative and CSA Congress member before becoming a colonel and brigadier general. After the war he settled in New York City as a leading jurist.
The second quinquennial European Baptist Congress opened in Stockholm and will run until next Thursday. Sweden has strong Baptist presence with about 700 churches and 55,088 members, plus nearly 65,000 Sunday school children.
A moving picture show in Newark New Jersey attracted 1 500 or more people including many foreigners. A flashlight flash triggered a stampede injuring nearly a hundred, two seriously. The banner notice about a photo being taken caused confusion among non English speakers.
Rome marks ten years since Pope Leo XIII died at ninety three with a solemn memorial mass at St Peter's. The ceremony will be attended by the Pope, the Sacred College, Vatican officials, and invited guests in keeping with church custom.
Local forecast shows Sunday fair in Washington with possible thunder showers in the west portion and local showers in West Texas. Temperature highs near 87 and lows around 45 with scattered rain chances noted.
Secretary Brya n outlined a Nicaragua treaty granting the United States broad control over Nicaraguan affairs including foreign relations and finances. Senators favor the approach to secure the Panama Canal and hope to pursue similar treaties with other Central American republics.
Nearly 2,000 Kentucky National Guard soldiers set up tents for a week long state encampment in Middlesboro. A highlight is a sham battle at Cumberland Gap along the old Avon trail, a Civil War contested pass between north and south.
Secretary Lane departs on a western journey to inspect reclamation projects in Montana and assess irrigation needs. He plans to visit Wyoming and Montana with possible extensions, aiming to learn from the people affected by his duties.
Noted parachute jumper Francisco Thever, famed in the west, was drowned during a descent from an aeroplane at Puget Sound. He began the descent from six hundred feet, but his parachute failed and he fell into the water.
Thomas B. Love of Dallas and Senator Sheppard called on the Attorney General in Washington to seek pardons for T. F. Baker and John A. Wisherd of Snyder Texas who were convicted of violating National banking laws by making a loan with bank funds.
General Wood, chief of the army staff, will sail to Europe in late August at the invitation of the German government to observe German army maneuvers. The War Department also has permission to send one officer to serve with the Roumanian army in the field.
Dallas reports show all three constitutional amendments defeated with Bexar County supporting all three and Travis County partially lifting, while Dallas County narrowly backed the first two and rejected the university bonds.
Partial returns show amendments carried in Potter County with overall low turnout. Dalhart hinting a dark horse in the 125th District race Del Harrington. Greer of Amarillo wins in Potter Carson and Sherman counties with a substantial majority though some counties inaccessible by telephony.
In Donley County on July 14 voters rejected all three amendments by about four to one. Total ballots for the educational amendment exceeded those for the other two measures.
In Dalhart the first amendment received 4 votes for and 51 against. The second amendment tied 44 for and 44 against. The third amendment had 2 for and 7 against. For representative Del W Harrinton at 66 Creer Pace Chauncey, results show limited readable figures.
In Seattle disorder ends after Pacific fleet sailors and marines wrecked IWs and Socialists HQs. Police anticipate no major disturbances. Sailors ashore. large patrols ready to arrest. Cotterill closes saloons and bans Seattle Times circulation. Judge Humphries issues restraint allowing publication and saloon operation.
Secretary of State Bryan departed Washington to fulfill lecture engagements arranged before joining the Wilson cabinet. He will be away about six weeks addressing Chautauqua assemblies in Indiana Illinois Iowa and other middle western states. John Basnett Moore, a counselor of the department, will act as secretary of state in his absence.
Secretary Bryan leaves Washington for Winona Ind to deliver the first in a series of vacation lectures. He plans to return Friday to meet Ambassador Wilson for a conference on the Mexican situation, returning earlier if public business demands.
The report shows votes on three amendments. Piret amendment records 18 for and 210 against while second amendment has 14 for and 214 against. Third amendment totals 8 for and 227 against.
Plainview Texas July 19 Hale County voters reject one bond amendment by a large margin while two others pass easily with light turnout about a third of normal Poot halla were voted out here three to one.
Armed Mexican bandits were repulsed with nine killed by American cowboys at the William R. Hearst ranch near Madera Chihuahua. The attackers threaten the remaining Americans at the Mader Lumber camp and both foreigners and locals have armed themselves in anticipation of a potential assault.
In San Diego on July 19 officials announced that U S Grant Jr eldest son of the former president and Mrs America Workman were married last Saturday. Grant is 60 and his wife 34. The couple planned a world tour starting tomorrow.
Cavalry regiments from Fort Ethan Allen Fort Ogellthorpe and artillery squadrons from Fort Meyer and Fort Riley arrive in the Shenandoah Valley for two months of maneuvers near Winchester. The exercise tests radical cavalry reforms studied by a six member board after European tours, under Colonel K Murray and Secretary Garrison supervision.
Mrs Natalia Jerrold Kelley wed Thomas McKeown Cook Jr in Trinity church York Harbor in a ceremony attended by a notable assembly. The bride’s sister Mrs Stansbury Brady of Baltimore and best man James Scully Jr of Pittsburgh participated. a large reception followed at the York Harbor Country Club.
In Matamoros 800 Constitutionalist troops and a large civic crowd shouted Vivas for the American people, the U S government, and Brownsville during a Juarez anniversary rally in front of the American Consulate. Major Mujica urged harmony and reaffirmed friendship with the United States.
A good rain fell at Claredon Texas this afternoon easing a dry spell and boosting crops for now though a few more hot dry days could have damaged them.
The Japanese government rejected Bryan’s assertion that treaty rights had been violated, stating the claims were unfounded and inconsistent with existing international agreements. No further concessions were offered.
Deep disappointment grips Japan as the U S answer rejects Japan’s claim that the California land bill breaches the treaty and offers no pathway to resolve the dispute. Tokyo has not chosen a next step but aims to keep friendly ties and likely will avoid retaliatory moves. Evelyn Nesbit Thaw sails for New York with vaudeville debut planned in two weeks alongside Jack Clifford.
New York City welcomes the forty first annual convention of the International Association of Fire Engineers with chiefs from major U S and Canadian cities and foreign delegates from London Paris and Dublin. A Grand Garden Palace exhibition will display modern apparatus and outdoor demos. A parade tracing firefighting history opens the event.
Sacramento July 19 More than 50 chauffeurs licenses issued in the past month with scant prior demand. Most applications come from Southern California as interest in chauffeuring grows among Japanese residents.
Governor Colquitt appoints W. W. Collier of San Antonio as state commissioner of insurance and banking to fill the Ben L. Gill vacancy. Collier, a prominent banker with the State Bank and Trust Co., will assume duties soon.
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