Sugar on Free List Aims to Cut Prices and Tax the Rich
A Democratic caucus in Washington ratified two bills to extend the corporate tax to individuals and partnerships earning $5,000 annually, and to place sugar on the free list, eliminating $53,000,000 in customs revenue. The excise tax would tax 1 percent on net income over $5,000, raising $50-60 million yearly, while sugar prices could drop about a cent and a half per pound. The measures faced opposition from sugar-producing states but were said to align with Supreme Court rulings on taxation.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Supreme Court
Underwood
Owever
Louisiana
United States
Ways and Means
Havoc Follows Visit of Women in Fashionable District
A visit by women to the fashionable shopping district caused disruption and incidents as police monitored crowds. Local businesses reported disorder and heightened tension during the event.
Suffragettes Smash London Windows in Mass Protest
Mrs Pankhurst leads 115 women in a coordinated window smashing raid across Trafalgar Square and key districts in London. Police struggled as thousands of storefronts, offices, and clubs were damaged, with losses in thousands of pounds insured.
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London
Trafalgar Square
Strand
Regent Street
Piccadilly
Oxford Street
Emmaline Pankhurst
Actor John Powers Sentenced After Death Hoax Plot
John Powers an actor who could not pay a hotel bill devised a fake death scheme with a fellow actor posing as an undertaker They telegraphed Powers home for funeral expenses sent flowers and even sought cremation and funds from his mother in Indiana Powers received 20 days in jail and a fine for the ruse.
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Los Angeles
John Powers
Powers
Helf
Indiana
Looking for the Man Woman Held on Pistol Charge
Mrs N E Walton told police court she carried a pistol in her stocking to defend against a man who wronged her. The case was postponed for investigation after she said she would have shot him if found. She was arrested on a crowded street when a policeman spotted the revolver outline.
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Los Angeles
N. E. Walton
Society Leader William Bayard Cutting Dies on Train
New York March 1 William Bayard Cutting well known lawyer and director of many corporations and civic leader died tonight on a train while being brought home from the West according to a private telegram to his brother Robert Fulton Cutting
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New York
William Bayard Cutting
Robert Fulton Cutting
Anaconda to Build Copper Plant in Calumet District
Reports from Chicago indicate Anaconda Copper Mining Co plans a 1 million dollar plant in Indiana Harbor Calumet district to produce copper parts and castings for cars and heavy electrical machinery. The 34 acre site near the ship canal will employ 600 to 1,000 workers, with East Chicago approving necessary street vacations.
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Anaconda Copper Mining Company
Chicago
East Chicago Company
Ship Canal
Indiana Harbor
Calumet District
East Chicago Council
Anaconda
Rebel column marches toward Chihuahua from Juarez
Enthusiasm in the Juarez rebel camp as a consul is named in El Paso and 700 men with 38 cars of horses move under Gen Antonio Rojas toward Chihuahua. Gen Inez Salazar expects to start tomorrow. trains delayed by track work. Gonzalo Enrile, linked to a manifesto naming Trevino provisional president, is jailed.
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el Paso
Texas
Juarez
Chihuahua
Antonio Rojaz
Inez Salazar
Pascual Orozco
Gonzalo Enrile
General Trevino
Rebels Advance Toward Matamoras From Border
Brownsville Texas March 1 Mexican rebels were reported approaching Matamoras across the Rio Grande. The advancing band is said to have captured Mendez and Burgos in Tamaulipas and is led by Antonio Chazarata, who escaped from Matamoras days ago.
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Brownsville
Texas
Matamoras
Rio Grande
Mendez and Burgos
Tamaulipais
Antonio Chazarata
Prisoner Hatfield Charged With Forging California Oil Land Deeds
Seattle reports D A Hatfield inmate at King County Jail faces new forgery charges tied to forged deeds for 16000 acres of California oil lands. He allegedly sold and banked cash from the forged titles while using a jail real estate office. Authorities accuse outside help aided the crime as a prior escape attempt was uncovered after contraband items were found in his cell.
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D. A. Hatfield
J. L. ©. Irwin
Kings County
Cal
California
Hatfield
Supreme Court
Irwin
J. A. Crane
Oakland
Sarah E. Crane
First parachute jump from airplane at Jefferson Barracks
Capt Albert Berry became the first man to descend by parachute from a heavier-than-air craft. He leaped from Kinloch Field in a two passenger biplane, descended under a large parachute and landed safely to cheers from hundreds of soldiers at Jefferson Barracks in St Louis on March 1.
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St. Louis
Jefferson Barracks
Albert Herry
Berry
Janeus
Kinloch Aviation Field
Strike committee rejects mill offers amid Boston area dispute
Lawrence Mass March 1 Twelve thousand of eighteen thousand striking textile workers in woolen and cotton mills see offers of pay rises of five to twelve percent as minimum. The Industrial Workers of the World committee rejects the proposals. A party of strikers including children appeared before a conference committee on rules this morning for talks in the capital.
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Lawrence
Mass
Everett Mills
Kundhadt Mills
American Wool
Industrial Workers of the World
Colonel Never Used Coercion No Evidence Found
The report concludes Colonel did not use coercion and found it necessary to prevent officers from acting against him. Officials indicated no misconduct by the colonel and emphasized preventive measures were required.
Roosevelt Returns to Oyster Bay Announces Limited Campaign Plans
Roosevelt arrives at Sagamore Hill in a campaign mood while avoiding direct critique of Taft. He denies reading Senator Dixons sharp Taft critique and signals intent to speak moderately while preparing for possible western trips and avoiding personal attacks.
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Oyster Bay
Theodore Roosevelt
La Follette vows to stay in race with defined programme
Madison March 1 Senator Robert M La Follette declares he will continue as a candidate with a clear legislative programme to curb privileged industrial power and curb fictitious capital. The letter to progressives seeks delegates and asserts he will not form coalitions and denies health claims.
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Madison, Wis
Robert M. la Follette
Disgraceful Record of Panama Called For
Senate adopts Hitchcock resolution demanding all correspondence with Colombia on the Panama canal zone sale to the United States. He accuses Roosevelt of conspiring to foment revolution that stripped Panama from Colombia and handed the zone to the U S. The vote on adoption is reported as not divided.
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Washington
Senate
Taft
Colombia
Panama Canal Zone
United States
Hitchcock
Nebraska
Roosevelt
Panama
Canal Zone
Clark fails to abolish McCabe's solicitor post in House
In Washington on March 1 Representative Clark of Florida failed to abolish the solicitor of the department of agriculture, ousting George P. McCabe. Clark called the salary appropriation for the solicitor covert legislation and lost a point of order after an hour's debate.
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Washington
Maron
Clark
Florida
Department of Agriculture
George P. McCabe
House
Treasury deficit narrows as spring activity rises
Washington reports a slight improvement in federal finances with the deficit down to 20.47 million dollars from 22.36 million a month earlier, and down from 3 million a year ago as spring commerce approaches.
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Washington
Fring Continues Through Night Report
Fring continues through night with repeated sightings as authorities chase suspects. No further captures reported as efforts intensify across the city.
Darkness and Fire Sweep Peking Amid Mutiny Terror
Mutinous troops ignite fires and loot in Peking as electric lights fail and streets empty. Loyal forces clash with mutineers on the outskirts while officials seek arrests. casualties and losses run high with $15.9 million in property damage and ongoing security measures in the legation quarter.
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Youn Shi Kai
Paotingfu
Peking
Sun Yat Sen Sees Peking Outbreak Under Military Control
Dr Sun Yat Sen, receiving advices from Peking, expresses shock at the outbreak there but expects it to be brought under control by loyal troops. The war office telegraphs generals to maintain order, and Sun says the Nanking government can restore and maintain order in Peking and across China, protecting foreigners' lives and property.
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Nanking
Sun Yat Sen
Peking
Republic
War Office
China
British Navy Strengthens Hongkong With Australia Cruiser
Hongkong dispatch reports Canton district tensions rising as British naval forces reinforce the harbor with the armored cruiser Australia arriving to bolster defenses.
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Hongkong
Canton
Australia
Couldn’t Wed Her He Tries Murder Portland Tragedy
Stewart Coleman, infatuated with a white woman he never spoke to, shot Mrs. Nettle Whetstone as she entered a Portland store. Believing he had killed her, Coleman then shot himself dead. a letter on his body explained his motive and fixation.
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Ore
Stewart Coleman
Nettle Whetstone
N. L. Daley
Coose County
Coleman
Mrrs. Whetstone
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