Plan to save cotton crop profits faces Senate resistance
Democratic members of the Senate Finance Committee are excluded from tariff bill hearings as the Bacon resolution is pigeonholed. The move, justified by concerns over disruptive questions, leaves Democrats sidelined while Republicans press for party unity on tariff legislation the New York meeting noted. Three more ex parte hearings are planned before the panel reconvenes next week.
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Hy Johe Corrigan, Jr
Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Finance Committee
Bacon
Benater Rayner
Florida
Misginnippi
Virginia
Texas
Venice
Finance Committeé
Daniel
Woll
Aldrich
Damal
New York
Senate
Democrata Acura
Renied
Arrest Leader of Black Hand Connected to Chicago Plot
Chicago April 2 Vincenso Geraci, named as reader of the Chicago Black Hand, was arrested in Dr Peter Outreras office after demanding 2000 and threatening death He provided evidence linking associates and police expect further arrests The physician Dr Outrera had received threats and a phoned warning about paying money prompting a dummy money exchange amid the arrest scene Negro Trustees Sought in Tex as Whites Defend School Control
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Chicago
Vincenso Geraci
Chicago Black Hand Society
Peter Outrera
Atajian
Gerack
Chicago Society
New York
Petrosini
Dr. Catrera
Mysician
Case
Mytrera
Teteros
Southern plan to finance cotton reform and stabilize markets
Daniel J. Sully promotes a southern scheme backed by at least 10 million dollars to build bonded warehouses and finance a nationwide cotton system. The plan aims to free farmers from market manipulation, reduce debt pressure, and stabilize prices by storing one third of the crop and ensuring orderly sales under farm and business backing.
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Daniel J. Sully
Atlanta
South
United States
Amys
Mr. Sully
India
Rarmer
Hig
Soldier Ends Life After Dress Parade Arrest at Fort McPherson
Private George H. Chaddock of Company D Seventeenth Infantry was shot in the left breast and died within hours at Fort McPherson after being ordered under arrest for intoxication at dress parade. He reportedly vowed he would not be disgraced again as he left the parade ground. Chaddock, 27, from Kansas City Missouri, had served five years and reenlisted during the Cuba campaign.
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George Chaddock
George H. ‘Chaddock
Seventeenth Infantry
Fort McPherson
Chaddock
Chaddoak
Nia
Cuddock
Kutecas City
Cuba
Missing funds swirl around Berrien tax office in Georgia
Nashville Ga April 2 Special. Berrien county faces a tax collector scandal as W H Studstill is said to have issued a receipt for 1909 money he did not receive. Bondsmen paid the shortage, while Messrs Silas and R Tygart oversee affairs. Atlantic Coach Line taxes led to further controversy with a Dec 27 1908 check indorsed by Studstill, who swears he received none of the funds. The case is being reviewed by Comptroller General Wright Kirk Made Commission.
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Nashville
Berrien County
W. H. Studatt
Studstill
Messrs
Silas and
R. Tygart
Tygart
Atlantic Coach Line Railway Company
W. H. Studstil
Hecren County
John ¥.Studstill
Atlantic Nations Bank of Jacksonville
Fis
Studsnii
Bla
John F. Studstill
Eral Wright
Cuban Rebels Court-Martial Seeks Remitted Death Sentence
Havane April 2 A court martial found Sergeant Cortes and his son Vincente guilty of military rebellion with death imposed. Ricardo was acquitted of conspiracy. General Monteagude approved the findings but the court’s inability to consider extenuating circumstances may lead to a remittance of the sentence.
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Havane
Cortes
Vincente
Cor
Ricardo
Vueltas
Monteagude
Sugar duty reassessment ordered after fraud finding
Collector Loeb at the Port of New York ordered a reliquidation and increase in duties totaling 1 238 000 on sugar imported by the American Sugar Refining Company at the Hevemeyer and Elder refinery. The action follows a government verdict awarding 134,000 and notes former prosecutors remain as special counsel. Also noted is Lavallard, aged 12, named as the world’s youngest artist by the salon jury of 1903.
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Loeb
Port of New York
American Sugar Refining Company
New York
Hevemeyer & Elder
Uger
United States
Stimson
Deoleon
Department of Justice
Mark Twain Steals Rogers Thunder at Norfolk Reception
At the Virginian railway opening in Norfolk HLH Rog ers and Mark Twain shook hands with over 1,000 people. Twain led the line, mistaken for Rogers, and delivered a tongue in cheek speech as the crowd roared for Rogers. Rogers then stepped up to defend his railroad project.
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Norfolk
Board of Trade
Virginian Railway
Hlh
Rogers
Mark Twain
Mr. Rogers
Mr Rogers
April Fool Wallet Trick a Des Moines Tourist Finds
J M Alexander of Des Moines dropped a dilapidated leather wallet at Main and Fifth, lies in the site for half an hour, is kicked into the gutter, and recovered by the owner. He retrieves a roll of money after a mistaken prank, then tucks the wallet away.
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Main
J. M. Alexander
Des Moines
Pacific Electric
Pasadena
Pitth and
Fire and Bankruptcy Sales Hit Hard by This Bill
Washington April 2 Representative Collarens of Missouri has introduced a bill to prohibit misleading advertisements in sales including bankrupt damaged goods and no cure offers. The bill requires precise disclosure of material contained in goods and bans claims of superiority or fictitious testimonials. Violations carry at least 100 fine and each day's publication counts as a separate offense.
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Washington
Collarens
Missouri
Social Speedway Made to Please Mrs Taft
Washington April 2 President Taft ordered a bandstand be erected on the Potomac park speedway south of the White House grounds. The Marine Band will play evenings twice weekly in summer from April 14, concerts at 6 to 7 oclock. The President and Mrs Taft will attend each concert, an idea said to have originated with Mrs Taft.
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Social Speedway
Mrs. Taft
Washington
Taft
Potomac Park
White House Grounds
Marine Band
Mee Talt
Tat
Funeral Service Fire Sparks Panic in Tennessee Church
A fire broke out during the funeral service for Ferrie Douglas at the Old Lebanon church near Versailles in Me County. Mourners fled the church as flames spread among the crowd, but workers managed to control the blaze and the service continued.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Agri
Times
Martreasboro
Ferrie Douglas
Versailles
Old Lebanon
Thia County
Omwrah
Alabama Critiques Rhode Island as A Tiny State In Tariff Debate
In Washington on April 2, Alabama’s Clayton denounced the Payne tariff bill, calling Rhode Island “a State so small that we Democrats in Alabama, who chew tobacco, can spit across it.” He argued the measure benefits favored interests, harms ordinary taxpayers, and is sectional. Other speakers urged adjustments on cotton, hides, and forest conservation while criticizing free entry and tariff fairness.
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Alabama
Washington
House
Clayton
Maree Aldrich
United States
South
Spight
Mississippk
Lea
Bowers
Mississippi
Hfe
Ranade
Louisiana
Gifford Pinchot
Payne Hill
New England
Draper Gecegin Fair Weekend Weather Report
Light wind from the south with scattered showers possible. Low temperature around 25, high near 36 with normal values. Rainfall in 24 hours approximates 2.08 inches with cumulative excess since January noted. Weather details reflect period readings for the area.
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