Cotton Measure Adopted by House in Spur to Aid South
Washington reports the House acting as a committee of the whole adopted the Lever cotton futures bill as an amendment to the agricultural measures by 101 votes to 23. It sets a 2 cent per pound tax on cotton sold for future delivery in exchanges. Debates centered on constitutionality and the bill's impact on farmers. Members cited rulers, warehouse issues, and market access as key effects. The rule for considering related amendments passed 184 to 86, with further debate noted on the bill.
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Schley Howard
Washington
House
Tiough
New York
Board of Trade
Unco
Lenroot
Wisconsin
Cottons King
Len— Root
South
Lever
Agricultural Committee
Harrison
Mississippi
William Schley Howard
Samuel J. Tribble
Georgia
R Howard
A. F. Marsh
New York Cotton Exchange
Howard
Trib
Office OF Markets
Hughes
Dudley M. Hughes
Office of Markets and Rural Organization
Department of Agriculture
Macon
Commission
Mr. Hughes
Maine
Rev Josiah Strong Dies Leader In Social Reform Movements
New York April 28 The Rev Josiah Strong longtime president of the American Institute for Social Service and Social Center Association of America died here today Born Naperville Illinois 1847 he graduated Western Reserve College 1869 Lane Theological Seminary 1871 ordained in 1871 He directed Home Missionary Society for Ohio Kentucky West Virginia and western Pennsylvania 1881-84 and led Evangelical Alliance for the United States ten years Since 1908 he edited Gospel of the Kingdom He organized the American Institute for Social Service and sparked safety device adoption in industries He helped build British and South American branches of the movement and expanded efforts abroad
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New York
Josiah Strong
American Institute For Social Service
Social Center Association of America
American Foreign and Christian Union
Naperville
Ill
Western Reserve College
Lane Theological Seminary
Home Missionary Society
Ohio
Kentucky
West Virginia
Western Pennsylvana
Evangelical Alliance For
United States
Strang
England
Institute
Germans Indicted in Bomb Conspiracy Case
New York April 3 The federal grand jury indicted eight Germans recently arrested on conspiring to place incendiary bombs on ships carrying munitions for the Entente allies and Dr Walter T Scheele of the New Jersey Agricultural Chemical Company named as alleged leader who has not yet been arrested.
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New York
Federal Grand Jury
Walter T. Scheele
New Jersey Agricultural Chemical Company
Printer Dies in Hotel Neil Fire at Winston-Salem
In Winston-Salem North Carolina on April 28 the body of L. E. Mitchell a printer was found among the ruins of the Hotel Neil where a fire broke out early yesterday. The loss is estimated at ninety thousand dollars.
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Winston-Salem
WN. C
L. E. Mitchell
Neil
Stormy Senate debate over Brandeis nomination in Washington
Washington April 28 a stormy senate debate over Louis D Brandeis supreme court nomination dominated the session as judiciary committee members clashed over a possible unfavorable report. Senator Ashurst traded barbs with Sen Sutherland over a published interview alleging republican filibuster and was pressed by colleagues to defend his charge. Democratic and republican senators argued delay stemmed from both sides with Hoke Smith and Borah weighing in while Overman Cummins and Brandegee defended process amid questions of timing and vote prospects. Mrs Donald McLean’s condition remained critical in Baltimore hospital.
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Washington
Louis D. Brandeis
Supreme Court
Senate
Judiciary Committee
Sutherland
Utah
Ashurst
Arizona
Brandegee
Brandeis
Senator Ashurst
Clark
Wyoming
Ashurat
Hughes
Woodrow Tilson
Cummins
Works
California
Hoke Smith
Overman
Georgia
Borah
Two Outlaws Killed in Running Fight Near Gore Oklahoma
In Muskogee county a posse led by Sheriff Bar ger shot and killed brothers Joe and Dave Smith in the hills near Gore during a running exchange of gunfire. The fugitives had armed riot guns and carried safe blowing apparatus obtained from county officials a year earlier when Dave Smith escaped from jail.
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Muscogee
Okla
Gore
Barger
Muskogee County
Joe
Dave Smith
Bethlehem Steel Increases Wages For 24,000 Employees
South Bethlehem April 28 Bethlehem Steel Co announced a voluntary 16 percent wage rise for its 24,000 workers. It is the third 10 percent increase in ten months, adding 176000 dollars to monthly payroll. The firm also plans 18000000 dollars in local plant improvements this year and about 38060000 dollars for extensions and upgrades across its plants.
Chamberlin Johnson Clearaway Sparks Summer Romper Sale
A catalog note advertises rompers and creepers in ripplette cloth, chambray, Amoskeag ginghams, plain white and solid colors. It urges buying multiple pairs for the long summer ahead during a clearaway sale hosted by Chamberlin Johnson DuBose.
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Chamberlin-Johnson-DuBose
Buttoned silk and pongee garments at set prices
Advertises silk and chamoisette buttons in white black and pongee color options. Details include 16 button sizes at $1.00 $1.25 and $1.50 with embroidery contrasts and silk or chamoisette materials.
New Ribbon Styles Offer Broad Range for Sash and Hair Bow
A striking brocaded ribbon sash 590 and hair bow 35c share top value. A 35 inch taffeta hair bow ribbon plain and moire costs 29c. Soft messaline ribbons in all colors are 35c a yard. Warp print stripe and plaid sash ribbons run 75c to 2.00 a yard with new wash ribbons in blue bird and rosebud patterns and picot-edge plains.
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SREP
Macten Mirco
S.dhe
Beacon Shoe Store
Peachtree Street
LCS Rue
Ort
Social Service Institute
Safety First
the Constitution
Constitution Office
Aetcini
Constitution
McLean
Baltimore
Donald McLean
the Daughters of the American Revolution
Russia
Whitehall
Bethlehem Steel CO
South Bethlehem, Ps
Bethlehem Steel Company
Chamberlin-Johnson-DuBose Co
Atlanta
Paris
Fier
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