Sisson endorses Oscar Underwood for Democratic nomination
In Boston Sisson urged Democrats to nominate Oscar W. Underwood of Alabama, claiming southern support. He said the party should unite behind Underwood while Republicans in the north offered limited votes to signal a postwar consensus. He cited expected backing in Alabama Mississippi Florida and Georgia with mixed views in South Carolina and North Carolina favoring Wilson.
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Mass
Thames A. Sisson
Mississippi
Oscar
Underwood
Boston Fruit and Produce Exchange
Sisson
Democratic Party
South
Oscar W. Underwood
Alabama
North
Florida
Georgia
South Carolina
Wilson
North Carolina
Democratic caucus backs income tax and sugar bill
Washington March 1 The Democratic caucus endorsed a bill repealing free sugar and extending the corporation tax to individuals and partnerships. The plan imposes a 1 percent tax on income over 5,000 with exemptions for under 5,000 and would raise 50 to 80 million dollars yearly.
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Andrew Carnegie
Taft
Howard Campaigns for Leader of House
Washington March 1 Special Representative William Sehley Howard engages in a letter writing campaign to back Oscar W Underwood for the Democratic nomination for president. He says he sent personal letters to hundreds of Georgia friends and has received only one opposing reply from a supporter of Woodrow Wilson.
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Washington
William Sehley Howard
Oscar W. Underwood
Howard
Georgia
Sponse
Underwood
Mr. Howard
Woodrow Wilson
Archie Butt to Sail Alone on Naples Voyage
Washington dispatch reports Major Archibald W. Butt Taft's military aide sails to Naples alone, surprising friends who expected news of his engagement to Miss Dorothy Williams daughter of Col and Mrs John R Williams. A widely discussed Washington social circle connection, with no firm denial of engagement.
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Washington, D. C
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Taft
Naples
Major Butt
Miles Dorothy Willame
John R. Willams
Miss Williams
Fra
Joseph Lester
Washington
Major Bott
The
Washington Times
Mias Willams
Mina Catherina Cameron
Miss Wallama
Flying Record Set by Jules Vedrines in Monoplane
Jules Vedrines, piloting a 149 horsepower monoplane at Pau on March 1, established a new world record for an hour by flying 193 2.2 miles. The previous record was 481 1?3 miles set by Vedrines on January 13.
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Pau
Jules Vedrines
Vedrines
Sugar Tax Surprise Moves In House Caucus
A Ways and Means panel proposed a bill to revise the sugar schedule adding free sugar with a 1 percent excise tax on incomes over 5,000. Underwood foresees a 2 cent per pound cut for consumers while courting Louisiana support and facing Georgia split among delegates.
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John Corrigan
Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Oscar W. Underwood
Louisiana
Georgia
Brantley
Supreme Court of the United States
Hardwick
Underwood
Suxpreme Court
Doctor Refuses Night Call Over Payment Concerns
At a board of health meeting, Dr Bradfield defended visiting patients on cold nights only if they could pay, while Dr Kennedy and others noted Mrs Wood’s nervousness and disputed negligence by Doctors Hall and Viking. Dr Bradfield said he would have helped a poor patient earning 40 cents a month.
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Board of Health
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Hall
Viking
Woods
Kennedy
Dr. Bradfield
Kennedy Rose
Bradfield
Misa Wood
Aloula
Ma Ang
Breem
Indictments Against Twelve Whisky Dealers Return in Atlanta
Grand jury finds indictments against twelve alleged liquor dealers based on internal revenue licenses for whisky sales furnished by federal authorities. Four arrests on bench warrants followed, with Dan Shaw and W B Talley among those charged, all bonds posted. Authorities expect wider disruption of blind tiger operations and a shift in whisky prosecutions.
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Internal Revenue
George Bell
Calls Men and Religion Theological Freeze-Out Controversy
Rev BI Daan Ellenwood of the Universalist Church denounces the Men and Religion Forward Movement as a theological freeze-out. He condemns the eight day city campaign by Protestant churches as misaligned with his creed and criticizes the movement’s openness to all creeds.
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Men and Religion Forward Movement
BI Daan
Ellenwood
Univergallat
Atlanta
Universalist Church
Mllenwood
Trappist Monastery Destroyed by Fire in Kentucky
Bardstown Kentucky March reports say the Trappist monastery near Goth, Seminary, Goth, was destroyed by a fire this afternoon. Monks, seven, were reportedly affected as flames engulfed the building and surrounding structures.
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Goth
Seman
London Suffered Citywide Suffragette Window Breakings
London endured a sudden suffragette campaign of window smashing in central districts like Trafalgar Square, Strand, Regent Street, Piccadilly and Oxford Street. Emmeline Pankhurst spearheaded the action. hundreds of shops and government offices were damaged, with losses running into thousands of pounds though largely insured. Police struggled to restrain the mobs as crowds watched and cheered, cries of Votes for Women filling the air.
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Trafalgar Square
Strand
Regent Street
Piccadilly
Oxford Street
Emmeline Pankhurst
Marshall
Tukea
Downing Street
Colonial Office
Atoras
Noben
Conference Talks Concessions Between City and Georgia Railway
City officials and Georgia Railway and Electric Company plan an early conference to press a compromise over concessions. Mayor Winn, eight council members, and the city attorney will attend. Arkwright hopes a settlement satisfactory to both sides ends the fight over fares and schedules.
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Atlanta
Georgia Railway and Electric Company
Arkwright
The
Winn
Railroad Commission
Council Committee On
Hall
Wien
Senate Adopts Resolution on Panama Canal Correspondence
Washington March 1 The senate adopted a resolution calling on President Taft to submit all correspondence with Colombia regarding canal zone regulation. Senator Hitchcock Nebraska urged adoption in a speech accusing former President Roosevelt of conspiring in the revolution that led to Panama’s separation and canal control. He attacked the Washington course and urged reopening the canal controversy and settling Colombia damages by arbitration. The vote on adoption was not divided.
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Colombia
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United States
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Nebraska
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Hig
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Canal Zone
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Panama Republic
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