Payne Delays House Recess as Tariff Bill Moves Forward
Washington dispatch notes a four minute delay in convening the House and a 15 minute recess called by Mr Payne New York. The tariff bill was read in committee of the whole and general debate announced for Monday Senators from Maine Minnesota North and South Dakota push for free lumber and reduced iron and steel schedules while others resist inheritance tax and seek income tax options Minnesota delegation leads in pushing lower iron and steel tariffs and access to the Canadian lumber market with Maine warned against losing wood pulp jobs to Canada.
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Mar
Payne
New York
Olmstead
Pennsylvania
Sims
Tennessee
Mr. Sims
Senate
Frye and Hale
Maine
Pacific Coast
Northwest
Minnesota
North
South Dakota
House
Cummins
Iowa
North Dakota
United States
Frye
Canada
Frae Mides
Connectticut
Senator Bulkeley
Whitla Boy Drugged to Spend $100000
Sharon Pa March 20 reports describe the kidnaping of William Whitla after school. Abductors allegedly drugged the boy to keep him calm while taken toward Warren Ohio. Frank H Buhl, an uncle and iron magnate, offers up to 100000 for his recovery, while a 10000 ransom is demanded and a wide search continues.
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William Whitla
Warren
Whitla
Whith
Cudahy
Omaha
Pennsylvania
Ohio
West Virginia
Frank H. Buhl
Iron and Steel
Mr. Whitla
President Taft Returns After Yale Engagements
President Taft attended Yale corporation meetings in New Haven and the Yale alumni banquet in New York. He was cheered at Yale depot and hosted at luncheon with President Hadley. He then left New York for Washington around midnight after the two events.
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Washington
Mar
Taft
Yale Corporation
New Haven
New York
Yale
Harriman Tour Delays as Pasadena Visit Ends
E H Harriman and family left Pasadena yesterday after a large party exodus as he proceeds to San Diego for two days then Los Angeles Santa Barbara and San Francisco. Mrs Harriman Carolyn and Miss Moran head to Chicago.
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Cal
E. H. Harriman
Harriman
San Diego
Los Angeles
Santa Barbara
San Francisco
Roosevelt trip plan for Roosevelt send off abandoned
New York March 20 The Hoboken citizens planed send off for ex president Roosevelt when he sails on the Hamburg next Tuesday for Africa but the idea was abandoned after Mayor Steil received a note from Mr Roosevelt discouraging any demonstration.
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New York
Hoboken
N. J
Hamburg
Steil
Pliers and Steamer Ablaze In Jersey City
Fire swept two Lehigh Valley railroad piers in Jersey City and the steamer Hast wood burned yesterday. Fire crews battled the blaze as smoke rose over the river and halted nearby traffic. No injuries reported.
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New York
Lehigh Valley Railroad
Jersey City
Hastwood
Attempted Lynching in Ohio Sparks Tense Mob Scene
Deanville Ohio March 20 an angry mob threatened to lynch a miner who murdered Mell Robb aged fifty at the railroad station yesterday. Police intervened and imprisoned the slayer in Athens jail for safekeeping.
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Ohio
Deanville
Mell Robb
Athens
Count Forgach Alive Denies Berlin Assassination Claim
Vienna March 20. There is no truth in reports from Berlin and other places that Count Forgach Austro Hungarian minister to Serbia has been assassinated. The denial comes from official circles stating he remains alive and well.
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Vienna
Mar
Berlin
Servia
John Sharp Acquitted as Coopers Continue Deliberation
Nashville report says foreman declared John Sharp not guilty of murder in the Carmack case. Trial focused on Col D B Cooper Robin Cooper and John D Sharp with jury sent back for further deliberation. Sharp’s release followed by reunion with the Coopers as others vow the case continues.
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Tenn
Coopers
John Sharp
Col. D. B. Cooper
Robin
John D. Sharp
United States
H. W. Carmack
Sharp
Anderson
D. B
Robin Cooper
Col. Cooper
Sharps
Reid Sharp
John
Bishop Gillespie Dies After Long Illness
Grand Rapids March 20 Bishop George D Gillespie head of the Protestant Episcopal diocese of western Michigan died yesterday after a long illness He served 34 years as bishop and 32 years on the state board of corrections and charities Born Goshen New York June 14 1819 remains to be buried in Michigan obituary notes his long service and birth details
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Grand Rapids
Mich
George D. Gillespie
Protestant Episcopal Diocese of
Western Michigan
George de Normandie Gillespie
State Board of Corrections and Charities
Goshen
N. Y
Cuban Revolution Called Off in Santa Clara Updefection
Havana reports the Santa Clara uprising collapsed after seven rurale guards defected, taking arms and horses into the woods. Gen Monteagudo at Remedios says Sergi Cortes and four others surrendered, and President Gomez issued a congratulatory proclamation.
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Santa Clara
Monteagudo
Remedios
Sergi
Cortes
Gomez
Philanthropist Pearson Better Resting Comfortably
Pasadena California March 20 D K Pearsons, aged Chicago philanthropist and millionaire, who was stricken while about to address the Vermont society here, was reported resting comfortably last.
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Cal
D. K. Pearsons
Chicago
Vermont Society
Enjoin Recall Election Sought in Los Angeles
An injunction suit was filed to restrain the city clerk from proceeding with the recall election for mayor on March 26 in Los Angeles California. The filing followed reports the election would be held as scheduled.
Probe for Oil Trust Rebates in Buffalo Court
Fourteen Pennsylvania Railroad Company employees have been subpoenaed to appear in Buffalo on March 29 in the federal court. The action concerns Standard Oil rebating cases as part of a broader investigation into oil trust practices.
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Rochester
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Buffalo
Standard
Architect of Death by Own Action in New York
In New York on March 20 a man believed to be William Gibb an architect and inventor and prominent New York Golf Club member died by his own hand after shooting himself. The incident leaves questions about his papers found in his possession.
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New York
Mar
William Gibb
New York Golf Club
Fire destroys Monongahela plant of Catel Fan and Eng Co
Fire of unknown origin yesterday destroyed the Catel Fan and Engineering Company plant at Monongahela near Pittsburg causing an estimated loss of 100000 dollars. The blaze gutted the facilities and halted operations, with damage impacting the local manufacturing sector.
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Pittsburg
Catel Fan and Engineering Company
Monongahela
Flood Sweeps Town in West Virginia Trapping Residents
Parksburg, W. Va., March 20 A flood from two bursting water tanks wrecked ten houses and damaged forty more, killing three people and injuring several others. One family was carried 75 yards as their home split apart. The tanks supplied the city’s water and prompted officials to pump water directly into mains to avert famine and fire risk. The tanks’ failure was attributed to an accident.
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W. Va
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Walter
Maloney
John
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St. John's Lutheran
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Taft's Ride Badly Hurt Naval Aide Semmes Reed
Washington March 20 Lieut Semmes Reed U S N naval aide to President Taft was fatally injured when his horse fell in Rock Creek park. The accident crushed his left thigh and caused internal injuries.
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Washington
Mar
Lieut
Semmes Reed
Rock Creek Park
Tragic Suicide at Father’s Grave in Catholic Cemetery
Miss Tillie Meyers aged 24 was found dead on her father’s grave in Indianapolis Catholic cemetery near the city’s southern edge on Thursday afternoon. She drank carbolic acid, and it is believed grief over her father’s recent death two weeks earlier prompted the self inflicted act.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Tillie Meyers
Climax to Insurance Scandals Ends In Dismissal Move
New York March 20 District Attorney Jerome appeared before Justice Blanchard in the criminal branch of the supreme court and asked that forgery indictments against George W Perkins of New York Life Charles S Fairchild a director and Robert A Grannis vice president of Mutual Life be dismissed Justice Blanchard reserved division
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Jerome
Justice Blanchard
Supreme Court
George W. Perkins
New York Life Insurance Company
Charles 8. Fairchild
The
New York Life
Robert A. Grannis
Mutual Life Insurance Company
Ex-con Victim's Assassin Hanged by Mob in West Virginia
In Whitmer near Elkins Joseph Brown an ex convict accused of wounding Chief of Police Scott White was seized from Whitmer jail by a mob and lynched. White son of Mayor Washington White of Whitmer was attacked after a dispute over offensive language and Brown fired his revolver before fleeing. Brown reputedly had a criminal record and had served multiple terms. Chief White was hospitalized in stable condition and expected to recover.
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W. Va
Joseph Brown
Scott White
Whitmer
Brown
White
Washington White
Ex College Head Believed Dead in Park Fire
John W. Simpson, former Marietta College president and noted insurance man, is believed dead after a seven story apartment fire at 24 Central Park South. His wife and daughter survived with serious burns. police and family have found no trace of him.
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John W. Simpson
Marietta College
Ohio
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Miss Simpson
Women storm Iowa senate in protest over prohibition
In Des Moines hundreds of women joined men to storm the senate chamber as a constitutional amendments hearing unfolded for prohibition supporters. Rev D Everett Smith urged action while a later hearing for liquor interests was announced for next Tuesday suffered by the crowd and political tension rose in the capitol. In Providence 650 cases 15600 bottles of Narragansett bay ketchup were dumped at sea for federal purity law noncompliance. In Springfield a widow, Mrs Hattie Bayley, died from arsenical poisoning after a disease listed death.
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Springfield
Mar
Hattie: Bayley- Smith
Thomas Bayley
Providence
R. I
Narragansett Bay
Hattia Bayley- Smith
Ship Ashore Report From Puget Sound Tragedy
Fragments of a wireless message indicate a United States transport ran aground near Puget Sound entrance in Washington state and several lives were lost. Local officials were not able to confirm details as reports were incomplete.
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Bellingham
Wash
United States
Puget Sound
Fire Fatal to Two in Six-Story Tenement Blast
New York March 20 One person was killed and another fatally injured with several seriously hurt in an explosion and ensuing panic in a six story tenement house yesterday.
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New York
Mar
Victim in Tragedy Near Ashton Alleged to Attack Boy
Sibley Ia Ernest Goen on trial for murder was acquitted after five hours jury deliberation. The shooting of his father on December 30 was claimed as self defense in a drunken family quarrel. The 19 year old boy warned his father with a gun when the lever was seized to heat him, the fatal shot followed. Mother and elder brother testified for the prosecution but testimony favored the defense.
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Sibley
Ernest Goen
Green
Railroads to Attack 2-Cent Fare Laws
Missouri railroad executives say they will sue Illinois and Iowa two-cent passenger fare laws and contest similar cases in Kansas Nebraska Minnesota and support Arkansas litigation. They resolved at a Chicago conference to restore Missouri's three-cent rate and press for a strong front in the related rulings.
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Iowa
St. Louis
Missouri
Illinois
Kansas
Nebraska
Minnesota
Arkansas
Chicago
Cummins Steers Income Tax Debate in Senate
Washington senator Cummins has focused on the income tax issue and the supreme court ruling. He intends to offer an income tax amendment to the tariff bill unless it is adopted in the house. Cummins believes a ruling upholding an inheritance tax signals support for an income tax.
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Cummins
Washington, D. C
Supreme Court
Cuban Rebellion Ends After Guard Defection
Havana reports the Santa Clara uprising collapsed as seven rural guard members fled to the woods with arms and horses. Gen Monteagudo says Sergeant Cortez his two sons and four fugitives surrendered at Pedro Rojas after arriving at Remedios.
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Havana
Santa Clara
Monteagudo
Remedios
Cortez
Pedro Rojas
Try to Enjoin Recall Election
In Los Angeles California an injunction suit to stop the recall election for mayor on March 26 was filed. Opponents of the recall seek to enjoin the election arguing that Mayor A C Harper resignation invalidates the recall.
Jamieson Arrives in Washington as New Iowa Rep
Representative W. D. Jamieson of Iowa’s Eighth district arrives in Washington to take offices in the house office building formerly used by Judge Smith. He selects Joseph K. Riddleberch of Chariton as his clerk.
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Jamieson
Washington, D. C
W. D. Jamieson
Iowa
Judge Smith
University Wins Partial Estate Distribution Citation
In superior court judge Austin granted the University of California a petition for partial distribution of the late M Theodore Kearney estate. The university will receive about one million dollars unless an appeal is taken.
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University
Fresno
Austin
University of California
M. Theodore Kearney
Alleged Burglar Captured in Chicago
George Lang arrested here on Buffalo authorities complaint carried $1500 in cash and jewelry valued at 2000 when captured as he left a train. He is wanted in Buffalo on burglary charges.
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Chicago
George Lang
Buffalo
N. Y
Mark Woodruff Dies at 78 Former Rail Commissioner
Dubuque native Mark Woodruff died March 19 at age 78. Born in Dubuque, he later became editor and publisher of the Dubuque Times and served as Iowa state railroad commissioner. He also held the title right of way commissioner for the Chicago Great Western Railway. His career spanned journalism and state transport oversight.
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Mark Woodruff
Dubuque
Ian Marcus C. Woodruff
St. Paul
Chicago Great Western, Railway
Dubuque Times
Iowa State
Possible Des Moines building trades strike looms
Des Moines rumors of a general strike by building trades surface with the arrival of A. C. Smith of Omaha, fourth vice president of the national painters organization. Twenty seven painters have already walked out, and a halt may occur unless employers reach a pact.
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Des Moines
A. C. Smith
Omaha
National Organization of Painters
Scroggs Jury Deadlocks in Anamosa Manslaughter Trial
The jury in Anamosa Iowa failed to convict J P Scroggs mayor after a second trial on manslaughter charges. The panel could not reach a verdict.
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Anamosa
J. P. Scroggs
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