Congress, President Agree on Tariff Revision Plans
Washington March 19 Congress House Senate and President met informally to set preliminaries for tariff revision. A short talk between the President and Simmons followed by a longer session with a Senate sub committee and Underwood laid groundwork for three cornered conferences ahead of April tariff revision bills in the House.
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Tariff Revision Talks Across Congress Ahead of Debates
Discussion today, led by Mr. Underwood and Senator Simmons, indicated both houses will align on tariff revision details before bills reach the House. Free wool faces Senate opposition, with a 15 percent duty backed by the Ways and Means Committee. Sugar tariff cuts and other items also loom as hurdles as leaders plan reconciliations before formal debates. Senate finance and House Ways and Means committees will coordinate informally, keeping President Wilson informed through completion for the House caucus.
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Heiress Helen DeWitt Granted Higher Allowance
New York Surrogate Fowler Increased Helen A DeWitt ward of Josiah H DeWitt from twelve thousand to twenty thousand dollars yearly to cover rising expenses including clothing and social needs as she attends a girls' school patronized by wealthy families.
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Discovered Cure for Asthma Promises Free Bottle Trial
Chemist D J Lane of St Marys Kansas claims a simple home asthma remedy. He sent samples to long suffering patients who report cures. Lane offers a one dollar postage paid bottle only if cured, otherwise you pay nothing and report results within ten days.
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Girl in Family Quarrel Attacks Uncle with Flatiron
Katherine Fuller and her mother Mary Fuller face charges after Katherine struck her uncle with a flatiron during a family quarrel Tuesday night. He lies near death at City Hospital with skull fractures. both women are free on bail as the case progresses.
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Rhode Island House Passes Mileage Bill
The Rhode Island House approved in concurrence a daily mileage bill for Assemblymen, despite a Supreme Court ruling limiting to one round trip weekly. An annual appropriation of 18,000 dollars was added to fund the extra mileage.
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Ice plant worker killed by hoisting machinery incident
Ernest Ward about 40 was killed at Sebago Lake Maine when he was drawn between two ice cakes and a planer while repairing a hoisting chain at the ice company plant.
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Firemen's Ence Ends Arbitration With 54 Eastern Railroads
The Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen closed its case today in the arbitration over higher pay for firemen. After presenting evidence for several days the case was formally closed following the cross examination of W. J. Lauck, the union's statistician.
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Three arbitrators grant extra time for rail case
The three arbitrators ordered a recess until Friday to let the roads prepare their case. Mr. Lauck testified that railroad gross income in 1912 reached 3856,560,000 versus 233,973,000 in 1902. He noted firemen wages rose to 22,651,000 in 1912 from 12,342,000 in 1902, while the income gain outpaced wage growth 12 to 1. Lauck argued the wage share fell since 1901.
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Brookline Town Meeting approves large multi-year appropriations
Brookline citizens at the adjourned annual town meeting approved a total appropriation of 2 047 651 84 dollars for the year, with 2 000 000 funded in 15 minutes and 2 500 reserved for later, plus 188 000 for a new Devotion school building and 40 000 for a soldiers monument. The town also authorized 40 000 to borrow, approved 22 000 for motorized fire apparatus, and debated road alterations to University road with Hopkins Trust Fund costs. Some appropriations were delayed or amended, and the session adjourned after unanimous gestures and a few scattered nays.
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Tribute to King George of Greece by James Creelman
The New York Evening Mail recounts James Creelman’s tribute to King George as observed in Athens before the 1887 Turkish conflict. Creelman portrays the king as unostentatious, highly educated, and deeply concerned with Europe’s indifference to Greece’s plight.
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King George of Greece Lies In Palace After Embalming
The body of King George of Greece was embalmed today and moved from the hospital to the palace on a stretcher carried by his son Prince Nicholas and senior officers. The procession mixed Greek troops, officers in uniform, clergy and civilians in diverse Balkan dress, ending with military honors at the palace and prayers by the metropolitan.
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Miss Kitty Cheatham Sings Again at Jordan Hall
Miss Kitty Cheatham, noted folk and children’s song performer, offers a second recital in Jordan Hall on Thursday afternoon March 27 at 3 o'clock. The program highlights traditional pieces and audience participation.
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Corsetless Women Deemed Less Moral by Illinois Reform Leader
Chicago march 19. Mrs Minon Jones head of the reform committee urged that removing corsets in state institutions degrades women inmates and diminishes self respect. She blamed clothing for hindering rehabilitation, saying a corsetless woman can't be good.
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