Cannon Praises Tariff at Danville Nomination
Speaker Joseph G. Cannon accepted his 20th nomination for Congress in Danville on September 21. He defended the tariff as is and warned against tariff revision agitation as harmful to national welfare. He cited the ongoing protection versus free trade debate and noted Champ Clark’s history as a free trader.
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Joseph G. Cannon
Congress
House of Representatives
Champ¢Clark
Fight for Free Trade voiced in Democratic stance
A speaker led by Mr. Clark argues against Payne tariff revisions, defending protectionist policy since Lincoln and Washington. He warns that new tariff changes threaten national credit and progress, labeling advocates of retrenchment as reactionaries seeking a revenue tariff over a protective system.
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Republican Party
Abraham Lincoln
Congress
Washington
Jeremiah
Crippen Held For Murder In Bow Street Court
Dr Hawley H Crippen and his typist Ethel Leneve were committed for trial for the murder of Crippen's wife Clara Belle Crippen Belle Elmore. Emily Jackson testified that Leneve expected to marry Crippen, provoking hostility as she arrived at Bow Street. The crowd followed the cab and jeered the accused.
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London
Hawley H. Crippen
Ethel Clara Leneve
Bow Street
Clara Belle Crippen
Belle Elmore
Emily Jackson
Miss Leneve
Crippen Trial Proceedings Illicit Evidence Uncertain
The magistrate adjourned to let Newton speak for the defense as Crippen and Miss Lenove face trial. An inquest into the dismembered body found in Hilldrop Crescent continues with uncertainty over sex. Evidence includes a boy’s clothing linked to Miss Lenove and statements from Crippen’s former office associate and a dental conspirator.
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Newton
Miss Leneve
Crippen
Hilldrop Crescent
Crown
Belle Elmore
Inspector Dew
William Long
Miss Lenove
Ballinger vows to reveal moralists after office
Secretary of the Interior Richard A. Ballinger declared at a Denver banquet that after leaving public life he will expose the purity of his traducers. He said the public deserves insight into the hidden springs of uplift claimed by self-appointed moralists and he would use the search light when the season comes.
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Denver
Col
Interior
Richard A. Ballinger
Denver Chamber of Commerce
The
Real Estate Exchange
Florence M Marshall Nominated to Factory Commission
Governor Draper sent the nomination of Florence M Marshall of Cambridge to the Governor's Council as a member of the factory inspection laws commission. She replaces Emily Balch on the panel conducting the state inquiry.
Post catalogues fall harvest freaks and oversized produce
The Post lists unusual garden finds received at the city editor’s office. Highlights include a jumbo cucumber from William C. Weeks of Dorchester measuring 1412 inches long and seven inches around, a dwarf potato with whiskers from Mi not J Barton of Stonington, and a potato grown around a metal washer from Carroll MacGray of Everett. Also noted are a washer encased carrot and an apple that is really two apples in one from Charles Rand of Marshfield, plus small tomatoes from Mrs James Wilson of Arlington and yellow bantam and strawberry tomatoes from Bessie Freeman of Weymouth that won Weymouth Fair prizes.
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Post
William C. Weeks
Grant Place
Dorchester
Minot J. Barton
Stonington
Carroll MacGray
Everett
Charles H. Rand
South River Street
Marshfield
James Wilson
Summer Street
Arlington
Bessie G. Freeman
South Weymouth
Weymouth
Four North End men face trial over Canopic envelope scam
Mario Ferlazzo Gio vanni Garafino Salvatore Pizzano and Joseph Piculo were brought before Charlestown Municipal Court charged with defrauding 20 people by selling fake passage envelopes marked Banca Stabile North End. The victims testified they paid $22 per envelope expecting Naples tickets. Five trespass defendants were released and the case continued.
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North End
Mario Ferlazzo
Giovanni Garafino
Salvatore Pizzano
Joseph Piculo
Charlestown
White Star
Canopic
Boston Light
Banca Stabile
Ferrazzo
White Star Line
Naples
Gloucester Writer Seeks Editorial Help From Actor
A Gloucester man sent a letter to the Boston Post dated September 20 requesting editorial aid for an actor currently performing in the city and enclosed money for that purpose. The writer asks for his name and address and proper identifications so the amount can be returned. The note states such comments are not to be purchased.
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Gloucester
Boston Post
Ohio
Shaker Farms Sale Sought by Baron Hirsch Fund
In Enfield Connecticut on September 21, negotiators from the Baron De Hirsch fund moving to purchase the Shaker community property valued at 2,500,000 dollars. The plan foresees breaking the estate into small farms leased to poor Jewish immigrants. tracts extend into Somers Connecticut and Longmeadow Massachusetts.
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Enfield
Conn
Baron de Hirsch
Somers
Longmeadow
Mass
Gloucester’s Heaviest Tax Payers Named
Gloucester residents learn that John Hays Hammond and the Gorton Pew Fisheries Co are the city’s top taxpayers. Hammond pays 9202 dollars for himself and 960.48 for his wife, while Gorton Pew’s assessment is 9272.68 dollars. A year earlier Hammond voluntarily raised his valuation by a half million, saying he was under taxed.
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Gloucester
John Hays Hammond
Gorton Pew Fisheries Company
Powers Held Here for Alleged Fire Plot at Fish Building
Gloucester authorities arrested John Powers after statements at the station that he attempted to set a Gorton Pen Fisheries Company building ablaze last April and threaten to burn half the town. He is held for the district attorney and fire marshal.
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Gloucester
John Powers
Marchant
Scott W. Peters
Rice
Gorton Pen Fisheries Company
Funeral for Sister Agnes Saint Charity
The funeral for Sister Agnes of the Sisters of Charity takes place today at 9 o’clock from St Vincent's Orphan Asylum on Camden Street.
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Agnes
Order of Sisters of Charity
St. Vincent’s Orphan Asylum
Camden Street
Taft Enjoys Cincinnati Visit and Critiques Pork Barrel
President Taft spent a day in Cincinnati visiting the Ohio Valley Exposition and Music Hall, where he praised waterways improvement and received roaring cheers. He signaled plans to return to Cincinnati after his presidency, praised local culture, and denounced pork barrel legislation, urging fiscal restraint and wiser congressional spending.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Taft
Music Hall
Business Men’s Club
Washington
Taft Signals End of Pork Barrel River Projects
President Taft, in Cincinnati, asserts his administration will veto bills that fund local river or harbor work without broader benefit. He declines comment on New York primaries and on Roosevelt’s conference, while Ohio Republicans seek his views on the state’s situation.
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New York
Roosevelt
New Haven
Yatt
Lloyd @. Griscom
Taft
Ohio
Mr. Taft
Ohio River
Cincinnati
Cleve
Campaign Notes Highlight Civil Service and Charter Debates
William H Sullivan of Ward 19 campaigns against Civil Service confirmation over Boston mayor appointments. Sule Hyan pushes judges elected rather than appointed. J Frank Scannell of Ward 24 touts large posters and vows to oppose city charter revisions. W Dudley Cotton Jr former Alderman campaigns for Congress with ward committees surpassing 100 voters. Ex Alderman George Anderson leads Cotton effort in Ward 10. Pilgrim Zolla anti machine candidate in Ward 6 garners North End Italian American support campaigning from a wagon.
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William H. Sullivan
Ward 19
House of Representatives
Civil Service Commission
Boston
Sule Hyan
J. Frank Scannell
House
W. Dudley Cotton, Jr
Congress
Cotton
George Anderson
Pilgrim Zolla
North End
Mr. Zolla
Babies born to twin mothers on same day
New York report states Mrs. Clara Mittleman and Mrs. Mary Waxman are twins and both gave birth on Sunday. Their mother Mrs. Yettie Siegel has already had three sets of twins. The two sisters were married on the same day as their children were born.
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Clara Mittleman
Max Mittleman
Mary Waxman
George Waxman
Yettie Siegel
Mittleman
Waxman
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