Tariff Bill Debate Lights Up final House day
Washington April 28 a lively final general debate on the tariff bill filled the House as speakers from the Democratic and Progressive ranks urged revisions and defended Underwood plans. Rainey Murdock and Chandler argued the measure would ease consumer taxes, curb wool protections, and promote freer exchange while Underwood defended the five percent tariff on American vessels and shipbuilding benefits.
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Washington
Underwood
Senate
Representative Rainey
Tillmons
Representative Murdock
Kansas
Chandler
New York
Rainey
United States
Ways and Meant
Army Aviator Killed During Steep Descent in London
Lieutenant Roger Harrison of the British Army's aviation corps died when attempting a steep descent from 400 feet in a biplane. The elevator collapsed under strain and the craft crashed to earth, killing him instantly.
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London
Roger Harrison
Aviation Corps
Harrison
Gillam to critique local ads at Publicity club event
Tonight at eight o clock in the Atlantic hotel auditorium Bridgeport merchants will hear Manley Gillam analyze sixteen Bridgeport newspaper advertisements. He will discuss both good and bad features of retail advertising and provide practical guidance to improve advertising results. President Stanley H. Bullard invites local merchants and advertisers to attend free of charge.
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Manley Gillam
Atlantic Hotel
Bridgeport
Gillam
Gitlam
Ban on Sunday Catholic Funerals After May 1
Beginning May 1 no Catholic funerals may take place on Sundays in this city except in extraordinary cases such as deaths from contagious diseases. St. Augustine's Church officials and Rev. Father C. J. McElroy state the clergy prefer fewer Sunday funerals and cemetery workers should not be required to work seven days a week.
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St. Augustine's R. C
C. J. McElroy
St. Augustine’s Church
St. Michael's Cemetery
Pastors Stand Against Sunday Baseball in Bridgeport
Bridgeport pastors meeting reaffirmed opposition to professional baseball on Sundays at New Field Park and to commercializing the Sabbath. They say Sunday games defy the law and threaten rest and worship, urging public sentiment to support lawfulness and orderly conduct.
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Bridgeport Pastor's Association
Newfield Park
Jesuits Plan Test For White Plague Cure In Chicago
Washington reports the Jesuits will open a disease laboratory at Loyola University Chicago to test a serum claimed by Dr Peter Duket to cure advanced tuberculosis. Dr Maximilian Hergeg, a former U S health official, will oversee the tests and evaluate other serums in the new lab.
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Washington
Frederick F. Friedmann
Loyola University
Chicago
Peter Duket
Maximilian Hergeg
United States Public Health Department
Pastors Deny Misleading Report On City Baseball
Rev John R Brown president of the Bridgeport Pastors Association protests a newspaper story claiming ministers planned a fight and outlined city dealings. He says the association only issued a written statement and had no other comments or actions. He confirms the next meeting is this morning.
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DEF Pastor’s Association
John R. Brown
First Baptist Church
Bridgeport Pastors’ Association
Pastors’ Association
Mr. Bryan
California
Bryan
Gov. Johnson
Insurance Firms Barred from Leaving Missouri by Injunction
Jefferson City April 28 The Missouri Supreme Court issued an injunction restraining 182 fire insurance companies from canceling contracts now in force. They may not stop existing coverage but were given 10 days to show why further action should not be taken to prevent permanent cancellation. dissenters included Judges Brown Bond and Walker.
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Jefferson City
State Supreme Court
Brown
Bond
Walker
Montenegro Protests Evacuation Demand On Scutari
London report says Montenegro protests European powers demand to evacuate Scutari while noting frontier delimitation in Albania. Montenegro seeks equitable treatment and equality with Balkan allies as Crown Prince Danilo moves north from Scutari with troops.
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London
Cettinje
Scuteri
Montenegro
Scutari
Albania
Vienna
Danijelo
Sultan’s assure of U S friendship reaches Philippines
Major John P. Finley U S A carries a message from the Sultan of Turkey to Mohammedan communities in the Philippines. The war department expects his return from Constantinople to the Jolo archipelago. The Sultan pledges that Islam will not be attacked and that friendship with the United States will be maintained. Finley, former governor of Zamboanga, pursued a mission for peace and has aided U S influence among local tribes.
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Washington
Turkey
John P. Finley
War Department
Constantinople
Jolo
United States
Ma. Finley
Zamboanga
Brandeis Overeports Earnings Of New Haven Railroad
Brandeis questioned government accountant David E. Brown during the interstate commerce committee hearing on the New York New Haven Hartford Railroad. Brown said for the year ending June 30 1903 rail and steam revenues were about 47 296 077. 1912 revenues about 67 359 218 showing a nine year rise of roughly 42 percent. The 1906 figure stood at 52 984 322. 1912 increase about 27 percent. Capital stock and related items rose from 34 000 000 in 1893 to 470 000 000 in 1912, a 400 percent gain far outpacing revenue growth. Choate questioned the use of figures as potentially misleading.
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C.f. Choate, Jr
Mr. Brandeis
Massachusetts
Brown
New Haven Road
New Haven
Brandeis
Choate
Head-on Train Crash Injures Italian Workers and Passengers
In Quincy Massachusetts a head-on collision between an inbound and outbound NYNH&H West Quincy branch train injured several Italian workers and two passengers. Fog and signal misreading caused the crash. crews jumped to safety as engines were wrecked but stayed on rails.
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Quincy
Mass
West Quincy
New York, New Haven & Hartford
Labor Leader Haywood Arrested as Silk Strike Protests Rise
William D. Haywood leader of the Industrial Workers of the World was arrested at Passaic on his way to surrender in Paterson on an indictment for inciting riots among silk mill strikers. Ten thousand strikers gathered at the Erie station to escort him to jail. fourteeen picketing protesters were jailed for unlawful assemblage. Elizabeth Gurley Flynn and Carlo Trescka aided Haywood and remained free on bail.
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Paterson
N. J
William D.haywood
Industrial Workers of the World
Passaic
New York
Erie
Haywood
Radcliffe
Elizabeth Gurley Flynn
Carlo Trescka
Hay Wood
Miss Miynn
Trescka
Dr Leonard Bailey Dies at 77 in Middletown
Dr Leonard Bailey, the oldest physician in Middletown, died at his home today in his 78th year. He served many years on the board of education and recently he and his wife celebrated their golden wedding anniversary.
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Middletown
Leonard Bailey
Board of Education
Sisson's War Speech Stirs Congressmen
Washington April 23 Rep Sisson of Mississippi delivers a war tone speech endorsing California anti alien land laws. He argues non resident aliens should not hold land and condemns Japan while defending state rights and a strong American farmer. Bryan arrives in Sacramento to discuss alien land bills with Governor Johnson and lawmakers.
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Washington
California
Sisson
Mississippi
Mr. Sisson
United States
Jackson
Cleveland
McKinley
Japan
Representative Mann
Ir. Sisson
Bryan
Sacramento
Cal
William J. Bryan
Gov. Johnson
Coroner Probes Death in Cheshire Trolley Incident
Coroner Mix arrived from New Haven to investigate the death of Henry Hendricks who was killed on the trolley line early Sunday morning. He is survived by a wife and five children.
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Cheshire
Mix
New Haven
Henry Hendricks
Eloping Pittsburgh Couple Seeks Death Pact in Newburgh
Miss Minnie Marsh daughter of a Newburgh fruit grower and Benjamin Hart of Pittsburgh were found at a Broad street boarding house. Hart fled from a window while police moved to arrest them for misconduct. Marsh remained jailed as investigators probe a planned self inflicted death pact and a wanted elopement with social significance.
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Minnie Marsh
Newburgh
Benjamin T. Hart
Pittsburg
Broad Street
Miss Marsh
Charles Marsh
Cen
Ater Cod Hart
Pittsburgh
Philadelphia
Boston
Middlehope
N. Y
Maple‘wood Avenue
Geo Fox
Fairfield Avenue
Elm Street
Hart
Fox
Lieut. Webb
David Jack
Hudson Valley
Recognition of New Republic Put Off for a While
Washington reports delay in recognizing the new Chinese republic due to political friction in Pekin. Officials cite constitutional formation and assembly deadlock as reasons to postpone immediate recognition. American policy hinges on orderly government structure amid five power loan negotiations and Yuan Shi Kai tensions.
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Washington
China
United States
Pekin
Yuan Shi Kai
Bryn Wae
Charge Williams
New Republic
Father of 50 Children Still Living at 93
Walnut Ark April 24 In Newton county Thomas Ellison known as Uncle Tom is cited as the proof of progeneration Roosevelt principles. He has married three times and sired 50 children extending to 125 grandchildren, 60 great grandchildren and 27 great great grandchildren. His youngest child is 11 and oldest 65. Ellison was born in Clinton county Ohio.
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Walnut
Ark
Thomas Ellison
Tom
Newton County
Theodore Roosevelt
Ellison
Cather
Breat
Clinton County
Ohio
Schooner on ledge near Nahant halts voyage
A schooner Francis A Rice bound from Weymouth to Boston ran onto Nahant ledges during a heavy fog. The crew were rescued by Nahant life savers. In North Eastham three Cape crewmen searched for a distressed vessel, but no trace was found as thick fog and heavy seas persisted.
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Nahant
Mass
Eoheonmer
Francis A. Rice
Waymouth
N. 5
Boston
Nahant Life Savers
North Eastham
Cape
Crewe
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U. S
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Sultan
U.S
Prouty
Ghoate
W. D. Haywood
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Henee
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Held
George Humphreys
Diicuss
Center Street
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