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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1913
Page
2
A compact digest of notable items from around the globe highlights politics, science, culture, and events read by a broad audience. Readers receive a quick survey of developments shaping world affairs in concise notes.
Attorney General McReynolds warns that judges over sixty face poor chances for federal appointment. National Woman's Suffrage parade planned for April 7 in Washington. Wilson declines to renew talks with American bankers over a 125 million loan to China. A proclamation convenes Congress in extra session on April 7. The Kansas bank guaranty act of 1909 is upheld as constitutional. The Sherman law issue arises in the Naval Stores case before the Supreme Court. A postmaster application was found inside a cane gifted from California.
Julian Hawthorne son of Nathaniel Hawthorne was convicted in federal court of fraudulent use of the mails in a mining scheme and sentenced to one year and one day. He acted with two companions and faces imprisonment in New York City.
After eighty six hours of deliberation the jury in Dr. B. Clark Hyde's trial in Kansas City was dismissed by Judge Porterfield with nine for acquittal and three for conviction. Prosecutor Jacobs expects a September retrial.
Reports detail the assassination of King George of Greece in Saloniki, with Prince Nicholas declaring Constantine the new king. A dancer Frances Leslie was found dead aboard the Oceanic near Cherbourg, suspected poisoning. Other items note Huerta plot rhetoric in Mexico, a fire killing six on Romania oil wells, and Mawson’s Antarctic expedition ship Aurora arriving in Hobart.
Arthur Godair an expensive opera ator at the National Stock Yards East St Louis was killed when the taxi cab he rode in was struck by a street car Ex Governor Dockery of Missouri has been sworn in as third assistant.
A bill proposed by Mr. Oliver to create a Missouri state flag passes the senate and moves to the governor. The design features a seven to twelve rectangular proportion with red white blue stripes and a central coat of arms. An amendment by Senator Busby removes a clause granting Standard Oil motor fuel business rights. The measure also raises oil and gas inspectors salaries from 1500 to 2000 dollars and increases deputies from six to eight.
Representative Mc Namara of St. Louis leads a bill to require employers in dangerous occupations to provide free working clothes, monthly medical examinations, and washroom and locker facilities separate from smelter areas to prevent exposure to fumes. The measure targets workers in smelters and metal or chemical plants.
The senate passed a bill abolishing the railway and warehouse commissioner and creating a warehouse inspector. It fixes the warehouse commissioner salary at 3500 and the Phelps measure at 4500, with the latter favored possibly to win governor backing. James T. Bradshaw, elected railroad commissioner to a 3000 salary, is reported to have been promised the governor’s job.
The House approved the Orr bill advancing free school books and urging districts to decide on their adoption. The Senate has passed a mirror measure introduced by Senator Crossley. A substitution will be required before final approval and signature by the governor.
A state eight member commission to select a uniform Missouri school textbook system awaits senate passage after house approval. The bill now sits in engrossment in the senate and seeks to prevent more than five members from a single political party.
Governor Major signed the public service commission bill into law. The measure becomes effective April 15. He said no appointments would be made until the first week in April while he studies possible appointees, deeming the commission board a key act of his administration.
The measure introduced by Representative Burch passed the senate without debate or change. It extends demurrage eligibility from forty eight to ninety six hours for unclaimed shipments and sets the maximum charge amount, a pivotal change for all railroad shippers.
The House voted 103 to 25 to repeal the Mobile Insurance law enacted two years ago. Fraternal insurance orders across the state were drawn into the fight, with the law hitting them hard on an old line basis and especially burdening the Modern Woodmen.
The senate committee on constitutional amendments turned down the Craig suffrage restitution and agreed to report a substitute proposing a constitutional amendment to be submitted at the general election. The 1914 substitute would empower the general assembly to enfranchise women by statute at any time it deems fit.
Petition of 300 tax payers in a county prompts the state auditor to send accountants or assistant auditors to examine the county finances as if the bill has passed into law, awaiting Senate concurrence.
Senate approves measure establishing the state SE office amid debate over its duties and funding. The bill clears legislative hurdles as lawmakers outline implementation steps and oversight.
The Barberville house joint and concurrent resolution proposes an amendment to raise legislative pay to 1600 dollars a year in addition to current compensation. The measure passes the senate and will be among amendments to be put before voters at the next general election.
The bill requires railroads and other transportation firms to incorporate in Missouri once signed by Governor Major. It ranks among the harshest railroad laws since the two cent fare measure, giving the state courts jurisdiction to sue railroads once incorporated, removing protection in federal courts.
The house votes to form a three member commission to study prison conditions in other states and report methods of employing convicts to end the present contract system. Governor Major signs the Crossley Bill extending the contract system to December 13, 1915.
A House passed bill increases required signatures for propositions from 5 to 8 percent of voters in two thirds of congressional districts. A similar senate bill has been engrossed, matching the higher threshold to trigger an initiative submission.
Senator Crossley advances a bill allowing each district to use its portion of the foreign insurance tax to supply free books for children from poor families. The tax totals about % million dollars and is collected and distributed by the state.
The senate agreed to house amendments to Senator McClintic's bill raising feminine consent age to 17. The bill had increased it from 14 to 16, and the house added another year. It now goes to the governor.
The measure, already approved by the senate, moves to Governor Major for final enactment. It creates a new benefit road district and becomes law upon signature.
In a closing session move the house urged action against unregistered lobbyists. The resolution calls on the attorney general and Cole county prosecuting attorney to pursue prosecutions for failure to register.
The senate approved a Kennedy bill making it a misdemeanor to give away lunches at any place selling intoxicating liquor. The measure moves to the governor for final action.
The house passed a bill making sale of cigarettes and makings a crime punishable by one year in jail. It also bans giving away cigarettes under a similar penalty.
The bill introduced by Representative Kyle of Ozark county would prevent the guilty party in a divorce suit from remarrying for two years. The measure passed the house amid considerable opposition.
The measure speeds appeals to higher courts by six month dismissal rule if not finished. It sets six month timelines and allows a year for lawyers to perfect appeals, otherwise verdicts are enforced.
The measure by Representative Towson of Shelby County appropriating 15000 dollars to transport Union and Confederate veterans to the Gettysburg reunion next summer cleared the House.
The house passed the anti mooching bill without dissent. It imposes a 200 dollar penalty for grafters mooching political candidates.
A bill patterned after the Kansas blue sky law giving the bank commissioner power to prohibit questionable insolvency agents has passed the House. It now returns to the Senate for concurrence on House amendments.
Manual Alcalde publisher of the New Era in Mexico City arrived in San Francisco with proof alleging that Madero was shot at the palace and Pino Suarez was strangled or stabbed, not killed in the prison assault as claimed by Huerta. He says bodies were moved by motor car and the incident timed earlier.
In Hingham Mars Admiral Joseph G Eaton died from arsenic poison. His widow Mrs Eaton pleaded not guilty at arraignment before Judge Edward Pratt. A March 28 continuance was granted. She is held without bail as district attorney Barker confirms the poison caused the admiral s death.
President Wilson selects Charles W. Eliot former Harvard president as ambassador to Great Britain. Close friends urge acceptance on the eve of his seventy ninth birthday. George W. Guthrie chosen as ambassador to Mexico by Wilson confidants.
President Wilson announced after two hours of cabinet discussion that the administration will not ask American bankers to continue negotiations for participation in the 125 million dollar loan desired by the Chinese government.
President Wilson does not intend to accept valuable gifts. He returned a gold mounted razor strop to the donor with a letter of regret. The item reached him after remarks about a strops value as a barometer.
Mrs. Tom Walden wife of Carroll county sheriff seized her husband revolver and forced six prisoners back to their cells at the county jail in Ville after a prisoner struck her husband unconscious with a chair. Odus Davidson awaiting murder penalty remains confined in the jail. Mrs Walden was in an adjoining room when the assault occurred.
Winthrop Ames former New Theater director in New York offers a $10,000 prize for the best American play submitted before August 15. The offer targets aspiring writers and aims to encourage new dramatic works in the United States.
A Hill A westbound Wabash passenger train derailed at Niantic while traveling thirty miles an hour. No one was killed and only a few were slightly injured.
An express service between New York and Mass via the Panama Canal is operated by the Toyo Kisen Kaisha line, linking San Francisco with relief cargo movements.
Mr W D Smith of Ethel Kentucky praises Dodd's Kidney Pills after years of use saying they saved him from kidney trouble and backache. At 77 he remains a believer and urges others to publish his testimonial with his photo. Dodd's Kidney Pills are 50 cents a box from Dodd's Medicine Co Buffalo NY.
John and Betty aged five and four were at the station with their parents on Monday but missed the train as it pulled away. The following Sunday they set out for Sunday school but returned halfway after the bell rang, declaring with a smile that they got left.
A seven year old colored boy faced juvenile court before Jo Taylor for shooting at a playmate with a rifle. The questioning included a probe about where the act occurred in Indiana, Marion County. The phrasing reflects a newspaper clipping from The Indianapolis News.
Fragmentary lines show an exchange about engagement and identity with names Bella Mr Blim and Miss Blim, implying a social or romantic misunderstanding. The text is incomplete but hints at a planned future union or societal label. Further context would clarify who holds the engagement and to whom.
A cryptic line notes that fortunes favor those who win and mock those who lose money in a sly market of luck. It hints at public whims turning on fortunes and the lure of gain amid loss.
A historical letter recalls a person fearing paralysis from tea use and relief after quitting tea. The writer describes prior numb spells, bilious colic, sleepless nights, and multiple remedies with doctors urging cessation. After stopping tea, headaches and numb spells largely ceased and sleep improved.
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