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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1913
Page
2
The Butler Herald notes a collage of wry items from national life. observations range from a father of the trolley car to witty quips about baseball, fashion, inventions, and politics. The item sketches local humor and broader curiosities with a lightly satirical tone.
The Democratic caucus approves tariff revisions granting free sugar and free wool for 1916. Sugar passes 40 to 6 in the House and wool 41 to 6 in the Senate, aligning with President Wilson’s tariff agenda after a prolonged debate. Names of dissenters include Hitchcock and Newlands among others.
Hardwick leads opposition to reform as House Democrats abandon the commerce court plan and vote to abolish the court. A resolution to hear the Sims bill and eliminate the court was passed. The move aims to preserve pending and future litigation while ending the tribunal. Thousands of miners prepare to strike in West Virginia fields, starting July 1, with broader actions anticipated in Cabin Creek and Paint Creek districts. Judge Randolph joins revenue officers in raiding illicit distillers, destroying several stills in Calhoun county. A homing pigeon from Rio Janeiro named Sunny Jim completes a record 4200 mile flight to Jeannette, Pa, the first known such south of the equator.
Bulgarian troops attacked Servian positions at Zletovo and Ratkovatz in Macedonia. Official reports say the attack was unprovoked and artillery entered action as both sides suffered losses. The clash has heightened tension in Belgrade. A carload of war munitions bound for Venustiano Carranza in northern Mexico is being held in New Orleans while the U S department of justice decides whether it may cross the border. The shipment includes 128 rapid fire guns and hundreds of cases of ammunition.
Representative Doremus of Michigan was elected chairman of the Democratic congressional committee by a 30 to 24 vote after months of competition with several rivals. Appointed in step with President Wilson's likely preference, Doremus will head the party's mid-presidential campaign planning as harmony prevailed and the committee completed its organization.
Ray M. Stewart an 18 year old opened fire in a Washington criminal court attempt to shoot up the court. Justice Wendell P. Stafford dove for cover as shots rang out narrowly missing Assistant United States Attorney Samuel Hacken Harvey Given and Policeman Moffett. Spectators and officials fled the courtroom seeking safety after Stewart fired three rounds. Stafford had just denied probation after a prior conviction for attempted highway robbery.
Washington President Wilson signed the sundry civil appropriation bill with a veto threat on the labor unions and farmers exemption from prosecution under a 300000 dollar fund for Sherman antitrust enforcement. He called the exemption unjustifiable though DOJ funds exist for enforcement. In Philadelphia a rejected suitor killed a young bride and a helper at a wedding. three others injured. Sellie Spirit Morton Del is stabbed. an unidentified woman shot. Angelo Geccino accused, slashed throat.
London report says aviator Fairbairns disappeared after plunging into the sea off Shoeburyness while testing a new enclosed 250 horsepower aircraft designed for a trans Atlantic flight from Brooklands. A nearby companion could not save him before he sank.
The House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce takes up reforms to improve cotton handling, bailings, and packing for interstate shipment. Georgia's Rep Adams leads discussions on prohibiting wasteful sampling and unfair tare deductions while examining country damage rules. Debates highlight uniform fare, railcar capacity, and pending bills from Burleson and Heflin as cotton growers, exporters, and carriers prepare to testify.
Four men are confirmed dead and sixty injured after a blast at the Husted Milling Company elevator and grain storehouse in Buffalo New York. The puffing of accumulated dust in the feed house caused the explosion tearing a wall and shattering windows within a quarter mile. John Conroy an engine engineer died from internal injuries and Henry Vetter was found burned under a box car. A boy running to the fire was struck and killed by an automobile.
Philadelphia warns veterans against bringing tattered battle flags to the Gettysburg celebration. Only the stars and stripes will be allowed in the encampment to prevent old animosities. Also in Chicago three aldermen push an ordinance to curb deadly drugs after several poison deaths.
Washington reports the army faces a shortage of at least 1,000 horses, greater than any prior shortage. The War Department has spent $100,000 under a March 4 appropriation, with $175,000 more to be available July 1. Prices are lower than last year, and most purchases come from Missouri markets.
Fifty people were injured when a Pennsylvania railroad excursion train derailed near Sterling station on a trip to Olean Rock City and Bradford. About 40 miles per hour on a curve, three of five coaches left the track rolling down an embankment while the smoking car followed. Locomotive stayed on track then separated after dragging coaches 200 feet. Doctors and nurses from Rochester and nearby towns rushed to the scene and hospitals took the most seriously injured.
Donald Roscoe aged 10 and Hubert Moore aged 9, both of Niagara Falls, drowned after a small flat bottom boat broke free from its rope and drifted toward the whirlpool. Hundreds watched from shore as the vessel neared the rapids and the boys reportedly shook hands before vanishing in the surge. neither body was recovered.
Advices from Barcelona report renewed fighting in Morocco provoking socialists and anarchists. A stormy antiwar meeting led to clashes with police, firearms were used, and several people were shot as riots continued amid disquieting tensions.
President Wilson presses Congress to approve a modern banking and currency system, arguing free enterprise requires ready instrumentalities and government oversight to prevent monopolies. He warns against delaying action and stresses duty, credit mobilization, and rapid reform to empower business and protect economic liberty. Local items mention Milledgeville farming progress, Cordele youth sheltering in jail, Griffin board of trade formation, Savannah crime cases, Athens official statements, and Augusta statue ceremony.
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