02 Mar 1911
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Newspaper
Charlotte News
Location
Charlotte, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1911
Page
1
The Senate debates a permanent tariff board as Democrats seek immediate action on appropriation bills. Republicans push to keep the tariff measure before the chamber while Democrats argue it delays essential funding and accuse the move of bargaining. The session features votes and procedural maneuvers, with Speaker pro tempore and several senators weighing timing and priorities.
Jose Ives Limantour, Mexico’s finance minister, sails on the Kronprinz Wilhelm from Cherbourg to New York with his wife, after a European mission to place bonds worth 110 million dollars. He plans a water trip to Yucatan for a private visit before returning to Mexico, urging revolutionaries to lay down arms to restore peace and national credit.
After a spirited tie this morning the house passed a measure to investigate the cost and conduct of fire insurance companies in North Carolina by a 63 to 3 vote. The bill moves to the senate. amendments and related measures were also discussed or tabled.
Advices via Tambu Maru report the Emperor of Japan gave three quarters of a million dollars from a private purse to the poor in Japan. A rescript accompanied the gift noting economic changes push people toward erroneous paths. Vernacular press comments see the gift as a reaction to the times and criticize the government amid anarchistic plots.
Attorney General Stead at Springfield is ordered by the state senate strike investigating committee to begin criminal proceedings against Chicago clothing manufacturers accused in the committee report of maintaining a blacklist. The probe tied the garment workers strike to a card index system used to boycott and bar "undesirable" workers from employment.
Nine years after the Aguillar Broadhead coal mine explosion five bodies were recovered, including believed remains of Geo Parker and George Mason. In New York, Joseph G Robin pleaded guilty to stealing 27000 from Washington Savings Bank as ADA Clark probes possible accomplices and Carnegie Trust ties. Alienists deem Robin paranoiac despite denials.
The Alabama senate approves a bill creating a three judge intermediate court of appeals between NYSI Pruss courts and the state supreme court with each judge earning 5900 dollars.
Gaston county commissioners J F Seeker O G Falls and R K Davenport visited Charlotte to inspect Mecklenburg’s convict camps. Led by Mecklenberg Chairman W M Jong they toured Matthews and viewed a mobile stockade car housing prisoners, noting the system’s cost savings and efficiency.
The Gideons have ordered one hundred thousand Bibles for general distribution as part of a national plan to place a Bible in every hotel bedroom in the country. The move is described as the largest order of its kind. In Missouri, the senate commended United States Senators Stone and Warner for voting against Senator William Lorimer in a recent United States Senate contest.
Robert E Cantwell, an attorney, was found not guilty by a jury in Judge Scanlans court in Chicago on March 2. The perjury count related to the trial of three Chinese accused of murder conducted some time ago.
Mrs Lida Pursell Fitzgerald sues General Purcell Fitzgerald of Ireland to attach Fayette county properties in Uniontown Pennsylvania so she can collect 15000 alimony annually. The case before Judge R Uinbel features Fitzgerald asserting no liability due to his remarriage.
Chicago authorities probe the morphine poisoning death of 24 year old Mrs Paul Kimball wife of Sherman Kimball junior partner at Sherman Kimball lumber. Daughter of former Utah senator Frank J Can non she died after collapsing despite remedies.
Secretary of War Dickinson will fly to Panama in March to inspect canal progress. He sails March 13 with only a stenographer, for roughly ten days of inspection. Before the trip he will address the Southern Commercial Congress in Atlanta on March 10.
The main building of Mount St Marys college in Plainfield New Jersey burned causing over 200000 in damage. About 250 students and sisters escaped unharmed while Fireman Donald White suffered severe burns and President W M Hatton was badly injured during rescue efforts. The fire origin is unknown.
By Associated Press Albany March 2 efforts to break the senatorial stalemate continued with a joint ballot at noon followed by pairs arrangements among lawmakers. Most will leave for home Tuesday after the session.
Gifford Pinchot former chief forester and NA leader told the National Wholesale Lumber Dealers Association convention that passage of the agricultural appropriation bill as amended by Senator Hevburn Idaho would lead to complete destruction of the national forests.
In Toledo a ten percent wage cut, eight hour day, and reduced staff hit the locomotive department of Lake Shore Railroad. About 95 machinists and boiler makers face pay envelopes reduced with layoffs possible. Fifteen struck boiler makers were replaced. In Cleveland a parallel ten percent force reduction is planned across Ashtabula, Cleveland, Toledo, Elkhart, Buffalo, and Inglewood shops with single and recently hired workers affected. married workers retained, no wage or hours cut.
Washington March 2 Senator Beveridge in charge of the permanent tariff board bill said we are going to put it across and that the bill will be passed soon after 1 o'clock. Senator Penrose pressed for action on the post office appropriation bill as Beveridge urged the tariff measure. Most conservative senators were inclined to support Penrose’s view.
The weather in Texas remains extremely dry along the coast and in spring gardens, with little to no rain over an extended period. The coast belt, normally receiving almost daily showers, has seen scarcely any precipitation.
Washington reports confirm Republicans favor an early extra session to tackle the Canadian reciprocity bill after the current congress. President Taft will decide the date with GOP leaders, with March 20 discussed and a swift Senate action anticipated to accelerate passage before broader tariff plans.
Sympathy grows for Louise Stevens and Dora Wilson held without bail as lawyers seek habeas corpus relief. Clients face potential release pending grand jury review after investigation into the death of A J Winn. Shannonhouse and Jones represent the women and plan to file the petition soon.
The judiciary committee-backed resolution directs the attorney general to report on investigations into a potential foreign coffee monopoly. It targets alleged talks between the Brazilian government and Sao Paulo with a syndicate led by J. P. Morgan & Co. to control coffee exports. The measure seeks steps taken to enforce anti-trust laws and the outcomes of those actions.
Nashville merchants from the South and parts of the Midwest voted to oppose a parcels post plan with uniform rates regardless of distance. A committee will go to Washington to present the convention's conclusion, while the group hints support only for distance-based charges if proposed.
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