Tariff Bill Amended by House Conferees Passes
The House adopted the main conference agreement 254 to 103 after hours of debate. The cotton futures tax remained contested as the bill moves to the Senate. Representative Underwood led the compromise amendment with broad Democratic support and a few dissenters.
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Finance Committee
Reed
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Wilson
Lever
Ellison D. Smith
South Carolina
Agricultural Department
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Representative Hardwick
Georgia
Wingo
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Donohoe
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Lazaro
Morgan
Broussard
Louisiana
Kelly
MacDonald
Michigan
Rubley
Manahan
Minnesota
Stafford and Cary
Wisconsin
Kent
California
Clark
Representative Underwood
Democratic Party
Murdock
Moore
White House
Shich
Palmer
Missionaries in China seized by sandits
Washington reports urgent cable from the American legation at Peking noting governments in China press toward a presidential election without a new constitution. Amid rising tensions, Mongol forces and Chinese troops threaten regions north of Peking as fighting looms near Chungking and Tao Yao. Local reports confirm casualties and civilian danger as bands seize missionaries and foreign nationals.
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Washington
Peking
State Department
Tae Yu
Yuan “ Ral
Wo Chang
China
Mon-gella
San
Chung
Iolm
Serbs Face Tough Albanian Front in Macedonia
Vienna dispatch reports Albanian forces advancing from Dibra to Gostivar with 20 000 Albanians and 40 000 Macedonian Bulgars allied for revolution. Serbs withdraw from Monastir as authorities form volunteer corps to defend the city and protect Albanian and Turkish communities amid fierce clashes around Prisread.
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London
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Daily Telegraph
Belgrade
Albania
Aviona
Bervia
Dibra
Gostiyar
Mrushevg
Ochrida
Macedonia
Monastir
Prisread
Sulzer's Stock Transactions Tied to Mrs Sulzer
Albany report details Governor Sulzer using Harris and Fuller to secure loans with securities tied to Mrs. Sulzer. Trial testimony shows loans, margin calls, and a large 1910 starting deposit, with losses offset by Lt. L. M. Josephthal paying off a $26,739 balance.
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Harris and Fuller
Securithen
Bulser
Sulver
Jnne
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Bulzop
Aecline
Harris
L. M. Josephthal
New York
Booka
Josephthal
Lodge Recovering After Gastric Operation
Encouraging word comes from Senator Henry Cabot Lodge’s home after his gastric ulcer operation. Doctors say recovery will be slow and may take six weeks to two months with the patient peaceful and fever-free. Messages of support pour in from colleagues including Senator John W. Kern expressing swift recovery wishes.
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United States
Henry Cabot Lodge
Lodge
Thia
Mra. Lodge
Senator Lodges
Harrington
Senator Lodge
John W. Kern
Indiana
Senate
Explosion at Cerbern Flood Triggers Mass Death Toll
A 12 hour storm in Cerbern France floods streets and triggers a massive explosion at a hardware store storing gasoline alcohol and carbide. Fourteen killed 30 injured and many missing as fires destroy buildings and towns receive urgent bread and aid.
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France
Iisa
Cerbore
Dee
Peperman
Collioure
Vienna laundress recants promise by Prince in voyage tale
New York dispatch reports Mrs. Clara Moeleber of Vienna says Prince Stanislawa Sulkowiski promised to escort her but only aided her to travel to the United States. She was placed aboard the steamship Kruopling Wilhelm for deportation after being brought from California as an undesirable alien following a marriage to Cali fornia financier Alaric Loulee Freese.
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New York
Clara Moeleber
Vienna
Stanislawa Sulkowiski
Kroupringe Wilelm
California
Alaric Loulee Freese
Wilson Asks After Work Currency Bill Progress
Senate banking committee debates administration currency bill in lengthy session. Charles A. Conant testifies on the measure, with White House talks and Capitol discussions aiming to speed hearings. Senators Reed and others weigh amendments and potential paths to centralize reserves via a central bank or existing national banks.
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Washington
Senate Banking and Currency Committee
Charles A. Conant
New York
White House
Oween
Shafroth
Wilson
Commute
Reed
Conant
Chicago
Tennessee to Test Prohibition Law Enforcement
Nashville reports Governor Hooper called a second extraordinary session for October 13 to consider prohibition enforcement bills. The proclamation asks whether state laws should be enforced in cities as well as rural areas or be undermined by outlawed factions.
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Nashville
Iovern
Hooper
Turtles Suspected of St Vitus Dance at Zoo
Paris reports tortoises at the zoological gardens showing agitation. A veterinary diagnosed St Vitus dance. A man was later accused of stealing cocaine by injecting it into a tortoise. The animals appeared afflicted.
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Paris
Zoological Mare Dens
Near Lynching at King's Play Roasting Turks in Montenegro
At CEPTIME Montenegro on Sept 20 a King's Nicol as play The Slexe of Beatart drew a near lynching of the Turkish role actor. A youth threatened with a revolver, police forced to restrain rioters as audience denounced the assault on Tariboneh.
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Montenegro
Nicholas
Beatart
Ensad Vusha Copie
Diffenhy
Ciuat
Tariboneh
Americans Flee Piedras Negras as Federal Advance Grows
Reports from Piedras Negras indicate a mass refugee exodus to Eagle Pass as federal troops push northward under General Mans. United States reinforcements rush from San Antonio while American residents receive evacuation orders and others face expulsion penalties.
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Mexico
Constitutionalists
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Latea
Mans
S ¥Hlina
Matamoras
Brownsville
Texas
San Antonio
W . W. Vaughn
Alford Williams
Washington
Constitutionalleta
Crisenere
Echareus
Felipe Sanchez
Corriano Springs
Chargidea
Febriel Calzada
Conhuist
Herrera
May Postpone Election in Mexico Report
Aid to postpone elections was referred to committee after a failed attempt by liberal deputies to force debate in the chamber of deputies. The effort to discuss the bill did not proceed.
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Mexico
TITY
Chamber of Deputies
Mexican judge refuses to tell progress of case
Vera Cruz Sept 0 The Tampico judge directing the investigation into the assault on Matthew Gould's two daughters refused to inform the American consul at Tampico about case developments and stated the court had no right to inquire. Consul Miller reported Washington is pressing for full information from the Mexican government. In a separate case Washington acts without formal address to Mexican authorities for the release of Luella Heary and her 14 year old charge tied to a government force captain.
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Tampico
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Cansul
Tamplen
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Conau
State Department
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Vera Cros
Bas
Infarnata
Miller
Emaire
Washington Ia
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Luella Heary
Luelle Heary
Negro
Ait Wale
Parenta
Af Governuimms
Witle
Gost
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