Congress opens with Cannon re-elected and tariff debate
Washington March 15 opening of the sixty first congress extra session focused on organization and tariff reform. Speaker Cannon wins reelection amid insurgent tensions while Rep Payne leads the way on the new Payne tariff bill with extensive hearings involving Carnegie Gary Schwab and other leaders. More than 200 witnesses from business farming and statistics testified as the Ways and Means committee prepares rapid action.
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Cannon
Payne
Washington
Hall of Representatives
McDowell
Taft
House
Senate
United States
Chicago
Ways and “Means
Old House
H. N. Wingham
Serena E. Payne
Committee On
Ways and Means
Andrew Carnegie
Elbert H.gary
Charles M. Schwab
Care A. Wagerine
Debate Grows Over Protective Duties In Iron and Other Industries
The article notes Judge Gary pushing for higher duties to shield independent iron and steel makers from monopoly, with lumber wool paper sugar and fruit also seeking protection. It describes ongoing tariff bill debates and the Senate's anticipatory role as sessions begin amid broader legislative maneuvering.
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Iron Arti
America
Gary
United States Steel Corporation
Senate
House
Sherman
Horses of Governor Willson Run Away
Governor Willson and Mrs. Willson with guests Mrs. Lyman of New York narrowly escaped death as horses attached to the governor’s carriage ran away in Frankfort. Mrs. Willson was unconscious and injured. Willson bruised. Mrs. Lyman cut. The carriage overturned after the horses kicked and plunged past a streetcar.
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Frankfort
Willson
Robert M.lyman
New York
Live Stock Perishes as Alabama Floods Rise
Alabama rivers rise with Selma water projected at fifty seven feet. Low lands across central Alabama submerged, livestock perished in large numbers. Tallapoosa River floods, Selma oil plant abandoned, power plant risk, Kyle Lumber submered in Gadsden.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Selma
Middle Alabama
Tallapoosa
Standard Oil Company
Selma Light Company
Gadsden
Kyle Lumber Company
Ranchman Kills Wife and Daughter in Cheyenne
Posey Ryan, a ranchman, shot and killed his wife and daughter in a Cheyenne restaurant. The divorce suit filed by Mrs. Ryan had been brought to court, and Ryan told police he expected to hang.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
Posey Ryan
Ryan
Denver tanker and ex-mayor Charles L Burpee dies in Rockford
Charles L Burpee of Denver a prominent tanker and former acting mayor died suddenly in Rockford while visiting his sister on March 15. He was known in Colorado politics and business and had served as acting mayor of Denver.
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Dreps
Rockford
Charles L. Burpee
Denver
Col
Wrights to Build Six Aeroplanes
Wright brothers order a London firm to immediately construct six aeroplanes. The March 14 report notes the significant move for early aviation development and commercial assembly in Britain.
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Wrights
London
Wright Brothers
Regular newspaper delivery request notice
Patrons are asked to inform the office if they are not receiving their paper regularly. The notice requests timely reporting to ensure service repair and uninterrupted delivery.
Recount committee to report on deadlock shift week
Springfield March 15 Despite a Wednesday legislature start a busy week is expected as senatorial deadlock votes may shift. anti-Hopkins push, Lowden candidacy talk, Browne Lantz tensions, and apportionment debates dominate. Submerged lands bills and tax commission action also loom with recount on governor race likely to end contest.
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Ite
Steel Company
Springfield
Senator Hopkins
Kane County
Hopkins
Lowden
Lee O'Neil Browne
Browne
Walter Lantz
House
Senate
Brownback
Bureau County
LaSalle County
Unois Steel Company
Adlaf
Stevenson
Sunken Eye Appearance From Fat Loss Described
A medical explanation states the eyeball rests in facial fat and as illness causes the body to waste away the fat is absorbed, making the eye sink deeper in the socket and producing a sunken look.
Colds Cured by Rees Laxative Cough Syrup This Season
Colds contracted at this season are quickly relieved with Rees Laxative Cough Syrup. Its laxative quality cleanses the system and eases coughs for children including croup and whooping cough. Sold by H. J Moogh and C. P. Guenther.
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H. J Moogh
C. P. Guenther
Wife of financier says Morse fortune dissipated
Mrs Charles W Moree, wife of financier Morse, confirms reports that his fortune was lost. She says she sold furs and jewels to meet obligations from lawyers fees and insists her happiness lies in serving Mr Morse despite the ruin.
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New York
Charlea W. Moree
Mrs. Morse
Morse
Seventeen Hurt in Sanderson Train Wreck
An eastbound Southern Pacific passenger train crashed into an open switch and collided with a switch engine in Sanderson yards. Seventeen passengers were injured, two possibly fatally, with W J Desmond of Milwaukee and Scott Phillips, dining car waiter, listed among the most seriously hurt.
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San Antonio
Tex
Southern Pacific
Sanderson
W. J. Desmond
Milwaukee
Wis
Scott Phillips
Harriman Aides Confer In Pasadena Today
In Pasadena a three week conference begins with Harriman and a cadre of rail executives including Julius Krytschnitt and W F Herrin of Southern Pacific Epes Randolph J T Harahan J P O'Brien E E Calvin George T Nicholson and W F H Newman. The aim is to discuss anticipated changes in railroad circles after the gathering.
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Los Angeles
Cal
BH. H. Harriman
Pasadena
Harriman
Julius Kryttschnitt
Southern Pacific
W. F. Herrin
The
Epes Randolph
Arizona
J. T. Harahan
Ilinois Central
J. P. O’brien
Oregon Railroad and Navigation Company
E. E. Calvin
George T. Nicholson
Santa Fe
W. FH. Newman
New York Central
Strike Looms Among Anthracite Miners Says Hartlein
Philadelphia March 15 Secretary Hartlein of district No 9 Amalga min workers predicts a coal strike. He states at a conference with operators concessions were refused and the Scranton convention on March 23 may prompt renewed demands. If not granted, he is confident a strike will be called.
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Philadelphia
Hartlein
Amalgamated Mine Workers
Tam
Scranton
Japanese Naval Training Squadron Sails for Honolulu
The Japanese naval training squadron under Captain Isoji sails for Honolulu with 180 cadets of the Japanese army aboard. Expected to reach Honolulu in April, it will then head to San Francisco and cruise the Pacific coast toward Seattle.
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Naval Training Squadron
Hawaii
Pacific Coast
Yokohama
Fonolulu
Isoji
Honolulu
San Francisco
Seattle
Two Die For One Girl In Tragic Love Triangle
Madison March 15. Robert Nichols killed himself here and will be buried beside his brother John who died by suicide March 3, two days after Miss Beryl Somers, John’s intended bride, shot herself dead. It also emerged Robert loved Miss Somers in addition to John.
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Madison
Robert Nichols
John
Beryl Somers
Brice
Robert
Saners
Death ends long fast ends in Marlboro death
Adelard Bastin, 51, died at his Marlboro Massachusetts home after a 46 day fast due to cancer. The fasting was not voluntary and ended with his death on March 15. Bastin had been ill for some time.
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Marlboro
Mess
Adelard Bastiin
Bastin
Women Win In Denmark Municipal Council Numbers
Copenhagen reports seven of forty two council members are women. Across provinces seven percent of elected candidates are women.
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Denmark
Copenhagen
Provinces
Edmund N Morrell Dies After Long Kansas Governorship
Edmund N Morrell former governor of Kansas dies in San Antonio Texas on March 15. His term of office extended over a quarter of a century. The long serving leader passed away leaving behind a legacy of sustained political influence in the state.
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Edmund N. Morrell
San Antonio
Tex
Kansas
Feast in Honor of St Patrick Banquet Planned in Chicago
The Irish Fellowship club of Chicago plans its annual St Patrick day banquet at the Auditorium hotel with invitations sent to about a thousand. Principal speakers include Very Reverend John Cavanagh of Notre Dame on The Irish as Educators and Daniel W Lawlor of St Paul on Some Irish Achievements, with Archbishop James E Quigley giving the invocation.
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John Cavanagh
Notre Dame University
Daniel W. Lawlor
St. Paul
James E. Quigley
Chicago
Hornson
Irish Fellowship Club
Auditorium Hotel
Fellowship Club
Thos. A. O’shaughnessey
Cork
Land of Shamrock
John A. McGarry
Francis O’shaughnessy
Bernard J. Mullaney
Irish Choral Society
Grace Conley
Grand Rapids
St. Patrick’s Day
Irish Literary Club
Orchestra Hall
J. K. Fielding
Corpus Christchurch
J. B. Ballard
Montreal
Canada
Phillip J. McKenna
West Pointers at Dinner United States Military Academy Reunion
Twenty first annual reunion dinner of West Point graduates was held at the Great Northern Hotel in Chicago on March 15. The event honors the academy’s founding anniversary, commemorating the 117th year. Committee members included Frederick D. Grant Charles S. Burt Edward C. Young Benjamin F. Miller Lewis D. Greene. At the reunions there is no rank distinction among attendees, all are simply graduates.
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Chicago
West Point
Great Northern
United States Military Academy
Frederick D. Grant
Charles S. Burt
Edward C. Young
Benjamin F. Miller
Ewis D. Greene
Academy
Alleged marshals rob Galesburg hotel keeper
W Bennett a former Hot Springs hotel keeper was abducted from his boarding house by three men claiming to be United States deputy marshals in Galesburg. They forced him to a shanty on the outskirts, bound him with copper wire and robbed diamonds worth 500 dollars and a large cash sum.
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Galesburg
W. Bennett
Hot Springs
United States
Towa
Traveling salesman takes poison on street
Frederick H. Brown, a traveling salesman, swallowed carbolic acid in Talsted street near Root street in full view of about twenty pedestrians. He collapsed and died soon after police delivered him to a hospital. Meanwhile four hundred steel workers went on strike at the American Steel Foundry in Granite City over a wage dispute.
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Chicago
Frederick H. Brown
Talsted Street
Root Street
Granite City
American Steel Foundry Company
Kings Little Liver Pill Ad
An old advert touts Kings Little Liver Pill as a timely remedy for biliousness sick headache and constipation. It promises no griping and lists price as 3bc with sellers H. J. Moogh and C. P. Guenther.
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H. J. Moogh
C. P. Guenther
Tax Notice From Freeport Water Co Collector Wu J Halen
Tax notice urges overdue taxpayers to call and pay at the Freeport Water Co office 198 Van Buren St. Collector Wu J Halen requests prompt payment and provides office phone 104 in a brief public notice.
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Freeport Water Co
van Buren Bt
Wu. J. Halen
Troopship Logan Refloats Fails to Free From Reef
Honolulu reports three tugs failed to refloat the United States Army transport Logan which ran aground in the harbor while backing into a slip. Twenty five feet of bow rest on a reef and she lists to starboard but shows no hull leaks. If refloating fails, cargo will be lightered and a third attempt planned. Logan sailed from San Francisco for Manila on March 6 with 800 soldiers and officers aboard, including Brigadier Generals Carter Brush and David bound for the Philippines.
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Monotolu
Honolulu
United States Army
Logan
San Francisco
Manila
Twelfth Calvary
Carter
Brush
David
Philippines
Twenty Sailors Die As German Ship Sinks After Collision
Rotterdam March 15. The Norwegian steamer Mascot bound for Sunderland collided with the German ship Mereretha, bound for Hamburg, about twenty miles west of the Maas. The Mereretha sank almost immediately, twenty crew members drowned.
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Rotterdam
Mascot
Sunderland
Hamburg
Schultz Was Robbed Pawn Ticket Leads to Arrest
Washington reports the murder mystery of Chicago artist Walter F. Schultz may be cleared with three arrests. A pawn ticket for Schultz’s gold watch, pawned recently, served as the clue. Henry Smith, a Black man, supplied information after a “sweating” process to implicate the others.
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Washington
Walter F. Schultz
Chicago
Schultz
Henry Smith
Pile Remedy Promises Immediate Relief
Personal experience claims a tube of Man Zan Pile Remedy gives immediate relief for all forms of piles. Advertises a 60 cent guarantee and lists H. J. Moogk and C. P. Guea er as sellers.
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H. J. Moogk
C. P. Gueaer
Train Meeting Protocol Warned by London Express
A historical railway notice instructs that when trains on opposite directions approach on separate lines, conductors and engineers must halt before meeting and not proceed until both trains have safely passed. The directive emphasizes extreme caution at the meeting point.
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London Express
Doans Kidney Pills Back Pain Relief Promises
Freeport residents report relief from backache with Doan's Kidney Pills. Jerry Driscoll of 156 Cherry Street credits pills for ending kidney-related pain and restoring wellness after months of discomfort. Sold by all dealers, 50 cents. FosterMilburn Co. Buffalo NY listed as sole U.S. agents. Remember the name Doan's.
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Freeport
Dean
Jerry Driscoll
Cherry Street
Emmett
Doan
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
New York
United States
Rhodes Still Survives as Medieval Fortress City
Rhodes remains a well preserved medieval stronghold with towers curtains and keeps built by the Knights of St John after the loss of Jerusalem. Few travelers realize how intact the formidable fortifications and dwellings are amid the Byzantine setting and early fourteenth century foundations.
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Rhodes
Knights of St. John
Jerusalem
Vrobab
Woods Liver Medicine in Liquid Form Article
Liver remedy advertised as a tonic to regulate the liver relieve headaches and stomach ailments and ease kidney troubles. Claims include gentle laxative action and first dose effect while promoting fever or malaria relief. bottle sizes priced at $1 and 60 cents with differing contents. Sold by H. J. Moogk and C. P. Guenther.
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Brothers
Wargep Street
New York
Woods
H. J. Moogk
C. P. Guenther
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