Path to raise tariffs faces board meetings this week
The general tariff board led by President Ewing, Assistant Secretary Reynolds, and Alvin H. Sanders will hold meetings to review foreign tariffs with a March 31 deadline for a report. The law imposes a 25 percent tariff unless proclamations declare certain nations exempt from discrimination against the United States.
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Washington, D. C
General Tariff Board
Ewing
the Treasury
Reynolds
Alvin H. Sanders
Taft
United States
Mr Taft Suffers From A Sore Toe In Montana Visit
President Taft limps with a swollen foot after injuring a toe while golfing at Beverly earlier this month. He left Butte for Helena at 12 45 p m. The city of Butte presented him a copper golf stick set with gold as a gift through Mayor Nevins.
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Butte
Mont
Taft
Beverly
Helena
Nevins
Women Contesting Congress Election in First District
Denver reports two women candidates in the race for Congress in the first district. The bid follows Mrs. Sarah Platt Decker’s leadership with the National Federation of Women's Clubs, as the Women's State Republican club pushes for the nomination.
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Denver
Col
Sarah Platt Decker
National Federation of Women’s Clubs
Women's State Republican Club
Women candidates push to make history in Congress
The text notes women from both parties are united and determined to win their nominations, aiming for a first female member of Congress to sit in the hall.
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Dewey C. Bailey
Hall of Congress
Woodmen Honor Departed Brothers at Oak Grove
A brass band of over 300 Woodmen of the World led a procession to Oak Grove cemetery for the unveiling of a monument to Charles W. Reed. A. C. Wolfe and A. C. Shepard spoke at ceremonies followed by lodge installation and a social at the hall with Woodmen from surrounding towns present.
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Woodmen of the World
Oak Grove Cemetery
Lodge
Charles W. Reed
A. C. Wolfe
A. C. Shepard
Explosion at Coluribian Film Exchange Kills and Injures
A violent blast in the Colurabian Film Exchange offices in the Ferguson block of Third Avenue Pittsburg Pa. injures many as occupants flood toward exits. Ambulances transport the injured. others seek aid at drug stores and doctors. The count of injured rises toward fifty and deaths are feared.
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Pittsburg
Colurabian Film Exchange
Ferguson Block
Third Avenue
Champion swimmer Cora Beckwith plans day visits at fairgrounds
Cora Beckwith, the champion lady swimmer, will be on the fair grounds only during the day due to chilly nights. Despite her remarkable aquatic endurance she prefers not to take risks and will avoid overnight presence.
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Cora Beckwith
Miss Beckwith
Frank Dockendorf Elected Secretary in German Catholic Verein
The German Catholic Central Verein met in Indianapolis and adopted temperance resolutions. Frank J. Dockendorf of this city was elected secretary. John D. Elkers of Newark was named president. Other officers include Joseph H. Reiman Pittsburgh first vice president. Peter Ohleyer Indianapolis second vice president. John Q. Jmen man St. Paul corresponding and financial secretary. William Raer Chicago treasurer.
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Central Verein
Indianapolis
Ind
Frank J. Dockendorf
Verein
John D. Elkers
Newark
N. J
Joseph H. Reiman
Pittsburg
Peter Ohleyer
John Q. Jnneman
Sawmill Explosion Claims Two Lives Near Janeyville
In a boiler blast at a sawmill owned by Ed Boone three miles south of Janeyville Kentucky Eddie Boone 16 son of the owner and Frank Westerfield brother in law were killed. Mill hands Jack Charles and George Boone were seriously injured. Westerfield body found 75 yards from the scene.
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Litchfield
Ed Boone
Janeyville
Eddie Boone
Frank Westerfield
Jack
Charles
George Boone
Westerfield
Night of terror in Hopeman Place ends in bloodshed
In Rochester on September 29 14 year old Anna Klama escaped to call for help after her stepfather John Klama 44 killed her mother with an axe in their Hopeman Place home. Neighbors alerted police and Klama was later captured in Seneca Park. The man offered no explanation for the crime.
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Rochester
N. Y
John Klama
Sitle
Hopeman Place
Anna Klama
Kiama
Seneca Park
Siclan
Genevieve Leads French Aero Club Balloon Race
Genevieve aboard the Georges Blanche is the probable winner after landing near St. Louis du Rhone about 413 miles from Paris where the race started. Earlier reports overstated distances for Blondel and Barthou. De Farcy finished at Zeviers, twenty miles from the sea, as winds limited longer flights.
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Paris
M. Genevieve
Georges Blanche
French Aero Club
St. Louis du Rhone
Rhone River
Blondel
Barthou
Nimes
de Farcy
Zeviers
Mediterranean
Two Stars Glad of Broadway Season
New York theater notes detail Viare Allen and Sam Bernard praising their long Broadway runs in new vehicles. Allen stars in Daly's The White Sister adaptation of F Marion Crawford. Bernard also headlines, both upbeat about future stages.
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New York
vViale Allen
Sam Bernard
Cook
Peary
Miss Allen
Daly's
F. Marion Crawford
New Quarters for Army Men
Maj. Gen. Frederick Don Grant urges a new great quartermasters depot in Chicago as the army central supply station. The Jeffersonville depot is cited as isolated and obsolete due to poor railroad links, risking delays in requisitions and potential war trouble. UTICA note reports heightened security for Theodore Rizzo after his transfer to the local jail, with guarded Italian corridor and a solitary cell ringed by doors and protective measures.
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Washington, D. C
Chicago
Frederick Don Grant
War Department
Department of the Lakes
Jeffersonville
Ind
Grant
Utica
N. Y
Theodore Rizzo
Gilmore Day
Rizzo
Famous horse dies at age 24 in Springfield report
Chitwood sire of Hedgewood Bay and La Maud C. and thirty others in 2 30 class died yesterday at UF stock farm of J C Henry near Jorville. He was 24 years old with a 2 22 percent record. Nunwood was his sire and Maggie WE son his dam.
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Springfield
Chitwood
Hedgewood
Maud C
UF Stock
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Rochester, N. Y
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