Congress Debates Tariffs and Reforms in Washington
The piece outlines a Democratic tariff revision proposing broad food and clothing tax relief, general duty cuts on necessaries, higher duties on luxuries, and a new income tax for earners over $4,000. It notes additional items including Navy pay corps vacancies, a June examination, and ongoing flood relief funding. It also covers a failed Michigan woman suffrage amendment, state and federal regulatory actions, and military and government staffing developments.
Outrage at Norwich Mansion and Global News Briefs
Foreign militant suffragette incendiaries set fire to a large Norwich suburb mansion that was unoccupied. perpetrators fled. King Victor Emmanuel met Admiral Peary in Rome, interview lasting thirty minutes. Chinese soldiers wounded one and captured six in a West River clash near Hongkong. Montenegro resists Great Power demands over Scutari. Richard W. Gunther dies in Oshkosh after Cape Town operation. Huerta backs Pedro Lascurain as provisional president of Mexico to serve the remainder of Madero’s term.
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Richard W. Gunther
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Germany
Cape Town
South Africa
Oshkosh
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General Huerta
Pedro Lascurain
Lascurain
Madero
White House baby sails for Cherbourg with kin
Mrs Josephine Wilson Cothran accompanied by her mother Mrs P C Cothran and Mrs Annie Wilson Howe sails from New York for Cherbourg to spend the European summer. Frank B Tracy, missing editor of the Boston Transcript, is deemed hopeless in a Now Alumni article. The Women’s Democratic club holds its annual Washington breakfast honoring Mrs Wilson and two other figures. The American Academy of Political and Social Defense meets in Philadelphia to study rising living costs.
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Josephine Wilson Cothran
White House
President Wilson
New York
Cherbourg
P. C. Cothran
Annie Wilson ‘Howe
Europe
Frank B. Tracy
Boston Transcript
Iowa
Nows
Iowa City
Women’s Democratic Club
Washington
Wilson
Marehall
Champ Clark
New Jersey Prohibits Unshielded Hatpins In Public
Governor Fielder signed an immediate act making it disorderly conduct to wear any device capable of lacerating flesh in public unless the point is guarded. Fines range from five to twenty dollars. News notes include a New York baby show judging height weight bone and muscle, a stalled jury reform bill in New Jersey, a failed Roosevelt message, rioting at a Columbia Rape plant in Aut burn, Rep Victor Murdock named for House speaker, Mother Winthrop seeking pardon for her brother, and an incendiary fire in Oskaloosa Iowa causing about one hundred thousand dollars in losses.
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New Jersey
Fielder
New York
Babies’ Welfare Association
Tariff Revision Bill Aims Deep Cut on Duties
Washington April 8. The Democratic tariff revision bill introduced by Chairman Underwood would slash duties on most necessities and place an income tax on annual incomes of 4,000 and up. Sugar and wool would be largely free. many food and clothing items on the free list. meats flour bread and more would see duty reductions. The plan estimates a 80 million dollar annual revenue reduction offset by the new income tax. President Wilson endorses measures to reduce costs and boost competition while preserving manufacturing.
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Washington, D. C
House
Underwood
Ways and Means Committee
House Committee
Senate
Louisiana
Democrats Propose Major Reductions in Ad Valorem Tariffs
A comparative table outlines proposed reductions in ad valorem tariffs versus present law. Figures show changes across multiple rate points with percentages ranging from about 17.85 to 89.17 for various classes. The document emphasizes sizable cuts under the Democratic proposal compared with current rates.
Steno Type Invention Promises Faster Shorthand
A new machine named the steno type allows shorthand writers to reach 400 to 600 words a minute on paper in accurate form. It operates on phonetic spelling and records in plain English characters, functioning as a shorthand typewriter with the same work output.
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Columbia Rape Company
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