State Tak Board 6 Hard at Work Totals Compared With 1912
The state board of tax commissioners finished tallying 1913 personal property assessments across counties and raised values in several areas. Purdue dairy experts led Parke county trainings on pure bred sires feeding silos and dairy practices while Indiana Guard officers trained for self reliance at Fort Benjamin Harrison during a ten day encampment.
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State Board of Tax Commissioners
Dairy Extension Department
Purdue
H. C. Reed
Parke County
Judson
Goodwin's Corner
Belmore
Bridgeton
Rosedale
Tangier
Bloomingdale
Grange Corner
Parkeville
Indiana
Reed
Indiana National Guard
Fort Benjamin Harrison
McKee
Hospital
Signal Corps
Treasury Plans Large Crop Loans via Commercial Paper
Treasury head McAdoo proposes to mobilize 26 to 50 million dollars by accepting commercial paper as security for deposits to ease money stringency during harvest. Banks must meet circulation and other requirements. paper is secured at 65 percent, other bonds at 76 percent, and all deals face清 clearance by local clearing houses with staged repayments through December to March.
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Washington
McAdoo
International cancer congress draws leaders from many nations
Brussels hosts the third International cancer congress with medical leaders from the United States and Canada among participants. Other items report Morenci Catholic Church wrecked by dynamite in a second attack, Nashville bishop banning dances, Pasteur Institute announces anti cholera serum, and King George at Cowes regatta presenting the Satanita cup.
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Brussels
United States
Canada
Clifton
Ariz
Morenci
Here
Nashville
Tenn
Thomas B. Byrne
Tennessee
Paris
Pierre Roux
Pasteur Institute
Academy of Sciences
Cowes
Isle of Wight
King George
Britannia
Sir Maurice Fitzgerald
Venezuelan rebels threaten Coro as Gomez mobilizes forces
In Coro Falcon state Venezuelan officials report capture or flight of authorities as Castro rebels gain, while Gomez orders a large government army to crush the revolt. In Washington Bryan declines to outline U S stance as Henry Tennant is nominated for Caracas envoy. Huerta vows no foreign interference in pacification efforts.
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Coro
Falcon
Castro
Gomez
Washington
Bryan
United States
Henry F. Tennant
New York
Legation
Venezuela
Des Moines
Brunswick
la Guayra
Senate
City of Mexico
Huerta
Aureliano Urrutia
Millionaire Pell Slain in Car Crash Near Long Beach
New York reports S Osgood Pell a wealthy broker and society figure was killed when a limousine collided with a Long Island express near Long Beach. A chauffeur died. William Laimbeer and his wife Nathalie Schenck Laimbeer were fatally injured. Pell led a Knickerbocker elite circle and joined the 1911 Scott Arctic expedition. Also: Makariov on the Volga city fires threatening a 14th century monastery with 1600 residents.
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New York
S. Osgood Pell
William Laimbeer
Long Beach
Lynbrook
Pell
Knickerbocker
Scott
Arctic
Amends Money Bill After Division of Federal Reserve Earnings
Washington August 4 Democrats of the house banking and currency committee closed debate on the administration currency bill after five weeks of discussion. The bill closely follows the Glass Owen McAdoo plan retaining government control of the federal reserve board while adding an advisory bankers board and altering rediscount provisions to allow mutual rediscounting among federal reserve banks.
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Washington
House
Banking and Currency Committee
Democratic Committees
Representative Glass
Owen
Treasury
McAdoo
Wilson
Federal Reserve Board
Federal Reserve Banks
Eighteen Die in Double Explosion at East Brookside Mine
In Tower City Pennsylvania on Saturday a double blast at the East Brookside mine of the Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron company killed eighteen men with two rescued. Most victims were repair men officials and tunnel workers. Thirteen died in the first blast and five more perished in a second attempt to reach them. One rescuer escaped while passageways blocked delayed relief.
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Tower City
East Brookside
Philadelphia and
Reading Coal and Iron Company
District Attorney and Deputies Shot in Hop Field Riot
District Attorney Mauwell and two Yuba county deputies were killed when a sheriff posse tried to quell a hop pickers riot at Durst's hop field in Wheatland California. Six others, including two women, were wounded. The governor was asked to call out the militia.
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Sacramento
Cal
Mauwell
Yuba County
Durst
Wheatland
Lind to Mexico City as Wilsons personal envoy
President Wilson accepts John Lind of Minnesota to proceed to Mexico City as the president's personal representative and adviser to the embassy. Lind will not be accredited to Huerta but will be named ambassador when a stable Mexican administration forms. The move signals support for a peaceful restoration of order and a shift away from Diaz era tyranny. Governor Lind and his wife left for Mexico by rail, with a further official announcement expected.
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Washington
Wilson
Henry Wilson
Mexico City
John Lind
Minnesota
Bryan
Lind
Huerta
Mexico
Latin America
Central America
Madero
Diaz
West Virginia Legislators Given Bribery Sentences
Five members of the West Virginia legislature were sentenced by Judge W B O'Brien after a bribery conviction tied to the early year election of a U S senator. Rhodes Duff and Asbury each receive eight years, Hill five years, and Smith five years six months. all five are disqualified from holding public office for life.
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Webster Springs
W. Va
Senterthcas
West Virginia
O'Brien
Supreme Court
United States
A. G. Rhodes
Ruth Duff
H. F. Asbury
B. A. Smith
Dave Hill
McAdoo Seeks Bank Representatives for Government Deposits
Secretary McAdoo directed telegrams to presidents and clearing house associations in 54 cities inviting a representative or committee to Washington. The aim is to discuss deposits of government funds in regional banks to ease fall crop movement.
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Washington
McAdoo
Clearing House Association
Pacific Coast
Express Rates Ordered Cut By State Commerce Commission
The state commerce commission ordered express rate reductions on May day costing companies about 26 million dollars annually. The changes, constituting roughly 16 percent of gross revenue, must take effect on or before October 15, 1913, along with notable reforms in practices.
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Washington
Rites State Commerce Commission
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