Tariff Revision Moves Forward In Senate Rules Change
Senator Cummins of Iowa proposed two resolutions to ease piecemeal tariff revision. The aim is to narrow debate to specific schedules, limit amendments, and speed House-originated measures. One proposal blocks amendments on unrelated schedules. the other allows a stalled bill after sixty days in committee to be brought up for consideration.
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Wants War on Trusts in Final Congress Session
Washington reports the sixty first Congress opens with a joint resolution to amend the constitution to widen federal power over monopolies. Sterling introduces it, while Sulzer pushes a tariff cut on meat and cattle amid debates on cost of living. A separate case from New York involves a suit against investment missteps, heading to trial. Yale forms an Aero Club as a biplane arrives.
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Ballinger Pinchot report clears Ballinger in congress
Washington dispatch reports Representative McCall presented the majority Ballinger Pinchot investigation finding Ballinger exonerated. The piece outlines charges of prior Alaska coal claims work and misuse of public office, while praising his public service and integrity. A San Francisco update covers Chinese girls smuggling case aboard the Manchuria, detailing confinement in a 14 by 14 foot locker and abuse. investigators vow further probe.
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Justice Boyle Arranges Quick Fairfield Wedding Ride
Bridgeport, Conn. December. John K. Boyle newly elected justice of the peace at Fairfield will meet the bride and groom at the railroad station with an automobile. He will take them to town hall obtain a marriage license and return to his store where a floral bower and a pretty scene await them. He will marry them free of charge give the bride a pound of candy and kiss the bride.
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Weevil Threat Triggers Southern Planter's Suicide
In Yazoo City Mississippi Mrs J R Rudolph a prominent plantation owner killed herself by poison amid fears the boll weevil would devastate cotton growers. She left a note warning planters that the pest would bankrupt them if they continued cotton farming.
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Mrs. Eddy Buried in Mount Auburn Cemetery
Mary Baker G. Eddy founder of the Christian Science church was buried in Mount Auburn Cemetery Cambridge this morning with no flowers or public attendance.
Thousands in March on Chicago garment strike parade
Chicago police lined the route as 40 000 people joined a giant march by striking garment workers to pressure a closed shop and sympathy. Strikers vowed to hold out longer after rejections of settlement plans by employers, while funds dwindled amid near famine conditions.
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Hold Up Town and Escape in Kankakee
Two robbers held up Kankakee within half an hour, robbing two pedestrians and striking Father James Pennett of St Patrick’s Catholic Church before fleeing toward Chicago. Two suspects matching bandit descriptions were arrested in Chicago while a manhunt linked the pair to a broader wave of citywide robberies.
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Pasadena Girls Decline Dance With Japanese Officers
Pasadena residents canceled a hotel ball honoring the Japanese squadron commander after local girls refused to dance with the high ranking Nipponese officers. The San Pedro arrival strained Nipponese American relations and the Hotel Maryland called off the event on short notice.
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