Congress Debates Payne Tariff Amid Party Realignments
In Washington Democrats impose a two thirds rule for party discipline while minority reports condemn the Payne tariff bill as crude and raising living costs. Senate moves include Shelby M. Cullom to finance committee, and other noted events span kidnaping in Sharon to strikes in Scranton and Evansville.
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Congressional
Washington
House
Democrats
Ways and Means Committee
Congress
Payne
Shelby M. Cullom
Illinois
Hopkins
Senate
Taft names Bowers as solicitor general for Justice Department
President Taft designates Lloyd Bowers of Chicago counsel for the Northwestern Railway Company as solicitor general of the department of justice to succeed Henry M. Hoyt. Also noted are Roosevelt sailing with Kermit and naturalists for Africa, Judge Hayward declining post, Miss Mary Garden to wed Prince Marcodato, Taft's Yale reception, George T. Oliver elected to Knox's term, Harriman retiring per physician advice.
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Taft
Lloyd Bowers
Chicago
Northwestern Railway Company
Department of Justice
Henry M. Hoyt
Roosevelt
Kermit
New York
Hamburg
Africa
Nebraska City
Neb
William Hayward
Republican National Committee
Mary Garden
Marcodato
Russia
Yale Corporation
George T. Oliver
Pittsburg
Pennsylvania
Philander C. Knox
E. H. Harriman
Los Angeles
Notable Executions and International Travel in Briefs
Governor Hughes denies sentence commute for Mrs. Mary Farmer who faces electrocution. Red Cross head Ernest Bicknell returns from Italy earthquake relief area. Ex president Castro leaves Dresden for Bordeaux with March 26 departure on Guadeloupe. Aida Hilton risks eye injury after tabasco spill in Brooklyn. Arthelius Christian is electrocuted in Richmond for murder of a white schoolgirl. Dr Headley Gordon Gale suffers severe burns at Carnegie solar observatory. Lake County education chief Mariott Hutchins robbed in London. $1000 and diamond ring recovered. Roosevelt hunted Africa trip reports spark wildlife roam. Suspect linked to Willie Whitla kidnap arrested at Cuyahoga Falls.
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New York
Mary Farmer
Ernest Bicknell
American Red Cross Society
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Italy
Cipriano Castro
Venezuela
Dresden
Germany
Bordeaux
France
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Aida Hilton
Brooklyn
Arthelius Christian
Botetourt County
Virginia
Richmond
Christian
Carnegie Solar Observatory
Pasadena
Cal
Headley Gordon Gale
University of Chicago
Mariott Hutchins
Board of Education
Lake County
Michigan
London
Africa
Roosevelt
Willie Whitla
Cuychoga Falls
Great Lakes factory belt eyed as world’s top district
A Midwest manufacturing arc from Milwaukee to South Bend is hailed as the world’s future industrial hub. The article cites Gary’s steel development, Rumely’s plant growth, and plans for a Lakes to Gulf deep waterway and Panama Canal completion as drivers expanding trade to Canada, Mexico, and South America. It highlights mechanized farming progress and the shift from animal power to steam engines, with Rumely leading in processful plowing engines and tractors.
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Lake Michigan
Wisconsin-Illinois Line
Milwaukee
South Bend
Racine
Kenosha
Elgin
Aurora
Chicago
South Chicago
Pullman
Kensington
Chicago Heights
Sheffield
Whiting
Hammond
East Chicago
Gary
la Porte
Michigan City
United States Steel Corporation
Ind
Steel Trust
Olivers
Studebakers
Deeres
McCormicks
Deerings
Panama Canal
Gare
Great Lakes
Gulf
South American
Western
Canada
Mexico
M. Rumely Company
Wideawake
Rumelys
South America
Rumely Company
Rumely
Meinrad Rumely
John Deere
Oliver
McCormick
United States
Josie Mansfield In South Dakota In Ill Health And Poverty
A Sioux Falls dispatch notes Josie Mansfield, famed in 1870s New York, now about seventy and paralyzed, living in Watertown, South Dakota as Mrs. Mary Lawler. Penniless and dependent on charity, she seeks admission to an old women’s home or a convent, with a cottage once owned by her deceased brother now sold.
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Josie Mansfield
New York
Edward Stokes
M. D. Flint
Watertown
Boston
Philadelphia
Edward S. Stokes
Col
Perth Amboy Cake Cleaned After Daughter’s Quip
In Perth Amboy New Jersey a matron baked a chocolate layer cake for a visiting friend. While the mother entertained the guest the daughter, returning home, revealed the cake had been scraped clean of all chocolate frosting and was declared “cleaned this nassy cake.”
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Perth Amboy
N. J
The Country's Rainfall and Waterways
The article states total annual rainfall including snow and water area runoff at 215 trillion cubic feet. About one third reaches the sea while one sixth is consumed or absorbed. Of sea runoff 70 trillion cubic feet, under five percent powers work. Estimated floods waste 85 to 95 percent of volume. It notes 232 navigable streams in the United States totaling 26,115 miles, with more navigable potential through improvements.
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United States
Chance to repent praised of Albany lawyer retirements
Elihu Root spoke at an Albany dinner praising a lawyer who had recently retired. A doctor noted the retirements were unusually young and Root quipped that lawyers retire to avoid death risk, saying they retire so young to avoid dying.
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Elihu Root
Albany
Mr. Root
Making Herself Plain in Conversation Between Marion and Mabel
A dialogue scene shows Mabel urging restraint as Marion argues for clearer expression. Marion warns against interfering with nature, while Mabel cautions against rash action in a delicate situation.
Heirlooms in Checkbooks Highlight a Grandfather
The Houston Chronicle piece recalls a grandfather who led in industry, noting he left no sword but the stubs of his checkbooks as prized relics. The anecdote frames family history through preserved financial records and legacy.
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Houston Chronicle
Stamped Value of Character Defines Honest Worth
A reflection on personal integrity noting that each man creates the value of his character through actions and cannot expect others to pay more than its true worth. It cautions against disappointment when others do not grant inflated value beyond face measure.
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