Senate Tariff Debates End in Free List Expansion
Washington date line reports a final 4 PM Senate vote on the tariff bill after a 16 hour session. Major changes include reducing income tax threshold to 3000 dollars, expanding the free list to cattle and wheat, and imposing new duties on cotton futures, bananas, and other items while keeping free wool and sugar. A joint committee will revise administration features as the chamber plans frequent adjournments and awaits currency measures.
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City girl raises corn at Mont Clare garden festival
A Chicago suburb near the congested district held its first fall festival as a young girl from the tenement district joined hundreds of children in becoming budding farmers. She was awarded a prize for corn raised during the event.
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Mont Clare
Currency bill report highlights Democratic plan
The banking currency committee led by Chairman Glass reported a Democratic currency reform bill to the House. The measure aims to correct defects in the system and would create federal reserve banks with about five hundred fifty million in cash reserves to prevent future panics. Republicans criticized the bill as too centralized and risky for partisan use. The Glass bill also drew progressive support from Lindbergh of Minnesota. Also in Peoria two boys drowned when their boat capsized on Farmer Creek. In Chicago, Pullman auditor F C Robertson died in Montreal.
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Hayes
California
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Federal Reserve Board
Lindbergh
Minnesota
Robbers Blow Up Bank in Ingram Wisconsin
Ingram Wisconsin September 9 robbers detonated dynamite to blow the safe at the state bank and then wrecked the building. They stole all cash commercial notes and bonds. A 400 strong population was awakened by the explosion but the robbers fled before help arrived.
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Maine and Third District Votes Signal Democratic Strength
Washington D C September 9 Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee chair Doremus of Michigan says Maine results show a democratic gain with the party nearly matching President Wilson’s last fall in the same district. Secretary Bryan attributes Maine gains to progressives returning to the Republican column. Augusta Maine returns John A Peters Republican over Democrat William R Pattingall in a special district race with 609 plurality and the progressive Edwin M Lawrence also in contention. Peters is a former speaker and represents the stand out faction. Pattingall a former attorney general. Lawrence a sardine magnate. McGoor ty and Klaus boxing bout scheduled for September 22 in Milwaukee.
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Lubec
Congress
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William J. Bryan
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Taft
Kennebec County
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Hancock
Waldo
Somerset
Lawrence
Petters
Frdu
Many Weddings This Fall in High Places
Royal marriages dominate the fall scene as Miss Jessie Woodrow Wilson and Francis Bowes Sayre plan nuptials. Other unions include the Duchess of Fife to Arthur, Prince of Connaught, Ex King Manuel of Portugal to Augusta Victoria of Hohenzollern, Grand Duchess Olga to Prince Alexander of Servia, and Grand Duchess Tatiana to Prince Charles of Roumania.
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Strike at Commonwealth Steel sparks riot in Granite City
Five hundred coremakers strike at Commonwealth Steel in Granite City Illinois. foreign workers rush to fill jobs and a riot injures several. Company officials call police as clashes erupt after a request for recognition. no wage demand noted. In Calumet Michigan militia and deputies quell a clash between rival copper strike factions in Yellow Jacket streets.
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Commonwealth Steel Company
Granite City
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Calumet
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Yellow Jacket
German Aviator Rin ger Killed In A Fall At Berlin
Berlin, Sept 9 Dr Rin ger, a German aviator, was killed today while competing for a distance prize. He ascended from Johannistha this morning and after a few miles the machine collapsed and fell from about 600 feet. An autopsy showed he had heart disease while in the air, the crash proved fatal.
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Weather forecast for Rock Island and vicinity
The weather outlook calls for generally fair conditions tonight and Wednesday with warmer temperatures. Brisk winds from the east to south. 7 am temperature 60, yesterday’s high 74 and low 59. Precipitation 0.04 inch. Humidity 49 at 7 pm and 76 at 7 am. Water stage 2.4, up 0.1 in 24 hours. Astronomical notes list Jupiter as evening star and Saturn Venus Mars Mercury as morning stars with Corona Borealis visible near the western sky around 9 pm.
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Duty Is Holding Wilson at Post
Columbus Ohio September 9 President Wilson notified Governor Cox he would miss the Perry victory celebration at Put in Bay tomorrow and Thursday saying he was kept away by the thought that no man can truly praise those who did their duty by neglecting his own. Delaware September 9 Mrs Lillian Bell Bogue novelist filed suit for divorce alleging her husband Arthur Hoyt Bogue spent much of her earnings from her books and failed to support her.
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Perry
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Lillian Bell Bogue
Murder charge against Mrs Sing in Chicago murder case
Mrs Alice Sing, wife of wealthy Chinese merchant Charles Sing, was formally booked on murder charges after his death at their Chicago home. Police suspect a Chinese lover and seek George Van Norn, a restaurant keeper, and Emma Davis, Mrs Sing’s sister, as witnesses or suspects. In Burlington Iowa, Thomas Stivers, longtime editor of the Burlington Daily Gazette, died at 57 after an acute stomach ailment.
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Charles Sing
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George van Norn
St. Louis
Emma Davis
Burlington
Iowa
Thomas Stivers
Burlington Daily Gazette
Stivers
Flames destroy Illinois family in Bridgeport blaze
In Bridgeport on September 9 Albert Goldenburg his wife and four children were killed when their home burned. The fire began in the kitchen where Mrs. Goldenburg was lighting a gas range turning fatal for the family.
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Pennsylvanian Flyer Derailed Near New Madison
A New York to St Louis Pennsylvanian flyer derailed four miles west of New Madison Ohio injuring 35 of 75 passengers and fatally injuring three crew. Six coaches plunged into a corn field while the engine and tender struck a bridge abutment. Doctors rushed to the scene as the high speed wreck damaged multiple cars and raised questions of fatalities.
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Jerome 60 acquitted in Coaticook gambling case sparks mixed views
William Travers Jerome, cleared of gambling charges, heads to Albany with Deputy Attorney General Kennedy after a tense local reaction in Coaticook. The trial prompted apologies from Magistrate Mulvena and raised questions about the proceedings as Jerome plans Thaw related actions in Matteawan. Meanwhile Thaw’s mother arrives in Montreal for counsel, and Pall Mall Gazette reports US authorities may arrest Mrs. Pankhurst in New York, suggesting a possible exchange deal with Thaw.
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Harry Thaw
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New York
United States
Steel cars for New Haven road approved debt issue
Howard Elliott new president of the New Haven road told the Massachusetts public service commission that the company should issue 67 million dollars in debt bonds to refund floating debt buy steel cars and install an improved signal system. Meyer represented the stockholders Protective committee while Louis D Brandeis opposed.
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