Democratic program aims to serve people over privilege
The April 7 report from Washington notes the Democratic House leadership begins an extra session with a reformist agenda. It abolishes 183000 worth of jobs and pushes tariff revisions, a free list for essential goods, and Canadian reciprocity. It also includes popular election of senators, state admissions for Arizona and New Mexico, and broad investigations.
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Gilson Gardner
Washington
House of Representatives
Congress
Senate
Ways and Means Committee
Taft
Cummins, LaFollette
House
Arizona
New Mexico
Post Office Department
State Department
Knox
Joker With Bed Spring Tragedy Claimed Boy's Life
In Chicago on April 7, 17 year old James Jureck died from a fractured skull after a prank with a bed spring by 20 year old Leo Teteleck. Teteleck is jailed on the incident. The pair tested how far the spring would stretch and then released it, striking Jureck in the head.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Chicago
James Jureck
Leo Teteleck
Teteleck
Jereck
Tereleck
Jareck
Fires Claim Two Lives in Ohio Home Disaster
Reports from Cleveland and other cities describe a fatal fire that destroyed Henry Marston's dwelling in Cleveland, killing two people and badly burning three others. The scroll of brief notices covers politics, crime, transportation, labor, law, and public health from across the nation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland, O
Henry Marston
Taft Pressures Tariff Policy Amid Senate House Gap
Discussion centers on presidential stance during tariff reform. Taft endorses most Democrat tariff bills but condemns the cotton schedule and seeks delay until tariff board data arrives. The Ways and Means Committee leans toward downward revision while Democrats push for faster action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
House
Congress
Taft
James R. Mann
Tariff Board
Democratic Committee
Fire Captain Teeter Slain After Dispute
Captain Victor Teeter of Hose Company No 6 was shot and killed by J B Robinson after a dispute with Mrs Teeter over a trivial matter. Robinson claimed Teeter had threatened to kill him. The incident occurred at the fire station on Third Avenue in Birmingham.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Ala
Victor
Peeter
Hose Company No. 6
Third Avenue
Robinson
Teeter
Various Global Briefs Reported Across Cities
Reports from Washington Cambridge Alabama Tacoma Merida and New York on April 7 cover Sewell's asylum observation over alleged Walsh estate plots Governor ONeils liquor bill ending Alabama statewide prohibition Roosevelt supporting international arbitration while warning of delays Assembly presents Speaker Clark a gavel carved from a historic dam timber Insurrecto activity increases near the United Railways with troops dispatched to Maxcanu Carnegie proposing to chair a united arbitration treaty effort among existing groups
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Charles B. Sewell
Cambridge
Mass
Washington Asylum
Thomas F. Walsh
Merida
Yucatan
United Railways
Maxcanu
Campeche
Col
Lara
Palace in Mexico City Rumored Wars and Ruin
The national palace in Mexico City is described as an architectural monstrosity built up over 200 years. It houses the president's residence, interior, war, finance departments, the senate chamber, and the general post office, amid historic destruction in riots.
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Chas. Hl. Fletcher
J. W. Dinsdale
Chicago
Ill
Alexander B. Mintie
Cleveland
Ohio
Alexander
Omaha
Nab
J. A. McClellan
Buffalo
J. W. Allen
St. Louis
Philadelphia
J. &. Boarmagn
Kansas City
J. J. Mackey
Brooklyn
City of
Mexico
Cortez
Departments of the Interior
War, Finance
Senate Chamber
Gen— Post Office
Bryan declines Memphis invitation to settle home
In Washington on April 7 William J. Bryan told a Memphis invited committee he could not accept their offer to make Memphis his home. The same day in Syracuse Col. John F. Gaynor, freed from Atlanta federal prison after three years for defrauding the government on harbor improvement contracts, arrived last evening after ten years away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Wm. J. Bryan
Memphis
Syracuse
N. Y
John F. Gaynor
Atlanta
Negro Citizens organize Central club for campaign funds
Negro supporters of the Citizens ticket met at 511 East Commerce street and formed the Central club with a $100 campaign pledge. Permanent headquarters are set above the hall. Officers include Dr. J. T. Walton president and J. W. Patterson first vice president. Ward chairmen named for wards two through seven.
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Citizens’ Ticket
East Commerce Street
Central Club
J. T. Walton
J. W. Patterson
O. G. Gillis
A. R. Henderson
S. J. Winston
Willam Daugherty
J. H. Shiner
C. H. Howard
B. A. Holland
Charles Townsend
J. M. Shelburn
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I. ©. Richardson
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Spring
Castoria
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Smdh
THE
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New York
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Pittsburg
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Canal Zone
Rainey
Illinois
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Tenn
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Jos. F. Smith
Mormons
National Association For the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis
Nashville
N. K. Fairbank Company
Montgomery
O'Neil
Alabama
Tacoma
Wash
Col. Roosevelt
International Arbitration Movement
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Ralls County
Missouri
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United Association of All Organizations
Great Britain
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Tayo Ball
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