Taft backs tariff bureau as Congress debates committee jobs
President Taft supports creating a tariff bureau during this congressional session while House Republicans anticipate committee assignments. Representatives Fordney of Michigan and Byrd of Mississippi nearly clashed on the floor over tariff policy as the special session nears its end.
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Taft
Congress
House of Representatives
Fordney
Michigan
Byrd
Mississippi
Multitude of 1900s World Figures in Transit New Roles
A sprawling stock of brief items notes career shifts and events: FW De Wolf becomes state geologist at Champaign Illinois, Isaac Foster Mack retires as editor of the Sandusky Daily Register with brother John T. Mack succeeding him, Admiral Prince Henry of Prussia to retire as commander in chief of the navy and be followed by Admiral von Fischel or von Holtzendorf, Harvard president Eliot named ambassador to England, and other disparate notices from politics to crime and exploration.
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Isaac Foster Mack
Sandusky Daily Register
John T. Mack
Prince Henry
Prussia
Navy
von Fischel
Enemiral von Holtzendorf
England
Carrie Chipman Call
New York
International League of Woman
Berlin
Francis B. Leupp
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr
Miss Munn
Washington
Frank A. Venderlip
Chicago
Frederick Weyerhaeuser
Interborough to test women cars on NY subways
A miscellaneous news roundup notes that the Interborough Rapid Transit Company will try an experiment with cars for women on subway trains. Other items cover Midshipman Henry W. Hosford becoming captain of the Naval Academy rifle team, a senate committee favoring a ban on racing tips, a possible identification of a body in Bloomington, an eight foot eagle captured near St Charles NL, and various society and political items including Taft White House dinner and Payne tariff debate.
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William McMahon
St. Bridget's Church
Cleveland
Catholic Universe
Fidelity Funding Company
Mombasa
East Africa
Col. Roosevelt
Chihuahua
Cuba
Fort Leavenworth
Kan
Beary
W. Va
Bogle
Jagonville
Ind
Wolf Wordell
Reyburn
Philadelphia
James Boyle
Willie Whitla
Mercer
William Jones
The
Field Museum
Chicago
Philippines
Duma
Washington
Russia
Yekaterinoslav Zemstvo
Minneapolis
Crazy Snake
Oklahoma
St. Augustine
Fla
Pennsylvania
Cochran
James P. Whitla
Norfolk & Western
Chillicothe
James Wood
Jamesport
Caraway
Queensborough
New York City
Long Taland City
McClellan
Santa Fe Railroad
Topeka
Amarillo
Tex
Zella Stringer
N. G. Read
Naples
Roosevelt
Raleigh
Cincinnati
Mare Island Channel
Jasonville
Taft
Hamburg
New York
James H. Boyle
New Orleans
William Vanderhorf
Dana Estes
Africa
Theodore Roosevelt
Vancouver
Boston
Baltimore
Goethals
Panama
Ee White
rigt-An- Bentz
Awep Dergon
Henry
Rothin
Waterloo
Interborough Rapid Transit Company
Henry W. Hosford
Danville
Ill
Naval Academy
Annapolis
Senator Agnew
Senate Codes Committee
W. McGovern
Riley Shoe Company
Columbus
Bloomington
W. H. Reichel
St. Charles
Frau von Bohlen Und Halfbach
Bertha Krupp
Mahoning County
Ohio
de Lorma Callahan
Henry Bethers
Council Bluffs
Valley
Neb
William J. Lemp, Jr
Mra
William Hand
Jan Lemp
St. Louis
Effie James Acquitted in California Murder Trial
Iowa items report Effie James once of Ottumwa was tried and acquitted in San Diego, while Prof Geo Tannehill of Iowa College at Vinton is noted as a long-time math head, and Prof Charles Wilson of Iowa City is invited to lecture in Germany. News covers local deaths, marriages, rescues, accidents, and civic notes across Iowa, with brief mentions of farms, fires, rail and road events, and political doings.
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Effie James
Ottumwa
San Diego
Cal
Bruce Sherer
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Geo. W.tannehill
Iowa College
Vinton
Charles Bunday Wilson
College of Uberal Arts
The
State University At
Iowa City
University of
Sherrick
Pella
Mathew Kempher
United States Navy
Kampher
United States Marine Service
Yokohama
Japan
Kempher
Mr. Kempher
Fort Madison
Argentine Republic
Peter Pentico
Colfax
Ed Morris
Washta
S. D
David Jennings
Sioux City
Rapid City
Spencer
Chicago
Milwaukee
Lmits
Oskaloosa
W. S. Burton
Mount Pleasant
William Ebsling
Grand Junction
Boone
Frazer Hill
Erich Berndt
Davenport
Paul Berndt
Ft. Dodge
T. CG. Wilds
Eddyville
Fort Dodge
Eddy Villa
Fairfield
Wilds
First Congregational Church
Traer
Andrew Carnegie
CQ. C. Dye
Decatur County
Hearing Behind Doors On State Hospital Abuse
Des Moines report details five discharged inmates and one former nurse testifying before a closed hearings committee of the Iowa House investigating abuse at state hospitals in Cherokee Clarinda Independence Mount Pleasant. Witnesses describe brutal treatment. committee plans to publish a full record after witnesses are heard and superintendents respond.
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Des Moines
House of Representatives
State Board of Control
Rush Benedict
House
Cherokee
Clarinda
Independence
Mount Pleasant
Susie McClure
Council Bluffs
Cherokee Hospital
H. A. Ringgenberger
Fred Rogers
Albert Kurth
Nora Lancaster
Matilda Varnum
Robert McIntyre
Alice Bradford
McIntyre
Brandes
State Normal College name change battle fuels veto talk
Debates swirl over a name change bill from State Normal college to State Teachers' college versus State Normal college. Governor Carroll faces hotel lobby pressure to veto the Smith hotel bill, seen as costly and burdensome to hotels. Senator Ream may withdraw a railheadlight bill due to signal-light concerns. Senator DeArmand wins senate relief for second grade teachers, extending certificates two years without exam as legislature risks adjournment.
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State Teachers’ College
State Normal School
de Wolf
Senate
State Normal College
Carroll
DeArmand
Hig
Thill
Adam
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Aign
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Odd Fellows Organization
America
Rebekah
Peter Franks
Albert Johnson
James Watson
Frank Moore
James Schmidt
Northwood
Schmidt
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Clinton
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Los Angeles
Roy Beaton
Maquoketa
Beaton
Cedar Falls
Jessie Francia
Walter
Gregory
Monticello
Vuscatine
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Olwa
Nebraska
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Montana
W. G. Sears
Ralph Murdy
Bloomfield
John Junken
Clara Rosen
Charles
A. .Gibford
Newton
Rip
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Heia & Plumb
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Lancaster
Board of Parole
James G. Stell
Calhoun County
House of Representatives Committee On Judiciary
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Smith
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Public Utilities Commission
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