Tariff Revision Cleared by Conference For Democratic Bill
Washington reports the tariff revision bill has passed final conference with unanimous support from Democratic conferees. The measure lowers average ad valorem duties from about 40 percent to 27–29 percent, adds an income tax, transfers many trust made articles to the free list, and expands exemptions for food and farm products. The plan projects a $83 million income tax and a $16 million year end surplus, with specific changes affecting livestock, grains, spices, papers, and textiles.
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Washington
Senate
Secretary of the Treasury
General Service
Internal Revenue Bureau
Tariff Changes For Housewife Noted In New Bill
Washington reports outline tariff changes on household imports. Rates show free for some items and varying charges per unit such as 7 cents per pound and 2 cents per gallon, with other values listed for dozen, barrel, and per unit quantities. Several commodities including cattle barley macaroni poultry and raw wool appear with specified duties or free status after dates.
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Washington
First Income Tax Schedules for Citizens Under New Law
The article outlines the 1913 14 income tax plan with an $83298000 revenue estimate and applies March 1 1914 return deadlines. It notes exemptions for President and Supreme Court judges and requires individuals earning over 3000 or married over 4000 to report incomes.
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Internal Revenue Collectors
Wilson
Supreme Court
Internal Revenue Collector
Coolly Bares His Crimes After Arrest for Murder
Henry Spencer, an ex convict, confessed to killing Mildred Allison Rexroat a week earlier in Wheaton Illinois and claimed to have murdered 13 other persons over 13 years. Police found Rexroat s blood stained suitcase and Spencer s revolver in his room near the South Side levee district.
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Union News Service
Chicago
Henry Spencer
Mildred Allison Rexroat
Wheaton
Ill
Spencer
South Side Levee
Rexroat
Mr. Spencer
President Wilson Visited Wounded Messenger in Hospital
Raymond Crawford, a telegraph messenger hurt when struck by President Wilson's car at Pennsylvania Avenue and Fourteenth Street, received a visit from the president. Wilson entered Providence hospital’s west ward on the first floor with nurses, greeting the injured boy and his mother in a cheerful tone.
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Washington
Providence Hospital
Raymond Crawford
Telegraph Messenger
Wilson
Pennsylvania Avenue
Fourteenth Street
Raymond
Inmate witnesses accuse hospital food in Wright probe
Nine current and former inmates of Cleveland tuberculosis ward were examined by a city council committee investigating Superintendent Howell Wright. Witnesses testified moldy bread bad meat and eggs and vegetables unfit to eat were served at the hospital.
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Howell Wright
Fram Delayed by Major Canal Slide
Colonel Goethals informs Captain Nilson that the Fram cannot pass the canal for at least a month due to a recent extensive slide at Cucarab causing a major delay in passage.
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Colon
Col. Goethals
Nilson
Fram
Cucarab
Cincinnati Markets Grain and Livestock Prices
Market notes list cash prices for corn, hay, oats, wheat, eggs, poultry, cattle, calves, pigs and lambs. Prices reflect various grades and weights, with ranges for No. 2 to No. 4 or standard types, plus specific figures for eggs, poultry, and cold storage meat products.
Handel’s Wealth and Pension Ties to Utrecht Treaties
The article notes Handel’s wealth from works and pensions linked to the Treaty of Utrecht. It cites a £200 yearly pension confirmed by George I and II, totaling £14,500 for two compositions and a death‑age fortune near £60,000 in today’s value after accounting for money changes. It also mentions Buck Bryant’s claim about North Carolina’s biggest fools.
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George I
Georges II
Fiandel
Covent Garden
Buck Bryant
State of
North Carolina
Descriptions From The Magazine On Guns And Babysitting
A playful line contrasts a man who squints at firearms to test load status with a rider who balances a bicycle with a baby on the handlebars. A magazine note adds guidance on flour color and texture as a sign of quality.
Hermosillo Becomes Capital of Mexican Provisional Government
Washington reports that Mexican revolutionists have formed an independent provisional government with Hermosillo Sonora as its capital. General Carranza is installed as president and the new regime has secured a $500,000 loan backed by a 50 percent lien on Sonora customs, arranged by Francisco Hacudero who will serve as treasury secretary.
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Hermosillo
Sonora
Carranza
Francisco Hacudero
Treasury
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H. L. Nichola
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B T. Davis
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Pier
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