Chamber of Commerce in Mobile Seeks Rail Freight Adjustments
Mobile chamber considers legal action against railroads to push freight rate reductions tied to a cotton receipts decline. A relief fund aid resolution, post office expansion talk, and Southern Commercial Congress planning dominated the Wednesday meeting.
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Mobile Chamber of Commerce and Business League
Luther Walter
Chicago
Mobile
Chamber of Commerce and Cotton Exchange
Southern Commercial Congress
Chamber of Commerce
Alabama
Congress
Battle House
Armbrecht
Wyatt Brown
Brown
Harry T. Hartwell
F. J. Thompson
Sidney R. Prince
Rittenhouse Moore
Mobile Nn
Colon
New Orleans
United Fruit Company
Mobin River
Relief Committee
Lower Peach Tree
Commercial Congress
John T. Cochrane
Robert Hunter
L. C. Irvine
Aubrey Boyles
Pope's Heart Anxiety Eases as He Hopes for Convalescence
Rome dispatch reports the pope's condition improved at noon though heart weakness and intermittent pulse remain concerns. Doctors note a calm night and a sunlit room, with nourishment difficult but tolerated. Dr. Amici and Prof. Marchiafava express cautious optimism for a convalescence by next week.
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Rome
Associated Press
Ettore Marchiafava
Pointiff
Stefano Inchiostro
Venice
Inchiostro
Vatican
Marchiafaya
Anon
Pius
Amici
Andrea Amici
Pius X
Republicans Prepare for Attack on Tariff Revision
Washington reports say the Senate finance committee will not hold hearings on the tariff bill after endorsing the House Ways and Means approach. Republicans plan a united push against the Underwood revisions, arguing it threatens protection and envisions freer trade. House Democrats caucus to back schedules including 26 percent sugar cut and raw wool duty, while opposition gears up to challenge the wool and sugar provisions.
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Associated Press
Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Senate Committee
House
Ways and Means Committee
Senate
Ways and Means
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Hayve
Underwood
Four Die In Ammonia Boiler Explosion At Ice Plant
Four men were killed when an ammonia boiler exploded at Moore Ice Works in Pensacola Florida early today. The blast wrecked part of the plant, shattered windows for blocks, and fumes overpowered firemen. Names listed: W H Vandell CC Floyd James Pierce Sam Howard. Pierce’s head was blown off and not found. The boiler held nearly two thousand gallons of ammonia.
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Associated Press
Pensacola
Fla
Moore Ice Works
W. H. Vandel
J. Floyd
James Pierce
Sam Howard
Pierce
Chilton Proposes Wage and Youth Protections Bill
Senator Chilton introduces a reform bill in Washington on April 1 setting a minimum wage of 9 per week for women and girls employed in interstate commerce and prohibiting employment of girls under 15. The measure targets labor practices and ages in applicable trades.
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Washington
Chilton
Tariff Debate Moves Through House and Caucus
The house set duties at 20 percent and later 29 percent in conference, recording the action publicly. Opponents of the textile schedules lost a caucus test vote 112 to 35 in an effort to put indigo on the free list. Postmaster General Burleson urged tariff revision by separate bills to the president.
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Clare
Burleson
White House
Slipper Thieves Strikes in Gotham Subway
In New York the slipper snatcher stole a pump from a Bronx girl's foot as she climbed subway stairs. A second theft occurred when Selma Graft, 15, was tripped and had her slipper tugged away by a man who fled on a train. She bought new high laced shoes and vows to keep wearing them until caught.
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Associated Press
New York
Bronx
Selma Graft
Miss Graft
Chauffeurs confess implicating others in taxicab crimes
Four New York chauffeurs Joseph Taylor Charlie F. Lober Joseph R. O Connor and Benjamin Geld pleaded guilty to robbery charges and made confessions alleged to implicate a gang of up to a dozen accomplices. Police say the group committed numerous hold-ups and stole thousands of dollars over six months. The story ends with an odd, unrelated line about the martyr strain and women.
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Associated Press
New York
Joseph Taylor
Charlies F. Lober
Joseph R. O'Connor
Benjamin Geld
Will Call Extra Session By Prégs
Trenton April 10 Associated Prégs says Governor or official will convene a special session of the legislature on May 6 to consider a jury reform bill backed by President Wilson. The measure failed to pass at the recent regular assembly session.
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Associated Prégs
Trenton
N.J
Nor Fielder
Wilson
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