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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1913
Page
1
President Roosevelt begins a six month inspection tour of interior South America as Congress passes the Underwood Tariff Bill. Wilson signs the tariff measure into law, effective immediately, with democracy pledges to the people amid party leadership changes.
The new tariff bill took effect nationwide on Saturday though duties at Mobile and other ports will apply once the law copies arrive. Treasury telegrams to H Gordon Ashley authorize continuing imports under the old tariff until new schedules arrive. Final liquidations await the new law and reimbursements for any differences.
Special to The Item. President Woodrow Wilson signs the Tariff bill at 9 p.m. in Washington with many Democratic leaders present. Oscar Underwood of Alabama and Senators and Congressmen who steered the measure receive the ceremonial pen as relief is promised to the nation.
Washington reports that after the tariff act’s passage Secretary McAdoo and Assistant Secretary Hamlin began planning its enforcement. Officials call the new measure the lowest tariff in U S history except for 1846 and 1857 amendments. They expect the competitive tariff to invigorate business and are bullish about its operation. Democratic leaders express confidence in its effects.
The article notes an estimated 100 million dollars of merchandise held in bond will soon be withdrawn and duty paid under the new law, implying a 10 million dollar loss to the government versus the Payne Aldrich act. It also discusses the income tax provision as the act’s toughest feature and mentions William H. Osborn and L. B. Speer in internal revenue leadership.
President Wilson returned from the golf links to a flood of telegrams congratulating him on the signing of the new tariff bills. Messages came from chambers of commerce and political groups, signaling broad approval of the legislation.
English newspapers praise the United States congress for passing the Underwood-Simmons tariff bill. The Glasgow Herald and The Chronicle call it a personal triumph for President Wilson and a milestone in American self government, marking a move away from the Payne-Aldrich era.
The Seokane incident near Seattle on October 4 involved passengers being rescued after a maritime mishap. Details specify the rescue operation and involved authorities without graphic description.
Thomas Toshesky, trapped in an abandoned coal mine chamber for eight days, crawled to the surface at 7:38 in the morning. He walked out with a pallor but a broad smile, refusing a stretcher and calling himself bully as he greeted rescuers and reporters with calm, cheerful remarks.
In Atlanta on October 4, hearings on Leo M. Frank’s motion for a new trial, in the Mary Phagan murder case, were extended for a week before Judge Roan. Frank’s execution slated for Friday, October 10, was stayed indefinitely as Solicitor Hugh Dorsey sought more time to answer 115 counts including a juror issue.
Rain fell overnight along the Texas coast slowing traffic and disrupting railway timetables. The southeast area shows improving conditions while the southwest remains serious amid ongoing downpours and flood risks on major rivers.
The battered body of a young girl lay in the Harlem morgue as police sought Joseph De Pama, a notorious gunman, for slaying. An undertaker testified he was coerced at gunpoint to remove the corpse from the gunman’s flat. The gunman fled with a blonde woman, and kidnapping for ransom was suspected though no missing-child record existed.
Mrs J Hope Nelson formerly Isabelle Valle of St Louis sails to England with her English husband to join the fashionable American colony there. Newport society leaders named her the prettiest girl in America and praised her lifestyle and marriage move.
Pauline Matilda weighed eight pounds and had blue eyes at birth in Dr. M. V. Newcomber’s auto in TIPFON Indiana. Mrs. Paul Marshall, 19, traveling from Noblesville to Montmorenci, fell ill on a train and stopped at the station where locals summoned the doctor. The baby was born before hospital arrival.
Claude Feggraves, 22, a life convict at the Eddyville state prison, was shot and seriously wounded yesterday by C. C. Jones, foreman for Kentucky Whip and Collar Co. It is claimed Feggraves advanced with a knife before the foreman fired, following reports of poor work.
Fair and warmer tonight in Alabama with possible showers Sunday. Mississippi remains cloudy today and Sunday with a chance of showers and warmer interior. Local street note records show rainfall and temperatures from Royal and Dalphio streets with morning readings around .62 in the AM and active amounts through late morning.
The federal government seeks to strike down Oklahoma constitutional language granting suffrage to litigants and descendants who voted before 1866. Solicitor General Davis filed the brief arguing the clause violates the Fifteenth Amendment by denying rights based on race and previous servitude. The case questions whether the amendment unlawfully excludes illiterate voters on racial lines.
James E. Hellams, a contractor, was adjudicated bankrupt in U S district court after filing a voluntary petition. The assets were listed at 7760 dollars. Proceedings followed Friday afternoon as the case moved through the bankruptcy process.
Theodore Roosevelt begins a major postpresidential expedition to South America aboard the Lamport and Holt steamship Vi. He travels with Mrs Roosevelt Miss Margaret Roosevelt Anthony Fiala and other naturalists from the American Museum of Natural History to study Brazil Patagonia and Santiago de Chile while delivering lectures on democracy. The party plans extensive interior travel and aims to reach Buenos Aires and return by April.
Alabama reformers push to end convict lease system as Atmore Camp abuses spark investigation. Mob residents demand probe into alleged beatings and killings of convicts, shoring up support for road labor alternatives ahead of 1915 legislative session.
Leonard A Holdenreich was indicted in St Louis on July Friday afternoon for attempting to bribe Henry Klug, a member of the municipal assembly, to vote against the mayor Kiel's veto of a tax bill. He allegedly offered $800 in bills on May 22 before a house meeting. the effort failed by three votes as King supported the veto. The grand jury could not determine the bribe money’s source.
Mrs. Sarah Bush widow of Gen. J. W. Bush and sister of Mrs. Augusta Evans Wilson of Mobile died in Birmingham. The body was to be sent to Mobile for burial this afternoon. Chicago reports three burglars found guilty in a spree totaling about 500000 in loot. The trio Nathan Steinberg Harry Green and Mor ria Mendelson were arrested in January.
The University of Maine football team arrived in New Haven for a first meeting with Yale. Maine entered off a 44 to 0 defeat by Harvard last Saturday, offering a chance for sideline critics to compare Yale with Harvard.
Fire destroyed a landmark building in St Paul near Union Station, threatening the wholesale district. The blaze caused an estimated loss of 260000 dollars.
Ernest Kemp, an aeronaut, drowned yesterday in the Thunder Bay river when his parachute fell into the water and became entangled in the ropes.
A fire of unknown origin last night gutted a building in Louisville causing substantial damage. Early estimates put the loss at about 75 dollars with authorities assessing the scene for cause and safety.
In Brooklyn a wife sues for divorce from Benjamin W alleging an escapade with a violinist named Howard B. The court awarded $50 in counsel fees and weekly alimony to Mrs. Weisman of Brooklyn after she returned from Chicago where she had lived last winter with Howard B. The description recalls bread cheese and kisses as grounds for the separation.
Militants set fire to occupied riverside houses on the Thames in London as dawn broke, causing damage and prompting evacuations. No injuries reported amid investigations by local authorities.
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