Tariff Hearings Enter Second Day With Steel Debate
Washington hearing on the Underwood metal revision bill continues as the Ways and Means committee questions steel leaders under oath. Proposals spark protests from Rocky Mountain lead miners urging continued specific duties, while Coeur d Alene mines warn of hard hits from ad valorem changes.
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Rocky Mountain
Coeur d’Alene
Washington
Loose Ways and Means
Underwood
Congress
James F. Bennett
New York
Oean
Aets
Frederick Burbridge
Seattle
George Riter
Salt Lake City
Boiler Explosion on River Steamer Kills Many
Mobile Jan 10 The Tombigbee river steamer James T Staples explosion death toll expected to rise from yesterday’s blast Seven confirmed killed Eleven missing believed dead Ten seriously injured to be brought here Chief officers among the dead Half the victims were African American The cause of the explosion remains undetermined
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Mobile
Tombigbee
James T. Staples
Progressive party exec committee meets in New York
The Progressive party executive committee convened in New York on January 10 to discuss organization publicity and fundraising. Indications pointed to a full day of sessions.
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New York
Progressive Party
Woman Official Resigns City Recorder in Utah Shortage Return
Park City Utah January 10 Mrs Mary Holland city recorder who refused to resign after a council demand due to a shortage in her accounts changed her mind today and offered her resignation. The council accepted the resignation noting the shortage was restored. Mrs Lucey Garvin was named her successor.
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Park City
Utah
Mary Holland
City Recorder
Tre
Lucey Garvin
Gooding withdraws from Idaho U S Senate race
Former Idaho governor Frank R. Gooding announces retirement from the bid to fill the unexpired Heyburn term. He cites a raised doubt about his eligibility and vows to run again before Idaho voters in two years, thanking lawmakers and supporters.
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Boise
Frank R. Gooding
Brady comments on Gooding withdrawal from senate race
Former Governor Gooding has withdrawn from the contest for United States senator over a citizenship question, according to a statement authorized by ex-Governor Brady from Boise. Brady says Gooding is a respected citizen and would sacrifice personal aims to prevent party embarrassment.
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Boyd
Nebraska
Idaho
America
United Senate
United States Senate
United States
F. R. Gooding
Gooding
Brady
Boise
Governor Gooding
North Dakota Editors Meet Opens in Wahpeton
Wahpeton North Dakota January 10 The annual North Dakota Press association meeting opened today led by President N B Black of Grand Forks Discussion covered advertising rates business management editorial policies and newspaper legislature The group will conclude tomorrow with officer elections.
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Wahpeton, N. D
North Dakota Press Association
N. B. Black
Grand Forks
California Electors Split for Roosevelt and Wilson
Sacramento January 10 electors chosen by California will meet January 13 at the state capital to cast votes. The delegation is split eleven for Roosevelt and two for Wilson, with Wilson receiving two votes he did not count on.
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Sacramento
California
Wilson
Roosevelt
Wheat Market Showed Gains in Chicago Trade
Chicago January 10 May wheat rose to 9 3/4 cents as trading closed. Market activity reflected firmer demand and tentative price support for the commodity.
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Chicago
Fisherfolk Rescue Crew of Schooner Evelyn
Captain Byrk and eight crewmen of the schooner Evelyn were saved after their vessel wrecked off the New Brunswick coast. Fishermen lowered a 300 foot rope from steep cliffs and hauled the crew to safety as a wind shift forced the small boat off course onto a rock shelf and rising tides.
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N. F
Byrk
Evelyn
Settlement Worker III Writes Her Experiences
Miss Mary Elizabeth Smith a deaconess at St John s Methodist Episcopal church in Louisville wrote the novel In Bethany House reflecting her time as head resident worker at Wesley House. The book portrays life in a social settlement and the hardships of urban crowded quarters drawing on daily experience.
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Wesley House
Louisville
St. Louis
Mary Elizabeth Smith
St. John’s Methodist Episcopal Church
Bethany House
Claude L. Smith
Brazil
South Carolina
Winthrope Normal and Industrial College
Rock Hill
Peddlers of Drugs Could Face War on Cocaine and Morphine
Idaho health official James H. Wallis urges new laws and amendments in his report to Governor Hawley. He calls for licensing itinerant drug vendors, making it a felony to possess illegally obtained cocaine or morphine, expanding poison sale restrictions, and cracking down on adulterated paints and oils.
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James H. Wallis
Idaho
Wallis
Pocatello
Boise
Rexburg
Jim
Gem
Hawley
State Health Board
Two Women Lawmakers Set to Enter Washington Legislature
Olympia January 10. The Washington legislature opens Monday with many reform measures for debate. For the first time women will sit in the lower house, two women—one Progressive and one Republican—being elected among its members.
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Olympia
Wash
Washington
State Ownership Impracticable Says Nebraska Governor
Lincoln January 10 Governor Aldrich Nebraska’s retiring executive told the legislature that state ownership of water power developments is impracticable, as with railroads. He favors regulation ensuring good service at fair rates over state ownership to avoid capital investment barriers.
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Lincoln
Jan
Aldrich
Nebraska
Steamer Alcazar Limped Into Port
The British steamer Alcazar with 23 crew members sent SOS from off Diamond Shoals lightship in distress and leaking. She passed Virginia Capes under her own steam with a bad list to port and was reported in fairly good condition otherwise.
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Norfolk
Diamond Shoals
Virginia Capes
Pomeranian Club Show At Waldorf Astoria
In New York at the Waldorf Astoria Astor Gallery the American Pomeranian club held its third annual beach show. Numerous fluffy specimens valued at over fifty thousand dollars were admired by society leaders. Judge Reuban Clarke, a noted English authority, awarded the prizes.
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New York
Astor Gallery
Waldor-Astoria
American Pomeranian Club
Reuban Clarke
Idaho Spuds for the Eastern Market Shipment Heads East
Blackfoot January 10 The largest single shipment of potatoes from this part of Idaho, twenty carloads, leaves with J B De Hart of Blackfoot. About two thousand carloads are expected from Shelley Blackfoot and nearby Upper Snake River Valley from the 1912 crop. The harvest is unusually large and commands good prices in the eastern market.
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Blackfoot
Idaho
J. B. de Hart
Shelley
Snake River Valley
Roumania Delivers Ultimatum in Eastern Front Crisis
London Jan 10 Roumania demands Bulgarian ceasefire north of the line to Kavaria on the Black Sea. If unmet within 48 hours Roumania will mobilize an army. Greeks and Turks clash at Janina. seven thousand combatants killed or wounded to date. Greek Sixth Division departs to subjugate frontier fortress.
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London
Roumania
Bulgaria
Kavaria
Black Sea
Janina
Salonika
Ambassadors Prepare Colorless Note to Turkish Government
Constantinople January 10 Ambassadors in the Ottoman capital have drawn up a guarded note likely to be presented Monday. The document advises Turkey to yield on Adrianople but makes no suggestion of pressure to ensure acceptance.
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Constantinople
Turkey
Adrianople
Greeks Suffer Heavy Losses in Fight for Janina
Greek forces around Janina report 7,000 killed or wounded to date in clashes with Turkish troops. The Greek Sixth Division departed today to help subdue the Janina fortress and secure the area around Salonika.
Wool Men Oppose Tariff Change at National Meeting
Cheyenne January 10 delegates from Salt Lake City press for the next convention while Boise and Prescott bid for leadership. A resolution by S. W. McClure calling unalterable opposition to tariff cuts below 18 cents per pound for scoured wool is adopted as tariff talks dominate the session.
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Cheyenne
National Wool Growers’ Association
Salt Lake City
Boise
Prescott
Arizona
W. McClure
Texas League meeting in Houston to decide Austin franchise
The Texas Baseball directors gathered in Houston on January 10 for their annual meeting with the main item being the disposition of the Austin franchise, which has persisted on the market for some time.
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Houston
Tex
Texas Baseball
Austin
Money Trust Probe Ties Baker and Morgan in Railroads
The house money trust committee sought to trace George F. Baker and J Pierpont Morgan and their joint handling of railroad and industrial security issues as well as mutual interests in banking and trust firms nationwide.
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Money Trust
Washington
George F. Baker
J. Pierpont Morgan
House Money Trust Committee
Blockade Lifts as Railroads Resume Cascades Routes
Seattle dispatch reports that with colder weather and a rain pause, all rail lines crossing the Cascades are running trains today with minimal delays. A new storm loom threatens another snowfall though.
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Seattle
The
Cascades
Castro Sets Foot On American Soil
Cipriano Castro former president of Venezuela arrived at Ellis Island with an inspector and appeared in federal court seeking release on habeas corpus. Proceedings were suspended pending court decision on his immigration status and potential bond release.
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Ellis Island
Federal District Court
New York
Cipriano Castro
Venezuela
United States
Federal District
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